PURPOSE:To make electrode group pressure constant, to increase contact between a plate and a separator, to increase the utilization of an active material, and to decrease self discharge by using a plate prepared by filling paste and pressing while an aqueous solution of silica powder having liquid absorbency is sprayed to smooth its surface before aging. CONSTITUTION:Paste mainly comprising lead o...

PURPOSE:To conduct formation with sufficient amount of electrolyte filled without widening the space of a container by attaching a container for suppling an electrolyte to each electrolyte pouring hole, and conducting formation while an electrolyte decreased in charging is replenished with an electrolyte in the container. CONSTITUTION:Three cells 5, 5', 5'' having positive electrodes 2, 2', 2'' an...

PURPOSE:To improve productivity and volume efficiency of a sealed type lead storage battery by thermally joining a frame made of synthetic resin and a metallic side panel for installing a group of electrode plates each other to be sealed so as to increase the solution injecting speed and remove the dead space in the battery. CONSTITUTION:A frame 1 and a metallic side panel 2, on which either a pos...

PURPOSE:To relax the speed change shock of an automatic speed change gear and to prevent worsening of running property of a vehicle, by a method wherein the more the running speed of a vehicle is lower, the more an amount of correction on a reference control amount of an engine is decreased. CONSTITUTION:An engine B and an automatic speed change gear C are mounted to a vehicle A. In this case, the...

PURPOSE:To ensure excellent running property and to relax a speed change shock, by a method wherein according to the speed change motion of an automatic speed change gear executed based on an engine load state and the change in a running speed of a vehicle, a correction amount by means of which a speed change shock is relaxed is differed from each other for setting. CONSTITUTION:An engine A and an...

PURPOSE:To easily position a transfer mechanism by installing a transfer mechanism onto a differential gear case and engaging a restricting member and a side gear by the transfer mechanism and revolving the side gear integrally with the differential gear case. CONSTITUTION:A transfer mechanism 19 for shifting a restricting member 14 in the axis line direction of a left side wheel driving shaft 13 ...

PURPOSE:To prevent concentricity and controllability from deteriorating by constituting a device deciding a work machine for whether it is in use or not in a controller by detecting a load in a work machine side and holding the present reduction ratio of a belt when the work machine is in use. CONSTITUTION:Pressure oil is supplied to a work machine cylinder 22 from an oil hydraulic pump 21 through...

A catalytic process for preparing cyclohexanone-oxime, by reacting cyclohexanone with NH3 and H2O2 in the liquid phase, characterized in that the catalyst substantially consists of a highly crystalline substance, containing SiO2 and having a zeo= litic structure.

A guidance system for a tractor drawn farm implement for providing an indication to the operator of the tractor as to variance of the implement from a desired course includes a pair of horizontally extending feeler rods supported by a shaft and having free ends extending in a parallel spaced relation to sense the crop and rotate the shaft if the implement veers off course. A light sensitive photop...

A toe piece for holding a ski boot in a safety ski binding wherein the toe piece is pivotable laterally against a biasing force when excessive side forces occur. The toe piece is comprised of a base plate mountable to the upper surface of a ski, a first pivot pin mounted to the base plate, the first pivot pin being disposed to one side of the longitudinal axis of the ski and being perpendicular to...

A multi-state selection switch for a personal emergency response system which permits selective operation of the system in HOME or AWAY modes. In the HOME mode, a subscriber unit located in a remote subscriber station is activated by a subscriber using either a portable or wired-in activator to transmit an alarm message to a central station via an interconnecting communications link. In the AWAY m...

A programmable driverless vehicle steered in accordance with a program recorded in a data recorder. The driverless vehicle includes a control circuit for playing back the record to cause a programmed steering position representative signal to appear at the output of the data recorder. The control circuit determines the steering position error of the actual steering position from the programmed ste...

In a method for quantitatively analyzing an analyte in a liquid sample by applying the liquid sample on one of a set of analytical elements and measuring a color developed in the analytical element through reflection photometory in which said set of analytical elements are the same elements as a standard element except for deviation of sensitivity to the analyte, but said deviation of sensitivity ...

A portable analyzer (10) is disclosed. The analyzer comprises in combination a housing (12), an optical system comprising a light source (10), a detector (16), and one or more means (18) for activating the optical system in generating a signal in response to a test element, means (45) for manually moving the test element (33) from a first position to a second position corresponding to a point of i...

Process for the conversion of petroleum hydrocarbons in the presence of catalyst particles in a fluidised phase in a tubular reaction zone with essentially upward or downward flow, this process comprising at least one stage of steam cracking of at least one light hydrocarbon cut and a stage of catalytic cracking of at least one heavy hydrocarbon cut. The steam cracking is carried out by bringing i...

BEAD TRANSPORTING CONTAINER A generally cylindrical wall member (14) of resilient material has an opening (22) extending axially of the container (10) for inserting beads (12) into individual compartments (54) in the container (10). Axially extending sides (30) of the wall member (14) are resiliently movable radially outwardly to grip and hold the beads (12) during transporting. The curvature of t...

A container for semi-solid substances includes a releasable seal adapted to be opened by a user. Opening of the seal releases vacuum pressure inside the container to allow the semi-solid substance to be dispensed from the open end of the container as a unitary mass.

An aqueous suspension comprising 15% or more, by total weight of the suspension, of at least one anionic or nonionic water-soluble polymer dispersed in an aqueous solution of an ammonium salt having a multivalent anion, wherein the weight ratio of the ammonium salt to the water is at least 0.15, a process for preparing the same, and use of the same in a variety of applications, are disclosed.