Abstract: A cyclonic or anti-cyclonic conversion tower which consists of a central vortical duct (1), and at least one convector made up of two vertical membranes or screens (2) and (3), generated by a curve and which are limited at one of their sides by the central vortical duct (1), and at least tow stiffeners (4) and (5) per convector, there being a blocking device (6) per convector, a diffuser (23), a deflector (24), and means for converting kinetic energy into electrical or mechanical energy, the blocking devices (6) having the shape of a guiding crown and can turn on the outer circumference of the central vortical duct (1), the general context adopting the shape of a cylinder or a cylinder ending in an inverted cone trunk.

Abstract: The machine comprises a working station (P) and a fixed bed (10) disposed to the rear side of the working station (P). For rotating a wheel (20) there is provided a unit which is carried by a support bracket (30) connected to the fixed bed (10) in such a manner as to be able to swivel about a horizontal axis (A) passing through the working station (P), and comprises, for rigidly locking the wheel rim, a motorized mandrel (32) disposed with its axis (B) perpendicular to and cutting or nearly cutting the swivel axis (A), so that the tire of the wheel (20) carried by the mandrel (32) is traversed, in a virtually central position, by the swivel axis (A) of the support bracket (30). The machine also comprises means (12) for swivelling the support bracket (30) between two operative positions, in the first of which the axis of rotation (B) of the wheel is disposed in a horizontal position, and in the second of which the axis of rotation (B) of the wheel is disposed in a vertical position.

Abstract: An electric connector is connected to an electric wire of a first article, and is to be fitted onto the first article and/or a second article. The contact of the electric connector shall directly contact a conductive part of the second article. To prevent the electric wire or the wired contact from coming of the housing of the connector, a retainer is provided. The electric connector's housing has a receiving groove that is recessed into the front housing face which faces the second article, and that has an open groove end at one housing side face and a closed groove end at another housing side face. A contact is inserted into the receiving groove and includes a connecting part to be connected to the electric wire of the first article and a contacting part which is located closer than the connecting part to the closed groove end and which is to contact the conductive part of the second article.

Abstract: An improved package for pulverulent egg preparations, said package being intended for the preparation of egg-based food products without having to manipulate fresh eggs.

Abstract: The invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition with antitumor activity based on carboplatin, comprising an aqueous solution of carboplatin with the carboplatin content from 1 to 20 mg·ml·−1. The pharmaceutical composition contains, immediately after its preparation, less than 0.1% by weight 1,1-cyclobutanedicarboxylic acid (“CBDCA”) and/or salt thereof, based on the weight of the present carboplatin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device to control a circuit for the vertical deflection of a spot scanning a screen, and more particularly a control device whose output amplifier stage works in class D mode at the rate of a switching signal called a first switching signal. The control device has an internal auxiliary supply to generate the overvoltage needed for the fast flyback of the spot. This auxiliary power supply is a switching voltage generation circuit whose switching signal, called a second switching signal, is synchronous with the first switching signal. The present invention has been shown to used advantageously in television screens and/or computer screens.

Abstract: The braking device comprises at least one flexible braking means (1) extending across the trajectory of the sheets (2) and mounted so as to pivot around a transverse axis (4) so that its trajectory around the axis intersects the trajectory of the sheets (2), the direction of rotation of the end of the flexible braking means (1) and intersecting the trajectory of the sheets (2) being opposite the direction of motion of the sheets, and also comprises drive means for pivoting the braking means (1) in dependence on the longitudinal dimensions of the sheets (2) and the frequency with which they pass. The means driving the braking means (1) around the transverse axis (4) comprise a variable-speed electromagnetic actuator (5) connected to control means which in real time record the parameters relating to the longitudinal dimension of the sheets and the frequency with which they pass.

Abstract: A device for compacting, on a first conveyor belt which is permeable to air, a solid substance consisting of loose particles, deposited in doses at regular intervals by dosing means which are synchronized with the first conveyor belt, comprises a second conveyor belt which moves at the same speed as and is located below the first belt, the second belt having through-holes at intervals along its length corresponding with the intervals used to deposit the doses of the substance; and vacuum means which are in continuous communication with the holes so that, through the first conveyor belt, they exert suction on the doses of the substance, keeping the particles of the substance together and in contact with the conveyor belt below them.

Abstract: The subject-matter of the present invention is a stable anhydrous composition for cosmetic or pharmaceutical use comprising at least one volatile solvent and at least one pigment, wherein said composition further comprises at least one oxyalkylenated silicone substituted at the &agr; and &ohgr; positions.

Abstract: A handle for a vehicle door has a control lever hinged to a connecting structure for connection to the door, and a detecting assembly for detecting the presence of a user's hand about to open the door; the detecting assembly having a magnetic aerial, which is housed inside the lever to detect the variation in a magnetic field caused by the user's hand nearing the handle, and is connected by a sliding connection to a circuit carried by the connecting structure and which supplies a presence signal to a control unit for releasing the respective lock upon reading an identification code carried by the user.

Abstract: A structure for a semiconductor resistive element, applicable in particular to power components, having a high concentration substrate of the n type, a first epitaxial layer of the n type, a region of the p type arranged on said first epitaxial layer so to form the resistive element proper, a second epitaxial layer of n type grown on said first epitaxial layer to make the region of the p type a buried region, and an additional layer of the n type with a higher concentration with respect to the second epitaxial level, positioned on the embedded region. Low resistivity regions of the p type adapted to make low resistivity deep contacts for the resistor are provided. The buried region can be made either with a development that is substantially uniform in its main direction of extension or so to present, at on part of its length, a structure of adjacent subregions in marginal continuity.

Abstract: A process for sampling a cardiac parameter, in particular an intracardiac impedance, in an active implantable medical device such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, cardioverter and/or multisite device. The process includes carrying out in a repeated manner over a plurality of successive cardiac cycles (CYCLE 1 . . . CYCLE 8), the steps of detecting a moment (E) at which a ventricular event occurred, and then sampling the aforesaid signal during each cardiac cycle with a constant sampling step and a predetermined temporal shift (&Dgr;t1 . . . &Dgr;t8) between the detected ventricular event and the first sample in each cycle, this temporal shift being a progressive variable shift from one cycle to the following cycle.

Abstract: A battery holder for a microelectronic device, said holder comprising a frame having a substantially circular base and a curved portion with an upper and a lower surface. The curved portion encloses at least part of the substantially circular base, and the frame is adapted to hold a battery. A first conductor extends from a first part of the curved portion to a second part of the curved portion, and wherein a first end of the first conductor is positioned within the first part of the curved portion and wherein a second end of the first conductor is positioned within the second part of the curved portion. A movable member is positioned on the curved portion and adapted to provide an electrical connection between the second end of the first conductor and a point of contact within the second part of the curved portion.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for hydroprocessing Fischer-Tropsch products. The invention in particular relates to an integrated method for producing liquid fuels from a hydrocarbon stream provided by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The method involves separating the Fischer-Tropsch products into a light fraction with normal boiling points below 700° F. and including predominantly C5-20 components and a heavy fraction with normal boiling points above 650° F. and including predominantly C20+ components. The heavy fraction is subjected to hydrocracking conditions, preferably through multiple catalyst beds, to reduce the chain length. The light fraction is used as all or part of a quench fluid between each catalyst bed.

Abstract: A valve assembly can automatically dispense aerosol content from an aerosol container at predetermined intervals without the use of electric power. A diaphragm at least partially defines an accumulation chamber that receives aerosol content from the can during an accumulation phase. Once the internal pressure of the accumulation chamber reaches a predetermined threshold, the diaphragm moves, carrying with it a leg so as to unseal a valve stem, and thereby initiate a spray burst. The diaphragm assumes its original position when the pressure within the accumulation chamber falls below a threshold pressure. A barrier prevents the aerosol container from resupplying the accumulation chamber at a high rate during the spray phase, preferably due to a textured interface between the barrier and a passageway in which it is housed.

Abstract: A connecting rod-piston mounting arrangement for a reciprocating compressor of small refrigeration systems, in which one of the parts defined by the piston (10) and the end (22) of the connecting rod (20) adjacent the said piston (10) carries a first spherical seat (11) and a spherical annular seat (12), the other of said parts incorporating a second spherical seat (23) turned to the first spherical seat (11) and a spherical annular surface (24) seated against the spherical annular seat (12), said first and second spherical seats (11,23) being seated onto respective opposite spherical surface portions (31,32) of a ball joint element (30) provided between the piston (10) and the connecting rod (20).

Abstract: The invention provides fenofibrate compositions comprising granulates. The granulates can comprise micronized fenofibrate, inert hydrosoluble carrier particles, hydrophilic polymers, and, optionally, surfactants.

Abstract: A tire having a preferential fitting direction to a passenger car, the tire having a carcass reinforcement that extends from one tire bead to the other and, radially outside, a crown reinforcement of width Ls, formed by at least two crown plies, and in addition a meridian reinforcing ply arranged radially between the carcass reinforcement and the crown reinforcement, the meridian reinforcing ply having a width Lr between 15% and 45% Ls of the crown reinforcement, one edge of the reinforcing ply being located a distance D1 from the equatorial plane of the tire between 35% and 50% of Ls, while the other edge is located between the first edge and the equatorial plane of the tire. A method of mounting a group of four such tires on a vehicle.

Abstract: Therapeutic sources for use in the practice of brachytherapy are fabricated from radioactive composites of a radioactive powder of palladium-103, yttrium-90, phosphorus-32 or gold-198 and a biocompatible polymeric matrix. The particles of radioactive powder are dispersed within the polymer essentially randomly throughout a particular volume. The polymeric matrix is desirably manufactured with preselected flexibility suitable to its intended use, e.g. in the form of a rod, hollow rod, suture, film, sheet, or microspheroidal particles. The radioactive composites produce therapeutic sources which generate a radiation field that is substantially uniform in all directions. The therapeutic source may assembled from the radioactive composite during a medical procedure to emit the desired amount of therapeutic radiation. Optionally, the polymer is selected to dissolve or degrade in the body at a predetermined rate, the rate chosen depending upon the half life of the radioisotope used in the therapeutic source.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘KJ 98-073’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; light orange-colored flowers; and excellent postproduction longevity.