A traction control method/apparatus for motor vehicles is arranged such that at an initial stage of the starting or accelerating operation of the motor vehicle where a large amount of slip of the driving wheel tends to be caused, a braking force is sufficiently applied to the driving wheel to restrain the slip thereof; and after the engine output is adjusted through accelerator or throttle control...

Apparatus for positioning two beads on a building drum for a pneumatic tire, provided with a loading device for receiving the beads and subsequently moving the beads to positioning units, as well as for finally loading the beads onto said positioning units, which subsequently transfer the beads coaxially to the building drum to a correct position with respect to a package of liner and carcass plie...

A valve actuator to open and close the intake and exhaust valves of an engine utilizing the electromagnetic force generated by an electromagnet. A reciprocally moving permanent magnet (4) is coupled to an intake or exhaust valve (7), a first electromagnet (3) is provided to be opposed to one end in the reciprocating direction of the moving permanent magnet (4), a second electromagnet (5) is provid...

The present invention relates to yarn-deflecting elements, especially for a hollow-spindle machine. Elements, characterised in that they are movable in translational motion by movement means from a first position during the normal operation of the machine, in which each yarn (2) is no longer in contact with the corresponding deflecting element and thus with the corresponding bearing element (...

A tire building apparatus includes a forming drum (9) rotatably supported with its one end and having an outer circumference around whioh a tire constituting member (T) is wound, and bead setters (35) for setting beads (B) in position on the tire constituting member. The apparatus further includes bead supply device (41) having a holder (44) fixed to a forward end of a main shaft (10) of the formi...

An automatic control circuit for a brake control device, relays around the device, light lamps and other parts to be operated differently under different circumstances, e.g., braking while running, braking to stop, releasing the brake pedal after braking, starting, parking after braking, and operation when the car stops in semi-automatic. The automatic control circuit operates a valve in the hydra...

Novel non-ionic contrast media are efficiently prepared from generally available ionic contrast media or non-iodinated precursors. Particularly, polyhydroxyhalo-hydrocarbons are employed with a triiodo-substituted acylamido benzoic acids in aqueous weakly basic media to selectively substitute the amido nitrogen, followed by activation of the carboxyl group for amide formation.

Centrifuge apparatus for use in separating a heavy phase from a light phase in a rotating bowl, the apparatus comprising means defining a channel forming a continuous loop and having an inlet, a first outlet, and a dam portion spaced along the channel from the inlet and having an inner wall radius that is greater than that of adjacent portions so as to provide a heavy phase dam region which can be...

A system and method of separation of therapeutic components from blood. The system includes a dual member centrifuge and a disposable single use fluid transfer set. The set includes an elongated flexible separation chamber having an input port, a separated component output port and a residual fluid output port. The input port and the separated component output ports are located at opposite ends of...

A method of reducing the lateral force variation of a tire by grinding one of the shoulders of tire over a semicircle thereof and the other shoulder over a remaining semicircle in accordance with grinding amount and grinding position. In order to derive the grinding amount and grinding position, the lateral force is detected over one revolution of the tire to derive a measured waveform of the late...

A reinforcement for thin film materials is provided by coating the films (10) with an ink-type material (12). Ink coating of moisture vapor-permeable films such as polyurethane allows for a film suitable for use on skin which has an optimal rate of moisture vapor transmission. If desired, an adhesive can be provided on the ink-coated polyurethane membrane, and such materials are suitable for retai...

The disposable, triangular or trapezoid napkin (1) has a narrow, conical holder-part (2) the surface (3) of which continually widens out towards the cover-part (4). Alternatively, the serviette is bottle-shaped with straight or curved side edges (5, 6). Part of one end of the cover part can be torn off along a perforated line. The free end of the covering part is turned over to form a pocket the t...

Determn. of the 90Sr concn. in the body comprises detecting beta-radiation of the 90Y isotope with Emax = ca. 2.2 MeV, from the decay of 90Sr, directly and only in the skull region with proportional detector (s) of large area. ADVANTAGE - Very high sensitivity can be attained at acceptable technical cost.

A novel sulphuric-acid electrolyte immobilised by pyrogenic silicon dioxide has a comparatively very low SiO2 concentration between 2 and 4% by weight, but to offset this additionally contains a small amount of nonionic surfactant, in particular an alkylphenol polyglycol ether. Without this addition, the electrolyte only has a very low gellability and is therefore particularly suitable as the accu...

Described is a method of treating hair, in particular human head hair, for cosmetic purposes, the hair being exposed to light with an intensity and a wavelength chosen so that the protein structure of the hair is altered to produce the desired cosmetic effect.

Described is a cosmetic hair treatment method, in particular human head hair, the hair being exposed to light with an intensity and a wavelength chosen so that the protein structure of the hair is altered to produce the desired cosmetic effect.

A yarn guide rod is for a crosswound package production machine and consists of subrods (6') formed out of fibres embedded into a plastic matrix. The fibres embedded in a plastic matrix are positioned in the shape of a compact rod body (9') in a tubular, wear resistant shell (7'). The bodies are joined to the shell (7') in a slide-resistance manner. The fibres embedded in the matrix are carbon fib...

The X-ray appts. (4) is guided along rails (30) by rollers (40) in the direction of compression and balanced by means of a two-armed lever (7) whose arms intersect at an acute-angled joint (8) on a pivot arm (9). The longer arm (71) is jointed (6) to the appts., and the shorter arm (72) is jointed (11) to one end of a coupling arm (12) supported by the gas compression spring (13). The coupling arm...

A warning system for a vehicle has a driving condition decision unit which decides if the vehicle is in a dangerous state or not, a danger recognition unit which decides if the driver is aware of the danger, if it exists, and a danger avoidance unit which undertakes the warning actions if he/she is unaware. There are monitoring systems for the vehicle, for the environment and for the driver. The f...

The invention relates to a chassis for a mobile X-ray device having at least one pivoting roller (which is arranged on a supporting framework such that it can move in all directions) and two steerable runner wheels, whose diameter is larger than that of the pivoting roller, and having a braking device which acts on the running wheels and can be operated by means of a foot lever. The invention is i...