Abstract: A telescopic sight is provided that includes an integral mounting bar for connection to a mounting rail of a firearm and integral auxiliary equipment mounting features for mounting auxiliary equipment onto the telescopic sight. The mounting bar includes multiple grooves spaced apart at incremental distances for mounting the telescopic sight at a selected height above the firearm. Clamp assemblies cooperate with the mounting bar and the mounting rail to secure the telescopic sight to the firearm and provide adjustment of the height position of the telescopic sight. The integral auxiliary equipment mounting features are universal and require no post-mounting adjustment to accurately align the auxiliary equipment.

Abstract: An ice fishing trap is provided to be suspended within an ice fishing hole such that once a fish has been pulled partway through the hole the fish will remain caught even if the fish is freed from the fishing line having initially caught the fish thereon. A collar is suspended within the ice fishing hole by a pair of support arms arranged to rest on a top side of the sheet of ice in which the ice fishing hole is bored. A plurality of gate members are pivotally mounted about a periphery of the collar to extend radially inward therefrom. Each gate member is a wedge shaped member having a blunt end positioned adjacent the centre of the opening of the collar in the closed position. The blunt ends of the gate members are arranged to grip a fish therebetween as they are pivoted upward into an open position to grip the fish even if the fish is only pulled partway therethrough.

Abstract: A swimming jig for use with a standard attachable bait and providing a measure of erratic and lively behavior to the bait during underwater trolling and/or reeling motion. The swimming jig includes a weighted head having a specified three dimensional shape. An arcuate lip is secured to and extends in a substantially forward direction from said weighted head. The lip is further preferably bendable in some fashion to alter the swimming characteristics of the jig. An eyelet extends from a further location of said weighted head and is engaged by a fishing line. A hook extends from a substantially rearward direction of the weighted head and to which the bait is secured. To further strengthen the jig, a stem may be employed which extends through the interior of the weighted head and interconnects the eyelet with the rearwardly extending hook.

Abstract: A device for finding the depth of a lake, river, or pond. The device has been made so the angler can attach the depth finder to the line while the hook is already submerged. The depth finder can be attached to any cross section of the line. The depth finder consists of a weight and a torsion bar clip. The new invention utilizes the torsion bar clip function to make a slip connection to the fishing line, where the depth finder can slide vertically upon an angler's line.

Abstract: A PVC pipe is closed at one end with a cap. Small holes are provided in the pipe for fresh water exchange from the interior of the pipe to the exterior. A screw-off top cap enables bait to be inserted or removed from within the pipe. A stainless chain with snap hook is attached to the top of the pipe, and serves as a tether to limit the distance between the live bait keeper and a firm anchor, such as an eye-bolt or the like installed on a fish house or water craft. The container is non-corrosive, will not break when left in an ice hole that is later chipped open, and will preserve the bait in an ice hole during the winter or in open water during summer heat.

Abstract: A device for attracting and capturing or otherwise disabling insects includes a fan mechanism structured and arranged to provide an outflow of air out of the device to atmosphere, and to draw an inflow directed counter the outflow from atmosphere into the device, the outflow being substantially within the inflow outside of the device. The flow mechanism is also structured and arranged to provide an insect attractant in the outflow. The device can include mounting structure being adapted to position the device with the outflow directed in a substantially downward direction. The outflow attracts insects to the vicinity of the device, and the inflow urges the insects to enter the device. An insect disabling structure is arranged with the flow mechanism to capture or otherwise disable insects being urged into the device by the inflow.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a continuous slow release of compressed gas includes a pressure vessel and a restrictor tube. The restrictor tube has a first open end located inside the pressure vessel and an opposite second open end located outside the pressure vessel. The restrictor tube has a small diameter so as to restrict the flow of gas therethrough and out of the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel is connected to a supply of compressed gas via a valve. When a volume of gas is transferred to the vessel, the gas enters the first opening, travels through the restrictor tube and out of the second opening to provide a slow continuous release of gas. In one embodiment, the pressure vessel is incorporated in an insect trap.

Abstract: To provide a low pollution fuel capable of obviating imperfect combustion of fuel in a diesel engine, etc., and fundamentally solving the exhaust gas problems without depending on the conventional symptomatic method. The low pollution fuel is composed of kerosene, light oil or heavy oil which is blended with an oxygen-contained hydrocarbon composed of an olefin-based hydrocarbon as a starting material, such as ether, alcohol or glycol.

Abstract: A method of producing oxygenated fuel. The method operates on a sulfur-free base fuel. Oxygen gas is introduced into the base fuel, which is heated, using a sparging process. Water is then removed from the resulting oxygenated fuel.

Abstract: A plastic net for farming comprises at least three layers with both ends sealed being formed by weaving in which each of the sealed ends is cut to separate the top layer from one sealed end and the bottom layer from the other sealed end respectively. Such continuous plastic net can provide a good protection to plants grown there in.

Abstract: The present invention provides individual pieces of edging material wherein each piece has a wall with a bottom edge and generally parallel side edges, a base extending along at least a portion of the bottom edge, at least one ground engaging member extending from the base and an attachment structure at each side edge for joining pieces to form a fence-like edging assembly.

Abstract: A system comprising a plate-shaped support for bulbous plants that can be positioned in a reservoir, which support is provided with a number of openings arranged in rows and columns, whilst the reservoir includes a number of ribs supporting said plate-shaped support, wherein said ribs extend at an acute angle to said rows and columns.

Abstract: A sleeve used to wrap items such as potted plants. The sleeve may have an open or closed bottom. When closed, the bottom may have a gusset for allowing expansion upon the depositing of the pot into the sleeve. The sleeve has a detachable upper portion. The sleeve has a bonding material disposed upon an inner and/or outer portion of the sleeve for crimping the sleeve adjacent the pot to hold the sleeve about the pot.

Abstract: A decorative assembly for a floral grouping comprising a floral holding material and a sheet of material. The floral holding material is constructed of a material capable of receiving a portion of a floral grouping and supporting the floral grouping. The sheet of material is extended about a portion of the floral holding material and a crimped portion is formed in the sheet of material with the crimped portion cooperating to hold the sheet of material about the floral holding material to provide a decorative covering.

Abstract: A method of forming a decorative cover, a sleeve or a preformed pot cover for a floral grouping or flower pot from a sheet of material having a printed pattern thereon wherein the printed pattern contains shaded and highlighted areas which provide the printed pattern with a visual perception of depth and thus a three-dimensional appearance.

Abstract: Fuel processors and fuel processing and fuel cell systems containing the same. The fuel processor is adapted to produce a product hydrogen stream from a feed stream, such as at least one of water and a carbon-containing feedstock, which may be one or more hydrocarbons or alcohols. In some embodiments, the fuel processor is a steam reformer containing a separation region in which the reformate stream is purified using a pressure-driven separation process. In some embodiments, the fuel processor includes a filter assembly adapted to remove particulates from the reformate stream prior to delivery to the separation region. In some embodiments, the fuel processor contains one or more cartridge-based components to facilitate easier removal and replacement of these components. In some embodiments, the fuel processor includes an air delivery system adapted to regulate the operating temperature of the fuel processor.

Abstract: A door assembly comprising a door body having a bottom edge is disclosed. The door body is selectively movable up and down to open and close an opening. The door assembly further comprises a safety edge attached to the bottom edge of the door body, the safety edge being an extrudate extruded from a deformable material and comprising a first and second chamber formed in integrated cooperative redundancy in the extrudate, wherein the first chamber comprises a first sensor body and the second chamber comprises a second sensor body, each sensor body being responsive to an impact.

Abstract: Polishing compositions are described that are appropriate for fine polishing to very low tolerances. The polishing compositions include particles with small diameters with very narrow distributions in size and effectively no particles with diameters several times larger than the average diameter. Furthermore, the particles generally have very high uniformity with respect to having a single crystalline phase. Preferred particles have an average diameter less than about 200 nm. Laser pyrolysis processes are described for the production of the appropriate particles including metal oxides, metal carbides, metal sulfides, SiO2 and SiC.

Abstract: A mounting block for a snow guard system having a groove formed in the base. An insert is placed into the groove. The insert has an outer periphery that conforms to the shape of the groove and has an inner periphery that conforms to the shape of the metal roof seam. Set screws or similar clamping devices are provided to secure the mounting block to the seam. The insert is manufactured from a material that is non-corrosive, preferably plastic.

Abstract: Cladding for a domed structure bridges gaps between adjacent roofing panels. The cladding preferably utilizes adjustable cladding panels and bridges to bridge the gap between adjacent roofing panels. The cladding is particularly suited for doubly curved surfaces.

Abstract: The intrusion of insects into a home or similar building is controlled by utilizing insect controlling plastic materials in the construction of the building. The insect controlling plastic building materials are manufactured by first blending one or more plastic resins with one or more insect controlling chemical agents to form a blended plastic resin/insect controlling chemical agent material. The blended plastic resin/insect controlling chemical agent material is then utilized to manufacture plastic films, sheets, non-woven fabrics, woven fabrics, insulating foams, flooring materials, wall covering materials, and the like utilizing conventional manufacturing techniques.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for reinforcing a ground on which is disposed a loading structure, comprising a series of structural inclusions disposed in the ground and adapted to mechanically reinforce said ground, the inclusions having a diameter D comprised between substantially 0.2 m and 0.6 m, two adjacent inclusions being separated by a distance (A) such as 2D≦A≦10 D, the series of inclusions being made of a material having a Young's modulus of between 500 and 10,000 MPa, a load transmitting layer interposed between the ground and the loading structure, said layer having a Young's modulus less than the Young's modulus of the series of inclusions, a first nominal height between two adjacent inclusions of the series, and a second height less than the first nominal height at locations situated just above the series of inclusions, where the load transmitting layer is plastically compressed by the inclusions which partially penetrate within the load transmitting layer.

Abstract: A ground anchor rod drilled into soil is held in place by a generally rectangular stabilizer having various side thicknesses of about 2-1 cm from a top to a bottom portion and a front and backside having a width of about 20 cm. The front face contains multiple depressions over its entire surface for receiving soil. The backside has two parallel spaced apart vertical protrusions for enclosing a portion of the ground anchor rod when the stabilizer is hammered into the ground juxtaposed to the ground anchor rod. The stabilizer is made from a high strength plastic such as ABS and can withstand loads in excess of four thousand pounds.

Abstract: An energy dissipation apparatus for installation in structural frames to mitigate seismic effects comprises a scissor-jack system of braces with an energy dissipation device such as a viscous, viscoelastic, or hysteretic damper, or an active or semi-active device, connected between opposing pivot joints of the scissor-scissor jack system. The scissor jack system magnifies displacement so that energy is dissipated more effectively by the damper. Open bay, diagonal, and alternative installation arrangements with respect a structural frame are disclosed.

Abstract: Autoclaved aerated concrete panels, and method of making and using such panels, specifically for the construction of residential homes, where the panels feature first and second faces having widths of at least two feet.

Abstract: A novel concrete composite non-meshed wall finishing system over key lock grid substrate (9) comprising of at least one foam-type building panel (10), and at least on one side of said panel a multi-number of a vertical keyed locking groove (11), a multi-number of a horizontal keyed locking groove (12) placed approximately at a 90 degree angle to said vertical keyed locking groove (11) forming a keyed locking grid substrate (13), which allows a fiber-reinforced acrylic-modified cementaceous base coat (14) to fill in and cover said keyed locking grid substrate (13) thereby giving sufficient strength to said fiber-reinforced acrylic-modified cementaceous base coat (14) to support a synthetic or non-synthetic colored finish (15) as a final exterior finish.

Abstract: A free access floor structure which is able to prevent an adjustment stand and free access floor panels from rising, thereby significantly improving the reliability of the free access floor construction. The free access floor includes free access floor panels 14 and panel supports 32. The panel support 32 consists of an adjustment stand 24 having a placement stand 24 for placing thereon corners of the free access floor panels 14 and a tubular member 28 under the placement stand 26, and a support base which is fixed to a floor of a building and supports the adjustment stand 24 at a top thereof in a manner to freely adjust height of the adjustment stand. The support base is provided with a circular groove 40a formed around a surface of a screw rod member 40 in a circumferential direction, and the tubular member 28 of the adjustment stand 24 is provided with a screw hole 28a for allowing a tip of a male screw be engaged with the circular groove 40a.

Abstract: Interlocking cover members made of a rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) material and formed by an extrusion process are each defined by a main panel having a top side with a top surface, a bottom side, and opposite first and second longitudinal edge zones. Longitudinal rib members extend downwardly from the bottom side of the panel in spaced, parallel relation to one another to strengthen and stabilize the panel in supported, spaced relation above an underlying surface being covered. An attachment lip extends outboard of the second longitudinal edge zone, below a level of the panel, and includes a lock channel for interlocking receipt of a barbed rail extending from the bottom side of an adjacently positioned cover member. The attachment lip is structured to rest on the surface being covered and accommodates screw fasteners, at spaced intervals, for securing the cover member to the underlying surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a framework for a balloon decoration capable of forming a balloon ornament at a predetermined shape by inserting a plurality of balloons into a space created between connecting rods of the framework. More particularly, this framework for the balloon decoration is mainly used for enhancing an effectiveness of advertisement at a ceremony to open a business or at a party held in celebration of an event. This framework can be fabricated such as a sectional toy and can be expressed as a variety of shapes adapted to further enhance the effectiveness of advertisement. According to the present invention, the framework for a balloon decoration includes a plurality of connecting balls (20) having a plurality of connecting holes (21) formed on a radial outer surface of the balls (20), and a connecting member (10) having a pair of connecting ends (13) and a connecting rod (11) extending between the connecting ends (13).

Abstract: A fastening member which is designed to receive a downwardly directed component force on the occasion of fixing it to a post or a stud of a building frame, thereby preventing it from being inadvertently floated up, thus ensuring always a stably fastened state of the building board. This fastening member is featured in that the inner wall of the concave portion formed in the substrate of the fastening member is provided at a lower wall portion thereof with an obliquely projected portion which enables a downwardly directed component force to be acted on the fastening member by allowing the projected portion to be contacted with a large head portion of the fixing member at a final stage of fixing it to a post or a stud of a building frame through an opening formed in the bottom of the concave portion.

Abstract: A building component is in the form of an elongate prefabricated cornice to be used in lengths around the top of a wall or walls or a room. The cornice has a mounting part and a facing part. The mounting part has a cross-section with two legs at an angle to each other. The outer edge of each leg terminates in a reflexive bend with the outer portion of the bends inwardly directed. The facing part is a strap of material capable of being snap-fitted into or slid along the mounting part with the inside of each bend serving as a seat to receive a longitudinal edge of the facing part. A corner-piece is provided to join two adjacent lengths of cornice at a corner, the corner-piece being in two parts having a wall-mountable angle bracket and a correspondingly angled cornice part to be secured thereto.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved casting process of mass producing complete lightweight cementitious house walls. More specifically, the invention relates to the manner in which thin cementitious skins are separately cast on either face of the wall against a sub-assembly of thick panels of insulation material shaped and located in a manner to control the movement of displaced cementitious fluid so that the exposed top and bottom chords of small vertical structural trusses, sandwiched between these the panels of insulation and other perimeter reinforcing members are encased with the least amount of cementitious material. The size and strength of each wall component can be varied to achieve the specific characteristics of the wall. Smooth or textured faces in the casting beds reproduce whatever profiles are of required on the finished walls. Accurate window and door openings are cast in such a manner as to eliminate the need for trim.

Abstract: A traction pad for maneuvering on a roof includes a base layer, traction layer, at least two traction cross members, and two end members. A bottom side of the base layer contacts the roof and the traction layer is attached to a top side of the base layer. The at least two traction cross members are attached to a top side of the traction layer along a length thereof. The two end members are attached to a top side of the traction layer, adjacent the ends of the at least two traction cross members. A pair of lifting handles are preferably attached to a top side of the two end members. The top side of the traction layer is preferably painted with a paint having sand dissolved therein.

Abstract: A wall panel lifting system used for forming multistory walls. The system includes a vertical wall panel lifting frame, a wall panel trolley frame and a wall panel. The wall panel lifting frame includes a plurality of vertical legs connected together using leg couplings, cross braces and angled lifting frame braces and a pair of vertical jacks. The lifting frame also includes a cable winch with a cable and pulleys. One end of the cable is attached to the trolley frame for lifting the trolley frame and attached wall panel as the building of the block or brick wall proceeds upwardly. The trolley frame is rides on wheels up and down inside a vertical groove in a front of the vertical legs of the lifting frame. The trolley frame includes a pair of vertical channel members. The channel members include a rear “U” shaped channel and a front “U” shaped channel.

Abstract: A press-molded door with an improvement for its interior reinforced material and stile structure comprises an interior reinforced material, handle's reinforced material, two top and bottom stiles, and two left and right stiles. The two left and right stiles are inserted with each other by its flexible-rigid co-extrusion convex structure and the concave structure of interior reinforced material, and are then connected with two top and bottom stiles forming a closed space and an imitation wood grain door.

Abstract: An automated positive count rotary slat packaging apparatus and related methods include independently rotatable rotary slats. In one embodiment, the apparatus also includes a positive count mechanism disposed in the pill delivery path adjacent the containers and a controller which is capable of generating an alarm or determining when a bottle is filled incorrectly. Accordingly, underfilled containers can be independently filled by further rotating only the respective rotary slat. A drive device for each rotary slat is also provided having frustoconical drive wheels connected to the ends of counterrotating drive shafts. The drive wheels, which are driven by a motor, engage corresponding frustoconical drive surfaces of the rotary slats to thereby rotate the slats.

Abstract: A plant packaging system comprising a combination of a protective sleeve portion and a decorative cover portion having a base and skirt for packaging a potted plant. The protective sleeve can be detached from the decorative portion of the package system once the protective function of the sleeve has been completed, thereby exposing the decorative cover and allowing the skirt portion to extend angularly from the base. The protective sleeve and decorative cover components may comprise a unitary construction or may comprise separate components which are attached together by various bonding materials.

Abstract: Methods of making slide-zippered reclosable packages are provided. In one embodiment, a pair of opposing film extensions are provided on each package between which a zipper and slider are attached. In another embodiment, sliders are inserted on to zippered packages output from a form-fill-seal machine or the like. In yet another embodiment, during package formation a reclosable zipper is sealed to each package and then a slider is inserted on to the zipper. In yet another embodiment, during package formation a reclosable zipper is sealed to each package and a slider is inserted on to each zipper, either before or after zipper sealing.

Abstract: The stirrup has a crossbar that supports a rider's shoe in riding. The stirrup further has an upper portion that is provided with a fastening means for a carrying belt of said stirrup. A damping body is provided, which damping body is arranged on the stirrup between the crossbar and the rider's shoe.

Abstract: A modified snap hitch for connecting the cross tie ropes or trailer tie ropes to the halter on a horse comprises a quick release mechanism connecting the ring to the hook of a snap hitch. The quick release mechanism can take a variety of forms, such as a shear pin or other easily replaceable part. However, in the preferred embodiment, a plurality of ball detent mechanisms are used, and the ring and hook can be reconnected as soon as the horse is calmed.

Abstract: An electret filter media includes an additive or mixtures thereof that enhance the charge stability of the media. The filter media achieves acceptable alpha values for a range of filtration challenges without significant decay in alpha values over time. Preferred charge additives include fatty acid amides and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A pull-type mower-conditioner has a windrow grouper mounted to its main frame by a mounting frame that is swingable between lowered working and raised non-working positions. The grouper includes a conveying arrangement defined in part by a belt conveyor mounted to the mounting frame for free pivotal movement, between angularly spaced stops, about a transverse horizontal axis. When the mounting frame is in its working position, the crop-receiving surface of the conveyor is inclined at a slight angle downward toward the rear of the mower-conditioner with gravity holding the conveyor in position against one of the stops. When the mounting frame is in its non-working position, gravity holds the conveyor in a position rotated against the other of the stops, the crop-receiving surface then being almost vertical so that the grouper is almost within the length of the mower-conditioner.

Abstract: A surge detection system for detecting a surge occurred at a compressor of a gas turbine aeroengine having a turbine connected to the compressor. In the system, the ratio between the compressor outlet pressure and its differential and the differential of the turbine inlet temperature (or the ratio between the turbine inlet temperature and its differential) are calculated. Then, the calculated value are multiplied together and the product is compared with a threshold value. When the product is less than the threshold value, it is determined that a surge occurred at the compressor. With this, a surge occurred at the compressor and a magnitude or degree of the surge occurred may be accurately detected.

Abstract: A catalyst 3 which has oxygen storage performance is installed in an engine exhaust passage 2, an oxygen storage amount is estimated based on the output of an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor 4 installed in the upstream of the catalyst 3, and an air-fuel ratio is controlled so that this oxygen storage amount coincides with a target value. When the output of a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor 5 has become lean or rich for longer than a fixed time, the output of the upstream air-fuel ratio sensor 4 is corrected based on the output of the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor 5 placed in the downstream of the catalyst 3. In this way, the output fluctuation due to deterioration of the air-fuel ratio sensor 4 upstream of the catalyst is corrected, and the catalyst oxygen storage amount is always precisely controlled to the target value.

Abstract: A diesel-cycle engine with a unique exhaust gas recirculation system includes a plurality of cylinders with fuel feed for each of the cylinders and an intake manifold for distributing intake air to each of the cylinders for combustion of the fuel charges therein with generation of exhaust gas. The exhaust gas is discharged to ambient atmosphere through an exhaust line with a gas turbine therein. The gas turbine drives an intake compressor which serves to compress the intake air. An engine controller controls a valve regulating the amount of exhaust gas recirculation responsive to sensed concentration of an exhaust gas component. In another embodiment, an engine controller controls a valve regulating the amount of exhaust gas recirculation, responsive to sensed demand for torque and control of fuel injection quantity is responsive to sensed concentration of an exhaust gas component.

Abstract: When exhaust gases flowing into catalysts (e.g., a NOx catalyst and a three-way catalyst) continue to be in the fuel-rich atmosphere for a predetermined period of time or longer, an exhaust emission purifying device for an internal combustion engine leans an air-fuel mixture or supplies the secondary air to the exhaust gases in order to turn the exhaust gases flowing into catalysts into an oxygen-rich atmosphere. This enables the proper regeneration of the degraded catalysts, and thus improves an exhaust emission control performance.

Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine having two banks of cylinders by which pulses of exhaust gas are alternately directed to a crossfire assembly. The crossfire assembly, which is located in the exhaust system, includes a gas accelerator chamber which divides each pulse of exhaust gas between two secondary exhaust outlets and causes a low pressure wave to occur in the exhaust system to enhance scavenging of a subsequent pulse of exhaust gas and thereby improve engine performance.

Abstract: A pneumatic/mechanical actuator described herein consists of a variation of a Brayton-cycle machine for generating actuation force. The system avoids the continues heat problem of a Brayton-cycle by using compressed gas to drive a reversible turbine. The turbine only is driven when a change of actuation position. The system includes an internal-combustion engine-air compressor, a pneumatic energy storage and transfer system, a fuel/air mixing means, two electric pilot valves, two lean-ratio high-pressure catalytic-bed burners, a small-diameter and reversible turbine, a ratio speed-reducing transmission, an optical-encoder feedback position and speed sensor and a ball-screw push-rod mechanism. An alternative embodiment uses a free piston engine compressor hybrid to provide the compressed air. Manual or computer control may be used to monitor and direct desired changes in actuator position.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a combustion main chamber into which opens one end of an upstream combustion pre-chamber having a burner face at its opposite end. A swirler assembly has a plurality of generally tangentially extending swirler vanes circumferentially spaced by passages disposed about a center and along which combustion air follows radially inward paths into the pre-chamber. Each passage is provided with a respective liquid fuel injection nozzle including an electrode to be electrostatically charged so each injection nozzle can impart electrostatic charge to droplets of fuel emerging from the nozzles to travel with the combustion air into the pre-chamber. Walls of the passages comprise electrodes which can be charged to the same polarity as the charged fuel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling alignment of a rotor of an SRM with respect to a stator, the SRM including a stator having a plurality of diametrically opposed stator salient magnetic pole pairs around each which each of a plurality of phase coils is wound, and a rotor disposed about a shaft within the stator and having a plurality of diametrically opposed rotor salient pole pairs, comprising the steps of: (a) applying a voltage pulse having an identical magnitude to each phase coil surrounding the plurality of pairs of stator salient magnetic poles in a plurality of respective motor phases of a stator of the SRM upon the initial starting of the SRM; (b) detecting current flowing into the each phase coil in the plurality of respective motor phases in accordance to the application of the voltage pulse; (c) comparing the respective magnitude values of the detected current in the respective motor phases with each other; and (d) bringing rotor salient pole pair of the rotor into alignment with a correspondin