Abstract: A method for use in a Generic Packet Radio System backbone network to transport an internet packet destined to a terminal from a gateway support node via a serving support node to a radio network controller. The method comprises for the downstream transportation the steps of: transforming the header into a backbone header; inserting in the backbone header an address of the serving support node and of the radio network controller; forwarding the internet packet after each insertion step to the radio network controller; and keeping track of the address of the terminal during the forwarding by use of an address extension header and by operations on the address extension header during and after forwarding. The upstream transportation is executed in the opposite direction, whereby steps executed during downstream transportation by the gateway support node are now executed during upstream transportation by the radio network controller and vice versa.

Abstract: A positive-displacement machine with movable sealing members (4) including at least one encased system which essentially comprises a casing consisting of a cylindrical tubular portion (1) with a non-circular directrix (10), and two sealing flanges; and a cylindrical piston (2) having a circular directrix (20) and being provided with grooves (3) for guiding the sealing members in the piston, said piston having a rotary connection to the casing. The directrix of the tubular portion of the casing consists of n arcs of conformity and n bows restricting the motion of the sealing members in the grooves. The bows are defined by solving a set of equations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for drilling oil, gas or geothermic wells. The tool includes two main members, a hollow shaft (1) and a blind tool body (2) more elongate than conventional tool bodies; the two main members are spherically connected to each other by means of a ball joint (4,5). The ball joint is located at the very bottom of the blind portion of the tool body which carries a stabilizer (19) at the other end. The tool is also provided, between the hollow shaft and the tool body, with an appropriate transmission system (6, 7, 8, 9, 11), which is spaced apart from the ball joint and situated between the latter and the stabilizer. The essential advantage of the tool lies in the relative position of the ball joint and the stabilizer, the positioning conferring on the tool a favorable dynamic behavior, without risk of buttressing. Field of application: drilling of oil wells, gas wells and geothermic wells.

Abstract: A sanitary article of the type comprising an external backing sheet which is impervious to liquids, an absorbing pad, an internal cover sheet pervious to liquids and two side flaps with elastic elements. An additional sheet is arranged under the cover sheet overlapping one transverse edge of the pad, and is connected by gluing to the cover sheet which presents, over the additional sheet, a transverse cutting. An elastic element is passed along the edge of the cutting in order to form a waist sealing pocket open at the cutting.

Abstract: A rotary positive displacement machine is formed by a male organ and a female organ that surrounds it. The male and female organs have helicoid surfaces of particular shapes and also have parallel axes. The male and female surfaces of the invention define a work chamber and the machine has n.sub.m +1 permanently existing points of contact between the male and female profiles. Furthermore, the work chambers of the machine are closed such that the male and female surfaces defining the chambers contain a single point defining a tapered closure in a section where the closure point comes into contact with the n.sub.m +1 permanently existing points of contact.

Abstract: A positive displacement machine with planetary motion and hypertrochoidal geometry, including an enclosure arrangement essentially constituted by a cylindrical piston (11), and a cylindrical enclosure (10) and by a third device in rotoidal connection with this piston and this enclosure, characterized in that the directrix of the piston or of the enclosure is hypertrochoidal or uniformly distant from a hypertrochoid. The machine can carry any type of fluid and can convert mechanical energy into hydraulic energy or vice versa, depending on the nature of the distribution selected for assuring the admission and escape of the fluid. This admission may furthermore be adjustable, to assure a variation in the displacement. For well-chosen geometries, the direct contact between the enclosure and the piston may be used to create the relative motion between the piston and the enclosure and to make it unnecessary to use a separate transmission.

Abstract: The invention relates to a petroleum, gas or geothermal drilling apparatus comprising a central tool and a coaxial bit, wherein the central tool is driven by the rotor of a bottom engine which is fed by the drilling mud and wherein the bit is driven from the surface by the rods of a drill gear which is part of a rotary system, these same rods subjecting the apparatus to an axial load.It is characterized in that there is a prismatic connection between the stator (4) of the bottom engine and the base (5) of the bit, which allows the relative axial displacement of the two tools, and that a spring (6) is interposed between the stator (4) and the base (5) in such a way as to form a constraint on the stator when the central tool tends to fall behind in respect to the bit during their respective forward movements, so as to control the relative axial displacement of the two tools and to distribute between them, as a function of the displacement, the axial load to which the apparatus is subjected.

Abstract: Disposable diaper for incontinent children or adults, of the type comprising an outer enclosure (1) impervious to liquids, an absorbent pad (11) fastened inside the impervious enclosure, set back in relation to the outer edges of the impervious enclosure, so as to leave a lateral border (12) remaining on each side of the pad, an internal permeable sheet (17) overlapping the inner face of the impervious enclosure and the absorbent pad, at least one lateral elastic member (8) fastened by adhesive bonding in the stretched state in a median transverse region of each lateral border of the impervious enclosure and two bands (16) of flexible sheet which are fastened to the impervious enclosure so that each band encloses a lateral elastic member (8) in an insulating sheath extending over the whole length of the impervious enclosure, characterized in that the lateral regions of the internal permeable sheet are covered over with a coating (19) of a sealing material which is liquid at high temperature and which, after c

Abstract: Diaper for disposal after use, comprising an outer sheet (1) which is impermeable to liquids, an inner sheet (2) which is permeable to liquids, an absorbent pad (3), elastic elements (18) extending in the extended state along the opposite longitudinal edges of the absorbent pad, and fastener elements (11) for closing the diaper around the waist of the user.The diaper also comprises two longitudinal strips (14) extending in the stretched state over the entire length of the diaper along the opposite longitudinal edges of the pad (3), between the two sheets (1, 2), each of the strips being fastened at least along its outer longitudinal edge (15) and along its two transverse edges to the outer sheet (1) and along its two opposite longitudinal edges (16) and along its two transverse edges to the inner sheet (2), and the elastic elements (18) are fastened in the extended state on the strips (14) between the two opposite longitudinal edges (15, 16) of the latter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper system for motor vehicles or the like, comprising at least one wiper arm guided and actuated in a complex movement by a kinematic chain or mechanical linkage which comprises a first bar (2) actuated in an oscillating movement by a motor (63), a second bar (3) pivotally connected (23) to the first bar (2) and rigidly attached to the wiper arm, a third bar (4) articulated (34) to the second bar (3) and a fourth bar (5) secured to the vehicle body at one of its ends and torically connected to the third bar (4) at the other of its ends, said toric connection being materialized by a joint (45) made of an elastomer material. The kinematic chain and wiper arm are driven by a second kinematic chain or mechanical linkage which comprises a motor (63), a crank (64) and bar (65) with the bar (65) being pivotally connected to bar (62) rigidly connected to pivot shaft (61) connected to first bar (2).

Abstract: The wiper arm is fixedly connected with a rod of the five-link linkage, the transmission members of which include a frame stationarily arranged with respect to the body of the vehicle, a swinging member connected with the frame, two rods connected with one another, the first one being also connected with the swinging member, and a swinging lever connected with the frame and with the second rod, this swinging lever being driven by the pushing crank transmission. In this spatial five-link linkage, the hinges connecting the swinging member and the swinging lever with the frame are formed as pivotal connections, the hinge connecting one of the rods and one of its adjoining members is a spherical one, and the hinge between this rod and its adjoining member is formed as a pivotal connection, the axis of which is obliquely located with respect to the axis of one at least of the other pivotal connections in the linkage.

Abstract: A roller-type positive displacement fluid motor comprises a substantially circular rotor disposed within a stator ring having a generally elliptical profile, the rotor having a plurality of slots formed in its surface, each slot guiding a cylindrical roller which contacts the inner surface of the stator ring and moves radially inwardly and outwardly as the rotor rotates. Inlet ports are located in a first end plate such that they are opened and closed by the leading and trailing faces of the slots, and outlet ports are located in an end plate such that they are opened and closed by the rollers contacting the inner surface.

Abstract: Absorbent pad of triple thickness in the between-the-legs zone (7) and of single thickness in the lateral parts of the end zones (5,6), formed from a rectangular piece of absorbent material comprising incisions in the end zones and subjected to a double folding around longitudinal lines connecting between them the incisions of the two end zones.

Abstract: The wiper arm is fixedly connected with a rod of the five-link linkage, the transmission members of which include a frame stationarily arranged with respect to the body of the vehicle, a swinging member connected with the frame, two rods connected with one another, the first one being also connected with the swinging member, and a swinging lever connected with the frame and with the second rod, this swinging lever being driven by the pushing crank transmission. In this spatial five-link linkage, the hinges connecting the swinging member and the swinging lever with the frame are formed as pivotal connections, the hinge connecting one of the rods and one of its adjoining members is a spherical one, and the hinge between this rod and its adjoining member is formed as a pivotal connection, the axis of which is obliquely located with respect to the axis of one at least of the other pivotal connections in the linkage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a positive displacement machine, such as a rotary pump, engine or compressor. This machine has a slotted rotor, sealing elements sliding in the slots and a tubular stator formed with a cylindrical inner surface, the contour line of which is particular. This contour line has a symmetry order s.sub.S and is composed of s.sub.S lobes belonging to a shortened hypertrochoid with a core, the symmetry order of this hypertrochoid being s.sub.H .noteq.s.sub.S, and s.sub.S sealing zones belonging to the contour line of the core of the hypertrochoid. Each lobe has a center point angle .theta..sub.H, each sealing zone a center point angle .theta..sub.c, .theta..sub.H and S.sub.H being related to .theta..sub.c and s.sub.S by the expressions:.theta..sub.H =(2.pi./s.sub.S -.theta..sub.cands.sub.H /s.sub.S =(.theta..sub.H +.theta..sub.c)/.theta..sub.H.