PURPOSE: To provide a boots attaching/detaching mechanism of snow board which easily allows board boots to be attached to or detached from a snow board. CONSTITUTION: A sole 73 is pasted at the front and a heel 74 is attached to the rear of the bottom of a boot 14 which can be wore for walking on the ground or snow. A dent heel groove 75 is formed between the sole 73 and the heel 74. The center of...

PURPOSE: To secure engine brake effect in accordance with operation conditions, and improve fuel consumption characteristics by controlling an engine in such a way that supply of fuel to the engine is stopped to adjust intake air flow when it is determined that engine brake control conditions are satisfied. CONSTITUTION: Signals of detection means such as a throttle valve 10 opening sensor, an eng...

PURPOSE: To provide a control device for a vehicle provided with an engine which is actuated for each group of cylinders by providing favorable driving performance even in such a traveling condition that part of the cylinder groups is actuated by any reason. CONSTITUTION: When it is detected by a cylinder actuation condition detection means 138 that one of cylinder groups C1 and C2 of an engine is...

PURPOSE: To precisely adjust a flexible mechanism and obtain favorable vertical and lateral seals according to a pressing data corresponding to production conditions selected in accordance with the packaging shape and state of respective kinds preset by a data setting means. CONSTITUTION: At least one roll of a pair of heat seal rolls is installed to be transferable and the pushing pressure of the...

PURPOSE: To securely prevent meandering transfer of a film in an easy and simple constitution. CONSTITUTION: A guide roller 19 holding the folded-back upper edge side of a film 1 from a packing article container to the front side for the film transfer and guiding the transferred film, is almost vertically installed in the axial direction so that the tilting movement of the guide roller is adjustab...

PURPOSE: To avoid the tripping of a gas turbine, by tripping a steam turbine and at the same time, discharging gas turbine exhaust heat to the atmosphere when system frequency is fluctuated so as to be off an allowable frequency zone in the steam turbine or the steam turbine can not be continuously operated. CONSTITUTION: In case that a gas turbine operation continuing device in a combined cycle p...

PURPOSE: To provide a sufficient differential limit force by providing a friction clutch engaged by receiving the engaging thrust force of a first helical pinion gear when a differential case is rotated to one side and that of a second helical pinion gear when the differential case is rotated to the other. CONSTITUTION: During running forward of a vehicle, a pinion gear 73 is moved to the left, a ...

PURPOSE: To obtain a sealed lead acid battery which can be prevented from short circuiting due to the broken or broken through retainer and from running short of capacity due to pressure drop caused by its frazzle. CONSTITUTION: A positive electrode plate 1 and a negative electrode plate 2 are disposed mutually opposite with a retainer 3 in between, so that plate group 4 is constituted. The retain...

PURPOSE: To obtain a sealed lead-acid battery having a temperature protection unit in which, even when electrolyte exists within a battery jar, a battery is protected smoothly at specific temperature. CONSTITUTION: In a temperature protection unit 6, a thermal fuse 2 breaking at specific temperature and liquid 3 are sealed in a bag 1 formed by acid- resistant pack film and both ends 4a, 4b of a th...

PURPOSE: To provide a sealed lead-acid battery which can be prevented from having its initial capacity decreased and its cycle life shortened. CONSTITUTION: An electrolyte for use inside plates, with the addition of 1.0wt.%, or less silica having an average grain size of 0.01 to 0.1&mu m, is injected into a battery jar in which are arranged the plates, and time greater part of the electrolyte impr...

PURPOSE: To guide a driver not to depend on the engine in a limited fuel use hybrid electric vehicle. CONSTITUTION: A hybrid electric vehicle has a battery 1 to be charged by external charging means 21, a drive motor 4 for driving wheels 3A, 3B by the power of the battery 1, control means 9 for controlling the operation of the motor 4, and an internal combustion engine 7 used directly or indirectl...

The invention is directed to a dry shaving apparatus with at least one short-hair cutter disposed on a housing and an actuating switch for turning an electric drive mechanism on and off as well as for adjusting a switch slide provided with a long-hair trimmer by means of a transmission device, wherein the transmission device is comprised of two pivotally mounted transmission elements, the first tr...

A pallet used for stacking various types of catering and food service equipment is disclosed. The pallet has a floor which includes an upper surface and a lower surface. A forward wall and end wall and a pair of side walls extend upwardly from the top surface. A pair of rear legs, a pair of intermediate legs, and a pair of forward legs extend downward from the lower surface of the floor. The forwa...

The invention includes methods and compositions relating to calcium phosphate cements, which self-harden substantially to hydroxyapatite at ambient temperature when in contact with an aqueous medium. More specifically the cements comprise a combination of one or more sparingly soluble calcium phosphates other than tetracalcium phosphate with an aqueous solution adjusted with a base to maintain a p...

A concrete pipe liner is formed from a difficult-to-compact hydraulic cement slurry applied to a pipe interior. The slurry contains inorganic non-compactible hydraulic cement particles, a concrete superplasticizer component, water, and optionally and preferably filler particles. The pipe is then spun to centrifugally cast a stronger, denser pipe liner than a comparable liner containing no superpla...

PCT No. PCT/GB92/01323 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 24, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 24, 1993 PCT Filed Jul. 20, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/02970 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 1993.Apparatus (1) for treating a fluid, in this case wastewater, comprising a vessel or tank (2), a conduit (3) to supply the wastewater in an alternating sequence to the vessel (2), and a source (4) for oxygenating the bed of granular media (5) ...

A method of operating a sequencing batch reactor having a cycle consisting of FILL, REACT, SETTLE and DRAW periods and optionally an IDLE period, wherein supply of feed to the sequencing batch reactor comprises distributing the feed into settled sludge in the bottom part of the reactor. Also provided is a method of operating a sequencing batch reactor having the foregoing cycle, wherein the FILL a...

This invention relates to improved apparatus and to an improved process for the treatment of liquids, and particularly water for domestic consumption. The improved process for treating water to remove hydrogen sulfide and soluble mineral compounds while saturating the water with oxygen comprises feeding the liquid through a nozzle and contacting the liquid with an oxygen containing gas, e.g., air ...

An implantable body including an outer membrane forming an enclosure for receiving a filler material. The surface of the outer membrane is characterized by a random distribution of peaks separated by valleys. The peaks and valleys are separated by gradual contoured slopes with a smooth transition between the peaks and valleys which are substantially free from indentation. The enhanced surface prov...

A process for forming a stress relief layer on a semiconductor die and the resulting structure of the process is described. The stress relief layer is formed on a surface of a die which has already been attached to a die attach pad of a lead frame by a cured epoxy. The purpose of the layer is to act as a stress relief buffer by relieving the die surface from contraction forces created by a plastic...