A printer includes a driving station configured to drive print media between a pair of pinch rollers. A printing station is configured to print upon the driven print media. An adhesive application station is configured to apply an adhesive to the print media. A collection station is configured to collect a stack of printed print media bearing adhesive. The collection station includes a binding pre...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To compactly accommodate a PTO transmission system in the same housing in an axle driving device integrally provided with an HST, an axle, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting power to the axle. SOLUTION: In a housing accommodating a power input shaft 6, having the axis of rotation extending longitudinally, an axle 7 having the axis of rotation extending latera...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radio-controlled automobile toy that can be easily converted to an off-road or a flat road type by removing a differential locking plate as a differential locking member. Ž

SOLUTION: In the radio-controlled automobile toy having a differential locking mechanism, the running of which is controlled by radio waves from a controller, an engagement protrusion 49b...

The present invention relates to a coating formulation for use in multicoat paint systems, whicha) comprises as binder a water-dilutable polyurethane resin which has an acid number of from 10 to 60 and a number-average molecular weight of from 4000 to 25,000 and can be prepared by reacting with one anotheraa) a polyester-and/or polyether-polyol having a number-average molecular weight of from 400 ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve both low temperature high efficiency discharge characteristics and service life performance by including a specific amount of lignin and Ni in a negative pole active material. SOLUTION: In the lead acid battery, lignin of 0.5 to 1.0wt.% and Ni of 0.001 to 0.005wt.% are included in the negative pole active material. To the extent of a drop of charging current recept...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress rattling vibration due to a sudden change in an engine output when an accelerator pedal is quickly actuated by finding a transmission target input number of revolutions from a steady target driving force and finding a target engine output from a transition target driving force for generating a steady target driving force with a predetermined transition characteris...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure necessary supply of working fluid to an automatic transmission during an engine stop while minimizing the battery power consumption, and reduce the size of an engine-driven mechanical pump. SOLUTION: This working fluid supply system comprises a mechanical oil pump 12 driven by an engine 1, an electric oil pump 15 driven by a motor generator 6, and control means (a h...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light weight sealed lead acid battery having a reduced amount of lead powder to be used for a negative electrode plate by increasing the utilization factor of a negative electrode active material. SOLUTION: An active paste material for a negative electrode plate, containing 0.2-2.0% by mass of acetylene black having an average particle size of 0.1 &mu m or smalle...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manual shift control device for an automatic transmission that allows a manual upshift without causing a feeling of incongruity even when over revolution occurs. SOLUTION: An over revolution judging means 27 is provided to determine whether an engine speed Ne is equal to or more than a critical engine speed in a manual shift mode. If the engine speed Ne is judged...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for a vehicle engine constituted that, even when a control device is provided to correct a target throttle opening by an engine rotation speed, the change gear characteristics of an automatic transmission are stabilized and dispersion of a change gear shock and the damage of operability are prevented from occurring. SOLUTION: Since, during changing...

Methods and apparatus for a vehicle drive control apparatus changes in the transfer torque capacity of a power transfer device according to various states of operation with respect to at least one drive power source. The vehicle drive control apparatus includes a power transfer device that has a variable transfer torque capacity and the drive power sources that rotate a device wheel via the power ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress and prevent the uncomfortable feeling to a driver occurring in a relation between vehicle speed and road width by control for following a preceding vehicle. Ž

SOLUTION: This control device for following the preceding vehicle has a road width detecting means for detecting the road width and a vehicle speed control means for controlling the vehicle speed based ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress and prevent the uncomfortable feeling to a driver occurring in a relation between inter-vehicle distance and road width by control for following a preceding vehicle. Ž

SOLUTION: This control device for following the preceding vehicle has a road width detecting means for detecting the road width, an inter-vehicle distance setting means for setting a target int...

A control apparatus for an automatic transmission, which executes a neutral control by which an input clutch that transmits driving force from a driving source to the automatic transmission is released when conditions, being i) a shift lever is in a position corresponding to a forward speed range, ii) an accelerator operation is not being performed, iii) a brake operation is being performed, and i...

A point management method and a point management system are provided which can transfer points based on a plea. A server, which operates a point system, includes a unit for producing and transmitting a point transfer request mail, a unit for subtracting points to be transferred from the balance of points of a user who offers a transfer of points and producing and retaining point transfer informati...

A method and device for use with helical scan data recording by implementing a Reed-Solomon product code, a unitary medium comprising such data, and a cassette comprising such medium. Error protective data encoding for use with rotary head helical scan tape-recording is done by providing a first word-wise Reed-Solomon code along each recording track defined in first code words, and a second Reed-S...

A method for determining formation pressure at a depth region of formations surrounding a borehole, including: keeping track of the time since cessation of drilling at the depth region; deriving formation permeability at the depth region; causing wellbore pressure to vary periodically in time and determining, at the depth region, the periodic and non-periodic component of pressure measured in the ...

A laser is used to a form information indicative of a pattern on a surface of a support piece formed from a compressed wood fiber product substrate. The pattern can be a wood grain. The field of the laser is increased, to allow lazing more of the material at once. According to an embodiment, the field is increased in a way that does not reduce the resolution of the lasing.

A backflushed filter assembly, and method of backflushing such a filter. The assembly comprising a filter (1), a backflushing arrangement (2) which generates and directs a backflushing flow to backflush the filter, and a drive arrangement (12) which provides motive power to operate the backflushing arrangement (2). The assembly further comprising a storage and release arrangement which accumulates...

A method for separating a volume of whole blood contained in a separation bag (1) into at least three components comprises: - Centrifuging the separation bag (1) so as to separate therein a first inner layer comprising plasma, a second intermediate layer comprising platelets, a third intermediate layer comprising lymphocytes, monocytes and granulocytes and a fourth outer layer comprising red bloo...