PURPOSE:To provide a highly accurate and safer blood component separating device by arranging an optical sensor to optically detect an interfacial position of a blood component in a centrifugal separator and a control means to control actuation of a pump according to a detecting signal from the optical sensor. CONSTITUTION:When a rotor 42 is rotated simultaneously with blood-collection, blood intr...

PURPOSE:To prevent the generation of shift hunting of a transmission even in the combination of an electronically controlled engine with a throttle and a hydraulically controlled automatic transmission. CONSTITUTION:A controller 3 controls throttle opening basically through an actuator 4 so as to be the opening corresponding to the stepped-on quantity of an accelerator pedal 5, detected by a poten...

PURPOSE:To positively prevent sudden engine braking generated in association with the connection of a clutch in the case of the power on state of a control unit during travel. CONSTITUTION:A continuously variable transmission 4 is connected to an engine 1 through an automatic clutch 2, and the automatic connection/disconnection of the automatic clutch 2 and the speed change control of the continuo...

PURPOSE:To enhance powder manufacturing efficiency by automating the filling of a container with a measured quantity of powder. CONSTITUTION:A hopper 46 holding a required quantity of powder is mounted on a frame 40 installed on a cart 14. Powder is fed from the hopper 46 through a chute 42, installed under the hopper 46, to a trough 32 provided under the chute 42. The trough 32 feeds powder by vi...

PURPOSE:To feed a film without deforming a cylindrical packing body on charging and packing the contents in the inside or film while cylindrically forming the film. CONSTITUTION:A cylindrically guiding means 10 of a film having a bending edge to cylindrically form the film and a passing aperture through which the right and left edges of the bent film are inserted together and the rear side seal me...

PURPOSE:To return a top sealer to the basic position (0 degree) without meshing with an article to be packed. CONSTITUTION:Rotary shafts 12, 13 and the top sealers 20, 21 connected thereto are reversible forward and backward by a drive motor 18. A detector plate 25 having a detected zone 25b cut to form a fan-shape at the specified position of a circular disc is fitted to one end of the rotary sha...

PURPOSE:To store long articles such as a bar steel, a round bar and a pipe so as to smoothly carry them in and out of a storing container. CONSTITUTION:Cylinders 1 are arranged horizontally in the matrix direction (X, Y) by bring the cylinder into contact with each other, and a long article is inserted into each cylinder 1 to be stored. The cylinder 1 has the curved surface of the constant radius ...

PURPOSE: To obtain a high bobbin speed by reducing obstructions in the delivery behavior from a delivery bobbin, i.e., a cop by directing a conical taper of a circumferential surface of a truncated cone and pyramid in the same direction, making the axes of these circumferential surfaces coincide with each other, and setting the section of the circumferential surfaces of the truncated pyramid to be...

PURPOSE:To provide a new method for producing a dispersion of carbon powder useful as a solution for activating a lead buttery. CONSTITUTION:A mixed fluid of carbon powder and an aqueous liquid medium is brought into contact with the surface of an electrode to which a DC plus voltage is impressed and electrolyzed.

PURPOSE:To provide a traction control device for vehicle, which can decrease the driving force of the engine steeply in the event of erroneous control upon a judgement such that a low frictional road surface is considered as a high frictional. CONSTITUTION:A flag F is set in a low slip condition in which the driving wheel speed approaches the follower wheel speed during the execution of an engine ...

PURPOSE:To prevent blowing-up of the driving force of engine to be generated against the driver's will by furnishing a return restricting means which restricts the return of the driving force in case the accel. pedal is operated in the return direction while the driving force is going to restitute during the execution of the traction control. CONSTITUTION:While a vehicle is running, a traction con...

PURPOSE: To ensure high-speed operation with a simple structure by forming a pole member and an armature out of specific steel respectively in a solenoid actuator latchable by residual magnetism between the pole member and the armature without any permanent magnet. CONSTITUTION: This injection fuel system is provided with an electronic control valve and an actuator 100 driving thereof. The actuato...

A rotary cutting die assembly (10) comprised of a mandrel (12) adapted to be rotatably mounted in a rotary die cutting press, and a cylindrical cutting sleeve (14) and drive gear (16) slip fit over the mandrel (12), provide apparatus for replacing the cutting edge (36), (38) of a rotary cutting die at a reduced cost for materials, manufacturing and shipping than that associated with conventional r...

The present invention is related to an abrasive tool comprising a core and abrasive segments attached to said core wherein said abrasive segments comprise a bond material and superabrasive grains and wherein said segments comprise at least two circumferentially spaced regions and wherein said superabrasive grains are alternately dispersed in said regions in high and low concentrations of superabra...

A wrist band note pad holder is constructed from flexible, inexpensive material to be worn on the wrist of a user. The note pad holder is attached to the wrist band and is designed to provide immediate access to note paper by a person driving an automobile to the contained note pad. "Placing and holding note paper within the note pad holder is provided for by allowing quick and easy access to note...

An isolated sorbitol oxidase from Xanthomonas maltophilia FERM BP-4512 is disclosed. The oxidase catalyzes the reaction of D-sorbitol+O2->D-glucose+H2O2, has a substrate specificity for D-sorbitol, D-mannitol, D-xylitol, and D-arabitol, has an optimum pH of 6.5 to 7.5, and has a molecular weight of 54 kD as determined by gel filtration or 43 kD as determined by SDS-PAGE. The enzyme can be used for...

Surfactants for conventional flexible polyurethane foam may be improved by the addition of a minor amount of an organic acid salt.

An azeotropic composition made up of from about 73 to about 87% by weight of 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobutane and from about 13 to about 27% by weight of n-pentane is used as a blowing agent in a process for the production of polyurethane foams.

An apparatus and method for producing foam polyurethane incorporates an apparatus for mixing a nucleating gas into the polyol (part B) fraction and finally dispersing the nucleating gas prior to mixing the polyol (part B) fraction with the isocyanate (part A) fraction. The apparatus and method produce a very fine and uniform microcellular structure in the foam.

A biaxially oriented polyester film comprising a copolyester which contains a lubricant having an average particle diameter of no greater than 2.5 mu m and has a melting point of from 210 DEG to 245 DEG C., the film having a plane orientation coefficient of from 0.10 to 0.16, a thermal shrinkage at 150 DEG C. of no higher than 10%, and a density of lower than 1.385 g/cm3, and optionally a refr...