PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the sure avoidance of a vent hole from being blocked by preventing a molding material from flowing in the vent hole by a method wherein a spring means, which is formed integral with an on-off valve main body and opens the on-off valve main body, is provided. SOLUTION: The sealing surfaces 6 and 5 of a vent base 2 and of an on-off valve main body 1 consists of conic...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the sure centering of a band-like member pasting to a forming drum and prevent the tip and terminal of a joint part of the forming drum from getting out of position stepwise. SOLUTION: The tip and terminal of a belting 14 are displaced in advance to the direction opposite to the direction, to which its tip and terminal displace when the tip and terminal of the belt...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent image quality from being deteriorated as a result of clogging of a gear, by providing at least a first rotary body gear of the first and a second rotary body gears constituting a power transmission gear mechanism with a clogging substance-removing means for removing a substance adhering to the gear which causes the clogging. SOLUTION: In a color image-forming appar...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the piston area of an actuator so as to enhance the freedom of a pipe line by providing a friction clutch for reducing the yaw-moment of a vehicle body, a speed change mechanism and the actuator. SOLUTION: A differential gear device comprises a differential mechanism 27 for distributing a drive force transmitted from an engine to a differential gear casing 5, to t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control a change gear ratio and engine torque by computing target driving torque on the basis of an accelerator pedal pressure. SOLUTION: The full line shows driving torque in a throttle full-open time. In an area in which a vehicle speed is 0-a, target torque for an accelerator pedal pressure is a value B when a driver presses down the accelerator pedal to the value B, fo...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle follow-up control device which can ensure safety during a start or a rush at a road crossing or a railway crossing or intervention of a vehicle. SOLUTION: A vehicle follow-up running control device comprises a vehicle ahead start confirming means 22 for delivering a start confirming signal F from the vehicle ahead during stopping under follow-up control, ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate packaging work of a compact disc for mailing and distribution and reduce postage by containing a compact disc in a packaging film together with a mount having the substantially the same width as that of the compact disc, folding back both side portions of the packaging film, and welding and cutting both ends of the packaging film. SOLUTION: A compact disc 2 and ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently match a drivability demanded by a driver and a real drivability of an automobile added thereto with each other by switching a first driving torque on the basis of an intake air rate and a second driving torque on the basis of a transmission gear ratio of an automatic transmission. SOLUTION: At the time of automobile operation, a step-down rate of an accelerati...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently match a drivability demanded by a driver and a real drivability with each other by changing the transmission gear ratio of an automatic transmission when an opening of an intake air rate control valve is nearly fully opened, and controlling an opening of the control valve to a setting value in synchronism with a start or completed period of change of transmiss...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the driving force characteristic from being changed during the period of vehicle traveling in a traffic jam in a device for controlling the driving force of a vehicle, when the driving force characteristic is changed in response to the attribute of a region where the vehicle travels. SOLUTION: The vehicular driving force control device detects the present position ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a differential gear provided with a differential lock mechanism of structure facilitating work. SOLUTION: In a bevel gear type differential gear provided with a differential case 1, recessed groove 3 in an internal periphery of the differential case 1, pinion shaft 5 locked to the recessed groove 3, pinion gear 7 on the pinion shaft 5, pair of output side gears 11,...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To compensate influence which the detection error of the position of a self-vehicle exerts on the judgment of the passage propriety of a curve and to judge precise passage propriety. SOLUTION: It is assumed that speed is decelerated from vehicle speed (V0 ) in a self-vehicle position (P0 ) at prescribed reference deceleration speed (&beta ), and the passage possible vehicle s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dryer for a battery electrode plate of high speed an high efficiency without any occurrence of a crack over the entire surface of the battery electrode plate. SOLUTION: A dryer comprises an air supporting drum 1 for blowing out drying air through pores so as to wind battery electrode plates 4 in a floating state, and a nozzle chamber 6 having a plurality of slit ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decrease the difference in specific gravity between an upper part and a lower part of a retainer by a gassing action and suppress drop in discharge capacity caused by difference in specific gravity by positioning the surface of an electrolyte higher than the upper part of an electrode plate in forming a sealed lead-acid battery jar. SOLUTION: An electrode plate group and a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase discharge capacity and lengthen cycle life by adding a compound of an alkali metal and/or an alkali earth metal having the specified range of particle distribution to a positive plate. SOLUTION: A compound of an alkali metal and/or an alkali earth metal having a particle distribution of 10-1000&mu m is added to lead powder, water is added to the mixture, they are ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control operation of a prime mover that is connected mechanically or electrically using a motor, regardless of a variation in voltage from a battery means. SOLUTION: When a target driving point of an engine 50 set on the basis of target revolutions and torque is out of a controllable range for a clutch motor 30 determined by a voltage of a battery 94, the target revolution...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a power output unit comprising a motor for rotating the output shaft and the drive shaft of a prime mover relatively, and a motor to be coupled with the output shaft and the drive shaft of the prime mover in which a brake force can be applied to the drive shaft. SOLUTION: The power output unit 20 comprises an engine 50, a clutch motor 30 having rotors 31, 33 coupled...

The invention relates to a method for taking cephalometric images. The method of the invention comprises taking cephalometric images by means of a horizontally directed scanning motion and regulating the exposure level automatically.

The invention comprises subjecting shellfish (2) to infrared radiation (4,6) for a time preferably between 30 seconds and 3 minutes and involves three phases during which the shellfish (2) are exposed to radiation firstly from above, then over the entire shell surface and finally from below. The installation comprises an endless conveyor (12) equipped with upper emitters (16) placed above the conv...