Abstract: A card accessing apparatus is provided which includes a stage unit for supporting a data storage card with a data storage area of the card facing downwardly, a housing including a bottom plate, for housing the stage unit, and a stage feeding unit supported on the bottom plate for reciprocating the stage unit. A read/write head is disposed under the stage unit, to read and write data on the data storage area of the card. A head feeding unit is supported on the bottom plate to drive the head unit to a position under the stage unit to access the data storage area of the card.

Abstract: A cash dispenser is provided with cash containers for storing bills classified according to the kinds of money, a reject container for collecting unacceptable bills and acceptable bills cancelled by the customer, and a bill discharge outlet, etc. Acceptable bills sent from cash containers are collected temporarily at temporal bill collection station (ESCROW), while unacceptable bills are directly carried into the reject container one by one through first collection path whenever detected. The bills stacked at the collection station are delivered in a lump through bill discharge path to the bill discharge outlet in response to a cash discharge command, but are collected in a lump into the reject container through second collection path in response to a cash collection command.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dripping fluid level detector comprising a pair of electrodes oppositely disposed around a drip chamber of a supply passage of dripping medical fluid and a detecting circuit which detects the remaining amount of medical fluid according to changes in the electrostatic capacity caused between said pair of electrodes.

Abstract: A semiconductor composite having a rectifying characteristic is provided by first forming an insulating film of a semiconductor compound such as SiO.sub.2 on a semiconductor substrate of N-type Si to a uniform thickness of 27A to 500A, for example, and then further depositing thereon a tin oxide film. The intermediate insulating film between the SnO.sub.2 film and the semiconductor substrate decreases the reverse leakage current, raises the reverse breakdown voltage and makes uniform the reverse breakdown voltage. The semiconductor composite of the present invention, as subjected to a predetermined value of light energy, shows an excellent switching characteristic with respect to a voltage applied to the composite in a reverse direction. Also the semiconductor composite of the present invention, as supplied with a certain value of reverse bias voltage or with no bias, shows an excellent switching characteristic with respect to light energy applied to the composite.

Abstract: A semiconductor photoelectric device of improved photoelectric and rectifying characteristics is provided by first forming a film or silicon dioxide on a main surface, having a crystallographic orientation of (100), of a semiconductor substrate of N-type silicon, the film being formed to a thickness less than 25A., for example, and then further depositing thereon a tin oxide film. It was found that adoption of the abovementioned (100) orientation reduces the reverse saturation current and thus the dark current of the device, with the result that the open voltage of the device is accordingly increased. It was also found that proper choice of specific resistivity of the substrate improves linearity of the photoelectric characteristic.

Abstract: A keying input apparatus operates as a function of two kinds of timing signals, one being of a first timing period and generally composed of a plurality of digit timing signals generated in a digit sequence and the other being of a second timing period for disabling a display device during that period, such that a plurality of pieces of information, such as the digit timing signals and/or segment selection signals for the display device, are provided from a plurality of output terminals during said first timing signal for the purpose of outputting thereof to the display device, and a plurality of different coded signals, each composed of a plurality of bits, in a bit sequence, are provided from the same said plurality of output terminals during said second timing signal, each of which output terminals is individually connected to a corresponding one of a plurality of key switches, which are commonly connected through a common terminal to a register, so that any desired coded signal, as selected by a correspon

Abstract: An automatic article vending system in which a card is used to actuate the system. The card has a predetermined monetary value, which is decreased by the value of the article purchased with the card. A predetermined maximum value that can be spent at one time is set for the card. It is possible to purchase with the card an article having a value within the lower one of the present value of the card and the maximum spendable value. The card may be given an extra value added gratis to the value of the money paid by the owner of the card.