PURPOSE:To relieve the action of engine brake and improve the drivability by cutting off the transmission of power from an engine to a continuously variable transmission for a defined time for relieving engine brake at the time of requiring the kick down of gear ratio. CONSTITUTION:At the time of requiring kick down, a clutch device 22 is controlled to a cut-off side by a clutch control means 38 f...

PURPOSE:To improve power transmitting efficiency and the durable life of a V-belt by providing an oil pressure control valve for controlling oil pressure which acts on the movable pulleys of a V-belt type continuously variable transmission, in proportion to an input torque and gear ratio. CONSTITUTION:An oil pressure control valve 48 controls oil pressure which acts on the driving side movable pul...

PURPOSE:To obtain a controlling oil pressure in proportion to the input torque of each movable pulley by making a mating helical gear engaged with a helical gear on a driving pulley, movable via an elastic deforming means which is balanced with a thrust force by an input torque and detecting the moving quantity to obtain a controlling oil pressure. CONSTITUTION:A ball spline 93 is provided in a fi...

PURPOSE:To effectively generate oil pressure proportionate to a gear ratio by providing an elastic displacing means on an oil pressure control valve and interlocking its elastic displacement to each movable pulley of driving and driven side pulleys to obtain a controlling oil pressure. CONSTITUTION:As a gear ratio which is interlocked with the position of each movable pulley of driving side and dr...

PURPOSE:To carry out speed change control stably by adding a detected level of engine rotation variation rate multiplied by a predetermined factor to a transmission torque level detected through a driving force transmission device, then controlling torque capacity of a frictional speed change engaging element corresponding to the sum. CONSTITUTION:A transmission control unit 16 takes in rotation N...

PURPOSE:To increase the utilization of an active material by fixing lead particles having a specified particle size on polymer particles resistant to sulfuric acid, and using them as active materials of both electrodes. CONSTITUTION:Polypropylene particle 1 resistant to sulfuric acid and lead particles 2 whose surfaces are oxidized are charged with opposite electrostatic charges each other and a m...

PURPOSE:To increase large current overcharge performance by using a negative plate made of fine hollow fibers. CONSTITUTION:A negative plate 11 is formed by filling powdery lead active materials 13 in a web intertwined with fine hollow glass fibers 12. The fiber 12 has a diameter of about 10mum and a hollow having a diameter of 1-5mum in its axis direction. The active material 13 has a particle si...

The apparatus comprises shredding means comprising at least one metallic rotor and at least one rubber stator, and a housing therefor. A stepped slot for the ejection of metal may be provided in an inclined transit passage between two shredding stages. Thus sabotage by the insertion of a metal bar can be countered.

A rotor for a hammer mill. A plurality of support elements rest against one another in the axial direction and are staggered in a circumferential direction. Hammers are pivotably mounted on hammer shafts that are disposed in ends of the support elements. The hammers are disposed between two axially adjacent support element ends. Caps are provided on the support element ends, with both the caps tha...

The steering power assist control comprises a main assist control and an auxiliary assist control. When an abnormality occurrence signal from the main assist control is inputted to an abnormality state detection and changing decision circuit 134, the selector circuit changes the PWM signal from the main assist control side to the auxiliary assist control side and outputs the PWM signal to a motor ...

A sealed lead-acid battery formed by joining two halves of a battery container. Before joining, the separate halves have grids placed in adjacent recesses, separated by partition walls integral with the wall of the container half. Pairs of adjacent grids are electrically connected through the partition wall. The recesses are alternately filled with positive and negative active materials. Then the ...

A control method controls a belt-and-pulley continuously variable transmission having driver (H) and driven (K) pulleys mounted respectively on input and output shafts, a V-belt (I) engaged around the driver (H) and driven (K) pulleys, and an oil pressure source and an oil drain unit operatively coupled to first and second hydraulic pressure chambers (21A,53A) for axially moving the movable conica...

The present invention discloses a blood cleaning hollow fiber membrane characterized by comprising a hydrophobic porous hollow fiber membrane and having a hydrophilic thin layer formed at least on the inner surface of said hollow fiber membrane by the grafting of a hydrophilic compound through the agency of a gamma ray, a method for the cleaning blood and an apparatus therefor using the same.

PURPOSE:To obtain a resin composition excellent in, e.g., TiO2 dispersion, by feeding a highly viscous polyester resin and a specified titanium oxide to a continuous kneading extruder, melt-kneading the both and feeding an additional amount of a polyester resin to the mixture. CONSTITUTION:A polyester resin of an intrinsic viscosity >=0.4 and titanium oxide surface-treated with an aluminum compoun...

A method for finish coating on polyurethane formed articles, which comprises formulating a finish coating composition so as to have a content of pyrrolidone or its derivative represented by the general formula (I) in which R stands for hydrogen or an alkyl group having at the most 4 carbon atoms, in an amount of 5-40% by weight upon the coating, applying this finish coating compositio...

A cotton candy making apparatus includes a hollow rotary member to be rotated, the rotary member being provided with a supply port for supplying sugar to the interior thereof and path for delivering molten sugar to a peripheral edge of the rotary member, a heating device located below the rotary member to heat the rotary member and hence heat and melt sugar in the rotary member, a fan for producin...

PCT No. PCT/JP84/00613 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 29, 1986 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 29, 1986 PCT Filed Dec. 24, 1984 PCT Pub. No. WO86/03700 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 3, 1986.A process for producing metal granules from a molten metal or molten alloy in a refractory vessel by dropping small globules of the melt into a coolant through a small-diameter nozzle provided at the bottom of said refractory vessel is disclos...

A cotton candy making apparatus includes a hollow rotary member to be rotated, the rotary member being provided with a supply port for supplying sugar to the interior thereof and path for delivering molten sugar to a peripheral edge of the rotary member, a heating device located below the rotary member to heat the rotary member and hence heat and melt sugar in the rotary member, a fan for producin...

An overshoe is provided for an orthopaedic cast such as a plaster cast. The overshoe comprises a sole, an upper piece connected to the sole and a toe cap. The upper piece has first and second parts adapted to receive a plaster cast in the overshoe and has fastening means, such as a "Velcro" (Trade Mark) fastening, allowing those parts to be fastened together to hold the cast firmly within the over...

In the production of alcoholic beverages by the yeast fermentation of suitable substrates, the fermentation is carried out in two stages, in the first of which from 10 to 75% by volume of the total amount of water is present and which is continued until an active, substantially pure pitching yeast fermentation is taking place, and the fermentation mixture is then mixed with the balance of the wate...