To break down wood materials by ripping, e.g. tree trunks and the like, it is fed by a conveyor (1) between preliminary ripping rotors (2,3) and then carried directly to a main rotor (4). The material is fed to the preliminary rotors at a slower speed than their peripheral speeds and it is thrown to the main rotor at a slower speed than its rotary speed. A mantle (8) shrouds the under side of the ...

A non-intrusive method and apparatus for determining the center of gravity o f a package, while the package is moving. A multi-segment conveyor is used havin g segments at different slopes relative to each other, along with sensors used to approximate the time it takes a box to "tilt" from one conveyor segment to the other. Also disclosed is th e use of a herringbone conveyor in conjunction with a...

An oval umbrella system (10) for providing improved precipitation protection for individuals. The umbrella system includes a support member (20), a handle member (30) attached to an end of the support member, a collar (22) slidably positioned about the support member, a plurality of first rib linkages (40) extending from the support member, a plurality of second rib linkages (60) extending from th...

The invention discloses a large portable umbrella which relates to the technical field of large foldable umbrella. A large portable umbrella of the invention includes an umbrella column, supporting arms, tarpaulin, cover arms supporting tarpaulin, a develop-fold mechanism, an upper umbrella disk fixed on the top of the umbrella column, and a lower umbrella disk movable up and down along the umbrel...

A reversible umbrella is provided. This device includes a supportive pole having an upper portion and a lower portion and a canopy assembly slidably mounted thereon. The canopy assembly further includes first, second, and third sliding collars mounted on the supportive pole; a canopy attached to a plurality of canopy support rods, wherein each of the plurality of canopy support rods is hingeably a...

A tire for a vehicle wheel includes a carcass structure, a belt structure, a tread, a pair of sidewalls, and at least one layer of sealing composition placed in a radially inner position with respect to the tread. The carcass structure includes at least one carcass ply shaped in a substantially toroidal configuration. Opposite lateral edges of the carcass structure are associated with respective b...

A light head is mounted on a common base, and includes a light source in a mounting base. The base is mounted on a collapsible elongated pole, and the pole is for mounting on an outside wall of a carrying case. There is a carrying handle for the case, an electrical power outlet mounted on a wall, base or lid of the case and for plugging in an electrical wire to power the light head. The interior o...

An automatic plant for producing tyres includes a plurality of work stations and a plurality of devices for transferring the tyres from one work station to another work station and for moving the tyres within a same work station. Each work station is designed to assemble one or more corresponding structural components of the tyres. At least one of the structural components is supplied from a machi...

System stability is managed. It is determined that a data storage system is responsive to an enclosure that is unstable. Based on the determination, the enclosure is temporarily prevented from being added to the data storage system.

A fiber optical illumination delivery system, which is effective in reducing the effects of source coherence. The system preferably utilizes either a single bundle of optical fibers, or serial bundles of optical fibers. In the single bundle embodiment, the differences in optical lengths between different fibers of the bundle is preferably made to be equal to even less than the coherence length of ...

A method for forming a compact from a powder wherein a forming portion 1A in a mold body 2 is filled with a raw powder and upper and lower punches 3,4 are fitted into the forming portion 1A to form the compact. Prior to filling the formin g portion 1A with the raw powder M, a solution L with a lubricant being uniformly dissolv ed in a solvent is applied to a peripheral portion of the forming porti...

SISTEMA AUTOMATIZADO PARA LEITURA DE CONSUMO, CÁLCULO E GERAÇçO DE BOLETO EM TEMPO REAL DE MEDIDORES DE ENERGIA, ÁGUA/ESGOTO E OUTROS SERVIÇOS DE USO COLETIVO, APLICADOS EM EDIFICAÇÕES RESIDENCIAIS E COMERCIAIS. Composto por quatro etapas distintas sendo a primeira (A): os dados de consumo são colhidos pelo Leiturista e os insere num Terminal POS(2) que envia tais dados à Central (3); a segunda (B...

The invention relates to a longitudinal seat adjustment device having an upper rail and a lower rail. The upper rail sits in the lower rail. Between the two rails a spindle is fixedly connected to the lower rail. Drivable on the spindle is a transmission, which can be retained in a specific manner by slotted bridges in the case of a crash.

A cementitious composition for cementing an oil or gas well and which exhibits when cured, increased flexural strength and a flexural strength to compressive strength ratio between from about 0.29 to about 0.80, contains a hydraulically-active cementitious material, such as Portland cement, and substantially spherical zeolite. Representative zeolites include natrolite, heulandite, analcime, chabaz...

A metal powder production apparatus includes a supply part for supplying molten metal and a nozzle having a first member and a second member by which an orifice for injecting water is defined. The first member has a gradually reducing inner diameter portion. A heat insulating layer for cutting off radiant heat emitted from the molten metal is formed on the gradually reducing inner diameter portion...

In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods of controllably making a vinyl polymer hydrogel having desired physical properties without chemical cross links or radiation. The gelation process is modulated by controlling, for example, the temperature of a resultant vinyl polymer mixture having a gellant or using active ingredients provided in an inactive gellant complex. In acco...

A process for efficiently producing an agglomerate resulting from removal of impurities from a water-base latex of rubbery polymer particles or dry Powder thereof and producing a dispersion having rubbery polymer particles dispersed in an organic solvent, and a process for efficiently producing a resin composition of low impurity content, in which the state of dispersion of rubbery polymer particl...

An optical head which is capable of realizing a stable tracking control, even if the rotational center of an information recording medium is not located on the extension line of the transfer directions of a light-concentrating element, includes: a semiconductor laser which emits a beam of light; an objective lens which concentrates the beam of light on an optical disk; a transfer mechanism which t...

An automatic gearshifting process and/or disengagement process of a coupling-dependent power take off for a vehicle with the power take off engaged and when the vehicle is in motion. The power tapping at the power take off is minimized before a gearshift and/or disengagement of the claw clutch of the power take off takes place. One advantage is that gearshifting can be realized with engaged coupli...

The object of this invention is to provide a sales support system of sales subjects by which the date of delivery (delivery date) of sales subjects including commodities, products or service may be shortened. In order to achieve the object, the sales support system of this invention has a terminal system 51 which is provided with input means to input information related to the sales subject receiv...