Finite-state machine for reliable computing and adjustment systems, which comprises a combinatorial logic (10) connected to a status memory (11) by means of connections which carry future state signals (12) and of connections which carry current state signals (13). The combinatorial logic (10) comprises input terminals (14) for input signals which are external to the finite-state machine and outpu...

Water-atomized iron powder for powder metallurgy having a hardness of particle cross section of from about Hv 80 or higher to about 250 or lower, the iron powder having been atomized with water and dried, and having a particle surface covered with oxides which are reducible in a sintering atmosphere, and which has an oxygen content of 1.0 wt% or less. The water-atomized ion powder can be made by a...

Composite yarn for surgeon's gowns, etc. has staple yarn and filament yarn with interwoven filaments

A curved, laminated car glazing having a decorative enamel coating formed as a frame along the edge of a laminated glazing, on a surface adjacent to the intermediate, thermoplastic layer of one of the individual glass sheets is prepared by printing an enamel as the decorative coating on a glass sheet, which is then dried, printing an enamel containing metallic silver as a narrow strip on the decor...

An ink quantity detecting device includes a plurality of ink chambers (A) for containing inks, displacement members (1) each provided for a corresponding one of the ink chambers and capable of being displaced in accordance with a quantity of a corresponding ink, a coupling member (8) for coupling a plurality of displacement members, and a detecting unit (5, 6) for detecting displacement of at leas...

The invention relates to an apparatus for the treatment of waste sludge. The apparatus comprises as its main feature a vertically extending housing unit having a height/width ratio sufficient to provide separate zones in the housing unit, including a settling zone for thickened sludge, a mid-level buffer zone for waste sludge containing solid matter in suspension and a supernatant treatment zone f...

Microfiber microwebs have a relatively dense microfiber nuclei with individual fibers and/or fiber bundles 7 protruding therefrom. The microwebs 4 are formed by divellicating, or tearing apart, a source microfiber web to form discrete microwebs of microfibers which are thermoplastic fibers, generally having an average fiber diameter of less than about 10 microns. The individual fiber diameters are...

The invention relates to a railway goods wagon, consisting essentially of a loading platform (1) and two wheel sets, two sets of double-axle running gear or two bogeys, the suspension being provided via laminated bearing springs (6) which are suspended from spring brackets (3) with suspension links (4). The object of the invention has consisted in constructing the railway goods wagon in such a way...

Herbicides derived from 2-cyano-1,3-diones have the formula: in which R, R<1>, R<2>, R<3>, R<4> and n are as defined in the description. The compounds are intended for use against dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous weeds by pre- and/or post emergence application.

Herbicides derived from 2-cyano-1,3-diones have the formula: in which R, R<1>, R<2>, R<3>, R<4> and R<5> are as defined in the description. The compounds are intended for use against dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous weeds by pre- and/or post emergence application.

(Co)polymerization process in aqueous emulsion of fluorinated olefinic monomers. In a process of (co)polymerization in aqueous emulsion of fluorinated olefinic monomers it is added to the reaction medium a microemulsion of fluoropolyoxyalkylenes having hydrogenated end groups and/or hydrogenated repetitive units. A remarkable reduction in the reaction induction period is so obtained, with formatio...

A railroad freight car includes a loading platform and two wheelsets, two double-axle running gears or two bogies, and cushioning is effected by leaf suspension springs suspended by links from spring brackets. The object of the invention is to provide a railroad freight car by using simple, economic devices, in which a facility is provided for driving the railroad freight car beneath cargoes, espe...

Herbicides derived from 2-cyano-1,3-diones have the formula: (I) in which R, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. The compounds are intended for use against dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous weeds by pre- and/or post emergence application.

Herbicides derived from 2-cyano-1,3-diones have the formula: (I) in which R, R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in the description. The compounds are intended for use against dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous weeds by pre- and/or post emergence application.

PURPOSE:To press an area of an upper surface of a grooved top plate corresponding to an ink path forming area in the vicinity of ink delivery ports by application of an approximately uniform pressing force by a method wherein a first substrate is depressed against a second substrate by generating a linear pressure by an end part of a plate spring member. CONSTITUTION:A planar spring member 4 forme...

An apparatus 1 for depositing onto the surface of a moving ribbon of hot glass 12 a coating formed from the reaction of at least two gaseous reactants. The apparatus includes an open-faced coating chamber 10 in which the gaseous reactants are caused to flow in contact with the glass surface to be coated in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of movement of the glass so as to form t...

a) Method of generating images in 3-D, images of autostereoscopic type. b) Method characterised in that: - the image is separated (20, 21) into its elemental images, equal in number to that of the lenticules, - the elemental images are turned round (22) on themselves relative to their axis of symmetry (centre of symmetry) in the case of cylindrical lenses (spherical lenses), - the elementa...

A method for supplementing the oxygen flow to an industrial scale oxidation reaction employing compressed air as the major source of oxygen for the reaction wherein liquid oxygen is supplied into and vaporized within the feed air stream to the compressor upstream of the compressor to supply additional oxygen to the air and to cool and contract the air upstream of the compressor.

The present invention relates to a magnetic levitating transportation system for levitating and transporting a levitating body composed of conductive paramagnetic or non-magnetic metal above electromagnet arrays by generating an alternating magnetic field in a pair of electromagnet arrays installed in parallel. In particular, when it is assumed that an inner distance of said pair of electromagnet ...

An exhaust gas purifying catalyst suppressing the generation of hydrogen sulfide obtained by coating and supporting on a honeycomb carrier of a monolithic structure a catalyst composition containing (a) activated alumina supporting platinum and/or palladium in the range of 5 to 30 weight % and rhodium in the range of 1 to 20 weight %, (b) a cerium oxide and (c) activated alumina, and optionally (d...