A forward feed conduit (43) conducts the heat-carrying fluid (2) from the first heat exchanger (10) to the receiver (20). The forward feed conduit incorporates an upper connection conduit (41) provided with an expansion chamber (52) and which establishes the heat-carrying fluid in the system in a first fluid column (3) and a second fluid column (4). The two fluid columns communicate with each othe...

PURPOSE: To suppress scattering of lead compound dust caused by vibration or shock from an electrode plate after paste was filled without deterioration in battery performance by forming a specific coating film on the surface in the electrode plate for a lead-acid battery. CONSTITUTION: A film of cellulose ether (example: methyl cellulose) soluble in an acidic solution is formed on the surface. Pre...

PURPOSE: To provide a lead-acid battery with low internal resistance even if height is high and excellent high current characteristics by installing specified constitution in a plate in the lead-acid battery having the rectangle plate whose height dimension is larger than width dimension. CONSTITUTION: In a lead-acid battery having square plates whose height dimension H is larger than width dimens...

PURPOSE: To provide a sealed lead-acid battery in which an internal short circuit is hardly caused and which has the long service life by arranging rib-shaped projections contacting with upper surfaces of the whole positive electrode plates on an inside surface of an intermediate cover, and arranging a positive electrode support body of a sulfuric acid corrosive resin material in a bottom part in ...

PURPOSE: To reduce fuel consumption and an exhaust gas and at the same time improve a travel feeling by continuing the charging of a battery when the actuating quantity of a brake is not more than a predetermined value and bringing an engine into a stand-by state when the actuating quantity of a brake exceeds the predetermined value. CONSTITUTION: In the case where torque is determined unnecessary...

PURPOSE: To shorten the axial size of a driver and to reduce the noise while driving by placing an output gear between first and second supports, rotatably supporting it onto the second shaft, and disposing it at the second support side with respect to the first support. CONSTITUTION: The axial central position (e) of an output shaft 15 is set at the position where the distance B to a bearing 54 o...

The present invention describes the use of a variety of merocyanine dyes and substituted merocyanine dyes for detecting and quantifying poly(amino acids), including peptides, polypeptides and proteins. The labeled proteins or peptides are highly colored, but are also detected by their strong fluorescence enhancement. Poly(amino acids) are detected in solution, in electrophoretic gels, and on solid...

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the performance of lead-acid storage batteries, and reducing corrosion in lead-acid storage batteries, including the plates, terminals, posts, and cables. Compositions of the invention include cathodic inhibitors and solutions of cathodic inhibitors.

In a sitting furniture with a lounge arrangement having a displacable trolley (2) which may by extended from a seat bolster (1) there is an additional upholstery (5) attached through a four-hinged ironwork (6). The additional upholstery (5) can be lifted and declined and is lowered underneeth the seat upholstery (4) in the sitting position of the furniture, whereas in the lounge arrangement it is ...

PURPOSE: To reduce the number of magnetic markers laid on the road surface in a vehicle travel guide system using the magnetic markers. CONSTITUTION: Magnet nails 100 are buried into the roads as the magnetic markers. Furthermore, a radio wave tag 104 is buried. The radio wave tag 104 transmitted roads shape data of about 100m in the direction of travel. The power of the ratio tag 104 is supplied ...

PURPOSE: To improve use efficiency when many vehicles execute automatic travel along an automatic travel lame. CONSTITUTION: When automatic travel vehicles execute group travel (platoon travel), a head vehicle 51 detects the displacement from the magnetic nail 100 provided on the road surface and calculates correction steering controlled variable. A self vehicle is controlled by calculated control...

PURPOSE: To keep winding work in a fixed condition by changing a relationship between the feed speed of an axial-center wire material and the winding speed of a wound wire material to keep the tension of the wound wire material as predetermined. CONSTITUTION: A wound wire material 12 is wound on an axial-center wire material 11 by the rotation of a rotating member 41 in synchronization with the fe...

PURPOSE: To prevent the occurrence or photographic fog in an electronic development type recording medium and to control the exposure of this medium with a high precision. CONSTITUTION: A shutter 22 which opens/closes the optical path to an electronic development type recording medium 30 is provided in the front of this medium 30. Prephotometry is performed by a first photometric sensor 28 to calc...

PURPOSE: To form an image which is in focus on an optical sensor, regardless of the presence or absence of a recording medium. CONSTITUTION: An image is formed on an electronic developing type recording medium 30 by a photographing optical system 12. The image on the electronic developing type recording medium 30 is formed on a line sensor 44 via a scanner optical system 43. Because the electronic...

There is disclosed an allergen particle exclusion covering comprising a permeable composite fabric of which one component is a porous fabric having electrostatic charge which traps particles in the pores.

The present invention relates to a method and arrangement in connection with monitoring reservoir parameters in subsea wells, especially during test production and/or production operation, and for the object of acquiring further information about the reservoir in question, it is according to the invention suggested that for said monitoring there is used information relating to such parameters also...

The invention relates to a blend of ligninsulfonate and a novel water soluble polymer which can be used as a concrete admixture to provide extended workability without essentially retarding the setting time and the strength gain.

PURPOSE: To provide a practically usable superconducting conductor for alternating current showing an AC current-carrying current value of a kV class in the level of several 10kW/m<3> of AC loss. CONSTITUTION: A superconducting strand 1 contains an NbTi filament region 11, a high resistance layer 12 in the outer circumference of the region 11, and a stabilized copper 13 region in the center. In th...

PURPOSE: To obtain a TAB which can be bent freely, whose heat resistance, dimensional stability and bending property are excellent and which is remarkably thin as compared with conventional products by a method wherein resin layers are composed of an identical solvent-soluble and heat-resistant resin and which comprise respective desired patterns are laminated on the surface and the rear of a cond...