A sealed lead-acid battery formed by joining two halves of a battery container. Before joining, the separate halves have grids placed in adjacent recesses, separated by partition walls integral with the wall of the container half. Pairs of adjacent grids are electrically connected through the partition wall. The recesses are alternately filled with positive and negative active materials. Then the ...

A manually powered winch has two geared drive trains. Both originate from a simple set of gear teeth (7) formed into the diameter of a drive input shaft (5). The final drive, common to both gear trains, to an internal gear track (18) on the drum (3) of the winch is one part (12) of a two-part gear (8,12). The part (12) is directly borne by a hub (20) on an axle (10) in the winch. Its gear teeth ar...

The incidence of peritonitis is reduced in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis by irradiating the peritoneum access tube connection with ultraviolet (UV) radiation so as to have an antimicrobial effect on the fluid flow path defined thereby prior to draining and infusion of dialysis fluid therethrough. The apparatus for effecting UV irradiation of the dialysis fluid flow path includes a hous...

The present invention relates to a method for fine positioning vehicles in exact relationships to geographic reference markings, whereby the vehicle (1) is adapted to fetch and deliver loads (2) preferably goods carried on loading stools or pallets, at fetching and delivering points (3-14), whereby it is required that the vehicle (1) repeatedly may be brought to exact positions relative to said fe...

The invention concerns a method of automatically steering a self-propelled floor-cleaning machine along a predetermined path of motion on a limited area to be worked, wherein a sequence of path segments stored in a data memory is retrieved, and the path segments travelled by the machine, and wherein markings are recognized by at least one sensor and converted into course-correcting control command...

PURPOSE:To provide the titled apparatus having a simple structure and capable of increasing the length of folded part, by alternatively folding the overhang sections at the opposite sides of a belt material by a single turn-up ring and turn-up bladders provided to opposite sides of a molding drum. CONSTITUTION:The single turn-up ring 10 capable of being slid beyond the outer circumference of the m...

PURPOSE:To easily generate a dummy fault, by reporting an input status word of an operation panel to a host device, when an input/output instruction designated by the panel coincides with an input/output instruction whose execution has ended, and also the number of instructions has exceeded the number designated from the host device. CONSTITUTION:A magnetic tape controller 2 which has received an ...

A polyester film especially suitable for use as the base film for magnetic recording media provided with excellent slipperiness, flatness, slidability and durability can be manufactured by endowing a polyester film with surface conditions represented by a formula Ra >/= 2 x 10<-4>.H2 + 0.008, wherein Ra is the average roughness ( mu m) and H2 is the number of the secondary interference fringes mea...

A shutter arrangement for the card transport of a device for processing data bearing cards, for example a parking meter for processing magnetic cards, includes a shutter member pivotable about an axis (A, A) which is parallel to the plane of the card transport path (13), having a closure portion (41) which is normally spring biased (50) to extend into the transport path (13) and which has a ramped...

A method and apparatus for effecting vital functions notwithstanding the fact that non-vital hardware is employed. A vital processor is implemented using non-vital hardware in the form of a digital computer which may for example be a microprocessor. The vital processor accepts binary input values and, based on a series of logical expressions relating output values to input values, determines the a...

A method and apparatus for effecting vital functions notwithstanding the fact that non-vital hardware is employed. A vital processor is implemented using non-vital hardware in the form of a digital computer which may for example be a microprocessor. The vital processor accepts binary input values and, based on a series of logical expressions relating output values to input values, determines the a...

A ply turn up device (10) for a tyre building former and which comprises an array of arms (11) each having a pair of rollers (13) and (14) rotatably mounted on its free end. The array of rollers in the retracted position lie in substantially side-by-side abutting relationship. To make a turn-up the rollers are moved radially outwards by rotation of the arms (11) about their pivots (40), causing th...

A medical analyzer device comprises, an ion selective or enzymatic sensing electrode 70 which permits rapid analysis of various substances of interest contained within undiluted body fluids such as whole blood, serum and/or plasma. The electrode 70 is disposed upon a probe (40) which automatically axially reciprocates downwardly in a simple motion between an open-ended reference wash cell (18) and...

The device, which is connected to an element to be displaced, comprises a tubular body surrounded by sleeves which are inflated to a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the conduit. A motor-pump assembly located in the tubular body provides for the circulation of the fluid through the body so as to cause propulsion of the device within the conduit. Sensors may control automatic operatio...

In order to achieve processability in an extruder and to produce an insulation of low density and high heat resistance, the mixture preferably contains from 50 to 70 parts by weight of rigid polyethylene, from 30 to 50 parts by weight of flexible (soft) polyethylene, from 2 to 4 parts by weight of blowing agent, for example azodicarbonamide, and from 0.1 to 2 parts by weight of crosslinking agent.

The invention provides finely grained, expandable particles of a styrene homopolymer or copolymer which contain an expanding agent and a flameproofing organic halogen compound as well as, in addition a 2,4-diamino-1,3,5-triazine derivative.

PURPOSE:To obtain the title pellets being excellent in porosity, heat stability and suitability for molding and having a low impurity content and a uniform shape, by extruding a methanol or mater/methanol solution of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer saponificate into a specified coagulant and cutting the extrudate. CONSTITUTION:A solution obtained by dissolving an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolym...

PURPOSE:To enable bonding with high precision by computing central data in the direction of narrow width of a lead and driving a tool on the basis of the quantity of displacement obtained by comparing the data and central data acquired by a bonding process. CONSTITUTION:A lead frame 4 is placed onto a frame working base 6, the coordinates of both ends in the direction (the x direction) of narrow w...

PURPOSE:To obtain a composite Nb3Sn superconductor having excellent characteristics in a method for forming a composite body consisting of Nb-base and tin-contg. copper-base alloys then treating under heating the same by adding Ta to the Nb-base alloy and Ti, Ga and Al to the copper-base alloy. CONSTITUTION:An Nb-base alloy contg. 0.1-20atom% Ta in Nb is used and an Nb-base alloy body and a copper...