A clarifier (10) with first stage flotation and second stage filtration divides at least the lower portion of a flotation tank (12) into independent cells (54). A branched conduit (78) collects clarified water. Valves (76) control the flow of clarified water to either a clarified water ring conduit (62) or to a first filtrate/bachwash ring conduit (64) connected to a storage tank (68). High cell w...

A system is provided for conveying fluid lubricant forwardly to lubricate a forward bearing support member (26) of a vehicular tandem axle assembly (100). The system includes a first open-sided trough (38) in to which the fluid lubricant is deposited by a differential gear assembly (14). Trough (38) is in fluid communication with a second open-sided trough (40) that slopes forwardly and downwardly...

A control device for an automatic transmission of a vehicle delays or reserves a switching from one shift pattern to another for a predetermined time when a gear change occurs at the time of the shift pattern switching. When a shift pattern is to be switched from one to the other while the vehicle is running at a certain speed range in the one shift pattern, the switching is reserved temporarily a...

Coatings, which act as barrier layers to inhibit migration of alkali metal ions from a glass surface and/or act as colour suppressing underlayers for overlying infra-red reflecting or electrically conducting layers, are deposited by pyrolysis of a gaseous mixture of a silane, an unsaturated hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide on a hot glass surface at a temperature of 600 DEG C to 750 DEG C.

The side has a plurality of parallel ribs (2) and, perpendicularly to them, successions of slots (3) alternated with successions of stiffening elements (4, 5) formed by sections of wall alternated inward and outward from the hose-winding device and provided with stiffening ribs (6). In the side there are seats (7, 8) for the introduction of ends of a handle element (102) and of a base element (101...

A pre-adjusting device for tools has a rolling-contact bearing (13, 15) and a bearing sleeve (13) with an inner and an outer circumferential surface, the bore of which is provided to accommodate a conically designed bearing journal (3) with its likewise conical inner circumferential surface. The rolling-contact bearing is designed as a needle roller bearing (13, 15). The bearing sleeve (13) also h...

The subject of the present invention is a method for welding, using a laser beam (3), two thin coated metal sheets (1, 2) arranged edge to edge or slightly overlapping. The welding is performed in two stages, a first stage during which the two metal sheets (1, 2) are welded by the focused laser beam (3) moving over the junction plane (5) of the said metal sheets to be welded, and a second stage du...

A sealed lead acid dipolar storage battery, in which one or more dipolar electrodes (11) consist of lead or lead alloy foils (13) or of other electroconductive material. The foils (13) are provided with a reticular print (14) for keeping a layer of positive active compound (15) on one side of the foil (13) and a layer of negative active compound (15) on the other side. The electrodes (11) are stac...

Rigid closed-cell polyisocyanate-based foams are prepared by the reaction of polyisocyanate with a polyol composition having an average hydroxyl number of 100 to 500 and comprising at least one polyol component containing from 4 to 8 active hydrogen atoms per molecule and having a hydroxyl number of from 100 to 500. The blowing of the foam is essentially with carbon dioxide generated from the reac...

A method of and an apparatus for inspecting an end of an object for a defect which can accurately detect any of defects caused by deformation of the object end in horizontal and vertical directions. Light from an end of an object (3) is received by a pair of image sensors (1, 2) disposed at a predetermined angle, and brightness outputs of picture elements of the image sensors are stored into a mem...

A heel unit of a ski binding has a housing (12) which is resiliently rearwardly deflectably mounted on the ski. A sole clamp (13) having a hold-down member (13') and a pedal element (13''), and also a hand-opening lever (15) are pivotably mounted about a transverse axis (14) in each case. The sole clamp (13) is biased by a release spring (16) into a closed position via a transmission (17, 18) havi...

Mechanism for supporting and retaining the beads when building at least a portion of a pneumatic tyre on a building drum, said mechanism comprising radially expandable and retractable means for laterally supporting at least a part of each bead, wherein a large number of rocker arms is arranged in a ring shape about the centre line of the building drum, and means serve to shift and swivel all of th...

A laterally releasable jaw of a safety ski binding for fastening one end of a ski boot 9 has a binding housing 11, in which a release spring 14 is arranged which extends essentially in the longitudinal direction of the ski, is supported at one end on the binding housing 11 and with the other end applies a release force, having an essential component in the longitudinal direction of the ski, to a s...

A ski boot (12) and a ski boot incorporating a releasable ski binding (14) which attaches the boot to a ski (15). The boot-binding includes a first connecting portion (76) secured to the ski, a second connecting portion (114, 116) secured to the boot, a plunger (88, 134) combination for releasably coupling the first and second connecting portions so that the boot may release in any direction, and ...

Installation comprising a radio-frequency receiver (6), installed on the travelling crane (1) with which it is combined in such a way as to provide for the remote control of this crane from a corresponding, portable, radio-frequency transmitter (8), an installation characterised in that the travelling crane (1) also comprises an infrared transmitter (11) while the portable transmitter (8) comprise...

A thermoplastic polyester series foamed material having a thickness of at least 3 mm and an apparent density of from 0.05 to 0.7 g/cm<3> is diclosed, wherein the crystallinity of the resin in the surface portion within 0.5 mm from the surface of the foamed material is not more than 30% and at least 1% lower than the crystallinity of the resin in the central portion of the foamed material.

A copolymer reaction product of a salt of a quaternary acrylate and a polyalkylene glycol acrylate. The copolymer is useful as an anti-static agent in anti-static varnish compositions for packaging gravure printing.

In a navigation system and method for guide-wire-less guidance of driverless floor conveyors of any wheel configuration, navigation interpolation points (P) are arranged in a linear formation chain along a reference track (19), the regular and/or irregular intervals of which points are a multiple of the vehicle wheelbase (22). The navigation interpolation points (P) are constructed as active and/o...