The invention relates to a spreader for sand, salt, etc. comprising a container, e.g. rectangular, for spreading the material. It is characterised in that the container is supported on a vehicle by means of two support bars (2, 6) passing through support sleeves (3) and also through openings in the container (1), at least one of said openings (4) being laterally oblong, preferably rectangular with...

Case 8125(2) LUBRICATING OILS This invention relates to a process for the production of lubricating oils having a viscosity index of at least 120 and apour point of at least -45.degree.C by (a) oligomerizing a mixture of C5-C20 1-olefins comprising at least 2.6% w/w of 1-decene and at least 6% w/w of 1hexene in the presence of a catalyst. The lubricating oil so formed may be hydrogenated in the pr...

The invention is a welding tool for welding and cutting a tear seal edge into multiple plies of plastic film. The welding tool includes a base and a knife edge on the base. A cross section of the knife edge has three surfaces for engaging the multiple plies of plastic film. The three surfaces at the cross section are a planar cutting surface, a planar welding surface, and a planar separating surfa...

Undergarment, comprising a front part (2) and a rear part (3) which are placed one on top of the other and welded together only in the crotch region (7) along a welding line (8) curved convexly upwards. The undergarment is partially slit in the laterally opposite sides in order to form leg openings, so as to leave a relatively wide crotch region and hence to improve the fit of the undergarment in ...

The invention relates to a locking device. It comprises a guide finger (12), a first part (12a) of which is engaged with an element (9) which is itself engaged with an element (10) in which a cam groove is formed. A second part (12b) of the guide finger is bent and its free end is engaged elastically in the cam groove. The first and second elements can be displaced with respect to one another in a...

A structure for selectively absorbing an oily contaminant from an aqueous environment comprising a plurality of sheets of nonwoven oleophilic fibers arranged in superposition to form a generally rectangular parallelpiped head, the configuration may be maintained in shape and has a major surface formed by sheet edges so that when contacting an oily containment, the contaminant is selectively absorb...

A computer system includes a host computer and at least one programmable slave processor boots the slave processor simply and inexpensively by using a first in first out (FIFO) memory connected between the host computer and the slave processor. Specifically, the computer system includes a host computer, a programmable microprocessor (the slave processor) controlled by the host computer, a FIFO mem...

An improved shellside feed, countercurrent flow, hollow fiber membrane separation module is provided wherein one or more flow tubes are incorporated into the conventional design. The flow tubes increase the efficiency of the membrane separation module by reducing undesirable flow patterns that are present in the conventional module.

A method of treating wastewater by passing wastewater into a dynamic microfiltration assembly to form a first concentrate stream and a filtrate stream and then passing the filtrate steam into an ultrafiltration assembly to form a second concentrate stream and a purified water stream.

A harmonic current filtering transformer includes a three-phase input winding and at least two wye-connected three-phase output windings. The output windings are phase shifted relative to each other by an amount which causes harmonic currents generated by a non-linear load to magnetically cancel in the transformer core.

Improved ironing process and corresponding iron transfer press, of the type with two alternating coordinated treatment units, especially for the tops of garments, comprising: - close to the operator a bench comprising at least one surface for the ironing and lateral movement of the top successively downstream from the ironing stage in the form carried out thereon, - and, at the top of the aforesai...

A panel of glass or transparent sheet material for use as a transparent sunroof for automobiles, is formed by two sheets and an air gap therebetween, with a sealing bead (3) holding the sheets (2,3) together at a desired distance from each other, the holes through which the elements (8,11) for assembly of the sheets (2,3) to the roof being left on the outside.

The arrangement for the transmission and reception of an auxiliary audio channel in television broadcasts comprises, at the transmission end, means for sampling, digitising, and compressing audio signals and imprinting them as modulation on picture flyback lines of the conventional television frame. At the receiving end are means for performing the inverse operation and obtaining the restitution o...

A process for co-molding a metal insert (2) forming a plurality of electrical circuits (4) in a synthetic plastics member (3), including the following steps: arranging the metal insert (2) inside respective cavities (7) of a mold (6); cutting respective junction regions (14) between the electrical circuits (4) of the insert (2) to obtain a mechanical and electrical separation of the circuits (4) t...

Detecting and signalling device 1 in which a comparator- operational amplifier 3 has an inverting terminal 9 and a noninverting terminal 4, connected respectively to a constant reference voltage Vref and a measurement voltage Vm picked off from the layers of a resistor 15 which can be connected to its layers by a first electrode 24, applied to the body of a controlled element and a second electrod...

Support and orientation device 5 for connecting a reflecting strip 3 to the body 2 of a rear view mirror 1 for a vehicle, comprising a first cup-like element 6 integrated with the body 2 and a second element 7 integrated with the strip 3, which cooperate to define a ball and socket joint, in which the first element 6 has a lateral wall 9 subdivided into a plurality of segments 11, each of which ha...

Support and orientation device 5 for connecting a reflecting strip 3 to the body 2 of a rear view mirror 1 for a vehicle, comprising a first cup-like element 6 integrated with the body 2 and a second element 7 integrated with the strip 3 and presenting a spherical external surface 17 cooperating with a plurality of spheres 27 accommodated in respective seats 25 located in a lateral wall 9 of the f...

A method of treating wastewater by passing wastewater into a dynamic microfiltration assembly to form a first concentrate stream and a filtrate stream and then passing the filtrate steam into an ultrafiltration assembly to form a second concentrate stream and a purified water stream.

Static drainage appts. with automatic emptying for extn. of musts and similar prods. Extn. is via pressure of must against container walls. Must descends to base of container under its own wt. A reservoir (1) has closed lateral walls (2), upper channel (3) for prod. reception and an evacuation trap (4) articulating about an axle (5). The trap (4) is operated mechanically, electrically, pneumatical...