2129424 9315623 PCTABS00024 The shoe sole proposed is made of flexible to stiff elastic material. It has a generally smooth surface which is shaped to match the sole of the foot. The sole has a reservoir (20) for a substance which produces a cooling effect. The reservoir (20) is connected via a line (22) to an outlet (34) located in the surface (28) of the sole. Fitted in the line (22) is a valve ...

A drive is disclosed for a rotating drum useful as a collecting container on refuse collection vehicles, composting drums or the like. The drum has a closed front side with a centrally arranged bearing journal and is rotatably mounted at its opposite, open end by means of a large ball bearing. The inner or outer ring of the large ball bearing is linked to the drum and the open end of the drum may ...

The figure shows a highly raised heel with a comparatively thin, narrow underside, of the high heel type (22); an inelastic hard core component as a stabilising component (1) with a straight surface (1c) on the inner surface of the closable cover (9) of the one-piece soft flexible envelope (6) which surrounds the core (4) and is made of a layer of elastic material with high inherent damping coeffi...

An identification system involves the labeling and then tracking of grouped items such as logs, shipping containers, or packets of mail and reporting the current location of identified items during transport, processing and storage. Machine readable labels (400, 500) are provided, adapted for recognition and reading from within a cluttered scene. These labels (400, 500) have bordering indicia - us...

A case including side wall portions and a central frame portion, and substantially rigid means on the side wall portions adapted to engage substantially rigid complementary means on the central frame portion, the side walls being adapted to move a predetermined distance relative to the central frame portion so as to expand the case to one of a plurality of substantially predetermined case sizes.

PCT No. PCT/AU92/00523 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 29, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 29, 1994 PCT Filed Sep. 30, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/06986 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 1993.The invention relates to apparatus for helically winding pipes from tube forming plastics strip comprising a single fixed rigid loop formed from a length of metal band, wherein the inner surface of the loop forms a spiral path along which the...

PCT No. PCT/SE93/00096 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 27, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 27, 1994 PCT Filed Feb. 8, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/15977 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 1993.A container (1) for a lubricant has a cap (31) for sealing of one end (50) of a cylindrical tube (2). The cap shows a bottom (32), from the periphery of which extends in an axial direction a circumferential interior collar (36), which abuts th...

A method and apparatus for producing a containerised liquid is described. A container (90) is provided with a barrier (92) mounted therein. A gas (97) is introduced into the container (90) prior to the barrier (92) and after the barrier (92), a liquid (96) is introduced. The liquid (96) is pressurised with the gas to a higher than atmospheric pressure. The barrier (92) is permeable to the gas but ...

PCT No. PCT/GB93/00118 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 14, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 14, 1994 PCT Filed Jan. 20, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/14684 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 1993.The invention relates to a machine having a carriage for movement on a floor surface. The carriage has structure for rocking the carriage with respect to a floor surface. A workhead assembly is pivotably mounted on the carriage for movement be...

PCT No. PCT/GB93/00377 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 10, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 10, 1994 PCT Filed Feb. 24, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/16932 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 1993Delivery apparatus for a flowable material such as toothpaste wherein a two part container is employed, thereby to form a dispenser of which one part is replaceable to renew the contents. A preferred embodiment is a sachet (450) progressively r...

Compounds having pesticidal activity of formula (I> Q(CH2)n(O)bQ1CR2=CR3CR4=CR5CX1NHR1 or one of its salts, in which Q is a monocyclic ring system or a system containing an optionally substituted condensed bicyclic ring in which at least one ring is aromatic or Q is a dihalovinyl group or a group R6C IDENTICAL C-, in which R6 is C1-4 alkyl, tri(C1-4 alkyl)silyl, halogen or hydrogen; Q1 is a 1,2-...

PCT No. PCT/EP93/01984 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 3, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 3, 1995 PCT Filed Jul. 26, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/03562 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 1994.Lubricant concentrates and aqueous lubricant solutions containing at least one polyamine derivative of a fatty amine and/or a salt of such an amine. The invention also relates to a process for the production of the lubricant concentrates and to...

PCT No. PCT/GB93/00469 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 10, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 10, 1995 PCT Filed Mar. 5, 1993 PCT Pub. No. W093/18070 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 1993The invention relates to non-crosslinked non-polypeptide polymers containing biodegradable lipophilic side chains incorporating methylene diester units of the formula -[-CO-O-C(R1R2)-O-CO-]-, where R1 and R2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a...