PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the slack of a needle thread on an entrance side of a thread passage device disposed at an upper part, of a head for a sewing machine, with a low-priced structure. SOLUTION: This device 1 for preventing the slack of a needle thread for a multiple needle sewing machine is mounted on an entrance side of a thread passage device 5 disposed at an upper part of a head 3 ...

A signal recording apparatus and method supplies recording signals to at least a pair of positive and negative azimuth magnetic heads provided on a rotary drum so as to be adjacent to each other in all recording occasions for recording by the magnetic heads when a recording track having a first track width is formed on the magnetic tape, while the apparatus and method supplies recording signals to...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure waterproofing property and sinklessness of an electronic device even if dropped accidentally in water. Ž

SOLUTION: There is provided the electronic device equipped with a device main body 1 with a waterproofing structure in which a downside 6 of a main body case 2 is formed in a ship bottom-shape, an upper side 7 of the main body case 2 is tarbularly formed so ...

The present invention provides a display apparatus in which there is no shorting between the electrodes and cathode, and there is little variation in the amount of emitted light within a single luminescent layer. A display apparatus is employed in which first and second bank layers are extended to the peripheral edge section of electrodes, the first bank layer is extended farther towards the cente...

This invention is systems and methods that ablate body tissue using an electrode (16) for contacting tissue at a tissue electrode interface to transmit ablation energy at a determinable power level. The systems and methods include an element (50) to remove heat from the electrode (16) at a determinable rate. The systems and methods employ a processing element (98) to derive a prediction of the max...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control with high accuracy an output flow according to the opening area of a direction control valve, by arranging in a valve element, an adjusting spring by which a valve is pushed in a direction where an inlet port and an outlet port are communicated with each other. SOLUTION: A valve 60 is moved in an opening direction (a direction where an inlet port 39 and an outlet p...

Products in the form of cushioning devices made from flexible membranes employing at least one layer including thermoplastic urethane and at least one layer of a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl alcohol are inflatable to a relatively high pressure. The cushioning devices maintain the internal inflatant pressure for extended periods of time by employing a phenomenon referred to in the industry as di...

A storage device, as an example of an information processing device, includes an executing unit for executing any one of normal processing, first fault recovery processing and second fault recovery processing, a fault recovery processing unit for allowing the executing unit to initiate the first fault recovery processing with a prerequisite that the executing unit is not operating normally in a fi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine in which a changeover switch can be positively locked to eliminate the state of setting being left ON to thereby make it hard to perform an illegal act on setting related to a game. Ž

SOLUTION: This game machine is provided with a probability setting part 30 for setting probability on the game, inside a casing. The probability setting part is pr...

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display comprising at least one compensation film having retardation in the face of the film, a driving twisted nematic liquid crystal cell composed of a pair of transparent substrates provided with electrodes and nematic liquid crystal sandwiched between the substrates, and two polarizing plates arranged on the upper and lower sides of the liquid cr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a high grade joined product free of welding defects, in friction stirring welding which performs butt-joining of two joining members, by inserting a rotating probe into the abutting part between the two members, moving the probe as inserted, thereby softening the part in contact with the probe through frictional heat and stirring it. SOLUTION: An auxiliary material ...

A wheeled suitcase of the type having a pair of wheels 4 that in use extend forward of a face of the suitcase comprises a handle in the form of a hand-grip portion 11 and a spacer member 12 serving to space the hand-grip portion away from the plane of the face of the suitcase in a direction away from the suitcase. The hand-grip portion and spacer member may be retractable into the suitcase when no...

A liquid dispensing apparatus securable to the arm of a user comprises a liquid vessel (A) having a chamber for receiving and storing liquid, a liquid conduit having a first end in liquid communication with the chamber and a second end connected to a conduit valve for controlling the flow of liquid through the conduit, and at least two securing members (B, C) for securing the apparatus to an arm o...

A type of security system using one or more cameras and a motion detector such as a PIR. The cameras are capable of sending pictures to a remote location, such as a monitoring centre or a mobile telephone. Alerts using text messages may also be sent. An alarm can be controlled from a remote location by mobile telephone or computer or other device.

The invention relates to a holding device, for nail varnish bottles or similar, comprising two circular arcs ( 12 ), for clamping the holding device ( 10 ) between two fingers of a hand and a mounting device ( 16 ), arranged between the circular arcs ( 12 ), for mounting a nail varnish bottle ( 24 ) whereby the mounting device ( 16 ) is suspended from both circular arcs ( 12 ).

The present invention provides rigid polyurethane foams prepared by mixing an isocyanate with a polyol component containing an aromatic amine-initiated polyether polyol, an aromatic polyester polyol and optionally, a sucrose-based polyether polyol. The inventive foams have good properties as indicated by an initial k-factor at 35° F. of from about 0.115 to about 0.120 BTU-in./hr.ft²° F....

An apparatus is provided for carrying out fusion of biological cells (10) and includes a base member (24) on which a conductive outer electrode (18) is supported and has an outer electrode radius (r2) and has an electrode height (19). A conductive inner electrode (20) is supported on the base member (24) and has an inner electrode radius (r1) and also has the electrode height (19). The outer and i...

The invention relates to a stuffed structure, comprising a core and a coating, said core being comprised of melamine foam and said coating being comprised of a polyurethan foam comprising, for 100 parts in weight of a polyol, between 15 and 30 parts in weight of graphite and between 4 and 10 parts in weight of hollow charges of a glass material, and between 50 and 70 parts in weight of isocyanate.

The method involves guiding a work-piece carrier along the driving routes (2a, 2b) to the processing stations, and defining parameters and position points for the stations. The carrier includes displacement sensor and autonomous intelligence, which is designed by data circuits. A grid system set by the stations is configured such that the grid system corresponds to traffic rules of a highway syste...

A pipeline processor architecture, processor, and methods are provided. In one implementation, a processor is provided that includes an instruction fetch unit operable to fetch instructions associated with a plurality of processor threads, a decoder responsive to the instruction fetch unit, issue logic responsive to the decoder, and a register file including a plurality of banks corresponding to t...