A robotic cart pulling vehicle includes a positioning error reducing system for reducing accumulated error in the ded-reckoning navigational system. The positioning error reducing system including at least one of a low load transfer point of the cart attaching mechanism, a floor variation compliance structure whereby the drive wheels maintain a substantially even distribution of load over minor su...

Disengageable ski binding having a carrying plate which is provided as a standing surface for a ski boot and is arranged on a ski-mounted base part such that it can be rotated about a vertical axis of the base part counter to an adjustable resistance of a first latching device, and having disengageable front and rear sole holders which are arranged on the carrying plate, it being the case that the...

A shielded high-density edge connector comprises a metallic connector housing for accommodating several adjacently arranged segments with electric contacts held therein. The number of contacts between the mating side and the terminal side of the edge connector can be reduced by providing the contacts within the segments and the connector housing.

Multilayer cathode backplate structures are provided for use with a field emitter in display panels. Processes for making the structures are also disclosed. The backplate structures are made of a plurality of electrodes separated by one or more patterned layers of a dielectric composition, each said patterned layer being formed by firing a thick film dielectric composition which has been patterned...

A biotissue excising instrument includes a tubular sheath inserted into a body, manipulator inserted into the sheath through leading end of the manipulator and having a loop portion that can be unfolded and contracted to accommodate biotissue to be excised. A slit is formed leading end the sheath to project and sink loop portion of the treatment portion so that manipulator is advanced or retreated...

A tire building drum with a turn-up device for production of unvulcanized tires, consisting of a horizontally disposed central bearing hollow shaft ( 1 ) with a driving spindle extending through the centre of the bearing hollow shaft, around which there are arranged two sets of lever arms ( 26 ) with rollers ( 27 ), between which a mechanism for supporting bead wires from both sides is located at ...

White, biaxially oriented polyester films which have a base layer B which comprises a thermoplastic polyester such as polyethylene terephthalate, and which comprise substantially only TiO₂ as a white pigment, whose R value is less than 43 daN/mm², whose e_max ratio is less than 2.5 and at least one of whose two surfaces of the film has been provided with an acrylate...

An embodiment of the present invention includes a device to alter transfer characteristics of a road departure warning installation installed on a road to a driver of a vehicle, including a rumble strip sensor to sense input from a rumble strip and an adjustable vehicle component in communication with the rumble strip sensor, the adjustable vehicle component configured to automatically adjust to i...

A position information recognition apparatus for a cleaning robot includes a fixed plate installed to a body of the cleaner and a motor fixedly secured to the fixed plate to generate a rotational force. A rotational cylinder having a rotational axis coincident with the axis of the motor is provided so as to rotate about a predetermined angle and a plurality of position information sensors are inst...

A robotic apparatus for traversing a selected area autonomously that senses orientation relative to the Earth's magnetic field or other "environmental" signals. The robotic apparatus is provided in two models, a master that can record directive and compass or "environmental signal" readings to provide at least one command recorded on a machine-readable medium representing an instruction for traver...

A method of making a polyethylene terephthalate/polyolefin blend for sheeting and thermoformed articles which has improved color stability and can be recycled many times. A heat stabilizer is melt blended only with the polyolefin prior to its incorporation into the polyethylene terephthalate. The PET and polyolefin are then blended and extruded into sheeting and subsequently thermoformed into arti...

This invention relates to a device for packaging and dispensing a steri le liquid product, of the type comprising a reservoir on which is mounted a nozzle provided with an inner conduit communicating at its upstream end with said reservoir and opening to the outside by its downstream end via an evacuation orifice, wherein the inner conduit is at least partially obturated by an insert of selective ...

"MéTODO E SISTEMA PARA COMPENSAR DESGASTE DE RODA EM UM TREM". Um método e sistema para compensar desgaste de roda utilizam informações de posição e/ou velocidade de um sistema de posicionamento independente para medir uma certa distância percorrida pelo trem. Informações de rotação de roda também são coletadas através da distância. As informações de rotação da roda e/ou informações de distância e...

"PROCESSO PARA A PREPARAçãO DE PóS DE METAL, LIGA E COMPOSTO". A presente invenção refere-se a um método para a produção de pó de metal, pó de liga e pó de composto com um diâmetro de partículas médio D50 de não mais do que 25 <109>m a partir de um pó inicial com um diâmetro de partículas maior do que o médio. As partículas do pó inicial são processadas em um estágio de deformação a fim de formar ...

"DISPOSITIVO DE CONTROLE DE MáQUINA PARA UMA MáQUINA DE ESMERILHAMENTO, E, MéTODO PARA DETERMINAR UM TRAJETO DE PERCURSO DE UMA FERRAMENTA DE ESMERILHAMENTO E/OU UMA PEçA DE TRABALHO EM UMA MáQUINA DE ESMERILHAMENTO". Um conjunto de dados (D) é provido para controle de máquina de uma máquina de esmerilhamento para determinar trajetos de percurso eficientes em tempo, livres de colisão, por meio de ...

The invention involves a process for controlling the rotational speed of a drive motor during a start-up period, in a drive train, containing at least one starter element that can be coupled to the drive motor, in a rotationally fixed manner, in the form of a hydrodynamic coupling, containing a primary blade wheel and a secondary blade wheel, which form together at least one toroid-shaped working ...

A method and a device for controlling wheel brakes of a vehicle, in which braking force is maintained and/or built up in at least one operating state at at least one wheel of the vehicle irrespective of the extent of pedal actuation. Such an operating state is present when the slope of the road points in the direction of the vehicle's future direction of travel and/or when the parking brake is eng...

A laser system for treating features on the skin of a patient with laser light comprising: an imaging subsystem that locates features on the skin to be treated; a laser; laser optics that focuses light from the laser onto a feature located by the imaging subsystem; and a controller that when a feature is located, controls the laser to radiate a pulse of laser light that is focused by the laser opt...

An object of the present invention is to provide recording paper and label paper with excellent waterproof properties, reduced curling from heat when used as recording paper in a heat-fixing type electrophotographic printer, a heat-fixing type electrophotographic copier or a direct heat-sensitive printer, excellent paper delivery properties, and capable of providing continuous printing of multiple...

This invention relates to the preparation of a silica reinforced elastomer via preparation of a silica-elastomer masterbatch as a composite of synthetic silica and an emulsion polymerization prepared synthetic elastomer. Such masterbatch is prepared by introducing such silica and a silane into a latex of the synthetic elastomer and recovering the composite thereof The invention further includes a ...