PURPOSE: To provide an X-ray device having wheels equipped with a cable deflector for preventing disturbance of wheel progression when striking on a cable lying down on the floor during the movement of the X-ray device. CONSTITUTION: It's made of frames 1, 3, 5 fixed to a base 13 having the wheels 19, 21 which make the device move on the surface of almost horizontal floor by carrying at least an X...

PURPOSE: To obtain a centrifuge which is less prone to vibration, lighter and less expensive to construct and enables stable operation by providing a rotatable conveyor, a central hub, a feed means for liquid to a bowl, a supporting rib attached to the surroundings of the central hub and a hilical conveyor flight. CONSTITUTION: A decanter centrifuge comprises a screw conveyor attached within a cen...

PURPOSE:To cope with the high speed rotation by installing a differential device which differentially operates for a main spindle which is rotationally driven, applying rotation to the differential device from an input shaft, taking out the rotation in a decelerated state from an output shaft and adjusting the rotation phase between the main spindle and the input shaft. CONSTITUTION:When a main sp...

PURPOSE: To optimize the unproductive motion time of holdfast beam after cutting, by detecting distance of a holdfast beam to an article when the holdfast beam descends onto a plate-shaped article to cut the same, and then ascends after the cutting, and stopping the ascending of the holdfast beam when a predetermined distance is detected. CONSTITUTION: In a Guillotine cutter where a holdfast beam ...

PURPOSE: To prevent the possibility for hands and legs to be injured by being caught in a holdfast beam, by detecting distance of the holdfast beam to an article when the holdfast beam descends, and reducing the pressing force of the holdfast beam when a predetermined distance is detected in a cutting machine where the holdfast beam is placed on a plate-shaped article to cut the article. CONSTITUT...

PURPOSE:To prevent wheels from slipping when an automobile is started and accelerated by controlling differential movement based on the critical drive torque of each wheel, and thereby restricting shock followed by the locking action of each differential gear at the time running. CONSTITUTION:A control unit 22 computes the critical, drive torque of each wheel. The critical drive torque actually me...

PURPOSE:To change the control gains of automobile control means based on characteristics applicable to running time out of a plurality of characteristics different in operational condition from the driver' points of view. CONSTITUTION:Data in a plurality of ways different in condition is extracted of a plurality of items on operational characteristics via data description cards 31 obtained from a ...

PURPOSE:To enhance the reliability in learning control by renewing learning data only when a vehicle is under a general operating condition with exception of particular operating conditions. CONSTITUTION:In learning data change judging process control, when the vehicle speed V is out of a specified vehicle speed range (40km/h<=V<=80km/h), or at the time of traveling at night (S41 : Yes) even when ...

PURPOSE:To dissolve the faults of learning control when the output performance of an engine and the operating characteristics of a driver are unstable at the time of changing the control gains of automobile control means using learning data. CONSTITUTION:Learning data is divided into general road data and express highway data so as to be accumulated, and when the control gains of the engine contro...

PURPOSE:To enhance start feeling and concurrently secure specified power performance by intensifying the function of an objective clutch pressure correcting section in proportion to the starting and advancing condition of a vehicle, and thereby controlling clutch pressure to a hydraulic clutch. CONSTITUTION:The gear shifting control device 76 which operates and controls a continuously variable tra...

PURPOSE:To facilitate the running operation with high speed forward and low speed backward by connecting a planet gear mechanism connected to a backward gear and a forward gear through a dog mechanism to a dog clutch to rotate a propeller shaft forward or backward. CONSTITUTION:A planet gear mechanism 17 is connected to a backing gear 15. The planet gear mechanism 17 and a forward gear 14 are sepa...

PURPOSE:To facilitate pre-load control and reduce the number of parts and cost by providing a pair of thrust bearings on the outer periphery of a fixed shaft coaxial with a driven shaft and attaching a transmitting element supported on the driven shaft to the outer ring of the bearing to cause the end face of the fixed shaft to abut against a casing body. CONSTITUTION:A shaft part 1 of a fixed sha...

PURPOSE: To provide a driving device for optimizing the follow-up control of stack sheet during print process and a control method therefor. CONSTITUTION: A high speed operation for loading/unloading sheets on/from a sheet stacking plate is required for the reason of rationalization. Consequently, the sheet stacking plate is subjected to stepping follow-up control through an elevator such that the...

PURPOSE:To provide a power generating method having a high thermal efficiency by using crude oil refined at a high temperature as a gas turbine fuel for combined cycle power generation after removing sulfur and heavy metal contents from low sulfur crude oil. CONSTITUTION:According to this power generating method, methanol is heated by a gas turbine 1 of combined cycle power generation and a waste ...

A method of winding a belt-shaped member is used in winding a tire member around a forming drum. A position of a leading end of a tire member is detected to obtain a shifted distance of the leading end relative to the forming drum. The leading end is then transferred to the forming drum, while the leading end is being moved in a width direction to make zero the shifted distance. The leading end is...

BIPOLAR BATTERY AND ASSEMBLY METHOD Bipolar battery and method of making intercell connections between adjacent cells thereof including a container having an intercell partition a section of which is thicker than the remainder of the partition. The thickened section has an opening therethrough receiving the intercell connectors, which opening has a mouth at each end thereof confronting one of a se...

Method and device (100) for connecting the ends of two assemblies (1A, 1B) of yarns (10A, 10B). The ends of the assemblies (1A, 1B) are untwisted to separate the yarns (10A1, 10B1) at these ends from each other. As many junction pairs (C) as there are yarns (10A1, 10B1) are formed in each of the assemblies (1A, 1B). The filaments of the yarns (10A1, 10B1) in the pairs (C) are untwisted and the unt...

A contact preventive system for vehicles using an automatic braking device and an automatic steering device together. Contact forecasting mechanism forecasts the contact of a vehicle with an obstacle. When the contact of the obstacle is forecasted, automatic braking control mechanism operates the automatic braking device. Environment detecting mechanism detects the change of environment such as a ...

A method for the electroslag refining of titanium base alloy is provided. The method involves providing a refining vessel to contain an electroslag refining layer floating on a layer of molten refined metal. An ingot of unrefined titanium base alloy having a higher nitrogen content is lowered into the vessel into contact with the molten electroslag layer. A refining current is passed through the s...

A thermoplastic polyester series foamed material having a thickness of at least 3 mm and an apparent density of from 0.05 to 0.7 g/cm3 is diclosed, wherein the crystallinity of the resin in the surface portion within 0.5 mm from the surface of the foamed material is not more than 30% and at least 1% lower than the crystallinity of the resin in the central portion of the foamed material.