PURPOSE: To enable to install various treating or diagnosing instruments for the same and repeated operations, in a rack composed of a plurality of joint mechanisms and controllers having a drive unit and an angle sensor for each joint incorporated, by mechanically roughly balancing the joint mechanisms. CONSTITUTION: A suport member 4 movable about an axis A1 perpendicular to a vertical support c...

PURPOSE:To provide the title film easy in stretching processing at the time of production, having good heat sealability and pinhole resistance and excellent in high speed automatic heat shrinkage packing aptitute. CONSTITUTION:Layers composed of an ethylenic polymer (pref. a straight chain low density ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer) are provided on both surfaces of an ethylene/vinyl alcohol copol...

PURPOSE: To obtain a sheet guide which makes in a simple structure compatible the merits of both of an opened guide surface at the time of single-sided sheet printing and a closed guide surface at the time of first-form and perfector printing by forming through-holes on the sheet guide surface and by changing these through holes to be opened at the time of single-sided sheet printing and to be clo...

PURPOSE:To smoothly start a vehicle mounted with a manual transmission by changing the release timing of an auxiliary brake on a flat road and an inclined road. CONSTITUTION:A manual transmission-mounted vehicle is provided with an auxiliary brake holding the brake pressure, a brake sensor 2, an accelerator 3, a transmission sensor 5, a car speed sensor 6, an inclination sensor 7, a clutch switch ...

PURPOSE:To downsize an accumulating means as much as possible by switching the coiling of a strip-shaped member between a first and a second coiling means without stopping the traveling of the strip-shaped member. CONSTITUTION:When the coiling is switched from a first coiling means 55 to a second coiling means 85, a starting end part of a strip-shaped member 34 to be cut by a cutting means 79 is g...

PURPOSE: To provide a web guiding mechanism having a simple mounting structure for automatically centering a web in a thermal printer. CONSTITUTION: The web guiding mechanism comprises an elongated base member 22 with first and second end portions each defining a slot. A crank 28 is rotatably mounted on the member 22 and has slider arms 30, 34 attached thereto. Web guides 32, 36 are mounted on a d...

PURPOSE:To eliminate shock when accelerating pedal is ON by succeeding engine speed function controlling when the accelerating pedal it set ON again under a decelerating condition, and setting a transmission torque of a clutch to be maximum after an output rotational speed of the clutch agrees with an engine speed. CONSTITUTION:When a vehicle is in a decelerating condition and a clutch 1 is in eng...

PURPOSE: To obtain a method for producing metal melt, while substantially reducing electrode consumption. CONSTITUTION: In a method for producing metal melts in an electric arc furnace 20 having at least one graphite electrode 4, organic substances are charged into the electric arc furnace 20 through a central longitudinal recess of the graphite electrode 4 and electrode consumption is reduced, es...

PURPOSE:To make a car drivable as a driver's intention even against every driving condition, by making a stepless shift selectable to manual transmission according to the setting position of a torque ratio variable range setting device. CONSTITUTION:A stepless shift 2 makes a torque ratio shiftable in succession. A shift lever 6 of a selecting device changing from a D range of automatic gear shift...

PURPOSE:To make a car drivable as a driver's intention even against every driving condition, by making a stepless shift possible to do manual gear shifting according to the setting position of an input engine speed setting device. CONSTITUTION:A stepless shift 2 makes a torque ratio alterable in succession, while a shift lever 6 selects from a D range of automatic gear shifting or a first position...

PURPOSE:To make a car drivable as a driver's intention even against every driving condition, by making a stepless shift possible to do manual gear shifting according to the setting position of a setting position selecting device. CONSTITUTION:A stepless shift 2 makes a torque ratio alterable in succession. A shift lever 6 selects from a first position (D range) to a second position (M range) and v...

A method of preparing porous fiber reinforced polymer composite sheets has been developed to allow a more efficient preheating of the sheet prior to molding and includes the steps of blending reinforcing fibers with resin matrix forming fibers to form a web. This web is then heated to a temperature wherein the resin matrix forming fibers melt and envelope the reinforcing fibers, taking them togeth...

A fitted mattress cover for enveloping the top surface side and end surfaces of a mattress constructed to drastically minimize the shifting of the cover relative to the mattress. The fitted mattress cover includes a top panel for fitting in overlaying relationship to the top surface of the mattress and a peripheral skirt depending from the peripheral edge of the top panel for fitting an overlaying...

An anti-slip device for engagement on a belt including a body, and a pad formed integral on a bottom portion of the body and to be engaged on a shoulder of a user, the pad including a wedge-shaped cross section having a first side of larger thickness engaged on the outer portion of the shoulder of the user such that the belt is held horizontally and such that the pad is prevented from slipping off...

A process for preparing a cellular polymer containing perforated cell windows in the presence of a perforating agent being a substance that has a critical surface free energy of less than about 23 mJ/m2 is disclosed. The cellular polymers obtained according to this invention have a fine cell structure and show enhanced dimensional and thermal insulation stability. The invention also relates to rig...

A polyurethane foam contains, as a fire retardant, water-soluble silicate particles in an amount of at least 30 parts per 100 parts by weight of the polyol of the polyurethane, which silicate particles have an average size of at least 62 microns.

PCT No. PCT/DE91/00054 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 10, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 10, 1991 PCT Filed Jan. 21, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/11490 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 8, 1991.The invention relates to compatible PM polymer blends with polyesters as mix components, which comprise A) 0.1 to 99.9 wt % of a Pi polyester synthesized from units of formula I (I) where R stands for a group -(CH2)m- or for a group ...

Polyester resins, comprising the polymerized residues of dibasic acids and diols, dibasic anhydrides and diols, and the lower alkyl esters of dibasic acids and diols, are soluble up to 40% by weight of solids in 1,3-dioxacyclopentane, and blends of 1,3-dioxacyclopentane with other relatively nontoxic solvents.

A method for obtaining quantitative compositional information from a multilayer web containing a highly light-scattering component. The compositional information is obtained by measuring and analyzing the transmitted or diffusely reflected infrared spectrum. The method allows for separately determining the moisture content of hydrophobic (non-hydrogen bonding) layers and hydrophilic (hydrogen bond...

An optical roller wave gauge for inspecting glass sheets processed on a horizontal roller hearth to determine roller wave distortion thereon includes a light source mounted to direct two parallel beams of light separated by a predetermined first distance onto the glass sheet, light detection means mounted to receive the two beams reflected from the surface of the glass sheet, first logic for deter...