PURPOSE: To form a curvilinear or round edge at a contact lens by subjecting the outer periphery of this lens to melt light emission decomposition by laser radiation. CONSTITUTION: The lens 21 mounted at a lens fixture 22 is arranged by motors 11 and 12 and x-, y-, z-axis fine adjustment mechanisms 14, 17, 18 in such a manner that the edge 25 of the contact lens 21 is irradiated with the edge 50 o...

PURPOSE:To control front and rear wheels so that a difference in slip amount of them becomes always zero to improve turning ability and straight forward traveling stability by setting a varying speed of driving force distribution according to a difference in speed of the front wheels and varying a driving force distribution ratio at the varying speed. CONSTITUTION:In a four-wheel drive vehicle, a ...

PURPOSE:To maintain travel performance and prevent the durability of friction engaging means from being lowered by maintaining line pressure high in the case of a slip being generated to the friction engaging means, and lowering engine output when the slip of the friction engaging means is still uncorrected. CONSTITUTION:An automatic transmission 1 is provided with a speed change gear formed of pl...

PURPOSE:To prevent an oversteering condition in an early stage by setting limited value of acceleration from oversterring characteristic in response to the frictional coefficient on a road surface based on longitudinal acceleration and decreasing driving force when the detected lateral acceleration exceeds the limited value. CONSTITUTION:An acceleration speed sensor 21 which detects longitudinal a...

A method and a device for cutting an edge strip in a web by means of a water jet against a felt or wire of a paper machine for the threading of the web, whereby the end of the web is passed through the paper machine by means of the edge strip cut in the web, the edge strip being narrower than the web. In order to prevent the felt or wire from getting wet or being choked, the water jet is displaced...

Système d'épissage de fil pour fil de chaîne dans un métier à tisser, dans lequel un appareil d'épissage de fil est prévu avec des moyens de recherche pour une extrémité de fil du côté ensouple d'un fil de chaîne coupé et un dispositif d'épissage pneumatique du fil pour épisser l'extrémité du fil à une extrémité d'un fil additionnel.; A yarn splicing system for splicing a warp in a loom wherein a ...

A therapeutic mattress cover includes overlying first and second fabric sheets of rectangular shape. Laterally spaced rows of first stitching interconnect the sheets throughout their width. A hollow rectangular skirt at its top edge overlies the perimeter of the sheets and depends therefrom. A second peripheral stitching connects the top edge of the sheet with the corresponding two ends and one si...

An access window enclosure which is mounted on the surface of a control equipment enclosure to protect indicators and controls located on the equipment enclosure surface. The access window enclosure is hinged and latched to allow easy access to the indicators and controls located beneath it. The front of the access window enclosure contains a transparent panel which keeps the indicators and contro...

A densitometer apparatus (410) is disclosed and is adapted to provide color density measurements of object samples. The densitometer apparatus (410) comprises a source light (580) for projecting light toward an object sample comprising a control strip (588, 620). A reflection optics assembly (576) is adapted to measure light density reflected from the object sample when the object sample is in the...

An apparatus and method for inspecting coatings on the surface of an object includes a light source of a ring light to uniformly light an object that is placed inside a diffusing view chamber. A video system measures the reflected light intensity from the surface of the object to determine if there are voids in the surface coating.

The invention features a real time system for detecting streaks or scratches which occur substantially parallel to the direction of motion of a continuous web of material. The system can also be used to inspect sheets of material that may have been cut from such webs. An energy source such as an incandescent lamp or a bank of lamps generates electromagnetic energy that impinges upon the continuous...

Certain aminofulvene derivatives are effective in improving the antiknock performance of gasoline when used in an internal combustion engine. Particularly preferred aminofulvene derivatives are 2-methoxycarbonyl-6-(dimethylamino)fulvene; 2,3-dimethoxycarbonyl-6-(dimethylamino)fulvene; or mixtures thereof.

A process and apparatus for producing laminated glass wherein a film-forming plastisol is coated on a surface of a first glass plate to form a layer (4) of the plastisol so that the thickness of the layer (4) may monotonically vary; a second glass plate (5) which has been heated at least at its peripheral portions is brought in contact with the layer of the plastisol first at a portion where the l...

A method for detecting malfunctioning of a digital computer of a control device which repetitively processes a main routine and, at each predetermined timing, interrupts the processing of the main routine in order to process at least one interruption routine. The method includes the steps of (a) changing the contents of a first stored data after a predetermined plurality of consecutive interrupt r...

HOE 86/F 227 In the device for evaluating test strips having individual test sections, which consist of a terminal, a work platform with holder for the test strips and a sensing head, a position mark 5 is arranged for each test section 9 on the side of the holder 13. On the work platform 15, the sensing head 14 is arranged so as to be capable of traversing the test sections 9 and the position mark...

R 7012 (R) The invention provides a process for preparing a food flavour by inactivating yeast and carrying out enzymatic degradation of biopolymers in conjunction with fermentation with micro-organisms. Preferably the enzymatic degradation is carried out with more than one enzyme either simultaneously or sequentially.

DNA strand having an ability in biotechnological production of .alpha.-acetolactate decarboxylase is disclosed. The DNA strand is characterized in that it has a nucleotide sequence coding for a polypeptide whose amino acid sequence is substantially from A to B of Fig. 1 and which has .alpha.-acetolactate decarboxcylase activity. Also disclosed is a yeast which belongs to Saccharomyces cerevisiae a...

Products having optically detectable straight lime segments are inspected for acceptability by forming one or more one-dimensional images of the product in which properly aligned straight line segments are respectively focused to points in the image. Such parameters as the location and image intensity of these one-dimensional image points are used to determine whether or not the product is accepta...

A method and apparatus for automatically removing an annular grooved tread from an initially closed segmented mold is described. The segmented mold has an annular cavity and a central core, and has both an axial direction and a radial direction. The method comprises the steps of withdrawing a first plurality of segments, restraining radial movement of the tread at a plurality of locations from whi...

Tire building apparatus and method for applying first station components of a tire carcass on a first drum located in a first position, interchanging the first drum with a second drum located at a second position by oscillating a hub on which the drums are mounted while inclining the axis of rotation of the hub to the horizontal so as to raise the drums over the floor, thereafter applying first st...