An improved electromagnetic actuator of the type comprising (a) a first assembly (12); (b) a second assembly (20) movable relative to the first assembly (12) along an axis of relative movement (30) in response to a command signal, the second assembly (20) comprising magnetic flux source means (44) for defining radially directed flux both in an inward and outward direction relative to the axis of r...

PURPOSE:To ensure excellent running property and to relax a speed change shock, by a method wherein according to the speed change motion of an automatic speed change gear executed based on an engine load state and the change in a running speed of a vehicle, a correction amount by means of which a speed change shock is relaxed is differed from each other for setting. CONSTITUTION:An engine A and an...

PURPOSE:To improve cycle efficiency of a combined cycle power generation plant by reducing the quantity of steam consumed when the blade of a gas turbine part is cooled by steam. CONSTITUTION:A cooling steam pipe 14 is provided, which is forked out of a confluence between a high pressure steam pipe 15 from a first superheater HPSH-1 and an auxiliary steam pipe 16, to be connected to the blade of a...

A tracheal tube 1 has an extruded suction lumen (16, figure 3) extending along its length on the outside curvature of the tube. The suction lumen (16) opens internally to the main lumen 14 through one or a series of holes 61, which increase in size towards the patient end 11 of the tube. Towards the machine end of the tube (12, figure 1), the suction lumen (16) is connected to a suction source (3,...

A bearing assembly for guiding yarn 14 is mounted on a fixed shaft 4 and comprises an inner rotatable annulus 6, which is free to rotate about the shaft by means of rolling elements 8, and an outer rotatable annulus 10, which is free to rotate about the inner annulus by means of rolling elements 12. The outer annulus may carry teeth to grip the yarn. The assembly has a low starting torque.

PCT No. PCT/NO95/00119 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 13, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 13, 1997 PCT Filed Jul. 3, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/01181 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 18, 1996The pressure compression mould for the production and/or revulcanisation of tires forms a hollow space where the pressure and the temperature can be regulated. Each sidewall of the compression mould is designed with an elastic and flexible annu...

The proposal is for unsaturated fatty substances with improved cold behavior obtained by (a) transesterifying a new low stearic (LS) sunflower oil with an oleic acid content of over 85 wt. % and a stearic acid content of under 3 wt. %, and (b) hydrogenating the resultant methyl esters in the prior art manner into the corresponding unsaturated fatty alcohols in the iodine number range from 90 to 10...

A hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle, including an engine (12) operated by combustion of a fuel, a first motor/generator (16), a distributing mechanism (20) for mechanically distributing an output of the engine to the first motor/generator and an output member (18, 60), a second motor/generator (22) whose rotary force is transferred to a power transmitting path between the output member and a...

A motor with a gear reducer includes a housing, a stator secured to the housing and having an inner periphery thereof defining a central space therein, and a rotor formed of a magnet material and rotatably fitted in the central space of the stator. The rotor has an axial through hole formed therein in coaxial relation to an axis of rotation of the rotor. An output shaft is connected through a gear...

The apparatus comprises an elongate, flexible separation chamber (51) receivable in a slot (46) of a rotor, so that rotation of the rotor causes separation of a fluid, supplied through an inlet port (51a) to the chamber (51), in regions (104,106) along opposite walls (50d,50e) of the chamber. Each component is removed through a corresponding outlet port (51b,51c). One of the outlet ports (51c) is ...

PCT No. PCT/GB93/02671 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 9, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 9, 1994 PCT Filed Dec. 30, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/16466 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 1994.This invention relates to apparatus for assembling battery plates and includes mould, generally indicated at 10 which defines a pair of ducts 11, 12 which supply respective sets of mould cavities 13, 14 via weirs 15. Each feed duct 11,12 has a ...

The shift quality of an automated mechanical transmission (10) is improved and transmission wear is reduced by controlling the armature current of the motor driving the transmission shifting mechanism (22). The current is monitored by a microcontroller (16) to determine if the shifting mechanism has encountered a snag or has stalled during a shift operation. The microcontroller (16) is programmed ...

Lead dioxide residues on conducting surfaces are advantageously removed by cathodic reduction. A new lead dioxide layer can be directly applied to the surface thus cleaned by cathodic oxidation.

A slag defoaming composite, comprising a carbon source, a source of exothermic material, such as aluminium, and a dense inert granular material, such as calcium silicate. A binder is also optionally provided. The composite is preferably in briquette or pellet form, and is selected to have a density sufficient to penetrate the slag layer during processing.

The utility model relates to a windpower generator. The utility model is characterized in that a wind wheel arranged on a base frame is parallel in radial direction to horizontal surface and a wind wheel shaft is connected with the generator by a transmission system. The generator of the utility model can increase the diameter of the wind wheel, increase generated energy and thus keep the body sta...

The heat-absorbing paint consists of heat-absorbing material and adhesive, in which the heat-absorbing material is comprised of carbon black, manganese dioxide, lithopone, titanium dioxide, lead powder, calcium chloride, zinc powder. The said adhesive is sodium silicate. The heat efficiency of the paint reaches 70%. The working life is longer than 10 years. The cost is low.

A method used in conjunction with a yarn splicing device having a pneumatic splicing chamber, a compressed air line connecting the splicing chamber to a source of compressed air, an electromagnetic splicing valve disposed within the compressed air line and having two transitional positions (open and closed) for controlling delivery of the compressed air to the splicing chamber, and a control unit ...

PURPOSE:To realize a storage element suppressing the increase of a storage element number even if the storage capacity of a storage device increases. CONSTITUTION:A first transistor Q1 having a first and second gate electrodes G1 and G2 is provided. The second transistor Q2 controlling the storage of a charge is provided in the second gate electrode G2. The second gate electrode G2 stores the posi...

The invention is achieved by a polyurethane that is the reaction product of 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), poly(oxyethylene)glycol (PEG), and 1,4-butane diol (BDO). The equivalents of each reactant in the polyurethane is 4:1:3. Polyethylene glycol 1450 is preferred. The amount of hard segment (made up of chain extender and MDI) is about 46 weight percent. The polymer is unusually tough a...