PURPOSE:To simplify a controller and improve the responsiveness of feedback control by forming a control system with a judging unit constituted of a running state judging means and a control target value setting means and the controller with a feedback control means. CONSTITUTION:Various running states of a vehicle are judged by a running state judging means based on the output of a drive state de...

PURPOSE:To obtain a heat storage apparatus for storing a large quantity of thermal energy by providing a heat reservoir in a platform of a railway, arranging heat collectors along the rails of the railway, and circulating heat medium between the reservoir and the collectors. CONSTITUTION:A water tank 2 is provided as a heat reservoir in a platform 1 of a railway, an outlet 2a and an inlet 2b are p...

UN GUIA (10) DE FIBRAS, PARTICULARMENTE GUIA DE FIBRAS OPTICAS, Y APARATO PARA BOBINAR FIBRAS; LA GUIA INCLUYE UN MANGUITO (12) QUE TIENE UNA ABERTURA (14) LONGITUDINAL A LO LARGO, UN PRIMER MIEMBRO (16), QUE TIENE UNA HENDIDURA (26), ESTA FIJADO AL MANGUITO CON LA HENDIDURA SUBSTANCIALMENTE ALINEADA CON ABERTURA (14). UN SEGUNDO MIEMBRO (20) QUE, TAMBIEN TIENE UNA HENDIDURA (28), ESTA DISPUESTO G...

A wash station comprises a sink and a faucet. A source of water and a source of soap are provided. An electrically operated valve is interposed between the water source and the faucet for selectively supplying water thereto, and a pump and valve are interposed between the soap source and the faucet for selectively supplying soap thereto. An electrically operated roll towel dispenser is disposed pr...

The octane value of fuels such as gasoline is increased by adding thereto an organic compound containing a tert-butyl group bonded to a carbon or nitrogen atom, which, in turn, is bonded to yet another atom by double or triple bonds.

Process and apparatus for filtering air in a cyclone filter by reducing the ascending speed of air to be filtered in the lower part of the filter by providing a skirt on the filter cartridge. Perforations are included in the skirt, which make it possible to increase the intake surface for the air at the lower intake of the skirt. Moreover, the diameter and density of the perforations are adapted a...

Polyurethane foams having a specified glass transition temperature are densified for transportation or other purposes by heating the foam to a temperature above its Tg, compressing the heated foam, and then cooling the compressed foam to a temperature below its Tg. The cooled foam remains in a densified state until re-heated to a temperature above its Tg, whereupon it re-expands to assume its orig...

A method for preparation of rigid foam disclosed. The method comprises mixing at least two components to form a reaction mixture. The reaction mixture comprises isocyanate, up to about 20% by weight CHClF2, up to about 2% by weight of water, and a combination of polyols having an average OH number of from about 300 to about 500 and comprising polyalkoxylated glycerin having an OH number of from ab...

A method and apparatus are disclosed for nondestructively measuring the density and orientation of crystalline and other micro defects on and directly below the surface of a properly prepared material such as a semiconductor wafer. The material surface is illuminated with a probe beam of electromagnetic radiation which is limited to a nondestructive power level or levels. Polarization and waveleng...

There is disclosed a control apparatus for controlling a plane working robot (1, 1A) comprising a running unit (14) for running on a plane surface, a steering unit for steering the running unit (15) in a predetermined direction, a working unit (13) for performing a predetermined plane working such as cleaning, and a detecting unit (16) for detecting various and actual informations about running di...

A wire guidance system for a materials handling vehicle, such as a turret stockpicker, detects an alternating signal carried by a buried wire by means of two sets of four sensors each carried at either end of the vehicle. An alarm, including both audio and visual means, having a first characteristic is generated if the vehicle is equipped with a functioning wire guidance system; an alarm having a ...

A microcomputer based digital analysis system is disclosed which includes a microcomputer and a flatbed optical scanner to analyze test sheets of paper fabricated from a batch of pulp to be tested. A keyboard is utilized by an operator to select one of a predetermined number of reports. After a report is selected, a menu is displayed on a CRT which enables the operator to start the sample tests un...

PURPOSE:To mold a bead with a filler wherein the height of a jointed part is uniform by providing a transferring means moving a holder holding the filler and winding and joining the filler while the filler is laid down on a drum, a conveying means conveying the bead to one end of the drum, a bladder bringing the filler standing up and into contact with the bead and a contact bonding means contact-...

PURPOSE:To reduce a torque loss and prevent damage of a cam surface and a roller bearing by forming flat surfaces on the valley and the summit of a cam profile on the cam surface where a piston is risen and set with respect to a cylinder via the roller bearing. CONSTITUTION:A cam ring 20 having a wave-shaped cam surface 21 in the inner periphery is integrated with a bearing housing 22 and a valve ...

A generally hydrophobic polyester article is provided with a generally hydrophilic surface by contacting said generally hydrophobic polyester with a copolymeric material while said polyester is at a temperature above its melting point. The copolymeric composition comprises a generally hydrophobic moiety and a generally hydrophilic moiety. Also disclosed is a method for imparting the hydrophilic su...

A roller segment (14) is held for the purpose of machining a spherical internal bearing surface (10). Its toric external surfaces (18) is supported against two fixed seats (17), immobilized with respect to rotation about an axis (VV') passing through the centers (c) of the profiles of the fixed seats (17) by a third seat (19), which is radially movable. Claws (21) hold the segment against the seat...

One electrode of the probe is its tubular outer sleeve (3), and the other is its central rod (4). The insulators (9,16) separating the two are attached rigidly to the central rod, whereby the outer sleeve may slide off the probe for cleaning and servicing purposes. The outer sleeve is held in place simply by friction from the O-ring seals (12,30). When the sleeve is removed, the central rod, insul...

A tiltable body exercising device for exercising the lower body including the abdomen and legs. The exerciser includes a seat for supporting the person doing the exercise, padded supports that hold the back of the knees, and a pair of supports at the bottom for supporting the front and back of the feet. The control arms for the knee, feet, and seat are of unequal length and movable between a first...

As an improvement on conventional brake systems of the type having a multiple-chamber vacuum brake force booster, a modification is disclosed to the effect that, in the brake releasing position, there is a pressure medium communication between a booster chamber and a simulator chamber. A modulator chamber requires only one external connection, thereby substantially simplifying the construction of ...

A process for fabricating synthetic materials, such as "atomic ceramics", by atomic alloying of a host material. Energetic modifier elements or species are introduced into the host matrix of a fluidic precursor material so as to obtain an engineered material characterized by a range of optical electrical, thermal, chemical or mechanical properties not exhibited by either the modifier or the precur...