A dullness-proof device for a shaping-knife provided on a roller (1) has one or more than one sets of small supporting wheels (2) abutting on the surface (10) of the roller (1). The surface (10) of the roller (1) includes an annular protruding rim (11) on each end thereof concentric therewith. The annular protruding rims (11) are provided on the surface (10) of the roller (1) at both ends of the s...

The electromagnetic transducer drives an inner hub (4) laterally. The hub has a rear chamfer with shoulders on the armature channel holding it in place in the rest position. The armature (2) has electrical winding mounted coaxially around the hub centre. The hub is attached to a front and rear flexible section (14,15) covering the front and rear of the armature. The magnetic field moves the hub fo...

A method and apparatus for selecting an entry stored in a data processing system, and specifically a destination in a vehicle navigation system. The system includes a display, scrolling means having first and second controls, and selecting means. Using the scrolling means, the user of the system scrolls through a plurality of stored destinations on the display. Each destination is made up of a plu...

When an accelerator pedal (25) is suddenly stamped on, the amount of fuel injected into an engine (12) increases sharply, and the rotating force of a crankshaft (14) is increased, so that when the rotation is transmitted from the shaft (14) to an automatic transmission (23), a force which tends to twist an automobile (11) in the rotating direction of the shaft (14) is applied to the automobile (11...

A centrifuge separation device is disclosed and includes a rotor configured to be connected to a centrifuge motor for rotation about an axis of rotation. A retainer is associated with the rotor and defines a passageway for a separation channel. A protrusion formed in one of the passageway walls extends towards and is spaced from the other of the passageway walls. The protrusion is sized to substan...

An engine start control system includes a starter (27) and a motor generator (7) capable of starting an engine (1). The engine start control system further includes a controller (26) that determines the rotational resistance of the crankshaft (3) based on cooling water temperature of the engine (1) or viscosity of the engine oil, and then selects the starting mode of the engine(1) by the starter (...

Carousel winding reel (10) for thin or very thin strip/sheet, up to 0.5 mm, hot rolled and leaving in a continuous strip from a rolling train at speeds of 20 meters per second and more, the reel (10) comprising a pair of mandrels (11a, 11b) arranged with their respective axes parallel to each other (12a, 12b) and associated with a structure (13) able to rotate around a longitudinal axis (14) subst...

Enhanced performance over the service life of sealed lead-acid cells and batteries is achieved by utilizing separators having preselected characteristics, including a load cell pressure of at least about 6.0 at two months, saturation and stratification characteristics having a variance of no more than about 10 %, a maximum pore size below about 15 microns and a mean pore size of less than about 2....

A parking brake (12) for maintaining an industrial vehicle in a stationary position is kept engaged by a holding mechanism (12d). The parking brake is disengaged by a releasing mechanism (13). Whether the vehicle speed is equal to greater than a predetermined value is determined based on a detection signal from a speed detector (17). If the vehicle speed is less than the predetermined value, the r...

An ion-selective membrane is formed integrally of an ion-selective membrane forming component and a woven-fabric-shaped backing. The ion-selective membrane forming component comprises a cationic polymer component and/or an anionic polymer component and a matrix component. Each of the ionic polymer components is a particulate polymer having an average particle size in a range of from 0.01 to 10 mu...

An apparatus (20, 22) for moving at least one suction nozzle (90) holding, by suction, an electric component (92), and mounting, on a circuit substrate (32), the component held by the nozzle, the apparatus including a nozzle-defect detecting device (78, 396; 460; 470; 490) which detects a defect of the suction nozzle, and a nozzle exchanging device (62, 64, 170, 200, 190, 192, 152, 280, 312) which...

The utility model relates to a heat collector with an external light congregating vacuum pipe, which comprises vacuum pipes and reflecting plates, wherein, heat absorbing bodies are arranged in the vacuum pipes, and the reflecting plate is arranged under each vacuum pipe. The utility model is characterized in that the shapes of the radial cross sections of the reflecting plates form two double-cir...

The utility model relates to a concentric cylinder. A cooling water pipe is positioned on the shaft center line of the cylinder. The outermost layer of the concentric cylinder is provided with a glass pipe, and a second layer is an inner cylinder layer. An adsorbent layer is arranged between the inner cylinder layer and the cooling water pipe. Both ends are respectively provided with an upper cove...

A process is disclosed for creating an array of bumps to texture a brittle surface, such as a glass substrate 12 for data recording disks. The texturing process uses a laser 10 to provide pulses of proper energy fluence to the brittle glass surface to produce a plurality of raised bumps in the surface. The bump creation is accomplished without unwanted micro-cracking or ejection of surface materia...

A sealed lead-acid cell and positive plate for a sealed lead-acid cell are provided. The positive plate comprises a grid supporting structure having a layer of active material pasted thereto, the grid supporting structure comprising a lead-based alloy consisting essentially of lead, from about 0.02% to about 0.05% calcium, from about 1.5% to about 3.0% tin, and from about 0.01% to about 0.05% silv...

An ablation lead for treating atrial flutter wherein the tip of the lead is fixed in the patient's heart by screwing and wherein the electrodes are arranged on the lead body so as to overlie the area between the tricuspid annulus and the inferior vena cava. Radiofrequency energy is applied through the electrodes to cause ablation of the tissue. With the tip screwed in position, the lead can then b...

The present invention relates to a method for cleaning containment enclosures, and in particular for dedusting them. The invention is implemented with double containment; and suctioning is performed within a removable receptacle.

The thermal insulating foamed material 4 comprises a foamed polyurethane resin composition having closed cells filled with a volatile blowing agent, and having an alkali metal carbonate 7 or an alkaline-earth metal carbonate 7, formed by a reaction of an alkali metal hydroxide or an alkaline-earth metal hydroxide with carbon dioxide, and a water adsorbent 10 having a moistened water-absorbing subs...

Die vorliegende Schließvorrichtung eignet sich zum Ersatz gewöhnlicher Türschlösser und erfüllt außerdem die Funktion eines Blockschlosses bei Kombination mit einer Alarmanlage. Die Schließvorrichtung enthält eine Schließmechanik mit elektronischer Steuereinheit, beispielsweise in Form eines elektronischen Schließzylinders oder eines elektronischen Türschlosses, sowie eine Deaktivierungseinrichtun...

A system for severing lesions within a living body includes a housing defining an interior tissue receiving chamber is coupled to the distal end of an endoscope. At least one snare extends around the ligating band supporting surface so that, when at least one ligating band is received around the ligating band supporting surface, drawing the at least one snare off the ligating band supporting surfa...