PURPOSE:To improve the distribution of weight and to reduce the production of vibration and noise due to torque reaction of drive shafts of unequal length by disposing a drive train engine on a center line of a body of a 4-wheel drive system. CONSTITUTION:Crankshaft gears 4, 4a are faced at the divided ends of faced crankshafts 3, 3a, are divided to perpendicularly cross the crankshafts 3, 3a, and...

PURPOSE:Distribution of weight of a car of an all-wheel-drive system is improved by installing a driving shaft for rear wheels through a rotary engine. CONSTITUTION:The eccentric shaft 3 of a rotary engine 1 is hollow and clutches 4 and 5 and the main shaft 6 of a transmission 7 are also hollow. The driving force which was passed through the transmission 7 is distributed before and behind by a cen...

In the method and equipment, the yarn support outer surface is drawn by means of a suitably sized die ring adapted to retain and slide the reeling waste all along the yarn support outer surface and strip the reeling waste therefrom. Suitable cutters operate on reeling waste, before the drawing thereof, in order to reduce the volume of reeling waste to be drawn and stripped.

PURPOSE:To improve efficiency in the assembly of an automatic speed change gear and as well to enhance the versatility of the housing thereof, by constituting the housing such that it may be separated into two of a transmission case and a housing for a torque converter and a differential gear, and by incorporating various gears of a gear transmission in the differential gear housing. CONSTITUTION:...

For the purpose of providing improved spliced connections, the wall of the splicing channel (14) has a plurality of alternating elevations (23) and depressions (22) which extend in the longitudinal direction.

An apparatus for depositing sheets (14) comprises a sheet depositing station (1,3), at least one suction roller (12.1, 12.2) to engage a sheet (14) being advanced horizontally towards the sheet deposit station (1,3), blower means (7) to blow such sheet (14) facially onto the deposit station (1,3), and suction means (10) disposed at lateral regions of upstream portions of the deposit station (1,3) ...

A separator shaped like a plate, for an ultracentrifuge, comprises centrally arranged inlet and outlet nipples (5, 6, 7, 8) opening axially outwardly. A ring channel (11) is arranged near the circumference of the plate (1) and extends along or near substantially the entire circumference. One end, the inlet end, of the ring channel is connected through a respective radially extending duct (10) to t...

An apparatus for forming composite, fiber/resin components from fibrous, resin-impregnated tape comprises a gantry 11 for positioning a tape applicator head assembly 413 over a mold structure 412, which defines a mold surface of planar or contoured configuration. A control system is employed to control the movement of the tape head 413 over the mold surface 412 comprising a programmable means for ...

A carton is formed from an ultrasonically weldable blank having substantially rectangular, side wall portions (13, 15, 17, 19) contiguously attached to one another in side-by-side relationship, a top closure end (27) contiguously attached at one end of one side wall portion (13), a top sealing tab portion (37, 39 and 41) contiguously attached at one end of each of the other side wall portions, and...

An overhung mounted rotatable centering spindle (5) for centering a yarn (1) at an open-end spinning location is disclosed having a central groove (52) into which threaded grooves (500, 510) run together oppositely from both sides. The direction of rotation of the centering spindle (5) is reversible. Both threaded grooves have different core diameters (d1, d2), the smaller core diameter (d2) being...

Solenoid operated directional valves are disclosed which have a modular construction wherein electrical connections between component parts are made integral and concurrent with the act of mounting the component parts together. The modular construction means that no separate lead wires are required to be connected between the component parts. The modular construction: reduces the time required to ...

A container crown ring chip detector applying opto-electronic means for detecting the presence of chips in the container crown ring finish consisting of support means straddling the path of travel of the container crown ring, photo elements in opposing alignment and surrounding a substantial portion of the crown ring inspection station, electronic control means driving photo emitters which emit in...

This safety ski binding comprises a sole plate (10) movable in a horizontal plane and secured to the ski in a non-detachable way. At the extremity situated on the heel side of the sole plate (10) is provided a heel support which is movable in a vertical plane and comprises a first locking element (26) engaging a surface (28) of a spring click arranged on the sole plate. On the sole plate is arrang...

Flexible resilient flame-retardant and intumescent polyurethane foam is prepared from a reaction mixture comprising a polyester polyol, an organic polyisocyanate, a blowing agent, a surfactant, a catalyst, a melamine derivative and a flame-retardant; the melamine derivative has one or more hydrogen atoms replaced by a methylol and or lower alkoxymethyl group, the amount of flame-retardant is 20-60...

Aqueous dispersion coating composition consisting essentially of an epoxy powder paint an water carrier wherein the water carrier has dissolved therein a water soluble nonionic surfactant in amount ranging from about 0.01 to about 10% by weight (PBW) of the dry epoxy material and a dispersion agent in an amount from about 0.01 to 10 PBW of the dry epoxy material, wherein the pigment volume concent...

Masterbatches useful for lightweight polyamide molding or extrusion comprise polyamide, a pore-forming agent and a fusible binder that is compatible with the polyamide. Admixture of the masterbatch and granular polyamide polymer results in a polyamide composition which can be molded or extruded into a product having increased homogeneity and expansion uniformity.

An apparatus is described for reading a record carrier with an optical radiation-reflecting information structure. The path of the read beam includes a plane-parallel plate, whose surface area is substantially smaller than the cross-sectional area of the read beam, which plate ensures that the beam portion which passes through the plate cannot interfere with the rest of the read beam. After reflec...

A resin composition of a polyvinyl chloride-based resin expandable into foamed bodies by heating comprises a polyvinyl chloride-based resin having an average degree of polymerization not exceeding 2000 and a pore volume not exceeding 0.20 ml/g and impregnated with a volatilizable foaming agent which is a hydrocarbon compound or a halogenated hydrocarbon compound having a boiling point not exceedin...