PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a roentgenograph for round visits by doctors that can promptly position a collimeter of an X-ray tube on a screening site by slightly moving the roentgenograph. SOLUTION: A switch 8 for slightly moving the roentgenograph is attached to the side of the collimater 7 of the X-ray tube 18, and a CPU 11 controls a range of controlling a PWM control circuit 10 with the i...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent lowering down of the lowest ground height of a vehicle while concentration of mass and compactness are attained, in a power unit mounted on the vehicle. SOLUTION: This power unit P mounted on a vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine E, a transmission 70 having a speed change part 70a and an output part 70b, a final reduction gear R2 transmitting power of t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a running control device for a hybrid vehicle capable of starting an engine as consumption of a power due to drive of a motor is suppressed when a slip occurs due to drive of a motor in a state that an engine is not yet started, and capable of reliably starting an engine even when a battery remaining amount is low. SOLUTION: The running control device for the hybri...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving force control device for a front rear wheel drive vehicle, capable of generating a proper grip force by wheels on the rear side in an advancing direction even when handle operation is effected during deceleration running on a low friction road and a downward slope and ensuring a stable running state. SOLUTION: The driving force control device 1 for a fron...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control movement of a vehicle to optimum as a result of a plurality of vehicle behavior devices, loaded on a vehicle, being operated efficiently with excellent response and an excellent balance according to the road state and the road shape of a running road in front of a vehicle. SOLUTION: A correction factor set part 90 sets respective correction factors, previously set ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a subdivision pack apparatus capable of increasing a content of a nitrogen gas by reliably filling the nitrogen gas into subdivision materials, and performing sufficient seal processing for the subdivision materials. SOLUTION: In the subdivision pack apparatus for powdered materials, powdered materials supplied from a hopper 5 are measured one subdivision by one su...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a center sealing apparatus capable of providing a reliable and beautiful sealed state even when a bag-making and filling machine is operated at high speed and also capable of shortening the dropping distance of an object to be packaged and providing a favorable sealed state even in high-speed operation in the case where the apparatus is applied to a vertical type b...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a gas-barrier coating composition which is free from the deterioration of barrier properties to gases such as oxygen and a water vapor even under high-humidity conditions and is harmless to the human body, and a coating film made by using the composition and excellent in gas barrier properties. SOLUTION: The gas-barrier coating composition contains (a) a polyvinyl a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a gas-barrier coating composition which is free from the deterioration of barrier properties to gases such as oxygen and a water vapor even under high-humidity conditions and is harmless to the human body, and a coating film made by using the composition and excellent in gas barrier properties. SOLUTION: The gas-barrier coating composition contains (a) a polyvinyl a...

PURPOSE: To enable wheel slip to be controlled at early stages without response delay if engine output control is suspended by computing a controlled value of engine output in the event of interruption of the engine output control, and reflecting that value as a pressure increase correction on brake control means. CONSTITUTION: During operation of an engine 10, detection signals from an engine spe...

PURPOSE:To effectively use heat, etc., under the ground and to regulate a room temperature by burying a water storage room temperature cooling/heating water tank, arranging a heat exchanging pipe communicating with room ventilation pipes in the tank, and heat exchanging storage water with the conveying air. CONSTITUTION:A residence is, for example, a two-storied house which has an underground room...

A novel thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) which comprises (i) polymeric A blocks in which there are side chains comprising crystallizable moieties having a melting point Tq, and (ii) at least one amorphous polymeric B block having a glass transition point, Tgs, which is less than (Tq - 10) DEG C. The relative proportions and molecular weights of the A and B blocks can be adjusted so as to produce desi...

An improved process for the copolymerization of ethylene and alpha -olefins utilizing highly dilute alpha -olefin feedstreams to effect high conversions and catalyst productivities. The process is particularly adaptable to copolymerizing the alpha -olefin content of commercially available, diluted refinery feedstreams such as Raffinate-II.

A collapsible handle for a portable luggage is provided. The handle includes an upper seat and a lower seat spacedly secured to the top and lower portions of the back side of the portable luggage, an attachment slidably pivoted to a pair of rectangular recesses of the upper seat, an elongate caster seat including a pair of subordinate casters pivoted on two end which has an arcuate lower surface m...

An ankle-pack device is disclosed which allows the user to utilize in-line skates as a means of transportation without the necessity for a shoe carrying device usually attached to the upper portions of the body such as a back pack or belt pack. Shoes can easily be carried directly next to the in-line skate utilizing the disclosed device while in motion as well. Thus, the ankle-pack system or devic...

A system (2,4), method and splitter (6) for ablating tissue (15) using radiofrequency (RF) energy is disclosed. The system (2,4) ablates tissue (15) using unipolar RF energy simultaneously delivered to multiple electrodes (22A-22D) in one or more probes (20). This is carried out by the multiple channel RF splitter (6) that can independently control the RP energy delivered through each channel (18)...

A surgical instrument includes a body, a snare electrode, a spool and an electrical connector. A distal part of the body includes a passageway extending axially therethrough. The snare electrode is adapted to telescope in the passageway. The distal part of the body has an outward surface electrically insulated from the snare electrode. A second portion of the snare electrode is extendable from a s...

A flexible composite comprising a high tensile strength fibrous component dispersed within a flexible or resilient polymeric matrix, the matrix and fibrous component being essentially unbonded to each other so that the composite retains essentially the flexibility of the polymeric matrix.

A polyester polyol composition comprising a phthalic anhydride-initiated polyester polyol, a C4-C6 hydrocarbon blowing agent, and an alkylene oxide modified silicone glycol compatibilizing agent having an HLB of from about 5 to about 8 is disclosed. The blowing agent is soluble in the polyol composition, thereby reducing the risks associated with such blowing agents in processes for making rigid p...

Method for inspecting an article for defects, light scattered by the article is collected. A defect in the article gives rise to a pulse scanning response signal, which is fed to a processing unit. The light beam has a wavelength such that the article is transparent thereto. At least two scanning response signals are obtained, which are associated with focal points at different focal depths in the...