Abstract: A mechanical stopper offering a relative rotation range exceeding 360°, scarcely generating abrasion powder and the like and having a simple structure is provided. In the stopper apparatus, provided in a rotation axis section wherein a relative rotation is carried out between two members 2 and 4 around one rotation axis 3, for restricting the rotation angle of one member 4 with respect to the other member 2, a contact piece 26 is provided on the above-mentioned one member 4, two support members 22 and 23 are provided standing on the above-mentioned other member 2 with a clearance therebetween, a band-shaped elastic member 24 is layed across between the above-mentioned two support members 22 and 23, and the contact piece 26 is made contact with the elastic member 24 to stop the rotation of the one member 4.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided which is capable of improving the responsiveness of communication in which only a maximum of one access request source has write authorization and the other access requests do not have write authorization when communication is performed with a plurality of access request sources. A management apparatus transmits, to a secure application module (SAM), a strong connection request requesting the obtainment of write authorization into the SAM. When it is determined that the strong connection has not already been assigned to the other management apparatuses, the SAM assigns the strong connection to the management apparatus in a state in which a weak connection having read authorization with the management apparatuses is maintained.

Abstract: A lubricating coating composition in which at least one basic lubricant selected from a basic sulfonate, a basic salicylate, and a basic phenate is dissolved in a volatile solvent is applied to the frictional surface of a box and a pin constituting a threaded joint for oil well pipes. The composition may further contain one or more of a thermoplastic resin powder, another lubricant, and an extreme pressure agent. The surface roughness of the frictional surfaces preferably has an Rmax in the range of 5-40 micrometers.

Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes comprising a pin 1 and a box 2 each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion 3 or 4 and an unthreaded metal contact portion 8 is provided with improved anti-galling propertied by forming a lubricating coating on the contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box, the lubricating coating exhibiting a self-repairing function by liquid lubrication and having a decreased greasiness. The lubricating coating is (1) a coating which comprises a lower lubricant layer which is in liquid form in the temperature range of above 0° C. and below 40° C. and an upper lubricant layer which is in solid form at 40° C., or (2) a coating which is semi-solid or solid at 40° C. and is formed of a mixture comprising a lubricating oil which is in liquid form in the temperature range of above 0° C. and below 40° C. and a wax which is in solid form at 40° C.

Abstract: A threaded joint for an oil well pipe is provided which prevents the occurrence of galling at the time of repeated tightening and loosening and which provides a high degree of air tightness and has excellent galling resistance and air tightness without using a liquid lubricant such as a compound grease. 1. A lubricating film of an inorganic polymeric compound which has an M (metal element)—O (oxygen) backbone and has a solid lubricant dispersed therein is formed on a threaded portion or an unthreaded metal contact portion. 2. A phosphate film and the lubricating film of the inorganic polymeric compound is formed on the threaded portion or the unthreaded metal contact portion. 3. A Cu plating layer and the lubricating film of the inorganic polymeric compound or a lubricating film of a resin in which a solid lubricant is dispersed is formed on the threaded portion or the unthreaded metal contact portion. 4.

Abstract: The present invention provides a linear motor, which can improve motor efficiency and which can be manufactured by a simplified procedure. The linear motor of the present invention includes a movable unit of cylindrical shape and having the central axis at the intersection of the X-axis and the Y-axis. An inner yoke is arranged on an inner side of the movable unit with a given spacing in the radial direction of the movable unit and is formed by laminating a multiple of thin plates each in approximately rectangular in shape and having strong magnetic permeability arranged in the direction of the X-axis. An outer yoke is arranged on the outer side of the movable unit with a given spacing in a radial direction of the movable unit and is formed by laminating a multiple of thin plates, each approximately rectangularly shaped and arranged in the same direction as the thin plates of the inner yoke. A pair of permanent magnets are magnetized in a direction from the inner yoke to the outer yoke.

Abstract: A lubricating coating composition in which at least one basic lubricant selected from a basic sulfonate, a basic salicylate, and a basic phenate is dissolved in a volatile solvent is applied to the frictional surface of a box and a pin constituting a threaded joint for oil well pipes. The composition may further contain one or more of a thermoplastic resin powder, another lubricant, and an extreme pressure agent. The surface roughness of the frictional surfaces preferably has an Rmax in the range of 5-40 micrometers.

Abstract: A threaded joint for an oil well pipe is provided which prevents the occurrence of galling at the time of repeated tightening and loosening and which provides a high degree of air tightness and has excellent galling resistance and air tightness without using a liquid lubricant such as a compound grease.

Abstract: An ashtray that can be used in a vehicle has an extinguishing function. The ashtray includes a case having an upper opening and a disposal chamber. A first lid is pivotally supported on one wall of the case and covers a first part of the upper opening. A second lid is pivotally supported on a second wall opposing the first wall and covers a second part of the opening. A slot is formed between the first and second lids. A rotor is rotatably supported by the case below the slot. The rotor has vanes, with adjacent vanes defining receptacles for holding lit cigarettes. One of the receptacles is arranged at a receiving position below the slot and another of the receptacles is arranged at an extinguishing position in which the receptacle is covered by the first lid. A rotating mechanism rotates the rotor such that the receptacle in the receiving position moves to the extinguishing position.

Abstract: A volume controller for controlling volume balance between a front speaker and a rear speaker located within a vehicle, includes a fade volume computing unit for computing an amplifying factor k1 of an input signal for providing an increased volume at the rear or front speaker by the volume at a prescribed position within the vehicle which is equal to an decreased volume in the front or rear speaker when a signal supplied to the front or rear speaker is attenuated by an attenuating factor K1; and a control unit for multiplying the signal supplied to the rear or front speaker by k1 when a signal supplied to the front or rear speaker is attenuated by K1. In this configuration, a volume controller can form an acoustic field with a sense of realism when volume adjustment is performed in a to-and-fro direction.

Abstract: A linear motor comprising prismatic inner yokes each constructed in a manner that a large number of sheets each having a generally rectangular configuration and having a high magnetic permeability are piled up each other and outer yokes each constructed in a manner that a number of sheets each having a generally rectangular configuration and having a high magnetic permeability are piled up each other. Each of coils is wound around a central portion of three magnetic pole portions of the outer yoke to alternately establish different magnetic poles along a direction of an axis of the linear motor. A surface of the outer yoke, holding the magnetic pole portions, is disposed in an opposed relation to the inner yoke to define a predetermined gap therebetween so that the inner yoke and the outer yoke form each of a plurality of yoke blocks. The yoke blocks are placed around the axis so that the sheet piling-up direction is perpendicular to a diametrical direction of a shaft.

Abstract: A vibrating compressor of the present invention, which comprises a piston driving section for driving a piston by supplying a piston driving force, a displacement detecting section connected in an axial direction of the piston, an upper dead point position detecting section for detecting an upper dead point position based on a piston position signal from the displacement detecting section, and a driving force control section for changing the driving force supplied to the piston by the piston driving section according to a difference between the upper dead point position and a preset upper dead point position reference value immediately after the upper dead point position detecting section detects the upper dead point position, prevents its compression efficiency from decreasing due to stabilization and prevents a device from being damaged. In the vibrating compressor, it is also possible to calculate a stroke based on a detected piston position or to control the driving force based on a detected frequency.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising: (A) a polypropylene polymer comprising a propylene/ethylene block copolymer, said polypropylene polymer having a melt flow rate of from 5 to 100 g/10 min as measured at 230.degree. C. under a load of 2.16 kg and containing components extractable with xylene at 20.degree. C., wherein the xylene-extractable components having an intrinsic viscosity as measured at 140.degree. C. in decalin of from 2.0 to 5.0 g/dl; (B) an ethylene/propylene rubber having a propylene content of from 40 to 60% by weight and a melt flow rate of from 0.5 to 10 g/10 min as measured at 230.degree. C. under a load of 2.16 kg; (C) a triblock copolymer having a melt flow rate of from more than 40 to 200 g/10 min as measured at 230.degree. C. under a load of 2.16 kg, a flat interface between said triblock copolymer and the 100.degree. C. xylene-insoluble components of said polypropylene polymer of ingredient (A) having a critical energy release rate of 20 J/m.sup.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a brazeable aluminum alloy cast material which can be manufactured brazeable products without lowering the productivity and the method of brazing a cast material.The cast material is composed of: 0.5-4.5% by weight of Mn; 0.5-3% by weight of Si; 0.5-1% by weight of Fe; and the balance composed of aluminum and impurities. In the method of brazing the cast material, a brazing agent and/or flux are used, the brazing agent is composed of: 25-65% by weight of Zn; 2-7% by weight of Si; and the balance composed of aluminum and 0.1% or less of Fe as one of impurities. The flux is a mixture of: 0.5-5% by weight of LiF; 1-10% by weight of ZnCl.sub.2 ; 1-5% by weight of K.sub..alpha. AlF.sub..alpha.+3 (.alpha. is an integer not less than 1.); and the balance composed of BaCl.sub.2 -KCl-NaCl.

Abstract: The present invention provides ice nucleating-active materials which are free from problems like corrosiveness against a device owing to the materials used and harmfulness of the materials themselves; and have a function of elevating freezing temperature of water which is effective for releasing an over-cooling state of it, and generates a method for an ice bank system exhibiting a large energy-saving effect. This invention relates to ice nucleating-active materials containing trioctahedral smectites capable of being dispersive in water as effective components, and a method for an ice bank system comprising adding the trioctahedral smectites into a liquid in the ice bank system at a concentration of at least 30 ppm and freezing it by using a freezer.

Abstract: A base fixed to a liquid-containing tank and a float disposed above the base are liquid-tightly secured to lower and upper ends, respectively, of a flexible member comprising a bellows cylinder. The base, the float and the flexible member define a liquid reservoir. The float rises when there is a large quantity of liquid in the reservoir and falls when there is a small quantity of liquid in the reservoir, so that a damming plate provided on the float is moved above and below the surface of the liquid in the tank. When the damming plate is moved below the liquid surface, the liquid on the surface flows into the reservoir through a liquid inlet formed in the float, and the liquid that collects in the reservoir is discharged to the exterior of the tank by a liquid discharge pipe. As the float rises, the damming plate is lifted above the surface of the liquid in the tank, thereby cutting off the flow of surface liquid into the reservoir.

Abstract: A rolled metal strip which is free of torsion and on which a superior gloss is obtained by a combination of cross rolling and parallel rolling upon cold rolling a metal strip and by rolling the material in a parallel rolling manner in either at least the final stand (in the case of a tandem mill array) or at least the final pass (in the case of a single stand mill such as a reversible mill or the like). If necessary, the metal strip is preliminarily rolled by cross rolling at a rolling reduction rate of over 5% and then cold rolled by either parallel rolling or a combination of cross rolling and parallel rolling.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing hollow resin products which are curved two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally. The method includes extruding a tubular parison from an extruder at a constant speed and cutting the parison at a specified length; receiving the parison extruded from the extruder into a conveyer having a feeder which is driven at the same speed as the extruding speed of the parison; maintaining the parison in the conveyer by stopping the feeder temporarily; feeding a leading portion of the parison to a trailing portion thereof successively through an outlet of the conveyer into a cavity of a lower mold of a blow molding machine by driving the feeder, the cavity being curved two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally; and closing the lower mold with an upper mold of the blow molding machine and blowing compressed gas into the parison in the blow molding machine.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing hollow resin products. The apparatus includes an extruder for extruding a tubular resin material and cutting the material into a parison with a specified length; a blow molding machine having an upper mold and a lower mold which form a cavity of a specified shape inside; and a parison delivering machine for receiving the parison from the extruder and feeding the parison into the cavity of the lower mold. The parison delivering machine includes a conveyer which has parison feeder for feeding a parison longitudinally from an inlet to an outlet, a driver for driving the feeder, and at least four shafts which serve as pivots of three-dimensional movement of the conveyor.

Abstract: In a digital copying apparatus, the digital image data of a document to be copied are stored in a memory means, and an image is copied on a paper according to the digital image data stored in the memory means. Two clear modes are provided for clearing the image data stored in the memory means. In the first clear mode, the data in the memory means is cleared when the document is detected to be removed from the platen and the like. In the second clear mode, the data in the memory means is cleared when a new document is detected to be set on the platen glass or the like. One of the two clear modes is selected with the operational panel and the selected mode is displayed. A memory clear command is sent to the memory means at an appropriate timing in the two clear modes, and the memory clear is executed by the memory means. The memory clear command is sent only after the copying operation is completed or it is inhibited to clear the image data when a latent image is being formed according to the image data.