Abstract: A gas storage apparatus for use in storing a gas including methane as a main component thereof is disclosed. The apparatus includes an entrance/exit opening for allowing entrance or exit therethrough of a gas to be stored, a gas-tight maintaining mechanism capable of maintaining the gas under a pressurized state inside a container, and a pressure vessel which may be constantly maintained at a normal temperature. The pressure vessel accommodates therein an organometallic complex having a one-dimensional channel structure.
Abstract: A method and device for releasing intestines in a carcass opened on the abdominal side, in particular a sheep, pig or cattle carcass, having the steps of:placing at least one bracket member in an operative position between the peritoneum and the abdominal wall,moving the bracket member substantially parallel to the spinal column whereby the peritoneum with organs arranged therein is at least partially released from the abdominal wall, andcarrying the bracket member from the operative position out of the carcass.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 1996
Date of Patent:
October 13, 1998
Assignee:
Stork R.M.S. B.V.
Inventors:
Thomas Gerardus Maria Jacobs, Johannes Wilhelmus Paulus Te Maarssen, Sander Antonie Van Ochten
Abstract: The sinker actuating apparatus has a sinker actuator which is displaced on a needle bed so as to move a movable sinker to a pressing or releasing position. A connector for connecting the actuator is non-fixedly provided to a needle moving device so that the actuator is moved in response to the movement of the needle mover. First and second stopper are provided for restricting the advanced or retracted positions of the sinker actuator. A resilient member is arranged to give an advancing force to the actuator.