PURPOSE:To enable a speed change shock to be reduced when an automatic transmission is shifted down, by performing a correction control so as to decrease an engine output synchronously with a rise of engine or turbine speed. CONSTITUTION:An automatic transmission 1 is controlled by a control unit 10 which stores a speed change pattern in memory, and a speed change gear mechanism in the automatic t...

PURPOSE:To prevent a self-discharge and obtain a lead-acid battery with a long life by sticking the sulfonated mineral oil to a polyethylene separator. CONSTITUTION:A polyethylene separator 15 stuck with the sulfonated mineral oil with glass mats 13 and 14 is pinched between a positive electrode plate 11 by a positive electrode lattice made of Pb-Sb alloy and a negative electrode 12 by a negative ...

Proposed is a process for separating enantiomers from a racemic mixture by countercurrent extraction using at least two liquids of mutually differing chiralities, said liquids being wholly miscible and separated from each other by a phase with which they are immiscible. The separating, immiscible phase may be incorporated into a solid carrier which may be porous or not and preferably is in the for...

A device for uniting a residual and a main pile of sheets in a pile zone of a sheet feeder to form an aggregate pile wherein an uppermost sheet of the main pile has been brought into contact with a lowermost sheet of the residual pile, includes a rake for underpinning and carrying the residual pile during given phases of a process for uniting the piles, the rake having mutually parallel, horizonta...

In a sheet feeder for sheet-processing machines, in particular sheet-fed printing machines, having a pile table (2) for receiving a main pile (4), which pile table (2) can be raised and/or lowered by means of a main hoist (3), and having a nonstop device with at least one, preferably two, supporting rack(s) (13) for receiving a residual pile (4a) from the pile table (2), on which subsequently ther...

A clarifier (10) with first stage flotation and second stage filtration divides at least the lower portion of a flotation tank (12) into independent cells (54). A branched conduit (78) collects clarified water. Valves (76) control the flow of clarified water to either a clarified water ring conduit (62) or to a first filtrate/bachwash ring conduit (64) connected to a storage tank (68). High cell w...

An improved biodegradable controlled release system consisting of a polymeric matrix incorporating a local anesthetic for the prolonged administration of the local anesthetic agent, and a method for the manufacture thereof, are disclosed. The polymers and method of manufacture used to form the PLAMs are selected on the basis of their degradation profiles: release of the topical anesthetic in a lin...

A means for generating air bubbles in a liquid comprises a turbine rotor (21) which has a plurality of peripheral blades (24) and an air supply line (26) situated adjacent the outer periphery of the turbine rotor for supplying air. The air supply line (26) has at least one air supply port (26a) directed towards the turbine rotor. The rotor body (25) is in the form of a cylindrical cage and is cons...

A device for inserting yarn on a yarn-holder cop in winding apparatus, of the type comprising a part (12) for trapping and inserting yarn (F) on the cop (14) moving between a backward rest position and a forward position for insertion of the yarn (F) on said yarn-holder cop (14) and means for cutting a lower branch of yarn (F3), comprising a cutting part (40) having a first and a second cutting el...

A sintered ceramic article formed mainly of alumina, having a chemical composition of from 1 to 10% by weight of La2O3, from 0.01 to 0.1% by weight of SiO2, and the balance of Al2O3 and containing these components in the form of corundum ( alpha -Al2O3) and lanthanum beta -alumina (La2O3.11Al2O3) and a method for the production of a sintered ceramic article formed mainly of alumina, comprising th...

A process for the production of iron from ferrous raw materials in a converter containing an initial iron smelt into which at least fuels, oxygenous gases and ferrous raw materials are introduced during the production phase, the reaction gases being afterburned with oxidizing gases in the gas space of the converter above the smelt and the resulting heat transferred to the iron bath, and a partial ...

Bleidioxid-Reste von leitenden Flächen werden vorteilhaft durch kathodische Reduktion entfernt. Auf die so gereinigte Fläche kann unmittelbar eine neue Bleidioxid-Schicht durch kathodische Oxidation aufgebracht werden.; Lead dioxide residues on conducting surfaces are advantageously removed by cathodic reduction. A new lead dioxide layer can be directly applied to the surface thus cleaned by catho...

The invention provides ease of adjustability in sensitivity, with stability, and may feature, (i) a fan-shaped or otherwise axially deformable washer structure (4D) between a screwed element (5,5A) and a valve body member or coil jacket (3); (ii) a conical preferably self-tapping or self-cutting, preferably fine, screw thread (8) moving with the element; (iii) a thin valve carcass which may be dis...

To smoothly perform a shift change by the actuator with a simple structure, a drive motor M as a running drive source is connected with a drive motor electronic motor unit 103 through a FET driver 107. A change motor 61 for driving a shift drum 62 is connected with a change motor electronic control unit 111 through a FET driver 112. When a drive motor electronic control unit 103 outputs the speed ...

The present invention relates to a tornado generator mainly used for generating electricity. Its structure is as follows: it uses crater or natural terrain, and artificially builds it into an up-opened horn mouth in the form of taper cone, and its internal wall is smooth, and the neck position of bottom of the horn mouth is equipped with a fan, and its bottom has an air-intake opening. Said invent...

The composition of the active material of negative electrode for fully sealed lead-acid storage battery includes lead power, sulphuric acid, barium sulphate, alpha beta naphthalene acid, N diffusive agent and sodium ligno sulphonate. The battery, which is made by this method, can normally start under the condition of -40 deg.C. All the specifications can meet the international standard.

A method of moving and guiding the travel of a golf cart between a plurality of marker lines by steering the cart, when sensing one marker line, toward the other marker line. A plurality of parallel lines to be sensed is formed by linearly disposing magnetic elements between the marker lines such that the extended parts of the parallel lines traverse the marker lines. An angle of the golf cart goi...

PURPOSE:To fix a bulb unit stably and securely by engaging a set plate in a bulb unit installed in a mounting plate, and pressure fixing the bulb unit to the mounting plate by means of resilient pressure members provided at the set plate. CONSTITUTION:A set plate 48 having a center hole 64 where a bulb unit 41 is engaged and resilient pressure members 66 provided intergrally at peripheral edge par...

A vehicle guidance system includes a computer (5) for generating signals to control a number of vehicles (2,3) to carry out movements within a predetermined area (4). Data identifying locations of notional points (16-22; a-d) on the floor of the area are entered into the computer together with a look-up table specifying pairs of those points between which movements of vehicles may be required, and...