Abstract: A power transmission apparatus uses a vane pump in which a rotor coupled to a second rotary shaft is rotatably housed in a rotatable housing coupled to a first rotary shaft, and flow of hydraulic operating fluid in the vane pump due to relative rotation of the first and second rotary shafts is regulated to transmit drive force between the first and second rotary shafts. In the power transmission apparatus, small passages are formed in pump chambers defined between the housing and the rotor to permit flow, to a certain extent, of hydraulic operating fluid between delivery side chambers and suction side chambers formed by partitioning the pump chambers by movable vanes mounted in the rotor, thereby preventing fluctuation of torque transmitted between the first and second rotary shafts and preventing occurrence of cavitation in the pump chambers.

Abstract: 4-Thioquinazoline derivatives of formula (I) are provided. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylamino group, a phenyl group, a substituted phenyl group or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group containing one or two N, O or S as a hetero atom or atoms, said heterocyclic group optionally being substituted or fused with a benzene ring; n is 1 or 2; or R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. They are useful as antiulcer agents.

Abstract: This invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of skin diseases which comprises as an active ingredient vitamin A esters of .alpha.-tocopherol.

Abstract: A portable device for storing information as well as printing and dispensing multiple part tickets, such as traffic or parking violations tickets, includes a manually operable arrangement, for selecting and feeding a ticket from a stacked source of ticket stock, thus significantly reducing the energy requirements for operability and permitting portable usage of the device.

Abstract: A steering system for vehicles operative in a number of modes, requiring a narrow wheelbase for travelling on highways, and a wide wheelbase for performing tasks, typically agricultural. The steering system enables each of the wheels connected with such a vehicle to be steered independently, thus enabling movement in any direction, and full turns, to include turning about its geometrical center.Additional computerized systems are provided for the regulation of steering and for the regulation of a power transfer system conventionally used to transfer power to agricultural machinery.

Abstract: The action mechanism of a piano is supported directly from a back structure of the piano and is adjustable relative to strings of the piano prior to assembly of the complete piano, the supports for the action mechanism being attached directly to back posts of the back structure, which act to absorb noises created in the action mechanism and inhibit the transmission of vibrations and noises produced in the action mechanism to the strings and soundboard of the piano.

Abstract: A demagnitizing apparatus erases, track by track, wide-band and high-frequency recorded signals such as signals which are frequency-modulated (FM) with video signals, and thus eliminates the need for a relay to switch a single magnetic head between erasing capability and recording or reproducing capability.

Abstract: Based on the fact that the recording track width depends on the width of a core at the trailing side relative to the moving direction of magnetic recording medium, narrower track recording and wider track erasing, or a two-mode recording operation either for high-density recording or normal-density recording are realized using a single magnetic head having a narrower core and a wider core opposing to each other through a gap by changing the moving direction of the magnetic recording medium relative to the magnetic head.

Abstract: The present invention resides in an envelope type separator for a storage battery and the manufacturing process thereof. The separator sheet is comprised of a first, microporous paper layer made of an inorganic powder material, a synthetic organic fiber material and an organic binder, and a second, coarse paper layer made of a synthetic organic fiber material and an organic binder, but no inorganic powder material, these layers being bound together by heating. The resultant separator sheet of combination paper type is then formed so that the mutually inward surfaces of the coarse paper layer are brought into contact with each other and are made to adhere to each other, preferably at the edges, by thermal fusion, so that the separator sheet is formed into the shape of an envelope process for making an envelope type separator sheet is also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a starting control apparatus for an automatic transmission system, in which an accelerator pseudo signal voltage determined on the basis of a target engine rotation speed and the present engine rotation speed detected by an operating condition detecting device is applied to an engine control device to increase the present engine rotation speed to the target engine rotation speed, and, when the engine rotation speed has attained its peak, whether or not the engine rotation speed is synchronous with the rotation speed of a clutch is judged by a synchronous rotation judging device. A clutch engagement judging device decides that the clutch is to be completely engaged when the synchronous rotation judging device judges that the engine and the clutch are under synchronous rotation, but decides that the clutch is to be operated in a semi-engaged state when the synchronous rotation judging device judges that the engine and the clutch are under asynchronous rotation.

Abstract: Gripper teeth on one part of a medical instrument, such as forceps, are symmetrically arranged on opposite sides of a median line, the teeth at one side of the median line being staggered by one half pitch relative to the teeth at the opposite side of the median line, whereby, the gripper teeth can interfit with mutually presented identically formed gripper teeth on another part of the medical instrument without the need to stagger the respective parts of the medical instrument, and, without the need to form the respective parts as non-identical parts.

Abstract: The invention essentially comprises a scraping device for mounting at the end of a rod, having a body comprising a plurality of radial extending arms. At the ends of each arm is the scraping surface. The construction of this scraping device is such that when the device is positioned in a flue or like structure, debris and incrustations can be scraped therefrom by a reciprocal movement of the scraping device against the surface to be cleaned.

Abstract: An engine cooling device comprises an oil jacket surrounding a cylinder portion of an engine, an oil gallery supplying high-pressure oil to various parts of the engine, and an oil pressure regulator disposed between the oil jacket and the oil gallery to reduce the pressure of the high-pressure oil supplied from the oil gallery and to supply the oil at a reduced pressure to the oil jacket. Thus, the required mechanical strength of the oil jacket can be decreased to decrease the weight of the engine cylinder block.

Abstract: A method of controlling the hydraulic pressure for an automatic transmission gear system, in which the actual rotation speed of a rotatable element during a speed shift from, for example, the 1st speed ratio to the 2nd speed ratio is detected, and the hydraulic pressure supplied to a frictional engaging element acting to change the rotation speed of the rotatable element is controlled so that the rate of change of the rotation speed of the rotatable element can converge to a predetermined change rate when the speed change rate due to the speed shift is ideal. On the other basis of the hydraulic pressure supplied to the frictional engaging element in the final state of the speed shift, the initial hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the frictional engaging element immediately after starting of the next speed shift is computed.

Abstract: A blueberry plant which bears large fruit early in the season.

Abstract: A blueberry plant which bears high yields of medium-large berries early in the season.

Abstract: A blueberry plant bearing high yields of large fruit early in the season.