A double shell low temperature storage tank (A) including an outer tank member (11) and an inner tank member (12) for containing in the inner tank member LNG, LPG and other liquids of low temperature. The inner tank member is hermetically sealed, and a internal dike (17) is mounted between the outer tank member and the inner tank member. The internal dike has a top portion preferably located subst...

An electrical socket connector is comprised of three principal parts (1, 35, 53) of which the first two are contoured internally to receive electrical socket contacts and connecting conductors. The first and second parts have interlocking surfaces (24, 41) at one end which when engaged hold those ends together and also have apertures at the other end to receive a third part (53) of U shaped form t...

A flyback transformer includes a coil unit, a variable resistor unit detachably mounted on the coil unit and a connector for electrically connecting the coil unit and the variable resistor unit. The coil unit has a casing, primary and secondary coils accommodated in the casing, and a terminal which is electrically connected to a center tap of the secondary coil through a lead line extending inside...

A security label comprised of at least two magnetically soft materials having different coercivities but similar thresholds of magnetic saturation.

PURPOSE:To automatically tilt a seat down forward by the inertial force of a seat, by hinging a lower rail to the front side of a seat supporting frame, and as well by providing a locking mechanism which is released when the seat is moved to its frontmost position. CONSTITUTION:A seat slide device 7 is arranged on a seat supporting frame 1 on a floor 2, and a lower rail 8 is attached to the front ...

Milled silica or alumina fibres or whiskers are formed into a reinforcement for a squeeze cast article such as a piston for an internal combustion engine. The problem of handling the milled fibres or whiskers while they are formed into the reinforcement is mitigated or overcome by the use of coagulated latex to bind the milled fibres or whiskers in a colloidal silica solution until they are fired ...

A multi-component grouting system having at least one component wherein the active ingredient is contained in the dispersed phase of a water-in-oil emulsion, the oil providing an effective barrier against mixing of the components thereby enabling the components to be stored indefinitely in direct contact. The components may advantageously be encapsulated in a single compartment frangible casing fo...

Perhaloalkylvinylcyclopropanecarboxylates having the general formula are disclosed wherein one of Y and Z is a perhaloalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the other is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, phenyl, phenylthio or benzyl, with the proviso that Y and Z may be combined to form a perhalocyclopentylidene group; R is halogen, hydroxy, lower alkoxy or -OR<1> in which R<1> represen...

To cushion impact when compartments (16), (17) of a flowmeter tip and meet stops (25), (26), discharging liquid is directed against the underside of the respective compartment by deflector plates (27), (28). The flowmeter comprises two compartments (16 and 17) of triangular cross-section and having a common wall (18). The flowmeter is pivotable about an axis (19) and tips to the right from the pos...

The invention provides polypeptides useful, for example, as soporifics, a process for the preparation thereof and compositions containing these compounds.

The present invention relates to a membrane remover/etchant solution including an organic solvent, a strong ionizable acid, a weak acid and an acid stable surfactant. The present invention further includes a method for removing a membrane and etching a concrete surface in which the membrane remover/etchant solution is in an organic solvent system and is applied to the concrete in an inactive acid ...

A data processing system employing firmware for executing a self test routine each time the system goes through the power-up cycle. The self test firmware provides for compilation of a system configuration map during each execution so that configuration and status data is made available for accessing by the system operation firmware and application software. This enables external systems to set ap...

A packaged integrated circuit device has an insulating substrate (4) of silicon carbide base, a cap (5) made of a material having a linear thermal expansion coefficient of 20 to 55x10<-7>/ DEG C and a sealing glass 6 having a linear thermal expansion coefficient of 30 to 55 x 10<-7>/ DEG C for sealing the cap with the substrate to define a small hermetic chamber. A semiconductor device (1) is moun...

An inflatable lower limb prosthesis comprises an outer cover (10) of relatively inextensible material defining the shape of a leg prosthesis and having a pad (12) of rigid material at its lower end defining the shape of a foot. An inner member of independently inflatable compartments welded together comprises a shin compartment (16) contacting the rigid pad and of upwardly convergent profile, an i...

A dynamic low tire pressure detection system for detecting the presence of a low tire mounted on a structural member of an aircraft, such as a bogie beam or nose axle, includes a pair of inclinometers mounted on the structural member and adapted to sense the bend therein. The signals from the inclinometers are combined to generate signals representing the weight carried by the structural member. W...

A static low tire pressure detection system for detecting the presence of a low tire mounted on a structural member of an aircraft, such as a bogie beam or nose axle, includes a pair of inclinometers mounted on the structural member and adapted to sense the bend therein. The signals from the inclinometers are stored in a memory once the aircraft is at rest on the ground to provide reference signal...

A method of correcting errors in binary data comprises associating with each block of data words a plurality of check words for use in error detection and correction, each check word being derived in dependence on all the data words in the block and each other check word associated with the block. One check word may be derived by an exclusive-OR addition and the other or others may be derived usin...

A syringe comprising a cylindrical barrel with a wall at one end with a nozzle and with a threaded actuating rod extending from its other end. The rod has a piston at the end thereof within the barrel, the piston being in fluid tight engagement with the inner wall of the barrel, and has a knob at its opposite end for rotating the rod. The rod also carries a collar with threads which mate with the ...

In a microprogrammed data processing system the throughput of the system is increased during the processing of decimal numeric instructions by apparatus which, in advance of receiving the operands, is conditioned by instruction descriptors to align the decimal digits of the operand words. As the words are received from memory they are aligned and processed. The apparatus responds to the descriptor...

A blood purification apparatus includes an extracorporeal circulation system, a blood purifier provided in the system for purifying blood by dialysis or filtration through a semipermeable membrane, a circulation blood volume measuring instrument for measuring changes in a circulating blood volume within a patient's body, a control section comprising a memory for storing a program for a pattern of ...