Abstract: A ceramic envelope device for an HID lamp, wherein a translucent ceramic arc tube is closed at opposite end sections thereof by respective end caps which support respective discharge electrodes on their inner surfaces. At least one of the opposite end sections of the arc tube is sealed with a sealing layer, and each of the sealed end section of the tube includes a first axial portion having a first inside diameter, and a second axial portion having a second inside diameter smaller than the first inside diameter and disposed axially inwardly of the first axial portion. The first and second axial portions define an annular shoulder surface radially inwardly extending between the first and second inside diameters. The first axial portion preferably has a cylindrical wall thickness of 1.0-1.5 mm, and the annular shoulder surface preferably has a radial width of 0.2-0.8 mm. The sealing layer is interposed between the first axial portion of the arc tube and the corresponding end cap.

Abstract: An optical fiber-connecting reinforcing member including a resin sheet having excellent heat resistance and peelability, and at least one laminate arranged on a surface of the resin sheet. The laminate consists of a reinforcing base plate made of a ceramic and a hot melt film. The hot melt film is bonded to the resin sheet. A process for producing optical fiber-connecting reinforcing member is also disclosed. A resin sheet having excellent heat resistance and peelability is first placed on a lower holding plate with a guide, and setting a perforated plate onto the upper surface of the resin sheet. The perforated plate has longitudinal through holes bored therethrough at a specific interval. Hot melt films and reinforcing base plates are each preliminarily cut to a given size, and inserted into the longitudinal holes. An upper holding plate is placed on the perforated plate, and then hot pressing is effected.

Abstract: A ceramic envelope device for a high-pressure metal-vapor discharge lamp, including a translucent ceramic arc tube, a pair of electrically conducting cermet end caps closing opposite open ends of the ceramic arc tube, and having opposite inner surfaces facing each other, the end caps having a pair of inner holes formed in the opposite inner surfaces of the end caps, respectively, and a pair of discharge electrodes each provided in the form of a rod, having first ends supported in the inner holes in the end caps, respectively, and second ends which protrude from the opposite inner surfaces toward each other in a longitudinally inward direction in the ceramic arc tube.

Abstract: A ceramic envelope device for use in a HID (high intensity discharge) lamp, which includes: (a) a translucent ceramic tube; (b) a pair of electrically conductive end caps which close longitudinally opposite ends of the ceramic tube; (c) a pair of oppositely located discharge electrodes each of which is supported at a first end thereof by a corresponding one of the end caps such that a second end of each electrode protrudes from an inner surface of the corresponding end cap in a longitudinally inward direction in the ceramic tube; (d) an electrical insulator provided for one or both of the pair of end caps; and (e) a sealing member disposed to maintain fluid-tightness between an engaging portion of the end cap for which the electrical insulator is provided, and the corresponding end of the ceramic tube.

Abstract: A reinforcement for reinforcing a joint at which two lengths of an optical-fiber cable consisting of at least one optical fiber are spliced by fusion welding, such that a spliced stripped part of each optical fiber and adjacent coated parts of the cable are secured to the reinforcement by an adhesive material. The reinforcement is formed of a transparent crystallized glass which has a major crystalline component consisting of Li.sub.2 O, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and SiO.sub.2 and which has a low coefficient of thermal expansion. The reinforcement has a contact surface which is roughened by machining and at which the reinforcement contacts the optical-fiber cable.

Abstract: A ceramic envelope device for a high-pressure metal-vapor discharge lamp, including a translucent ceramic tube, a pair of electrically conducting end caps closing opposite open ends of the ceramic tube, a pair of oppositely located discharge electrodes each of which is supported at one end thereof by an inner hole in the corresponding end cap, and a pair of power-supply lead members each of which is supported at one end thereof by an outer hole in the corresponding end cap. A space or radial gap is formed between at least a portion of an outer surface of the electrodes and lead members and their respective supporting holes. At least one of the electrodes and the lead members is formed from a twisted wire consisting of a plurality of metallic strands. The electric resistance of each end cap may fall within a range of 0.1-5 .OMEGA..

Abstract: A multicolor liquid crystal display panel including a first and a second transparent substrate sheet of glass, a color filter layer which forms a multiplicity of picture elements and which is interposed between the first and second sheets of glass, an electrode layer having picture-element electrodes corresponding to the picture elements, and a liquid crystal layer whose transmittance of light is locally varied by application of an electric field thereto through the picture-element electrodes. At least one of the first and second sheets of glass is formed of transparent glass ceramics or crystallized glass having a major crystalline phase which consists of crystals of a Li.sub.2 O-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -SiO.sub.2 system.