A running web of tipping paper in a filter tipping machine is attracted to the peripheral surface of a rotary suction conveyor constituting a counterknife for a set of equidistant knives which are radially movably mounted in axially parallel grooves of a rotary knife carrier. Each knife is adjustable radially of the carrier by a discrete first adjusting device, and all of the knives are adjustable...

A tire assembly means employing a conveyor (12) which is used to transport a plurality of tire building drums (14) to a plurality of applicator stations (11) wherein various components are applied to the tire building drums (14) at the various applicator stations (11) in order to fabricate a tire when the tire building drums have made a complete traversal of the conveyor (12), wherein the tire bui...

PURPOSE:To easily efficiently manufacture esp. fine spherical metal particles, by dispersing a molten metal body into fine drops by atomizing gas under the condition that oxygen content is controlled below predetermined value, and then dropping them into a hopper for recovering metal particles. CONSTITUTION:A molten metal body being held at a predetermined temp. in a reserving vessel provided abov...

An improved ionization chamber type x-ray detector comprises an array of substantially parallel, flat metal plate electrodes separated and supported by sheets of a glass fiber reinforced silicone dielectric. The silicone-glass fiber dielectric substantially reduces the microphonic and photoconductive currents which characterized prior art detector arrays.

Process and apparatus for ophthalmological surgery, wherein the apparatus includes a laser having a beam of power greater than 1012 Watts/cm2 in one or more very short pulses of duration between 20 and 400 picoseconds. The laser beam is focussed by a strong conveying lens on tissue to be cut and has such low total energy that an optical puncture is produced without any notable thermal action. The ...

The invention relates to a method and a device for determining the position and location of articles and robotic systems which use this method. Methods for applying marks to articles and/or marking them for such purposes are given. Of particular interest is the application in continuous conveyors, especially in the manufacturing process for motor vehicles.

PURPOSE:To obtain efficiently a welded sheet having excellent appearance free from dents on the exerternal surface by a method wherein laminated sheets composed of a resin internal layer and both external layers of metallic sheets or the laminated sheet and the metallic sheet are coated with adhesives and moreover fused under pressure. CONSTITUTION:Laminated sheets 1, 2 composed of a resin interna...

A process is provided for affixing to a substrate a non-tacky, flexible layer consisting of a raw polymer mixture of a minor proportion of high density polyethylene, linear low density polyethylene or isotactic polypropylene and a major proportion of elastomeric polymer of which at least about 50 percent by weight is butyl rubber, by applying a stretching elongation to the flexible layer before ap...

An epoxy resin-polyammonium salt emulsion is based on a liquid epoxy resin, a latent curing agent, an emulsifier, and water, wherein (a) the emulsifier is a primary aliphatic alcohol of 12-14 carbon atoms, an adduct thereof with up to 5 ethylene oxide groups, or a carboxylic acid polyglycol ester, and (b) the latent curing agent is the reaction product obtained by complete neutralization of oxalic...

A thin absorbent product for adhesive attachment to a wearer's garment is provided with means for resisting deformation when worn or applied. Such means comprise providing on the garment facing major surface of the absorbent pad of such product, a densified, compacted, porous, absorbent, fibrous layer having a particulate hydrocolloid material distributed therein. Said densified layer provides the...

PURPOSE:To obtain the titled nozzle, wherein the configuration of an ink jet hole of a nozzle for an ink jet recording device is formed in such a way that a point symmetrical figure is expanded or shrunk in the direction of one axis, ink fluid is rotated, and particle forming and flying loci are stabilized. CONSTITUTION:In a nozzle used in an ink jet recording device, the configuration of an ink j...

PURPOSE:To obtain the titled nozzle, wherein a core wire and the like of a lapping member, which laps the inside of a nozzle hole are rotated, reciprocating movement is performed, an ink stream is rotated, fluid resistance on the wall surface of the nozzle hole is decreased, and particle formation of ink drops and flying loci are stabilized. CONSTITUTION:Inside of a nozzle 2 is lapped and the nozz...

PURPOSE:To obtain the titled head, wherein the shapes and sizes of a pressure applying means and a pressure releasing part are set so that the movement of a vibrating system constituting an ink path shows excessive damping, and ink jetting can be performed even though some bubbles are present in a pressurizing chamber. CONSTITUTION:At a part of the outer wall of an ink flow path constituted by a s...

PURPOSE:To subject a material to be treated to homogenous treatment in a charging order in one heating chamber and one cooling chamber, by a method wherein a furnace wall having a treating space formed thereto is arranged to the periphery of the revolving locus of the material to be treated and stop spaces corresponding to the desired repeating numbers of heating and cooling are provided to said s...

PURPOSE:To regulate a quantity of oil supplied to a downstream side actuator for effective usage thereof by providing a priority control valve containing a spool whose travel is increased with increase of loading on an upstream side actuator and providing the spool with an orifice whose opening degree is in proportion to the traveling distance of the spool. CONSTITUTION:The most downstream one 31 ...

PURPOSE:To produce a titled micro presser easily with high accuracy, by generating pyramidal projections of a prescribed size by anisotropic etching on a single crystal Si plate of a single- or double-faced mirror then cutting out the presser therefrom. CONSTITUTION:Alcohol having a higher mol. wt. than isopropyl alcohol is added to an aq. soln. of alkali metal hydroxide to prepare a liquid mixtur...

To improve the efficiency of silicon which can be used in solar technology, cheap silicon produced by the electric arc process is subjected to a zone pulling process which is carried out by pouring the molten silicon into a horizontally arranged boat and cooling it to a working temperature which is appreciably below the melting point but above a value at which the silicon loses its plasticity, the...

PURPOSE:To supply lubricating oil through centrifugal force, by forming a flow path of the lubricating oil in a gap between a main pindle and a submain spindle from the shaft core direction of the main sindle, in lubricating construction formed between the main and the submain spindles and having the submain spindle movable in the shaft core direction of the main spindle in the inside of the rotar...