Abstract: In a renewing apparatus, a thermal transfer recording medium is made to be used plural times by simple configuration although such a recording medium must be thrown away in the prior art, and the running cost in the printing can be significantly reduced. The apparatus has coating means for applying a thermal transfer recording material including at least one of a photopolymerizing monomer and a photopolymerizing polymer and a coloring agent to a substrate, means for sending the thermal transfer recording medium and means for irradiating light onto the recording material.

Abstract: A push-button switch including a housing which is integrally molded with a first metal plate and a second metal plate. The first metal plate includes a fixed contact, and the second metal plate includes a main portion, a bridge section extending from the main portion, and a bowl-shaped movable contact on a forward end of the bridge section. The housing is provided with a recess for exposing the fixed contact on the inner bottom face thereof, a plurality of caulking walls formed in an annular form around the recess, and gaps for relieving nonuniform thickening of the caulking walls which occurs at the time of caulking. The bridge section is folded such that the bowl-shaped movable contact covers the recess, and a peripheral edge portion of the movable contact is then fixedly caulked with the caulking walls.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a head transferring mechanism of a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus which transfers a magnetic head. In the head transferring mechanism 17 in which a hold case 19 is hinge-connected to a rear end portion of a carriage 18, a fitting bed 18p is formed on a central portion of the tip portion of the carriage 18 and an adhesive filling groove 18r and a clearance groove 18s are made in an upper surface of the fitting bed 18p to be close to each other. Further, after a lower magnetic head 20 is placed on the fitting bed 18p, a lower surface of the lower magnetic head 20 is adhered and fixed onto the fitting bed 18p through an adhesive 28 put in the adhesive filling groove 18r.

Abstract: An optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus employing a stepping motor for driving an optical pickup for movement in radial directions of a disk. The frequency of a driving pulse signal for driving the stepping motor is lower than the resonant frequency of a transmission system for transmitting the driving force of the stepping motor to the optical pickup and higher than the reproducing feed speed.

Abstract: A cable header assembly for mounting a cable in an electronic device, the assembly including a connecting member fixedly connected to a plurality of wires of the cable such that the wires are maintained at a predetermined spacing. The connecting member includes an adhesive strip adhesively connected to the wires, an integral plastic member including a flat body and a plurality of clip portions which are snap-coupled to the wires or a heat sensitive strip which is melted onto the wires.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive head comprising longitudinal bias layers composed of .alpha.-Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 provided under an magnetoresistive layer in close contact therewith, wherein an exchange anisotropic magnetic field is applied to the magnetoresistive layer from the longitudinal bias layers and the coercive force of the magnetoresistive layer is increased to several hundred Oe in exchange coupling regions with which the longitudinal bias layers are in close contact. The magnetization direction of the exchange coupling regions becomes stable in the x axis direction and sufficient longitudinal bias magnetic field is thereby applied to an region corresponding to the track width (Tw) of the magnetoresistive layer. Therefore, decreased Barkhausen noise and improved magnetic detection characteristics are achieved.

Abstract: A recording medium drive apparatus including a detecting device for detecting the presence of recording media in a housing section of the apparatus. The detecting device including a pivoting member having a detecting end which is biased to slide along a side face of a recording medium as the recording medium is transferred to/from the housing section. An auxiliary member is provided to prevent the detecting end from entering a groove formed in the side face of the recording medium, thereby preventing incorrect detection that the recording medium is removed from the housing section. The auxiliary member includes a spring leaf which slides along the side face above or below the groove, and a supporting projection, mounted on the detecting end, is supported by an inner face of the leaf spring, thereby preventing the detecting end from moving more than a short distance into the groove.

Abstract: An outdoor satellite broadcast receiving converter including a waveguide into which a broadcast electric wave enters and in which the broadcast electric wave travels in an axial direction as a first linearly polarized wave and a second linearly polarized wave. A first probe is disposed at a predetermined position and extends perpendicular to the axial direction into the waveguide for detecting the first linearly polarized wave. A substrate is disposed in the waveguide approximately 1/4 wavelength from the first probe and arranged to extend across an open end of the waveguide. A first shorting terminal for reflecting the first linearly polarized wave is formed on a first side of the substrate, and a second probe for detecting the second linearly polarized wave is formed on an opposing second side of the substrate. A metallic case is connected over the open end of the waveguide such that the substrate is positioned between a closed bottom of the metallic case and the first probe.

Abstract: An electronic article surveillance system includes a main apparatus; one or more relays connected to the main apparatus through cables; and one or more tags which are connected to the relays through cables. Each relay includes a resistance variation detecting section for successively detecting the resistance variation of one or more tags and for producing detection data; a data comparing section for comparing data prestored in memory with the detection data; a warning generating section for generating a warning when there is no coincidence in the comparison; and a tag surveillance operation stop section for stopping the warning generating operation for the subject relay or for a specific tag from among one or more the tags in response to an external control signal. An electronic article surveillance system is provided which is capable of selectively stopping the generation of the warning associated with the tag to be removed in situ when the tag is removed from the merchandise article for a proper reason.

Abstract: A security apparatus which automatically locks a door even though a door locking operation is not performed. A security controller drives a door lock device to automatically lock a door if the door is not locked even when a lapse of time exceeds a set time and if a detection signal is not output from a radar sensor after the door has been unlocked. With this arrangement, even when a driver unlocks the door intending to get in the vehicle, but decides not to do so, and also when he/she leaves the vehicle without performing an arming operation, the door can be automatically locked.

Abstract: A fine particle dispersing apparatus including a cylindrical body, a funnel nozzle provided at the bottom of the cylindrical body, and a valve having a clearance forming member forming a clearance with the inner wall of the funnel nozzle which is larger than the diameter of the fine particles. The funnel nozzle and/or the clearance forming member oscillates, thereby causing the fine particles present within the funnel nozzle to pass through the clearance and discharge from the nose portion of the funnel nozzle.

Abstract: A coordinate detection system capable of displaying relevant coordinates when operated with only one fingertip or like coordinate designator even during a repeat operation of the latter with no complicated designator manipulations required. The system comprises a coordinate detection apparatus and a coordinate output apparatus. The coordinate detection apparatus includes a sensor substrate to be operated by the coordinate designator, scan driving output units for generating a detection signal in response to the coordinate designator operation, and signal processing units for extracting tap and slide component data from the detection signal and supplying the extracted data to the coordinate output apparatus.

Abstract: A resistor substrate in which a resistor layer having an electroconductive powder and carbon fibers dispersed in a heat resistant resin is molded into a substrate comprising a heat resistant thermosetting molding material, and the surface of the resistor layer is in a mirror-finished state. The resistor substrate is manufactured by printing the resistor layer on a metal plate and heat-curing the same, molding the resistor layer formed on the metal plate in a die into a substrate shape with a heat resistant thermosetting resin and peeling the metal plate and transferring the resistor layer to the substrate molded from the heat resistant thermosetting resin.

Abstract: An electronic device connection terminal including a holder, formed from an insulator, mounted on a metallic frame of the electronic device, and a metallic terminal embedded in the holder and having one end protruding from the holder inside of the frame, the metallic terminal having connected thereto a lead wire extending from an electronic circuit located inside the frame. An insulation wall extends from the holder to oppose the lead wire retained by the metallic terminal and is interposed between the metallic terminal and the inner wall of the frame. The insulation wall is integrally formed with the holder in order to prevent a short circuit of the lead wire to the inner wall of the frame.

Abstract: A pressure actuated breaker for cutting-off current flow in and from a battery in response to a relatively low internal pressure rise within the battery. The pressure cut-off sensor includes a box having an opening and being formed of an insulating material, a bendable packing for covering the opening and which is deformed into the box by external pressure, an actuator having a higher elasticity than the packing and being pressed by the deformation of the packing, and a breakable element supported in the box, the breakable member including a substrate and a conductive path formed on the substrate. When pressure within the battery exceeds a predetermined amount, the packing is pressed inward into the box, thereby pressing the actuator against the breakable member such that the substrate is cracked, thereby breaking the conductive path.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive head including a magnetoresistive film formed in a read-track region, and antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic films are formed on each end of the magnetoresistive film outside of the read-track region such that bias magnetization is applied to the magnetoresistive film by exchange coupling between the antiferromagnetic film and the ferromagnetic film. A nonmagnetic intermediate film is formed between the ferromagnetic film and the magnetoresistive film for preventing ferromagnetic coupling on a contact boundary surface between the ferromagnetic film and the magnetoresistive film. In accordance with another aspect, a magnetoresistive head includes an antiferromagnetic layer formed from an X--Mn alloy, where X is an element selected from the group consisting of Pt, Rh, Ru, Tr, and Pd. An interdiffusion layer is formed between the antiferromagnetic film and a ferromagnetic layer or a pinned magnetic layer by heat treatment.

Abstract: An electronic surveillance apparatus with an alarm, including a signal transmitter for producing a transmission signal, a tag for generating an alarm when the transmission signal from the signal transmitter is received while the tag is in a warning operation state, and a tag controller, which is selectively coupled to the tag, for controlling the warning operation state of the tag. The tag includes a signal receiving section, a warning generating section, a plurality of external connection terminals, a voltage dividing circuit which is connected to the plurality of external connection terminals, and a warning generation control section which is connected between the voltage dividing circuit and the warning generating section.

Abstract: A high-frequency composite material, having soft magnetic and dielectric characteristics, comprising a soft magnetic alloy powder represented by the general composition A.sub.a M.sub.b D.sub.c and a synthetic resin, wherein A represents at least one element or mixture thereof selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni; M represents at least one element or mixture thereof selected from the group consisting of Hf, Zr, W, Ti, V, Nb, Mo, Cr, Mg, Mn, Al, Si, Ca, Sr, Ba, Cu, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Zn, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Pb, Bi and rare earth elements; D represents at least one element or mixture thereof selected from the group consisting of O, C, N and B; and the suffixes a, b, and c in the general formula A.sub.a M.sub.b D.sub.c satisfy the following equations represented by atomic percent: 40.ltoreq.a<80, 0.ltoreq.b.ltoreq.30, and 0<c.ltoreq.50.

Abstract: An apparatus which allows a first film to be formed on a substrate by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and a second film to be formed on the substrate by sputtering, wherein the processes are performed sequentially in the same deposition chamber without exposing the substrate to an oxidative atmosphere. The deposition chamber includes a first electrode and a second electrode located under the first electrode. A transfer mechanism loads a dummy target onto the first electrode and the substrate onto the second electrode prior to a CVD process. The dummy target is resistant to sputtering and thus does not contaminate the film deposited on the substrate during CVD. After CVD and prior to sputtering, the transfer mechanism unloads the dummy target and replaces it with a sputtering target for film formation by sputtering. Both the dummy target and sputtering target can be loaded and unloaded from a single pressurized storage chamber.

Abstract: A coordinate inputting apparatus which facilitates minimization and a keyboard apparatus which facilitates minimization and is superior in operability are disclosed. A pointing device includes a base including a pedestal in the form of a flat plate and a columnar member in the form of a quadrangle prism provided uprightly on the pedestal, strain gauges fixedly adhered to four outer side faces of the columnar body, a flexible cable connected to each strain gauge, and a cap mounted at the top of the columnar member. The pointing device is secured to a metal plate in the inside of a keyboard inputting apparatus such that the cap projects upwardly farther than the top face of a housing of the keyboard inputting apparatus and is located between different key tops of key switches of the keyboard inputting apparatus.