To control an automatic step-wise transmission system of a vehicle including a vehicle engine, the controlling steps include: acquiring real throttle-valve opening degree data of the vehicle engine; checking whether or not conditions of the vehicle engine are in a start-up status when the real throttle-valve opening degree data is acquired; calculating a difference between the real throttle-valve ...

In an apparatus for controlling a vehicle with an automatic transmission which includes a gear transmission and a clutch and is responsive to the operation of a selector and an acceleration member, the selector has a special position and a low-speed running mode is allowed when the special position is selected. During the low-speed running mode, the vehicle can be driven even when the amount of op...

PURPOSE:To automatically decelerate even during non-working period by operating deceleration when the value of engine load is larger than the set value during operation, and by operating deceleration when the increasing ratio of engine load is larger than the set value during non-operation, based on the information from a working condition detecting means. CONSTITUTION:Whether a working car is in ...

PURPOSE:To perform formation without inflicting the deterioration of a film substrate and the pollution of a forming liquid by constituting at least one face of a forming liquid holding container with a film substrate face stored with an electrode plate group. CONSTITUTION:A box-shaped forming liquid holding container 8 constituted of three bottom side faces stuck with a rubberlike sticking member...

PURPOSE:To prevent the stratification of an electrolyte without reducing the discharge capacity by mainly using the powder with the average grain size 200mum or above for the powder to be filled, and providing a powder layer with the average grain size 100mum or below at least at one or more places in the powder. CONSTITUTION:The powder with the average grain size 200mum or above is mainly used fo...

An X-ray computer tomography system with a ring anode and substantially without mechanically moving parts for the production of fast image slices from the inside of an object is improved in such a way that a detector ring is comprised of two adjacent parallel partial detector rings of substantially equal size, whereby the detector ring is arranged within and coplanar to the anode ring. The two par...

A continuous sheet separating apparatus comprises in a front area (4) of a depleting pile (1) a number of receiving means (3) which are distributed over the sheet breadth and can be moved into the pile area such that a front edge (15) of said depleting pile (1) is not lowered by the thickness of support (5) when this is removed to merge a new pile (2). The receiving means may be tapered flat membe...

A motor vehicle transmission system (100), for use on a motorcycle, for example, includes a sensor (23) for detecting a direction in which a shift pedal (22) is operated for an upshift or a downshift, a torque direction sensor (24) for detecting a direction in which the torque is transmitted between an engine (103) and a drive wheel (104), and an engine output power control assembly (25, 21, 18; 2...

Composition for and method of stimulating growth of plants, e.g. increase in crop production. The composition comprises a carbon skeleton/energy component, typically a sugar or mixture of sugars; a macronutrient component providing the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium, preferably also magnesium and sulfur; a micronutrient component providing zinc, iron and manganese, preferably...

A method of membrane separation under perstraction conditions of a lube oil distillate is disclosed which produces a retentate rich in non-aromatics hydrocarbons and alkyl aromatic and a permeate rich in multi-ring aromatics. The recovered retentate is similar to a solvent extracted raffinate but possesses a higher concentration of alkyl-single ring aromatics. The membrane separation process is hi...

The invention relates to a dental amalgam capsule (10) arranged to contain mercury in a first compartment (16) and dental alloy powder in a second compartment (18), a conduit (28) being provided so that amalgam can be dispensed by a pusher rod (66) directly from the capsule (10) into a cavity in a tooth.

A lead acid cell having unitized positive and negative electrodes positioned within a container such that the respective edges of the positive electrode are spaced apart from the edges of negative electrode. The electrodes are each made up of at least one plate having a major surface with a composition thereon for imparting a negative or positive polarity. The plates of each electrode have first a...

An article moulded from a liquid crystal polyester is treated on its surface by bringing the article comprising a liquid polyester resin composition composed of a melt-processable polyester capable of forming an anisotropic melt phase and at least one inorganic filler selected from the group consisting of the Group II elements of the periodic table and oxides, sulfates, phosphates, silicates, and ...

PURPOSE:To form the projector to a smaller size and lighter weight and to obtain a projected image which is higher in grade and is uniform by providing a plate member which is adhered or press-welded to the rear surface of an active matrix substrate and has the thermal conductivity higher than the thermal conductivity of the active matrix and a mechanism for cooling the plate member by the forced ...

PURPOSE:To mold a stable product having no deformation by a method wherein the stress in the green rubber filled in a filler forming space is relaxed by once opening the filler forming space and, after that, remainder of green rubber is injected under no pressure in the filler forming space and then pressurized and dwelled for a certain period of time. CONSTITUTION:Green rubber G is injected under...

PURPOSE:To improve quality by installing base plate-setting zone of vertical type and tubular solid raw material-setting zone in a reacting room, installing a heater controlling temperature distribution in the reacting room and introducing gas into the solid raw material-setting zone from outside. CONSTITUTION:Fixed pieces of glass base plates 10 facing in opposite directions with every two pieces...

PURPOSE:To prevent the corrosion of a petroleum oil refining apparatus or corrosion by acids and the harmful effect of neutralized salts in a petrochemical process by incorporating amines each having a prescribed base dissociation constant and a prescribed m.p. of formed hydrochloride. CONSTITUTION:This neutralizing agent for petroleum oil refining and a petrochemical process contains amines (n-pr...

An umbrella has a frame with a longitudinal axis and a cover overlies the frame. A headband 30 is provided for securing the frame to a users head and an extendable member 16 having a portion 12 thereof which is laterally disposed from the longitudinal axis is provided for eccentric support on the head of a user. Preferably, the umbrella additionally has a forwardly extending portion supported by r...

The framework comprises a first and a second frame connected to a fixed structure through a primary driving mechanism guiding the movements of the frames from a closed to an opened condition in which said frames are horizontally disposed in a coplanar relation. The primary driving mechanism is comprised of a first and second lever both pivoted to the fixed structure and interconnected through one ...

Polyurethane foam for filtering air in an I.C. engine intake filter is rendered sticky, to retain dust particles, by impregnating with an organo-phosphate which softens or plasticises the foam. The reagent is applied by spraying or dipping then squeezing and may be tris (2 chloroisopropyl)phosphate or a mixture of chlorinated paraffin with phosphoric acid. 2,2-bis (chloromethyl) 1,3-propanediyil t...