PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To overcome a problem encountered in a mechanism which controls the engine rotation of a combine harvester at the rated level by using an electronic governor, the problem being that when the main gear lever is shifted from a neutral to a running position when running in the field, the engine is instantly accelerated to the rated rotation to thereby result in abrupt increase o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a screw type decanter capable of separating a slurry into a heavy fluid/solid portion-light fluid or a light fluid/solid portion-heavy fluid. SOLUTION: In this screw type decanter possessing a rotary ball 13, a screw conveyer 15, a centripetal impeller 21 and a flow rate adjusting means 24 at the outlet side of the centripetal impeller 21 and equipped with a longit...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relax the tension feeling of a driver during switching of a mode by a method wherein when it is decided that a drive operation state corresponds to a reference operation state, switching from an automatic running mode to a manual running mode is effected. SOLUTION: While running control in an automatic running mode is effected, a control unit (ECU) always decides whether o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a fuel consumption rate by a method wherein an engine and a continuously variable transmission are controlled such that the engine is operated at the target number of revolutions of an engine to maximize an integrated efficiency obtained by adding the power transmission efficiency of the continuously variable transmission to the thermal efficiency of an engine. SOL...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the generation of a shock due to temporary cutoff of transmission of a power during up shift by a method wherein the occurrence of up shift between two shift stages both on which power source brake is applied is previously detected and the power source is controlled such that a power source brake is gradually decreased before power transmission is cut off. SOLUTION...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further secure the transient driving force control by performing the transient control of a driving force according to a change in a stationary target value of driving force. SOLUTION: A variation in stationary target value of driving force is obtained (S12) and, based on the value thus obtained, the time series waveform of the transient target value of driving force is de...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform proper transmission of a power by a method wherein the target number of revolutions of an input part set according to an engine demand load and a the number of revolutions of power transmission shaft is stored as map data, and from an engine demand load detecting value, the number of revolutions information value, and map data, the target number of revolutions of i...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform smooth switching of a mode by a method wherein an engine is kept in an equal output state through variation of output torque and shift of a continuously variable transmission and switching is effected an operating point, being near the optimum fuel consumption line of the combustion mode on the low torque side of front and rear combustion modes as much as possible....

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decrease the starting time of a steam turbine by forming a heating means for generating a heating medium which is used for warming up the steam turbine or replacing air into steam in the steam turbine before generating the steam supplied to the steam turbine by conducting branching to a steam supply system. SOLUTION: A steam auxiliary boiler 101 is disposed, branched from ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain black smoking at the time of shifting-up, shorten the time for gear shift, and improve a driving feel, by providing a variable nozzle on the upstream side of the exhaust turbine of a turbo charger, and controlling the variable nozzle to the closing side at the time of shifting-up a mechanical automatic transmission. SOLUTION: To adjust exhaust flow rate to an exha...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate a pumping loss effectively and assist braking force at the time of deceleration effectively by closing either of an intake valve or an exhaust valve and opening the valve which is not closed, once in one rotation, and controlling its lift amount so as to be a prescribed value when the operation of an anti-lock braking system is detected. SOLUTION: When an accelera...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly control an actuator by providing a neuro-computer to which an output of a second sensor different from a first sensor, and controlling the actuator based on an output of the neuro-computer. SOLUTION: A signal of a knocking sensor 8 is input to a sample hold circuit 11 via an amplifier 9. The input signal 10 is a time series signal. The sample hold circuit 11 sampl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a differential gear for transmitting engine power to lateral wheels, with compact, simple structure having a small number of part items. SOLUTION: A ball carrier 5 is accommodated in a nonrotating state inside a housing case 1 rotated obtaining engine power. Side ball holders 6a, 6b connecting a wheel shaft are rotatably arranged on both sides of the ball carrier 5...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a wheel support structure of a rice planter and reduce its weight by incorporating a differential mechanism in a cylindrical axle case, forming a connection part for a wheel case at both ends of the case, and provid ing a drive linkage mechanism which operates a differential lock mechanism in the vicinity of the connection part on one side. SOLUTION: An annular gr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a coming-off prevention structure of a transmission mechanism compact by forming a coming-off prevention means on a side face in a protection cover which covers the transmission mechanism in which a transmission member is annularly provided in the vicinity of a shaft end. SOLUTION: A shaft 1 protrudes on the outside from a side plate 4 of a device, a transmission memb...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply and surely melt a substance to be melted without consuming finite earth resources. SOLUTION: When a convergent lens 35 is disposed between the sun and a substance 25 to be melted, solar light is guided to the substance 25 by transmitting through a light transmission body 21 while being converged by the convergent lens 35 and the substance is gradually melted. Becaus...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce manufacture cost of a whole solar heat hot water supply apparatus by employing an inexpensive pump of a small capacity. SOLUTION: This solar heat hot water supply apparatus 11 comprises a panel-shaped solar collector 12 for heating an antifreeze solution as a heating medium and a heat storage tank 13 for storing the heat of the antifreeze solution heated by the sola...

A special eye must be kept on the laying of the sheet on the delivery stack, especially in the range of high machine speeds. The purpose of the present invention is to propose a device for controlling and/or regulating the setting elements in the sheet delivery region of a sheet printing machine. The settings of the setting elements of the sheet delivery are calculated with reference to characteri...

A hydraulic control system of the present invention is provided for improving a responsiveness to a speed change by compleating the speed chang with a torque pressure control hydraulic pressure after initiating the speed change with the drive hydraulic pressure. The hydraulic control system includes an oil pump for generating hydraulic pressure, a pressure regulating valve for regulating the hydra...

The invention relates to a device for the non-stop operation of e.g. a delivery unit of a rotary printing machine in which sheets (6) in a flow of sheets are collated into individual stacks (10, 10') supported on a stack base (2) with a surface (2.1) interrupted by grooves (2.2) and in which auxiliary stacks (9) are borne by grid rods (12) together forming a rack (11) until their transfer to the s...