A stanchion is constructed and designed so as to be emplaced near a body of water, with its upper pivotally mounted portion in a lowered position, and with the rising of the water, the pivotal section self-actuates and rises with the water level to form a water containment barrier which will redirect the waterflow and protect property disposed on the other side of the barrier. With the receding of...

An improved connector assembly is provided for providing sealed and preferably sterile connection between a pair of conduits which each terminate in a hollow, transparent housing where some of the wall of each housing comprises a meltable wall portion sealed to the remainder of the housing. The meltable wall portions of each housing are positioned in facing contact with each other and are held in ...

A multiple speed ratio power transmission mechanism for an automotive vehicle adapted to be mounted in a transverse position with respect to the fore-and-aft centerline of the vehicle includes a torque input shaft having input gearing fixed thereto. A first countershaft has gearing journalled thereon meshing with the torque input gearing, and synchronizer clutches adapted to be moved selectively t...

Carbon dioxide in the presence of oxygen is sensed by passage of the gas mixture through a layer of polymeric material and through a first, porous, working electrode in contact with a layer of aqueous electrolyte any oxygen being reduced at the electrode; any CO2 gas passes through the aqueous electrolyte and through a CO2-permeable layer of polymeric material to a layer of non-aqueous solvent in ...

FOLDING MECHANISM FOR USE ON A CARTONING MACHINE A folding apparatus for use on a cartoning machine which folds and secures the end flaps of a blank to form a carton including a pivoting rocker arm positioned adjacent to the path or said carton movement and a fold blade pivotedly attached to one end of said rocker arm which engages the flap and moves it into contact with the side of the carton. A ...

An internally cooled blown film system, for producing a plastic tube, in which the flow rate of the continuous flow of cooling air through the tube is made directly dependent upon deviation of the tube circumference as determined by transmission and detection of ultrasonic waves from the surface of the tube.

A voltage detection integrated circuit including a voltage regulation circuit for controlling the operation thereof is provided. The voltage detection integrated circuit includes a reference voltage circuit for producing a predetermined reference voltage, a voltage converter for converting a detected voltage for measurement and a comparator circuit for comparing the level of the reference voltage ...

A method of friction welding thermoplastic materials, such as a reinforcing plate to the inner surfaces of oppositely disposed legs of a generally U-shaped workpiece, wherein a flexible force applying means applies a force in a direction normal to the direction of relative motion between the parts but in the plane of the mating surfaces for urging the legs of the U-channel into intimate contact wi...

PURPOSE:To easily decide the testing position of an object to be tested by controlling static and inclined magnetic field generating means by a positional information inputted on the basis of the projecting image of nuclear spin distribution of a three dimensional object to a two-dimensional surface on a display device. CONSTITUTION:A projecting image of nuclear spin distribution of a three-dimens...

A container comprising a lid and a container body with a flange, the lid and the flange being fixed to one another in an originally sealed condition of the container to provide a tight closure of the container by a frame-like connection member which has first and second attachment sections affixed to the flange and to the lid respectively. A weakening zone is disposed between the two attachment se...

A method of making a bonding tool from two different materials is provided. A bonding nib partially made from hard jewel-like material and a bonding nib holder is partially made from a larger and tougher material. The two partially made elements are joined by shrink fitting the nib holder onto the bonding nib to provide an unfinished bonding tool. The unfinished composite bonding tool is finished ...

PURPOSE:To automatically perform the inspection of wire bonding state with high speed and high accuracy by a method wherein the difference between bicolor signals out of tricolor signals from a color image pick up device is operated and the state of the ball section of wire to a pad is detected by the operational signal. CONSTITUTION:The difference between two specific picture signals out of tri...

A photographic developing agent represented by the formula (I): (I) wherein one of X and Y is a group capable of inhibiting development on release immediately after the developing agent is oxidized at the step of development, and the other of X and Y is an -NH-SO2-Z group (wherein Z is an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group); A is a hydrogen atom or a group hydrolyzable un...

Single or arrayed pairs of optical are axially aligned and abutted preparatory to splicing by introducing the fibers to be mated into opposite ends of an elongated optical fiber receiving cavity, at a slight angle with respect to the cavity's axis and in the same plane of travel.

A heat exchanger for use in a ventilation system to exchange both of actual heat and latent heat between outgoing room air and incoming fresh air has a laminated structure formed by flat partition plates and corrugated spacer plates each sandwiched between an adjacent pair of the partition plates. The two kinds of plates are arranged such that a first series of passages for the outgoing room air a...

"HYDRAULIC CIRCUITRY FOR A BACKHOE" The invention relates to a hydraulic circuitry for a backhoe in which a hydraulic motor for driving one of right and left crawlers and a hydraulic cylinder for vertically oscillating a working arm assembly are connected in parallel to each other to a first pump through a multiplex valve assembly having a first center bypass, and a hydraulic motor for driving the...

A steel material is treated by laser beams, in such a manner that the laser beams and a gas jet are concurrently projected to a working point of the steel material to produce a plasma around the working point and another gas jet is ejected to the working point at an oblique angle to the projecting direction of the laser beams so as to press the plasma against the steel material surface, whereby th...

PURPOSE:To facilitate a sputtering treatment and to decrease stages by introducing a gas through a small hole provided to the target of a sputerring device of opposed flat plate electrode type, ionizing the same and depositing a target material partially on the surface of a sample facing the target. CONSTITUTION:A fine hole 4 of 1-2mm. diameter is provided to a target 11 which is provided in the p...

The temperature of an electrically heated element is controlled by applying a current until the element reaches a threshold temperature, preferably determined by the expanded length of the elements, and then applying a predetermined voltage-current condition for a selected period of time. This is followed by repeated applications of such voltage-current conditions in response to the cooling of the...

Battery testing apparatus is provided for rapidly and automatically testing newly-manufactured electric batteries. The apparatus includes a testing machine which has at least one station, and preferably two, at which the batteries are tested for voltage and current output. By using two stations, the test at each station can be shorter and the change in the current output of a battery between the t...