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Patent EP-0228645-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PERRINE PAUL M
IPC: A23L13/00
Filed: 1986-12-16
Abstract: Slicing apparatus particularly adapted for slicing raw and cooked meat includes a feed tube (13) through which chunks of raw or cooked meat are fed under pressure against an immediately adjacent cutter (35) which includes at least one cutting edge and forms a stop for the material in the feed tube (13) in substantially all positions of the cutter to prevent free flow of material from the tube. 
     The process for producing a sliced meat product includes the steps of partially cooking chunks of meat so that outside portions of the chunks reach temperatures above the temperature at which the meat is considered fully cooked while inside portions remain not fully cooked. One embodiment of the process includes slicing the meat chunks and adding to the slices sauce which is at a temperature above the temperature at which the meat is considered fully cooked, allowing the temperature of the meat and sauce to equalize at least to the extent that all meat reaches the temperature at which it is considered fully cooked, and portioning and packaging the product.
Patent EP-0192348-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GANNON RAYMOND
IPC: B65D47/06
Filed: 1986-01-24
Abstract: A valve which is to be used as a component of plastics bags and trays for packaging foodstuffs and other perishable goods. The valve consists essentially of a small spherical chamber having an inlet and an outlet. The chamber is made from two hemi-spherical walls having different resilience. In order to close the valve one wall is made to spring into contact with the other wall so that the two walls enter into such close intimate contact that communication between the inlet and the outlet through the valve is prevented.
Patent EP-0199557-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PROCTOR JOHN STEVEN
IPC: B21C37/12
Filed: 1986-04-18
Abstract: Apparatus for forming a non-rotating helix 27 of metal strip 33. The apparatus includes a store 20 for the strip 33 rotatable about the axis of the helix 27. The store 20 has a radially inwardly facing circumferential opening from which the strip 33 is withdrawn by guide shoes 34 which are also rotatable about the axis of the helix but at a different rotational speed to that of the store 20 so that the difference in diameter of the strip on leaving the store 20 and entering the helix 27 is accommodated. The guide shoes 34 deliver the strip 33 to guide rollers 35 rotating with the guide shoes 34 by which the strip 33 is guided in a spiral to non-rotating helix-forming shoes 36 from which the coils of the helix 27 are delivered in an axial direction.
Patent EP-0215546-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHAW JOHN EDWARD ANDREW
IPC: G01N27/28
Filed: 1986-06-24
Abstract: A chemical-sensitive semiconductor device in the form of a chemical-sensitive field effect transistor, suitable for testing relatively small volumes of a fluid analyte, comprises a substrate (1) provided with a passageway (12), interconnecting its major surfaces, along which the analyte can pass. Drain and source regions (14, 15) are formed at opposite ends of the passageway and a chemical-sensitive gate region is formed on the sides of the passageway.
Patent EP-0227404-A2 (EP)
Title: Sorting
Inventor: DITCHBURN ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: B07C5/10
Filed: 1986-12-15
Abstract: A rapid succession of objects such as sweets are sorted according to shape by being fed through a viewing zone, flash illuminated in the viewing zone, and viewed by a number of fixed electronic viewers (5) spaced in one plane around the viewing zone through just under 180°, the edges of the images produced by the viewers (5) being examined for approximation to a spherical shape, approximation to symmetry and reentrants, and one of a number of air jet nozzles (6) being thereby automatically energised to direct the object into an appropriate bin (7).
Patent EP-0191739-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GUZZONI GIORGIO
IPC: B23Q39/00
Filed: 1986-02-13
Abstract: A method of forming, from a rough forging, an end-machined and drilled blank for extrusion on a pipe extruding press comprises the steps of drilling the rough forging axially on a lathe by means of a straight-flute drill bit from one end, and of end-machining it concurrently with the drilling step successively at the other end and said one end.
Patent EP-0245583-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KANDLER WILLIAM C
IPC: F16F15/26
Filed: 1987-01-29
Abstract: A single cylinder internal combustion engine has an inline counterbalance weight system (12) which includes a counterbalance shaft (40) rotatably mounted to a crankcase and extending generally parallel to a crankshaft (26) of the engine and transverse to and aligned with the rectilinear path of reciprocation of the piston (24) pivotally connected to the crankshaft, and a counterbalance weight (42) eccentrically mounted on the counterbalance shaft. The counterbalance shaft and weight are rotated in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the crankshaft. The crankshaft and the weights (38) mounted thereon and the counterbalance weight (42) are aligned with and disposed in symmetrical relationship to the rectilinear path of the piston. In such arrangement, vibration imbalance in the engine in the direction of the rectilinear path of the piston is substantially eliminated due to the force vector of the reciprocating piston being generally balanced by the force vectors of the rotating counterbalance weight and the crankshaft and weights thereon when the piston is at opposite end positions of its stroke. Also, the rocking imbalance in the engine is substantially eliminated due to the generally equal displacement of the force vectors of the reciprocating piston, the counterbalance weight and the crankshaft and weights thereon from the mounting base defined on the crankcase and the generally balanced relationship of the force vector of the rotating crankshaft and weights thereon with the force vector of the rotating counterbalance weight when the piston is at an intermediate position between opposite end positions of its stroke.
Patent EP-0241733-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LEWYN LANNY L
IPC: H03M1/38
Filed: 1987-03-17
Abstract: An unknown analog signal is compared in amplitude with the signal from a digital-to-analog (D-A) converter. The converter, preferably monotonic, may be at least partially formed from a plurality of switches connected in a matrix relationship to define sub-sets having a recurrent relationship. An adjustable-gain amplifier produces a difference signal having an amplitude indicating the amplitude comparison. A flash converter converts the difference signal to binary signals. These binary signals are modified and fed back to the D-A converter to obtain from this converter an output signal having an amplitude approximating the amplitude of the unknown analog signal. A plurality of successive approximations of the analog signal may be provided in this manner. In at least one (1) of these approximations, the gain of the amplifier may be increased to increase the sensitivity of the approximation by increasing the gain of the difference signal. In such approximation(s), before the binary signals from the flash converter are fed back to the D-A converter, they are shifted downward in binary significance by a factor related to the increase in the amplifier gain. The flash converter may be formed from a plurality of comparators, each constructed and connected to indicate whether the amplifier signal has an amplitude within an individual voltage increment. One of these comparators may be more precise than the others to more accurately indicate the sign of the amplitude difference between the unknown analog signal and the digital-to-analog signal in some approximations, particularly the final approximations.
Patent EP-0248232-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CERBONI RENZO
IPC: A23G3/20
Filed: 1987-05-08
Abstract: The casting plate for solid and filled chocolate products contains, for each discharge bore of the casting machine, an inlet channel (6) which opens into a common distributing chamber (8) receiving a slotted (9a, 9b) distributing slide (9) which can be moved to and fro, which chamber has for each inlet channel (6) a first and a second outlet branch (9a or 9b) which in each case opens into a discharge nozzle (7) for an associated casting mould cavity (5), so that, with the slide (9) in the one slide stroke end position, each inlet channel (6) is connected to the first outlet branch (9a) and, with the slide (9) in the other slide stroke end position, each inlet channel (6) is connected to the second outlet branch (9b). For filled products, it is advantageous for two or more superimposed groups of slotted slides (30, 33; 30', 33') to be provided, which are received in corresponding distributing chambers (29, 31; 29', 31') which have first (34, 38; 36, 40) and second (35, 39; 37, 41) outlet branches in each case vertically coaxial and opening concentrically into a discharge nozzle (42). The slides (30, 33; 30', 33') are moved to and fro by one or more piston-cylinder units (10). Upon each stroke of the casting machine pistons, casting is therefore carried out alternately via the first outlet branches (34, 38; 36, 40) and thereafter via the second outlet branches etc (35, 39; 37, 41). The product metering achieved is faultless. For one-shot products, a number of cavities is provided in each casting mould, which is equal to the number of the pistons provided in the casting machine. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0252273-A2 (EP)
Inventor: EMILIANI GIOVANNI
IPC: B66F9/00
Filed: 1987-05-29
Abstract: The invention refers to an apparatus for loading and unloading palletized materials (C) into and from isothermal delivery wagons (F). The apparatus comprises a powered carriage (4) which is longitudinally movable on parallel guides (1,1ʹ) secured to the upper interior portion of the wagon (F). A telescopic guiding and lifting/lowering structure connected to the underside of a powered and transversely-movable slide (17) and supporting in cantilever fashion a fork (28) for handling the palletized loads (C), comprises at least a cylinder-and-piston unit or jack (26,26ʹ,29) of the multiple-stage single or double-acting type and preferably of the hydraulic type. Means being provided to rotate the fork (28) about a vertical axis in order to angularly position the fork suitably with respect to the load to be handled, and means being provided to lock said rotation.
Patent EP-0263475-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FUJIKAKE YOICHI
IPC: G01N29/11
Filed: 1987-10-05
Abstract: A method for ultrasonically detecting flaws in a welded portion of a pipe by using an ultrasonic wave phased array probe having an array of a plurality of transducer elements for emitting and receiving ultra­sonic wave beams, wherein at least one monitoring probe is located in the vicinity of the welded portion to receive the ultrasonic wave beam, whereby peak values of the ultrasonic wave beams are detected within a predetermined gate, a maximum peak value of the detected peak values is determined to determine a pilot beam having the maximum peak value, and effec­tive beams which reach the portion of the welding portion to be tested are determined from the deter­mined pilot beam.
Patent EP-0264848-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MCEWEN JAMES ALLEN
IPC: A61B17/12
Filed: 1987-10-16
Abstract: An occlusive cuff for safely occluding blood flow into a portion of a limb as small as a single isolated digit (10) to facilitate surgery on the limb portion, comprising in combination: (a) a pressurizable, substantially inextensible tube (2) having a length sufficient for encircling a limb at a selected location, and having a width wherein the ratio of tube (2) width to limb circumference at the selected location is substantially different than the ratio of bladder width to limb circumference required in a sphygmomanometer cuff for accurate estimation of blood pressure at the selected location; (b) means for snugly encircling the limb with the tube (2) without contacting the limb distal to the selected location; and (c) tube-securing means for securing the tube (2) snugly around the limb.
Patent EP-0241093-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KOBS ROLF
IPC: G01B11/00
Filed: 1987-04-01
Abstract: The invention relates to an optical position sensor with a medium through which light of at least two wavelengths radiates, the attenuation values of which are different for the individual wavelengths and the thickness of which, which is effective in the beam direction, is variable in dependence on position. A particularly simple construction is obtained by the fact that the medium is a fluid containing dye which is arranged between a fixed element and an adjustable element which can be displaced with respect to the former.   <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0249328-A2 (EP)
Inventor: AUSTIN PETER
IPC: C07D233/84
Filed: 1987-05-06
Abstract: Compounds having a 5 membered, nitrogen containing ring with a thione group adjacent to a nitrogen atom substituted with an OR group have antimicrobial properties. Metal complexes or salts of these compounds also have antimicrobial properties. The compounds, or the metal complexes or salts thereof, can be used as a cutting fluid preservative, a wood preservative, in cooling water applications or as an antimicrobial agent in a paint. Some of the compounds are new. The metal complexes or salts are new.
Patent EP-0271448-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RINGROSE ANTHONY
IPC: C12M1/24
Filed: 1987-12-08
Abstract: This container (1) comprises a membrane (3) arranged in its wall (2) and whose centre has a thicker circular portion (4) in the inner face of which a groove (5) is arranged. The central portion (4) connected resiliently to the wall (2) by the membrane (3) is intended to come into contact with the end of an ultrasonic transducer. The groove (5) is used to generate a cavitation phenomenon in the liquid present in the container (1) with a view to mixing it. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0300225-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FOHST MANFRED
IPC: A43B7/36
Filed: 1988-06-24
Abstract: Die Erfindung betrifft eine Schuhinnensohle, insbesondere Zwischen- oder Brandsohle für Arbeits- oder Sicherheitsschuhe, mit einem Binder und ggf. Füllstoffe aufweisenden Faservliesstoff, zur Vermeidung elektrischer Aufladungen des Schuhträgers, wobei der Faservliesstoff eine Fasermischung mit zwischen etwa 1 bis 10 Gew.% an elektrisch leitfähigen Fasern aufweist.
Patent EP-0300468-A2 (EP)
Inventor: AKABANE HIDEMITSU
IPC: G05D23/13
Filed: 1988-07-20
Abstract: An automotive air conditioning system is disclosed which includes an air mix damper (1) which controls temperature of the air which is flowing out. A motor (5) drives the air mix damper (1). A motor actuator (4) includes a rotation control switch (6) which is provided with a regulating portion (7) which regulates upper and lower limitations of a rotational angle of the motor (5) and a position detecting portion (8) which detects the rotational angle of the motor (5). A control circuit (14) drives the motor actuator (4) in accordance with a plurality of detected signals, e.g., an inside temperature signal or an outside temperature signal. The control circuit (14) has a lock detecting function for the motor. A determi­nation means determines whether or not an actual position of the motor actuator is positioned to be within the range of predetermined angles close to upper or lower limitation of the motor (5), respectively. A control means outputs a drive signal in the contrary direction against a rotating direction of the motor (5) in case that the motor is locked when the motor actuator (4) is positioned to be within the range of the pre­determined angles at the time supplying electricity to the motor actuator (4) stopped by the lock detecting function. Therefore, the open angle of the air mix damper (1) can be suitably controlled.
Patent EP-0319944-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MULVIHILL EILEEN R
IPC: C07K14/81
Filed: 1988-12-07
Abstract: A method of producing proteins of interest is disclosed. The method includes the introduction of a first DNA sequence encoding the protein of interest and at least one additional DNA sequence encoding a protein which processes or stabilizes the protein of interest into a eukaryotic host cell. The host cell is subsequently cultured under conditions which allow the DNA sequences to be expressed. Suitable eukaryotic hosts include mammalian cells and yeast cells.
Patent EP-0278745-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JAYCOX LARRY S
IPC: C02F11/12
Filed: 1988-02-10
Abstract: A method for treating organic waste having a liquid component and a solid component, which comprises the steps of: 
    weighting the organic waste with ash to accelerate sedimentation of the weighted organic waste; 
    separating the weighted organic waste to isolate the liquid component from the solid component; 
    chemically reacting the solid component to substantially lower the oxygen demand of the solid component and to produce a liquid effluent and an ash, a portion of the ash being used in the weighting step to weight the organic waste; 
    de-ammoniating the liquid component to form a de-ammoniated liquid stream; 
    combining the liquid effluent with the de-ammoniated liquid stream to form a combined liquid stream; and 
    contacting the combined liquid stream with biologically active microbes to lower the oxygen demand of the combined liquid stream. 
     A method for processing waste containing organic matter which includes the wet oxidation of the waste to produce an ash having a first COD level, which comprises the steps of: 
    combining the ash with the waste to form an ash-weighted waste; 
    separating the ash-weighted waste into a liquid portion and a solid portion; and 
    oxidizing the solid portion in a wet oxidation reaction such that the first COD level of the ash is reduced to a second COD level.
Patent EP-0301678-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHARP KENNETH GEORGE
IPC: C07F7/12
Filed: 1988-04-28
Abstract: The invention relates to the selective and stepwise reduction of polyhalosilanes by reacting at room temperature or below with alkyltin hydrides without the use of free radical intermediates. Alkyltin hydrides selectively and stepwise reduce the Si-Br, Si-Cl, or Si-I bonds while leaving intact any Si-F bonds. When two or more different halogens are present on the polyhalosilane, the halogen with the highest atomic weight is preferentially reduced.
Patent EP-0294067-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CITRON MANNING
IPC: B05B15/10
Filed: 1988-05-23
Abstract: A sprinkler includes a housing (11) with an inlet port (23) through which to supply a flow of liquid to the housing (11) interior and a stem (12) disposed at least partially within the interior of the housing (11) for movement between a retracted position and an extended position. A piston (50) disposed within the interior of the housing (11) responds to the flow of liquid to move the stem (12) from the retracted position to the extended position. The stem (12) defines a passageway extending from a lower portion of the stem (12) to an upper portion of the stem, and the lower portion of the stem defines an opening (30) through which the flow of liquid can pass from the interior of the housing (11) into the passageway. A valve element (33) moveably mounted on the stem (12) at least partially blocks the opening (30), and a shaft (15) rotatably mounted on the housing (11) extends to a position outside of the interior of the housing (11). The shaft (15) is coupled to the valve element (33) so that the valve (33) can be rotated by rotation of the shaft (15) for purposes of restricting the flow of liquid through the opening (30) a selected amount.
Patent EP-0295805-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GUSSMAN ROBERT L
IPC: G01R31/26
Filed: 1988-05-31
Abstract: An improved burn-in board cartridge for use in burn-in and testing of IC packages in an automated burn-in and test system is disclosed. The cartridge includes printed circuit cards mounted on a single or both side faces of the cartridge, thereby permit­ting IC packages to be mounted on either or both sides of the cartridge. The cartridge includes a sturdy frame holding in place the printed circuit cards and providing strength to reduce damage to the circuit cards. Attached to the frame are rails which are used to position the cartridge in various apparatus such as burn-in chambers. Cooling tubes and electrical com­ponents can be placed inside the two-sided cartridge, between the printed circuit cards. The burn-in chamber is divided into zones with each zone having a number of slots into which a burn-in board is placed. The chamber includes rotating air diverters positioned at each end of a zone which are capable of channeling the heated air within the chamber around any one zone. Each zone has an access door to permit loading and unloading of burn-in boards from any zone. An automated handler is provided to automatically insert and remove the burn-in board and cartridge from various units in the system. The handler includes a generally T-shaped member inserted into apertures on the burn-in board by rotating the handler with a cam lever and a first cam follower. A plurality of handlers may be used to grasp and insert a number of burn-in boards sequentially, using a second cam lever and cam follower.
Patent EP-0296839-A2 (EP)
Title: Multi-gauge bonding
Inventor: ISKENDERIAN ARMENAG
IPC: B23K20/04
Filed: 1988-06-22
Abstract: A multi-gauge composite metal strip is produced from a plurality of individual metal strips of different thicknesses. The individual strips are heated, passed through an oxide reducing atmosphere and are then directed between a pair of work rolls with their adjacent edges arranged in a mutually overlapping relationship. The rolling action effects a reduction in the thickness of each strip while simultaneously effecting solid phase bonding of their overlapping edges. The resulting composite multi-gauge strip is subjected to tensile stresses which exceed the yield strength of the strip materials at the time and in the condition at which the composite strip exits from between the work rolls.
Patent EP-0308083-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MANCHAK FRANK JR
IPC: E21B21/00
Filed: 1988-08-23
Abstract: A device for extracting an undisturbed sample (S) of soil to be tested from a subsurface location uses a cutter (28) to remove unwanted soil from above the undisturbed sample. The device is particularly intended for extraction of soil from contaminated areas without loss of contaminants which are volatile at ambient temperatures. Means (80) are therefore also disclosed for chilling or freezing the sample  in situ  before extraction and testing. A method of using the device to take samples whenever volatile contaminants are sensed is also disclosed.
Patent EP-0305203-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BADEN NIELS TORKILD
IPC: C01B3/12
Filed: 1988-08-26
Abstract: A catalytic chemical process is carried out non-­adiabatically using as a catalyst a body with two sets of channels throughout the body. One set (17) of channels leads the process fluid towards one (20) of two parallel walls of the cata­lyst chamber, the other set (18) towards the other wall (19). In slits between walls and catalyst heat is exchanged between process fluid and at least one of these walls upon reflecting the pro­cess fluid leaving channels of one set and entering channels of the other. The body may be made of alternatingly corru­gated and plane sheets using in turn two different orienta­tions for the corrugated sheets. It is preferred that the sheets are arranged orthogonal to the heat transmitting wall(s) and parallel to the overall direction of flow. The method is preferred for endothermic processes, especially steam reforming of hydrocarbon(s).