An apparatus for joining sheet segments, typically rubberized, to one another to form an elongated strip, wherein a strip composed of sheet segments joined together is conveyed into a joining zone between rear and front conveyance zones in such a manner that the strip has a trailing end portion slightly projecting rearwardly from the rearmost ends of guide rails extending through the joining zone ...

PURPOSE:To break a core at a notch even if the core is extended to prevent the coming off of an active material and to lengthen the life by installing the notch in a part, near a lower supporting seat, of the lead alloy core in which no antimony is practically contained. CONSTITUTION:A core 1 is made of a lead alloy in which no antimony is practically contained such as lead calcium-tin alloy. A no...

PURPOSE:To lengthen the life of a battery by forming a space having a specified distance between a core tip and a lower supporting seat. CONSTITUTION:A core tip 2 and a lower supporting seat 6 are not fixed, and a space whose distance to the lower supporting seat 6 is specified to 1/100-1/20 of the core length is formed between the core tip 2 and the lower supporting seat 6. Even if the core is ex...

An electromagnetic actuating device is proposed which consists of an electromagnet (32) and a pressure tube (13) which can be used for various magnet types. The same pressure tube (13) can be used by modifying the terminating piece in which either a closure plug (22) or a pressure tube (41) is fitted for a switching magnet (11) or a magnet (40) having a movement sensor (47). A housing (10) or (44)...

Charge transfer agents for toners and developers used in electrophotographic copying and printing of data stored in an electronic, optical or magnetic system or in colour proofing and charge control agents for powder and powder paints are bis-cationic acid amide and imide derivs. of formula (I), (II) and/or (III): R1-8 independently = H or a hydrocarbon gp., opt. contg. a hetero-atom; KR1R2 and ...

To prevent wheel spinning in reverse gear on a slippery road surface the electronic control system of the present invention transmits signals representing the states of a reverse range detecting switch and a winter mode switch to a microcomputer, and output signals from the microcomputer are transmitted to an engine control computer which in turn, sends ignition period delay angle signals to the s...

A coil assembly for an electromagnetic valve to be used in a vehicular hydraulic control circuit. The coil assembly includes an electromagnetic coil, a coil bobbin wound with the electromagnetic coil and having a flange, a terminal holder molded integrally with the flange of the coil bobbin, connection terminals fixed to the terminal holder, an insulating casing covering the coil bobbin and a term...

A motor vehicle has a continuously variable belt-drive automatic transmission, an automatic clutch provided between the engine and the automatic transmission, a hydraulic control system and a hydraulic circuit including the oil pump for controlling the transmission. A wheel lock signal is produced when the deceleration of the wheel speed is so large that the wheels may be locked. In response to th...

Heavy duty mechanical component, made of fibre-reinforced plastics, has a core (2) of endless fibres in a thermoplastic matrix, the core being enclosed over more than half its circumference by a casing (3) of short fibre-reinforced thermoplastic matrix. Prodn. of the component comprises placing the prefabricated core in a preheated moulding tool and injecting the casing material at a temp. such th...

Rotating cutter apparatus having a removable cassette (5) constituted by two pairs of blocks which can slide vertically in two rectangular openings (4) produced respectively in the upper parts of two uprights (1, 2) and emerging in the upper horizontal faces of these uprights, namely two opposed upper blocks (24) in which the upper cutting cylinder (6) is mounted and two lower opposed sliding bloc...

To reduce the occurrence of false alarms, the disclosed system incorporates an auxiliary sensor (8) for detecting the presence of a shopper passing through the electronic article surveillance device (1), such that the device is operated continuously, and the auxiliary sensor (8) is used to enable external alarms of the device only upon detecting the shopper's presence. Thus, while the device conti...

PCT No. PCT/FR89/00559 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 29, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 29, 1991 PCT Filed Oct. 26, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/04547 PCT Pub. Date May 3, 1990.A package for a liquid which is purified includes a neck with a lock-chamber slidable therein. The lock-chamber includes a purifying substance through which the liquid passes when dispensed. At one end of the lock chamber, a plug is positioned ...

The present invention relates to a plasma processing apparatus capable of obtaining a satisfactory plasma arc and a processing method used by this plasma processing apparatus. The plasma processing apparatus is constructed to vary an electric current or a voltage during start up at a fixed period for a fixed time. The plasma processing apparatus has a plasma power source capable of controlling an ...

PURPOSE:To improve the assembling efficiency of the liquid crystal display device without changing the uniformity of illumination of a liquid crystal back light by arranging a condenser member so as to surround the periphery of a fluorescent tube along a gap between the fluorescent tube and a fluorescent tube holder, and be openable in the direction of a light guide end face. CONSTITUTION:The cond...

PURPOSE:To prevent the generation of odor or dust or the occurrence of solution leakage or unevenness in colors by using an NCAP liquid crystal film formed by mixing low molecular liquid crystal into a matrix consisting of high molecular liquid crystal and impressing a high frequency field for turning the NCAP liquid crystal film to a transparent state or low frequency field for turning the film t...

PURPOSE:To miniaturize a connector, make it thin, and obtain sufficient spring displacement and contact pressure by integrating a contact spring as an elastic body, inserting a flexible printed wiring board with a low insertion force, then inserting a hard board. CONSTITUTION:A contact spring 2 is continuously integrated as an elastic body, its center section is formed into an S-shape in the lengt...

PURPOSE:To prevent nonuniform deterioration by specifying the thickness ratio between a polymer film and a thermoplastic adhesive, thermally pressing and sealing the film at the preset heating temperature and linear pressure, then laser-machining it. CONSTITUTION:When a polymer film 6a is to be sealed via a thermoplastic adhesive 6b, the thickness ratio between the film 6a and the adhesive 6b is s...

A film cassette (1) comprises a spool (5) rotatable in an unwinding direction (U) to thrust a leader section (35) of a film roll (33) coiled about the spool out of the cassette and in a winding direction (W) to rewind the leader into the cassette; a pair of flanges (41, 43) coaxially arranged along the spool (5) to normally permit each of the flanges to be independently rotated relative to the spo...

Control process for producing an aqueous slurry of solid carbonaceous fuel having a desired solids concentration for feed to a partial oxidation gas generator by grinding together in a size reduction zone a recycle aqueous slurry stream comprising carbon-containing particulate solids, a stream of solid carbonaceous fuel, and a specific amount of make-up water. No valves are in the line or path bet...

An absorbent material is produced by exposing an aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol and a low molecular weight, water soluble copolymer containing polymerized oxyethylene and oxypropylene units, to sufficient electromagetic or corpuscular ionizing radiation to form a gel.