A wash action control system is used to control the agitation speed of a washing machine. The invention includes a wash speed selection switch which controls the agitation speed of the agitator. The wash speed selection switch has an infinite number of possible wash speed settings and includes various secondary switches for affecting various aspects of the wash speed control.

The present invention concerns an insulating film of a thin film structure deposited on an essentially alkali metal-free glass substrate, comprising alternating layers of aluminium oxide and titanium oxide and thin film electriluminescent device wherein said insulating film is incorporated as an insulating layer between the phosphor layer and the electrode layers. In the insulating film, the ratio...

An LPE (Liquid Phase Epitaxy) apparatus is diverted to a Zn-diffusion apparatus for diffusing Zn into III - V group compound semiconductor. The Zn-diffusion apparatus comprises a base plank extending in a direction, having a wafer-storing cavity for storing an object wafer and an exhaustion hole for exhaling gases, a slider having a frame and a cap plate for attaching to or detaching from the fram...

Plant (1) for supplying helium to a plurality of production lines (5a, 5b, 5c), comprising a helium source (2) of at least 7000 litres; a network (4) of secondary ducts (4a, 4b, 4c), feeding production lines using helium gas; and a main duct (3, 3a, 3b) for conveying helium, connected upstream to the helium source (2) and downstream to the network (4) of secondary ducts. Use of such a plant (1) in...

A thermally integrated two-stage methanol reformer including a heat exchanger and first and second reactors colocated in a common housing in which a gaseous heat transfer medium circulates to carry heat from the heat exchanger into the reactors. The heat transfer medium comprises principally hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methanol vapor and water vapor formed in a first stage reforming reaction. A smal...

A wall mounted microwave oven is provided which includes a body forming therein a cavity for accommodating food to be cooked, a magnetron for generating electromagnetic waves to be provided into the cavity, a casing surrounding the body and forming therein a hood duct having an inlet port positioned at the bottom portion of the casing and an outlet port positioned in the upper portion thereof, and...

The disclosure relates to a tube coupling device comprising a cylindrical cartridge having a throughway containing a tube locking device for locking a tube inserted into the throughway at one end of the cartridge. The outer side of the cartridge has an encircling rebate at said one end in which a grab ring of V-shaped cross-section is mounted with the V diverging towards said one end. One outer li...