The present invention relates to a compression device in connection with x-ray examinations, said device comprising a frame (1) that support means (9; 9') to compress an area of a body of a patient, said area preferably being the abdomen. In connection with x-ray examinations it is important to be able to compress a portion of an examined body of a patient. By such an arrangement the absorbed dose...

While a ring gear shaft 126 linked with a drive shaft rotates, a power output apparatus 110 applies a torque to a first motor MG1 attached to a sun gear shaft 125, thereby abruptly increasing a revolving speed of an engine 150, to which a fuel injection is stopped. A torque generated by a frictional force of, for example, a piston in the engine 150 and working as a reaction is applied as a braking...

PURPOSE:To equalize the right and left differential limiting forces regardless of the direction of the relative rotation by suppressing the relative rotation of the right and left wheels. CONSTITUTION:The diameter of a circular locus formed by the action point of a cam follower 14A kept in friction contact with the first face cam 15B is made smaller than the diameter of a circular locus formed by ...

Apparatus is disclosed for determining at least two outside dimensions of a rectangular package travelling at a known velocity, the package including first and second substantially parallel sides extending the length of the package. The apparatus comprises conveyor means (12), first and second side sensor means (21 and 22), and calculating means (100). The conveyor means (12) moves the package at ...

PURPOSE:To improve the extent of shift quality without worsening a retraction at the time of down-shift, in a power plant equipped with an automatic transmission and an engine whose power characteristic is set at every shift step. CONSTITUTION:In a power plant PT in which an automatic transmission 2 equipped with shift steps and an engine 1 whose power characteristic is set at every shift step are...

PURPOSE:To provide an electric traveling vehicle in which smooth plugging is realized and power consumption of travel motor can be reduced at the time of plugging. CONSTITUTION:The electric traveling vehicle comprises a starting clutch 3 for coupling/uncoupling a travel motor 1 and drive wheels 5, 5 freely, a motor control section 28, and a clutch control section 30. When traveling mode is switche...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the mechanical strength and electrical joining degree of an electric contact by crimping a base plate and contact material together, and thereafter, laser-welding the same. SOLUTION: A hole is provided in a base plate 1 made of an electrical conductor, contact material 2 made of a predetermined electrical conductor is inserted therein, and the contact material 2 is...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To brake the rear wheels of a buggy with reliability by producing sufficient braking force of a braking device even when the device is reduced in diameter to further heighten a ground clearance. SOLUTION: A wet braking device 43 comprises a plurality of rotatable friction brake disks 48 coupled to the input shaft 24 of a reduction gear 23 connected to a propeller shaft 21 for...

Air entrained within the pond of a coating applicator is influenced toward a designated region for removal. The region is formed by a recessed air collector which sets up a high-recirculation, low-pressure zone within the pond. Entrained air bubbles migrate to the collector. The collected air and excess coating is drawn out of the collector cavity by a plurality of perforations which discharge to ...

PURPOSE:To appropriately control differential condition of right and left wheels by providing a setting means to set magnitude of differential limiting force so as to be proportional to input torque, and adding an adjusting means capable of optionally adjusting the proportional relation between input torque and differential limiting force to the former means. CONSTITUTION:A multiplate clutch type ...

PURPOSE:To provide a four-wheel drive vehicle in which the work processes for front case mounting bolts attached to a first accelerator case for a trans- axle can be reduced and the maintenance inspection of a transfer chain for elongation can be simplified. CONSTITUTION:In a four-wheel drive vehicle with a transfer accelerator 2 having a transfer part composed of a transfer input shaft 52 and a t...

Rigid polyurethane foams are prepared from an isocyanate composition containing diphenylmethane diisocyanate, three ring oligomers of polyphenylene polymethylene polyisocyanate and higher homologues of polyphenylene polymethylene polyisocyanate.

PURPOSE:To obtain the subject phase-difference plate having excellent durability and useful as a circular polarization plate, etc., by treating a uniaxially drawn PVA film, etc., with an aqueous solution of boric acid, etc., and further treating with an orthophosphoric acid alkyl ester, etc. CONSTITUTION:The objective phase-difference plate is produced e.g. by treating a uniaxially drawn PVA film ...

PURPOSE:To easily offer the electrooptic device which has good reproducibility of a white and a black level and enables a color display of high quality at low cost by matching the refractive index dispersion of a cell for dimming and optical anisotropic bodies. CONSTITUTION:As a transmission type electrooptic device, a color filter is provided internally and 7mum thickness and 230 deg. countercloc...

PURPOSE:To make an output signal of a level shift circuit stable by adding a small current bias circuit between a common drain terminal at the output side of a high level signal and a ground potential point. CONSTITUTION:Since a transistor(TR) pair N1,P2 are turned off and a TR pair N2, P1 are turned on with an input signal SI set to an L level in the normal operation, an output signal SO goes to ...

A self-service terminal such as an ATM (10) is co-located with a human-form recognition engine such as a camera (22) and appropriate software (23). If there is no user adjacent the ATM (10), the ATM screen 24 is operated as an advertising bill board. If one person or a short queue is present, the ATM (10) provides a full range of services on demand. For a longer queue, the services available are l...

This invention is directed towards a porous composite having an inlet face and an exit face and further comprises intermingled meltblown fibers and staple fibers which define a density gradient from coarse pores at the inlet face to fine pores at the exit face.

Vehicle differential with a differential housing ( 5 ) consisting of two pressed sheet metal halves ( 6 ). Each sheet metal half is made with radial, gutter-shaped depressions, which are limited at their outer ends by wall portions ( 14 ). A differential pinion shaft ( 15 ) is received in the depressions between the sheet metal halves. The wall portions ( 14 ) limit the axial movement of the diffe...

PURPOSE:To manufacture a superconductive substance of a high critical current density efficiently by filling a metallic pipe with calcined powder, drawing it to form the internal calcined powder layer into a specified thickness, and subjecting the internal layer to the first and second heat treatments in succession at the respective specified temperatures. CONSTITUTION:A metallic pipe is filled wi...

PURPOSE:To manufacture efficiently an oxide superconductive conductor excellent in superconductivity by applying a second heat treatment process to a crystallized oxide superconductive conductor layer. CONSTITUTION:After a metal tube 1 filled with tentatively baked powder is given elongation processing, this elongated material is heated at a temperature T1 above the temperature, where a tentativel...