A bipolar battery comprising a plurality of bipolar electrodes stacked together, each bipolar electrode comprising a conductive septum having positive and negative active material on opposite faces thereof. Each electrode has a nonconductive frame formed thereabout, and a mesa-like lattice which is integral with the frame, overlays the faces of the septum and is defined by an annular shoulder form...

A method and a device for separating a component, such as fibrin I from blood, by centrifugation. The method involves feeding of blood admixed an anticlotter to a first annular chamber in a device, where the annular chamber is defined by a cylindrical outer wall and a cylindrical inner wall, both walls extending coaxially about a common axis, as well as by a top wall and a bottom wall, where the t...

Batteries for boats and vehicles require a CRA (cranking) battery 23 and an AUX (auxiliaries) battery 22 to ensure a start. The preferred version has an AUX battery made of parallel plates and a CRA battery made of parallel plates lying in a monobloc case in face to face positions. Each battery has a pair of CRA terminals 20, 30 for the electric starter and a pair of AUX terminals 19, 31 for the A...

An easily changeable, moisture resistant bedsheet formed of a bottom sheet component having water-permeable upper and lower textile sections, and a moisture-resistant center section; a moisture absorbent pad on the center section; and a textile cover sheet component of the same material as the upper and lower sections of the bottom sheet component releasibly secured over the pad and center section...

A capture verification system for a cardiac pacemaker comprising an implantable pulse generator (IPG) and one or more pacing leads having a proximal end coupled to the IPG and a distal end in contact with a patient's heart. The capture verification system employs a pressure wave sensor mounted in the IPG in relation to the proximal end of the pacing lead for sensing pressure waves transmitted from...

A clayish composition for producing a molded article of noble metal consists essentially of a noble metal powder, starch and a water-soluble cellulose resin as organic binder and water. The contents of the starch and the water-soluble cellulose resin each fall in the range of 0.02-3.0% by weight, based on the total amount of the organic binder and the noble metal powder. A method for producing the...

A method for the preparation of rigid foams by reacting an organic polyisocyanate with an isocyanate-reactive material in the presence of a blowing promoter characterized in that the isocyanate-reactive material comprises at least one isocyanate-reactive cyclic carbonate or isocyanate-reactive cyclic urea, the reaction being performed in the presence of an inert insoluble organic liquid which is p...

A power-on-reset and watchdog circuit is disclosed which employs discrete bipolar transistors to provide reset capability for microprocessors in the event of power-up or microprocessor malfunction. The present invention has a watchdog detection circuit which monitors a pulsed microprocessor output signal. As long as the watchdog detection circuit receives the pulsed microprocessor output signal, t...

The system has an agricultural machine ÄMWÜ, such as a harvesting machine, equipped with some form of position locating sensor ÄOVÜ, e.g. infra red or ultrasonic. The sensor signal ÄOSÜ is transmitted to a control system and is periodically sampled to provide a digital value indicating the variation in the path of the machine from an acceptable motion path. The information is used in a fuzzy logic...

The system can be applied in transport. It is capable ofidentifying and determining the location not only of the transportvehicle (TV) but also of the transport vehicles towed or carriedby it. The system contains datd processing (1) in the towingvehicle, communicating with ground communication facilities and/orGPS-satellites, and/or GSM-systems, and with cable endpiecesmounted on the road. The tow...

For gas phase polymerization reactions in the presence of an unsupported polymerization catalyst, there is provided a process for introducing a liquid catalyst so as to provide a resin particle lean zone such that the average particle size of the resin produced ranges from 0.25 to 1.52 mm (0.01 to 0.06 inches).

An abdomen fitness equipment including a front base frame unit carrying a cushion, a substantially U-shaped handle fixed to the front end of the front base frame unit for pulling, a rear base frame unit pivoted to the rear end of the front base frame unit, a movable frame unit pivoted to the front end of the rear base frame unit, and a movable leg frame unit pivoted to the rear end of the rear bas...

PCT No. PCT/FR94/00853 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 3, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 3, 1996 PCT Filed Jul. 8, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/01754 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 1995A surgical knife comprising an ultrasonic generator (3) for ultrasonically vibrating an electrode or sonotrode (9) arranged at the front end of the knife and provided with an axial suction bore (19, 21). The surgical knife is characterized in tha...

The heat shrinkable film includes at least one of an ethylene-propylene random copolymer and an ethylene-propylene-butene random copolymer and a propylene-butene copolymer of low crystallinity, which is biaxially stretched simultaneously by a ratio of 2.0-3.5 times for each of the machine direction and the transverse direction by a wet heating method. The film preferably has a tensile elongation a...

PCT No. PCT/EP95/03190 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 24, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 24, 1997 PCT Filed Aug. 11, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/06129 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 29, 1996The invention relates to a process for the production of expanded polyolefin beads by impregnating polyolefin particles with volatile blowing agents in a fluidized bed.

The invention relates to a polymer mixture which contains (A) 50 to 85 wt. % of a polyether block amide consisting of 30 to 60 wt. % of polyamide-12, polyamide-11 and/or polyamide-12,12 blocks and 70 to 40 wt. % of polyethylene glycol blocks, (B) 10 to 40 wt. % of a polyether block amide consisting of 65 to 85 wt. % of polyamide-12, polyamide-11 and/or polyamide-12,12 blocks and 35 to 15 wt. % of ...

An ethylene/ alpha -olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing ethylene with an alpha -olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst for olefin polymerization comprising an organoaluminum oxy-compound (a) and at least two kinds of transition metal compounds (b). This ethylene/ alpha -olefin copolymer has high melt tension and high flowability.

A rotational sensor has a vibrating weight with two acceleration sensors mounted on it. The two acceleration sensors are designed to detect forces acting at a right angle to each other. The vibrating weight is set in vibration by means of driving devices, and rotation of the rotational sensor about two axes of rotation that are normal to each other is detected with the help of the acceleration sen...

A die cast housing having an open side receives a circuit which seats on a housing ledge near the open side. An accelerometer and other components carried by the board are enclosed by the housing and board. The outer side of the circuit board is covered with an adhesive sealant compound which secures and seals the circuit board to the housing without fasteners for efficient structural transmissibi...

A super high density optical disk apparatus is obtained by using an exchangeable recording medium having a recording capacity of at least 1.5 Gb/in2 in an optical recording and reading apparatus for recording or reading at least using a laser beam or by using one of an element which can record on a recording medium only once and another element which can record at least two times repeatedly as rec...