Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing polyisocyanates comprising iminooxadiazinedione groups, wherein at least one monomeric di- and/or tri-isocyanate is oligomerised in the presence of a) at least one catalyst, b) at least one additive (A) having a relative permittivity at 18° C. to 30° C. of less than 4.0, c) optionally further additives other than A. The invention relates further to a reaction system for producing polyisocyanates comprising iminooxadiazinedione groups, and to the use of an additive (A) having a relative permittivity at 18° C. to 30° C. of less than 4.0 for producing polyisocyanates comprising iminooxadiazinedione groups by catalysed modification of monomeric di- and/or tri-isocyanates.

Abstract: A cartridge for insertion into a meter comprises: a plurality of cartridge brackets disposed on an inner wall of the cartridge; a spindle mounted so as to be rotatable within the cartridge and movable longitudinally in first and second directions within the cartridge; and a plurality of testing members each arranged to be supported temporarily by at least one of the plurality of cartridge brackets, each of the testing members including a hole through which the spindle is located, the spindle having a plurality of spindle brackets disposed on an outer surface thereof, each spindle bracket being movable between first and second positions wherein in the first position the spindle bracket's distal end is at a first distance radially from the longitudinal axis of the spindle and wherein in the second position the spindle bracket's distal end is at a greater distance radially from the longitudinal axis of the spindle, and wherein when a given one of the spindle brackets is in the second position its distal end is l

Abstract: An apparatus for eliciting a blood sample is presented having a lancet for lancing a body part of a user and a cleaning member of absorbent material operable to clean a surface of the body part, the apparatus being configured such that in use the lancet is moved to lance a body part of a user and subsequently the cleaning member is moved to contact the body part of the user so as to remove blood from the surface of the body part prior to collection of the blood sample from the surface of the body part.

Abstract: A connecting device of a vehicle drive-train, located outside a variable-speed transmission, for rotationally coupling a shaft to a drive-train element. A sliding sleeve is rotationally fixed on the shaft but slides axially between first and second positions. In the first position, the shaft is rotationally disengaged from the drive-train element and, in the second position, they are rotationally coupled. An actuator displaces the sliding sleeve between the first and second positions, with a shift groove along a peripheral contour of the sliding sleeve and engagement members for engaging in the groove. The sliding sleeve can rotate and move axially relative to the engagement members and the groove is shaped as a curved guiding such that, when the engagement members engage in the groove and the sliding sleeve rotates relative to the engagement member, the sliding sleeve moves axially between the first and second positions by virtue of the groove.

Abstract: The invention relates to an intermediate element for the arrangement of a probe pin with respect to the probe pin carrier of a coordinate measuring machine, having a single-piece base body with a probe pin end and a machine end. It is provided here that the machine end is provided with a coupling element and with a means for ensuring a reproducible rotational alignment, and the probe pin end has a bearing face which is inclined in a fixed manner with respect to the axis of the coupling element, is provided on a general ball segment form which is flattened by the bearing face, and is configured with a positively locking means and/or frictional means for the positively locking and/or frictional engagement with a fastening end of the probe pin in contact with the bearing face.

Abstract: The application relates to a catalyst kit comprising a trimerisation catalyst for the asymmetric trimerisation of polyisocyanates and a catalyst poison for the trimerisation catalyst, which is characterised in that the trimerisation catalyst and the catalyst poison each have a water content of at most 0.5 wt %. The application furthermore relates to the use of the catalyst kit for the preparation of polyisocyanates containing iminooxadiazinedione groups by oligomerisation of monomeric di- and/or triisocyanates and a process for the preparation of polyisocyanates containing iminooxadiazinedione groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method for producing polyisocyanurates comprising isocyanate groups, based on 2,4- and 2,6-toluylene diisocyanate (TDI) and to the use thereof in coating compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyisocyanates comprising urethane groups, based on toluylene diisocyanate, to a method for their production, and to their use as the polyisocyanate component in one- and two-component polyurethane coatings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a probing means for coordinate measuring machines, with a probe tip having a recess and a shaft penetrating with a shoulder into the recess. According to the invention, the recess tapers towards the interior of the probe tip and the shaft has a construction complementary thereto.

Abstract: A cartridge (700) for insertion into a meter comprises: a plurality of cartridge brackets (704) disposed on an inner wall (703) of the cartridge; a spindle (702) mounted so as to be rotatable within the cartridge and movable longitudinally in first and second directions within the cartridge; and a plurality of testing members (708) each arranged to be supported temporarily by at least one of the plurality of cartridge brackets, each of the testing members including) a hole (306) through which the spindle is located, the spindle having a plurality of spindle brackets (706) disposed on an outer surface thereof, each spindle bracket being movable between first and second positions.

Abstract: A metering device is used for the metered administration of a flowable preparation together with a flowable carrier medium. A storage container for the preparation has at least one access opening. A metering plunger body can be moved in a sealed manner in the storage container between a starting position and at least one metering position. The metering plunger body is hollow. A metering sleeve has on a bottom side an eccentric metering sleeve opening. An inner plunger body has on the bottom side an eccentrically arranged plunger body opening. In a through relative rotation position of the metering sleeve relative to the inner plunger body a passage is provided between the inside of the storage container and the inside of the inner plunger body. In a closed relative rotational position this passage is closed. This results in a user-friendly and compact metering device.

Abstract: The present application relates to an apparatus for eliciting a blood sample. The apparatus has a housing having an aperture. A shaft extends in the housing and a testing member is mounted on the shaft which rotates with the shaft. A lancing member is pivotably mounted to the testing member and a lancet protrudes from the lancing member. The lancing member is arranged to pivot relative to the testing member from a retracted position to a skin penetrating position in which the lancet extends into or through the aperture when the testing member is rotated so that the lancing member is coincident with the aperture.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyisocyanate polyaddition products and to the use of specific catalysts for their preparation, and to their use, in particular for the coating sector.

Abstract: An apparatus is presented having a housing, the housing has an aperture configured to receive a body part of a user. A light emitting part is supported by the housing and at least one proximity sensor is disposed within the housing. A controller is configured to receive signals from the at least one proximity sensor and to determine from the signals whether a body part protrudes by a required amount within the aperture. The control of the appearance of the light emitting part according to the determination.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyisocyanate polyaddition products and to the use of specific catalysts for their preparation, and to their use, in particular for the coating sector.

Abstract: A method for producing high-molecular weight, solid, meltable, thermoplastic, pre-ceramic polymers by converting liquid low-molecular weight polysilazanes in a solvent, in the presence of a catalyst, and a stopping reagent stopping the reaction as soon as the desired degree of polymerization is achieved. The obtained polysilazanes can be processed by conventional industrial methods, such as, for example, extrusion, injection molding, melt spinning, calendering, film and hollow body blowing, rotational molding, fluidized bed sintering, flame spraying and transfer molding (RTM and DP RTM).

Abstract: A device for noncontact determination of the edge profile at a thin disk-shaped object helps determining the edge profile at semiconductor wafers in which exact image recording is not impaired by specular reflections of the edge profile. A plurality of light sources in the form of laser radiation sources each emitting a line-shaped light bundle are arranged so as to be coplanar in a common plane representing a measurement plane oriented orthogonal to a base plane of the object and are directed from different directions to a common intersection of the laser radiation sources in the edge region of the object. A light sheet is formed in the measurement plane and at least one base camera is directed in the base plane lateral to the measurement plane to capture scattered light proceeding from a light line generated by the light sheet when impinging the object edge region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing radiation-curing binders containing allophanate groups by reacting at temperatures of ?130° C. A) one or more compounds containing uretdione groups with B) one or more OH-functional compounds which contain groups which react, with polymerization, with ethylenically unsaturated compounds on exposure to actinic radiation, (radiation-curing groups), C) optionally NCO-reactive compounds other than B), in the presence of D) a catalyst containing at least one tetrasubstituted ammonium or phosphonium salt of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic carboxylic acid, to form allophanate groups by opening the uretdione ring. The present invention also relates to the binders obtained by the process of the invention.

Abstract: The invention refers to an injection device comprising a delivery mechanism for injection of a medicament, preferably through a needle, and an end of dose mechanism comprising a feedback element, wherein the end of dose mechanism is operable to be activated at a position at which the delivery mechanism reaches the end of the dose and the end of dose mechanism is further operable to force the feedback element to move into a feedback direction which is opposite or parallel to the activation direction of a release button and/or into the longitudinal direction, wherein the activation direction is preferably a longitudinal direction of the device.

Abstract: A testing member for eliciting blood samples is provided that can be rotatably mounted inside a cartridge and having a lancet for lancing a body part of a user. The lancet can protrude from an edge of the testing member. The testing member also can have a second blood collection part, and second contact pads, where the second contact pads being electrically connected to the second blood collection part, the second blood collection part and second contact pads together being configured to facilitate an analysis of the quantity of blood in a first blood sample in the second blood collection part. A blood analysis part and first contact pads can be included, where the first contact pads are electrically connected to the blood analysis part, the blood analysis part and first contact pads together being configured to facilitate an analysis of a second blood sample in the blood analysis part.