PURPOSE:To smooth start and improve maneuverability, by providing a speed change control device for controlling a swash plate shaft so as to decelerate and accelerate the rotation of the swash plate shaft according to the high and low speeds of an auxiliary speed change device. CONSTITUTION:If auxiliary speed change device 4 is set to a high-speed position and a speed change lever 1 is operated to...

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...

Disposable bedding for infants comprises a liquid absorbent compressible core 6 between a liquid permeable non-absorbent upper layer 1 and an impermeable backing sheet 4. The device may be used as a mattress cover or as the mattress itself. It may include a wetness indicator, fragrant or medicinal compounds, and means such as adhesive patches 8, hook-and-loop fasteners (9, Fig 4c), corner gussets ...

A first sheet of heat-shrinkable plastics material is sealed to a second sheet, which may be of the same material, while the sheets are under tension. The sheets, which may be the sides of a bag, are moved in the general direction in which the seal is to be formed by a first pair of belts 2 while a region above the area to be sealed is moved by another pair of belts 12 which diverge from the direc...

A control system for an automatic transmission, comprising: a clutch (C1) for transmitting the rotation of an engine (10) to the transmission mechanism (16) of a speed change unit; a hydraulic servo (C1) for applying/releasing the clutch; starting state detecting means (100) for detecting the vehicle starting condition in which at least one of the following conditions is dissatisfied: that the thr...

The object of the invention was to develop further a pallet of this type, in such a way that it fixes securely on its attachment mandrel textile bobbins which can differ from one another in their inside diameter. This object is achieved, in the current invention, in that at least three supporting elements of separately variable radial position are distributed on the circumference of the attachment...

A lubricant for application to polyurethane foam mouldings, in particular upholstery elements, comprises a dispersion in water of one or more emulsifiers and an active substance which is a water-insoluble, liquid polyoxypropylene or polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene ether having an ethylene oxide content less than or equal to 15%, a mean molecular weight of from 6 000 to 12 000 and a viscosity of f...

A polyester resin comprising units of a dicarboxylic acid component composed mainly of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or its ester forming derivative and a diol component composed mainly of ethylene glycol and an ethylene oxide adduct of a bisphenol compound or its derivative. The resin may advantageously be used as a molding material for various moldings such as extrusion molding, blow molding, va...

A polyester resin comprising units of a dicarboxylic acid component composed mainly of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or its ester forming derivative and a diol component composed mainly of ethylene glycol and an ethylene oxide adduct of a bisphenol compound or its derivative. The resin may advantageously be used as a molding material for various moldings such as extrusion molding, blow molding, va...

An off-lane alarm apparatus is disclosed in which an image signal provided from a line camera mounted on a car roof is quantized into a corresponding binary image by an image processing device to detect a lane on a road surface whereby an alarm is generated when an off-lane state of the car from the lane is detected. After mounting a line camera on a car, markers preset at predetermined positions ...

A bottle having a sterility seal and a method for producing same are disclosed. The bottle, which can be configured to retain a medicament in powder or tablet form, features a protective cap configured to engage a transfer assembly associated with the bottle. The cap includes one or more raised ridges on an interior surface engageable with a portion of the transfer assembly. A band or layer config...

PCT No. PCT/DE95/01537 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 8, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 8, 1996 PCT Filed Nov. 7, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/14773 PCT Pub. Date May 23, 1996In an umbrella, particularly a standing umbrella, sunshade, garden umbrella or similar, with a frame, a roof structure and a canopy, where the roof rods (5) are linked to a pole element (2) bearing a cap (3) and moveable in a telescopic manner rel...

An electro-surgical instrument (10) for excision of a tissue specimen from the transformation zone of the uterine cervix (36) includes an elongated body member with an endocervical portion (16) at one end, a contact portion at the other end, and a vaginal portion (20) therebetween. A stop arm (12) extends at a right angle to the body member at the juncture of the endocervical (16) and vaginal port...