A continuous marine pipe laying system utilizes two rollers to overbend and straighten pipe as it is unwound from a reel. A support arm is pivotally connected to the axis of rotation of said reel and first and second roller arms are pivotally connected to the support arm at a point spaced from said axis of rotation. During use, the first roller is positioned at a point adjacent the pipe substantia...

A means and method are disclosed for applying a stabilizer ply (12) to a tire building drum (17) and more particularly a means and method for cutting and applying the stabilizer ply material, including means for cutting (46) the stabilizer ply material between cords disposed therein and correcting (42) for variations of the cord angles during the application process in order to provide an improved...

The invention relates to an apparatus for the deposition and conveyance of yarn bobbins which are fed from a vertically adjustable exit of a bobbin-collecting conveyance apparatus to a textile machine, consisting of a basic frame which is designed as a mobile handling trolley and above which a depositing track for the yarn bobbins is arranged. The object of the invention is to ensure by simple mea...

PCT No. PCT/FR86/00433 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 13, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 13, 1987 PCT Filed Dec. 12, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO87/03470 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 1987.The invention can be used to determine the color to be given to a dental prosthesis, for example, on the basis of color measurements performed on adjacent teeth in the mouth of the patient. An optical fiber instrument picks up light reflected...

The invention concerns a centrifuge intended for use in mainpulating liquid batches on an analytical scale. The centrifuge consists of a body (2) rotatable about its axis (1) provided with input and output conduits (8,9,11) and presenting the essential feature that therein are contained two parallel, circular arc-shaped volumes (3,4) located at different distances from the axis (1) of the body (2)...

of the disclosure: A novel crystallographic modification (.beta.-modification) of the pigment C I. Pigment Red 53:1 is described and claimed which has characteristic reflection values in its X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by means of Cu-K.alpha. radiation. This novel pigment form is obtained by reacting an aqueous solution of an alkali metal or ammonium salt of the formula 1 (1) with the...

The application deals primarily with the guidance and positioning of a travelling automatic servicing device (16) relative to a plurality of operating stations (12), e.g. of a spinning machine, which are to be serviced thereby. Aspects of the communication of information between the device and the stations are also dealt with insofar as they are associated with the guidance and positioning feature...

One end of a pull rod (66) is pivotably attached to a lever (82), and the other end of rod (66) has a T-shaped slot (70) for receiving the head (28) and part of the shaft (24) of a plastic blind rivet fastener (22). Rod (66) slides axially in a tube (54) which has a radial end wall (60) with a slot (62) for slidably receiving the shaft (24). A spring (76) biases the rod (66) into a fastener-receiv...

Apparatus comprising a valve housing adapted to be supported on a tubular member having a bore therein and a passage in the tubular member and the valve housing for communicating fluid from the interior of the tubular member to an inflatable element supported externally on the tubular member to inflate it. Disposed in the bore is a valve for controlling fluid flow from the interior of the tubular ...

Extruded polyvinyl butyral (PVB) sheet roughness is controlled by use of PVB resin lightly cross-linked through stable intermolecular linkages.

A flexible non-reticulated foam pad having on a surface thereof a polyurethane coating consisting essentially of a cured isocyanate-terminated prepolymer, the penetration of the prepolymer coating being no more than about 50 percent of the thickness of the flexible urethane foam. The coated surface provides an abrasive area which enhances its use in cleaning applications as well as increasing the ...

A method and a device for measuring the fibre orientation anisotropy in a fibrous structure such as a sheet of paper or a textile. According to this method, a linearly polarized, far infrared laser beam is directed towards one side of the fibrous structure whose fibre orientation anisotropy is to be measured. The incident energy of the laser beam is measured before this beam traverses the fibrous ...

A pocket clip suitable for attaching a personal paging receiver to an article of clothing has an integral character display. The pocket clip has a rigid lower housing part, and a plastic upper housing part containing the display and a circuit board with display decoder/driver circuitry. A conductive elastomer electrically connects the circuit board to the display while a flex circuit connects the ...

An automatic loading apparatus for a processing system for restarting an application program upon sensing a software failure. The application program periodically executes at least one portion of a reset code which addresses a peripheral device controller. The peripheral device controller times the frequency of the access by the processing system to determine whether the application program is exe...

A lock includes a solenoid-operated striker unit (4) for capturing pin-bolts (9) of the shot bolt assembly (3) of a key-operable locking mechanism (1) ofa hinged door (2). The pin-bolts (9) are captured within a keep channel-member (13) that slides up and down within a fixed channel-member (10) between an upper, release position in which slots (14) in the member (13) are in register with slots (11...

Polyurethane foams prepared with halogenated phosphoric acid flame retardant have low scorch and surface discoloration when prepared in the presence of a composition containing phenothiazine, 4,4'-thio-bis-(6-tertiary butyl meta cresol), and organophosphite.

A bedding underlayer for the bed of an incontinent patient comprises an impervious base layer 2, 3 substantially wider than the bed so that opposite lateral portions 2 of the base layer can be tucked under the mattress of the bed, and a liquid-absorbing layer 4 in the middle of the base layer and of the same width as the bed, or of lesser width. The liquid- absorbing layer 4 is surrounded, at its ...

Hospital mattresses are generally made of foam plastic having predominantly open cell cores and are in the form of a parallel-epipedic block (1) which is provided with a protective layer (12 and 13) consisting of a plastic film which is easy to clean so that injurious substances and bacteria can be removed. Such mattresses have the drawback, however, that when used they produce sounds which are di...