PURPOSE:To raise the high-rate-discharge performance of the negative plate of a lead storage battery without causing any decrease in the life of the battery by filling the grid of the plate with a paste which contains a usual addition agent, and followed by filling a paste which contains a given amount of lignin on the surfaces of the grid which is filled with the normal addition agent. CONSTIT...

PURPOSE:To raise the high-rate-discharge performance of the negative plate of a lead storage battery without causing any decrease in the life of the battery by impregnating the surface of the plate, which is filled with a paste containing a usual addition agent, with a water solution of a given amount of lignin. CONSTITUTION:A lead powder is added with a usual addition agent which is composed of, ...

Tertiary alcohols of the formula: I wherein Y1 represents a carbonyl or hydroxymethylene group, and either (i) A1 represents a direct bond and R1 represents a phenyl group which may optionally carry one or more substituents selected from halogen atoms, straight- or branched-chain alkyl or alkoxy groups, each containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and the trifluoromethyl group, or (ii) A...

A vapour circuit in which a working medium is expanded to perform work in a turbine 8, liquefied in a condenser, pumped to an elevated pressure and evaporated and superheated in a heat-exchanger system, the turbine having oil- lubricated shaft bearings 18, 19 at both ends, includes a gas barrier 41, 43 provided between each such bearing and the turbine chamber, and an exhaust chamber 53, 54 extend...

In the illustrated embodiment, a compression plate is support-mounted parallel to the breast support plate, and is adjustable relative to the breast support plate for the purpose of adjusting its spatial interval from the breast support plate. The compression plate has a cut-out section (12) of such a size that a larger portion of the breast is left exposed. At the margin of the cut-out section th...

A comminuting plant is equipped with a comminuting machine for the coarse comminution of bulky material, and a granulating machine for the fine granulation of the precomminuting material from the comminuting machine. The comminuting machine includes at least two parallel shafts having several rotary bodies arranged on each shaft to provide cutting disks. Between the cutting disks in each case, the...

An apparatus for transporting boards comprising: a first conveyor adapted to transport a large number of boards in an upright position: a tripping device adapted to pivot every several or tens of the boards transported by the first conveyor to the delivery end thereof to lay the boards with the front faces upward and the bottom edges forward, and to transfer them to the feed end of a second convey...

PURPOSE:To change easily the driving course of an unmanned truck by loading the driving information such as the driving direction, the distance traveled, etc. of the truck which are stored in a controller on the ground into a computer set on the truck and then driving the truck by the loaded information. CONSTITUTION:A guide line 1 is laid along a long linear section of a carrying system, and an u...

PURPOSE:To detect instantaneously all runaways of a program by setting plural pass points to the program an checking the program pass in order of these points. CONSTITUTION:A ROM2, a RAM3, a process input/output device 4, a timer 6 and a pass point detecting circuit 7 are connected to a CPU1 via a bus 9. Then detection signals CS1-CS3 are supplied to clock terminals of FF11-13 from the circuit 7. ...

A step-in side-clamp safety ski release system is described. In the system there is provided a first assembly for mounting to the sole of a ski boot and a second assembly for mounting to the upper surface of a ski. One of the first and second assemblies comprises a plate member and the other of the first and second assemblies comprises a pair of inwardly directed facing protuberances for overlayin...

A step-in side-clamp safety ski release system is described, comprising an overcenter mechanism. In the overcenter mechanism there is provided a lever member (50). The lever member (50) is pivotably coupled intermediate its ends to a connecting member (40). When the lever member (50) is pivoted in a first direction, the member slidably engages a housing (1) for moving the lever member (50) and con...

The laminated glass sheet with a decorative structure has an individual glass sheet (1) with a smooth outer surface (1b) and an inner surface (1a) with a heavy structure. It has a second individual glass sheet (3) which is smooth on both surfaces (3a and 3b). The two individual glass sheets (1 and 3) are bonded without gaps by means of an adhesive layer (2). In spite of the structure, this laminat...

{PG,1 A closed cell phenolic-resin foam material comprising phenolic-resin foam forming reactants, a blowing agent, and a surfactant which is the capped reaction product of an alkoxylated amine and a copolymerizable mixture of dialkyl maleate with N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone or N-vinyl caprolactam.

In a process for aftertreating thermally presintered polymers of tetrafluoroethylene the optionally comminuted powders are subjected, at temperatures below +80 DEG C., to the action of a gas jet mill. Preferred starting materials are tetrafluoroethylene polymers containing a small proportion of a modifying monomer. By the aftertreatment the bulk density and the flow index of the powders are consi...

Process for preparing homogeneous compositions of olefinic polymers in flakes and of additives, suitable for the direct transformation into manufactured articles, consisting in mixing the polymer with the additive and with a third component, acting as coupling agent, selected from the class consisting of liquid or solid paraffinic compounds having a linear or branched chain, comprising from 2 to 5...

The invention relates to a process for improving the processing properties of powdery polyolefins. It is endeavored by this process to obtain a polyolefin powder which can be processed on screw extruders to an almost bubble-free product. The polyolefin powder is heated to a temperature of between 40 DEG C. and its melting point and introduced into a gap between two gap-forming elements. In this g...

The invention relates to a gas discharge display device of the plasma panel type comprising a gas filled gas-tight enclosure which contains a front plate, a rear plate, and a control plate subdividing the interior of the enclosure into two chambers. The control plate bears, on its two sides, electrode paths which are capable of being actuated separately, and forming row and column conductors respe...