Abstract: The present invention is characterized by applying high positive and negative DC voltages supplied from a converter to positive and negative discharge needles (or electrodes) arranged independent of the other in two air passages to generate positive and negative corona ions in the two air passages, by supplying air, whose flow rates and pressures in the two air passages have been adjusted, into the air passages through air hoses connected to rear ends of the air passages, and by jetting the positive and negative ions, keeping them balanced, together with air to a charged body separated a little through nozzles attached to front ends of the air passages to eliminate static electricity from the charged body. The present invention is further characterized by method and apparatus capable of achieving the above-mentioned process and having an electrodes arrangement in which an extremely fine metal line made of tungsten, for example, and having a diameter of 20-60 .mu.

Abstract: An automatic gain control circuit for multilevel duobinary AM/PSK (amplitude modulation/phase shift keying) signals allows multilevel modulated signals to be received accurately. The circuit includes an amplifier that is controlled such that during a preamble section the amplifier has a gain associated with the level of the inputted signal. During a data section the amplifier is controlled to maintain a substantially constant gain. The invention may be used in the reception of AM/PSK modulated signals.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving the durability of cement-hydraulic substances, the method decreasing the dry shrinkage of cement-hydraulic-set substances such as concrete, mortar or related substances, and increasing resistance to a repetition of the freezing and thawing of the cement-hydraulic-set substances, by the use of terminal alkyletherified compounds or terminal alkylesterified compounds of polymers having --C.sub.2 H.sub.5 O-- and/or --C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O-- as a repetitive unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for directly monitoring microorganisms present in a liquid crises a window glass with one face in contact with the liquid. Near the other face is disposed a TV camera having an optical magnifying system for monitoring the microorganisms. A sample cell or a narrow space is formed on said one side of the window glass for direct introduction of a sample of the liquid. The sample is statically held in the cell even though the liquid is in movement. The sample is purged from the cell by feeding a cleaning fluid thereinto or by vibrating or otherside exerting physical movement on the cell, whereafter a new sample is introduced into the cell. Purging of the sample cleans the cell and is prevents it from being smudged with dregs, dirt or the like included in the liquid.

Abstract: An industrial robot having a plurality of units each consisting of a unit body provided with a movable block having a mounting surface, a side placed parallel to this movable block, exposing only small parts of its mounting surface, a mounting bottom extending perpendicular to this side and a guide which supports the aforementioned movable block in such a way that it is movable parallel to the mounting surface and in a straight line in a definite range, a driving device on the unit body to drive the movable block, and a control device for controlling this driving device, the plurality of units being coupled in such a way that the straight line moving directions of the movable blocks of each two coupled units are at a right angle.

Abstract: A packaged photographic product, comprising a composite having a light-sensitive photographic material interposed between protective materials, which composite is further packaged within a barrier packaging material, said barrier packaging material having at least a metal layer provided internally and at least one layer of a polyolefin or a polyolefin derivative prepared by extrusion lamination, and said product also satisfying at least one of the conditions (a) and (b) shown below:condition (a): the surface potential of said barrier packaging material on the side of said protective material having an absolute value of not higher than 75 V;condition (b): the surface specific resistance of said protective material being not higher than 1.times.10.sup.11 .OMEGA. under the condition of the relative humidity of 60%.

Abstract: A cycle timer comprises an angle encoder for converting an mechanical angle information into an electrical angle information, a memory unit for storing timing information and a control program for setting an output if the angle information falls within an on region of predetermined timing information and for resetting the output if the angle information falls within an off region of the predetermined timing information, an arithmetic processing unit for reading out and outputting from the memory a timing condition of the information which has been outputted from the angle encoder, and a latch circuit adapted to be selectively set and reset one at a time in response to the output from the arithmetic processing unit.

Abstract: The heat retaining article according to the invention comprises at least one inflatable envelope attached on a sheet material. The envelope is made of an air-impermeable sheet which is produced by treating a cloth with at least one synthetic or natural rubber. The heat retaining property of the article can be controlled by adjusting the amount of air filled in the envelope.

Abstract: A concrete composition is provided which has the property of being inseparable in water and no effect in delaying setting time or reducing strength. A polyacrylamide partial hydrolysate having a molecular weight of one million or higher and a hydrolysis degree of from 0.5 to 20% moles is present in an amount of 0.5 to 4% by weight based on the cement constituent proportion.

Abstract: A shut-off nozzle for injecting molten resin into a mould cavity comprises a cylinder to be connected to a moulding machine, a nozzle head attached to the front end of the cylinder to be connected to a mould, a flow path for molten resin through the cylinder and the nozzle head, a torpedo disposed in the flow path, and a shut-off pin protruding from the front end of the torpedo. The torpedo is of a streamline shape and is divided into a front portion having a hole and a rear portion having a cavity. A spring is disposed in the cavity applying forward force onto the shut-off pin. The cross sectional area of the shut-off pin to accept pressure of molten resin and the force of the spring are adjusted so that the shut-off pin is in the front position until the pressure of molten resin becomes a predetermined value.

Abstract: A fault detection apparatus for a rotor winding of a rotary machine comprises a peak value hold circuit, a peak value processor and a monitor. The peak value hold circuit holds peak value of a pulsing magnetic flux waveform supplied from a magnetic flux sensor mounted in proximity to a surface of a rotor, for a necessary time period. The peak value processor sequentially compares the peak value held in the peak value hold circuit with corresponding one of pre-stored peak values of the pulsing magnetic flux waveform to determine if a difference therebetween exceeds a preset level. The monitor indicates the presence or absence of fault based on the result of the comparison of the processor.

Abstract: A webbing driving guide, used in a seatbelt system wherein one end of an occupant restraining webbing is secured to a door of a vehicle, has a roller for moving the intermediate portion of the webbing forward in the vehicle along the door while the door is opened. The roller is connected to driving means provided in the door by way of an arm and a bracket. The bracket is supported by the driving device in such a manner that the bracket is disposed at a position being a distance of 1/5 to 2/5 the effective webbing supporting length apart from one end of the roller and the bracket is secured to the driving means through a mounting bolt being twisted at a predetermined angle with the axis of the roller. Hence, the outer webbing does not move greatly in the widthwise direction thereof when the outer webbing moves in the longitudinal direction thereof in a condition of being wound on the roller.

Abstract: A centrifugal thickener comprising a truncated-cone shaped rotary barrel and a filter arranged along the inner surface of the rotary barrel, the rotary barrel having a vertical angle, of a truncated-cone shape formed by the internal surface thereof, of 40 to 80 degrees, the filter having a number of openings in size of 10 to 40 microns.

Abstract: A seatbelt system wherein the intermediate portions of an outer webbing for restraining an occupant are turned back at slip anchors provided at the upper and lower portions of a vehicle door, whereby, in the normal running condition of the vehicle, relative movement between the webbing and the slip anchors allows the occupant to have high freedom in moving, and, in an emergency of the vehicle, when the occupant is moved by an inertial force in the direction of a collision, relative movement between the webbing and the slip anchors is prevented to restrain the occupant, thus preventing the upper body of the occupant from being thrown out in the direction of the collision.

Abstract: Durable excellent water absorption property and antistatic property can be given to synthetic fiber by a simple method. In the method, a polymerization initiator is absorbed in the fiber and then the fiber is applied with a water-soluble polymerizable monomer and heat treated to form a polymer thereon.

Abstract: Change of color of grafted fiber or fibrous material having active hydrogen can be prevented by treating the fiber or fibrous material with a processing agent consisting mainly of a compound having the following general formula ##STR1## wherein M.sub.1 -M.sub.5 represent a hydrogen atom or alkali metal, and n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: A novel process for imparting durable antistatic and hygroscopic properties together with an excellent hand to fibers comprised of a high polymer having active hydrogen atoms in its molecule or fibrous structures made thereof is provided. The process is performed by heat treating such fibers or fibrous structures in the presence of a treating solution comprising at least one water-soluble vinyl monomer, acid and water. When the fibers impregnated with the solution are heated, the water-soluble vinyl monomers are graft polymerized with the fibers. The fibers are considered to act as a polymerization initiator, so that the graft polymerization reaction according to the present invention, different from conventional processes, can be effected without the aid of any polymerization initiators such as persulfates or peroxides.

Abstract: Multi-electric discharges in the spark plugs of an electric ignition type engine to be inspected is sustained through a fixed angle of the engine cycle from the timing of spark ignition. For this period the electric discharge wave sustained in the spark plug is displayed. From the electric discharge wave displayed one can determine what are the change in pressure and the conditions of combustion gas in the combustion chamber of the engine.

Abstract: In a process for producing a silver halide emulsion through mixing a halide solution and a silver nitrate solution in the presence of a hydrophilic colloid, the improvement is disclosed wherein any part of the equipment that is employed in the process starting with the initiation of silver halide formation and ending with the coating of the emulsion on a support and with which the reaction solution will come in contact is made of a stainless steel having a molybdenum content of 2.2-5.0 wt %.

Abstract: An improved process for producing a photographic material in which an assembly of superposed liquid photographic layers is coated onto the surface of a moving base support in such a way that the properties of the liquid photographic layers being coated are evaluated by their dynamic surface tensions.