Abstract: In a method for producing gelatin from collagen-containing raw material, the raw material is ground and mixed with water to form a slurry; the slurry is treated with an acid and heated in order to expose the collagen in the raw material; the pH and the temperature of the slurry are adjusted once more; the slurry is separated into a liquid portion and a solid residue; and the gelatin is recovered from the liquid portion.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a metal mold for glass, which needs not apply any swab in molding of glass, enabling no-swabbing glass forming. The alloy for the mold comprises by weight Cu: 10 to 80%, Al: 4 to 11%, Cr: 3 to 16%, Ni: 2 to 36%, and at least one rare earth element: 0.02 to 2.0% with the balance consisting of Fe and further comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti: Al%.times.0.5 to 2, V: Al%.times.0.2 to 1, Zr: Al%.times.0.1 to 0.3, and Nb: Al%.times.0.1 to 0.3. The alloy is gradually cooled from the solidification initiation temperature to 50.degree. C. at a cooling rate of 10.degree. C./ min. The surface of the mold is coated with an Al-containing coating or roughened to an average roughness of 0.3 to 5 .mu.m. A solid lubricating film is provided in a fitting portion of the mold, or alternatively a self-lubricating solid is embedded in the fitting portion of the mold.

Abstract: A disk rotated at one of prescribed rotation speeds so as to record information is used. The disk includes a data area formed spirally or concentrically with a center of rotation, in which information is recorded when the disk is being rotated at the rotation speed, and a management area in which management information associated with writing is recorded at the rotation speed when writing is to be performed in the data area during rotation of the disk at the rotation speed. The management area is formed spirally or concentrically with the center of rotation of the disk on a side farther from the center of rotation of the disk.

Abstract: An air-fuel ratio sensor is provided in which sensor lead wires are held by a rubber bush at an end of a sensor housing. The rubber bush is made of a rubber material having a 100% modulus strength equal to or larger than 60 Kgf/cm.sup.2 even after the sensor is used under a temperature environment of 300.degree. C. for 100 hours.

Abstract: An air bag device 1 is arranged at a steering wheel W. In the air bag device 1, a large door 12 and a planar horn switch 28 can be arranged at a ceiling 10 of a pad 9 with no disadvantage. The air bag device 1 is arranged with a horn switch 28 and a support plate 33 between an air bag 2 and the pad 9. The switch 28 and a support portion 34 of the support plate 33 are constituted in a planar shape substantially equal to that of the openable door 12 of the ceiling 10 of the pad. The support plate 33 is provided with an attaching leg 39 placed along a side wall 17 of the pad. The support plate 33 is attached to a bag holder 19 by the attaching leg 39. Positioning recesses 36 and positioning projections 14 for engaging with each other are formed at the support portion 34 and the door 12.

Abstract: A multi-picture television receiver simultaneously displays side-by-side pictures by first and second video signals of first and second video systems, respectively. The video systems can be PAL, SECAM or NTSC. Discriminating circuitry discriminates the system of the first and second video signals. Controlling circuitry controls a sub-picture video processing circuitry based on the results of the discriminating circuitry, so that, when the number of scanning lines of tie second video signal differs from the number of scanning lines of the first video signal, the main and/or the sub-picture are controlled.

Abstract: A disk array apparatus employs portable optical disk. The apparatus determines whether a file should be concentrated recorded in a single optical disk or distributively recorded among a plurality of disks, in accordance with the amount of that file. With respect to an often-accessed file, the apparatus records it among a number of optical disks, or makes a duplicate copy of the file and stores the duplicate copy in an optical disk different from the optical disk containing the often-accessed file. Since the often-accessed file is handled in this manner, the apparatus enables efficient file management and permits a file to be accessed at high speed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted oxadiazole, thiadiazole and triazole peptoids which are useful as inhibitors of serine proteases including human neutrophil elastase, equivalently known as human leukocyte elastase.

Abstract: An improved method of producing 3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-2-ene-1,4-dione (KIP) by the oxidation of 3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-one (.beta.-IP) in the presence of managansalene-like catalysts and certain catalytic additives. ##STR1## KIP is an important intermediary product in the synthesis of trimethylhydroquinone, an initial substance in the synthesis of vitamin E. Furthermore, KIP is an initial compound for the synthesis of various carotinoids.

Abstract: An IGBT module has an IGBT element. Within a refrigerant tank is sealed refrigerant. On the bottom part of the refrigerant tank is provided the IGBT module. The heat emitted from the IGBT element is absorbed by the refrigerant by the transmission of the boiling heat emitted from the IGBT element and the refrigerant is gasified by the absorbed heat. A radiation tube is communicated with the refrigerant tank at one end and blocked at the other end. Within the radiation tube is disposed corrugated inner fins, and an upper space, refrigerant passages through for guiding the refrigerant from the refrigerant tank into the upper space, and thin holes in which a liquid pooling part for returning the refrigerant from the upper space into the refrigerant tank is formed are dividingly formed respectively.

Abstract: A matched filter with reduced electric power consumption is disclosed. The matched filter circuit power consumption is reduced by stopping the electric power supply to an unnecessary circuit since input signal is partially sampled just after an acquisition. Since the spreading code is 1 bit data string, the input signal sampled and held is branched out into the signal groups "1" and "-1" by a multiplexer. The signals in each groups are added in parallel by a capacitive coupling, and the electric power is supplied in the circuit intermittently.

Abstract: A radio communication system is provided at an entrance gate of traffic facilities for radio communicating with a communication device carried by a vehicle. The system includes a first communication unit for transmitting first entrance data relative to the entrance gate of the traffic facilities to the communication device carried by the vehicle coming into the entrance gate, a discriminating unit for determining a vehicle type showing a kind of incoming vehicle, and a second communication unit, provided on an opposite side of the entrance gate from the first communication unit, along a direction of progress of the vehicle, for transmitting a second entrance data including data relative to the determined vehicle type to the communication device when the first communication unit transmits the first entrance data to the communication device.

Abstract: An apparatus for decoding an input video signal includes edit header extracting circuit, decoding circuit and substitute image replacing circuit. The input video signal includes a sequence of first and second coded video signals, an edit header added to at least one of the decoded video signals before and after an editing point when the first and second coded video signals executed an interframe compression are edited at specified editing points. The edit header extracting circuit extracts an edit header from the input video signal. The decoding circuit decodes the first and second video signals in accordance with the extracted header and outputs decoded first and second video signals. The substitute image replacing circuit, responsive to the extracted header, outputs a substitute image in place of a frame of output from the decoding circuit at a location corresponding to the frame where the second coded video signal after the editing point has been subjected to an interframe compression.

Abstract: A magnetic detection apparatus detects movement of an object having a nonuniform system of teeth by means of magneto-electric conversion devices, wherein technical problems such as too large an amplified output signal, a nonuniform pulse period and a complicated circuit configuration can be solved. A plurality of uniform triangular teeth are formed on the circumference of a gear at equal angular intervals, and in a predetermined region a trapezoidal tooth is formed, where the height of the trapezoidal tooth is smaller than the height of the uniform teeth but greater than half their height. The magnetized surface of a bias magnet facing the gear generates a bias magnetic field directed toward the gear. Magneto-resistive devices are provided in the bias magnetic field. Variations in state of the bias magnetic field generated by the bias magnetic magnet when the gear is rotated are converted into an output electrical signal by the magneto-resistive devices.

Abstract: An injection device which includes a container constructed and arranged to contain a medicament, a medicament disposed within the container, a seal constructed and arranged to seal the medicament in the container, and a hypodermic needle. The hypodermic needle has a tubular, elongated, generally cylindrical wall defining an internal longitudinal bore extending longitudinally through the cylindrical wall along a longitudinal axis. The cylindrical wall forms a forward end defining a forward opening of the bore and a rearward end defining a rearward opening of the bore, the cylindrical wall having a laterally facing opening spaced closer to the rearward opening of the longitudinal bore than the forward opening of the longitudinal bore. The longitudinal bore is restricted at a position between the rearward opening and the laterally facing opening.

Abstract: A process for the multi-layer coating of electrically conductive substrates by the electrophoretic deposition of a first coating layer comprising an electrophoretically depositable aqueous coating medium, to which a second coating layer, comprising a first color- and/or effect-imparting base lacquer coating medium, is applied wet-into-wet, and the first and second coating layers thus obtained are stoved jointly, whereupon a third coating layer comprising a second color- and/or effect-imparting base lacquer coating medium is applied and a fourth coating layer comprising a clear lacquer coating medium is applied wet-into-wet thereto and the third and fourth coating layers are stoved jointly, wherein the total dry coat thickness of the second and third coating layers produced from the base lacquer coating media is between 15 and 40 .mu.m and the proportion of the second coating layer is between 20 and 50% of the total dry coat thickness of the second and third coating layers.

Abstract: A system for the softening or other treatment of fabric articles is provided which comprises a vented bag comprising a fastening system and flexible sheet releasably impregnated with an effective amount of a liquid fabric-treatment composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted oxadiazole, thiadiazole and triazole peptoids which are useful as inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase (HNE) for the treatment of HNE-mediated processes implicated in conditions such as adult respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock and multiple organ failure. A series of studies also have indicated the involvement HNE in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, emphysema. HNE-mediated processes are implicated in other conditions such as arthritis, periodontal disease, glomerulonephritis, dermatitis, psoriasis, cystic fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, organ transplantation, corneal ulcers, and invasion behavior of malignant tumors.

Abstract: Human fetal neuro-derived cell lines are implanted into host tissues. The methods allow for treatment of a variety of neurological disorders and other diseases. A preferred cell line is SVG.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a method of preparing a raw material powder for permanent magnets superior in moldability, especially in moldability and productivity of bonded magnets. The method comprises subjecting an acicular iron powder having an aspect ratio of not smaller than 5:1 to heating at 800.degree.-900.degree. C. in fluidized state with a gas stream containing no oxygen until the acicular iron powder is transformed into a columnar shape iron powder having an aspect ratio of not larger than 3:1, a die-like shape iron powder or a spherical shape iron powder. The acicular iron powder may contain or may be attached by such a component effective for improving magnetic properties as a rare earth element metal, a rare earth element metal oxide, boron, cobalt and nickel.