An expandable composition of a solid synthetic vulcanizable elastomer of ethylene/higher alpha-olefin/nonconjugated diene copolymer or polychloroprene, a blowing agent, and a curing agent for the elastomer, said composition containing from about 5-25% based on the weight of total polymer of an ionomer resin which is an ethylene polymer containing at least about 50 mole percent ethylene and bearing...

In a method of sensing the position of a neutral particle, the particle is received in one of two spaced parallel cathode arrays, each of which comprises a plurality of metal strips arranged adjacent and edge to edge, the strips in one array being orthogonal to the strips of the other array, and the metal of which the strips are formed being such that a neutral particle is converted to a fast elec...

PURPOSE:To ensure the power transmission for the forward and backward movements of a vehicle by a method wherein retainers to engage and disengage a pivoting casing with an axle side is made possible to be held at the neutral position by means of neutral holding members in the titled unit suitable for a four-wheel-drive car. CONSTITUTION:In the titled differential unit 10, the driving rotation of ...

PURPOSE:To facilitate the starting of an engine and improve its fuel efficiency, by providing a first memory unit which is put in a set state by the operation of a brake and the stopping operation of the engine and is put in a reset state by its accelerating operation, and a second memory unit which is put in a reset state within a prescribed time after the starting of the engine. CONSTITUTION:W...

In a V-belt type continuously variable transmission for vehicles, the line pressure is supplied to a hydraulic servo system of the output pulley, while the pressure to a hydraulic servo system of the input pulley is regulated by a torque ratio control device. The torque ratio control device of the invention comprises an electric control circuit receiving input signals of the vehicle running condit...

A method of and an arrangement for wrapping a strip segment of resilient material round a take-up device having an outer peripheral surface in which the strip segment of resilient material is advanced toward the take-up device at a travelling speed which is substantially equal to the rotational speed of the outer peripheral surface of the take-up device while the front or rear end portion of the s...

PURPOSE:To ensure an image of the whole body along with a smaller size by effectively combining the lengthwise movement of the top board and the rotary and straight movement of a detector. CONSTITUTION:Information on transverse condition or the like concerning the body of a patient 2 placed on the top board 3 is inputted to a data processor which computes the total rotary position, the arm rotary ...

To splice a break in a doubled yarn where, at a spinning station, two yarns of different types are spun simultaneously and are doubled together for winding, they are cut automatically at the doubling point when a break is regisitered in one of the components. The yarn sections are caught by a suction unit and are sepd. without laying in the doubling guide, to be passed to separate splicing station...

A method for the manufacture of lead-acid batteries and associated apparatus and a lead-acid battery design resulting therefrom is disclosed. The method involves providing a battery grid and pasting the grid with a battery paste such that a profiled and tapered battery plate is formed. This battery plate is wrapped onto a coil and cured in curing apparatus. A battery element is formed using coils ...

PURPOSE:To find easily a fault of a switch, by providing the switch between a gate which operates on time-division basis and the input port of a signal processing part, and checking a switch for input between the gate and a diode for display. CONSTITUTION:A microcomputer 1 outputs signals 100 and 200 as digit outputs D1 and D2 and also outputs an L-level signal 300 from segment outputs (a), (b)- (...

A process for producing an easily slippable film of an aromatic polyester, which comprises applying in a thin film form an aqueous dispersion or emulsion composition containing a self-crosslinkable polyurethane, a pulverulent surface-roughening substance having an average particle diameter of not more than about 1 micron and as required, a lubricant substance to at least one surface of an aromatic...

PURPOSE:To enhance efficiency at the time of gathering a shock wave to a focus and calculus destructing efficiency by arranging a large number of shock wave generators to generate shock waves so as to provide a timewise shift. CONSTITUTION:A calculus destructing apparatus is constituted of a plane A having (n) shock wave generators P1, P2...Pn and a focus F. A perpendicular is drawn to the plane A...

Apparatus and method for inspecting the finish of transparent containers, particularly glass containers, which include facility for directing diffused light energy laterally through the container finish as the container is rotated about its central axis. A camera includes a plurality of light sensitive elements disposed in a linear array angulated with respect to the container axis to view the ext...

La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'appui, sur un ski 3, de la partie antérieure de la semelle d'une chaussure 2 qui se déplace latéralement lors d'un déclenchement d'une fixation de sécurité 4 maintenant l'avant de la chaussure sur le ski.

Ce dispositif est caractérisé en ce que deux rampes transversales antérieure 17 et postérieure 18 ont une forme telle que la distance entre...

The end of the bed (3) is articulated and is stored in a cupboard (1). It has rollers (6) near the its top end which move along tracks (4) on the cupboard which are inclined from the floor towards the back (5) and are then vertical. Rollers (25), fixed to a drawer (8), move the bed along the floor and retract for storage. The bed is moved out or into the cupboard by a cable (10) which runs over a ...

A process for preparing an integral skin foam having an average density of 0.3-0.9 g/cm<3> by blow-reacting starting materials mainly comprising an isocyanate and a polyol in the presence of 3-20 % by weight, based on the total weight of the starting materials, of a freon-based blowing agent in a tightly closed mold maintained at 40-70 DEG C, wherein a mixture of polydiphenylmethane diisocyanates ...

A process for preparing an integral skin foam having an average density of 0.3-0.9 g/cm<3> by blow-reacting starting materials mainly comprising an isocyanate and a polyol in the presence of 3-20 % by weight, based on the total weight of the starting materials, of a freon-based blowing agent, in a tightly closed mold maintained at 40-70 DEG C, wherein the equivalent ratio of NCO/OH is controlled t...

PURPOSE:To improve stretch and deformation strength of a Nb3Sn superconductive wire by arranging reinforcing material in the center portion at the cross section of the wire. CONSTITUTION:A reinforcing material 8 made of a metal of excellent high temperature strength such as stainless steel is embedded in a stabilized copper 5. A diffusion barrier 6 of Nb or Ta is formed on outer surface of the cop...

PURPOSE:To produce the oxide superconducting thin film whose use is not limited by its shape and critical current density with high mass-productivity at a low cost by interposing an oxide layer having a specified composition between the oxide superconducting thin films on a single crystal Si wafer substrate. CONSTITUTION:The layer of one kind of oxide among ZnO2, Al2O3, MgO, SrO and CaO is formed ...

The granular powder of a melt processable fluorine-containing resin which is an agglomerate comprising particles of the melt processable fluorine-containing resin having an average particle size of not more than 200 mu m and a tetrafluoroethylene polymer as a binder is described. The agglomerate has an average particle size of not more than 1000 mu m and a bulk density of not less than 0.3 g/cm3...