The use of a fabric sheath (2), or other article, on a conduit (1), for example a pipe or flexible hose, to provide abrasion resistance or other forms of protection, for example impact protection or cut-through protection, thereto; and fabric sheaths suitable for such use. A preferred form of circumferentially-heat-shrinkable sheath of woven fabric, capable of use on a conduit, for example to provide impact cushioning and/or abrasion resistance, provides a substantially unobscured outer fabric s...

A plug for protecting the interior of a recessed area of a component during storage is disclosed herein. The plug includes a lubrication fitting positioned thereon to flow a protective material, such as grease, into the cavity between the lower end of the plug and the recessed area and any remaining voids between the walls of the plug and the walls of the recessed area. The plug may also include an engagement surface to assist in the insertion and removal of the plug into and out of recessed are...

Systems and methods are provided that prevent faulty drivers from being loaded and/or can prevent faulty drivers from being installed. Thus, instability of a computer system can be mitigated. Additionally, the occurrence of data corruption, system halting and the like can be reduced. A requested driver is compared to a list of faulty drivers from a faulty driver database. If the requested driver is in the list of faulty drivers, the requested driver is deemed faulty or defective, and is prevente...

A method for the protection of trees of the families Musaceae or Plantanginaceae from destructive pests whereby the trees to be protected share a common root system.

A device for forming a seal around an elongate member, such as a wire, is provided. A device includes a first housing part and a second housing part movably connected to the first part. Sealing material such as a gel is positioned in the first housing part and provides a surface onto which the elongate member may be placed. A first member is positioned in the second housing part so as to displace the elongate member substantially laterally into the sealing material on movement of the second hous...

A device for environmental protection of an electrical component on a mount, e.g. a circuit board, includes: a first housing part; a second housing part which together with the first housing part provides a substantially closed housing; a mount (e.g. a circuit board) for an electrical component that may be movably secured with respect to the first housing part; and a sealing material positioned between the mount and a surface of the first housing part; such that the mount can be moved with respe...

An eye protection apparatus is disclosed that includes detachable dome-shaped eye protection portions.

In a protection circuit for a plurality of fans, an element is associated with each fan. The impedance or the current value of the element indicates the operation condition of the fan. For example, the impedance or the current value may be low if the fan is operative or functioning normally, and high when the fan is inoperative or functioning abnormally. The elements are arranged in parallel between two conductive lines. A detection circuit determines the total impedance or current value between...

A protection assembly (22) for a wing catheter (10) is described, the protection assembly having: a sleeve member (24) adapted to be longitudinally displaced relative to the wing catheter from a needle exposed position to a needle protected position; and fixing means for fixing the sleeve member in the needle protected position, wherein the sleeve member comprises a pair of submembers (26, 28) adapted to be locked together to form the sleeve member, the sub-members defining open-ended slots ther...

A protection apparatus for protecting elderly individuals that fall in a bathtub and hit their head on the edge thereof, as well as hospital patients who may cause damage to themselves by striking the restraining bars placed on a bed includes a longitudinally extending internal member adapted to be draped over a hard relatively narrow edge such as a bathtub; a first protective material covering the internal member top and bottom surfaces, a second protective covering completely covering the firs...