Here are disclosed method and apparatus for rapidly and accurately determining fiber orientation of paper being in a standstill or moving in a paper machine and useful for grade study and quality control of the paper. The projector means projects an unpolarized light beam perpendicularly to a surface of the paper to be tested, then a light beam reflected by the paper surface is caught by eight or ...

Here are disclosed method and apparatus for rapidly and accurately determining fiber orientation of paper being in a standstill or moving in a paper machine and useful for grade study and quality control of the paper. The projector means projects an unpolarized light beam perpendicularly to a surface of the paper to be tested, then a light beam reflected by the paper surface is caught by eight or ...

SCREEN PRINTING ORIGINATION FILM The film comprises a base layer 1 of filled polyester, coated with a toner-receptive layer 2 of filled polyvinyl alcohol having a surface roughness of 3 to 15.mu.m, and with a photosensitive emulsion layer 3. The film can be imaged in a laser printer, applied to a printing screen, the screen exposed, the film removed to leave the photosensitive layer, and the photo...

A connecting system which includes a pilot clutch brought into an engaged state by an actuator, a cam member operated by an engaging force of the pilot clutch, an urging member driven and moved by the cam member, and a main clutch brought into an engaged state by a movement of the urging member. The cam member includes a first cam ring restrained by the pilot clutch, a second cam ring provided on ...

A cushioning net structure having an apparent density of 0.005-0.20 g/cm3, which comprises three-dimensional random loops bonded with one another, wherein the loops are formed by allowing continuous fibers of 300 denier or more mainly comprising a thermoplastic elastomer to bend to come in contact with one another in a molten state and to be heat-bonded at most contact points, and a method for pro...

A signal processor architecture that comprises a data network having multiple ports, a control bus, and a plurality of signal processing clusters connected to at least two ports and the control bus. Each signal processing cluster comprises a system control processor connected to the control bus, a second control bus, and a global bulk memory having multiple ports. A plurality of functional process...

A solvent-free lubricant composition having improved lubricity properties for use in two-cycle internal combustion engines which comprises: (a) a major amount of a lubricant oil basestock, said baseSTOCK having a kinematic viscosity of about 1.5 to about 3.0 cSt at 100.degree.C; (b) from about 3 to about 15 wt.%, based on lubricant composition of a bright stock having a kinematic viscosity of abou...

NOVEL COMPOSITE WEB A multilayered nonwoven composite web particularly useful as a substitute for a woven web such as a textile web, and having improved liquid wicking and retention properties comprising a first layer of fibrous material selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic meltblown man-made fibers, thermoplastic spunbonded man-made fibers, thermoplastic man-made staple fibers and ...

A compound represented by the following formula is disclosed: (see formula I) wherein the all symbols are defined in the disclosure. A process for producing the compound, and a method for treating diseases caused by a Maillard reaction in living body using the compound are also disclosed.; A compound represented by the following formula is disclosed: wherein the all symbols are defined in ...

A data processor for executing instructions using operand data stored in a main memory includes an instruction control unit having a first associative memory storing instruction read out from the main memory, and an instruction controller reading out an instruction from the first associative memory when the instruction is present in the first associative memory and from the main memory when the in...

Organosilicon compounds which have glycoside residues and are composed of units of the formula in which R, a and b have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and R<1> can be identical or different and is a radical of the formula Z-(R<2>O)c-R<3>- (II> in which Z is a glycoside residue composed of 1 to 10 monosaccharide units, and R<2>, c and R<3> have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, wi...

PCT No. PCT/SE94/00154 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 18, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 18, 1995 PCT Filed Feb. 24, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/19046 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 1994A catheter for insertion into a human urethra comprises an elongated open-ended hollow body of circular cross-section produced from a suitable synthetic material, and the catheter body has provided along its length at least one, preferably two,...

PCT No. PCT/SE94/00154 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 18, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 18, 1995 PCT Filed Feb. 24, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/19046 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 1994A catheter for insertion into a human urethra comprises an elongated open-ended hollow body of circular cross-section produced from a suitable synthetic material, and the catheter body has provided along its length at least one, preferably two,...

In a network management central (NMZ), which is connected to communication systems (KS) for remote control administration via a communication network (KM), prepared administration program modules (APM') are selected under the control of the user interface with the assistance of an interrogation routine (AFR). Operator-prescribable administration and maintenance parameters (p) as well as job-associ...

2.1 The plastic retaining means (9) is configured such that it can be fixed on the glazing bar in a frictionally and positively locking manner and, together with the glazing bar, forms a structural unit which can be inserted into the frame profile and also removed from the frame profile. 2.2 The plastic retaining means (9) exhibits a baseplate (10) which is provided, at the free border, with an as...

The present invention relates to a method of determining characteristic properties of processes producing free radicals by measuring temperature and/or free radical concentration by means of detectors in regions monitored by at least 2 detectors.

Novel 2,4-oxazolidinedione compounds of the formula: wherein R is a hydrocarbon residue or a heterocyclic group each of which may be substituted; Y is -CO-, -CH(OH)- or -NR3- (wherein R3 is an alkyl group which may be substituted); m is 0 or 1; n is 0, 1 or 2; X is CH or N; A is bivalent straight or branched hydrocarbon chain residue having 1 to 7 carbon atoms; R1 and R2 each are hydrogen or...

An angiotensin II antagonist compound is administered to mammals with viral disease. This administration ameliorates virus-associated cell injuries, producing therapeutic effects in viral diseases. This compound is also useful for the prevention of such diseases.

An intravascular catheter, such as a balloon catheter, and a method for use thereof, the catheter comprising an elongate shaft having an inflation lumen extending therethrough, an implement, such as a dilation balloon, connected to and located at the distal portion of the shaft and communicating with the lumen, a small profile core wire extending through at least the dilation balloon and having a ...