Abstract: The improved nickel-base heat-resistant alloy consists of 13.1-15.0% Cr (all percentages that follows are by weight), 8.5-10.5% Co, 1.0-3.5% Mo, 3.5-4.5% W, 3.0-5.5% Ta, 3.5-4.5% Al, 2.2-3.2% Ti, 0.06-0.12% C, 0.005-0.025% B, 0.010-0.05% Zr and 1-100 ppm of Mg and/or Ca, in the optional presence of 0-1.5% Hf and/or 0-0.5% of at least one element of Pt, Rh and Re, with the remainder being Ni and incidental impurities. The alloy has high strength and high resistance to oxidation and corrosion at elevated temperatures and, hence, is suitable for use as a constituent material for machine parts that are to be exposed to elevated temperatures.

Abstract: A system of telephone answering devices includes a master telephone answering device (MTAD) and at least one (and often a plurality) of extension telephone answering devices (ETADs). If a telephone call is answered by someone, others nearby may be paged through the ETADs from any telephone. The ETADs can be temporarily disarmed so that they do not respond to tone codes that might otherwise activate them. When activated, the ETADs transmit back to the caller noticeably different ringback signals to indicate that the activated ETAD is responding to the caller's commands. For telephone utilities offering a distinctive ring service, the ETADs may respond to distinctive rings corresponding to the ETADs by usurping the function of and disabling the MTAD and by subsequently answering the telephone call.

Abstract: A manufacturing process for use in manufacturing magnetic field sensor head cores, comprises: providing a core formed of an amorphous ferromagnetic material on which is placed an insulating layer; mounting, a first winding that functions as a drive coil for the core over said insulating layer; providing second (37) and third (38) coils on said core (31) that respectively function as a sensor and a compensating coil for the sensor head; both the second and third coils being wound in form of a hollow cylinder 36 inside of which is positioned an assembly formed by the core 31 and the drive coil 32; supplying a first electric current to the core 31 of the sensor head, said core heating up as said first current flows through said drive winding, supplying a second and alternating electric current to that the one 38 of compensating and sensor coils 37 and 38 that surrounds the core 31 and functions as the compensating winding 38; monitoring a signal induced in the other coil 37 that functions as the sensor winding a

Abstract: A cooling agent which cools by an endothermic reaction resulting from the dissolving of crystals of inorganic salts water, the salts crystallizing at about room temperature by supplying heat. The cooling agent comprises a mixture of (i) a sodium phosphate salt, (ii) a sodium ammonium phosphate salt or an ammonium phosphate salt, and (iii) water. The cooling agent is produced in a manner which avoids the conglomeration of the crystals, which was a difficulty in the art. Moreover, the cooling agent of the present invention can be used repeatedly. When a nucleating agent, a highly water absorbent polymer or a thickener is added to the cooling agent, the precipitation of the crystals occurs in a still finer and stabler state. The cooling agent can be used in a cooling pillow having a desirable cooling property and a soft and agreeable touch, which offers comfort with safety and which is free from conglomeration of crystals, even after a long period of time.

Abstract: Digital tuning of a locally generated frequency supplied to a frequency converting mixer, a mobile radio receiver is provided with great economy of components by utilizing the sampling rate oscillator for an analog-to-digital converter provided at the output of an analog intermediate frequency amplifier of the receiver as the source of the difference frequency for a phase locked loop (PLL) for control of the phase of a local oscillator for the mixer or mixers. All frequencies used to supply local oscillations to mixers, as well as the operating frequency of the phase locked loop are integer number multiples of the sampling rate pulse generator. Some division stages have fixed dividers and others have divisors selectable by a tuning processor and in some of the divisor connections it is useful to interpose a fixed or selectable-factor multiplier. A sampling rate of 42.75 MHz is recommended and an intermediate frequency amplifier frequency which is a rational number multiple of 57 kHZ, preferably 10.

Abstract: A device for verifying the conformity of objects, in the nature of coins inserted as payment in a dispenser of products or services through an opening, and for directing the objects toward means for processing the same. The device is of the type comprising a positioning member with a receptacle adapted to receive the object, wherein the member is movable between a first position in which the receptacle communicates with the opening, access to the processing means then being blocked, and a second position in which the receptacle communicates with the processing means, the opening then being blocked.

Abstract: In the data processing circuit of a decoder box, the position sensing circuit senses the position of the bar-code symbol imaged by a video camera in the imaging area of the video camera on the basis of the output of the frame memory. Then, the shift direction judging section of the data processing circuit determines the direction in which the bar-code symbol imaged by the video camera is shifted with respect to the imaging area of the video camera on the basis of the output of the position sensing section. The display control section of the data processing circuit displays the position of the bar-code symbol on a label position indicator provided on the decoder box on the basis of the judgment result of the shift direction judging section.

Abstract: A method of optimally packing, either intermittently or continuously, a storage or transportation area or space with rectangular parallelepiped objects, e.g. parcels, comprises two main steps of complex calculations. A first main step implies the locating of one or more free subareas or free subspaces on the area or in the space available for packing by means of a matrix reduction procedure for a 2- or 3-dimensional matrix representing free and occupied parts of rectangular or rectangular parallelepiped form. In a second main step a score is established for each different combination of a free subarea or subspace and an object to be packed and a possible orientation of the object for fitting in the subarea or subspace. The score is established by assigning a score value to each combination by passing through a hierarchy of determinations, whereby a score is the more favorable if the score value is assigned at a higher level in the hierarchy.

Abstract: A film cartridge in which a supply spool incorporated in a cartridge body is rotated to supply a film wound on the supply spool out of the cartridge body. A film supply unit rotates the supply spool to supply the film out of the film cartridge. A first control unit controls the film supply unit such that a supply operation of the film is started in response to a closing operation of the rear cover of a camera body. A film take-up unit takes up the film supplied by the film supply unit. A second control unit controls the film take-up unit to operate the film take-up unit upon completion of the supply operation of the film performed by the film supply unit. A third control unit interrupts a take-up operation of the film performed by the film take-up unit and reoperates the film supply unit when the take-up operation of the film is impossible during the take-up operation of the film performed by the film take-up unit.

Abstract: A hydraulic torque impulse generator includes a motor driven drive member (10) with a fluid chamber (23), an output spindle (11) extending into the fluid chamber, two diametrically opposite seal elements (12, 13) movably supported in axial slots (32, 33) in the output spindle for sealing cooperation with seal lands (24, 25) on the fluid chamber wall, axially extending seal ribs (27-30) on both the fluid chamber wall and the output spindle, and a cam spindle (40) coupled to the drive member (10) and extending into a coaxial bore (34) in the output spindle for moving the seal elements outwardly towards the fluid chamber wall in two relative angular positions between the drive member and the output spindle. The cam spindle (40) has two diametrically opposite and differently shaped cams (41, 42) for alternative engagement with high and low lift cam followers (45-50) on the seal elements (12, 13).

Abstract: In a camera using a film with a magnetic recording portion, two film guide members restrict displacement of the film in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the film, and a magnetic head magnetizes the magnetic recording portion of the film. A magnetic recording current is output to the magnetic head at a predetermined magnetic recording density D. The magnetic recording density D satisfiesD.ltoreq.K.l/(.DELTA./W)where l is the length of each of the film guides, .DELTA. is the difference between the width of the film the distance between the two guide members, W is the width of a recording medium of the magnetic recording portion, and K is a constant.

Abstract: Arrival of a pressure wave front is detected at a plurality of monitoring stations spaced along a protected section of a fluid-carrying pipeline. Arrival times obtained at the monitoring stations are qualified as to whether they correspond to a pressure transient event (critical event) which originated in the protected section. If so, the location, amplitude and time of occurrence of the critical event are determined. An uncertainty zone is derived at the extremes of the protected section having a length dependent on the precision of a time standard to which the monitoring stations are referenced and on the exactness of fluid velocity in the pipeline. An operator is so informed if the location of the critical event is determined to fall in the uncertainty zone. It is also possible to determine whether wave fronts correspond to an event occurring outside the protected section. Information from the resulting pass-through wave is used to update needed parameters useful for the critical event determinations.

Abstract: A surgical device for percutaneous connection of a fractured upper part of the femur to the shaft comprises: a connector plate with a lower straight portion for screwed connection to the femur shaft and with a sharp bottom end for insertion through a small skin incision, having its upper portion perforated by two oblique, tapped bores for fixation of two long screws serving for connection of the fractured parts. Each screw has a wood-screw-shaped inner end and a cylindrical shaft with a hexagonal recess at its outer end which is continued by a tapped bore. Each screw is slidingly positioned in a sleeve which has its outer end slotted and screw-threaded for fixation in the oblique bores of the plate.

Abstract: Apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoreceptor with developer, includes a developing sleeve, a plate disposed between a photoreceptor and the sleeve, an electrode member fixed to the plate member, and a bias member for forming a first oscillating electric field between the electrode member and the sleeve and a second oscillating electric field between the photoreceptor and the sleeve.

Abstract: A radio data system (RDS) receiver has a station selector circuit including a microprocessor, several Alternative Frequency (AF) memory cells, and at least one learning memory cell associated with each AF memory cell. In a preferred embodiment, a counter is associated with each learning memory cell. The AF memory cells store alternative frequencies decoded from a Radio Data System signal. As each station is tuned successfully, i.e. with adequate signal strength, its frequency is stored in one of the learning memory cells. When signal deterioration requires a skip to a new frequency, the "skip frequencies" stored in the learning memory cells are preferred to other frequencies. The counters keep track of how many times, since power-up, each frequency has been successfully tuned, and the frequency with the highest count is the "most preferred" alternative frequency.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for receiving nuclear magnetic resonance signals by applying high frequency energy to a living body placed in a static magnetic field. The distal end portion of the insertion section of the endoscope has a rigid distal end portion and a bendable portion. A housing portion for housing a high frequency coil is provided between the rigid distance portion and the bendable portion. This structure makes it possible to assemble the high frequency coil into the endoscope in a compact manner and can reduce a patient's burden when the insertion section is inserted in the body cavity of the patient.

Abstract: To protect the plastic material of a plastic base (2) holding a single-en high pressure discharge vessel (1) in position with respect to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and heat emitted from the discharge vessel in operation of the lamp, a cover element (7, 7") of UV radiation and high temperature resistant material, such as a ceramic and preferably aluminum oxide, is positioned between the discharge vessel and the plastic material of the base, located to shield the plastic base from UV and heat radiation. The cover element is, essentially, in disk or plate form, and irremovably connected to the base, for example by pin extensions integral with the base, passing through recessed openings in the cover element, and headed over, in the form of rivet or button heads, for example by ultrasonic welding.

Abstract: A ball joint apparatus comprises a socket formed of a thermoplastic synthetic resin, a stud ball having a spherical head rotatably fitted in the socket so as to mate with a concave spherical surface thereof, and a housing containing the socket. The housing includes a cylindrical socket receiving portion, formed by plastically processing a metal sheet and a bottom wall portion. Through holes are bored through the bottom wall portion. Projections are provided on the base of the socket, corresponding in position to the through holes. The socket is fixed to the housing by inserting the projections into the through holes, softening each end portion of the projections, which projects outside the through holes, by heating or the like and transforming the end portions into a flat shape.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin-film transistor which comprises the steps of forming a gate electrode on an insulating substrate, a gate insulating film covering the gate electrode, and an i-type a-Si layer on the gate insulating film, forming a blocking film made of metal such as Cr or the like on a channel-forming region of the i-type a-Si layer, and forming an n-type a-Si layer covering the i-type a-Si layer and the blocking film, forming a metal layer on the n-type a-Si layer, and etching a predetermined portion of the n-type a-Si layer and a predetermined portion of the metal layer, thereby forming a source electrode and a drain electrode. That portion of the blocking film which is located below a gap between the source electrode and the drain electrode is removed from the i-type a-Si layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel organic electroluminescent device which can be used as a pixel for graphic display, a pixel for a television image display device or a surface light source, and this novel organic electroluminescent device overcomes the conventional problem of an organic electroluminescent device having a laminated structure in which at least a light-emitting layer formed of a luminescent organic solid is placed between two mutually opposing electrodes, i.e., a short life, by having a film of an electrically insulating polymer compound as a protection layer provided on the outer surface of the above laminated structure.