PURPOSE:To prevent any generation of an abnormal control state by inhibiting slip control of engine output control when a vehicle is in a start transition operating state and breakage in signal lines is detected. CONSTITUTION:In engine control, an ECU 11 decides whether or not a slip signal is generated. If the result is affirmative, initial target engine torque is calculated to be set, and an ini...

In a methanol production process comprising synthesis gas generation, catalytic synthesis, recovery of crude methanol and purification by distillation, organic compounds of higher boiling point than methanol (the so-called "fusel oil" stream) are contacted in liquid form with a gaseous stream to be fed to synthesis gas generation, whereby to convert those compounds to synthesis gas. When an alkali...

A roll feed apparatus has first and second rolls for gripping a plate when rotated in first directions and moving from each other when rotated in second directions, and first and second brake pieces for fixing the plate during rotation in the second direction. A pivot body has support portions along its length for rotatably supporting a first roll shaft at opposite ends. A pair of pivot shafts par...

A thread connecting device for a sewing machine cuts an upper thread which is extending between the sewing machine and one of a plurality of thread spools, and connects an end of a thread belonging to the sewing machine and an end of a thread belonging to the thread spool, in such a manner that the connected part of the threads can smoothly pass through a needle eye, whereby it is possible to supp...

PURPOSE:To shorten significantly the starting time of a plant by connecting another steam system to the main steam system of the plant via a communication control valve and steam connecting piping, and providing a multiple-unit control device which controls the communication control valve. CONSTITUTION:In a gas turbine combined cycle plant, another steam system 17 is connected to main steam piping...

Ruthenium-on-charcoal and ruthenium-on-carbon black catalysts, containing from 0.1 to 5% by weight of iron, for the preparation of olefinically unsaturated alcohols by selective hydrogenation of the corresponding alpha , beta -unsaturated carbonyl compounds in the liquid phase are prepared by modifying the catalyst with iron only after it has been impregnated with the ruthenium compound, and redu...

The invention relates to a pay-out device for modular threads, intended to assist in the production of a knitted fabric composed of several colours. It enables the operator easily to store the threads in the order in which they are knitted, to unreel them without entangling them and at different rates. In addition, at each change of row, when the work is reversed (returned) the device is also reve...

A compact hammer mill is provided for shredding metal objects and the like. The hammer mill essentially consists of hammers (1) mounted on a driving drum (2) arranged within a crushing enclosure (3) having screening walls and driven by an electric motor or heat engine (8), said enclosure (3) being connected to a feeder device (4) lying in a plane which is parallel to the discs (5) forming the driv...

A heel holder includes a base plate mountable on the ski, a sole holder supported for vertical and transverse horizontal movement relative to the base plate, a first locking mechanism for yieldably resisting upward movement of the sole holder away from a closed position adjacent the base plate, and a second locking mechanism which prevents transverse horizontal movement of the sole holder until it...

A ski binding includes a base plate adapted to be secured to a ski, a cover plate supported on the base plate for pivotal movement about a vertical axis, and an adjustable release arrangement for yieldably resisting pivotal movement of the cover plate in either direction away from an initial position. The release arrangement can be adjusted from a side of the binding. Front and rear holding mechan...

(S) alpha -cyano-3-phenoxy-benzyl alcohol having the formula I and a novel process for its preparation and novel intermediates.

An electric-discharge lamp (10) is retained in a mounting location by means of a trigger electrode (30) serving as the means for applying a trigger pulse to initiate the lamp discharge. In one embodiment, the electrode has a T-shaped configuration (34, 36) with the flange (34) thereof serving as the medium for applying the trigger pulse along the length of the lamp.

A fail-safe supervisory circuit for a microprocessor-controlled fuel burner has a diode pump circuit (C4, C5, D7, D8) triggered by a resettable monostable (R7, T2, R8, C3) responsive to an encoded signal from the microprocessor, to act as a watch-dog timer. A triggered bistable (D1, T1, R2, IC8) provides a RESET signal on power-on or manually. A direct connection from this bistable to the monostab...

The present invention relates to a safety binding of a boot on a ski comprising two lateral clamps (4) movably mounted under the action of an elastic member (28) parallel to the plane of the ski (3) between a closed position in which the clamps coact with the sole of the boot and an open position. Each clamp (4) is connected to one end of a longitudinally slidable strip (45) by means of articulate...