A clutch is provided for transmitting power of an engine to either of the front or rear wheels of a motor vehicle. A brake switch is provided to be closed by depressing a brake pedal of the vehicle to produce a brake pedal, and a detector is provided for detecting operation of an anti-skid brake system and for producing an anti-skid signal. In response to the brake signal and to the anti-skid sign...

This invention relates to an improved solenoid operated fluid control valve particularly adapted for use as a vacuum control switch in a motor vehicle. One aspect of this invention is the provision of a coil assembly adapted to be wound and terminated using completely automated processes. This feature is provided through the use of a bobbin structure having protruding coil winding posts which posi...

The method enables the manufacture of dry-charged batteries, the plates whereof are constituted by pasted grids, intercalated with separators and assembled in an insulating container closed by a lid provided with gas vents. The pasted grids and the separators are assembled in the container before the forming process, and the plates are subjected to the forming process and to subsequent washing in ...

A paper feeding system which comprises a paper rest rotatable around a support shaft provided on a main body; a pressure spring for pushing the paper rest to rotate toward a paper feed roller located above the paper rest; a baffle plate for preventing paper from shifting forward, provided on the main body at a position juxtapositioned to the leading end of the paper rest, with a clearance to allow...

A system for feeding production and/or packing material onto manufacturing lines, which system has compartment for storing the material; guide tapes for mobile trucks traveling between a storage area and manufacturing lines. The guide tapes define routes selectively traveled along, in use, by the mobile trucks for transporting and feeding the material to the manufacturing lines. A computer control...

A knotting arrangement, especially for spool frames for warping and other textile machines in which the orbital knotting head is connected to a suction tube and has a freely movable clamping body, e.g. a ball, therein which, when air pressure is supplied to the suction tube can press the ball against a seat to hold the yarn end. The clamping body is not connected to any elements within the head an...

A backwashable filter for liquid, having a flat filter element which separates an inlet section from an outlet section of the filter, a washing gap arranged just in front of the inlet side of the filter element and movable over the filter element, a wash line connected to the washing gap and a drive motor for moving the washing gap, the filter element preferably having a cylindrical shell shape an...

PCT No. PCT/JP86/00199 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 12, 1986 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 12, 1986 PCT Filed Apr. 18, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO86/06392 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 6, 1986.In coating a polyester substrate structure with a solution of a vinyl alcohol resin having a high gas barrier property, the surface of the polyester substrate structure is precoated with a solvent solution of a polyester having the following f...

A microcomputer interface arrangement includes a microcomputer having I/O ports coupled to individual interface units. A fault detection circuit detects a fault in an interface unit, interrupts the microcomputer and inverts the input state of the faulty unit without affecting the output states so that the faulty unit can be identified by the microcomputer by reading inputs of the interface units.

The invention relates to a garden umbrella which can be opened by actuating a pull cord, having a crown located at the upper end of the umbrella stick and bearing the ribs in a foldable manner, and having a slider which runs on the umbrella stick and on which the struts supporting the ribs are mounted, which struts engage on the ribs in an articulated manner, and having a deflection roller, provid...

A heelholder for a safety ski binding comprising a base member, a carriage mounted on the base member for movement in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the ski on which the binding mounted, a retaining spring biasing the carriage to a central, normal position, a pair of cheeks pivotally mounted on the carriage and carrying a heel-releasing mechanism, and a locking mechanism f...

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 method and apparatus for use at the stage of a radial tire building process at which a tread and breaker, and sidewall rubbers, are added to the expanded carcass. A tread assembly is built, comprising tread rubber breaker and sidewall rubbers and is then located around the carcass which is then expanded into the tread assembly. A tread assembly former has a central portion expansible to bring si...

A process for the manufacture of a non-asbestos corrugated sheet comprising forming into corrugated form an aqueous slurry of a mixture comprising, on a dry weight basis, 40-60% cement, 30-40% silica and 5-15% cellulose fibres, compressing said corrugated form so produced in a press to reduce its thickness and increase its density, removing said form from said press and submitting said form to aut...

A stabilizing composition and process for guayule type rubbers which can be directly applied to guayule-type plants or shrubs before processing thereof, or to guayule-type rubber miscella, rubber-resin miscella, etc, contains a volatile low melting point antioxidant which is either liquid or solid and an optional liquid inert carrier which lowers the melting point of the antioxidant. Since antioxi...

A unit for drum brakes comprises a fixed cylinder 1 connected to the hydraulic braking circuit, a pair of opposed movable pistons 5, 8 sealed in the cylinder 1 and a device inserted between the pistons, 5, 8 for taking-up of play due to wearing of the brake shoe linings. The device includes an expansible bush 12 inserted in a seat of the first piston 5 so as to be longitudinally slidable therein a...