PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filling-packaging device for a fluid article, which is a filling-packaging device to continuously perform a pillow-packaging of a fluid article, and wherein even when a fluid article of a high temperature is filled, there is no affixation of a film, and which is improved in such a manner that the carrying of the film may be stabilized, and a welding strength may ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vertical packaging device wherein the feeding of a cylindrical packaging material, which slides on the outer periphery of a feeding cylinder, is stabilized, and the manufacture processing capability of the packaging body can be increased. SOLUTION: A packaging material S is formed into a cylindrical form by a molding member 11, and moves on the outer periphery of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control a variable valve timing mechanism with reflecting a driver' s intention. SOLUTION: In this control device, a signal from a mode select switch is read to check a selected mode of a valve timing characteristic (S101, S103). In the case of a power mode, target valve timing VTTGT is set by use of a power mode target valve timing table TBLVTPOW (S102). In the case of a ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for an internal combustion engine to bring the combustion state of an internal combustion engine into a proper state, in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine the combustion state of which is switched. SOLUTION: A command to vary hysteresis of a switch condition used by a combustion state switching means 94 to switch the combustion state o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the wear of a shaft part for rotatably supporting gears, to improve durability by forming a wear resistant film on the surface of the shaft part in a gearing having gears rotatably supported by the shaft part. SOLUTION: This gearing is composed of a sun gear and an internal gear coaxially arranged so as to be relatively rotatable, and a plurality of planetary gears...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parking mechanism for vehicular belt-drive continuously variable transmissions that can reduce moment exerted on a sprag support portion and thus ensure sufficient strength thereof, via a juxtaposition thereof to a parking gear. SOLUTION: A sprag 33 for locking a parking gear 31 is journalled on a support portion 32, which is positioned on the periphery of a hous...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hydraulic circuit structure for continuously variable transmissions that can lower the manufacturing cost of hydraulic circuits by virtue of simplification thereof, and can improve the control response of changeover mechanisms by virtue of a shortened length of the path of the hydraulic circuits. SOLUTION: A flange portion 8a of a housing member 8 is fixedly posi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a continuously variable transmission that allows an easy improvement in the centering precision of its shaft extending from a torque converter to a forward/reverse changeover mechanism. SOLUTION: A belt-drive continuously variable transmission 1 transmits the output of a torque converter 2 to an input shaft 14, and outputs it after changing its direction of rotatio...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain accurate transmission of driving force, prevention of abnormal noises, and improvement of durability by improving alignment of support shafts arranged between a pair of parallelly arranged base plates of a driving device, and improving flatness of the base plates. SOLUTION: A driving device is composed of a pair of parallelly arranged base plates 73, 74, a plurality...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent abrasion of a cylindrical body fixed to a driven shaft of a vehicular power unit while adopting a structure of loosely fitting the cylindrical body to an inner ring of a bearing. SOLUTION: A collar 56 is fastened to a shaft end of a driven shaft 27 by axially pressing by means of a nut 60 screwed with the shaft end of the driven shaft 27. An inner ring 43a of a bea...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To rigidly support a driven shaft by making a case body support the shaft end part protruding from the case body side in the driven shaft of a V-belt type automatic gearbox through a supporting bracket extending from the case body side to the cover side. SOLUTION: A V-belt type automatic gearbox in an unit swing type power unit for a motor-scooter type motor-bicycle is struct...

A method for diagnosing a neurological disease comprising detecting a neurological disease-specific biochemical marker macromolecule within a sample of extracted cerebral spinal fluid is disclose d. In particular. a radioactively labeled photoaffinity probe is used to diagnose a neurological disease. For instance, Alzheimer's disease can be diagnosed by detecting a disease-specific protein having ...

A device for supporting a heated air source at a targeted segment of a wall or ceiling in a room. The device includes a pole having a first end and a second end. The pole is selectively adjustable in length, wherein the pole can be adjusted to the height of a ceiling in a variety of different rooms. A clamping mechanism is provided that selectively attaches to the pole at any point between the fir...

The heel piece of a safety binding for a ski boot, comprising a tubular binding body which is linked to a sole grip (1a) and is articulated about a transverse cam forming part of a stirrup piece linked to a pivoting plate mounted on a rail, along which rail this plate can be positioned by rear-operated positioning means. The body contains at least one spring which works in compression between a pi...

The present invention provides ultrasound-guided ablation catheters and methods for their use. In one embodiment, a tissue ablation apparatus (2) includes a flexible elongate body (12) having proximal (14) and distal (12) ends. A plurality of spaced-apart electrodes (24) are operably attached to the flexible body near the distal end. A plurality of transducer elements (28) are disposed between at ...

A process for the production of analytical devices is provided in accordance with the present invention. Analytical devices include analytical test elements with a capillary-active zone for examining liquid samples. In the process a carrier layer is prepared, a spacer layer is laminated onto the carrier layer, a contour is punched, cut or stamped through the spacer layer laminated onto the carrier...

Currently microfiltration devices use hydrophillic membranes to sterilize liquids. Air locks may develop on the upstream side of the filter membrane within these apparatus. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing an air lock from the upstream side of a microfilter in a device for dispensing a sterile liquid from a storage container by forcing the liquid through a microfi...

The present invention concerns a process for the conversion of an olefinic C4 cut to polyisobutene and to propylene by metathesis. The process comprises three successive steps: (1) selective hydrogenation of diolefins with simultaneous isomerisation of 1-butene to 2-butenes, (2) polymerisation of the isobutene, including optional prior extraction of the isobutene, (3) metathesis of 2-butene with e...

A massively parallel inspection and imaging system is provided which employs multiple focused beams to illuminate a specimen. Laser light energy passes through a relatively low resolution diffraction grating or digital optical element, which is either one or two dimensional, and concentrates the transmitted energy into multiple discrete directions or orders. The beams split by the diffraction grat...

A method of determining optical quality of a transparent product includes passing a first gray-scale pattern through the material; obtaining a first image of the first pattern with an image pickup device after the first pattern has passed through the material; and determining optical quality of the material based on data obtained from the first image. An apparatus for determining optical quality o...