PURPOSE:To prevent the occurrence of a shift shock and a time lag, by setting up speeds with only the speed change of one of the first speed change gears or the second speed change gears by a manual shift register. CONSTITUTION:When a manual shift range is a travelling range, speeds are once set for a higher speed than the lowest velocity speed with the speed change of one of main speed change gea...

PURPOSE:To avoid the shock and the sinking of a vehicle, by setting up only one of two sets of speed change gears for a high speed when a manual shift is changed, and thereafter setting it up for a low speed. CONSTITUTION:An electric controller 15 outputs on-off signals to each of electromagnetic valves 11-13 by signals from a car speed sensor 16, a throttle opening sensor 17 and a shift position ...

A laser welding method and apparatus for welding stacked coated members in which voids in the welds are positively eliminated. A spacer is disposed between the two members to be welded. This provides a path for discharging gas formed by heating the coating material. The method and apparatus of the invention are useful for the laser welding of base members coated with metals having a lower melting ...

Porous electrodes for lead acid storage batteries without supporting plates or grids. The electrodes are porous, self-supporting, structurally integral and electrically continuous. Lead-acid batteries incorporating such electrodes exhibit improved performance characteristics as compared to conventional lead-acid batteries. The electrodes are made by forming a molten mixture of metal (e.g. lead) an...

The utility model relates to an automatic water lifting device which makes use of the wind energy. The automatic water lifting device is composed of three portions: a two-way pressure expanding type fixed whirlwind tower, a multi-layer self suction type water drum, and a gas path switcher. Each layer of the multi-layer water suction drum is intermittently and respectively communicated with the low...

An electroconductive guide line is laid along a travelling path of a driverless car on the ground side, while on the driverless car side are provided a means for inducing electromotive force in the guide line and a means for detecting a magnetic field created upon generation of an electric current in the guide line.

A method for determining the presence of an analyte in a fluid is described along with an apparatus specifically designed to carry out the method. The method involves taking a reflectance reading from one surface (15) of an inert porous matrix (11) impregnated with a reagent that will interact with the analyte to produce a light-absorbing reaction product when the fluid being analysed is applied t...

PURPOSE:To attain ease of troubleshooting, by counting and recording a time from the preparating stage to its end at the command execution, comparing the time with the correct count of the command for attaining the verification of command execution. CONSTITUTION:When a command stop error detecting circuit 9 receives a command stop signal from a command control circuit 3, the circuit 9 stops the co...

A flexible polyurethane foam for sound insulation purposes has viscoelastic properties in the temperature range of - 20 to + 80 DEG C and a loss factor of at least 0.3, in the case of a density of less than 90 kg/m<3> and a modulus of elasticity of less than 10<6>N/m<2>. The foam is obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate with a polyol, in which at least one component has an OH-number of 180 to 400....

The subject of the invention are planar, fibre-containing polyurethane composites having a thickness of 1 to 20 mm and a density of 0.1 to 1.6 g/cm<3>, having defined mechanical properties and consisting of a cellular polyurethane thermoset material, which contains 51 to 80% by weight, based on the total weight, of a fibre-containing planar structure embedded in it, and a process for the manufactu...

A device for producing locating signals in dependence upon position of the device relative to a locating marker. The device comprises sensing means operable to produce: a first output when the device lies outside a predetermined coarse tolerance range (e-y) relative to the marker; a second output when the device lies inside said coarse tolerance range but outside a predetermined fine tolerance ran...

Textile webs or articles e.g. socks are inspected for defects by forming an image e.g.with a video camera 13, capturing data representing at least salient features of the image e.g. in stores 14 and 16, selecting data from the captured data using a mask function corresponding to a given type of fault, and comparing the selected data automatically with reference data. Large and small scale faults i...

An automatically controlled wagon, e.g. for a warehouse, comprises a camera (17) including a linear CCD or MOS image sensor (16) mounted such as to detect a guide zone (18) such as a reflective white tape provided on the ground surface (G), a circuit for detecting the lateral deviation of the wagon from the guide zone (18), and means for controlling the steering of the wagon according to the detec...

A remote controlled apparatus particularly for shelf servicing within warehouses. A vehicle is provided for travelling along a path between a plurality of locations. The vehicle has drive means operable for driving the vehicle along the path. Command control means operates the drive means. The control means includes a distance measuring apparatus having an electromagnetic radiation generating unit...