PURPOSE:To effectively convert energy which is contained in heat recovery steam at the high temperature part of a gas turbine into a power by installing a new turbine in addition to steam turbines which are driven by steam generated from an exhaust heat recovery boiler. CONSTITUTION:This steam cooling gas turbine combined plant is provided with a gas turbine 3, an exhaust heat recovery boiler 5 wh...

PURPOSE:To carry out stabilized running control by suppressing generation of hunting, in a vehicle speed control mechanism for controlling a speed regulating device for an engine. CONSTITUTION:A speed control mechanism for a running vehicle is provided with an electrically driven motor 15 for which a belt type continuously variable transmitting device 8 is interposed in the transmitting system bet...

PURPOSE:To properly set a sphere where the drive of second drive wheels consisting of rear wheels or the like is conducted by means of a second drive means. CONSTITUTION:This device possesses a first drive means 98 that is equipped with an engine 2 and drives first drive wheels consisting of either of front wheels 1FL, 1FR and rear wheels 1RL, 1RR, and a second drive means 99 that is equipped with...

PURPOSE:To improve safety at the time of work by prohibiting changeover between an automatic travel mode and a manual travel mode under a fixed condition. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a first detecting means 14 to detect that a clutch 1 is in the state of having been cut off by means of an automatic clutch device 5 and a second detecting means 15 to detect that wheels on a turning dir...

PURPOSE:To conduct processing in regard to a necessary area alone without being disturbed by the information of a preceding vehicle according to an inter-vehicle distance by processing the image information of the preceding vehicle of a narrow processing area in the case of an inter-vehicle distance being small, on the basis of inter-vehicle distance information, at a lane recognizing portion, wid...

PURPOSE:To prevent the malfunction of an engine control device in an abnormal condition by providing a plurality of microcomputers to achieve the diagnosis of the mutual communicating function between the microcomputers. CONSTITUTION:An engine control device 1 is provided with an input/output processing circuit 3 to achieve the pattern processing from a sensor and a CPU to operate the optimum oper...

PURPOSE:To suppress the transmission shock and the blow-up of the engine speed by realizing the torque-down control of the engine by a torque-down control means when the difference in the number of rotation on the input/output side in a number of rotation difference detecting means during the temporary release of the lock-up of the torque converter during the transmission. CONSTITUTION:When the lo...

PURPOSE:To realize the stable traveling control with a control means by actuating a braking mechanism to suppress the hunting or the like when the transmission ratio to be detected by a transmission ratio detecting means of a belt type continuously variable transmission is on the speed increase side relative to the transmission ratio in the prescribed unloaded condition. CONSTITUTION:A transmissio...

PURPOSE:To prevent the regrowth of slip and shorten the time necessary for suppressing slip by obtaining the variation of the slip of a drive wheel through time and controlling the brake power for the drive wheel by a brake power control means on the basis of the variation rate through time. CONSTITUTION:The target drive wheel speed for brake control is subtraction- calculated from the drive wheel...

Un apparecchio di giunzione per una binatrice è fornito di un robot operativo che si muove lungo le unità di una binatrice. L'apparecchio di giunzione comprende due dispositivi di giunzione, una bocca di aspirazione per aspirare e trattenere un filo sul lato di una rocca di avvolgimento in modo da guidarlo verso il dispositivo di giunzione, un tubo di rinvio per aspirare e trattenere un filo sul l...

A hair dryer includes a handle and an air blower housing with an elongated barrel extending therefrom. The handle has an elongated cord support member extending from the lower end thereof and substantially parallel with the barrel to define a pair of opposite and separated arms to allow the cord to be wound thereon. The cord support member has a corrugated surface defined by a number of troughs an...

A ski boot and a combination of a ski boot and a releasable ski binding which attaches the boot to a ski. The boot includes a forward cuff and a hinged rear cuff, the rear cuff being secured to the forward cuff such that upon predetermined rearwardly-directed load, the rear cuff separates from the forward cuff to permit free movement of the rear cuff. A closure is provided for engaging the rear cu...

A product and process for imparting decorative appliques to the sidewalls of tires during the curing operation are presented. In one embodiment, a spool of applique composite material is maintained for feeding into a tire mold or onto a transfer device, thereby defining a ring for vulcanization to a tire. The applique consists of a laminate received upon a carrier, the laminate having a first barr...

A green tire forming apparatus comprises a belt forming mechanism (1), a transferring mechanism (2), a green tire forming mechanism (3), and bead setting mechanisms (4), (5); wherein the bead setting mechanisms (4), (5) have a function of pushing ply turn-up bladders, segments (24a) holding a belt-tread assembly (6) are driven by hydraulic cylinders (24b), and a green tire take-out mechanism (9) i...

A test carrier analysis system for analyzing a body fluid, the system including a test carrier (1) with a detection layer (20) on which a detectable change specific to the analysis takes place, obeying an evaluation curve, to the concentration of the component, and wherein the evaluation curve is dependent on the manufacturing batch of the test carrier. The system further includes an evaluator hav...

There is described a process and optimal conditions for depolymerizing polyester into its components and separating the components using apparatus comprising: a dissolver for receiving polyester, a reactor for depolymerizing polyester into components, and a rectifier for separating polyester components; the process comprising the steps of: a) adding polyester to the dissolver and combining it with...

A plasma arc torch for minimizing delay in exchanging gases within the torch. The torch includes a metallic electrode, a conductive nozzle spaced apart from the electrode, and a gas plenum between the electrode and nozzle. Two gas passageways are provided for communicating non-oxidizing and oxidizing gases into the plenum. A plenum inlet check valve is associated with each gas passageway and is lo...

A system and method for providing a steering control for an autonomous vehicle are disclosed in which a plurality of measuring points for determining distances therefrom to respective points on an imaged white line are set, a membership function for each measuring point is set which gives a reliability mu li(j) to the other measuring points so that an effective range to the input values of the re...

A system and method provide a security agent, consisting of a monitor and a responder, that respond to a detected security event in a data communications network, by producing and transmitting a security alert message to a network security manager. The alert is a security administration action which includes setting a flag in an existing transmitted protocol frame to indicate a security event has ...

A non-pressure-dependancy infrared absorption spectra recording, sample holder comprises a sample holder having an infrared light beam transmitting passage, two windows of infrared light transmitting material in the passage in face-to-face contact, with at least one window having an inner surface portion contoured to provide between the windows a sample space shaped to provide adjacent light beam ...