A lead acid storage battery comprises a group of electrode plates (4,5), wherein a negative plate (4) is enclosed in an enveloped separator (1) joined together at both its edges (3) by welding or mechanical sealing and a glass mat (6) is separately provided between the separator (1) and a positive plate (5), the glass mat (6) having a width at least equal to the width of the separator (1) except b...

Method for building a carcass for a radial tyre on a flat building drum, the building drum being provided with radially expandable locking parts in order to radially press layers which form the carcass and are placed thereon, up to the bead rings intended for the carcass so as to secure the bead rings, while the outer diameter of these locking parts is smaller than the inner diameter of the bead r...

A weft stand comprises a post (14), a supporting member (16) rotatably supported on the post about a horizontal axis, a supporting shaft (18) for each weft package (12), rotatably supported on the supporting member about an axis in parallel with the horizontal axis, and rotation controlling means (20, 50) for rotating the supporting member (16) and the supporting shaft (18) in respective opposite ...

An energy converter for generating high-power pulses includes a housing defining a chamber having an open side; an electrode assembly supported in the chamber; a power supply for applying a voltage to the electrode assembly; a fluid medium accommodated in the housing and being in contact with the electrode assembly for receiving pulses from the electrode assembly; and a diaphragm attached to the h...

The electrolyte soln. comprises a carbon suspension obtd. by electrolytically oxidising a carbon anode in water, or the like, with the ability to activate an anode (PbO2) of a Pb-acid battery by electrochemical doping. Also claimed is a Pb-acid battery comprising a PbO2 cathode in contact with a porous carbon foil made of carbon fibre web or felt.

A multiple sensor smoke detector includes at least an ionization and a photoelectric sensor. Outputs from the sensors are fed to circuitry for generating continuously variable coefficients. One coefficient corresponds to each sensor output. Respective coefficients and sensor outputs are multiplied in multiplier circuitry to produce processed outputs. The processed outputs are combined in a summing...

Disclosed is a four wheel drive vehicle with four wheels drivable, which is provided with a first slip control apparatus for reducing a driving force to the wheels by operating a brake mounted on each of the wheels and with a second slip control apparatus for reducing a driving force to the wheels by reducing the engine output. Operation of only the first slip control apparatus or both the first a...

A block gauge is made of a ceramics produced by sintering zirconium oxide (main component), yttrium oxide (3-7 wt.%), and aluminium oxide (0-20 wt.%), the marking is done by laser irradiating under an inactive gas atmosphere or reduced pressure. -

Premixes of a polyol suitable for polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foam preparation and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane require no stabilizer to inhibit reaction between the fluorocarbon and the polyol. These premixes are useful for polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foam preparation.; Il n'est pas nécessaire d'utiliser d'agent stabilisant dans les prémélanges constitués de polyol convenant à la prépa...

A reagent test strip is adapted for use in a blood glucose meter. A sample of whole blood is applied to one surface of a matrix on the strip and the meter measures the reflectance of the opposite surface of the matrix at about 635 nm and 700 nm and calculates from the reflectances the concentration of glucose in the sample. The portion of the applied sample that penetrates the matrix and is visibl...

A texture measuring method which picks up an image produced by rays of light emitted from a light source and passed through a sheet of paper having a required area with a camera, displays the image as a transmission light image on a display of an image processor, performs image processing on the transmission light image displayed on the display so as to determine a texture coefficient and to quant...

A method for measuring internal defects of a specimen, comprising the steps of allowing a finely focused laser beam to be incident into a specimen from its surface and observing the scattered light of the said laser beam from inside the said specimen from the surface of the specimen and in a different direction to the optical axis of incidence of the laser beam.

A dispenser for dispensing sterile solution which includes a valve means to control the dispensing of the sterile solution from a container. The valve means comprises a solution outlet means, and an air inlet opening having associated therewith a filter membrane to filter the air passing into the container. When dispensing solution force is applied to the container in order to achieve this, and th...

A fluid dispensing system for delivering sterile preservative free solution is disclosed. The system uses double self-sealing valves mounted in series inside a tip compartment which fits on the outlet of a multiple dosage squeeze container to prevent undesirable retrograde flow of the dispensed liquid back into the bottle during the decompression cycle. The valves used are positive acting, normall...

The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the transparency of at least one part of a preassembled laminated glass sheet, by analysing the luminous intensity of the image of a target (reticle) seen through the said part of the glass sheet. The luminous intensity, picked up by a detector, of each point of the target (reticle) seen through the glass sheet is quantified by a number...

PCT No. PCT/DE91/00622 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 1, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 1, 1993 PCT Filed Jul. 31, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO92/02576 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 1992.This invention relates to a process for preparing polyol-containing dispersions by reacting polyurethane-urea waste with at least one linear and/or branched-chain diol and/or polyol with a mol mass of 50-1000 g/mol in a ratio by weight of polym...

Fork lift truck is one in which the chassis (3) has in the horizontal profile a waisted shape with a distinctive narrowing in the region between the front and rear axles (1 2). A counterweight (8) is integrated into the region of the rear axle. The rear wheels are joined to the chassis by lifting devices (9) such that on actuating the devices the chassis and the mast (4) can be pivoted about the a...

A method is disclosed for the operation of a data processing system for motor vehicles including at least two computers and a line connecting the computers for the transmission of messages. This line permits a fast and reliable data transmission between the computers installed in the motor vehicle, taking into account the specific requirements of a controller-coupling in the motor vehicle. An embo...

A center split, segmented mold (10) for curing a complete tire comprises a mold container top (16) containing a top mold sidewall plate (20) and a plurality of top tread segments (18) disposed equidistant from a central axis and adjacently abutting each other when the mold is closed; and a mold container bottom (22) containing a bottom mold sidewall plate (26) and a plurality of bottom tread segme...

A biaxially oriented polyester film to be formed into containers, comprising a polyester containing 93 mol% or more of ethylene terephthalate as a component, and the breaking elongation in the machine direction (S MD) and the breaking elongation in the transverse direction (S TD), satisfying ¢Formula 1! and ¢Formula 2!, or a biaxially oriented polyester film to be formed into containers, comprisin...