In a drive force reduction controller for reducing engine output when drive wheels slip, a first shift timing is applied to an automatic transmission during ordinary running, and a second shift timing is applied when engine output is reduced. The second shift timing is set so as to provide a shift-up at a vehicle speed higher than the first shift timing when the throttle opening is less than a pre...

A centrifuge provides simplify access to the processing chamber. In one arrangement, the processing chamber separates into a bowl and spool element to receive a disposable processing bag. In another arrangement, the processing chamber pivots between an operating position and an access position to provide improved access. The centrifuge also employs readily accessible holders for releasably retaini...

In a method for drilling adjacent to a cased known first borehole a second borehole in a predetermined direction the following steps are carried out for a number of along hole depths di: measuring components of gravity acceleration and magnetic field (earth & casing); determining direction parameters alpha i; deriving magnetic polestrength components, Bp1,i and Bp2,i; applying Bp1,i/Bp2,i=s1,i/s2...

The bobbin supply creel, for a textile machine, has holder plates (24) for the bobbins on vertical guide rails to be moved from a supply position into a working setting, with at least 1 passive damper (68) acting on the plate (24) movement.

An X-ray bundle passes through the heart of a patient at different angles within half to several cycles of the X-ray bundle. The measurement system rotating about an axis includes an X-ray source and a receiver. The X-rays which pass through the patient hit a radiation receiver. The heart beating rate of the patient is determined to set the cycle of the X-ray bundle for the patient and for generat...

The electromagnet/solenoid has a housing Ä18Ü within which a coil Ä2Ü wound on a former Ä1Ü is located. At the centre of the coil is a core Ä3Ü and armature (4). The ends of the coils are brought out to a pair of metal connector blades Ä7Ü. The blades are embedded in the housing and connect with the ends of round pins Ä5Ü that are connected to the ends of the coils. The coil ends are wound and sol...

The gear control system has a gear changing control section (80, S26, S28, S30) for delivering a change command, which gives an order for a gear change in a target gear setting, suitable for at least one drive condition of the engine (1). A gear changing unit (64) is provided for carrying out a gear change as a reaction to the command delivered from the changing control section (80). A first coupl...

The moving yarn holder, to carry crochet or knitting yarns and the like, has an upright spindle (4), extending upwards from a lower rotating limit support plate (3). The plate (3) rotates with the holding spindle (4) on the column base (1), for the yarn.

Apparatus for low cost measurement of light energy in terms of multiple spectral integrations with differing wavelength-dependent weights for consistency of measurements in spite of variations in component characteristics or temperature.

In the resistive exercise pants (20), a single, wide band (50) or two spacedapart resistive bands (4) traverse the length of the leg from the hips to the heel stirrup. Suspenders (26) attach the resistive exercise pants (20) to the shoulders, thereby holding the length of the body in dynamic tension. The front pair of resistive bands (40) bifurcate adjacent the knee (42) to conformedly curve about...

The present invention includes the hardware and software necessary to perform virtually any volume of complex transactions, and particularly a large volume thereof, is disposed in a central Application Processing Front End (APFE) which is shared by a plurality of merchants, thereby spreading the cost of the APFE among a large number of users. By including only the minimum amount of hardware compon...

The invention relates to plants of the Compositae family which are resistant to the aphid Nasonovia ribisnigri due to presence in the genome of the Nr resistance gene, wherein the genetic information responsible for the CRA phenotype is absent from the genome of the plant at least to such an extent that the CRA phenotype is not expressed. The plants are for example lettuce pla...

Process for devitalizing a tooth by transmission of a high-frequency electric pulse to the vascular and nervous tissue in the root canal by insertion in said canal of an electrode in the form of a needle (100), said pulse being generated by an electronic apparatus (10), values of power, time and frequency of said electric pulse being automatically regulated by the electronic apparatus in accordanc...

The invention relates to the field of polymer chemistry. It features a method for obtaining polyols consisting in a first step in reacting glycols, i.e. plurialcohols with a functionality at least equal to two (MEG, DEG, DPG,...) on polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) in the presence of a transesterefication catalyst (CAT) (MEG, DEG, DPG;...), on polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) in the presence of a gl...

The present invention provides an assay device (60) for determining the presence of one or more selected analytes in a sample (72). The device (60) includes a housing (62) having an exterior surface (68) and defining an interior area (70). A sample receptor (66) receives the sample (72). A sample treatment strip (114, 116) reacts the sample (72) with a reagent to yield a physically detectable chan...

A thermoplastic polyester composition suitable for producing films or fibers excellent in wear resistance, and a biaxially oriented polyester film made therefrom. The composition comprises (A) a thermoplastic polyester and (B) monoclinic and/or tetragonal zirconium oxide particles.

Polyurethane/urea elastomers having an isocyanate equivalent index below 100, preferably from about 15 to about 80; containing an effective amount of polyisocyanate component, and an effective amount of an isocyanate reactive component comprising at least one polyamine and at least one polyol, wherein said elastomer contains from about 1 to about 199 equivalent percent amine per isocyanate equival...

The invention relates to an alpine ski binding component comprising the following parts: a base (3), a body (2), a jaw (4) for holding the boot, and an energy spring (15) housed inside the body. The component is characterised in that the supporting plate (26) can move for a rolling movement, and in that connection means (40, 50, 54, 58) sensitive to the rolling movements of the supporting plate co...

The invention relates to a binding element intended to retain the end of a boot. It comprises a body which carries a jaw (8). The jaw (8) is movable vertically and its movement is transmitted to the return spring of the jaw, which compensates for a rearward fall. The boot sole is pinched between a support plate (25) and the sole gripper (13) of the jaw. The support plate is mounted movably about a...

A biaxially oriented base film made from polyethylene 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate and a floppy disk for high-density magnetic recording made from the film. The film and the disk are characterized in that the vibration of the film surface is suppressed so as to enable the contact with a magnetic head under given conditions even at a high rotational speed and that they have an excellent viscoelasti...