A sealed lead-acid cell is provided with an internal cell restraint (36) which contacts the interior surface of the cell cover (14) and is positioned between the positive plates of the cell and the cover (14), the internal cell restraint (36) cooperating with an external cell restraint (50), such as a plastics coated metal face plate, to direct positive plate growth which occurs in service away fr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mold for a tire which suppresses the occurrence of a long tow. Ž

SOLUTION: The mold has a bead-ring 32. The bead-ring 32 has a primary surface 34, a bottom forming surface 36, a slope 38, and a vent line 40. The primary surface 34 and the bottom forming surface 36 are connected by the slope 38. The vent line 40 is channel-like and extended in the peripheral ...

PURPOSE: A packing device is provided to remove wrinkles without tension difference between horizontal and vertical sealing parts of a packing sheet by mounting a pressurizing unit contacting from the inside near the edge of an opening unit of the packing sheet between a sheet supply unit and a sealing unit. CONSTITUTION: A packing device is composed of a sheet supply unit for feeding a thin and l...

A surgical instrument includes a cutting member with an implement for cutting tissue, and a drive coupled to the cutting member. The drive may include a drive member having a helical groove and being attached to the cutting member. Furthermore, the drive may include an inner drive hub coupled to the drive member such that the drive member rotates with the inner drive hub while being free to transl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a feeding chute for a powder filling packaging machine, which has its lower end inserted into a long film held by sealing bars, i.e. into a bag formed by each sealing bar, and guides and feeds powder charged from each measure of an upper-located powder feeding device into corresponding bags, wherein the feeding chute can correctly feed powder when the powder to ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gusset forming device and a pillow packaging machine provided with the device which do not generate a defect such as a wrinkle or slack in a film near a gusset even when the height of an item to be packaged is changed. Ž

SOLUTION: A cam 90 rotates from the driving force of an end seal device, and an arm 100 works by the rotation of the cam 90. A gusset nail ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a tight bag packaged item whatever size of an item to be packaged may be applied, by a method wherein an upstream side of a lateral seal of a cylindrical packaging film into which the item to be packaged is fed is cut in reference to a rear end of the packed item in its transferring direction, and the bag is bound at its neck portion. SOLUTION: A transferring means ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a joint angle by elongating an axle shaft connected with a differential device. Ž

SOLUTION: This differential device comprises a differential case 33 rotatably supported at a differential carrier 1 side, a pair of side gears 35, 37 relatively rotatably supported in the differential case 33, and respectively connected with a pair of axle shafts 7, 9, and a pinio...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save the fuel consumption of an internal combustion engine, in a vehicle including the internal combustion engine and a Rankine cycle device, by maximizing the recovery efficiency of exhaust gas energy by the Rankine cycle device. Ž

SOLUTION: The Rankine cycle device 9 for recovering thermal energy of exhaust gas is provided on a hybrid vehicle including the internal ...

A process of removing ceramic deposits (22) from a surface hole (12) in a component (10), a particular example being portions of a ceramic coating (20) deposited on a surface (16) of a component (10) equipped with cooling holes (12). The process makes use of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser operated with parameters that avoid delamination, cracking or otherwise damaging a ceramic coating (20) surrounding a c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gear type transmission capable of enhancing the easiness in operations to install its reverse shaft and reverse operation mechanism. Ž

SOLUTION: The gear type transmission is equipped with a reverse input gear installed on an input shaft, a reverse counter gear installed on a counter shaft, a reverse idler gear capable of meshing with the two gears upon slid...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To optimize timing of resetting output torque of a power source with manual shifting control of a continuously variable transmission. Ž

SOLUTION: In the control device for a vehicle equipped with the continuously variable transmission, the continuously variable transmission capable of changing transmission ratio step by step is connected to an output side of a power sour...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ground speed measurement device, and a vehicle for measuring a ground speed by using the existing configuration for the vehicle. Ž

SOLUTION: The device freely rolls at least one wheel among a plurality of wheels (S15), and calculates a peripheral speed of the free rolling wheel (S16). Then, the device calculates a ground speed of a vehicle on the basis of th...

A fuel economy improvement assist device (1) has: accelerator operation amount detection means (12); and display control means (15a) for displaying, on a display device (20), a target value corresponding to a target accelerator operation amount and a deviation value of the detected accelerator operation amount from the target accelerator operation amount (14a). The display control means (15a) calc...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain the occurrence of yaw/roll change even if a large steering angle and quick turning operation is performed in a moving state control device of a vehicle adapted to control an actuator adjusting the moving state of the vehicle so that the actual yaw rate approaches the target yaw rate determined according to the steering angle and vehicle speed. Ž

SOLUTION: The...

A mobile reel unit comprises first 10 and second 20 cable or hose reels mounted upon a frame 30 such that the flanges 14 of one of the reels serve as ground-engaging wheels allowing the mobile reel unit to be readily moved into position for use. The frame may be provided with a handle 34 by which the user can move the mobile reel unit, and a foot 39 or support stand 37 by which it may be supported...

A tire has a tread, the tread having a plurality of ground engaging tread elements (10) creating a tread surface (26) and at least one of the elements has a sipe (12) therein. In planes parallel to the tread surface, the configuration of a radially outer portion of the sipe (12) is defined by a continuous non-linear curvature, the curvature having at least one radius R. The value of the radius R o...

At a first position (24) along a route for a length of printing material (20) there is a device (26), which delivers a signal to facilitate a conclusion on the tension in the length of printing material prevailing at the first position. There is a device, which uses a computer to determine the tension in the length of printing material prevailing at a second position (25) along the route of the le...

A device for separating and collecting a liquid component of a blood sample. The device comprises (a) a container body (11, 41) having a symmetry axis (13, 43) and consisting of (a.1) an upper portion (14, 44) having a cylindrical side wall (15, 45), and an upper opening (16, 46), and (a.2) a lower portion (17, 47) having a bottom region (18, 48) and a bottom wall (19, 49), and (c) a porous m...

The invention relates to a winder (1) for winding strips (2), in particular thin metal strips, comprising a coiler drum (3) which is arranged such that it can rotate about a rotational axis (4), and at least one pivoting arm (5) which is arranged such that it can pivot about an axis (6) and which has at least one deflection plate (7) and at least one pressure roller (8), which deflect and press th...