PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify steps for preparing packaging material while preventing the packaging material from being damaged and to improve efficiency in packaging work for a packaging apparatus that feeds continuously a packaging material formable into a cylindrical shape in the longitudinal direction and executes packaging work continuously with an article to be packaged put inside the pa...

PURPOSE:To prevent reduction in the service life by forming a required surface of a film disposed on the bottom and side portions of a group of pole plates, with the use of a multilayer surface. CONSTITUTION:A closed type lead-acid storage battery comprises a positive electrode plate 2, a negative electrode plate 3, a separator 4 made of a mixture of glass fibers and plastic fibers, and a plastic ...

PURPOSE:To alleviate the shift shock of an automatic speed change gear without the delay in response by the torque control of an electric motor. CONSTITUTION:When the number of revolution of a motor Nm becomes lower than a preset value DELTANm1 nat the up-shift of 1 2, the reaching of inertial phases 2-3 is recognized, and the correcting control is started. Under this state, the torque command val...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel consumption and prevent a speed change shock from being deteriorated by making the operation of an internal combustion engine at the lean air-fuel ratio feasible when an automatic transmission is stable. SOLUTION: The input signal process is conducted (21), and whether the drive (D) range is selected or not is judged (22). If the judgment is yes, whether the e...

The present invention relates to a novel method for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using cerebrospinal fluid. More particularly, this method consists in contacting a sample of cerebrospinal fluid which contains a glutamine synthetase, having an apparent MT of about 42 000 daltons, with a labeled antibody specific for said glutamine synthetase under conditions that allow the formation of glut...

An iodinated neuroprobe is provided for mapping monoamine reuptake sites. The iodinated neuroprobe is of the formula: wherein R=a CnH2n+1 group where n=0-6, an alkenyl group, a monofluoroalkyl group including nF where n=18 or 19, or a mCnH2n+1 group where n=1-6 and where m=11 or 14 for at least one mC; R'=a CnH2n+1 group where n=0-6, a p-iodophenylmethyl group, a p-iodophenylethyl gro...

PURPOSE:To eliminate a fear of a brake force being increased to an excessive value during manual down and to reduce a shift shock by controlling so that a brake force generated by a retarder connected to an automatic transmission is reduced during manual down. CONSTITUTION:When a retarder change-over switch 18 is turned ON, a solenoid 20 is charged with a current by means of an ECU 11 to actuate a...

A hardfacing composition for an earth-boring bit has a quantity macrocrystalline tungsten carbide particles and a quantity of spherical cast tungsten carbide pellets. The particles and pellets are contained within a metal matrix which forms the balance of the composition.

Process of extrusion of high levels of filler which is contained in a polyol and an isocyanate in a screw extruder (32) along with a catalyst, a surfactant and a blowing agent and the mixture is extruded to produce a thermoset onto a conveyor (2) and subsequently foamed.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure satisfactory joining in performing friction welding. SOLUTION: In the butt welding of hollow shape materials 31, 32, a projected part 37a, 38a is provided protruding outside the shape material and, with a rotary body inserted into this projected part 37a, 38a, friction welding is performed. A gap in the abutting part is filled with the metal of the projected part, s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain superior friction welding by making a third plate cross a first and a second plate at right angles, providing a recessed part in the joining part of the third and the first plates, releasing the recessed part in the direction of the thickness and the end of a hollow shape material, and setting corner part, which connects the recessed part to the outer face of the fi...

An improved inflatable bead turn-up bladder for a tire building drum which reduces or eliminates cord length variation in a reinforced tire carcass by stabilizing the bladder in the area utilized for lifting the reinforced cord fabric into contact with the tire bead on the tire building drum. The elastomeric inflatable bladder is formed with an integral annular rib which is seated in complementary...

PURPOSE:To improve light emitting efficiency and durability by containing a positive hole movement giving agent, electron movement giving agent, fluorescent material and singlet oxygen guencher in a light emitting layer consisting of organic material, provided between a pair of electrodes. CONSTITUTION:A light emitting layer consisting of organic material is provided between positive and negative ...

PURPOSE:To provide an exception processor capable of removing a specific exception processing time and a processing cycle to be required after operation, attaining high speed exception processing and simplying the control of an arithmetic processor. CONSTITUTION:The exception processor is constituted of an exception forecasting circuit 100 for forecasting an exception to be generated as the comput...

A polyurethane composition for fabricating antimicrobial based products su ch as polyurethane foam carpet backing materials and carpets having a polyurethane foam carpet backing material. The polyurethane composition includes a plurality o f particles comprising an antimicrobial agent which are at least partially encapsulated by a plasticizer material before being dispersed within a polyurethane.

A protection device for a train is disclosed. The protection device works in conjunction with a remote controlled braking system on the train. The remote controlled braking system includes a transmitter in the locomotive of the train and a receiver located elsewhere on the train, typically on the last car. In an emergency situation the transmitter sends to the receiver over an RF communication lin...

A method for producing an improved anisotropic magnet through an extrusion process wherein the container involved in the extrusion process is first coated, on its internal surface, with a material to prevent the bonding of the interior surface to the particle charge to be extruded and, thereby, to prevent cracking due to tensile stresses. In addition, an improved anisotropic extrusion product, wit...

A device for ablating tissue is provided. The device comprises a conductive element with a channel for irrigating fluid formed therein, which is in contact with a non-conductive microporous interface. All or a portion of the interface may be removable. When the interface is removed, a portion of the conductive element is exposed for use in ablating tissue. Methods of using the device and of removi...

The invention concerns an anti-microbial porous part based on a polymeric material grafted at the surface and in its volume with ammonium motifs with anti-microbial and/or bactericidal and/or fungicide activity, preferably benzalkonium. The invention is characterized in that it has a porosity sufficiently high to enable a liquid with compatible viscosity to pass through its structure and sufficien...

The present invention relates to a wrist or arm warn ergonomically designed docking station (2) for use in conjunction with a communication device (10) such as a cellular phone. The communication device (10) preferably includes existing cellular phones forming part of a range or make of model under production by a mobile phone company. More specifically the invention includes a mobile phone design...