A sharp edged aperture for use with radiation sensing apparatus to permit radiation to pass through a relatively thick layer of radiation absorbing material with a minimum of reflection off the edges of the opening by utilizing a thin layer of radiation blocking material overlaying the layer of radiation absorbing material.

A system for folding sheet material, including a fold blade, two fold rollers biased away from each other, an adjusting member which alters a distance between the two fold rollers, and first drive means for moving at least one of the fold blade and the two fold rollers along a first path to position the fold blade between the two fold rollers.

Methods for producing (1) a shelf stable, spreadable maple syrup product with a consistency of clear honey and (2) a shelf stable, thick, pourable maple syrup product with a viscosity of common table syrup are provided, which comprises adding a sucrose-cleaving enzyme to maple syrup and incubating the resulting solution. Also provided are (1) a shelf stable, spreadable maple syrup product with a consistency of clear honey, which may be used as a spread, or sweetener or a topping and (2) a shelf ...

A thick film thermal head includes a plurality of first and second electrodes which extend in a sub-scanning direction and are alternately arranged in a main scanning direction intersecting the sub-scanning direction at predetermined spaces. A resistance heater continuously extends in the main scanning direction across the first and second electrodes. Parts of the resistance heater between adjacent first and second electrodes form a plurality of resistance heater elements which are arranged in t...

The present invention relates to a thick matter pump comprising at least two pump units alternating in the pump and suction mode, a delivery line, a suction line and a switching valve for switching between the pump units, one pump unit being connected in the pump mode by the switching valve to the delivery line, and one pump unit being connected to the suction line in the suction mode. The filling level of the pump unit in the suction mode is to be improved. To this end a pressure boosting devic...

A photosensitive thick film composition. The photosensitive thick film composition can produce electrode material with high resolution and high contrast. The photosensitive thick film composition includes an acrylic copolymer, a photoinitiator, a reactive monomer, a conductive metal, glass powder, an additive, and an organic solvent.

The invention relates to a travelling thick matter pump with a driving mechanism presenting an automobile engine (40) and a gear boxy (42), wherein the driven shaft (46) of the gear boxy can be connected via an interposable transfer gear (48) to a hydraulic pump (54) in order to drive the which matter pump (24) and a speed limitation device for the setting of a maximum engine speed during operation of the pump. I order to selectively ensure optimum pump operation, according to the invention the ...

A robust thick film conductor construction making an electric circuit connection of an electric component (20) to a Ag:Pd conductor (12) on a substrate. A substantially pure Ag conductor (10) is printed, dried, and fired on the substrate, then the Ag:Pd conductor is printed, dried, and fired such that a portion of the latter overlaps a portion of the Ag conductor. A first solder layer (16) is printed over the Ag conductor, including the overlap region (14), and reflowed. A second solder layer (1...

A thick-film resistor paste consists of a first glass powder, a second glass powder, a conductive material powder, and an organic vehicle. A quantity of the first glass powder mixed is larger than a quantity of the second glass powder mixed. The first glass powder contains, in total, 95 percentage by weight or above of CaO of 20 to 26 percentage by weight, SiO.sub.2 of 37 to 59 percentage by weight, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 of 5 to 13 percentage by weight and B.sub.2 O.sub.3 of 8 to 28 percentage by wei...

A monolithic thick film inductor is made by printing alternating conductive layers and dielectric layers above one another, using the same dielectric printing screen and the same conductor printing screen for printing each of the dielectric layers and the conductive layers respectively. Each of the coil printing screen and the dielectric screen are indexed to n different positions in order to print each of the n layers. The resulting inductor includes a plurality of helical coil segments stacked...