1. A forced induction, coal-fired steam generator for a gas and steam turbine power plant with a gas turbine connected to its exhaust line, a waste heat steam generator connected downstream on the gas-side of the gas turbine and a steam turbine connected to the steam side of the waste heat steam generator, characterised in that the coal-fired steam generator (1) includes at least one sub-stoichiom...

A rear wheel drive vehicle having a pair of front steering wheels, a pair of rear driving wheels having axles coupled thereto, and a device for sensing the steering of the front wheels and for steering the rear wheels in response thereto. A differential gear apparatus between the axles of the rear wheels, wherein the differential gear apparatus is a differential lock type, including a differential...

The invention relates to a tubeless yarn or thread bobbin and to a winding apparatus which is suitable for producing it and in which the yarns, threads, twines, twists, etc. to be wound are wound on a thin winding spindle, by means of a mainly open winding flyer, in the form of so-called worms resting closely against one another, and the ready-wound bobbin is covered at the back and front by a lab...

In order to control shifting of the transmission of a vehicle, from the viewpoint of obtaining the optimum fuel economy and/or power output performance, a transmission shift control device is proposed which comprises a throttle sensor which generates a throttle signal, an engine speed sensor which generates an engine speed signal, a shift position sensor which generates a shift position signal ind...

The invention is directed to a shock wave generator for an apparatus for non-contacting disintegration of calculi in the body of a life form which includes a housing filled with a liquid, a membrane closing the housing and connected thereto along the edge thereof, and a device for pulse-like driving of the membrane. In order to suppress overstressing of the membrane and deformations of the membran...

A tire curing system in which a number of mobile curing units, each designed to house a respective green tire, are selectively and independently fed along a loop circuit having at least two parallel branches, the ends of which branches are connected to a common section extending through a station for loading and unloading tires on and off respective curing units; each curing unit incorporating a m...

A tire manufacturing unit having two tire building drums mounted on respective coaxial and independent half shafts butt connected in a rotary manner so as to define a single continuous shaft supported in rotary manner on a platform mounted for rotation in successive 180 DEG steps about a horizontal axis; each half shaft having a respective independent driving device, and one of the drums moving, ...

A method of scanning a web material and an apparatus for use in the method in which a web material is spatially divided into smaller divisions in a scanning direction while being scanned in the direction of a width thereof with a scanning beam moved by means of a polyhedral mirror with a constant speed of rotation. Clock pulses from a pulse generator are counted up by a counter to access division ...

1. A holding member for detachably holding a pole, more particularly a parasol or washing line pole, which holding member is provided with a vertically extending guide tube (1), characterised in that in the region of the pole insertion end of the guide tube (1) therein a contact member (3) is provided which acts resiliently transverse to the longitudinal axis (2) of the said tube and in the region...

Testing of interface lines (14) interconnecting a first circuit (10) to a second circuit. When an abnormal circuit condition affects the interface lines, such as an open circuit or a short circuit condition, the operation of the first and second circuit is detrimentally affected. The present invention determines the existence of abnormal circuit conditions in one or more lines of a group of interf...

A process for the preparation of the enantiomeric pairs (1R-3R- alpha S+1S-3S- alpha R) and (1R-3S- alpha S+1S-3R- alpha R) from a mixture of all 8 stereoisomers of the compound alpha R/S-cyano-3-phenoxy-4-fluorobenzyl 3R/S-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethyl-1R/S-cyclopropanecarboxylate, comprising dissolving the mixture in a secondary or tertiary alkylamine having 2-6 C atoms per alkyl radical, su...

1. Apparatus for recording data signals on a moving storage medium, comprising : - transducer means which scan the storage medium (11) and record data signals thereon along a recording track, - defect detection means which scan the storage medium before the transducer means, detect defect regions inhibiting the recording of data signals, and emit corresponding defect signals accordingly, also - co...

PURPOSE:To increase the rate of formation of Nb3Sn and to improve the workability of the matrix by arranging composite bodies each having an Sn layer formed on the outside in a matrix on the inside or outside of an Nb core material and by subjecting the resulting superconductive rough wire to diffusion heat treatment. CONSTITUTION:Composite bodies each contg. one or more among Ti, Ta, In, Hf, Al, ...

Novel foamable compositions are disclosed which may comprise a polyphenylene oxide resin with or without an alkenyl aromatic resin; and a foaming agent which is a thermally unstable copolymer.

In an aircraft multiple disc brake assembly, an excessive total brake torque can be experienced during favorable, dry, conditions. To limit the brake torque to a predetermined maximum, the plurality of conventional brake piston assemblies are modified to provide a pressure responsive surface area which is in an opposing relationship to the braking force. When a predetermined amount of braking torq...

An optical disk for accumulating information in the form in which an information signal can be optically read, wherein to the end of additionally recording information, a line of pits are arrayed at periodical intervals on an information recording carrier and are recorded in a manner to minutely wobble in the rotating direction of the disk at a fixed period.

1. Dry powdery mixture for preparing foamed flat-shaped PVC-articles in two process steps containing a) emulsion-, suspension-, and/or block polymerisation-PVC, b) one or more foaming agents in an amount of 1 to 10% by weight, based on the PVC, c) utmost 150% additives and/or adjuvants, based on the PVC, d) 1 to 50% of a thermoplastic methacrylic acid ester-copolymer, based on the PVC, characteriz...