PCT No. PCT/GB89/00621 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 3, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 3, 1990 PCT Filed Jun. 5, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO89/12135 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 14, 1989.A coated textile material, particularly for use as a durable filter fabric, is made from a textile substrate, such as a woven fabric, having a microporous coating of an elastomeric fluorocarbon polymer. The substrate may be formed from aramid or...

Aqueous binder dispersion, coating composition containing this dispersion and use thereof, in particular for multicoat lacquer coatings. The dispersion contains: A) 45 to 95 wt.% of one or more polyurethanes, obtainable by free-radical initiated polymerisation of polyurethane macromonomers containing carboxyl, phosphonic and/or sulphonic acid groups and lateral vinyl groups, in the presence of one...

PCT No. PCT/DK94/00465 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 7, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 7, 1996 PCT Filed Dec. 13, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/17622 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 29, 1995The invention relates to a differential pressure valve for the control of a plant with a heat carrying medium. The differential pressure valve has a membrane controlled by a differential pressure for the regulation of the flow of the heat carryi...

A process for preparing 9-(Z)-retinoic acid from mother liquors from the industrial preparation of C15-triarylphosphonium salts of the general formula I (see fig. I) where R1 to R3 are each aryl and X~ is halogen or (HSO4)~, in an organic solvent, which comprises A. increasing the proportion of 9-(Z)-C15-triarylphosphonium salt in the C15-triarylphosphonium salts isolated from the mother liquor by...

Sprayable fireproofing compositions for structural members such as steel columns are provided. The compositions comprise a cementitious binder such as Portland cement, and a hard aggregate containing water of hydration. Such hard aggregates contribute not only to the strength of the fireproofing composition, but also contribute thermally. The product is produced by dry blending a mixture of the ce...

A method and system for managing ownership of a released synchronization mechanism is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a number of entities, such as threads, are attempting to acquire the synchronization mechanism when the synchronization mechanism becomes available. Each of the entities has a priority indicator that indicates the relative urgency of the attempt by the entity to acquire the sy...

Semi-conductors, such as silicon wafers, are processed in two or more different reactors, e.g. reactors for the epitaxial growth of silicon, plasma etching, and/or vacuum metal deposition. The system is kept under constant vacuum. Common vacuum equipment, and a common gas distribution system, and a common silicon wafer loading chamber, are provided. A single reactor is maintained active at one tim...

According to the invention, the preparation of dimethyl carbonate by reaction of methanol, carbon monoxide and oxygen in the presence of Cu compounds is carried out in distillation units and the water of reaction is removed at least partially from the stripping region or the bottom phase.

A method and system for method and system for launching application programs on an application server system is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the method and system, located within an application client computer system, launches a remote application program on a connected application server computer system in response to the selection of a non-textualapplication program identity indicator by...

A unitary beverage container includes a main body defining a container volume in which a beverage is contained. A top of the main body includes a channel disposed horizontally therealong as well as an uppermost bisecting ridge extending from one side of the main body to the other and a respective remainder portion on each side of the ridge sloping downwardly away from the ridge. A bottom of the ma...

A method of selectively tuning the bandedge of a semiconductor heterostructure includes repeatedly forming a disordered region that is spatially separated from a quantum well active region and subsequently annealing the heterostructure each time after the disordered region is formed, so that vacancies/defects in the disordered region diffuse into the quantum well region and enhance interdiffusion ...

Incubator for cell cultures to be used in a chamber shielded by electromagnetic waves and for studies on electromagnetism, consisting of a container and means able to create and maintain, inside it, a controlled atmosphere. Said container has the structure of a prismatic body 1 and a hermetically sealed cover element 2 on said body structure 1. The aforesaid means comprise a coil 15 in the body st...

A diffraction grating for generating a light beam in a predetermined area (9) subtending the beam, and presenting at least one phase-modulation diffraction surface (1a) with a number of diffraction projections (2) so arranged as to form a multiorder diffraction grating for distributing the light in a number of diffraction orders greater than 40; the number of the diffraction orders and the contour...

A helicopter presenting a passenger compartment defined longitudinally by two transverse walls and laterally by two swing-up doors; the passenger compartment being equipped for administering first aid and the conveyance of casualties, and presenting a support, adjacent to one of the transverse walls, for a first stretcher; a main seat adjacent to the other transverse wall; a support, incorporated ...

Gutter seal 10 for a door 5, particularly a helicopter door, that can be moved between a closed position in which it forms a seal with a frame 6 and an open position in which it is swung up and an upper side 7 of the door and an upper side 8 of the frame 6 are separated and form a gap 9; the seal 10 consists of: a strip 14 of flexible impermeable material; and means 15, 16 for fixing respective lo...

A device for injecting current at radio frequency into electric wiring, comprises a guiding structure (10) of an electrically conductive material consisting of a tapered shell (12) wherein a central vertical wall (20) is suspended determining two half-spaces (S, D) within the shell (12). At the tapered end, the shell (12) and the central vertical wall (20) are respectively connected to the braidin...

Suspension for a steered wheel of an automobile of the type comprising a wheel support strut, articulated at its lower part to the body of the vehicle or to an equivalent part, by means of two separate rods, while its upper part is connected to a shock absorbing strut, joined in turn to the body, articulated by one end to the middle part of one of said lower rods and at the top to the wheel suppor...

The invention relates to a peripheral unit (51, 52, 53) for processing various kinds of documents, preferably though not exclusively, in a banking environment, as well as in postal or other administration. The technical problem solved is to desing a unit able to process in optimum manner both generic documents and cheques, that can accept various auxiliary arrangements, taking up minimum space. Th...

Indicator of the level of liquid in a reservoir, especially for an ink jet printing head, in which the reservoir contains a fibrous body impregnated with ink and being an electrical conductor; in one wall of the reservoir there is a blind indentation of small dimension at a certain height relative to the bottom and communicating with the inside of the reservoir; an electrode is secured inside the ...

The subject of the present invention is a shell with open upper part, made in such a way as to incorporate a mid- sole, a toe, a heel, a side band and also, but not necessarily, at the front and beneath the mid-sole, a perforated seat designed to contain the ski binding, type NORDIC NORM 75 MM, and designed to be used for the manufacture, by adhesive bonding to the upper, of mountain and telemark ...