Abstract: An embodiment of an electrical connecting apparatus enables reliable identification of a mark and enables accurate and easy determination of a coordinate position of the mark. The electrical connecting apparatus comprises a supporting body having a lower surface, a plurality of contacts arranged on the lower surface of the supporting body, a mark that is provided on a lower side of the supporting body and whose light passing feature differs from that of an area adjacent to the mark, and a light source provided to the supporting body to irradiate light to the mark from an upper side of the mark.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including rear glass substrate having address electrode, insulating layer, barrier rib and a phosphor layer thereon. Insulating layer does not contain lead. An average value of a void ratio of a region at a depth of up to 50% from rear glass substrate in a thickness of insulating layer ranges from 5% to 15%. A plasma display panel having a long lifetime and high productivity is achieved.

Abstract: The radiographic image conversion panel includes a recording layer formed of a first accumulative phosphor that is irradiated with a radiation as a first primarily exciting light beam to excite primarily and accumulate energy, and is irradiated with a first secondarily exciting light beam to excite secondarily and generate a stimulating light beam and a correction marker for detecting a position formed of a second accumulative phosphor that is irradiated with a second primarily exciting light beam to excite primarily and accumulate the energy, and is irradiated with a second secondarily exciting light beam to excite secondarily and generate light with a wavelength shorter than a wavelength of the first secondarily exciting light beam. The radiographic image acquisition system uses the radiographic image conversion panel.

Abstract: The radiation image conversion panel includes a substrate having a metallic surface, a polyparaxylylene layer formed on the metallic surface of the substrate, an oxide layer being formed on the polyparaxylylene layer and including an oxide represented by the following formula: MxOy wherein M is an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr and Al, when M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti or Zr, x is 1 and y is 2, and when M is Al, x is 2 and y is 3, and a phosphor layer formed on the oxide layer by vapor-phase deposition.

Abstract: An arbor for detachably attaching to a main spindle of a machine tool and holding a cutting insert, including: an attachment portion for attaching on the main spindle, which has a cylindrical shape extending along the axis L; a gripping portion extending outwardly of the outer periphery of the attachment portion; and a head holding portion for detachably mounting the cutter head, the head holding portion being positioned on the distal end side of the gripping portion, the head holding portion having a mounting hole extending along the axis L toward the base end side, and the mounting hole having a female threaded portion for threadedly connecting the cutter head, the female threaded portion extending to the base end side of the distal edge of the outer peripheral surface of the gripping portion.

Abstract: The radiation image conversion panel includes a substrate and a phosphor layer formed on the substrate by vapor-phase deposition in a vacuum chamber, the phosphor layer being repaired for projections generated on a surface of the phosphor layer or recesses resulting therefrom. The process for producing a radiation image conversion panel forms a phosphor layer on a substrate by vapor-phase deposition in a vacuum chamber, repairs the phosphor layer for projections generated on a surface of the phosphor layer or recesses resulting therefrom and subjects the phosphor layer to a thermal treatment to obtain the radiation image conversion panel.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a radiation image conversion panel in which a stimulable phosphor layer is formed on a substrate by performing film deposition through vacuum evaporation. The thickness of the stimulable phosphor layer is measured during the film deposition with a layer thickness measurement device or devices to obtain layer thickness measurements, and heating of the film forming material is controlled based on the thus obtained layer thickness measurements. Thus, film deposition can be performed at a proper vapor deposition rate to form a stimulable phosphor layer having an accurate thickness.

Abstract: The radiographic image conversion panel includes a recording layer formed of a first accumulative phosphor that is irradiated with a radiation as a first primarily exciting light beam to excite primarily and accumulate energy, and is irradiated with a first secondarily exciting light beam to excite secondarily and generate a stimulating light beam and a correction marker for detecting a position formed of a second accumulative phosphor that is irradiated with a second primarily exciting light beam to excite primarily and accumulate the energy, and is irradiated with a second secondarily exciting light beam to excite secondarily and generate light with a wavelength shorter than a wavelength of the first secondarily exciting light beam. The radiographic image acquisition system uses the radiographic image conversion panel.

Abstract: A phosphor panel producing method forms a phosphor layer by vacuum film deposition, estimates a thickness profile of the phosphor layer and polishes a surface of the phosphor layer by means of a polishing member as it is pressed with a pressing member that extends in a one-dimensional direction in such a way that a direction in which a thickness profile of the phosphor layer is more uniform coincides with the one-dimensional direction in which the pressing member extends, and the phosphor layer and the polishing member is moved relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the one-dimensional direction in which the pressing member extends.

Abstract: A cutting insert including a main cutting tooth, a sub cutting tooth and a corner tooth. The main cutting tooth has a honing angle &agr;, and the sub cutting tooth has a honing angle &bgr;. The corner tooth connects the main cutting tooth and the sub cutting tooth, and has honing angles including a maximum honing angle &ggr;1. The honing angles &agr;, &bgr; and &ggr;1 are inclination angles of the main cutting tooth, sub cutting tooth and a corner tooth, respectively. The honing angle &agr; is larger than the honing angle &bgr; and smaller than the maximum honing angle &ggr;1.

Abstract: An image rotating device includes first and second buffer memories to which image data, sequentially fed, are alternately written every m/n lines with respect to bit width n per pixel of the image data and bit width m per word of a page memory. An image data reader alternately reads m/n lines of image data written to the first and second buffer memories from an address designated in accordance with a set rotational angle with one word of the page memory at a time. An image data writer sequentially writes the image data of one word of the page memory to the address of the page memory designed in accordance with a set rotational angle. The image data are sequentially stored in the page memory with the data being rotated in real time.

Abstract: A control circuit receives in advance data representing a predetermined number of copy jobs to be provided from a scanner and data representing a predetermined number of print jobs to be provided from external equipment, queues each of the copy jobs and print jobs on the basis of such data, and causes the jobs to be processed in a time divisional and parallel manner. Basically, the control circuit gives higher priority to the copy job. The priority order can be changed according to an instruction from a user interface. When a current job has been suspended, the control circuit causes a succeeding job to be processed earlier.

Abstract: Contents of a copy job including a kind of a document and a number of copy sets are specified from a user interface to set a copy job, and based on such contents a total data amount of the copy job is calculated by a CPU. Further, an available memory amount of the storing unit is detected. If the total amount of the copy job is larger than the available memory amount, the document reading operation by an image input unit is suspended. The document reading operation is resumed when the available memory amount becomes larger than the total data amount.