Abstract: This invention relates to a method of controlling the temperature of a heating furnace which has at least one furnace zone capable of being controlled by heating means and which conveys materials to be heated, that are introduced thereinto, by conveyor means such as a walking beam or a pusher so that the materials are heated to a predetermined temperature until they are withdrawn from the discharge side.More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of controlling set furnace zone temperature of the heating furnace when the materials to be heated, that are introduced into the heating furnace, have different temperature elevation patterns. The method of the invention is specifically characterized in that the predetermined set temperatures of each zone is used when the temperature elevation patterns of slabs are different with each other.

Abstract: A polyimide-isoindroquinazolinedione-silicone copolymer resin produced by reacting (a) a diaminoamide, (b) a diaminosiloxane, (c) a diamine, and (d) a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride to give a polyamide acid-silicone intermediate, which is then subjected to dehydration and ring closure, is excellent particularly in adhesiveness, moisture resistance, wear resistance and heat resistance. The polyamide acid-silicone intermediate is stable in the form of a varnish and usuable commercially as a raw material for the polyimide-isoindroquinazolinedione-silicone copolymer resin.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure such as a roof with a roof aperture surrounded by a frame, the latter defining, at least in the zone of the front edge and the lateral edges of the roof aperture, a gutter having a U-shaped cross-section, wherein the roof aperture can be closed by a sliding top as displaced via sliding blocks in guide tracks extending along the lateral edges of the roof aperture. According to a preferred embodiment, these guide tracks each have a vertical wall defining a side of the gutter that is located nearest the roof aperture that has the shape of an inverted U in cross-section, and a mounting strip is provided within a cavity of the inverted U-shape cross-section such that screws for attaching a cover (forming an upper wall of the guide track) are fastened to the top side of the vertical wall by extending therethrough into the holes in the mounting strip.

Abstract: A process for electronically controlling an internal combustion engine employ a plurality of engine controlling programs to be executed by a central processing unit classified into a number of task programs in accordance with processing functions of the CPU. The periods at which the task programs are to be activated are determined in consideration of the influential significance of the tasks in controlling the engine, whereby the task programs are executed in accordance with the activation periods thereof under supervision of a program for monitoring the plurality of the engine control programs.

Abstract: A bipolar memory circuit is provided with a delay circuit which receives a write enabling signal, a gate circuit which detects the coincidence between an input signal and an output signal of the delay circuit, and a circuit which is started by an output signal of the gate circuit and which provides a pulse signal of a fixed time. The operation of a write driver circuit in the bipolar memory circuit is controlled by the pulse signal. Noise interfering in the write enabling signal are neglected by the use of the delay circuit and the gate circuit. The pulse width of the write enabling signal is permitted to be made smaller than the pulse width of the pulse signal required by the write driver circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser element is disclosed which includes a film of an amorphous material deposited on at least an optical output facet of the laser element and contains silicon and hydrogen as the indispensable components. The thickness of the amorphous film is preferably selected in the vicinity of (.lambda./4).multidot.m where .lambda. represents wavelength of laser light in the amorphous film and m represents an odd integer. A film of a transparent insulation material can be deposited over the amorphous film thereby to constitute a composite film. With the disclosed structure of the semiconductor laser element, increasement in a threshold current of the laser element can be suppressed to a minimum, while a maximum optical output power can be increased.

Abstract: A testing device is disclosed for testing structural parts and functions of motor vehicles according to a test program having successive program stages. The testing device comprises a program switch for establishing circuit connections associated with the stages of the test program and for controlling a first indicator device for reproduction of the corresponding measurements. The program switch of the device further controls a second indicator device for reproduction of stored, rated measurements associated with the program stages so that a direct comparison of the rated and actual measurements can be quickly made.

Abstract: A recursive-type digital filter comprising a calculation circuit. The calculation circuit is arranged to multiply an input signal including at least m-bit signal x.sub.n inputted at a predetermined sampling period and an output signal y.sub.n-k fed back to the input of the calculation circuit in accordance with the input signal x.sub.n after being subjected to a delay of k sampling periods by a.sub.k and b.sub.k coefficients corresponding to the filter characteristics, respectively, and then the products are added thereby to produce data y.sub.n of (m+l) bits satisfying, ##EQU1## and serially deliver the upper m-bit data of the data y.sub.n as an output signal corresponding to the input signal x.sub.n.The filter further comprises a delay circuit for feeding back to the input of the calculation circuit a part of the round off data including the upper (m+1)th bit of the data y.sub.n so that the b.sub.k coefficient is multiplied by the fedback data of the upper (m+1)th bit and the product is added to the data y.

Abstract: A digital control system for controlling firing pulses supplied to thyristors for power conversion to desired phases, wherein data necessary for obtaining desired phase control signals is set in a counter which normally counts clock pulses having a predetermined period and the firing pulses are generated in synchronism with the generation of overflow pulses from the counter. The data setting to the counter, which is repeated at a period shorter than that of the source voltage, is performed by reading out the actual count value of the counter by a digital arithmetic processor circuit, by correcting the read value by the use of the value corresponding to a desired phase and by setting the corrected value again in the counter.

Abstract: A synchronizing signal discrimination circuit for use in a channel selection apparatus having a preset function of a television receiver is disclosed. The circuit has a function to discriminate a periodic and continuous signal and a non-periodic and one-shot signal to distinguish a synchronizing signal from a noise. The present synchronizing signal discrimination circuit determines a time period from the application of a first input signal to the input terminal to the application of a second input signal to the input terminal by the first time interval signal and the second time interval signal to detect only the periodic and continuous signal as the synchronizing signal.

Abstract: A nuclear reactor power monitoring system for monitoring the power level of a reactor and preventing an excessive rise thereof attributable to a transient increase in the core coolant flow rate before the reactor is scrammed. The system include an operating region monitor (ORM) for blocking the increase in the core coolant flow rate or running-back the flow rate when the power level exceeds a predetermined coolant block threshold power level which is a function of the core coolant flow rate.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling an internal combustion engine are disclosed, wherein upon deceleration of the engine, fuel injection is interrupted on the basis of determination of an engine operating condition to interrupt the fuel injection, while the fuel injection is then restored on the basis of determination of an engine operating condition to restore the fuel injection. When the determination is made such that the fuel injection is to be restored, the ignition timing determined in dependence on the prevailing engine operating condition is delayed. The delayed ignition timing is progressively advanced after restoration of the fuel injection to regain the original ignition timing determined in dependence on the prevailing engine operating condition.

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp with reflective layer of the present invention has a first phosphor layer and a second phosphor layer which are partially laminated. The first phosphor layer is formed on the whole inner surface of the glass tube, and the second phosphor layer is formed on the first phosphor layer at a predetermined angle of reflection along the axial direction of the glass tube. The laminated portions of the first and second phosphor layers substantially form a reflective layer, and the other portions form a transmitting layer.

Abstract: A coupling process of two metallic members in which a first member to-be-coupled and a second member to-be-coupled are coupled by non-elastically deforming a coupling member. The steps comprise forming a concave portion having an inclined plane on a coupling face of each member to-be-coupled, arranging the members to-be-coupled to make a space therebetween, interposing the coupling member in the space, and applying pressure on the coupling member by using a metal mould to satisfy the following extent:0.ltoreq.S.ltoreq.b3/4bwherein S is the length of rubbing surface of the members to-be-coupled with the coupling member, and b is the distance between the first and second members to-be-coupled.

Abstract: A vacuum interrupter comprises a pair of electrodes separably arranged within a vacuum vessel and mounted on conductor rods respectively. Each of the electrodes includes a coil electrode and a main electrode. The coil electrode is adapted to branch the current in the conductor rod in different radial directions with respect to the conductor rod for generating magnetic fields in axial direction of said conductor rod in such a manner as to offset each other at points near to the conductor rod. The main electrode is electrically connected with the coil electrode for carrying an arc. The main electrode includes a plurality of first current paths for passing the current in different radial directions, a plurality of second current paths for passing the current from the coil electrode to the first current paths, and a plurality of third current paths for passing the current therein in opposite directions to the current in the second current paths.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a slotless, brushless motor comprising a permanent magnet rotor rotationary together with a shaft and a stationary armature coil disposed in opposition to the rotor.The armature coil comprises a coil portion concentrically wound, an adjacent coil portion formed in sequence from the coil portion and concentrically wound, a coil performed on a plane by a plurality of the coil portions, N coils (N is integer) laid on each other and different in a phase respectively, sheets disposed between said N coils and a supporting member supporting the coils and the sheets made integral.

Abstract: An electronic type air/fuel ratio control system for use in gasoline engines comprises an accelerator, a detector of the manipulation angle of the accelerator, a shunt conduit by-passing a throttle valve, an air by-pass valve exposed in the shunt conduit for controlling flow rate of by-pass air, and a control circuit. The control circuit is responsive to the output of the accelerator manipulation angle detector and generates a control signal for the air by-pass valve, whereby the air/fuel ratio can be controlled with high accuracy when the flow rate of air is low.

Abstract: A hand held electric ejecting device is disclosed for ejecting material such as caulking from a cartridge. The ejecting device comprises in combination, a receptacle for receiving therein a cartridge containing a material to be ejected, the cartridge having a dispensing opening at one end and being adapted to receive a pusher at the other end for forcing the material in the cartridge through the dispensing opening; a pusher movable when driven through the cartridge from the other end to force the material in the cartridge through the dispensing opening, the pusher including a push rod; and an electric motor positioned adjacent one end of the receptacle and connected to the device, the push rod passing through the electric motor and being axially driven thereby for effecting movement of the pusher to force material through the dispensing opening of the cartridge.

Abstract: A push-pull output circuit which is capable of producing a relatively-high maximum output voltage without the use of a bootstrap capacitor provides positive and negative half cycle output circuits which are constructed as inverted Darlington output circuits to which current mirror circuits and level shifting elements are coupled. As a result, the distortion factor of an open loop characteristic in the push-pull output circuit is improved.

Abstract: A method of measuring the diameter of an electron beam in which the electron beam diameter is measured from the leading edge or trailing edge of a detector signal that is obtained as the mark area formed on the specimen is scanned by the electron beam. This method comprises the following steps: scanning the specimen by the electron beam at least once to find the maximum and minimum values of the detector signal; setting two threshold levels based on the maximum and minimum values; scanning the mark area by the electron beam to measure the time interval during which the level of the detector signal is within the two threshold levels; and calculating the beam diameter.