Abstract: Strap with one magnetic end to maintain harness strap and male buckle component of child seat in open position. The strap facilitates the ease of placement and removal of the child from the car seat by maintaining harness in open (retracted) position, eliminating the interference of the restraint straps when placing the child in the car seat.

Abstract: A method of handling a length of flexible planar material, comprises conveying the material (1) past a first contacting point (2), and applying a flow of fluid (6) to the material thereby applying a drag force on the material which induces a tensile force in the material with respect to the contacting point. Apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of forming a conductive metal region on a substrate, comprising depositing on the substrate a solution of a metal ion, and depositing on the substrate a solution of a reducing agent, such that the metal ion and the reducing agent react together in a reaction solution to form a conductive metal region on the substrate.

Abstract: An automatic maintenance unit for a static print head used in a drop on demand inkjet printer is provided by a combination of a removable capping element to abut and cover ink ejection nozzles and a movable wiping element including a wiper to remove residual ink after removal of the capping element and before commencement of a print run, thereby avoiding the need for manual capping and decapping and cleaning of the print head and speeding up the printing cycle. The capping clement is preferably mounted pivotally so that it can be swung between a capping position between print runs and a retracted position during print runs, and the wiper is preferably mounted on a frame to move outwards and upwards from a retracted position adopted during print runs, to a position above the nozzles and then downwards across the nozzles to clean them prior to a print run before returning to the retracted position.

Abstract: The present invention recognizes that lenses, such as contact lenses, can be pigmented using an ink that includes oligomers, polymers or polymerizable monomers. The ink can be used to make images on or within the lens. Images made using these inks are may be digital or analogue and can be used in a variety of printing methods, including ink-jet printing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming on the surface of a substrate a first solid layer which is suitable for activating a chemical reaction to form a second layer thereon, the method comprising the steps of: applying to the surface of the substrate a first liquid comprising a curable composition and an activator for the second layer-forming chemical reaction; and curing the curable composition, thereby forming a first solid layer adhered to the surface of the substrate, capable of activating the second layer-forming chemical reaction. A second layer can then be formed on the substrate by bringing into contact with the first solid layer a second fluid comprising components of a second layer-forming chemical reaction, activated by the activator, thereby causing a second layer to be formed on the first solid layer.

Abstract: A contact of a component is electrically connected to an associated contact of an electrical circuit, typically formed on a substrate, by depositing material between the contacts, the material forming or being processed to form an electrical connection between the contacts. The invention also provides apparatus for this purpose and a resulting circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming, on the surface of a substrate, a first layer which is suitable for activating a second solid-layer-forming chemical reaction thereon, the method comprising the steps of bringing into contact with the substrate a first liquid which forms a first solid layer thereon, the first liquid comprising an activator for the second solid-layer-forming chemical reaction, characterised in that the first liquid is selected so that the first solid layer adheres to the substrate and is permeable to a second liquid that comprises one or more reagents for the second solid-layer-forming chemical reaction. A second solid layer can then be formed on the substrate by bringing into contact with the first solid layer a second liquid comprising one or more reagents for the second solid-layer-forming reaction.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring usage of liquids of high value or sensitive nature which are applied in repeated small controlled volumes are provided by monitoring and recording parameters including the number of applications, purging, priming and cleaning steps and the usage of liquid supply and circulation pumps. The monitored parameters present a record of the total liquid usage. The recorded usage of the liquid pumps can be cross-checked with the volumes indicated by the other parameters so as to highlight any disagreement between the respective indications of total liquid volumes employed, thereby alerting the user to possible operating problems and permitting prompt remedial action to be taken.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel photo-activatable derivative of ryanodine 9-hydroxy-21-(4-azidobenzoyloxy)-9-epiryanodine. This novel ryanodine derivative has been conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) and used for the production of antibodies with high affinity and specificity to ryanodine. A radioimmunoassay specific for ryanodine was developed using the anti-ryanodine antibodies, and a dissociation constant for ryanodine of 1 nM was determined. Also disclosed is the binding of a labeled, photoactivatable derivative of ryanodine (ABRy) with the ryanodine receptor of skeletal, cardiac and brain membranes. Digestion of the labeled ryanodine receptor revealed a labeled 76 kDa tryptic fragment which is critical for the formation of the high affinity ryanodine binding site.