A rotatable processing bowl-type apparatus for separating blood components where a plurality of flexible umbilical tubes are positioned to establish communication with a processing bowl at one end thereof. Certain segments of each of the cables are stiffer than other segments of the same cables for improved life and performance. Also, outer portions of portions of the cables are impregnated with s...

PURPOSE:To limit the drive force of an engine when a steering angle is high and to prevent the occurrence of a spin, by providing a correction means, which corrects engine output characteristics to an accel control amount in a decreasing direction when a detecting value for a steering angle is high. CONSTITUTION:During running of vehicle, a control unit 5 effects feedback control of a DC motor 9, ...

A tyre manufacturing process of the type which employs a reusable rubber or the like curing bag or bladder. The process includes deflating, between curing cycles of the tyre manufacturing process, the curing bag or bladder; preventing oxygen bearing medium entering the curing bag or bladder; and supplying a non-reactive medium upstream of the curing bag or bladder to maintain the bag or bladder in...

ROCK BIT CUTTER CONES HAVING METALLURGICALLY BONDED CUTTER INSERTS A rock bit cutter cone for a drill bit is disclosed wherein hard carbide cutter inserts are metallurgically bonded into an interior core of the cone through a cladding. The cladding is bonded onto the exterior surface of the core by a powder metallurgy process. The cladding retains the inserts in the core. A thin layer or coating o...

A method and device whereby an automatic device for feeding and setting beads onto a tire building drum provides for the loose hanging of two beads and, after centering them in relation to a first axis through expansion of a hanging and automatic centering device, provides for transferring them parallel with the aforementioned first axis and coupled with respective annular transfer and setting bod...

This invention provides Class III anti-arrhythmic agents of the formula: in which R1 is alkylsulfonamido, arylsulfonamido, perfluoroalkylsulfonamido, R2 and R3 are hydrogen or alkyl, R4 is alkyl, and n is 2 to 4, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

PURPOSE:To enable the continuous implementation of quick and highly accurate measurement, by memorizing a reference calibration value once detected to enable the measurement of urine sugar continuously using this while a calibration processing is performed only when necessary. CONSTITUTION:In this measuring apparatus, a reference calibration value obtained in the preceding measurement is memorized...

PURPOSE:To improve transient responsiveness, by finding a prescribed steering angle by setting a virtual steering wheel, in case of setting a rear wheel as the steering wheel against a running direction, and setting it as an actual steering command value by inverting the code of the steering angle. CONSTITUTION:A rear wheel steering vehicle is assumed as an unattended mobile machine, and the steer...

One or more streams of tobacco in a rod making machine are tested by several density monitoring units one of which employs a source of nuclear radiation and at least one other of which employs a source of optical radiation. The resulting density signals are evaluated and converted into signals which are devoid of the influence of changes of color and/or blend of fibrous material in the stream or s...

A tire manufacturing unit having two tire building drums mounted on respective coaxial and independent half shafts butt connected in a rotary manner so as to define a single continuous shaft supported in rotary manner on a platform mounted for rotation in successive 180 DEG steps about a horizontal axis; each half shaft having a respective independent driving device, and one of the drums moving, ...

A gear wheel shaft assembly in which the gear wheel (4) is pressed against an end plane (8) of a shaft (1) by a central bolt (5) through the gear wheel. The end plane is situated at a smaller radius than a shaft bearing (2). The cooperating surfaces (8,9) may be sand blasted.

A foam of cross-linked polyethylene having microcell structure is prepared using a chemical cross-linking initiator having a 10 hours half life temperature of from 80 DEG to 110 DEG C. In a preferred embodiment, the chemical cross-linking agent is employed in combination with co-cross-linking agent such as triallyl cyanurate.

A process for preparing expandable particles of a vinyl chloride resin composition suitable for beads-foaming, comprising steps of: melting 100 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin having a difference between T1 and T2 of not higher than 45 DEG C. with 1 to 30 parts by weight of an acrylic resin to form a gelled composition, pelletizing said composition, and impregnating the resulting pellet...

A granular vinyl chloride polymer is produced by mixing an aqueous dispersion of a vinyl chloride polymer with an organic liquid being difficulty soluble in water and incapable of dissolving or swelling the vinyl chloride polymer to prepare an aggregate of particles of the vinyl chloride polymer, dehydrating the aggregate and then drying it. The drying is carried out by using a fluidized drying ma...

Polyamide substrates are preconditioned for electroless plating by contact with an alkaline aqueous solution having a pH of at least about 10 and etched with an acid solution. The acid solution is preferably an aqueous solution of an organic acid containing at least two carbon atoms, particularly an acetic acid compound, such as trichloroacetic acid.

Generally closed cell phenolic foams are prepared which have a K-factor of less than 0.029, watt/(m.K) preferably from 0.017 to 0.024 watt/(m.K) of foam thickness when mesured at 24 Centrigrade. The foams are prepared from a resole resin which has been stripped to a water level of less than 7 percent by weight, preferably from 3 to about 6 percent by weight based on resin weight. A viscosity ad...

An expandable alkenyl aromatic polymer composition and methods of preparation are provided. The composition is admixed with a volatile blowing agent and an expansion aid which includes a polyphenylene ether. The composition may be extruded and then expanded by exposure to steam or hot air or may be impregnated with blowing agent and then expanded.

Powdered, cured silicone rubber in the form of microfine particles is prepared by emulsifying a curable liquid silicone rubber composition in a mixture of water and a surfactant at a temperature of from 0 to 25 degrees C, dispersing the curable composition in water heated to a temperature of at least 25 degrees C and recovering the resultant cured particles. The liquid silicone rubber composition ...

A method of predicting the occurrence of deep vein thrombosis after a surgical procedure comprises monitoring changes in the internal diameter of a blood vessel using a non-invasive ultrasound technique. The frequency and magnitude of changes in vessel diameter are used to predict whether deep vein thrombosis will occur.

A multi-lumen catheter having a balloon-like expander located at the distal end thereof, the interior of the balloon communicating with one of the plural lumens whereby a fluid introduced at the proximal end of the catheter can be made to inflate the balloon. A series of surface electrodes are axially spaced over a zone located near the distal end of the catheter body. Electrical conductors connec...