Method for using data of a patient for adjusting the teeth, comprising of: making a first and second photographic image of a front view and a side view of the patient; calculating on the basis of the first and second photographic images: a first measure for the direction of the canine line relative to the eye line, a second measure for the direction of the occlusion plane relative to the camper's plane; providing a study model; providing a master model on the basis of the study model; transferring the first and second measures to the master model.

Improved pillow that is essentially constructed from a core (2) composed of foam springs (3) that are at least partially manufactured from a viscoelastic material and a foam layer that is affixed around this core (2) as a jacket (4), characterised in that the jacket (4) is manufactured from an air permeable foam or a foam made air permeable with an open cell structure and hydrophilic properties, and that the jacket (4) is fastened to at least part of the foam springs (3) so that the jacket (4) follows the deformations of the foam springs (3) fastened to it.

The invention relates to a prosthesis that can be used to capture and deodorise gases expelled distally from the human digestive tract. The invention comprises at least one tubular part suitable for insertion into the human rectum and including at least one cavity, the main opening therein being turned towards the proximal end of the rectum. The aforementioned cavity can receive gases, faecal matter and secretions from the digestive tract. Said cavity can retain faecal matter and secretions, while allowing gases to pass therethrough towards a deodorisation circuit. The tubular part bears on the walls of the rectum, such as to obstruct the natural gas passage along these walls and to direct said gases towards a deodorisation circuit. The invention comprises a second, ring-shaped part placed outside the body, said ring-shaped part channelling the gases and acting as a bearing point for maintaining the part located inside the rectum in a suitable position. The two parts are connected by a third, tubular flexible part which is involved in the gas capture process. The gases captured in this manner are deodorised by means of physical and chemical absorption and adsorption.

Device for unlocking a door, comprising at least one operating element; a bolt; a coupling which can be placed in the door and which is coupled between the bolt and the operating element, wherein the coupling comprises a pair of scissor arms mounted rotatably around a fixed shaft, and a pair of pivot arms, wherein each pivot arm is connected at a first end for pivoting around a first shaft to a scissor arm and connected at a second end for pivoting around a second shaft to a push part intended to engage against the bolt, such that a tilting of the operating element brings about a movement of the push part, and thus of the bolt.

Vehicle with a bodywork, wherein a channel (10) is formed in the bodywork which extends from an inlet (3) to an outlet (4, 5), wherein at least one control element (13) is arranged movably in said channel in order to force an airflow flowing through the channel to flow asymmetrically through the channel in order to thus generate a lateral force (F) on the vehicle.

A Digital-to-Analog Cjonverter contains a digital shift register and a digital multiplexer. Durir g each input signal clock period, the Digital-to-Analog Converter is multiplexed in time to perform multiple conversions on samples stored in the shift register. In this way, a weighted average of seyeral signal samples is calculated, which corresponds to a FIR filter operation. Errors due! to Quantisation Noise, INL or DNL undergo the same FIR filter characteristic.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing pile carpet or pile carpet tiles, wherein a pile yarn (8) is connected via a pile thread holder (1) to at least a primary backing (7), wherein the pile thread holder (1) comprises a plurality of pile thread guide channels (2) which perforate the pile thread holder (1) through two opposite sides, wherein the pile thread holder (1) is provided between a pile thread gripping station (14) on a first perforated side (5) and a primary backing (7) on a second perforated side (6) such that the pile yarn (8) is arranged via the first perforated side (5) through a pile thread guide channel (2) to the second perforated side (6) onto, into or through the backing (7).

The present invention relates to a new synthesis procedure for a family of silica based polymer materials synthesized through the interconnection of silicate oligomers with reactive silanes. By using this synthesis it is possible to generate novel silica based polymer materials. The present invention thus also relates to the members of this group of ordered silica based polymer materials whereby silicate oligomers are interconnected trough siloxane bridges and with empirical formulae Abx, whereby A presents the silicate oligomer, b the siloxane bridge and x the ratio between the number of silanes and the number of silicate oligomers in the material. This group of materials are particulary useful for certain applications. In another aspect, the present invention provides the use of the materials of present invention as a fire retardant coating, to enforce polymers, as a cross linking agent in polymers, as adsorbent in water purification, in separation processes, as catalyst or catalyst support in catalysis, for spin-coating of thin films, for spin-coating of thin films with low k dielectric layers in integrated circuit applications, in sensors, as (super)hydrophobic anti-ice coating on airplanes and windmills, as anti-fouling coating inside for instance in pipelines, as anti-dirt coating.

Device for preventing a biological growth on a surface immersed in water, and this device comprises a sound generator to propagate ultrasound, and this sound generator is formed by a transducer and an electrical or electronic controller for this transducer that is connected to an electricity supply that can be connected to an electrical power source, characterised in that the device is equipped with a meter for measuring the duration of the power failures of the supply of the sound generator.

The invention relates to a method for generating constant and ecological energy, enabling the actuation of compatible rotary machines using a very low supply of external or self-produced energy, and to a device for implementing said method.