Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate having on a lithographic base with a hydrophilic surface a first layer including a polymer soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution, and a top layer on the same side of the lithographic base as the first layer that is IR-sensitive and unpenetrable for an aqueous alkaline developer wherein said first layer and said top layer may be one and the same layer; characterized in that the surface of said element upon exposure and treatment with an aqueous alkaline developer is such that a) the contact angle between the unexposed areas of the imaging element and the aqueous alkaline developer changes for at most 6° during the first minute of contact with said developer; b) the contact angle between the exposed areas of the imaging element and the aqueous alkaline developer changes more than 15° during the first minute of contact with said developer; c) the difference in contact angle betwe

Abstract: A rotary cutter for a mower capable of limiting the reeling out of a cord, when the free end of the cord is worn out to only when the rotary cutter is rotated at low speed thereby preventing pebbles or the like from being scattered. The rotary cutter is disengaged without the component parts being separated thereby facilitating reassembly. The rotary cutter includes a cord for mowing grass on being rotated, a reel for containing the cord and reeling out the cord intermittently while being rotated, a cover covering a case containing the reel, and a plunger projected downward from the case and movable in an axial direction by being pressed for intermittently rotating the reel. A ratchet is held at a constant position by an urging element which is moved outward to open against the direction of the urging element by the centrifugal force produced by rotating the rotary cutter at a high speed and is engaged with the plunger to thereby prevent the plunger from moving in the axial direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable intraocular lens with a lens body 1, haptic arms 3 for fixing the lens body 1 in the eye, and an adjustment means for moving the lens body 1 relative to the haptic arm 3 in the direction of the optic axis 27 of the lens body 1 and for adjusting the extent of the movement. The haptic arms 3 are each directly connected to the lens body 1 via one of their ends. The haptic arms 3 preferably have a bifurcation 31, 33, and only one of the two fork ends 31 is connected to the lens body 1. The adjustment means, preferably with an adjusting screw 37, is screwed through one of the two fork ends 31, 33, and changes the distance between the two fork ends 31, 33. The intraocular lens according to the invention is easy and inexpensive to produce.

Abstract: A method of making an electroconductive pattern on a support is disclosed. The support is provided with a polymer layer containing a polythiophene, a polyanion and a di- or polyhydroxy organic compound. Said layer is characterized by an initial surface resistivity (SRi) having a value which is higher than 104 &OHgr;/□, or more preferably higher than 106 &OHgr;/□. By heating selected areas of the polymer layer, the surface resistivity of these areas is reduced to SRi/&Dgr; wherein &Dgr; is at least 10, preferably at least 103 and more preferable at least 105. The electroconductive pattern thus obtained can be used as an electronic circuit for making an electric or semiconductor device such as a printed circuit board, an integrated circuit, a display, an electroluminescent device or a photovoltaic cell.

Abstract: A multilayer light-sensitive silver halide photographic negative image type material and a method to prepare said material has been described, said material comprising on at least one side of a support a multilayer composition of at least two layers of negative image type silver halide emulsions adjacent to each other, wherein the emulsion layer closest to the said support comprises tabular emulsion crystals selected from the group consisting of silver chloride, silver chlorobromide, silver chloroiodide and silver chlorobromoiodide having a {111} crystal habit and silver chloride, silver chlorobromide, silver chloroiodide and silver chlorobromoiodide having a {100} crystal habit and wherein the adjacent layer(s) farther from the said support comprise(s) essentially cubic emulsion crystals selected from the group consisting of silver chloride, silver chlorobromide and silver bromide, wherein the essentially cubic grains are less sensitive than the tabular grains and wherein the said tabular

Abstract: The present invention provides a concentrated dampening solution for use in a lithographic printing process having a pH between 3 and 6 and comprising a water-soluble organic solvent, a phosphate salt and a transparent pigment, characterized in that said transparent pigment is a modified silica in which the silica particles have a number average size of 0.003 to 0.100 &mgr;m and in which the silica particles are coated with chemically combined atoms of an amphoteric metal which forms an insoluble silicate at a pH between 5 and 12, said metal atoms being chemically bound through oxygen atoms to silicon atoms in the surface of said particles, and the amount of said metal being such that: Gram atoms M/Gram atoms Si=A/1250 to A/250000 where M is the metal and A is the surface area of the particles of the silica sol expressed in m2/g.

Abstract: A photosensitive element including a silver halide emulsion having silver halide grains containing an organic hole-trapping dopant. In a preferred embodiment the dopant is represented by formula (I): R—COOM  (I) wherein R is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group or hetero-aryl group, and M is hydrogen or any metal or organic group which can form a salt or by formula (II):  wherein: X and Y are independently selected from O, S, Se, m is 1 and n is 1 or 2, R1 and R2 are hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl or aralkyl group or a heteroaryl group, wherein R1 and R2 may be the same or different and may form a ring, E represents a group linked to the carbon atom by a heteroatom, having at least one free electron pair, M+ is a proton or an organic or inorganic (metal) counterion. Moreover a photosensitive element is provided where the photosensitive element can be a photoaddressable thermographic element.

Abstract: The perforating unit comprises: a support (23) with at leat two fixed counterblades (25A, 25B); a first roller (27) revolving about its own axis and carrying a first series of rotary blades (29) acting in combination with a first (25A) one of said fixed counterblades; a second roller (31) revolving about its own axis nd carrying a second series of rotary blades (33) acting in combination with the second (25B) one of said fixed counterblades. The blades of the first series are arranged at a different pitch from the blades of the second series of blades.

Abstract: A spout or pouring lip having a subsidiary lip arranged transversely across the spout or pouring lip below the pouring edge. The subsidiary lip is formed from the edge of a groove, notch or indentation arranged transversely below the pouring lip. The face of the groove, notch or indentation nearer the pouring lip is arranged to be substantially vertical. The inner surface of the spout or pouring lip may in addition be constructed to form a raised transverse fence-like form. The invention may be an integral part of a pouring vessel such as a teapot, jug, kettle or pouring can or it may form an additional component as attached, either during the vessel's manufacture or as an addition to an existing pouring vessel.

Abstract: A method has been described for processing an exposed black-and-white silver halide photographic film material comprising in a hydrophilic light-sensitive layer thereof a binder and silver halide grains being {111} or {100} tabular silver bromo(chloro)iodide or silver chloro(bromo)iodide grains having an average aspect ratio of from 1.2 to 50 and having a silver iodide content of less than 3 mole % based on silver with at least part of it at their grain surface, said method comprising the steps of developing in a developer, fixing in a fixer, rinsing and drying, characterized in that in said developing step the developer comprises an alkali soluble agent having preventing silver dissolution properties, being a mercapto azole compound as presented herein.

Abstract: A description is given of a device for separating from each other a plurality of objects (R) which are adjacent to each other and are being fed in a direction of advance (F) along an advance path (21), comprising a member (37) which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (37A) and is positioned, with respect to the direction of advance, in such a way that it interferes with the articles (R) fed along said advance path. The peripheral velocity of said rotatable member at the point of contact between said member and said articles has a component substantially matching the direction of advance of the articles along said path.

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a heat-sensitive imaging element for making lithographic printing plates. The heat-sensitive imaging element comprises an image-forming layer comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles having a specific particle size and polydispersity for obtaining printing plates with an improved sensitivity, excellent developability, high throughput and less scumming.

Abstract: The invention concerns a web of absorbent paper, in particular of cellulose cotton, including on one side protrusions of which the top surfaces are less than 1 mm2 each and which correspond to cavities on the other side, the web being characterized in that the protrusions are distributed at a rate of more than 30/cm2 along mutually parallel lines in a manner such as to bound cells of which the total surface takes up at least 30% of the web surface, the cells per se being unembossed or embossed only slightly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the fabrication of contact structures in semiconductor components, in particular, solar cells, such as semiconductor components having such contact structures. According to one aspect of the present invention, after positioning of an etching mask (3) over a first layer respectively sequence of layers (2), indentations are etched through the first layer down to or into a second layer (1) lying therebelow. The etching occurs in such a manner that the etching mask (3) is undercut and/or at least one region of the first layer (2) contains negative flanks. Subsequently an electrically conductive material (9) is introduced into the indentations, with the etching mask (3) or the first layer (2) forming a shadow mask for the introduction of this material. This conductive material is only introduced to a height in the indentations at which there is no contact between the conductive material (9) and the first layer (2).

Abstract: A rotary cutter for a mower is provided wherein the cord delivering operation, which is necessary when the free end of the cord is worn, is carried out only when the rotary cutter is rotated at a low speed or is stopped. The rotary cutter includes a cord for cutting grass upon rotation thereof, a reel which holds the cord and allows delivering of the cord while the reel is intermittently rotated, a cover for a case which houses the reel, and a press body which protrudes downwardly from the case and is movable in an axial direction upon pressing so as to intermittently rotate the reel. A return spring for biasing the press body in a direction to protrude the press body from the case between the reel and the press body is also provided. The press body and the case engage each other such that the press body is slidable in an axial direction while preventing relative rotation with each other.

Abstract: A method has been provided of image formation, dosimetry or personal monitoring wherein said method comprises the steps of (a) storing energy in stimulable phosphors coated in one or more layers of said screen or panel; (b) converting said energy to emission energy and (c) detecting said energy, characterized in that said converting step proceeds by means of a source of pressure energy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing very thin substrate layers, particularly thin semiconductor areas, which may comprise integrated circuits. In the method two substrates (1, 2) are bonded by their faces via one or several intermediate connecting layers (3, 4). At least one of the bonding layers or the face of one of the substrates is structured before in such a way that channel-shaped recesses (5) are formed which permit a lateral penetration of an etching agent. The resulting wafer stack is thinned from one side down to the desired thickness of the layer. Finally, this thin layer is detached from the remaining substrate by introduction of the etching agent into the channel-shaped recesses. This detaching process is a low-price wet chemical process that does not expose the chip and the added value integrated thereon to any risk.

Abstract: A novel aqueous resin composition for use as a sealer is provided, including an aqueous resin as a major component, and a viscosity modifier adjusting the viscosity of the aqueous resin composition to a value ranging from 5,000 to 100,000 mPa·s, the aqueous resin being an aqueous emulsion polyolefin resin which comprises a polyolefin not containing chlorine as a constituent element while exhibiting a viscosity of 1,000 mPa·s or higher in a water-dispersed state having a solid resin content of 20% to 40% by weight.

Abstract: The invention relates to an end sealing system for. a scraper chamber (6) of an impression machine or a machine depositing a viscous or liquid fluid on a surface, the chamber cooperating with a screen transfer cylinder (1) and being laterally closed by longitudinal scrapers (2). The system includes a mounting frame (3) housed at the end of the scraper chamber (6), an elongated seal (4) made of an elastically deforming alveolar material cooperating at its ends with the mounting frame (3), and a rigid second seal (5) mounted on the elongated seal (4) between the latter's ends, and being guided in the mounting frame (3). The ends of the elongated seal (4) rest under the ends of the scraper (2) on the side opposite the screen transfer cylinder (1).

Abstract: An anchor and tether animal restraining device having a line extending between a pair of anchors. At least one of the anchors is an angle-spike anchor having an angled portion for providing control over the line and, further, a smooth walled enclosure partially covering a base portion of the angle portion for preventing entanglement of a leash which attaches an animal, such as a dog, to the device.