PURPOSE:To smoothly lower and longitudinally sliding a seat by providing a motor drive mechanism longitudinally sliding an upper rail fixed to the seat against a lower rail fixed to a floor panel on either one of the rails. CONSTITUTION:A motor drive mechanism 19 longitudinally sliding an upper rail 17 against a lower rail 18 is constituted of a guide plate 20 and a motor 21. The guide plate 20 is...

Process for the preparation of a composite material formed of reinforcing fibers, regularly distributed and oriented in more than two directions, and of a matrix filling up the space between said fibers. According to the invention, said process consists in: producing a convex brush of said reinforcing fibers, regularly distributed and fixed by one of their ends on a convex base, said fibers being ...

A process for the operation of a tank aeration installation having two aeration tanks, an initial drip-feed unit and a final clarification tank is improved by having the drip-feed unit adapted as a high-load unit with a space load in the range 2 to 12 kg/BOD5/m<3>. day, preferably around 5 kg BOD5/m<3>. day, and is so operated. The sewage input from the high-load drip-feed unit so operated to the ...

An improved crank driven reciprocating piston hot gas engine in which virtually the entire working gas mass performs the same Ericsson cycle loop, thereby achieving maximized thermal efficiency. The invention engine embodiments consist of paired hot and cold cylinders, connected together through leak sealed flow paths with included valves and regenerator. Embodiments are presented for both the ope...

A fuel injection control apparatus for use in an engine wherein fuel injection is controlled in accordance with the conditions of the engines operation. This apparatus is provided with a fuel quantity control unit of the distribution type which measures and discharges an amount of fuel in response to detection signals which represent the conditions of the engines operation, and with a plurality of...

Cementing compositions having improved fluid loss capabilities for use in oil, gas, water and other well cementing operations are disclosed. Such compositions are comprised of water, hydraulic cement and a fluid-loss additive comprising a graft polymer comprised of a backbone of lignin, lignite, derivatized cellulose and various synthetic polymers selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl al...

A prosthesis for the replacement of the hip including a femoral part (10) ended by a spherical head (20) and a cup (22) having an external shell (22) designed to be fitted into the acetabulum cavity (38) and containing a cap connected to the shell. A circumferential throat (28) for collecting synovial fluid is formed between the hemispherical surface (26) of the cap and the opening through which t...

Two component workpieces (1, 3) consisting of different superalloys or of the same superalloy are bonded together to form a monolithic whole, with the insertion of a layer 1-2 mm thick consisting of a powder (4) of composition similar to or identical to that of the component workpieces (1, 3), by hot pressing in accordance with the diffusion bonding process. The workpiece surfaces to be bonded do ...

A moulded product of a fiber reinforced plastic comprises a core consisting of a plastic matrix admixed with relatively short fibers and an outer circumferential section or a specific local section consisting of a plastic matrix admixed with relatively long fibers. This invention also provides a blank of fiber reinforced plastic formed preliminarily to a given form comprising a core section consis...

PCT No. PCT/SE83/00354 Sec. 371 Date May 18, 1984 Sec. 102(e) Date May 18, 1984 PCT Filed Oct. 19, 1983 PCT Pub. No. WO84/01679 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 26, 1984.A method of transferring a service channel over a fibre optic system line is proposed. The system line normally transmits regular data signals with a specific highfrequency (34% Mbits), which are coded according to a certain code. The power spe...

A "thermo" box for the transportation of fresh goods, such as meat, fish, medicines or the like, comprises a double sidewall, cover and bottom construction of a thermo plastic material wherein the hollow space in the base portion, which defines the bottom of the box, sidewalls and the cover are filled with air or some other gas. The basic shape of the box is a generally flat hollow moulding where ...

GREEN TIRE-TO-MOLD CONTACT TIME DETECTION, ANALYSIS AND CONTROL The mold halves 10 of a tire press are provided with sensors 32, 34 which determine the contact times of a green tire 16 at certain points on the mold surfaces 20. The timing so obtained is processed by a microprocessor 48 to determine the run-out profile of the tire 16. The data is further used for determining the average gap d betwe...

A two-chamber container A two-chamber container is specified for two gas-pressurized components kept separately in a container, for example liquids which are miscible. An outer container (1) takes up a first component and is provided with a safety valve (2) whose outlet passage (5) leads from the interior of the outer container (1) to the outside and is adapted to be closed by a plug (14). The sec...

There is provided a tin lid for use with cans of oblong shape in Hansa format, which includes in its lid image section a tear-open portion defined by a self-contained recessed line capable of being broken up at one end of the lid by means of a pull-open ring attached to this end. At the other end, said recessed line includes a straight recessed line portion which extends in chordal-type fashion wi...

A socket bearing assembly for a constrained ball and socket joint is provided which comprises: (a) a plastic socket bearing having a wall and a spherically-shaped cavity which has an opening defined by a rim for receiving the ball, the opening being smaller than the ball, and the wall having at least two cuts therethrough which extend from the rim towards the equator of the spherically-shaped cavi...

An improved adjustable device for artificial limbs includes: a cylindrical member having an open section at an upper end for being fixedly coupled with a lower stump portion of an artificial limb, and an annular recess with a plurality of cavities and through openings formed at a lower end; and a coupling member with a mounting piece for being connected to an upper joint portion of an artificial l...

The method comprises inserting a securing device with skin graft wrapped therearound through an incision in the skin to a subcutaneous region of the body. The skin graft has its epidermis facing the securing device and is joined to the body surface skin at the incision to form a pouch for containing the securing device. The prosthesis is then attached to the securing device. The device comprises a...

A microwave heating material and method of forming thereof is presented. In accordance with the present invention, a pre-selected metallized pattern is disposed on at least a portion of a dielectric material using a transfer process, preferably a hot stamping transfer process in conjunction with very thin metal, preferably aluminum roll leaf. The roll leaf can be easily hot-stamped in any variety ...

The present invention discloses a target specific cross-linked heteroantibody and a method of producing the same. The cross-linked heteroantibodies of the present invention can cause normal autologous cells of the immune system to destroy any unwanted cell for which an antibody is available. Treatment or control of tumors, viral infected cells, fungi, bacteria, parasites and the like is now made p...