Abstract: An automatic transmission system for a vehicle having a plurality of drive gears mounted on an input shaft, a plurality of driven gears mounted on an output shaft and meshing with the drive gears, a torque converter disposed between a crankshaft of an engine and the input shaft, synchromesh mechanisms for synchronously engaging the drive gears with the driven gears and a shift controller for automatically actuating the synchromesh mechanisms so as to obtain a required gear ratio, includes a lock-up clutch incorporated in the torque converter for connecting a turbine shaft of the torque converter with the crankshaft, an electronically controlled throttle valve for automatically operating to reduce a rotation speed of the crank shaft when the gear is shifted, a bypass clutch for transmitting torque from the input shaft to the output shaft when the gear is shifted while the electronically controlled throttle valve operates to reduce a rotation speed of the crankshaft, an input clutch provided between an output e

Abstract: A method to agglomerate metal particles such as tantalum and niobium powders is described which includes combining a volatilizable or vaporizable liquid with the particles to form wet particles; compacting the wet particles; drying the compacted wet particles to form a cake; and heat treating the cake to form the agglomerated particles. Also described are agglomerated particles obtained by this method and further, particles, preferably tantalum or niobium powder, having a flow rate of at least about 65 mg/sec and/or an improved pore size distribution, and/or a higher Scott Density. Capacitors made from tantalum powder and niobium powder are also described.

Abstract: The method of compacting agglomerated powder comprises the steps of receiving a mass of agglomerated powder of random sizes; separating the mass into at least three distinct range of sizes including a fine range, a medium range and a coarse range; and thereafter compacting the agglomerated powder of each of the ranges into green briquettes, each of which is characterized in having a self-supporting structure to permit handling for a subsequent sintering operation to form a bonded compacted mass.

Abstract: They purpose of the invention is to create a process which optimizes the reduction process with a given quality of ore.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing metallic iron nuggets with a high yield and good productivity, and more particularly a method which can produce metallic iron nuggets which have a high Fe purity and are excellent in transporting and handling due to a large grain diameter with a high yield and good productivity, when they are produced by reducing and melting raw material containing iron oxide such as iron ore and carbonaceous reducing agent such as coke.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a process for the production of sulfuric acid and liberation of precious metal values from materials containing sulfur through pressure leaching operations. In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, the sulfur-bearing materials may comprise residues from pressure leaching operations, such as those carried out at medium temperatures. The process of the present invention can be advantageously used to convert such sulfur-bearing materials to sulfuric acid by means of pressure leaching. The sulfuric acid so produced can be used beneficially in other mineral processing operations, for example those at the site where it is produced. Metals, such as precious metals, that are contained within the sulfur-bearing materials advantageously may be recovered from processing products by established precious metals recovery technology.

Abstract: A method for use in designing rotary drill bits comprises determining locations in which cutters are to be provided, determining likely wear rates for cutters positioned at those locations, and using the likely wear rates to chose between relatively high and relatively low wear rate cutters for each location. The cutters all have substantially the same impact toughness.

Abstract: A method for mounting a casing shoe (4) around a cylindrical drilling apparatus (2), which shoe is used by drilling and pulled in the ground on drilling, whereby shoe (4) and drilling apparatus (2) can in the installed position rotate with respect to one another and move a certain distance axially with respect to one another, when shoulder (8) in the shoe is in transverse groove (9) on the periphery of the drilling apparatus and the groove is determining the length of the axial motion. The cylindrical shoe (2) is shrunk in order to make its diameter smaller around a spot in drilling apparatus (2) smaller than the outer diameter (Du), until through shrinking the outer diameter of the shoe has become smaller than the outer diameter (Du) of the drilling apparatus.

Abstract: Insulating lineman's pliers have composite, electrically insulating handles including a core having an inner body formed of a glass-fiber-reinforced polyester pultrusion and over-braided with glass-fiber-reinforced epoxy braided layers, the core being overmolded with an elastomeric grip. The core inner bodies of the handles have axial bores in one end thereof in which are press-fitted first ends of knurled coupling pins, the other ends of which are press-fitted in bores in the ends of the metal heads, which are pivotally interconnected and respectively define plier jaws.

Abstract: A tool for loosening or tightening lug nuts on vehicle wheels with minimal effort using a multiplying torque applicator.

Abstract: A machining method for a workpiece with a lathe device, wherein compressed air and liquid are individually supplied to the interior of a turret. After the compressed air and the liquid are separately passed through the interior of the turret, they are separately supplied to the interior of a tool holding means fixed to the turret. At the interior of the tool holding means, the compressed air and the liquid are mixed and atomized to form a mist. Atomized mist is then delivered to a tip of a working tool for machining, either along the outer surface or within the interior of the working tool, and is sprayed onto a working part from the tip of the working tool. The machining method does not cause problems such as hardening, like quenching, of a surface of the workpiece with generated cutting heat even during high-speed cutting.

Abstract: A machine tool such as an NC lathe having a machine body is disclosed. The machine tool comprises a fixed bed, a machine body having a carriage with a tool post mounted thereon is provided on one side of the fixed bed nearer to an operator, and a headstock for loading a workpiece thereon is provided on another side of the fixed bed farther from the operator. The machine tool also includes a cover having a front wall and a side wall to cover at least a front face and a side wall of the machine body, respectively. The cover is provided so as to externally surround the machine tool, and wherein a portion of the side wall of the cover adjacent the tool post includes a door opening formed therein and a side door for opening and closing the door opening. Thus, the tool replacement work is facilitated and the overall workability of the machine tool can be improved.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for vibration control in a machine for cutting, said machine comprising a cutting tool supported by a tool holder. The device comprises a control unit and converting means which are connectible to the control unit and comprise a vibration sensor and an actuator. The actuator comprises an active element which converts an A.C. voltage supplied by the control unit to the actuator into dimensional changes. Said active element is adapted to be embedded in the body of the tool holder and in such manner that said dimensional changes impart turning moments to the body of the tool holder.

Abstract: A machine tool comprises a fixed bed; a carriage with a tool post mounted thereon is provided on the fixed bed on one side; and a headstock is provided on another side so that the headstock is connected to a headstock base and is movable between a workpiece machining position for machining a workpiece and a workpiece loading/unloading position for loading or unloading a workpiece. The tool also includes a chip collecting space disposed in a cut out portion of the fixed bed adjacent to the workpiece loading/unloading position and a headstock guide unit comprising a guide support mechanism for supporting a front portion of the headstock base by the fixed bed when the headstock base is positioned at the workpiece machining position, and for supporting a rear portion of the headstock base by the fixed bed when the headstock base is positioned at the workpiece loading/unloading position.

Abstract: A guiding device for a rotatable, circular saw blade of a house-building saw. Such a saw comprises a bench-shaped stand (2) with a frame (98) which is movable therein and on which the saw blade (12) is rotatably mounted, and an operating mechanism (26) for raising and lowering the frame (98) in the stand (2). According to the invention the guiding device comprises guide elements (90, 92) whereby the frame (98) can also be moved along the bench surface (4) after the frame (98) has been moved to near an upper position.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a punch press capable of carrying out various processing with few tools, and the exchanging of the cartridges efficiently. The punch frame 2 including the upper and lower transferring and loading paths 17, 18 wherein the upper and lower cartridges 7 loaded with punch tool and die tool respectively can move-in or move-out freely, is employed. The ram 38 is employed for driving the punch tool of the upper cartridge 7. The transferring and loading paths 17, 18 are employed wherein the upper and lower cartridges 7 are capable of being stored and discharged to the inside and the outside of the press frame 2 independently. The upper and lower transferring and loading paths 17, 18 are capable of storing at least two cartridges 7 to the front and the back of the moving-in and moving-out direction. The cartridge transferring and loading means 17, 18 are capable of transferring independently the front and back cartridges 7.

Abstract: A cutter wheel for forming scribe lines on a brittle plate has a disk with two side planes. The disk has an edge formed at the outer periphery of the disk and a shaft hole formed at the center of the disk for inserting a rotational shaft. Further, at least one groove is formed to extend from a surface of one of the side planes along the shaft hole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a musical instrument having its entire body portion manufactured by moulding the body with synthetic resin, in which the said musical instrument is an electric guitar which has the entire body 4 consisting of a base plate 1, a neck part 2 connected to the base plate 17 and a head part 3 connected to the end of the said neck part 2 to hang the strings, and in which the said entire body 4 is made of polyurethane foam having specific gravity in the range of 0.3 to 0.9. In the polyurethane foam additional porous particles sizing average diameter from 1 to 50, &mgr;m selected from a group comprising wood chips, silica or mixtures thereof may homogeneously be contained in an amount of 5 to 8% by weight. Furthermore, a piano, an exterior casing of amplifier and/or an exterior casing of electric guitar may also be made of polyurethane foam having specific gravity in the range of 0.3 to 0.9.

Abstract: A music file recording/reproducing module is mounted in a module rack of an audio/video (AV) system capable of reproducing input audio data, and receives audio data encoded by a predetermined encoding method, decodes the received audio data, and sends the decoded audio data to the AV system. By doing so, a music file is received from an outside source, is stored, and is decoded so that the received music file can be reproduced. That is, the music file recording/reproducing module causes the AV system to receive various music files, such as an MP3 file transmitted through the Internet, and to store and reproduce the music files. The module comprises a communications interface unit for receiving encoded audio data, a decoder for decoding the encoded audio data, and a control unit for sending the decoded audio data to the AV system. An audio reading unit, an audio writing unit, and an audio storage unit are also provided.

Abstract: A server apparatus connected in a communication network provides a plurality of music piece template data files respectively representing features of source music pieces. A client apparatus connected in the communication network requests a music piece template data file from the server. The server delivers and the client receives the requested template data file. The client creates a new piece of music based on the received template data file. The created music piece is a new piece but resembles the source music piece to a certain extent having certain characteristic features of the source music. In an alternative arrangement, the server delivers a source music piece, and the template data file is created at the client side by extracting features from the source music piece.

Abstract: In an automatic firearm, a cartridge feed device is provided in order to convey the uppermost cartridge in a magazine into an intermediate station transverse to its extent. A lifting device is used to grasp the cartridge in the intermediate station and to move it vertically into a feed station in which it is aligned parallel to the axis of the barrel of the weapon. The lifting device is implemented as a feed fork having prongs which engage the cartridge in the intermediate station from the front and which then lift the cartridge into the feed station in a tilting movement.

Abstract: In a steering booster device, a torque-sensor shaft being provided between a first shaft carrying the steering wheel and a second shaft connected to the gear of the steering booster, at least one end of the torque-sensor shaft is supported flexibly in the first or second shaft by at least one damping element.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transmission for vehicle with an HST interposed in a drive power transmission path that includes: a housing; a center section having a plate-like shape with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface with respect to a drive power transmission direction, and the center section being disposed within the housing; an input shaft extending through the center section; an output shaft disposed parallel with the input shaft and away from the same in a plate surface direction of the center section; a hydraulic pump body supported on the first surface of the center section and operatively connected to the input shaft; a hydraulic motor body supported on the second surface of the center section and being adapted to drive the output shaft upon receiving operational fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump body; a bearing plate fixed within the housing, facing either one of the first and second surfaces of the center section for supporting the input shaft; and an au

Abstract: A damper comprises a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a piston. At least one of the chambers includes an axially moveable member and an axially fixed member. A resilient or compressible member is positioned between the axially moveable member and the axially fixed member. The axially moveable member is displaced toward the fixed member during slight pressure increases to absorb small pressure fluctuations that may be insufficient to cause flow through the piston.

Abstract: A component gas concentrator includes an air compressor, an air-tight first container containing a molecular sieve bed, the first container in fluid communication with the compressor through a first gas conduit, and an air-tight second container in fluid communication with the first container through a second gas conduit. A gas flow controller such as PLC controls actuation of valves mounted to the gas conduits.

Abstract: The invention includes a process for separating CO2 from natural gas including: contacting a mixture of CO2 and natural gas with a first side of a carbon membrane in a manner to cause a portion of the mixture to pass through the carbon membrane to a permeate side. The resulting mixture on the permeate side becomes enriched in CO2 over that of the mixture on the first side. The carbon membrane includes an asymmetric hollow filamentary carbon membrane, including a partial carbonization product of an asymmetric hollow filament including an aromatic imide polymer material. The carbon membranes is at least 95 weight percent carbon, and has a dense layer located in the outside surface portion of the hollow filamentary membrane and a porous base layer continued from the dense layer and located in the inside portion of the hollow filamentary membrane. The contacting in step occurs at a pressure of at least about 200 psia.

Abstract: A process for removing mercury and organic compounds from gaseous streams using an adsorption powder, characterized as containing a carbon-based powder selected from the group consisting of coal carbons, wood carbons, graphite carbons, activated carbons, coconut shell carbons, peat carbons, petroleum cokes, synthetic polymers, the like, and combinations thereof, and an effective amount, suitable for removing mercury and organic compounds, of cupric chloride, the process being characterized by the steps of:

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for separating particulate matter from a gaseous stream. According to the method, the gaseous stream containing the suspended particulates is passed into a separator apparatus which includes at least two multiple-inlet-multicyclones (16A-16C), wherein the particulates are separated from the gas by centrifugal force. According to the invention, a separator apparatus is employed wherein at least two (16A-16C) of the multiple-inlet cyclones are adapted to operate in parallel so as to form a multiple-inlet-multicyclone apparatus. The cyclone assembly according to the invention may be used as, e.g., the primary separator of an FCC unit, but more advantageously it serves as the secondary or tertiary separator of an FCC unit to remove “fines” from the flue gases of the preceding separation stages.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus comprising a heatable component insulated by a heat insulating material, wherein the heat insulating material comprises a plurality of metal sheets that are spaced apart from each other by a separator.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing charcoal grilled foods including a forge conveyer loading and transferring charcoals burning after firing, a temperature sensor detecting the heating power on the forge, a continuous type forge of a charcoal fire consisting of an air blower to keep heating power constant by means of adjusting air-capacity on the basis of the heating power detected by the temperature sensor, an ingredients transportation conveyer arranged over the forge and appropriately turning over the ingredients while transferring them.

Abstract: There is provided a manually actuated press comprising a housing having a lower platen attached thereto. The lower platen defines a generally planar top surface. Moreover, at least one upper platen is in mechanical communication with the housing and defines a generally plated bottom surface. The at least one upper platen is translatable with respect to the lower platen in a manner forming a generally parallel relationship between the bottom and top surfaces when within a prescribed distance range therefrom. Further, the at least one upper platen is rotatable with respect to the lower platen when exceeding the prescribed distance range.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for cooking snack food pieces features a drum-type fryer which transports individual, die-cut piece preforms through hot oil contained within a cooking tank defined between the periphery of the drum and a housing in which the drum is contained. Vacuum transfer and feed rollers transfer the individual piece preforms from a die-cutting roller assembly onto the drum for cooking, and a similar roller transfers the cooked snack food pieces from the drum to a take-away conveyor for subsequent, downstream processing. The pieces are retained by suction against molding surfaces of frying mold elements distributed over the periphery of the frying drum.

Abstract: The invention relates to a foodstuff refill (2) intended to be inserted in a foodstuff supply zone of a device for metering, dispensing and/or preparing food products; the refill comprising a container (20) for the foodstuff; a passage (24) for releasing the foodstuff; edges (21) of the device, including at least one pair of first opposed edges (210a, 210b), a film (25) for sealing the passage to form an enclosed space (26); a member (3) for detaching the film from the container; the detachment member including at least one catch member (4) intended to engage a retaining lip of the device when the refill is inserted into the device. The detachment member (3) is secured to the film (25) and is able to be connected to the refill in such a way as to be movable in sliding along the first edges of the device (210a, 210b) to cause the at least partial opening of the film (25) in response to the engagement of the refill in the device.

Abstract: A stencil printing machine is provided with a paper feed section feeding a print sheet, which is allowed to have paper dusts thereon, in a paper feed path, and a print section to which the print sheet is transferred, and including a printing drum carrying thereon a stencil sheet having a perforated image area formed on the basis of image data and a rotary printing press member located in close proximity to an outer circumferential periphery of the printing drum to impart printing pressure thereto to allow the print sheet to be transferred in press contact between the printing drum and the rotary printing press member such that printing ink is transferred onto the print sheet to generate a desired image thereon through the perforated image area.

Abstract: A printing unit arrangement in a web-fed rotary printing press includes at least one printing unit 2a having a first and second plate cylinder 4, 6 and associated first and second blanket cylinders 8, 10 which are mechanically coupled via meshing gear wheels and which are commonly driven by one drive motor 12. A second printing unit of the printing unit arrangement includes a first and second plate cylinder 24, 26 and associated first and second blanket cylinders 28, 30. The first plate cylinder 24 and the first and second blanket cylinders 28, 30 are mechanically coupled via meshing gear wheels and are commonly driven by a first drive motor 42. The second plate cylinder 26 is individually driven by a second drive motor 46, and is engageable and disengageable from de associated second blanket cylinder 30 while the printing press is in operation, in order to perform flying edition changes or changes of a spot color.

Abstract: A web printer having a buffer means for adjusting the traveling position of the web under its slack status, a tension assigning means for assigning fixed tension to the web delivered from the buffer means, a means for detecting the traveling position of the web delivered from the tension assigning means, a skew correction means for adjusting the skew of said web according to the output from the detection means, and an image forming means that forms images on the web.

Abstract: A method for producing a print carrier within a printing machine includes providing on a cylinder of the printing machine a prefabricated carrier material having a contact surface, and, within the printing machine, applying an impressionable polymer to the contact surface of the prefabricated carrier material; and a device for performing the method.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor which comprises a substrate having thereon an anodic oxidation layer, with the printing plate precursor comprising a hydrophilic layer containing at least one kind of fine particles selected from the group consisting of heat-fusible hydrophobic thermoplastic fine particles, finely divided polymers having thermally reactive functional groups and microcapsules in which compounds having heat-reactive functional groups are encapsulated, and with the anodic oxidation layer having a surface over which micropores having an average pore size of 6 to 40 nm are uniformly distributed.

Abstract: An image forming method for developing a negative type image forming material after image exposure by an infrared laser. The negative type image forming material is provided with a photosensitive layer, which has sensitivity to an infrared laser. The negative type image forming material is developed with a weak alkaline aqueous solution having a pH in a range from 7 to 12 and containing a carbonate and a surfactant.

Abstract: A mortar includes a fuse device having a detonator, and a firing booster arranged to be ignited in response to detonation of the detonator. The detonator is detonated by a firing pin which comprises part of a sliding component in an electric solenoid mechanism. Upon receipt of an electric firing signal, the solenoid produces an electromagnetic force that thrusts the firing pin against the detonator.

Abstract: A device for releasing gas from a vessel drives a piston with a propellant charge that can be ignited by an ignition device. A housing accommodates the piston, the propellant charge and the ignition device. The housing is formed from at least two housing half shells made of plastic material and a load-absorbing sleeve enclosing the housing half shells.

Abstract: According to this invention, a ski lift radio is provided whereby data are stored electronically and converted to an audio signal to be played by the radio and wherein the system is charged by means of an inductive charge receptor associated with the radio which is charged by means of a stationary inductive charger.

Abstract: A sliding door is provided for use on a rail car having a floor and a side wall with an opening therein along one side of the floor. The opening is defined by a pair of side posts having respective front surface and a top and bottom sill. The front surfaces of the side posts define a sealing surface lying in a common vertical sealing plane with respective sealing surfaces of the top and bottom sill. The door is slidable on rails between an open position and a closed position across the opening. Pivotal mounting members mount the door on the rails for movement of the door in the closed position transversely to the rails and inwardly toward the opening from an outer sliding position to an inner sealed position. The door includes two side beams, a top beam and a bottom beam, each having a surface within a common plane for sealing with the respective sealing surface in the common vertical sealing plane of the opening.

Abstract: An antifouling paint composition which comprises (a) a non-hydrolyzable polymer having a film-forming property and a Young's modulus of from 0.01 to 10 MPa at 25° C. in its unvulcanized state, (b) a solid antifouling substance and (c) a dispersing medium or a solvent. The composition can be readily applied to a substrate and the resulting coated film on the substrate has an excellent antifouling property for a long period. An antifouling painted product is obtained by coating the antifouling paint composition on a substrate.

Abstract: A light color W/O emulsion ink for stencil printing, includes chromatic pigment in an amount not smaller than 0.1% and smaller than 1% by weight of the total weight of the ink and white pigment in an amount not smaller than 7% and not larger than 20% by weight of the total weight of the ink.

Abstract: Erasable inks are provided for use in a writing instruments. In one aspect, the inks include a solvent, and, dispersed in the solvent as a colorant, a pigment having a flake-like morphology, the ink being substantially free of other colorants.

Abstract: A polychromic ink composition depending on viewing angle comprises 0.5 to 40% by weight of cholesteric liquid crystal polymer particles whose maximum particle diameter is 1 to 200 &mgr;m, 1.0 to 30.0% by weight of binder resins, 0.05 to 20% by weight of pigments with a deep-colored coloring matter whose average particle diameter is 0.01 to 0.5 &mgr;m, 0.01 to 5.0% by weight of a shear-thinning property imparting agent, and water with respect to the total amount of the ink composition.

Abstract: Spindle-shaped goethite particles of the present invention contain Co of 8 to 45 atm %, calculated as Co, based on whole Fe, Al of 5 to 20 atm %, calculated as Al, based on whole Fe, and have an average major axial diameter of 0.05 to 0.18 &mgr;m, each of said spindle-shaped goethite particles comprising a seed portion and a surface layer portion, the weight ratio of said seed portion to said surface layer portion being 30:70 to 80:20 and the relationship of the Co concentration of the seed portion with that of the hematite particle being 50 to 95:100 when the Co concentration of the hematite particle is 100, and said Al existing in said surface layer portion. Such spindle-shaped goethite particles are fine particles and exhibit a good particle size distribution.

Abstract: A fly ash composition is provided which includes a blend of Class C fly ash, potassium carbonate, and lithium carbonate, which, in combination, reduce alkali silica reactivity when the fly ash composition is used in concrete applications. The fly ash composition includes from about 65 to 99 wt % Class C fly ash, from about 0.1 wt. % to about 4 wt % potassium carbonate, and from about 0.1 wt. % to about 4 wt. % lithium carbonate.

Abstract: A method of making cement from tailings or rock fines containing silicate or siliceous compounds includes grinding the tailings or rock fines to a size in the range of from about −250 to about 425 mesh to produce ground pozzolan. The ground pozzolan is mixed with Type 1 normal Portland cement or Type 3 high early strength Portland cement in a ratio of at least about 0.1:1 by weight to produce a blended cement.