Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium or the like and an applicator device for applying a coating to manufacture a magnetic recording medium resulting in the production of a recording medium having a uniform coating of magnetic liquid without streaking. In one embodiment, the flow index A expressed by an equation (1) below and in which L, V and .gamma.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns the control of fuel injection for automatic control of engines simulating the accuracy of fuel injection control that would be obtained with flow sensors and pressure sensors, without actually employing such sensors. This is true because the theoretical model used for estimating the flow is matched with actual system performance. Maching is obtained by estimating a level of the atmospheric pressure, a flow of air passing through a throttle valve and a flow of air flowing into the cylinder, and controlling the fuel injection based upon the flow of air flowing into the cylinder. The result is a highly accurate estimation of the valves.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for coating a magnetic liquid onto a moving substrate to form a magnetic recording medium having an improved product yield and reduced streaking. Coating liquid is fed to an extruder by a second pump, while excess coating liquid is extracted from the extruder and returned to a storage tank with a second pump. When the coating operation is to be stopped, the extruder is bypassed between the first and second pumps and a portion of the output from the first pump is returned directly to the storage tank so that the flow rates through both pumps are the same during coating and idling times.

Abstract: A method of simultaneously applying a plurality of liquids to a carrier to form respective layers thereon without causing a chromatic nonuniformity or longitudinal streaking in the layers, and to thus stably manufacture a magnetic recording medium of good magnetic recording properties. Liquids containing organic solvents are simultaneously applied to a continuously moving nonmagnetic carrier by an application head of the extrusion type so as to form respective plural layers on the carrier to manufacture a magnetic recording medium. The difference between the viscosities of the liquids present in the slots of the application head and which are to be applied to the carrier to form at least mutually adjacent ones of the layers is set at 50 cp or less, or the difference between the viscosities of the liquids present in the pockets of the application head or is set at 500 cp or less.

Abstract: In a fuel supply control method of an automobile engine wherein a plurality of parameters representing an operating condition of the engine are measured, and a fuel supply quantity is determined based on the measured values so as to attain a target air-fuel ratio, an amount of air flowing into each cylinder in an n-th stroke (n is an arbitrary integer) is calculated for prediction by using the measured parameters in a stroke preceding the n-th stroke, and the fuel supply quantity is determined by the predicted value of the amount of air in the n-th stroke and a target value of the air-fuel ratio in the n-th stroke.

Abstract: An extrusion-type liquid application device having a simple construction but in which the width of the coating slit can easily be adjusted, even during a coating operation. Thick members are mounted on the doctor portion of a coating head extending perpendicular to the liquid discharge portion of the coating head. The thick members have acting portions at their upper ends abutting the surface of the doctor portions, central fulcrum portions, and opposite end portions provided with adjusting members. By adjusting the adjusting members, the slit width can be adjusted.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for coating a magnetic liquid onto a moving substrate to form a magnetic recording medium having an improved product yield and reduced streaking. Coating liquid is fed to an extruder by a second pump, while excess coating liquid is extracted from the extruder and returned to a storage tank with a second pump. When the coating operation is to be stopped, the extruder is bypassed between the first and second pumps and a portion of the output from the first pump is returned directly to the storage tank so that the flow rates through both pumps are the same during coating and idling times.

Abstract: In an engine control apparatus for controlling the amount of fuel to be supplied by calculating the amount of liquid film or fuel adhered to an intake pipe of an engine, the adhesion rate of fuel and the time constant of evaporation of fuel in a preestimating manner, the time constant of evaporation is determined on the basis of the determined amount of liquid film, the amount of suction air and an air-to-fuel ratio upon fuel cut and the adhesion rate is determined on the basis of the amount of supply of fuel, the amount of suction air and an air-to-fuel ratio upon fuel recovery.

Abstract: A novel engine control method is disclosed in which in order to dampen the longitudinal oscillation of a vehicle such as an automobile and to prevent the deterioration of the exhaust gas purification performance thereof, the longitudinal acceleration or the engine speed of the vehicle is detected, and the detected vehicle acceleration or engine speed, as the case may be, is differentiated. A signal with the phase of the differentiated value advanced by a specific value is produced and used to compensate for the fuel injection time or a target value of throttle opening degree.