PURPOSE: To adjust the shape of one side of a belt strip comprising a flexible material by determining the shape of one side of strip material to compare the same with the shape of a reference side. CONSTITUTION: A determining means 10 determines the shape of one side of a belt strip and the determined shape is compared with the shape of the corresponding reference side in a comparison means. Ther...

PURPOSE:To reduce the fatigue of an operator, and concurrently enhance safety by automating fuel control for an engine and brake control in response to an inter vehicle distance between a pushing vehicle and a pushed vehicle. CONSTITUTION:The device is made up of a distance detecting means 3 detecting an inter vehicle distance L between a pushing vehicle and a pushed vehicle, a distance comparator...

PURPOSE:To simply and surely restrain shift quality when down-shifting is actuated by accelerator pedal footing without impairing the purity of exhaust gas and having adverse effects upon catalyst. CONSTITUTION:The device is equipped with a throttle opening sensor 22 detecting the opening theta of a throttle valve, an engine rotation speed sensor 21 detecting the engine rotation speed NE of an eng...

PURPOSE: To provide an inflatable flotation raft apparatus capable of inflating a plurality of flotation panels and other portions at the same time and a method for manufacturing such a flotation raft apparatus. CONSTITUTION: This raft apparatus has inflation floatation structures 16, 28 capable of heat sealing for manufacture thereof. One or more flexible buffer members 38, 39 not heat sealable a...

PURPOSE: To reduce an output time for a reel tube cleaner to enhance efficiency for a reeling machine by controlling scraping of a remaining reeling yarn based on a reeling data detected by a reel tube monitor. CONSTITUTION: Reel tubes 41, 42, 43, 44 conveyed on a bobbin holder 45 reach to a distribution section 9 via a returning section 8 to be brought within an acting range of a reel tube monito...

Prodn. of alcohols and diols by hydrogenation of corresp. monoesters of (di)carboxylic acids, diesters of dicarboxylic acids, lactones and mixts. compsns. (a) providing hydrogenation zone contg. charge of granular heterogeneous Cu-contg. ester hydrogenation catalyst; (b) supplying a vaporous feedstream contg. H2 and an hydrogenatable material selected from 1-4C alkyl monoesters of 8-18C monocarbox...

PURPOSE: To provide a nonwoven fabric having a tricot knitting-like appearance and an excellent drape property in all direction of the fabric. CONSTITUTION: A web 57 of 100% cotton is placed on a supporting member 56 having multiple floating three-dimensional regions disposed on a movable conveyer belt 55, passed below a manifold 58 via the running of the conveyer belt 55. Constituent fibers are e...

PURPOSE:To lower production cost, and shorten production time by letting a gear main body having a tooth section on one side surface in the axial direction, and a shaft section which is stretched in a row to the inner circumference section of the gear main body while being extended outward in the axial direction beyond one side surface of a tooth section main body, be integrated by means of forgin...

PURPOSE:To reduce the cost of assembly and processing, etc., of a pinion carrier set. CONSTITUTION:A differential device is provided with pinion carriers 45, 47 for supporting a pinion gear on both sides axially and a planetary gear type differential mechanism 35 mounted integral with the pinion carrier 45 and having a plurality of legs 59 with which the pinion carrier 47 is fixed by leaving a pro...

PURPOSE:To operate a solar heat utilization system in the state where it is fitted to the purpose of a user by setting the operation conditions of one circulation system of first and second circulation systems in response to application conditions fixed to an individual solar heat utilization system. CONSTITUTION:A first circulation system includes a heat collector, a floor heater 12, a heat mediu...

A wrapping method and machine (1; 70) for producing wrappings (2) for products (3), whereby a sheet (8) of wrapping material is folded about a respective product (3) so that at least a first (20) and a second (21) portion of the sheet (8) of wrapping material are superimposed one on top of the other, with the first portion (20) outside the second (21); and the two portions (20, 21) are sealed to e...

Per l'inserimento di foglietti di inserimento o foglietti di carta fra fette tagliate di salumi o di formaggio viene previsto un dispositivo che presenta un dispositivo meccanico di applicazione (6) per strisciamento, che afferra l'estremità (30) del nastro di carta e la preme contro il lato frontale del prodotto da affettare; The device comprises a mechanical feeding device (6) which grips the en...

EL OBJETO DE LA INVENCION ES UN PROCEDIMIENTO PARA IMPEDIR LA FORMACION DE POLVO DE PLOMO EN LA FABRICACION Y MONTAJE DE PLACAS DE ELECTRODOS DE BATERIAS DE PLOMO/ACIDO. SE APORTA LA PROPUESTA DE IMPREGNAR LAS PLACAS, ANTES DE SECARLAS, PREFERENTEMENTE CON UNA SOLUCION DE HIDROCARBONATO SODICO. DE ESTA MANERA, SE OBTIENE UNA FIJACION DEL POLVO DE PLOMO EN LA SUPERFICIE DE LAS PLACAS, ASI COMO UNA ...

LA PRESENTE INVENCION SE REFIERE A UN PROCESO DE SOLDADURA POR HAZ LASER (3) DE DOS CHAPAS (1, 2) FINAS, REVESTIDAS Y DISPUESTAS BORDE CONTRA BORDE O EN LIGERO RECUBRIMIENTO. LA SOLDADURA SE EFECTUA EN DOS FASES, UNA PRIMERA FASE DURANTE LA CUAL SE SUELDAN LAS DOS CHAPAS (1, 2) BARRIENDO EL PLANO DE UNION (5) DE DICHAS CHAPAS A SOLDAR CON EL HAZ LASER (3) ENFOCADO Y UNA SEGUNDA FASE DURANTE LA CUA...

A process for the production of iron from ferrous raw materials in a converter containing an initial iron smelt into which at least fuels, oxygenous gases and ferrous raw materials are introduced during the production phase, the reaction gases being afterburned with oxidizing gases in the gas space of the converter above the smelt and the resulting heat transferred to the iron bath, and a partial ...

This invention relates to an optically active compound of flubrocythrinate with formula (I), a process for preparing the same, and an insecticidal and acaricidal composition containing the same and its use. The insecticidal and acaricidal activity of this optically active compound is evidently superior to that of the mixed-racemic compound.

The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of vertebrate genes, termed here hedgehog-related genes, comprise morphogenic signals produced by embryonic patterning centers, and are involved in the formation of ordered spatial arrangements of differentiated tissues in vertebrates. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, ...

In a method for drilling adjacent to a cased known first borehole a second borehole in a predetermined direction the following steps are carried out for a number of along hole depths di: measuring components of gravity acceleration and magnetic field (earth & casing); determining direction parameters alpha i; deriving magnetic polestrength components, Bp1,i and Bp2,i; applying Bp1,i/Bp2,i=s1,i/s2...

Device for use in removing undesired material, e.g., occlusion or plaque, from a duct or blood vessel within a patient's body. The device comprises a catheter (21) adapted to be disposed within a duct and an element disposed adjacent to the distal end portion of the catheter such as fiber optic (25) emitting laser energy, a heated element (51) or a knife (62) for intersecting and releasing the und...