PURPOSE:To reduce a speed change shock by operating an electric switch with a timing detecting valve operated through the relationship between oil pressure in frictionally fastening elements and oil pressure at least corresponding to line pressure. CONSTITUTION:When a speed change command is outputted and a shift valve is changed over, line pressure is outputted in an oil path 14 and oil pressure ...

PURPOSE:To prevent a malfunction by inputting each signal from an operation mode changeover switch, a brake operation changeover switch and a shift lever device to a controller and outputting a signal from a caution arousing device. CONSTITUTION:A limit switch 35 is installed to a shift lever device 8', and a changeover operating signal is input to a controller 33. Each signal from a travelling-op...

A hand manipulable device for removing the intestine or "vein" from the tall of crustaceans such as shrimp or the like. The device includes means to pierce the body or "tail" of the shrimp, blocking means to prevent overpenetration, pressing means, gripping means for gripping the vein of the shrimp, and handle means for gripping the device. The exemplary embodiment of the present invention is in t...

Tires having white sidewalls are very popular in the United States and Canada. Tires having white lettering thereon are also very popular. This invention discloses a process for preparing such tires having decorative appliques thereon. By practicing the process of this invention, tires having better uniformity can be built at lower costs than when standard tire building techniques are utilized. Th...

This invention deals with viscosity improvers which are obtained through the use of a mixed catalyst system comprising a tertiary organo halide and a Lewis acid catalyst. A liquid alpha-olefin polymer composition having a polymodal distribution with peak molecular weight maximum at 2,000 to 5,000 and at 50,000 to 75,000 is useful as a lubricating oil.

An obstacle detection and position sensing system for autonomous mobile vehicles is described. The system includes two spaced-apart contact and position sensitive bumpers disposed across the frontal cross section of the vehicle. Light beams are directed by transceivers and retroreflectors across the frontal cross section area between the two bumpers, forming a light curtain. The combination of the...

An optical pick-up device for image processing systems has an objective for generating an optical image of a subject to be registered, an image-to-signal transducer, particularly a CCD camera that converts the optical image into a video signal and an illumination device for illumination of the subject to be registered in incident light. The rugged and high-performance illumination device, that yie...

The present invention relates to a novel polyurethane resin, a foam prepared from the resin, a preparation process of the foam, and preparation process of a rigid polyurethane foam composite having a face material. The primary object of the present invention is to provide a rigid polyurethane foam and a rigid polyurethane foam composite fitted with a face material which are prepared by using a hyd...

A microprocessor provides a diagnostic capability, and includes tables of acceptable values of parameters, such as air discharge temperature, suction pressure, etc., for different automobile makes and air conditioner types; provision is made for adjusting the acceptable ranges of such values due to one or more ambient factors, of which ambient relative humidity may be one. The microprocessor, afte...

A hydraulic control device for controlling a belt-and-pulley type continuously variable transmission for a motor vehicle which has two variable-diameter pulleys connected by a belt, and two hydraulic actuators for changing effective diameters of the pulleys. The hydraulic control device includes a first and a second pressure regulating valve for adjusting a pressure of a fluid supplied from a hydr...

A pneumatic tire having a coating on at least one of its surfaces comprised of (a) polyvinyl-alcohol coating material containing (B) aluminum hydroxide.

A physical fitness device is provided which aids the user in performing sit-ups and other floor exercises. The device is comprised of two main members which fold together when not in use for ease of storage. Foot stirrups are used to anchor the feet and legs to the device while bending the upper torso toward the legs. Height adjustment of the device in relation to the floor is facilitated by movin...

A process for producing a porous resin film containing a polyolefin resin as a main component, comprising meltinig a mixture of (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin, (B) 0 to 50 parts by weight of a polyester-polyether type thermoplastic elastomer, and (C) a thermoplastic polyester resin having an instrinsic viscosity of not more than 0.5, the amount of the component (C) being from 25 to ...

A process for producing expandable thermoplastic resin beads which comprises suspending in an aqueous medium interpolymer beads comprising a polyphenylene ether resin and a polymerized vinyl aromatic monomer such as styrene, polymerizing the vinyl aromatic monomer in the presence of a polymerization catalyst to interpolymerize the vinyl aromatic monomer with the polyphenylene ether and, optionally...

A method of producing a porous polymeric medium having low adsorbability of amide group-containing materials is provided comprising contacting a porous polymeric substrate having a high affinity for amide group-containing materials with a mixture comprising a polymer having hydroxyl moieties and a cross-linking agent having moieties condensable with the hydroxyl moieties to form a coating of the m...

A composite material, and a process for making the same, comprises a matrix of a semi-crystalline polyolefin homopolymer or copolymer of any molecular weight, and a reinforcement material comprising textile and/or metal materials coated with a layer for permitting adhesion between the reinforcement material and the matrix. The layer comprises at least one elastomer component and is intimately bond...

Epoxide resins which are reinforced with aramid fibers and in which the adhesion between fibers and resin is improved by means of a pretreatment of the fibers with organosilanes.