Abstract: A foam support ring is extracted from a tire by pushing radially inwardly against a portion of the tire's tread until the support ring is deformed to such an extent that a space is formed between tire beads and the outer periphery of a portion of the support ring. A tool is inserted into that space to keep the space open when the radial force is released. That enables a first roller to be inserted into the space and displaced relative to two other rollers that have been inserted in an internal area bordered by the beads, in order to further deform the support ring to a U-shape that can be easily extracted from the tire.

Abstract: A safety support designed to be inserted by a translation operation around a rim bearing in which the radially inner surface of the base of the support contains a plurality of protuberances radially arranged internally.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for packing and filtering geophysical events read on multi-domain records, with distribution of said events into families each having a particular geophysical significance: iso-offset or iso-incidence angle data cubes, elastic parameter cubes derived from a joint stratigraphic inversion and the like, in order to extract therefrom data on the type of subsoil, using a multivariate statistical technique. The method essentially comprises forming, by combination of geophysical variables, synthetic variables much fewer in number, which are obtained by constructing an orthogonal vector base in each of the sets of analysis constituted by the data of each of the families, wherefrom is derived the formation of an orthonormal vector base (new attributes) for filtering and describing said geophysical events. The invention is applicable to geological interpretation or to interpretation of an underground reservoir, from seismic measurements or logs for example.

Abstract: A valve including a shutter placed in a chamber which is arranged in the valve body and whose end is provided with a seat against which a flap-forming part of the shutter is pressed in the closed position of the valve and is remote in the open position thereof. The inventive valve also includes a magnetic control device provided with the shutter magnetic drive device disposed outside the chamber and displacing the shutter in the closed or open position thereof. The valve is characterized in that the magnetic control device includes at least one ball which is made of a magnetic material, disposed in the chamber and is coupled with an external magnetic drive device, wherein the ball is associated with the shutter in such a way that the shutter is driven in the chamber when the ball is moved by a magnetic drive device.

Abstract: A system for representation and analysis of pressure variables in a patient including a plurality of pressure sensors; a signal processor connected to process signals emitted by the sensors, wherein the process comprises a multiplicity of inputs for receiving analog signals from the sensors, wherein each input is connected to a sampling circuit providing a digital signal used by a calculator for performing processing steps comprising: resampling displayed or recorded signals, analyzing the frequency of sampled signals in relation to a range of target frequencies recorded in a memory, for the display and recording of temporal variations of the signals corresponding to slow waves of the signals, and determination of temporal shifts between the slow waves corresponding to two distinct inputs; and a display that shows variations in the signals.

Abstract: The invention thus relates to a radiation module incorporating a support, at least one heating and/or heat conducting element and a temperature exchanging element made by extrusion and constituted by a single-piece base with an internal face incorporating at least one means to integrate the heating and/or heat conducting element and an external face incorporating radiation fins wherein the module incorporate a diffuser receiving infrared radiation from the temperature exchanging element, said diffuser enabling infrared radiation to be emitted of a wavelength that is less than that of the radiation received.

Abstract: A lighting mechanism is provided for fastening to a sprinkler body that includes a power supply, an illumination module including a source of light located in a fully watertight compartment, a controller, and a fastener for mounting the illumination module to a sprinkler. The lighting mechanism may also include a device in communication with a separate remote control station to control the source of light. The remote control station may also include a programmer for varying the lighting durations of the various sources of light and a sensor such that the sources of light may be illuminated according to a signal issued by the sensor.

Abstract: Mixtures of C8-10 primary alcohols, preferably C9 alcohol rich, comprise from 15 to 70 wt. % unbranched molecules, the balance being branched molecules having an average branchiness of at most 2.00 branches per molecule, at least 80% of the ranches being methyl branches and at least 50% of the branched molecules being mono-methyl branched. Plasticiser esters and surfactant derivatives derived from these alcohol mixtures are also provided. The alcohol mixtures are preferably produced by hydroformylation of octene rich streams formed by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.

Abstract: The customization or initialization of the application, for example in a programmable smart card, uses minimum integrated code. A device for preparing customizing or initializing data to be transmitted to the card creates a concatenation of information elements in respective adjacent data blocks in accordance with a convention recognized by a communication device, without explicit field specification. On reception of a data sequence, the card code identifies the information elements according to their size and their position in the flow.

Abstract: For reel core disposal from a reel stand (1) of a row of reel stands, a conveyor belt (21) running along said row is arranged on the removal side opposite the feed side, in a trench (20), to which conveyor belt a transfer track (16) leads from each reel stand (1). A reel core carriage (25) which can travel on said transfer track and on a track section (11) of a moving platform (10) of the reel stand (1) has a chassis (26) and, as a reel core holder, a trough (29) rotatably and tiltably mounted on said chassis. An unloading device for rotating the trough (29) through 90° into an orientation parallel with the conveyor belt (21) and back and for tilting thereof is arranged in a stationary manner at a delivery point (18) at the end of the transfer track (16).

Abstract: In order to display alternately various parameters in the same aperture (46) of a dial or possibly in distinct apertures, the watch is provided with a rotating display disc (51) which includes a series (60) of numbers, representing the dates (1-31) on one part of its circumference and, on the rest of the circumference, at least one image of a celestial body, for example the moon (62) and/or the sun, and optionally other symbols (64). Over time, this image is set in different positions in the aperture, to represent the phases of the moon or the rising and setting of the sun. In an electronic watch, the display disc is preferably driven by an electric motor (54) via a large reduction gear (56).

Abstract: The invention relates a method for supplying highly pure oxygen by cryogenic distillation of air from an installation comprising a first (1) and a second (2) air separating apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method, system and program for displaying and/or hiding, in an electronic multi-dimensional spreadsheet on a user interface, elements of a range of cells, a range of cells including one or more contiguous elements aligned along a given spreadsheet dimension, an element of a range of cells including one or more cells along one or more of the spreadsheet dimensions.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a circuit for distributing an initial signal, comprising an input node receiving the initial signal, a plurality of terminal nodes each providing at least one resulting signal to a circuit component, and different connection branches between the input node and the plurality of terminal nodes, to which a plurality of intermediate nodes is connected, wherein connection branch is duplicated, so that each node among the input node and the intermediate nodes comprises two inputs and two outputs allowing double propagation of the initial signal towards the terminal nodes through duplicated connection branches, each terminal node terminal node receiving two input signals, images of the initial signal and providing the resulting initial signal: an image of the input signals if said input signals are identical, or inactive, if the input signals are different from each other.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to facilitating purchases for events, and more particularly, displaying purchase recommendations and links in conjunction with events in a calendar displayed in a computer desktop application. In one aspect, the invention is a method comprising displaying a calendar in a computer desktop application; receiving information from a server corresponding to an event; and displaying a reminder in the calendar corresponding to the given event, said reminder comprising information corresponding to said event, and at least one link to an online store. In another aspect, the invention is an article of manufacture intended for sale as a unitary item comprising a printed calendar having a plurality of images, and computer readable program means for displaying a calendar in a computer desktop application.

Abstract: A method for facilitating event purchases using a client-server framework includes displaying a calendar in a computer desktop application; receiving information from a server corresponding to an event; and displaying a reminder in the calendar corresponding to the given event, said reminder comprising information corresponding to said event, and at least one link to an online store. A corresponding system includes an online store comprising means for transmitting items to a specified recipient; computer readable program means for displaying a calendar in a computer desktop application; said calendar comprising a reminder corresponding to a given event, said reminder comprising: information corresponding to said event, and a link to said online store.

Abstract: Laminated floorboards with sound damping in a less complicated manner. For this purpose, a compensating element, is provided in which an impregnated paper is joined to an insulating underlay. By means of the use of the compensating element in a laminated floorboard, in which the insulating underlay is used as a sound-damping material layer, in particular using an adhesive coating between paper and underlay, a halving of the sound pressure as compared with a standardized reference floor construction can be demonstrated in a footfall test. A series of process engineering, environmentally friendly and logistical advantages are associated with the use of the process and apparatuses according to the invention for production of compensating element and laminated floorboard, such as the omission of specific fabrication steps, a reduced use of formaldehyde and the ability to use simplified transport apparatuses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a projection module intended to project an image on a screen defining a specified projection plane. The module comprises: an objective, which itself comprises means for emitting an imaging beam; a curved mirror; and at least two deflection surfaces for deflecting the imaging beam, these surfaces being placed in the path of the imaging beam between the objective and the curved mirror. The invention also relates to an optical motor and to a corresponding projection system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyamide (A) and polyolefin (B) blends containing nanofillers in which the polyamide forms the matrix. These blends can also be referred to as “polyamide (A), polyolefin (B) and nanofiller blends in which the polyamide forms the matrix”. The invention also relates to structures with barrier properties comprising at least one layer of these blends and optionally at least one layer of another material. These structures are a barrier to numerous fluids, and in particular to oxygen, to styrene, to fumigation fluids, to pentane and to air conditioning fluids. These structures can be made into bottles, reservoirs, containers, pipes and vessels of all sorts. They can also be converted to films which are used to make packagings.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a greeting card having a motion mechanism. In on aspect, the present invention provides a greeting card that includes an independent spring mounted die cut segment of the main image that is attached to the front panel so that when the consumer holds the card, part of the image has actual motion.