A machine for classifying, cleaning and arranging textile tubes, including an intake section for bringing in both clean tubes and tubes containing yarn residue, a classifying section which circulates the tubes so that the clean tubes are separated from the tubes containing yarn residue, a cleaning section for cleaning the yarn residue from the tubes containing the same, and an arranging section fo...

A centrifuge rotor is described which facilitates the preparation of cell dispersions on microscope slides. The rotor is bowl-like in configuration and defines an annular channel having plural circumferentially disposed septa. The septa provide plural separate regions each adapted to receive removable chambers. The outer wall in each region is flat to accommodate a microscope slide. Each chamber h...

A hydrostatic coupling device for rapidly releasing a first object immersed in water from another object resting on the sea bed. The device comprises a seal mounted in a groove in the first object, which in use will be pressed against the other object. The groove is formed as a closed loop delimiting a space at the surface of the first object facing the other object. The seal is formed as a membra...

A fire alarm system of the present invention is adapted to compute an approximation equation based on the detection data from a detector or detectors such about a smoke density, a temperature, a gas concentration, etc. and predictively determine a fire based on the approximation equation. The system including computing section for computing an approximation equation approximating a change in the p...

A lead-acid storage battery and method for making same characterized by significantly improved performance characteristics, especially for starting, lighting and ignition applications. Compared to commercially available batteries for such applications, batteries according to the present invention provide substantially improved peak power and cranking power per unit weight and volume, typically ach...

Disclosed herein is apparatus for cutting a strip of battery plate material into a plurality of battery plates, which strip of battery plate material includes a series of longitudinally evenly spaced apertures, and which apparatus comprises a plurality of support rollers rotatably mounted on a frame, an endless belt trained around the support rollers on an endless path, which belt includes an inne...

A multicell electric storage battery of recombination type includes a rectangular container 2 sealed by a lid 4 and having two or more cells each containing alternating planar positive and negative plates 22, 24 interleaved with microfine glass fibre separator material 26 and substantially no free unabsorbed electrolyte. Adjacent cells are separated by a respective planar intercell partition and t...

A method of and apparatus for deaerating condensate in a power generating steam turbine plant of the type having deaeration system making use of the deaeration function of the condenser of the plant. The non-deaerated condensate in the condenser of the steam turbine plant to be started is substituted by deaerated condensate supplied from an equipment containing deaerated condensate such as the con...

Transport of stacks of sheet material to a feeding position. A stack of sheets is elevated by a stack lift (200) against a backstop (301). Batches of sheets are removed by a separator (400) to an upset position and then the batches are moved on an outfeed platform (600).

Low CO-yielding solid fuel (e.g., coal) briquets are manufd. and have an igniter compsn. contg. a Mn-contg. slag from KMnO4 manufg. Thus, the av. CO emission (in 3 hrs.) was reduced from 4468 to 435 ppm by adding 10 wt.% slag to the igniter compsn. of coal briquets.

A suspension umbrella has a crown connected to a holder by means of a ball joint. For arresting the ball joint in different positions the ball joint is equipped with an arresting body which is actuatable by means of a screw spindle arranged coaxially to the umbrella axis. A securing device includes a securing screw which is threaded into the crown through a bore in a sleeve in order to prevent rel...

A method of manufacturing a tire bead ring of the package type by winding metal wires on a form of revolution, the radially inner face of the tire bead ring having a frusto-conical shape of half angle alpha at the apex and of radius R with respect to the axis of rotation of the tire bead ring, in which a permanent circular deformation is effected on the wires prior to their winding on the form of...

A laser control device (4) includes a pulse repetition interval timer (4d) and a pulse width timer (4b) that, upon each setting, directs one pulse having a predetermined pulse width to a laser system (5) that emits a laser beam in response thereto. A pulse cycle timer (42) is provided which sets the pulse width timer at preset intervals during a time period from its initial setting until the reset...

This invention relates to a process to produce resin matrix materials. More particularly, it relates to an improved method to prepare resin-reinforced fiber composites, such as sheets and tapes, and their consolidation under heat and pressure into laminates.

Rubber compositions and metal-reinforced rubber ply members have improved metal adhesion and metal adhesion retention to brass and brass-plated metallic reinforcement. The improvement comprises admixing from about 0.5 to about 10.0 parts per hundred rubber (phr) of nickel molybdate, cobalt molybdate or a mixture thereof with a vulcanizable rubber composition prior to embedding the metallic reinfor...

A prepreg obtained by impregnating fibers with an epoxy resin composition by a hot melt method is described, wherein the epoxy resin composition comprises components (A), (B), and (C), wherein (A) is an epoxy resin (B) is a hardening agent composition containing a hydrazide type hardening agent for an epoxy resin, and having a melting point of not higher than 160 DEG C., and (B) further contains ...

A superplasticizer cement admixture for portland cement based compositions formed from a low molecular weight alkali metal polyacrylate in combination with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal polynaphthalene sulfonate-formaldehyde or an alkali metal lignosulfonate or an alkaline earth metal lignosulfonate or mixtures thereof.

A novel cured extruded article of a metal fiber-reinforced hydraulic material is provided, wherein protrusion of the metal fibers at the extruded surfaces thereof is substantially prevented. The cured extruded article is produced by extruding a blend mixture comprising an inorganic hydraulic material, water, a reinforcing amount of metal fibers having a specified sectional area and a specified len...

A brake system for an off-highway vehicle which includes a fluid pressure actuated multi-disc brake and a fluid pressure control system. Engagement of the multi-disc brake is effected by a fluid operated piston having multiple effective pressure areas. Fluid pressure applied to a certain of the effective pressure areas urges the piston in a brake applying direction; fluid pressure applied to the o...

Multifilament bundles are impregnated with an ultraviolet curable resin to form a composite material suitable for use as a strength member in cables and other applications. The inventive coatings obtain good wetting of the filaments, allowing rapid penetration into the roving or yarn. A much faster coating and curing operation is obtained as compared to prior art methods. Fiberglass strength membe...