A levelwind system for a coiled tubing reel (26) including an arcuate guide arm (48) extending over the upper surface of the reel (26). A universal joint (50) mounts the lower end of the arm (48) for pivotal movement both vertically and horizontally. A guide member (52) is supported on the free end of the guide arm (48) for guiding the coiled tubing T on and off reel (26). A lift cylinder (54) is ...

PURPOSE: A solar energy heating plate is provided for easy manufacture and preventing heat loss. CONSTITUTION: A circulation tube(2) made of copper has a length of 90-120cm. In both end of the circulation tube(2) is attached spacer(8) made of glass. The spacer(8) is inserted into a cylindrical transparent glass tube(10). A discharge tube(12) is installed in one end of the spacer(8). The circulatio...

Sudden, unintentional, acceleration of a vehicle having an automatic transmission is prevented by detecting the sudden acceleration of the engine, applying the vehicle brakes 80 by actuating electric motor M and cutting the electrical supply 70 to the engine. The system detects input of start key 20, engine rpm 30, transmission state (P, N, D, or R) 40, and accelerator pedal position 50. Sudden ac...

A control apparatus for an electric vehicle, particularly a forklift truck, whereby the regenerative braking operation of the motor is controlled according to the speed of the vehicle. Above a predetermined threshold speed, Vt, the regenerative braking force is constant, whereas below the threshold speed the braking force applied is proportional to the speed of the vehicle. The regenerati...

The present invention relates to a compression device in connection with x-ray examinations, said device comprising a frame (1) that support means (9; 9') to compress an area of a body of a patient, said area preferably being the abdomen. In connection with x-ray examinations it is important to be able to compress a portion of an examined body of a patient. By such an arrangement the absorbed dose...

The invention relates to a mounting for the rotor teeth (14) of a size-reduction machine. Said size-reduction machine has stationary teeth (20) that are mounted in a comb-like arrangement and a rotor (10) with rotor teeth (14) that are mounted on the circumference thereof and that are laterally off-set from the stationary teeth (20). The aim of the invention is to provide a mounting for rotor teet...

In a high-pressure cleaning apparatus comprising a housing, a drive unit and a winding device for winding and unwinding leads which are led from stationary terminal connections to movable terminal connections, in order to enable safe and simple winding and unwinding of leads which lead away from the high-pressure cleaning apparatus, it is proposed that the winding device comprise a winding drum, t...

Process and apparatus for improving a concentricity of a pneumatic vehicle tire having a bead. The process includes subjecting at least a portion of the bead, after vulcanization, to a plastic deformation post-treatment. The post-treatment improves the concentricity of the tire. The apparatus includes a drum having a surface which engages a radially inner bead seat surface of the tire. The drum in...

A system, method and control unit for generating a message, particularly an alarm message of a control unit of an automation system. Simplified use of existing transmission means is proposed for transmitting the message of a control unit as an e-mail message via an Intranet and/or the Internet to a predetermined receiving device. In accordance with the invention, the control unit enters a message ...

A vehicle braking system including a master cylinder (64, 360, 510) having a pressurizing piston (80) fluid-tightly and slidably received in a cylinder housing (70) and cooperating with the cylinder housing to define a pressurizing chamber (88) and an assisting chamber (90) on opposite sides of the piston, a brake operating member (60) for applying a pressurizing force to the piston, a wheel brake...

A hot gas suction hose, such as an engine exhaust suction hose, having a thin wall and a large cross-sectional area such as to rapidly cool the hot gases, which hose, in the region close to that end of the hose intended for connection to a hot gas source includes openings that are disposed along the periphery of the hose wall.

In a stator shaft in which a shaft member (41) is press-fitted into a press-fit bore (141) of a flange member (42), first flow passages (102) are formed in the shaft member (41), and blind bores (105) extending linearly at right angles to a shaft axis from outer circumferential surfaces (43b, 43c) of the flange member (42) and through the press-fit bore (141), and communication bores (103) extendi...

A strip of resilient material (12) is clamped uniformly across the width of the material at a first position by vertically spaced clamps (42,44) which are separated to stretch a section of the material beyond the elastic limit. The stretched section of material (36) is released and transported on a horizontal conveyor (24) to a second position where the stretched section is cut by a cutter (26) pr...

An electronically controlled sample warper having a yarn exchange mechanism is provided which is capable of extremely reducing yarn looseness possibly occurring during yarn exchange as compared with conventional methods, preventing large variations in yarn tension produced when a yarn is removed to improve the quality of warping and significantly improve the speed of yarn exchange, unlike conventi...

The rollers have conical regions (8,9), extending from the edges of the yarn-guide groove (3) and inclined so as to converge towards the said groove (3) one of these conical surfaces (9) extending as far as an end edge (10) of the roller and the other (8) being connected to the base of the radially-projecting region (4), for establishing contact with the rollers of the drafting train. The conical ...

The production method involves a maturing process of the lead plates with a supply of moisture. A drying process is then carried out, for reducing the free lead in a pasty mass with a reduced air humidity, compared to the maturing process. A final drying operation is then carried out. Both plate surfaces are held lying free, for a uniform treatment.

Enamelled glass substrates which, on at least a part of one of their faces, include at least two superposed layers of enamel, the enamel layer in contact with the glass substrate including a vitreous matrix and reflecting particles whose refractive index differs from that of the vitreous matrix, these reflecting particles additionally having a melting temperature higher than that of the vitreous m...

A sliding contact for providing an electrical connection between a side contact of a PC card and a terminal accessible to a host device is disclosed. The disclosed sliding contact is disposed in a side rail of an ejection mechanism for receiving and ejecting the PC card and comprises a channel (16-5) in the side rail; a sliding member disposed in the channel and comprising a first part (16-2) and ...

A Central Processing Unit 103 is provided having an instruction processor unit 201 for determining CPU instruction types. An instruction detector 211 is included in the CPU for detecting whether a determined instruction is a non-cacheable repeat operation instruction. The CPU has an execution unit 221 for executing instruction and for outputting a CPU signal indicating whether data associated with...

A laryngeal airway device includes an air tube with proximal and distal ends, and a sealing member attached to the distal end of the air tube. The sealing member includes an anterior surface adapted to seat in the throat, against the hyoid bone, and to stretch the laryngeal inlet. A hole extends through the anterior surface and the sealing member and communicates through an air passage with the di...