A method and apparatus for controlling a continuous speed variable transmission includes a pressure sensor for detecting atmospheric pressure, and a control unit which receives a detection signal from the pressure sensor. The control unit responds to the detected atmospheric pressure, the shift position of the transmission, and other predetermined conditions to correct clutch pressure and line pre...

A continously variable transmission has a fixed pulley piece and has a movable pulley piece which is supported for movement toward and away from the fixed pulley piece, the width of a groove between the pulley pieces being increased or decreased in order to increase or decrease the radius of rotation of a belt looped around a driving side pulley and a driven side pulley which include the fixed and...

PURPOSE: To provide a fixed screen filter which can treat a waste liquid containing large-sized dusts and a waste liquid containing small and medium- sized dusts. CONSTITUTION: The fixed screen filter provided in a main body 10 having a side inlet part 11 and an outlet part in the axis direction comprises a cylindrical fixed screen 14 having a circular cross sectional shape. The side wall 15 of th...

PURPOSE:To shorten the manufacturing time, make a battery lightweight, and improve its output by directly electrodepositing a positive electrode active material made of lead dioxide and lead sulfate and a negative electrode active material made of lead and lead sulfate to a current collector by electrophoresis electrodeposition. CONSTITUTION:A positive electrode mix added with a binder to a mixtur...

PURPOSE:To suppress the generation of lead sulfate on the surface of an electrode plate in a formation tank and improve the self-discharge characteristic by washing an unformed electrode plate with an aqueous solution of a surface active agent having a pH buffer action before dipping it in the formation tank. CONSTITUTION:An unformed electrode plate is dipped in an aqueous solution of a surface ac...

To smoothly perform a shift change by the actuator with a simple structure, a drive motor M as a running drive source is connected with a drive motor electronic motor unit 103 through a FET driver 107. A change motor 61 for driving a shift drum 62 is connected with a change motor electronic control unit 111 through a FET driver 112. When a drive motor electronic control unit 103 outputs the speed ...

The invention relates to a method of synchronizing clocks contained in a local network of bus type, such as Ethernet and a system of synchronizing clocks. In local networks of this kind a number of nodes are connected to a common data channel. The object of the invention is to obtain a method and a system of synchronizing the clocks which is more accurate than previous methods and systems, in whic...

PHA 40535 14.11.1988 POTENTIAL-MAGNETIC ENERGY DRIVEN VALVE MECHANISM A bistable electronically controlled transducer having an armature reciprocable between first and second positions is disclosed including either a stressed spring or compressed air within a closed chamber in the transducer for causing the armature to move, and a permanent magnet latching arrangement for holding the armature in e...

A multipolar electrode catheter includes a central and four side electrodes at its distal end. The catheter is actuable from a retracted or collapsed mode wherein the side electrodes are arranged around the tubular catheter outer surface to an expanded mode. A plurality of longitudinal slits in the catheter wall enable radial expansion of the distal end so that the side electrodes are moved to an ...

The invention relates to a safety binding which is adapted to retain the front end of a boot. More precisely, the invention relates to a support element on which rest the front end of the boot. The support element has a base plate and a support plate which are continuously connected, through a elastically deformable zone. An abutment limits the upward movement of the support plate, and a groove li...

A method and an apparatus for producing tread/reinforcement belt units for pneumatic vehicle tires in which a rotatable winding drum. a belt feeding device for a first and a second reinforcement belt layer, an overlay feeding device, a tread feeding device and a transfer device are provided. On a winding drum having double width and being axially movable, two tread/reinforcement belt units are sim...

A method for making a knotless bead bundle, a bead bundle made according to the method, and a tire made using the knotless bead bundle are provided. In the method a bead ring is made using a plurality of annular turns of wire as is conventional in the art, and the annular turns of wire are wrapped with cord, tape, or other conventional wrapping material which is held on the bead ring without using...

An apparatus for the levitation of a liquid drop by a fluid flow comprising a profile generator, a fluid flow supply means operatively connected to the profile generator. The profile generator includes an elongate cylindrical shell in which is contained a profiling means for configuring the velocity profile of the fluid flow exiting the profile generator.

A polyester film comprises a polyester whose dicarboxylic acid copolymerized component contains (i) an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having a metal sulfonate and/or a derivative thereof and (ii) a polyetherdicarboxylic acid represented by the following chemical formula (a) and having a mean molecular weight in the range of 600 to 20,000 and/or a derivative thereof. R<1> OOCCH2-(O-R<2>)n -OCH2 COOR<3>...

A process for producing a foamed polymer comprises the steps of: mixing, in a dissolver, a mixture constituted by at least one isocyanate and a first unsaturated anhydride, which is charged to the dissolver in the liquid state and at a relatively high temperature; progressively cooling said mixture, with continued stirring, until a temperature not higher than 22 DEG C. is reached; adding to the m...

A rigid polyurethane foam obtained by foaming a special polyol component and an isocyanate component in the presence of a blowing agent comprising water and at least one member selected from the group consisting of 1,1-dichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane and 2,2-dichloro-2-monofluoroethane possesses balanced excellent properties, has no surface void, and shows only slight expansion after molding. There...

A method and apparatus for the inspection and handling of surface level defects is taught. Briefly stated, the object to be inspected is positioned. A Laser light is polarized into at least one orientation and then reflected off of a rotated polygon mirror. This causes the light to "move" over the area of interest. A plurality of fiber optic bundles are used to receive and conduct the reflected li...

PURPOSE: To provide a catheter for excision of tissue or obstruction from a cavity in a human body, etc., without damaging the body of patient. CONSTITUTION: A catheter for excision of tissue from the inside wall of a body cavity is composed of a thin and long member 110, connection device 103, and at least one wire 104 extending having a root part in the thin and long member and a tip part in the...

PURPOSE:To provide a liquid chemical container from which a liquid chemical can safely and easily be taken out without using a hollow needle, such as injection needle. CONSTITUTION:This liquid chemical container 1 is constituted by forming a plug body 4 for sealing a mouth part 3 of a rubber-like elastic body, forming a hole 5 axially in the central part of this plug body 4 and closing this hole 5...

A mixing valve includes a volume control valve (48), a pressure proportioning valve (82), and a thermostatic valve assembly (114, 130) within a single modular housing. The housing is rotatably mounted in a valve body and houses the proportioning valve and the thermostatic control valve. Rotation of the housing controls the total volumetric flow from the supply inlets (14, 16) of the valve plate (4...