In order to operate a gas turbine and steam turbine plant with a high temperature at the inlet to the gas turbine plant, the parts located in the hot-gas stream of the gas turbine being steam-cooled, and the cooling steam, thereby raised to a higher temperature, being fed to the steam turbine for further expansion, it is proposed that the waste heat from the gas turbine (3) be led through a two-pr...

PURPOSE:To provide a differential gear for a steady four-wheel drive car, wherein use of any differential lock device is eliminated, by screw grooves in opposite directions are provided at the periphery of the front wheel and rear wheel drive shafts, forming a ball circulating path in cooperation with a groove at the inner surface of a carrier, and distributing the drive force through the balls. C...

PURPOSE:To prevent unexpected overload by controlling a continuously variable transmission such that the load defected through a control rack sensor conforms to a load reference. CONSTITUTION:A control rack sensor 4 is constructed to detect frequency where a control rack 3 is in full open position (d) as well as the load. The frequency is operated based on the times when the control rack 3 is in f...

PURPOSE:To suppress slip of drive wheel by controlling a drive control means such that the rotary moving speed of drive wheel is reduced upon occurrence of slip of the drive wheel. CONSTITUTION:CPU16 indexes a rotary moving speed Va being produced through rotation of a drive wheel 14 based on a signal fed from a driven wheel rotation sensor 13, and indexes a rotary moving speed Vb being produced t...

PURPOSE:To prevent rear-end collision by indicating deceleration irrespective of causes of deceleration when a vehicle is decelerated below a setting level in a deceleration indicator for indicating decelerating condition of an automobile to following vehicles. CONSTITUTION:Rotation of propeller shaft of vehicle is detected through a tachometer 1, then the detected rotation is employed in a vehicl...

PURPOSE:To prevent drop of fuel pressure by executing proportional differential operation to fuel pressure deviation, and by adding this operation result to output of changing ratio controller of a load control part of each axis so as to enable immediate response to fluctuation of fuel pressure. CONSTITUTION:In a load control device of a combined cycle power plane which assembles a plurality of si...

PURPOSE:To ensure the highly reliable operation with an inexpensive accelerator sensor, by using two different kinds of accelerator sensors, and connecting an output converter to at least one of the accelerator sensors so that output signals from both the sensors may be compatible. CONSTITUTION:An accelerator pedal 17 is provided with a first accelerator sensor 18 of a magnetic type and a second a...

Apparatus and method for starting respective leading ends on web running continuously and would into successive rolls, such as paper. As each roll reaches a final diameter, a fresh leading end is provided on the web by slitting in a generally cross-machine direction from a leading starter tongue projection extending downstream. The starter tongue projection with the fresh leading end of the web is...

PURPOSE:To protect a wind fan from a strong wind, turbulent flow and the like, by providing fixed guide walls between an annular floor and roof and arranging a fan driven generating mechanism part in a space formed in the inside of said walls. CONSTITUTION:Between an annular floor 2 and roof 3 a number of fixed guide walls 4 are radially provided and in a cylindrical space 5 formed in the inside o...

A die-cast transmission extension housing has an outer peripheral wall or whell and an integral bearing supporting partition wall provided transversely of the longitudinal axis of the shell between the open forward end and the closed rear end thereof. The partition wall supports at least a bearing for the transmission output shaft extending through the open forward end, the bearing on the partitio...

PURPOSE:To prevent a transmission case from becoming longer as well as to aim at the promotion of its miniaturization and lightweightiness, by installing an oil passage to be interconnected to both of the oil passage of a drive pinion shaft and a lubrication flange being attached to the transmission case. CONSTITUTION:In a lubricating part of a hydraulic clutch for a running transmission mechanism...

PURPOSE:To obtain a desired acceleration when a rapid acceleration is required, by correcting a speed change ratio so that the ratio in the case of a rapid increase in the depression quantity of an accelerator pedal is higher than the ratio in other cases. CONSTITUTION:It is discriminated whether or not the difference DELTATH between a throttle opening TH0 at the preceding time and the throttle op...

1349385 Diamond tool GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 19 April 1971 [8 April 1970] 26135/71 Heading B5E [Also in Division C4] A diamond-tipped tool insert for the direct machining of metals includes (a) a diamond crystalline material having a concentration of diamond which is at least 70% by volume in which substantially all the diamond crystals are bonded to adjacent diamond crystals, (b) a support body compr...

PURPOSE:To enable to miniaturize subject battery vehicle by a method wherein an erroneous starting preventing device is installed with said vehicle without providing a neutral switch. CONSTITUTION:When a key switch 1 is turned ''ON'' while a forward or backward movement switch 2 or 3 is turned to ''ON'' position, a thyristor 19 does not indicate ''ON'' position because a thyristor 12 is turned to ...

PURPOSE:To prevent an engine from being started when a transmission is not in its neutral position, by providing a detection means to detect that the transmission is in the neutral position. CONSTITUTION:When a transmission is in not in its neutral position and some gears are engaged with each other right before the starting of an engine, a neutral switch 55 is closed and an electrical current fro...

PURPOSE:To use a side brake concurrently as a travelling brake by friction- engaging the friction plate of the side brake for steering with opposing plates while the side brake is applied. CONSTITUTION:When a side brake 10 is used for steering, a sliding gear 4 is displaced to the left by the action of a shifter 9 to disengage a side clutch 3. The gear 4 is further displaced to the left, and its p...

The present invention is directed to a mattress for pregnant women which has a main mattress section of the conventional configuration, but with an opening therein for serial, adjustable cushions for abdominal support. A plurality of inflatable and deflatable cushions are serially arranged within one another and are located within the opening of the main mattress section. In a preferred embodiment...

A method of monitoring yarn quality in a yarn texturing process comprises measuring the velocity of the travelling yarn at two locations and comparing the measured velocities. At a first location the yarn tension is sufficient to draw out the crimp and at a second location the tension is lower such that the crimp is developed. Apparatus for performing this method comprises a measuring device (28) ...

The invention relates to a process for transferring metal ions from an aqueous liquid to a non-aqueous liquid and then to another aqueous liquid. The non-aqueous liquid contains one or more complexing agents and is kept separate from the aqueous liquid releasing metal ions by one or more microporous hydrophobic membrane(s). The non-aqueous liquid is circulated through two or more transfer zones in...