A mechanically raked screen system is used for preliminary waste water treatment. A screen (2) is formed of a multiplicity of mutually parallel screen bars (14). The screen bars (14) are oriented substantially transversely relative to a flow direction of a flowing liquid and forming screen spaces of a given width therebetween. A rake assembly rakes the screenings from the screen (2). The rake asse...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a sudden change in an input rotating speed in the middle of either one of an up-shift or a down-shift by changing torque control in the state of starting an actual shift after starting hydraulic control toward the other shift by the other shift command. SOLUTION: In an up-shift to a third speed from a second speed, a fourth brake B4 is engaged. An input shaft rotat...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a start of clutch automatic disengagement just after gear-in by erroneous shift operation by stopping a start of the clutch automatic disengagement even if specific conditions are realized when judging that a clutch exists on the disengaging side more than a half clutch region by detecting a clutch stroke. SOLUTION: Whether or not a clutch exists on the engaging si...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parking operation supporting device for a vehicle for supporting driving operation by a driver during parking or starting the vehicle, whereby the collision of the vehicle with an obstacle is prevented for improving the safely of the vehicle. SOLUTION: Whether a vehicle is in a parked condition or in a started condition after parked is judged. If such a condition...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To incorporate another differential gear device in a parallel shaft differential gear device. SOLUTION: Long gear parts 31, 31 of respective planet gears 3A, 3B are threadly geared with short gear parts 32, 32 of other planet gears 3B, 3A in the inside parts 31b, 31b and with gear parts 2a, 2b of side gears 2A, 2B in the outside parts 31a, 31b. Neck parts 33, 33 of the planet...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold connecting rigidity between a transmission and a transfer, and lighten a weight of a transfer adaptor case by providing a reinforcing rib on an inner surface of a wall part in the transfer adaptor case, and providing an excess metal removing window part on a wall part of the transfer adaptor case. SOLUTION: A four wheel drive vehicle is formed by connecting a transfer...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To start the selection of a body as a precedent vehicle and reset the selection in early stages by enabling a body recognizing means to calculate even a lateral moving speed, allowing a selecting means to calculate a predicted lateral position as the lateral position of the body which is a specific time later by using the lateral moving speed, and performing a precedent vehic...

TELA NO-TEJIDA CON UNAS CARACTERISTICAS ABSORBENTES MEJORADAS. EL TEJIDO TIENE TRES SERIES DE FIBRAS DIFERENTES QUE SE INTERCONECTAN PARA PRODUCIR UNA DISTRIBUCION UNICA DE LAS FIBRAS EN EL TEJIDO.; A non-woven fabric having improved absorbent characteristics. The fabric has three different fiber arrays which are interconnected to produce a unique fiber distribution in the fabric.

ARTICULO ABSORBENTE DESECHABLE QUE INCLUYE UNA LAMINA POSTERIOR, UNA LAMINA SUPERIOR UNA ZONA DE ADQUISICION/DISTRIBUCION DE FLUIDO Y AL MENOS UNA ZONA DE ALMACENAMIENTO DE FLUIDO, DICHO ARTICULO TIENE UNA CAPACIDAD DE ADQUISICION DE PRODUCTO DE MAS DE 3.75 ML/SEG EN EL PRIMER CHORRO Y MAS DE 0.5 ML/SEG EN EL CUARTO CHORRO Y UN PESO DE APILADO EN BOLSA INFERIOR A 9.9 MM., CARACTERIZANDOSE EN QUE D...

LA PRESENTE INVENCION TRATA DE UNA COMPOSICION DE PINTURA PARA UTILIZARSE EN SISTEMAS PLURIESTRATIFICADOS DE PINTURA, QUE CONTIENE A) COMO LIGANTE UNA RESINA DE POLIURETANO DILUIBLE EN AGUA, QUE TIENE UN INDICE DE ACIDEZ DE 10 A 60 Y UN PESO MOLECULAR MEDIO DE 4000 A 25000, PREFERIBLEMENTE DE 8000 A 25000, Y QUE SE OBTIENE HACIENDO REACCIONAR AA) UN POLIOL DE POLIESTER Y/O POLIETER CON UN PESO MOL...

A hair dryer holder for holding a hair dryer so that a user's hands are free to perform other acts. The hair dryer holder includes a base and a generally U-shaped holding bracket adapted for holding a hair dryer. An adjustably extendable extension member connects the base to the holding bracket. The extension member has an extended position and a retracted position. The holding bracket and the bas...

Apparatus and method of replacing old fluid in a transmission system by feeding clean fluid into the system from a clean fluid tank using a pump and draining the old fluid into a waste tank and using a processor to monitor the clean fluid pressure in the clean tank and the old fluid pressure in the waste tank and adjusting the pump's speed using the processor such that the old fluid is drained at ...

A tool-toting device for carrying and retaining a hand tool comprising a clip, a swivel element and a U-shaped hook, the clip being capable of attachment to a belt, such as a tool belt. The swivel element is swivelably connected to the clip by conventional means, such as a semi-tubular rivet such that it freely swivels about a 360 DEG axis, while the U-shaped hook is rotatably connected to the sw...

An armband which provides a platform for both holding and directing a beam of light from a flashlight as well as protection from blows and knife attacks. The armband has a circular body which is slipped over the forearm of the user The armband provides mild compression of the forearm so that the armband does not readily slip off of the user. The armband is further tightened using at least one fast...

A connector assembly for use in connecting an intracardiac catheter having a bare end connector to a patient monitor. The assembly includes an adapter, a terminal block and a cable. The adapter has an elongate insulating conductive member defined by an intermediate portion and opposite ends. A first connector is electrically connected to and is mounted at one end of the conductive member and a sec...

The present invention is a system for ablating tissue within a body, the system having: an energy source providing a level of energy which is non damaging to the cellular structures of the body tissue, a catheter coupled to the energy source, the catheter having an electrode; and means for sensing the temperature of the electrode while also sensing the amount of energy which is non damaging to the...

A radio frequency (RF) ablation catheter system utilizes a flexible, tubular electrode that is selectively extendable from a distal end of a catheter body. The flexible, tubular electrode creates a continuous linear lesion when a longitudinal side of the electrode is arcuately positioned against an interior wall of the human body and the electrode is energized while a cooling fluid passes through ...

The method of making the metal fiber sintered body includes making a coiled material by coiling a thin sheet of Fe-Cr-Al-La, Fe-Cr-Al-Y or Fe-Cr-Al-Ce stainless steel; making a tow of Fe-Cr-Al-La, Fe-Cr-Al-Y or Fe-Cr-Al-Ce continuous fibers by lathe turning an end face of the coiled material at a tool feed speed of from 5 to 40 mu m/rev; extending the tow in a width direction and cutting the tow ...

Process for making polyisocyanate based xerogels by trimerisation of an organic polyisocyanate in an organic solvent in the presence of a (co)polymer containing an isocyanate-reactive group, gellation and drying of the obtained sol-gel.

Homopolymers and/or copolymers are manufactured by polymerizing ethylenically monounsaturated monomer(s) in an aqueous solution in a reaction vessel containing compounds which contain a phosphorus atom of degree of oxidation less than 5, phosphorous compounds being introduced in amounts of 0.005-0.49 gram-atom phosphorus per mol of unsaturation in said ethylenically unsaturated monomer(s) in the p...