A method and apparatus are disclosed for winding at least a layer of separate fibers or groups of fibers onto a rotating support while modifying the width of the layer by moving the layer between two extreme positions perpendicular to the direction of fiber travel and simultaneously moving each fiber or group of fibers in its own plane of motion, offset in relation to a vertical plane at an angle ...

Variable length storage of running length material between stations in a web handling or processing line in which storage of the self-supporting portion of the variable length is nearly constant in length independent of the total length of the stored loop. The sides of the stored variable length loop are held against the respective surfaces of a pair of opposed and nearly vertical endless belts ea...

PCT No. PCT/JP82/00350 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 22, 1982 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 22, 1982 PCT Filed Aug. 31, 1982 PCT Pub. No. WO83/00838 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 1983.A rubber sheet bonding apparatus useable particularly in forming tires, for supplying an unvulcanized rubber sheet (11) to a forming drum (1) to bond it around the outer peripheral surface of the drum (1) and to form a joint at a portion alon...

A pneumatic splicing apparatus for spun yarns comprising a splicing member having a splicing hole and a jet nozzle for jetting a compressed fluid into the splicing hole, control nozzles arranged on both the outer sides of the splicing hole to suck and to untwist the yarn ends, cutting devices for cutting the yarn ends, and yarn guiding means for inserting the yarn ends into the splicing hole. The ...

A spun yarn splicing device comprises a yarn splicing member having a yarn splicing hole, a fluid ejection nozzle for ejecting compressed fluid into the yarn splicing hole, and a slit opening into the yarn splicing hole for guiding yarn ends to be spliced into the yarn splicing hole, the yarn splicing hole being cylindrical in a cross section, the slit being directed tangentially to the yarn splic...

PURPOSE:To simplify the structure and realize free selection in amount of ion exchange resin to be used in a lead storage battery by putting a capsula filled with ion exchange resion into an electrolyte. CONSTITUTION:A capsule 1 being filled with the position ion exchange resin 3 and provided with many holes 2 at the exterior is put into the electrolyte. Therefore, amount of ion exchange resion to...

1. Waste processing device, particularly for crushing products containing cellulose as for example wood from vine or trees, waste from wood, straw and the like, consisting of a housing (11) having an inlet opening (12) and an outlet opening (13) and further having a rotating knife (21, 21', ...) located in the housing and cooperating with a stationary counter-knife (31), characterized in that the ...

Wear parts or cutting tools, in which the part being exposed to wear is essentially an extremely difficultly grindable material (e.g., hard material), but in which the manufacture of the wear part or cutting tool requires considerable grinding operations can, according to the invention, be made better and cheaper forming the wear part or cutting tool of a compound material which is a wear-resistan...

Apparatus for the aligning of boiled prawns withdrawn from an unordered stock comprises an oscillatory stock container (1) and a conveyor chute (11) conveying by means of micro-throw effect. For the purpose of producing a continuous stream of prawns which do not obstruct each other, there is arranged between an outlet opening (3) of the container (1) and an aligning zone of the conveyor chute (11)...

An apparatus for automatic fixing a vertically suspended carcass, comprising a carriage (3) moved vertically by a cylinder (5), the carriage is equipped with two plates set at an angle to form a funnel-like guiding device (10) for catching and guiding the snout of the carcass. The carriage is furthermore provided with another cylinder (6) for horizontal movement of a fixing tool - formed as a hook...

An adhesive composition and a method for its use in bonding rigid PVC elements. The adhesive composition comprises: (1) a first dissolved PVC polymer having a K-value of about 58 +/- and a second dissolved PVC polymer having a K-value of about 45 to about 52; (2) at least one cyclic organic solvent; and (3) at least one non-cyclic organic solvent.

Styrene polymer foam that is more environmentally acceptable, capable of making foam insulation over a wide range of densities, decorative and does not require the modification of existing equipment for high pressure operation is prepared using a mixed blowing agent of carbon dioxide plus ethyl chloride and optionally a fluorocarbon to provide a foam having primary cells and secondary cells define...

An opto-electronic focussing-error detection system is described for detecting a deviation between a radiation-reflecting surface and a plane of focussing of an objective system in an optical imaging system. The detection system comprises a beam-splitting element and a radiation-sensitive detection system arranged behind the beam-splitting element and two groups of detectors. The first group is as...

A down-hole signal transmitter includes an annular impeller mounted on a cylindrical casing and arranged to be driven by the mud flow passing along a drill string. Each of the impeller and the casing incorporates two sets of magnets with their poles arranged axially relative to one another such that axial movement of the impeller in one direction will tend to be resisted by a force of magnetic rep...

Novel foamed thermoplastic resins are disclosed. The foam includes an ionically associated blend containing at least about 60 weight % of a metal salt of a styrene-acrylic acid copolymer and at least 1 weight % of a metal salt of an ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer. The foams typically are prepared by extruding a ternary mixture of a styrene-acrylic acid copolymer, an ethylene-acrylic copolymer and...