A casket having a quickly interchangeable and adjustable interior comprises a casket shell, an elongated fastening device having first and second portions, the first portion being secured to the casket shell, and decorative fabric secured to the second portion of the fastening device. One of the first and second fastening device portions includes a longitudinally continuous female fastening elemen...

The road-guard construction comprises a first wall of superimposed whole tires disposed horizontally in vertical rows and horizontal columns. A second wall of superimposed half tires - which are cut circumferentially along their tread path, is also disposed in vertical rows and horizontal columns. Each half-tire defines a toroidal chamber, facing upwardly. Tie-bands interconnect the whole tires to...

An audio/visual alarm system which includes multiple microprocessor-controlled alarm units connected in a common loop to a fire alarm control panel and an interface control circuit. The interface control circuit causes brief interruptions in power to the alarm units which synchronize operation of the alarm units and which can also be used as alarm control signals. The interface control circuit all...

A single crystal silicon wafer is sliced off so as to have a slant surface that is inclined from plane (001) such that the normal of the slant surface is inclined by 0.01.degree. to 0.2.degree. from direction [001] toward direction [110]. After being cleaned, the silicon wafer is heat-treated at 600-1, 300.degree.C for not less than 1 minute in an ultrapure argon or hydrogen atmosphere containing...

A pressure sensor (1) is gripped between attachment parts (5, 7), and electrically connected to a substrate (29) by means of a flat cable (3). A leg portion (13) which is a part of attachment part (5) is inserted to a receiving hole (33) provided at the substrate (29). The diameter of the receiving hole (33) is made larger than the diameter of the leg portion (13), and hence before a cover (35) is...

A switching circuit comprising a means for holding a signal or a DC component thereof, and a switching transistor for driving the holding means, wherein another means is included for shaping the trailing edge to be more obtuse in the fall of a driving pulse applied to a gate of the switching transistor. There is also disclosed a charge transfer device comprising a charge transferrer for transferri...

Encoding and decoding of subtitle data is performed in real time. A buffer regulates a flow rate of the subtitle data to ensure that the appropriate subtitles are superimposed with the correct video picture. In encoding, subtitles are generated in correspondence to a video picture. The subtitles are separately encoded and multiplexed with the video picture for transmission. Upon decoding, the subt...

A security device for attachment to a pair of parking meters mounted on a post with a gap between the parking meters blocks access to the gap to prevent insertion of a lever into the gap. The security device has a pair of connector members in retaining engagement with gap blocking members for securing the latter in gap blocking positions, with a lock for releasably connecting the connector members...

An exercise device includes a frame which supports a pair of foot links so that a first end of each foot link is pivotably coupled to the frame for motion about an arcuate path. A guide which is supported by the frame engages each foot link and directs a second end of each foot link along a closed, curved, generally teardrop shaped path of travel. This combination of motions defined by the foot li...

A branch take-off airflow device for use in an air distribution system that includes coaxial input and output ducts and one or more branch ducts includes a status pressure regain section and a take-off section that has a central passageway and one or more take-off passageways. Each of the take-off passageways is generally rectangular in transverse cross-section and defined by inner and outer walls...

Process for the generation of electrical energy in an internal reforming high temperature fuel cell, comprising steam and/or carbon dioxide reforming of a hydrocarbon feed gas in contact with a catalyst having activity in the steam reforming of the carbonaceous gas to fuel cell fuel gas and being arranged within the fuel cell in heat conducting relationship with electrochemical reactions proceedin...

A system for determining location of an object within a defined area includes at least three objectlocating receivers situated at predetermined locations about the area. A transmitter affixed to the object emits a signal which is received by the receivers such that at least two time difference of arrival (TDOA) values are determined between the receivers in each of at least two respective pairs of...

In a surface mount type leadless electromagnetic relay, movable contacts, movable contact springs, stationary contacts and terminals which are electrically connected to external circuit from coils are formed integrally with a base formed of an insulating material. The terminals are extended to the bottom of the body of the relay. The entire relay has a height and a mounting area which are respecti...

Technological preposition of the present invention is a liquid processing method making use of a pipette device which sucks a liquid containing a target high molecular weight substance from inside of a vessel through a tip detachably set on a sucking port or a discharging port of a liquid sucking/discharging line and transfers this liquid or target high molecular weight substance to the next targe...