PURPOSE:To obtain a travel controller for a moving vehicle so as to secure safety during curve travel and acceleration after the vehicle goes out from the curve by calculating delay time to the traveling vehicle itself and simulating the speed of a preceding vehicle while being delayed only for the delay time. CONSTITUTION:In a moving vehicle 10, a distance sensor 1 is provided to measure a distan...

Centrifuge comprising two drums (1,2) having coaxial horizontal axes. The inner drum carries a set of dishes (33) and, on the periphery, a scraper screw (36). A sludge chamber (23) is provided at one end of the outer drum (2) and, by way of passages (28) adapted to be closed by a discharge device, is in communication with the outside. The centrifuge is provided with a double energy recuperation de...

This invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyurethane foams comprising reacting polyisocyanates with compounds containing at least two active hydrogen atoms and having a molecular weight of 400 to 10,000 selected from polymer-modified polyols and polyols containing predominantly primary hydroxyl groups, in the presence of water and/or organic blowing agents, catalysts, and flamep...

An improved moldable low density thermoplastic composite containing hollow glass spheres comprising a blend of thermoplastic resin, glass fiber reinforcement, and a concentrate of hollow glass spheres dispersed in thermoplastic resin.

An in-mold lacquer coating for producing a polyurethane-based molded article. The lacquer coating is mold-releasable without the aid of an external mold release agent, is re-coatable after de-molding without additional surface preparation, and comprising a mixture of a pre-reacted aliphatic polyurethane resin, a polydimethylsiloxane fluid mold-release agent, and an aromatic, acetate and alcoholic ...

Power failure protection for a data processing apparatus (20) is provided by the use of a standby power module (32) which supplies power to the data processing apparatus (20) when the normal power supply is interrupted. Since damage to the data processing apparatus (20) may result in the event of a sudden power failure, power failure protection software (26) controls the data processing apparatus ...

A pager includes a belt clip for securing the pager to another object, and a leaf spring for attaching the belt clip and pager housing together while providing a decreasing force between the belt clip and pager housing as the belt clip is opened.

A sealing cap of metallic material, particularly for antibiotic, infusion and trasfusion bottles, provided with a hole (7) on its upper wall (5), tightly closed by a metallic foil (8) substantially covering the whole wall (5) and provided with a knurled grip lunette (10) not projecting beyond the outline of the cap (2).

A safety ski binding includes two lateral retention wings movable about respective journal axes. Two frontal support elements are also journalled about the journal axis and include rolling rear surfaces which support and roll against the sole of a ski boot during lateral release of the boot from the binding. The rolling surfaces includes arcs of a circle having different radii of curvature.

Method and apparatus for the production of metal granules from a molten metal are disclosed. A molten metal stream (19) is directed against an impact element (8) located above the surface of water in a water tank. The impact of the molten metal upon the impact element causes the molten metal to disintegrate into drops (20) which spread out radially from the impact element. The drops fall down into...

PURPOSE:To perform robot operation, etc., in safety by allowing an unmanned vehicle to leave a station temporarily by an operation command signal from a ground station side and then to move to a target station, and stopping it accurately at a normal position. CONSTITUTION:A guide line 1 is laid along a running path C and the unmanned vehicle 7 is guided to stations S1 and S2 of a machining center ...

PURPOSE:To prevent the driving circuit of the liquid crystal display device from being broken due to electrostatic charges which are accumulated in the body of an operator by sticking conductive rubber on the outside of an interface extending to the driving circuit and bringing this rubber into a metallic frame previously. CONSTITUTION:The conductive rubber 4 is stuck on the outside of the interfa...

PURPOSE:To equalize the height of the printed base of seal resin and to uniform the thickness of a liquid crystal layer by providing a metal pattern which is as thick as the lamination thickness of conductive transparent electrodes for display and a metal auxiliary electrode on the top surface of an overcoat layer as the outer periphery of the transparent electrodes and metal auxiliary electrode. ...

PURPOSE:To prevent the orientation of liquid crystal molecules in a liquid crystal cell for compensation from being disordered by giving conductivity to spacers for setting the gap of the liquid crystal cell for compensation. CONSTITUTION:A liquid crystal material used for the liquid crystal cell 2 for compensation is PCH mixed liquid crystal similar to that of a liquid crystal cell 1 for display....

PURPOSE:To suppress the roughness of a picture by coloring spacers which are inserted into a liquid crystal cell for compensation in dark color. CONSTITUTION:A liquid crystal material used for the liquid crystal cell 2 for compensation is PCH mixed liquid crystal similar to that of a liquid crystal cell 1 for display. Further, a clockwise chiral material is added to the liquid crystal layer 26 of ...

PURPOSE:To obtain an EL element capable of especially prolonging of luminescent life containing a polymer matrix-constituting polymer as a copolymer of an electron-donative monomer and an electron-attractive monomer. CONSTITUTION:The aimed EL element is composed of a copolymer obtained by polymerization of (A) <=50% electron-donative monomer expressed by formula I, etc., (Y is expressed by formula...

Water-in-oil emulsions containing by weight about:20 to 80% of a dispersed aqueous phase containing about 20 to 70% of one or more aldehydes chosen from the group constituted by formaldehyde, glyoxal, glutaraldehyde, glycolaldehyde or glyoxylic acid and 80 to 30% of an aqueous solution containing 90 to 100% water and 10 to 0% of a buffer agent pH=5.5+/-1.5; and 80 to 20% of a continuous oil phase ...

PURPOSE:To obtain the liquid crystal display device consisting of a polymer dispersion type liquid crystal which is less fluctuated in contrast by applying a mixture composed of the liquid crystal and a polymer precursor on one substrate, then bringing the other substrate into tight contact with this substrate, then curing the mixture. CONSTITUTION:The liquid crystal or the polymer precursor dispe...

POLYAMIDE FIBER REINFORCEMENT IN THERMOSET POLYURETHANE COMPOSITES Fiber-reinforced thermoset polyurethane composites display enhanced impact strength when sufficient amounts of a high tenacity aliphatic polyamide fiber characterized by a drawn denier of 4 to 8 denier per filament (4.4 - 9 dxpf); a thermal shrinkage of up to about 14 percent; an elongation of from less than 28 percent; and a tenac...

The invention relates to a method of controlling a PFBC power plant in the event of an operational disturbance affecting a turbine unit driven by the plant, for example a load drop out, said plant comprising a bed vessel (12) enclosed within a pressure vessel (10) and surrounded by compressed combustion air, said bed vessel containing a bed (22) of fluidizable particulate material, and a gas turbi...