PURPOSE:To reduce a speed change shock, by controlling the pressure of oil by an electronic control unit with a 1-2 shift valve as left being held in a 2-speed side and gradually releasing a kickdown brake, in the case of an automatic transmission equipped with a gear transmission function. CONSTITUTION:If a speed change command from a 2-speed to a 1-speed is generated from an electronic control u...

PURPOSE:To enable stable acceleration by anticipating the synchronizing time of speed changer then modifying the speed change characteristic on the basis of the results. CONSTITUTION:If the selected stage of gear determined on the basis of the stepping of accelerator pedal 11 is lower than current stage, stepping of accelerator pedal 11 will cause an electronic controller 9 to control a speed chan...

Coatings, which act as barrier layers to inhibit migration of alkali metal ions from a glass surface and/or act as colour suppressing underlayers for overlying infra-red reflecting or electrically conducting layers, are deposited by pyrolysis of a gaseous mixture of a silane, an unsaturated hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide on a hot glass surface at a temperature of 600 DEG C to 750 DEG C.

A method and a device for cutting gas concrete employing cutting wires (35), whereby, in order to decrease shocks and vibrations, and in order to cut blocks of gas concrete more rapidly and with a finer surface structure, said wires (35) are guided and driven separately from one another in such a way that they are guided in their lengthwise direction relative to a cutting frame (14) and that they ...

The invention relates to an electrical battery comprising a container (1) divided into cells in which are housed plates and separator assemblies (3), each cell comprising an anchorage (9) for the connecting bridges (4) which join the plates of the same polarity, the anchorage (9) serving to support the bridge (4) so avoiding the risk of breakage and a fixing member (8) having wedge-shaped columns ...

A procedure and facility for the detection and evaluation of surface cracks in workpieces (1) in which use is made of an image pick-up camera (3) to take a picture of the workpiece surface pretreated with the aid of the magnetic powder or dye penetration method and/or contrast intensification means, digitise it and process it with a computer (8) in such a way that a binary image is produced of any...

PURPOSE:To improve the antifouling effect for a liq. hydrocarbon heat exchanger, by mixing a particular alkyl- or alkenylsuccinimide with a polyalkyl methacrylate. CONSTITUTION:An alkyl- or alkenylsuccinimide (A) having a hydrocarbon group of 300-5000 in MW is obtd. by reacting an alkyl- or alkenyl-substd. succinic acid (anhydride) (a) having a hydrocarbon group of 300-5000 in MW with a polyalkyle...

An improved process for controlling desired product distribution in fluidized catalytic cracking of olefins is provided wherein riser reactor temperature profiles are controlled by means of atomized quench streams provided downstream of the hydrocarbon feedstock charge level.

PURPOSE:To remove efficiently nitrogen compd. and oxygen compd. from a light hydrocarbon by using a silica/alumina carrying a rare earth metal as an absorbent. CONSTITUTION:A light hydrocarbon obtd. by cracking a petroleum or coal heavy oil, especially a 4-10C paraffin, olefin, etc., is brought into contact with an adsorbent consisting of an amorphous silica/alumina (the alumina content is pref. 1...

A process for the isomerization of C4-C6 paraffins with good stability and high conversion that uses a highly active catalyst to isomerize the feed (10) in the presence of very little hydrogen (14) which is selected so that the hydrogen to hydrocarbon mole ratio of the effluent (46) is 0.05:1 or less, and hydrogen is not recycled. Continued operation at low hydrogen concentrations in the reaction ...

A single optical fibre (9) transports the excitation energy for the photosynthesis and for the fluorescence and the return signals, and a selective system (33) makes it possible to separate the excitation energy from the return signal.

The invention relates to an externally controlled, lockable differential gear 8, whose friction arrangement 21 can be loaded via a selectively operable rotary drive 32, via a compression ring. To this end, a positioning ring 29, which can be driven by an electric motor 33 via a pinion 35, is provided which causes an axial displacement of the compression ring 28. The compression ring 28 is itself a...

Diamond abrasives with a narrow grain size distribution and isotropic shape can be produced in a simple and economical manner by a process for the production of abrasives of single crystal or polycrystalline diamond, which comprises synthesizing a diamond film by a gaseous phase synthesis method, subjecting the resulting diamond film to an etching treatment in an atmosphere containing oxygen and p...

A moulded article of polyacetal is made rough on the surface by etching with an acidic solution of a compound selected from an amine compound, an amide compound, a thiourea compound, a quinoline compound, a thioether compound, a thiol compound and an acetylene compound.

Polyester fiberfill having spiral crimp that is randomly-arranged and entangled in the form of fiberballs with binder fibers, preferably with a minimum of hairs extending from the surface of the fiberballs, so as to be air-transportable on account of the low cohesion between the balls. A process for making such fiberballs by repeatedly air-tumbling small tufts of such fiberfill/binder/blend agains...

Logging equipment for use in a borehole has a sensor such as an ultrasonic sensor, oriented radially towards the wall of the borehole and rotatable in one direction during measurement about the longitudinal axis of the equipment. In order to allow the sensor to be recalibrated downhole, the equipment also includes a target which is automatically brought face to face with the sensor upon reversal o...

The present invention provides: (a) a method for producing a poly(arylene sulfide)(PAS) resin composition: (b) a PAS resin composition produced by the inventive resin composition production method; (c) a method which utilizes the inventive PAS resin composition in the production of a continuous fiberreinforced composite; and (d) a PAS composite produced by the inventive composite production method...

A human resources management aid system for a retail outlet comprises: at least one detector for counting the number of people entering the retail outlet; means (40) for determining the number of people waiting at each cash desk; a computer (6) with a first storage means (17) for information concerning a mathematical model of queue variations, and a second storage means (12, 16) for the variables ...

PCT No. PCT/AT92/00080 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 23, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 23, 1993 PCT Filed Jun. 24, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/00209 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 1993.A method for impregnating a flat, fibrous substrate penetrated by a low viscosity, fluid synthetic resin, the substrate web 1 being preheated by known device 2 and thereupon being made to pass over a friction roller 3 which is heated where cal...