Abstract: An actuator includes a worm provided with a shaft-engaging hole, a motor provided with a shaft having a worm-engaging part for detachably engaging the shaft-engaging hole of the worm and an end cover having a worm-supporting hole for rotatably supporting at least one end of the worm whereby it is possible to provide a compact actuator which is easy to assemble. The motor and worm are supported between upper and lower complementary casings.

Abstract: A molded product for colored food, comprising (A) 0.01 to 1 part by weight of a hindered amine type light stabilizer and (B) 0.01 to 0.5 part by weight of an aromatic phosphite type and/or an aromatic phosphonite type antioxidant formulated per 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin containing substantially no phenol type antioxidant is disclosed.The molded product for colored food made of a polyolefin and having the composition of the present invention undergoes no discoloration even when contacted with a colored food for a long time and is also excellent in odor characteristic, mechanical characteristics and stability, etc., and therefore excellent as molded product for colored food, particularly sealed vessel, vessel for microwave oven heating.

Abstract: A static magnetic refrigerator comprising a magnet generating a high-intensity magnetic field, a magnetic working material disposed in the high-intensity magnetic field, a magnetic shield disposed between the magnet and the magnetic working material, and a rotating means for rotating the magnetic shield, the magnetic shield comprising a pair of nearly parallel flat plates or a pair of outwardly curved plates facing each other and made of a superconductor, and the magnetic working material is accommodated in the inner space form by the pair of the flat or curved plates, whereby a magnetization process wherein the magnetic working material is magnetized in the high-intensity magnetic field by way of rotating the magnetic shield at a position allowing the permeation of the magnetic field through the magnetic working material via the pair of the flat or curved plates and a demagnetization process wherein the magnetic working material is demagnetized by way of further rotating the superconducting magnetic shield a

Abstract: A magnetic refrigerator comprising a magnet generating a high-intensity magnetic field, a tube-shaped superconducting magnetic shield, a magnetic working material and a reciprocating means for reciprocatively moving the superconducting magnetic shield or the magnetic working material, the magnetic refrigerator being arranged such that a magnetization process wherein the magnetic working material is magnetized in the high-intensity magnetic field and a demagnetization process wherein the magnetic working material is demagnetized by being accommodated in the hollow section of the magnetic shield are repeated by the reciprocating means so that the magnetic working material generates coldness.

Abstract: A wiper apparatus comprises a wiper motor, a wiper switch, a moisture sensor for sensing presence of moisture, a vibration sensor for sensing a vibration caused by raindrops and a controller for actuating the wiper motor in accordance with output signals from the moisture sensor and the vibration sensor. The apparatus is free from the malfunction and works automatically by sensing even a drizzling rain.

Abstract: An actuator is provided with a motor having a worm, a worm wheel in engagement with said worm and having a pinion-engaging part, a pinion having a worm wheel-engaging part and a rotational axis offset from the rotational axis of the worm wheel, a sector wheel having an output arm and meshing with the pinion, a contact holder, and a positional switch for switching contacts according to the engagement of the contact holder with the sector wheel. The sector wheel is sited at its starting position in a state in which the pinion-engaging part is engaged with the worm wheel-engaging part at a position opposite to the rotational axis of the pinion relative to the rotational axis of the worm wheel. The actuator is compact and uses the motor power very effectively.

Abstract: A superconductor for magnetic field shield comprising closed-ring disc-shaped superconductive magnetic field shielding members and spacing members having the same shape as that of the magnetic field shielding member and alternately laminated with the shielding members, the superconductor for magnetic field shield being characterized in that the shield has an extremely superior and stable magnetic field shielding effect without any secular reduction of the shielding effect and capable of providing a large shielding space using a minimum amount of material.

Abstract: A magnetic field shield including a superconductive film characterized in that the magnetic field shield comprises a superconductive film layer constituted primarily of a mixed crystalline body of niobium nitride and titanium nitride laminated on a metal substrate, that the magnetic field further comprises a nobium-titanium alloy layer or a metal film layer in the above lamination, that the magnetic field comprises a plurality of the above-mentioned layers, and that the magnetic field has a plurality of small holes passing through the layers in the direction of the thickness. The magnetic field shield of the present invention produces an excellent magnetic field shielding effect due to a superconductive characteristic peculiar to the superconductive film layer constituted primarily by a mixed crystalline body of niobium nitride and titanium nitride. The cooling effect of the metal substrate maintains the magnetic field shielding effect at a high level.

Abstract: A driving device for a door lock-actuator includes a door locking switch, a control circuit, a drive device and a counter. This device is free from the malfunctions and the restrictions of detecting limits which are problems in conventional-mechanical one-way switches, and can detect the locking and unlocking action certainly. In this device, the control circuit detects the locking and unlocking direction, and the drive device can drive the door lock-actuator of all the doors adjacent a passenger's seat according to the output signal from the control circuit.

Abstract: A superconductor for magnetic field shielding comprising a substrate, at least one superconductor film layer, which is laminated on the substrate, and a plurality of small holes 2 which pass through the substrate and the superconductor film layer, wherein the thickness of the superconductor film layer is 100 .mu.m or less.The superconductor of the present invention uses both superconductive shielding and electromagnetic shielding to deliver extremely high magnetic shielding performance.

Abstract: A polarization interferometer includes a light source to be measured, a Wollaston prism, a pair of polarizers arranged in such a manner that the Wollaston prism is interposed between the polarizers and the plane of polarization of each polarizer is inclined at 45.degree. to each of two crystallographic axes of the Wollaston prism, a photodetector for detecting an interference fringe which is spatially formed by two light beams separated by the Wollaston prism, changeover means for causing one of the polarizers to changeover from one of polarizing and non-polarizing states to the other state, memory means for storing a first output signal which is delivered from the photodetector in a state that one polarizer is kept at the non-polarizing state, and means for dividing a second output signal which is delivered from the photodetector in a state that one polarizer is kept at the polarizing state, by the first output signal stored in the memory means.

Abstract: A process of making a composite of a sintered layer on a metal core member, such as an extruder screw having a sintered hard layer on a steel core, by charging a green compact sintering powder material into a space between an inner surface of a compressible mold and an outer surface of a mold core, sealing the compressible mold with the green compact material and the mold core therein, isostatic pressing the sealed compressible mold with the green compact material and the mold core therein, removing the mold core from the isostatically pressed green compact thus forming a cavity therein, inserting a metal core in the cavity in the isostatically pressed green compact with the metal core having a smaller transverse cross-section than the previously removed mold core and shrinking and bonding the isostatically pressed green compact onto the metal core by heating the isostatically pressed green compact and the metal core to a temperature at which the isostatically pressed green compact is sintered resulting in sh

Abstract: A rotary actuator comprising a first rotor rotatable around a first axis and an axial end surface with a plurality of circumferentially spaced and axially projecting first projections, attending therefrom a second rotor rotatable around a second axis which is not coincident with the first axis, the second rotor having an axial end surface with a plurality of circumferentially spaced and axially projecting second projections extending therefrom, and a rotating mechanism being connected to the second rotor to rotate it around the second axis. The second projections project in a direction opposite to that of the first projections to cooperate therewith such that either one of the second projections engages with either one of the first projections to rotate the first rotor through a predetermined angle.

Abstract: A rotary actuator has a Geneva wheel having in one end surface thereof an annular central recess and a plurality of angularly equally spaced and radially extending grooves connected to the central recess, a driving rotor connected to a rotary driving source and rotatable around an axis eccentric with respect to the Geneva wheel, a driving pin mounted on the driving rotor and engaging selectively with one of the grooves and the central recess in the Geneva wheel, an arcuate wall defined on a part of the circumferential wall of the driving rotor, and a plurality of correspondingly shaped arcuate walls formed on the Geneva wheel and cooperating with the arcuate wall of the driving rotor when the driving pin of the driving rotor engages with the central recess thereby preventing the rotation of the Geneva wheel with respect to the driving rotor.

Abstract: A hydraulic damper of adjustable damping force type includes a piston working in a cylinder and partitioning the interior of the cylinder into two liquid chambers, a piston rod with one end being connected to the piston and the other end extending to the outside of the cylinder, a liquid passage formed in the piston rod for connecting the two liquid chambers, an opening adjusting member rotatably disposed in the liquid passage for selectively adjusting the effective passage area of the liquid passage between at least three different passage area conditions, and an actuating device for reciprocatingly rotating the adjusting member between two extreme positions and one or more intermediate positions corresponding to respective passage area conditions. Two fixed stops are provided to stop the adjusting member at respective extreme positions, and a movable stop is provided to stop the adjusting member at an intermediate position.

Abstract: A double beam interferometer using the refractive scanning method is disclosed which includes a first fixed optical body having a pair of parallel principal surfaces, a second fixed optical body having a pair principal surfaces, one of which faces and is parallel to one principal surface of the first fixed optical body, and the other of which makes a predetermined angle with the one principal surface of the second fixed optical body, a movable optical body having a pair of principal surfaces, one of which faces and is parallel to the other principal surface of the second fixed optical body, and the other of which makes the predetermined angle with the one principal surface of the movable optical body in such a manner that the predetermined angle of the second fixed optical body and the predetermined angle of the movable optical body are formed on opposite sides, driving means for moving the movable optical body on a plane containing the one principal surface of the movable optical body, a semitransparent mirr

Abstract: A door lock/unlock system for an automotive vehicle having a safety means for preventing a driving unit for electrically driving a door lock mechanism between a door lock position and an unlock position from being damaged by mis-operation. The safety means inhibits power supply to the driving unit when the door locking operation is made while the door lock mechanism is in the lock position and when the door unlocking operation is made while the door lock mechanism is in the unlock position.

Abstract: A process for producing vinegar by stationary acetic acid fermentation which comprises charging the starting mash into a closed type fermentation tank, keeping the oxygen concentration in the gas phase of said fermentation tank so as to fall in a range of 20-60% (V/V), and controlling the fermentation temperature by circulating the gas phase part in said tank outside the tank and controlling its temperature there.

Abstract: A gypsum composition comprising: (A) a lightweight spherical gypsum and (B) at least one binder selected from the group consisting of a water-soluble organic polymer, a water-dispersible organic polymer, a water-soluble inorganic compound, a water-dispersion medium colloid-forming inorganic compound, a water-hardenable compound and a mixture thereof. This gypsum composition provides a gypsum mold which is lightweight and, at the same time, has great mechanical strength.

Abstract: A spectrophotometer used for measurement of the transmittance of a sample according to an optical null method, wherein light from a light source is divided into two light beams and pass through a sample cell and reference cell respectively, chopped by a chopper for alternatively supplying the light beams through a monochrometer to a light detector providing signals which are amplified and subjected to synchronous detection by a synchronous rectifier operating in synchronism with the chopper operation so as to obtain an electric signal proportional to the intensity difference between the light passed through the sample cell and that passed through the reference cell with the intensity of the light passed through the reference cell being controlled by a light attenuator connected to a recording pen until the difference signal becomes null.