Abstract: A magnetic recording medium, obtained by preparing a radiation-sensitive curing resin by modification of a copolymer of (A) vinyl chloride, (B) a vinyl carboxylate, (C) an unsaturated carboxylic acid and (D) an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride, containing 50 to 80% by weight of (A) based on the total of (A) and (B), 10 to 30% by weight of (D) based on the total of (C) and (D) and a total of 1 to 5 parts by weight of (C) and (D) based on 100 parts by weight of (A) and (B) and having an average polymerization degree of 100 of 400, and a magnetic powder thereby producing a magnetic paint, applying said magnetic paint to a non-magnetic substrate, and solidifying the resultant coating of paint on said substrate by exposure to radiation.

Abstract: System for mounting an electronic component on a printed circuit board comprises a vacuum fastener (4) for picking up an electronic component (2), an image sensor (6) (like a television camera) for taking a picture of the electronic component (2) picked up by said vacuum fastener (4), an image signal processor (7) for providing error signals for compensation of positional error of said electronic component (2) on the vacuum fastener (4), and NC control device (8) for actuating the printed circuit board (10) under the electronic component (2) responsive to said error signals, so that the electronic component (2) is mounted on an accurate location on the printed circuit board (10).

Abstract: A microscope slide illumination system is adapted for the side lighting of particles suspended in liquid, where the liquid is retained in a depression in a microscope slide. The system includes a laser source of light, an optic fiber bundle to conduct the laser light, and a single fiber, preferably having a focused lens tip, to focus the laser light into the slide depression. In one embodiment a single optical fiber is located in a bore of the slide and in another embodiment the free ends of a group of single optical fibers terminate around the slide depression.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a magnetic recording tape which is free from the problems of the phenomenon of dropout as well as runout of the tape roll throughout the life of the tape. The inventive method comprises providing a coating layer on a surface of a film base of the tape having been provided with the magnetic coating layer on the other surface with a coating composition comprising a radiation-sensitive curable polymeric material, which is a thermoplastic resin modified to be radiation-sensitive with or without admixture of a thermoplastic elastomer, and a filler dispersed therein and, prior to winding of the tape into a roll, irradiating the coating layer with a high energy radiation of, preferably, electron beams whereby the coating composition is fully radiation-cured to form a backing layer of the tape.

Abstract: Use of the novel compound tin diiododeuteroporphyrin and compositions containing it to inhibit heme mebabolism in mammals, to control the rate of tryptophan metabolism in mammals, and to increase the rate at which heme and iron are excreted by mammals.

Abstract: This invention provides an insulating protective material effective for protection of electronic and electric devices such as electronics elements. This insulating protective material contains at least one hydrous oxide of a metal which has ion exchange properties together with a fusion bonding component such as low-melting glass, epoxy resin, phenolic resin, silicone resin, etc. and a filler such as fused silica, .beta.-eucryptite, glass fiber, glass beads, etc.Said specific hydrous oxide can be used together with a sulfur-containing organic high molecular weight compound.The hydrous oxides used in protective materials as a sealing material for electronic and electric devices can capture an ionic impurity eluted from the components of the protective material and fix it therein thereby to provide stable electronic materials excellent in performance.

Abstract: The invention provides a desalinating food suitable as an ingredient of diet for dietetic care of patients for whom decrease of the salt ingestion is essential. The inventive desalinating food is prepared by demetallizing the tissue of marine algae by treating with an inorganic acid followed by contacting thereof with an aqueous solution containing potassium ions to effect replacement therewith. The food can adsorb a large amount of sodium ions with simultaneous dispensation of potassium ions in the living body.

Abstract: A wedge-type anchor for stranded tension cables. It has anchoring wedges that rest in a conical wedge-reception bore in a wedge mount. The wedges have teeth on their inner surface that decrease in depth toward the point of the wedge. To allow the anchor to be utilized at cryogenic temperatures without the core sliding through and the outer strands breaking prematurely, the ratio of the pitch (8) of the teeth to the diameter of the cable is between 1:20 and 1:30 at a ratio of the effective compression length (11) of each anchoring wedge (4) to the diameter (5) of the cable of between 2.8 and 4.5, and the teeth at the point of the wedge have a contact surface that tapers at an angle (13) of 4.degree. to 6.degree. to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Method of inhibiting the adhesion of Bordetella pertussis to the cilia of human respiratory cells to treat pertussis, agents and compositions useful in the method. Agents are also useful to stimulate the production of antibodies.

Abstract: A sheet is disposed around the outer peripheral surface of a drum. The drum is provided with sheet suction holes for attracting the sheet against the drum surface. The sheet suction holes extend through the drum from the interior to the exterior thereof, and are disposed in a plurality of circumferentially spaced rows. Each of the rows includes a plurality of sheet suction holes and is connected to suction means, which is operable to withdraw air outside the drum into the interior thereof through the row of suction holes. At least the leading edge of the sheet is retained by a sheet seizing claw which is movable toward or away from the drum surface. The claw is urged into abutment against the drum surface under the influence of a centrifugal force as the drum rotates.

Abstract: Use of the novel compound tin mesoporphyrin and compositions containing it to inhibit heme metabolism in mammals, to control the rate of tryptophan metabolism in mammals, and to increase the rate at which heme is excreted by mammals.

Abstract: A magnetic disc memory device comprises a rotatable member, a stationary member for supporting the rotatable member, dynamic pressure bearing provided between the stationary member and the rotatable member, a plurality of information recording magnetic discs mounted in axially spaced apart relationship on the outer peripheral portion of the rotatable member, an annular rotor provided on the outer peripheral portion of the rotatable member in axially spaced apart relationship with the magnetic discs, an annular stator secured to the stationary member and radially facing the annular rotor, the stator and the rotor together constituting an electric motor, and a case secured to the stationary member and surrounding the magnetic discs, the rotatable member, the rotor and the stator to protect them from extraneous influence.

Abstract: Describes rheumatoid arthritis factor present in detectable amounts in rheumatoid arthritis patients, but not in patients with other arthritedes; preparation of antibodies to the factor; use of factor and antibodies to test for rheumatoid arthritis; and test kits for conducting the tests.

Abstract: A method of detecting the toner concentration of a two-component developer comprising a mixture of carrier particles and toner particles for use in an electrostatic copying apparatus or the like wherein a relationship between flow rate and the toner concentration of a two-component developer which passes through a container is obtained in advance, then the flow rate of the two-component developer whose toner concentration is unknown is measured by use of the container and developer flow rate detecting member. Thus, the toner concentration of the developer is determined from the measured flow rate and the relationship between the flow rate and the toner concentration which has been obtained in advance.

Abstract: The cleaning method for use in an electrophotographic copying apparatus of the type removing toner images remaining on the surface of a photoconductor by a cleaning blade which includes the steps of bringing the cleaning blade into pressure contact with the photoconductor at least prior to the movement of the photoconductor, and moving the cleaning blade away from the surface of the photoconductor after the movement of the photoconductor is stopped with completion of copying process.

Abstract: A catheter is described with distal and proximate balloon segments expansible to produce a chamber around arterial plaque and a conduit for delivering solubilizing liquid into the chamber. The catheter may also contain a central expansible balloon to assist in forcing the liquid into the plaque and to compress the plaque. Several solubilizing liquids are described.

Abstract: A coil apparatus for the use of a switching power supply circuit has been found. The coil apparatus having two overlapped coil bobbins has an improved winding arrangement. This arrangement is such that one (P.sub.1) of primary windings which are provided for an inner bobbin are divided into two windings (P.sub.11, P.sub.12) which are electrically coupled with each other, and remaining primary windings (P.sub.2) are sandwiched between the two divided windings (P.sub.11, P.sub.12).

Abstract: A positive temperature coefficient (PTC) device, preventing silver migration effect and partial excessive heating, comprises a circular semiconductor PTC ceramic plate having a pair of first non-silver conductive layers attached on both surfaces of said PTC ceramics plate. A pair of second conductive layers, including silver, is attached on the first layers and an elongated periphery portion on the first layers is left without said second layers. A pair of conductive terminals couples the PTC element with an external circuit, each terminal having a convex portion to contact and support the PTC plate at the second layers so that the first layers do not directly touch with the terminals.

Abstract: The sintered microporous hydroxyapatite material of the invention is useful as an artificial bone substitute material either in a granular and slurried from in a physiological saline solution used as a filling material for lost portions or cavities of bones or in a form of a shaped prosthetic bone substitute member. The inventive material is characteristic in the open pore structure of micropores with a pore diameter distribution in the range from 0.01 to 0.10 mm and a porosity in the range from 20 to 50%. When the material is used in the form of a granular bone filling, the particle diameter thereof should be in the range from 0.1 to 2.0 mm. When the material is used as the prosthetic bone substitute member, the shaped body should be formed of the matrix of the inventive microporous material and pores with a pore diameter distribution in the range from 0.2 to 2.0 mm.

Abstract: An induction cooking apparatus or a ceramics hob which heats conductive food and/or a conductive pan through hysteresis loss and/or eddy current loss by exciting a coil with high frequency power, comprises a casing, a coil mounted on a coil support, and an insulation cover plate between the coil and food to be cooked. The coil support is made of ferro-magnetic material of mixture of insulation resin and ferrite powder which occupies 75-85 weight %, instead of a prior mere insulation resin so that no flux leaks below the coil support. Preferably, the coil support has a plurality of longitudinal ferrite ribs extending radially under the coil support, and still preferably, the coil support has a plurality of holes at the central portion of the same so that permeability at the central portion is essentially smaller than that at the outer portion to provide uniform flux.