An automated mechanical transmission system (10) includes an oil spray type hydraulic clutch (11), a mechanical transmission having a shift cylinder (13), shift valves (15, 16), a select cylinder (14) and select valves (17, 18, 19), a hydraulic system control circuit (20), a clutch oil spray circuit (25), and a clutch/transmission select valve (27). The clutch (11) includes a control cylinder (47)...

PCT No. PCT/DE95/01745 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 6, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 6, 1997 PCT Filed Dec. 7, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/17584 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 13, 1996A combination preparation for stimulating the growth of hair and, optionally, the growth of skin and nails with a combination of active ingredients comprising vitamins, enzymes, and amino acids develops its effects from within the body, in that t...

An improvement in the sealing of bonded batts of fiberfill is obtained by providing a barrier layer of bonded bicomponent binder fibers on one or both faces of the remainder of the batt to prevent or reduce the tendency of the fiberfill to leak through such faces.

The invention aims to simplify the design of the known conoscopic measurement devices (10) used for determining the viewing angle-dependent contrast in particular of transmission-operated liquid crystal displays, and to calibrate such a measurement device spectrographically and make it more versatile. This is done according to the invention by dispensing with the conventional projection optics (fo...

The shredder has a compensator (3.5) between the downstream end of the transfer plate (4) and the counter blade (3.1). The compensator can be fixed to the counter blade or counter blade support. The console bracket in which the counter blade support is embedded has a pref. L-shaped profiled section. The compensator is made from a tough non-deformable material. When the counter blade is worn out it...

Eine Halterung weist eine Trägerplatte (1) zum Halten mehrerer Garnspulen (2) auf, die Aufnahmemittel hat, die jeweils mit einer Garnspule verbindbar sind. Die Positionen der Aufnahmemittel sind an die Abmessungen der zu haltenden Garnspulen insbesondere für eine dicht benachbarte Anordnung der Garnspulen angepaßt. Die Trägerplatte (1) weist zum wechselweisen Aufnehmen von Garnspulen unterschiedli...

The scope is to avoid any manual action during the phase of applying to the textile yarn spools any devices suitable for identifying each spool. The solution consists in making arrangements so that said application of said spool identifying devices in the final spooling phase to produce a ring-shaped local thickening (20) on the lateral outer surface (21) of the spool (7-7A) by the localized depos...

In the field of mass flow measuring apparatuses, it is known to provide a sensor member for the establishment thereon of streamline flow of bulk material, in which the sensor member design is optimised in order to minimise the effects of changes in the coefficient of friction between the bulk material and the sensor member. The invention relates to improvements in the construction of the measuring...

A method and apparatus for the gaseous reduction of particulate iron ores, wherein the ore or is fed to a vertical moving bed direct reduction reactor, reduced therein, and discharged as hot sponge iron. The ore is charged to the top portion of the reduction zone of the furnace wherein the bed of particles which descend by gravity is reduced by a hot reducing gas largely composed by carbon monoxid...

The invention concerns bronze-based sintered contact components for use as slide components such as clutches and brakes and is intended to provide a sintered component comprising hard particles admixed with, and finely and uniformly distributed in, a Cu-Sn alloy matrix to provide improved friction coefficient, and in which the dispersed hard particles are inhibited from coming off the Cu-Sn alloy ...

The production of 1,4-butanediol from maleic anhydride comprises esterification of the anhydride followed by catalytic hydrogenation in fluid phase and satisfies the following: (a) the esterification takes place with an anhydride:butanediol molar ratio of 1,1-2:1, pref. 1.15-15:1; (b) the water produced during esterification is prepared continuously or discontinuously by distillation at 100-130 de...

A toroidal x-ray tube assembly (I) includes a toroidal housing (A) in which a rotor (20) is rotatably mounted. One or more cathodes (C) are mounted on the rotor for generating an electron beam which strikes an anode (B) to generate a beam of x-rays which pass through a patient aperture (62) to strike a detector (60). The assembly includes precollimators (70, 74) having slots (72, 76) for passage o...

The utility model relates to a light and electricity mutually complementing solar water heater. The utility model is characterized in that the inner liner of a water storage tank is provided with a joint for a screw thread pipe, and an electric heater which penetrates through the joint for a screw thread pipe is inserted in the inner liner of the water storage tank; the tail part of the electric h...

The utility model relates to a full-closed circulation-type lead accumulator, comprising a full-closed shell body, electrolyte, polar plates, a positive and a negative poles. The utility model is characterized in that a liquid block plate and a main and an auxiliary flow back boxes are arranged on the full-closed shell body; a ventilating stopper is arranged on the liquid block plate; the upper en...

The high specific energy fully-closed maintenanceless lead-acid cell consists of cell box, pole columns, positive and negative plate grids and electrolyte. The plate groups assembled by positive plates or negative plates are horizontally overlapped, and the pole lug of each plate is positioned at centre position of edge of one side of said plate, and the pole lugs of positive and negative plates a...

A blood processing centrifuge includes a disposable fluid processing assembly having a fluid processing chamber. Fluid is communicated to and from the fluid processing chamber through a flexible umbilicus. The fluid processing chamber spins while the centrifuge pulls the umbilicus around an axis of centrifugation. The centrifuge engages the umbilicus through a thrust bearing received in a gimbal a...

A battery separator for use in flooded cell type lead acid batteries comprising a backweb of a porous, acid resistant, embossable material with a plurality of major ribs and submini-ribs extending from at least one planar surface of the backweb. The ribs are located across the width of the backweb and extend in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal edges of the backweb. Each major...

A cutting station (10) that permits rapid change-over and adjustment of its cutting and anvil rollers (62,60) between printing runs is disclosed. The cutting station (10) includes a frame (14) having a longitudinal axis (19) defining a web travel path; an anvil roller (62) configured for rotatably mounting on the frame; a cutting roller (60) configured for rotatably mounting on the frame (14) adja...

PURPOSE:To uniformly spray spacers onto the substrates for liquid crystal by putting the substrates into a vessel upon lapse of the prescribed time after injection of the spacers and uniformly spraying the spacers and then taking the substrates out of the vessel. CONSTITUTION:Since the spacers injected from the tip of a nozzle 12 is light in an initial period, the spacers are affected by the turbu...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a display with a wide visual field which has oblique black flotation suppressed and contrast made high and is free of gradation inversion in its downward direction by adding a phase difference film and a light diffusion layer. SOLUTION: The phase difference film 108 which is provided between a color filter substrate 107 and a polarizing plate 110 has optically negat...