A method and apparatus for forming a non-woven pad (32) consisting of fibrous material (30) in which highly moisture-absorbent particles (39) are intermixed with the fibrous material (30) throughout a predetermined portion of the thickness of the non-woven pad (32). The non-woven pad (32) is formed atop a conveyor (18) moving through a chamber (12) which has a duct (20) connected to a source of va...

PURPOSE: To improve handling property and the ease of use by spatially separately arranging a roller and a storage tank and arranging a liquid transporting mans between the roller and the storage tank. CONSTITUTION: A device supporting base 23 is screwed and fixed to the bottom of a thread winder 5 and a device for applying thread oil is fixed thereto. The roller 1 is arranged between an inlet rin...

PURPOSE:To prevent the occurrence of a shock in a drive system and an engine stall. CONSTITUTION:A control device for an engine comprises clutch control means 101, 102, 103, and 104 which is operated to control a clutch to a given direct coupling state when, during deceleration of a vehicle, the number of revolutions of an engine exceeds a given value, but control the clutch to a non-direct coupli...

PURPOSE:To reduce the size of a control system to a comparatively lower value and to improve responsiveness of control and hysteresis characteristics, in a traction control device for a vehicle which is provided with a control unit to actuate a wheel brake for right and left drive wheels, connected to a power source through a differentiating device, when an excessive slip tendency occurs during ac...

PURPOSE:To bring the speed of a driven wheel into a rapidly stabilized state when shift operation of an automatic transmission is completed, in a traction control device for a vehicle which is operated to decrease the generation of drive torque of a drive wheel according to the excessive slip tendency of a drive wheel, coupled to a power source through an automatic transmission, detected during th...

PURPOSE:To prevent the bag opening from spreading and twist the opening to stabilize the heat-sealing, by providing a temporary sealing part for the bag opening to seal the nearly central part of a cylindrical film at the rear position of a rear seal and cutter. CONSTITUTION:When a cylindrical film 2B which has contained an article 19 and sealed at the upper part, reaches a rear seal and cutter 38...

PURPOSE:To prevent a container charged with powder from breaking and prevent the commercial value from lowering, by pinching a cylindrical sheet at the lower position of a welded part and discharging the powder upward, when welding the mutual inner faces of the cylindrical sheet material together at every distance. CONSTITUTION:A cylindrical sheet material 1 is put inside both lower heaters 7a, 7b...

PURPOSE: To provide a thread guide member which is provided with an outer layer of nitride and/or carbide of titanium or chromium with a specific thickness via a substrate with the electric resistance in a specific range, enables a person to visually recognize the surface condition and has a sufficient effective life. CONSTITUTION: A substrate layer 3, which is comparatively large in the peak-to- ...

PURPOSE:To provide a yarn knotting system capable of fastening yarn in a package in a stood and inserted state in a tray. CONSTITUTION:This yarn knotting system loosens a first winding loop of yarn end drawn out from a package P to form a loop, the yarn end reaching the package from the yarn end is made to pass through the loose loop to form a hook loop, the yarn part is further made to pass throu...

PURPOSE:To improve operating feeling and working efficiency by controlling an electronic governor control device for maintaining rotating speed of an engine at a constant level and a car speed transmission mechanism for gear shift-controlling car speed according to working load condition so as to maintain engine rotational speed at a constant level. CONSTITUTION:At the time of running working when...

PURPOSE:To provide a battery case for a storage battery in which short-circuit is hardly caused even if an active material falls off. CONSTITUTION:As a core lock projection part 6 is formed in the position 5mm or more lower than the height of a saddle 5 of a battery case in a storage battery case, a fallen active material can be accumulated in a space formed by a height difference between the sadd...

PURPOSE:To prevent expansion or deformation of a battery case caused by the large extension of an electrode plate in the use of a battery by U-shapedly projecting a part, of an electrode plate lug part in the lateral direction. CONSTITUTION:A lug part, 1 provided in the upper part of a group of positive and negative electrodes 2 is constructed so that its central part is U-shapedly projected in th...

PURPOSE:To provide a sealed lead acid battery excellent in performance at a low cost. CONSTITUTION:In a sealed lead acid battery, the part between plates and the periphery of a plate group are charged with granular silica, to hold an electrolyte by the plate, separator and the granular silica. A solution of previously dispersing the granular silica in dilute sufuric acid 3 is injected from a liqui...

Un pannello per vetratura (10) per controllare la trasmissione di luce secondo il suo angolo di incidenza sul pannello (10) comprende una pluralità di elementi paralleli (12) a forma di aletta di materiale sostanzialmente opaco inclusi in un foglio di materiale di matrice trasmettitore di luce (14). Gli elementi a forma di aletta (12) sono supportati dal materiale di matrice in corrispondenza di u...

An electrode-carrying catheter has elongate, flexible tubing defining a proximal end, a distal end, and an electrically insulative outer tubular layer intermediate the ends, the tubing including a flexible electrically conductive core of wire and a flexible non-conductive core-covering layer of plastic about the core. At least one electrically conductive ring electrode is crimped on and flush with...

A procedure for endoscopically removing a polyp utilizes an elongate tubular member having a cup-shaped web member at a distal end portion and an electrically conductive cauterization loop inserted through the tubular member. Upon insertion of an endoscope assembly into a patient, the distal end portion of the tubular member and the cauterization loop are ejected from the distal end of the biopsy ...

A low-density, open-cell flexible polyurethane foam body that is modified to impart resilience and enhanced shock-absorbency properties thereto. Modification is effected by implanting in the open cells of the body expandable microspheres having particle sizes in the micron range, each microsphere being formed by a gas proof polymeric shell encapsulating a drop of a liquid petroleum gas. The micros...

An electronic terminal (1) of the type employing a card reading device (12) mounted within the interior thereof accessible through an input port (10) formed in a wall (3) of the terminal (1). A shield (15) formed of an elastomeric material is mounted adjacent the input port (10) of the card reader (12) to prevent the entrance of debris into the interior (7) of the terminal (1). The shield (15) pro...

PCT No. PCT/CA94/00599 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 26, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 26, 1996 PCT Filed Nov. 7, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/12449 PCT Pub. Date May 11, 1995A method and apparatus for removing an air lock from the upstream side of a microfilter in a device for dispensing a sterile liquid from a storage container by forcing the liquid through a microfilter. The device include a first inlet passageway...

A twist-on attachment for laparoscopic port for withdrawal of smoke and other contaminants from a patient cavity during laparoscopic surgery to provide an atmosphere of enhanced air quality and improved visibility for the surgeon.