Abstract: The present invention aims to solve problems involved in the formation of a conductive or insulating layer in a pattern form by photolithography, i.e., an environmental problem associated with handling a solvent and a problem associated with wastewater treatment in the development with an aqueous alkaline solution. A method for forming a conductive layer (an anode bus 3) or an insulating layer (a barrier 1) on a glass substrate by photolithography using a photosensitive slurry solution prepared by mixing a low-melting glass powder as a binder and a conductive or insulating powder into a PVA-based, water-soluble photosensitive solution, wherein the content of B.sub.2 O.sub.3 component in the whole low-melting glass powder is closely regulated to not more than 6% by weight. This enables coating without gelation of PVA.

Abstract: A rod-damper combination comprising an oscillating rod member and a dynamic damper mounted on the rod member is disclosed. The dynamic damper includes a mass portion having a substantially cylindrical shape, and two elastic support members formed on axially opposite sides of the mass portion to elastically support the mass portion. The oscillating rod member includes a small-diameter portion formed at an axially middle portion thereof, and two large-diameter portions formed on axially opposite sides of the small-diameter portion. Alternatively, the rod member includes a middle portion, and two tapered portions on axially opposite sides of the middle portion. The two elastic support members of the dynamic damper are mounted on the two large-diameter or tapered portions of the oscillating rod member, respectively.

Abstract: An elastic mount comprising: an outer hollow member which is formed of an aluminum alloy and has an inner hole; an inner shaft member which extends in the inner hole of the outer member; an elastic member which is formed by vulcanization of a rubber material in the inner hole between the outer member and the inner member to elastically connect the outer and inner members to each other; the outer member having an inner circumferential surface including a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions which cooperate with each other to define the inner hole and each of which continuously extends in an axial direction of the inner hole; the recesses and the protrusions being alternate with each other at a pitch of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm in a circumferential direction of the inner hole; a top end of each of the protrusions having a height of 0.3 mm to 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet capable of forming an image excellent in various types of fastness, particularly in light fastness, maintaining the effect of the ultraviolet absorber during the storage without deterioration and stably existing within a dye-receiving layer through the use of a thermal transfer process wherein use is made of a sublimable dye. The thermal transfer image-receiving sheet of the present invention includes a substrate sheet and a dye-receiving layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate sheet, wherein a layer containing an ultraviolet absorber is provided between the substrate sheet and the dye-receiving layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting the orientation of slats of a vertical blind includes a master slide and a first carrier slide fixedly connected with the master slide and a plurality of other carrier slides. The master slide includes a housing, a driving member, a worm member and a helical gear engaging with the worm member. When the driving member rotates, the helical gear rotates accordingly. A shaft is extended to engage with the helical gear and driven mechanisms provided respectively in the carrier slides. Each driven mechanism is attached with a slat. When the helical gear is rotated, the slats attached with the driven mechanism rotate accordingly so that the orientation of the slats can be adjusted. Each of the carrier slides is slideably engaged with a strip which has an end defining a stop and another end fixedly attached with a carrier slide neighboring the carrier slide slideably engaging with a respective strip.

Abstract: An ink jet print head is disclosed which includes a metallic nozzle member having a plurality of nozzles through which fine particles of ink are jetted, and a ceramic ink pump member superposed on and bonded to the nozzle member. The ink pump member has a plurality of ink chambers formed behind the respective nozzles, and a plurality of piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements each disposed on a portion of the ink pump member opposite a respective ink chamber, for deforming the portion so as to change a pressure of the respective ink chamber, whereby the ink supplied to the ink chamber is jetted through the corresponding nozzle. The ink jet print head further includes a CTE (coefficient of thermal expansion) adjusting member superposed on and bonded to the nozzle member and/or the ink pump member, for reducing a stress which is applied to the ink pump member due to a difference between a coefficient of thermal expansion of the nozzle member and that of the ink pump member.

Abstract: A low cost transparency-making recording sheet with stabilized productivity and quality has a support sheet releasably provided on an unrecording surface of a transparent substrate, and is characterized in that a thermoplastic resin layer is interleaved between the transparent substrate and the support sheet by an extrusion coating technique.

Abstract: A structure of an electrode unit for applying electricity to a conductible substance (4) installed in a metallic housing (2) has a metallic electrode (6) connected to a portion of the conductible substance (4), an insulating member (8, 8') positioned between the electrode (6) and the metallic housing (2), and a metallic sealing material (10,10') to be transformed by fastening a nut so as to secure sealability between the electrode (6) and the insulating member (8) and between the metallic housing (2) and the insulating member (8). The structure of an electrode unit is excellent in an insulating property and a gas sealability between the metallic housing (2) and electrode (6) and therefore has high reliability.

Abstract: The present invention includes the following three types of piezoelectric porcelains. (1) In a piezoelectric porcelain having a composition of aPb[Mg.sub.1-X Ni.sub.X).sub.1/3 (Nb.sub.1-Y Ta.sub.Y).sub.2/3 ]O.sub.3 -bPbTiO.sub.3 -cPbZrO.sub.3, the coefficients a, b and c (mol %) and the substitution rate X satisfy all the following conditions; 15.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.45, 32.ltoreq.b.ltoreq.45, 10.ltoreq.c.ltoreq.50 and 0.1.ltoreq.X.ltoreq.0.9. (2) In a piezoelectric porcelain having a composition of aPb[Mg.sub.1-X Ni.sub.X).sub.1/3 (Nb.sub.1-Y Ta.sub.Y).sub.2/3 ]O.sub.3 -bPbTiO.sub.3 -cPbZrO.sub.3, the coefficients a, b and c (mol %) and the substitution rates X and Y satisfy all the following conditions; 15.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.45, 32.ltoreq.b.ltoreq.45, 10.ltoreq.c.ltoreq.50, 0.1.ltoreq.X.ltoreq.0.9, 0.1.ltoreq.Y.ltoreq.0.9 and Y-X.gtoreq.0.05. (3) In a piezoelectric porcelain having a composition of aPb[Mg.sub.1-X Ni.sub.X).sub.1/3 (Nb.sub.1-Y Ta.sub.Y).sub.2/3 ]O.sub.3 -bPbTiO.sub.3 -cPbZrO.sub.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet is disclosed which can provide a sharp image, has excellent suitability for printing in respect of halftone color reproduction and gradation reproduction, has high glossiness and smoothness, a cushioning property, and an excellent appearance because fine scratches, if any, on the surface of the sheet is invisible to the naked eye.

Abstract: There is provided a thermal transfer sheet comprising: a substrate film; and a hot-melt ink layer provided on one side of the substrate film, the hot-melt ink layer containing a bismuth oxide/borosilicate glass frit having a softening point of 400.degree. to 500.degree. C.

Abstract: A thermal recording head having an electrically resistive heat-generating portion formed on an thin-walled end portion of a ceramic substrate and electrically connected to recording and return-circuit electrodes. A reinforcing or heat radiating member is disposed on at least one of opposite sides of the substrate such that a portion of the reinforcing or heat radiating member is located at the thin-walled end portion of the substrate. The thin-walled end portion is preferably partially defined by a shoulder surface which extends from one of opposite major surface of the substrate and terminates in the end face of the thin-walled end portion. The substrate preferably has a thermal conductivity within a range between 0.002 cal.cm/sec.cm.sup.2..degree.C. and 0.03 cal.cm/sec.cm.sup.2..degree.C., while the heat radiating member preferably has a thermal conductivity higher than 0.01 cal.cm/sec.cm.sup.2..degree.C. The conductivity of the substrate is preferably lower than that of the heat radiating member.

Abstract: A filter structure including a collet assembly of inexpensive design that provides a reliable seal and can be easily implemented during the manufacturing process is disclosed. The collet assembly includes a front cap, a rear insert body, a collet contact extension passing through the rear insert body, and a seal located between the front cap and the rear insert body. The collet assembly is inserted into a connector of a filter housing. The seal provides a seal between the interface of the filter housing and the collet assembly. The collet assembly also preferably includes a well in the rear insert body that is filled with a sealant material that seals the interface between the rear insert body and the collet contact extension.

Abstract: A honeycomb heater includes a honeycomb structure having a periphery, a front end, and a back end, including a plurality of passages which are defined by partition walls and extend in an axial direction of the honeycomb structure, the honeycomb structure being electrically conductive, whereby fluid flows through the passages from the front end to the back end; and a device for applying electric current to the honeycomb structure so as to generate heat; wherein at least one gap for obstructing electric current extends through the partition walls from the back end toward the front end but does not reach the front end so that, upon applying electric current to the honeycomb structure, a front region of the honeycomb structure heats more quickly than a back region of the honeycomb structure thereby a catalyst composition loaded onto the front region is activated earlier. Slit may extend between the front end and the back end.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet including a substrate film and a hot-melt ink layer including a first ink layer and a second ink layer laminated in that order on one surface of the substrate film. The first ink layer includes a wax and a colorant, and the second ink layer comprising a supercooling resin incompatible with the wax, and a colorant.

Abstract: The signals transmitted on communication lines in a disturbed environment can be affected by strays. A digital filtering device eliminates these strays by suitable detection of the logic states of the digital signals. The signals received are sampled at a frequency greater than the digital information transmission rate, then detection of a state is effective when a minimum number of samples from among a predetermined number of successive samples is reached. The filtering device restores the rising and descending fronts, and also the high and low states without impairing the information. Application to a highly disturbed electromagnetic environment, notably communication links with circuit breakers.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter device suitable for CDMA communication system includes a piezoelectric substrate, and a unidirectional input side transducer and a bidirectional output side transducer are formed on the substrate. The filter device has satisfactory filtering characteristics in terms of insertion loss, frequency characteristics, T.T.E. attenuation level, group delay time, etc.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system includes an adsorbent containing an adsorbent element for adsorbing harmful compounds such as hydrocarbon in an exhaust gas and a catalyst containing a catalyst element for lowering the harmful compounds in the exhaust gas, each disposed in the exhaust gas pipe of an internal combustion engine. When an oxidizing gas is added to the exhaust gas or amounts of combustion gas and fuel are regulated, for a given period, in the process in which the hydrocarbon in the exhaust gas produced at the cold start-up of the internal combustion engine are adsorbed by the adsorbent and desorbed from the adsorbent as a temperature of the adsorbent is increased by the exhaust gas, an exhaust gas composition containing excessive oxygen is provided and the desorbed hydrocarbon are oxidized on the catalyst. With this arrangement, the harmful compounds in the exhaust gas, in particular, the hydrocarbon produced in a large amount at the cold start-up of the engine can be effectively purified.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a decorative sheet having an appearance, feeling and touch which are remarkably resemble to those of the grain of natural wood, and being excellent also in material characteristics such as abrasion resistance and heat resistance. The decorative sheet of the invention is characterized in that it comprises a substrate sheet, and a grain-pattern-printed layer having a grain pattern, formed on the substrate sheet, and that a built-up printed portion is provided on at least a part of a vessel pattern portion in the grain pattern of the grain-pattern-printed layer in such a manner that the built-up printed portion substantially corresponds with the vessel pattern portion.

Abstract: In the case of fixing an optical fiber array to a substrate, wherein the optical fiber includes a V-groove substrate having at least one V-groove used for arranging an optical fiber, a fix substrate for fixing the optical fiber in the V-groove, and a pair of guide grooves arranged at both ends of the V-groove through which a guide pin used for a connection is arranged, the guide pin is arranged in the guide groove and the optical fiber array is fixed to the substrate under such a condition that one point of the guide pin is brought into contact with the substrate.