Neste Oy

Oy Graana Finland Ab

Grana Oy

Esko Savolainen

Toivo Karna

Jukka Laakso

Olli Ikkala

Esa Virtanen

Heikki Ruohonen

Ahti Kemppi

Kalle M Levon

Jukka-Pekka Nieminen

Helge Lindstrom

Timo Niemi

Asko Maisti

Pauli Kirmanen

Niilo Jaasko

Alejandro Andreatta

Hannele Jarvinen

Kalevi Lind

Hannu Reiman

Kimmo Vakiparta

Toivo K Arn A

Hannele J Arvinen

Kimmo V Akiparta

Raimo Kaukinen

Olli Walden

The invention relates to a method and device for fixing a faucet to a mounting (), such as a worktop or a sinktop. A fixing collar () is fastened to the top surface of a mounting by turning from above one or more set screws () extending from the fixing collar () over a distance below a bottom surface of the worktop. Turning of the screw is used for raising a clamping claw (), which is in engagement with the threading of said set screw and which is steered by means of a guide () extending downward from the fixing collar and used for disallowing a rotation of the clamping claw () along with the set screw (). The bottom end of a faucet body () or its extension is fastened around the fixing collar () by expanding the fixing collar () by an actuation means, such as a screw ().

Method and device for fixing a faucet to a mounting

An electrically conducting plastic material is produced by blending a polyaniline or a derivative thereof with an organic sulfonic acid or a derivative thereof. A reaction product or blend of a polyaniline or a derivative thereon with an organic sulfonic acid or a derivative thereof can be brought to an easy-to-handle or directly melt-processable form through a heat-treatment process carried out at approx. +40.degree. to +250.degree. C. The obtained plastic material is advantageously further improved by blending the heat-treated reaction product or blend with a thermoplastic polymer and then melt-processing the mixed blend. The properties of the resulting compound material exhibit complete compatibility of the heat-treated reaction product or blend with the thermoplastic polymer.

Conducting polymer material and method for its production

The invention relates to a conductive polymer complex which contains a polyaniline or derivative thereof doped with a protonic acid. By the method according to the invention, a conductive polymer is obtained having substantially reduced acidity, sufficiently high conductivity level, and which is suitable, for example, for being melt processed in conventional plastics processing apparatus. The acidity of the conductive polymer can be reduced by having the conductive polymer contain both a metal compound and an additionally neutralizing compound. The obtained conductive polymer material, having a pH value of approximately 3-8, can be mixed with an insulating polymer to produce a conductive plastics mixture. The invention also relates to a method of preparing a conductive polymer that is more processable by incorporating therein a plasticizing agent selected from the group consisting of water, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alcohol, and mixtures thereof.

Conductive plastics material and a method for its preparation

Compositions and methods are described that relate to the use of reaction products of metal compounds and protonic acids for plasticizing and neutralizing acidic, protonated compositions comprising substituted and unsubstituted polyanilines and co-polymers and or mixtures thereof; and for reducing the percolation threshold for conductivity in blends with insulating bulk polymers.

Metal compound/protonic acid containing electrically conductive

An electrically conducting plastic material is produced by blending a polyaniline or a derivative thereof with an organic sulfonic acid or a derivative thereof. A reaction product or blend of a polyaniline or a derivative thereof with an organic sulfonic acid or a derivative thereof can be brought to an easy-to-handle or directly melt-processable form through a heat-treatment process carried out at approx. +40.degree. to +250.degree. C. The obtained plastic material is advantageously further improved by blending the heat-treated reaction product or blend with a thermoplastic polymer and then melt-processing the mixed blend. The properties of the resulting compound material exhibit complete compatibility of the heat-treated reaction product or blend with the thermoplastic polymer.

Electrically conductive compositions and methods for their preparation

A storage battery (10) comprises several cells (1) enclosed within a housing, each cell containing electrolyte and plates coated with positive mass, negative mass, and positive and negative mass on different sections thereof. The cells are separated from each other with separator plates (14), and the requisite electrically conducting connectors are provided for connecting the plates and/or cells. Each cell (11) contains positive and negative plates (12,13,15). Each cell (11) is packed in an individual electrically insulating housing (16) so that merely the ends (12a,13a) of the plates (12,13) need to be electrically interconnected, respectively. The ends (12b, 13b) of the plates (12,13) are connected to the terminals (17,18) which emerge from the housing (16) to be electrically connected. For providing electrical conductivity, the spaces between the cells (11) and the end walls of the outer cells (11) are made electrically conductive with an electricity conduction joint (19).

Storage battery

The present invention concerns a procedure for producing an envelope structure for a storage battery having a housing, a cover, and partitions separating cells therein. The battery in particular comprises one or several cells enclosed within the housing, with each cell containing electrolyte and monopolar plates and/or bipolar plates separated from one another by separator plates, and being coated with positive and/or negative active mass, in addition to the requisite electrical connectors interconnecting the cells and/or plates. The envelope structure of the storage battery is produced by casting with electrically-insulating an electrolyte-impermeable material, using in the casting the cells of the storage battery at an inner mold, and separately-constructed mold structure as an outer mold. Wall thickness of the housing of the storage battery is defined with the aid of a spacer structure remaining inside the cast.

Procedure for producing an envelope structure for a storage battery

The present invention concerns a gas vault structure for a storage battery having one or several cells enclosed in a housing, each cell containing electrolyte and monopolar plates and/or bipolar plates separated from one another by separator plates and coated with positive and/or negative mass, along with requisite electrical connectors interconnecting cells and/or plates. The gas vault structure is arranged to serve as an inner core for producing a gas space during casting of the housing of the storage battery, and/or of the cover, and/or of the partitions separating the cells.

Gas vault structure for a storage battery

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Esko Savolainen