Abstract: A device for packaging and applying a cosmetic product, of longitudinal axis X, the device having a container for containing the product and a stem connected by a first end to a gripping part and by a second end to an application element having an application head and an end piece mounted in a housing of the stem, the end piece having a frustoconical portion fitted in a complementary frustoconical space in the housing of the stem.

Abstract: An embedded system which stores, controls and retrieves real-time digital signals is configured as a programmable and reconfigurable embedded system. The embedded system interface is capable of handling in real time both continuous and irregular signal formats, such as Digital Video (DV) and MPEG, and stores the received signal in a format optimized for its storage medium. Upon retrieval, the signal is reconstituted back to its original format. In one example, the embedded system can receives and retrieve multiple, simultaneous digital signal data streams for a variety of digital equipment, such as digital video recorders.

Abstract: An embedded system for storing; controlling; and retrieving of real-time digital signals. The present invention provides for ultra-low cost integration of local digital storage into many products enabling exciting advanced feature sets. A preferred embodiment of the invention describes a programmable and reconfigurable embedded system. The embedded system interface marries both the requirements of the hardware standards for various hardware protocols, such as parallel or serial, with the type of digital signal, either continuous or irregular; and the original format of any digital signals, such as Digital Video (DV) or MPEG, with a digital signal format common within the present invention. The digital signal is first translated in real-time from its original format to a format common within the present invention, and optimized to the digital storage media utilized.

Abstract: A box for packaging a tubular container whose bottom is formed with a closing line, the container having a width that increases in the direction towards the closing line. The box is obtained by successively folding a blank in a single piece so as to be able to wedge the container inside the box and guide the container during its insertion into the box. To this end, the box has two V-shaped recesses disposed on either side of the object and separated by a distance smaller than the greatest width of the container, the recesses opening out in the vicinity of one of the ends of the box.

Abstract: A peak detector samples and holds amplitudes of pulses of a servo burst and includes a master peak detector for following a portion of a rising edge of each pulse until a peak amplitude is reached, and for decaying rapidly at a falling edge of each burst following the peak until a rising edge of a subsequent burst is intercepted at a point of interception, and for generating a control window extending from the point of interception of a rising edge to a peak value of each subsequent pulse; a slave peak detector enabled by the control window of the master detector for following the portion of the rising edge of each burst from the point of interception to the peak value, and for holding the peak value reached by the master detector during the control window, a holding circuit responsive to the slave detector and having a first, rapid time constant for rapidly acquiring a peak value of at least one initial peak of the burst, and having a second, slower time constant for adjusting the initially acquired peak val