Abstract: A whisk with a plurality of loops (3) at one end thereof having a hollow handle body (1) flaring toward the loops (3), and receiving in the flared region a correspondingly shaped insert (2) which can be rigidly joined to said body, said insert cooperating with the body (1) to ensure tight affixation of loops (3). The body (1)-insert (2) assembly including affixed loops (3) is covered by a peripheral plastic layer (6).

Abstract: A formalin fluid recycler has a combination triple pipe nozzle for introducing dirty fluid into the recycler and for expelling concentrate and permeate fluid therefrom. Dirty fluid is pumped through a strainer, filtration module and charcoal filter to purify and clarify the dirty fluid. The formalin fluid can be recirculated in the system via the nozzle or be directed to a clean receptacle. Dirty formalin fluid is further cleansed by Ozone and ultraviolet light. Percent concentration and pH level of clean recycled formalin fluid is adjusted outside of the main recycling loop. Cleaning and preservative solutions are circulated through the recycler when necessary.

Abstract: A method for producing a lead frame having outer leads and inner leads, for use in constructing a resin-sealed semiconductor package comprises etching processes for etching a blank. A first resist pattern having a first opening and a second resist pattern having second openings are formed on the first and the second major surfaces of a blank. The first and the second major surfaces of the blank are etched through the first and the second resist pattern by a first etching process using a first etchant to form a first recess corresponding to the first opening and second recesses corresponding to the second recesses in the first and the second major surfaces, respectively. The first recess is filled up with an etch-resistant layer. The second major surface is etched through the second resist pattern by a second etching process using a second etchant so that portions of the blank corresponding to the second openings of the second resist pattern are etched through to form the tips of the inner leads.

Abstract: A ceramic heater includes a substrate made of aluminum nitride, a resistive heating element buried in the substrate and made of a metal having a high melting point, and terminals electrically connected to the resistive heating element and buried in said substrate. The terminals are made of a metal having a high melting point and a coefficient of thermal expansion not smaller than that of the substrate. The metal of the resistive heating element has a coefficient of thermal expansion not smaller than that of the substrate. The coefficient of thermal expansion of each of the terminals and the resistive heating element is in a range from 5.0.times.10.sup.-6 /.degree.C. to 8.3.times.10.sup.-6 /.degree.C.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet including: a substrate film, a heat-transferable colorant layer provided on one side of the substrate film, and a heat-resistant slip layer, provided on the other side of the substrate film. The slip layer includes a binder resin and a reaction product between a polyisocyanate and a straight-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon with 8 or more carbon atoms having, at its one end, a group reactive with an isocyanate group.

Abstract: A plasticizer which is in a solid state at ordinary temperature and a pigment are added to and mixed with a coating base which consists of particulate hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose and/or methyl cellulose having an average particle size ranging from 200 to 1000 .mu.m and whose content of particles having a particle size of not more than 75 .mu.m is not more than 30% by weight. The resulting mixture is heated to a temperature of not less than the solidification point of the plasticizer to give a rapidly soluble coating composition. If the plasticizer is in a liquid state at ordinary temperature, a powdery pigment is added to and mixed with the foregoing coating base while spraying the liquid plasticizer on the resulting mixture to give a rapidly soluble coating composition.

Abstract: A method of producing a piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator including a ceramic substrate and a piezoelectric/electrostrictive portion, including the steps of: superposing on each other a first and a second green sheet which give, by firing thereof, a first layer and a second layer of ceramic substrate, respectively, the first green sheet having at least one opening formed through a thickness thereof; firing the first and second green sheets to form the ceramic substrate such that the second layer cooperates with the at least one opening in the first layer to define at least one recess which has a bottom surface defining a thin-walled portion of the ceramic substrate; and forming the piezoelectric/electrostrictive portion on the thin-walled portion of the ceramic substrate.

Abstract: A portable liquid purifying device for dispensing a liquid, which includes a squeezable bottle made of a soft material and containing a mass of the liquid, a filtering member removably engaging a bottleneck of the bottle, and a cover assembly for covering a spout formed through the filtering member so as to fluid-tightly close the spout. The filtering member has a first section which accommodates activated carbon, and a second section which accommodates a micro-porous membrane filter including hollow fibers, the first and second sections being disposed in series so that the liquid delivered out of the bottle passes through the first and second sections in this order. The filtering member is fluid-tightly and air-tightly attached to the bottleneck such that the filtering member does not protrude past the bottleneck. The cover assembly has a first position for fluid-tightly closing the spout, and a second position for opening the spout so as to permit the liquid to flow out of the device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing alkylcyclopentanone derivatives of formula (1) by reacting alkyl cyclopentanone derivatives of formula (2) and alkyl halides of formula (3) in an organic solvent in the presence of molecular sieves and an alkaline metal hydroxide: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group; R.sup.2 is hydrogen atom or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group; R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group; Y is halogen atom, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 haloalkyl group, phenyl group, cyano group or nitro group; n is an integer from 0 to 5; when n is 2 or greater, Y's may be identical or different; R.sup.3 in formula (3) is the same as R.sup.3 in formula (1); and a process for preparing alkylcyclopentanone derivatives of formula (5) by reacting cyclopentanone derivatives of formula (4) and alkyl halides of formula (6) in an organic solvent in the presence of molecular sieves and an alkaline metal hydroxide: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A pair of trousers including two leg coverings adapted to cover two legs of a wearer, respectively, each of the leg coverings including a front and a rear half, the front and/or rear halves having a crease line extending over a vertical length thereof, and two side portions extending along the crease line on both sides of the crease line, respectively; a first tape having a predetermined width, the first tape being adhered to respective inner surfaces of the side portions over a partial or entire length of the side portions along the crease line, so as to prevent respective parts of the side portions from opening in a direction in which the distance between the respective parts of the side portions increases; and one or more second tapes provided on, and adhered to, the first tape so as to prevent the first tape from stretching in a direction of width thereof because of tensile forces exerted thereto to open the side portions.

Abstract: A honeycomb heater comprising a honeycomb structure and a catalyst layer supported on partition walls of the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb heater includes a first portion that is resistance adjusted such that the first portion is adapted to heat more quickly than a second portion of the honeycomb heater. The first portion includes at least an inlet end of the honeycomb that receives gas that flows therethrough. In addition, the first portion has an area along the gas inlet within a range of 5 to 50% of the sectional area of the gas inlet. The first portion may extend through the honeycomb structure and terminate before reaching the gas outlet of the heater. The partition walls of the first portion may have a different hydraulic diameter, different thickness or different cell density than the second portion of the honeycomb heater.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical card which has an excellent suitability for embossing, i.e., causes neither warpage of the card nor cracking of the transparent protective layer upon application of pressure during embossing. The optical card includes a card substrate, an adhesive layer provided on one surface of the card substrate, an optical recording material layer provided on the surface of the adhesive layer, and a transparent protective layer optionally provided on the surface of the optical recording material layer. The optical recording material layer has an emboss area, to be embossed, provided in areas other than an optical recording section of the optical recording material layer. The adhesive layer comprises an adhesive having, in the form of a film, a breaking strength of not less than 50 kg/cm.sup.2 and an elongation at break of not more than 600%.

Abstract: A pair of skis, of the type incorporating a shell, comprising, for each ski, at least one lateral reinforcing edge. The point of maximum height of the lateral reinforcing edge of the inner edge is offset forwardly or rearwardly with respect to a transverse line plane corresponding to all points of maximum height of the ski.

Abstract: A process for forming a film on a ceramic substrate or on a fired film formed thereon includes coating, on a ceramic substrate or on a fired film formed thereon, a material which becomes a metallic film or a ceramic film upon firing, to form an as-coated film, irradiating the as-coated film with an energy beam which does not damage the ceramic substrate or the fired film formed thereon to such an extent that it becomes useless and which can decompose and remove the as-coated film, to trim the unrequired portion(s) of the as-coated film, and firing the trimmed as-coated film to form a desired film. The film can be formed on a ceramic substrate or on a fired film formed thereon while the damage to the substrate or the fired film is minimized.

Abstract: A heating device used for a simultaneous injection molding and patterning method such that: a decorative pattern sheet is disposed between a pair of mutually opposed molds (mold A formed with a vent and mold B formed with an injection gate); the decorative pattern sheet is heated and softened by the heating device; the decorative pattern sheet is brought into tight contact with a cavity surface of mold A on the basis of a pressure difference caused by exhaustion of mold A through the vent; and a molten resin is injected into the molds through the injection gate to mold a product patterned on the basis of the decorative pattern sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat transfer printing sheet comprising a substrate sheet, and a thermally-expandable ink layer formed thereon, comprising as an expanding agent a thermally-expandable micro-capsule containing therein an easily-volatilizable hydrocarbon, and a binder resin having a number-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 30,000.The present invention also provides a heat transfer printing sheet comprising a substrate sheet, a release-property-controlling layer and a thermally-expandable ink layer comprising an expanding agent and a binder, in the mentioned order.

Abstract: A method for containing potentially infectious devices. The potentially infectious devices are deposited is a container to which is added an MDI-based urethane prepolymer-containing composition to at least partially envelope the potentially infectious devices. The prepolymer containing composition is caused to harden through polymerization to immobilize the devices, and to act as a sterilizing or disinfectant agent due in large part to the exothermic nature of the reaction.

Abstract: A vibration damper device (1) intended to be mounted on a sports article such as, in particular, a tennis or squash racket, a gliding board or a golf club, whereinthe device includes at least two elements (3, 4) superposed to form a stack and mounted so as to slide relative to one another, each element (3, 4) in said stack being secured to the article by one end, the ends (13, 14) of the adjacent elements being offset relative to one another so that the deformations of the article (8) due to the vibrations cause the adjacent elements (3, 4) to slideand at least one of the superposed elements (4) is magnetized, one of the other elements (3) in the stack being made of a material which is sensitive to the magnetic field generated by the magnetized element (4).

Abstract: A magnetic head core slider including an air bearing and a core portion with a magnetic gap provided adjacent one of lengthwise opposite ends of the air bearing. A preliminary track is defined by preliminary width-defining grooves such that the preliminary track extends across the magnetic gap in the direction of extension of the air bearing, each groove having a depth larger than the depth of the magnetic gap. An effective track is defined by a pair of opposed final width-defining recesses formed adjacent to the magnetic gap such that the effective track extends across the magnetic gap in the direction of extension of the air bearing. The length and width of the effective track are smaller than those of the preliminary track, and the width of the effective track determines the nominal width of the magnetic gap. Each recess has a depth smaller than that of the preliminary width-defining grooves but larger than that of the magnetic gap. Also disclosed is a process of fabricating the head core slider.

Abstract: A method and a sensing device of measuring a concentration of a gas component of a measurement gas, which method includes the steps of: introducing the measurement gas containing the gas component, from an external measurement-gas space into a first internal space, under a diffusion resistance; controlling an amount of oxygen in the measurement gas within the first internal space, so as to produce an atmosphere which does not substantially affect measurement of the gas component and which does not convert the gas component; introducing the atmosphere from the first internal space into a second internal space, under a diffusion resistance; and measuring the concentration of the gas component present in the atmosphere in the second internal space.