PURPOSE:To increase the life of a lead storage battery by securing the contact between a positive plate and a separator so as to suppress the increase in the internal resistance of the battery by placing a porous body having larger hole diameters than the separator outside the plate group. CONSTITUTION:A porous body 4 having larger hole diameters than a separator 2 used as a retainer is placed out...

PURPOSE:To keep contact of plates with separators even when electrolyte is reduced to increase life by arranging a porous body having larger pore diameter than that of separator in the upper space of a plate group. CONSTITUTION:A porous body 4 having larger pore diameter than that of separator 2 serving as a retainer is arranged in the upper space of a plate group. Reduction of electrolyte begins ...

PURPOSE:To prevent oxidation of a working part in an atmosphere created by combustion of a resin layer by irradiating laser light to the working parts butted or superposed with the works provided with a combustible resin layer on at least one surface thereby welding said parts. CONSTITUTION:Works 11, 12 provided with resin layers 13, 14 are respectively butted at the ends thereof and are fixed by ...

PURPOSE:To secure the road clearance of a rear-wheel driving shaft, by making a device so as to distribute power directly to both front and rear wheels from a driving device via a hollow shaft, a pinion shaft, a pinion gear and a side gear, in case of a power transfer device for a four-wheel drive car. CONSTITUTION:The input received by a hollow shaft 1 is distributed to a front- wheel driving sha...

The invention concerns a centrifuge intended for use in mainpulating liquid batches on an analytical scale. The centrifuge consists of a body (2) rotatable about its axis (1) provided with input and output conduits (8,9,11) and presenting the essential feature that therein are contained two parallel, circular arc-shaped volumes (3,4) located at different distances from the axis (1) of the body (2)...

An apparatus and method for assembling battery cell elements having a plurality of electrode plates of alternating polarity separated by a continuous interleaved insulating sheet. The apparatus includes a separator sheet supply station; a creaser for forming transverse creases in a length of separator sheet at longitudinally spaced fold points; a first plate loader for positioning a first set of e...

A multicell electric storage battery 2 having an intercell connector manifold 46 sealed within a recess 42 in a cover 6 of the battery. The manifold comprises a plurality of conductive lightweight links 50 integral with a non-conductive carrier plate 48 and secured to posts 30, 32 projecting from the cell elements 16 of the battery.

Catalyst for the synthesis of alcohol mixtures containing methanol and higher aliphatic alcohols from CO and H2, which contains, as an oxide precursor, (a) copper oxide and zinc oxide, which can be transformed into the catalytically active state by reduction with hydrogen; (b) aluminum oxide as a thermostabilizing substance and (c) at least one alkali carbonate or alkali oxide, the oxidic precurso...

In a chopping machine for brush wood and offal timber, which has a driven cutter wheel (2) which bears chopper blades (6) which project above the end face pointing towards a horizontally arranged inlet duct (9) and interact with stationary counter-blades (7) there is provided in the inlet duct (9) a drawing-in apparatus (10, 11) which is intended to impart to the material which is to be disintegra...

This invention relates to a process of producing a plate for a lead storage battery. A plate grid of lead material such as lead or lead alloy is formed by casting and a frame of acid-resisting plastic material is formed by molding which is to surround the plate grid. A plate substrate is formed by placing the plate grid into the frame. The plate substrate is filled with paste of lead oxide on both...

A circuit for testing a segment of a digital display comprising a segment of a digital display having a cathode filament for conducting electrical current and for emitting electrons, and detecting means connected to the cathode filament for detecting electrical current flow across it. Also provided is a method for testing the proper operation of characters or digits of a digital display.

A data processor (2) including a watchdog timer (8) comprising: a first memory (4) holding a primary operating routine for cyclic execution during operation of the data processor, an address bus (6) for addressing locations in said first memory means, a timer (10) for continuous operation during operation of the data processor and for effecting a system reset in response to the timer reaching a pr...

The toe abutment member of a ski binding is adapted to cooperate with a ski boot provided with a sole having a truncated front end and a toe-cap extension in overhung relation to the truncated front end. The abutment member comprises a feeler element placed directly beneath the toe-cap extension of the ski boot in close proximity to the toe-cap extension under normal skiing conditions. In the even...

The device comprises a locking lever having a bearing surface adapted to cooperate with a complementary bearing surface formed on a heel-gripping member. The angle of slope of the two surfaces is such that the resultant force of the bearing force and the friction force passes through the axis of rotation of the locking lever.

A circuit is disclosed for fault-monitoring a microprocessor. The circuit includes an oscillator having an output signal of the same frequency as a test signal output of the microprocessor. The circuit also includes a binary counter. The microprocessor test output is coupled to the reset input of the counter and the oscillator is coupled to the counting input of the counter. The counter counts whe...

A reaction product of a fatty acid ester and an organic monoisocyanate is included in a foamable reaction mixture containing an organic polyisocyanate to provide a molded product which can be removed from a mold whose surface has not been coated with conventional mold release agents.