PURPOSE:To effectively prevent shocks upon gear shift, by regulating the transmitting torque of a speed change gear so that the deviation between an engine generating torque which is estimated in accordance with the opening degree of a throttle valve, and an actually measured engine transmission torque becomes zero. CONSTITUTION:A torque detector 3 is disposed between an engine 1 and a speed chang...

An automatic speed control apparatus capable of allowing a motor vehicle to travel at a given speed in a cruising mode over a wide speed range from a low to a high speed by simplifying driver's operation as required while ensuring safety in driving by protecting the vehicle against collision with an obstacle lying in front thereof. Upon stoppage of acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle, the...

A web guidance mechanism for automatically centering a web in a thermal printer has an elongated base member with first and second end portions each defining a slot. A crank is rotatably mounted on the base member and has slider arms attached thereto. Web guides are mounted on the distal end portions of the slider arms and are engagable with the slots for lateral movement. A coil spring biases the...

An apparatus (10) and related process for enhancement of woven and knit fabrics through use of dynamic fluids which entangle and bloom fabric yarns. A two stage enhancement process is employed in which top and bottom sides of the fabric are respectively supported on members (22, 34) and impacted with a fluid curtain including high pressure jet streams. Controlled process energies and use of suppor...

An electromagnetic actuator (50) includes a magnetic flux conductive case (52), an electric coil (54), a magnetic flux conductive material core (56), and a pair of radially polarized magnetic flux developing elements (58, 60). A first region (80) of the core (56) traverses the coil (54) at one end and second region of the core (56) traverses the coil (54) at the other end. A first magnetic element...

A radio subscriber communication unit (14) maintains an annunciation memory (60, 126) which stores a repertoire of annunciations. When the subscriber unit (14) receives annunciation data messages from a communication network (10), a particular one of the annunciations is selected and presented to the user of the subscriber unit (14). An audible segment (134) of the annunciation is passed through a...

A magnetic immersion field emission electron gun has a vacuum vessel having a central axis in a predetermined direction, a cathode arranged along the central axis of the vacuum vessel for generating an electron beam, an anode for forming an electron beam path by accelerating a generated electron beam in the central axis direction, an electrostatic lens arranged between the cathode and anode for ge...

The improved rotary cutter performs cutting by making a knife edge portion of a rotating disc-shaped knife (2) bite into a surface of a sheet (1) being successively fed. On the underside of the traveling sheet (1), a brush (4) consisting of rod-shaped brush elements is fixed on a backing table (3) between point A and point B over the entire region in the lateral widthwise direction of the sheet (1...

A planar electrode which enables easy multi-point simultaneous stimulation and measurement of nerve cells as well as signal transmission and observation throughout many cells for more than a few days includes an insulating substrate, a multiplicity of equally spaced electrodes thereon, a wiring section in which lead wires are installed substantially radially from the electrodes, and an insulating ...

A co-doped lead oxide for use in the manufacture of storage battery plates, the use of such lead oxides improving the efficiency of lead-acid batteries, comprising, as co-dopants, based upon the total weight of the lead oxide, copper in an amount of from about 0.01 to 0.1% and either tin in an amount of from about 0.008 to 0.1% or antimony in an amount of from about 0.005 to 0.08%.

An improved electromagnetic actuator assembly is described. The assembly comprises a magnetic circuit for defining radially directed flux both in an inward and outward direction, and a coil disposed in the flux paths and connect to receive a control signal so that a current can be applied in one direction through those portions of the coil disposed in the inward radially directed flux, and applied...

PCT No. PCT/FI89/00082 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 19, 1989 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 19, 1989 PCT Filed May 4, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO89/11248 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 30, 1989.Methods and apparatuses in mammographic photography, wherein the breast (M) to be photographed is pressed and spread between holders (6,7) attached to the photographing apparatus. A beam (R) of X-radiation is directed from one side of the holde...

PURPOSE:To enable evaluation of sliding condition between a cylinder liner and a piston cylinder during actual operation, by building up a part of the cylinder liner serving as a desired ultrasonic wave path out of a material with a better ultrasonic transmissivity. CONSTITUTION:A material 31 with a better untrasonic transmissivity such as steel is inserted securely into a cylinderliner 3 made of ...

The present invention relates to integral skin foams prepared without using halogenated hydrocarbons as blowing agents. The foams of the present invention are prepared using water and volatile silicone fluids as co-blowing agents. Useful silicone agents have boiling points at on below 100 DEG C.

In a production control system eg in a factory, a position recognition system determines the positions of the interacting parts 3, 4, 13, 14, 15, 16 of the production process eg products, parts, carrying and fabricating equipment, and their relative movement is controlled in dependence upon a comparison of the detected positions with a stored production plan. The position recognition means may com...

In order to detect foreign fibres, a thread or yarn (3) is passed through a measurement area which is constructed as a flat slot (2) in an optically transparent body (1). The body (1) has inwardly reflecting and/or diffusely reflecting outer surfaces (5). Light is injected into this body by means of a plurality of light sources (D1 to D3), so that the thread (3) in the measurement area is acted on...