A cardboard packaging-component for protecting an end or side surface 14 of slab-shape product 13 and cushioning it with a polystyrene element 12, is of trough form having bent-up side-wall portions 3 that grip the product resiliently under the action of rubber bands 11 at the trough ends. Each band 11 is attached by ear-portions 5 to both wall-portions 3 at the respective trough-end, and between ...

The disclosure describes a filtering apparatus 10 and a method for manufacturing a filtering apparatus comprising a housing 11 and a filter arrangement 12 disposed within the housing 11. The housing 11 may have first and second identical body portions 23, 24. The filter arrangement 12, which may include an end cap 45 and a filter element 36, may be secured within the housing 11 solely by mechanica...

In the method for regulating the winding tension of a plurality of threads for the formation of a lap, in which the plurality of threads is fed to a driven winder via a pair of driven transport rollers and a dancing roller, the speed of the winder drive can be so adapted to the increasing diameter of the lap that the dancing roller is deflected from its static point of rest only to a minimum exten...

The invention deals with the but-welded connection between the endwall (2 min ) and the body (1) of a thermoplastic container. Contrary to the known connection the invention provides the endwall with an axially extending edge (10),which may form part of a gripping edge (3 min ) and which overlaps the weld (8 min ),sothat the weld beads (9 min ) are hidden,whilst further the area of transition betw...

A method of joining, repairing or reinforcing substrates, particularly polymeric pipes for transporting fluids, e.g. natural gas and water. The method makes use of an article, preferably a heat-recoverable article, which comprises a conductive polymer composition and which is heated to its recovery temperature by passing electrical current through the conductive polymer. Preferably the article is ...

The disclosure describes a filtering apparatus 10 and a method for manufacturing a filtering apparatus comprising a housing 11 and a filter arrangement 12 disposed within the housing 11. The housing 11 may have first and second identical body portions 23, 24. The filter arrangement 12, which may include an end cap 45 and a filter element 36, may be secured within the housing 11 solely by mechanica...

Process for elimination of mercury in hydrocarbon charges wherein said charge is contacted, under hydrogen, with a catalyst containing at least one metal from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, iron and palladium followed by-or mixed with-a capture mass containing sulfur or a metal sulfide.

The device comprises a vibrator (15) with a piezoelectric transducer (17) for generating an elastic wave which advances along a closed trajectory (61). The transducer (17) has first, second and third transducer sections (17a, 17b, 17c, 17d, 17e, 17f) distributed along the trajectory (61), to which first, second and third cyclically varying excitation voltages (U1, U2, U3), respectively, are suppli...

A method and apparatus for shaping a solid antiperspirant stick composition. The antiperspirant composition is produced in a generally cylindrical form having an oval or elliptical cross-section and the method and apparatus disclosed herein form the exposed end of the stick into a domed shape. A shaping mechanism comprises three shaped and heated cutting edges, each of which is arcuately oscillate...

Certain articles required to function in air at temperatures of 250 DEG C or higher comprise very fine particles of vermiculite from which the interstitial magnesium ions have been at least partially removed and which has been swollen in water. These articles are not ordinarily exposed to water when in use, but if they are they are likely to disintegrate quickly because of the ready dispersibility...

An apparatus for laying groups of transverse weft threads for a warp knitting machine, the threads being laid on two longitudinal conveyors running to the needle bed by means of a carriage which is reciprocated between and transversely to the direction of travel of the longitudinal conveyors. The weft threads laid after the forward movement lie parallel to the weft threads laid after the backward ...

A method and apparatus is provided for first heating surfaces to be welded together by one or two induction coils placed therebetween and upon raising both surfaces to a forging temperature forcing said surfaces together with sufficient force to weld the surfaces together. The heating and upsetting steps occur when the surfaces are in a substantially inert atmosphere.

The invention relates to a method of producing a reproduction of an object and an apparatus for carrying out said method. A particular object of the invention is the reproduction of the remaining stump of an amputated leg (18) for producing an improved prosthetic socket. When carrying out the method, the object (18) is positioned in a predetermined position in relation to a rotatable framework (8)...

A thermal print head including a glass layer disposed at the edge of a heat resistant substrate, a heat generating element on the glass layer and an electrode for driving the heat generating element disposed both under the glass layer and on the heat generating element is provided. The glass layer is formed of a lower layer of crystallized glass on the electrode and an upper noncrystallized glass ...

A polyphase induction motor IM is controlled by a Hidden Link Converter the cyclic switching of which is not synchronised to the shaft rotation or the motor.

A low-throughput illumination system is described, comprising a radiation source (1), a plurality of condensors (2, 14; 3, 15) for forming a plurality of beams (b1, b2) from the radiation supplied by the source and a first reflector (4, 5) for each beam, which reflectors direct the beam towards the principal axis (00 min ). The system comprises second reflectors (6, 7) which deflect the beams in t...

A system for the accurate determination of human body composition comprises the measurement of the conductive potential of the body, which is directly related to the lean tissue content, using electrodes and an impedance bridge circuit. Measurements of body impedance are made over two different frequency ranges in order to distinguish between intra-cellular body cell mass and extra-cellular body m...

The device comprises a frame (1a) mounted via a suspension (4a) on an axle (2) common to a pair of wheels, and a braking element actuated by a brake pedal and capable of braking the rotation of at least one wheel. The brake pedal (12, 13) is mounted so as to be fixed in rotation on the axle (2). The suspension element (4a) is mounted in the vicinity of the wheel (3a) about a cam (11a) integral wit...

A stretchable undergarment (26) comprises a liquid-pervious bodyside layer (4), liquid-impervious outer layer (10), an absorbent layer (8), and a stretchable layer (6). The stretchable layer (6) is stretch-bonded to the other layers and, upon relaxing the stretchable layer (6), forms a plurality of rugosities (14,19) in the bodyside layer (4), outer layer (10), and absorbent medium (8). The bonded...

A disposable urinary pad is described as having high liquid impact capacity, high liquid retention, and allows the skin of the wearer to remain dry. The pad comprises a liquid-impermeable, substantially flexible shell (12) containing a superstructure (14) which is slightly compressible and capable of maintaining a void volume of liquid and an absorbent medium.