PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To rapidly buff a recapped tire so as to be capable of also effectively utilizing shaven-off rubber. SOLUTION: In a method for buffing the tread rubber of a tire T by using a rasp while the tire T is rotated around its axial line, a rough buffing exclusive rasp 1 and a finish exclusive rasp 2 are used. Rough buffing is performed while the rough buffing exclusive rasp 1 is suc...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To well displary performance of a generator motor and accessories, by connecting a first/second continuously variable transmission to an output shaft of an engine, turning an axle through the first continuously variable transmission, and turning the generator motor and the accessories through the second continuously variable transmission. SOLUTION: An output of an engine 1 is...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a chance of economy run by operation controlling an intake flow amount adjusting device so as to place an intake pipe introducing intake air to an engine in almost a fully closed condition, also operation controlling a clutch so as to adjust a clutch torque capacity, when an engine brake control condition is materialized. SOLUTION: During engine brake control, whe...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make compatible both fuel consumption saving characteristic and good drivability, by almost fully closing an intake pipe, stopping supply of fuel to partly or total cylinders, and performing control so as to adjust a torque capacity of a clutch, when an engine brake condition is materialized. SOLUTION: In the case of materializing an engine brake condition, (S204), a throt...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform operation of an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal by only turning the end of an operating handle, by mounting an accelerator pedal holding part in the accelerator pedal and a brake holding part in the brake pedal. SOLUTION: An accelerator pedal holding part 3 and a brake pedal holding part 5 are mounted respectively in an accelerator pedal A and a brake pedal B. ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a work vehicle from reversing, by connecting a clutch, transmitting power to a transmission from a power side, and utilizing a creep phenomenon, when a brake is not applied in the case of stopping the vehicle on a sloped surface. SOLUTION: When a foot pedal 10 is stepped during advancing or reversing, a brake rod 14 is pulled, a brake 15 is actuated. The foot pedal...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily take out a filler article, and at the same time, prevent the filler article from leaking during transport and storage by a method wherein at a cylindrical intermediate part of a spout comprises of an integral structure made of a synthetic resin, an incision is provided along the periphery of the cylindrical body, and the spout is opened by breaking the spout along t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate a high output and a high efficiency of a combined cycle system for all seasons and for 24 hours everyday, decrease a temperature of waste gas discharged from a waste heat recovering heat exchanger without reducing calorie for heating working fluid of a steam turbine and without requiring additional heating and to increase an output in winter season. SOLUTION: This...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent occurrence of unbalanceness of amounts of operation oil in automatic and manual operation oil supply mechanisms and abrupt starting of a vehicle at the changeover from automatic to manual operation. SOLUTION: A changeover cylinder 30 which has a piston 33 energized in one side of a cylinder 31 by means of a spring 32 is arranged between an operation oil passage 9 o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate unbalanceness of amounts of operation oil in automatic and manual operation oil supply mechanisms, prevent abrupt starting at the changeover time from automatic to manual operation, and failure of a slave cylinder due to excessive operation of a clutch pedal in an automatic clutch device which can be manually operated. SOLUTION: A changeover cylinder 30 having a ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate unbalance of amount of operation oil in automatic and manual operation oil supply mechanisms from an automobile automatic clutch device capable of manual operation, prevent abrupt starting at the changeover time from automatic to manual operation, and keep the amount of operation oil constant irrespective of abrasion of a clutch while feeding the residual operati...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce occurrence of a play, a noise and an abnormal sound due to spline connection, by spline connecting a final reduction gear side second countershaft to the periphery of the shift part side first countershaft of a countershaft, and fixing by a nut an end passed through the final reduction gear side second countershaft of the shift part side first countershaft. SOLUTION...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extract a pinion shaft from a casing without dividing the casing. SOLUTION: In an acceleration/deceleration device, a wheel gear 1 and pinions 2A meshed therewith are housed in a casing 10. Both ends of a main shaft are journalled to the casing 10, to which main shaft the pinions A, pinion shafts 3A provided with thrust collars arranged on both ends of the pinions 2A and h...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently increase a turbine rotational speed during shift by increasing the turbine rotational speed being accompanied by an engine speed in the case that the turbine rotational speed after shift is lower than the engine speed. SOLUTION: In a shift period of down shift accompanying the replacement of a frictional element, when a turbine rotational speed Nt after shift i...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermal emission cathode with a long life, high reliability, easy operating capability by using cubic system and/or tetragonal system zirconium oxide as the supply source of zirconium and oxygen. SOLUTION: A thermal field emission cathode has a needle electrode prepared by forming a cover layer comprising zirconium and oxygen on a tungsten single crystal whose ax...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate a temporarily fixing work rapidly by covering the released upper face of a recessed space with a temporary cover plate before a chemical conversion treatment in order to prevent a safety valve from being detached from an exhaust cylinder under a pressure of gas generated inside a battery during the chemical conversion treatment. SOLUTION: A plurality of exhaust ...

A catheter for mapping and ablating cardiac tissue comprising an elongated catheter body with proximal and distal ends and an electrode comprising an electrode conductor and a helical electrode comprising a series of turns which is secured to the catheter body near its distal end, wherein at least a portion of the circumference of the turns of the helical electrode portion is uncoated. Also disclo...

A cone biopsy instrument having a cuff of electrical insulating material, a core positioned within the cuff and having an electrical conductor, a wire carrier of electrical insulating material and having a plurality of radially projecting arms, an electrically conducting wire connected between a wire carrier arm and the core, an implant sleeve freely rotating on the swaged portion of the core betw...

A center split, segmented mold for curing a complete tire is provided, comprising a mold container top containing a top mold sidewall plate and a plurality of top tread segments disposed generally equidistant from a central axis and adjacently abutting each other when the mold is in a closed position; and a mold container bottom containing a bottom mold sidewall plate and a plurality of bottom tre...

A stretched resin film having as a base material a resin composition composed of the following components (A), (B), (C) and (D): (A) a thermoplastic polyester resin 100 parts by weight; (B) a modified olefin based resin obtained by graft polymerizing 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an alpha , beta -unsaturated carboxylate based monomer having a hydroxyl group and 0.01 to 50 parts by weight of an ar...