The invention relates to a dental amalgam capsule (10) arranged to contain mercury in a first compartment (16) and dental alloy powder in a second compartment (18), a conduit (28) being provided so that amalgam can be dispensed by a pusher rod (66) directly from the capsule (10) into a cavity in a tooth.

The exercising machine has support legs (12, 112), a pair of support members (16, 116) and one or more resistance elements (22) in the form of elastic bands. The legs (12, 112) and support members (16, 116) are pivotally interconnected. The nature of the pivotal interconnection is such that the legs (12, 112) and support members (16, 116) can assume operative and inoperative states. In the operati...

A block gauge is made of a ceramics produced by sintering zirconium oxide (main component), yttrium oxide (3-7 wt.%), and aluminium oxide (0-20 wt.%), the marking is done by laser irradiating under an inactive gas atmosphere or reduced pressure. -

A foam pattern assembly includes a parting line, and a surface which is intersected by the parting line and which includes a first surface portion and a second surface portion offset from the first surface portion at the parting line. The surface is leveled so that the first surface portion is not offset from the second surface portion.

A solenoid valve including a first solenoid (14) and a second solenoid (15) to which a smaller electric current is applied than is applied to the first solenoid. The first solenoid is provided at a core (121), and the second solenoid is provided at a support member (124) connected to the core. A cup-shaped plunger (110) is connected to a valve body opening and closing a passage (101), and is moved...

A new superabsorber which gels and cross-links as hydrated has been developed. The superabsorber contains a branched-chain polyanionic carbohydrate such as carboxymethylcellulose, a cross-linking agent, and a hydrophobic carboxylic acid. The superabsorber is biodegradable and non-toxic.

A mold includes an upper sidewall plate 312 and a lower sidewall plate 314 for forming sidewall portions of the tire, and also includes a tread ring portion 316. The tread ring portion 316 and the sidewall plate portions 312,314 are moved into close proximity or engagement (with the tread ring portion) in order to form a portion of a cavity for shaping the tire to be molded. Each of the tread ring...

A mammography apparatus comprises a stand (1) with a vertically adjustable carriage (2), supporting a shaft (4) rotatable about a horizontal axis (4a). An X-ray appliance (3) is mounted to an annular frame (9), rotatable about an axis (12) normal to the axis (4a) of the shaft (4). The frame (9) comprises an inner annular or segmental member (10) that rolls on a similar outer member (11) which is m...

A nonwoven fabric made with multicomponent polymeric strands includes a blend of a polyolefin and ethylene alkyl acrylate in one side or the sheath of the multicomponent polymeric strands. The fabric has improved abrasion resistance, strength, toughness and softness properties. Composite materials including such multicomponent material bonded to both sides of an inner meltblown layer are also disc...

This invention is made up by adding reversible turbine and its corresponding equipment used as auxiliary installation for power balancing on the basis of digit-controlled wind-driven generator set. During variation of wind force intensity, energy-storage gas tank and reversible turbine are used for balancing, electricity generation by wind energy is made as equilibriously as possible for power out...

PCT No. PCT/DK92/00329 Sec. 371 Date May 2, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date May 2, 1994 PCT Filed Nov. 10, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/09753 PCT Pub. Date May 27, 1993.A container for receiving and separating blood plasma into its ingredients comprises two sealingly coupled sections (1 and 2). One container section (2) and the adjacent portion of the other container section are made of solid material, and the tw...

PURPOSE:To obtain the title substance without using steam and corrosion to apparatus, by treating coke oven gas with an absorption oil, distilling under reduced pressure in a discharge tower, sending distillate to a side tower and recovering a gas oil from the top and naphthalene from the bottom of the side tower, respectively. CONSTITUTION:Coke oven gas containing a gas oil component and naphthal...

A cracking furnace for thermal cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks, capable fo reducing its length, site area, wall surface area, and the number of quenching heat exchangers installed, thereby making the apparatus compact and lightweight and reducing damage of parts due to high temperatures, which cracking furnace comprises a central burner (13) provided vertically at the centre of the ceiling of a...

A push-fit pipe coupling (1) comprises a tubular body (2) with an annular recess (3) extending from one end concentric with and radially spaced from the bore (4) of the body. The recess is provided with a sealing ring (5) establishing a seal between a pipe and the coupling. The coupling is provided with a grab ring (6) for grabbing the pipe to resist withdrawal thereof from the coupling. A washer ...

The invention relates to a method and system, by means of which the orientation of an object-related coordinate system is determined relative to a fixed coordinate system of an image recording unit (BAE). The object to be controlled (e.g. an advance working machine VM) is rigidly connected to a three-dimensional body ONK which is provided with optical elements as optical reference points (LQ1 - LQ...

An electronic dealing system including a host system and a plurality of terminal systems and electronically performing matching processing of information on transaction orders placed by the order side customers and information on transactions placed by hit side customers so as to establish a transaction, wherein the host system is provided with a first detecting unit for detecting the occurrence o...

A biaxially oriented polyester film simultaneously satisfying the following formulas (I) to (III): ¦S180 - S120¦ >/= 100 (II) Q120 ) of the film in the machine direction at 180 DEG C, S120 is shrinking stress (g/mm<2>) of the film in the machine direction at 120 DEG C, Ts is shrinkage initiation temper...

The invention concerns a microprocessor with a watchdog circuit which monitors the correct progress of the processor programme. The watchdog circuit must be addressed at given time intervals by the microprocessor since it will otherwise execute an operation such as resetting the microprocessor to the beginning of the programme. In order to symplify the design, it is proposed that, when an error fu...

Numerous products can be formed by combining a low melting matrix made up of one or more metals and high melting, high density metal particles and wherein the products can be formed by adding the high density particles to a molten matrix metal and casting same, mixing powders of all the metals together, compacting and centering at a temperature in the low end of the melting range of the matrix all...

A biaxially oriented base film made from polyethylene 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate and a floppy disk for high-density magnetic recording made from the film. The film and the disk are characterized in that the vibration of the film surface is suppressed so as to enable the contact with a magnetic head under given conditions even at a high rotational speed and that they have an excellent viscoelasti...