PURPOSE:To perform the correction of the lateral deviation yielded on the surface of the geared shaft quickly and accurately, by contacting a measuring probe to the surface of the gear, accurately detecting the amount of lateral deviation, controlling the compressing operation to the compressing load corresponding to the characteristic change of the geared shaft, and performing the compressing o...

PURPOSE:To restrain sudden change of speed of engine rotation and alleviate an impact at speed change by controlling acceleration or deceleration of engine rotation at change of speed change stage of a speed change gear so that controlled speed may correspond with estimated speed of rotation after its change. CONSTITUTION:A speed change gear controlling device 20 determines shift up or shift down ...

PURPOSE:To obtain an X-ray photographing device which shortens the photographing time with high efficiency, by switching to inversely shift the position of an X-ray source during the photographing to the position opposite to the right and left chin joints of a person to be inspected in making his head stride over the position. CONSTITUTION:An X-ray source 20 is supported at an end of a rocking lev...

PURPOSE:To markedly reduce the speed-change operation time by shifting a gear into neutral state with clutch in semiclutch state and cutting-off clutch, selecting to the speed-change stage to be put-in, when speed is changed. CONSTITUTION:Speed-change control is performed by proper operating each actuator 10, 20, 30 for select, shift, and clutch operation through the control by an electronic contr...

Apparatus for spreading manure comprises an elongate hopper 12 mounted on a mobile frame. An axial feed rotor 18 runs along the inside of the base of the hopper and urges manure forwardly to a transfer rotor 25 which pushes the material sideways through an opening 21 to an overshot impeller 23 which throws the manure sideways from the apparatus. On the axial feed rotor 18 are blades 19 extending o...

A transverse cutter for fine papers consists of two mutually co-operating cutter rolls, of which one is directly driven by two electric motors. The upper cutter spindle is driven with the lower cutter spindle by a gear wheel driver at each end, which drive has an inclined set of teeth with constant pitch circle diameter and can be adjusted by axial displacement to be free from backlash. By means o...

An improved centrifuge. The centrifuge may be a conventional centrifuge having a rotor and a plurality of tube receiving adaptors inserted into the rotor in a circular configuration. The improvement comprises a flexible flap having a fixed end mounted on the rotor at an adaptor and having an opposing free end. The free end extends radially inward toward the center of the rotor when the rotor is no...

A method of cutting a brittle workpiece comprises applying to the surface of the workpiece a pointed tool, applying high frequency vibrations in a longitudinal direction to the tool, and moving the tool along a line to be cut of the workpiece while applying substantially steady longitudinally directed pressure to the tool. Stress is thereby applied to the workpiece as a combination of short impuls...

A method for producing an absorption body, notably for use in cases of female incontinence which include forming a core by dry depositing a layer of hot meltable thermoplastic fibers and a highly absorbing pulverulent material, e.g. a cross-linked polymer prepared from a methacrylic monomer, on a porous sheet, subjecting the layer to heat treatment to form a stable three-dimensional fiber network ...

PCT No. PCT/GB88/00026 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 16, 1988 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 16, 1988 PCT Filed Jan. 15, 1988 PCT Pub. No. WO88/05608 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 1988.This invention relates to handling apparatus and methods and in particular, but not exclusively, to the handling of groups of battery plates. Thus handling apparatus 10 includes a main upright 11 supporting a transport mechanism 12 from which...