A sink unit is deep-drawn from a one-piece seamless stainless steel sheet, being provided with two basins which are laterally adjacent one another and with a work surface which is laterally adjacent one of the basins. A method of deep-drawing such a sink unit, and an arrangement for engaging it during deep-drawing are also disclosed.

A method for the manufacture of an article having first and second surface regions of different coefficients of friction in a treatment chamber with a rotary support for the articles and capable of simultaneously carrying out at least two PVD coating processes. The first PVD coating process is carried out with a comparatively directed vapor flux from one or more targets which can compose one or more of the elements B, Si, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta and W, carbides of these elements and carbon...

A sink unit is deep-drawn from a one-piece seamless stainless steel sheet, being provided with two basins which are laterally adjacent one another and with a work surface which is laterally adjacent one of the basins. A method of deep-drawing such a sink unit, and an arrangement for engaging it during deep-drawing are also disclosed.

The present invention provides novel perfluoropolyether silanes, compositions containing the novel perfluoropolyether silanes and method of treating substrates, in particular substrates having a hard surface such as ceramics or glass, to render them water, oil, stain, and/or dirt repellent.

An article for swaddling a baby includes a blanket formed with opposed arm-receiving sleeves. The blanket incorporates a pacifier retaining structure, which is formed in the blanket between an outer edge of the blanket and one of the opposed arm-receiving openings and which is for receiving and retainer a pacifier relative to the blanket.

An absorbent product has a fluid permeable top sheet, a fluid impermeable backing sheet, and an absorbent core having an upper side, a bottom side, two longitudinally running sides and two laterally running sides. The product further has two longitudinally running barrier flaps at the longitudinally running sides of the absorbent core. The top sheet covers the upper side of the absorbent core. The top sheet, with the upper side of the absorbent core, also covers the longitudinally running sides ...

A wearing article includes a chassis having front and rear waist regions, a fastener mechanism adapted to fasten transversely opposite side edges of the chassis, and an elastic adjusting element adapted to stretch or contract at least one of the front and rear waist regions in a transverse direction. The fastener mechanism includes flat and rigid male fastener panels each having a proximal end secured to the side edge of the rear waist region, and female fastener members located on the side edge...

An article holder for holding an article including a main body configured to receive the article, and at least one deformable article receiving member disposed on a bottom plate of the main body. The deformable article receiving member is configured to deform so as to change a receiving height of the article inserted in the main body.

A screw feeder adapted for rapid changeover of screw types. The feeder has a collator section having a floor with slots to collate random screws into rows and an enclosure about the floor for retaining random screws on the floor. The screws are collated by tilting the floor in the slotted direction to raise and lower the upstream end relative to the downstream end and are fed downstream along the slots into slots in a dispensing section. The collator section enclosure has a gate closure at the u...

There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.