Abstract: A strand guide (1) for a steel slab continuous casting installation includes a number of segments (2) with support elements (6, 7) which support a strand (3) on two opposite sides (4, 5). The support elements (6, 7) are arranged in a lower frame (8) and an upper frame (9) which are formed to guide the strand (3) in a conveying direction (F). The upper and the lower frames (8, 9) are adjusted relative to one another in the conveying direction (F) with adjusting elements (10).

Abstract: A vacuum pump for producing low or high vacuum has a housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, a pumping system located in the housing, a motor for driving the pumping system, and a control electronics for controlling operation of the pump and likewise located in the housing, with the pumping system and the control electronics being located in separate housing sections of the housing.

Abstract: A cartridge (21) for multi-component masses has a first receiving member (22) having a receiving space (23) for at least one component (13) of the multi-component mass, and at least one other receiving member (27) extending parallel to the first receiving member (22) and having a receiving space (28) for another component (18) of the multi-component mass, with the receiving space (23) of the first receiving member (22) being larger than the receiving space (28) of the other receiving member (27), and the first receiving member (22) having a lower elasticity, at least in a direction transverse to its longitudinal extent, than the other receiving member (27).

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, which may include (a) forming a coating film on a substrate by applying a coating liquid including a polymer conductive material dissolved in an insulating solvent on the substrate after the step (a); (b) heat-treating the coating film; and (c) forming, before or after the steps (a) and (b), a gate electrode on the substrate. Herein, a surface layer portion is an insulating layer, and an inner layer portion is an organic semiconductor layer, and the surface layer portion and the inner layer portion are formed separate from each other to allow the surface layer portion and the inner layer portion to be used as a gate insulating film and a channel of a field-effect transistor, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to extracts containing high amounts of proanthocyanidins and the relating process of preparation involving the use as starting reactants of crushed fruits, plants or already prepurified extracts rich in proanthocyanidins.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a roll of a rolling mill stand includes a bearing for supporting a roll neck, a hydraulic device for securing the bearing on the roll neck and having a hydraulic piston supported against the roll neck, and a hydraulic cylinder displaceable relative to the hydraulic piston, the hydraulic piston having an outer thread on which a circular nut having a circular base body is screwable for supporting the hydraulic cylinder with respect to the hydraulic piston, with the nut having a circular projection extending coaxially with the circular base body and completely attached to the circular base body.

Abstract: Disclosed are an evaporator, an evaporation method, and a substrate processing apparatus, which can increase the concentration of generated vapor of an organic solvent and efficiently heat the organic solvent. The evaporator includes a fluid tube, a liquid organic solvent supply device for supplying the organic solvent liquid to one end of the fluid tube, and heating units for heating the fluid tube. The fluid tube has a cross section that increases from the one end to the other end. When the organic solvent liquid supplied to one end of the fluid tube is heated, the organic solvent vapor is discharged from the other end of the fluid tube. The substrate processing apparatus includes the above-described evaporator.

Abstract: Disclosed is to supply processing liquid having a predetermined flow rate and concentration to substrate processing units of a substrate processing apparatus with high accuracy. The substrate processing apparatus, which processes substrates in the substrate processing units using the processing liquid supplied from a processing liquid supply part, sequentially carries the substrates to the respective substrate processing units, and controls the processing start time such that if the flow rate of the processing liquid used in one of the substrate processing units is less than the control flow rate that is controllable at the processing liquid supply part, the substrates are carried to the plurality of substrate processing units until a flow rate of the processing liquid reaches the control flow rate that is controllable at the processing liquid supply part and then the processing liquid is used simultaneously in the plurality of the substrate processing units.

Abstract: A hand-held submersible power cleaner for cleaning debris from a swimming pool includes a housing having an inlet at a front end thereof which communicates with an interior cavity of the housing. An intermediate conduit having front and rear ends extends through the interior cavity. A filter is positioned between the inlet and front end of the intermediate conduit. A removable drive assembly having an impeller at a forward end and a power switch at the opposing end is removably inserted into the housing such that the impeller faces the rear end of the intermediate conduit. Dual outlet conduits communicate with the rear end of the intermediate conduit, wherein the impeller draws water and debris through the inlet, the filter occludes the debris and retains it in the cavity while the water flows through the filter assembly into the intermediate conduit, and is discharged through the dual outlet conduits at the rear of the housing.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for transfer of heat from a first fluid to a second fluid, including: a housing defining an interior space, a plurality of tubes spaced apart from each other and extending in a first direction in the interior space in the housing, a first inlet for flow of the first fluid into the tubes, a second inlet for flow of the second fluid into the interior space about the external surfaces of the tubes, the second fluid flowing in a direction generally transverse of the first direction, and an impingement plate assembly situated in the interior space between the second inlet and the plurality of tubes, the impingement plate assembly including: (a) a top plate facing the second inlet, and (b) a bottom plate spaced from and generally parallel to and underlying the top plate with an aperture extending through said bottom plate from top to bottom thereof.

Abstract: A suspension device for receiving a load includes a U-shaped lifting arm, a mounting plate for receiving a load and provided on the lifting arm, a guide rod extending between the legs of the U-shaped lifting arm, a suspending fishplate displaceable along the guide rod for suspending the suspension device from a lifting/support unit, and a damping member arranged between one of the legs of the U-shaped arm and the suspending fishplate, with a stiffness of the damping member being selected to a predetermined angle to a horizontal.

Abstract: An apparatus for casting near-net-shape, rectangular metal strands includes a horizontally circulating metal conveyor belt (7) with a cooled bottom a melt feeder (3?) for casting the metal onto the conveyor belt(7), and an arrangement for feeding the solidified pre-strip under mechanical tension to a driver (16). A cooled pressure device (11, 12, 13) is arranged above the cast product (4) in a region of the deflection roller (8) of the metal conveyor belt (7) which is located downstream in a casting direction, for applying an adjustable pressure from above to the cast product (4) solidifying into the pre-strip (5); and immediately behind the metal conveyor belt (7) a cooling device (17, 19, 19?)for cooling the bottom of the pre-strip (5) over its entire width.

Abstract: Portable device for the measurement and control of analytes in biological fluids, provided with biosensor for measurement and control of biological fluids such as glucose and other analytes characterized by the possibility of using electrolytic cells with two, three or more electrodes, with polarization voltage between a few millivolts and 100 millivolts; the possibility of measuring the fluid temperature at the outlet of the electrolytic cell in high resolution mode for diagnostic purposes, hence it can also be used for performing very accurate thermal compensation of the electrochemical measurement; the possibility of performing optimised correction of both the systematic and random errors in the measurement performed; the possibility of calibrating the sensors used more accurately and efficiently and, lastly, the possibility of performing the measurement with much lower polarization voltages at the electrodes than the equipment in the state of the art with consequent benefits in terms of reduced wear of th

Abstract: A valve for a floating roof emergency drainage system for draining fluid accumulated atop the floating roof, including a valve body having a top part having a cylindrical bore of first diameter, a bottom part formed by a circumferential wall which extends axially downward from the top part and defines within the wall a cylindrical bore of second diameter that is generally coaxial with and greater than the first diameter, thereby defining at the junction of the top and bottom part bores a downward facing shoulder which serves as a valve seat, the circumferential wall of the bottom part having at least one fluid discharge passage extending transversely therethrough for discharge of the fluid from the valve, a valve seal element axially movable in the bottom part bore between an upper closed position where it abuts the shoulder, and a lower open position spaced axially downward from the upper closed position, and a spring mounted in the bottom part and constantly biasing the valve seal element toward the upper c

Abstract: A self-propelled cleaning apparatus for cleaning a submerged surface of a pool or tank includes a housing having a front portion as defined by the direction of movement of the apparatus when propelled by a water jet, an opposing rear portion and adjoining side portions defining the periphery of the apparatus, and a baseplate with at least one water inlet. Rotationally-mounted supports are coupled proximate the front and rear portions of the housing to enable movement of the apparatus over the submerged surface. A water pump is configured to draw water and debris from the pool through the inlet for filtering. A stationary directional discharge conduit is in fluid communication with the pump and has at least one discharge opening through which a pressurized stream of water forming the water jet is directionally discharged at an acute angle with respect to the surface over which the apparatus is moving.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for film formation, characterized by comprising allowing a treatment gas stream containing a metal carbonyl-containing treatment gas and a carbon monoxide-containing carrier gas to flow into a region on the upper outside of the outer periphery of a substrate to be treated in a diameter direction of the substrate while avoiding the surface of the substrate and diffusing the metal carbonyl from the treatment gas stream into the surface of the substrate to form a metal film on the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a motor-driven percussion mechanism. The percussion mechanism includes a guide tube (21) and a reciprocating driving member (22) displaceable in the guide tube (21) for driving, via a gas spring, an impact member (23) likewise displaceable in the guide tube (21). The percussion mechanism further includes a motor-driven eccentric wheel (17) rotatable about an axis (D) which is spaced from the percussion mechanism axis (S) in a direction perpendicular to the percussion mechanism axis (S) by a distance (X). A connection rod (29) is eccentrically supported on the eccentric wheel (17) and connected to the driving member (22) for converting a rotational movement of the eccentric wheel (17) into a reciprocating movement of the driving member (22).

Abstract: A combustion-engined setting tool for driving fastening elements such as, e.g., nails, bolts, or pins in a workpiece, includes a plate-shaped member (17) axially displaceable in the tool combustion chamber (14), a member (33) for displacing the plate-shaped member (17), a holding device (30) for retaining the plate-shaped member (17) at an axial end (15) of the combustion chamber (14) against action of the displacing member (33), with the holding device (30) having magnetic elements (31) for producing a holding force for retaining the plate-shaped member (17) and a device for overpowering the holding force produced by the magnetic elements (31).

Abstract: A method of casting near-net-shape, rectangular metal strands includes providing a horizontally circulating metal conveyor belt (7) with a cooled bottom and a melt feeder (3?) for casting the metal melt onto the conveyor belt (7), smooth/pinch rollers (14) for feeding the solidified pre-strip under mechanical tension to a driver (16), a pressure device (11, 12, 13) arranged above the cast product (4) in a region of the deflection roller (8) of the metal conveyor belt (7) which is located downstream in a casting direction, for applying an adjustable pressure from above to the cast product (4) solidifying into the pre-strip (5). Immediately behind the metal conveyor belt (7) and upstream of the pinch rollers, a cooling device (17, 19, 19?) is provided for cooling the bottom of the pre-strip (5) after the pre-strip leaves the conveyor belt.