PURPOSE:To permit the smooth engagement of the engaging means such as clutch and brake by constituting a continuously variable transmission so that the operation speed is decelerated in the deceleration control completion region of the transmission by using a hydraulic actuator for controlling the speed. CONSTITUTION:The operation direction of a hydraulic actuator 70 is controlled by selection-con...

PURPOSE:To improve the traveling stability by drive-controlling a front spoiler so as to be inclined forwardly and markedly increasing the air resistance when a detector detects the access-off and the traveling of an automobile on a descent road. CONSTITUTION:The free edge of a front spoiler 16 is positioned in the little forwardly inclined state in comparison with the nearly vertical upward direc...

PURPOSE:To prevent the excessive deceleration by markedly increasing the air resistance by drive-controlling a front spoiler so as to be forwardly tilted, when the detection value of the deceleration speed in brake application is less than the aimed deceleration speed corresponding to the stepping-in force of a brake pedal. CONSTITUTION:The free edge of a front spoiler 16 is positioned in the litt...

A device (6) for handling packs including elongated articles, especially lumber packs (2a, 2b), which is adapted to support the lumber pack during the handling and to be brought to an appropriate position in front of an input opening in a rack (1) for the transfer of a loading pack between the handling device (6) and the rack (1). To avoid that the weight of the article pack during the transfer be...

A device (6) for handling packs including elongated articles, especially lumber packs (2a, 2b), which is adapted to support the lumber pack during the handling and to be brought to an appropriate position in front of an input opening in a rack (1) for the transfer of a loading pack between the handling device (6) and the rack (1). To avoid that the weight of the article pack during the transfer be...

A device (6) for handling packs including elongated articles, especially lumber packs (2a, 2b), which is adapted to support the lumber pack during the handling and to be brought to an appropriate position in front of an input opening in a rack (1) for the transfer of a loading pack between the handling device (6) and the rack (1). To avoid that the weight of the article pack during the transfer be...

A material handling truck utilizing a battery box (18) on which a plurality of truck components and controls (80, 82, 84) are sub-assembled in a location different from a main frame assembly (10) station or stations, which battery box (18) is then transported to an assembly line station at which it is secured to the main frame (10) of the truck, the sub-assembled components and controls being then...

A straw briquette press in the form of a towable machine is capable of gathering straw in the field or receiving this from another wheel machine and pressing it to form dimensionally stable briquettes with a density of approximately 1 g/cm<3>. The machine uses a high-speed finger press, which receives the straw from a conventional feeder arrangement. The finger press comprises two swivelling block...

In order to control the traction of motor vehicle driving wheels (1, 2) the driving wheels are immediately and automatically disengaged from the engine (6) when wheel slip is detected, and then gradually re-engaged as soon as a substantially non-slip state is obtained, the fuel supply to the engine (6) being reduced after disengagement in order to avoid racing. The disengagement and the re-engagem...

Storage-stable, discrete free-flowing flakes of a hydrophilic or water-soluble polymer gel, such flakes comprising a thin adherent film coating of a processing aid powder, are facilely produced by comminuting a larger shaped article of said polymer gel, e.g., a block, sheet, strip or layer thereof, in the presence of said processing aid powder, and said powder being present during comminution in a...

A method for producing and distributing wet zinc dust to a zinc sulfate purification system or other zinc plant operation is disclosed. The method comprises atomizing molten zinc with high pressure water or other suitable medium, and feeding a predetermined amount of the wet zinc dust to at least one zinc sulphate purification tank or any other zinc plant operation.