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Patent EP-0595616-B1 (EP)
Inventor: WINTERSON WARREN D
IPC: A23L19/00
Filed: 1993-10-27
Granted: 2000-01-19
Abstract: A process for reordering tobacco, which results in no significant decrease in equilibrium tobacco CV or significant tobacco degradation, is provided. Tobacco to be reordered is contacted with an air stream having a relative humidity near the equilibrium conditions of the tobacco. As the ov content of the tobacco increases, the relative humidity of the air stream contacting the tobacco is increased to affect reordering of the tobacco. Also provided is a process for drying tobacco, which results in no significant change in equilibrium tobacco CV or significant tobacco degradation. Tobacco to be dried is contacted with an air stream having a relative humidity near or below the equilibrium conditions of the tobacco. As the OV content of the tobacco decreases, the relative humidity of the air stream contacting the tobacco is decreased to affect drying of the tobacco. It has been found that tobacco can be reordered or dried successfully in a continuous manner using a self-stacking spiral conveyor. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0618842-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BRUECK ROLF
IPC: F01N3/28
Filed: 1992-12-17
Granted: 1998-03-11
Abstract: The honeycomb construction of the invention with an axis (1) along which a fluid can be passed through it and along which it is bounded by at least two opposite faces (2), has an inner structure  (5) formed by at least one metal sheet (3) through which an electric current can be conducted for heating purposes and on each face has a substantially metal frame (6) in which the inner structure is held. There is electrical insulation (7) between the inner structure and the frame. In this honeycomb construction components which ensure mechanical rigidity are separate from those which are directly electrically heatable and are designed to have the electrical resistance needed for heating. The honeycomb construction is simple to construct and extremely robust; it is particularly suitable for use as a substrate for a catalyst in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle.
Patent EP-0601135-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KUBERASAMPATH THANGAVEL
IPC: C07K16/00
Filed: 1992-08-28
Granted: 2005-11-02
Abstract: The invention is a treatment for increasing the bone mass or preventing bone loss in an individual afflicted with a bone disease which includes administering to the individual a morphogen in a therapeutically effective amount so as to maintain or stimulate bone formation.
Patent EP-0620786-B1 (EP)
Inventor: HENDRIKX REMIGIUS VINCENT
IPC: B42F1/02
Filed: 1993-01-08
Granted: 1996-06-19
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/NL93/00005 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 7, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 7, 1994 PCT Filed Jan. 8, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/13948 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 1993.Clamp having a U-shaped body (1) for inserting objects therebetween wherein one (2) of the legs is provided with a resilient lockable lip (4) for clamping the objects concerned between the lip (4) and the other leg (3) of the U-shaped body. In this arrangement, the hinge axis of the lip extends essentially at right angles to the longitudinal center line of the web (7) of the U-shaped body. As a result, the clamp extends to a smaller extent over the width of the object to be clamped and over a greater length of the object to be clamped.
Patent EP-0576656-B1 (EP)
Inventor: LEVANDER GUSTAV
IPC: A61M5/315
Filed: 1993-01-14
Granted: 1996-05-15
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/SE93/00015 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 30, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 30, 1993 PCT Filed Jan. 14, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/14799 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 1993.A medicine dispensing device including a slotted housing, a front end, a rear end, at least one threaded portion in the vicinity of the rear end, a dosage ampoule fitting in the vicinity of the front end and a discharge conduit for connection with a discharge ampoule. A hollow screw-threaded device receives the ampoule therein. The screw-threaded device is received by the rear end of the housing. The screw-threaded device includes an exterior surface provided with a threaded surface engaging the at least one threaded portion for securing the ampoule within the housing. A medicine discharge and metering device for metering and discharging the contents of the ampoule is received within the screw-threaded device and is movable in a direction of a longitudinal axis thereof. Subsequent to administering a dosage from the ampoule, the medicine discharge and metering device enables the ampoule to move rearwardly in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the housing to an extent sufficient to release the ampoule from engagement with the ampoule fitting. The ampoule, the screw-threaded device, and the discharge and metering device are thereby permitted to swing outwardly through the slotted housing, whereby the screw-threaded device is disengaged from the at least one threaded portion, thereby enabling the screw-threaded device and the discharging and metering device to move rearwardly and to return to a starting position within the housing where the screw-threaded device can receive a new ampoule through the housing.
Patent EP-0592624-B1 (EP)
Inventor: EDEN GIDEON
IPC: C12M1/34
Filed: 1993-03-08
Granted: 2001-09-19
Abstract: A diagnostic microbiological testing apparatus and method includes at least one test tray (11) including a plurality of reaction chambers (12), a light source (22) disposed proximate to the test tray (11) for directing light, at an excitation wavelength of a fluorescence emitting agent contained within the reaction chambers (12), at the test tray (11), a filter for passing therethrough only light generated by a fluorescence emitting reaction resulting from the interaction of the fluorescence emitting agent and a sample, and an imaging mechanism (26) for detecting only the light generated by the fluorescence emitting reaction at the emission wavelength simultaneously from the plurality of reaction chambers (12).
Patent EP-0637307-B1 (EP)
Inventor: CASTRO PINEIRO JOSE LUIS
IPC: A61K31/4155
Filed: 1993-03-29
Granted: 2000-11-08
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/GB93/00652 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 29, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 29, 1994 PCT Filed Mar. 29, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/20066 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 1993A class of substituted imidazole, triazole and tetrazole derivatives are selective agonists of 5-HT1-like receptors and are therefore useful in the treatment of clinical conditions, in particular migraine and associated disorders, for which a selective agonist of these receptors is indicated.
Patent EP-0635120-B1 (EP)
Inventor: WALKER DANA A
IPC: G01P3/56
Filed: 1993-04-12
Granted: 1997-12-17
Abstract: L'invention concerne un système optique permettant de contrôler les vibrations torsionnelles d'un arbre (112), constitué d'un élément optique (104) comprenant des sources de rayonnement à diodes à émission infrarouge (208) dirigées vers des lignes de référence (114) appliquées sur la circonférence de l'arbre (112). La réflexion du rayonnement est mise en image à travers des lentilles (204) et une grille d'adaptation de Ronchi (218) sur une photodiode (220) qui produit un signal d'onde périodique à partir duquel il est possible d'obtenir des indications d'irrégularités rotationnelles. Dans un mode de réalisation, des éléments optiques dédoublés (104) sont prévus à des emplacements diamétralement opposés de chaque côté de l'arbre (112), afin de permettre la compensation des vibrations lors du tangage ou la plongée de l'arbre. Dans un autre mode préféré de réalisation, un second élément optique (104) dédoublé est prévu le long de l'arbre à une certaine distance du premier élément (104). Les signaux de sortie émis par les deux éléments (104) passent dans un comparateur (406), une porte NI exclusif (430) et un filtre passe-bas (432) pour produire un signal indicatif de fléchissement torsionnel. On décrit également un procédé et un appareil permettant d'appliquer avec une grande précision des lignes de référence (114) très rapprochées sur un arbre (112) existant sur place.
Patent EP-0655072-B1 (EP)
Title: Immunological method  for the detection of antibodies to equine herpesvirus type 1 and 4 glycoprotein G
Inventor: CRABB BRENDAN SCOTT
IPC: A61K39/245
Filed: 1993-05-28
Granted: 2004-02-11
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/AU93/00253 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 25, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 25, 1995 PCT Filed May 28, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/24528 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 1993Equine rhinopneumonitis and equine abortion are horse diseases caused by two distinct but antigenically related viruses designated as equine herpes virus 4 (EHV4) and equine herpes virus 1 (EHV1). Glycoprotein G (gG) epitopes of EHV1 and EHV4 of this invention allow for accurate, type-specific diagnosis of the infections despite extensive antigenic cross-reactivity between the two viruses.
Patent EP-0642394-B1 (EP)
Inventor: RIZET LAURENT
IPC: C22B3/14
Filed: 1993-05-13
Granted: 1998-04-29
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/FR93/00461 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 10, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 10, 1995 PCT Filed May 13, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/24249 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 1993The invention relates to a hydrometallurgical process for decontaminating soils 1 which are polluted with metallic elements, comprising a stage of basic leaching I so as to bring about the dissolution of the metallic elements to be removed, a cementation stage II bringing about the precipitation 6 of said elements in metal form, performed by electrochemical exchange with a zinc powder 5 produced by a stage of electrolysis III of the solution 7 originating from the cementation stage. In accordance with the invention a complementary addition of zinc is performed, preferably at the exit of the leaching stage in the form of a leachate 17 of waste from iron and steel manufacture, especially of dust 13 from electrical steel manufacture 15.
Patent EP-0641206-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KEENAN ROBERT M
IPC: A61K9/06
Filed: 1993-05-17
Granted: 2001-10-24
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is provided that is useful to alleviate various symptoms of tobacco withdrawal syndrome comprising an amount of cotinine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, which amount is effective to reduce or eliminate at least one of the symptoms of tobacco withdrawal syndrome in a human.
Patent EP-0652775-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MICKLUS MICHAEL J
IPC: A61K47/48
Filed: 1993-07-23
Granted: 2000-04-19
Abstract: The present invention is directed to the targeting of drugs, peptides, and proteins to the brain. Liposomes containing the compound to be delivered are coupled to antibody binding fragments which bind to receptors on the vascular endothelium of the blood-brain barrier. The targeted receptors include transferrin receptor, insulin receptor, IGF-I and IGF-II receptors, among others. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for administering the drugs to a subject in need by means of the receptor-targeted immunoliposomes.
Patent EP-0653065-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ABUKNESHA RAMADAN ARBI
IPC: G01N33/543
Filed: 1993-08-02
Granted: 2002-10-30
Abstract: The invention relates to a separation method which finds application in immunological detection (e.g. in immunoassay and in immunosensors), to a method suitable for use in detection, to a sensor, to apparatus for use in detection, and to a test-kit. The invention provides, (inter alia), a separation method, suitable for use in an immunological method for the detection of a plurality of entities, which method includes the use of a plurality of auxiliary ligand-binder pairs, the auxiliary ligand of each of the plurality of auxiliary ligand-binder pairs being provided on a support material. The invention also provides, (inter alia), a separation method, suitable for use in an immunological method for the detection of a plurality of entities, which separation method includes the use of a plurality of auxiliary ligand-binder pairs, an auxiliary ligand of one auxiliary ligand-binder pair being provided on a support material and a binder of another auxiliary ligand-binder pair, which pair comprises an auxiliary ligand-auxiliary binder pair, being provided on a support material. In accordance with the invention multi-entity detection (e.g. multiple-analyte species detection) may be effected.
Patent EP-0668949-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ALMSTROEM OLOF
IPC: E01D19/06
Filed: 1993-11-09
Granted: 1997-01-22
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/SE93/00948 Sec. 371 Date May 5, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date May 5, 1995 PCT Filed Nov. 9, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/11579 PCT Pub. Date May 26, 1994To avoid leakage in concrete structures with dilatation joints and to prevent dirt from accumulating in the joints there has been developed a dilatation joint element which is easy to mount, reliable and essentially maintenance-free. The dilatation joint element according to the invention is comprised of opposed, longitudinal angle elements interconnected in pairs and made of metal with interposed jointing compound, reinforcement bands and robber elements. With curved band sections and rubber elements between the angle elements and a curved jointing compound section which is attached to the upper band section there is provided a supporting, power-compensating and power-distributing function when the joint is subjected to load, both at compression, expansion and shearing, providing a tight, reliable and loadable joint with good fatigue strength.
Patent EP-0626215-B1 (EP)
Title: Method and device for separating volatile components from a material
Inventor: GRONHOLZ CLAUS DIPL-ING
IPC: H05B6/02
Filed: 1994-04-22
Granted: 1997-12-10
Abstract: After heating the material (28), a vacuum is generated in the gastight space. The material is stirred using a heated tool (32), and is flushed using inert gas, typically nitrogen, which can be injected into the material. The level to which the induction vessel (26) is filled with the material can be set dependent on the amount of the volatile ingredients, so that it remains nearly constant after they have been discharged.
Patent EP-0700651-B1 (EP)
Inventor: LAMART MICHEL
IPC: A47C1/023
Filed: 1994-08-12
Granted: 1996-03-20
Abstract: The chair, made with a seat which tilts to the front and back on a vertical supporting column, has an assembly which connects the seat and back and allows them to be adjusted independently according to the size of the user. The back adjuster has parallel sliders on the back section of the tilting assembly, and corresponding components on the rear surface of the chair back and guide plates on the underside of the seat to interact with a transverse reinforcing plate The tilting assembly comprises a single moulded plastics shell with its back and seat portions set at right angles to one another, with each portion having turned-in edges to provide sliding surfaces for the seat and back. The assembly is produced by an extrusion/blow moulding process.
Patent EP-0649688-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SCHWARZE RIGOBERT DIPL-ING
IPC: B21D7/024
Filed: 1994-09-22
Granted: 1998-02-25
Abstract: The tube bender (bending machine) has two bending heads (11,12) which are designed symmetrically with respect to one another and which project cantilever-fashion from a machine frame (10). A cross slide (26) which carries the tube-holding device (25) can be moved across the machine frame (10). The tube (17) is subjected to a first bending operation in a first bending head (12) and the tube-holding device (29) is then moved to the second bending head (11), where the second bending operation is carried out. A plurality of bending operations can thus be carried out in succession without having to reclamp the tube. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0619086-B1 (EP)
Inventor: VANDROMME MICHEL
IPC: E05F1/12
Filed: 1994-03-22
Granted: 1998-05-27
Abstract: This is a box comprising a case (4) with its lid (6) with hinge (20, 22), means (14, 30, 58) for controlling the opening of the lid (6), and means (62, 64, 66, 68) for damping the opening movement of the said lid, these means comprising at least one substantially elastically compressible means (62, 64), such as a block of foam and/or a flexing spring, arranged in the box to act during the essential part of the opening travel of the lid by absorbing the energy communicated to the latter in order for it to open. Application, in particular, to powder compacts or make-up boxes. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0618528-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BATES CARY LEE
IPC: G06F3/0487
Filed: 1994-02-22
Granted: 1999-12-29
Abstract: A computer based touchscreen includes a mechanism for displaying buttons on the touchscreen indicating the location where an user has touched the touchscreen. Because different operators will view the buttons from different angles, they will touch the touchscreen in different positions. An initial button or series of buttons of the application that the user is using is configured to sense the location where the user is touching. These initial button(s) are called adjusting buttons. The button sensing regions for the remaining buttons (non-adjusting buttons) are calibrated from these initial touched locations. For example, if the user tends to press high and to the right of the adjusting button(s), the orientation of the button sensing regions for the remaining buttons is calibrated high and to the right. If multiple adjusting buttons are used, the average of the touched positions is used to calibrate the button sensing regions of the non-adjusting buttons. The adjusting buttons are not restricted to the beginning of the application. Any screen that displays buttons can be used to calibrate or recalibrate the button sensing region for subsequent non-adjusting buttons. This allows for greater accuracy should the users change their view or angle of the touchscreen as they use the application. Thus, the computer dynamically adjusts the orientation of a touchscreen button's sensing region based on the location that the user has pressed for previous buttons. This dynamic adjustment allows a high density of buttons to be displayed on the touchscreen. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0619125-B1 (EP)
Inventor: DORIA IRIARTE JOSE JAVIER
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 1994-03-04
Granted: 1997-11-05
Abstract: The subject is a head for a golf club that can be based on a specific design, but the head is to have improvements incorporated in order to remove or diminish the vibrations caused by the movement of the head until it impacts with the ball. These improvements are the placing on the side of the head (4) opposite to that on which the impact occurs (12), of some deep cavities (7) that begin at the edge (9) defined by the flows round the head as it moves. These cavities (7) are parallel to the edges of the rear face and are joined by a central spine (8) that separates them. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0666719-B1 (EP)
Inventor: GOULAIT DAVID JOSEPH KENNETH
IPC: A44B18/00
Filed: 1993-10-25
Granted: 1997-05-07
Abstract: A process for making a refastenable mechanical fastening system comprising the steps of providing a depositing member having at least one aperture having a diameter of between about 0.008 inches to about 0.040 inches; providing a molten thermally sensitive material having a storage modulus less than about 5000 dynes/centimeter2 at the application temperature and a storage modulus of at least about 1x106 dynes/centimeter2 at a temperature no more than 40 DEG  Celsius less than the application temperature; providing a substrate; forcing the molten thermally sensitive material through the aperture; depositing a discrete amount of the molten thermally sensitive material from the aperture onto the substrate; stretching a portion of the discrete amount of the molten thermally sensitive material in a direction having a vector component parallel to the plane of the substrate so as to form a prong; and solidifying the molten thermally sensitive material of the prong, the prong having a base, a shank, and an engaging means, the engaging means forming an included angle of at least 180 DEG .
Patent EP-0680328-B1 (EP)
Inventor: FRANCOIS MARC KAREL JOSEF
IPC: A61K31/57
Filed: 1994-01-12
Granted: 1997-01-02
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/EP94/00092 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 14, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 14, 1995 PCT Filed Jan. 12, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/16710 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 4, 1994The present invention relates to a topical oil-in-water emulsion composition comprising ketoconazole, an acetonide glucocorticosteroid and a dermatologically acceptable carrier, characterized by a pH above 2.5 and below 6, and a method of preparing said composition.
Patent EP-0685068-B1 (EP)
Inventor: GUENTHER WERNER
IPC: G01N29/04
Filed: 1994-02-14
Granted: 1997-04-16
Abstract: L'invention concerne un dispositif ultrasonore permettant de vérifier les soudures (28) effectuées sur des tuyaux, des tôles et des contenants, de préférence des soudures circulaires de pipelines. Ce dispositif comprend deux supports de têtes de vérification (20), identiques et disposés de manière inversée par rapport à la soudure et dont chacun comporte au moins une tête de vérification (par exemple 23). Ces supports de têtes de vérification (20) opèrent un balayage sonore partant du matériau de base (30) des tuyaux ou des tôles pour aller dans la soudure en se déplaçant latéralement et sont accouplés à la surface du matériau de base (30) opposée au point de départ (32) de la soudure (28). Chaque support de tête de vérification (20) comporte plusieurs têtes de vérification fonctionnant selon la méthode par immersion (22-24), disposées les unes derrière les autres ou les unes à côtés des autres transversalement à la soudure (28), de manière à ce que leurs zones d'entrée par balayage sonore dans le matériau de base soient aussi proches que possible les unes des autres. a) Une des têtes de vérification fonctionnant selon la méthode par immersion (22) est orientée de manière à générer dans le matériau de base (30), du côté du point de départ (32) de la soudure (28), une onde de fuite (36) s'élargissant en surface. b) Au moins deux autres têtes de vérification fonctionnant selon la méthode par immersion (23, 24), et destinées à vérifier les erreurs longitudinales, opèrent un balayage sonore en couvrant un angle plus plat que la tête de vérification fonctionnant selon la méthode par immersion précitée (22) et une de ces deux têtes de vérification fonctionnant selon la méthode par immersion (23) et destinées à vérifier les erreurs longitudinales, examine aux ultranons la soudure (28) dans la zone de son point de départ (32).
Patent EP-0686303-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MAYER HERBERT E
IPC: H01L21/687
Filed: 1994-02-25
Granted: 2000-12-13
Abstract: A device for transporting flat objects, in particular substrates, has a movable gripper (23) with a bearing arm (49) and a swivelling bearing element (51). In order to avoid collisions between the gripper (23) and a wafer (25) in a loading compartment of a cartridge (27) when picking up an object, a fluid sensor (81, 101) arranged on the bearing arm (49) of the gripper (23) measures without contact the distance to at least one wafer (25) adjacent to the bearing arm (49). An optical detection arrangement (29') which consists of an emitter (31') and of a receiver (33') is further arranged on the gripper (23). The emitter (31') emits light rays in the longitudinal axis of the gripper (23). The receiver (33') extends on both sides of the longitudinal axis, so that even light which is angularly reflected with respect to the longitudinal axis because of a laterally oriented wafer flat may be detected. The bearing element (51) may be swivelled into its working position by a traction rod (59) secured at two points which extends without contact in a groove (57) of the bearing arm (49). By retracting the bearing arm (49), the wafer (25) to be transported may be clamped between the bearing element (51) and a bearing element (50) arranged on the housing (53).