Abstract: A complete locking confirming device for an electric connector comprising a first connector having a first connector housing, a second connector having a second connector housing capable of being coupled with the first connector housing, and locking means provided in combination with the first and second connector housings to lock the electric connector when the first and second connectors are coupled completely. The complete locking confirming device comprises a complete locking detecting slider mounted on either of the first connector housing and the second connector housing so as to be positioned at a complete locking indicating position only when the first and second connectors are coupled completely and the electric connector is locked by the locking means.

Abstract: A sealant for double-layered glass contains a saturated hydrocarbon based polymer having at least one silicon-containing group that has a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group bonded to a silicon atom and which is capable of crosslinking by forming siloxane bond.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an autofocus system for cameras with a separator (4) to split the object (2) in an autofocus measuring field (3) viewed through the camera lens (1) into two beams to determine the distance of the object (2) from the film plane (30). A control system which sets the focus of the camera lens (1) in accordance with the measured distance by means of servomotors or similar is provided to control the focusing of the camera lens (1). The invention provides for the autofocus measuring field (3) to be displaced such that it occupies any desired location within the frame (14).

Abstract: Activities of physiologically active substances such as endopeptidases, proteases, transferases, phosphatases, protein kinase and the like enzymes can be measured specifically with high sensitivity by using as a substrate a peptide derivative having 2 to 15 amino acid units and a group which can emit fluoresence and/or absorb ultraviolet light as at least one terminal group.

Abstract: A method is described for extracting tobacco alkaloids from tobacco in which the tobacco alkaloids are extracted from the tobacco with carbon dioxide under supercritical conditions and the tobacco alkaloids separated from the carbon dioxide, wherein in the carbon dioxide for the extraction of the tobacco alkaloids from the tobacco is mixed with a solid 2 to 3-basic organic acid having a total of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, a monoalkali or monoammonium salts thereof in order to appreciably shorten the extraction times.

Abstract: An ignition timing control system for vehicle internal combustion engines which retards the ignition timing during acceleration so as to reduce power shock caused by drive shaft vibration generated when the body of a vehicle with a high-powered engine is not able to keep up with the sudden change in engine output torque and so as to avoid the combustion knock that is apt occur during acceleration. In order to compensate for the monifold pressure lag when an acceleration state is detected, the engine load is monitored as to whether it reaches a reference level within prescribed a period, and only after it is confirmed that the engine output torque has actually begun to increase within the prescribed period, the ignition timing retard is commenced. The retarded ignition timing is maintained for another period when the engine load is above a second reference level and then returned in the advance direction at a first slow rate.

Abstract: A process of epitaxially growing a semiconductor Si, Ge or SiGe single crystal layer on a semiconductor (Si or Ge) single crystal substrate, comprising the steps of: allowing a raw material gas (e.g., Si.sub.2 H.sub.6, GeH.sub.4) for the layer and a fluoride gas (e.g., Si.sub.2 F.sub.6, GeF.sub.4, BF) of at least one element selected from the group consisting of the semiconductor element of the layer and a dopant for the layer to simultaneously flow over the substrate; and applying an ultraviolet light to the substrate to decompose the gases by an ultraviolet light excitation reaction to deposit the layer on the surface of the substrate heated at a temperature of from 250.degree. to 400.degree. C.Prior to the epitaxial growth of the semiconductor layer, the substrate is cleaned by allowing the fluoride gas to flow over the substrate having a temperature of from a room temperature to 500.degree. C.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for forming planar sheets into containers for containing a flowable food or like product. The container-forming apparatus has an apparatus frame with a plurality of treating stations including a planar sheet feed station. The apparatus also has a rotary body having radial mandrels which are rotatable so as to stop at each of the plurality of treating stations. A holding device is provided on each of the mandrels for holding the planar sheets to the mandrel, and a feeder, preferably having suction cups, is provided for feeding the planar sheet to the holding device at the sheet feed station. The various treating stations along the path of movement of the mandrels are for forming the sheet into a tube and closing one end of the tube to form a bottom of the container.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition for preventing the formation of scales in resistance welding, the composition containing as the active component a reaction product prepared by reacting 1 mole of tetraethyl silicate and about 0.5 to about 1.5 moles of water, and a composition for preventing the formation of scales in arc welding, the composition containing as the active component a reaction product prepared by reacting 1 mole of tetraethyl silicate, about 1 to about 30 moles of triethyl borate and about 0.5 to about 1.5 moles of water.

Abstract: A durable filter driving mechanism for a color optical reader that is capable of being positively and accurately positioned is proposed. The filter driving mechanism includes a guiding piece mounting thereon a reduction gear assembly having a reduction gear set meshing with a rack of a sliding piece having a rail coupling thereto a color filter assembly operating in cooperation with a lens assembly and a charge coupled element.

Abstract: In the manufacture of MISFETs using an Si layer island having an SOI structure, the present invention provides an Si layer over an SiO.sub.2 insulation layer, having a groove passing underneath the Si layer gate region and being formed on the surface of the SiO.sub.2 insulation layer by side etching conducted from both sides of the Si layer gate region, so as to form the source and drain. Next, after the SiO.sub.2 insulation layer is formed on the exposed surface of the Si layer gate electrode, a doped polysilicon region is formed through the SiO.sub.2 insulation film in such a manner that the groove and the area surrounding the Si layer gate region are filled, thereby forming the gate electrode. Thereafter, the MISFET is completed according to ordinary FET manufacturing methods.

Abstract: A method for controlling an automatic transmission by carrying out speed changes in a vehicle in accordance with predetermined characteristics, said characteristics including engine load and vehicle speed, and said method comprising the step of carrying out a non-creeping control. The non-creeping control is carried out by stopping a power transmission to, or decreasing a transmitting torque to, an output side of the transmission when braking apparatus is operated under an idling operating condition in which the vehicle is substantially stopped. The non-creeping control is continued once the non-creeping control has been started even if thereafter the braking apparatus ceases to be operating.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device including a pair of bit lines, a memory cell provided between the pair of bit lines, and a potential difference control device connected to the pair of bit lines. The bit lines include a potential difference therebetween when information stored in the memory cell is read out. The potential difference control device has a transistor control for receiving a first control signal and for responding thereto; thereby, increasing the potential difference between the pair of bit lines up to a predetermined level so as to provide a high speed read-operation and to reliably discriminate a "good" or a "no good" reading when subjected to a screening test.

Abstract: A process for the production of ethylene from a methane rich gas stream and an ethane rich gas stream. The process comprises the steps of:(a) introducing the methane rich gas stream together with molecular oxygen into a lower zone of a fluidized-bed of particles which are catalytically active in promoting an exothermic oxidative coupling reaction to produce ethylene and other hydrocarbons,(b) mixing the ethane rich gas stream into the fluidized-bed above the level at which substantially all of the molecular oxygen has been consumed, and(c) subjecting the mixture resulting from step (b) to an endothermic pyrolysis reaction in an upper zone of the fluidized-bed to produce further ethylene and other olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbons.The process is characterized in that the pyrolysis step (c) is carried out substantially without the addition of heat to the reactor, other than the heat content of the methane rich and ethane rich gas streams and the heat generated by the exothermic oxidative coupling reaction.

Abstract: An interrupt processing method and an interrupt processing apparatus provides an end indicative information storing unit for storing an end indicative information of a daisy chain for at least one of a plurality peripheral units, the peripheral unit receiving the indicative information when the peripheral unit receives an acknowledge signal but does not output a request signal, and the peripheral unit outputs a specific chain end state signal to the central processing unit, so that the central processing unit is returned from a response waiting state. Therefore, when an error request signal is produced by noise, etc., delay at a central processing unit is reduced. Further, the daisy chain connection is cut at an optional portion and a request signal from an irrevelant peripheral unit is ignored, so that the efficiency of the processing is improved.

Abstract: A twisted wire manufacturing apparatus is provided with a plurality of injection dies communicating with an annular groove formed in a rotary head. An annular shoe for gradually reducing a sectional area of the annular groove is slidably fitted to the annular groove. Raw material is supplied into the annular groove and raw wires are injected from the injection dies. One of the plurality of injection dies provides an increased injection resistance to reduce the injection speed of a core raw wire injected from that injection die relative to the injection speed of outer layer raw wires injected from other injection dies.

Abstract: A process for producing an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carbonyl compound represented by formula (II): ##STR1## which includes subjecting an alkenyl ester represented by formula (I): ##STR2## and an allyl type carbonic ester to catalytic reaction in the presence of a platinum group metal compound catalyst without the necessity of an organotin alkoxide. The subsequent addition of a phosphorus-containing compound, followed by heating, results in the decomposition and removal of unreacted allyl type carbonic ester and reaction by-product.

Abstract: In a disc player according to the present invention, a single motor mounted on a chassis is coupled to a disc transport mechanism through a first power transmission system and to a pickup transport mechanism through a second power transmission system. The disc player includes a pickup restraining mechanism for restraining the pickup from moving upon the pickup reaching one end of path of its travel where the pickup is to be restrained. Approximately when the pickup reaches the path end, the restraining mechanism is coupled to the first power transmission system and thereby moved from a first position to a second position, where the restraining mechanism is coupled to the pickup transport mechanism to restrain the pickup at the path end.

Abstract: A bladder-type accumulator includes a hollow housing having an inner wall surface including a cylindrical surface of a predetermined width, a sheet-like elastically flexible bladder disposed in the hollow housing and dividing an interior space of the hollow housing into a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber and a holder which holds a peripheral edge of the bladder against the cylindrical surface of the hollow housing. The peripheral edge of the bladder is shaped such that a relatively large pressure will be applied to at least a partial annular area, having a predetermined width, of the bladder along the peripheral edge thereof.