PURPOSE:To secure the running stability of a vehicle, by fixing a desired slip value to maintain driving torque at a constant during decreases of its steering angle, in the case of correcting the desired slip value during the cornering of a vehicle so as to make it lower than during straight running thereof. CONSTITUTION:Driving torque adjusting means 22 are provided for adjusting driving torque l...

A valve-regulated, maintenance-free lead acid battery has plate compartments which are substantially surrounded by chambers that contain electrolyte absorptive material. Electrolyte droplets escaping through the pressure relief valves of the battery are directed to flow over the absorptive material in the chambers and are absorbed by it, while evolved gas escapes through a vent without appreciable...

A device for electromagnetically activating a gas exchange valve 4 has an armature 9 which interacts with the gas exchange valve 4, has two switching magnets 6, 7 which are arranged on each side of the armature 9 and which keep the gas exchange valve in an open position and in a closed position. For a length compensation for play-free activation of the valve drive, compression springs 17, 18 are a...

A therapeutic glove for exercising the fingers of a hand includes a glove body (12) having finger (20, 22, 24, 26) and thumb (28) portions each with a tip, an anchor rod (46, 48, 50, 52, 54) for each finger and thumb portion, an elastic resistance band (66, 68, 70, 72, 74) extending along the back of each finger and thumb portion from the tip to the anchor rod, an adjustable wrist portion (210) us...

A resistive exercise suit has a resistive shirt and resistive exercise trousers. The resistive exercise shirt uses tension bands on sleeve fronts and backs and attachment to central elastic blocks on the front and back of the shirt. Both the tension bands and the elastic blocks are incorporated into the shirt and provide means by which resistance can be made against arm movements. Thumb stirrups f...

PCT No. PCT/EP95/04054 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 30, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 30, 1997 PCT Filed Oct. 16, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/21510 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 18, 1996A solid-bowl centrifuge has a rotatable drum having an interior and a space adjacent to the interior of the drum for receiving separated off liquid conveyed from the drum. A weir disk is disposed between the interior of the drum and the chambe...

An electrode arrangement for the cells of batteries includes two electrodes each having a three-dimensional grid-type structure, which are held spaced apart from one another. The electrodes are arranged interleaved with one another in all directions in space.

Garnspule mit einer Bremseinrichtung für den von der Garnspule abgezogenen Faden, wobei die Bremseinrichtung eine in einem Gehäuse (60) gebremst drehbar gelagerte Fadenrolle (70) umfaßt, wobei die Fadenrolle (70) von dem Faden (10) umwickelt ist. ; A reel (1) of yarn has a device for braking the thread drawn from the reel. The device comprises, within a housing (60), a rotating bobbin (70) ...

In devices for combining the remains (1) of a pile of sheets with a main pile of sheets (2) to form an overall pile, rakes (8) are used, which are formed from grid bars (3) with tapering ends, engage temporarily below the remains (1) of the pile of sheets, and against whose underside the top of the main pile of sheets (2) is temporarily placed. According to the invention, drive means are provided ...

Method for measuring the total length of filamentous winding material (3) being wound onto a roll (lap, ball of yarn) (1), in particular of the yarn sheet (warp) being wound onto the warp (yarn) beam of a coiling (balling) machine (reeler). During the continuous winding operation, the length is measured by means of a measuring roller (2) over which the winding material (3) is guided. Slippage occu...

The invention relates to a fibrous strip of multiple width, which consists of crimped interlaced filaments and which has a plurality of regions extending in the longitudinal direction of the fibre strip and at least one predetermined tearing line (4) extending in the longitudinal direction of the fibre strip, the tearing force (daN) of the fibre strip, related to the total linear density (dtex), a...

Prodn. of alphatic polyesters by T-die melt extrusion is effected using a polyester obtd. by (i)esterifying or ester-interchanging at below 220 deg.C a reaction mixt. of (a)succinic acid or anhydride or ester, (b) 1: 1.2-1.7 mol. % 1,4-butanediol, (c)1-25 mol. % 2,2-di-methyl-1,3-propane-diol and (d) 0.01-mol. % multifunctional cpd. contg. at least 3 OH and/of carboxy gps., and (ii) catalytically ...

PURPOSE:To provide good reflectance and accomplish a higher brightness by locating the distribution of particle sizes of high dielectric substance powder between the max. and min. values as specified. CONSTITUTION:In an EL lamp 10 an insulation layer 4 and a light emitting layer 5 are contacting each other, and the total output light is expressed by the sum of the direct incident light and reflect...

PCT No. PCT/SE93/00732 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 16, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 16, 1994 PCT Filed Sep. 9, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/06840 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 1994.A water-soluble polyurethane, including a polymer backbone; end groups provided on the ends of the polymer backbone and containing water-soluble oxyethylene groups having a molecular weight ranging from 400 to 15,000, and groups pendant from t...

A method of an unmanned vehicle comprises the steps of placing a certain number of ground marks each of which comprises a plurality of line segments on a passage of the vehicle measuring amount of movement of the vehicle between the adjacent line segments when the vehicle moves across each of the ground marks, and obtaining a relative positional relation between the ground mark and the vehicle wit...

A method for the preparation of a flexible foam, an integral skin foam or a microcellular elastomer by reacting an organic polyisocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive composition comprising at least one isocyanate-reactive compound of molecular weight of 1000 to 10000 and a functionality of 2 to 4 in the presence of a blowing agent, characterised in that the reaction is conducted in the presence of ...

To repair or join sections of a metal article, matching metal powder is sintered in the solid state to form a porous structure in the joint. A layer of matching powder, modified to incorporate melting point depressants such as boron and silicon is subsequently added to the surface of the sintered region. The joint is processed at a temperature where the modified layer melts while the sintered laye...

A semiconductor integrated circuit is operative in a plurality of different modes. A plurality of select signals whose number corresponds to modes selected from a plurality of different modes are outputted. In response to the select signals, it is detected whether at least two operation modes are selected simultaneously. If so, a detection signal is outputted. In response to this detection signal,...

A wholly aromatic polyester having excellent moldability, heat resistance and blistering resistance and a composition thereof are obtained from an aromatic polyester composed of six specified types of structural unit and having an optical melt anisotropy. The composition can provide electronic heater parts and ovenware both excellent in mechanical strength, heat resistance, moldability and microwa...