A computerized tomographic apparatus is disclosed, as well as a method of operating such apparatus. In circumstances where collimation between the body under examination and the radiation-sensitive detector means is difficult to apply, errors in evaluated absorption coefficients for locations distributed over a cross-sectional slice of the body due to scatter within the slice are reduced by produc...

PURPOSE:To make it possible to eliminate the necessity of a differential gear lock mechanism so as to aim at simplifying the arrangement of a four wheel drive vehicle provided with a center differential gear unit, by disposing a center differential gear unit composed of a gear mechanism having gears other than worms, and having a differential function and a differential motion limiting function, i...

PURPOSE:To make it possible to eliminate the necessity of a differential gear lock mechanism so as to aim at simplifying the arrangement of a four wheel drive vehicle provided with a center differential gear unit, by disposing a center differential gear unit composed of a gear mechanism having gears other than worms, and having a differential function and a differential motion limiting function, r...

PURPOSE:To enhance the feeling of speed change by providing a clutch release device for engaging and disengaging a clutch in association with the rotation of a motor, and by controlling the motor in accordance with a difference in rotational speed between the drive side and driven side of the clutch upon engagement of the clutch. CONSTITUTION:In a clutch release device 10 in an automatic transmiss...

PURPOSE: To feed a spindle structure body to a yarn delivery place in a bobbin winder by connecting a bearing sleeve of a spindle for driving a cop, to a conveying member for conveying between bobbin winders, and conveying the spindle rotatably in a rising state. CONSTITUTION: A spindle 1 is provided with a rotated driving member 2 of flywheel shape. A receiving member 4 for a yarn end part of a c...

A hydraulic control system disclosed herein comprises a line pressure regulator valve which regulates the fluid supplied from a pump to provide a line pressure variable at least depending upon output torque of the engine. The line pressure is supplied to a shift control valve which regulates the fluid supply to and discharge from cylinder chambers of drive and driven pulleys.

Metallic glass powder is prepared by heating a solid metallic glass body to a temperature below its glass transition temperature for time sufficient to effect embrittlement, followed by comminution of the embrittled metallic glass body.

A lever mechanism for a cable linkage includes a control lever mounted on a rotary shaft for rotation therewith, a base plate mounted on the rotary shaft and fixed to the control lever for rotation therewith, and a lever plate adjustably assembled with the base plate and connected at one side of its outer peripheral portion to one end of the cable linkage, the lever plate being provided at its out...

CONSOLIDATION OF A PART FROM SEPARATE METALLIC COMPONENTS A method of consolidating metallic body means comprises a) applying to the body means a mixture of: i) metallic powder ii) fugitive organic binder iii) volatile solvent b) drying the mixture , and c) burning out the binder and solvent at elevated temperature, d) and applying pressure to the powdered metal to consolidate same on said body me...

A vent plug (20) for a mold (10) having a head (24), neck (25) and collar (54) where the collar (54) seats the plug (20) in a bore (14) in the mold (10), and the head (24) forms an annulus with the bore (14) for passage of air to the neck (25) and past the collar (54) to a cross vent (28) and drilled hole (22) providing a labyrinth to vent the mold (10). The bore (14) may be counterbored (16,36) t...

A bracelet-like device adapted to be worn on a Farrier's wrist is provided for holding a multitude of horse shoe nails in an orderly array. The device utilizes arcuately shaped forward and rearward aligned members which secure the nails by frictional means. The nails are disposed in parallel juxtaposition with their heads forwardly directed, and pointed extremities rearwardly directed.

A device adapted to be mounted on a ski comprising a first maintenance element, a pivotable plate adapted to pivot around an axis substantially perpendicular to the ski comprising a second maintenance element; and a braking assembly. The braking assembly comprises at least one braking element adapted to shift between active and inactive positions and at least one boot-sensitive element adapted to ...

An apparatus for measuring a light absorpiton characteristic of a thin film is provided. The apparatus comprises (1) a liquid container containing a liquid on which surface a thin film is to be spread, (2) exciting light source for supplying an exciting light to be projected from below the liquid surface on to a measurement site of the thin film spread on the liquid surface, at such an incident an...

A method is disclosed in which the bare glass fibers are firmly soldered into a solder bath of the splicing device and, after being scored and broken, unsoldered again. To that end, the glass fibers are placed across the solder bath, the solder is heated, and the level of the molten solder is raised above the glass fibers by pressing a slide into the solder trough. The heat supply to the solder ba...

A tire body reinforcing component is provided for underlying the tread and at least the sidewall regions of a pneumatic tire. The component comprises at least one continuous cord disposed across the width of said component from one edge to the other thereof. The component forms at least one tread section for underlying the tread region and extending along the circumferential direction of the tire ...

A method of manufacturing molded products (or foamed and molded asphalt/urethane foam products) most suitable for sound-proof, vibration control and sealing members which are applied to the floor panel, dashboard and the like in a car, for example, and more particularly a method of manufacturing foamed and molded asphalt/urethane products comprising introducing polyalkylene polyol having at least ...

An apparatus for detecting defects on a bottle mouth having a screw thread has an illuminating unit for applying light to the mouth of a bottle under rotation; a photoelectric conversion unit for photoelectrically converting a light transmitted image of the bottle mouth illuminated with light by the illuminating unit into electric signals; a defect detecing unit for detecting a defect within a pre...

A method and apparatus for effecting vital functions notwithstanding the fact that non-vital hardware is employed. A vital processor is implemented using non-vital hardware in the form of a digital computer which may for example be a microprocessor. The vital processor accepts binary input values and, based on a series of logical expressions relating output values to input values, determines the a...

Disclosed is a coating composition rapidly curable at room temperature in the presence of a vaporous tertiary amine catalyst which coating composition is ideally suited for coating reaction injection molded (RIM) urethane parts, upholstery vinyl, and sheet molding compound (SMC). The flexible coating composition of the present invention preferably comprises an aromatic hydroxyl-functional condensa...

PURPOSE:To manufacture cold forged resintered product having high density and uniform composition by applying liquid lubricant on surface of a preform compacting and sintering the metallic powder, sucking and removing the lubricant in the preform under negative pressure after cold forging and resintering. CONSTITUTION:The lubricating oil uniformly applied on the surface of the preform 2 compacting...