An abutment for binding a boot on a ski. The abutment includes a support affixed to the ski on which is moveably mounted a jaw for retaining the front of the boot. An elastic device is provided for normally maintaining the jaw on its support in a central engaged position. Furthermore, a linkage device is provided between the jaw and its support for frontwardly displacing an upper portion of the ja...

A laterally releasable toe unit of a safety ski binding has a sole clamp (18) which is pivotable about substantially vertical tilting axes (16) provided on the binding housing (11) and is pressed by a release spring (12) against tilting surfaces defining the tilting axes (16). The angle alpha between the line of action (19) of the release spring (12) and the tilting axis (16) is smaller than 90 ...

A folding chair construction comprising a plurality of substantially U-shaped portions, each having a pair of parallel side sections connected by a right angle corner member to a medial section, providing back and seat portions and front and rear legs hingedly connected for movement between a folded position, wherein all of the U-shaped portions are superposed with one another, and an erected posi...

A circuit for detecting manufacturing deficiencies in semi-conductor devices and selecting marketable chips comprises a speed circuit to determine the speed at which a particular chip operates. The speed circuit is a small, self-contained circuit that may be placed on any type of semi-conductor chip. It includes an oscillator, a counter, and a control logic circuit. The speed circuit is coupled to...

A method and apparatus for reducing the console interaction time in the performing of microdiagnostic tests on a central processing unit. A microdiagnostic code RAM operates the microdiagnostic code in the central processing unit. The microdiagnostic code RAM performs tests on the CPU. The microdiagnostic also loads a cycle counter with a value from the microdiagnostic code. At the beginning of a ...

A system for controlling an internal combustion engine(10)for motor vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission(22). In the system, engine torque is calculated from an engine speed and an engine load. Similarly, transmissible torque of the transmission is computed from an hydraulic pressure exerted on a gear clutch and a friction coefficient and an entire surface area of the clutch engageable...

Conveyor belt (1), comprises projections (2) and (3) of triangular shape, inclined in opposite direction. In this manner the article being conveyed (4) cannot slide even under the action of thrusts F1 and F2 directed in opposite directions, which may be applied on the article (4) by different machines during operation on the article (4) being conveyed by the conveyor (1).

A method for manufacturing vibration proof rubber by compounding rubber elastic bodies between an inner metal fitting and outer shell metal fitting including the steps of forming a rubber layer by curing adhesion of the rubber elastic bodies to the respective metal fittings, applying a halogen compound solution to the bonding surfaces of the respective rubber layers and then press-fitting the inne...

This invention concerns a method for adhering aramid polymers by treating them with strong base to create anionic sites on the polymer surface. Subsequent reprotonation adheres contacting aramid surfaces.

Prefoamed particles of a polyolefin resin are produced by dispersing starting particles of the polyolefin resin, which contains a volatile foaming agent, in a dispersant in a pressure vessel, heating the resultant dispersion to a temperature of at least the softening point of the starting particles in said pressure vessel and then opening the vessel at one end thereof so as to release the starting...

Preparing process for polyvinyl chloride material used for extrusion molding suitable to high speed extrusion includes a step of dry blending a blend prepared by blending polyvinyl chloride (polymer) compounded with plasticizers stabilizers and other auxiliary materials while controlling the temperature for the blend within a range from room temperature to 165 DEG C. and a step of kneading and pe...

A medical implant with an external surface layer of silicone elastomer and having an open-cell structure is made by applying solid particles to the external surface layer of the implant before it is cured, curing the external surface layer with the solid particles embedded therein and then dissolving the solid particles with a solvent that does not dissolve the silicone elastomer. An implant havin...

Molded articles of thermoplastic elastomer obtained in accordance with the present invention comprise a molded product prepared from a thermoplastic elastomer containing a partially cross-linked product of ethylene/ alpha -olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, a primer layer containing at least one compound selected from the group of saturated polyesters and chlorinated polyolefins and f...

The present invention relates to hard foams having foamed and hardened phenolic resins as binding agents, and in which over 90% of the filler is aluminum hudroxide. The filler content is more than 100% with respect to the resin content of the foams. The foamble, filler-containing composition used for the production of the foams is very fluid and can be used directly for the production of moldings ...

Carboxylic esters are prepared by reacting carboxylic acids with low-boiling alcohols by charging the reaction mixture to a 1st distillation column, withdrawing the reaction components carboxylic ester, water and unconverted alcohol as overhead product and charging this overhead product to a 2nd distillation column, from which (a) the overhead product comprises the alcohol or an azeotropic mixture...

PURPOSE:To inexpensively obtain fluid changing viscosity by a magnetic field by dispersing a fine grain of a high temperature oxide superconductor in hydrocarbon system liquid, in case of the superconducting fluid used for a fluid clutch. CONSTITUTION:A high temperature oxide superconductor disperses its fine grain 1 in silicon oil 2. Receiving force 5 of the superconductor fine grain 1 from a mag...

PURPOSE:To increase a degree of vacuum surely performing a vacuum charge of brake fluid by providing a seal member, which prevents the outside air from communicating with a brake fluid path, between a bleeder screw and its mounting seat. CONSTITUTION:A bleeder screw 21, serving as the air bleed valve unit, is screwed to a screw part of a communication hole 23 of brake fluid path connecting a press...

PURPOSE: To miniaturize by providing a pressurizing ring which does not race for a housing but can slide axially for a friction mechanism and an adjust ring for sliding this and its rotary drive part on the operation device of a differential gear. CONSTITUTION: A differential gear 8 supports coaxially driven shafts 13, 14, driven gears 16, 17 and a differential carrier 12 having a differential gea...

PURPOSE:To obtain a superconductive linear substance in oxide line by ultrasonic-heating a linear substance in the liquid phase material of superconductor, and precipitating superconductor precursor in oxide line on the surface of a linear substance by the reaction of thermal decomposition, and then oxidizing and heating it. CONSTITUTION:An Ni base alloy line 27 is contacted with liquid phase mate...