PURPOSE: To selectively form a final upper winding part composed of a plurality of almost parallel yarn windings on the outer peripheral surface of a yarn winding body at the time of ending a winding process. CONSTITUTION: A yarn lifter 42 is movable between positions installed below and above a triangle traverse motion surface and is provided with a yarn catcher 46. The yarn catcher 46 catches th...

PURPOSE:To improve water repellency by coating the surface of the film of >=2 compds. selected from metal alkoxide compds. or metal acetyl acetonate compds. formed on a substrate with an F-contg. silane compd. CONSTITUTION:One or more kinds of the compds. are selected from the metal alkoxide compds., such as tetramethoxysilane, or the metal acetylacetonate compds., such as titan acetylacetonate. A...

PURPOSE:To smoothly remove a lap on a lap bobbin. CONSTITUTION:A conveyor 10, an air jet-type lap-removing unit 40 and a holding mechanism 20 are prepared. The holding mechanism 20 is fitted to a rocking arm 31 erected on a revolving shaft 32. This mechanism 20 holds a lap bobbin LB on the conveyor 10 and transfers it on the lap-removing unit 40 and then revolves through a motor 35; thereby, lap L...

PURPOSE:To improve the control precision by detecting the revolving speeds on the input/output sides of a fluid coupling transferring the output of an engine to an automatic transmission, and correcting the starting timing of the increase control of the engine output during the down shift in response to the difference beteen the revolving speeds. CONSTITUTION:When a hydraulic control circuit 150 i...

PURPOSE:To improve the control precision by detecting the revolving speeds of the input/output side members of a fluid coupling transferring the output of an engine to an automatic transmission, and correcting the control quantity to increase the engine output during the down shift in response to the difference between the revolving speeds. CONSTITUTION:The throttle valve 20 of an engine 10 is con...

PURPOSE:To provide a hybrid type automobile which is capable of shockless and stable operation when starting an engine during single operation of a motor CONSTITUTION:To start an engine, when engine rotational frequency NE1 becomes NE1 after a clutch ON signal being outputted at time t1, motor torque command value IM becomes IM1 from IM0. When engine rotational frequency becomes engine starting ro...

PURPOSE:To attain compactness and simplify constitution in the differential case structure of a differential gear in a transfer for an automobile by fitting the divided ends of a first and a second cases mutually in the overlapped state, and passing a differential pinion shaft through the overlapped parts to connect both cases. CONSTITUTION:A differential case 21 is of combined structure divided i...

PURPOSE:To reduce the inertia of a traveling power transmission system so as to smoothly carry out a shift operation by actuators by disposing a forward- to-reverse switching mechanism not within the traveling power transmission system but in another position, in the travel speed changing structure of a working vehicle wherein the shift operation of the traveling system is done by the actuators us...

PURPOSE: To attain correction adaptable efficiently to a pattern of the change of the transverse force of a waveform having a plurality of apexes, etc., by indexing a tire treated as circumferential-direction increments, and measuring a series of transverse forces in accordance with the increments. CONSTITUTION: A tire tread is indexed including upper and lower shoulder regions, as a series of cir...

A damage detection and evaluation system utilizes optical fibers to detect and assess damage to a structure. The optical fibers are intermittently etched in a controlled manner to weaken them so they fracture when a desired load is applied to the structure. Where visual inspection of the optical fibers is used to check for damage, a reference set of optical fibers is used. Where photodetection is ...

The present invention relates to a novel process for forming a plurality of thin metal matrix composite bodies. Particularly, an infiltration enhancer and/or an infiltrating atmosphere are in communication with a filler material or preform, at least at some point during the process, which permits molten matrix metal to spontaneously infiltrate the plurality of filler materials or preforms. Such sp...

A teeming spout has on its inside a plurality of picket-like metal segments (1) separated from one another by slots (2) and is externally surrounded by an induction coil (3). The bottom turn (7) of this induction coil (3) has a downwardly directed pitch equalization piece (8) which provides such that the field acts uniformly on the teeming stream from all sides and therefore it is not deflected.

Test carrier analysis system for analyzing a constituent of a body fluid, consisting of test carriers (2), code carriers (3) and an evaluation device (4). The test layers (5) of the test carrier (2) contain reagents whose reaction with the sample leads to a color change characteristic of the analysis in a detection layer. The code carriers (3) contain in machine-readable form an evaluation code wi...

A polyester film having on at least one side, a primer layer comprising a crosslinked product between (a) a polyurethane having (0.22-33)*10-4 gram equivalent/gram of resin, of at least one functional group selected from a carboxyl group and a salt group derived therefrom and (b) a polyepoxy compound, said crosslinked product containing (c) an antistatic agent composed mainly of a compound represe...

A process for preparing a cellular polymer containing perforated cell windows in the presence of a perforating agent being a substance that has a critical surface free energy of less than about 23 mJ/m2 is disclosed. The cellular polymers obtained according to this invention have a fine cell structure and show enhanced dimensional and thermal insulation stability. The invention also relates to rig...

A collector electrode and adjacent electric weld torch are placed at a selected distance from a work surface or substrate. An electric welding current is generated so that a welding current arc forms between the collector electrode and the weld torch. A feed metal is then fed into the welding current arc and is melted into molten metal adjacent to the collector electrode. The molten metal is then ...

An automated guided vehicle (AGV) control system which is downward compatible with existing guidewire systems providing both guidewire navigation and communication and autonomous navigation and guidance and wireless communication between a central controller and each vehicle. Autonomous vehicle navigation comprises travel over paths marked by update markers which may be spaced well apart, such as ...

PCT No. PCT/SG94/01246 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 18, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 18, 1996 PCT Filed Dec. 22, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/19856 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 27, 1985A driving device for a bending unit for bending-in an edge flange against a workpiece. The bending unit comprises a stand, supporting the driving device, a supporting surface for the workpiece and a linkage system, which supports a bending too...

There is provided a method of detecting minute foreign matter in the entire mass of fluid. Part of the passage for fluid is constructed of a transparent member. Light is emitted in a direction substantially parallel with the axis of the fluid passage so as to surround the passage. Light scattered by foreign matter in the fluid is observed from a direction substantially perpendicular to the directi...

PURPOSE: To travel a tractor for farming all around a firm by controlling its driving direction without previously driving bars or stakes as reference. CONSTITUTION: This direction controller includes a direction sensor CPS, at least one increased sensors GS and GD detecting a distance a vehicle travels and a calculating means(PROC) periodically deciding deviation to a side and horizontal deviatio...