In order to assure the geometric uniformity of a tire molded with a segment mold when the sculpturing of said tire includes blocks 11 surrounded by recesses formed by grooves 15 and incisions 16, the said grooves 15 are thinned at the level of the joint planes 550 between segments. Furthermore, wear indicators 17 are arranged at the level of the joint planes 550 between segments.

The present invention relates to a method for increasing penetration of mammalian ova by mammalian male sperm by contacting sperm in vitro with a penetration-enhancing amount of a penetration-enhancing thymosin polypeptide or a penetration enhancing anti-thymosin antibody. In preferred embodiments, treatment comprises contacting mammalian sperm with thymosin alpha 1 or antibodies to thymosin alp...

The present invention relates to a method for increasing penetration of mammalian ova by mammalian male sperm by contacting sperm in vitro with a penetration-enhancing amount of a penetration-enhancing thymosin polypeptide or a penetration enhancing anti-thymosin antibody. In preferred embodiments, treatment comprises contacting mammalian sperm with thymosin alpha 1 or antibodies to thymosin alp...

PURPOSE:To provide a wheel having low rolling resistance, and able to make use of side wind to act at angles on the surface formed by a wheel, as an aid of driving force. CONSTITUTION:In a synthetic resin-made wheel 1 composed of a ring-like rim 2, a boss 4 to which an axle can be provided and a plurality of spokes 3, 3,... for connecting the rim 2 to the boss 4, aid means provided with two surfac...

PURPOSE: To attain integrated conveying operation of cigarette manufacturing and packing work. CONSTITUTION: A bobbin changer 14 is provided at each of bobbin preparation positions 12b-12g. A bridge 16 spans to cover the preparation positions 12a-12h and the bobbin changers 14 belonging thereto, and a portal robot 20 supplies bobbins 30 from the bobbin preparation positions 12b-12g to the bobbin c...

PURPOSE:To provide a gas turbine power generating device which is constituted to maintain stable high output high thermal efficiency characteristics throughout a year. CONSTITUTION:In a gas turbine power generating device wherein fuel 4A is mixed in compressed air from an air compressor l and a generator 6 is connected to the output shaft 3C of a gas turbine 3 through combustion of the mixture, an...

PURPOSE:To simply and reliably reduce the generation of a speed change shock in a very low load region by a method wherein when it is detected that an engine load is below a given value and it is decided that an automatic transmission is in a shift-up state, torque up of an engine output is effected, CONSTITUTION:An automatic transmission 3 is provided with a torque converter and interlocked and c...

PURPOSE:To provide a wheel slip control device which is constituted to estimate the occurrence of the slip of a drive wheel, suppress the occurrence of the slip of the drive wheel, and improve running stability. CONSTITUTION:A wheel slip control device comprises a running state detecting means A1 to detect the running state of a vehicle; a slip occurrence estimating means A3 to estimate the occurr...

PURPOSE:To provide a differential device which can always obtain differential restriction effect, and can be inexpensively and easily manufactured. CONSTITUTION:When rotational difference is generated between driving shafts on an output side, balls 5 are rolled in ball grooves 3b, 4b on output discs 3, 4. An eccentric disc 5 hollows up the rotation of the tails 6 and is rotated in the same directi...

PURPOSE:To dispense with thermal treatment of a supporting part of a differential gear case which supports a differential gear at its tooth tips. CONSTITUTION:A differential device 7 has a pair of side gears 37, 39 which are subjected to centering at the tooth tips by a centering part 41 of a differential gear case 21, pinion gears 59, 61 which are housed in a housing port 55 of the differential g...

PURPOSE:To prevent particulates from entering a bearing which supports a bearing case to a differential gear case by forming a through hole on a lower portion of a bearing case, and discharging the particulates generated by the biting means for the engagement and disengagement of the differential gear case and a shifter to the outside of the bearing case. CONSTITUTION:In a differential device, a d...

The present invention relates to a method for increasing penetration of mammalian ova by mammalian male sperm by contacting sperm in vitro with a penetration-enhancing amount of a penetration-enhancing thymosin polypeptide or a penetration enhancing anti-thymosin antibody. In preferred embodiments, treatment comprises contacting mammalian sperm with thymosin alpha 1 or antibodies to thymosin alp...

SE SUJETA CADA EXTREMO (1, 2) DE HILO EN DOS PUNTOS (3, 4; 5, 6) DISTANTES LONGITUDINALMENTE Y SE INTRODUCE UNA DESTORCEDURA AXIAL, SE UNEN ESTOS EXTREMOS ENDEREZADOS PIE CONTRA CABEZA APRETANDO LA PARTE CENTRAL, SE INDUCE EN LA PARTE ENDEREZADA DE CADA EXTREMO ENTRE LA PARTE CENTRAL APRETADA Y LOS PUNTOS DE SUJECCION RESPECTIVOS (4, 5) DEL HILO POR LOS QUE SE INDUCE LA DETORCEDURA, UNA SOBREDETOR...

An apparatus is disclosed for transferring a threading tail of a web from a press section to a dryer section of a papermaking machine. The apparatus includes a press roll for releasably supporting the web and a doctor blade which cooperates with the press roll. A tail cutting device is disposed upstream relative to the blade for cutting the tail from the web. A lead-in roll is disposed adjacent to...

L'invention propose un procédé et un dispositif pour rattacher le fil boudin d'une cannelle vide au fil boudin d'une cannelle pleine d'un continu à filer utilisant des fils de type cardé. Le rattachement se fait à l'aide d'une injection d'air comprimé dans un passage cylindrique (16) de dimensions limitées d'un organe de rattache (13). Cet organe (13) comporte une rainure (19) étroite pour l'intro...

A chair with a fabric sling backrest and seat which suspend under tension when the chair is expanded from stretcher and support tubes. The chair collapses by unlocking studs-mounted on the chair's stretcher tubes-from receiver slots, and rotating the stretcher tubes ninety degrees into one plane. The back support tubes also pivot down into the same plane. The chair then easily folds into a compact...

An apparatus for electrosurgical incision of a stricture within or adjacent to a body lumen, which comprises an electrically conducting, deflectable wire associated with an introducer for introducing the apparatus into the body lumen, wherein a proximal portion of the wire is deflectable outwardly relative to the introducer, and a source of RF electric current connected to the wire whereby RF elec...

A method and a device for producing pneumatic vehicle tires in a radially divided vulcanization mold provides a space for the excess rubber material outside of the tire contour to be vulcanized and thereby improves the trueness of the vulcanized tire.

One or more reaction zones are formed as channels in a carrier. Each reaction zone is lined with a color indicator and the carrier is improved in that a coating of the reaction zone is realized wherein the coatings are individually changeable and the coating is easily carried out with uniform coating density and, if required, with different indicators. This is achieved with a carrier which is conf...