Abstract: Generally, Reed-Solomon encoding process in the conventional communication system is executed by a Reed-Solomon encoder having different code rates for different data transmission rates. The present invention does not use a Reed-Solomon encoder having different coding rates, but instead uses a Reed-Solomon encoder having the same code rate regardless of data transmission rate. Accordingly, the present invention has the following effects. The present invention maintains same communication quality regarding data services having each different data transmission rate, and can use a single Reed-Solomon encoder.

Abstract: There is provided an improved apparatus for recovery of sea-bed material. Known apparatus suffer from problems such as low recovery rate and capital cost. The invention, therefore, provides a recovery apparatus comprising a vehicle upon which are mounted a duct permitting communication between the sea-bed and a location remote therefrom, structure to introduce sea-bed material into the duct and structure to advance sea-bed material through the duct.

Abstract: A CMOS image sensor according to the present invention has a low-voltage photodiode which is fully depleted at a bias of 1.2-4.5V. The photodiode comprises: a P-epi layer; a field oxide layer dividing the P-epi layer into a field region and an active region; a N− region formed within the P-epi layer, wherein the first impurity region is apart from the isolation layer; and a P0 region of the conductive type formed beneath a surface of the P-epi layer and on the N− region, wherein a width of the P0 region is wider than that of the N− region so that a portion of the P0 region is formed on the P-epi layer, whereby the P0 region has the same potential as the P-epi layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for changing an inclination angle of a golf ball swing table.

Abstract: A miniature recycle-type heat exchanger to produce recycle-type heat exchangers from high extensibility, high plasticity aluminum or copper billets (ingots) utilizing a pressure forming press to extrude lightweight, thin, and small form factor recycle-type heat exchangers. The production method includes annealing copper and aluminum billet (ingot) material, conveying the material to a vibrator for placement in an ordered arrangement, and then conveying and fixing the material onto molds in a pressure forming press for the extrusion tasks required to fabricate the heat exchanger bodies. In the final stage after shaping and determination of the fluid input direction, the bodies are placed in a vacuum sputtering machine to undergo a rough textured heat conductive microparticulate deposition process to complete the production of miniature recycle-type heat exchangers that are of very compact dimensions and lightweight, but have a large heat exchange capacity and, furthermore, a high heat transfer rate.

Abstract: A device for driving a spinning reel is to rotate a rotor shaft and a spool shaft in the opposite direction to each other while reciprocating the spool shaft back and forth. A first spiral gear of a rotor shaft and a second spiral gear for rotating a spool shaft in the opposite direction of rotation of the rotor shaft are respectively engaged to a drive gear in the opposite direction to each other to thereby rotate the rotor shaft and the spool shaft in the opposite direction to each other. The spool shaft has a cross-shaped spiral groove thereon and a guide pin for reciprocating the spool shaft back and forth is engaged with the spiral groove. Therefore when the drive gear is rotated, a rotor and a spool is rotated in the opposite direction to each other, and at the same time, the spool fixed to the spool shaft is reciprocated back and forth.

Abstract: A device for conveyance along an assembly line of components and motor vehicle components in particular mounted on sled-like supports (27) having a pair of supporting shoes (28). The device comprises a pair of powered belts (18) parallel and extending in the direction of conveyance to receive on themselves the sled supporting shoes (28) for advancement thereof along the line. Each belt (18) of the pair is wound between a drive pinion (15) and an idling pinion (17) arranged at the two ends of the device and bears on its internal face in contact with the pinions (15,17) grooves (20) which in movement engage with corresponding projections (23) born by the pinions. The belt (18) is supported in the section between the respective two pinions (15,17) by idling rollers (22) having an external profile virtually matching the belt profile on said internal face.

Abstract: The invention relates to a solid deodorant composition, which is essentially anhydrous and comprises, as a solidifying agent, a mixture of waxes containing at least one synthetic polyethylene wax having a melting point of greater than 80° C., and at least one wax of natural origin having a melting point of greater than 80° C., as well as at least one deodorant active principle and a process for reducing the flow of sweat, and for masking, improving or reducing the unpleasant smell resulting from the decomposition of human sweat by bacteria using said composition.

Abstract: A holder for an object (10) such as a mobile phone, a palm computer or the like, comprising a back (1) and two separate walls (2), which are generally parallel and extend the same way from the back (1), said walls (2) having on their mutually facing sides resilient engagement plate (4) for engagement with a respective side edge of the object (10). Each engagement plate (4) has the shape of a base plate (41) with a plurality of separate protruding support elements (42, 42′). The free ends of which define the free surfaces of the engagement plates. The thickness of the support elements (42, 42′) is substantially less than their protrusion length from the base plate (41).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid oral anticariogenic composition in the form of a sucking tablet for cleaning the oral cavity and the teeth, and to a process for producing such composition.

Abstract: In a seam, for example, for paper machine clothing, interdigitating seaming loops (13, 14) embrace deformable yarns (17) inserted between the last cross-machine direction yarns (15a) and the opposed seaming loops (14, 13). Alternatively, an insert may be in the form of a ladder-like member (30) comprising one or more cross-machine direction members (31, 32, 33) and a multiplicity of machine direction members (34) extending beyond the members (31, 32, 33) to locate the seaming loops. Also possible is the use of a strip or tape of foamed or foamable material.

Abstract: The invention provides a battery holder consisting of one plate-like support member and another support member. A plurality of battery holes of a predetermined depth into which sealed portions of a positive or negative side of sealed-type batteries that are clamped at one side by the support member are to be respectively fitted are formed in one face of the support member, so that one row of the battery holes is a row for positive terminals and another row of the battery holes is a row for negative terminals. A terminal hole is formed in a bottom face of each of the battery holes. A groove is formed between adjacent paired positive-terminal and negative-terminal holes among the terminal holes disposed in the bottom faces of the battery holes of the rows. The paired positive-terminal and negative-terminal holes are communicated with each other through the groove. Vent holes are opened at appropriate places among the battery holes.

Abstract: A magnet coil which receives an armature movable longitudinally with respect to the coil axis and having an armature rod. A support of the armature or of the armature rod in a core serves also for the guidance of the magnetic field, a direct support of the armature or of the armature rod on a surface of the core.

Abstract: An instrument for use in uterine laparoscopic surgery, said instrument including a tubular element which is adapted for insertion into the vagina with the front end-part of the instrument, as seen in the insertion direction, receiving the cervix, wherewith the edge of the front part of said tubular element is shaped to support against the top wall of the vagina, and wherewith the instrument includes a sealing ring which embraces the tubular element and functions to provide a seal between said element and said vaginal wall. The edge portion of the front part of the tubular element is constructed so that the top wall of the vagina will be supported around the full periphery of said edge portion when the tubular element is positioned in the vagina. The instrument includes end closure means detachably fastened to the tubular element and the rear end-part of the tubular element is adapted to provide an anchorage for a suture which is anchored through the cervix.

Abstract: A redundancy address bit programming circuit including a redundancy memory cell, includes: program pads for providing signals to first and second program nodes; a ferroelectric capacitor programmed according to a bit value corresponding to a defected address, coupled between the first and second nodes; a load capacitor coupled between the second program node and a ground; a power-up signal generator means for generating a power-up signal to be coupled to the first program node, wherein the power-up signal follows a level of a power signal at a beginning of a power signal supply, and is maintained as a ground level during a stable level state of the power signal supply; a latch means for latching the second program node signal at the beginning of the power signal supply and outputting a latched signal during the stable level state of the power signal supply; and a multiplexer for selectively outputting one of an address bit signal and a reversed address bit signal in response to the latched signal.

Abstract: A performance vee hull that can be made with conventional aluminum manufacturing techniques on a relatively economical basis. The hull uses the lift of a concave bow, the off-setting “hold down” of strakes without lift characteristics, the tracking and drag of a keel and an integrally formed off-set motor mount with a full transom to produce a “severe vee” hull configuration (10-15 degrees inclination per side, 20-30 degrees total vee shape). The hull has a curved, reverse or concave flared bow. A bottom surface of the hull terminates at a rear edge. Behind the rear edge is a set-back section. A transom extends across the rear of the boat, and is relatively flat all the way across. The set-back section extends rearwardly 4-8 inches from the transom and has a bottom surface that is above the bottom edge of the transom, about 3-6 inches.

Abstract: A signal processing arrangement for a band-limited input signal, comprising a plurality N of signal comparators. Each signal comparator is adapted to compare the input signal with a plurality of different exemplar signals and to generate an output indicative of which of the exemplar signals corresponds most closely to the input signal. Each of the exemplar signals is arbitrarily derived independent of any expected input signal. The arrangement provides an N-part output signal which is indicative of the input signal, such that each part of the N-part output signal is derived from the output signal of a respective one of said N signal comparators.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for applying a protective film of, for example, oil to the interior of a metal pipe for preservation purposes. The method is according to the invention characterized by the steps of placing one end of the pipe to be preserved against a pipe member provided with a spray nozzle, siphoning over a particular amount of oil from a storage vessel into a bent pipe section of said pipe member, and generating and leading a compressed air pulse through the pipe member and the pipe to be preserved by quickly opening and closing a valve which is disposed in said pipe member between said bent pipe section and a pressure vessel which is connected to the other end of said pipe member.