Automotive SLI lead-acid batteries are disclosed which are characterized by enhanced resistance to positive grid corrosion, even when exposed to the current, relatively high under-the-hood service temperatures in use with recent model automobiles. The grids are formed from either a cast lead-based alloy including from about 0.025 to 0.06% calcium, from about 0.3 to 0.7% tin and from about 0.015 to...

A tire building device wherein a unistage drum presents an inner shaft having an intermediate portion fitted with an inner stitching device, and two end portions located on opposite sides of the stitching device and supporting two half drums connected to the inner shaft via the interposition of respective slides, each of which is connected, on one side, in sliding and angularly fixed manner to the...

2105392 9217555 PCTABS00016 This invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, more particularly, a tape having a biaxially-oriented backing, and a process for preparing pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes. This invention provides a tape (10) comprising a biaxially-oriented backing (12) made from a polymeric film bearing on one major surface thereof a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive ...

2106961 9217409 PCTABS00160 Dispositif et procédé de biotransformation. L'invention concerne un réacteur de traitement comprenant: au moins une tuyère d'injection (13) des fluides, traversant, de manière étanche et sensiblement verticalement, le biofiltre (10) de sa limite inférieure à sa limite supérieure, ladite tuyère formant un Venturi, des moyens de déflexion (18) montés dans l'enceinte (1) e...

A plasma filtration method to separate blood into plasma and corpuscles with the primary filter and to remove high molecular weight substances as harmful components from said separated plasma by filtering said plasma with the secondary filter, in which an operation to open the inner chamber of the secondary filter to the atmosphere for lowering the pressure on every detection of the limit value of...

Prepn. of a (2S,3S)-3-(substd. amino)-2-substd.- piperidine of formula (I) from a (2S,3S)-3-amino-2-substd.-piperidine of formula (IV) comprises reaction with either: (a) a cpd. of formula R1COX, followed by treatment of the amide with a reducing agent; or (b) a cpd. of formula R1CHO in presence of a reducing agent; or (c) a cpd. of formula R1CH2X: R1 = aryl (indanyl, phenyl, or naphthyl), or hete...

Compounds of the formula I (See formula I) in which x is 1, 2 or 3, and, if x = 1, R1 is C1-C30alkyl, C1-C18alkyl substituted by halogen, -COOR2, -CN , - NR3R4 or by -CONR3R4, C2-C18alkyl which is interrupted by -NR5-, -O- or -S-, C3- C18alkenyl, C5-C12cycloalkyl, phenyl-C1-C4alkyl, phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, phenyl-C1-C4alkyl or C1-C4alkoxy, or R1 is naphthyl, a radi...

2106965 9217393 PCTABS00016 A baggage checking system is described, primarily for use at airports and distinct from airline seat reservation systems. The baggage checking system takes flight numbers, travellers' identification data and baggage tag numbers from check-in and transfer desks and collates it with baggage tag numbers read at baggage loading points. If an attempt is made to load a bag on...

A contactless inductive power distribution system operating at 10 KHz has a self tuning resonant power supply connected to a resonant primary conductive path 10110, 10111 comprising a pair of parallel litz wire conductors 10110, 10111 each encapsulated within an insulated sheath and supported on a structural monorail beam 10101 on which a plurality of electric vehicles can run. Each vehicle has an...

Two stroke piston engine crosshead has pin fixed on piston rod and mounted in bearing comprising top and bottom parts, with oil distributor duct

Crosshead and piston rod for two stroke piston engine has crosshead pin with middle section and two end sections, and bearing containing oil feeder pipe and distributor duct

A protective packing element bears at its end 5 which is to be fixed on a wall opening a coupling piece which can be locked therein. The coupling piece is equipped with tongue-like locking elements and can be plugged onto a plug which itself can be plugged, for example, into an electrical plug-in connector located behind the wall opening. The locking elements have assigned to them deflection faces...

A process for preparing carboxylates of polyoxyalkylene siloxanes and -amines, alkylpolyoxyalkylenes, polyoxyalkylene block polymers, alkylamidepolyoxyalkylenes and alkylpolyglucosides comprising subjecting a primary hydroxyl group-containing polyoxyalkylene compound or alkylpolyglucoside to mild oxidiation. The invention also relates to the novel polyoxyalkylene amine and alkylamidepolyoxyalkylen...

A mould filling apparatus, particularly for filling lollipop moulds, in which moulds (12) are mounted in one or more trays (2, 4) removably supported by a frame (6). The tray or trays are arranged to be tilted from a level position to a tilted position where liquid in the moulds can flow freely out of the moulds into the tray or trays from whence the liquid may be drained by suitable means (32). A...

A track working machine for the controlled lowering of a track comprises a machine frame, at least one undercarriage supporting the machine frame on the track for mobility in an operating direction, a track stabilization unit for compacting the ballast whereby the track is lowered, the track stabilization unit being vertically adjustably mounted on the machine frame and including rail-engaging rol...

A protective device for electric motors for protecting electric motors from high operational temperatures, has an element for determining an operational temperature of an electric motor and an element for automatically switching off of the electric motor when a predetermined limiting operational temperature is exceeded. The determining element is formed as electronic element for determining the op...

A pipe or sleeve piece (esp. of plastics), for fitting in the peripheral wall of a round or polygonal shaft bottom, has a connection-side and face which forms part of a cylindrical surface or part of a plane inclined to the axis of the pipe or sleeve piece. Also claimed is a round shaft bottom with a peripheral wall fitted with one or more pipe or sleeve pieces.

The machine 1 delivers metered quantities of powder products 2 into seats and comprises a rotary container 4 in which is defined a sampling zone 13, a metering unit 3, and a fixed device 8 which levels the product. The device includes a member 14 positioned upstream of the zone and having a first portion 18 which levels the product to one layer and a second portion 21 that defines a channel 22 whi...