Abstract: An electrical connector of the present invention includes a contact having a first retaining portion; and a housing having an accommodating cavity for accommodating the contact and a second retaining portion that confronts the first retaining portion in such a manner as to prevent the contact from moving in a direction for the contact to be taken out from the cavity when the contact is in the state of being accommodated in the cavity. The housing comprising a first member arranged at a side from which the contact is inserted in the cavity and provided with the second retaining portion; and a second member assembled to the first member so that the second retaining portion can be covered by the second member.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for clarifying an aqueous xanthan gum solution comprising treatment of the xanthan solution with at least one chelating agent, surfactant, organic acid, or a mixture thereof, and with a protease enzyme or a lysozyme and a protease enzyme. Also disclosed is a highly purified solid xanthan gum and compositions containing the same, wherein the gum is obtained from the clarified xanthan gum solution.

Abstract: An air flow controlling device for refrigerators and freezers, comprising an evaporator (3) in selective fluid communication with at least two air flow heating environments (1, 2, 4), said device comprising an inlet nozzle (12) in fluid communication with a respective airflow heating environment (1, 2, 4), and an outlet nozzle (13) in fluid communication with the evaporator (3), and a respective obturator (20), which is operatively associated with the inlet and outlet nozzles (12, 13) and displaceable between opening and closing positions, respectively permitting and blocking the fluid communication between said inlet and outlet nozzles (12, 13).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula wherein the variables are defined in the specification, which bind to somatostatin receptors and block Na channels.

Abstract: A horizontal deflection circuit includes a horizontal deflection winding coupled to a retrace capacitor to form a retrace resonant circuit. An S-shaping capacitor is coupled to the deflection winding to form a first trace resonant circuit. A first switching transistor is responsive to a synchronizing first signal at a frequency related to a horizontal deflection frequency and coupled to the deflection winding for generating a deflection current in the deflection winding. A second switching transistor is responsive to the first signal and having first and second switching state, during first and second portions of the trace interval. The second switching transistor couples the S-shaping capacitor to a modulation inductance and to a modulation capacitor to form a second trace resonant circuit, during the second portion of the trace interval. The length of the second portion is modulated at a vertical rate parabolic manner for modulating a current in the S-shaping capacitor to provide modulated S correction.

Abstract: A multipurpose memory device suitable for a broader range of applications, whether requiring the reading of data in an asynchronous mode with random access (as in a standard memory) or in a synchronous sequential mode with sequential or burst type access, is capable of recognizing the mode of access and the mode of reading that is currently required by the microprocessor. The memory device self-conditions its internal circuitry as a function of such a recognition in order to read data in the requested mode without requiring the use of additional external control signals and/or implying a penalization in terms of access time and reading time compared to those which, for the same fabrication technology and state of the art design, may be attained with memory devices specifically designed for either one or the other mode of operation.

Abstract: Transmitting and receiving circuit for an ultrasonic flowmeter, comprising at least two ultrasonic transducers arranged for the transmission and receipt of ultrasonic signals in opposite directions across a measuring distance, a signal source for controlled production of electrical signals for transmission to the ultrasonic transducers and detection means for deriving transmission time measurements, used to calculate the flow, measuring of which is desired. The transmitting and receiving circuit includes an amplifier with a first inverting input terminal for connection to an ultrasonic transducer, a second non-inverting input terminal for connection to the signal source, an output terminal for connection with the detection means, and a feedback connection between the output terminal and the first input terminal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a refill of a pulverulent foodstuff that can be dispersed in a liquid medium that has been compacted into a solid form that can be abraded to form a powdered granules, flakes, or chips, and to a process for manufacturing the refills. These refills are used in a device for the on demand preparation of beverages or sauces from water-dispersible foodstuffs. The method of making the beverages or sauces represent another embodiment of the invention. The device includes one or more pressing units that urge one or more solid refills of a water-dispersible foodstuff towards one or more abrading devices so that the refill contacts the abrading device and the abrading device abrades the refill to provide an amount of powdered foodstuff that is collected in a collector and combined with water to provide the beverage.

Abstract: The invention relates to an element for retaining a boot on a ski including a body and a retaining jaw that are generally symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal and vertical median plane, the jaw being biased by a return spring housed in the body, the return spring being connected to the jaw by an anchor having two lateral arms, a central strap and a central fork having two teeth, the spring elastically maintaining the arms of the anchor in support against two retaining pins affixed to the body, the jaw having a median pin engaged between the two teeth of the fork. At least one of the elements of the anchor, which are the arms, the strap and the fork, is asymmetrical with respect to the longitudinal and vertical median plane defined by the body and the jaw.

Abstract: Wig or hairpiece having a flexible antislip system (2) which allows a user to non-adhesively and removably attach the wig or hairpiece to the user's head. The wig or hairpiece includes a drawable fabric (3) impregnated with a thin drawable film (4). The thin drawable film is arranged on a surface of the drawable fabric which contacts the skin of the user's head when the wig or hairpiece is positioned on the user's head. The thin drawable film prevents the wig or hairpiece from slipping on the user's head when positioned on the user's head. The thin drawable film has at least one of a non-sticky and a non-gummy antislip surface at temperatures lower than a softening temperature of the thin drawable film.

Abstract: A dispenser head (10) for a fluid dispenser device, said head (10) comprising an expulsion channel (11) terminating in a dispensing orifice (12), an insert (20) being placed in said expulsion channel (11), the downstream end (21) of said insert (20) in the flow direction of the fluid co-operating with the downstream end portion of said expulsion channel (11) to define a spraying profile (13, 14), the head being characterized in that said downstream end (21) of said insert (20) and said downstream end portion of said expulsion channel (11) are both frustoconical, forming a frustoconical spraying profile (13, 14).

Abstract: Optical fibers are produced by means of a direct sleeving technique that allows the sintering and collapsing of the outer jacket tube onto the inner core rod to be achieved directly during the drawing phase of optical fiber manufacture. In the course of the optical fiber manufacturing process, either a mechanical guide holding a sleeving tube concentrically around an annular gap and core rod or a preform having an enclosed annular gap/cavity are mounted in a drawing tower. A vacuum may be maintained in the annular gap/cavity of this assembly. A heat source is then applied to one end of the preform/assembly such that the extreme end of the tube is collapsed onto the core as fiber is drawn in a controlled manner. This single-step process allows to speed up the sleeving process, without introducing possible asymetries in the final preform and in the fibers drawn therefrom.

Abstract: Machine for working the soil in tree or shrub plantations, consisting of a chassis (1-2) equipped with mechanisms (4-5a, 11, 11) allowing it to be mounted on the universal three-point hitch system of a farm tractor and consisting, laterally, of mechanisms (28a, 28b) permitting the mounting of lateral tools (29A, 29B) allowing the working of the soil near the feet of the aligned trees or shrubs and mechanisms for driving these tools in rotation from the power take-off shaft of the tractor, characterized in that the chassis (1-2) is itself provided with a universal three-point hitch system (4-5b, 13, 13) allowing the mounting, on this chassis, of a second machine that customarily moves in between the rows, for the working or the treatment of the soil, or any other job related to the cultivating of the trees or shrubs.

Abstract: A method and device for driving an injector in an internal combustion engine in which a current wave which is variable over time, which comprises an initial section substantially of a pulse type and having a relatively high current intensity, an intermediate section during which the current intensity is rapidly reduced to substantially zero values and a final section having a substantially constant and relatively low current intensity, is caused to circulate through a control circuit of the injector.

Abstract: The invention concerns an electro-optical cell, in particular a liquid crystal cell, or an improved electrochemical photovoltaic cell including a contact pad (26) made of an electrically conductive material affixed onto each electrode (6, 8) of the cell, to the right of the lateral electric contact zone (22) where the electrode (6, 8) comes level with the edge of the strip (2, 4) onto which it has been deposited, so as to fill the volume of the cavity defined by each electrode (6, 8) with the respective strip (4, 2) which is opposite thereto, in order to increase the surface of the electric contact zone (22).

Abstract: An electrical connection structure having connection elements which electrically connect a movable part to a fixed part of a microelectromechanical device, for example a microactuator. The movable part and fixed part are separated by trenches and are mechanically connected by spring elements, which determine, together with the connection elements, the torsional rigidity of the microelectromechanical device. Each connection element is formed by multiple sub-arms connected in parallel and having a common movable anchorage region anchored to the movable part, and a common fixed anchorage region anchored to the fixed part, whereby the mechanical resistance of the connection elements is negligible. The sub-arms have a width equal to a sub-multiple of the width necessary in case of a single connection element for the latter to have a preset electrical resistance, which is determined in the design.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antibiotic substance of microbial origin, arbitrarily denominated GE23077 complex and the individual factors which constitute it, a mixture of said factors in any proportion, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof, and their use as an antibacterial agent having a selective inhibitory activity against E. coli RNA polymerase.

Abstract: At least one section of a jib of a crane, such as a mobile crane, includes a composite cross-section incorporating a layer of steel covered by one or more fiber composite layers. In a preferred embodiment, more than one fiber composite layer is included and the respective fiber layers are disposed in a criss-cross manner with respect to each other to enhance the overall strength of the telescopic part. Also, in a preferred embodiment the steel layer of the composite is on the interior of the telescopic part for minimizing thermal stresses due to temperature changes caused by sun loads. In another preferred embodiment, the composite fiber layers are disposed only in the zone of the cross-section of the telescopic part, which is subjected to tensile forces during use.

Abstract: A seat adjustment device or seat adjuster for use with a vehicle seat is provided with a flap- or plate-like operation lever. The plate-like operation lever is pivotally arranged below a forward end of seat cushion of the vehicle seat such as to be normally dependent therefrom. Hence, the lever itself assumes a decorative cover as if it was an integral part of the vehicle seat and also effectively covers a lower objectionable portion below the seat cushion.