A self-sealing pneumatic tire that has an inner surface provided with a layer of sealant and a plurality of edge strips that partially overlap the sealant layer to retain the sealant in position during construction and operation of the tire. Construction is simplified by utilizing a laminate structure incorporating such edge strips and also comprising an air impermeable elastomer strip, the center...

The invention relates to a redispersible powder composition comprising a) a base polymer from the group comprising vinyl ester polymers, styrene polymers, acrylate polymers and vinyl chloride polymers, b) 2 to 15% by weight, relative to the base polymer, of polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of 85 to 94 mol % and a Höppler viscosity of 2 to 25 mPaxs, c) 3 to 30% by weight, relative to...

The invention relates to a redispersible powder composition comprising a) a base polymer from the group comprising vinyl ester polymers, styrene polymers, acrylate polymers and vinyl chloride polymers, b) 2 to 15% by weight, relative to the base polymer, of polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of 85 to 94 mol % and a Höppler viscosity of 2 to 25 mPaxs, c) 3 to 30% by weight, relative to...

An apparatus for coating a hydrophilic film which includes a light reaction chamber having UV lamps on either side of the film, two cooling fans and a solvent deflation fan. There are also an air drying plates and coating nozzles.

2091465 9206495 PCTABS00011 A microelectronic package comprising a rigid substrate (1) having mounted thereon a component (3) having a plurality of sides and an electrically functional layer (9) adjacent to at least two sides of the component (3), the component (3) and the electrically functional layer (9) being spatially separated by a guard band (7), the volume of the substrate (1) underlying th...

: PONT POUR RELIER UN RESEAU LOCAL, CONFORME A LA NORME IEEE 802.3, A UN RESEAU DE TELECOMMUNICATIONS A TECHNIQUE TEMPORELLE ASYNCHRONE. Un exemple de réalisation comporte une partie (IR) assurant les fonctions de la couche 2.1 d'un protocole de transmission l'intérieur d'un réseau (RTTA) de télécommunications en technique temporelle asynchrone; et une partie (IE) qui est une interface classique p...

2091259 9206550 PCTABS00011 Existing voice telephone communications are augmented in a simple and understandable way by the addition of a "dumb" display terminal (14) at a subscriber's location (10). Text, graphics, and picture data can be transmitted in ASCII code or other protocol, over existing, standard telephone lines (52, 54) and displayed on the terminal (14). The "dumb" feature is due to t...

IODINE RESIN/CARBON WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM Water treatment apparatus including an iodine resin purification bed supported in a walled structure and mounted upstream of an active carbon filtration bed. In one disposable cartridge construction, a replaceable, torroidal sediment filter surrounds the purification chamber which concentrically projects from the upstream end of a larger diameter activ...

A method for laundering a textile wash load is provided for use in a vertical axis washing machine in which a concentrated detergent solution containing a detergent concentration of 0.5% to 4% by weight is continuously applied to a spinning wash load for a predetermined time period to thouroughly wet the clothes load. The amount of detergent solution used is only slightly in excess of the amount r...

A cell monitoring and control circuit for a multicell battery comprises a cell access switch coupled to the cells of the battery for electronically accessing individual cells of the battery and a monitoring and control circuit coupled to the cell access switch for electronic communication with the cells. The circuit is coupled to the battery for providing electric power and constitutes an insignif...

For use in a data processing system, a main memory subsystem includes a plurality of memory boards for storing groups of logic signals. Each memory board includes a plurality of array units. Each array unit is adapted to store a group of logic signals that is equivalent in size to the field of data logic signals transferred on the system bus and has an address structure so that each addressable da...

2092908 9205959 PCTABS00011 A rotary label die cutting apparatus and process comprises a servo motor (24, 70) driving either a rotary die cutter (20) or its backup roll (26), preferably the latter, a servo motor driven roll (30) pulling a web (10) carrying the labels (11), under the die cutter (20) and an electronic processor (40), controlling the relative position and speeds of the die cutter (20...

The present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring pasta nests or skeins from drying frames to packaging containers. In particular, it relates to an apparatus having three consecutive and horizontal translators, the first two having vertically moveable nails or cramps and the third having a moveable checking side suitable as a whole to move parallel rows of pasta nests or skeins from f...