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In the pneumatic radial tire of the present invention, a total strength K0 of a belt layer 20 in a circumferential direction of the tire per unit of width at a tire equator surface position P0 is set greater than a total strength of the belt layer 20 in the circumferential direction of the tire per unit of width at a width position P2 corresponding to ⅔ of a maximum width of the belt layer having the tire equator surface CL as a center. In this way, it is possible to suppress the quantity consume of material in the belt layer 20, and to suppress the amount of expansion of tread rubber in a tread central region in the circumferential direction thereof when a standard internal pressure is charged and when the tire is rotated at high speed, thereby suppressing the growth of tire diameter. Since the expansion amount of the tread rubber in the circumferential direction is suppressed, the tension of the rubber is reduced. Therefore, it is possible to increase the resistance of the tread against the sticking of foreign matter, and even when foreign matter sticks in the tread, it is possible to suppress the growth of the crack.

An occupant protection apparatus appropriately protects occupants of a vehicle, when a vehicle crush occurs, without requiring a troublesome task to the occupants. The occupant protection apparatus is provided with a steering angle sensor, a distance sensor and a brake depressing amount sensor. An electronic control unit predicts a vehicle crash based on the detection signals of each sensor so as to set a tension applied to a driver seat seatbelt to be smaller than a tension applied to passenger seat seatbelts. Additionally, the electronic control unit increases the tension applied to the seatbelts when a temperature detected by an outside-temperature detection sensor and/or an inside-temperature detection sensor is low as compared to the detected temperature is high.

The invention discloses a supercritical fluid dyeing machine. A horizontal type cylindrical dyeing kettle, a magnetomotive cloth lifting wheel, a spray cavity, a wave-shaped cloth guide passage in the dyeing kettle, a heat exchanger, a dye kettle or/and an entrainer kettle and a circulating pump are used as main components to form a dyeing circulation system; and both ends of a fan are respectively connected with fluid outlets under the spray cavity and the dyeing kettle and form a cloth feeding system together with the magnetomotive cloth lifting wheel, the spray cavity and an operating opening. A rope-shaped fabric realizes circulated dyeing under the common action of the fluid in the magnetomotive cloth lifting wheel and the spray cavity, and the fluid in the dyeing kettle carries out forced circulation by the circulating pump. The dye and the fluid can realize recycling by a separating and recycling system after dyeing, and the whole dyeing circulation system and the separating and recycling system are clean to achieve the requirement during color changing and dyeing. The supercritical fluid dyeing machine can realize anhydrous dyeing processing on the fabric in a loosening type tension-free state without the production and discharge of pollutants, and has the characteristics of ecology, environmental pollution, wide adaptability of fabric variety, and the like.

The present invention introduces a concept of “smart” ribbons, which use functionally tensioned optical fibers during the manufacture of fiber optic ribbons to create fiber ribbons with controlled geometrical configuration, optimized strain distribution and reduced attenuation. The ribbons may have flat or bowed cross section and be straight along the length or curved in its plane, or twisted unidirectionally, or periodically. These shapes and residual stress-strain state are induced and controlled by using tension functions instead of traditional constant-value tension per fiber during the ribbon manufacture. Further, the present invention reduces signal loss and/or attenuation in ribbon fibers caused by an increase in the strain variation from tensile strain to compressive strain along the length of the individual fibers when ribbons are manufactured, stacked, stranded around a strength member or twisted and bent during cable installation. In a first embodiment of the present invention, either a symmetric or non-symmetric load distribution is applied across the fibers being placed or drawn into a ribbon structure to eliminate or control residual twist in a completed fiber ribbon. Additionally, in the present invention, the load distribution on the fibers of a ribbon can be varied (e.g. periodically changed) along the length of the ribbon to provide a ribbon with the required design characteristics for any particular application. In a second embodiment of the invention, a fiber optic ribbon is made up of a plurality of sub-unit ribbons arranged in substantially the same plane. Each sub-unit ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers coated by sub-unit matrices.

A thread-forming screw (11; 21; 31; 51), has a stem (12) with at least one thread (14; 24; 34; 54) arranged, at least regionwise, over its circumference, and a plurality of cutting elements (16; 26; 36; 56) arranged in a respective plurality of recesses (15; 25; 35; 55) formed in the at least one thread (14; 24; 34; 54), with the cutting elements (16; 26; 36; 56) having a hardness greater than a hardness of the at least one thread (14; 24; 34; 54) and formed as weld beads received in the recesses (15; 25; 35; 55).

A substantially anhydrous, thickened, spreadable, warming lubricant composition comprising a mixture of glycerin, polyhydric alcohol, a non-ionic surfactant, and a Carbomer thickener, the surfactant improving wetting and spreadability of the composition on skin and latex, and the thickener providing a creamy rich feel to the composition, such that the composition can be applied to skin or a condom and provide an optimal warming effect upon contact with ambient moisture during use and such that the composition can be added to a condom package and, over the course of a week, spread and coat nearly the entire internal and external surfaces of the condom.

A tensioner which adjusts the mean tensioner force to keep the chain tension as low as possible without sacrificing chain control, significantly improving drive efficiency as the chain wears and is subject to low dynamic loads.

A sports bottle is described. The bottle includes a hollow body comprising a housing having a peripheral wall, a cylindrical drink holding chamber inside the peripheral wall; a plurality of mixing chamber in fluid communication with the drink holding chamber, each one of the mixing chambers being hemispherical chambers at opposed ends of the cylindrical drink holding chamber; and an outlet for dispensing drink from the drink holding chamber, the outlet being disposed on an outside of one of the mixing chambers and in fluid communication therewith. Also described is a sports bottle including a hollow body comprising a housing having a peripheral wall, a drink holding chamber inside the peripheral wall; an outlet for dispensing drink from the drink holding chamber, the outlet being disposed on an outside of the peripheral wall and in fluid communication with the drink holding chamber, a hold for storing solid nutrition supplements, the hold comprising a plurality of supplement chambers being separated from the drink holding chamber and disposed within the peripheral wall; and a supplement chamber selector to facilitate access through the peripheral wall to a selected one or more of the supplement chambers.

The invention discloses a cold pad-batch dyeing process for pure cotton fabric. The process flow comprises the steps of: padding and rolling a mixed liquor of a dye and an alkaline agent, coiling and plastic film coating, rotating stacking, primary water washing, soaping, secondary water washing and drying. In the padding and rolling process, an active dye at a concentration of 10g/l is adopted, 10-15 g/l of water glass is adopted as the alkaline agent, a concentration of urea is 3 to 5g/l and a concentration of sodium sulfate is 10g/l. The rotating stacking process is performed for 16h at a room temperature of 10-15 DEG C. By the adoption of the process of the invention, energy can be saved, consumption can be reduced, the fixation ratio of the dye is increased, the grade of the product is improved, and the process cost is low. Besides, the conditions of the cold pad-batch dyeing process are moderate, the fabric is subjected to low tension and small friction, and the apparent effects and hand-feel of the fabric are improved to a great extent.

An easy to use signaling apparatus which can be used during an entire year for warm and cold weather fishing to signal a fisherman that a fish has nibbled, struck or hooked a bait. The signaling apparatus can be used with a variety of fishing rods of different diameters. The signaling apparatus is mounted in surrounding relationship to a fishing rod and includes an adjustment for triggering an LED and/or a buzzer at higher or lower tensile forces in a fishing line caused by a fish nibbling, striking or hooking a line. The signaling apparatus has a high resistance to corrosion, is sensitive to low levels of a tensile force in a fishing line and does not affect the castability of a rod and reel.

A substantially anhydrous, spreadable warming lubricant composition comprising a mixture of glycerin, a polyhydric alcohol, and a non-ionic surfactant, the viscosity of the composition being less than that of glycerin but greater than that of the polyhydric alcohol, thereby promoting formation of a useful thin layer on a surface with which the composition is brought into contact, the surfactant improving wetting and spreadability of the composition on skin and latex, such that the composition can be applied to skin or a condom and provide an optimal warming effect upon contact with ambient moisture during use and such that the composition can be added to a condom package and, over the course of about a week, spread and coat nearly the entire internal and external surfaces of the condom.

A method of winding a glass ribbon (10), including: winding an interleaving material (20) and the glass ribbon together to produce a roll (40); and tensioning the interleaving material so as to control a roll inter-layer pressure. By controlling the roll inter-layer pressure, the roll can be formed with straight side walls. The tension in the interleaving material can be controlled so as to be greater than 0 and ≦0.25 pounds per linear inch of width of interleaving material. Also, there is provided an apparatus for winding glass ribbon together with interleaving material into a roll. The apparatus includes: an interleaving material supply path; a glass ribbon supply path; a roll winding mechanism (46); and a means (26) for applying tension to interleaving material traveling along the interleaving material supply path, as the interleaving material is wound into roll (40), so as to produce a pressure between the layers of the roll.

A viscous solution which serves as a catalyst or facilitator to apply any dry granular, flaked, shaved or powder substance (Spice), to the rim of plastic and glass drink-ware. To apply said Spice on drink-ware made from materials commonly used in the manufacture of drink-ware and used in widespread dining/drinking environments including; plastic, glass, porcelain, ceramic, paper, wax coated, etc., and to apply said Spice in a manner that permits a more evenly distributed Spice application that resists or reduces possible dripping down the drink-ware and protects the Spice from saturation or contamination from the Solution.

Embodiments of the invention relate to a method for operating a steam cycle process performed in an apparatus having an evaporator or steam generator for the evaporation of a liquid working medium and an expander, which is lubricated by a lubricant, for the performance of mechanical work. The method comprises a) supplying the liquid working medium to the evaporator, in which it evaporates and is fed to the expander in the form of steam; b) supplying an ionic liquid, which at room temperature forms two liquid phases with the liquid working medium, to the expander as a lubricant; and c) separating the ionic liquid forming the lubricant for the expander from the working medium upstream of the evaporator.

A cuff of a wrist-mount blood pressure monitor includes an inflatable bag to which a predetermined quantity of fluid is supplied in order to press predetermined artery of a wrist, and a fixing member for mounting the inflatable bag on the wrist. The fixing member has a first half split ring-shaped fixing tool and a second half split ring-shaped fixing tool having an approximately ring shape with rigidity for preventing elastic deformation in a state where the inflatable bag is inflated.

A fire suppression and annunciation system using a flexible conduit and a wire rope is provided. The wire rope may be connected to a knob assembly at a universal pull station and to a release mechanism of the fire suppression system. An operator may pull a handle of the knob assembly at the universal pull station, thereby activating the release mechanism to release fire suppression agent. A flexible conduit may house the wire rope along at least a part of the connection from the universal pull station to the release mechanism. A material on the liner of the flexible conduit and/or on the wire rope may be used to reduce the coefficient of friction of wire rope in the flexible conduit. The fire suppression system may further include a pulley block system connected to the universal pull station. The pulley block system may comprise bearings, and may lower the force necessary to activate the release mechanism.

The present invention provides a building system, including at least partially hollow building elements, in which hollow spaces of the building elements connect to one another for the passage of lines. The hollow spaces are accessible and remain accessible via openings in the building elements for fitting or removing the lines. The building elements include a beam element, a column, a wall element and/or a floor element. A reinforcement arranged inside the building elements comprises parallel rods, to which supporting elements are attached by at least one a double weld.

A training apparatus is provided for training the back musculature of a user and includes a knee part to support one or both knees of the user and an arm part or hand part that is arranged relative to the knee part in such a way that the back region of the user, upon bracing of the knee against the knee part and bracing of the arms or hands against the arm part or hand part, is aligned in a substantially horizontal position along a longitudinal axis of the training apparatus, wherein the knee part and arm part or hand part are thus arranged below the back region of the user. The arm part or hand part for both arms or hands can be configured to be separately movable.

A one-piece clamping device for a cup holder retains beverage containers in an automotive vehicle. The cup holder comprises a container receptacle with a base and an outer casing. The one-piece clamping device comprises retaining jaws which may be radially pushed away and which protrude through the outer casing into the container receptacle. Spring elements , such as spring arms, are arranged integrally on a support element which is further arranged on the base of the container receptacle. The spring elements are configured as a dual-acting flexible arm arrangement.

A tensioner which adjusts the mean tensioner force to keep the chain tension as low as possible without sacrificing chain control, significantly improving drive efficiency as the chain wears and is subject to low dynamic loads.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a carbon fiber whisker contact net lead, and the contact net lead comprises a carbon fiber, a whisker, metal conducting media and additives. The carboncontent of the carbon fiber is not less than 90 percent, and the tensile strength is not less than 3500MP; the whisker is a zinc oxide whisker, a calcium sulphate whisker, a magnesium sulphate whisker, a magnesia whisker or a silicon carbide whisker; the metal conducting media are copper, silver, aluminum, magnesium and zinc or a copper alloy, a silver alloy, an aluminum alloy, a magnesium alloy and a zinc alloy; and the additives are nickel, tin and niobium. The integral contact net lead is in an annular structure, and two V-shaped notches are laterally symmetrically arranged at the upper part of one half of an outer ring. The carbon fiber whisker contact net lead has the characteristics of high tensile strength, large elastic modulus, good flexibility, light weight and easy installation,has the key characteristics of small change of lead tension and sag along with air temperature, and is suitable for the requirement of the power supply engineering of high speed railway contact netsor urban track traffic contact nets.