Abstract: A disk apparatus which can prevent a disk from being damaged when a shock is applied to the disk apparatus is provided. A disk is rotatably supported in a space formed between a tray and a cover when the disk is loaded in the disk apparatus. A contacting member is provided in the space so that the contacting member contacts an outermost annular area of a surface of the disk when the disk is warped. The outermost annular area is a non-recordable area which is adjacent to a rim of the disk.

Abstract: In a VTR signal processing circuit, a first reproduced color under signal and a second reproduced color under signal obtained by delaying by one or two horizontal period in synchronism with a predetermined clock signal are supplied to the first and second frequency converter circuits 1 and 2 respectively, a frequency signal having frequency 2n times that of a carrier used in frequency conversion for converting a frequency of the reproduced color under signal into a frequency corresponding to a standard color signal is produced by an oscillator circuit, this oscillation frequency is divided such that it becomes the above mentioned carrier frequency, four carriers having phases 0 degree, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees respectively are produced, the four carriers are selectively output and supplied to the first and second frequency converter circuits 1 and 2 such that an output signal of the first frequency converter circuit 1 and an output signal of the second frequency converter circuit 2 become in p

Abstract: The microcapsule magnetic display sheet is sequentially provided thereon with a transparent front sheet, a microcapsule layer coated on the transparent front sheet and then a ultraviolet ray curable resin layer. The ultraviolet ray curable resin layer is formed by painting liquid ultraviolet raycurable resin on the microcapsule layer first and then hardening it by irradiating it with UV rays. As the liquid ultraviolet ray curable resin can fill fine gaps of the microcapsules, no hollows left between the microcapsules and the UV resin layer. As the UV resin filled in gaps shares wording pressure, the microcapsules are fully protected and hardly be destroyed. After painting the liquid UV ray curable resin on the microcapsule layer and before it IS hardened, a separable film is covered on it. While a film is covered on it, the sheet is hard and if the film is separated, the sheet is soft. So the stiffness of the magnetic display sheet can be regulated by covering or not covering a film.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a production process for methanol in which a distillation system is reduced in a size by removing efficiently heat generated in a methanol synthesis reaction and inhibiting by-products from being formed. The present invention provides a production process for methanol comprising a synthetic gas production step in which hydrocarbon is reacted with steam to generate synthetic gas comprising main components of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, a methanol synthesis step in which the synthetic gas described above is reacted on a methanol synthesis catalyst and resulting crude methanol is recovered in the form of liquid and a distillation step in which recovered crude methanol described above is distilled to be separated into waste water containing low boiling organic compounds and high boiling organic compounds and refined methanol, wherein a reactor having a specific structure is used in the methanol synthesis step described above.

Abstract: A disk apparatus includes a head carriage having a read/write head which reads information from or writes information to a disk, the head carriage provided to support the head thereon such that the head can be positioned to the disk in a radial direction of the disk together with the head carriage.

Abstract: A method for controlling heat exchange in a nuclear reactor. The reactor contains at least one thermal valve, at least one heat exchanger having a coolant flowing therein, with the heat exchanger being immersed in a pool containing a fluid. The heat exchanger is confined by a container having an upper part with an opening therein and a lower part having means for introducing the fluid through such lower part as well as means for partially or totally opening or closing said opening in the upper part and means for partially or totally opening or closing opening in the lower part. The method comprises the steps of closing the opening in the upper part of the container to thereby vaporize said fluid, in order to cause a cessation of heat exchange between the coolant and the fluid; and opening the opening in the upper part of the container to thereby cause the fluid to be heated and to rise by convection, thereby permitting heat exchange to occur between the coolant and the fluid.

Abstract: A manufacturing method produces a semiconductor IC device which can maintain a low power consumption for electronic circuits and form gate-isolation layers of different thicknesses without increasing the manufacturing cost. The semiconductor IC device has gate-isolation layers of different thicknesses on the same semiconductor substrate surface. To form such gate-isolation layers, a silicon dioxide layer is formed in first and second regions. The dopant-concentration is adjusted in silicon dioxide layer that is to have a thickness different from the above silicon dioxide layer thickness in the second region B. A carbon-containing semiconductor layer is selectively formed in either the first region or the second region. Therefore, there is no need for additional steps for forming silicon dioxide layers of different thicknesses in the first region and in the second region.

Abstract: A correction tape roller device for covering an incorrect typography on paper with an adhesive correction material. The correction material roller device includes a first cog wheel for rotating a first roller, a second cog wheel for rotating according to a rotational degree of the first cog wheel, such that the tape from which the correction material has been peeled off is wound around the first roller, and a third cog wheel rotatably installed on one side of the inner surface of the case while being engaged with the first cog wheel. The third cog wheel is provided with a protrusion guiding the tape passing through the tape guide to control the tape tension so that the tape does not become loose.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ozone adsorbent which has high ozone-adsorbing power even in a moisture-containing system and exhibits a high degree of ozone retention (and a low degree of ozone decomposition), as well as a molded product made by molding this ozone adsorbent into a form adapted to practical use, and a method of making the same. The present invention provides an ozone adsorbent comprising one or more members selected from the group consisting of high-silica pentasilzeolite having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of not less than 70, dealuminized faujasite having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of not less than 20, and mesoporous silicate having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of not less than 20, as well as an ozone-adsorbing molded product and a method of making the same.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing high concentration ozone gas, characterized by employing a pressure swing adsorbing apparatus having a plurality of adsorbing layers filled with ozone adsorbent, in which the ozone adsorbent is one or two or more kinds of adsorbent selected from the group consisting of high silica pentasyl zeolite, dealuminized fogersite, and mesoporous silicate. A method for manufacturing high concentration ozone gas, characterized by employing a TSA adsorbing system, and recovering the concentrated ozone gas continuously, in which the ozone adsorbent is one or two or more kinds of above adsorbent, and the gas containing ozone from the ozone generating apparatus is cooled by the oxygen concentrated gas at a relatively low temperature flowing out from the adsorbing layers in the adsorbing process.

Abstract: A phase watermark hologram “W” is composed of a blaze having binary phase difference of 2&pgr;×n, where “n” is a natural number of more than 1. An watermark appears in response to phase difference, which changes by a faked blaze. A phase watermark hologram “W” and a phase hologram “D” indicating data are formed on a same surface of a substrate mixed in arbitrary locations and arbitrary ratio of both holograms.

Abstract: To provide an antenna unit that can always provide good broadcast transmission reception and a signal switching circuit to be used therein. A first antenna element for receiving satellite broadcast transmissions, a second antenna element for receiving VHF terrestrial broadcast transmissions, and a switching means for selectively switching output of either a reception signal of the satellite broadcast transmissions received by the first antenna element or a reception signal of the VHF terrestrial broadcast transmissions received by the second antenna element and supplying that output to the receiver unit via the signal supply cable in response to a direct-current bias level supplied from a receiver unit via a signal supply cable are provided inside a single identical casing.

Abstract: A disk apparatus includes a read/write head which reads information from or writes information to a recording disk. A movable head carriage supports the head thereon. The head carriage is movably supported on a guide shaft, and the guide shaft guides a movement of the head carriage. A head actuator exerts an actuating force on the head carriage to move the head, supported on the head carriage, in a radial direction of the disk. In the disk apparatus, the head carriage has a center of gravity at a position biased from a centerline of the head carriage and adjacent to the guide shaft, and the head actuator is attached to a side of the head carriage and has a centerline at a position adjacent to the guide shaft.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of manufacture of a semiconductor device which is immune to short-channel effects including forming a first, second and third dielectric layers one conductivity type semiconductor substrate with the first dielectric layer forming a gate dielectric film on a surface of the one conductivity type semiconductor substrate, forming a groove in the second and third dielectric layer which exposes the first dielectric layer and forming a heavily doped region through the groove so that the width of the heavily doped region equals the width of the groove. The heavily doped region is of the same conductivity type as the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radiography process for use with an object moving between a source and a detector involving a determination of a plane called the object projection plane and the production of radiographic images of the object while it is moving using the source, the detector and the combination of the various contributions of projections of the projection plane in the series of radiographic images.

Abstract: A stabilized solid oral pharmaceutical composition comprised of iodide and iodate as the active agents in the presence of one or more pharmaceutical excipients and a method for preparing these stabilized compositions.

Abstract: A disk chucking mechanism for selectively chucking floppy disks onto a turntable has a strong neodym first magnet provided on an inner periphery of the turntable so as to attract a first hub and a second hub, and a weaker ferrite second magnet positioned low on an outer periphery of the turntable opposite a projection formed on the second hub and attracting only this second hub. By using these two magnets a satisfactory clamping of the floppy disks to the turntable can be achieved even when both lower grade (ordinary) and upper grade (high-density) floppy disks are loaded and driven.

Abstract: In a tire uniformity machine in which a tire is mounted between upper and lower spindles via upper and lower rims, a rim holding apparatus 10 is composed of a parallel spindle 1 which is in parallel with the axis of tire uniformity machine, a taper collet 2 formed with an inner hole engaging concentrically with the parallel spindle 1 at the center portion thereof and a taper surface at the outer peripheral portion thereof, a rim formed with a taper surface engaging with the taper surface of the taper collet 2 at the inner peripheral portion thereof, a rim clamping device 4 which holds the rim 3 and is mounted so that the parallel spindle 1 is capable of being moved in the axial direction, and a fixing device 5 for determining the axial position of the rim clamping device 4. Thereby, there is provided a highly accurate tire uniformity machine in which (1) the change of rim width and the fitting/removal of rim can be performed easily, and (2) the runout of rim can be decreased to 0.025 mm (standard) or less.

Abstract: A disk apparatus in which a control unit performs a seek control includes a disk motor which rotates a disk placed at a loaded position in the disk apparatus. A motor driver controls the disk motor such that the disk is rotated by the disk motor at a controlled speed. A read/write head reads information from or writes information to the disk when the disk is rotated by the disk motor at the controlled speed. A head shifting unit shifts the head in a radial direction of the disk to a target location thereof when a seek is performed. A current supply control unit controls current supplied to the disk motor during the seek. In the disk apparatus, the current supply control unit cuts off the current supply to the disk motor for a predetermined period after a start of the seek.

Abstract: A head carriage supports a head. A locking member is movable between an engagement position at which the locking member engages with an engagement portion of the head carriage and a disengagement position at which the locking member disengages with the engagement portion of the head carriage. A driving unit stops driving one end of a first link in each of an ejecting mode in which a recording medium is ejected from the device and a waiting condition in a recording/reproducing mode, in which condition the head is not in contact with the recording medium. One end of a second link is connected with the other end of the first link, and the other end of the second link is connected with the locking member. A force-applying member applies force to the locking member so as to cause the locking member to move to the engagement position.