A fusion coating mass with increased flexibility to the fusion coating mass which comprises atactic polymers of butene-1.

A laser optical system which includes a mirror system for forming a mirror cavity, a laser target disposed in this cavity, a plurality of focused laser beams directed into the cavity, and the mirror system being so arranged that each of the laser beams is reflected off the walls of the cavity a plurality of times prior to being focused on the laser target to thereby heat the target to a very high temperature.

A novel method of affixing a glass membrane to a glass electrode is described which employs a laser beam. The method is especially useful in the manufacture of glass pH electrodes and ion-selective electrodes in general.

An intervertebral fusion cage for insertion between two adjacent, opposing vertebrae, wherein the fusion cage is constructed in a way that stress absorbed by the cage is transferred to the graft material in the hollow inner cavity, thus allowing ideal strain levels to be attained in the graft material under minimal loads, while also offering a level of protection to the graft material preventing mechanical failure of the graft material due to high strains.

A fusion splicing apparatus for fusion splicing end portions of optical fiber by butt discharging. Parameter data of a brightness distribution waveform of optical fiber in cross section is measured from a picked up image. A degree of attribution for the measured parameter data is obtained from fuzzy operation data registered in advance, and the type of the optical fiber is identified through a fuzzy operation. The identified type of the optical fiber is collated with fusion splicing conditions f...

Process and apparatus are provided for production of novel fused fabrics by treating a feed fabric comprising a substantial portion of thermoplastic fibers with wetting agent then subjecting the wetted fabric to conditions of temperature and pressure suitable to cause fusing together of at least some fibers of the fabric.

An installation for the fusion of metal ingots so as to provide a continuous supply of the metal ingots to an electric furnace in a safe fashion. The installation includes a rail on which can be suspended several metal ingots one behind the other. The rail is inclined towards the surface of the bath of molten metal so that its lower end is situated above the surface of the bath and so that the ingots slide along the rail under their own weight towards the lower end. A means of suspension is cont...

A machine for use in the fusion fitting of a branch, T- or saddle junction to a pipe, comprises a first clamp for holding pipe and a second clamp for holding the fitting in the correct orientation to the pipe. A manually-operated sliding plunger arrangement allows the second clamp to be moved towards or away from the first clamp by way of a manually operated device. The second clamp can be locked against retraction from any one of a plurality of positions relative to the first clamp, and is adap...

A method and apparatus for fusion splicing optical fibres, in which the first clamping arrangement comprising arms 3 and 4 and clamps 3a, 4a pivots over from a first position to a second position in which magnetic fibre clamps 14a, 14b hold the fibre ends in a two-part fibre V-location 8a, 8b to precisely coaxially align the fibre ends. Fusion electrodes 11, 12 fuse the ends together.

This method of measuring membrane fusions between liposomes made of phospholipid is characterized by the combination of ionophores, fluorescent dyes sensitive to the membrane potential (interior negative) and porins which are the pore-forming membrane proteins. By this method, the extent of liposome fusion can be determined easily and accurately.