The present invention applies to a new dye for the production of tandems for solar collectors, to a procedure for its preparation, and to its use. The dye on a water basis contains silicone resins and a black pigment of spinel type and enables a production of spectrum-sensitive tandems of low thermal emission and high solar energy absorption of solar collectors. It is intended for application on a...

This vulcanisation mould (1) for tyre (14) mfr. has 600-3,000 air release holes (2). Each has a valve (3) so configured, that it is closed by the approaching tyre blank surface, to re-open again after vulcanisation, during tyre extraction. Pref. in each of the air release holes (2) is a valve (3)with moving insert (4), comprising valve rod (5) with an attached plate (6). The plate presents a frust...

A cutting tool assembly wherein a cutting head is releasably retained by a tool holder by means of interacting coupling members, with one of the coupling members being inserted into a cavity of the other coupling member, with radially extending abutment wings of said one coupling member passing respectively between successive support wings of the other coupling member, rotation of the one coupling...

The present invention, in one form, is an imaging system (10) which synchronizes the emission of x-rays (16) and the collection of data to a heart cycle to provide improved image quality. In one embodiment, the imaging system (10) utilizes a synchronization unit (100) to determine a selected heart period and to control generation of x-ray beams (16) during the selected period. As the x-ray beams (...

Method of precisely controlling the radial spacing between two rolls (2,4) of a treatment station for sheet or bands of material such as paper, cardboard or plastic, where the rolls ends are fitted with running bands (13,14,15,16) consists of: (i) firstly bringing the bands into contact to define a 1st distance between the rolls; (ii) assuring that internal by means of adjustable spacers (10,11) a...

There is provided a process for removing and recovering one or more unassociated phenolic compounds dissolved in aqueous fluid, the process comprising the steps of: (a) transferring the one or more unassociated phenolic compounds from the aqueous fluid to an alkaline stripping solution, wherein transfer of the one or more unassociated phenolic compounds from the aqueous fluid to the alkaline strip...

An apparatus and a method for determining the liquid (1) level in a tank (2) by means of a radar level measuring device (6), which transmits microwaves downwards to the surface of the liquid (7) through a waveguide (5), in the form of a vertically arranged pipe, which is open close to the base (3) of the tank (2), and which after reflection of the microwaves from the liquid surface (7) receives th...

There is provided a method and apparatus for forming a twisted bobbin from forming packages normally used to make a zero twist yarn. In one embodiment of this invention, zero twist yarn forming packages are substituted for conventional forming packages on a conventional twist frame. A twisted yarn package made from zero twist yarn forming input does not have the tendency for short-term yardage, tw...

A device, in several configurations, which fixes a breast in distended, stable position using negative pressure, and minimizes or halts lymphatic flow from the breast. The invention allows for improvement in imaging and intervention in diagnosis and treatment of early stage human breast cancer. An image-guided system which allows accurate and bloodless access to breast tissue; guided by MRI or CT;...

PCT No. PCT/EP97/01060 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 11, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 11, 1998 PCT Filed Mar. 3, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/34946 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 25, 1997A process for preparing polyurethane rigid foams from polyols and polyisocyanates as well as blowing agents and optionally foam auxiliary agents, characterized in that the polyurethane rigid foam is obtained by reacting A) a polyol component wi...

A primary package containing a low molecular weight peptide-based thrombin inhibitors which package is sealed with a rubber stopper or plunger containing bromobutyl rubber.

The present invention concerns anti-stress agents for improving the resistance of aquatic animals and especially of fish, shrimps and invertebrates in fresh and sea water in the case of strains of all kinds, which can also be used as anti-stress agents for warm and cold water decorative fish, said agents containing a vitamin or a combination of vitamins in megadoses and one or more immune stimulat...

An apparatus for monitoring the depth of tread on a tire being buffed includes a sensing device, for example, a magnetic sensor, mounted to a reciprocating motion carrier. The carrier is driven by a drive wheel that is in contact with the tire being buffed. The carrier is movably mounted to float over the surface of the tire, that is, accommodate variations in the tire surface, with a guide wheel ...

Novel magnetic assay methods and systems. According to a preferred embodiment, a chromatographic medium, which preferably comprises a test strip, is provided that is designed to be contacted with a test solution having activated magnetic particles such that the solution flows bilaterally thereacross. A magnetic field, generated by a magnet or electromagnet, is selectively applied to the medium whi...

Method, system and apparatus for carrying out accurate electrosurgical cutting. A thin resilient electrode is utilized at the forward end region of an instrument which is deployable from a longitudinally disposed slot positioned rearwardly of the tip of the instrument. Lateral sides of the slot extend between a forward location adjacent the tip and a rearward location. The electrode is deployed by...

Apparatus system and method for cauterizing a volume of tissue wherein electrode assemblies are deployed from the forward end region of an instrument in conjunction with an electrosurgical cutting activity. Upon deployment to one or more deployed orientations, the electrodes assemblies are made biactive and the cauterization of tissue is carried out in a bipolar fashion. Following the procedure, t...

An automobile tire having fluid-tight internal partitions to form discrete internal compartments includes bead-like sub-structures provided within internal partitions having contact with a road during use of the tire, the bead sub-structures including a pressure-sensitive sealant in which a rapid change in air pressure in the tire induces activation of the sealant; and a tire wheel having a latera...

A method for producing powders that consist of substantially spherical particles from a material such as glass, ceramics or plastic that produces a highly viscous melt that solidifies at a glass transition temperature T_g or at a solidification temperature T_s. The inventive method comprises the following steps: (a) producing a melt of a viscosity eta in the range of from 0.1 t...

Compounds of formula (V) : wherein R2 represents a group R6-A- wherein A represents a divalent straight or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain of up to 6 C atoms which may be interrupted by an O or S atom, and R6 represents hydrogen or an optionally substituted phenyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl group; and the groups R12 and R13 are hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl or substituted ph...

The invention relates to the use of polymeric foam materials for insulation. These polymeric foams are prepared by polymerization of certain water-in-oil emulsions having a relatively high ratio of water phase to oil phase, commonly known in the art as high internal phase emulstions, or "HIPEs." The HIPE-derived foam materials used in the present invention comprise a generally hydrophobic, flexibl...