Abstract: A polymeric matrix for oral administration with modified release and taste masking properties is disclosed, obtained without using inert supports such as sugar spheres, comprising particles of active substance directly and individually covered with a release regulating membrane. Use of such a matrix to prepare various administration forms for oral use as well as the method of its preparation are also disclosed.

Abstract: Air circuit breaker coil adapter for adapting an air circuit breaker, comprises: a coil unit housing for releasably receiving an air circuit breaker coil unit, the coil unit housing having a coil retainer element for preventing or limiting upward movement of an air circuit breaker coil unit therein; a locator at a bottom end of the coil unit housing for positively locating the coil unit housing in a plunger aperture of an air circuit breaker housing, the locator having a plunger aperture therethrough by which an interior of the coil unit housing is in-use communicable with an interior of the air circuit breaker housing; and a housing retainer element for at least in part preventing or limiting vertical displacement of the coil unit housing. An air circuit breaker using such an adapter and a method of adapting an air circuit breaker are also provided.

Abstract: Ski-boot includes a rigid shell shaped to accommodate the foot, and a rigid cuff which is shaped to surround the ankle and is hinged on the shell so to be rotatable about a transversal reference axis; the shell being provided with a front sole and with a substantially duckbill-shaped front appendix which protrudes from the tip of the shell to form an extension of the front sole, and is structured so as to engaged in the front jaw of a specific ski fastening device; the front appendix having, on each lateral side, a respective side groove which starts on the appendix upper face at a distance from the appendix tip ranging between 10 and 20 millimeters, and continues by flanking the shell tip while increasing its depth, so to form a descending slope above which a corresponding prong of the front jaw of the ski fastening device is arranged.

Abstract: A landfill 10 is lined with an impermeable liner material at 12 and filled with waste, such as household waste. When the landfill is full, it is capped by a cap 14. Degradation of the body of waste material within the landfill creates leachate liquid as a byproduct. Without intervention, the leachate will form a layer 16 of saturated waste material at the bottom of the landfill 10. An extraction well 22 allows leachate to be drawn from the landfill 10 by a pump 26. Injection wells 24 allow leachate to be reintroduced into the landfill 10. Various sensors 36, 38, 40 take measurements associated with the wells 24. Leachate delivery is controlled in accordance with the values obtained. The obtained values may include the leachate head in the well and/or the volume or rate of leachate delivery to the well and/or the elapsed time since commencement of leachate delivery to the well and/or the rate of dispersion of the leachate into the landfill from the well.

Abstract: A landfill 24 has an impermeable liner 26 at its base and sides, and is capped at 28 by a multi-layer cap. The body of waste material 46 within the landfill 24 will undergo degradation. One byproduct will be leachate. Sediment 37 will develop at the bottom of the landfill 24 in the absence of any intervention. Extraction wells 38 extend from the surface (above the cap 28) down to the bottom of the landfill 24. A pump 54 allows leachate to be drawn from the waste material 46, through the extraction well 38. Leachate is extracted at a rate sufficient to create turbulence within the body of waste material 46. The turbulence serves to entrain sediment in the leachate for extraction of the entrained sediment with the leachate.

Abstract: Device (10) for forming packs of bags (P) for moving from a first area (S1), where an already produced bag (P) is arranged, to a second area (S2) for collecting the bags in packs, comprising at least one rotor (14) carrying a pair of supports (17) for the bag (P) and suction means to fix the bag (P) to the support while the rotor (14) rotates. The device advantageously comprises means (18) designed to maintain said support (17) in a position parallel to itself during the movement between the first area (S1) and the second area (S2).

Abstract: A cushion for a chair including a seat member and a back-supporting member, wherein the seat member includes two ischium-facing portions, a surface of each ischium-facing portion abutting an ischium of the user and having a specific three-dimensional curved surface; and the back-supporting member includes an ilium upper border-facing portion and a lower ribs-facing portion, a surface of the ilium upper border-facing portion abutting an ilium of the user and being entirely concavely curved in a transverse cross section along a left-right direction, a surface of the lower ribs-facing portion abutting the lower ribs of the user and being entirely concavely curved in the transverse cross section along the left-right direction, and a portion of the back-supporting member upper than the lower ribs-facing portion having a specific three-dimensional curved surface.

Abstract: A system for tensioning straps applied to dorsal orthopedic supports used to support and restrain the vertebral column, said orthoses consisting of a semirigid bar (10) wherein the lower part is coupled to a lower strap (12) which is fixed anteriorly to an abdominal plate (13) that encircles the waist, and the middle part is coupled to intermediate straps (14) that terminate at loops (15) positioned at the sides of the body, there also being additional vertical straps (16) that start from the abdominal plate (13), pass through the loops (15) and terminate above the shoulder where the ends are fixed to loops (17), whereby said loops (17) fitted to the ends of the upper straps (16) are coupled to respective cables (26) which can be tensioned by a mobile slide (21) in a sliding housing (22) by means of tie rods (18) coupled to the orthosis (10) and activated by the patient by means of relative handles (24) positioned at their lower end.

Abstract: A brace (10) which can be used in the orthopedic sector for correctly blocking and anatomically supporting the vertebral column, substantially consisting of a semirigid slat (11), with elongated vertical development, shaped in accordance with the vertebral column and thus making it possible to follow and support the column, the lower part being attached to straps (12) which are fixed at the front to an abdominal plate (13), wrapping around the waist, and the upper part to the end of straps (14) which also couple to the same abdominal plate (13), passing through loops (15) positioned at the sides, there being, in the initial part of the straps (14), that is to say in the coupling area (16) of the casing that encloses the semirigid slat and to a certain extent the section towards the front of the brace, a pocket (17) surrounded by stitching and in which there is a slit (18), said pocket being designed to accommodate a stiffening element (19) with a substantially arched shape.

Abstract: A mountaineering boot having: a vamp designed to accommodate the user's foot and ankle, roughly up to calf height; a sole unmovably fixed to the bottom of the vamp to cover the underside of the user's foot; a substantially sock-shaped outer gaiter which completely covers the vamp grazing the outer surface of the vamp up to the top of the bootleg of the vamp; and a zipper which extends along the gaiter to allow the user to open the gaiter for access to the vamp underneath, following a substantially spiral-shaped, curved path which begins behind the front portion of the gaiter, and ends at the upper mouth of the bootleg of the gaiter, after following, in the end stretch, a substantially helical trajectory about the axis of the bootleg that crosses the rear part of the bootleg of the gaiter.

Abstract: A ski boot includes a shell and a cuff which is hinged on the shell so as to rotate about a first axis substantially perpendicular to the center-plane of the boot. The ski boot is provided with a cuff locking device which includes: a fixing plate which is located on the shell substantially at the heel of the boot and is provided with a projecting pin which protrudes from the shell while remaining coaxial to a third axis which substantially lies on the center-plane of the boot, and is tilted with respect to the vertical by an angle from 60° to 90°; and a connecting arm which, in the area above the heel of the boot, extends astride between the rear part of the cuff and the fixing plate, while remaining on a lying plane substantially perpendicular to said first axis.

Abstract: A joint with adjustable angular range for a knee brace or other orthopedic braces with two uprights or rods fitted as auxiliary supports for the joints of the human body. The rods consist of two plates connected with rivets, which represent the four joint points of the articulated four-sided figure between the lower upright and the upper upright. Between the plates and the uprights wedges are inserted shaped to the necessary angular range. There is at least one groove and a lowered area which accommodates two teeth of respective tabs located at the two ends of a spring fixed to the outer plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a collapsible foam shipping cooler and a process for producing the collapsible cooler. The collapsible cooler includes a linear series of attached side panel sections where each of the adjacent side panel sections are separated by a V groove formed by 45° beveled cuts made in a ends of each of the sections, and an adhesive tape flexible hinge is attached on the side of the panels opposite the V groove. The series of attached side panel sections is movable between a collapsed storage mode and an assembled mode where the series of sections are arranged to form a closed rectangular loop with top and bottom perimeter edges. Top and bottom foam panels contact the top and bottom edges of the closed loop to form a closed insulated cooler which is matingly received in a conventional corrugated box shipping container.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for signaling the presence of a potential obstacle, such as a pedestrian (P) to a vehicle driver (V), in particular a machine driver, wherein each obstacle (P) is provided with a transmitter (Em) capable of outputting a presence signal of the obstacle, and including two at least substantially orthogonal transmitting antennas (A1, A2) and power supply device (1-5) suitable for outputting in-phase quadrature signals to the antennas, and each vehicle (V) is provided with a receiver (Re) including two at least substantially orthogonal receiving antennas (Ax, Ay).