The present invention provides a resilient, fluid-pervious, laminate, plastic web suitable for use as a topsheet on absorbent articles, especially catamenial articles. The web includes a first layer of polymeric material, a second layer of polymeric material and an intermediate layer of fibrous material. The fibrous material of the intermediate layer extends below the second surface of the web, pr...

The present invention provides an absorbent article including a fluid pervious topsheet, a fluid impervious backsheet joined to the topsheet, and an intermediate layer positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The topsheet comprises: a resilient, three-dimensional, macroscopically expanded, fluid pervious web including a first polymeric material which exhibits a first melting point temper...

PCT No. PCT/JP94/00290 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 18, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 18, 1994 PCT Filed Feb. 24, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/19475 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 1994An agglutination gene of 4.7+/-0.2 kb in yeast which codes for a polypeptide which exhibits agglutinative activity.

A fluid dispensing system (10) for delivering sterile preservative-free solution (20) is disclosed. The system (10) uses double self-sealing valves (56, 58) mounted in series inside a tip compartment (22) which fits on the outlet of a multiple dosage squeeze container (12) to prevent undesirable retrograde flow of the dispensed liquid back into the bottle (12) during the decompression cycle. The v...

A system and method for atomizing a titanium-based material to particulates in a controlled atmosphere. The system includes a crucible (30) for skull melting a titanium-based material. The molten titanium-based material is transferred to a tundish (40) for receiving the molten titanium-based material. The tundish has a bottom portion with an aperture formed therein and is heated. A molten metal no...

An interactive computer system (1010) provides electronic agents to represent the interests and needs of users of the system. The agents include information, stored in memory (1018), regarding the expressed interests, purchase histories, and demographic characteristics of the user. In one case, an agent will scan the database (1018) to select products of interest to the user and will compile and t...

The present invention concerns a system of measuring the hydraulic characteristics of pumping installations with a BY PASS system and with the main interest in the pumping station of ground water wells. The flow measurement with a BY PASS system is known from the existing technology. The present invention gives us the ability to measure accurately the flow through a multihole pipe, the total manom...

A method and apparatus for identifying cuttings (20) from a wellbore (18) are provided. The cuttings are segregated through a screen assembly (33) where they can be identified by measuring emissions such as alfa, beta, or gamma particles which emanate from the cuttings via a collector or storage vessel (40). A continuous wellbore profile of the emissions from cuttings can be constructed by measuri...

The invention relates to nonaqueous coatings containing a polyacrylate resin and a urea group-containing thixotropic agent and having improved surface properties. The polyacrylate resin is prepared by polymerizing (a) from 16 to 51% by weight of a hydroxyl group-containing ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or of a mixture of such monomers; (b)from 32 to 84% by weight of an aliphatic or cyc...

PCT No. PCT/EP94/00965 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 17, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 17, 1995 PCT Filed Mar. 26, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/22969 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 1994A process is disclosed for producing a double-layered covering lacquer by using a transparent covering lacquer containing a hydroxyl group-containing polyacrylate resin produced by polymerizing (a) 10 to 51% by weight 4-hydroxy-n-butylacrylate...

A thin-film magnetic material is formed on a polymer substrate. The material exhibits large Barkhausen discontinuity without intentional application of external tensile or torsional stress. The thin-film material may be produced by a sputtering technique wherein the normal to the substrate is directed obliquely to a target member. A biasing magnetic field in proximity to the substrate may also be ...

A method for closing a passage in a filter body sample made from a solidifiable plastic or plastifiable particle-based material and comprising a plurality of coextending throughgoing passages separated by common passage walls, the method comprising deforming passage walls adjacent to the passage. This method vastly simplifies the manufacturing of filter bodies for use in e.g. filtering flue gasses...

Catalytic metal additives that directly dissolve in gasoline in concentrations providing efficient and economical three-way catalysis of exhaust gases from internal combustion engines. The additives are compounds of noble (e.g., Pt, Pd, Au and Rh) or non-noble (e.g., Re) metals. The preferred compounds have polar metal ligand bonds, preferably with inorganic ligands such as halogens, oxygen, etc.,...

A "cold-clash" gear problem associated with vehicular manual transmissions exposed to the cold is overcome by use of a special all-synthetic gear oil composition. The composition is composed of base oil and specified additive components. The base oil is a blend of di-(2-ethylhexyl)sebacate and three hydrogenated poly- alpha -olefin oligomers having kinematic viscosities at 100 DEG C. of about 40,...

PCT No. PCT/GB94/00626 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 13, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 13, 1995 PCT Filed Mar. 25, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/22770 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 1994Removal of a target metal having an insoluble phosphate (e.g. actinides), is effected by passing the solution through a bioreactor containing an immobilised phosphatase-producing microorganism which has been cultivated using a culture medium c...

A method of forming a tissue equivalent is described. A length of polyester tube is threaded over a mandrel (H) and attached at either end by clips at A and D. A block (F) is then screwed into place. The polyester is then pre-soaked by injecting through Tap (2) an acidified collagen solution for approximately one hour. After a suitable period of time the excess solution is aspirated off. Following...

A pallet stringer, generally trapezoidal when viewed endwise, is folded from a corrugated paperboard sheet to have five panels on each side of a vertical plane and a lower panel intersected by the plane, namely an outer panel extending upwardly and outwardly from the lower panel, another outer panel extending inwardly from the upwardly extending outer panel, toward the plane, an inner panel extend...

In this process, the wood is treated with a composition which comprises (A) salt of organic or inorganic acid and organopolysiloxane containing radicals with basic nitrogen, bonded to SiC, in amounts of at least 0.5 per cent by weight of basic nitrogen, based on the weight of this organopolysiloxane, (B) a water-repellent active substance which is not solid at 20@C and 1020 hPa, with the proviso...

The heat pump for enlarging the volume of working chamber has subsidiary cylinder combined with the crank case under the main cylinder. The heat pump comprises a main cylinder (4) having a heating tube (1) and vertically moving primary/secondary displacers (2,3); high-temp./middle-temp./low-temp. chambers (5)(6)(7) separated by the displacers (2)(3); high-temp./low-temp. regenerating sections (8)(...

In a fuel injection timing control apparatus for fuel injection pumps having a pressure response type timer in which the timer is controlled to make an actual injection time conincident with a target injection time through PID control, a control constant for the PID control is determined so as to avoid the influence of a reaction force caused by the fuel injection.