PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To certainly complete shift to minimum transmission gear ratio of continuously variable transmission without causing racing of an engine during stopping, by setting a target transmission gear ratio to be larger than normal minimum transmission gear ratio during rapid speed reduction where vehicle's deceleration exceeds a set deceleration which is larger with increasing of car...

PURPOSE:To facilitate direction change in a narrow place by providing a steering wheel for steering at least a lateral pair of front or rear crawlers in a self-traveling working vehicle provided with the front and rear travel crawlers in lateral pairs. CONSTITUTION:Each of a lateral pair of front crawlers 5 is provided at each truck frame 4 through a drive sprocket 1, truck rollers 2, 2 and a tens...

The topology of parallel axis gears, such as spur and helical gears is modified to produce quieter and more smoothly operating gear sets with more uniform load distribution. A finite element analysis of the gear in its operating mode is made to produce a plot of radial and tangential deflections of the pinion and gear tooth surfaces which will occur when the gears are loaded during operation. The ...

A method for facilitating the transfer of nucleic acids into cells comprising preparing a mixed lipid dispersion of a cationic lipid with a co-lipid in a suitable carrier solvent. The lipid has a structure which includes a lipophilic group derived from cholesterol, a linker bond, a spacer arm including from about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms in a branched or unbranched linear alkyl chain, and a cati...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To clean a longitudinally sealing device with water or cleaning solution, and to eliminate maintenance work for a power supply system of a seal roller heating means and a temperature detecting means. SOLUTION: Rotation transmitting means 31, 31 of seal rollers 19, 19 are stored and arranged in a sealed box 28 arranged in a packaging machine body. A support cylinder 38 to supp...

A method of producing an abrasive product consists of providing a mixture of a mass of discrete carbide particles and a mass of cubic boron nitride particles, the cubic boron nitride particles being present in the mixture in an amount such that the cubic boron nitride content of the abrasive product is 25% or less by weight, and subjecting the mixture to elevated temperature and pressure condition...

A device (10) serving to part and/or perforate a material web (18), more particularly single or multi-ply tissue paper, comprises a supporting roll (16) as well as a laser assembly including at least one laser head (12) emitting a laser beam (14). The invention relates furthermore to single or multi-ply tissue paper having perforations or one or more cuts produced by a laser assembly.

PURPOSE:To improve light emitting efficiency and durability by using singlet oxygen quencher for any of a positive hole movement giving agent, electron movement giving agent and a fluorescent material of forming a light emitting layer provided between positive and negative poles. CONSTITUTION:A light emitting layer consisting of organic material is provided between positive and negative poles of a...

In a hybrid vehicle, there is a shock in a transient period when a driving condition of an internal combustion engine (150) is shifted from a loaded driving state for power generation, in which a load is applied to the internal combustion engine (150) by a motor generator (MG1,MG2), to a non-loaded driving state for idling or motoring, in which no load is applied to the internal combustion engine ...

PURPOSE:To provide an inexpensive small lighting equipment. CONSTITUTION:In a lighting equipment body 10, a reflector 13 is formed in a radiant ray shape. A single tube discharge lamp having rated lamp electric power of equal to or larger than 1.7kW is arranged inside of the reflector 13. Since the radiated light from the single tube discharge lamp HID reflected by the reflector 13 is reflected un...

It is possible using this apparatus to inspect surfaces for defects and contaminations in a non-destructive fashion over the entire area, both microscopically small punctiform or linear defects and the finest macroscopic inhomogeneities being detected. For this purpose, a astigmatic lens system (5) which produces a cigar-shaped intermediate image (31) is arranged in the beam path between the light...

PURPOSE:To prevent distortion of a waveform in operation of power so as to obtain a normal microwave output by interposing a resistance element between a slow-wave circuit unit and a collector electrode, and setting AC resistance within a range of 10-400OMEGA. CONSTITUTION:A slow-wave circuit unit 2 is electrically insulated from a collector electrode 13 of a collector unit 3 by insulators 19 each...

PURPOSE: To provide a video KARAOKE system constituted in such a manner that interrupted advertisement videos are continuously displayed from the first to the last at the time of the next and subsequent reproduction and that a publicity effect as advertisement is sufficiently exhibited. CONSTITUTION: An advertisement video is displayed on a monitor television 56 when playing of KARAOKE music and r...

PURPOSE: To speedily confirm received contents by watching an image simultaneously with the start of reception. CONSTITUTION: Concerning the image receiving device provided with an interface 10 to which compression encoded image/audio data are supplied from a transmission line, storage part 50, decoding part 40 and monitor 60, a common buffer memory 20 is provided between the interface 10 and the ...

Method for monitoring a computer system boot sequence. A watchdog timer, which may be associated with the BIOS, is initiated 52, and is cleared when a predetermined point in the boot sequence or operating system function occurs 60, 68. If the timer remains uncleared after a predetermined time period, it is determined that a failure exists 54, 74. The system may then invoke a service mode operating...

A recording device for recordal of movement of parts of the body in particular respiratory movements, which device comprises an elastic hollow tube stretched over a part of the subjects body, such as the chest, through which tube sound pulses are sent while the frequency is being kept inversely equal to the length of the tube. The frequency and rate of variation thereof provides information on the...

The invention concerns a method for making heat-exchanging devices used in particular in the field of electronics, telecommunications, aeronautics and/or space exploration. For example, it may consist of heat exchangers for onboard electronic equipment, or radiators extensible or not, or heat pipes, or fluid loops or hollow finned cooling plates, and the like. Said method comprises operations whic...

A presence detection and control system (2) outputs an identification code related to an individual, a motion signal in response to detecting motion in a field of view and/or a temperature signal related to an ambient temperature. A main control device (4) generates at least one wireless control signal based on the ID code, the motion signal and/or the temperature signal. A smart outlet (6) or a p...

A shellfish cutting utensil which has first and second elongated members pivotally connected together, each of the members having a jaw and a handle, one of the jaws having a recess or notch formed on an edge thereof and having a cutting edge. The cutting edge formed on the notch or recess can be utilized with a cutting edge on the other member in a scissors like movement for opening the shell of ...

An energy radiation applicator apparatus for hyperthermic treatment of targeted tissue in a patient is provided. The apparatus comprises a catheter for insertion into the patient, and an applicator operatively attached to the catheter and an energy source sufficient for elevating the temperature of targeted tissue in proximity to the applicator to a preselected temperature and for maintaining the ...