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Patent EP-0457169-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GIBBS GLEN
IPC: B23K35/38
Filed: 1991-05-08
Abstract: A process for brazing non-ferritic steel surfaces such as nickel chromium or stainless steel to which a suitable brazing alloy such as copper has been mechanically attached which includes the steps of instantaneously elevating the surface of the stainless steel to a brazing temperature while maintaining the material in a humidified gaseous atmosphere consisting essentially of a non-reactive carrier gas and a reactive gas present in sufficient concentrations to achieve fluxing; maintaining the surface temperature of the steel for an interval sufficient to permit fusion between the selected metal and the non-ferritic steel surface; after metal fusion has been achieved, allowing the resulting fused metal material to cool to a first lowered temperature in a controlled non-oxidative atmosphere at a rate which retards the formation of fine-grained steel crystals in the metal; and after reaching a metallurgical transformation point, rapidly cooling the fused metal in a controlled atmosphere to a temperature below which the brazing metal is not reactive with oxygen. 
     This process can be employed successfully in manufacturing unique, seamless double-walled tubing which is relatively flexible and highly corrosion resistant.
Patent EP-0460546-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LENK ERICH DR
IPC: B65H54/52
Filed: 1991-05-31
Abstract: The bobbin winding machine possesses a bobbin turret (18) on which a bobbin (5.1) is mounted. The bobbin being wound lies with its circumference against a contact roller (11). The bobbin turret is rotatable to allow the axial spacing between the contact roller and bobbin to be adjusted to the growing bobbin diameter. 
<??>The contact roller (11) is movable. A sensor (52) senses the movement and controls the rotary movement of the bobbin turret (18). 
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Patent EP-0460634-A2 (EP)
Title: Terminal housing with integral carrier strip which produces no loose piece slugs
Inventor: MUENK ULRICH BRUNO
IPC: H01R13/516
Filed: 1991-06-05
Abstract: A plurality of housings (2) are attached by a carrier strip which does not produce loose piece material which can damage the work station to which the housings (2) are to be delivered. The carrier strip has carrier projections (24) which extend from each respective housing (2), the carrier projections (24) have enlarged portions (26) provided at the free ends (26) thereof. A recess (28) is provided on the housing (2), the recess (28)has first and second openings (30,32) which cooperate with the enlarged portions (26) of the carrier projections (24), such that when the enlarged portions (26) are positioned in the first opening (30), the housings (2) will be spaced from each other in a carrier strip arrangement, and when the enlarged portions (26) are positioned in the second opening (32), and the carrier projections (24) are severed from their respective housings (2), the carrier projections (24) will be entirely disposed within the recesses (28) of the housing (2), thereby preventing loose material from the carrier projections (24) from interfering with the work station in which the housing (2) is to be used.
Patent EP-0460696-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TSUCHIYA YUTAKA HAMAMATSU PHOT
IPC: G01R15/22
Filed: 1991-06-07
Abstract: A low noise pulsed light source utilizing a laser diode (38) for generating a short pulsed light of a high repetitive frequency. The low noise pulsed light source includes a laser diode (38) drived by an electric pulse generator (40) for emitting repetitive pulsed light; a current source for supplying a bias current to the laser diode (38); and a photodetector (42) for detecting the repetitive pulsed light emitted from the laser diode (38); and control means. The control means modulates at least one of the bias current from the current source and the amplitude of a pulse signal generated from the electric pulse generator (40) in accordance with an output signal from the photodetector (42) such that the intensity of the pulsed light is kept unchanged and nay noise involved in the same is reduce. A feedback system including the photodetector (42) and the control means has a beak in its frequency characteristics within a frequency band for light detecting in a light measuring system utilizing the low noise pulsed light source (73).
Patent EP-0464440-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PITTARO RICHARD J
IPC: G01S7/52
Filed: 1991-06-16
Abstract: An ultrasound system (100) steps focus and power through a series of focal zones (Z1, Z2, Z3) to provide real-time seamless images with a range exceeding the depth of field of the employed ultrasound transducer (120). The information required for the focus and power functions are stored in memories (310 and at 312, 314, 316) which are read out by a zone sequencer (302). The data is stored in registers in the drive circuitry (306) so that no time is lost in generating succeeding power bursts. Echoes (352) are received from successive zones at a given steering position (SPA, SPB) rather than at successive steering positions of a given zone. Provision is also made for adapting time-varying gain functions (TVG1, TVG2, TVG3) applied at a receiver (112) as a function of zone to optimize contrast uniformity and minimize contrast discontinuities. The zone sequencer controls the input of processed echo signals into a video buffer (334), gating out unwanted information and splicing echo signal segments from successive zones into continuous sector lines for display on a monitor (336). Echoes are gathered from all zones at each steering position rather than at all steering positions for each zone so as to minimize temporal discontinuities in the constructed image.
Patent EP-0463558-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MANTEGAZZA ANTONIO
IPC: G07F7/08
Filed: 1991-06-19
Abstract: The document, particularly of the check type, with forgery-prevention means, includes a sheet-like element (1) which has at least one portion (2-7) for writing indications. In the at least one indication-writing portion, regions made of magnetic material (10) spaced by magnetically blank portions (11) are provided so as to define a code which can be detected by a magnetic reading head. The regions made of magnetic material are impressed with a magnetic material which can be erased by chemical and/or mechanical action.
Patent EP-0476691-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KON AKIHIKO
IPC: G01J5/00
Filed: 1991-09-20
Abstract: According to a method and apparatus for calculating thermal sensitivity, a set temperature ϑ (th)  is calculated on the basis of an air temperature Ta and a clothing thermal resistance Icℓ. Thermal energy Hϑ (th)  is supplied to a heater capable of adjusting a sensor temperature Tcr so as to set the set temperature ϑ (th)  to be equal to the sensor temperature Tcr. The thermal sensitivity is calculated on the basis of the air temperature Ta, the clothing thermal resistance Icℓ, the set temperature ϑ (th) , and the thermal energy Hϑ (th) .
Patent EP-0446018-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OHSAWA HIDEFUMI C O CANON K K
IPC: H03M7/12
Filed: 1991-03-05
Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising binarization means for converting a multi-level color signal into binary form, removal means for removing edge component from the multi-level color signal, based on a binary color signal from said binarization means, and encoder means for encoding the binary color signal from said binarization means and the multi-level color signal having edge component removed with said removal means.
Patent EP-0465025-A2 (EP)
Inventor: EINAV OMER
IPC: B23K26/10
Filed: 1991-06-12
Abstract: An end effecter is disclosed which translates in a cartesian coordinate system including a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The end effecter includes apparatus for receiving a laser beam from an articulated optical delivery system and for transmitting it along the first and the second axes and translating apparatus for translating the apparatus for receiving and for transmitting along the first and the second axes. Also disclosed is a method for cutting utilizing the end effecter.
Patent EP-0484254-A2 (EP)
Inventor: INADA HIROSHI
IPC: H01L39/24
Filed: 1991-11-04
Abstract: The patterned superconducting wiring lines (21,22) each consist of a portion of a thin film of an oxide superconductor deposited on a flat substrate (1), the portion having a predetermined crystal orientation (a-axis or c-axis orientation) with respect to a flat surface of the substrate. Remaining portions of the thin film of the oxide superconductor have a different crystal orientation (c-axis or a-axis orientation) from the portion and/or consist of insulation zones (23). Both of the portion and the remaining portions have a substantially identical thickness so that the thin film has a substantially flat planar surface.
Patent EP-0445066-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YOSEFI HANAN
IPC: H04N1/48
Filed: 1991-02-28
Abstract: A method of processing a file of recorded color separation values of color elements for use in preparing polychromatic printing plates in order to reduce or eliminate defects caused by misregistration by printing, includes the steps: (a) defining a plurality of predetermined color types; (b) identifying the color pairs where there is a change in color between adjacent color elements; and (c) for each color pair, determining whether or not to make a frame according to first predetermined criteria based on specific combination of color types in the pair, and then according to second predetermined criteria based on the difference in luminance between corresponding color separations in the respective pair. For those color pairs in which a frame is to be generated, the location of the frame is determined according to third predetermined criteria based on specific combinations of color types in the pair, and then according to fourth predetermined criteria based on the sum of the luminances of each color in the color pair.
Patent EP-0499881-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SUTER ANTON
IPC: B65D81/38
Filed: 1992-02-05
Abstract: The bottle cooler has a housing formed from a bottom piece (1) and a jacket (2) which can be separated therefrom. The cooling element ring is formed from cooling ring segments (3). The bearer (5) of these elements consists of a support (6) holding the segments and a U-shaped spring element (7). In its unstressed position, the spring element holds the cooling ring segments obliquely in such a way that they bound an upwardly widening conical receptacle space 4. When a bottle is introduced, the cooling ring segments are inevitably placed axially parallel and rest against the body of the bottle. The radially possible spring path of the spring elements allows bottles of different diameters to be introduced, the cooling ring segments always resting against the body of the bottle and thus guaranteeing satisfactory cooling. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0502478-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHUERMANN HUBERT
IPC: H02M7/5387
Filed: 1992-03-03
Abstract: A procedure is described for resistance welding with, in particular, an alternating welding current pulsating in periodic half waves which is generated from an alternating primary voltage (Up) of a welding transformer (16) and is regulated by pulse duration modulation of this alternating primary voltage. The alternating primary voltage (Up) is n-times chopped in each half wave during the pulse duration modulation, where n > 1. In each half wave, the welding current is regulated by the fact that n nominal/actual-value comparisons of the welding current are carried and the duty ratio during the pulse duration modulation is acted upon a corresponding n-times. To regulate the welding current, a regulator (18) is provided which has a memory which contains nominal current values corresponding to the welding current shape for each chopping interval for comparison with each actual current value determined per chopping interval. In this manner, it is not only possible to achieve very short regulating times because the welding current can be corrected several times within each of its halfwaves, but the welding current shape is also freely selectable because a large number of nominal values can be kept ready in the memory for each half wave of the welding current. For electrical resistance welding, a current variation which deviates from the sinusoidal shape is selected in each half wave of the welding current. As a result, energy output to the material to be welded can be accurately metered which makes it possible to weld previously problematic materials such as very thin and/or weakly tinned tin-plate or black-plate, chrome-plated sheet metal and so forth with very good welding quality and high throughput. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0505803-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JAEGER ULRICH DR
IPC: C08G18/67
Filed: 1992-03-09
Abstract: Polyurethanvinylether, erhältlich durch Umsetzung von A): 1 NCO-Äquivalent mindestens eines Isocyanuratgruppen enthaltenden Polyisocyanats mit; B): 0,01 - 1,0 OH-Äquivalenten mindestens eines Monohydroxyvinylethers und; C): 0 - 0,99 Äquivalenten von mit OCN reaktiven funktionellen Gruppen weiterer Verbindungen.
Patent EP-0515831-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KLEIN ALBERT DR
IPC: G01N22/00
Filed: 1992-04-22
Abstract: In a method for determining the phase shift in measurements of reflection or transmission with electromagnetic waves, in addition to a first reference measurement (empty measurement) for detecting the proportion of the measurement arrangement in the phase shift a second reference measurement is carried out on a representative sample, and the phase shift caused by this representative sample is firstly exactly determined. The phase responses caused by the samples or specimens to be measured are then treated as a deviation from the corresponding phase response or the phase shift of the representative sample, and taken into account by the formation of sums/differences, i.e. the actual phase shift of an individual sample is composed of the phase shift of the reference sample and a relative phase shift which is caused by the deviations of the individual specimen from the reference sample. By comparing the frequency responses for the individual sample/reference sample, the disturbing nonlinearities are largely eliminated in the phase responses occurring here, and thus a more exact determination of the phase shifts is rendered possible. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0517230-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SENSHU SUSUMU
IPC: G11B27/30
Filed: 1992-06-04
Abstract: A disc-shaped recording medium (1) in which concentric recording tracks or a spiral recording track is divided circumferentially to form a number of sectors in each of which track addresses (TA) are pre-recorded, wherein each position of the track address (TA) is formed by a base-m Gray code, and wherein each position is sequentially formed so that the Gray code of positive or negative logic and a negative logic is used for the upper order digit having the value of an even or odd number and the upper order digit having the value of an odd number, respectively.
Patent EP-0520476-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NARUSE YUTAKA MIZUSHIMA WORKS
IPC: C21D8/12
Filed: 1992-06-26
Abstract: An electron beam irradiating apparatus continuously irradiates a running metal strip with an electron beam. An electron beam source can deflect the electron beam. At least one standby target is provided to receive the electron beam from the electron beam gun in a standby period in which the metal strip is not intended to be irradiated.
Patent EP-0524555-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PURI PUSHPINDER SINGH
IPC: B01D53/22
Filed: 1992-07-17
Abstract: A hollow fiber separation module (10) is provided having a single, elongated pressurizable shell (11) and containing multiple separation stages by multiple sections of hollow fiber bundles (18,20) contained within the shell, with the ends of each bundle section potted within a single tubesheet (27,28) at each end of the elongated shell. The fibers within each section are aligned so that the permeate within the fiber bores passes along paths traveling generally from one tubesheet to the other and one or more impermeable barriers (19) are provided within the shell to isolate each section and control the passage of feed gas along the shell side of each fiber bundle section in a flow path countercurrent to the passage of permeate in the bores of the fibers. In a preferred embodiment, annular fiber bundles are positioned coaxially about a central mandrel (12), each of the annular bundles (18,20) coaxial with the other and with the ends of each bundle embedded within common tubesheets. Passages (21) are provided within the impermeable separating barrier (19) to permit passage of feed gas from one section of fiber bundle to the other at a position adjacent a tubesheet. Feed can be introduced at a position adjacent a tubesheet and retentate removed at the end of a bundle adjacent a tubesheet, so that the flow of feed and the flow of retentate from each preceding section pass axially through the bundles in a flow path countercurrent to that of the passage of permeate through the fiber bores. Provision is made for recycle of permeate to the feed and the use of stage II permeate to sweep the bores of the fibers of stage I.
Patent EP-0544073-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NIWA TOMOMITSU
IPC: G05B19/4093
Filed: 1992-09-17
Abstract: A numerical control unit (NCU) (1) uses character codes to communicate with an external input/output apparatus (2). Further, internal NCU data is stored in an array format corresponding to a display format. Further, while one set of data is being executed by the NCU (1), another set may be corrected by the user. Further, some parts of program data may be specified in variables. Still further, memo data is provided to describe each piece of data. Finally, input program data is directly sent to a buffer where it is used to control a machining operation.
Patent EP-0549868-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SIEGENTHALER KARL J
IPC: B29C53/58
Filed: 1992-11-02
Abstract: A method and device (11) for producing a toroidal road vehicle tire carcass (1) having a toroidal frame (7) rotated about its axis (27) in relation to a winding device (13) and defined by two coaxial annular beads (2) and by a removable outer annular element (9) located radially outwards of and centered axially in relation to the two beads (2), so as to define, with the same, two annular openings (10); the winding device (13) providing for winding at least one cord (5) about the frame (7) along a spiral path (64), each turn (6) of which comprises two portions (65, 66), a first (65) extending outside the frame (7), and a second (66) extending outside the outer annular element (9) and through both the openings (10).
Patent EP-0541061-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MIZUOCHI TAKASHI
IPC: H01S3/13
Filed: 1992-11-04
Abstract: An optical - fiber light amplifier using rare - earth - doped optical fibers. The light amplifier combines first and second excitation light from first and second sources to form combined excitation light and divides the combined excitation light for inverted distribution to both two optical fibers. The light entered one optical fiber and that entered the other optical fiber are polarized so as to be perpendicular to each other so that fluctuation of output level is prevented without mutual interference. Alternatively the first excitation light and the second excitation light may have different wavelengths; also in this case, fluctuation of level is prevented without any interference.
Patent EP-0496622-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SAEGUSA NOBORU
IPC: H04M11/02
Filed: 1992-01-23
Abstract: To prevent a telephone ccnnection from being held for a long period of time when the zone is switched over in a cordless telephone system, connection reservation is temporarily made between a telephone handset (30) and a connecting unit (20) in the present zone when the telephone handset is moved into another zone.
Patent EP-0507455-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BIRD KEVIN C
IPC: F25D25/02
Filed: 1992-03-06
Abstract: A moulded refrigerator shelf for containing spills on the shelf has a planar shelf member (112) with a rim (118) moulded around its perimeter edge to form a liquid tight seal between the rim and the shelf member. The moulded rim projects above the top surface of the shelf member to form a liquid dam for containing any spills on the shelf member. In one embodiment the shelf is slidably mounted to allow horizontal extension of the shelf for convenient access to the rear portion of the shelf by using slide guides moulded into the rim along each side of the shelf. The shelf is cantilevered on support brackets (114,116) from the rear wall of a refrigerator to allow air to flow around the shelf sides. The support brackets are adapted to support the shelf at a plurality of vertical positions.
Patent EP-0524749-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HASHIMOTO SHINICHI
IPC: B06B1/06
Filed: 1992-07-09
Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic system includes a probe (301) having a vibrator made of a plurality of spaced piezoelectric material elements (302) arranged in a matrix, first electrodes (303) arranged on one surface of the vibrator in an array of rows parallel to each other, and second electrodes (304) arranged on another surface of the vibrator in an array of rows parallel to each other and orthogonally to the first electrodes. 
     The pieozoelectric material elements are spaced by spacer segments arranged between the electrode rows and formed from a high molecular weight material with less acoustic impedance than the piezoelectric material, a Shore hardness D50 or more (JIS) and a thickness of about 1/10 to 1/2 of the piezoelectric elements. The ultrasonic diagnostic system uses a phased array techniques to provide tomograms at mutually orthogonal and spatially close positions with sufficient sensitivity.
Patent EP-0532272-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TAN-WALKER RUBY LOO BICK
IPC: A61K8/40
Filed: 1992-09-08
Abstract: A transparent hair conditioning composition comprises:
     (a) a cationic surfactant component and   (b) a highly alkoxylated anionic surfactant component.   
     The highly alkoxylated anionic surfactant components contains at least about 5 EO/PO units per molecule.
Patent EP-0537136-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NICHOLS COLINS J
IPC: A61M39/00
Filed: 1987-10-01
Abstract: An indwelling catheter tube 30 has a proximal end and a distal end and at least one lumen, the transverse shape of each internal lumen being characterised by an asymmetrical liquid passageway comprising at least one corner so that occlusion of flow is prevented even when the catheter tube is inadvertently kinked.
Patent EP-0572764-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SIMKIN BENJAMIN
IPC: C08J3/12
Filed: 1993-02-26
Abstract: The use of VDF/TFE/HFP terpolymers in PVDF based powder coating resins to enhance the aesthetics of coatings made therefrom.
Patent EP-0589136-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WATANABE YOSHIO C O INTELLECTU
IPC: H04N1/00
Filed: 1993-03-30
Abstract: According to the image reading device and the image forming device including the image reading device, dot signals for one scanning line are detected by CCD sensor (7), and after A/D conversion and shading-correction, the detected signals are supplied to the comparison processor (17). In the comparison processor (17), the dot signals corresponding to the leading and tailing edges of the original are detected out from the dot signals for the one scanning line, and the rest of the dot signals are judged to be those other than the original in the selector (18), and converted into white dot signals. Consequently, the region other than the original is formed in white for each line. Thus, regardless of the original sheet size, or even if the sheet is obliquely placed, the region other than the original can be detected, and the region can be erased in white.