An apparatus for dividing a multi-unit battery plate grid into individual battery plate grids and for subsequently applying paste to the individual battery plate grids, which apparatus comprises a pasting device for applying paste to the grids, a parter located upstream of the pasting device for dividing multi-unit battery plate grids into individual battery plate grids prior to pasting thereof, a...

An apparatus for splicing the tow ends of man-made fiber tows, including a pair of jet carriers having oppositely directed pairs of jets to which compressed air can be supplied, whereby the connection of tow ends introduced between the pair of jet carriers is effected by aerodynamic turbulence. In order to enable an automatic splicing procedure, the pair of jet carriers is disposed on a jet carrie...

A clutch is provided for transmitting power of an engine to either of the front or rear wheels of a motor vehicle. A brake switch is provided to be closed by depressing a brake pedal of the vehicle to produce a brake pedal, and a detector is provided for detecting operation of an anti-skid brake system and for producing an anti-skid signal. In response to the brake signal and to the anti-skid sign...

Described herein is a method and system for sensing explosive fires by the parallel processing of signals derived from both electromagnetic radiation and mechanical wave energy simultaneously emanating from or near the source of these fires. The electromagnetic radiation or thermal energy is detected by an electromagnetic wave energy detector or a thermal detector (1 to 6) and the mechanical wave ...

The invention relates to a gas spring (1), comprising a cylinder (2) filled with gas, a piston (3) that is axially movable in the cylinder and sealing it, the piston being provided with a narrow passage (12) and having a piston rod (5) extending outside the cylinder coaxially with it and sealing it, at the end of which rod is arranged an attachment element (6), and a second attachment element (7) ...

A method of, and apparatus for, repairing mechanical and/or chemical damage to the surface of glass bottles destined for re-use. A bottle to be repaired is brought to a temperature in the region of the transformation point of the glass of the bottle, its surface is thermally treated with laser beams, and during the treatment the bottle surface is linearly scanned with the laser beams while rotatin...

Zum Einbringen eines aushärtenden Schwefelsäure-Elektrolyten mit einer Schwefelsäuredichte zwischen 1,20 und 1,31 in Akkumulatorzellen unter Verwendung einer Wasser-in-Öl-Emulsion mit einem Polymer als Polyelektrolyten in der Wasserphase, vorzugsweise mit einem Polymer oder Copolymer eines Acrylamids, wobei die Emulsion zusammen mit einem Schwefelsäure-Kieselsäure-Gemisch zu einer Öl-in-Wasser-Emu...

Zur Vorbereitung für die Verbindung mit Kunststoff wird auf eine Substratoberfläche durch Sandstrahlen mit einem Mittel, das aus (A) 0,01 bis 90 Gew.-% gegebenenfalls silanisiertem Material mit einer Korngrösse < 5 µm und einer grösseren Härte als die der Substratoberfläche und/oder (B) 20 bis 100 Gew.-% silanisiertem, siliciumhaltigem Material mit einer mittleren Korngrösse von 2 bis 200 µm und z...

A shift control stategy is disclosed whereby a timing at which the states of shift solenoids are switched is determined based on an actual revolution speed ratio, namely a ratio of a revolution speed of an input shaft (13) of a gear train to a revolution speed of an output shaft (12) thereof, and a predetermined data containing various revolution speed ratio values versus kinds of shift and thrott...

Monoclonal antibodies to IFN- beta 2/IL-6 and hybridomas producing them and production and purification of glycosylated and unglycosylated IFN- beta 2/ IL-6 are disclosed. The protein is useful in the treatment of breast cancer, leukemia, infectious diseases and bone marrow progenitor cell disorders.

PURPOSE:To obtain coke aggregates capable of raising iron-melting temperature in refining in converter, for charging in converter, by blending strongly caking coal coke powder, steelmaking slag powder and organic binder followed by compression forming. CONSTITUTION:The objective coke aggregates can be obtained by blending (A) strongly caking coal coke powder containing water which has been so adju...

PURPOSE: To enable dissipation of bubbles and to prevent change in a shape caused by vulcanization by retaining a bead assembly in a flat shape orthogonal to the axial center of the convolution body of a bead hoop and also providing a shape retainer which retains the respective convolution bodies consisting of a single wire in a state coming into contact with the adjacent convolution bodies. CONST...

A small-diameter pipe connector comprises a connector body and a socket body. The connector body has a channel, a stepped small-diameter chamber, and a stepped large-diameter chamber formed axially thereinside, whose rear peripheral wall portion defines a support wall. The socket body has obliquely-projecting pawl walls which are adapted to fit into axially-elongate holes formed in the peripheral ...

The copolyester in a copolyester film comprises, as dicarboxylic acid component, 80 to 97 mole percent of terephthalic acid and 3 to 20 mole percent of isophthalic acid and, as diol component, 60 to 85 mole percent of 1, 4-butanediol and 15 to 40 mole percent of diethylene glycol. The copolyester has a reduced viscosity in the range of 0.8 to 1.4 dl/g and a melting point in the range 160 to 200 DE...

A safety ski binding including a sole plate pivotally supported on a ski-fixed pivot pin in a horizontal plane, however, is secured against lifting off from the ski. A front jaw is provided on the sole plate at its front end and a heel holder at its rear end. A housing is provided and includes a sole holder pivotally supported for movement about a transversely extending axle against the force of a...

A method for manufacturing by a powder metallurgy process a rotary drill bit including a bit body 10 having an external surface 12 on which are mounted a plurality of cutting elements 14, and a passage for supplying drilling fluid to the surface of the bit. The method includes the known steps of forming a hollow mould 19 for moulding at least a portion of the bit body, packing at least part of the...

The coating comprises a mixture consisting essentially of a) cellulose esters or poly(meth)acrylates or copolymers thereof and b)at least one antistat. It also contains as an additive a component which is compatible with the mixture, selected from the group of the plasticisers, the vinyl polymers or the polyesters. The weight ratio of antistat to additive is within the range from about 1:1 to 1:1...

This invention permits the acquisition of a metallic powder (1) microscopic in size (for example between 20 and 90 mu m) through a process in which molten metal is extruded from many microscopic nozzle holes (13), the droplets being altered to spherical shapes as they fall while solidifying, such metallic powder having non-curved surfaces in parts of the curved surface of the sphere; this metalli...

A cutting apparatus (1) for sheet-like materials comprises a traveling mechanism having a traveling support member (15) movable above a sheet-like material (2), a cutter (48) hung from the traveling support member of the traveling mechanism and movable in direction perpendicular to traveling directions of the traveling support member, a first detecting device (30) for detecting positions of the cu...

A self-sealing pneumatic tire that has an inner surface provided with a layer of sealant and a plurality of edge strips that partially overlap the sealant layer to retain the sealant in position during construction and operation of the tire. Construction is simplified by utilizing a laminate structure incorporating such edge strips and also comprising an air impermeable elastomer strip, the center...