Abstract: A pet bow tie comprises a substantially tubular piece of material in combination with a bow portion attached to the tubular piece of material. The bow portion has two puffed portions and two tails, each tail being joined to a respective one of the puffed portions. The bow portion also includes a band encircling the puffed portions and the tails. The method of manufacturing the pet bow tie involves folding a piece of material along an imaginary center line passing transversely through a center portion of the piece of material so as to form two tail portions interconnected by adjacent sections of the center portion. The two tail portions are stitched together along a stitch line running parallel to the center line and separating each of the tail portions from a respective one of the adjacent sections of the center portion, and the tail portions and adjacent sections of the center portion are then spread apart to form the pet bow tie.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing video ordered type terminals by using a computer, and a testing method therefor, employ a personal computer and a bit stream board of the computer to form a virtual server of an ordered type video terminal testing system, thereby making it easier to test a video terminal. In the conventional apparatus for testing an ordered type video terminal, a server is required in order to test such a terminal. This server includes a memory system of a large capacity and computer capable of carrying out a high speed arithmetic operation. Therefore, its installation and movement are not easy, while its price is very high. Accordingly, it is uneconomical to procure it only for testing purposes.

Abstract: In the case of a seat back for vehicle seats, in particular motor vehicle seats, with two side outriggers (1), which consist of a back and front support (3,4), which are connected in the area of their lower end section through a connecting body (5) and above the connecting body to each other, both the front support (4) and the back support (3) continue into the transverse spar (2), which connects the side outriggers (1) to each other in the area of its upper end. The front support (4) lies above the connecting body (5) and below the transverse spar (2) on a piece of its segment on the back support (3). On transverse parts (6,7) of the back and front supports (3,4) that extend from one side outrigger (1) to the other in the area of the transverse spar (2) are positioned at an interval from one another over each other. Both transverse parts (6,7) are connected to each other so they are rigid by means of a separator (8) abutting on them.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for receiving dual highway data in an electronic switching system. First and second highway data are latched in response to an input latch clock signal and any one thereof waits for the output at a rising edge of the input latch clock signal. A parity bit of the first or second highway data is checked and the checked result is outputted for a first half period of a reference clock signal. The reference clock signal has half a period of the input latch clock signal. If a selected one of the first and second highway data has a parity error in accordance with the checked result, it is replaced by the other highway data for a latter half period of the reference clock signal while it waits for the output at the rising edge of the input latch clock signal. The replaced highway data is outputted at the rising edge of the input latch clock signal.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing biaxially oriented tubing from a thermoplastic material. The method includes forcing the tube over a mandrel at an orientation temperature of the plastic material, which mandrel is an expansion part which produces expansion in the circumferential direction of the tube. Downstream of the mandrel an axial pulling force is exerted on the tube, and the biaxially oriented tube is cooled down. At a distance downstream of the mandrel, the tube is drawn through a calibration opening bounded by a calibration device, the calibration opening being such that it produces a reduction in the external dimensions of the tube. Accurate regulation of the external dimensions of the tube is provided by regulating the distance between the mandrel and the calibration device, in particular depending on the external dimensions of the tube measured downstream of the calibration device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for making polyfluorofullerene as well as polyfluorofullerene itself made according to the process.In the process according to the invention, a fullerene solution is mixed with a polytetrafluoroethylene dispersion, and the reaction mixture is irradiated with fluorescent light to form polyfluorofullerene.The polyfluorofullerene thus made can be used as oiling agent, lubricant, or as additive for lubricants.

Abstract: A locking device for car seats for use in motor vehicle seats having two parts, which can be adjusted continuously relative to each other. The locking device includes a rail with a row of snap-in holes which extend in the longitudinal direction and are separated from each other by web-like material sections. The device includes locking teeth which can be moved at right angles to the rail and continuously engage with the snap-in hole without play in the direction of adjustment.

Abstract: A flexible and removable leg cast/brace handle comprises a first strap and a second strap permanently interconnected by a longitudinally extending third strap, and at least one loop handle being connected to the third strap. In one embodiment, a single loop handle extends between the first strap and the second strap. In another embodiment, a single handle is connected to the first strap, the second strap, or the third strap, or to a combination thereof. In still another embodiment, two loop handles are provided, each handle extending between an intermediate portion of the third strap and a respective one of the first and second straps.

Abstract: The seal for upward opening hollow containers consists of a substantially circular inside cover, whose rim has along part of its circumference a raised area rising at an angle to the cover plane; the underside of the inside cover is connected with a vapor diffusion barrier which is provided with a tear perforation in the area of an opening in the inside cover.

Abstract: A machine tool system includes a machine tool and a marking apparatus. The marking apparatus can mark parts-data on workpiece parts at high speed, without occupying any tool mounting station and without having any limitation in the number, the sequence direction, the size and the type font of characters to be marked. A mount base (33) is fixedly attached to a frame (1) of the machine tool. A marking head (51) is mounted on the mount base (37) so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The marking head (51) is provided with a pneumatic stylus (77) movable horizontally both in the X- and Y-axis direction. A parts-data of dot matrix type can be engraved on the workpiece parts by moving the stylus (77) in the X- and Y-axis directions.

Abstract: Active ingredient system for the lipid exchange with target structures; methods for their manufacture and their use; and products containing active ingredient systems of this type are disclosed. The active ingredient system for the transfer of lipophilic and/or amphophilic components to target structures or from such back to the active ingredient system, as well as to their exchange with the target structures, is formed from at least one lipid component with at least one transfer protein. In the method for the manufacture of the active ingredient system, lipid and protein components are combined into system in different configurations depending on the purpose of its use and its place of use, whereby the specificity results from the lipid used and the transfer protein employed, as well as the direction of the lipid transfer. Active ingredient system of this type are used in technology, such as the material technology, in medicine, pharmaceuticals and in the area of cosmetology.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for improving vision and the resolution of retinal images is described in which a point source produced on the retina of a living eye by a laser beam is reflected from the retina and received at a lenslet array of a Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor such that each of the lenslets in the lenslet array forms an aerial image of the retinal point source on a CCD camera located adjacent to the lenslet array. The output signal from the CCD camera is acquired by a computer which processes the signal and produces a correction signal which may be used to control a compensating optical or wavefront compensation device such as a deformable mirror. It may also be used to fabricate a contact lens or intraocular lens, or to guide a surgical procedure to correct the aberrations of the eye. Any of these methods could correct aberrations beyond defocus and astigmatism, allowing improved vision and improved imaging of the inside of the eye.

Abstract: A microcontroller operates in response to application of a power supply voltage within a predetermined range of values between upper and lower limits. A power-on reset (POR) circuit generates an output pulse upon initial application of the power supply voltage within that range of values after a predetermined period of time without power. In response to a reduction of power supply voltage to a value below the lower limit at the microcontroller for a sustained interval of time greater than the predetermined period of time, a reset pulse is generated to interrupt operation of the microcontroller. In response to restoration of the power supply voltage to the microcontroller to a value above said lower limit, another reset pulse is initiated to restore operation of the microcontroller.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for protecting fragile objects from breakage which utilizes a case formed from upper and lower portions having dimensions somewhat smaller than the fragile object to be protected which is used to encase that object and provide cushioning for the fragile object should it be dropped or jostled.

Abstract: A sawdust removing apparatus for a saw machine includes: a saw blade housing (9) for rotatably supporting a saw blade (15) for sawing work (W); a cleaning instrument (19) for removing sawdust adhering to the saw blade when work is being sawed; a cleaning instrument support member (21) pivotally supported by the saw housing for rotatably supporting the cleaning instrument; a cleaning instrument position adjusting device (23, 71) mounted on the saw housing for adjusting an overlap rate of the cleaning instrument with the saw blade; and a cleaning instrument position fixing device (25) mounted on the saw housing for fixing the cleaning instrument support member after the overlap rate of the cleaning instrument with the saw blade has been adjusted by the cleaning instrument position adjusting device.

Abstract: A container is constructed from a pouch having a front sheet, a rear sheet and a bottom sheet. The bottom sheet of the pouch is folded along a midline thereof with flaps extending downward from the fold line. Each of the bottom edges of the flaps are welded to or integral with one bottom edge of either the front or the rear sheet. Lateral edges of the front and rear sheets are welded to one another with the bottom two portions of the welded edges sandwiching both lateral edges of the bottom folded sheet. To construct the container, a central portion of the bottom sheet is unfolded such that the unfolded portion has an essentially rectangular shape, thus forming said base, with central parts of the bottom edges of the bottom sheet forming the front and rear edges of the base and with peripheral portions of the bottom sheet forming two overlapping triangular portions with the bottom edges thereof defining the two side edges of the base.

Abstract: A microcontroller for use in battery charging and monitoring applications is disclosed. The microcontroller includes a microprocessor and various front-end analog circuitry including a slope A/D converter and a multiplexer for allowing a plurality of analog input signals to be converted to corresponding digital counts indicative of signal level. The slope A/D converter includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for providing a programmable charging current to generate a voltage across a capacitor, a precision comparator having inputs for receiving a selected analog input and the capacitor voltage, a counter and a capture register. After a reset is performed, the capacitor is charged while the counter begins counting such that when the capacitor voltage exceeds the selected analog input voltage, the comparator switches logic states thereby causing the obtained count of the counter to be stored in the register.

Abstract: A connector housing for accommodating terminals therein includes a housing body having a plurality of cavities, a plurality of flexible lances which are cngageable with the terminals, and a plurality of cavity orifices for allowing the lances to be displaced in a disengagement direction with the terminals. The lance is provided with slanted surfaces for stopping an excessive displacement of the lances. When the terminals are inserted into the cavities, the lances are displaced in the disengagement direction thereby allowing the terminals to enter into the cavities. In the case of withdrawing the terminals from the connector housing, the excessive deformation of the lance can be prevented by the slanted surfaces' interference with the cavity orifice before the lances are bent forcibly, whereby the lances can return to the initial position elastically and securely after a withdrawing operation of the terminals.

Abstract: An injection/mixing device for improving the mixing of fuel and air in a petrol driven internal combustion engine. The device is fitted in the engine inlet manifold close to the fuel inlet from a carburettor or fuel injector and uses a vortex generator. The vortex generator is in the form of an array of lenticular, conical or deltoid disks located in the fuel/air flow and which serve to disperse the impinging fuel droplets and mix the fuel and air. The effect of the device is preferably enhanced by allowing the vortex generator to rotate or spin about its axis. This rotation is achieved by means of a turbine associated with the disks or by means of an external motor. The device may also be connected to a vacuum relief valve to attenuate the level of the depression in the intake manifold under certain conditions. The vacuum relief valve may be integral or separate from the device.