A techniqu for producing measurements of physical characteristics of subsurface media near a borehole penetrating the earth is disclosed that uses multiple transducers positioned along a borehole tool. A number of transducers of a first type, such as transmitters, are separated from each other along the tool by a preselected separation, and a number of transducers of a second type, such as recei...

Apparatus for picking, transportation and depositing of sheeted and/or folded material from different bundles or bunches of material comprises a conveyor module for transport and registration of the sheeted material, the conveyor module including a control device for controlling and registering the material to be transported by the conveyor in a desired direction of transport, at least one conveyo...

A compound printer having print stations 200, die cutting stations 10, and other operations, such as perforating and punching, has structure for rapid changeover of the individual stations. Movable carriages 306, 310 on carriage bars 302, 304 and indexing mounts 316 allow rapid removal and installation of the elements, such as the print station or the die. Changeover time is substantially reduced....

A signal from the speed sensor is extracted at a time period which is later than that for detecting a signal from the engine load sensor by a predetermined amount of time. The speed signal thus obtained is used to decide whether or not shifting of the automatic transmission is necessary, so that any incorrect changeover between two or more shift patterns or shifting between two or more of shift po...

In a circular loom having two or more shuttles, at least one shuttle is provided with a tip portion which is upwardly or downwardly deviated out of the center line of the shuttle, and some warps are kept on the warp line during shedding motions. Said warps are moved downwardly or upwardly by the deviated tip portion of the shuttle. Some healds Hb, Hc are provided with elongate mails such that in o...

A reclining chair having a collapsible construction in which a chair body composed of a back-rest and seat portion pivotally coupled to each other is rotatably pivoted onto a stool composed of frame members in such a manner that said back-rest can be adjusted to a desired angle of inclination with a longitudinal movement of said seat portion interlocked therewith when the reclining chair is extend...

A method of agglomerating coal particles, a portion of the coal particles having a fine particle size comprising (a) separating at least part of the coal particles having a fine particle size to provide a first fraction of coal particles having a reduced coal fines content; (b) contacting a slurry of coal particles of the first fraction with hydrocarbon oil to form coal-oil agglomerates; and (c) r...

A composition of matter comprising the reaction product of a bitumen and a fatty oil e.g. asphalt and castor oil, and a process of preparation therefor. The reaction product is combined with a ployhydroxy compound and a polyisocyanate, and allowed to react in the presence of a blowing agent, such as water, to form a foamed polymeric material. A particularly suitable blowing agent comprises a mixtu...

A driverless guided vehicle has a cargo loads receiving floor (4), an upright (5) mounted on the vehicle in perpendicular relation to the floor, and a control means (6-8) attached to the upright at a height easy to access by an operator on the route along which the driverless vehicle is guided. The control means includes a program switch panel, a manual dispatch switch, a manual stop switch, and a...

A high reliability electrical power system is provided with a microprocessor-based control unit which maintains power output and performs control functions for the system which is driven by the power system. A self locking feature prevents the transmission of potentially erroneous control signals if a component of the system being controlled or the control unit fails. The control unit conducts a s...

A substantially pure compound selected from the group consisting of the d-menthyl esters of 1RS-cis-, 1RS-cis/trans-, 1R-cis-, 1S-cis-, 1R-trans- and 1S-trans-3-(2,2-dichloro- and dibromo-vinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid, the 1-menthyl esters of 1RS-cis-, 1RS-trans-, 1RS-cis/trans-, 1R-cis-, 1S-cis-, 1R-trans- and 1S-trans-3-(2,2-dibromo-vinyl)-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylic aci...

A process for reducing doped polyacetylene crosslinking and embrittlement comprises treating the polyacetylene with a material selected from the class consisting of (a) hindered phenols; (b) alkyl ethers of hydroquinone, wherein the alkyl group has from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms; and (c) dialkyl thiodipropionates wherein each of said alkyl groups has from 1 to about 18 carbon atoms and each alkyl...

Asbestos-free fibre reinforced sheet material comprises from 10 to 35% by weight of a cured elastomeric binder and from 20 to 70% by weight of glass fibres (including ceramic fibres, or mineral fibres or mixtures of these) surface treated with a composition which is readily soluble in the solvent used in compounding the elastomeric binder.

Shaped articles of a blend of PPMS and triallyl cyanurate or isocyanurate are provided. They are thermoformed and irradiated with sufficient ionizing radiation to effect sufficient cross-linking to render the shaped article resistant to fatty foods under microwave oven conditions. Claims are also directed to the method.

Biaxially-oriented film comprising a layer of solid thermoplastic methyl styrene polymer, said polymer having at least 90 percent repeating units of 4-methyl-styrene.

A filament, and optionally a cord of cabled filaments, as a composite of (A) a filament and/or cord of steel, (18) a brass and/or zinc coating thereon and (C) an undercoat comprised of selected compounds. The invention further relates to a composite of such filament and/or cord as a reinforcement with rubber.