Abstract: On the surface of a protecting layer mounted on a solid state imaging devices substrate, transparent gap filler layers and a transparent flattening layer are formed to flatten a surface of overlying protecting layer. On a surface of the transparent flattening layer, color filters of red, blue and yellow are formed. The color filters are made of synthetic photosensitive material. By using the synthetic photosensitive material, the color filters are formed with good shape and precision. All of the color filter show good photo spectrography and uniform characteristics. For the reasons, excellent characteristics of the solid state imaging device are provided which are free form image inferiority caused by flicker, shading, dust and so forth.

Abstract: A code division multiple access transmitter and receiver that makes it possible to reduce its size by designating a spreading code and a carrier frequency in a baseband. It includes a primary modulator for performing primary modulation by transmission information, thereby producing a primary modulated I signal and a primary modulated Q signal, a spreading code generator for generating a spreading code with a frequency higher than a rate of the transmission information, a secondary modulator for spread-modulating the primary modulated I signal and Q signal by using the spreading code, thereby outputting spread I-channel data and spread Q-channel data, a frequency offset circuit for offsetting the center frequency of the spread I-channel data and Q-channel data by a designated offset frequency, thereby outputting frequency offset data, and a transmitting circuit for converting the frequency offset data into a transmitted signal.

Abstract: A speech freeze-out method in a communication system for transmitting speech information, which is sent from public telephone terminals (1) to a control center (5) through voice channels, from the control center (5) to a base station (8) through time division multiplexing radio frequency channels (6), and from the base station (8) to mobile stations (17) through transponders (13). The freeze-out processing is carried out when the control center (5) feeds the speech information to the time division multiplexing radio frequency channels (6) so that the number of transmission channels from the base station (8) to the transponders (13) is limited within an upper limit value.

Abstract: A mobile communication fixed station 101 transmits significant data to a mobile station 103 (104) after holding the significant data for a predetermined time, and no significant data are transmitted to the mobile station during that time. When there are no significant data which are being held, the fixed station 101 transmits remaining time data indicative of the predetermined time to the mobile station, and no significant data are transmitted to the mobile station. When significant data is being held, time data indicative of the remaining time until the start of transmission of the significant data is transmitted to the mobile station in each slot from the time significant data occurs until the time the significant data is transmitted. The fixed station 103 , which has received the remaining time data stops receiving for a time interval corresponding to the remaining time.

Abstract: An apparatus of measuring an electric signal comprises a laser device, optical elements, an electrooptic crystal, a photoelectric converter, and an electric circuit. The electrooptic crystal is selected from the materials in the type of having properties of changing its refractive index in the direction of its optic major axes and the direction of these axes by a function of an applied electric field. In the apparatus, the electrooptic crystal is placed in the electric field applied by an electric circuit under measurement. A laser beam emitted from the laser device is incident on the electrooptic crystal. A reflected light passed through the crystal is resolved into rays in two polarized direction. Each ray is subjected to a photoelectric conversion by passing through the photoelectric converter and exerted as an electric output. A differential signal of the electric output is defined as a measurement signal.

Abstract: Process for vacuum-concentrating urea solutions in which the final step of evaporation of the urea solution under vacuum is carried out within the injection of overheated water vapor in the overhead portion of the concentrator, in order to counteract the formation and deposition of high-melting, fouling compounds derived from urea.

Abstract: An improved device for shifting the seats of a top entry ball valve, consisting of two identical portions, one for each valve seat, which are permanently interposed between the valve body and the relative seats; each portion comprises a stop ring made rigid with the valve body by first locking means, and a seat shifting second ring cooperating with a valve seat and movable axially by operating means into a withdrawn position to enable said valving element to be extracted or into an active position in which it is locked in position by second locking means. Preferred embodiments of said means are also described.

Abstract: A CDMA demodulator which can follow fast fading, and reduce interference components from other users in the same cell. A received input spread signal is despread by an orthogonal filer (103). The orthogonal filer provides the input spread signal with successive delays each of an amount of 1/m of the chip interval of a spreading code, multiplies the delayed signals by tap coefficients, and sums up the products, thereby outputting the despread signal. Pilot symbols in the despread signal are compared with known pattern pilot symbols by an absolute phase estimator/phase error compensator (107) to obtain phase fluctuations of the received pilot symbols. The phase fluctuations are interpolated to each information symbol, and each information symbol is phase compensated. The phase compensated information symbols are decided by a decision block (108).

Abstract: Process for the dissolution of asphaltene sediments in oil wells which consists in introducing a solubilizing composition for the above asphaltenes into the oil wells, characterized in that the solubilizing composition comprises:(a) a basically hydrocarbon fraction consisting of at least 70%, preferably at least 80% by weight, of aromatic and alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons, the alkyl group being from C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 ;(b) a fraction basically consisting of quinoline and isoquinoline as such or alkyl substituted, preferably as such, the alkyl group being from C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 ; the weight ratio between fraction (a) and (b) being from 97.5/2.5 to 75/25, preferably from 97/3 to 90/10.

Abstract: Method for measuring the propagation velocities of ultrasonic acoustic waves through rock fragments which includes the steps of (a) introducing the fragment in a coupling fluid between a pair of piezoelectric transducers capable of generating highly damped ultrasonic acoustic waves; (b) passing highly damped ultrasonic acoustic waves through the fragment, said waves being generated by a pulse generator with a pulse width varying from 0.1 .mu.s to 20 .mu.s; (c) visualizing the obtained electric signals by an oscilloscope with a resolution of at least 10.sup.-2 .mu.s; and (d) measuring the transit time of the waves themselves. The ultrasonic acoustic waves may be compressional or shear waves. In one embodiment the coupling fluid has a viscosity varying be 200 and 800 poises.

Abstract: Polymeric compositions comprising a polymer and photochromic compounds belonging to the class of spiro-pyrans, having the general formula (I): ##STR1##

Abstract: A conveyor system for an automatic coning machine having coning units for unwinding thread from spools carried by disks, wherein the system has a conveyor for feeding the spool carrying disks to the machine. A plurality of paths are connected to the feeding conveyor, wherein a path traverses an adjacent coning unit and includes a standby position adjacent the feeding conveyor for receiving spool carrying disks and an unwinding station at the coning unit for receiving spool carrying disks from the standby position.

Abstract: A dobby lever which is insertable into a main lever of a textile loom includes a sliding nut to set and adjust its position along the main lever. The dobby lever has a pair of parallel flat sides, separate but fixed to each other. The sliding nut has a body which can be inserted between the sides of the main lever. The body of the sliding nut has a hole at one end for receiving a joint which can be connected to a driving bar and a blocking device at its other end for the sides of the main lever. The body at the other end has sloping surfaces, and wedge-shaped elements are provided having complimentary slanting surfaces which are insertable into a box-shaped container and act upon the sides of the main lever.

Abstract: Adhesive compositions containing a hydroxy-functionalized radial, three-arm copolymer the arms of which contain styrene-isoprene blocks, in which the average molecular weight of the polystyrene blocks is lower than 30,000 and is generally comprised within the range of from 7,000 to 30,000, and the average total molecular weight of said block polymers is comprised within the range of from 120,000 to 250,000.Such a functionalized radial copolymer makes it possible, according to the monomeric composition adopted and by suitably blending with tackifier resins and plasticizer oils, adhesive compositions to be obtained which can be of "hot melt" type or of solvent borne type, displaying good adhesive and cohesive properties and such as to secure an optimal balance between these properties and their processing ability.

Abstract: An apparatus for rapidly and simultaneously, coupling and uncoupling loom heald frames, of varying length, to and from their respective drive bell cranks. Each heald frame attaches to more than one head of a flexible tie-rod, which in turn, extends down to adjustment sliders which are connected to the drive bell cranks. During the heald frame coupling and uncoupling from a locking apparatus at the head of the flexible tie-rod, two tilting jaws keep all of the flexible tie-rods in a rigid vertical position.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for the selective production of cumene comprising reacting benzene with propylene in the presence of a type-Y zeolite modified by treatment with a phosphorous compound. This invention also provides a process for the transalkylation of a polyalkylated benzene which comprises reacting the polyalkylated benzene in the presence of benzene and a type-Y zeolite modified by treatment with a phosphorous compound.

Abstract: The peptides described are modified with the phosphine group and are useful for marking with .sup.99m Tc and .sup.186-188 Re or paramagnetic agents for use in diagnosis and radiotherapy; in particular chelating compounds having the co-ordinating sets PN.sub.2 X, where X is --S, --O, COO--, PN.sub.3, P.sub.2 N.sub.3 and P.sub.2 N.sub.2 are described.

Abstract: A novel method for the preparation of a pre-filled plastic syringe, and preferably the preparation of a plastic syringe pre-filled with a diagnostic contrast agent, wherein said syringe comprises as components a barrel, a tip seal capable of sealing the nozzle of the barrel and a piston capable of sliding in the barrel and sealing the open end of the barrel opposite the nozzle, comprising the steps of (a) providing at least one component of said syringe which is molded under conditions which are substantially free of pyrogens and viable and non-viable particulates; and (b) filling and assembling said syringe.

Abstract: The prosthesis is manufactured by knitting a foundation yarn with a high degree of heat-shrinkability and at least one effect yarn which is substantially heat stable, immersing the resulting fabric in boiling water so as to shrink the foundation yarn and thereby reduce its permeability to liquids while not affecting the effect yarn significantly so that it is possible to obtain good velvet effects without resorting to very high overfeed rates for the effect yarn.

Abstract: A catalyst system for the liquid-phase production of methanol from synthesis gas is described, consisting of:one or more copper compounds;one or more alkoxides of the lanthanum group of formula (R.sub.1 O).sub.x Ln and/or one or more inorganic oxides of the lanthanum and/or aluminium group;one or more alkaline and/or alkaline-earth alkoxides of formula (R.sub.a O).sub.x M,if at least one alkoxide of the lanthanum group is present, then one or more alkoxides of the titanium group of formula (R.sub.t O).sub.x T is present,where R.sub.1, R.sub.a and R.sub.t, which can be the same or different, are C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl groups,M is the alkaline or alkaline-earth metal,Ln is an element or the lanthanum group,T is an element of the titanium group,x is equal to the valency of the metal or element.