PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tire molding apparatus allowing the shaping configration of a green tire to approximate to the shape of a vulcanizing mold, reducing the residual stress of a completed tire to the utmost and enhancing the uniformity of the tire. SOLUTION: In the tire molding apparatus having a pair of left and right support members 1 and 2 the cylindrical bladder 5 straddling the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tire molding apparatus allowing the shaping configration of a green tire to approximate to the shape of a vulcanizing mold and improving the earthing shape of the tire. SOLUTION: In the tire molding apparatus having a pair of left and right support members 1 and 2 and the cylindrical bladder 5 straddling the support members 1 and 2 and constituted so as to expand...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tire molding apparatus allowing the shaping configration of a green tire to approximate to the shape of a vulcanizing mold and obtaining a completed tire of stable quality. SOLUTION: In the tire molding apparatus having a pair of left and right support members 1 and 2 and the cylindrical bladder 5 straddling the support members 1 and 2 and constituted so as to ex...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ink jet printer which can print a desired image accurately regardless of the type of recording medium. SOLUTION: An ink jet printer 1 comprising an ink jet head 10, a carriage 20 and a drum 30 is further provided with a print control means for printing images, while superposing, on a recording medium using a first print system for printing in the moving directio...

The invention relates to a carrier for sports equipment having a long shaft. The carrier has a base with shaftholders at opposite ends and a handle. The shaftholders hold the shaft in place to allow the sports player to carry the shafted equipment for long distances and alter the carrier's position while reducing stress on the wrist.

Rigid polyurethane foams are produced by reacting a polyisocyanate with a polyester containing at least two isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms and having a molecular weight of 400 to 10,000 in the presence of water, an organic blowing agent, a flameproofing agent and a compound containing at least two isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms and having a molecular weight in the range from 32 to 399 as c...

A method for peening the tops of cooled blades which include cooling air passage orifices. Peening is performed by mobilization of a plurality of beads in a sealed chamber containing at least one blade tip. The plurality of beads is mobilized by the active surface of a sonotrode which delimits part of said chamber. The beads have a diameter greater than that of the cooling air passage orifices.

A four-wheel drive straddle-type all-terrain vehicle has a progressive limited-slip differential that functions as an open differential when the wheel speed differential is less than a predetermined threshold, or cutting point, and functions as a progressive limited-slip differential when the wheel speed differential exceeds the cutting point. The progressive limited-slip differential is able to t...

A piston assembly is provided for a disc brake assembly to reduce the heat transferred to the hydraulic fluid of the disc brake assembly during braking. The piston assembly preferably includes a piston and a heat insulator designed to be movably coupled to a caliper housing to move a friction member between a release position and a braking position The piston has an internal recess to partially re...

An aqueous emulsion comprises(1) organopolysiloxanes containing SiC-bonded aliphatically unsaturated groups in the terminal units,(2) organopolysiloxanes containing at least 3 Si-bonded hydrogen atoms,(3) a catalyst promoting the addition of Si-bonded hydrogen to aliphatic unsaturation,(4) organosilicon adhesion promoters,(5) silicone resins,(6) an emulsifier,(7) water, and(8) carbon black.The emu...

This invention relates to a technique for making a high quality natural rubber composition having a dirt content of less than 0.03 percent and a constant Mooney viscosity of 60 by blending up to 60 weight percent cup-lump rubber with natural rubber made by coagulating natural rubber latex This process comprises: (1) removing foreign material from the cup-lump rubber to produce cleaned cup-lump rub...

A method for forming polyacrylic acid granules and granules prepared therefrom, wherein the granules are flowable, have comparable swelling characteristics and provide comparable tablet properties to powdered polyacrylic acid, have increased bulk density and contain minimal amounts of very small particles that can cause dusting and static adherence. The granules are used to prepare controlled-rele...

A foamable composition containing a base polymer containing a polyethylene mixture of a low density-polyethylene having a density of 0.91-0.925 g/cm3 and a high density polyethylene having a density of 0.94-0.97 g/cm3, and a fluororesin powder and/or a boron nitride powder as a nucleator, wherein the high density polyethylene has an swelling ratio smaller than that of the low density polyethylene ...

A configuration for connecting conductor tracks includes a first conductor track fabricated with a first phase mask having a first phase and a second conductor track fabricated with a second phase mask having a second phase opposite to the first phase. The first and second conductor tracks define a given metallization plane and are disposed on this given metallization plane. The first conductor tr...

The present invention relates to a method for estimating the position and trajectory of a drill during drilling of boreholes in rock. The method comprising the steps of determining the starting position of the drill bit and recording the received transient seismic waves generated by the drill on impact, and estimating the difference in arrival time between events. From these, the relative distance...

Drive unit for motor vehicles, comprising an internal combustion engine (1) and a non-synchronized auto-shift gearbox (9), which has an intermediate shaft 850) and is connected to the engine via an automated clutch (3). The clutch and the gearbox are controlled by an electronic control unit (45), to which there are fed signals representing the selected gear from a gear selector (46) and signals re...

Motor-driven tractor vehicle with an automatic clutch and gearbox between the engine and the vehicle drive wheels, and with means (6, 8; 20) which, after the vehicle has been stopped, can identify whether a load carrier (2, 11) has been attached or detached. The gearbox and the clutch are controlled by an electronic control unit (19) on the basis of a set position of a manual gear selector. The co...

FIELD: production of mats. SUBSTANCE: nonwoven mat has density (weight per unit of surface area) variable in crosswise direction, with edges of mat having lower density than basic part thereof. Method involves passing mat forming net through inorganic fiber-liquid suspension, with portion of mat forming net corresponding to edge of future mat being protected during passage thereof through said sus...

The reference member (10) provides a permanent reference for the depth and orientation of all well operations and includes a body (11) with an engaging surface (13) for an attaching engagement to the interior surface of an existing casing in a borehole and an orienting surface for orienting well tools within the cased borehole. No sealing engagement is required with the casing (28). The engaging s...

An apparatus and method for communication in a wellbore includes inductive couplers (300, 302, 308, 310) for transmitting signals between concentric components.