Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle for operation on irregular and uneven ground, wherein a pair of rear suspension arm assemblies each connected pivotally to the rear part of a main frame of the vehicle. The assemblies have suspension arm portions connected operatively at their middle points to the lower end of a shock absorber, and rear end portions disposed at a higher and/or inner position than front end portion thereof. The main frame has a pair of lower tubes connected rigidly with a corresponding pair of upper tubes by way of connecting members. The pair of lower tubes are formed at their midway portions to provide holding members for the front end portions of the suspension and these holding members are directed in the same direction as swing axes for the suspension assemblies.

Abstract: A blank guide device for a resistance welding machine guides cylindrically-rolled blanks employed to produce can bodies to the welding point. The blank guide device includes a pair of blocks respectively constituting opposed L-shaped surfaces in place of a conventional Z-shaped guide portion.

Abstract: Two shafts each containing a gear wheel or gear are each journalled in two bearing bushes. Each bearing bush is mounted in an end or closure bush laterally inserted into a housing. The end bushes each comprise a collar at the axially inner end thereof which overlaps the inner end of the associated bearing bush. The end bushes are each secured to a respective holder or retaining ring which is received in a countersink formed in the housing and which is firmly held intermediate the housing and a cover member. Consequently, the bearing bushes may be separated from the associated shafts by axially displacing the shafts within the housing after removal of the cover members.

Abstract: In an axial turbine for exhaust gas turbochargers, the inner wall of the rotationally symmetrical exhaust gas deflection duct is designed as a deflection collar rigidly connected to the turbocharger shaft and rotating with it. The outer diameter of the deflection collar is greater than the diameter of the turbine disc and, at maximum, equal to the outer diameter of the turbine rotor. An element for contactless sealing of the exhaust gas deflection duct is provided between the rotating deflection collar and the casing. The element for contactless sealing of the deflection duct preferably consists of two labyrinth seals located on a cylindrical surface opening inwards, the sealing air being supplied radially from within between the labyrinth seals by means of a sealing air duct.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting alkyd resin coating composition consisting essentially of (A) an alkyd resin or a fatty acid-modified alkyd resin obtained by reacting a polybasic acid component with a polyhydric alcohol component using or without using a fatty acid conjointly with the components and (B) a crosslinking agent, the composition being characterized in that the polyhydric alcohol component comprises an alkanolamine having at least two hydroxyl groups in the molecule.

Abstract: A rotor including a disc requiring cooling, a drum, a cover surrounding the drum so as to provide an annular space, a radial cooling air supply line, and a deflection cascade in the supply line, which cascade deflects the cooling medium in the rotational direction of the rotor and accelerates the cooling medium to the peripheral velocity of the disc.

Abstract: A wind turbine assembly includes a wind turbine 18 mounted in a head 16, the wind turbine driving, via a gear box 22, an air compressor 24, 25, the inlet 26 of which is arranged to withdraw air from the vicinity of the blades of the turbine 18 to improve the efficiency of the turbine. The compressed air may be fed via a duct 12 for example to a reservoir or to a motor or gas turbine, for example, to drive a generator.

Abstract: A firearm is disclosed which includes a gun body having a firing mechanism and a barrel mount movable between a barrel loading position and a firing position. The firing mechanism is maintained in inoperative condition unless the barrel mount is correctly positioned in the firing position. A shoulder stock is releasably mountable on the gun body to permit the firearm to be selectively usable in pistol or rifle form. A plurality of barrel parts are selectively mountable on the gun body and include a first barrel of a length capable of firing baton rounds and gas rounds and a first insert of a similar length adapted to be fitted from only the end adjacent to the barrel mount into the first barrel to provide a smaller caliber barrel. A second barrel of a shorter length than the first barrel is provided and is capable of firing flare rounds.

Abstract: A fishing reel is provided which includes a reel body with a pair of side frames, a spool mounted on a spool shaft disposed between the side frames, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a drive shaft rotatably mounted relative to the side frames, a handle mounted on one end of the drive shaft, a pinion supported on the spool shaft to rotate and slide axially relative thereto, and a main gear rotatably mounted relative to the drive shaft and engageable with the pinion. The reel also includes a drag mechanism which includes a first transmission mechanism responsive to a driving force from the drive shaft to transmit an adjustable transmission force to the main gear. The reel also includes a second transmission mechanism mounted on the drive shaft and selectively engageable with the main gear to transmit the driving force from the drive shaft directly to the main gear independently of the first transmission means.

Abstract: A rotary air compressor of oil sealed type includes a stator containing a rotor, oil injectors arranged to inject oil into the interior of the stator, an oil sump connected by a first oil pathway to the oil injectors and an oil cooler situated in the first oil pathway. A thermally responsive valve situated in the first oil pathway is arranged to open only when the temperature of the oil has reached a predetermined value whereby no oil is injected through the oil injectors before the temperature of the oil has reached the said predetermined value.

Abstract: A method for producing an inorganic sintered body, comprising the steps of:providing an inorganic powder;providing an oxygen-containing wax type binder;providing the inorganic powder and wax type binder in a molding device;subjecting the combined inorganic powder and wax type binder to a molding process selected from the group consisting of extrusion molding and injection molding to produce a molded body; andproducing an inorganic sintered body from the molded body.

Abstract: A reactive-power compensator for compensating a reactive current component in an alternating-voltage system, including a reactive-current converter formed by forced-commutation current converter rectifiers arranged in a current converter bridge circuit, and a smoothing choke used as a termination at the direct-current side of the bridge circuit. The compensator attains constant compensation of both inductive and capactive reactive-current components with clearly reduced system reaction by driving the rectifiers such that the bridge circuit accepts at its input a compensation current in the form of approximately rectangular current pulses having a pulse frequency greater than that of the alternating voltage system. The polarity and width of these current pulses are modulated in accordance with a sine function so that the compensation current is identical in frequency and amplitude with respect to the reactive current component at the system voltage input, but shifted in phase by 180.degree..

Abstract: Disclosed is a diene elastomer composition especially suitable as tread rubber of tires which has low rolling resistance and high wet grip in combination. This elastomer composition contains a rubber material comprising an elastomeric polymer component of a butadiene polymer and/or a styrene-butadiene copolymer and a rubbery component. The elastomeric polymer is produced by using an organolithium compound as a polymerization initiator, and has a long chain end concentration (LCEC) of 1.5 or less as defined by the following formula: ##EQU1## wherein .alpha.: total number of terminal groups in long chain molecules per polymer,MW: a value obtained from intrinsic viscosity of the polymer as measured in toluene at 30.degree. C. by the following formulas:MW=70,660 x[.eta.].sup.1.282 for styrene-butadiene copolymer,MW=79,167 x[.eta.].sup.1.443 for butadiene polymer,.beta.i: weight fraction of component i when MW=(MW).sub.i.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, and particularly against strains resistant to benzimidazole, thiophanate and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, and particularly against strains resistant to benzimidazole, thiophanate and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: Trifluoroacetic acid is easily formed by hydrolysis of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane with water in the presence of a catalyst comprising an inorganic metal compound, preferably a chloride of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu or Zn. Preferably the hydrolysis reaction is carried out as a vapor phase contact reaction at 200.degree.-400.degree. C., using 5-15 moles of water per mole of trichlorotrifluoroethane.

Abstract: A secondary conductor supervising device of a resistance welder control system for supervising short-circuit, disconnection, and/or deterioration of a secondary conductor by means of a current flowing through a resistance welder, which comprises a voltage detecting circuit for detecting a voltage from the secondary conductor, inclusive of a secondary cable, of the resistance welder, a current detecting circuit for detecting a current flowing through the resistance welder, a divider for dividing the output of the voltage detecting circuit by the output of the current detecting circuit, an average computer for averaging the output of the divider over a part or the whole of a welding period, a supervisory level setting unit for setting a resistance value such as of the secondary conductor, and a comparator for comparing the output of the setting unit with the output of the average computer based on the welding period.

Abstract: Diuretics containing an efficient amount of L- or DL-threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-serine or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof are applied orally or parenterally. They are effected particularly to anasarca patients. They will also be effective to myxedema, Addison's disease and other ADH-excessive syndrome patients. They are applied in the form of tablet, capsules, syrup, suspension or liquid.

Abstract: An automotive suspension system includes a height control system for controlling vehicle height and a damping force adjusting system for adjusting damping force produced by a shock absorber. The height control system and the damping force adjusting system are coordinated such that the damping force is decreased when the height control system shifts the vehicle body upwards, and the damping force is increased when the height control system shifts the vehicle body downwards. Furthermore, the height control system is responsive to the height of the vehicle body and the vehicle speed to shift the vehicle body up and down so that the vehicle body is held to within a predetermined range of height.

Abstract: An a.c. generator is electrically connected to an exciting coil unit to supply alternating current to the exciting coil unit. A sensing coil unit is electromagnetically coupled to the exciting coil unit via ferromagnetic material of a shaft. An electrical signal induced across the sensing coil unit varies as a function of torque on the shaft. A balancing member electromagnetically coupled to the sensing coil unit includes a removable segment to zero-adjust the electrical signal when no torque is applied to the shaft.