PURPOSE:To attempt reduction of power consumption of a compressor by recovering drain generated in an exhaust condenser, and by throwing it in a combustor after supplying it to an exhaust heat recovering device. CONSTITUTION:Oxygen compressed in compressor 2 and 7 is stored in a storage tank 15. Drain generated in an exhaust condenser 26 provided in an exhaust system of a gas turbine 23 is recover...

PURPOSE:To distribute the whole work of a vehicle with a good balance, by displacing a control lever in a dolly in proportion to an amount of depression of an accelerator pedal in a tractor after the accelerator pedal is depressed by a predetermined amount during running. CONSTITUTION:Various sensors are provided in a tractor and a power dolly, and output signals from the sensors are fed to a cont...

Ethanol is admixed with a compressed vapor in an ice generator, and the mixture is then condensed by indirect heat exchange with a coolant in a chamber. The condensate is collected in a bottom chamber of the ice generator and then supplied to a scraper heat exchanger where primary ice crystals are generated. The ethanol is washed out of the ice crystal suspension in a counterflow washer and the pr...

In the feeding of a strip of tire building material to a former, it is desirable to achieve a butt-joint between the ends of the strip when it has been wrapped fully around the circumference of the former (which may already have some material which has been wrapped around its surface in a previous operation). As the strip is fed to the former, its length is measured and the diameter of the former ...

A process for the manufacture of p-tert-butyl- alpha -methylhydrocinnamaldehyde which comprises the catalytic rearrangement of p-tert-butylbenzyl propenyl ether is provided.

In a manufacturing environment, a controllable mobile apparatus such as a mobile robot is guided through the manufacturing environment by a navigation system that utilizes fixed overhead cameras having a predefined viewing area. As the robot leaves a first viewing area there is an uncertainty as to which viewing area the robot will go into so that that camera may be monitored. The uncertainty is m...

Apparatus (60) for providing a new charge of staples to a staple cartridge (52) in surgical fastening instruments. A transfer magazine, housing the new charge of staples, is adapted to be positioned in alignment with the staple cartridge contained in the instrument. Upon closure of the instrument, a new charge of staples is transferred from the magazine to the staple cartridge thereby allowing for...

An inner pressure pad is positioned on support members adjacent to the disk and generally parallel to the disk. An outer pressure pad is positioned on the support members with the disk interposed in between the inner pressure pad and the outer pressure pad, and the outer pressure pad is generally parallel to the disk. Springs are inserted on the support members and interposed in between the inner ...

This invention concerns a spray can. The spray can comprises (a) a water-repellent surface treating agent composed of a polyorganosiloxane represented by the general formula, HO[R2SiO]nH wherein R denotes a monovalent substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group and n a numeral of the value of 5000 to 100,000, and possessed of hydroxyl groups one each at the opposite terminals thereof and a sila...

A method and apparatus for treating acidic water, such as mine acid water is provided. The apparatus is readily portable and comprises a reaction vessel having an aerator motor operatively associated therewith. Water to be treated is received within said reaction vessel and is treated by having a neutralizing agent and oxidant by way of the aerator motor introduced simultaneously into the system. ...

An oil-in-water emulsion of at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of (A) an ethylene/alpha-olefin random copolymer having (1) an ethylene content of 30 to 70 moles %, (2) a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 500 to 10,000, and (3) a weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn) ratio (Q=Mw/Mn), of 3 at most, and (4) being liquid at ordinary tem...