An electromagnetic valve assembly is shown having an armature and armature-actuated valve member the mass of which is substantially less than the armature and which is not fixedly connected to the armature; upon electrical energization the armature first overcomes a restraining force and then travels a major part of its stroke before actuating the valve member, at a relatively high speed, thereby ...

PURPOSE:To obtain a good weld zone having no defect such as blowhole by superposing materials to be joined which are coated with coating materials on each other to provide a prescribed gap between each other thereby constituting a discharge passage for the gas of the coating materials gasified by laser welding. CONSTITUTION:A spacer 14 and a clamper 15 which are connected to cylinders 17, 18 and a...

A tire manufacturing process of the type which employs a reusable rubber or the like curing bag or bladder. The process includes deflating, between curing cycles of the tire manufacturing process, the curing bag or bladder; preventing oxygen bearing medium entering the curing bag or bladder; and supplying a non-reactive medium upstream of the curing bag or bladder to maintain the bag or bladder in...

The method for spacing the folds of a folded filter media assembly includes the steps of separating the folds of the filter media by the use of the tapered assembly comb having uniformly spaced teeth and subsequently inserting a rigid divider into the separated and spaced media folds to produce a uniformly spaced filter media. The comb can be discarded after the divider is inserted, and, according...

A sealant composition for the puncture-sealing tire and a method of producing the same are disclosed. This sealant composition is crosslinking-reaction type and comprises (A) at least one rubber, (B) a tackifier, (C) an acryloyl or methacryloyl group-containing polymerizable unsaturated compound, (D) a filler and (E) a photopolymerization initiator. In the production of the sealant composition, th...

An absorbent floor cleaning composition is disclosed comprising shreds of a hydrophilic, open-celled, solids-loaded polyurethane foam having an aqueous phase releasably absorbed therein. The composition is particularly effective to clean flooring fouled with oily or greasy soils.

A method and associated system for monitoring errors that occur in magnetic media storage read and write operations, for identifying uncorrectable errors and classifying them. In the system, a counter keeps track of specific locations of data blocks as well as the physical locations of the data recorded upon the media. When an error occurs in read or write operations that cannot be corrected by th...

HEEL HOLDER A heel holder for a ski binding includes a guide rail, a base plate movably supported on the guide rail, and an abutment which can be releasably secured to the guide rail. A thrust spring urges the base plate forwardly relative to the abutment. A sole holder and spring housing are pivotally supported on the base plate, the sole holder pivotally supporting a pawl and the spring housing ...

: The present invention relates to an interval counter for use in a microcomputer having a central processor. The interval counter is for timing the duration between successive input signals and is comprised of a receiver for storing a preset number corresponding to a preset time duration, a counter for periodically decrementing a count number in order to produce a timing indication when the count...

This invention teaches a method and apparatus for the determination of the weight of a moving vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine. The invention provides means for the determination of a value corresponding to the driving torque of the engine, and for the determination of an acceleration value corresponding to the acceleration of the vehicle. The measuring means are controlled in such ...

A filter medium comprising one fibrous web or a plurality of piled and integrated fibrous webs is provided. The web or webs are composed mainly of ultra-fine combustible synthetic fibers having a single fiber diameter of 0.1 to 1.5 mu . The constituent fibers in each web are entangled with one another in various directions and satisfy the following requirements: (i) the fiber packing ratio alpha ...

Compositions of matter, desirably in powder form, adapted for ready dispersion/dissolution in an aqueous medium, and which rapidly provide maximum viscosity values therefor, are comprised of an intimate admixture of a water soluble gum or polymer, a dispersion/dissolution enhancing amount of a water donor material, and, advantageously, an anionic and/or nonionic surfactant.

A method to prepare protein films from protein gels is disclosed which utilizes the process of osmosis to remove excess fluid from protein gels without destroying the structural integrity of the protein. The method is conducted by first preparing a protein gel in a solvent, then contacting the gel with one side of a semipermeable membrane permeable to the solvent in which the gel was prepared, nex...

Apparatus is provided for the production of atomized metal comprising a containment vessel having a sidewall terminating in a bottom plate through which atomizing gas and molten metal from a molten metal source external to said vessel enter said vessel through nozzle means sealed thereto. An air ingress port is provided in the vessel spaced from said bottom plate; the sidewall and bottom plate coo...

Moisture curable, foamable compositions, that do not slump appreciably in the uncured state when applied on a vertical surface, consist essentially of an RTV elastomeric composition, a liquified blowing agent and finely divided silica. The RTV elastomeric composition comprises the product obtained by mixing (1) at least two hydroxyl endblocked polymers selected from diorganosiloxane homopolymers a...

A process for producing poly(arylene sulfide) resin slurries exhibiting easier handling and improved performance properties suitable for coating, molding, etc. comprising mixing the polymer with a nonionic surfactant in the absence of a liquid diluent and then blending the resulting admixture with a reinforcing material in a liquid diluent.

The invention provides a speed changing apparatus for a working vehicle comprising branched transmission lines between an input shaft and an output shaft. Each of the transmission lines includes one or more synchromesh-type speed change gear mechanisms and one hydraulically operated clutch.

Flame-resistant molding compositions are prepared by adding at least one substance selected from the class consisting of (a) oxides or hydroxides of the rare earth metals, (b) graphite, or (c) precious metals or their compounds or complexes and mixtures of (a), (b) or (c) to a composition containing mixtures of organic polymers other than diorganopolysiloxanes and diorganopolysiloxanes. Although i...

Disclosed is a secondary air feed control device in an internal combustion engine having in its exhaust system a three way catalytic converter and an oxygen concentration detector. This detector provides a signal indicating that the total air-fuel ratio is smaller than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. The secondary air feed control device comprises a valve port through which the secondary air pa...