Abstract: Method and apparatus for pressing a sheet blank into a tubular container, including a first process or device for drawing the blank into an intermediate workpiece having a tubular portion and a bottom portion closing one end of the tubular portion, and a second process or device for ironing the tubular portion in the axial direction. The second process includes a forward ironing step for placing the workpiece on a first ironing punch and forcing the workpiece and first punch together into a first die hole, to iron the tubular portion in an axial direction from the above one end toward the other end, and a backward ironing step for placing the workpiece on a columnar second ironing punch and forcing the workpiece and second punch together into a second die hole, with a columnar pushing punch held in pressing contact with the outer surface of the bottom portion of the workpiece, to iron the tubular portion in the direction opposite to that in the forward ironing step.

Abstract: In a control method and device for tapping, the phase difference between the spindle and the feed shaft at suspended positions is made equal to zero by controlling the rotation of the spindle of the feed of the feed shaft in a manner to minimize the damage on the machined portion and the rotation of the spindle and feed on the feed shaft are subsequently synchronized to reset them to their starting positions, thereby enabling an automatic reset operation.

Abstract: A device for optically detecting a chemical change of fluid comprises a prism placed in fluid to be tested and a layer of color indication material formed on a surface of the prism to thereby detect a chemical change of fluid by means of a transmitted light and a reflected light in the prism.

Abstract: A voltage PWM converter/inverter system comprises a converter for converting an alternating current power input into a direct current power output and inverting the direct current power output of the converter into an alternating current power output. A smoothing circuit is inserted between the converter and the inverter and an instantaneous real power calculating unit calculates an instantaneous real power for the inverter to provide an output comprising an instantaneous real power calculated value. The system includes a converter controller for voltage PWM control of the converter based on a set converter command value, a terminal direct current voltage value of the smoothing capacitor, and the instantaneous real power calculated value. The system further includes an inverter controller for voltage PWM control of the inverter based upon a set inverter command value and the alternating current power provided as a an output by the inverter.

Abstract: A device for detecting an electrical abnormality in an electrical device filled with insulating gas. A surface on a light reflecting prism placed within the electrical device carries a color indicator material. The color indicator material changes color when acidic gas is present. This gas is formed when an electrical abnormality such as a short circuit occurs in the presence of the insulator gas. A light source provides light to the prism which reflects light back having a color which varies according to the color of the color indicator material. The color of the reflected light is analyzed to determine if an electrical abnormality is present.

Abstract: A back-light device increases the level of luminance produced by a fluorescent lamp at low and high ambient temperatures by increasing the ballast capacitance at these temperatures. The ballast capacitor can include one or more capacitors made from ceramic or the like. The back-light device can be used with different types of video display apparatuses which employ a transmission-type video display plate.

Abstract: A rear projection apparatus has a cabinet provided with a screen attaching portion, a rear projection screen attached to the screen attaching portion, an image projector for projecting an image onto the rear projecting screen from its back side, and a convex lens disposed at the back side of the rear projection screen, wherein the optical axis of the convex lens is shifted from its mechanical or dimensional center, and the convex lens is removably mounted to the rear projection screen so that the orientation of the lens relative to the screen can be altered whereby the light axis of the image from the rear projection screen is deflected to a predetermined direction by altering the orientation of the convex lens having the shifted optical axis in relation to the screen. The screen attaching portion of the cabinet permits altering the orientation of the lens and, thus, the direction in which the projected image is deflected, without increasing the size of the cabinet.

Abstract: An image display apparatus having a cathode ray tube with a deflection device, a projection screen and a projection lens projecting an image from the picture screen of the cathode ray tube onto the projection screen, is further provided with a deflection width control device which changes a dimension particularly the width of the cathode ray tube raster, in response to a change in the type of a television signal supplied to the tube.

Abstract: A projecting apparatus, such as a color video projector, includes a screen, a plurality of image sources, such as cathode ray tubes, and a plurality of projecting lenses for projecting the images from the image sources onto the screen to form a compound image. The projecting lenses are arranged so that the principal axes thereof are parallel to one another and at least one of the lenses is arranged with the principal axis thereof epaxially displaced with respect to the central axis of a respective one of the plural image sources, so that the images projected through the lenses are caused to coincide on the screen. One or more light intercepting plates are interposed in the optical path between at least one of the image sources and the screen to intercept a portion of the light emitted by at least one of the image sources so as to compensate for unevenness of distribution of brightness in the projected images.