PURPOSE:To enhance mounting workability for the pulse signal generating ring of a vehicle speed sensor by making up the differential gear of four-wheel drive (4WD) out of No.1 and No.2 case located from side to side, and thereby forming a falling prevention step section which prevents the ring from falling by the use of both of the cases, at a section on No.1 case side. CONSTITUTION:The rear side ...

A composition to produce an adherent and water insoluble deposit on substrate surfaces. A coating material for these surfaces is described which can be applied at any temperature up to at least 2000 degrees F., with the resultant deposit being highly adherent and water insoluble after short drying times. This coating has a liquid phase formed from at least water, a pre-reacted lithium silicate, an...

A method and system for retreading tire carcasses (10) with precured treads utilizing time and temperature in conjunction with an envelope pressure system. A precured rubber tread (12), is applied to tire carcass (10) having a cushion gum (16) disposed therebetween. An envelope (18) is placed over the tread/carcass and this assembly is placed within a pressure chamber. Heat and fluid pressure are ...

Compositions and methods are provided for determining the sex of Bovine embryos and fetuses employing male-specific oligonucleotides in nucleic acid probe hybridization assay methods to assay the genomic DNA of embryonic or fetal cells for the presence of male-specific sequences.

A toroid turns counter for a toroid with at least one winding with turns to be counted by electric counting device connected to said winding having a test winding with an opening for receiving the toroid, a movable contact arm for electrically closing the opening after the toroid has been received in the opening, an activating arrangement which is coupled to the contact arm, and controls coupled t...

The invention relates to a refractory ceramic moulding having an impregnation which at least partially fills the open pore volume and a method of producing it.

A two-cycle engine has a fuel injector provided for injecting fuel directly in a cylinder of the engine. An amount of air actually induced into the cylinder is calculated based on the amount of escape air and the amount of intake air detected by an air-flow meter. The quantity of fuel injected by the fuel injector is calculated based on the engine speed and the amount of air induced in the cylinde...

There is disclosed an ink jet recording apparatus capable of recovery operation of the ink jet recording head in secure manner. For this purpose the apparatus is provided with an endless belt (304) for transporting a recording sheet by electrostatic attraction; a charger for the endless belt; a cleaner for the endless belt; a recording head unit (305) with plural full-line ink jet heads; a recover...

PURPOSE:To realize highly accurate temperature control using a low cost device without requiring an external high-accuracy amplification circuit by forming a diode for temperature sensor and a circuit having a function to amplify a normal voltage drop for the diode together in a recording head. CONSTITUTION:A thermal resistor 12, a diode for temperature detection sensor 13, a subheater 14 and an a...

PURPOSE:To shorten the extending length of a condensing part while maintaining the regenerating efficiency enough thereby to make the apparatus compact by making the width of a second regenerating part (condensing part) in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of a temperature adjusting member along a recording head larger than that of a first regenerating part. CONSTITUTION:In a c...

Sleeves for affixing artificial joints to bone are provided which include a cone-shaped portion centered on the sleeve's longitudinal axis and a protruding portion offset from the longitudinal axis having an elliptically-shaped leading edge. Cavities which are essentially a perfect match to the shape of the sleeve can be readily formed in the patient's bone. The shape of the cavities generally cor...

A display processor for a system with graphics capability includes color map memories addressed by portions of pixel codes during display line trace intervals. The read-outs from these color map memories provide the primary color component signals from which the drive signals for the display monitor kinescope are derived. The pixel codes from which color map memory addresses are derived are suppli...

In a method of joining a metal matrix composite (cermet) or ceramic tool material 1 to a metallic holder 2 by diffusion bonding through an intermediate metallic layer, the tool material 1 includes at least one carbide, nitride or boride in the matrix. In one example, the tool material includes titanium carbide and titanium nitride in the metal matrix. The intermediate metallic layer is chosen from...

An apparatus for water treatment wherein case halves containing permanent magnets of opposing polarity produce magnetic lines perpendicular to water flow in a magnetically permeable pipe in conjunction with far infrared radiating ceramics to irradiate the liquid with far infrared radiation.

A new and improved bonded ceramic-metal article and the method of making the article is described. The ceramic-metal article comprises a ceramic article, such as a lanthana-strengthened yttria article, bonded to a metal article, such as niobium, by a layer of a brazing material to form a bonded ceramic-metal article. The method of bonding the ceramic article to the metal article comprises placing ...

A set of interchangeable pieces comprising a computerized tomography calibrator, and a method of use thereof, permits focusing of a computerized tomographic (CT) system. The interchangeable pieces include a plurality of nestable, generally planar mother rings, adapted for the receipt of planar inserts of predetermined sizes, and of predetermined material densities. The inserts further define openi...

Post-transfusional non-A non-B hepatitis viral polypeptide, DNA sequences encoding such viral polypeptide, expression vectors containing such DNA sequences, and hosts transformed by such expression vectors, which may be used in diagnostic assays and vaccine formulations, are described.

A method of killing bacteria or inhibiting growth of bacteria especially in a potable water supply or a hot water supply for personal washing purposes, comprising subjecting the water to an electrostatic effect of sufficient intensity to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria, and a device for carrying out the method; said device being preferably located in the elbow of a water pipe so as to exten...

There is provided a conveyor system for conveying items and including a carrier for such items to be moved between at least two spaced-apart stations and a first guide track extending between the spaced apart stations. A flexible drive tape having a leading edge and a trailing edge is reciprocably mounted within the first guide track for moving the carrier between the spaced-apart stations, wherei...

An enclosure containing the starting constituents of a system (9) for anaerobic fermentation of sugars by yeasts, which is to produce the carbon dioxide gas forming the said propellent product, has been arranged in a packaging container (1a) equipped with a dispensing valve (7). The enclosure consists either of a hermetically closed gastight flexible pouch (8) or of a small rigid storage container...