A method and a device for separating a component, such as fibrin I from blood, by centrifugation. The method involves feeding of blood admixed an anticlotter to a first annular chamber in a device, where the annular chamber is defined by a cylindrical outer wall and a cylindrical inner wall, both walls extending coaxially about a common axis, as well as by a top wall and a bottom wall, where the t...

A room temperature stable, substantially phase pure ±-C 3 P product is provided, which may be included in a reactive composition suitable for preparation of calcium phosphate cements. The ±-C 3 P product may be obtained by heating a tricalcium phosphate source to a temperature sufficient to convert substantially all of the tricalcium phosphate source to a substantially phase pure ±-C 3 P product. ...

When a slip value of the driven wheel of a vehicle on a road surface reaches a predetermined value, the braking force is applied to the driven wheel by means of slip control. The slip control by application of the braking force to the driven wheel is inhibited when the vehicle speed reaches a high speed above a predetermined vehicle speed.

The appts. includes an X-ray beam source (1) which emits an X-ray beam. It also has a beam detector (2) which receives the beam. The source (1) and the detector (2) are arranged opposite each other and can be aligned with each other relative to the central beam of the emitted radiation. The beam source (1) is arranged so that it cannot move horizontally relative to the axis of the central beam (4...

The X-ray appts has respective X-ray tubes (16,17) for each imaging plane, supplied by a common HF generator with an intermediate DC circuit (12), a DC/AC converter (13) and a HV generator (14). Both X-ray tubes are grid-controlled with a common control device (18) providing the grid pulses for X-ray emission, the operating and data and radiation dosage for each imaging plane being individually s...

The actuating arrangement includes a torque transmitting system that includes a first device for initiating, discontinuing or regulating the transmission of torque. A transmission includes a second device for initiating a gear shifting operation within one of a plurality of gear shifting paths. The transmission further includes a third device for initiating the gear ratio selecting operation among...

The fencing comprises interlinked vertical and horizontal wire strands with only some of the horizontal strands formed as electrical conductors (3) with high conductivity whilst the other horizontal strands are non-conducting. Vertical conductor strands (4) with a clearly lower conductivity are attached to the horizontal conductor strands at predetermined intervals. Preferably the horizontal stran...

A method of manufacturing an absorbent article in the form of a pants diaper or a sanitary panty starts from a flat blank which includes an elongated absorbent body (5) enclosed between two casing sheets (2, 9) which at opposing front and rear end parts of the absorbent body have side parts which extend laterally beyond the body on opposite sides thereof. The method includes the step of folding th...

A nonwoven fiber and fabric are provided wherein the fabric has comparable strength characteristics to conventional fabrics yet is softer. The fibers are are a blend of a high crystallinity polypropylene polymer and a random block copolymer of polypropylene and polyethylene. The fabric of this invention may be laminated to other spunbond layers, meltblown nonwoven fabrics or films. The nonwoven fa...

A method of extracting metal ions from aqueous solutions comprises passing a feed aqueous solution (10) containing said metal ions through the hollow cores of a first plurality (A) of inert microporous hollow fibre membranes, said hollow fibre membranes being disposed in an electrically conducting organic liquid phase (14) containing a ligand which is capable of combining with the said metal ions;...

A mold (20) for curing a precured tread (10) to a tire casing (100) is disclosed. The mold (20) has a first annular portion (24), a second annular portion (44), a pair of annular portions (12, 14), and an inflatable bladder (23) for insertion into the casing (100) when enclosed in the cavity (53) of the closed mold (20). The first annular portion (24) has a sidewall supporting member (27), the sid...

A blowing agent for use in preparing a polyisocyanate-based foam which comprises a major portion of HCFC-123, a minor portion of HCFC-141b, a branched or unbranched aliphatic alkane having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms or mixtures thereof, and a polyether component which reduces cell size in the resultant polyisocyanate-based foam. The polyether component includes a mixture of polymerized, oxidized pe...

PCT No. PCT/DK95/00460 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 21, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 21, 1997 PCT Filed Nov. 21, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/16387 PCT Pub. Date May 30, 1996A traffic supervision system for transport systems (17) of the type comprising a towing unit and one or more transporting or transported units, the towing unit having a data processing unit (1) with transmit and receive facilities adapted to re...

The present invention relates to DNA sequences that encode for the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex of an organism belonging to the genus Streptomyces and to polypeptides produced by the expression of such sequences. It also relates to methods of enhancing the production of natural avermectin and of producing avermectin through fermentation.

Disclosed are films, containers and container liners comprising a copolyester having repeat units from terephthalic acid and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and a hindered phenolic antioxidant.

A machine for scraping tyres and the like comprising means of handling (6, 106) and actuation (4, 104) of a tyre (7) made integral with a frame (1) according to a horizontal axis, constituting the axis of rotation of tyre (7) and of a work tool (11), and a device (8) for lifting the tyre, one (6) of such means of handling being capable of being operated in rotation but fixed in translation to cons...

A safety ski binding for holding the rear end of a boot on a ski is proposed. This binding is characterised in that it has damping devices which are introduced between a part of the displaceable housing and a rear, fixed stop in such a way that they exert a counterforce or resistance force on the housing when the latter is moved backwards under the effect of a rearwardly directed longitudinal load...

The shredding elements are connected to a rotary drive (18) to form one complete structural group (17) which can be fixed on and removed from the housing (36 preferably by screw connections (34) releasable from the top side of the housing. The housing can be closed at the top by a removable cover which can be screwed and locked on the housing. A plastics or metal mesh sieve can be detachably fitte...