The clutch release for a motor vehicle has a master cylinder (1) and a slave cylinder (2) in a circuit which has an additional valve for operating the clutch (4) lock up when stationary. The valve can be positioned in the transmission circuit between the slave cylinder and the master cylinder. The valve (7) can be controlled electrically, mechanically or hydraulically.

The clutch release for a motor vehicle has a master cylinder (1) and a slave cylinder (2) in a circuit which has an additional valve for operating the clutch (4) lock up when stationary. The valve can be positioned in the transmission circuit between the slave cylinder and the master cylinder. The valve (7) can be controlled electrically, mechanically or hydraulically.

The clutch release for a motor vehicle has a master cylinder (1) and a slave cylinder (2) in a circuit which has an additional valve for operating the clutch (4) lock up when stationary. The valve can be positioned in the transmission circuit between the slave cylinder and the master cylinder. The valve (7) can be controlled electrically, mechanically or hydraulically.

A food product cartridge comprising a delivery and dosage member, said cartridge having a base part wherein an endless screw and a delivery opening are housed, characterized in that the endless screw is provided to operate a shutter for opening and closing the delivery opening.

In a point investment server (10) performing processings related to client points managed by a client DB (21) of a normal work server (20), an investment execution processor (14d) invests an amount of money calculated according to the client points managed by the client DB (21) to an investee terminal (40) so as to perform a predetermined investment (fixed deposit, exchange purchase, stock purchas...

In a point investment server (10) performing processings related to client points managed by a client DB (21) of a normal work server (20), an investment execution processor (14d) invests an amount of money calculated according to the client points managed by the client DB (21) to an investee terminal (40) so as to perform a predetermined investment (fixed deposit, exchange purchase, stock purchas...

A container formed by stretch forming from a resin consisting mainly of polylactic acid, wherein the resin has a crystallization initiation temperature of 75°C or higher, has substantially two peaks when examined with a differential scanning calorimeter in the temperature range of 75 to 160°C where heat of crystallization is observed, and can hence be formed by stretch forming. The container is ex...

A layered product which comprises an oxygen-absorbing resin layer comprising a saturated polyester resin consisting mainly of hydroxyalkanoate units and at least one gas-barrier coating layer. Due to this constitution, the layered product has not only excellent biodegradability but oxygen-absorbing properties and gas-barrier properties. Especially when the oxygen-absorbing resin layer is made of a...

An audit service managing system including audit standardization and auditees. This audit service control system comprises an accounting firm system including a server system and a computer terminal, an auditee system including a computer terminal of an auditee of the accounting firm, and a server system accessible for data transmission and reception between the accounting firm system and the audi...

Reinforced, laminated, impregnated, and materials with composite properties as cross linked polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel structures in bulk or cellular matrix forms that can take essentially any physical shape, or can have essentially any size, degree of porosity and surface texture. They have a wide range of physical properties, unusual and unique combinations of physical properties and unique resp...

The present invention generally relates to a method for wagering, and particularly to a method for calculating fixed-odds betting on either a single event or on multiple events. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for wagering on sport games and business events. The method is especially useful for a player to wager with a bookmaker on the probability of winning in at least...

The present invention generally relates to a method for wagering, and particularly to a method for calculating fixed-odds betting on either a single event or on multiple events. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for wagering on sport games and business events. The method is especially useful for a player to wager with a bookmaker on the probability of winning in at least...

The invention relates to an intrinsically safe pick-up for reproduction or recording devices for different optical recording media, which have at least two lasers with a monitor diode which is used jointly for the lasers, such as a monitor diode which is integrated in a twin laser. The intrinsically safe pick-up has a switching means, which is formed by interlocked switches, by means of which both...

A computing device is disclosed, a preferred use of which is for the purpose of calculating pension plans, allowing the user to alter various factors to allow the prediction of a pension plan's outcome. Various factors that influence the outcome of the calculation are able to be fixed to prevent them being changed by the use of fixing means. The fixing means may be in physical form or software for...

A fraud detection system (1) comprises a merchant portal (2) accessible by a purchaser along a communication network (4) in order to conduct a commercial transaction, and an analysis facility (3) in communication with the merchant portal (2). The merchant portal (2) is arranged to enable input by the purchaser of transaction data relating to the commercial transaction. The analysis facility (3) re...

A fraud detection system (1) comprises a merchant portal (2) accessible by a purchaser along a communication network (4) in order to conduct a commercial transaction, and an analysis facility (3) in communication with the merchant portal (2). The merchant portal (2) is arranged to enable input by the purchaser of transaction data relating to the commercial transaction. The analysis facility (3) re...

There is provided a polybenzazole fiber or film containing a basic organic compound in the form of a monomer or a condensate, selected from the group consisting of guanidines, triazoles, quinazolines, piperidines, anilines, pyridines, cyanuric acids, and p-phenylenediamine, m-phenylenediamine and a mixture thereof. This fiber has characteristics in that the X-ray meridian diffraction half-width fa...

The present invention provides inexpensively an article with a hard coat excellent in anti-staining property, lubricity, scratch resistance and abrasion resistance. The present invention also provides a method for forming the hard coat. A hard coat agent composition comprising an active energy ray-curable compound is applied onto a surface of an article (1) to be hard-coat-treated, thereby forming...

This invention relates to a film comprising a machine direction oriented polymeric film prepared from (A) at least one propylene homopolymer or copolymer or lend of two or more thereof, wherein (A) has a melt flow rate from about 6 to about 30 and (B) an olefin elastomer having a melt flow rate of 0.5 to 10. In one embodiment, the film also contains a nucleating agent. In one embodiment, these fil...

The present invention provides a means of calculating and evaluating a premium financing program. The present invention provides an apparatus which takes into account factors and data such as various alternative sources of funding, various alternative inflows of assets, and various outflows of assets due to taxes, interest payments, selected insurance premiums, reinsurance costs, and transaction f...