A device suitable for supporting a component, such as a flat display screen, which device comprises a first arm, which can be connected to a wall with a first end thereof, being pivotable about a first pivot axis, and which is connected to a first end of a second arm with a second end thereof, being pivotable about a second pivot axis, which second arm can be connected to the component that is to be supported with a second end thereof, being pivotable about a third pivot axis. The device is furt...

A heat exchanger, in particular a brazed heat exchanger (1) for motor vehicles, has at least one header tank (2) having two junction pieces (3, 4), a binocular-shaped flange (7) for the fastening of pipes and being inserted into the junction pieces (3, 4) which are arranged adjacently at a spacing a with respect to one another. The flange (7) can be produced from plastic and is formed in two parts, so that it is divided essentially in a plane T which is arranged between, preferably at half the s...

A ball suitable for water games includes a gel section only comprising a gel, an outer elastic shell section provided above an exterior surface of the gel section, and a floating enhancement section in the interior of the ball adjacent the gel section and including a plastic material and a gas. The ball may have both bouncing and floating properties.

A retractable lens barrel achieving thinning thereof in both directions parallel and perpendicular to a photographic optical axis. The lens barrel has a first lens and a second lens disposed in an inside thereof, and has a structure in which an optical axis of the second lens is aligned with an optical axis of the first lens when photographing, and the first lens is moved to a housed position and the second lens is moved in a retreating direction from the optical axis of the first lens when the ...

A fabric used as outerwear having a stabilized substrate, an adhesive and flock adhered to the substrate with the adhesive. The adhesive is dried and cured, preferably aerated. A waterproof film may be applied either to the substrate or to a lining adjacent the substrate. The flock may be flattened into a laid down condition.

An endoscope suitable for autoclaving in accordance with the present invention has a barrier that separates an interior from an exterior. When the barrier is located at a predetermined position, consideration is taken into a displacement of the barrier between the position of the barrier observed before start of autoclaving and the position thereof observed after completion of the autoclaving during which predetermined pressure is applied and a thermal load is imposed.

A semiconductor device includes a rigid member embedded in a resin package body for supporting thereon outer leads that extend from the resin package body and test pads provided on the outer leads for testing the semiconductor device.

Disclosed is an aluminum alloy suitable for high temperature applications comprised of at least 9.0 wt. % Si, 3.0 to 7.0 wt. % Ni, 1.5 to 6.0 wt. % Cu, at least one of the elements selected from Mg, Mn, V, Sc, Fe, Ti, Sr, Zn, B and Cr, the remainder aluminum and impurities.

Disclosed herein is a picture frame made entirely of injection molded transparent plastic material. The frame includes a generally planar front side and a back side divided into a viewing area and a border area. The viewing area is generally planar and the border area has corner support and positioning members extending from each of the four corners and a holding member extending from the central part of each of the sides. The holding member includes a positioning portion for assisting and posit...

The present invention comprises a device suitable for mixing medicaments which comprises two separate containers. The first container is provided with a reservoir section and a neck section such that the cross section of the neck section is less than the cross section of the reservoir. A stopper is snugly fit within the neck section adjacent to the reservoir and a spike and plunger member is snugly fit within the neck section adjacent the stopper on the side opposite the reservoir. The spike and...