PURPOSE:To control transfer torque in a pure mechanical manner with no use of hydraulic pressure as well as to make stable performance showable without being subjected to the influence of a temperature changer or the like by constituting a transfer clutch in a way of combining a planetary gear mechanism and a centrifugal clutch mechanism together. CONSTITUTION:An output shaft 3 of the transmission...

PURPOSE:To permit a vehicle to travel at a set slow speed independently of the movable load and the state of road surface by controlling the number of revolution of the engine and the degree of connection of a clutch so that the car speed set by an accelerating pedal is obtained. CONSTITUTION:The proper gear position is calculated by a means A, and the gear position of a transmission C is automati...

PURPOSE:To effectively develop engine brake by selecting the speed change control pattern for engine brake only in the case when the car speed is over a set value and the throttle opening degree is less than a set value, in the switching to an L-range from other range. CONSTITUTION:An external gear 5 connected with the crankshaft 2 of an engine 1 is meshed with an internal gear 6 fixed with the dr...

PURPOSE:To shorten the necessary time for kick-down and obtain the sharp acceleration performance by putting a clutch into the semiclutch state for only a set time simultaneously with the start of kick-down and accelerating the increase of the engine revolution speed and the speed change of a continuously variable transmission. CONSTITUTION:The crankshaft 2 of an engine 1 is connected with the dri...

PURPOSE:To easily select advance and retreat with a simple structure by constituting an advance/retreat selecting device from an electromagnetic type clutch part arranged on the input side of a continuously variable transmission and a planetary gear type selection part. CONSTITUTION:An engine 1 is connected with a continuously variable transmission 25 through an advance/retreat selecting device 10...

PURPOSE:To safely carry out parking on a slope by 'engaging' a clutch mechanism through hydraulic pressure and, when an engine is off, 'disengaging' the clutch by means of the resilience of a spring and a return spring provided on a shifter while operating a brake. CONSTITUTION:A driving gear 4 is installed on the center of a rotary shaft 2 rotatably provided in a gear box 1 via a bearing 3 while ...

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE SEPARATION CENTRIFUGE D'UN MELANGE DE PLUSIEURS PHASES.

LE MELANGE EST ENTRAINE A TRAVERS UN ROTOR SOUS L'EFFET COMBINE D'UNE CHUTE DE PRESSION ENTRE L'AMONT ET L'AVAL DE CE ROTOR ET DE LA ROTATION DE CE DERNIER. SELON L'INVENTION, LE ROTOR EST CONSTITUE D'UN EMPILEMENT DE DISQUES JOINTIFS 36 DONT CHACUN EST PERCE D'UN ENSEMBLE DE PASSAGES HELICOIDAUX 62. CHACUN D...

An anvil and driver assembly for a surgical skin stapling instrument (1) producing formed and implanted skin staples (24) of more consistant and perfect configuration. The anvil (12) provides an anvil surface which supports the crown (25) of the staple during the forming operation. The driver (6) has an inverted U-shaped notch (45a) formed therein which defines parallel side edges (46, 47) to bend...

Ski-binding device with automatic fitting, with front and rear stops which each comprise a slide 20 which can be displaced longitudinally with respect to the ski 10 against an adjustable elastic force and which carries immobilising members capable of being applied with pressure onto the sole edge 50 of a ski boot 52. These immobilising means consist of two small rods, for example 46, mounted pivot...

PURPOSE:To improve the manufacturing property and flexibility of a superconductive linear substance by using a glass for the supporting body of the superconductor. CONSTITUTION:A glass tube 6' in which a material of a superconductor 5 is filled is inserted in a glass tube 6, and after a material of a superconductor 5' is filled in the clearance which is formed by the glass tubes 6 and 6', they are...

PURPOSE:To form a uniform and dense superconductor and to increase the strength and the superconductibity sufficiently by making it possible to place the powder of a superconductive material between a coverage and a core body which are made of a high rigidity material and to compress it evenly. CONSTITUTION:At first, in a metal pipe to be a sheath 4, a pipe made of a high strength material with an...

A brake system for a rail vehicle provides a strain-gauge sensor in the brake-force path to be connected in a Wheatstone bridge control together with a variable resistance for setting the desired brake force. The latter includes an infrared photo FET bridged by a parallel-fixed resistor and forming another branch of the bridge, the photodiode being controlled by the vehicle operator. The Wheatston...

A sealing cap for mating to cylindrical parts such as the bolt guide of a spot-type disk brake. The cap includes a resilient boot one end portion of which is adapted to be secured circumferentially to a first cylindrical part and the other end portion of which is adapted to be secured circumferentially to a second cylindrical part. At least one of said end portion comprises a rigid insert member. ...

The invention relates to a measuring instrument intended to be used in a borehole and working during the drilling operation, in which the working signals are transmitted by pressure pulses in a drilling fluid circulation system. The instrument comprises a sensor 101 for measuring the value of a parameter in the borehole, a pressure-pulse generator 40 intended to produce pressure pulses in the dril...

Process for the manufacture of products made of expanded polyvinyl chloride according to which a preform is prepared from an initial mixture comprising polyvinyl chloride, at least one reactive agent chosen from the group consisting of isocyanates and polyisocyanates, and at least one organic anhydride such as phthalic anhydride, in that the preform is then shaped, if appropriate, to form blanks o...

Method for taking an order, installation for implementing the method and showcase forming part of the installation. The method for taking an order for supply of items to be selected from a series of items by at least one user CLI, implying the supply of the selected item PLA and setting up of a quantitative state ADD, in which the user is presented with a medium MEN cataloguing the series of items...

The loader is mounted on a bracket 2 fixed to a carrier vehicle such as an agricultural tractor. It comprises two shafts 3 which can be lifted by lifting jacks 8 and which carry a loading tool 7 such as a shovel, the inclination of which is controlled by dumping jacks 13. An automatic correction of this inclination may be obtained by the transfer of hydraulic fluid between correction jacks 9 and t...

Method for extracting a contrasting object in a digital image. The method estimates a threshold S1 for each picture element, corresponding to a background estimation threshold representing an image contrast. A local contrast function GR(i,j) is determined as a recursive gradient proportional to the difference between the average of a video signal on the line of each picture element, and a function...

PURPOSE:To simplify a seat height adjusting apparatus adapted to make the seat floor adjustable at the optimal condition for drivers or the like by stepless lifting employing a parallel link mechanism. CONSTITUTION:A parallel link mechanism is composed of arms 3a-3d between a seat rail 1 and a seat frame 2 and adjusts the height of the seat frame from the seat rail with connecting bars 4a and 4b f...