Abstract: A wall framework includes top and bottom tracks, a horizontal channel and vertical studs. A first vertical stud is secured to the top track and the bottom track and has a first opening sized and shaped to permit the horizontal channel to extend therethrough and a second opening vertically spaced from the first opening. A second vertical stud is secured to the top track and the bottom track and has a third opening sized and shaped to permit the channel to extend therethrough and a fourth opening vertically spaced from the fourth opening. At least one clip extends through the first opening and the second opening. A fastener connects the horizontal channel to the clip. The clip cooperates with the fastener to secure the horizontal channel in a fixed relationship to the first vertical stud.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an external wall construction improving workability, waterproof properties, durability and ventilating properties of a bearing wall.

Abstract: A modular wall block is adapted for being assembled together with a number of like blocks in stacked courses to form a retaining wall. The wall block includes a front face and rear, top and bottom, and opposing sides. A locking shear key extends outwardly from either of the top or bottom of the wall block, and is adapted for residing between respective adjacent sides of like blocks in an adjacent upper or lower course to anchor the wall block in position. A severable area is formed with the shear key for being removed to accommodate placement and orientation of the wall block between respective adjacent sides of like blocks in an adjacent upper or lower course.

Abstract: A structural member, e.g. a truss for erection of temporary structures, comprises a number of elongate elements disposed in spaced generally parallel relationship to one another with transversely extending elements therebetween, and an element extending longitudinally of the structural member has a formation extending lengthwise of it for engagement by an attachment member which is to be retained to the longitudinally extending element at any of a range of positions therealong. The attachment member may provide for connection of a safety element to the structural member, and be freely movable therealong in use.

Abstract: A concrete embedding anchor includes. An anchor including an anchor body having a head at one end of the shank and a stopper at the other end, a fitment concentrically mounted to said head and having an external thread and easy breaking portion formed on the round bar portion thereof, and a hemispherical shell-shaped former fitted with the middle portion of said anchor shank. A retainer is secured to the concrete form in advance, said anchor fitment is inserted into and screwed up to said retainer, said anchor is combined with the concrete form, then concrete is poured, and said concrete form is taken away after the concrete has hardened.

Abstract: A building element for use as a column or a beam includes a profile of substantially uniform cross-section extending lengthwise between first and second ends. The profile is defined by a web, a pair of side flanges perpendicular to the web, and curved outer corners joining the side flanges, respectively, to the web. The web includes at least one constriction extending in the same direction as the side flanges and having a pair of arms extending angularly inwardly toward one another from curved inner corners of the web to a curved base having an apex. The side flanges extend from the outer corners to tips, respectively, terminating at side edges, respectively. The building element has an overall width between the web and the tips. The at least one constriction has a width between the web and the apex about ⅓ the overall width.

Abstract: A cutting element for a rotary cutting machine comprising several adjacent cutting members each of which is intended, during work, to rotate about an upwardly directed respective axis. Said cutting element comprises an active zone intended to cut plants and a connecting zone intended to connect said cutting element to a support of a respective one of said cutting members of the cutting machine. Said connecting zone has, in cross section, a relatively flat central part, a first edge inclined toward one side of a plane of extension of said central part, and a second edge inclined toward the other side of said plane of extension.

Abstract: A nozzle configuration and control methodology adapted to provide a compact means for configuring and operating an industrial gas turbine on either gaseous or liquid fuel while utilizing fuel staging to achieve very low emissions. More specifically, the outer fuel nozzles are used for delivery of a portion of the premix gaseous fuel and all liquid fuel, but not diffusion gaseous fuel. Water injection for emissions control on liquid fuel and atomizing air for the liquid fuel are also supplied entirely by the outer fuel nozzles. The central fuel nozzle is thus used for the supply of both premix gaseous fuel and all diffusion gaseous fuel. The disclosed configuration reduces the number of required fluid passages thus simplifying the endcover structure while enabling fuel staging to achieve very low emissions on gaseous fuel.

Abstract: A plurality of fuel nozzles X1 and X2 in combustor X are supplied with fuel gas from a fuel gas system and fuel oil from a fuel oil system, respectively. Gas turbine operation is performed with fuel being changed over to either gas or oil. Fuel oil distribution control system A controls oil flowing into a plurality of fuel pipings. When oil is changed over to gas, fuel oil purge system B is supplied with air of an appropriate temperature and pressure from purging air supply system C. This air flows into fuel oil pipings and nozzles X2 for purging residual oil therein. Fuel nozzle wash system D is supplied with water by-passing from a wash water tank for compressor washing. This water flows through nozzles X2 for washing thereof.

Abstract: A saturated steam generation system (1) is supplemented with at least one gas turbine set (29, 30, 31, 36), at least one heat recovery steam generator (32), at least one topping steam turbine (37) and at least one steam mixing component (52). The topping steam turbine (37) is coupled to the gas turbine set (29, 30, 31, 36) and is supplied by the steam generated in the heat recovery steam generator (32). The exhaust steam from the topping steam turbine (37) is fed via the steam mixing component (52) to the steam turbine set (2).

Abstract: An energy storage gas-turbine electric power generating system comprises a liquid air storage tank for storing liquid air, a vaporizing facility for vaporizing the liquid air stored in the liquid air storage tank, a combustor for generating a combusted gas by combusting the air vaporized by the vaporizing facility and a fuel, a gas turbine driven by the combusted gas generated in the combustor, and a gas-turbine generator connected to the gas turbine for generating electric power, which further comprises a pressurizing unit for pressurizing the liquid air stored in the liquid air storage tank up to a pressure higher than a pressure of air supplied to the combustor to supply the liquid air to the vaporizing facility, and an expansion turbine driven by expanding the air vaporized by the vaporizing facility and an expansion-turbine generator connected to the expansion turbine for generating electric power.

Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment device has a cylindrical body with axial passages having a catalyst and a central cavity. A filter is provided in the cavity and the cylindrical body is mounted for rotation in a housing through which the exhaust gas flows.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying system for an automotive internal combustion engine which discharges oxygen-excessive exhaust gas under lean-burn operation. The exhaust gas purifying system comprises a NOx reducing catalyst for reducing NOx in the presence of at least hydrogen serving as reducing agent. The NOx reducing catalyst is disposed in an exhaust gas passageway of the engine. The NOx reducing catalyst includes a porous substrate, and platinum and cesium carried on the porous substrate. A catalyst is disposed in the exhaust gas passageway in order to produce hydrogen so as to enrich the oxygen-excessive exhaust gas with hydrogen before the oxygen-excessive exhaust gas reaches the NOx reducing catalyst. The oxygen-excessive exhaust gas enriched with hydrogen is introduced through the exhaust gas passageway to the NOx reducing catalyst.

Abstract: A master cylinder (10) for a hydraulic vehicle brake system has a housing (34) and a bore (36) which is disposed therein and in which a hollow cylindrical primary piston (38), which acts on a pressure chamber (40), is guided in a sealing and axially displaceable manner. An axially displaceable, hollow cylindrical auxiliary piston (42) is accommodated in the primary piston (38), into which piston (42) an actuating piston (46) projects, which piston (46) is adapted to be actuated by means of an input member (24), is is guided in a sealing and displaceable manner in the auxiliary piston (42) and is resiliently preloaded away from the latter at least during braking. The actuating piston (46) has a first hydraulically active diameter (D1) and the auxiliary piston (42) has a second hydraulically active diameter (D2). The auxiliary piston (42) is rigidly coupled to the actuating piston (46) after covering a determined distance against its resilient preload.

Abstract: Past air intake systems have failed to effectively and efficiently utilize the arrangement of structural components to increase boost at low engine speeds. The present air intake system effectively and efficiently utilizes the arrangement of structural components to increase boost at low engine speeds. The air intake system directs intake air through a turbocharger and evaluates the quantity of flow of intake air to the engine as compared to the flow of fuel. And, depending on the results of the evaluation, a directional control valve directs the flow of intake air to a supercharger or to the engine. The supercharger is driven by a motor having a variable rate of speed as compared to the engine.

Abstract: In a twin wall combustion chamber for a gas turbine engine, the outer wall has impingement holes so that compressed air surrounding the chamber can pass through the holes to impinge on the inner wall, and the inner wall has effusion holes whereby air can effuse into the combustion chamber. The number of effusion holes is greater than the number of impingement holes, the effusion holes preferably being arranged in groups of seven, comprising six holes equi-spaced around a central seventh hole, each group having an impingement hole in a fixed positional relationship to the central hole, preferably downstream of it.

Abstract: A refrigeration system for maintaining edible substances at a low temperature of the present invention includes a serving pan, an element for retaining or holding the serving pan, and a refrigeration tube and a glycol medium surrounding the pan is disclosed. The refrigeration tube and glycol medium act together in order to maintain the pan at a low temperature for a prolonged period of time and to provide an even cooling of the pan. In a second embodiment, the refrigeration tube may be surrounded by the glycol medium. In a further embodiment, the system may be used to heat food rather than to cool food by using a heat pump alone or in combination with electric heating elements. In yet another embodiment, the glycol medium may surround only the sides or only the bottom of the pan.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system for airplanes is proposed in which a portion of the fresh airflow to be prepared is tapped at high pressure from a power unit and another portion is sucked in from the surroundings. The energy potential of the tapped airflow is utilized to compress the ambient air. The compressed ambient air and the tapped air are mixed into a mixed airflow before the mixed airflow's pressure is dropped in one or more turbine stages (T1, T2). Water is separated from the mixed airflow between the mixing point (X) and the first turbine stage 1 (T1). In order to cool down the tapped airflow to a temperature at which water can be separated at all, the tapped airflow is guided past the entire cooler mixed airflow, preferably in two steps (REH, CON), namely once before the pressure drop and another time after the pressure drop of the mixed airflow in the first turbine stage (T1).

Abstract: A system for producing carbon dioxide wherein carbon dioxide feed fluid is first processed in a cooling section of an integrated heat exchanger before purification in a column, and wherein column bottom fluid operates within one of an evaporating section and desuperheating section of the heat exchanger and refrigerant fluid operates within the other of the evaporating section and desuperheating section of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: An actuator system for activating a latch needle, which latch needle has a shaft, comprising: a flat planar extension of said shaft having first and second parallel planar surfaces; at least one piezoelectric micromotor having a first surface region for transmitting motion to a moveable element, which first surface region is resiliently pressed to said first surface and at least one additional piezoelectric motor having a second surface region for transmitting motion to a moveable element which second surface region is resiliently pressed to said second surface; and wherein vibratory motions of said first and second surface regions apply forces to said flat extension that cause motion in said latch needle.

Abstract: Object of the present invention is to provide a method or a system by which an operator without skills in bending operation can easily and quickly perform precise bending operations on a sheet workpiece by following skilled operator's experience, hints or data. To achieve this object, the method of this present invention comprises the steps of storing data for a shape of said part; storing data for a bending order for manufacturing said part from said workpiece; selecting tools for performing each of bending operations; storing data for the selected dies; storing bending press control data for controlling the operation of said press to performs the bending operations in said bending order; and storing bending operation support information for supporting an operator for performing the bending operation by using said bending press.

Abstract: A hollow metal tube having a sharp-angled indentation that is made without removing any material and without deforming the external diameter while conserving the fiber orientation of the metal and maintaining a constant thickness of the tube. The process of forming the sharp-angled indentation comprises the steps of, providing a riveting machine, the riveting machine having an epicycloid mechanism and a spherical joint and comprising a riveting head fitted to a spindle, operating in conjunction with pressing devices and a fixed half-clamp, replacing the spindle of riveting machine with a sharp angled former adapted to the profile of the indentation to be made and to the former's sharp angle, inserting the tube on which indentations are to be made between the former and the fixed half-clamp, and activating the pressing devices to cause movement of the spindle in order to form the sharp-angle indentation in the tube.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a personal air sampler. A desired flow rate is set, the actual rate measured and recorded through a plurality of runs, the results are automatically averaged and compared to the desired flow and the pump is automatically adjusted accordingly. The process may be repeated for a plurality of selected flow rates, and a best-fit curve computed to cover the entire range. Stability is tested by a series of sets of runs to determine erratic behavior, and an overall calibration is conducted by performing such a series of runs at each of several set point flows.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes a sensor element and a housing having an accommodation hole in which the sensor element is disposed. The housing has at an axial end thereof a cold crimped portion which cooperates with a shoulder portion of the accommodation hole to fixedly hold therebetween the sensor element. The cold crimped portion has an inward flange section, a hollow cylindrical section and a bent section between the inward flange section and the cylindrical section. The cold crimped portion is shaped so as to vary in thickness suddenly at or adjacent the bent section so that the cold crimped portion is assuredly bent at a predetermined position. A method of producing a gas sensor is also provided.

Abstract: A highly accurate diagnosing apparatus for an evaporation purge system, which is not so easily affected by fluctuation in an atmospheric pressure. An evaporation system including a fuel tank is set in a pressure state different from an atmospheric pressure, and then hermetically sealed during leakage diagnosis. A reference pressure is introduced to the reference pressure introduction side of a relative pressure sensor, and a pressure in the evaporation system is introduced to the detected pressure introduction side thereof. In an atmosphere introduction passage for opening the reference pressure introduction side of the relative pressure sensor to atmosphere, a solenoid valve is provided for the relative pressure sensor. During the leakage diagnosis, a control unit sets the solenoid valve in a closed state, holds the reference pressure at a constant value, and then determines the presence of leakage in the evaporation system based on a relative pressure change detected by the relative pressure sensor.

Abstract: A sensor device has a sensor element, two connecting elements configured as a wire and are led out of the sensor element, and a supporting element having a supporting body and two supporting feet to support the temperature sensor in a housing. The two connecting elements, the sensor element and the supporting body bound between themselves a two-dimensional clearance of a predefined width and height. A minimum dimension of the sensor element and the length and height of the supporting feet are dimensioned, relative to the clearance, such that neither the sensor element nor one of the supporting feet can enter the clearance of an adjacent sensor device.

Abstract: A resonant element including: a vibrating body vibratable in orthogonal X- and Z-directions; exciting means for causing the vibrating body to be subjected to an excitation vibration in the X-direction; excitation deflection detecting means for detecting the deflection of the vibrating body in the Z-direction during the excitation vibration thereof in the X-direction; and excitation deflection inhibiting means for inhibiting the deflection of the vibrating body in the Z-direction.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes a substrate; a first vibrator supported on said substrate by a first support beam, such as to be vibratable in a direction parallel to said substrate; a second vibrator supported by a second support beam parallel to said first vibrator, such as to be vibratable in a direction orthogonal to the vibrating direction of the first vibrator; vibration generating means for vibrating the first vibrator parallel to said substrate; angular velocity detecting means for detecting the amount of displacement of the second vibrator due to an angular velocity; and vibration-state monitor means provided between the substrate and the first vibrator for monitoring the amount of displacement of the first vibrator when it is vibrated by the vibration generating means.

Abstract: A strain detector where water does not reach a strain-resistance element and which supplies stable output at all times is provided. In the strain detector, a first protective layer made of glass is disposed to cover an insulating substrate and the strain-resistance element. A second protective layer made of resins or glass for covering the first protective layer, and a thermistor for compensating the resistance of the strain-resistance element are disposed.

Abstract: A rotation sensor (10) provided with a first rotor (11) fixed to a predetermined position in the axial direction of the shaft, a second rotor (12) fixed to the shaft (5) adjoining the first rotor, and a magnetic material core (13) having a resonance coil (13c) arranged around the first rotor and forming a magnetic circuit working with the first rotor. The first rotor (11) is formed by a magnetic material comprised of an insulator, an irregular magnetic field is formed with the magnetic material core, and the second rotor (12) is provided with a conductor cutting across areas of different intensities of the irregular magnetic field in accordance with the difference of the angle of rotation when a difference in the angle of relative rotation occurs at a shaft position where the first rotor is fixed and a shaft position where the second rotor is fixed.

Abstract: A shift switch-actuating mechanism for a dual mode shift lever unit is provided, including a shift lever pivotally connected to a pivot shaft supported by a lever housing and a cable block pivotally mounted on the pivot shaft outside the lever housing, the lever housing having an opening on its wall facing the cable block such that the shift lever and the cable block interact with each other, wherein the shift switch-actuating mechanism is mounted on an upper wall of the shift lever housing below an indicator panel so as to be operated in a manual mode and includes a base plate having an indented portion for receiving the shift lever, an up shift switch mounted on the base plate for detecting up shift manipulations of the shift lever, a down shift switch oppositely mounted on the base plate for detecting down shift manipulations of the shift lever, a manual mode switch mounted inside the indented portion of the base plate for detecting manual mode conversion of the shift lever, and a switch actuator for mount

Abstract: A cable block-locking mechanism of a dual mode shift lever unit having a shift lever pivotally connected to a pivot shaft in a lever housing via a lever bracket provided at a lower end of the shift lever, a rotation member rotationally mounted on the pivot shaft, and a cable block pivotally mounted on the pivot shaft outside the lever housing. The cable block-locking mechanism includes a stud slidably mounted to the cable block for selectively connecting the cable block with the lever housing, a push rod formed on the lever bracket for depressing the stud so as to release the cable block from the lever housing in an automatic mode, and a return spring mounted around the stud for returning the stud to its place so as to couple the cable block with the lever housing in a manual mode.

Abstract: In a transfer arm for accurately transferring substrates and having excellent durability, a first parallel link (10) and a second parallel link (20) are connected to each other by a common short link element at a base, and a holding plate (50) disposed on the free end of the second parallel link (20) is linearly moved by the rotation of a drive shaft J1, disposed at an end of a link element of the first parallel link (10), while varying the angle formed between the link elements (11, 12) of the first parallel link (10) and the link elements (21, 22) of the second parallel link (20).

Abstract: In an accelerator, an acceleration rotor made of resin is rotatably supported in a support shaft, one end portion of a pedal arm is connected to an acceleration pedal, and the other end portion of the pedal arm is attached to attachment portions of the acceleration rotor. The attachment portions are provided in the acceleration rotor to be separated in a rotation direction of the acceleration rotor. For example, the attachment portions are a press-fitting portion, into which a top end part of the other end portion of the pedal arm is press-fitted, and an insertion portion, into which a bending part of the other end portion of the pedal arm is inserted. Thus, the pedal arm can be accurately readily attached to the resinous acceleration rotor to be only rotated around the support shaft of the acceleration rotor.

Abstract: Metal powders are pressed into compacts more readily through the addition of a minor percentage of dimethyl sulfone binder. Dimethyl sulfone may be dry-blended with the metal powder by mixing it in the form of a powder, or it may be wet-blended by first dissolving it in a suitable solvent, then adding it to the metal powder and evaporating the solvent. Dimethyl sulfone may be almost completely removed from compacts pressed from tantalum, etc., either by vacuum distillation or by water leaching, to leave compacts uncontaminated by the binder and suitable for further processing into capacitor anodes, etc.

Abstract: There is provided a ball mill having a milling chamber into which metal powder is fed. The ball mill is also provided with milling means for milling metal powder into fine metal powder having a particle size less than a predetermined size. When the ball mill operates, a quantity of heat (Qo) is generated in the milling chamber. The milling chamber is cooled by liquid cooling means and gas cooling means according to the present invention. The liquid cooling means causes cooling liquid to flow along the outside wall of the milling chamber to remove a quantity of heat (Q1) during the ball mill operation. The gas cooling means causes cooling gas to flow through the milling chamber to remove a quantity of heat (Q2) during the ball mill operation. The generated quantity of heat (Qo) can be counterbalanced with the sum of the removed quantities of heat (Q1) and (Q2) so as to prevent the inside of the milling chamber from overheating, so that the ball mill can operate in the condition of Qo/V≧0.

Abstract: The sputtering target is manufactured by adjusting the ratio of the gas flow volume (Nm3)/molten liquid flow mass (kg) to 5 Nm3/kg or more in the gas atomizing step of the spray forming method using an Al or Al alloy sputtering target material in which the maximum length of all the inclusions is 20 &mgr;m or less.

Abstract: A paste to be fired at a temperature lower than melting point of silver for forming a circuit board comprising surface-modified silver powder consisting essentially of metal silver particles having an average particle size of not more than 10 &mgr;m and at least one member selected from the group consisting of oxides and double oxides containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of those belonging to Groups 2 to 14 of Periodic Table whose atomic number falls within the range of from 12 to 82, which is adhered to the surface of the individual metal silver particles. The surface-modified silver powder has an elevated sintering-initiation temperature and a reduced rate of heat shrinkage due to sintering. Therefore, the surface-modified silver powder is particularly suitable for use in making a circuit board, in particular an LTCC circuit board.

Abstract: A fastener removing tool in accordance with the invention utilizes a design having a handle portion and a head portion with a bend between the handle portion and the head portion, wherein the head portion has two gripping members that may be opened and closed, and wherein each gripping member further comprises a groove having a pair of opposing gripping edges each of which defines an angle of approximately 90° and where the grooves may be opposing when the halves of the head are in a closed position, and wherein the head portion further comprises a top and an opposing protrusion into which protrusion the grooves extend.

Abstract: A protection device (D) of the driving means of a mobile element (O) against the cuttings projection of a machining machine tool comprising a driving section (P1) and a machining zone (P2) of the type that defines a protection wall that, being interdependent from the mobile element (O) that goes through it, separates the driving section (P1) from the machining section (P2). The protection wall is constituted by a plate (100) interdependent from the cross-through part of the mobile element (O) and having a free translational motion on a disk (200) rotating freely with respect to a cabin (300) and the rotation axis (A) of which is shifted with respect to the displacement axis (B) of said mobile element (O).

Abstract: A saw blade includes a body (1) being formed symmetrically about a longitudinal center plane (8). A plurality of spaced apart unset teeth is formed symmetrically along the longitudinal center plane of the body in at least one recurring cycle of teeth. The at least one recurring cycle of teeth includes at least one first group of teeth and at least one second group of teeth. The at least one first group of teeth includes at least two first teeth (2). The height of one first tooth (2) is different than the height of one other first tooth (2). The width of one first tooth (2) is different than the width of one other first tooth (2). The at least two first teeth (2) each include at least one effective cutting edge (5) having at least one phase (7). The at least one second group of teeth includes at least two second teeth (2*). The heights of the second teeth (2*) are approximately identical and the widths of the second teeth (2*) are approximately identical.

Abstract: Rhythm sensations can be represented in time to music by using the entire body and to create powerfulness and rhythm sensations. Stepping position indication data which is set by a rhythm setting section is read from a stepping position indication data memory, and the stepping position instruction contents are scrolled and displayed on a monitor by a scroll display control section, thereby performing instructions of the stepping position and the stepping operation timing. When the fact that a player steps on a step-on base section in accordance with the display contents of the monitor is detected by a cable switch and this is input from a stepping operation monitor section, a score proportional to the timing deviation is calculated by an amount-of-deviation detection/totaling section, and next, an evaluation is performed by the rhythm setting section. Then, the next stepping position indication data is set according to the evaluation result.

Abstract: A conveyor belt system for transporting products through a bath of liquid, such as heated cooking oil in an oven, comprises a feed belt accommodated in a base frame and a top belt, located above the feed belt and accommodated in an auxiliary frame, for transporting the products through the bath of liquid between the top belt and the feed belt, as well an adjustable support mechanism for adjusting the distance between feed belt and top belt, which support mechanism comprises further adjustable supports by means of which the auxiliary frame is supported on the base frame. All supports are mechanically coupled to one another by coupling means for common adjustment thereof.

Abstract: A food heating and cooling device including a tray, at least one main dish plate in the tray, at least one secondary dish plate in the tray, a cover associated with the tray for maintaining the food hot or cold, an inducer for heating, reheating or maintaining heat and powered by an electronic generator circuit which induces currents in an armature located on or under the plates, a thermoelectric exchanger for maintaining the food cold or cool by extracting residual heat from the plates and compensates for thermal insulation leaks from the tray and cover, and rechargeable batteries connected to the inducer and the thermoelectric exchanger.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing printing plates on a supporting cylinder is provided. Mountings arranged on a frame accommodate a blank printing plate arranged on a supporting cylinder. The supporting cylinder is driven by a motor. The apparatus allows the supporting cylinder to be exposed at an end opposite the motor by its journal together with the mounting accommodating the journal. Thus, the supporting cylinder is capable of being moved away from the frame at one end, which makes it possible to draw the printing plate axially off the supporting cylinder. The apparatus can be used to produce a variety of printing plates, including: a relief printing plate, an off-set printing plate, a sleeve-like printing plate, and a gravure printing plate.

Abstract: A rotary printing machine for the printing of synthetic cork stoppers of the type having a surface which is normally non-ink receptive. A Ferris wheel mechanism is provided, having a plurality of evenly spaced carriers mounted a predetermined radial distance from and parallel to the axis of rotation for the Ferris wheel mechanism, each carrier for rotatably holding a synthetic cork stopper. An indexing drive system controls incremental rotation of the Ferris wheel mechanism through a predetermined sequence of steps, and a cork feeder introduces a single synthetic cork stopper into each of the carriers as empty ones of the carriers are presented one-by-one at the cork feeder. A corona discharger treats the surface of each synthetic cork stopper prior to being printed with sufficient energy to alter the surface energy of the cork sufficiently to permit receptivity of printing ink. A rotary printing system rotatably imprints with ink the surface of each held synthetic cork stopper with an image.

Abstract: A stencil printing machine 1 is provided with a stencil drum 16 and a opposite 17 which are a pair of cylindrical parts located with their external peripheral surfaces being close to each other, a stencil sheet 15 being detachably wound on the external peripheral surface of the stencil drum 16, and serves to perform stencil printing process by rotating the stencil drum 16 and the opposite 17 in order that the external peripheral surfaces thereof are located close to each other and moved in the same direction while the stencil sheet 15 is pressed against the opposite 17, and by making the stencil sheet 15 in contact under pressure with a sheet of paper 22 passing between the stencil drum 16 and the opposite 17 by the pressing force of the stencil drum 16. The stencil drum 16 is detachably mounted on the stencil printing machine and provided with storage units 201 to 203 for storing information about the pressing force of the stencil drum 16 against the opposite 17.

Abstract: An offset printing machine including an impression cylinder, a sheet feed cylinder and a blanket cylinder. An outer peripheral surface of the blanket cylinder is divided into a plurality of color sections in a circumferential direction thereof, and an outer peripheral surface of the sheet feed cylinder has a peripheral length equal to the circumferential length of each color section. A sheet held in the sheet feed cylinder is transferred to the impression cylinder each time the sheet feed cylinder rotates a predetermined number equal to the number of the color sections. One of impression cylinder grippers and a sheet feed cylinder gripper intermittently confront with each other upon rotation of these cylinders.

Abstract: A method of providing a high-explosive projectile with desired areas of fragmentation includes the following steps: securing a steel plate component in a circumferentially extending recess in the outer surface of a projectile body; directing an energy beam to outer surface portions of the steel plate component; heating, by the energy beam, narrow zones to a temperature above the melting temperature of the steel plate component to a predetermined depth thereof; and cooling the heated zones for effecting structural metallurgical changes in the steel plate component for obtaining the desired areas of fragmentation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising essentially amorphous cellulose nanofibrils, at least one additive chosen from carboxycellulose with a degree of substitution of more than 0.95, a natural polysaccharide, a polyol, and optionally at least one co-additive, the content of additive and of optional co-additive being less than or equal to 30% by weight relative to the weight of nanofibrils and of additive and of optional co-additive. Similarly, a subject of the invention is a process for preparing such compositions, which consists in adding the additive and the optional co-additive to a suspension of essentially amorphous nanofibrils, and then in drying the suspension thus supplemented. The compositions obtained are readily redispersable and conserve their initial Theological properties.