PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support the inner pressure working on the casing of a boiler and sharply reduce the transformation of a back stay caused by the difference of thermal expansion. SOLUTION: A back stay 6 is supported at plural points by an inner truss 7, and one of the supporting points is a pivotal point which does not move horizontally nor vertically, and at least some of other supporting ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safe sealed lead acid battery having a strap in a good connection condition. SOLUTION: In a lug part 2 of a plate constituting a plate group, in a wide surface side of the plate, a ridge line part 2a is provided along a rising direction of the lug part 2, and its thickness is set to a range not exceeding a thickness of the plate. The lug part 2 of each plate of t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a monoblock sealed lead acid battery capable of measuring voltage of an intermediate cell without worsening a commodity value of a battery and with no decrease in its characteristic. SOLUTION: In a reverse part of a cover 5 in a battery jar in a part corresponding to a bridge welding part 4, a boss part 6 is provided. In the boss part 6, a down facing recessed part...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of a plate for a lead acid battery capable of attaining uniformity of dimension of the obtined plate by setting a reference, in the case of correcting displacement of a position on which an edge of a cutting means is put, not to a rotational speed of a main motor but to a moving speed of a plate precursor itself, making the moving speed serve...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold an active material use rate high and elongate the life of a storage battery by fixing tin dioxide powder in a paste active material layer, whose major material is lead powder, in such a state as biting therein and tightly bonding the most of the tin dioxide to the lead powder. SOLUTION: An active material paste is formed with active material power which is so obtained...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve battery performance by adding graphite powder of mean particle size 30&mu m or less to a negative electrode plate and to improve life performance of the negative electrode plate by preventing lowering of efficiency discharge capacity under high temperature. SOLUTION: Lignin or an organic expander, which is added for preventing lowering of discharge capacity, especi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the skeleton of an active material strong and lengthen the cycle life by overdischarging a lead-acid battery after manufacturing, letting it stand, then conducting recovering charging before completion. SOLUTION: A lead-acid battery is overdischarged after manufacturing and let to stand. By this process, an active material is converted into lead sulfate, the concentra...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain driving torque characteristics which meet the output requirements of an operator by a method wherein an assist reducing means which reduces the torque assist synchronously with the downshift is provided. SOLUTION: The varying-speed command is outputted to a varying-speed ratio control actuator and hydraulic circuits are switched to perform the downshift. The torque ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the shock which is produced at the time of clutch coupling by a method wherein the torque of a motor is so controlled as to reduce input torque applied to an automatic speed changer temporarily at the time of coupling when the state of a unidirectional clutch is changed from an idling state to a synchronous state. SOLUTION: The output torque of a motor 14 is reduc...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid the continuation of the shock which is produced when the upshift by a speed changing means and the switching of an operation mode by a mode switching means are performed at timings close to each other by a method wherein the operation mode is switched within the inertial phase of the upshift. SOLUTION: When it is to be judged whether an operation mode can be changed ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple and inexpensive device which can bring neutral into existence without fail when a shift lever is operated into neutral range, in a power transmission device capable of bringing neutral into existence electrically. SOLUTION: In the power transmission device of a vehicle equipped with an electric torque converter capable of electrically breaking the power tr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the method for efficiently manufacturing the suspension with circuit wiring for a magnetic head in constituting the suspension integrally with a leader wiring member in a magnetic head element. SOLUTION: One side surface of a plate-like flexible insulating base material 2 is provided with an electrically conductive layer, while the other side surface is provided wi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable mass production of chip electronic components by simplifying a manufacturing process thereof, and enable obtaining sufficient electric conduction simply by pressing the component in contact with an electrode layer on an end surface thereof. SOLUTION: A plurality of parallel slots are formed in a substrate, and electrode layers 3 are formed in the slots. After an ele...

A turret (22) for a tire building system having two drums (26,49) with drum shafts (30,42) mounted on the turret and adjusted so that the axes of the drums will be offset and parallel providing a compact turret assembly with a minimum shaft length and weight. The offset drum shafts provide for positioning of the drums in operating positions of different heights (50,52) relative to the floor surfac...

A method for the preparation of elastic block soft foam materials comprises reacting the following components together :(A) polyisocyanates ; (B) polyol compounds with a molecular weight of 400-10000 containing at least two hydrogen atoms that can react with (A) ; (C) water and optional organic propellants ; (D) standard stabilisers ; (E) standard activators ; and (F) other standard auxiliary agen...

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining a chemical component from a sample, where the sample is measured on a test strip with the help of a color reaction. The method concerns finding the measurement time Tm for measuring the reflection of the test strip. The method comprises the following steps: a) Recording the R(t) function, b) Determining the T0 starting time at the det...

A process and a system for the continuous manufacture of polymeric foams. Reactive chemical components and additives comprising a low boiling blowing agent are mixed under pressure in a mixer (11); the mixture is then frothed before chemical reaction takes place by feeding the mixture through a pressure equalizing and frothing device (13) comprising an elongated pressure-drop zone (17) opening int...

A present invention relates to a process for preparing elastic, flexible slabstock foams by reacting polyisocyanates with at least one polyol having a molecular weight from 2,000 to 10,000, having a functionality of 2 to 4, which have at least two hydrogen atoms capable of reacting with said polyisocyanates; at least one polyol having a molecular weight from 400 to 4,000, having a functionality of...

A process for producing a polymer crosslinkable by exposure to moisture in the presence of a hydrolysis/condensation catalyst comprising blending (i) a thermoplastic base polymer, (ii) a solid carrier polymer containing a silane, and (iii) a free radical generator; heating and mixing (i), (ii) and (iii) together at a temperature above the crystalline melting point of said base polymer; optionally,...

Liquid impervious, biodegradable films are disclosed. In particular, the films comprise a blend of an interpenetrated network of destructurized starch with ethylene/acrylic acid copolymers or ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymers, and an aliphatic polyester such as polycaprolactone. Diapers, sanitary napkins, pantiliners, and the like, containing backsheets prepared from the foregoing materials are al...