Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter device includes a piezoelectric substrate having mirror-polished surfaces on both sides, so that it is essentially free from warping. One surface of the substrate is provided with two filter stages which are cascade connected with each other thereby to sufficiently attenuate bulk wave spurious noise below a practically negligible extent. The filter device can be manufactured with an improved yield.

Abstract: A hydrophilic oxygen permeable contact lens having a front surface which is not to be in contact with the cornea of a human eye when the contact lens is worn on the human eye, wherein at least the front surface of the contact lens is coated with a hydrophilicity rendering material which renders the front surface hydrophilic and which is selected from the group consisting of: (A) hydrophilic silicone oil which is represented by the formula given in the specification and whose viscosity at a temperature of 20.degree. C. is not higher than 5,000 centipoise; (B) polysaccharide or its derivative; and (C) denatured collagen whose average molecular weight is in a range of 400.about.100,000. Also disclosed is a method of producing the hydrophilic oxygen permeable contact lens.

Abstract: An air moving device for improving P-Q characteristics and noise by suppressing the production of vortices. An annular wall spaced from blade tips, is formed of a plurality of annular plates and spacers with a slit defined between adjacent annular plates. The width of each slit is set to satisfy the formula W.ltoreq.(.nu..multidot.R.sub.ec /v) where .nu. is the kinematic viscosity of air, v is the peripheral speed of the blade tips, W is the width of the slits and R.sub.ec is the critical Reynold's number. Thus, as a fan is rotated, air is drawn in a laminar flow through the slits to the inner periphery of the annular wall. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the separation of air flow on the suction side of blade surfaces and the production of vortices, thus improving the air moving state.

Abstract: Method of locally embedding a waveguide in a substrate. A mask is arranged on the upper face of the substrate. An edge of the mask obliquely intersects, at a low predetermined angle A, the waveguide to define a partially masked transition portion between non-masked portion and a fully masked portion of the waveguide. After a stage in which the waveguide is embedded in the substrate, the mask is withdrawn. The portion of the waveguide is thereby embedded at a depth greater than portion, portion forming a gradual adiabatic transition between both portions. The method is useful in the manufacture of sensors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to image-formation on any selected kind of objective body. The characterizing features reside in such that, based upon fed image data, required images are formed on an image-transferable sheet acting for image carry-over service and in reliance on sublimation image transfer technique, and then, by the use of said sheet with said images thus formed thereon, the formed images thereon are transferringly applied on the objective body. By adopting the above measures, the objective body can be formed sharply and clearly with any desired images, irrespective of kind and configuration thereof, with such superior results of highly improved unity and solidability between the formed images and the objective body to be decorated with.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprising a substrate sheet, a dye-receptive layer provided on one surface of the substrate sheet and a dye-unreceptive layer provided on the other surface of the substrate sheet, the dye-unreceptive layer comprising a composition composed mainly of at least one thermoplastic resin having at least one reactive functional group and an isocyanate compound or a chelate compound.A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprising a substrate sheet, a dye-receptive layer provided on one surface of the substrate sheet and a dye-unreceptive layer provided on the other surface of the substrate sheet, the dye-unreceptive layer comprising a release agent which is the same as that contained in the dye-receptive layer or does not migrate to other places, for example, comprises an amino-modified silicone and an epoxy-modified silicone or a product of a reaction of both of them, or an addition-polymerizable silicone or a cured product obtained by a reaction thereof.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module having a large capacity and a curved surface which can be secured to a corresponding curved surface of a base member is manufactured by inserting N type and P type semiconductor strips into through holes formed in a honeycomb structural body, filling spaces between walls defining the through holes and the semiconductor strips with filler members, cutting the honeycomb structural body into a plurality of thermoelectric conversion module main bodies each having a desired surface configuration, providing metal electrodes on both surfaces of a thermoelectric conversion module main body such that alternate N type and P type semiconductor elements are connected in cascade, and removing the filler members or the honeycomb structural body and filler members.

Abstract: A process for peeling an outer tube of a spent NaS cell, including the steps of: (1) holding opposite end portions of the spent NaS cell; (2) forming annular cut lines in the outer tube of the cell at the opposite end portions; (3) forming a straight cut line in the outer tube to be continued to the annular cut lines; (4) inserting a pawl into the straight cut line; and (5) peeling the outer tube of the spent NaS cell by turning at least one of the spent NaS cell and the pawl relative to each other. Instead of the pawl, a chisel may be inserted into the straight cut line, and the outer tube of the spent NaS cell is peeled by applying an impact force upon the outer tube of the cell through the chisel. Apparatuses for peeling the outer tube from the spent NaS are also disclosed.

Abstract: An NOx sensor has the sensor element made of an oxide, the resistance of which is varied in response to an NOx component in a gas to be measured, and a measuring portion for measuring a resistance variation of the sensor element and for detecting an NOx concentration in the gas to be measured. A catalyst is arranged at an upstream side of a flow of the gas to be measured with respect reach to the sensor element, which makes a partial pressure ratio of NO/NO.sub.2 reach to an equilibrium state and removes a CO component from the gas to be measured. A heater for adjusting a temperature is arranged at a position close to the sensor element, which maintains temperatures of the sensor element and the catalyst constant. An O.sub.2 sensor is arranged at a position close to the sensor element so that the measuring portion can detect accurately the concentration of Nox in the measurement gas by reference to the resistance of the sensor element.

Abstract: A corona control ring has a corona control ring main body and a water discharge hole having an elongated shape like a racetrack. The corona control ring main body includes a bottom portion and an inner wall portion and an outer wall portion respectively arranged at an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion of the bottom portion. The water discharge hole is arranged in the bottom portion. A depression portion is formed in the corona control ring main body by the inner wall portion, the outer wall portion and the bottom portion. Accordingly, the present invention provides a corona control ring which can suppress a corona discharge even during rain fall.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for playing a mixture of Twenty-one and Baccarat. Each player initially receives three cards, one for Twenty-one, one for Baccarat, and one common card to be summed with the Twenty-one card and the Baccarat card. The player then has the option of receiving a second Twenty-one card to be summed with the first Twenty-one card and the common card, and a second Baccarat card to be summed with the first Baccarat card and the common card.

Abstract: Predetermined barrier ribs 2 are filled with three types of pastes of fluorescent substances 3 for R, G, and B by a screen printing method. Next, a sandblasting process is performed through a sandblasting mask 7. Thereafter, a sintering process is performed. Thus, fluorescent screens are formed on a glass substrate 1 and the wall surfaces of barrier ribs 2. As the sandblasting mask 7, a photoresist 4 is used. By a photolithographic method, a desired pattern of the sandblasting mask 7 can be used. In this manner, fluorescent screens can be formed on the wall surfaces of the barrier ribs as well as the glass substrate 1. The fluorescent screens formed on the wall surfaces of the barrier ribs are in such a parabolic shape that a discharging space defined by the fluorescent screen is widened toward a front plate 11.

Abstract: A system for forming elastomeric core/staple fiber wrap yarn using a spinning machine such as an air jet, roller jet or roller spinning machine. The system includes a package drive assembly, yarn motion and presence sensors, an improved drafting assembly and a yarn clearer delay cylinder to provide continuous formation of superior quality elastomeric core/wrap yarn.

Abstract: A composite insulator-packing container is made of a single-faced corrugated fiberboard composed of a linerboard and a corrugating medium joined to one surface of the linerboard. The fiberboard is fabricated in a form of a polygonal prism by folding an original single-faced corrugated fiberboard along ruled lines such that the linerboard is located at an outer periphery of said packing container. The ruled lines are orthogonal to flutes of the corrugating medium and are formed such that when the fiberboard is folded along the ruled lines in the form of the polygonal prism, outer peripheries of shade portions formed around a core member of a composite insulator internally touch or are located radially inwardly near inner peripheral sides of the polygonal prism. A method for packing the composite insulator is also disclosed.

Abstract: A composite insulator-producing lateral type molding apparatus includes a mold body constituted by a first molding unit and a second molding unit, each of said first and second molding units being provided, at an inner peripheral face, with recesses for the formation of a housing constituted by a plurality of shed portions and a axial portion connecting these shed portions, means for opening or tightening the first molding unit and the second molding unit, a pouring passage for pouring a housing-forming material into said recesses, and housing-forming material escape holes. A core member of the insulator is placed between the first and second molding units, the first and second molds are tightened, and the housing-forming material is poured into said recesses to form the housing. The first molding unit and the second molding unit extend laterally, and that the core member is laterally arranged horizontally between first and second molding units.

Abstract: A programmable joypad circuit for playing PC games includes a panel having a plurality of control buttons, a directional button, a switching button, a mode selecting switch, a four/eight direction mode switch, a setting switch and a control circuit having a microprocessor, a memory, a switching circuit, and a parallel/serial conversion circuit. The microprocessor has a plurality of input and output pins respectively coupled with the control buttons, the directional button, the switching button, and mode selecting switch, and setting switch, a data input pin coupled to the PC, a clock pin coupled to the PC, a set pin coupled to said parallel/serial conversion circuit via the direction mode switch, the setting switch, and a control pin coupled to the switch circuit composed of a first transistor and a second transistor each having a collector and an emitter respectively connected to a corresponding data pin and clock pin of the microprocessor and a base connected to a control pin of the microprocessor.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant named `Remix`, bearing medium to large sized purple and white blooms with a yellow-green center and performance of 19-22 days.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Splendid Reagan, bearing small to medium sized purple blooms with a green center and performance of 24-28 days.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Yellow Remix`, bearing medium to large sized yellow and red blooms with a green center and performance of 19-22 days.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Cream Reagan`, bearing small to medium sized pale yellow blooms with a yellow-green center and performance of 24-28 days.