12 TITLE: Flagstaff maintaining the flag unfurled APPLICANT: DESCHAMPS, Frédéric The flagstaff according to the invention includes a mast (1) provided with a boom (4) which carries a flag (5) equipped with a rigid head bar (8) operable from the foot of the mast with the help of a halyard (7), securing means being provided between the boom and the head bar when the latter has been hoisted to top po...

60557-4458 An orthodontic appliance has a body with an elongated archwire slot that has a certain periphery in reference planes generally perpendicular to the mesial-distal reference axis. The body is made of polymeric material and reinforcing fiber structure embedded therein said reinforcing fiber structure including a number of side-by-side stretches of one or more filaments that extend about a ...

Improved composite semipermeable membranes comprising microporous carbonaceous adsorptive material supported by a porous substrate are disclosed for use in separating multicomponent gas mixtures in which certain components in the mixture adsorb within the pores of the adsorptive material and diffuse by surface flow through the membrane to yield a permeate stream enriched in these components. Metho...

Electronic carriage with six wheels or two further tracked wheels. We describe below a multi-wheeled electronic carriage that is characterised by the fact that it is electrically driven with four wheel drive, with a central electronic control unit that gives the invention the advantage of use in enclosed and crowded spaces, with the ability to work on sandy and loose ground without causing polluti...

This provides a fixed support base, connected in familiar fashion to the public telephone set, designed and constructed to be highly durable, both from a physical and a logic standpoint. Furthermore, a microtelephone is provided with dimensions of a credit card, provided with the necessary devices for power turn on, switching of telephone/radio functions, dialling of the telephone number, micropho...

A luggage case has a bottom wall supported on four swivel wheels that permit the luggage case to be turned in any direction about a vertical axis. Two of the swivel wheels are part of a leading wheel assembly, and two of the swivel wheels are part of a trailing wheel assembly. Each wheel assembly has a one-piece molded plastic base including an elongated plate extending transversely of the bottom ...

Hygienic cleaner fitted into toilets: formed by a closed tubular element that fits inside the upper part of the toilet, which element has perforations on the front and rear areas for the outlet of liquid and detergent, and/or air that enters the element laterally through a tubular prolongation connected to a body, also tubular, in the shape of a double "T", to which are corrected a soap container ...

According to the invention a smoothing-polishing machine is realized for cylindrical surfaces comprising a base (2) on which ios at least one rising column (3), to which is connected a smoothing group (6) composed from an abrasive belt (50) wound between a pair of drums (21) and a pressure group (5) pressing the abrasive belt (50) against the cylindrical surface (20) to be treated. The said pressu...

In accordance with the invention there is provided a distribution device 1 for connecting a boiler 11 to the wall connections of gas feed circuits to the boiler itself and delivery and return water circuits to the using cylinders. This device comprises three or more hollow duct bodies 23, 33, 43, 53, 63 which do not communicate with each other and in which each is provided with a plurality of rout...

The device according to the invention comprises a supporting base on which there are a plurality of seats capable of receiving one end of a set of tubular members forming a virtual container within which the container or bottle which has to be compressed is placed. In accordance with the invention, there is inserted at the other end of the said tubular members a compression member formed by a pist...

A mechanism includes an adjusting device (18) designed for changing the position of means for closing the cartons (3). The displacement of the closing means is made along a vertical direction in accordance with the height of the cartons (3), and requires a single adjustment action. The closing means comprise a folding member (11) that folds a tab (10) of the flap (2) of each carton, a plate (17) t...

The process in question can be used to produce an ornamental design on the underside of a rubber or plastic sole, without interfering with the process of manufacturing the footwear. The design is applied in such a way that it is not damaged by the scraping of the sole.

This boat propulsion system has the distinguishing feature of having an essentially flat wind blade rotating about a vertical axis so as to expose a cyclically variable surface to the wind, creating cyclical pulses that can be converted into propulsive thrust, either by direct means such as oars pushing in one direction and/or fins or by indirect means consisting of fins actuated by the rolling mo...

This machine has the distinguishing feature of a pick-up bed that picks up by means of suckers located on at least four parallel and symmetrical directrices, the outermost of which can be moved upwards to detach, from the stack of slabs, two parallel opposite edges, causing progressive bending of the slab as the air pushes in towards the middle of the slab. This machine has the distinguishing feat...

The invention concerns the mechanical connection for driving a current generator 23 supported at the bottom, Fig. 5, on the chassis of a motor vehicle provided with a gearbox 19 with power take-off 18, flanged 2 to which is a chain multiplier, Figs. 1-2, 1, with a particularly compact construction and suitable for obtaining a suitable distance between entrance 7 and exit 8 for the connection by ca...

PCT No. PCT/EP93/01614 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 21, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 21, 1995 PCT Filed Jun. 23, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/00250 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 1994The present invention relates to a suitable apparatus for cleaning water closets bowls by concentrated water and steam jets and for in disinfecting the bowls. The apparatus includes a portable hand-held dispenser body provided with a water tank...