A matrix addressed, bistable liquid crystal optical display is disclosed. The display includes a liquid crystal twist cell which has at least two states which are stable in the presence of a single given holding voltage. A form of 3:1 matrix addressing is used in the display which enhances operational characteristics.

An energy converter for generating high-power pulses includes a housing defining a chamber having an open side; an electrode assembly supported in the chamber; a power supply for applying a voltage to the electrode assembly; a fluid medium accommodated in the housing and being in contact with the electrode assembly for receiving pulses from the electrode assembly; and a diaphragm attached to the h...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To connect a pressure plate and a clutch cover to each other without lowering the strength of the clutch cover. SOLUTION: A clutch cover assembly 8 is equipped with a clutch cover 31, a pressure plate 32, a diaphragm spring 33 and a connecting plate 34. The outer circumferential of the clutch cover 31 is fixed to a flywheel 7. The pressure plate 32 is arranged between the clu...

A cheese processing vat of the type having a pair of interconnected wall portions each having a compound frustoconical shape, with agitator panels rotating therein to sweep volumes which correspond to the frustoconical wall portions, said agitator panels having radially inner edge portions spaced radially outwardly from the axis of panel rotation, and the axes of rotation of the two panels are spa...

A process for producing an ink jet recording device involves providing a support member having an electro-thermal converting member and a wiring electrically connected to the electro-thermal converting member thereon, forming a first insulating layer on the support member, and forming on the support member a second insulating layer for increasing a protruded height of a bump-shaped electrode, the ...

A spatial light modulator with hexagonal elements or pixels. The elements include a reflective hexagonal surface supported by flexible hinges. The hinges are in turn supported by support posts away from a substrate. On the substrate are control or address electrodes which control the direction of deflection of the reflective surface by selective build up of electrostatic forces. The use of hexagon...

A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a pair of electrode substrates and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal complex film interposed between the pair of substrates. The polymer dispersed liquid crystal complex film includes a liquid crystal composition and a polymer resin composition. It is ensured that a value DELTA T is 25 DEG C. or less, and a glass transi...

An ATM multiplex transmission system including an ATM adaptation layer (AAL) processing unit, an ATM cross connection processing unit having a switch and FIFO memories connected to the incoming and outgoing sides, and dummy load cell generating units which forcibly write dummy load cells in the incoming FIFO memories or outgoing FIFO memories, the writing of the dummy load cells being used to exec...

An OFDM synchronization demodulation circuit includes a receiving circuit for receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation signal. An orthogonal detection circuit orthogonally detects the OFDM modulation signal from the receiving circuit using a detected carrier. A demodulation circuit orthogonally demodulates the detected OFDM multiplex modulation signal from the orth...

A method and apparatus for estimating parameters of a new hidden Markov model (HMM) applicable to pattern recognition such as recognition of speech signals which are time series signals, and a method and apparatus for pattern recognition employing this HMM. It is easily applicable to speech and other time series signals. In particular, the pattern recognition degree of a time series observation ve...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to form a thin film of a calcium phosphate material on a base layer in order to support osteocyte activity by selecting a sintering temp. from a prescribed range where the range of a ratio of hydroxyapatite to &alpha tricalcium phosphate is the prescribed range. SOLUTION: The method of forming the thin film of the calcium phosphate material on the base lay...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supply a high quality product by eliminating inferiority by a method wherein sealing is automated, concerning a method and an apparatus for control of an ultrasonic sealing device with which a surface layer part of a laminate is bonded. SOLUTION: A laminate 1 is wound on a rotary drum 2, and continuously supplied to a gap S part. A surface part of the laminate 1 is pressed...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent pressure waves generated in ink chambers communicated to a nozzle, which discharges liquid droplets, from having an influence on other ink chambers. SOLUTION: After an adhesive 71 is applied only to side walls 55 provided outside side walls 5 on opposite ends of a piezoelectric ceramic plate, a manifold member 45 is bonded to the side walls 55 with corresponding po...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase an adhesive strength near ink supply ports while ensuring flow passage resistances of the ink supply ports. SOLUTION: A flow passage forming substrate 16 is formed with pressure generating chambers 13 communicating with each of nozzle openings 12, a common ink chamber 14 for supplying of ink to the pressure generating chambers 13, and ink supply ports 15 connectin...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a highly integrated nozzle that achieves good print quality by using an aramid resin to make a nozzle plate that is connected to an actuator member. SOLUTION: A nozzle plate 31 is made of an aramid resin. Since the coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the aramid resin is similar to the coefficient of linear thermal expansion of an actuator member 25 formed of ...

The present invention provides a suspension polymerization method for producing a polymerized particle having cavities in the particle. The method includes the steps of: placing a continuous phase component of an aqueous medium in a continuous phase vessel and a dispersed phase component composed of a monomer composition and a liquid noncompatible to the monomer composition, wherein the liquid non...

A laser or laser amplifier apparatus has a diode pump source producing a polarized pump beam. A laser head includes a gain medium that produces an output beam. One or more optical fibers are coupled to the diode pump source and deliver the pump beam to the laser head. A depolarization device is coupled to the diode pump source, laser head or optical fiber and produces an depolarized pump beam. By ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To certainly open and close a pouring tube with slight movement of a tube closing slider by a method wherein a through hole is bored at the middle on a top wall of a cap main body, and a pouring tube made in an elastically deformative soft structure is fixed at its base to the hole in an upright position and the tube closing slider for folding down the pouring tube is slidabl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out picking work to the case of articles having different frequency of picking correctly and at a high efficiency. SOLUTION: An order indicator 50 displays the present position of a container case 11 by sequentially lighting, by following the movement of the container case 11 in which articles of a high picking frequencies are thrown in, display lamps 51 provided on ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a durable algaecide used by adding to water, exhibiting the excellent activity in a wide pH range, not affecting environments, excellent in the algaecidal effect and the alga multiplication-inhibiting effect and low in toxicity at a low cost by using a specific amine compound. SOLUTION: An ethylene oxide-added amine compound of the formula (R is a 1-18C alkyl, aryl,...