A process is disclosed for manufacturing lead electrodes for accumulators. Lead grid elements (2, 3) are produced, provided with an active mass (5) and coated on both sides with glass microfibres (6, 7). In order to automate the process to a large extent, the introduction of the active mass and the coating with glass microfibres, which immediately follows the introduction of the active mass, are a...

In a cast composite wear part consisting of a metallic matrix having wear resistant inserts in the or each working face, the inserts are formed from a ceramic wafer which consists of a homogeneous solid solution of 20-80 wt.% Al2O3 and 80-20 wt.% ZrO2 and which is impregnated with liquid metal during casting. Preferably, the ceramic material consists of 55-60 wt.% Al2O3 and 38-42 wt.% ZrO2 or 70-7...

A process to add carbon dioxide under low shear conditions to an already formed food to produce a semi-solid or solid carbonated food. The carbonated semi-solid or solid spoonable food has the following properties: (a) a viscosity of between about 2000 and 200,000 centipoise at between about 1.5 DEG and 25 DEG C., and (b) a carbonation level of between about 0.5 and 4.0 volumes of carbon dioxide...

PURPOSE:To provide a device for controlling the timing of an intake valve of an internal combustion engine, which allows a device for controlling a vehicle and the engine with the use of vacuum to normally operate always. CONSTITUTION:A vacuum tank 11 into which vacuum pressure is introduced from an intake pipe 2 and is then stored, is provided with a pressure sensor 12 for detecting the pressure ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the output shaft of an actuator which is easy of setup and besides can reduce the number of parts, and is easy of automation of setup. SOLUTION: For the final gear 78 of an actuator 10, a large-diameter part 80, a middle shaft part 84 whose inside diameter D1 is smaller than the outside diameter D2 of the large-diameter gear part 80, and a small-diameter part 86 who...

PURPOSE:To equalize each thermal expansion coefficient of a bearing and a flange member as well as to prevent any lost motion from occurring by casting the flange member consisting of a ferrous material, thereby forming a wall part supporting a rotating member in a housing consisting of an aluminum material. CONSTITUTION:An output gear 12 or a rotating member of a transmission mechanism is support...

The utility model belongs to the technical field of a solar water heater. The utility model is particularly relates to an antifreezing device of an upper and a lower water pipelines of the solar water heater. The antifreezing device is characterized in that the antifreezing device of an upper and a lower water pipelines of the solar water heater is composed of the upper and the lower water pipelin...

The utility model relates to a solar energy water heater having a water pipe emptying and anti-freezing device. The solar energy water heater having a water pipe emptying and anti-freezing device comprises a water tank assembled with a heat collecting pipe, a shower and a water pipe through which the water tank and the shower are connected. The utility model is characterized in that an air pouring...

This invention relates to an optically active compound of flubrocythrinate with formula (I), a process for preparing the same, and an insecticidal and acaricidal composition containing the same and its use. The insecticidal and acaricidal activity of this optically active compound is evidently superior to that of the mixed-racemic compound.

An apparatus for the winding of striplike material, in particular steel strip, in each case on one of two spreadable winding mandrels which are arranged, overhung, horizontally and parallel to one another and which, driven in rotation independently of one another, are mounted, in a carrying structure rotatable about a common horizontal central axis, on a vertical carrying wall in the form of a cir...

A standard platform independent messaging environment for use with devices is provided. The environment provides programming and operational building blocks that can be used to interface with existing data providing capabilities to identify, respond to, and report errors and failover conditions. Customizable decision logic is used to provide more sophisticated response and reporting capabilities, ...

Prodn. of open-celled rigid polyurethane foams (I) is effected by application of an external pressure to (partly) closed-cell rigid polyurethane foams (II), pref. by conventional mfr. of (II) in a mould followed by covering the mould with a gas-impermeable film and applying pressure. Also claimed is use of (I) as a filler material in evacuated insulation panels, with (I) being enclosed in a plasti...

PCT No. PCT/IB94/00114 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 17, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 17, 1996 PCT Filed May 19, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/03033 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 2, 1995An osmotic device that, following the imbibement of water vapor, provides for the controlled release of a beneficial agent to an aqueous environment. The device comprises a hydrophilic formulation including a beneficial agent, and if needed, an ...

To lay at least one filament on at least one support material to form a layer in an undulating line, such as the reinforcement in rubber or plastics for vehicle tyre casings, the filament is fed at a controlled linear speed V1. The filament is deflected across its line of travel. The support material has a linear speed V2, slower than V1, to give an undulating line to the laid filament. The confor...

PCT No. PCT/SE92/00575 Sec. 371 Date May 17, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date May 17, 1994 PCT Filed Aug. 24, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/12380 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 1995A combustion device (1) incorporated in an apparatus for combustion and/or decomposition of pollutants in air or other gases. The device has a stationary bed of e.g. sand having heat-accumulating and heat-exchanging properties. The bed is provid...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the size of a device smaller by adding contrivance to the redundant structure of a sound accumulation device in a sound response device and to avoid a temporary interruption of sound response services by having the device operates as through it were a duplex structure, while adapting a structure of an (N+1) system for a unit in the sound response device. SOLUTION: TSW...

A method of controlling access to restricted zones within a self-service terminal includes the steps of detecting the profile of the leading edge of an object, and allowing passage to a restricted zone if the profile matches a predetermined profile. A system for performing such a method includes three or more profile sensors 60a which detect the leading edge profile at three or more discrete posit...

A transparent biaxially-oriented 1-500 mu m film based mainly on a crystallisable thermoplast also contains a UV stabilizer and an optical brightener. An Independent claim is also included for production of the film by melt extrusion of the composition onto a cooled roll, followed by biaxial stretching and winding up.

A biaxially oriented polyester film: (A) which comprises a composition comprising at least two thermoplastic polyesters; (B) which has at least two melting peaks which satisfy difference between being in range of 5 to 20 DEG C and average of the both melting peak temperature being in range of 200 to 230 DEG C when measured by DSC at a temperature elevation rate of 2 DEG C/min by superimposing...

A roller control unit (2) for a continuously-variable-ratio transmission includes a cylinder (6) having a cylinder wall and an end wall; and a piston (8), within the cylinder (6) and to which the roller assembly (4) is connected for movement therewith, said unit includes an axially extending shroud (10) of variable length extending between the piston (8) and the end wall, thereby to define in comb...