The solar water-heater for increasing the efficiency of solar heat collecting, has a sensor for detecting the position of the sun and moving the lens box according to the position of the sun. The heater comprises reflecting plate (8) and cover (8) horizontally elongated from the lens box (10); a sensor section (40) fixed at the sensor frame (8"); a height adjusting section (11), for lifting the le...

1. A continuous-flow centrifuge, preferably for the industrial production of proteins from human blood plasma, comprising a cylindrical centrifuging drum which is provided with a plurality of concentrically disposed chambers which are connected together in the bottom region, the blood plasma or the like being supplied to the inner region of the centrifuging drum and a liquid phase being continuous...

The conical connection 2 which connects the centrifugal drum 1 to the drive spindle 3 has a first section A1 which is constructed as a frictionally engaging connection and a second section A2 in which means 4 are provided for elastically supporting the centrifuge drum. Tilting movements of the centrifuge drums which can be produced by torque unbalances are elastically absorbed in the second sectio...

PURPOSE:To permit the coasting traveling of a car by the revolution energy of a flywheel by connecting the flywheel with the driving shaft of the car through a transmission and keeping the revolution of the flywheel within a prescribed revolution region by ON/OFF-controlling the driving shaft. CONSTITUTION:A main clutch 2 switches-ON and OFF the transmission of the engine output to a transmission ...

PURPOSE:To improve purifying performance, by providing a means, which detects the deteriorating condition of an exhaust purifier unit, and shifting, when it is deteriorated, speed change timing or speed change ratio in a direction increasing an averaged engine speed. CONSTITUTION:A speed change control means 5 controls speed change ratio of a transmission 3 by the predetermined speed change timing...

A device for controlling engine torque in a vehicle which includes an engine and an automatic transmission, and for changing the engine torque during shifting of the automatic transmission by an engine torque change value determined in association with at least engine load. The device includes a detecting device for detecting at least one of intake air pressure, cooling water temperature of an eng...

PURPOSE:To get rid of nonconformity due to incessant engine torque control, by installing a device detecting elapsed time since an alteration of engine torque has been performed, while regulating the alteration of the engine torque till this elapsed time reaches the specified time. CONSTITUTION:With operation of a hydraulic controller 3, engagement of a frictional engaging device is selectively se...

In a system for integrally controlling an automatic transmission and an engine, wherein gear stages are automatically switched in accordance with a present shift map and engine torque is changed by a predetermined value by lag angle control to maintain satisfactory the shift characteristics. A change of engine torque is regulated when the frequency of shifts is high. However, the regulation of eng...

PURPOSE:To improve fuel consumption and power efficiency by setting a desired value of the transmission gear ratio or change speed according to the minimum fuel consumption ratio to be used for transmission control when the throttle opening degree is smaller than the full opening, and correcting the desired value according to acceleration when the throttle is fully open. CONSTITUTION:The throttle ...

PURPOSE:To facilitate the adjustment of conditions on starting the following process of work and the adjustment of the height of reaping by detecting the start of work or continuing deceleration control until a timer-set time is over, even if braking is removed under a condition that a working clutch is engaged. CONSTITUTION:The signal of a reaping clutch detecting switch 14a which detects the eng...

A cross-correlation fire sensor circuit includes detectors responsive to heat and light radiation, respectively. Electrical signals from the detectors are processed in two distinct channels through low pass filters and samplers. The sampled signals from the two channels are multipled together and the products are summed over a selected interval to provide a correlation function. This function is c...

Monitoring the colour balance of a product (e.g. in a colour offset printing machine) that can consist of a complex two-dimensional colour pattern involves a plurality of sensors positioned across the product and each comprising at least one illuminating optical fibre and at least two pick-up optical fibres 16. Filters 36 associated with each of the pick-up fibres 16 separate the reflected light i...

The invention relates to an electromagnetic actuator unit which has an adjusting sleeve (39) which can be displaced on the pressure tube (20). Said adjusting sleeve (39) allows the magnetic resistance in the iron circuit of the magnet to be changed. In this way, the magnetic force can be calibrated with a constant coil current.

The invention relates to a centrifuge with a separation chamber (1) to which a line (2) is permanently connected, with a main rotor (3) on which the separation chamber (1) can be mounted so as to be rotational in relation to the said rotor (3) by means of a bearing arrangement, and with a guide device (4) on the main rotor (3) for guiding the line (2). In order to be able to insert the separation ...

Unflavored psyllium husk-containing drink mix compositions are prepared consisting essentially of small particle size psyllium husk comprising less than about 10% of psyllium husk having particle sizes larger than about 60 mesh screen, less than about 2.0% edible acid, and sugar. Such compositions are unflavored so as to permit mixing small particle size psyllium, which is readily suspended in a l...

A fire detector, for connection in a fire protection/alarm system, comprises an array of sensors, or a single sensor, of the semiconductor resistor type impregnated with a noble metal. The detector is responsive, by way of a decrease in its resistance, to an increase in any one or more parameters indicative of a fire, namely the atmospheric concentrations of CO, hydrogen and water vapour, and temp...

A dual sensing intrusion detection system comprising a passive infrared radiation detection sensor (12) which generates a first output signal (32) in response to the detection of an intruder in the volume of space, a second detection sensor (6) which is directed to the same volume of space and generates a second output signal (46) in response to detection of the intruder and a switch (38) which ac...