PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inexpensively provide a small-sized tractor with an overdrive gear mechanism and a reverse rotation gear mechanism without remarkably changing a conventional mission case, and suppress abrasion of tires while switching to two-wheels driving under the overdriving state. SOLUTION: In this mechanism, a gear chamber 17 is formed on a front side of a mission case 14. Inside the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce fuel consumption by performing the operation in lean by performing the operation in lean to a point where the fuel consumption is minimum, then switching fuel consumption stoichiometrically without changing the gear ratio, increasing the output without changing the gear ratio until the fuel consumption becomes minimum, and changing the gear ratio after the fuel cons...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exhibit favorable drivability by surely performing down-shift in the case where torque is shortage to the acceleration request in the shift position. SOLUTION: According to a target driving force and a reduction gear ratio corresponding to the shift position, a computing unit 3 calculates necessary engine torque. The target engine torque is supplied to a throttle control m...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relieve a sudden torque fluctuation by decreasing the output of an internal combustion engine by a torque down means during designated time when switching the change response from the quick state to the slow state. SOLUTION: A rotating speed from an engine rotating speed sensor, a car speed signal from a car speed sensor 302, and a throttle opening from a throttle opening ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the safety of a rail truck by stopping the travel of the truck immediately when engine speed has exceed a predetermined speed, while always taking the same time to do so. SOLUTION: A rail truck which uses an internal combustion engine 2 as its driving source for travel is provided with a travel stop means, a signal output means 4 which detects the time when engine ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stabilize the running condition of a vehicle by anticipating the slip limit of a wheel through operations, and controlling according to the slip limit a braking force or driving force applied to the wheel. SOLUTION: A road surface friction coefficient &mu generated on a wheel and a lateral force Fy generated on its axle are estimated through operations, and when the verti...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent unexpected movement of a stopped vehicle by so constitut ing a side clutch device that it can not be disconnected when a braking device is operated into the braking state. SOLUTION: When a brake operating tool is operated into the braking state, if a side clutch device is in the 'disconnected' state, restraining tools (54) and (54) collide with a shift fork operato...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide, for producing continuously from a tube made of a sheet type heat seal packaging material fed along a vertical feeder for filling food a sterilized and sealed package storing food able to be injected, a packaging unit, which is simple in structure and whose cutting equipment can be changed easily. SOLUTION: This packaging unit is provided each with a chain conveyor...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To autonomously control the feed of a continuous paper in paper passing by arranging an upstream roller and a downstream roller across a paper passing passage, and providing the downstream roller in a displaceable manner across the paper passing passage. SOLUTION: When the paper feed is started, a driving mechanism 3 is operated, and an upstream roller 1 and a downstream roll...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a binding device with which snow board shoes can be mounted on boards with hand free and backlash does not occur even after long-term use. SOLUTION: This device has a shoe side fitting 5 and a board side fitting 3, and 1st ant 2nd bars 7A and 7B extended almost forth and back are attached on the left and right sides of an attachment base 6 fixed on the base of a sn...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extend using longevity of a cross punching blade, a die cylinder, etc., and to reduce their weight. SOLUTION: An axis L1 of a die cylinder 20 and an anvil cylinder arranged between a pair of frames 50, 50 separated in a direction to cross with a sheet feeding direction P on this die cutter is set in parallel with a standard line L2 orthogonal with the feeding direction P. ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form a sipe forming blade into an accurate shape inexpensively. SOLUTION: Two blade main bodies 31 and 32 of given shape having slits 33, 34, 35 and 36 are provided, and the slits 33 and 35 of the blade main body 31 and the slits 34 and 36 of the blade main body 32 are fitted each other respectively and combinedly together to simplify the forming work of a blade 30, and al...

A fluid level detection system (50) for ink in a printing press (10) having a vessel (58) having walls (60) defining a chamber (62), an elongated rotatable shaft (64) in the chamber (62), a motor (66) for rotating the shaft (64), an elongated flexible blade (68) affixed to the shaft 64 such th at the motor (66) rotates the blade (68), and a proximity sensor (72) adjacent the walls (60) of the vess...

An automated guided vehicle (AGV) control system which is downward compatible with existing guidewire systems providing both guidewire navigation and communication and autonomous navigation and guidance and wireless communication between a central controller and each vehicle. FIGS. 90, 91, 92, 93, and 94 provide a map showing relative orientation of the schematic circuits seen in FIGS. 90A-B, 91A-...

A utility cart which includes a cart frame fitted with a pair of fixed rear wheels and a pair of steerable front wheels and further including an ice chest or ice chest receptacle with double hinged lids and lid covers and a storage compartment located adjacent to the ice chest. Removable chair supports are upward-standing from the storage compartment for stacking one or more folded lawn chairs or ...

A thermal insulating foamed material is a polyurethane foam having closed cells, and produced by mixing, agitating and foaming a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a foam stabilizer, a catalyst, a blowing agent and a carbon dioxide adsorbent. The carbon dioxide adsorbent is produced by mixing and granulating powders of at least one member of alkali metal hydroxides and alkaline-earth metal hydroxides and o...

Anti-fog and scratch resistant polyurethane compositions are disclosed which include an isocyanate prepolymer, a hydrophilic polyol and an isocyanate-reactive surfactant. The reaction product of the component produces enhanced properties having permanent anti-fog and scratch-resistant characteristics. These compositions may be used as coatings, films and self-supporting articles. Plastic substrate...

The invention discloses a new class of silicone surfactants and their use for the preparation of flexible urethane foam. The surfactants incorporate high molecular weight polyethers prepared with narrower molecular weight distributions than conventional polyethers. These polyethers are prepared using a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst. These surfactants are better foam stabilizers than the anal...

A water solvent extraction degreasing method capable of reducing degreasing time without consideration of abrupt decomposition/vaporization and swelling caused by heat. An organic binder is removed from a molded product that is produced by a powder material mixed with the organic binder and this organic binder contains at least one water-soluble organic compound and at least one water-insoluble th...

The process uses a supply column and additional heat exchangers associated with absorption columns. Air and methanol from outside and a subcurrent of methanol, originating from a cold methanol current exiting from the supply column, are fed to the supply column. This exiting current recirculates through the additional heat exchangers and is divided into the subcurrent which returns to the supply c...