This invention relates to a scanning densitometer for obtaining information on the areal distribution of optical density of photographic image by scanning the entire area of an image, comprising plural input optical fiber bundles of which faces are arranged across the image and of which light-emitting faces are arranged on a circle with a predetermined interval. Plural output optical fiber bundles...

A programmable device for signal processing applications in which short loops of digital data are processed repetitively and in parallel. The device consist of five independently programmable subsystems whose functions are able to operate simultaneously. The apparatus is intended for use in a connection with a digital multiplier device and a digital memory device for such signal processing applica...

PURPOSE:To attain the operation check of a career storage section with a simple program, by writing a specific data to the career storage section directly with the hardware. CONSTITUTION:At the test mode where a bit from a test mode bit generator 8 is ''1'', a data line from an instruction counter 1 is not selected, and a data ''0'' or ''1'' from a specific data generator 9 is selected and ''0'' o...

PURPOSE:To provide household solid fuel such as briquette or an oval briquette having improved combustion characteristics such as ignitability, fire spreadability and exhaust gas, by coating the surface of a main solid fuel with an auxiliary solid fuel whose ignitability is besser than that of the main fuel. CONSTITUTION:Anthracite having a particle size of 10 mesh or below, a desulfurizing agent ...

A sofa bed mechanism consisting of three sections, namely, a rear section, an intermediate section, and a front section, that are foldable between collapsed sofa positions in which the sections are in substantially horizontal vertically stacked positions and bed positions in which the sections extend in substantially horizontal alignment. A frame supports the sections, the frame being of minimum w...

A tire (10) produced via a molding or casting process in a manner such that each of its bead areas (16) includes an annular slot (42) whereby the slots permit the insertion of an inextensible annular reinforcement element (40) into each of the bead area slots (42) after the molding or casting process. Slots (42) are preferably produced by the addition of annular collars (64) to either the outer me...

The film disclosed in the application is secure against forgeries and serves for marking articles, in particular high-quality branded goods. It is comprised of at least one transparent polyester film oriented by stretching and containing in its composition an organic dyestuff which is heat stable at temperatures above about 260.degree.C. Preferably, a laminate is used which is comprised of two fil...

A method for applying an elastomeric patch to a polypropylene or polyethylene battery case including the steps of cleaning the surface area with a solvent, applying hydrogen peroxide to an abrasive material, such as emery cloth, abrading away the surface layer, and applying the patch to the prepared surface by means of a cyanoacrylate adhesive.

In a process for producing a plate-like polystyrene resin foam which comprises extruding a molten mixture consisting of a polystyrene resin and a volatile blowing agent by an extruder into a zone having a lower pressure than the inside of the extruder; the improvement wherein said volatile blowing agent is a mixture consisting of dichlorodifluoromethane, ethyl chloride and methyl chloride in which...

Fire retardant, expanded styrene polymer shaped objects are perpared by: (a) mixing styrene monomer or a mixture thereof with at least one comonomer, an expanding agent and a fire retardant, organic halogen compound in a aqueous dispersion; (b) adding to (a) either before or during polymerization from about 0.0001 to 0.1 percent by weight esters soluble in the organic phase of (a), these esters of...

An improved expandable polymeric styrene particle is provided containing a blowing agent and a minor amount of ethylene-bis-stearamide and dibromoethyldibromocyclohexane. The improved particle results in a significantly reduced final mold cooling cycle in producing the finished molded article. Ethylene-bis-stearamide and dibromoethyldibromocyclohexane can be incorporated during impregnation with t...

A method of preparing a thermoplastic, water-soluble, phenolic aldehyde resin and the composition are provided to enhance the flexibility and resistance to compression fatigue breakage of glass fibers to which the resin has been applied. The method involves two steps. In the first step, the phenolic compound and the aldehyde are reacted to less than 100 percent completion in an amount so that the ...

A plasma display panel with an electrode composed of a metal layer (e.g., Fe and Ni) and a metal compound layer (e.g., alkaline earth metal oxide or sulfide, and rare earth metal hexaborides) which are formed by means of plasma spray coating. The plasma spray coating should be done at such a temperature that the metal or metal compound is in the molten state.

An expandable and curable polyester composition comprising a mixture of a liquid, ethylenically unsaturated polyester resin composition; a peroxide; an organometallic promotor; and a dialkyl or trialkyl hydrazine is disclosed. In addition, a method for forming said expanded and cured polyester resin composition, and the product formed in accordance with said method, an expanded and cured polyester...

A process for the preparation of pigmented or dyed compositions by kneading a pigment or a polyamide-soluble dye in a solution of a linear polyamide and by separating the kneading composition, characterised in that the solvent used for the linear polyamide is a solution of an alcohol-soluble inorganic salt in an alcohol. The compositions prepared by this process are suitable for bulk colouring of ...

In a process for the manufacture of composite material comprising a matrix of set inorganic binder (e.g. Portland cement) and reinforcing fibre (e.g. carbon fibre), by de-watering a slurry containing water-settable inorganic binder, reinforcing fibre and web-forming fibre (e.g. cellulose fibre), and subsequently setting the binder, a ball clay is included in the slurry that is de-watered, in order...

(Case No. 7086) A hydro-pneumatic brake actuator having a friction element positionable by the power piston during the brake application stroke through a lost-motion connection therewith to establish a stop to limit movement of the power piston during a brake release and thereby provide a predetermined brake shoe clearance. In an alternate embodiment, a leaf spring is carried by the friction eleme...

This invention is directed to a curable molding composition which comprises a mixture of (a) one or more fibers with a melting point or a glass transition temerature above with a melting point or a glass transition temperature above about 130.degree.C, (b) a poly(acrylate) characterized by the following empirical formula: wherein R is the hydroxy-free residue of an organic polyhydric alcohol...

A cash accounting system comprises a cash register for recording various transactions of money and having a central processing unit, a counting machine electrically connected with the cash register and operable to count money including bills used during each of the transactions, and a count data read-in device for writing count information providing by the counting machine as a result of the count...

Measurements of the greasiness of skin are made by applying a plate against a region of skin to be studied and then inserting the plate in a recess of the casing, in register with a photodiode and a phototransistor. A series of n (in this case 5) indicator lamps is connected to a set of n-1 (in this case 4) comparators each comparing a respective voltage threshold level with the voltage delivered ...