PURPOSE:To decrease a cost with structure simplified by providing a motor current detecting part and a clutch on-off discriminating part discriminating a clutch for whether it is on or off from a control mode when a detected motor current increases to not less than a predetermined value. CONSTITUTION:As a clutch on-off control system, a DC motor 8 connects to its circuit a current detecting resist...

PURPOSE:To optimize a starting control by detecting release from the time of starting an off-control of a clutch, placed in a transfer from its connection condition to release condition, to the point of time an input speed of the clutch decreases less than its output speed and, correcting a clutch connecting speed at the time of starting in accordance with a time of this release. CONSTITUTION:In d...

PURPOSE:To set the lapse of time for a speed change in good accuracy in response to a condition in that time by providing a means detecting the speed change time from a command of speed change to its end and a correcting means changing a preset value of the lapse of time for the speed change being based on the speed change time detected in the detecting means. CONSTITUTION:A drive shaft speed such...

PURPOSE: To shorten response time and to improve efficiency of a magnetic circuit by forming a magnet armature as a thin plate strip circularly wound and forming an armature slit by placing two thin plate strip end surfaces with an interval from each other. CONSTITUTION: A connecting pipe 1 is provided on a fuel injection valve. A magnet coil 3 is arranged on a central end part 2 below the connect...

A system and apparatus for accurately delivering rubberized sheets from a supply, roll of stock material containing an intervening liner to an assembly station for subsequent assembling into an air spring or similar article of manufacture by eliminating the heretofore formation of a "free loop" therein. The supply roll and a liner take-up reel are rotatably mounted on a carriage transversely movab...

A multi-looped cane retaining strap arranged to be releasably connected to a cane user's wrist and a cane, includes a wrist portion and a flexible cord attached to one another by a swivel device. The wrist portion includes a molded body with a transverse slot formed at one end and a soft flexible strip of material attached at the other end. The flexible material is inserted through the transverse ...

A combined book cover and book carrier includes straps that are movably mounted on a body to accommodate books of varying size and handles that include extension straps so the cover and carrier can be carried in the user's hand, on his wrist, over his shoulder or on his back.

The invention relates to a device for sampling and analyzing blood. It comprises an auto-pricker (1), a magazine (2) for strips, these strips comprising a reactive zone, and a reflectometer (6). Moreover, the magazine (2) is integral with the auto-pricker (1) and the device comprises means (7, 8) enabling the reflectometer (6) and the auto-pricker (1) to be made integral at rest.

A method and apparatus for inspecting a transparent container having a defect on the container bottom by monitoring and analyzing the light energy transmitted through the container bottom. A source of diffused illumination is provided to direct the diffused illumination through the container bottom for monitoring the light energy by camera. The diffused illumination is arranged to be directed in i...

The invention relates to a device for inspecting the upper surfaces of successive objects, for instance the mouth (10) edges of glass bottles (3) carried by a conveyor belt (2) and guided thereby past the device, which device is provided with an optical system, comprising: a lighting system with a light source (16) for lighting an upper surface of each object, and an optical imaging system (20) fo...

A vision system provides an apparatus and method for obtaining an image of a manufacturing apparatus that is electrically controllable. The vision system has a video bus that transmits the actual pixel value synchronized with a pixel clock, frame and line strobes which are used to synchronized each unit of the vision system, a field index bit, and provision for a pixel valid bit are included. A gr...

Improvement in the cetane number of gas oils from visbreaking by bringing the said gas oils into contact either with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a carboxylic acid or with a percarboxylic acid in the presence or absence of hydrogen peroxide.

PURPOSE: To efficiently control access to memories for competed requests by permitting first and second address generation means to control access to data storage memories and a control storage memory. CONSTITUTION: A memory access controller 178 is connected to the first and second address generation devices 170 and 176 and controls access to the data storage memories 13a and 13b and the control ...

Selected regional trunking systems are equipped with telephone interconnect capability and provided with local computers (106), which communicate with a national hub computer (110). At each selected trunking system, several IDs are reserved as "roaming IDs" to be temporarily assigned to roaming subscribers (112). When a subscriber determines that it has roamed into a new trunked system, it request...

A surgical cutting blade for use in an electrosurgical scalpel includes a thin flat ceramic substrate having a rounded tip where the edge portion of the substrate on the opposed major surfaces thereof are beveled. A pattern of metallization is provided on the opposed major surfaces of the blade substrate with the metallization extending over the tapered portions. The substrate is then back-ground ...

A microwave traveling-wave production element produces diamond using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The production element includes a waveguide of a specified length and cross section designed to operate in a specified microwave transmission mode. A microwave oscillator mounted at one end of the waveguide provides microwave energy to the waveguide at a specified frequency for operating...

A plural substrate CVD apparatus for diamond crystal production utilizes spaced apart vertical, parallel, planar substrate panels with an electrical (direct current, D.C.) resistance filament heater therebetween. A hydrogen-hydrocarbon gas mixture flows between panels to come into contact with the heater and the panels to cause diamond crystal nucleation and growth on the substrate panels. The app...

A normally closed check valve has an ephemeral seal on the entry side thereof which blocks fluid flow through the check valve at pressure differentials acting across the check valve which would normally open the check valve and cause fluid flow to occur through the check valve. The ephemeral seal is a high viscosity material which when heated to a temperature well above the normally encountered am...

The hot-gas cooling plant has a gas outlet line releasably connected between the radiant cooler and the convection cooler. The gas outlet line is curved to extend from an upper region of the radiant cooler to the top end of the convection cooler. Flange connections are used to connect the gas outlet line to the pressure vessels of the coolers. Cooling tubes are also provided within the gas outlet ...

A polyimide surface is pretreated in preparation for an adhesion promotion treatment and subsequent metallization on the surface, wherein the pretreatment comprises the steps of: (A) contacting the polyimide surface with an aqueous solution of nitric acid having a concentration of about 35 to about 70% by weight or an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid having a concentration of about 10 to ab...