PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent generation of a free running feeling and a speed change shock, in the case of a downshift speed change at power off time. SOLUTION: In the case that as in a manual shift down, in a power off condition, a downshift speed change is performed, in the case of an input rotational speed NT lower than a second target value NTR, a release side oil pressure PA is feedback c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make adequate the vehicle deceleration shown as the total sum of an additional deceleration given by a deceleration adding control device when the deceleration will is shown by a driver, and the deceleration given by an engine brake. SOLUTION: When an acceleration return switch 404 is turned ON, and it is decided that a driver has a decelerating will, and when an object de...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bagging device to continuously and mainly bag long vegetables such as long welsh onion and edible burdock. SOLUTION: A roll in which a resin film is folded into two in the longitudinal direction and wound in a roll, is turnably supported by a support part of a frame. A transfer space 3 in which the resin film (a) to be delivered from the roll A is transferred dow...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the differential case structure for differential gear, of which differential case main body and of which differential cap can be easily worked and in which the number of part items is reduced and which has excellent assembling property. SOLUTION: This structure is formed of a differential case main body 2 built-in with gear mechanism and a differential cap 10 for c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively supply the oil to a mechanical differential lock mechanism provided in a fluid coupling unit for differential limitation. SOLUTION: A casing 7 of a coupling member 6 as a fluid coupling unit is fixed to a flange part 5a of an output shaft 5 so as to form a nearly cup- shaped first casing. A peripheral end of a nearly rid-shaped second casing 8 is screwed with t...

In a tire mold having a pair of mold parts separable about cooperating surfaces of the respective mold parts which define a parting line region, each of the mold parts includes a surface defining at least a portion of a cavity for shaping a tire. The tire mold further includes a plurality of pockets for defining a respective plurality of circumferentially arranged tread elements in the tire. The i...

PCT No. PCT/FR95/01551 Sec. 371 Date May 23, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date May 23, 1997 PCT Filed Nov. 23, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/15698 PCT Pub. Date May 30, 1996A device for sanitary treating a sleeping mattress and more particularly a spring mattress and including an internal free volume (18) delimited by upper (12) and lower (14) faces and by a peripheral lateral strip (16). The springs (20) are dispos...

This invention is for a new decorative hair ornament, a braidlet, and a method to attach it to one's hair. The braidlet is a tube-like device that covers the ends of braids and also allows for further ornamentation to be hung from the tubes. This invention adds another option for both men and women trying to style or decorate their hair. The versatility of the ornamentation allows for it to be eas...

A system and method of electroslag refining of metal is taught. The system and method includes the introduction of unrefined metal into an electroslag refining process in which the unrefined metal is first melted at the upper surface of the refining slag. The molten metal is refined as it passes through the molten slag. The refined metal is collected in a cold hearth apparatus having a skull of re...

The ultrasonic tracking control effects that a pacemaker going ahead is automatically tracked by an automotive vehicle at a predetermined distance. To this end, a control unit (13) of the vehicle (10) is equipped with two ultrasonic units (F1,F2) comprising a transceiver device for ultrasonic signals each. The pacemaker going ahead carries a second control unit (14) with a transponder (S) respondi...

A bag buffer is applied to a bag, the bag buffer consisting of two plates, springs, and a sponge, the springs and the sponge being disposed between the two plates, such that the bag buffer can effectively buffer outside shocks to protect articles contained in the bag as well as to easily carry and use the articles.

A sensor dispensing instrument is adapted to receive a generally circular sensor pack containing a plurality of blood glucose sensors. Each of the sensors are disposed in sensor cavities, each of which is in fluid communication with a corresponding desiccant cavity and has a support wall that assists in directing the sensor as its being ejected from the cavity. The sensor pack is loaded on an inde...

A device for carrying a bottle of liquid over a shoulder consisting of a flat base with a first portion oval shaped and a second portion formed with a "U" shaped hole having a larger opening beginning at the outer edge and diminishing in size towards the middle of the base. The two ends each have a hole formed therein and a cord is strung through each of the end holes and joined with a clamp to fo...

A forearm postal tray is an aid for the sorting and delivery of articles of mail and the like and comprises an arch braced member for setting on a user's forearm by a securing strap. A tray plate is rotatably and selectively connected to the arched brace member by a screw. The tray plate has an end wall along a portion of its length and a side wall along a portion of its width, such that articles ...

A tool support apparatus is provided for supporting a hand-held tool, particularly a pneumatic tool, connected to a line, such as a pneumatic line, from a waistbelt of a user of the tool. The tool support apparatus includes a holder attachable to a waistbelt and a pivotally movable support plate attached to the holder. The support plate defines a recessed and open-sided passage therethrough for re...

A board game is provided having a generally rectangular game board including an undulating bottom surface defining parallel valleys having a part cylindrical shape and formed about parallel axes extending transversely of the board. Ball player assemblies are mounted to rotate about respective ones of the parallel axes, and slidable axially so that a game player can move the ball player into positi...

A sole-retaining or boot-retaining system for ski bindings, snowboard bindings and the like. A cable release arrangement is provided to ergonomically move a sole-retaining or boot-retaining member between a closed or "clamped-in" position, wherein the sole or boot is secured to the binding and an open or "release" position, wherein the sole or boot is releasable from the binding.

Apparatus and methods for making uniformly-sized and predictably-spaced droplets or solid microspheres from high-temperature or other liquids. Liquid droplet generators having electromechanical driving elements are coupled to a power supply to apply pulsed excitation forces through a wall of a delivery tube to a liquid, e.g., a liquid metal, epoxy, or polymer. The excitation forces generated by th...

A polyester film having low electrostatic and high adhesion properties and having formed on at least one side thereof a primer layer which has a softening point of 100 DEG to 170 DEG C. and essentially consists of (1) water-dispersible polyester resin containing, as a copolymer component, a sulfonic acid metal salt group-containing compound in an amount of 0.01 mol % or more and less than 0.5 mo...

Extrudable compositions comprising a thermoplastic polyester continuous phase, a thermoplastic polyolefin discrete phase, and a polyester-polyether, diblock, compatibilizer are disclosed. Voided films made from the composition are also disclosed. The voided films have paper-like texture and appearance.