An improved protective coating, for parking meters or other equipment that is subject to environmental deterioration and/or vandalism, having thereon at least a three layer coating of a composite thickness sufficiently thick to avoid pinholes and sufficiently thin to avoid crazing and cracking due to variations in the ambient environment. The coating has a conventional lower layer of zinc on or proximate to the equipment surface (in the alternative the substrate may be a zinc part); a second lay...

This invention relates to electrochromic devices containing UV-protected electrochromic solutions comprising at least one oxidizable substance RED.sub.1 and at least one reducible substance OX.sub.2 linked by a bridging group and a UV absorber component.

The injection syringe (10) includes, on the one hand, an elongate syringe body (12) comprising a tube (16) and a front wall (20) equipped with an injection needle (22), and, on the other hand, a rear actuating plunger (14) mounted so as to be displaceable inside the tube (16). The body (12) additionally has a mobile needle protector (36) which can be displaced, under the effect of the actuating plunger (14) driven into the body (12), between a retracted position, set back from the injection end ...

Disclosed are protected OLED devices comprising (a) a substrate; (b) an active region positioned on the substrate, wherein the active region comprises an anode layer, a cathode layer and a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer; (c) a composite barrier layer disposed over the active region and/or over a surface of the substrate, the composite barrier layer comprising an alternating series of one or more polymeric planarizing sublayers and one or more high-den...

An expandable transportable enclosure is described which includes an environmentally protected expandable section. The expandable section extends away from the body of the enclosure and includes an inflatable seal which fills the gap located between the expandable section and the body of the enclosure. The environmentally protected expandable section also includes a retractable floor which is raised off the bottom of the expandable section to insulate the floorboard from the exposed, bottom surf...

A percutaneous implant device includes a structure for storing a bioreactive agent such as an antimicrobic agent, an anti-inflammatory drug, a growth hormone, and an antifungal drug. The structure can take the form of a container or a solid solution. The percutaneous device has a conduit, and the structure containing the bioreactive agent is disposed under the skin and around the conduit in the vicinity where the conduit passes through the skin of the living host. The structure containing the bi...

A protected fiber optic waveguide comprising: (I) a core; (II) a cladding disposed on, around, and in contact with the exterior surface of the core; and (III) a buffer coating disposed on, around, and in contact with the exterior surface of the cladding, the buffer coating comprising a polysiloxane material comprising: (a) a polydimethylsiloxane and (b) a copolysiloxane comprising (i) a repeat unit selected from the group consisting of methylphenylsiloxane and diphenylsiloxane and (ii) a dimethy...

A double jacket arc lamp is disclosed. A double jacket arc lamp may be formed with an electric lamp capsule having an inner light transmissive envelope with electrical leads extending from the inner envelope through a first seal, and a second light transmissive envelope sealed to the inner envelope at a second seal to substantially surround the electric lamp capsule and form an enclosed volume between a portion of the exterior of the inner envelope and the interior of the outer envelope, and lea...

A protected metal article consisting of a core of sheet steel coated sequentially with a protective metal consisting essentially of zinc; a fibrous glass cloth impressed into the protective metal and a weather-resistant outer coating applied to the fibrous glass cloth. The fibrous glass cloth may comprise either a glass fiber thread woven fabric or a bonded mat formed from randomly oriented continuous glass fiber filaments. The article is prepared by applying a molten protective metal coating co...

An add/drop interface is connected in series with a data bus and is constructed for receiving an add/drop module. The add/drop interface includes a data selection multiplexer which receives through data from the data bus and add/drop from the module and selects the proper output data in response to a signal received from a controller in said interface. The controller provides a signal to drive the data selection multiplexer to select the add/drop data only after all transient signals resulting f...