The present invention includes the hardware and software necessary to perform virtually any volume of complex transactions, and particularly a large volume thereof, is disposed in a central Application Processing Front End (APFE) which is shared by a plurality of merchants, thereby spreading the cost of the APFE among a large number of users. By including only the minimum amount of hardware compon...

An exercise device (100) having a footrest (102) including a plurality of angled surfaces (146,148,150) for placement of the user's feet and a pair of rotatable arms (104) extending from the sides of the footrest. A handle (118) is positioned over the arms and is resistively connected to the exercise device by an elastic cord (120) releasably attached to the handles and extending through the arms ...

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/US96/07265 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 21, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 21, 1997 PCT Filed Apr. 26, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/34357 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 1996A crossing network that matches buy and sell orders based upon a satisfaction and quantity profile is disclosed. The crossing network includes a number of trader terminals that can be used for entering order. The orders are entered in the form...

PURPOSE: To precisely prepare a yarn end without damaging the same, by arranging a cutter in the vicinity of the opening of a preparing nozzle, and providing an additional yarn loop forming unit to a yarn end preparation device. CONSTITUTION: A diagonally winding bobbin winder incorporates a splicing device 8 between a yarn tension device and a yarn monitor device, and a swivel nozzle 16 having a ...

A pneumatic thread or yarn knotless joining apparatus for installation on the winding positions of an automatic bobbin winding machine is provided with its own reversible electric stepping motor to cause stepwise rotation of the group of controlling drum cams firstly in an outward direction starting from a starting position and then in the return direction for controlling the synchronized movement...

This invention provides a method for joining textile yarns to restore their continuity each time this becomes necessary in a winding unit, by means of a joining device which operates by means of several successive steps, one following another, to achieve a continuous connection, in said method the individual operations involved in the joining being independent of each other and being autonomous an...

The invention concerns a process and device for opening shellfish such as oysters whose shell is held by a muscle. According to the invention, the process consists of placing the shellfish (5) on a graphic (6) or mechanical (20) device to enable the shellfish (5) to be positioned correctly in relation to a drilling tool (3) to ensure that its shell is pierced at or near the muscle, carrying out th...

L'invention se rapporte à la distribution des moteurs à combustion interne.
Ce dispositif comprend une armature (9) coopérant avec une soupape de distribution (4) et il présente deux électro-aimants de commande (6, 7) disposés de part et d'autre de l'armature (9) et qui maintiennent la soupape (4) dans une position d'ouverture et dans une position de fermeture, ainsi que des ressorts de com...

A decorative laminate (z) surface layer composition is prepared by selectively applying dissimilar thermoset or thermoplastic polymers (10) to a decorative laminate facing sheet (y) to achieve a brillant visual or pearlescent appearance. The laminate also exhibits enhanced wearability, chemical, thermal or ultra-violet radiation resistance or abrasion resistance.

A support device (1) for the operator of a fork-lift truck (2) comprises two upholstered support surfaces (3, 4) arranged substantially at right angles to each other. A horizontally orientated first support surface (4) is adapted to support the posterior (7) and the vertically orientated second support surface (3) is adapted to support a pelvic ridge of an operator (9, 10). The support surfaces (3...

Il s'agit d'un lit escamotable comportant un cadre de lit (4) rigide supporté par quatre jambages (11, 12) qui forment deux structures de support articulées (10), ces jambages étant reliés au cadre de lit par quatre pivots (14, 17), dont deux pivots fixes d'un côté du lit et deux pivots coulissants de l'autre côté du lit, et ce lit comportant en outre un dispositif d'assistance (23) qui sollici...

The disclosed ethylene polymer compositions have et least one homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/ alpha -olefin interpolymer and at least one heterogeneously branched ethylene polymer. The homogeneously branched linear or substantially linear ethylene/ alpha -olefin interpolymer has a density from about 0.88 to about 0.935 g/cm<3> and a slope of strain hardening coefficient great...

PCT No. PCT/EP94/01652 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 4, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 4, 1995 PCT Filed May 24, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/27599 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 8, 1994The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for rectal administration which comprises 1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-9-methyl-3-[(2-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)- methyl]-4H-carbazol-4-one in the form of its free base or a pharmaceutically acceptable sol...

Disclosed is an extruded, open-cell microcellular alkenyl aromatic polymer foam useful in insulating applications. The foam has an open cell content of about 70 percent or more. The foam has an average cell size of about 70 micrometers or less. The foam is particularly useful in evacuated or vacuum insulation panels. Further disclosed is a process for making the open-cell foam. Further disclosed i...

Disclosed is an extruded, open-cell microcellular alkenyl aromatic polymer foam useful in insulating applications. The foam has an open cell content of about 70 percent or more. The foam has an average cell size of about 70 micrometers or less. The foam is particularly useful in evacuated or vacuum insulation panels. Further disclosed is a process for making the open-cell foam. Further disclosed i...

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) dispersions in an organic solvent, comprising: (A) from 2 to 40% by weight of PTFE in powder form; (B) from 50 to 95% by weight of an organic solvent; (C) from 0.5 to 10% by weight of a dispersing agent of formula: (RH-L)y-(RF-L)xRH wherein : x is an integer from 1 to 3; y is 0 or 1, with the proviso that x=1 when y=1; RH is a x-functional radical having ...

A cushioning and heat-insulating packaging material made of a foamed cellulose substance is formed by pulping and dehydrating a cellulose substance such as waste paper, adding a foaming agent and a water-soluble adhesive thereto, wet-foaming the mixture to the desired form, and drying it. The foamed cushioning and heat-insulating material of the invention is useful as a buffer material because the...

Abattage d'animaux de boucherie.
Le dispositif de guidage est caractérisé en ce qu'il possède un système d'appui (37) comportant au moins un galet fou (38, 39) qui définit au moins deux paires, interne (381 ) et externe (392 ), de surfaces d'appui à symétrie de révolution d'axes parallèles ( DELTA1 , DELTA2 ) qui sont contenus dans un plan de référence et perpendiculaires au plan vertical ...