Abstract: Gas shielded arc welding is performed using gas nozzle 10 which comprises a straight portion 14 that permits the shielding gas flows from orifices 18 to flow parallel to the axial direction and a constricted portion 20 continuous from the straight portion 14 that constricts the gas flows from the straight portion 14 as they travel toward the distal end and the nozzle 10 satisfies the following relations (1) and (2):

Abstract: The present provides a condensed pyridine compound (I) represented by the following formula: 1

Abstract: The present provides a condensed pyridine compound (I) represented by the following formula: (wherein, R2 represents ring A represents benzene ring, pyridine ring, thiophene ring or furan ring; and B represents its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrates thereof, which is a clinically useful medicament having a serotonin antagonism, in particular, that for treating, ameliorating or preventing spastic paralysis or central muscle relaxants for ameliorating myotonia.

Abstract: A discharge lamp control circuit for a vehicular lamp uses a starting circuit capacitor that is charged by the same high voltage generator used later as the lamp's power source after it is turned on. As a result, no separate dedicted starting transformer is necessary. Further, a thyristor and diode are used in the starting circuit in place of a spark-gap for initially activating the discharge lamp.

Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of transmitting a signal to a first channel group in a first transmission direction and a second channel group in a second transmission direction. When a signal received from the first channel group is outputted to the second channel group, a channel is selected from the second channel group.

Abstract: The pyrazolinone derivatives represented by the formula [I]: [wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 may be identical or different and represent independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, an alkoxyl group, etc.; R6 represents an optionally substituted alkyl group, etc.; X represents an optionally substituted alkyl group, etc,; and Y represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom] are provided.

Abstract: In a discharge lamp apparatus for a vehicle, it is determined that a grounded condition is present when a lamp voltage is less than a predetermined voltage and a lamp current is less than a predetermined current. Electric power supply to the lamp is stopped temporarily in response to the determination of the grounded condition, and then the lighting operation is restarted again. If the grounded condition is determined again, the above operation is repeated. If this repetition continues for a predetermined period, the lighting operation is disabled continuously. In controlling the lamp, a voltage of a battery is boosted by a voltage booster transformer, which is turned on and off by a MOS transistor so that electric power supplied to the lamp is duty-controlled. An upper limit is set to the duty ratio, and the upper limit is increased as the lamp current decreases, so that the lighting characteristics of the lamp is improved.

Abstract: In a discharge lamp lighting apparatus for a discharge lamp, each circuit component including a starter transformer is assembled to a bus bar casing, and a high voltage terminal of the starter transformer is connected to one end of a connecting terminal. The bus bar casing is adhesive-cemented to a metal base to which a HIC is attached. Then, a sealing resin fills the bus bar casing to seal the starter transformer and the HIC with the sealing resin. After the sealing resin solidifies, the other end of the connecting terminal and an output cable are connected, and subsequently a resin cover is assembled to the metal base. A shielding sheath covering the output cable is fixed to the bus bar casing by a clip. A ground connection part of the bus bar connectable to the ground side of an electric power source is shaped to protrude from the bus bar casing. The cover, the clip, the ground connection part and the base are ground-connected by a thread.

Abstract: In a method of bonding ferric and austenitic dual stainless steels, an insert material made of a Ni base alloy having a melting point below 1290.degree. C. is put between the bonding cross section faces of mother material steels comprising a dual phase stainless steel. A pressure force in the range of 3 MPa to 5 MPa is applied to a bonding area. The bonding area is heated at a temperature in the range of 1290.degree. C. to a melting point of the mother material steel. The temperature is kept for in the range of 30 second to 180 second.

Abstract: In a metal material bonding method, an insertion material, which has a lower melting point than that of metal materials to be bonded, is interposed between bonding end surfaces of the metal materials to be bonded. The metal materials to be bonded is heated and held to a temperature not lower than the melting point of the insertion material and not higher than the melting point of the metal materials to be bonded while applying pressure to bonding surfaces of the metal materials to be bonded. The insertion material is formed to have a size which is smaller than each of the bonding surfaces of the metal materials to be bonded.

Abstract: In a discharge lamp control circuit for a discharge lamp mounted on a vehicle, a capacitor in a starting circuit is charged by a high voltage generated by a transformer used in a direct current power source circuit. A transformer necessary for the starting circuit and the transformer necessary for the direct current power source circuit can commonly be used for cost reduction. Further, a thyristor is used in the starting circuit in place of a gap for activating the discharge lamp.

Abstract: A high voltage electric-discharge lamp is used as a light source of a headlight device for use in an automobile vehicle. Light from the discharge lamp is reflected on the curved surface of a reflector disposed at a back side of the discharge lamp, and projected forward. To reduce high frequency electromagnetic noises emitted forward from the device, which interfere with radios and televisions mounted on a vehicle driven ahead, a shade to intercept light emitted directly forward from the discharge lamp is disposed in front of the discharge lamp, and the shade is grounded. To further enhance noise reduction effects, a second grounding passage is provided. The second grounding passage is formed by grounding terminals attached to the shade and a wire connecting the terminals to the ground. Other components constituting the headlight device may be also grounded to secure a higher shielding effect.

Abstract: A skin activator containing as an effective component a compound represented by the following general formula (I), and external skin preparations containing it. It has an excellent glycosaminoglycan production-accelerating effect.

Abstract: In a discharge lamp device, the electric power supplied to a discharge lamp is controlled in order of first to fourth control regions from the start of lighting of the discharge lamp. In the first control region, the lamp current is held constant until the lamp voltage reaches a first voltage value. In the second control region, the lamp current is reduced so as to have a correlation with a first time constant curve for a constant time after the lamp voltage reaches the first voltage value. In the third control region, the lamp current is reduced so as to have a correlation with a second time constant curve after a lapse of the constant time. The second time constant curve differs from the first time constant curve.

Abstract: A data transfer controller connected between a device and a memory for controlling data transfer between the device and memory on the basis of a command received from a CPU. The controller includes command buffers for storing at least one data transfer command received from the CPU, an input port for reading the data transfer command from the command buffers and reading out a command packet corresponding to the data transfer command from a location within the memory instructed by the data transfer command, a packet store buffer connected to the input port for holding therein data packets and command packet read out from the memory, and a command execution circuit connected to the command buffers and the packet sore buffer for performing transfer of the data packets between the memory and device through the packet store buffer on the basis of a transfer execution flag received from the CPU.

Abstract: A skin activator containing as an effective component the compound represented by the following chemical formula (I), and external skin preparations containing it. It has an excellent glycosaminoglycan production-accelerating effect.

Abstract: In a discharge bulb control, a time constant circuit comprised of a capacitor and a resistor is used to determine an electric power to be supplied to a discharge bulb. During a warm-up period of the discharge bulb, the capacitor is charged to produce a voltage which varies, toward a predetermined voltage, with an electric current flowing thereto so that the electric power is increased gradually. After the warm-up control, the time constant for charging the capacitor is reduced to maintain the capacitor voltage at the predetermined voltage. Even with the current leakage occurring in the capacitor after the warm-up control, the electric power is controlled by the predetermined voltage which is not influenced by the current leakage. Thus, the electric power applied to the discharge bulb after the warm-up control can advantageously be maintained at the required level.

Abstract: A skin activator containing as an effective component one or more of the 1-acyl-lysophospholipids represented by the following general formulas (I) and (II), and external skin preparations containing it. It has an excellent glycosaminoglycan production-accelerating effect. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a saturated fatty acid residue of 11-18 carbon atoms or a fatty acid residue of 18 carbon atoms and having 1-3 unsaturated double bonds; R.sup.2 represents a saturated fatty acid residue of 13-18 carbon atoms or a fatty acid residue of 18 carbon atoms and having 1-3 unsaturated double bonds; and M represents hydrogen or an alkali metal atom.

Abstract: In an optical concentrator a plurality of ports are provided for inputting and outputting first and second optical signals having different wavelength regions. An optical coupler is connected to each of the plurality of ports without being through remaining ones of the plurality of ports. The optical coupler transmits the second optical signal input from one of the plurality of ports to at least one of the remaining ports. A transmitter is provided to connect the plurality of ports in a loop form. The first optical signal input from each port is transmitted from the transmitter. Demultiplexers are arranged at each port for demultiplexing the first and second optical signals input from each port so as to guide the first optical signal to the transmitter and the second optical signal to the optical coupler.

Abstract: A lamp current i.sub.L flows through a first resistor. Electric current I, which is the output current of a voltage-current converter which converts a lamp voltage V.sub.L to a lamp current I, flows through a second resistor. Feedback control is executed to make V.sub.-, which is the voltage of one terminal of the second resistor, equal a reference voltage V.sub.ref. The power applied to the lamp during start-up is controlled to be the same as the power applied to the lamp during its stable lighting for a predetermined lamp voltage range. Using the following two linear equations, the electric current I is set as I=aV.sub.L +b (where a and b are positive constants) when the lamp voltage V.sub.L is lower than a first predetermined voltage V.sub.a which is less than the lamp voltage during the normal stable lighting period of the lamp, and as I=cV.sub.L +d (where c and d are positive constants with c<a and d>b), when the lamp voltage V.sub.L is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value V.sub.