Abstract: A truck body with an enclosure assembly that has a plurality of storage compartments with doors each movable between an open position that provides access to respective storage compartments and a closed position that prevents access to that storage compartment. The enclosure assembly includes at least one hidden hinge coupled with at least a portion of the doors to pivot the door between the open/closed positions. There are door flanges surrounding the openings of the storage compartments that, in some embodiments, include: (i) a longitudinally-extending channel dimensioned to receive a mounting portion of the at least one hidden hinge; and (ii) a rim configured to receive a seal.

Abstract: A truck body with an enclosure assembly that has a plurality of storage compartments with doors each movable between an open position that provides access to respective storage compartments and a closed position that prevents access to that storage compartment. The enclosure assembly includes at least one hidden hinge coupled with at least a portion of the doors to pivot the door between the open/closed positions. There are door flanges surrounding the openings of the storage compartments that, in some embodiments, include: (i) a longitudinally-extending channel dimensioned to receive a mounting portion of the at least one hidden hinge; and (ii) a rim configured to receive a seal.

Abstract: A truck body with an enclosure assembly that has a plurality of storage compartments with doors each movable between an open position that provides access to respective storage compartments and a closed position that prevents access to that storage compartment. The enclosure assembly includes at least one hidden hinge coupled with at least a portion of the doors to pivot the door between the open/closed positions. There are door flanges surrounding the openings of the storage compartments that, in some embodiments, include: (i) a longitudinally-extending channel dimensioned to receive a mounting portion of the at least one hidden hinge; and (ii) a rim configured to receive a seal.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for assessing a condition of a fluid conduit from its interior. The method comprises providing a measurement apparatus comprising at least one wideband acoustic transducer within the fluid conduit and transmitting a wideband acoustic signal from the measurement apparatus to excite a broadside resonance in at least a portion of the fluid conduit. A wideband acoustic signal is received in the measurement apparatus due to a broadside resonant response of the fluid conduit to obtain a wideband acoustic data set; and the data set is analysed to assess the condition of the fluid conduit.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for assessing a condition of a fluid conduit from its interior. The method comprises providing a measurement apparatus comprising at least one wideband acoustic transducer within the fluid conduit and transmitting a wideband acoustic signal from the measurement apparatus to excite a broadside resonance in at least a portion of the fluid conduit. A wideband acoustic signal is received in the measurement apparatus due to a broadside resonant response of the fluid conduit to obtain a wideband acoustic data set; and the data set is analysed to assess the condition of the fluid conduit.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for assessing a condition of a fluid conduit from its interior. The method comprises providing a measurement apparatus comprising at least one wideband acoustic transducer within the fluid conduit and transmitting a wideband acoustic signal from the measurement apparatus to excite a broadside resonance in at least a portion of the fluid conduit. A wideband acoustic signal is received in the measurement apparatus due to a broadside resonant response of the fluid conduit to obtain a wideband acoustic data set; and the data set is analysed to assess the condition of the fluid conduit.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for assessing a condition of a fluid conduit is described. The method comprises providing a measurement apparatus comprising at least one wideband acoustic transducer internally or externally of a fluid conduit, and transmitting a wideband acoustic signal from the measurement apparatus to excite at least a portion of the fluid conduit. A wideband acoustic signal is received in the measurement apparatus to obtain a wideband acoustic data set; the wideband acoustic data set is analysed to assess the condition of the fluid conduit. The wideband acoustic signal comprises frequencies in the range of approximately 10 kHz to approximately 150 kHz. Applications include detecting or assessing a layer or deposit on an interior of the fluid conduit and assessing a physical condition of the fluid conduit. Water ingress into an annulus of a multiple layer conduit (such as a flexible riser) may be detected.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for assessing a condition of a fluid conduit is described. The method comprises providing a measurement apparatus comprising at least one wideband acoustic transducer internally or externally of a fluid conduit, and transmitting a wideband acoustic signal from the measurement apparatus to excite at least a portion of the fluid conduit. A wideband acoustic signal is received in the measurement apparatus to obtain a wideband acoustic data set; the wideband acoustic data set is analysed to assess the condition of the fluid conduit. The wideband acoustic signal comprises frequencies in the range of approximately 10 kHz to approximately 150 kHz. Applications include detecting or assessing a layer or deposit on an interior of the fluid conduit and assessing a physical condition of the fluid conduit. Water ingress into an annulus of a multiple layer conduit (such as a flexible riser) may be detected.

Abstract: A desk pad comprising a fibrous backing and a substantially smooth facing, the backing and facing being bonded to one another peripherally and also at some short distance inwardly from the peripheral bond, thereby to form a central zone having a pocket and a peripheral zone having a pocket, a central filler within said central pocket and comprising a compressible base and a relatively rigid topping, and a peripheral filler in said peripheral pocket and comprising a relatively rigid base and a compressible topping, whereby the peripheral zone constitutes a soft support for a writer's arm while the central zone constitutes a firm writing support, is produced by laying down said backing, superposing on said backing said peripheral filler and spaced therein said central filler, positioning thereon said facing, and applying heat and pressure to fuse said facing to said backing to form said peripheral bond and inner bond and said peripheral and central pockets.