PURPOSE: A solar heat exchanger is provided to improve convenience of use by heating water using a burner heating section and to reduce energy of the burner heating section by preheating heating water using water heated by the burner heating section. CONSTITUTION: A solar heat exchanging section(100) and a burner heating section(200) are defined in a housing(201) formed in a heat storing tank. The...

A product slicer (10) comprising: a housing (20); a circular slicing blade (30) rotatably mounted in the housing; a gauge plate (40) adjustable relative to the slicing blade for setting the thickness of a product slice; an adjustment mechanism (180,170) for adjusting the gauge plate (40) from a closed position to an open position; a food product carriage (50,70) mounted for reciprocation on the ho...

The invention relates to a device for making electrical contact with biological cells (11), suspended in a fluid (14), comprising a substrate with at least one opening and a means of immobilising a cell (11) on the opening. Furthermore, an electrode for making electrical contact with the immobilised cell (11) is provided. A contact unit with a contact point (23) is arranged at the opening, the upp...

An integrated composite electrode for measuring an electrophysiologic characteristic of a biological sample comprising microelectrodes arranged in a first area on a substrate and reference electrodes arranged in a second area on the substrate and including one or more stimulating reference electrodes for imparting electric signals to the microelectrodes. Preferably, the reference electrodes incl...

Strand coating methods and systems having an applicator head pivotally mounted adjacent a substrate, a coating material dispenser mounted on the applicator head, a strand guide mounted on the applicator head, wherein the strand guide and th e coating material dispenser are adjustably positionable in unison relative to the substrate by pivoting the applicator head to vary the spacing of the strand...

A decanter centrifuge is defined for separating a heavy phase material from a liquid within a feed mixture. The decanter centrifuge includes a bowl (32) rotatable about its longitudinal axis for separation of the heavy phase material from the liquid feed mixture due to centrifugal force. The bowl typically includes a cylindrical portion and a frusto-conical portion at one end. A solids discharge ...

A tire re-treading machine comprises a tire support mandrel (7) which has a direction of travel parallel to its axis of rotation.

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Handwerkzeugmaschine, insbesondere einen Winkelschleifer, mit einem Gehäuse (11), das einen Motor (15) und ein Getriebe (16) mit einem Tellerrad (18) zum Antrieb einer Arbeitsspindel (19) aufweist, mittels der ein Werkzeug (28) antreibbar ist. Dem Getriebe (16) ist eine Rückfördereinrichtung (40) für das Schmiermittel des Getriebes (16), insbesondere dessen Fett, zugeord...

A portable module (10, 30) is installed in each vehicle (A, B, C, D) and other moving equipment at a worksite. Each module includes at least a GPS unit (12), a transceiver (14), a programmed processor with memory (16), an alarm (18), and a power source (20). Through the module, each vehicle is able to communicate with other vehicles around it at the worksite in order to track their positions and d...

A liner for a shaped charge formed from a mixture of powdered heavy metal and a powdered metal binder. The liner is formed by compression of the mixture into a liner body shape. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the mixture comprises a range of 90 to 97 percent by weight of powdered heavy metal, and 10 to 3 percent by weight of the powdered metal binder. In a specific embodiment of the...

In a method of producing a tire tread provided with an electrically conductive layer arranged therein, an uncured high electrically conductive rubber ribbon for the formation of the electrically conductive layer is wound on a circumference of a tire material containing a high electrically conductive rubber layer as at least an outermost layer at a given height in a radial direction under the rotat...

The invention concerns a method of manufacture of tires and a tire assembly drum having a body with a receiving surface for the products to be assembled, the body being mounted on a center shaft, and at least one lifting device situated at one of the ends of the receiving surface, the lifting device including a plurality of lifting fingers distributed circularly around the center shaft, the finger...

A windshield for a head-up display system has a pair of opposing major surfaces that are nonparallel to one another in selected areas. Light rays directed toward the nonparallel area of the windshield are reflected from the outer and inner major surfaces of the windshield and directed toward the eye of the observer as parallel or superimposed light rays to eliminate ghost images when viewing image...

The present invention provides a coated polyester film consisting of a polyester film having opacity as shown by an optical density of not less than 0.3, and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of this polyester film, wherein a surface of this coating layer shows a 60-degree specular glossiness G1 and a 75-degree specular glossiness G2, that satisfy the following formulas (1) and (2): <...

A process of chemically recycling polyurethane-containing scrap. Polyurethane-containing scrap is subjected to a chemolysis reaction to produce chemolysis polyol products. The chemolysis polyol products are used as initiators in a reaction with alkylene oxide to produce oxyalkylated polyols for preparing polyurethanes.

A polyester polyol composition comprising a phthalic anhydride-initiated polyester polyol, a C4-C6 hydrocarbon blowing agent, and an oxyethylated fatty acid or fatty alcohol compatibilizing agent having an HLB of from about 7 to about 12. The blowing agent is soluble in the polyol composition, thereby reducing the risks associated with such blowing agents in processes for making rigid polymer foam...

A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce an electrical field adjacent the implanted intravascular stent. When a intravascular stent is implanted in a coron...

A network node, a system and method for facilitating safety in a communication network of a safety-related system, involving the means to accomplish the steps of receiving at a network note at least one packet, forming a relative measure of data corruption, and initiating a failsafe reaction when said relative measure of data corruption exceeds specifiable safety parameters.

A device is disclosed which provides direct and effective incorporation of material (such as medicine) from a separate container into the contents of a liquid dispensing device. The device has a hollow sleeve extending outwardly, an openable closure, a securing member which engages a mating member on the container, and a conduit (such as a needle) to provide fluid communication between the device ...

A method of inhibiting Ras function and therefore inhibiting the abnormal growth of cells is disclosed. The method comprises the administration of a compound of formula (1.0) to a biological system. In particular, the method inhibits the abnormal growth of cells in a mammal such as a human being. Novel compounds of formulae (5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.3A and 5.3B) are disclosed. Also ...