Abstract: When a leakage fault occurs in the evaporated fuel processing system of a fuel tank, a control system reliably prevents leakage of the evaporated fuel from the point where the leakage fault has occurred. The fuel tank and a canister are connected to each other via a charge passage having a bypass valve, and the canister and an intake passage of an engine are connected to each other via a purge passage having a purge control valve. When a leakage fault occurs in the fuel tank (or the charge passage upstream of the bypass valve), the bypass valve and the purge control valve are opened and an atmosphere release control valve provided on the canister, is closed.

Abstract: A system for detecting malfunction of a radiator, more precisely a thermostat (shut-off valve) in the engine cooling system. In the system, an estimated coolant temperature CTW is calculated from the temperature condition and operating condition at engine starting. When the estimated coolant temperature CTW has reached a judge malfunction value CTWJUD but the detected coolant temperature TW has not reached a judge normal value TWJUD, the thermostat 64 is discriminated to have malfunctioned, thereby enabling to detect malfunction of the radiator with high accuracy and high response.

Abstract: An evaporated fuel treatment apparatus that includes a fuel tank, a canister with an opening to the atmosphere, a charging passage that causes the fuel tank to communicate with the canister, a purging passage that causes the canister to communicate with the intake manifold of the internal combustion engine, a pressure adjustment valve installed in the charging passage, a bypass valve installed in a passage that bypasses the pressure adjustment valve, a purge control valve installed in the purging passage, a vent shut valve capable of opening and closing the opening port, an internal pressure sensor for detecting the internal pressure of the fuel tank, and a controller that opens the fuel tank to atmospheric pressure or opens the fuel tank to a negative pressure by controlling the bypass valve, purge control valve, and vent shut valve.

Abstract: In an evaporated fuel treatment device for an internal combustion engine which has a fuel tank, a canister having an interior and an opening that opens the interior to the atmosphere, and which adsorbs evaporated fuel generated inside the fuel tank, a charging passage that communicates with the fuel tank and with the canister, a pressure adjustment valve provided in the charging passage, an internal pressure sensor provided upstream from the pressure adjustment valve to detect and output the vapor pressure inside the fuel tank, and a fuel tank system leakage detector that detects leakage in the fuel tank system on the upstream side of the pressure adjustment valve according to the output of the sensor, the device having at least a first stored reference value for a first leak diameter constituting an object of detection and a second stored reference value for a second leak diameter constituting an object of detection, and the leakage detector configured to detect the presence or absence of leakage by comparin

Abstract: The amount of silicon feed material supplied to a silicon melt furnace in a silicon crystal web growing installation is controlled by providing a melt level reference signal, generating a melt level signal representative of the level of the molten silicon in the silicon melt furnace, and providing a feed rate control signal representative of the difference between the melt level signal and the melt level reference signal. The feed rate control signal is used in a open loop mode to advise an operator of the amount of adjustment needed to correct the melt level; and is used in a closed loop mode to control the feed rate of the silicon feed material to the furnace. The laser beam reflected off the melt surface is passed through a narrow bandpass filter to remove noise due to thermal radiation from the furnace. The melt level signals generated by a position detector are averaged and digitally filtered to eliminate erroneous data caused by mechanical vibrations and other noise sources.

Abstract: A determination as to whether or not the absolute value PCHK of the deviation between a detection value PTANK of a pressure sensor and its average value PTANKAVE exceeds a predetermined pressure DLEAKCHK is repeated within a predetermined time TINTVAL. The number of times the absolute value PCHK has exceeded the predetermined pressure DLEAKCHK is measured on a failure determination counter C91BNG. When the value of the counter C91BNG exceeds a determination threshold value 91BJVD, it is determined that the pressure sensor fails (time t10).

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-way valve comprising a valve casing having a fluid inlet and a plurality of fluid outlets, first and second chambers defined in the valve casing, a partition disposed between the first and second chambers and having a plurality of fluid paths, a plurality of valve elements each engaging a corresponding fluid path from the first chamber side for opening and closing the fluid path and a driving device having cams which selectively drive the valve elements from the second chamber side. The multi-way valve can be manufactured as a small-sized one, and therefore, a water purifier using the valve also can be assembled as a small-sized one as a whole. The amount of resident fluid in the valve can be decreased, thereby improving the hygienic property of the water purifier. The operation for taking off or exchanging valve elements can be simplified.

Abstract: An evaporative fuel-processing system for an internal combustion engine includes an evaporative emission control system having a canister for adsorbing evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank, a passage extending between the fuel tank and the canister, a pressure-regulating valve arranged across the passage, for regulating pressure within the fuel tank to a predetermined value, and a pressure sensor for detecting pressure within the fuel tank. It is determined whether or not the evaporative emission control system is abnormal, based on the detected pressure within the fuel tank over a predetermined time period after starting of the engine. The predetermined time period is changed based on a parameter representative of the temperature of the fuel tank assumed at starting of the engine.

Abstract: An evaporative fuel-processing system for an internal combustion engine includes a canister for adsorbing evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank, a charging passage, a pressure-regulating valve for regulating pressure within the fuel tank to a predetermined value, a bypass passage, a bypass valve for opening and closing the bypass passage, a purging passage, an open-to-atmosphere passage for relieving the interior of the canister to the atmosphere, a tank system formed by a part of the charging passage on one side of the bypass valve closer to the fuel tank, inclusive of the fuel tank, and a pressure sensor for detecting pressure within the tank system. An ECU opens and closes the bypass valve at cold starting of the engine, and compares the difference between output values from the pressure sensor obtained before and after opening of the bypass valve with a predetermined value. Presence of leakage from the tank system is checked based on the result of the comparison.

Abstract: An evaporative fuel-processing system for an internal combustion engine includes a canister, a charging passage extending between the canister and the fuel tank, a purging passage extending between the canister and the intake system of the engine, an open-to-atmosphere passage for relieving the interior of the canister to atmosphere, a charge control valve, a purge control valve, a vent shut valve, a pressure sensor for detecting pressure within the charging passage, and a float valve arranged at an end of the charging passage opening into the fuel tank. When the engine is in a predetermined operating condition, the interior of the canister is negatively pressurized into a predetermined negatively pressurized state by opening the purge control valve and the charge control valve and closing the vent shut valve. The interior of the changing passage is stabilized by closing the charge control valve and the purge control valve over a predetermined time period after the negative pressurization.

Abstract: An evaporative fuel-processing system for an internal combustion engine includes a canister, a charging passage extending between the canister and a fuel tank, a purging passage extending between the canister and the intake system of the engine, an open-to-atmosphere passage for relieving the interior of the canister to the atmosphere, a charge control valve for opening and closing the charging passage, a purge control valve for opening and closing the purging passage, a vent shut valve for opening and closing the open-to-atmosphere passage, and a pressure sensor for detecting pressure within the charging passage. When the engine is in a predetermined operating condition, the interior of the fuel tank is negatively pressurized into a predetermined negatively pressurized state by opening the purge control valve and the charge control valve and closing the vent shut valve.

Abstract: An evaporative fuel-processing system for an internal combustion engine is comprised of an evaporative emission control system including a canister, a charging passage extending between the canister and the fuel tank, a purging passage extending between the canister and the intake system of the engine, a purge control valve, and a vent shut valve. A pressure sensor detects the pressure within the evaporative emission control system. The interior of the evaporative emission control system is negatively pressurized into a predetermined negatively pressurized state, by opening the purge control valve and closing the vent shut valve. Then, the purge control valve is closed, and leakage from the evaporative emission control system is checked based on the rate of decrease in negative pressure within the evaporative emission control system over a first predetermined time period.

Abstract: An idling rotational speed control system for an internal combustion engine installed in a vehicle including an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged in the exhaust system, and an ECU which corrects the air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine in a feedback manner responsive to an output from the air-fuel ratio sensor, by using an air-fuel ratio correction amount calculated according to the output from the air-fuel ratio sensor. The rotational speed of the engine is detected, and the ECU controls the rotational speed of the engine during idling to a desired value in a feedback manner responsive to the detected rotational speed of the engine. The ECU determines whether the idling rotational speed control system is abnormal, based on the detected rotational speed of the engine and a control parameter used for the control of the rotational speed of the engine during idling.

Abstract: An evaporative emission control system for an internal combustion engine has a purge control valve arranged in a purging passage connecting between a canister and an intake passage of the engine. The evaporative emission control system has a self-diagnosis function of determining whether the evaporative fuel emission control system is normal or abnormal from a change in a value of a parameter measured based on an output from an exhaust gas component concentration sensor arranged in an exhaust passage of the engine, which change is detected when the opening of the purge control value is changed, and a variation in pressure within the intake passage at a location downstream of a throttle valve arranged therein when the opening of the purge control valve is changed.

Abstract: A system for correcting an output from a tank internal-pressure sensor in an evaporative fuel processing device including a fuel tank, and a tank internal-pressure sensor provided in the fuel tank or in an evaporative fuel passage between the fuel tank and a pressure regulating valve. In a condition in which it is difficult to generate an evaporative fuel within the fuel tank, a canister opened to the atmosphere and the fuel tank are brought into communication with each other over a predetermined time. A reference value is reset based on a first detection value detected immediately before the communication, a second detection value detected immediately before releasing the communication, and a reference value stored in a reference value storing device. Thus, it is possible to enhance the accuracy of correction of the output from the tank internal-pressure sensor.

Abstract: An improved evaporative fuel-purging control system for controlling a purging flow rate which is controlled by a solenoid purge control valve regulated with a pulse waveform signal. As for the characteristic of the purge control valve, differing periods of the signal differentiates the control valve linearity of purging flow rate with respect to the signal duty ratio. To improve the linearity, the pulse waveform signal period which creates the substantial linearity is selected among preset periods periods according to the preset duty ratio which works as a threshold value.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a turning zigzag embroidery machine adapted to read in from outside needle center data N, which permits scaling up or down or alteration of an embroidery pattern, and to convert the needle center data into frame center data C to reproduce an embroidery pattern in an improved form. Of externally read-in needle center data N (.DELTA.X, .DELTA.Y, .theta., W) and the data of needle center N on X-Y axes, this turning zigzag embroidery machine transforms, for example, data Nk (Xk, Yk, .theta.k, Wk) of needle center Nk into data Ck (xk, yk, .theta.k, Wk) of frame center Ck on x-y axes by arithmetic conversion. Then, in order to advance an embroidering needle 10 to the needle center Nk, a rotatable frame is shifted in the directions of x- and y-axes and at the same time it is turned through a given rotational angle .theta.=.theta.k in the direction of arrow E.

Abstract: This invention concerns with the technique of controlling axial movement of a focusing member in the objective lens system based on the signal representing the object distance from the automatic distance measuring means. More particularly, as the provision for manual and automatic focusing modes is made, it relates to a technique of building a mode selection mechanism into the mechanical mounting for the zoom lens.

Abstract: A zoom lens assembly having a mechanical mounting system for the lens components thereof wherein zooming, focusing and closeup operations may be selectively performed by operation of a single actuator member. A lens barrel is provided within which a variator lens and a compensator lens are movably fitted with an intermediate sleeve being fitted on the barrel member and arranged to move axially in unison with the actuator member and to be rotatable relative thereto, a drive connection being provided between the actuator member and the variator lens holder member with motion transmission occurring between the intermediate sleeve and the compensator lens holder member. Focusing operation is effected by rotation of the actuator member and by axial movement of the actuator member, the compensator lens and the variator lens are axially moved with a compensation effect being maintained for the optical system by relative movement between the variator lens and the compensator lens.

Abstract: A camera constructed from at least three different units or parts arranged in combination, with the units being releasably attached to each other by respective individual coupling devices which are made with a basically similar construction and which are operated to lock the individual camera parts together and to unlock the connection therebetween upon release actuation of the coupling devices.