PURPOSE:To improve high-rate discharge characteristic, and to reduce manufacturing cost of a battery by using a porous body formed of acid-proof inorganic powder that has a specified diameter, and of fiber, as an electrolyte holder. CONSTITUTION:A mat-shaped separator for which an acid-proof inorganic powder of diameter of 50-300 micrometer and a fiber are mixed together, is used as an electrolyte...

PURPOSE:To intend a longer cycle life by using a grid made of lead alloy composition including specified-amount antimony for a positive electrode and including specified-amount phosphoric acid in electrolyte. CONSTITUTION:If a grid made of lead alloy composition including 0.5-2.5wt% antimony is used for a positive electrode plate, 0.1-5.0wt% phosphoric acid is included in electrolyte and Pb-Sb gro...

PURPOSE:To shorten the aging period by using the lead powder with the oxidation degree of a specific value or more for an active agent raw material, and using an electrode plate substrate formed with lead sulfate on the surface in advance. CONSTITUTION:Lead sulfate is formed in advance on the surface of the electrode plate substrate of a lead battery in which the lead powder with the oxidation deg...

PURPOSE:To apply no group pressure by weaving positive electrode linear bodies and negative electrode linear bodies coated with active material layers on the surface of lead linear bodies and separator linear bodies forming gaps between them so that the positive electrode linear bodies and the negative electrode linear bodies are not short-circuited. CONSTITUTION:Positive electrode linear bodies 1...

The invention relates to a radiographic apparatus, especially for mammography, having a mounting which contains a radiation head, the mounting being rotatable about a horizontal axis around a bearing located in a stand so as to be vertically pivotable. The bearing is influenced by a weight balancing device. In order to obtain a radiographic apparatus of the type mentioned in which the mounting can...

The binding comprises a plate mounted pivotably on a ski about an axis by means of a pivot. The plate is provided with a horizontal finger, which is engaged in a bayonet groove of the pivot, with vertical play, in order to retain the plate axially on its pivot upon bending of the ski. The plate is thus not weakened by a perforation and the pivot is better protected against the formation of ice.

Methods and apparatus for inspecting surface features of a substrate. In each configuration, at least one TDI sensor is used to image the portions of interest of the substrate, with those portions illuminated either with substantially uniform illumination or critical illumination. In one configuration, a substrate, is compared to the expected characteristic features prestored in a memory. In a sec...

A rare earth-containing powder (52) is pressed into a compact body (34) at ambient temperatures using a solid lubricant applied only to the die wall and/or a core. The solid lubricant is applied by suspending lubricant powder in a fluorinated hydrocarbon liquid.

A carcass for a self-sealing pneumatic tire is constructed by starting with an extruded thin flat strip of puncture sealant both surfaces of which are detackified. The strip is place on a building drum and its upper surface is wiped clean so that an inner liner may be adhered to it. Thereafter, the carcass is conventionally completed with superimposed successive layers of belts, and tread along wi...

Disclosed is a foamed polymeric material comprising a continuous phase of polyurethane having solid polyvinyl chloride particles dispersed therein. The material preferably comprises about 100 parts of a foamable urethane, and 10 to 50 parts polyvinyl chloride particles having a particle size below 200 microns. The material has a microcellular structure with cells preferably on the order of 0.1 mm ...

A system for and a method of providing an expandable home automation controller is disclosed which supports multiple numbers and multiple different types of data communications with both appliances and subsystems within the home as well as systems external to the home. The system is based upon a central processor, such as a microprocessor-based computer, and is connected by means of a data bus to ...

A computing system has a predetermined minimum operating voltage. A method of operation thereof comprises the step of determining the predetermined minimum operating voltage of the system by operating the computing system at a plurality of different operating voltages until the computing system operates unsatisfactorily; and selecting the operating voltage of the system at a level greater than the...

PURPOSE:To remarkably facilitate formation of a thin film EL element difficult to be deteriorated even in a long-term operation by forming an upper crystalline rough surface of the EL light emitting layer into a flat surface. CONSTITUTION:In the case of forming an EL light emitting layer film by an MOCVD method, an uneven rough surface 8 is formed on the upper surface of an EL light emitting layer...

PURPOSE:To obtain a dispersing type electrolumiscence element having a long lifetime without any deterioration of a phosphor by interposing a light emitting layer consisting of a mixture of a phosphor, a particle surface of which is processed by a water repellent treatment with isocyanic ester, and an organic binder between a transparent electrode and a back electrode. CONSTITUTION:A transparent c...

PURPOSE:To reduce an applied light emitting voltage so as to make a high voltage withstanding property of a drive circuit unnecessary by interposing a manganese sulfide layer between an EL light emitting layer and one or both of insulating layers. CONSTITUTION:A transparent electrode 2 made of indium tin oxide as a transparent conductive film is formed by sputtering on a transparent glass substrat...

PURPOSE:To allow the precise adjustment of the absolute value, such as retardation and the fluctuation thereof by heating the stretched sheet of a transparent synthetic resin to lower its orientation degree, thereby lowering and adjusting the retardation value. CONSTITUTION:The stretched sheet of the transparent synthetic resin is heated to lower its orientation degree, by which the retardation va...

PURPOSE:To secure luminous efficiency over the life period and improve the moisture-proof and water-proof characteristics by using a polymerized film made of polyolefin resin and vinylidene chloride resin for a moisture-proof film. CONSTITUTION:A moisture-proof film 6 and a moisture-proof film 7 are sealed by thermal pressure welding from the above and under a luminous section 5 laminated with a l...

PURPOSE:To check easily whether a hardware timepiece has an accurate timing action by monitoring the output of said timepiece with the periodical interruptions given to a CPU by an interval timer. CONSTITUTION:A computer system 1 contains a CPU 2, a hardware timepiece 3 such as a timepiece LSI, etc. and an interval timer 4 which delivers a pulse every fixed period of time. The CPU 2 is connected t...

A method for the preparation of cellular polymeric products which comprises reacting an organic polyisocyanate with an isocyanate-reactive composition, characterised in that the isocyanate-reactive composition comprises a blowing promoter which is a cyclic urea compound having at least one isocyanate-reactive substituent.

Apparatus for inspecting strip including metal strip includes inspection elements for monitoring a plurality of properties of the strip, a transport unit for passing the strip by the inspection elements and signal generators on the inspection elements for emitting a signal to a strip processing unit which emits a signal to a strip marking unit when one or more properties departs from predetermined...