Abstract: A colony counting apparatus includes a reading unit with a visual sensor incorporated therein. The presence of a colony is detected at the end of that colony by moving the reading unit along lines selected at an appropriate pitch and by reading data on the individual points set along each line as logical high or low signals. The values obtained in the above-described counting operation are added and stored in an addition/storage device in a CPU, and the results of addition which are stored in the addition/storage device are output to a suitable display by an outputting device when the counting operation is completed.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory comprises a memory cell array which includes a plurality of memory cells respectively connected to one of a plurality of word lines and to one of a plurality of bit lines, a serial data register which includes a number of bit cells corresponding to one word of the memory cell array, a decoder for decoding an address signal and for successively making an access to each bit cell of the serial data register based on a decoded result, a register group comprising m+1 shift registers in correspondence with each digit of the address signal, where each of the shift registers comprise n registers which are connected to form a loop and m and n are integers satisfying m.gtoreq.

Abstract: The vibrator includes a columnar vibrating body consisting of a piezoelectric material. The vibrating body is formed into a polygonal or cylindrical column and, when necessary, a through hole is formed axially thereof. Furthermore, the vibrating body is polarized. On side faces of the vibrating body, at least three external electrodes are formed. Also, when the through hole is to be formed, an internal electrode is formed on its inner circumferential surface. By applying the driving signal to these electrodes, the vibrating body bends and vibrates. And, when the rotational angular velocity is applied to the vibrating body about its axis, a coriolis force is produced responsive thereto. By this coriolis force, the vibrating direction of the vibrating body changes, and a voltage is produced between the two external electrodes. By measuring the voltage, the rotational angular velocity applied to the vibrator can be measured.

Abstract: A cabinet (2) providing one projector unit has a side wall formed with a projecting portion (21) accommodating a projector (1) therein, and another side wall opposed to the side wall and formed with a recessed portion (22) shaped in conformity with the shape of the projecting portion (21). One or a plurality of reflecting mirrors (4), (41) are arranged within the cabinet (2) for flexing an optical path (9) extending from the projector (1) to a screen (3). A plurality of such cabinets (2) are assembled into a multiscreen projector apparatus by engaging the projecting portion (21) of each cabinet (2) in the recessed portion (22) of another cabinet (2) adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A rotating plate (36) which is rotated by raising a strap (39) upward by pulling the strap (39) is provided on the outer periphery of a strap feed and take-up drum (30) of a clip-carrying bookmaker. An operating drum (39) provided with a plurality of sawtooth-shaped projections (40) on the end surface thereof and rotated when the rotating plate (36) is rotated is provided. A ratchet (42) fixed to the support shaft (31) of the strap feed and take-up drum (30) is provided inside the operating drum (39). On the other hand, a coiled spring (48) urges the operating drum (39) so that the sawtooth-shaped projections (44) of the end surface thereof are meshed with the sawtooth-shaped projections (40) of the operating drum (39) constantly, and an operating drum (43) restricted in circumferential rotation is provided. Further, a ratchet (45) to be meshed with the ratchet (42) is provided inside the operating drum (43).

Abstract: A process and apparatus for producing an In-O or In-Sn-O based transparent conductive film by a sputtering process is provided. The sputtering voltage is kept constant at 350V or less by maintaining the intensity of the magnetic field on the surface of the target at 400 Oe or greater. The apparatus contains a vacuum chamber wherein the substrate and target are mounted in opposite to each other. An electromagnet, used for adjusting the intensity of the magnetic field is located on the rear surface of the target. Additionally provided is a controller for the electric current supplied to the electromagnet. The controller is also connected to a DC power supply for the electromagnet.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid electrolyte capacitor with organic semiconductor which comprises a capacitor element, a solid electrolyte layer formed by heating and melting TCNQ complex salt, impregnating the TCNQ salt into the capacitor element and thereafter cooling and solidifying the same, a powder coating layer formed to cover an upper portion of the capacitor element through a clearance, and a sealing resin layer covering the powder coating layer for sealing the capacitor element.Since the powder coating layer is formed on the upper portion of the capacitor element through a clearance, it is possible to reduce influence exerted on the element by contraction or expansion caused by thermal stress which is applied in a soldering step. Consequently, it is possible to suppress increase of a leakage current.

Abstract: A method of checking the functioning of a driving wheel slip control system installed in a vehicle. Driving wheels are placed on support rollers and rotatably supported thereby. The driving wheels are driven by the engine. False signals indicative of tentative rotational speeds of trailing wheels are supplied to an ECU which in turn outputs a control signal for controlling the engine. Predetermined monitoring signals including at least the control signal output from the ECU are taken out from the driving wheel slip control system. It is determined whether the predetermined monitoring signals show values falling within respective predetermined allowable ranges. Further, a steering handle of the vehicle may be turned at the same time of rotation of the driving wheels, the steering angle of which is detected by a steering angle sensor. Further, instead of using the false signals, the trailing wheels may be placed on second support rollers for rotatably supporting the trailing wheels thereby.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plant growth regulating composition, which comprises containing at least one of choline salts and compounds having vitamin K.sub.3 activity as active ingredients and a plant growth regulating composition, and comprises containing at least one of choline salt, compounds having vitamin K.sub.3 activity and compounds having vitamin B.sub.1 activity as active ingredients.

Abstract: An improved inductive device has a U-shaped ferrite magnetic core with a base and a pair of parallel legs integrally extending from the opposite ends of the base. A straight ferrite magnetic core is disposed between the opposed core legs to define airgaps respectively between the ends of said straight core and the legs. A winding is disposed to surround the straight core. Each of the core legs is formed to have a generally flush surface over substantially the entire length thereof such that the portion of the flush surface is cooperative with the end of the straight core to define the airgap.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a cover-tape peeling apparatus for a tape feeder for peeling a cover tape released from a tape having a number of chip-like electronic parts sealed therein in a substantially equally spaced relation to wind and receive it into a reel. The apparatus comprises a first arm rotatably supported on a first shaft stood upright on a base of the tape feeder and having a ratchet meshed with a gear tooth formed in the outer peripheral portion of the peeling reel, a second arm having a cam portion in engagement with a cam portion provided on the first arm and rotatably supported on a second shaft, an arm push-down member in contact with the second arm to push down and rotate the second arm, and an urging body extended between both the arms and for rotating the first arm in response to the rotation of the second arm rotated by the arm push-down member so that the peeling reel is rotated through the ratchet.

Abstract: A flame-retardant injection-molding resin composition. The composition contains (A) 100 parts by weight of a flame-retardant resin composed of 30% to 80% by weight of styrene resin having a reduced viscosity of methyl-ethyl-ketone soluble portions of 0.2 to 0.55 dl/g in N,N-dimethylformamide at a concentration of 0.3 g/dl at 30.degree. C., and from 20% to 70% by weight of a polyvinyl chloride resin having a polymerization degree of from 400 to 800; and (B) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a copolymer of from 3% to 35% by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound, 30% to 97% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 0% to 67% by weight of a vinyl monomer being copolymerizable with the vinyl cyanide compound and the alkyl acrylate. The flame-retardant injection-molding resin composition provides injection-molded articles of high impact strength and low delamination tendency and has excellent thermal stability, flame resistance and heat stability.

Abstract: A device of retractable stops for the blades of articulated rotors for giroplanes, which includes a stationary stop 20 with a finger 22 radially converging towards the exterior and externally radially protruding on the external spar 9 of the articulation means 7 of each blade on the hub 3, as well as a movable stop 21 with a receptacle 36 resiliently returned by a return device 45 in a position fit around the finger, but disengaged from the finger by centrifugal force when the rotation speed of the blades is higher than a set value. The invention therefore provides absolute stops in flapping and drag in the "ground" position and sharp stops in the flight position. One advantageous application is for helicopter rotors.

Abstract: An articulated industrial robot comprises a robot body (10), a robot upper arm (20) pivotally supported in a joint provided on the upper end (16) of the robot body (10) for a swing motion about a horizontal W-axis, and a robot forearm (30) pivotally supported in a joint provided on the extremity (24) of the robot upper arm (20) for an up-down turning motion about a horizontal U-axis. The robot upper arm (20) has an offset arm structure extending between the horizontal W-axis of the joint on the upper end (16) of the robot body (10) and the horizontal U-axis of the joint on the extremity (24) of the robot upper arm (20) with its back side (26) extending along the straight line connecting the respective centers of the horizontal W-axis and U-axis. Electric cables (40) and the like are extended along the back side (26) of the robot upper arm (20).

Abstract: A smokable article including an aerosol generating zone which has a combustion element and a carrier for an aerosol precursor which coaxially surrounds the combustion element, flow passages in the aerosol generating zone and a mouthpiece. The combustion element includes axial flow passages extending over its entire length and a jacket formed of a gas-impermeable heat-insulating material. The jacket is surrounded at a distance by a concentric sleeve of a gas-impermeable material so that between the jacket and the sleeve at least one flow space results; the sucked-in air flows through the flow passages in the combustion element, then back through the flow space between the jacket and the sleeve and finally through the carrier for the aerosol precursor to the mouthpiece. The carrier includes a precursor, and the combustion element has a plurality of axial passages.

Abstract: A release device for a clutch including a cylinder aligned coaxially with a release bearing, a cylindrical piston adapted to fit in a cylindrical operation chamber of the cylinder, and an annular packing mounted adjacent an annular end of the piston within the operation chamber, the operation chamber being connected to an external operating pressure control device through a liquid pressure control passage, the piston being axially connected, at its one end positioned outside the operation chamber, to the release bearing, wherein an annular slide member is fixed to an end of the packing which adjoins the piston, the slide member being greater in hardness than the packing and lower in friction coefficient against the piston than the packing.

Abstract: A large size container made of laminate including a layer (A) of modified polyolefin modified with 0.005 to 1.0 wt. % unsaturated carboxylic acid and a layer (B) of a mixture of (i) 50 to 95 wt. % polyamide and (ii) 5 to 50 wt. % polyolefin modified with 0.01 to 1.0 wt. % unsaturated carboxylic acid.

Abstract: There is disclosed an interference spectrophotometer which collects data while monitoring the position of a movable mirror by providing quadrature control to accurately perform coherent addition of data. The spectrophotometer includes a main interferometer, a control interferometer, a sliding controller controlling movement of the movable mirror, an A/D converter converting analog data obtained by the main interferometer into digital form, a register for holding data obtained by one scan of the movable mirror, a memory for accumulating data obtained by numerous scans of the movable mirror, an up/down counter receiving the output signals from two detectors included in the control interferometer, and a decision part. When the counter's value varies, the counter causes the A/D converter to perform its A/D conversion. Then, the decision part checks the counter's value after the A/D conversion.

Abstract: A reciprocating type fluid delivery pump has a driving motor, plungers for driving two pump heads, respectively, and a converting mechanism for converting the rotational motion of the driving motor into a reciprocating motion of each plunger. The converting mechanism includes a cam having such a configuration that, when the driving motor is rotated at constant velocity, the delivery flow rate during the delivery starting period of each of the plungers is in excess of that during the other periods of the cycle. The speed of rotation of the driving motor is reduced during the excess delivery period according to need. Thus, the load on the driving motor is reduced and it is therefore possible to employ a driving motor having a relatively low output. The delivery pump also includes a rinsing chamber for each plunger for allowing pressurized fluid to pass therethrough. The rinse chamber includes a rinse pump which uses the reciprocal movement of the pump piston for the rinse mechanism.