Abstract: A method of manufacturing a galvanized steel sheet with high press formability, the sheet having an inorganic compound on a metallic galvanized-layer thereof. The method includes the step of effecting a galvanization on a steel sheet followed by an alloying treatment. The sheet of galvanized steel is immersed in a bath of an aqueous solution containing 0.1 wt % or more of borate of an alkali metal, and then taking the steel sheet out of the bath and effecting such control as to make the amount of deposition of the water-containing borate film on the steel sheet surface to range from 10 to 1,000 mg/m.sup.2, and then heating the steel sheet at a temperature ranging from 60.degree. to 400.degree. C. Thereafter, the steel sheet is cooled to a normal temperature.

Abstract: A sponge mop including a mount connected to a handle, the mount including at least one elongate support element designed to receive a spongy layer. The spongy layer is fixed to the support by a releasable fixing element including at least two fixing slides secured to the support, and at least one hooking slab secured to the spongy layer and designed to co-operate with the fixing slides. The slides are slidably mounted in slideway-forming element. The sponge mop also includes two lateral wings that are pivotally mounted and capable of being moved by a control element between a mopping position and a wringing-out position. A socket device may be provided for connecting the handle to the mount.

Abstract: The process for producing locket-halves where a locket-half shell is formed from a first sheet, an annular groove is stamped into a second sheet, the external diameter of the groove being substantially the same as that of the locket-half shell. The portion of the sheet enclosed by the inner edge of the groove of the second sheet is removed to form a perforated plate, the locket-half shell is soldered to the perforated sheet, and the part of the second sheet extending beyond the outer edge of the groove of the sheet after the groove is stamped on is then separated.

Abstract: A system for filing documents in a filing cabinet with a suspension rod. A suspension strip is fixed to a top edge of each document, and includes an orifice for receiving the suspension rod, and notches with an edge interposed therebetween. The notches and edges are identical from one suspension strip to one another. A scale is positioned behind the suspension strips of the documents, and displays identification information which is aligned with grooves formed by alignment of the notches of adjacent suspension strips. A tab fixed to a top portion of the suspension strip constitutes a guide mark for the document corresponding to which the suspension strip is fixed, wherein the tabs of different suspension strips are of different colors, and each color is associated with identification information which is displayed on the top portion of the scale for identifying documents.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus is included in each street light of a plurality of street lights. Each monitoring apparatus monitors the operation of the associated street lamp and stores data representing the operation thereof. Data is sent from each monitoring apparatus to a monitoring station, via the power supply cables connected to the street lamps, under control of the monitoring station. The monitoring station stores the data until it is requested to transfer the data to an interrogating station. The data is then analysed to identify faulty street lights.

Abstract: A bicycle wheel suspension is disclosed, which comprises two front fork assemblies capable of being elongated and contracted, each having an inner and an outer tube and slidable relative to each other. The lower ends of these front fork assemblies can support an axle. The front fork assemblies include respective attenuating mechanisms and. The attenuating mechanism in one front fork assembly can adjust the attenuating force during the contraction stroke of this front fork assembly. The attenuating mechanism in the other front fork assembly can adjust the attenuating force during the elongation stroke of this front fork assembly.

Abstract: The invention has particular application in the field of passive gymnastics, especially that of facial cosmetics, and comprises a case equipped with a workhead provided with electrodes and a handgrip arranged at an angle to each other. The electrodes (5) are positioned on the workhead (3) in such a way as to be arranged along a line (9) forming an acute angle .alpha. with a centre-line (10) of the said handgrip (4).

Abstract: Graphite steel for a machine structural use exhibiting excellent cutting characteristic, cold forging characteristic and fatigue resistance, the graphite steel for a machine structural use containing: C: 0.1 wt % to 1.5 wt %; Si: 0.5 wt % to 2.0 wt %; Mn: 0.1 wt % to 2.0 wt %; B: 0.0003 wt % to 0.0150 wt %; Al: 0.005 wt % to 0.1 wt %; O.ltoreq.0.0030 wt %; P.ltoreq.0.020 wt %; S.ltoreq.0.035 wt %; N: 0.0015 wt % to 0.0150 wt %; and a balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein substantially overall quantity of C is precipitated as graphite and size of graphite is 20 .mu.m or less.

Abstract: A bicycle front fork is disclosed, in which paired front fork assemblies capable of being elongated and contracted are coupled together at their upper ends by a cross member each lower end provided with an axle support for supporting an axle, the axle supports each having a support surface perpendicular to the axis of the axle. Each front fork assembly has a cross member holder having a mounting surface, which is perpendicular to the support surface of each axle support. The cross member is mounted by holding its outer surface in contact with the mounting surfaces and inserting mounting bolts in a direction parallel to the axle.

Abstract: A carpet stretching assembly is disclosed which includes a ladder-type mounting structure engaged by releasable stretching member. The stretching member are actuated by a hydraulic ram or ratchet jack to engage the mounting structure and thereby apply force to stretch a carpet via a gripping head assembly which engages the carpet. The stretched carpet is held in its stretched condition by positioning carpet holding member to engage the mounting structure and grip the carpet by a gripping head assembly.

Abstract: The tension of a strip can be controlled with high responsiveness and high accuracy despite its drastic external variation by threading the strip (1) between a transportation roll (2) and a movable transportation roll (10) and moving the movable transportation roll (10). The movable transportation roll (10) is mounted on one end of an arm (11), which is mounted for a swing motion around a supporting shaft (12), a torque around the supporting shaft (12) is generated in the arm (11) by an arm driving motor (14) connected directly to the supporting shaft (12), thereby applying a tension to the strip (1). The angle of swing motion of the arm (11) is detected by an arm angle sensor (16), and the tension of the strip (1) is detected by a tension sensor (15). The torque to be generated in the arm (11) is corrected in accordance with the detected angle and tension, whereby the strip tension is controlled for a target tension.

Abstract: An apparatus for filtering grease laden fumes in the space above a cooking appliance, including a hood, a supply air plenum and an exhaust air plenum on each side of the hood, a source of air under pressure being connected to a supply air transition duct connected by an air supply transition duct coupled to an opening in the air supply plenum, the supply air plenum being provided with perforated balancing plates which perform the function of modulating the incoming air to flow in a particular manner, and further being provided with perforated deflector pairs of overlapped plates positioned below the balancing plates, to additionally modulate the air flow paths, so that straight paths of air flow move into the interior of the hood above the cooking appliances and then pass through filters which remove grease particles as the exhaust air moves through the filters into the exhaust air plenum.

Abstract: A quick attach door system for enclosing a doorless shelved structure, such as a cabinet, wherein the shelves are supported by a number of apertured uprights which are used to accept the installation of a pair of vertically spaced door support members, each door support member being provided with apertured upright attachment members and with a door supporting structure, the door supporting members having portions extending outwardly of the upright members, a pair of door-halves being supported by the door support members, wherein the door-halves are coupled to the door support members by hinge devices that are retractable to permit installation and removability of the door-halves. The hinge devices can be secured to prevent retractability once the door-halves are shut and locked.

Abstract: A locking jaw assembly having a workpiece clamping top jaw securely interconnectable to a master jaw by a key locator and a lock bolt wherein the top jaw may be readily removed from the master jaw by simply loosening the lock bolt and another top jaw may be readily interconnected to the master jaw with repeatable precision by retightening the loosened lock bolt. The secure interconnection of the top jaw to the master jaw by the key locator and lock bolt is augmented by a lip portion of the master jaw received in a complementary shaped groove disposed on a flange of the top jaw wherein forces exerted by the workpiece on the top jaw tend to move the top jaw into closer contact with the master jaw and relieve tensile stresses on the key locator.

Abstract: A road crash barrier including a wooden rail (1), which may be formed of horizontal rail elements (3) assembled end to end, supported by posts (2). The rail (1) is covered over a portion of its surface by elongate plane rectangular plates (5) of small section which are fixed against a surface of the rail (1) facing away from the road traffic axis (13). The rectangular plates lie in the horizontal plane that includes the axis of the rail, and may include one or more deformation zones formed by a fold in the plate. At ends of the rectangular plates (5) are holes through which bolts (9) pass to fix a plate to an adjacent coupling plate, and the associated wooden element (3). At least one end of some of the plates have elongate shape holes (12).

Abstract: The invention concerns a device, preferably arranged for setting inclination of a backrest of a seat, primarily a vehicle seat, comprising components which are interconnected in pairs for mutual rotational movement and which are arranged to be associated with the back rest and the seat face, respectively, of the seat. Each component of the pair is formed with a gear rim, the rims positioned adjacent one another in mutual concentric relationship, with the rim teeth meshing with the teeth of a number of planet wheel pairs, the latter rolling in mesh with the associated gear rim, thus causing the two gear rims and their associated component of the joint to turn relatively to one another, and consequently the back rest of the seat to pivot with respect to the seat part.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a buffer container (1) for receiving the pasty substance of high viscosity, a feed line (11), through which the buffer container (1) can be refilled with the substance, a pressure generator (2 to 5), by which the substance in the buffer container (1) can be pressurizes, a nozzle (10), which is close to the buffer container (1), a pressure sensor (43) downstream of the pressure generator, and a controller (44). As a result, the metering rate can exactly be controlled close to the nozzle (10).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cold rolled steel sheet includes the steps of preparing, as a material, a steel whose composition consists of C: 0.004 wt % or less, Si: 0.10 wt % or less, Mn: 0.50 wt % or less, Ti: between 0.01 wt % and 0.10 wt %, Nb: between 0.003 wt % and 0.03 wt %, B: between 0.001 wt % and 0.004 wt %, Al: between 0.03 wt % and 0.10 wt %, P: 0.025 wt % or less, S: 0.01 wt % or less, N: 0.006 wt % or less; performing a hot rolling on the material steel under the conditions of a finishing temperature between 800.degree. C. and 900.degree. C.; coiling the material at a temperature lower than 650.degree. C.; performing a cold rolling; performing a continuous annealing at a temperature between 830.degree. C. and Ac.sub.3 transformation point; and performing a skin pass rolling.

Abstract: Portable smoking apparatus (10) comprises a storage assembly (17) in which tobacco may be stored and from which a charge of tobacco may be selectively fed into a tobacco burning chamber (13). A stem assembly (11) having a mouthpiece (12) is attached to the burning chamber (13) whereby they may be pivoted from a stowed position, at which the mouthpiece (12) is adjacent the storage assembly (17) and the burning chamber (13) is open to the storage assembly, to an operative position at which the burning chamber (13) is exposed for burning and the mouthpiece (12) is remote from the burning chamber and accessible to permit smoke to be inhaled. The stem assembly (11) may be returned to the stowed position whereby the burning chamber (13) moves past an ashing port (32) through which ash from the burning chamber (13) may be discharged.

Abstract: A vehicle assembly 20 which may be used for the purpose of selectively spraying weed killing chemicals onto weeds located amongst crops 21 planted in rows 22. The vehicle assembly 20 includes four user support assemblies 23, namely a master control support assembly 100 and three slave control support assemblies 101, supported by support means 24 and 84 on transportation means 25 which is capable of movement along the furrows such that the user assemblies 23 are positioned above respective rows 22 of crops. The master control user support assembly 100 is provided with direction control means 67 for selectively controlling the movement of the vehicle assembly in either a forward or a reverse direction and steering actuation means 68 for steering the vehicle assembly 20 and wherein the remainder of said user support assemblies 101 are slave control positions having direction control means 72 for selectively controlling the movement of the vehicle assembly in either a forward or a reverse direction.