METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELATING DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION TO SPECIFIC COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS A computer system 10 employs an apparatus for controllably generating interrupts to the computer system processor 12 in order to correlate a significant event occurring within the computer system to the value stored within the program counter at the time of the significant event. In this manner, the apparatu...

BREVET D'INVENTION PROCEDE D'OBTENTION EN CONTINU DE PANNEAUX REVETUS SUR AU MOINS DEUX FACES ADJACENTES L'invention concerne un procédé d'obtention en continu de panneaux revêtus sur au moins deux faces adjacentes à partir d'une bande continue, au moyen d'organes d'application et de collage devant lesquels la bande défile, comportant les opérations successives suivantes, toutes effectuées avec la...

The invention relates to a circuit for electrical connection between two successive cells of a series or row, designed for the production of aluminium by electrolysis of alumina dissolved in molten cryolite by the Hall-Heroult process at an intensity of at least 150 kA and possibly attaining from 500 to 600 kA. The circuit for the electrical supply of the cells comprises, in addition to the circui...

This invention describes self-reinforced, absorbable surgical materials and/or implants and/or their parts and/or components, which can be implanted into the living tissue or on its surface for the purpose of e.g. to repair tissue damages, to join tissues or their parts to each other, to augment tissues or their parts, to separate tissues or their parts from each other and/or from their surroundin...

According to this invention, a process for substantially amplifying template nucleic acid present in a sample is described, wherein said amplification may be performed without prior knowledge of specific sequences, which process comprises apposition of random oligonucleotide primers to said template nucleic acid under conditions such that extension products of said primers are synthesized which ar...

A V-belt guide is provided for the drive belt of a vehicle-implement combination wherein the implement is capable of vertical up and down floating movement relative to the vehicle. The guide is positioned above the strands of the belt, just ahead of the drive pulley, and serves to restrict the angle at which the belt strands can enter into and exit from the drive pulley. The guide takes the form o...

A method for operating an ion mobility spectrometer in which an analyte sample is ionized in the spectrometer reaction chamber, and the analyte ions are permitted to flow freely from the reaction chamber into the spectrometer drift chamber. The ion current output from the spectrometer ion current detector is observed during this time. The ion flow from the reaction chamber to the drift chamber is ...

The ceramic material is built up from a plurality of layers, the layer thickness being between 10 and 15 mu m and the mean pore radius being between 100 and 1000 nm with an open porosity of 5 - 14% and a total porosity of 5 - 30%, and the metal melt being filled into the pore volume down to a residual pore volume of 0.1 - 10%, relative to the initial porosity. It is preferably suitable for b...

A hydraulic elevator includes level sensors for establishing dead zones of different sizes and for changing the dead zone while the car is stopped at a floor. A controller selects the size of the dead zone, for purposes of relevel operations, based upon elevator operating state (e.g. doors open or closed, time of day, time since last run) or other parameters (excess oil temperature, motor temperat...

54,949 Excavated landfill material is treated in a plasma fired cupola in a process wherein hazardous material such as PCB's are volatilized and consumed in an afterburner above the cupola and hazardous materials containing heavy metals are fixed in vitreous material made molten within the cupola and resulting in a nonleachable solid product.

The adhesive strength of an aqueous binder dispersion consisting of: a halogenated copolymer which, in addition to other components, contains an alkylationactive monoalkenylaromatic alkyl halide; polyfunctional aromatic nitroso compounds; pigments; carbon black; antifoaming agents; emulsifiers; and other additives, used for vulcanizing rubber onto substrates which are stable under the conditions o...

The modular wiring system for a domestic dishwashing machine uses flat ribbon cables providing the electrical lead connections for control and load elements, e.g. level switches, magnetic value drive coils or relay coils. The ribbon cables are arranged in groups at an interface provided by a distribution circuit board (1) with group connectors (2) along one edge for all lines handling currents abo...

Method, and appts. for deodorisation of cork, particularly the removal of 2,46-trichloroanisole which has a characteristic odour, the method comprises (a) putting the cork in a container, (b) supplying steam to the container for generating steam flow at a given temp. and a given pressure, being selected for penetrating steam molecule into internal structure of cork and promoting steam distillation...

A safety device for motor vehicles is in the form of an air bag located on the driver side and on the front-seat passenger side to prevent a vehicle occupant from colliding with front interior parts of the passenger compartments. The two filled air bags overlap one another in the middle region of the vehicle land, as seen in a top view, are each designed with a mutual bearing face extending at an ...

The present invention discloses emulsifiable pesticidal solid compositions obtained by spray-drying aqueous emulsions comprising (a) pesticides having a melting point of not higher than 70 DEG C., (b) surfactants, (c) dextrin and/or lactose, and (d) water and, if necessary and desired, (e) organic solvents and/or water soluble carriers. The emulsifiable pesitcidal solid compositions are easy in h...

A device in connection with a closure of containers 2 for possibly infectious liquids 3 comprising a resilient cap 1 with an opening which in an unstressed state is slightly smaller than the periphery of the opening of container 2 to be closed. Preferably the device is provided with a weakening or micro perforation with a surrounding reinforcement 7 and the device is sufficiently stretchable that ...

POWER TRANSFERRING ARRANGEMENT A contactor assembly having contacting head portion is mounted on a vehicle and a receiving device is mounted on a load transfer station. The contactor assembly and receiving device is provided for transferring electrical energy from a source of electrical energy between the load transfer station and the vehicle and improves the flexibility of load transfer station l...

Reaction mixtures obtained by Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime with sulfuric acid or oleum are neutralized by a process which comprises the following steps: (a) mixing the reaction mixture with recycled ammonium sulfate mother liquor whose concentration is chosen so that no solid ammonium sulfate is precipitated during the neutralization, (b) neutralization by feeding gaseous ammonia ...