PURPOSE:To prevent the racing between the turn-off of a clutch and the turn-on of a parking brake, by operating a parking brake lever ahead at the time of stoppage, and by operating a clutch lever sequentially to a turn-off position with its setting lagged. CONSTITUTION:When a clutch lever 27 is pushed down forward, it swings forward around a supporting point 33, while an engagement portion 30 swi...

An umbrella suitable for mounting over a surface which allows selective venting of air trapped within the covered area is disclosed. The umbrella includes a vertical support structure (12) which comprises a rod (16) having a first end (20) and a further end (18). The further end (18) is conventionally mounted such that the longitudinal axis of the vertical support structure (12) extends substantia...

PCT No. PCT/SE79/00116 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 19, 1980 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 30, 1980 PCT Filed May 22, 1979 PCT Pub. No. WO80/00063 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 24, 1980.In one version a safety binding (1) for downhill skiing comprises a toe connection means (5, 24) and a heel connection means (6) for co-operation with corresponding parts of a ski boot (3'), in which the toe connection means comprising a rotat...

This invention relates to a release type ski binding comprising a heel retainer means and a toe retainer means between which a release plate or a ski boot sole extends, the toe retainer means having connected thereto a foot plate extending under the boot sole at least as far as the toe ball portion of the ski boot sole and, when a release movement sidewardly off the running position against the fo...

In a system for detecting defects on an optical surface, a disk to be inspected is mounted on a turntable, and is attracted on the surface of the turntable. On the disk is provided an optical head having an objective lens located at its focal point on the surface of the disk. A laser beam emitted from a laser unit is projected through the optical head onto the disk, is reflected on the disk, and i...

The disclosure relates to a storable polyol pre-mixture for making flame-retardant polyurethane foam plastics consisting of a mixture of a polyester polyol or polyether polyol and an ammonium polyphosphate as a flame-retardant agent. The pre-mixture contains more particularly an ammonium polyphosphate which corresponds to the general formula (I) H(n-m)+2(NH4)mPnO3n+1 (I) in which n stands for an i...

A method for coating an oriented polyethylene terephthalate container with a coating of polyvinylidene chloride from a water based emulsion, the coating being dried with infra-red energy and cooling air to prevent undesirable shrinkage of the container and prevent formation of a skin on the coating which would entrap water.

An endotracheal tube with movable endobronchial blocker for one-lung anesthesia is disclosed comprising an endotracheal tube with a a cuff having a small channel formed within the wall of the endotracheal tube along almost the entire length thereof and a catheter with a cuff for endobronchial blockade called an endobronchial blocker which is housed in the small channel and can be let out when in u...

Biaxially drawn, filled polyester film substrates, well adapted for the manufacture of magnetic recording tapes, are comprised of a biaxially stretched thermoplastic film matrix including a particulate filler material distributed therethrough, said filler material comprising (a) from about 0.01% to 1% by weight thereof of kaolinite particles having a mean particle size no greater than about 1 micr...

PURPOSE:To smoothen the automatic supply of beads to a beads holder by providing a vertically movable segment and slidable bead extruder to the periphery of an automatic bead supplying drum. CONSTITUTION:Large numbers of beads 31 are stocked on the peripheral face 8a of an automatic bead supplying drum, a segment 42 fitted into the dovetail groove in the axial direction of the peripheral face is r...

PURPOSE:To hold down the change of the driving position of an operator and consequently improve the operability by a structure wherein holding parts, which restrain the shift of a top panel by abutting the inner surfaces of side walls against spill guards when the top panel vibrates, are formed. CONSTITUTION:A spill guard 20 consists of a main body 22 formed by folding a flat sheet and round bars ...

A reinforced reaction injection molding of polyurethanes is prepared by reacting an organic polyisocyanate a polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol, a chain extending agent, a catalyst, optionally a blowing agent and glass fibers. The glass fibers form a stabilized dispersion in the polyol by employing as a suspending agent the reaction product of a polyamine and a polyester.

A high speed multiplier unit for multiplying both fixed point and floating point operands is disclosed and claimed. This multiplier unit is a system level functional unit which allows floating point and fixed point operations to be performed directly. In addition to multiplication, the multiplier unit performs exponent calculation, post-normalization, and error detection. The multiplier unit also ...

A twin-disc brake comprises a fixed support, extending over an angular sector of about 180 DEG , and common to two calipers associated each with a respective disc. The calipers are mounted so as to slide axially along guides in the support and have hydraulic cylinders arranged on only one side of the associated disc, each caliper presents a reaction face for the pads on the other side of the assoc...

An amphoteric water-in-oil self-inverting polymer emulsion is prepared which contains a copolymer of (1) a nonionic vinyl monomer and (2) an amphoteric vinyl monomer or a terpolymer of (1) a nonionic vinyl monomer, (2) an anionic vinyl monomer and (3) a cationic vinyl monomer in the aqueous phase, a hydrocarbon oil for the oil phase, a water-in-oil emulsifying agent and an inverting surfactant. An...

A method is provided for the continuous processing of coarse-grained waste rubber into a secondary rubber raw material, in which coarse-grained waste rubber having a particle size of 0.5 to 15 mm, preferably approx. 4 to 6 mm, in a layer of a thickness not exceeding the largest dimension of a single grain is exposed to a thermoshock without the access of oxygen at a temperature of 200 DEG to 900 ...

A method of preparing a polyimide foam which includes the steps of: preparing, foaming, and curing a precursor containing at least one alkyl ester of 3,3'4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid; a meta- or para-substituted aromatic diamine; a heterocyclic diamine; an aliphatic diamine; and a solid blowing agent. The blowing agent is added to said precursor in a concentration which is sufficient to e...

This invention covers a water soluble one-component fiberglass mat binder composition which comprises a urea-formaldehyde resin and polyvinyl acetate polymers and/or vinyl acrylic-polyvinyl acetate copolymers in the manufacture of asphalt shingles. The shingles of the invention are formed by the asphalt coating of a fiberglass mat in which the glass fiber mat has been coated with the binder compos...

The adhesion of organic resins to substrate materials is increased by depositing on the substrate a coating of a plasma polymerized unsaturated organophosphine.