A disposable absorbent article is provided having a loop fastening material as female component of a hook and loop fastener system. The loop material comprises a web having a top surface and at least one row of filamentary yarn spanning the length of said top surface and adapted to be entangled by complementary male fastener.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel consumption, emission control, and drivability while selecting an appropriate gear shift in a hybrid vehicle with transmission. SOLUTION: Priority in relation to a request of the vehicle driving force is set in order of a gear shift in the direction for increasing the engine output, a gear shift in the direction for increasing the motor output, and a gear shif...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clutch connection control device capable of shortening a time for connection of a clutch, preventing riding comfortableness from becoming rough at the time of connection, and providing a good operability. SOLUTION: A distance between a driving side 70a and a driven side 70b of a clutch, namely lift amount is controlled by a clutch release mechanism 70 driven by a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a differential device of automobile capable of preventing noise emission and enhancing the fuel consumption and/or output by reducing the friction. SOLUTION: This differential device is structured so that a carrier side flange of a differential carrier is formed other than circular, and the rigidity of the differential carrier is heightened in the axial direction o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To offer a long life control valve type lead battery, by efficiently carrying out a catalyst reaction with a gas which is generated in a battery and by making water which comes out from the reaction cyclic flow back into an electrolytic solution for preventing sulfurization in a negative electrode without enlarging whole volume size. SOLUTION: A control valve type lead batter...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a non-volatile memory cell that can be driven at a low voltage and is capable of high-speed program and high-density integration, and its usage, a manufacturing method, and a non-volatile memory array. SOLUTION: A p-type well 101 is formed on the surface of a substrate 10, and a channel formation region 110 is prescribed on the surface of the p-type well 101 so tha...

A method and device for threading a paper web or an equivalent web-like mate rial in a winding device, in particular in a slitter-winder, in which the paper web or the equivalent web-like material is wound from a web reel or equivalent onto another roll. A threadi ng wedge is formed into the paper web or equivalent web-like material and passed through the wi nding device. Substantially at the sam...

A system and method are disclosed for constructing a rotatable label and attaching the rotatable label to a container. The rotatable label system includes an inner label attached to the container and a rotatable outer label. The inner label may have adhesive on a rear surface of a trailing end alone, or it may have adhesive on a rear surface of both the leading and trailing end for fixedly attachi...

A noise insulating member having a low degree of water absorbency and a low degree of oil absorbency. The noise insulating member includes a polyurethane foam obtained by reaction of an organic polyisocyanate component and a polyol component in the presence of a fluorine-containing surfactant, and having a cellular network having cells and communication holes which communicate with said cells. The...

A carrying case for electronic equipment, such as a portable computer, includes back, front, top, bottom and side walls defining an interior including a compartment for receiving electronic equipment defined between a wall surface and a floating panel of the carrying case. The floating panel is selectively movable linearly toward and away from the wall surface to adjust the size of the compartment...

Low-power, low-voltage electrosurgical apparatus providing three current unipolar modes whose circuitry for generating the modulation signals needed to implement the three current modes employs no microcontroller but generates the modulation waveforms using a oscillator-binary counter and dual multiplexers, integrated components (ICs) that are of relatively low cost. Safety features can be incorpo...

A process for preparing moisture wicking polyester fabrics is disclosed which comprises the steps of: winding hydrophobic polyester yarn onto a package; subjecting the wound package to a dyebath including at least one dye and an agent rendering the polyester yarn hydrophilic while subjecting the yarn to elevated temperatures, pressures or both to dye the polyester yarn and render the polyester fib...

Unleaded aviation gasolines having heats of combustion and octane qualities deemed necessary for use under actual service conditions are formed from blends of specified proportions of aviation alkylate, ether blending agent, a cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl and optionally other appropriate hydrocarbons falling in the gasoline boiling range.

A method for preparing a polyurethane flexible foam which comprises reacting an organic polyisocyanate with a polyol in the presence of urethane catalyst, water as a blowing agent, optionally a cell opener, and a polydimethylsiloxane cell stabilizer composition which comprises at least 90 wt % of polydimethylsiloxane molecules having the formula:where n is 5 to 7, provided at least 15 wt % of each...

Diffusely scattering defects are to be detected in items made from transparent material, e.g. drinks bottles. To this end, the items (10) are inspected using a light source (12) and a camera (16), a contrast pattern (14) being arranged between the light source (12) and the item to be inspected. Diffusely scattering defects are detected by a decrease in the contrast of the contrast pattern (14) rep...

In a path planning method is disclosed for surface processing machines such as, for example, cleaning machines in a supermarket first, potential sub-paths are produced that, proceeding from boundary lines of obstacles or the work area parallel to these boundary lines shifted by the width of the processing device are erected in the form of concentric circles. These potential sub-paths are then sub-...

Reliably detecting malfunction of an abnormality-monitoring circuit during operation of a processing unit. An electronic control unit provided with a CPU level-inverts and outputs an actuating signal during each iteration of a base routine. An abnormality-monitoring circuit clocks a fall interval of the actuating signal as charging voltage of a gradually discharged capacitor, and outputs a reset s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and a method for efficiently and certainly forming a carcass of a tire constituted so that the cut surfaces of carcass cords are not present at a bead part, especially, a carcass having a special shape such as a hollow structure without employing complicated apparatus constitution. SOLUTION: A carcass forming apparatus is equipped with a doughnut-shape...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apex bonding apparatus capable of stably supplying an apex prevented from the weight irregularity of rubber and bonding the apex to a bead wire. SOLUTION: An apparatus for bonding an apex 1 to a bead wire 5 is successively equipped with an extruder 2 for extruding the apex 1 to mold the same, a dancer roll 3 for guiding the apex 1 extruded from the extruder 2, a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lightly and smoothly open/close a screen in a window sash with the screen built in between inner and outer transparent panels, and to reduce the whole cost by simplifying structure for operating the screen to open/close. SOLUTION: The inner and outer panels 5, 5 are supported to a sash frame 3 including upper and lower frames 1, 1 and right and left frames 2, 2, and the sc...