Abstract: An over the door bracket for being hung over a door having a top portion, a first side and a second side. The bracket includes a door connecting member for being placed on top of the door, a generally tubular member extending from the door connecting member, and a clothing support attaching member for securing a clothing support to the bracket. The generally tubular member has a frontward facing surface and a rearward facing surface. A first connecting end is connected to the door connecting member and a second connecting end is disposed at the opposite end of the first connecting end. The frontward facing surface is adjacent to the second side of the door when the door connecting member is placed on top of the door.

Abstract: The support structure is formed essentially by two support bands which are each assigned to one longitudinal edge of the snowboard. A central strip remaining therebetween is, at least at the longitudinal ends of the snowboard, designed to be very flexible in such a manner that the longitudinal ends of one support band can bend in the upward or downward direction of the snowboard as independently as possible of the longitudinal ends of the other support band.

Abstract: A preform and a blow molded container formed therefrom and having plural cavities or compartments for providing enhanced properties including vacuum containers for hot and cold product, or barrier materials including gases or layered material, improved creep resistance, use of lower cost and/or recycled materials, increased wall strength and aerosol properties.

Abstract: An active substance-containing transdermal pharmaceutical preparation with a given size of contact surface, comprising a tack-free backing layer which is permeable to active substances and an adhesive layer adhering to the skin is characterized by the fact that the backing layer comprises at least a third of the total active substance amount contained in the preparation.

Abstract: In a device for the production of powerful microwave plasmas, the resonator is designed as a coaxial resonator with inner and outer conductors. The microwaves are coupled into the plasma chamber via the boundaries of the coaxial resonator.

Abstract: Spherically shaped polyvinyl alcohol (PVAL) polymer particles are prepared encapsulating a magnetic colloid that provides the particles with magnetic properties for use in binding biomolecules. The particles have a size of 1-10 &mgr;m that makes them particularly suitable for use in cell separation/sorting, cleaning biosubstances in suspension and diagnostic assays. The particles are prepared by dispersing a magnetic colloid containing a magnetic material such as a ferromagnetic or superparamagnetic substance in an aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol containing reactive hydroxyl groups, adding the resultant mixture to an organic phase containing a mixture of at least two emulsifiers, and adding a water-soluble cross-linking agent such as a dialdehyde that reacts with the hydroxyl groups of polyvinyl alcohol to form the polymer particles. The emulsifiers are miscible in the polyvinyl alcohol solution, and at least one emulsifier is semi-hydrophilic and at least one emulsifier is lipophilic.

Abstract: A fluid testing arrangement includes an adaptor/connector 16 which couples to a service pipe 11 to allow fluid passage to continue from the main pipe 10. A catheter 18 is passed through the supplementary connection 17 and through the bore of the adaptor into the service pipe 11 until it reaches the main pipe tee connector 12. A logger 20 senses and measures the fluid pressure in effect, at the main pipe without the need to excavate.

Abstract: Concrete strengthening members, particularly prestressing tendons such as strands of steel wire, are provided with a strongly adherent plastic coating which may be substantially impermeable for improved corrosion resistance, and/or which may have embedded therein abrasive or grit-form particles to provide improved bond with the concrete, and particularly to provide controllable bond transfer in prestressing tendons of the pre-tensioned type. The plastic coating preferably is applied electrostatically in powder form, and fusion bonded by heat. The abrasive can be applied by spraying during a viscous state of the heated resin, and can be varied as to size and spacing density so as to control the surface condition and the bonding effect. Fusion and curing heat may come from preheating of the member before application of the resin powder, which preferably is a heat curable, thermosetting epoxy. Coating thickness and grit application are readily variable to meet particular requirements.

Abstract: A device for the production of microwave plasmas with a microwave generator 1 and its coupling system to a waveguide resonator 5 which encloses a plasma chamber 7 is proposed, the short side of the cross-section of the resonator 5 lying parallel, facing the z axis, in the common wall with the chamber 7, and the microwave power being coupled from the resonator 5 into the chamber 7 via coupling points 6 in this short cross-sectional side. The coupling points are preferably formed as azimuthal slot couplers in the common wall of 5 and 7. The reference numbers relate to FIG. 1.

Abstract: That end of a ski boot which is retained by the boot-retaining unit is retained such that it can be disengaged in the sideways direction and vertical direction. Upon sideways movement of the ski boot within a range of elasticity of the boot-retaining unit, the ski boot is rendered capable of moving increasingly in the upward direction, strong forces in the upward direction producing a force component which additionally forces the boot-retaining unit in the sideways direction.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for orienting a container, or plurality thereof, incident to a packaging operation by engaging the container with an elongate driven member travelling at a different speed than the container along a conveyor or assembly line. In particular, the containers may have the shape of a petaloid bottle, for beverages and the like, and the bottles are rotated into a common position to conform to requirements of the carton, carrier or other packaging material.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for a lower pressure chemical vapor deposition capable of achieving various kinds of thin films having a uniform thickness, preventing parts breakage, achieving automation of the system, and combining the use of a low pressure chemical vapor deposition apparatus and a plasma low pressure chemical vapor deposition apparatus, which includes a deposition base; a reactor disposed on the deposition base and having a reaction region formed therein; a substrate lifted and lowered in the reactor and on which a wafer is placed; a chemical source gas introducer for introducing a chemical source gas into the reactor; a substrate heating member disposed in the substrate for heating the wafer; and a reactor heating member for heating the reactor.

Abstract: A strip matter cutting device for sewing machine is provided which is mainly employed in automatically cutting a tape or rubber sewed on the shoulders of a T-shirt. It is arranged such that the whole of a cutting part which comprises a rotary cutting blade and a tape receiving portion integrally formed with a tape pick-up portion, is shifted between a cutting action position closely adjacent to the rear of a needle location of a throat plate secured to the top surface of a sewing machine bed, and a non-action position at which the cutting part is retracted upward to the left of a sewing machine arm over the throat plate, through a rock arm which is driven to rock reciprocally by a rotary cylinder. Employment of this arrangement permits an improvement in work efficiency and a significant reduction in work burden. Even for a wide object to be sewed, it is fed freely for automatic cutting of a sewed tape or rubber, without the tape or rubber losses.

Abstract: An impelling blade guide is inserted into a space provided for inserting a blade unit in order to create a simple structure for the removal of staples which have become jammed in the staple ejecting mouth during empty operation. A notched section is formed in proximity to the staple ejecting mouth of the frame. During normal operation, the impelling blade guide can be easily raised since an indentation formed on the notched section and a projection formed on the impelling blade guide are fixed. When a staple is jammed in the staple ejecting mouth, the impelling blade guide is pulled up and the projection separates from the indentation. Thus the rear surface side of the staple ejecting mouth is opened. In such a way, jammed staples can be easily removed from the staple ejecting mouth.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of performing accurate biopsies, particularly core breast biopsies, and a device for facilitating the accuracy of the taking of biopsies. The device involves the provision of guiding members or wing-type projections on at least two sides of the barrel of a biopsy gun. Each guiding member is parallel to the axis of a biopsy needle attached to the gun and there are at least two guiding members projecting from the barrel of the gun substantially perpendicular to one another. Each guiding member is preferably in line with the needle, so that in use the biopsy needle is in the plane of each guiding member. The device may be in the form of a biopsy gun with the guiding members integrally formed or affixed, or it may be in the form of an attachment for attaching to a conventional biopsy gun.

Abstract: An anaerobically curable composition for use in sealing gas pipeline leaks, comprising an anaerobically curable base preparation and a filler, wherein the filler is a metal-containing filler having a substantially metal free barrier coat.

Abstract: Transducers are acted upon by milk flowing respectively from each teat of the animal into a milking claw which has an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The transducers respond to a condition of the milk and a processor controls valves. If the transducer indicates normal milk, the valve is set to direct flow into the lower chamber from which it passes via a pipe to a collection tank. If abnormal milk is indicated, the valve is set to direct flow into the upper chamber from which it passes via a discharge pipe to a dump container or drain. The transducers, the control valves and preferably also the processor are housed within the milking claw.