A system for applying plastic clips to tubular products is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a die and a punch. The die has a peripheral face, an arcuate wall in the die peripheral face forming a half-cylindrical bore, the bore separating the die peripheral face into a first side and a second side, and a groove formed in the arcuate wall and the second side, the groove extending f...

Beschrieben wird ein Verfahren zur Herstellung einer wässrigen Verdicker-Dispersion aus einer Monomerzusammensetzung aus wenigstens einer ethylenisch ungesättigten Carbonsäure und wenigstens einem ethylenisch ungesättigten hydrophoben Monomer, wobei man (i) aus 10 bis 80 Gew.-% der Monomerzusammensetzung eine zumindest teilweise polymerisierte Voremulsion herstellt und (ii) die Restmenge der Monom...

A sports product may include a support member and an impact region configured to impact an object. The impact region may be coupled to the support member. The sports product may also include a shear thickening material in at least one of the support member or the impact region. The shear thickening material may be configured to exhibit shear thickening behavior when an impact occurs between the im...

A system (10) and method for treating a least a portion of an initial seed sample to create one or more treated seed samples is provided. In various embodiments, one or more seed treatment apparatus (100) components are in communication with one or more controllers (40) such that seed samples treated by a seed treater (124) may be treated at least in part based on one or more instruction sets that...

Biomedical devices are provided herein which are formed from a polymerization product of a monomeric mixture comprising (a) one or more esterified aminoalcohol monomers; and (b) one or more biomedical device-forming monomers. The former has the general formula XNR1R2, wherein X is a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated organic ester-containing radical, R1 is hydrogen, or a C1-C30 non-polymeriza...

Baseball bats described herein may have handle, throat and/or barrel portions that include non-circular cross-sections.; La présente invention concerne des bâtons de baseball pouvant comporter un manche, un collet et/ou des parties de corps comprenant des sections transversales non circulaires.

Casing bits include a crown having a substantially hollow interior. The bit crown has blades over a face portion thereof, the blades including a plurality of cutting elements attached thereto. The bit crown further includes a composite inlay (85) positioned at least within the substantially hollow interior. Casing bits also include case hardened outer surfaces radially outside the drill-out region...

Network service operational status monitoring methods and apparatus are disclosed. Responsive to a service status request associated with a network service, an operational status of the network service is determined by an intermediary between a service status requestor and the network service. The operational status is a service- specific operational status of the network service in some embodimen...

The invention relates to a device (1) for dispensing fruit juice-based hot drinks, including: packaging means (2) containing a drink preparation, a water supply pipe (13), a suction means (8), a heating means (10), and a mixer (11) for mixing the drink preparation (14) with the fluid (15) flowing through the supply pipe (13). The invention is characterised in that the packaging means (2) can be us...

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Betrieb einer Navigationseinrichtung zur Ermittlung eines Streckenverlaufes für ein Fortbewegungsmittel, insbesondere eines Navigationsgerätes für ein Kraftfahrzeug, mit zumindest einem Speichermittel, welches auch zur Speicherung der Daten für eine digitale Karte (1) und zur Speicherung von mittels Polygonen gekennzeichneten Kartenabschnitten (2, 3, 4, 5, ...

Wegweisesystem sowie Vorrichtung zur Wegweisung zur Bestimmung einer, von einem Bezugspunkt ausgehenden Fortbewegungsrichtung, wobei die Fortbewegungsrichtung in Richtung mindestens eines Wegpunkts weist, und wobei die Fortbewegungsrichtung den örtlichen Gegebenheiten angepasst ist, und wobei weiterhin die Angabe der Fortbewegungsrichtung mittels mindestens einer typografischen und/oder symbolarti...

Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Behälterzelle einer Behälterreinigungsmaschine, insbesondere Flaschenreinigungsmaschine, mit einem von einem Zellenmantel umschlossenen Zelleninnenraum zur Aufnahme eines zu Reinigenden Behälters.; The invention relates to a container cell of a container-cleaning machine, in particular bottle-cleaning machine, having a cell interior which is enclosed by a latera...

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Beschickungsvorrichtung zur Beschickung einer Furnierzusammensetzmaschine mit Furnierstreifen, umfassend: ein Magazin (2) mit einer Vielzahl von Aufnahmefächern (2a), welche parallel nebeneinander angeordnet sind, und jeweils einen Furnierstapel (10) aufnehmen, eine Transporteinrichtung (3), welche dem Magazin (2) nachgeschaltet ist und die Furnierstreifen zur Furnierzu...

The present invention relates to immobilization compounds and methods useful for the identification of JAK interacting compounds or for the purification or identification of JAK.; La présente invention porte sur des composés et procédés d'immobilisation utiles pour l'identification de composés interagissant avec JAK ou de purification ou d'identification de JAK.

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung für ein Training und/oder eine Analyse des Bewegungsapparates eines Benutzers, wobei die Vorrichtung eine auf einer Grundplatte (2) gelagerte Tretplatte (4) aufweist, die durch eine Antriebseinrichtung (10) in periodische und/oder aperiodische Bewegung versetzbar ist, dass die Antriebseinrichtung (10) mindestens eine Antriebswelle (11a-11c) aufweist, auf der...

Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-readable media, mechanisms, and means for instrumenting real-time customer packet traffic. These measured delays can be used to determine whether or not the performance of a packet switching device and/or network meets desired levels, especially for complying with a Service Level Agreement.; L'invention porte, entre autres, sur des procédés, ...

An assembly according to the invention includes a pressure mechanism having a flexible member for attachment to a limb and an air chamber which may be pumped up into a desired pressurized state, a separate relatively small pre-filled air bladder, an absorbent foam, sponge or dressing coupled to the pre-filled air bladder, and a suction conduit coupled to a source of negative pressure (suction) and...

A unique class of N-acyl O-amino phenol prodrugs of CBI-TMI and CBI-indole2 were synthesized and shown to be prodrugs, subject to reductive activation by nucleophilic cleavage of a weak N-O bond, effectively releasing the free drug in functional cellular assays for cytotoxic activity approaching or matching the activity of the free drug, yet remain essentially stable to ex vivo DNA alkylation cond...

The present disclosure provides colloidal bone graft compositions comprising a plurality of mineralized three-dimensional bone constructs, a polymerizable biocompatible matrix, an osteoblast differentiation agent, and at least one osteoblast mineralization agent. The colloidal bone graft compositions of the disclosure are used to perform bone grafts in human or animal patients.; La présente invent...

The present disclosure provides ex vivo-derived human demineralized bone matrix. The bone matrix is produced using mineralized three-dimensional bone constructs. The bone constructs are obtained by culturing osteoblasts and osteoclast precursors under randomized gravity vector conditions. Preferably, the randomized gravity vector conditions are obtained using a low shear stress rotating bioreactor...