A camera (18) arranged in the axis of a bottle to be tested is used to take pictures in order to determine defects in the upper end face of the mouth lip (43). A circular, coaxial light-conducting body (30) which is surrounded by a light source (28) is arranged between the lip (43) and the camera (18). It has a central viewing opening (40) with the shape of a double conical frustum (40a, 40b). The...

A closure includes an end plate assembly (20) which includes an inner (24) and an outer (22) endplate and between which is disposed a cable sheath gripping assembly (60). The cable sheath gripping assembly includes a housing and a clamping portion (100) which cooperate to form two cable-receiving passageways. Each passageway is formed between two channels, one being formed in the base and one bein...

At the transmitter side, carrier waves are modulated according to an input signal for producing relevant signal points in a signal space diagram. The input signal is divided into, two, first and second, data streams. The signal points are divided into signal point groups to which data of the first data stream are assigned. Also, data of the second data stream are assigned to the signal points of e...

A ferroelectric liquid crystal device having a pair of substrates each provided with voltage application means, an orientation control layer formed on at least one of the substrates, and a layer of ferroelectric liquid crystal composition formed between the pair of substrates, the device being characterized in that the ferroelectric liquid crystal composition comprises at least one compound (a) ha...

An adjustable shade comprising a pleated expandable and collapsible main shade and a pleated expandable and collapsible auxiliary shade on a lower end of the main shade, with the auxiliary shade arranged so that the pleats can fan outwardly from one side edge of the auxiliary shade. Expansion of the one side edge of the auxiliary shade is controlled so that it can form an inverted fan configuratio...

An oxygen ion conductive solid-electrolyte plate (1) has first and second opposite surfaces. A plurality of negative electrodes (21b, ) and positive electrodes (21a, ) are formed on the first and second surfaces of the solid-electrolyte plate (1) , respectively, and each of the plurality of negative electrodes (21b, 22b) is opposed to each of the plurality of positive electrodes (21a, 22a). A sp...

A distributed system includes a non-distributed computing environment (DCE) computer system and at least one DCE computer system which are loosely coupled together through a communications network operating with a standard communications protocol. The non-DCE and DCE computer systems operate under the control of proprietary and UNIX based operating systems respectively. The non-DCE computer system...

An insulating sleeve retains heat in the plastic of a flexible plastic medical tube when the plastic of the medical tube is dielectrically heated by tubing sealer. The heat retained by the insulating sleeve permits additional melting of the plastic of the medical tube after a seal has been formed. The additional melting results in forming an easily tearable web between the segments of the medical ...

The reaction of premade gels with KOH in aqueous ammonia solvents yields highly crystalline but ultrasmall particulate, colloidal, products having major advantages in catalytic and sorption process.

7-(Aminomethyl-oxa-7-aza-bicyclo¢3.3.0!oct-7-yl)quino-lonecarboxylic acid and 7-(aminomethyl-oxa-7-aza-bicyclo-¢3.3.0!oct-7-yl)naphthyridonecarboxylic acid derivatives The invention relates to novel derivatives of quinolonecarboxylic acid and naphthyridonecarboxylic acid which are substituted in the 7 position by a 1- (or 5-)amino-methyl-2- (or 3-)oxa-7-aza-bicyclo¢3.3.0!oct-7-yl residue, their sa...

A pharmaceutical composition in the form of an emulsion preconcentrate for oral administration and containing a cyclosporin. The pharmaceutical composition has a carrier medium for the cyclosporin that contains a hydrophilic organic solvent; a mixed mono-, di-, and tri-glyceride or a transesterified and polyethoxylated vegetable oil; and a polyoxyethylene-sorbitan-fatty acid ester surfactant. The ...

5-Oxo-dibenzo¢a,d!cyclohepta-1,4-dienes The invention relates to substituted 5-oxo-di-benzo¢a,d!cyclohepta-1,4-dienes of the general formula (I) having the meaning of the substituents given in the description, processes for their preparation and their use as retroviral agents.

of the disclosure: Method for the immunochemical quantification of inactivated, immunoreactive antigens The invention relates to a method for the immunochemical quantification of inactivated, immunoreactive antigens which are used for eliciting an immune response in mammalian animals and humans.

The microtransmitter, which can be located inside microcontainers such as finger rings, wrist watches, ballpoint pens, subcutaneous applications, etc., and can be used either for reception or transmission of signals, also via radio link, essentially consists of a pilot and deviation control circuit, which receives the signals arriving from a sender, followed by a thermal stabilisation and control ...

The bicycle is modular with the addition of a rear saddle 8, with the bringing into operation of a folding handlebar 11 on the horizontal member of the frame and the addition of a set of pedals 1, connected to the main ones, so as to permit the passenger to assist with the driving.

A designator (700) adapted as an actuator for an elastomeric membrane keypad (1100) sandwiched between a circuit board (1203) and a housing (1201). The designator (700) has a substantially translucent substrate (701). A top surface of the substrate (703) has substantially translucent (705) and substantially opaque (707) portions for producing negative (800) or positive (1000) image graphics. Upper...

An adjustable vehicle seat (1) wherein the frame (4) supporting the seat portion (2) is defined by two sides (12, 13), each presenting a bottom portion (14) sliding along a respective horizontal longitudinal guide (8), and a top portion (15) integral with the seat portion (2) and connected to the respective bottom portion (14) so as to travel, in relation to the bottom portion, along a fixed verti...

The remote-controlled ball is a toy guided by electromagnetic waves emitted by a standard transmitter at the frequency of 27 MHz which is not described in the invention. Movement of the ball is the resultant of two forces: the earth's gravity and the driving force. The magnitude of the force of gravity is due to a weight located beneath the motor shaft. The driving force is provided by two batteri...

A mobile sheet roof system for greenhouses comprises one or preferably two sheets which can be wound and unwound on their own mandrels. The two mandrels are preferably mounted along the ridge of the roof and are operated through a transmission which incorporates a main transmission shaft parallel to the mandrels. A plurality of moving cable arms control the free edge of the sheet and are operated ...