Fireproof sealbag provided with external cover made of fireproof fabric, preferably textile glass, in given case with internal cover made of damp-proof foil, filled with stuffing containing thermo-swelling pad with 25-45 volume % sand or granular fireproof material of similar specific weight, and 20-40 volume % perlite or other heat insulator as filling material, and 20-40 volume % sodium enriched...

A safety razor having a handle carrying a head having two projecting tongues, a platform having a pair of undercut recesses for receiving the tongues and a shield for overlying the razor blade head. The platform includes along its underside a retaining edge opposite the undercuts, a pair of centering ribs spaced one from the other and with tapered edges for engaging the end edges of the handle hea...

A fuel injection system, especially for air-compressing, spontaneous ignition reciprocating piston internal combustion engines. At least one parameter which characterizes the injection process, such as beginning and duration of the injection, is adapted to be regulated by at least one electromagnetic control valve per cylinder unit which can be controlled by an electrically operating data processo...

A reduced pressure epitaxial deposition method is disclosed to maximize performance and leakage limited yield of devices formed in the epitaxial layer. The method includes specified prebake and deposition conditions designed to minimize arsenic (buried subcollector) and boron (buried isolation) autodoping effects when pressures below one atmosphere are selected in accordance with the subcollector-...

The subject matter of the invention is a biomedical electrode and a method of manufacturing biomedical electrodes. The biomedical electrode relates to the field of disposable biomedical electrodes for establishing connection between the skin of the human anatomy and an electromedical apparatus. The biomedical electrode securely anchors a one-piece terminal member to the other components of the elc...

A method of forming a shaped article comprising providing a feedstock consisting of a plurality of superimposed layers of parallel, aligned filaments in a thermoformable polymer matrix in which the continuous filaments have been severed in predetermined positions in the layers, heating the feedstock to a temperature at which the thermoformable polymer matrix can be formed, clamping the plurality o...

Ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines flachen Formteils aus einem thermoplastischen Kunststoff, das Bereiche mit unterschiedlichen Dicken aufweist, ist so weiterzubilden, daß eini billige Herstellung möglich ist. Dies wird dadurch erreicht, daß der Kunststoff auf eine Temperatur erhitzt wird, bei der er eine im wesentlichen viskose bzw. breiige Konsistenz aufweist, und auf ein umlaufendes Transportb...

A signal having a non-uniform probability density is processed for transmission in pulse code modulated form. The signal is quantised using conventional methods and the quantised signal then coded using a non-sequential coding scheme in which binary codewords for the quantisation levels are chosen in accordance with the probability of the quantisation levels and number of ON bits in the codewords....

Injection pen (1) suitable for being carried in the clothes of a user-patient, comprising a housing (26) incorporating an injection fluid reservoir (3) or cartridge having a variable content, a pump rod (4) that can be biassed against said reservoir (3) or cartridge for altering the content thereof and a drive mechanism for moving said pump rod (4), wherein said drive mechanism comprises an electr...

Prostheses and methods are described for replacement of the dome areas of the hip joint. A femoral component (150) is provided with a superior articular surface (152) which is curved so as to simulate the shape of the dome area of the patient's femoral head. The damaged or diseased portion of the weight bearing dome area of the femoral head is removed and the femoral component (150) is implanted. ...

Solventless organopolysiloxane compositions are well adopted as coating/impregnating materials for a wide variety of substrates to provide, e.g., water repellant/solvent resistant gaskets and various substrates possessing enhanced non-stick characteristics, are comprised of (i) an alpha , omega -dihydroxypolydiorganopolysiloxane having a viscosity, measured at 25 DEG C., ranging from 5 to 100,00...

A communication controller integrated into a data processing system comprising a central processing unit (1) with a main control storage (3) and a local storage (2), the system further comprising a number of high speed adapters (6-10) connected to the central processing unit by means of a high speeds bus (5), the high speed adapters serving a plurality of input/output devices. At least one of the ...

PURPOSE:To attain high speed processing by adopting the constitution in such a way that an instruction of a branched destination address is stored in a cache memory and accessed. CONSTITUTION:When an instruction decoded by a decoder 21 in a decode circuit 3 is a branch instruction, a branched destination address is given to an associate memory CAM 62 of a cache memory 6. When the access is hit, a ...

PURPOSE: To improve the reliability and availability by adding a back-up memory unit providing plural memory spaces having an address label whose corresponding memory space is the same as that of a memory module. CONSTITUTION: The back-up memory 20 with the same capacity and boundary width as those of the memory units 13-15 is added. The respective memories 13-15 and 20 execute two-way communicati...

Biocompatible particles and an article incorporating a plurality of such particles is disclosed. The particles can have means for interconnecting such as an aperture for stringing the particles on a filament or interlocking external shape. A plurality of particles, with or without means for interconnecting, can be fashioned into an article by interconnecting the particles with a flexible material....

For use in hip arthroplasty procedures there is provided a femoral prosthesis and a separate greater trochanter fixation device which may optionally be used together depending on the approach selected by the surgeon. The fixation device is a stirrup and u-bolt and the stem of the femoral prosthesis may be grooved to receive the fixation device.

This invention is applied to a data handling system for type conversion of a record which is composed of a plurality of data having different attributes and lengths. This system has a means (3,4,5,7,9,10) for accessing a record in units of data, a means for converting the attributes and lengths of the data, and a means for editing the converted data in a predetermined order.

1. An endoprosthesis for an acetabulum, the endoprosthesis comprising an inner prosthetic socket (12) and an outer shell (1) and being suitable for cement-free fixing, the prosthetic socket (12) having a conical generated surface and the outer shell (1) being formed with a cavity (10) adapted to the conical envelope, the outer shell (1) and the prosthetic socket (12) being retained one in another ...

The femur head prosthesis is constructed with a sleeve for mounting on the pin of an anchoring shank. The sleeve is provided with a slotted end which is of smaller diameter than the end of the pin so as to plastically deform about the pin when mounted therein. The plastic deformation permits a clamped connection which prevents rotation of the femur head prosthesis on the anchoring shank.

The present invention relates to an information processing unit capable of performing processing with decreased processing time. The unit comprises first memory means (100) for storing a plurality of instruction words and a plurality of data, second memory means (202) for temporarily storing one of said instruction words read out of said first memory means (100), numerical data generating means (2...