Abstract: The invention pertains to a device for blocking the operation of a motor vehicle comprising a mechanical lock 5, by means of which the shifting operation of the transmission in the motor vehicle may be blocked, an actuating device 6 that is controlled by electrical signals and actuates the mechanical lock 5, and a coded transponder 7, by means of which the electrical signals that control the actuating device 6 are triggered once the code has been identified.

Abstract: A plurality of dielectric sheets are laminated and bonded together to constitute a laminated board. A plurality of strip-shaped resonance electrodes are formed in parallel on a predetermined bonding face of the dielectric sheets, and the strip-shaped resonance electrodes reach opposite edges of the laminated board. Recesses are formed by locally cutting out the portions of the edges of the laminated board in which the respective resonance electrodes are exposed at their particular ends. Grounding electrodes are respectively formed on the obverse and reverse faces of the laminated board, and edge grounding electrodes are formed in the portions of the opposite edges of the laminated board except for the recess.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical and cosmetical preparation which rapidly penetrates through human skin, and which thus is able to bring about the rapid transdermal penetration of a wide variety of active ingredients. The compounds which enhance the rate of dermal penetration are also anti-oxidative agents and thus protect active substances susceptible to oxidative degradation. Preferred agents enhancing penetration and which protect against oxidation are higher esters and higher amides of thioglycolic acid and of mercaptopropionic acid. The preparations can be in the form of mixtures or there may be prepared chemical compounds which are a combination of the active substance and the said thioacids.

Abstract: An ultraviolet and infrared absorbing glass plate includes a transparent glass substrate, a first layer formed on a first major surface of the glass substrate and a second layer formed on the first layer. The first layer is an ultraviolet and infrared absorbing film prepared by hardening a primer coating solution. The primer coating solution contains a synthetic resin, a fluorescent brightening agent, an ultraviolet absorbing agent and an infrared absorbing agent. The second layer is a film of a siloxane polymer. The glass plate has an optional water-repellent layer formed on a second major surface of the glass substrate. Long-wavelength ultraviolet rays until the upper limit of its wavelength can be substantially cut by the first layer on the glass substrate. Furthermore, the first layer is superior in infrared absorption, adhesion to the glass substrate, chemical resistance, abrasion resistance and durability.

Abstract: It is possible to obtain fluoromethyl-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl ether which has a high purity and in which an impurity making the purification by distillation difficult has been removed, by contacting a crude fluoromethyl-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl ether with a Bronsted acid(s), a Lewis acid(s) or an acid(s) fixed to a resin or the like.

Abstract: Dioxane derivatives for use as components in liquid crystal devices (LCDs) of general formula (A), wherein X is CH or B; R.sup.1, R.sup.2 are each A.sup.1, OA.sup.1, OCOA.sup.2, or COOA.sup.2 ; A.sup.1 is a straight or branched chain alkyl group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and may be substituted with one or more F or CN. A.sup.2 is a straight or branched chain alkyl group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and may be substituted with one or more F or CN and if straight may be unsubstituted. Y.sup.1, Y.sup.2, Y.sup.3 may each be (CH.sub.2).sub.p, (CH.sub.2).sub.p COO or OCO(CH.sub.2).sub.p ; p is from 0 to 10, n is 0 or 1, m is 0 or 1, either or both of Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 are F and, when not F, are H; Y.sup.4 is a covalent bond or, when n is 0, may be (a) LCDs, containing the devices exhibit very fast switching speed, bi-stable characteristics, enhanced greyscale and storage capabilities and a wide viewing angle.

Abstract: An upconversion laser material includes a micro-sphere which is doped with an ion of a rare earth element and made of one selected from the group consisting of crystals and glasses. Thus, the micro-sphere achieves the light confinement therein and serves as a resonator. Therefore, the Q-value of the resonator becomes large. With this, it is possible to obtain the upconversion laser oscillation at room temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides large, high-purity quartz glass plate with a high degree of smoothness and flatness, its manufacturing method and equipment. The invention is characterized by the procedure in which a quartz glass tube with an opening over a specific width, in the direction of the tube shaft, that is preferably band-shaped, is heated and softened in a band-shaped area over the entire width, in the direction of the tube shaft, progressing sequentially along the direction of tube circumference from a specific position on the glass tube. While softening and heating, the quartz glass tube is pulled in a line approximately tangential to the specific position to flatten the glass tube.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of purifying fluoromethyl-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl ether by adding a compound selected from hydroxides of, hydrogenphosphates of, phosphates of, hydrogencarbonates of, borates of or sulfites of alkali metals, or alkali metal salts of acetic acid or of phthalic acid, or boric acid to fluoromethyl-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl ether, add then by distillation. It is possible to effectively suppress the decomposition, at the time of distillation, of fluoromethyl-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl ether that is used as a pharmaceutical and particularly as an inhalation anesthetic and thus to obtain fluoromethyl-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl ether of high purity.

Abstract: An optical disc recording apparatus which requires no additional head optical system and is capable of reducing the time required for a data checking operation. By detecting any irregularity of a signal in accordance with reflected light from an optical disc during the recording of the signal, it is determined whether the signal has been recorded correctly on the optical disc during the signal recording.

Abstract: A computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tool is provided in which a cutting tool is movable along a programmed path determined by a part program in a programmable control unit (PCU). A trajectory interpolator receives high level motion commands and a feedrate specification from the PCU to produce interpolated position commands. A position controller controls movement of the cutting tool in response to the interpolated position commands. The machine tool further includes a handwheel and a manual pulse generator (MPG) which can be used in MPG feed mode to control movement of the cutting tool incrementally along the programmed path in either the forward or reverse direction. In MPG feed mode, an MPG feed specification from an MPG position counter is superimposed onto the feedrate specification in the trajectory interpolator.

Abstract: A vehicle drive control system performs a speed control, in which the vehicle is controlled to travel at a desired cruising speed, and a distance control, in which the vehicle is controlled to keep a safe distance from a vehicle ahead of the vehicle with the drive control. The system is equipped with a feature in which a speed of the preceding vehicle is estimated when a range finder, which monitors a distance from the preceding vehicle, loses sight of the preceding vehicle during the distance control so as to establish a target cruising speed which the subject vehicle ought to attain according to the estimated speed of the preceding vehicle.

Abstract: A seat belt is disclosed including a first belt having ends each fixed to a different position of a door, the first belt having a stop between the ends; a second belt returnably wound; a retractor fixed to the inner surface of a seat; and coupling means for connecting an intermediate portion of the first belt to the second belt, wherein, when the door is opened, a motor allows a wire to pull the top of the first belt to a hinge of the door so that the second belt wound into the retractor with the stop interrupted by the coupling means becomes loose, and when the door is closed, the belt is wound into the retractor with the stop interrupted by the coupling means, thereby winding a passenger's body and belly at the same time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method in which organic matter in the product accompanied with a non-reacted hydrogen fluoride can be handled without damaging the apparatus, using a cross-linked cyanopropylmethylphenylsilicone capillary column with which impurities of very small amounts can be separated, and with which non-reacted raw materials and by-products, which have a wide range of boiling points can be quantitated.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for evacuating a vacuum package made from a thin-walled and flexible packaging material and filled with granular material. An open end of a filled package is folded in such a manner that a narrow gap is formed which constitutes an open communication between an interior and an exterior of the package. At least a part of the package is placed in a vacuum space and vacuumized for removing gasses from the package through the gap. Upon evacuation the package is sealed airtightly. Further, on at least a part of the packaging material defining the gap a force is exerted which reduces the gap width, so that the gap constitutes a filter for the granular material, whereby the granular material is retained inside the package during the evacuation of the package.

Abstract: A base member is laid in a space portion, which is defined by an instrument panel, in a vehicle width direction over a generally entire width of the vehicle, and a plurality of ducts is integrally formed with the base member. Furthermore, a meter placing portion, on which a meter is placed, and an air bag placing portion 24, on which an air bag is placed, are formed on the base member, and a harness placing portion, on which a flat harness is placed, is also formed on the base member in the vehicle width direction. Accordingly, the base member with which the plurality of ducts is integrally formed is a separate body from the instrument panel. Even in the case where the size of the instrument panel is changed, the base member is not required to correspond to the instrument panel and, therefore, the ducts can be commonly used. Moreover, since the base member is formed with ducts each having a closed structure, in section, it has a predetermined physical strength.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) magnet comprising opposing pole pieces which define between them an imaging volume, the pole pieces comprising pole plates which are fabricated from wound high permeability soft magnetic material.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide an ashing method and an asher in order to avoid damage to semiconductor components occurring during ashing of a photoresist resin film by active oxygen plasma and to avoid a long treatment time occurring in an ashing method using a low pressure mercury discharge lamp. According to the invention, this object is achieved by a method and an apparatus for ashing a photoresist resin film. In the method, a wafer provided with a photoresist resin film is placed in an ozone-containing atmosphere. An activated oxygen is produced through the radiation light of a discharge lamp, which emits a continuous spectrum in a wavelength range of 200 to 300 nm. The photoresist resin film is ashed by the activated oxygen.

Abstract: A hand covering for protecting a wheelchair user's hand while engaging a wheel of the chair to rotate or stop the rotation of the wheel. The hand covering is provided with tabs, on the back of the finger portions, under which fingers of the user's other hand may be placed to exert a force to remove the hand covering from the user's hand.