An armature (26) of a frictional disc type electromagnetic brake should be designed to be thick because it constitutes part of a magnetic circuit, with the result that press molding of it becomes difficult. Therefore, the armature (26) is formed by super-posing a plurality of press-moldable thin discs one upon another. For this purpose, pin-shaped projections (36) are formed on a thin disc (30a) a...

Ein Rotationskörper aus einem tiefgezogenen Blechteil und einem damit verbundenen, auf einer Welle festlegbaren, hohlzylindrischen Nabenteil. Der Blechteil (1) und der Nabenteil (2) sind einstückig ineinander übergehend durch Tiefziehen erzeugt, wobei eine metallische Schrumpfhülse (3) auf dem Außenumfang des Nabenteils (2) durch Aufschrumpfen unverrückbar festgelegt ist. ; A rotatable body...

Nonwoven fabrics are disclosed which comprise fibers, at least 50% by weight of which are hydrophobic fibers such as polyester or polypropylene, and a binder comprising an emulsion copolymer. The copolymer comprises (a) 1 to 8% by weight of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, such as acrylic of methacrylic acid, (b) 50 to 75% by weight of at least one C4 to C8 alkyl acrylat...

A novel class of resinous organosiloxane polymers includes triorganosiloxy, fluorinated organosiloxy, SiO4/2 and silicon-bonded hydroxyl groups. The fluorine-containing hydrocarbon radicals are bonded to silicon by means of a sequence of at least two methylene group. Preferred organosiloxane polymers stabilize the cellular structure of polydimethylsiloxane foams during curing.

The invention relates to a device for putting a radioactive source into a formation through which a borehole passes, the device comprises a gun barrel (20), a bullet (25) containing a radioactive source (26) and engaged in the barrel, and explosive means (22, 24) for propelling the bullet towards the formation. The device in accordance with the invention is characterized by the fact that it furthe...

The invention relates to a brake cylinder, in particular for rail vehicles, having a simply operating slack adjuster for maintaining an even amount of play between the brake surfaces, in the case of which play the nut located on a threaded spindle is connected to coupling faces which cooperate with coupling faces arranged on the piston of the actuation cylinder, the coupling part (15) bearing the ...

A rotatably drivable differential carrier 1 comprises two toothed output gears 4 and 5 connected to one another by parallel axis differential gears 12 and 13 of which a first group engages one output gear 4 and a second group engages the other output gear 5 with each of the differential gears of the one group engaging at least one of the differential gears of the other group. Bearing means 8 and 9...

A rotatably drivable differential carrier for use in a differential drive mechanism having a drive housing in which the carrier is rotatably supported. As shown in Figure 1a, parallel-axis differential gears 7 and 8 are connected between output gears 5 and 6 and engage one another in pairs. Each differential gear 7 and 8 is supported at one end by a disc-like abutment element 15, 16 respectively h...

A color-plus-clear coating system is disclosed. A pigmented or colored base coat is first applied to a substrate followed by the application of a transparent top coat to the base coat. The transparent top coat composition is a liquid cross-linkable composition comprising a polyepoxide and a polyacid curing agent. The polyepoxide-polyacid curing agent in the transparent top coat provides a composit...

Air-dry refinish primer compositions containing microparticles have been found to exhibit superior air-dry properties as well as being resistant to solvent attack when a primer-surfacer or topcoat is applied after a short (30 minute or less) dry time of the primer composition.

This invention relates to apparatus comprising means 1, 3 and 6 for obtaining a remotely sensed image of an area of land 4 comprising regions 5 having a substantially homogeneous parameter such as crop type, and means 8 for using information obtained from this image in conjunction with vegetation growth models, to classify a region 5 in terms of a selected parameter.

An aerosol composition comprising (A) a perfluoropolyether and (B) a propellant gas and optionally (C) a polymer comprising tetrafluoroethylene and/or (D) a fluorine-containing diluent, which has good penetrability and durability is provided.

An image shake detecting device for detecting a shake of an image on an image sensing plane on the basis of a video signal output from an image sensor includes detection circuits arranged to detect image displacement in a plurality of areas set on the image sensing plane, and a control microcomputer which makes a discrimination, on the basis of information output from these detection circuits, bet...

(57) The invention relates to a process for optimising fuel combustion with the minimum CO emission by the prior introduction into the fuel air mixture of a fluid vapour containing water and/or alcohol and by producing a uniform fluid-fuel mixture. In addition, too invention relates to a device for implementing said process. To save considerable quantities of petrol and reduce carbon monoxide emis...

Polare und unpolare superparamagnetische Flüssigkeiten, welche mit Tensiden beschichtete superparamagnetische Feststoffteilchen in polaren oder unpolaren flüssigen Medien kolloidal dispergiert enthalten, werden mit Hilfe neuer Verfahren zur Herstellung polarer und unpolarer superparamagnetischer Flüssigkeiten hergestellt. Das neue Verfahren zur Herstellung unpolarer superparamagnetischer Flüssigke...

This invention relates to apparatus comprising means 1, 3 and 6 for obtaining a remotely sensed image of an area of land 4 comprising regions 5 having a substantially homogeneous parameter such as crop type, and means 8 for using information obtained from this image in conjunction with vegetation growth models, to classify a region 5 in terms of a selected parameter.

Pixels within an image are labelled based on near neighbor attributes. The attributes may be attributes for a near neighbor link or for a near neighbor pixel to which the link leads. The near neighbor attribute data for a pixel may indicate attributes for plural near neighbor links, and a link relationship criterion may be applied to determine whether the links are related in a manner that meets t...

This invention provides a tool and method for positioning connector springs (6) in a housing (7) and then holding them firmly in place while a tail or arm (63) that extends from each connector spring is soldered to a tab or pad (51) on the edge of a printed circuit card (5). The tool has a plurality of rubber protrusions (81), one for each connector spring in the assembly. These rubber protrusions...

PURPOSE:To reduce a side effect and improve the crushing efficiency by detecting the peak value of the reflected signal from a focal point region, and switching the driving voltage based on the compared result between the detected peak value and the preset value. CONSTITUTION:A piezoelectric element 1 is connected to a driving circuit 4 and radiates weak ultrasonic waves initially. The ultrasonic ...

PURPOSE:To perform quick positioning by matching the center axis of a ultrasonic image-drawing probe with the focal point of acoustic energy, and holding the center axis of the probe at an angle with the center axis of an acoustic energy-radiating means at a variable relative position. CONSTITUTION:The center axis 4 of a ultrasonic image-drawing probe 3 is matched with the focal point of acoustic ...