Improved methods of forming fractures containing resilient proppant particle packs which prevent the production of sand and fines with produced fluids and prevent proppant flow-back in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore are provided. As the fractures are formed, a liquid hardenable resin component is mixed with a liquid hardening agent component and a liquid rubber component to form a h...

A long term oxygen therapy system having an oxygen supply directly linked with a patient's lung or lungs may be utilized to more efficiently treat hypoxia caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The system includes an oxygen source, one or more valves and fluid carrying conduits. The fluid carrying conduits link the oxygen source to diseased sites ...

A fast roaming system for changing, in a short period of time, the connection to a roaming destination AP (access point) providing a better communication environment, and for improving a roaming completion rate. In response to a search process performed by a mobile terminal, individual APs transmits AP data required for roaming directly to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal performs the pass...

A device for controlling at least one gas-changing valve (10) of an internal combustion engine includes a valve adjuster (20) with an adjusting piston (16) limiting two pressure chamber (17, 18). The lower pressure chamber (18) is permanently acted upon by fluid pressure and the upper pressure chamber (17) can be interchangeably pressurized or depressurized with the fluid pressure. The braking of ...

The power jack (30) has a front (44) and rear (42) face. There is a connector with an inner contact part (34a). A second peripheral connection (36) is held on the body (80) and mounted at an angle. A spring strip (84) extends to the peripheral connection. An additional strip (9) extends to a mounting section.

A method for communicating and controlling data, for example information data concerning intellectual property rights pertaining to a product, provides to arrange and organise a list of data defined by at least an alphanumeric code that identifies the existence of intellectual property rights for protecting a product, and to make available said list by publishing on an Internet site; to the cited ...

In an exercise apparatus comprising a fixed support member (3) and a moving part (2) which can perform movements correlated to the exchange of forces between a user and the apparatus, a support device (1) comprises: elastic supporting means (4); means (6) for damping the movements of the moving part (2) and adjusting means (7). The damping means (6) are arranged parallel with the supporting means ...

The jewellery structure with high flexibility of use comprises a member slidably associated with two cords having, at one end, stop elements for the member and, at the opposite end, connection elements for the removable joining together of the cords to form a closed ring the size of which can be changed through the translation of the member along the cords.

A molten metal containment device between the crystallizing rollers ( 38, 39 ) of a continuous casting machine comprises a lateral containment plate ( 47 ) able to press against the shoulder surfaces ( 40, 41 ) of the crystallizing rollers ( 38, 39 ); means of providing pressure ( 37 ) able to move said lateral containment plate ( 47 ) so as to move it close to and press it against said shoulder s...

A sheet metal bending machine (1) comprising two or more bending stations (2) disposed in series, wherein each station (2) is provided with two opposed forming rollers (3, 4) able to define the bending profile of the sheet metal. Each forming roller (3, 4) is composed of a pair of rotating elements (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b), coaxial and facing each other. Means are also provided to vary the distance betwee...

A process for labelling containers or bottles by applying tubular labels made of heat shrinkable film which completely surround an outer surface area of the bottle. The process and machine include winding a precut label from a reeled film on a rotating tubular round plate supported by a roundabout labelling machine, the bottle abuts on the round plate and the label is wound on the underlying tubul...