CURED IN PLACE LINER WITH EVERTED OUTER IMPERMEABLE LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE A resin impregnated cured in place liner having an everted outer impermeable coating is provided. A roll of a continuous length of resin impregnable material is formed into a tube. An impermeable film or wrapping is formed into a tube about a tubular former, sealed and continuously everted about the inner tubular m...

A method for use with a downhole pumping system comprising a plurality of pumps comprises testing each pump of the pumping system 68 prior to use of the pumping system in a submersible pumping system to determine a reference parameter for each pump, the testing comprising determining lift data for each pump of the pumping system. A composite reference parameter based on combining the reference par...

Systems and methods are provided for scribing wafers with short laser pulses so as to reduce the ablation threshold of target material. In a stack of material layers, a minimum laser ablation threshold based on laser pulse width is determined for each of the layers. The highest of the minimum laser ablation thresholds is selected and a beam of one or more laser pulses is generated having a fluence...

The invention can be used in the oil-producing industry for controlling a well flow rate. The inventive system comprises three coaxially mounted high-frequency resonators, each of which is provided with two mutually orthogonal inputs-outputs, short-circuited limiting and short-circuited limiting-dividing coils, a pressure gauge, a temperature sensor, a computing-control unit, a controllable high-f...

The device has support unit for the supply of information for steering position of a vehicle steering and covered distance during a vehicle drive. A target path (16) tuned through a test drive is deposited for fixed ambient in a computer unit. The support unit is formed for the target path by reaching a given position of a vehicle (13) to revert in the fixed ambient and supporting the driver while...

A light input/output terminal module 100 comprises a jacket tube 110 and a flange 120. A glass portion 20 of the optical fiber is inserted in the center portion thereof. To efficiently remove the leaked light in a cladding 22 to the jacket tube 110, the jacket tube 110 is made of silica glass or the same material as that of the cladding 22. The jacket tube 110 is fixed by fusion splicing or adhesi...

A mouthpiece for an inhaler for administering a drug in the form of substances, substance formulations or substance mixtures that can be inhaled comprises an inhalation channel (4) for coupling to a chamber for receiving the drug. At least one component (10) having an aerodynamic cross-section is arranged in the inhalation channel (4).

Cellulosic biomass is reduced to a micropowder with particles having average diameters below 5-10 micrometers with a significant fraction of the particles have diameters below 1 micrometer. Biomass (e.g., wood, agricultural waste or other plant materials) is first processed into pieces having a maximum diameter of about 10 mm. This is then dried to reduce its water content to no more than about 15...

Plate consisting of a steel substrate (1) and a precoat (2) consisting of a layer of intermetallic alloy (3) in contact with said substrate, topped by a layer of metal alloy (4), characterized in that, on at least one precoated face of said plate, an area (6) situated at the periphery of said plate has said metal alloy layer removed.

Unique abrasive materials that are in situ generated compositions of precipitated silicas and silica gels are provided. Such compositions exhibit different beneficial, particularly simultaneously high pellicle film cleaning properties and moderate dentin abrasion levels. Such a result thus accords the user a dentifrice that effectively cleans tooth surfaces without detrimentally abrading such surf...

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of ioxilan of formula 5-[N-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)acetamido]-2,4,6-triiodo-N-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-N'-(2-hydroxyethyl)isophthalamide by atomization and to the improved product thus obtained. This process makes it possible to avoid a process by crystallization and results in an active principle having an improved solubility.

Translucent, transparent, or semi-translucent microlens sheetings with composite images are disclosed, in which a composite image floats above or below the sheeting, or both. The composite image may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. The sheeting may have at least one layer of material having a surface of microlenses that form one or more images at positions internal to the layer of material...

A method for addressing a bistable nematic matrix LCD having two stable textures without any applied electric field. Pixel addressing is of the passive multiplex type. The method includes selecting the value of the electrical voltage applied between the substrates so that an average value of the voltage, preferably the average quadratic value, since the initial command for image display up to the ...

A vehicular drive control apparatus that improves vehicle maneuverability is disclosed. The control apparatus performs control so as to reduce total drive torque (Tt) of all wheels (11L, 11R, 12L, 12R) while maintaining a distribution difference (”T), which is the difference between the drive torques (Tl, Tr) of the left and right wheels (12L, 12R) during turning of the vehicle (10).

A method for producing a worn article of the present invention comprises the steps of: successively placing portions of webs W1, W2 on a plurality of pads 3 i ; slacking off the webs W1, W2 between the pads 3 i by shortening an interval between the pads 3 i ; placing an elastic member on the webs W1, W2 placed on the pads 3 i so that the elastic member extends across a slack ...

The yarn length measuring device includes: a means (73) that detects a yarn layer peripheral surface movement distance ”PLs of a yarn layer formed by the winding yarn (4) around a winding tube (6) ; a means (74) that detects a traverse movement distance ”TLs of the yarn; and a winding length computing means (75) that inputs the yarn layer peripheral surface movement distance ”PLs, and the traverse...

A system for multi-mode breast x-ray imaging which comprises a compression arm assembly for compressing and immobilizing a breast for x-ray imaging, an x-ray tube assembly, and an x-ray image receptor is provided. The system is configured for a plurality of imaging protocols and modes.

The present invention provides a film-reinforced glass, which has excellent impact resistance, penetration resistance and durability and which can be easily prepared. The constitution of the glass consists of one glass plate and a film comprising an organic polymer which is superposed thereon through a transparent adhesive layer, wherein the transparent adhesive layer comprises a first transparent...

A hybrid transmission for a four-wheel drive hybrid vehicle. A simple planetary gearset as a front planetary gearset and a double-pinion planetary gearset as a rear planetary gearset are mounted in a rear section of a transmission housing. A pair of motor/generators are mounted in a front section of the transmission housing nearer to an engine. A first planet-pinion carrier is connected to a secon...

A device for determining exposure values in an X-ray panoramic and/or cephalometric apparatus (20) for imaging patient's head (3). The apparatus comprises adjustable support means (11) provided with support elements (1a, 1b) with a variable spacing (W1) therebetween, and said support means being adapted for positioning against the patient's head prior to exposure. A sensor (2) is connected to said...