A screw conveyor 200A has first flights 211 and second flights 212 for transporting cake to a cake discharge port 105 within a small-diameter part 103. These flights 211 and 212 respectively have small spacing forming parts 211a and 212a forming small spacing d1 between the front ends of the flights and the small-diameter part 103 and large spacing forming parts 211b and 212b forming large spacing...

The device for separating a commencement casing material into two part strips for fed to a twin strip cigarette processing machine, uses a longitudinal rotary cutting device. Two measuring units (26,27) monitor the width of the part strips (3,4) and a positioning component (29) undertakes a relative adjustment between the commencement casing material strip (1) and the longitudinal cutting device (...

The system automatically revalues the shares in a fund at regular intervals. Each value (3) is compared with the previous value (2), to determine an increase (5) or decrease (6). In either case a proportion of the change is subtracted and added (12) or subtracted (13) from a cash reserve. The system for revaluing investment funds reduces the vulnerability of the fund to volatility of stack market ...

A thermal field emission electron gun has a thermal field emission cathode and a suppressor electrode wherein the thermal field emission cathode comprises a single crystal tungsten needle of an axis direction of <100> and a coating layer composed of zirconium and oxygen, and the suppressor electrode is composed of either titanium or an alloy including titanium as the major component, of which hydr...

PCT No. PCT/JP95/01436 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 8, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 8, 1996 PCT Filed Jul. 19, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/03739 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 8, 1996The present invention relates to an apparatus for adjusting a sound volume of a grand piano. When a grand piano is played, it is desired to adjust its sound volume depending on the surrounding conditions such as in an apartment house, or at night...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the development of non-conforming articles by a method wherein a rubber material is vulcanized after being pre-formed by independently controlling the temperature and pressure of the rubber material controlled at a certain temperature with heating liquid. SOLUTION: In the forming work of rubber, its pre-forming is performed under the temperature, which is lower than...

PURPOSE:To obtain a negative electrode gas absorption type sealed lead-acid battery, which has the electrolyte having a sulfuric acid concentration of 42weight% or more and of which battery lifetime is maintained without lowering the formation efficiency, by performing the formation inside of a battery jar. CONSTITUTION:A negative electrode gas absorption type sealed lead-acid battery has the elec...

PURPOSE:To improve a transmittance and an etching accuracy of a photomask concerning a production method and an inspection method related to a phase shift mask. CONSTITUTION:The photomask is composed of a dry-etching surface 3 in which at least the surface of a light transmission part of a transparent substrate 1 is made porous. The surface of the transparent substrate 1 is subjected to a dry-etch...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate or simplify a post-treatment of a joining part by continuously subjecting faces to be joined as butting parts of a cylindrical body to friction agitation joining so as to produce a cylindrical body having various cross sectional shapes at a low cost and to have beautiful finish in comparison to fused welding joining. SOLUTION: Materials 1 to be joined of a prescr...

PURPOSE:To obtain a thin organic electroluminescent element readily by spin coating or casting, by employing as a charge transfer material a specific conductive polymer in which aromatic rings and bonding groups are alternately combined. CONSTITUTION:In an organic electroluminescent element in which a luminescent layer and a charge transfer layer are provided between a pair of electrodes, at least...

A method for braking and/or stopping a vehicle travelling along a track, e.g. a railway track, by means of an apparatus that includes stationary equipment (1) attached to the track and provided with a magnetic field generating unit (A), as well as mobile equipment (3) including at least one antenna (5) preferably mounted on the underside of the vehicle for interaction with the generating unit (A)....

Open cell foamed articles including silane-grafted single-site initiated polyolefin resins are described. The single-site initiated olefin polymer resin can be a polyethylene, a copolymer of ethylene, a C3-C20 alpha-olefin and C4-C20 diene. The open cell foamed articles have good cushioning properties and can be non-allergenic.

A method of communication in a network, which includes at least a central computer and a first remote computer comprising: (a) sending a message from the first computer to the central computer identifying a list of prioritized communication media designated by a user of the first remote computer; and (b) storing the list of prioritized communication media in the central computer.

A method for opening prefabricated pouches for the subsequent filling thereof with each pouch having a circumferential seal and an opening zone comprising holding a pouch on a support and introducing the support with the pouch into a vacuum chamber which has a first opening facing the opening zone of the pouch connected to the environment and a second opening remote from the opening zone, suctioni...

A composite article made from polyacetal and from at least one modified styrene-olefin elastomer, which comprises from 15 to 70% by weight, based on the weight of the modified styrene-olefin elastomer, of non-olefinic thermoplastic material, and also a process for producing the same, where a molding made from polyacetal is firstly molded, onto which is then molded a coating or at least one molding...

An advanced intelligent communication system that provides subscriber-requested, advanced communication services through existing communication switches even in those circumstances in which the hardware communication switch is not configured to provide such communication services. The system supports the use of personal identification number access cards for use in fixed and mobile markets from an...

The disclosed ethylene polymer compositions have et least one homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/ alpha -olefin interpolymer and at least one heterogeneously branched ethylene polymer. The homogeneously branched linear or substantially linear ethylene/ alpha -olefin interpolymer has a density from about 0.88 to about 0.935 g/cm<3> and a slope of strain hardening coefficient great...

A propylene-ethylene random copolymer obtained by copolymerizing propylene with ethylene in the absence of a liquid medium, substantially, with a catalyst comprising: (A) a solid catalyst component containing magnesium, titanium, a halogen and an electron donor as an essential component, (B) an organoaluminum compound and (C) an electron donative compound, wherein (1) an ethylene content (E)...

A disk brake includes a plurality of cylinders for slidably receiving pistons for pressing a pad. Each of the cylinders has a main portion for supporting the piston, and an annular groove provided at the bottom of the main portion with a diameter larger than that of the inner cylindrical surface of the main portion. Each pair of adjacent cylinders communicate with each other through a communicatin...

A polyimide film is described having improved adhesion prepared by coating the surface of a partially cured or partially dried polyamide acid film with an organic solvent solution of a metal salt and heating the coated film to both convert the polyamide acid to polyimide and dry the film. By proper selection of the metal salt either a one-side adherable or two-side adherable polyimide film can be ...