In order to improve the combustion of diesel engine fuels, mixtures of neutral salts of carboxylic acids and metals of Atomic Nos. 57 to 71 and free carboxylic acids are added thereto.

An anticorrosive coating process comprises: (i) a step of forming a primer coating layer by applying on a substrate an oil-type anticorrosive coating or an alkyd resin-type anticorrosive coating as a primer coating, followed by air-drying, (ii) a step of forming a binder coating layer by applying on the primer coating layer a phenol-modified alkyd resin-type coating containing a flaky pigment, fol...

The cylinder barrel bearing face of an axial piston fluid motor is provided with a plurality of generally radially extending grooves whose inner ends are in communication with a source of low-pressure fluid. During periods when the motor is disconnected from a high-pressure source of fluid and the motor is driven mechanically, the grooves operate as a centrifugal pump which pressurizes the crankca...

1. New compound useful for preparing medicaments characterized by the fact that they present the following formula : see diagramm : EP0007880,P12,F1 in which : R7 is either a hydrogen atom or an alkyl or alcenyl radical which can have up to 3 carbon atoms ; R8 is a hydroxyalkyl radical, the carbon atom number of which is equal of higher than 3, hydroxycycloalkyl, hydroxyalkylaryl radical possi...

The invention relates to a method for steeping a body in a fluid. On the outer side(s) (1) of the body (2), a layer (4) which has cavities, in particular pores, cells or capillaries is applied. The cavities of the layer are not closed and are filled with the steeping fluid in order to pass them onto the body (2).

An improved hydraulic control system is disclosed for operating the swing tower and boom of a backhoe. The system includes a pair of hydraulic motors interconnected between the backhoe frame and swing tower. A sequencing valve is hydraulically associated with respective ends of the hydraulic motors and operates to direct the flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid to the motors for improved performanc...

A foam extrusion apparatus employs one or more extruders mounted on horizontal rails for movement toward and away from the end of a vacuum chamber which is in the form of an elongated inclined barometric leg. The upper end of the chamber is closed by two, substantially concentric in the closed position, substantial bulkheads, each also supported on rails and held in an inclined position to close t...

The stackable transport pallet has two runners (10) which are arranged at a distance from one another and which each possess two standing feet (11) with flanks (13) converging towards the standing surface (12). The runners (10) are connected to one another by means of supporting sections (15) extending transversely relative to these and intended for the loading material. To achieve an improved dim...

Disclosed is a recording apparatus wherein a record head having a plurality of ink jet nozzles is mounted on a carriage which scans a print plane. The number of ink jet nozzles of a first color ink used to record primary characters or patterns is larger than the number of ink jet nozzles of a second color ink used to record non-primary characters or patterns, and the print speed for the primary ch...

An improved method of operating an activated biomass process wherein influent and activated biomass are initially contacted under anaerobic conditions to form a mixed liquor, the mixed liquor is subsequently oxygenated, thereafter activated biomass is separated from the mixed liquor and at least a portion of the separated biomass is introduced into the initial contacting step. The improved method ...

1. A tumor-bile duct prothesis formed of a vitreous carbon tube wherein the outer surface of said tube is roughened by micropores (3) and by grooves (2) having a depth of one to two millimeters and extruding over the whole surface of the tube and wherein the inner surface of said tube is finely-polished.

New 1,1,2-triphenylpropane and -propene derivatives of the general formula (I), wherein A and B each stand for hydrogen or they form together a valence bond, X and Y are identical or different and stand for phenyl group or a phenyl group having a halogen, hydroxy methoxymethoxy, C1-6 alkoxy or benzyloxy substituent in the para position, R1 is a C1-6 alkyl, epoxyalkyl, azidoalkyl, methox...

An implant 22, e.g. for locating a hip prosthesis, is placed in the medullary canal 18 of a bone 20 (e.g. the femur) and secured by pressurized cement 24. A push-fit plug 10 prevents cement penetrating down the canal. The plug can be biodegradable so that in time it dissolves away and does not modify the flexural rigidity of the cement/bone system and the risk of fractures occurring at the level o...

The invention concerns a coating composition comprising a polymeric binder component and an aqueous medium containing, as a colouring component, a dyestuff soluble in the aqueous medium. Such a coating composition can be advantageously employed in a combination of coating compositions embodying the invention which combination is capable of producing a two-coat system on a surface and comprises at ...

The invention relates to an acrylic glass block having a side for viewing into and a side for viewing out of, for use in angled mirrors, in particular in armoured vehicles. The problem consists in guaranteeing the initially good optical quality of such angled mirrors over a long period. It is proposed for this purpose according to the invention to seal off the entire acrylic glass block hermetical...

An apparatus for the packaging-related plaiting of cloths or the like has driveable conveyor bands (1, 2) which lead from a feed station by way of folding stations to a reception station (7). To achieve a mechanical plaiting and folding of a plurality of cloths and for the production of multiple packs without manual intervention, two conveyor bands (1, 2) are arranged in a row one behind the other...

A firmware/hardware method and system is provided for testing interface logic in a data processing system having a plurality of system units intercommunicating over a common electrical bus. Under firmware control, an incorrect parity is generated in a main memory address to be loaded into output registers of a system unit supplying information to the bus. A bus cycle request is issued by the syste...

A method of distributing a number of bodies of different weight in units of a predetermined weight consists of the following steps: a) dynamic weighing of the individual bodies, b) registration of the weight of the body in a steering unit, c) conveyance of the weighed body to a collecting station wherein the weight registered of any bodies previously collected is less than or equal to the de...

The present disclosure is directed to an arrangement whereby any one of a plurality of different or similar interface circuit cards can be located into any one of a number of slots or holding means of a data processing system, without preassignment thereto, and whereby each of the interface circuit cards will generate its own diagnostic routine signals and signals representing its own identificati...