Abstract: An amusement ride system having an amusement ride for carrying a rider thereon while giving the rider a high-speed view of a screen provided along a traveling path of the amusement ride extending vertically, for example. A plurality of image projectors for projecting an image toward the screen are positioned in one side of the traveling path opposite from the screen and configured to project an image in a direction transverse to a line of vision of the rider thereby to give the rider vivid representation of the image improved in the feeling of presence of the rider.

Abstract: An amusement ride system having an amusement ride for carrying a rider thereon while giving the rider a high-speed view of a screen provided along a traveling path of the amusement ride extending vertically, for example. A plurality of image projectors for projecting an image toward the screen are positioned in one side of the traveling path opposite from the screen and configured to project an image in a direction transverse to a line of vision of the rider thereby to give the rider vivid representation of the image improved in the feeling of presence of the rider.

Abstract: A composition for inhibiting sordes formation is adapted for application to the oral cavity and contains an amount of isolated cacao husk extract effective to inhibit sordes formation. The cacao husk extract is extracted from cacao husks with a polar solvent. It has been found that the composition according to the invention inhibits glucosyltransferase activity, and thereby inhibits glucan synthesis. The composition may take the form of chocolates, stick gum, candy, biscuits, chocolate milk or ice cream incorporating the extract, or the extract may also be formulated as a tablet, toothpaste or mouthwash.

Abstract: The present invention relates to food products containing a novel alpha-glycosyl ginsenoside wherein one or more alpha-glucosyl moieties are bound to ginsenoside residue, and a process for producing the food products. Such alpha-glycosyl ginsenoside is obtainable by subjecting an aqueous solution of ginsenoside and an alpha-glucosyl saccharide to an alpha-glucosyl transferase.

Abstract: Novel alpha-glycosylated soybean glycosides wherein one or more glucosyl residues are bound to the soybean glycoside moiety are prepared. Alpha-glycosylation can be enzymatically achieved by subjecting an aqueous solution containing a soybean glycoside, e.g. soyasaponin or isoflavonoid, and an alpha-glucosyl saccharide to an alpha-glucosyl transferase. Suitable alpha-glucosyl saccharides are liquefied starch, partially hydrolyzed starch and sucrose. Alpha-glucosidase, alpha-amylase, cyclodextrin glucanotransferase, dextransucrase, dextran dextrinase and amylosucrase are usable as the alpha-glucosyl transferase. Since in the alpha-glycosylated soybean glycosides the undesirable bitter, astringent, harsh and lingering choky tastes which are common in intact soybean glycosides are reduced or even eliminated by the alpha-glycosylation, they are suitable for use in food products or orally-usable products wherein taste is an important factor.

Abstract: In welding tubular members of stainless steel, metal is deposited by build-up welding on a portion of the inner surface of each tubular member adjacent an edge thereof where welding gives a heat affection and exposed to a corrosive fluid when in service, and melting a portion of the inner surface of each tubular member in a zone adjacent to the metal deposited by build-up welding and affected by the heat of the build-up welding, said portion being exposed to the corrosive fluid when in service. Following the completion of these two steps, the tubular members of stainless steel are welded at the edges thereof to be joined. The method has the effect of preventing the occurrence of stress corrosion cracking at the inner surface of the piping which is near the joint and exposed to the corrosive fluid.

Abstract: A high density spent fuel storage rack including a plurality of neutron absorbing containers each designed to perimentrically encircle a fuel assembly, the containers being arranged so that the rack can store a plurality of fuel assemblies disposed vertically in an array with predetermined spaces between the adjacent fuel assemblies. Each of the containers is provided with enlarged upper and lower end portions respectively abutting against enlarged upper and lower end portions of the adjacent containers along their outer peripheries. The abutting end portions are joined by edge-welding to one another whereby the containers are formed into a unitary structure providing predetermined spaces between the adjacent containers.

Abstract: A board game combining both skill and chance including a plurality of playing pieces provided with rotatably mounted carriages having surfaces thereof provided with multiple indicia indicating the number of moves that the playing pieces are permitted to make and magnets, a playing surface divided into a plurality of contiguous areas on which the playing pieces are positioned and along which the playing pieces move, and a plurality of magnets positioned below the playing surface and arranged in a pre-determined pattern to attract the magnets of the playing pieces to rotate the carriages and the indicia different degrees as the playing pieces are moved from one area to another so as to continuously change the number of moves that the same playing pieces may make depending on their positions on the playing surface.

Abstract: A baseball game amusement device which is provided with a mechanism for propelling balls within a casing toward target zones labeled to correspond to the various functions that are performed during the playing of baseball, including "ball", "strike", "out", "hit", "two base hit", "three base hit", and "home run"; a baseball diamond having first, second and third bases provided with openings; designators associated with each of the bases, each including a cup-like retention member for holding one of the balls and provided with indicia designating a player, the designators being normally positioned such that the indicia cannot be seen through the openings and being mounted for rotation such that when a ball is received within the retention member, the designator moves to position the indicia of the player within the opening to be viewed by the user of the amusement device; a scoreboard provided with a visual display indicating the number of runs that have been scored; passageways connecting the various target z

Abstract: An electrical circuit board game having a casing, a playing surface provided on the casing, a plurality of openings within the playing surface that are spaced apart from each other a uniform distance and arranged in a pre-determined pattern, indicia on the surface arranged in connecting relationship between adjacent of the openings, the indicia designating in part certain open junctions or potential connections in an electrical circuit, a supporting surface within the casing positioned below the playing surface, a plurality of separated, electrically conductive strips mounted on the supporting surface such that a portion of one of the strips is positioned directly below each of the openings in the playing surface, the strips being arranged such that the path between adjacent of certain of the openings defines a potential connection between adjacent of the strips, an electrical signal and a source of electrical energy connected to two of the plurality of conductive strips at opposite ends of the supporting sur