Abstract: Polyester resins containing up to 5% by weight of a polymeric liquid crystal and an upgrading agent capable of increasing the I. V. of the resin by polyaddition reaction in the solid state with the end groups of the resin. Fibres, films and biaxially oriented articles obtained from the resins.

Abstract: A new process has been developed for separating the water and acetic acid present in the aqueous phase contained in cellulose acetate flakes precipitated from esterification solutions of cellulose. The process includes the step of simultaneously extracting water and acetic acid from the aqueous phase with supercritical carbon dioxide until the content of water and acetic acid in the flakes is substantially reduced.

Abstract: A shock sensor capable of detecting a shock in a number of directions includes a reed switch, which is fixed inside a body and has a reed contact part which is magnetically changed from a first to a second state by way of a magnet, which is fixed inside the body at a specified distance from the reed switch. A shield member, having a sufficiently large area, prevents the magnet force of the magnet from affecting the reed contact part when the shield member is in its regular position. A resilient member, in a normal state, keeps the shield member at its regular position between the reed contact part and a magnet, at which the reed contact part is kept in the first state. When a shock is applied to the shock sensor, the resilient member allows the shield member to move to a position where the reed contact part changes over to the second state.In a second embodiment, the magnet is movably held in the main casing at a specified distance from the reed switch.

Abstract: An improved current sensing differential amplifier which includes a separate p-channel bias stage to reduce the minimum operating voltage VCC of the circuit. The separate p-channel bias stage is also used to pre-bias a driver stage to more quickly generate differential output currents. Finally, the improved current sensing differential amplifier also includes negative feedback transistors to improve the recovery time of the circuit.

Abstract: A glass substrate manufacturing method advantageously applicable to magnetic recording disk glass substrates, LCD glass substrates, photomask glass substrates, or optical memory glass substrates. This method includes the steps of forming a film of a solution on at least a principal surface of a sheet glass formed using a down-drawing method, the solution containing a water soluble inorganic material and a surface-active agent; sandwiching both sides of a single sheet glass on which the film is formed or of a laminated structure of plural sheet glasses with a densified sheet with a high flatness to pressure the single glass or laminated structure; and heating and annealing the single sheet glass or laminated structure to flatten the same. The end side of the flatten glass substrate is treated with a treating solution containing a hydrofluosilicic acid.

Abstract: Resolution transforming raster based imaging system where an image is formed by displaying dots arranged along scan lines, scanned by an energization beam, the scan lines having a predetermined resolution and the system is driven by an image bit map having rows with resolution multiple of said predetermined resolution, a subset of the rows being related to the scan lines, bits in rows unrelated to scan lines, and representative of dots to the displayed being displayed as dots offset to a next adjacent scan line and with a size related to the surrounding bit pattern.

Abstract: A method for performing a post treatment effectively in a short period of time after in-situ cleaning for removing residual material remaining in a reaction chamber after a chemical vapor deposition process. The method preferably comprises a post treatment gas containing an element in common with a thin film and reactive with a cleaning gas to form a volatile product being introduced into the reaction chamber by a gas introduction system at such a flow rate that the thin film deposition rate is reaction-limited. The method further comprises plasma forming system forming a plasma by applying electric power to the post treatment gas under the condition that the thin film deposition rate is reaction-limited. The residual cleaning gas reacts with the post treatment gas to form a volatile product which is expelled out by an exhaust system. The cleaning gas is thereby removed without being embedded in the thin film.

Abstract: A accordance determining circuit (113) that determines whether or not a cache address CA required in updating a cache data memory (111) and a cache tag memory (112) accords with the address of data read from an external memory (130) is provided. When the accordance determining circuit (150) has determined an accordance state, a register (115) is enabled so that cache data read from the external memory (130) is stored in a register (115) and supplied to a cache requester (101). Alternatively, a means for generating an address corresponding to the next data of data to be updated in updating the cache data memory (111) and (112) is provided so as to determine the cache status of an address being generated. Thus, if the determined result represents that the cache data has not been stored, a plurality of data are updated at a time. Consequently, the mis-hit penalty time can be reduced and the hit ratio can be improved.

Abstract: Aromatic polyester resins having improved color characteristics obtained incorporating in the resins in the preparation phase of the resin by polycondensation of a diol with an aromatic bicarboxylic acid a violet toner formed of 9,10 anthraquinone -2-hydroxy-4-p-toluidine or having an absorption spectrum comparable to that of the above anthraquinone compound.

Abstract: Process for the purification of an inert gas recycled from a solid state polycondensation (SSP) reactor of aromatic polyester resins, comprising the step of adding the gas with oxygen or gas containing oxygen in stoichiometric quantity or in such an excess that the gas at the outlet of the catalytic bed contains no more than 250 ppm of oxygen, circulating the gas on a catalytic bed comprising Pt or Pt and Pd heated at temperatures from 250.degree. to 600.degree. C. and recycling the gas to SSP reactor with previous drying to eliminate the water formed in the oxidation stage.

Abstract: An article of sport footwear with a shell formed with two, respectively forward and rearward, longitudinally opposite openings which extend from a shell entrance and identify two lateral sides, with a bootleg pivoted on the shell and at least one fastening device bridging the corresponding opening and being adjustable in length, whose opposite ends are anchored on respective lateral sides of the shell proximate to the entrance to limit the rearward swing range of the bootleg and/or the forward flex of the boot.

Abstract: A shock sensor capable of detecting a shock in a number of directions includes a reed switch, which is fixed inside a body and has a reed contact part with is magnetically changed from a first to a second state by way of a magnet, which is fixed inside the body at a specified distance from the reed switch. A shield member, having a sufficiently large area, prevents the magnetic force of the magnet from affecting the reed contact part when the shield member is in its regular position. A resilient member, in a normal state, keeps the shield member at its regular position between the reed contact part and the magnet, at which the reed contact part is kept in the first state. When a shock is applied to the shock sensor, the resilient member allows the shield member to move to a position where the reed contact part changes over to the second state.In a second embodiment, the magnet is movably held in the main casing at a specified distance from the reed switch.

Abstract: A support device for a dentist's drill comprising a support, an articulated arm comprising two articulated quadrilateral devices disposed in series with one another, and an adjustment device operable to vary the direction of the working axis of the drill. The support is provided with a fixing device for connecting it to a seat back of a dentist's chair and the articulated arm can assume a working condition in which the two articulated quadrilateral devices are disposed at 90.degree. to one another.

Abstract: Process for the production of polyester resins suitable for the manufacture of fibers including a phase of esterification of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid with an alkylenic glycol or of transesterification of a diester of the dicarboxylic acid with the alkylenic glycol, of polycondensation of diester obtained to form a prepolymer with intrinsic viscosity between 0.2 and 0.5 dl/g and, lastly, of polycondensation of the melt polymeric mass added with a dianhydride of a tetracarboxylic acid kept in agitation and on which an inert gas current is circulated.

Abstract: A wide range power supply for integrated circuits includes a voltage-down converter to receive the input supply voltage and generate a controlled low voltage signal. The circuit also includes a voltage-up converter which receives the controlled low voltage signal to generate a high voltage signal for high power circuits. Finally, a substrate bias generator is employed in the circuit to generate a substrate bias signal. Because the low power voltage is controlled, the high power voltage and the substrate bias signal are independent of any variations in input supply voltage. In alternate embodiments, the voltage-up converter or voltage-down converter can be disabled if the external supply voltage is controlled and maintained in at high or low voltage respectfully.

Abstract: In order to generate a character, the sampling point data of a character are read out of the sampling point file, and are multiplied by an integer to facilitate following processes for forming a high quality character. After that, X and Y coordinates and pressure values are subjected to the interpolation processing by interpolators and are further enlarged therein. The interpolated data are outputted to a circle generator unit of a pattern generator. The circle generator unit calculates parallel horizontal line data and generates independent circles composed of parallel horizontal lines on the basis of interpolated pressure values. The pattern shift unit of the pattern generator shift the independent circles into a pattern composed of parallel horizontal lines on the basis of the interpolated coordinate positions as a pattern. The pattern is reduced by a reduction unit as a pixel data to be stored in an image memory.

Abstract: A bridge-type main valve located at a connecting outlet between a vacuum chamber and a main vacuum pump, and having a rod of an electric cylinder driven by a stepper motor connected to a valve seat for opening and dosing the connecting outlet so that the driving direction and a closing surface of the valve seat form a right angle. A piston may be attached to the rod, and a cylindrical housing fitted in the piston so that the piston and the cylindrical housing form a pressurized air pumping chamber for moving the rod and the valve seat in the outlet closing direction. The valve can achieve fine pressure adjustment without any variable orifice by stopping a valve seat at an arbitrary (not stepwise) position.

Abstract: A digital signal processor evaluation chip has a sequencer for fetching and decoding instructions, and a processor core for executing the instructions. When the sequencer attempts to fetch an instruction from a preset break address, a register transfer instruction is supplied in place of the program instruction at that address, then clock input to the sequencer is halted. After the processor core has executed the register transfer instruction, clock input to the processor means is also halted, leaving the data transferred by the register transfer instruction available to be read.

Abstract: Process for the purification of inert gases containing impurities of organic nature particularly of gas (nitrogen) coming from solid state polycondensation reactors or polyester resins including the gas treatment with the stoichiometric quantity (or slightly higher) of oxygen as regards the present impurities at a temperature between 250.degree. and 600.degree. C. by using Pt or Pt/Pd catalysts supported on a porous solid and the gas recycling directly to the polycondensation reactor before drying to eliminate the water produced during the reaction of impurities oxidation.

Abstract: A cache memory device stores image data which are arranged corresponding to address data having first and second two-dimensional coordinate data. The image data are divided into a plurality of first groups in accordance with the first two-dimensional coordinate data, with the first groups further divided into a plurality of second groups in accordance with the second two-dimensional coordinate data. The cache memory device includes an image data memory for storing a given image data therein, which is divided into a plurality of block areas arranged in two dimensions. The reading and writing of image data from and to the image data memory is controlled by a central processing unit. A cache storage, comprising a cache memory, an address data decoding circuit, an address matching circuit and a control circuit, is coupled between the image data memory and the central processing unit by way of buses.