A line pressure (PL) is adjusted based on data which are updated after evaluation of an intertia phase time of a previous shifting in comparison with a predetermined value. Thus, during the next shifting of the same kind, a shifting friction device is engaged by the line pressure (PL) which has been properly adjusted, thus assuring shock-free shifting irrespectively of manufacturing variations and...

A method for inspecting the filled state of a plurality of via-holes which pass through a non-conductive circuit board and are filled with a conductive substance and an apparatus for carrying out the method are disclosed. The surface of the circuit board is illuminated in two directions to generate shadows depending on the concave or convex state of the fillers in a plurality of via-holes. An opti...

There is disclosed a method for foam control wherein the antifoam agent is an emulsion gelled silicone composition prepared by first dispersing a curable liquid organopolysiloxane composition in a liquid continuous phase to form an emulsion and then curing the liquid silicone organopolysiloxane in-situ to a gelled state. Preferred compositions of the present invention find particular utility in th...

A marker 10, 52, 78, 124, 144, 156, 188, 191, 214, 244, for use in radio frequency electronic article surveillance systems where the marker contains an inductive-capacitive resonant circuit and is made reversibly deactivatable and reactivatable by the addition of a piece of magnetic material 36, 46, 62, 64, 90, 92, 108, 110, 112, 114, 132, 134, 136, 138, 152, 180, 198, 204, 208, 212, 222, 224, and...

A printed circuit board assembly (10) comprising a support member (40) having an insulative top surface (42); a plurality of firmly adherent conductors (50) firmly secured to the top surface of the support member; at least one electrical module (20) having external contacts (30); and a plurality of controllably adherent conductors (60) each having a first end (60b) in electrical contact with a cor...

The invention relates to a procedure for assembling composite billets (2) of circular cross-section for the manufacture of multifilamentary superconducting wires, in which a cylindrical body (1) is filled with elementary polygonal bars (6) based on metal alloys or made of metal, characterised in that tooling rails (3, 4, 5) possessing at least one axis of symmetry of order n (a positive integer gr...

A door assembly includes a door having an aperture therein and a window frame mounted in the aperture. A glazing member is mounted in the frame which has recesses formed about the glazing member. A trim panel dimensioned to overlie the glazing member has opposed ends seated in opposed recesses of the frame, and a filler strip has an engagement portion seated in another one of the recesses and a re...

INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS Ink jet printing apparatus including a stationary print head assembly including a multiplicity of individually actuable ink jet printing modules and apparatus for transporting a substrate relative to and in operative spaced engagement with the stationary print head assembly for printing.

A method and apparatus for purifying contaminated water using a filtering medium, which is directed to preventing effectively clogging of the filtering medium. This object can be accomplished by forming water streams inside circulation passages divided and defined in a purification tank by water stream forming means, circulating the filtering medium inside the purification tank by the water stream...

A cloth hanger clip for holding a material, such as a curtain, screen or the like and connect it to a supporting wire, said clip (10) comprising an intermediate portion (13) having a resilient hook (11, 12 ) at each end. The first hook (11) defines a material holding space (15) and the second hook (12) defines a wire holding space (16 ). In order to safely fix the material in the material holding...

2100339 9212637 PCTABS00014 This invention relates to agriculturally acceptable compositions containing N-phosphonomethylglycine for use in killing or controlling weeds, to a method for killing or controlling weeds and to a process for preparing these compositions. The compositions are dry and water soluble and comprise N-phosphonomethylglycine, an acid acceptor and optionally a solid or liquid su...

2101266 9212690 PCTABS00014 A concentric mating stent tissue heart valve which is capable of being assembled with a variety of tissue sources is provided. A plurality of prefabricated kits are also provided which enable the valve to be assembled with autogenous tissue in the limited time, i.e., 10 minutes or less, available in the operating room. The inner stent (3) can be configured with a plural...

2078983 9212978 PCTABS00130 L'invention a pour objet des ligands de formule (I), dans laquelle B représente un groupe (.alpha.), W représentant le groupe (.beta. )) ou (.psi.) dans lesquels X et Z représentent un hétérocycle. L'invention a en outre pour objet les complexes mono- ou polymétalliques formés par ces ligands avec des ions métalliques choisis parmi les ions des lanthanides, les ions des...

In a process for the treatment of at least one mixture of solid and liquid waste substances which contains at least one metal such as Fe and/or compounds thereof, for example oxides, the mixture occurring in a condition in which it can be used at least only with difficulty, the mixture is at least extensively homogenised and mixed with at least one very fine-grain dry substance containing fly ash ...

Heating- and/or cooling baffle, shaped as panels (12) of that stroke which includes, at least a pipeline (13) for a heat-emiting or heat-absorbing flow medium, which pipeline is in heat conducting contact with, from this protruding, longitudinal flanges (14), whereby at least some of the panels are provided with transverse gill-shaped slits (15). A number of panels (12) along the side-edges of the...

Heating- and/or cooling baffle, shaped as panels (12) of that stroke which includes, at least a pipeline (13) for a heat-emiting or heat-absorbing flow medium, which pipeline is in heat conducting contact with, from this protruding, longitudinal flanges (14), whereby at least some of the panels are provided with transverse gill-shaped slits (15). A number of panels (12) along the side-edges of the...

A connection hold control system is adapted to a data communication system in which a data communication is alternately made between a first terminal and a second terminal and between the first terminal and a third terminal, where each of the first through third terminals is coupled to a communication network via a terminal adapter. The connection hold control system includes a hold part, provided...

An X-Y coordinate is set on a video image including a component sucked with a suction tube, then two horizontal reference lines parallel to the Y-axis having a first predetermined length which is shorter than the length of the component and intersecting with the video image of the component are detected, and two vertical reference lines parallel to the X-axis having a second predetermined length w...