1 Device for assembling accumulator plates and separators packets, wherein plates and separators are arranged at numerous locations and packets of plates and separators are brought onto a conveyor, which consists of continuous chain driving load bearing elements and an unloading station at the conveyer's end. It is characterised in that the stations for positive (1) and negative (2) plates are loc...

A creel frame has a series of creel pegs and yarn guide tensions on a vertical stand, opposite each other, and an arrangement for a relative change of position. Pref. the construction of the frame is from tubular support bars. The base (1) is formed with brackets (17) to hold the castors (16) which allow the frame to be moved multi-directionally. ADVANTAGE - The creel pegs, when holding the reel, ...

A process for preparing a foam film from thermoplastic polyurethane in which the polyurethane is mixed with a blowing agent and shaped continuously or batchwise in a suitable apparatus by means of the action of heat, and the product thus obtainable.

There is presented a device for removing a preservative from ophthalmic and other solutions as the solution is dispensed from a container. The device preferably comprises a container having squeezable sidewalls defining a solution retaining chamber, but may also be an aerosol can or other container. The container also preferably includes a neck portion and a dispensing head having a container outl...

A method for disinfecting contact lenses comprises contacting the lens with an isotonic aqueous solution comprising an effective disinfecting amoutn of tromethamine (preferably 0.6 to 2 percent) for a time sufficient to disinfect the lens. Other aspects include adding to the solution from 0.01 to 1 weight percent chelating agent (preferably disodium EDTA) and/or additional microbicide.

This front jaw 10 consists of a bearing block 11 intended to be fastened onto a ski 12, of a bearing journal 13 mounted in the latter and of a casing 14 supporting a sole-retention element 15 and containing a release spring 18. This casing is movable with respect to the bearing journal 13 in the direction of the axis of the journal and can pivot against the force of the release spring 18. Two sing...

The ski binding for attaching the back end of a ski boot to a ski (3) incorporates a base plate (7) mounted on the ski (3) and extended at the front by a support plate (13) of the back end of the boot. A housing (6) joined to the base plate (7) supports the sole-holder (5). Between the base plate (7) and the ski (3), over at least part of the length of the base plate (7) is a layer (20) giving ela...

The invention is a water dispersible epoxy resin composition comprising: A) the reaction product of one or more polyepoxides optionally, one or more poly (aromatic hydroxy) containing compounds optionally, one or more chain terminators, and one or more nominally difunctional C12-36 fatty acids or a dimer of an unsaturated, fatty acid; wherein the composition further comprises: B) a sufficient a...

Process for the preparation of an expandable vinyl plastisol capable of yielding cellular products containing a nitrogen-based blowing agent and a zinc salt as accelerator of decomposition of the blowing agent. The accelerator, which is preferably zinc chloride, is incorporated in the plastisol in the form of a solution in a liquid carrier. The process results in cellular products consisting of un...

The subject of the invention is fibre-reinforced laminated composite materials cured by the use of thermosetting resin matrices, comprising rigid particles, these materials being improved in terms of hardness by the employment of particles which are porous and formed by a polyamide. The method according to the invention is particularly effective for improving the hardness of composite materials ba...

A human resources management aid system for a retail outlet comprises: at least one detector for counting the number of people entering the retail outlet; means (40) for determining the number of people waiting at each cash desk; a computer (6) with a first storage means (17) for information concerning a mathematical model of queue variations, and a second storage means (12, 16) for the variables ...

Method and device for completing the automatical matching of panels to be cut in patterned fabrics to ensure that the design for each one of the panels to be cut is in its correct position. After defining a series of matching points on each of the patterns and recording as digital data in a memory the matching relationships for each one of these points are defined and stored as matching informatio...

Redispersible powders are obtained from an aqueous dispersion of a polymer built up from 20-60% of acrylic or methacrylic acid and 40-80% of alkyl esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid and having a minimum film-forming temperature (MFT) of below 60 degrees C and a dynamic freezing point (T lambda max) of the polymer of below 150 degrees C by spray drying at an inlet temperature Ti and an outlet te...

The biodegradable polymeric compositions comprise a starch based component and a polymeric component comprising polymers of hydroxyacids or mixtures thereof with polymers deriving from ethylenically unsaturated monomers, particularly polymers of ethylene-vinylalcohol or polyvinylalcohol.

The biodegradable polymeric compositions comprise a starch based component and a polymeric component comprising polymers of hydroxyacids or mixtures thereof with polymers deriving from ethylenically unsaturated monomers, particularly polymers of ethylene-vinylalcohol or polyvinylalcohol.

Process for the treatment of effluents from the washing of products and especially of industrial fabrics. It is characterised in that it consists: - first of all in filtering the said effluents by tangential microfiltration (7) by means of a porous membrane, these effluents being in a liquid form, the products of this microfiltration consisting respectively of a permeate and a concentrate; - and...

The method consists in attributing (1) error corrector detector codes of Reed Solomon type to each information symbol to be transmitted on the network, in carrying out (2) mixing of the Reed Solomon coded information before transmitting it in packets on the network, and, on reception, carrying out unmixing (9) of the information contained in the packets in order to correct (10) the errors and the ...

The antipilferage or surveillance device with a transmitter and a receiver for signals of a resonance label located where appropriate in the receiver range is designed so that the transmitter transmits or does not transmit periodically during alternating time phases only, and the receiver evaluates only the signals received where appropriate during the relevant transmission pauses in order to acti...

PCT No. PCT/EP90/02076 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 20, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 20, 1992 PCT Filed Dec. 3, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/13453 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 5, 1991.Before the flat plug (4) is inserted into a perforation (3) of the base (1), at least one rib (7) extending in the direction of insertion is stamped on a flat side. After the flat plug (4) has been inserted, the rib (7) is peeled opposite the d...

A gypsum mold having good water absorbing properties, which is suitable for cast molding pottery, can be prepared by stirring a mixture of hemihydrate gypsum cooled to -40 to 5 DEG C and water to form a slurry of gypsum in water having a temperature of -5 to 10 DEG C, pouring it into a water-impermeable mold, maintaining it therein until the setting reaction thereof is completed and then releasing...