The incidence of peritonitis is reduced in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis by irradiating the peritoneum access tube connection with ultraviolet (UV) radiation so as to have an antimicrobial effect on the fluid flow path defined thereby prior to draining and infusion of dialysis fluid therethrough. The apparatus for effecting UV irradiation of the dialysis fluid flow path includes a hous...

The present invention provides a water disposable material, characterised in that it comprises a substrate which is readily soluble and/or disintegrated in water, which substrate is coated or otherwise protected from water by a surface layer or coating of a material which is readily soluble and/or disintegrable in water when exposed to pH conditions markedly different to those to which it is expos...

An apparatus for reducing materials comprising knives (3) which are mounted helically about two horizontal and parallel shafts (2). The knives (3) which have two U-shaped blades (8) cooperate with fixed knives (6) which are arranged in the area between the two shafts (2). When the materials to be reduced are introduced from the upperside of the apparatus (1) a reduction of the materials is perform...

PURPOSE:To enable an automatic measurement of a bladder without cutting while allowing a quick evaluation of quality of the profile thereof by inflating the bladder after vulcanization while rotating it circumferentially to measure the circumferential and diametrical swing thereof with a measuring head. CONSTITUTION:A bladder 300 after vulcanization is mounted on a bladder mounting body 130 as is ...

PURPOSE:To obtain the phase difference film which is improved in visual sensation characteristic and has good flatness without having the enequalness of stretching by providing a heat relieving area where the temp. ranges from a glass transition temp. to the temp. lower by 10 deg.C than the glass transition temp. in a stretching area. CONSTITUTION:The part between two pairs of nip rolls 2, 2', 3, ...

PURPOSE:To hold a specific contrast and color balance and to obtain stable display quality by forming a transparent conductive film between a glass substrate and an orienting film. CONSTITUTION:Transparent conductive films 2a and 2b and orienting films 3a and 3b are formed on the inside surfaces of glass substrates 1a and 1b, which are sealed with a seal material 6 while liquid crystal 4 and space...

PURPOSE:To perform all operations from a rear surface side and to improve the operability by providing a positioning groove, a projection part, and a lock groove between the rear surface side of the hood and a socket. CONSTITUTION:The hood 1 has a collar for clamping an O ring 5 with a panel 4 from inside and is fitted and fixed in the circular fitting hole of the panel 4 to hold the hood 1 and th...

An improved closed cell polymer foam and foaming agent involving the use of a hydrogen-containing halocarbon blowing agent (e.g., HCFC-22) in combination with an effective amount of a hydrogen bond forming blocking agent (e.g., organic ether, ester or ketone). The presence of the blocking agent is shown to significantly reduce the escape of blowing agent from and entry of air into the foam resulti...

In order to prepare a solution of cellulose in N-methylmorpholine N-oxide and water which, compared with known solutions, has a higher water content at the given cellulose content, a mixture of the three components is subjected to shear rates of 400-3000 s<-1>, preferably 500-800 s<-1>. This process allows solutions to be prepared which satisfy the following conditions (ccell = proportion by weigh...

In order to prepare a solution of cellulose in N-methylmorpholine N-oxide and water which, compared with known solutions, has a higher water content at the given cellulose content, a mixture of the three components is subjected to shear rates of 400-3000 s<-1>, preferably 500-800 s<-1>. This process allows solutions to be prepared which satisfy the following conditions (ccell = proportion by weigh...

The present invention is directed to foams produced from poly(aryl ethers) and mixtures of poly(aryl ethers) with various non-poly(aryl ether) polymers. These foams are produced using aqueous blowing agents comprising water as the only blowing agent, or mixtures of water with another blowing agent material.

An electroconductive thermoplastic resin sheet causing no fluffing of electroconductive fibers is provided, which sheet comprises a thermoplastic resin film; a non-woven fabric or a knitted or woven fabric consisting of hot-melt-adhesive fibers and electroconductive fibers and applied and integrally melt-adhered onto one surface or both the surfaces of the film and then subjected to surface treat...

There is disclosed expandable vinylidene chloride-based resin particles comprising 100 parts by weight of a non-crystalline vinylidene chloride-based resin composition and 1 to 40 parts by weight of a volatile organic blowing agent or a composition thereof, said resin composition consisting of a tetrahydrofuran-soluble component [A] which is a random copolymer having a weight-average molecular wei...

Resin fiber matrix compositions comprised of reinforcing filaments and curable polyaddition products of epoxy prepolymers and diamines provide high compressive strength composites when interleafed with elastomermodified curable epoxy prepolymer interlayers.

A flame-retardant resin composition contains a prepolymer represented by the general formula: wherein R1 stands for a hydrogen atom or an unreactive saturated group; R2 stands for a reactive unsaturated group; m and n each stand for a positive number of 1 to 4 and X and Y are each a copolymerization ratio and are in the range of 0.3 to 0.7 with the proviso that the sum total of X and Y is 1...

In order to prepare a solution of cellulose in N-methylmorpholine N-oxide and water which, compared with known solutions, has a higher water content at the given cellulose content, a mixture of the three components is subjected to shear rates of 400-3000 s<-1>, preferably 500-800 s<-1>. This process allows solutions to be prepared which satisfy the following conditions (ccell = proportion by weigh...

A system of cellulose in N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide and water is subjected to mixing at shear rates of 400 to 3000 sec-1, preferably 500 to 800 sec-1 and the following conditions are maintained (cCell representing the mass proporion of cellulose and cH2O representing the mass proportion of water): and cCell ? 0.58 - 2.23 cH2O. (IV). ef-

PCT No. PCT/CH91/00061 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 21, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 21, 1992 PCT Filed Mar. 18, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/14731 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 1991.Stable, emission-free, low-shrinkage, fireproof aminoplastic cellular foams are obtained by using an unsaturated, halogenated polyalcohol in the resin precondensate constituent and a dodecylbenzolsulphonic acid partially esterified preferably ...

In an inner rotary cutter for an electric shaver formed by providing a rotary disk at its circumference with a plurality of blade sections at prescribed intervals, a cup-shaped base section is provided which is formed by extending a cylinder section from a circular section in the axial direction to a prescribed length, the base section on its circumference is provided, in one body, with vertically...