Abstract: Threads consisting of one or more filaments are drawn by being pulled through a braking fluid. Threads consisting of a plurality of filaments are formed into a ribbon for the drawing process. Inside the drawing bath, the thread is heated to a temperature corresponding to its second order transition temperature and is braked in such a way that its tension reaches the tension necessary for drawing the filament or the filaments. Through setting and/or controlling the length of the thread path inside the braking fluid, the viscosity of the fluid, additional mechanical braking means and/or the flow characteristics in the bath, the process is made adaptable for different thread materials and different thread speeds and can be optimized for thread quality. The device for carrying out the process has a quasi-closed main chamber through which a braking fluid is circulated. An antechamber with a variable fluid level may be arranged in front of the entrance to the main chamber.

Abstract: An auto power cut-off device for camera and a driving method which can automatically close an automatic lens cap and concurrently cut-off power supplied to an auxiliary circuit in case that a user does not use a camera during a predetermined time after supplying the power to the camera. The auto power cut-off device is constituted by a switch block including a power control for staring the operation of the automatic camera, an encoder switch which can be varied according to the state of the automatic camera, and an operation switch for controlling the operation of the camera. The power cut-off device also has a micro controller of outputting a signal to block the power supplied to the auxiliary circuits in case that the automatic camera is not used during a predetermined period after operation of the automatic camera beings; and a power control means for blocking the power supplied to the auxiliary circuits in case that the power cut-off signal is inputted from the micro controller.

Abstract: There is disclosed in the present invention a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including an isolation region defined by trenches having different or equal widths respectively on a single semiconductor substrate comprising the steps of:forming insulating films on the semiconductor substrate and then forming an aperture on a passive region (isolation region);forming spacers of etch rate different from that of the insulating films on sidewalls of the aperture to define ring-shaped trench regions surrounding outline of active regions;forming another insulating film of etch rate different from that of the spacers on the substrate where the spacers are defined and removing the spacers by etching to expose the substrate within the etched spacers; andforming trenches on the exposed area of the substrate, forming an insulating film of equal character to that of the insulating films used at the time of the formation of the aperture to refill the trenches and forming the spacers on the sidewalls of the in

Abstract: An inspection apparatus is provided to permit an inspector to easily inspect a face plate which has passed through a grinding process for flaws, an alien substance or an unground portion on the face plate surface. The apparatus includes a gate conveyor on which the face plate is conveyed. When the face plate is stopped on the gate conveyor, the sides of the face plate are engaged via padded piston rods and the gate conveyor swung open so as to permit the engaged face plate to be rotated for inspection purposes. Light sources may be positioned above and below the gate conveyor to aid in the inspection of a face plate.

Abstract: A textile machine is provided with apparatus for preparing the trailing end of a lap and a leading end of a fresh lap so that each end has a reduced fiber mass per unit length of lap in the prepared end. These lap ends are thereafter superimposed and joined together for subsequent processing in a combing unit of a combing machine or a drafting unit of a ribbon lap machine. The respective ends of the two laps may be prepared by a tearing action caused by clamping of the respective lap end between two spaced apart nip lines which are moved away from each other and wherein the spacing is slightly more than the length of the longest fiber in the lap. Preparation of a lap end may also be accomplished using a suction head for clamping of a lap along a nip line in order to carry out tearing of the lap to produced a prepared end.

Abstract: A blade mount for an I.D. saw blade has an elongated female tensioning ring which has a male pilot lip which fits into a recess in a radial flange of the wheelhead. The male pilot lip and a narrowed annular flexure in the flange of the wheelhead compensate automatically for deflections in the blade mount caused by the tensioned saw blade so as to eliminate saw blade flutter during operation. The female tensioning ring is sized to have a width at least twice the radial thickness thereof so as to resist turning inside out under the tensioning force imposed upon the saw blade.

Abstract: A capacitor includes a first conductive layer having a plurality of cylindrical sections, dielectric film formed along the surface of the cylindrical sections and a second conductive substrate formed thereon. A semiconductor device is formed with the capacitor, has an increased capacitance and the integration of the semiconductor device is improved.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of untwisted yarns from at least two fibril bundles. It gives intermediate method steps, which are so introduced between the main steps of the conventional production method for such yarns (spinning, stretching and texturing), that the reciprocal position of the individual fibril bundles resulting from the arrangement of the spinnerets can be retained through the process. A non-positively acting false twister for each individual fibril bundles, whose strength or thickness can be varied, also makes it possible to reproducibly vary the mixing the fibrils of the individual bundles in their contact zones.

Abstract: The filter arrangement is provided with a filter in the form of an endless conveyor which is releasably mounted within a transport chute through which a flow of water can be directed. The filter is formed as a unit to be released from supports at the bottom of the transport chute for ease of cleaning. The filter is further pivotally mounted at the lower end so as to be adjusted angularly relative to the flow of water through the transport chute. Seals are provided between the sides of the filter and the side walls of the transport chute to preclude passage of liquid. A plurality of such filters may be disposed within the transport chute and may be associated with various discharge conveyors for discharging materials which have been filtered out of the flow of liquid.

Abstract: A collapsible sheath secured in seal-tight manner on an arm of a Y-site connector to define a closed chamber for a guide wire. The guide wire is mounted at one end in a seal ring located in a bore of the arm of the connector and can be slid through the ring to be implanted in a body cavity, such as a blood vessel.

Abstract: The shielded cannula assembly includes a tubular shield of latex rubber which is mounted over the cannula of the assembly. The shield includes a resilient collapsible tubular portion which is able to collapse in an accordion-like manner when a longitudinal force is imposed thereon. The shield also has a cap at the distal end which seals off a chamber in which the cannula is contained in a sterile manner. The cap includes a transverse wall which may be pierced by the cannula when the cannula is passed into a vial of medication or into a connector of an administration set.

Abstract: A zoom lens assembly for a zoom camera wherein a focal length can be varied with a front move barrel moving forward and backward from a guide barrel by the rotation of a cam barrel installed inside a camera body.This zoom lens assembly for a zoom camera includes an adhesive cement attached to the outer circumference of the cam barrel and a steel sheet coated on the adhesive cement in order to reduce the thickness of the outer circumference of the cam barrel considerably, and concurrently to improve the mechanical strength greatly; and a shading film and a shading member attached to the outer circumference of a shutter in order to block the external light permeating via the aperture between the front move barrel and the shutter.

Abstract: The jackable oil rig employs a leg formed of a plurality of corner columns and transverse stays. Each column is formed of an outer pipe, and inner pipe which defines an annular space with the outer pipe and a hardenable material such as concrete in the space between the pipes. The outer pipe has a constant outer diameter along the length while the inner pipe has a constant outer diameter along the length and an increasing wall thickness from a top section to a bottom section. The wall thickness of the inner pipe may increase step by step from about 30 millimeters in the upper section to about 150 millimeters in the lower section. The construction of the corner column allows oil rigs to operate at ocean depths down to 200 meters.

Abstract: In addition to removing noil from a combing machine, the lap pieces which occur during a lap change operation are suctioned off and recycled into the combing process so as to reduce the amount of waste generated by the combing process. The noil and lap pieces can be removed from the combing heads through a common suction tube and conveyed separately via connecting pipes to separate points. The lap pieces which have been separated can be transported into a drum separator with the fiber material of the lap pieces being separated and recycled for the production of new laps.

Abstract: A radiation sensitive plate comprises a substrate coated with a photopolymerisable composition. The composition comprises a polymerisable compound containing ethylenic unsaturation, a perester photoinitiator and optionally an optical sensitiser. The substrate may be a sheet of grained and anodised aluminum and the plate is useful in the production of lithographic printing plates.

Abstract: A door system for a stressed fabric structure comprising a stationary arched anchor beam, the ends of which are supported on the base at one end of the structure, a plurality of movable arched beams of similar size and shape on the side of the anchor beam away from the structure and having supporting ends pivotally secured at the ends of the anchor beam, the movable beams to pivot along the same radial path about common pivot points at the ends, between raised, open position adjacent to the anchor beam and closed position in which the beams are spaced progressively from the anchor beam to the structure base. Fabric panels are secured to and extend between each of the anchor beam and its adjacent movable beam and adjacent pairs of movable beams so as to be under similar tension when the beams are in closed position.

Abstract: A table mat of rectangular construction is provided with at least one pair of parallel lines of perforations, scores or crease to permit end areas of the mat to be folded downwardly to drape over the ends of a table. The mat is of relatively heavy paper while being grease resistant and stain resistant. Two mats may be used to cover a table and to provide drapes to four sides of the table.

Abstract: A camera capable of outputting brightness and distance information comprising a microcomputer, a battery checking circuit, an autofocusing circuit, an infrared-emitting circuit, a light receiving element PSD, a light intensity measuring circuit, a LCD driving circuit and a LCD. The camera provides a user with information about an exact distance from an object without using any extra device and with information about present light intensity by outputting to a display device attached to the camera.

Abstract: The method for mixing textile fibers utilizes a computer which is inputted with data concerning the characteristics of the fibers of the individual fiber bales to be processed as well as the data indicative of the desired characteristics of the board sliver or yarn which is to be manufactured from the fiber mixture obtained from the fibers of the individual bales. From the inputted data, the computer, in accordance with a predetermined computing algorithm, calculates a component distribution which comes close to the estimated component distribution and which satisfies the desired characteristics of the car sliver or yarn characteristics. The computer may also effect a correction of the computed component distribution taking into account boundary conditions with additional inputted information.

Abstract: The detaching roller aggregate comprises two pairs of cylinders each consisting of a detaching roller and a printing cylinder which are pressed against each other by means of a contact pressure device. The contact pressure device is arranged in such a way as to press the two cylinders of the second pair against each other with a larger force than the force pressing the two cylinders of the first pair together. The ratio of the two forces may be approximately 1.2:1 to 2:1. Due to the larger force with which the cylinders of the second pair are pressed against each other, a more even top fleece is produced, in particular during the combing of relatively long fibers and/or at high processing speeds.