Disclosed is a transition metal compound represented by the following formula: wherein M is a transition metal, X is halogen or the like, R<1> is a hydrocarbon group or the like, R<2> is an aryl group substituted with a halogenated hydrocarbon group, and Y is a divalent silicon-containing group or the like. Also disclosed are an olefin polymerization catalyst component comprising the transi...

A building material mixture, of unfired loam and/or clay, contains added vegetable fibers in the form of mechanically processed bast fibers and is free of artificial and/or non-biodegradable aggregates. An Independent claim is also included for production of the above building material mixture, in which a batch of unfired loam and/or clay is mixed with sand and mechanically processed bast fibers. ...

A biological water treatment plant has a basin (2) with a floor on which rests a submerged motor-driven pump (13) incorporating a cutting wheel and one or more aerator jets (15, 27). The pump sucks in water from the basin and ejects this back into the lower water levels through a slightly diverging tube (15) which has an air (17) supply (18) from above the surface. The submerged pump (13) may serv...

PCT No. PCT/EP96/03832 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 7, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 7, 1997 PCT Filed Aug. 31, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/11405 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 27, 1997An article such as for example a motor vehicle at a publicity function is to be represented in front of different viewers (38) in the background of a stage (28) in the form of a virtual image (26). A presenter (40) is to stand in the image and g...

An apparatus and system are provided for simultaneously analyzing a plurality of analytes anchored to microparticles. Microparticles each having a uniform population of a single kind of analyte attached are disposed as a substantially immobilized planar array inside of a flow chamber where steps of an analytical process are carried out by delivering a sequence of processing reagents to the micropa...

A film (50) is placed over a mold cavity (12a) and molten plastic (60, 98) deposited thereon to form a combination of a film with molten plastic thereon. The film-molten plastic combination is then formed in said mold cavity (12a) into a molded article in the shape of the mold cavity (12a).; Un film (50) est placé sur une empreinte (12a) de moule et du plastique fondu (60, 98) y est déposé afin de...

A vacuum extrusion line includes a vacuum chamber (10) having an extrusion die (18) at one end and a water baffle immersion cooler (20) at the other end for extracting the extrudate to atmosphere, extrudate shaping and sizing equipment (62, 63, 64) downstream of the die (18), a large diameter fixed bulkhead (16) at the die (18), first (44) and second (46) large diameter movable sections surroundin...

A laminated film (2) in which a metal foil is sandwiched between two polymeric films is cold formed to define one or more blisters (8), and the base of the blister (8) stamped with indicia (12), in two discrete stages. The blister (8) is formed in the first stage using a standard technique of advancing a pin (6) in a direction transverse relative to the plane of the film (2). According to the inve...

A method for forming plastic sheets (16) using the combinaison of temperature, vacuum and pressure to create a plastic component having a high quality surface finish. The forming method includes selectively applying vacuum and/or pressure between a sheet of material (16) and a respective mold surface (10, 14) to form a component. Optionally, the sheet material can be preheated to facilitate formin...

A paint film assembly (20) which includes a thermoformable paint film (22) having a high gloss and DOI and a thermoformable masking film (24) which is removably bonded to the paint film (22) so as to better protect the paint film (22), for example, during shipping and handling and during subsequent forming and processing (e.g., thermoforming and/or insert molding) of the paint film (22) onto an ar...

The present invention provides novel DNA sequences and polypeptides, which are associated with breast, gynecological, and prostate carcinomas. The present invention also provides methods for detecting and treating breast, gynecological and prostate cancers. In a preferred embodiment, these methods utilize a monoclonal antibody developed against a synthetic peptide corresponding to a viral protein ...

The present invention is a rubber modified monovinylidene aromatic polymer having a bimodal particle size distribution comprising: a) rubber particles of a star or branched low viscosity rubber having a volume average particle size of from 0.1 to 2 mu , and a cellular or core shell morphology or mixture thereof, and b) rubber particles of a star or branched low viscosity rubber, linear diene rubb...

The present invention relates to an optical duobinary transmitter system and method using optical intensity modulation. The system comprises an input terminal (51) arranged to receive a first binary signal, a driving circuit (53) connected to the input terminal and arranged to convert the first binary signal into a second and a third binary signal, a double electrode optical modulator (55) connect...

An improved color image sensor (100) semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) where photosites (111-124) of a particular color receive an independent electronic shutter control (300) signal which allows the exposure time of pixels corresponding to each color to be set independently. The embodiments aim to improve image quality under lower illumination conditions by improving signal-to-noise ratio in ...

A rapid channel changer for use in a digital broadband access system. The subject rapid channel changer includes a cache buffer (50) for storing the video data and a processor (55) for detecting and pointing to the synchronization frames. When a subscriber's channel change request is received by the processing unit, the corresponding video signal can be quickly accessed and directed downstream to ...

A cryogenic system for the recovery of fluorine compounds from a carrier gas stream such as an effluent stream from a semiconductor facility comprising three cryogenic rectification columns and a mass transfer contacting device.

The present invention relates to a sensing device for capturing acoustic heart sounds. The sensing device has a diaphragm formed from a piezoelectric transducer material which generates excitation signals in response to acoustic and vibratory energy outputs. The sensing device includes metallization layers on the diaphragm for receiving and transmitting the excitation signals to an output display ...

In a station for cleaning, restoring and protecting the nozzles (26) of an ink jet printer, a cleaning blade (34) is connected to the nozzle restoring and protecting device (40) and controlled by it when moved by the motion of the print head (22) into its operating position. The restoring device (40) comprises two covers (50) that are selectively coupled to one or the other of two heads for printi...

A method of cementing a wellbore which penetrates a subsurface gas-containing formation is provided whereby gas migration is reduced. The method features the use of an additive consisting of a tannin backbone having grafted thereto at least two different vinylamide derivatives. The additive causes the cement slurry employed in the method to exhibit a Zero Gel Time of greater than about one hour, a...

A power stage of quasi-complementary symmetry, including a common-source FET and a common-drain FET, with a reduced absorption of current under the conditions of high impedance of the output. The driving node of the upper (common-drain) transistor is decoupled from the output node of the stage, preventing the current generator Id, which discharges the control node, from absorbing current from the ...