An automatic well test system (20) utilizes a Coriolis flowmeter (68) that functions as a mass flowmeter and densitometer in combination with a water-cut monitor (66) to calculate volumetric flow rates and densities of materials draining from a test separator (24) in a combined or two-phase production stream. An oil-phase density value is corrected to eliminate the effect of its water content, and...

This invention relates to a swivel caster fitted with rotational and swivel angle measurement sensors mounted to a driverless vehicle (10) so that the lateral motion of the vehicle can be detected and accounted for by the vehicle's navigation and guidance system. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is a driverless vehicle comprising a navigation and guidance system having an angular mo...

A method for the preparation of elastic block soft foam materials comprises reacting the following components together :(A) polyisocyanates ; (B) polyol compounds with a molecular weight of 400-10000 containing at least two hydrogen atoms that can react with (A) ; (C) water and optional organic propellants ; (D) standard stabilisers ; (E) standard activators ; and (F) other standard auxiliary agen...

This covering for beds and similar items has the distinguishing feature of being equipped with an acaricidal biocide installed in the covering.

A method of establishing a lighting system and viewing environment for conduct of visual task is provided. The method generally includes steps of providing a visual performance lab, conducting a visual performance study, and constructing an industrial viewing station based upon the results of the visual performance study. The invention also concerns provision of a preferred visual performance lab ...

The friction clutch (3) is operated by a servo drive (15) via a processor control (17). This operates th clutch w.r.t the engine condition and the vehicle speed etc.. The control has two reference engine speeds; one below idling speed and one above. the lower level is used to release the clutch to prevent stalling while the higher level is used as an engine braking control e.g. on inclines. The hi...

A method and apparatus is disclosed for suppressing microphonic noise in proportional counter neutron detection in borehole logging-while-drilling measurements. Noise is reduced by (1) applying the outputs of two detectors respectively to positive and negative inputs of a differential amplifier; (2) generating output pulses by applying the output of the differential amplifier to positive and negat...

A downhole production instrumentation comprising a modular tool 16 used in the acquisition and control of information, and actuation of electromechanical devices in a production well. The tool 16 is suitable for both permanent and retrievable applications for measurement of production fluid and geological formation parameters. Multi well/multi-zone monitoring and control can also be provided with ...

For gas phase polymerization reactions in the presence of an unsupported polymerization catalyst, there is provided a process for introducing a liquid catalyst so as to provide a resin particle lean zone such that the average particle size of the resin produced ranges from 0.25 to 1.52 mm (0.01 to 0.06 inches).

PCT No. PCT/FI93/00446 Sec. 371 Date May 12, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date May 12, 1995 PCT Filed Nov. 3, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/11434 PCT Pub. Date May 26, 1994The invention relates to sealable and peelable polymer composition which comprises 5-35 weight-% styrene modified ethylene copolymer and 95-65 weight-% ethylene butyl acrylate copolymer. Ethylene copolymer is preferably ethylene butylacrylate copo...

An electrosurgical instrument primarily intended for so-called "underwater" electrosurgery has a radio frequency generator, a handpiece, and an electrode assembly detachably mounted to the handpiece. Different electrode assemblies may be selected according to the surgical procedure to be performed. To adapt the generator characteristics for improved electrosurgical performance, each electrode asse...

A method of rendering billing statements is provided. Customer data is formatted according to a bill renderer definition format. The bill renderer definition format includes global customer data and individual customer data formatted on a customer billing file (20). Customer bill file (20) is provided to a bill renderer (22), which interprets and renders a series of billing statements (28).

A system and method for providing a product to a plurality of customers. The system is accessed by a plurality of users each of which has an authority level, A, = 1 to n, with n being highest. A first device (12) receives n-level parameters from an n-level authority user which define a product, creates an n-level product record comprising the n-level parameters, and stores the n-level product reco...

A method and an apparatus for synchronization of a first set of mail with a second set of mail at the message/folder level (20). A memory (310) stores a mail synchronizer (340) for application independent e-mail message or folder in the mail boxes to be synchronized. An event log (344) is then generated for each mail box. The memory also has a synchronization mechanism (300) for making the first s...

There is described an electronic communications method between a first party and a second party, with assistance from at least a plurality of trustees, enabling an electronic transaction in which the first party having a selling reservation price (SRP) and the second party having a buying reservation price (BRP) may be commited to a transaction if a predetermined relationship between SRP and BRP i...

The invention provides a process for producing a polyethylene homopolymer, copolymer, or terpolymer comprising introducing ethylene and optionally at least one alpha olefin having 3 to 18 carbon atoms in a reaction zone containing a metallocene polymerization catalyst under polymerization conditions in the presence of an amine-containing antistatic agent.

A biodegradable biocompatible anti-displacement device and method are disclosed for implantation of a prosthetic bone joint (20) in a bone (10). A biodegradable biocompatible anti-displacement device (40) comprising a biodegradable biocompatable polymer is directed through an orifice (26), defined by a cup (22) of a prosthetic bone joint (20), and into interfering contact with bone tissue (14) of ...

Signal communication paths between multiple chips are established through inter-chip electro-magnetic coupling, thereby potentially eliminating mechanical inter-chip contacts and increasing inter-chip interconnection capacity while maximizing chip real estate allocated to a circuit layer. In one embodiment, multiple chips each include a conductive layer, disposed over a circuit layer on a substrat...

The invention pertains to medical engineering and can be used for rapid diagnosis of the functional state of a human organism. The proposed device comprises a device for converting measured and reference conductivities into a pulse sequence whose on-off time ratio is proportional to the measured conductivity. The circuit includes means for protecting the measurement electrodes from pulse voltages....