PURPOSE:To improve health of a man and durability of a housing, by a method wherein an earth floor heater is mounted to a housing, a heat exchanger to exchange heat between internal and external air is disposed in an attic space, and an irradiating mechanism to introduce solar light and heat to a room is provided. CONSTITUTION:An air cycle passage 22 is formed by an attic space 12, a vent passage ...

PURPOSE:To improve the durability of frictional engaging devices by providing a means of detecting whether a vehicle is traveling on a traffic-snarled road or not and a means of varying at least the gear-change point of shift-up from the first gear stage to the second gear stage of a gear-change map to the higher speed side at the time of traveling on a traffic-snarled road. CONSTITUTION:When a ve...

PURPOSE:To prevent the excessive rotation of an engine by switching over from a first speed change pattern to a second speed change pattern only when a detected engine speed is above a defined set value at the time of kick down based on the output signals of a kick-down detecting means and an engine speed detecting means. CONSTITUTION:A vehicle speed V is operated based on the output of a vehicle ...

PURPOSE:To improve acceleration at the time of speed change by providing a valve for discharging a pressure oil in the defined oil chamber in a modulation valve to a drain, lowering a lock-up oil pressure to a defined pressure at the time of speed change and, after maintaining this oil pressure for a defined time, gradually increasing the oil pressure. CONSTITUTION:At the time of speed change a lo...

PURPOSE:To reduce a necessary physical quantity by using hardware inherent to a computer and performing invariably secure time-out detection. CONSTITUTION:For example, a selection signal SEL0 has a logical level 1 while other selection signal has a logical level 0, and a TOD (time of Day) timer 1 is in a stop mode. At this time, a repetitive pulse signal at every 1ms period is outputted from an OR...

PURPOSE:To improve the response of a self-diagnosis and to make a decision on a fault possible, by allowing a watchdog timer pulse to reset a time counting circuit which determines the period of output pulses of a pulse generating circuit. CONSTITUTION:A pulse train PA is inputted to one of external interruption terminals of the microcomputer 1, i.e. iNT1 and a two-input OR circuit 4. The watchdog...

PURPOSE:To eliminate problems of noise resistance and error in setting time in a watchdog timer (WDT) circuit by using a counter and an ROM to set the time of access interval of a CPU. CONSTITUTION:The CPU1 selects the operating mode in advance and outputs the result to a data bus 2 as a switching signal, it is latched at a flip-flop 4 by an access pulse B outputted in response to an interruption ...

PURPOSE:To improve detection sensitivity by a method wherein a plurality of specimens fixed to a supporting body and subjected to a antigen-antibody reaction are detected repeatedly with the supporting body rotated and by using a magnetic detector. CONSTITUTION:Specimens 11-14 after subjected to a antigen-antibody reaction are fixed on concentric circumferences of a sample supporting disk 3, and a...

PURPOSE:To prevent the reduction of the amplitude of the ultrasonic vibration at the leading end of a vibration transmitting member by the vibration amplifying action possessed by a tubular body, by constituting the vibration transmitting member by connecting a plurality of tubular bodies having a horn shape. CONSTITUTION:One end of a mount shaft 6 is screwed in the rear end surface of a conical h...

This sofabed comprises a framework 6 at the front and top end of which is articulated a first frame 10 having dimensions corresponding to those of the framework, one face of which is used to support the cushions of the seat part and the other face of which is used to support a part of the mattress. The other part of the mattress is fixed to a second frame 15 in two parts 16 and 17 articulated to e...

A vehicle control and guidance system in which a desired route for the vehicle is stored in the vehicle in the form of co-ordinates in a ground reference frame. The "vectors" between these junction points are divided by successive reference points into incremental vectors, the reference points being generated ahead of the vehicle at regular intervals. A dead reckoning system predicts the position ...

L'invention concerne un appareil automatique de contrôle de mémoires pour traiter l'information d'une mémoire sous contrôle MSC comprenant : un générateur de configurations de haute vitesse 12 pour fournir les configurations numériques de contrôle à la MSC 14 pour mémoriser les données aux adresses de MSC dans la MSC; un processeur de défauts 38 pour comparer les sorties de la MSC avec les sort...

Device for detecting electrical fraud attempts on memory card readers. It is provided to be placed within the readers, just behind the card insertion units and on their passage. It comprises movable means, intended to be driven by an external control, able to block or not block the whole width of the slot of the insertion unit and associated with electrical switching means whose status varies acco...

A masonry cement is prepared by dry mixing portland cement, diatomaceous earth and a water-swellable colloidal clay, such as bentonite. Accordingly, the crushed limestone and other ingredients previously included in masonry cements for admixture with portland cement can be completely eliminated and substituted by diatomacious earth and water-swellable colloidal clay. In this manner, a combination ...

In a continuously variable transmission apparatus for a vehicle having a slip type clutch disposed between a drive shaft of an engine and an input shaft of a continuously variable transmission mechanism, a torque detecting device to detect torque of the engine, an engine speed detecting device to detect rotational speed of the engine, an output shaft speed detecting device to detect rotational spe...

Système pour l'acquisition et l'enregistrement de signaux fournis par un ensemble de capteurs disposés dans une ou plusieurs sondes descendues dans un puits à l'extrémité d'un câble multi-fonctions.

Les différents signaux à transmettre sont multiplexés avant d'être appliqués à une chaine d'acquisition 15-19 adaptée à les amplifier, les numériser et les coder avant de les appliquer à une v...

In a process for reclaiming (recycling) polystyrene-based plastic waste, the plastic waste is converted into a solution by treatment with a solvent. Bulky waste can thereby be converted into a space- saving form. The resultant solution has adhesive properties and can be used as a universal adhesive. Removal of the solvent from the solution allows the plastic material to be recovered in compact for...

Magnetic devices are disclosed which include an article comprising a substrate (4) and a thin coating of a magnetic material (3), characterised in that: (a) said substrate (4) is a flexible, laminar material; (b) said magnetic material (3) is an amorphous metal glass of high intrinsic magnetic permeability, with low or substantially zero magnetostriction, and with low coercivity; and (c) said thin...

Les aiguilles 14 qui sont utilisées comme support d'un noyau 10 dans un procédé de moulage à cire perdue sont munies de chapeaux 16. Les chapeaux 16 admettent une surface suffisante pour pouvoir être entourés de boue 18 de céramique. La perte de chaleur provenant du métal fondu à travers les aiguilles est ainsi évitée de même que l'indésirable nucléation des grains.