Exercise equipment of the type comprising a frame structure; a handle coupled to the frame structure and adapted fox movement by a user, back and forth in a first direction and in an opposite second direction; and at least one weight, coupled to the handle for applying a gravitational force to the handle in the second direction. According to the invention, a spring device, having two ends, is coup...

A sheet material conveyor includes a pocket conveyor with at least one moving pocket for collecting printed sheet material, the pocket conveyor having a release area for releasing the printing sheet material in the pocket. The sheet material conveyor also includes an air supply device providing air to the pocket at the release area. A pocket with air supply holes and a method for releasing printed...

The invention relates to a device for removal and filtration of drilling fluid at top hole drilling, where a suction module ( 10 ) comprises an extended, pipe-formed body ( 30 ), open at the top and which is arranged to an ocean-bottom penetrating pipe, through which a drill stem is led for drilling of the top hole, and where the pipe-formed body ( 30 ) comprises at least one outlet passage ( 32 )...

The present invention discloses a bank transaction system linking accounts via common accounts, wherein the existing accounts of the account holder and/or newly opened plural accounts link arbitrarily as defined by the account holder for convenient transactions between account holder's primary account and other's secondary accounts without using account numbers of the concerned accounts. To fulfil...

A drum type washing machine includes a tub (2) mounted inside a cabinet (1), a drum (3) mounted inside the tub, a shaft (4) connected to the drum mounted inside the tub for transmission of driving force from a motor (5) to the drum, a front bearing (6a) and a rear bearing (6b) mounted on outer circumferences of the shaft at opposite end portions thereof respectively, a bearing housing (7) built in...

A driving apparatus (10) comprises an electric generator (25) driven by an engine (13) and a motor (14) for driving driving-wheels by using electric power from the electric generator (25), wherein an engine-side input axle (18) is linked to a crankshaft (22) and an motor-side input axle (19) is linked to a motor rotor (29) and these input axles (18, 19) are linked to an output axle (20) for transm...

A drum type washing machine includes a tub (2) mounted inside a cabinet (1), a drum (3) mounted inside the tub, a shaft (4) connected to the drum mounted inside the tub for transmission of driving force from a motor (5) to the drum, a front bearing (6a) and a rear bearing (6b) mounted on outer circumferences of the shaft at opposite end portions thereof respectively, a bearing housing (7) built in...

A drum type washing machine includes a tub (2) mounted inside a cabinet (1), a drum (3) mounted inside the tub, a shaft (4) connected to the drum mounted inside the tub for transmission of driving force from a motor (5) to the drum, a front bearing (6a) and a rear bearing (6b) mounted on outer circumferences of the shaft at opposite end portions thereof respectively, a bearing housing (7) built in...

The automatic bobbin winder for a continuous yarn, using at least two bobbin spindles, has a catch bush (16) with a catch slit (17) at the free end of the bobbin spindles, to catch the incoming yarn at the start of a bobbin winding cycle. A friction bolt (20) is at the center of the catch bush. Each bobbin spindle has an additional guide bush (18) with a guide slit (19), radially around the catch ...

The invention concerns a method comprising detecting tubes inside carriers (P), detecting an expected imbalance of the centrifuge (CE) and, when said detection reveals the presence of such an imbalance owing to the presence of an insufficient number of carriers (P) or an odd number of carriers (P), the method consists in: simulating the load of the centrifuge incorporating the incomplete carrier (...

A preceding vehicle following control apparatus includes a speed sensor for sensing a vehicle speed of a controlled vehicle, a spacing sensor for sensing a spacing or distance from the controlled vehicle to a preceding vehicle, and a following controller. In addition to a following mode for controlling the driving/braking force of the controlled vehicle in accordance with the spacing and the vehic...

Process for pressing a cutting plate (1) from a powdered starting material comprises moving an upper stamp (7) and a lower stamp (8) relative to the matrix (5) transverse to the cutting plate parallel to the free surfaces of lateral supporting edges. Preferred Features: The free angle of the lateral supporting edges is 10-15 degrees . The peripheral cutting corners of the cutting edges on the fron...

A vehicle speed control system for a vehicle with an engine and an automatic transmission is comprised of a coast switch for decreasing a set vehicle speed and a controller connected with the coast switch. The controller controls a vehicle speed at the set vehicle speed by controlling the engine and the automatic transmission, and maintains a gear ratio of the automatic transmission at the gear ra...

The present invention relates in particular to high resolution large displays, the basic idea being to compose the display of many transparent films. This is done by firstly composing individual screen elements of said films and then stacking the elements to form a large display. The construction makes it possible to lead the conductor tracks away toward the rear and thus also to shift the termina...

The stack lifting drive has a stack support plate (2) raised and lowered by a motor (6) via a cable (3). The motor is supported relative to the frame by a compression spring (8), and has a limit switch to trip the motor under predetermined conditions. The casing of the motor may be rotatable around the drive axis and has a lever arm (7) which interacts with the compression spring.

In order to prevent a needlessly excessive yaw moment from being applied to the vehicle, thereby improving the running stability of the vehicle when either one of the braking force generation units went wrong, a brake system for vehicles having electric brake units (14) each provided for each of the wheels to generate a braking force by its actuator (22) being driven according to the amount of dep...

A shift control device of an automatic transmission comprising detection means for detecting a shift from a non-drive to a drive position; output means for outputting a command to execute an engine output lowering; detection means for detecting a transmission input revolution number and control means for engaging the friction engagement element by direct pressure control in response to a detection...

The utility model discloses a temperature difference gas chimney. The aim is to provide the temperature difference gas chimney which has the advantages of simple structure, low cost and convenient maintenance. The utility model comprises a supporting frame (1), an upper cover (2), the gas chimney (3) and a wind energy converting device (4), wherein the supporting frame (1) is fixed on the ground. ...

The present invention relates to a lead-acid battery Comprising a positive and a negative electrode, each having a current collector comprising an expanded grid, characterized in that at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode contains an organic binder in an active material layer at an edge portion thereof. This makes it possible to suppress an internal short circuit result...