A tape is closed in a ring shape and is made of a textile material, at least in part, of thermoplastically meltable fibres. The tape consists of a section (3) of a material web (2) and its ends are welded together in a butt joint.

PCT No. PCT/FR95/01258 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 28, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 28, 1997 PCT Filed Sep. 28, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/09799 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 4, 1996A method of ablating or cutting tissue with a laser depending upon whether the tissue is hard or soft, including the steps of aiming a laser favoring emission of light radiation at a wavelength of 1.34 mu m at the tissue, ablating the tissue w...

An apparatus is disclosed for imaging a patient's breast (18) by scanning an imaging signal (58) and a receiver (30) across the patient's breast (18) and then constructing a time-delay integration composite image based on the scan. The receiver (30) includes an array of radiation sensitive detector elements (132). Read out of the array (132) is synchronized with the scanning motion of the receiver...

An apparatus and a process for separating substances from an influent fluid by means of dissolved-gas flotation, in which a flotation tank has at least one fixed fluid inlet for the influent fluid and at least one mixture inlet for a fluid-gas mixture. Associated with the mixture inlet is a depressurization element for at least partial decompression of the fluid-gas mixture directly into the flota...

Zur Herstellung eines ringförmig geschlossenen Bandes aus textilem Material, insbesondere zur Verwendung als Taillenband zur Konfektionierung von Schlüpfern oder dergleichen werden die beiden Enden eines Bahnabschnitts (3) unter Bildung einer Schlaufe von dem Umfang des herzustellenden Bandes entsprechender Länge aufeinandergelegt und in geringem Abstand von den Endkanten durch Schweißung mittels ...

A traction control system for a vehicle, which, during normal driving of the vehicle, if a driven wheel speed becomes less than a deceleration-control starting reference value which is set lower than a vehicle speed, a feed-back control of an opening degree of a throttle valve is started so as to converge the driven wheel speed into a target driven wheel speed. If a downshifting is conducted, the ...

The rechargeable battery assembly comprises: (i) a liq. electrolyte and spaced metal/metal oxide electrodes; and (ii) a rigid, porous ceramic separator between the electrodes which is wettable by a liq. electrolyte, has a 40-90 vol.% porosity, an average pore size of 0.1-25 ~mm, a thickness of 1-12 mm and a wt. loss of 5% max. when refluxed in 1.28 specific gravity H2SO4 for 72 hrs. at 70 deg C. A...

A bolt tensioning lock for hinged tailboards of lorries is proposed, with a bolt arranged in a housing (1), which bolt comprises a stub (6) and a hook (13) inserted into the latter, and which can be brought into a locking position by means of a handle (2), the hook being sprung with respect to the housing (1) by a spring arrangement (11, 12), and there additionally being arranged on a movable part...

In the closed housing a disc rotor (1) or a drum rotor is rotatably located on a shaft, in which at least one expeller aperture (3,4) is provided. At least one cutting blade, which works in conjunction with the fixed counter blade, is arranged before the aperture. The cutting blade (9,20) fitted to the disc rotor or drum rotor, forming two cutting edges (13,14,21,22), is V-shaped. The cutting edge...

In order to assure the geometric uniformity of a tire molded with a segment mold when the sculpturing of said tire includes blocks 11 surrounded by recesses formed by grooves 15 and incisions 16, the said grooves 15 are thinned at the level of the joint planes 550 between segments. Furthermore, wear indicators 17 are arranged at the level of the joint planes 550 between segments.

A plastic fastener for insertion into meat for tagging purposes and then subsequently removed therefrom intact comprises an elongated unitary plastic member including a transverse bar (33), a paddle (35), and a flexible filament (37) interconnecting the transverse tag and paddle (35). The transverse bar (33) is interconnected to the filament (37) in a T-shaped configuration. In one embodiment, the...

Discrete sheets (16) are shingled to acquire lower speeds of material passag e through a process application zone (20) of the system while maintaining overall system throughput rates when compared to conventional web systems.; Discrete sheets (16) are shingled to acquire lower speeds of material passage through a process application zone (20) of the system while maintaining overall system...

Method for improving the energy input during the heating and melting of a scrap bulk, in which a channel is burned into a scrap bulk and additional energy for the heating and melting of the scrap bulk is input through this channel, wherein said method is characterized in that the said channel is burned into the scrap bulk by means of a hot, oxygen-containing gas jet.

A cobalt/aluminum catalyst for the polymerization of polyesters of terephthalic acid and an ethylene glycol, a process for the preparation of such catalysts, a process for the polymerization of terephthalic acid and an ethylene glycol, a process of spinning fibers of such polyesters where reduced spinneret wiping is achieved, and fibers of such polyesters containing catalyst residues of cobalt/alu...

The parasol has a sloping supporting pole (1) and a base (2). The pyramid shaped frame (3) is fixed to the pole (1) and the fabric (58) is fixed to the frame. The frame is attached to the pole on the side where it forms an obtuse angle with one of the corners of the base of the frame (5, 6, 7, 8). It is attached to the pole by an additional bar (15) which an extension of the side bar (11) which ex...

- L'invention concerne un dispositif de refroidissement externe d'une torche à plasma.
- L'objet de l'invention est un dispositif de refroidissement externe d'une torche à plasma du type dans lequel la ou les électrodes et les circuits de fluide plasmagène et de refroidissement sont logés dans une enveloppe tubulaire (2), caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un fourreau indépendant (8) entouran...