Abstract: A cooling device of a laser diode array includes a stacking of a plurality of metal plate members formed with a branched groove pattern or apertures acting as a cooling water path, by a chemical etching process.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a lumbago treating girdle comprising: a girdle main body including an inverse-triangular press portion provided with a zipper extending in a vertical direction to a crotch portion from a belt disposed on an upper part of a front surface of the girdle main body, a portion sewn in the vertical direction on a back surface, a right femoral part, a left femoral part, a left engaging member on the left side of the press portion and a right engaging member on the right side of the press portion; a left stretch band which is attached to a middle of a left end portion of the girdle main body, and to a tip end of which a left engaging member with an engaging piece attached to one surface thereof is attached; and a right stretch band which is attached to a middle of a right end portion of the girdle main body, and to a tip end of which a right engaging member with an engaging piece attached to one surface thereof is attached, the left stretch band being attached to t

Abstract: A downflow reboiler-condenser which can distribute and introduce an evaporating fluid (fluid to be evaporated) uniformly and securely into evaporation passages and which can also achieve simplification of its structure and reduction in the fabrication cost. This reboiler-condenser is provided with a reservoir 36 above a heat exchanger core 34 and with liquid distributors 37 located above evaporation passages 33 respectively. The liquid distributors 37 distribute the evaporating fluid collected in the reservoir 36 into the evaporation passages 33 uniformly.

Abstract: An electrophotographic printer includes a photosensitive drum, a developing unit, an image transfer unit, and pre-transfer discharges arranged between the developing unit and the image transfer unit. The pre-transfer discharging means is arranged to progressively reduce the absolute value of the electric potential of a given point in the surface of the photosensitive drum. The reduction of the electric potential is performed in a non-abrupt manner through two or more steps as the given point is moved from the developing unit to the image transfer unit.

Abstract: In a danger deciding means for a vehicle, information which changes according to the road structure around a vehicle concerned is acquired. When a plurality of images obtained by picking up different monitoring regions are received, on the basis of the acquired information, the image of the region which must be monitored is selected from the plurality of images. The selected image is processed to detect the approaching degree of an approaching object. On basis of the approaching degree, danger of contact or collision with the approaching object is decided.

Abstract: A connection structure for power supply to a vehicle door including a door side connector 4, a body side connector 3, a plurality of female terminals 9 provided in parallel in either one of the connectors, and a plurality of male terminals 46 corresponding to the female terminals provided in parallel in the other of the connectors, the female terminals 9 and the male terminals 46 being connected to each other when the door is closed, the female terminals 9 being arranged close to one another and synchronously swingable around a support shaft 15 in a direction of axial displacement with respect to the male terminals 46. The connection structure further includes a spring member 16 for forcing a pair of contact portions 20 of each of the female terminals 9 into a closed state, the spring member 16 including a pair of leg portions 16b1, 16b2 which are in abutment against spring receiving walls 36 of a housing 8 of either one of the connectors.

Abstract: A press-fitting unit includes a vertically movable press blade for press-fitting a stripped end of an electrical wire to a terminal disposed in a connector. A connector retaining bar movable in a horizontal direction is disposed to be opposed to the press blade. The retaining bar is provided with a plurality of connector receiving recesses in parallel to respectively hold a connector with a press-fit terminal. A wire chuck is disposed so as to opposing to the rear part of the press blade. The wire chuck is horizontally movable along a horizontal guide to a side of the press blade so as to holding the wire. Alternatively, the connector retaining bar is fixed to the apparatus by a frame and a transfer mechanism can carry the press-fitting unit along the bar in a horizontal direction. In addition, the apparatus may have a pair or two pairs of the upper and lower symmetrical press-fitting units; and the connector retaining bar is disposed between the upper and lower press-fitting units.

Abstract: A linear compressor comprises a cylinder 10, a piston 20, a linear motor comprising a movable member 40 as well as a stationary member 50, a piston body 28, a discharge mechanism 60, a spring mechanism 70, a vessel 80, a supporting mechanism 90 and the like. A cylindrical holding member 41 is contact with a flange 24 connected to the piston and supported concentrically with the piston 20. A permanent magnet 42 is sandwiched between the cylindrical holding member 41 and a cylindrical body 43. Cylindrical inner yoke 51 and outer yoke 52 of the stationary member 50 are fixed to the cylinder 10, and held concentrically with the piston 20. With the above structure, the movable 40 is smoothly moved together with the piston 20, and a fine gap between the movable member 40 and the stationary member 50 is always maintained stationary. Further, since the linear motor is in contact with the piston 20, the overall length of the linear compressor is shortened, and the linear compressor is reduced in size.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a microporous polyolefin membrane, high in elongation and porosity, low in shrinkage, and capable of improving battery characteristics, safety and productivity, when used for battery separators. The microporous polyolefin membrane of the present invention comprises (A) an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyolefin having a weight-average molecular weight of 5×105 or more, or (B) a composition containing an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyolefin having a weight-average molecular weight of 5×105 or more, and having a porosity of 45 to 95%, elongation at break of 300% or more, bubble point exceeding 980 KPa and thermal shrinkage in the TD direction of 3% or less. The present invention also provides a method for producing the above microporous polyolefin membrane.

Abstract: In an operation microscope, target light flux that is parallel light flux is projected at eyes of an operator, light reflected thereon is used to obtain an image of the pupil of the eye, and the position of a Purkinje image is detected to calculate the direction of the visual line of the operator's eyes. Observation magnification of an observation optical system is also calculated from the output of a potentiometer. The resultant direction of the visual line and observation magnification are used to calculate the position of the visual line of the operator. A liquid crystal display is arranged behind a half mirror when viewed from eyepiece side of a branch observation optical system, and displays as a spot image the position information indicating the calculated position of the visual line of the operator's eye.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is electronic equipment including a housing and a joystick unit. The housing accommodates an electronic circuit. The joystick unit is provided on the housing and electrically connected to the electronic circuit. The joystick unit includes a base member and a joystick displaceably provided to the base member for inputting coordinates (e.g., two-dimensional coordinates) according to a relative positional relation to the base member. The base member is supported rotatably between a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition, the base member and the joystick respectively face the inside and the outside of the housing, whereas in the second condition, the base member and the joystick respectively face the outside and the inside of the housing. In the case of using the joystick, the first condition is intended to be selected, whereas in the case of not using the joystick, the second condition is intended to be selected.

Abstract: A double-side printing apparatus for printing on double surfaces of a recording medium is constructed to prevent both an adverse influence on an image forming unit from a fixing unit and an offset of a toner image on the recording medium. The double-side printing apparatus includes a first image forming unit for forming the toner image on one surface of the recording medium, a second image forming unit, provided downstream of the first image forming unit, for forming a toner image on the other surface of the recording medium, a first fixing unit for fixing the toner image on one surface of the recording medium by a light, a second fixing unit, provided downstream of the first fixing unit, for fixing the toner image on the other surface of the recording medium, and a preventing member, provided between the first fixing unit and the second image forming unit, for preventing the light from the first fixing unit from reaching a photo sensitive body of the second image forming unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor nonvolatile storage that is an inter-gate insulating film breakdown type memory is configured by providing a field oxide film on a semiconductor substrate 1, a gate electrode on the field oxide film and a mask oxide film on the surface of the gate electrode, forming an opening in the mask oxide film and forming a memory oxide film on the gate electrode exposed thereat, providing a memory gate electrode of a size extending from over the memory oxide film to over the mask oxide film, and making the thickness of the memory oxide film thinner than the thickness of the mask oxide film.

Abstract: A thin sulfurizing layer having high iron-sulfide content is formed by an electrolytic deposition method using an alkaline electrolytic solution which contains ferric ions, sulfide and a chelating agent of the ferric ions.

Abstract: To provide a yarn heating apparatus offering greater heating efficiency and ease of manufacture than a conventional yarn heating apparatus. Provide two heating spaces for yarn, and make the middle heating part 13a between these two heating spaces 10a, 10b detachable. By doing this, yarn can be heated sufficiently and the heating unit can be manufactured more easily. Place heating units 17, 17 on both side of the heating space 10a, 10b through which the two yarns will pass. By doing this, heat is radiated from both sides of the heating space 10a, 10b towards the yarn, heating the entire heating space uniformly. Taper the heating space 10a, 10b towards the yarn inserting port and make the wall facing the heating space 13a, 13b flat. This makes it easier to manufacture the wall.

Abstract: A plastics endless belt for electrophotography having a multilayer structure including a developing agent-supporting layer, wherein the developing agent-supporting layer comprises a material consisting essentially of a silicone resin or a material consisting essentially of a fluorine-modified acrylic resin, and a conductive agent is contained in at least one layer other than the developing agent-supporting layer.

Abstract: A toner image fixing apparatus has a fixing roller, a pressing roller normally urged toward the fixing roller for pressing a sheet with an unfixed toner image carried on a surface thereof against the fixing roller to fix the unfixed toner image to the sheet when the sheet passes in one direction through a rolling contact region between the fixing roller and the pressing roller, a heating roller disposed on one side of the fixing roller opposite to the pressing roller, the heating roller having a heating source disposed therein for heating the heating roller, an endless heat transfer belt trained around the heating roller and the fixing roller for transferring heat from the heating source to heat the unfixed toner image on the sheet when the sheet passes through the rolling contact region, and a standby mode temperature control circuit for maintaining temperatures of the fixing roller and the pressing roller in a predetermined temperature range in a standby mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metallization technique of a semiconductor device, more specifically to a semiconductor device having a wiring or plug of a suitable structure for high integration and a method for fabrication of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device comprises a base substrate 10; an inter-layer insulation film 20 including a first insulation film 16 formed on the base substrate and a second insulation film 18 formed on the base substrate, and having a contact hole 22 which reaches the base substrate 10; and a conducting film 24 formed on an inside wall and a bottom of the contact hole 22, a width of the contact hole in the first insulation film 16 being larger than a width of the contact hole 22 in the second insulation film 18. The conducting film 24 on the inside wall of the contact hole 22, and the conducting film 24 on the bottom of the contact hole 22 is uninterrupted on a boundary.

Abstract: To provide an automatic winding machine wherein even if a yarn splicing operation is carried out during the reduction of yarn winding tension at the time of winding yarn splicing, the subsequent winding tension can be maintained at an appropriate value depending upon the amount of remaining yarn. In an automatic winding machine including a tension apparatus 2 that can adjust yarn winding tension by reducing it at a predetermined rate at the time of yarn splicing, a rapid tension reduction pattern used after a yarn splicing operation during tension reduction at the time of yarn splicing is different from a rapid tension reduction pattern used after the yarn splicing operation during normal winding.

Abstract: A wet tissue prepared by impregnating a main body of paper-made tissue with a dilute aqueous solution of epigallocatechin gallate and introducing the impregnated main body into a waterproof container provided with a takeout hole. The tissue is withdrawn and cut through the hole and put to use.