The invention relates to a device for extending an intermediate wall arranged in a packaging tube's longitudinal direction with a surplus of material as measured between the attachment locations of the intermediate wall. Means arc provided for orientating the intermediate tube's attachment locations to predetermined positions and application means (13) is introduced on either side of the intermedi...

A device and a method are disclosed for introducing into the fluorescent lamps small amounts of mercury. The device is formed of a metallic container which is capable of containing powders of one or more compounds having the general formula TixZryHgz, but is not hermetically sealed, in order to allow the discharge of mercury vapors generated by the decomposition of such compounds. Some possible de...

The invention relates to a winding roll support (1; 1'), particularly for tube, wire, cable winding roll (12), said winding rolls (12) providing a structure (13, 14) for the resting on a surface, the support (1, 1') for winding rolls being comprised of a base structure (2; 15', 16') providing upper (3; 3') and lower (4, 4') coupling elements, respectively, of said roll resting structure (13), late...

A thread guiding wheel for use in textile machinery has a circumferential slot (8) adapted to receive a given yarn; the circumferential slot is generally V-shaped in section, having axially opposed walls (6, 7) which, in a radially inwards direction, converge to a base at which the walls intersect, the base of the V being sufficiently sharp to grip, between the axially opposed walls, a part of sai...

A hand-held material identification apparatus 10 uses a spectrograph and detector array detecting a Raman spectrum produced by a sample illuminated by a laser source to recognize a variety of materials with a command to recognition time cycle of about one second or less. The width of the spectrum detected by each detector in the array is less than ¼th the excitation source wavelength deviation to ...

System comprises: (a) 3 containers (C1, C2 and C3) where C1 and C2 and C2 and C3 are in fluid communication; (b) a first porous medium interposed between C1 and C2 (LDM) comprising at least 1 of a leukocyte depletion medium, a red cell barrier (RCBM) and a combined LD-RCBM; and (c) a second porous medium interposed between C1 and C2 comprising a leukocyte depletion medium. Also claimed is a blood ...

There is described a form tool for compression forming a molded body having a circular cylindrical through hole with at least one helical groove from a sintering powder, which form tool has a mantle (1) with an inserted mold core (2), which forms at least one flight (3) protruding against the mantle (1) for forming the groove of the molded body, and a ring-shaped plunger (6) engaging in the mold c...

The invention concerns a hair-drier or the like, combining a heat source in the form of an electric resistor with a fan generating a hot air flow for treating hair. The device comprises a series of pins (7 and 7') for electric connection via a base (3) whereon the device can be placed and an electrically rechargeable battery (9, 9') for powering a fan (15) motor (13) and a heat accumulating elemen...

A U tube for use in a fired heater for heating a process fluid, the U tube being provided with internal generally longitudinal fins over its entire length.

The invention relates particularly to sensing devices and techniques which may be used to provide measurement data to aid an inertial navigation system, or attitude and heading reference system, and so bound the growth of errors which increase with time in such systems when operating autonomously. In one aspect, the invention relates to a method of determining the path length along a borehole from...

The invention relates to an embossed polyolefin film, suitable for producing personal hygiene products, which presents an improved pleasantness to the touch.

Manufacture of a medical device, which presents a hydrophilic surface coated elongate shaft for insertion into a body passageway, comprises: having the elongate shaft formed from a thermoplastic elastomer material comprising a polyether block amide or a styrene block copolymer; and forming the hydrophilic coating on the shaft by sequentially applying to the surface (i) a solution containing 0.05-4...

Fluoropolymer aqueous dispersions comprising an hydrogenated nonionic surfactant and a fluorinated nonionic surfactant selected from the following classes: Rf-L-(OCH(R1)-CH (R2)) n-O-A wherein: n is an integer comprised between 4 and 60; L is selected from: -(CF(Y)-CO-O)pR'- ; -(CF(Y)-CO-NH)pR'-; -(CF(Y)-SO2-NH)pR'-; wherein: p is 0 or 1; Y can be F or CF3; R' is an alkylic radical C1-C5...

A system and method for managing behavioral health care data includes an electronically governed transfer of selected information between patient databases residing at a provider site and a host site. The system and method eliminate human intervention at the host site in select cases in which treatment approval is sought and can be granted electronically on the basis of a set of rules resident in ...

A travel planner process is disclosed. A trip request including a traveler, time parameters and an origin and a destination for the traveler is specified. Computerized access to a machine-interrogatable database of tariffs, rules and seat availability for flights is provided. Computerized access to a traveler file (22) for the traveler is also provided. The traveler file (22) references a number o...

The invention concerns a device for building a patient's (3) abdominal muscles (2), characterised in that it comprises a game element (4), means for positioning the game element (4) and means for positioning the patient's lower limbs.

The invention relates to a method for coating silicone elastomers, specially small surfaces ( < 100 mm<2>) made of silicone elastomers. The inventive method chiefly enables a coating with a thickness of < 300 mu m.

An internal abrasive machine abrades material from an inner surface of a workpiece. The machine includes a casing rotated about a first axis, with a workpiece rotated therewith about the first axis. A housing is disposed coaxially inside of the casing, and a shaft is mounted eccentrically in the housing. The casing and housing are angularly movable relative to one another. A drivable spindle is mo...

An abrasive machine for grinding material from an outer surface of a workpiece. The machine includes a rotationally driven casing having an opening at one axial end thereof. The opening is defined by an annular edge which constitutes a grinding wheel. A shaft is disposed within the casing and forms a space whose center axis is offset from the center axis of the casing. Disposed within the space an...

This pertains to the general field of gels, foams, and aerogels, particularly, to low density open cell organic foams and low density open cell carbon foams, and methods for preparing them. These low density open cell organic foams are derived from organic gels which may be prepared from hydroxylated benzenes (such as phenol, catechol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, and phloroglucinol) and aldehydes (s...