PURPOSE:To prevent the stoppage of a prime mover at a cold time by making a low-pass filter ineffective when oil temperature is lowered below a defined value and a fuel feeing quantity to the prime mover is lowered below a defined value. CONSTITUTION:A low-pass filter 83 is necessary for the smooth transmission of a clutch pressure and for improving a feeding with respect to the rapid change in an...

PURPOSE:To improve the extent of start feeling by controlling a clutch pressure by a start mode after installing this clutch pressure once higher than that at the time of a hold mode, when clutch pressure control over a hydraulic clutch is operated to start at the time of the hold mode. CONSTITUTION:During a hold mode (HLD) of a hydraulic clutch, there is a driver's intention of starting this car,...

PURPOSE:To automatically correct imbalance and to perform centrifugal separation in a well-balanced state by loading the container loading part of a centrifugal separator with a specimen-containing container and subsequently detecting a non-loading part losing the balance of a rotor and mounting a dummy specimen-containing container on the detected non-loading part. CONSTITUTION:A specimen-contain...

In a gamma radiography apparatus a gamma scintillation camera 1 with a rectangular scintillation plate is suspended so as to be counterbalanced and rotatable about a horizontal axis 44 for single photon emission tomography, Figure 1b. To enable a total body emission radiography scan to be carried out by the same apparatus, Figure 2b, the head 1 must be turned through 90 degrees in plan view. Thi...

An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a paper-feed unit, a paper-feed unit openably and closably supported by the main body of the apparatus, a tray openably and closably supported by the paper-feed unit so as to be swingable between a non-operating position wherein the tray is housed in the paper-feed unit in a generally vertical state and an operating position for mounting a sheet mat...

PURPOSE:To make it possible to smooth the change-over operation of a clutch at a lower temperature by controlling the clutch pressure by a feed-forward amount in such a way that it is suddenly decreased during a normal start mode in which a continuously variable transmission satisfies a specified limit condition. CONSTITUTION:A control section 82 for changing the duty rate so as to control speed c...

A polycrystalline diamond layer attached to a cemented metal carbide structure used as a cutter wherein the cutter has improved toughness or fracture resistance during use through the inclusion of boron, beryllium or the like therein.

PCT No. PCT/FI95/00180 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 27, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 27, 1996 PCT Filed Apr. 4, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/26930 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 12, 1995A method for treating a liquid flow to be cleaned passing through a flow line into a flotation plant including passing a portion of the liquid flow to be cleaned from the flow line along a first branch line into a pump. The suction capacity of ...

A progressive plotter (10) for working on successive segments of an elongated web of sheet material (P) extending across a work surface (14) has a pen (24) supported to move in marking relation to material (P) on the work surface (14) in response to command signals received from a programmable controller. The machine includes a supply roll (20) for paying-off sheet material (P) and a take-up roll ...

The invention relates to films of linear polyester containing glass spheres having a certain particle size distribution and in a certain amount. The addition of the glass spheres improves, inter alia, the dynamic coefficient of friction of the film. Preferably, a second film additive, fumed silica, of a controlled particle size distribution and weight is added to the film. The addition of the fume...

Horizontal centrifuge comprising a drum (1), a helicoid screw (2, 2a) coaxial to the drum (1) and arranged inside the latter, two closure heads (14, 15) located at the ends of the drum (1) and provided with nozzles (4, 6) for discharging to the outside oil and water/solid remainders respectively and an inlet tube (3) for the oily slurry ending inside the hollow body (2a) forming the helicoid screw...

The object of the invention is to provide a device by means of which a continuous paper web can be cut transversely at the highest permissible paper-transporting speed. For this purpose, in the case of a cutting machine for cutting a continuous paper web, the paper is fed via feeding means, after separating off the feed-hole strips, to a transverse-cutter arrangement having a non-driven, bottom cu...

The object of the invention is to improve the handling of textile bobbins and textile-bobbin tubes, especially during the preparation of the textile bobbins. The object is achieved, according to the invention, in that the slip-on mandrel (5) of the pallet is longer than the textile-bobbin tube (2) and projects so far out of the textile-bobbin tube (2) that, with the textile bobbin (1) slipped on, ...

A blood filtration device (16) encapsulates a filter pad assembly (20) within a flexible housing (18). The filter pad assembly (20) includes first and second filter media layers (44, 46). A first heat and pressure sealed region (28) integrally bonds the peripheries of the first and second media layers (44, 46) together. The flexible housing (18) comprises a peripheral rim (34) aligned with the fir...

In a process for producing isopropyl alcohol by direct liquid phase hydration of propylene and water in the presence of a strong acid solid catalyst at a high temperature and a high pressure, the reaction is carried out at a temperature in a ranging between 100 DEG and 250 DEG C and a pressure in a ranging between 60 and 200 atm in an excess of water. Then, a liquid phase of the reaction product i...

The utility model relates to a rich-liquor valve controlled without maintenance lead-acid accumulator, which is characterized in that a shell cover is provided three layers and two cavities. An acid-proof and explosion-proof filter tip is arranged on a lower layer; a one-way exhaust valve is arranged on a middle layer; a liquid filling bolt penetrates through the shell cover and are respectively h...

A pneumatic thread or yarn knotless joining apparatus for installation on the winding positions of an automatic bobbin winding machine is provided with its own reversible electric stepping motor to cause stepwise rotation of the group of controlling drum cams firstly in an outward direction starting from a starting position and then in the return direction for controlling the synchronized movement...

The accumulator includes casing, shockproof cushion, electrode pillar, busbar, negative pole plate, diaphragm and positive pole plate. It features the covered and sealed casing, the high-voltage protective polyethylene jacket for the upper and lower ends of positive pole plate, and the diaphragm of ultrafine glass fibre. It is superior to available ones in that it needs no water and acid make-up a...

A bivalve peeling-off method and apparatus and a before-separation heating device are disclosed. The bivalve peeling-off apparatus includes a heating means 6 for heating the surface of one of shells 2A of a starting bivalve 2, so that an edible part 2a in the starting bivalve 2 is maintained in a raw state. Thus, the edible part can be efficiently separated from the shell of the starting bivalve i...

The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting a shell of a bivalve and a method of cutting a shell of a bivalve by the use of the apparatus, the apparatus comprising a rotary grinder (1) driven by a motor, a hood (3) capable of covering and exposing the rotary grinder and opened at least at its front and a support (4), on which the hood (3) is placed, and which supports the rotary grinder and ...