PURPOSE:To make the entire device simple and compact, by constituting a part of a light path from an incident optical system to photoelectric converter elements with an optical fiber, so that the deformation of the light path is freely performed and the arrangement of a light branching system in the device can be freely performed. CONSTITUTION:An incident optical system comprises a rotary scanning...

A method of producing a tension-proof thread connection by splicing includes preparing threads for splicing by contacting ends of the thread with a hot gas before splicing for dissolving the thread ends into open-ended individual fibers, for softening the individual fibers and for making the fibers better suited for splicing; and subsequently splicing the threads by alternatingly tangling, interlo...

Completed, shaped and uncured tires are placed on an inclined chute having a gate mechanism for automatically transferring one tire to a tire carrier while the other tires are retained in the chute. The tire carrier raises and rotates the tire to an upper position for movement of a conveyor hook through a central aperture of the tire and into engagement with one side of the tire to move it out of ...

An electronic ski binding including orthogonal, obliquely mounted transducers for detecting oblique components of skiing forces applied to the binding. The binding may include isolation means for structure the transducers from the effects of ski bending. A means of mechanical compensation for the forces applied to the binding by the leaning of a skier may be included. A pivoted linkage between a s...

There is disclosed a circuit arrangement comprising a microcomputer, wherein certain terminals of the microcomputer may be used as either input terminals or as output terminals under selective switching control so that a reasonably priced microcomputer with few terminals can be used to control complex functions such as those of a vehicle seat adjusting mechanism. The circuit arrangement also inclu...

PURPOSE:To set the most suitable time set value, by holding the maximum value of the counted values of a watchdog timer in a register and making it possible to read out the counted value and the maximum value of the watchdog timer which change every moment. CONSTITUTION:Detection of a program running condition is performed in parallel with the supervisory operation of the program running condition...

A process for grafting a hydrophilic polymer of a carboxylic acid or a salt thereof onto the surface of a natural rubber article by contacting said article in reaction inert solvent with a vinyl carboxylic acid anhydride and initiator, and subsequent washing and hydrolysis of anhydride groups to carboxylate groups and an article when prepared by the invention process.

A load-bearing thermal insulator, for example a brake piston thrust transmission element, which comprises platelets or flakes of thermally insulating material dispersed in a metal matrix and oriented normal to the direction of heat flow so as to impede the flow of heat through the matrix in one direction.

Deodorized formalin produced by mixing formalin with additives comprising methyl salicylate and ethanol or methanol. A desired mixing ratio of these components is required.

A support plate (10) is charged with static electricity (11-13) of specific polarity, and then one or more pieces of sheet material (16) capable of forming static electricity of opposite polarity are applied to the plate, and are retained firmly by static attraction for continued processing. The plate is insulated, and from its underside is applied a negative voltage of between 0 and at least 30kV...

PURPOSE:To produce the titled particles having excellent moldability in a mold, by foaming a base resin composed of an ethylene-propylene random copolymer and an alpha-olefin-propylene random copolymer having a heat of crystallization within a specific range. CONSTITUTION:The particles of a base resin composed of (A) 10-95wt% alpha- olefin-propylene random copolymer having a heat of crystallizatio...

Apparatus is provided for the production of atomized metal comprising a containment vessel having a sidewall terminating in a bottom plate through which atomizing gas and molten metal from a molten metal source external to said vessel enter said vessel through nozzle means sealed thereto. An air ingress port is provided in the vessel spaced from said bottom plate; the sidewall and bottom plate coo...

A masonry cement is prepared by dry mixing portland cement, diatomaceous earth and a water-swellable colloidal clay, such as bentonite. Accordingly, the crushed limestone and other ingredients previously included in masonry cements for admixture with portland cement can be completely eliminated and sub-stituted by diatomacious earth and water-swellable colloidal clay. In this manner, a combination...

An ultrasonic apparatus and method for inspection of downhole pipe casings is disclosed. A plurality of transducers mounted on a movable probe are sequentially operated to transmit pulses at selected points along the surface of the downhole pipe to determine pipe deformation and/or wall thickness. An additional transducer is provided to determine transmissibility of the pulses and thereby correct ...

DEVICE FOR OPTICAL RECORDING AND READ-OUT OF DATA ALONG A PRERECORDED TRACK The invention relates to optical devices enabling writing and reading of data on a disc comprising a preformed pattern, the recording and reading operations utilising a lighting spot able to illuminate only a single track element at a time. The invention provides a preformed pattern such that the spot overlaps on the track...

Intimate fusion blends of 100 parts of an ionomer resin and about 5 to 900 parts of an alkenyl succinic anhydride (the alkenyl group containing about 16 to 52 carbon atoms) are provided. The compositions can be heated with aqueous alkaline solutions to form stable dispersions useful as coating compositions.

In a method of cleaning the channels of an endoscope, one end of a suction channel and a nozzle, both positioned at the distal end of an insertion section of the endoscope, are connected. The open ends of an air/liquid supply cylinder and a suction valve cylinder, both provided within a control section of the endoscope, are closed. The ends of an air supply channel and a liquid supply channel, whi...

In a method of cleaning an endoscope, a stop having a communication path is mounted on the open ends of an air/liquid supply valve cylinder and a suction valve cylinder of the endoscope so that liquid may flow between the valve cylinders through the communication path. One end of a suction channel, which opens to the distal end of an insertion section of the endoscope, is connected to a liquid tan...

A one-step plasma treatment for improving the laminate adhesion of metallic and non-metallic substrates is described. The treatment comprises forming a plasma of a polar containing organic species and at least one of nitrogen and hydrogen and exposing a substrate material to the plasma for a period of time sufficient to deposit a polymeric film on at least one surface. In a preferred embodiment, a...