Abstract: A communication apparatus connected to a PBX and an ATM network is provided with a DTMF signal detecting portion for detecting whether or not a DTMF signal is contained in a voice signal from the PBX, a DTMF signal monitoring portion, a DTMF cell generating portion for coding and sending out a DTMF signal, a DTMF cell decomposing portion for decoding a coded DTMF signal and a DTMF signal generating portion for generating a DTMF signal on the basis of the information content of a decoded DTMF signal and sending out this DTMF signal to the PBX, and the transmission side communication apparatus codes a DTMF signal in a specified form and transmits the DTMF signal and the reception side communication apparatus decodes the coded DTMF signal and, on the basis of this content information, restores the DTMF signal in a DTMF signal generating portion.

Abstract: A heat generating unit is incorporated in a mask in order to actively supply warm steam, and also drug vapor, to the nose and throat, and moisturize the upper respiratory tract. It is preferable that a metal powder, salt, and water be contained in the heat generating unit, and that an exothermic composition that releases steam in conjunction with the oxidation reaction of the metal powder be used therein. It is preferable that either an inhalation valve or exhalation valve be provided in the main mask body.

Abstract: A communication apparatus connected to a PBX and an ATM network is provided with a DTMF signal detecting portion for detecting whether or not a DTMF signal is contained in a voice signal from the PBX, a DTMF signal monitoring portion, a DTMF cell generating portion for coding and sending out a DTMF signal, a DTMF cell decomposing portion for decoding a coded DTMF signal and a DTMF signal generating portion for generating a DTMF signal on the basis of the information content of a decoded DTMF signal and sending out this DTMF signal to the PBX, and the transmission side communication apparatus codes a DTMF signal in a specified form and transmits the DTMF signal and the reception side communication apparatus decodes the coded DTMF signal and, on the basis of this content information, restores the DTMF signal in a DTMF signal generating portion.

Abstract: A thermostat independently controlling cooling water passages of two circuits, including a first valve body having first and second passages in constant communication. A third passage is selectively connected to those passages. Communication of the third passage is disconnected when the cooling water temperature is below a prescribed temperature, and the valve is opened when the cooling water temperature is equal to or higher than the prescribed temperature. A second valve body, having fourth and fifth passages selectively in communication, closes the valve to disconnect those passages when the cooling water temperature is below the prescribed temperature, and opens the valve by operating the first valve body to link the passages when the cooling water temperature is equal to or higher than the prescribed temperature. A tubular sleeve prevents first and second control chambers, respectively including the first and second valve bodies, from communicating with each other.

Abstract: Since in a system of the invention comprising a TU portion 1b for accommodating general extension telephones 5 and PSTN 8, and a TM portion 1a for performing a call control with a packet network, call control information from the PSTN 8 and the like to the packet network is received by the TU portion 1b and then transferred to the TM portion 1a and converted into call control data adapted to the packet network, and voice data from the PSTN 8 and the like to the packet network is received by the TU portion 1b and then converted into voice data adapted to the packet work, it is possible to use a packet network such as the Internet, convert voice data into IP packet data and thereby provide a communication service equivalent to a conventional circuit switching service at low cost.

Abstract: A communication apparatus connected to a PBX and an ATM network is provided with a DTMF signal detecting portion for detecting whether or not a DTMF signal is contained in a voice signal from the PBX, a DTMF signal monitoring portion, a DTMF cell generating portion for coding and sending out a DTMF signal, a DTMF cell decomposing portion for decoding a coded DTMF signal and a DTMF signal generating portion for generating a DTMF signal on the basis of the information content of a decoded DTMF signal and sending out this DTMF signal to the PBX, and the transmission side communication apparatus codes a DTMF signal in a specified form and transmits the DTMF signal and the reception side communication apparatus decodes the coded DTMF signal and, on the basis of this content information, restores the DTMF signal in a DTMF signal generating portion.

Abstract: A communication apparatus connected to a PBX and an ATM network is provided with a DTMF signal detecting portion for detecting whether or not a DTMF signal is contained in a voice signal from the PBX, a DTMF signal monitoring portion, a DTMF cell generating portion for coding and sending out a DTMF signal, a DTMF cell decomposing portion for decoding a coded DTMF signal and a DTMF signal generating portion for generating a DTMF signal on the basis of the information content of a decoded DTMF signal and sending out this DTMF signal to the PBX, and the transmission side communication apparatus codes a DTMF signal in a specified form and transmits the DTMF signal and the reception side communication apparatus decodes the coded DTMF signal and, on the basis of this content information, restores the DTMF signal in a DTMF signal generating portion.

Abstract: A communication apparatus connected to a PBX and an ATM network is provided with a DTMF signal detecting portion for detecting whether or not a DTMF signal is contained in a voice signal from the PBX, a DTMF signal monitoring portion, a DTMF cell generating portion for coding and sending out a DTMF signal, a DTMF cell decomposing portion for decoding a coded DTMF signal and a DTMF signal generating portion for generating a DTMF signal on the basis of the information content of a decoded DTMF signal and sending out this DTMF signal to the PBX, and the transmission side communication apparatus codes a DTMF signal in a specified form and transmits the DTMF signal and the reception side communication apparatus decodes the coded DTMF signal and, on the basis of this content information, restores the DTMF signal in a DTMF signal generating portion.

Abstract: A communication apparatus 1 or 2 connected to a PBX 4 or 5 and an ATM network 3, is provided with a DTMF signal detecting portion 102 for detecting whether or not a DTMF signal is contained in a voice signal from the PBX 4 or 5, a DTMF signal monitoring portion 103, a DTMF cell generating portion 105 for coding and sending out a DTMF signal, a DTMF cell decomposing portion 110 for decoding a coded DTMF signal and a DTMF signal generating portion 113 for generating a DTMF signal on the basis of the information content of a decoded DTMF signal and sending out this DTMF signal to the PBX 4 or 5, and the transmission side communication apparatus 1 or 2 codes a DTMF signal in a specified form and transmits the DTMF signal and the reception side communication apparatus 1 or 2 decodes the coded DTMF signal and, on the basis of this content information, restores the DTMF signal in a DTMF signal generating portion 113.

Abstract: A steam-generating unit that is applied to the skin or the mucous membranes has a steam-generating part that employs chemical energy, and the surface applied to the skin or mucous membranes is made from a moisture-permeable sheet. The temperature of the steam generated by the steam-generating part and released from the surface of the steam-generating unit is kept to 50° C. or lower. Steam that is as safe as that from a steam towel can be easily and continuously supplied to the skin and mucous membranes by this steam-generating unit.

Abstract: A light source (1) is composed of a single element having a light emitting point (2S) emitting a light (3S) and a light emitting point (2L) emitting a light (3L) at a longer wavelength than the light (3S), the light emitting point (2S) and the light emitting point (2L) being formed monolithically. In the direction parallel to the optical axis of a collimator lens (6), the light emitting point (2S) is placed closer, than the light emitting point (2L), to the collimator lens (6) and is placed on the side of the inclined plane (7a) of the beam shaping prism (7). The incidence angles of the light (3S) and the light (3L) to the inclined plane (7a) are set so that the incidence angle of the light (3S) is larger than that of the light (3L) and so that the lights (3S) and (3L) exit from the inclined plane (7a) at equal exit angles. The collimator lens (6), the beam shaping prism (7), etc. have refractive indexes which become larger as the wavelength of incident light becomes shorter.

Abstract: When a communication system is constructed by use of a plurality of data relay apparatuses of the present invention, it is possible to control an execution/non-execution of a compression/decompression for voice data so that the compression/decompression is not repeatedly executed regardless of a PBX. An ATM multiplexer sends out a transmission pattern to an apparatus adjacent to the ATM multiplexer via a PBX, and stops the compression/decompression of the voice data to relay the voice data transmissively, only when the ATM multiplexer receives the transmission pattern from the adjacent apparatus via the PBX. In other cases, the ATM multiplexer relays the voice data while executing the compression/decompression operation for the voice data.

Abstract: A light source (1) is composed of a single element having a light emitting point (2S) emitting a light (3S) and a light emitting point (2L) emitting a light (3L) at a longer wavelength than the light (3S), the light emitting point (2S) and the light emitting point (2L) being formed monolithically. In the direction parallel to the optical axis of a collimator lens (6), the light emitting point (2S) is placed closer, than the light emitting point (2L), to the collimator lens (6) and is placed on the side of the inclined plane (7a) of the beam shaping prism (7). The incidence angles of the light (3S) and the light (3L) to the inclined plane (7a) are set so that the incidence angle of the light (3S) is larger than that of the light (3L) and so that the lights (3S) and (3L) exit from the inclined plane (7a) at equal exit angles. The collimator lens (6), the beam shaping prism (7), etc. have refractive indexes which become larger as the wavelength of incident light becomes shorter.

Abstract: A heat generating unit is incorporated in a mask in order to actively supply warm steam, and also drug vapor, to the nose and throat, and moisturize the upper respiratory tract. It is preferable that a metal powder, salt, and water be contained in the heat generating unit, and that an exothermic composition that releases steam in conjunction with the oxidation reaction of the metal powder be used therein. It is preferable that either an inhalation valve or exhalation valve be provided in the main mask body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hair treatment composition (I) comprising the following components (a) and (b), or a hair treatment composition (II) comprising the following components (c) and (b), and a method for imparting elasticity to the hair using the composition: (a) an organic solvent; (b) at least one aromatic sulfonic acid selected from naphthalenesulfonic acids, azulenesulfonic acids, tetralin-sulfonic acids, indansulfonic acids and benzophenonesulfonic acids or salts thereof; and (c) a reducing agent.

Abstract: A two-pack type keratinous fiber treating composition where the first pack contains an organic solvent and an acid and the second pack contains a cationic polymer and/or an amphoteric polymer. When keratinous fibers are treated with the keratinous fiber treating composition, the cationic polymer and the amphoteric polymer contained in the second pack penetrate into the keratinous fibers which have been swollen by the first pack. Thus, conditioning effects (for example, softness, moistness, smoothness and ease of arrangement of the hair) are exerted on the keratinous fibers for a prolonged period of time.

Abstract: An optical recording and reproducing apparatus uses a laser to form one or more spots on an information recording medium preformatted with wobbling guide grooves, and detects tracking error. If the differential push-pull method of detecting tracking error is used, a center spot is flanked by satellite spots distant by an odd multiple of half the repeating period of tile wobble. If the three-beam method is used, the distance is an odd multiple of one-fourth the repeating period of the wobble. If the push-pull method is used, a split photodetector generates a pair of electrical signals. The sum and difference of these signals are filtered, then synchronously detected, and the result is combined with the difference signal to generate a corrected tracking error signal.

Abstract: An optical recording and reproducing apparatus uses a laser to form one or more spots on an information recording medium preformatted with wobbling guide grooves, and detects tracking error. If the differential push-pull method of detecting tracking error is used, a center spot is flanked by satellite spots distant by an odd multiple of half time repeating period of tile wobble. If tile three-beam method is used, the distance is an odd multiple of one-fourth the repeating period of the wobble. If the push-pull method is used, a split photodetector generates a pair of electrical signals. The sum and difference of these signals are filtered, then synchronously detected, and the result is combined with the difference signal to generate a corrected tracking error signal.

Abstract: A dye composition for keratinous fibers which contains a coupler and a developer are disclosed. The present coupler component is a novel 2-alkoxy-3,5-diaminopyridine derivatives of the formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other and independently represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkanoyl group or a lower alkyl group which may be substituted by at least one hydroxyl group, and R3 is a lower alkyl group which may be substituted by at least one hydroxyl group, or a salt thereof; provided that R1 and R2 are not both a hydrogen atom or an acetyl group at the same time. The present 2-alkoxy-3,5-diaminopyridine derivatives are useful as couplers in dye compositions, and are capable of dyeing keratinous fibers such as hair in a bright blue color with excellent dyeability. Dye compositions containing the present compounds as a coupler show excellent resistance to discoloration, excellent resistance to shampooing and excellent resistance to friction.

Abstract: A keratinous fiber dye composition comprising a developer and a coupler, wherein the coupler is a 2-substituted amino-5-alkylphenol derivative represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein the all symbols are defined in the disclosure, is disclosed. The keratinous fiber dye composition imparts a color tone of a high chroma and is excellent in coloring power and fastness.