Abstract: A moving model device for use in a racing game machine having a racing field, the moving model device includes a base member provided with a rollable body rollable over the racing field, an animal model body disposed above the base member and a rotary shaft provided between the base member and the animal model. The rotary shaft is rotatable with the rollable body. The animal model body is provided with a motion conversion mechanism which converts a rotary motion of the rotary shaft into a reciprocating motion and an oscillating mechanism which swings the foreleg and hind leg members in accordance with the converted reciprocating motion.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe supporting device includes a generally elliptical body portion integrally formed of an elastic material, such as rubber. The body portion includes a first holder portion having a through-hole to receive a support member associated with a car body, a second holder portion having another through-hole to receive a support member associated with the exhaust pipe. A pair of lateral walls connect the first and second holder portions by attachment at opposite ends to opposed sides of the first and second holding portions. The first and second holding are held in this manner in spaced apart relation to each other, and a central connector is disposed intermediate between the first and second holder portions and connected at opposite sides thereof to the lateral walls. The central connector portion includes a central portion formed as a mass section, which optionally includes a metal mass portion, and opposite lateral portions which extend from the mass section to the opposite sides.

Abstract: A phase comparator has a first comparing circuit and a second comparing circuit. The first comparing circuit produces a first output pulse having a duration equal to a phase lead of a first input signal with respect to a phase of a second input signal. The first phase comparator also produces a second output pulse equal in duration to a phase lag of the first input signal with respect to the phase of the second input signal. The second comparing circuit produces a third pulse equal in duration to a phase lead of a third input signal with respect to a phase of a fourth input signal. The second comparator also produces a fourth output pulse equal in duration to a phase lag of the third input signal with respect to the phase of the fourth input signal.

Abstract: A boxing game machine in which a pair of boxer dummies are opposed to each other, each boxer dummy having at least one extensible arm, includes: an extender which drives the extension of the arm; a rotary unit which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and carries at least one of the boxer dummies; and an operative member which is connected with the rotary unit and provided with a switch for switching over the drive of the extender, the operative member being operable to rotate the rotary unit about the horizontal axis. By rotating the operative member about the substantially horizontal axis together with the rotary unit while gripping the operative member, the boxer dummy connected with the rotary unit rotates about the same axis.

Abstract: A method transporting live fish including shellfish for a long period of time and with less damage to the fish bodies includes immobilizing the fish prior to transportation. One electrode is provided at the head portion of the fish, and another electrode is provided at the tail portion of the fish, whereby a current is allowed to flow between the electrodes to place the fish in an anesthetized condition, after which the spinal cord of the fish is cut. By this method, the live fish are immobilized. Then, only the fish are inserted through a fish insertion opening of a bag for transporting the fish, wherein at the upper portion of the bag formed of a material having water resistance and being thermally fused is formed, integral with the material, a web-like pouring tube for liquid with air or oxygen.

Abstract: An enlarged golf club head has a front wall decreased in thickness, which is sufficient strength, easy to menufacture, and has no increase in total weight. It is a wood or iron golf club head with a plate wall made of a metal, a front side of which provides a front wall having a ball striking front face and a back face at the opposite side thereof, the back face having a plurality of ridges projecting rearwardly of the back face. The ridges extend vertically, horizontally or in both directions of the club head and are disposed at a back of at least a sweet spot of the front face.

Abstract: A wrist mechanism for an articulated robot includes a first wrist link which extends on an extension of the robot arm and which is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of a rotary portion. A second wrist link is fixed to an output shaft of the rotary portion, and a third wrist link is pivotally connected to an end portion of the first wrist link so that the third wrist link can be turned. A fourth wrist link is pivotally connected to end portions of the second and third wrist links and extends parallel to the first wrist link. A work clamping device is fixed to a pivot pin of the third wrist link. A damping device is provided between the wrist and the first wrist link or second wrist link. Thus, there is provided a wrist mechanism having non-reinforced arms and a driving motor of a small load, capable of being operated at a high speed and kept safe even when the work clamping device collides with an obstruction.

Abstract: A shielded printed circuit board plug-in connection and particularly a multipole socket plug-in connection includes a mating connector having a basic body provided with a conducting coating all around with the exception of the plug-in region and the region where the contact element ends emerge. The contact element ends facing the printed circuit board are covered with metallized caps and provided with conducting, elastic seals between the contacting areas of the caps and the printed circuit board or the basic body.

Abstract: A thermoelectric generator includes a plurality of thermoelectric junctions embedded in each of a pair of thermally conductive and electrically non-conductive layers, these layers being separated by a thermally and electrically non-conductive layer. The junctions are connected to form a thermopile. An absorbent layer is provided adjacent one of the thermally conductive layers. A liquid such as water is applied to the absorbent layer, so that evaporation of the liquid from the absorbent layer enhances the temperature differential between the two thermally conductive layers.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for stereophonic reproduction uses conventional left and right stereophonic signals to energize a point source transducer in a complementary manner. The resultant interference sound pattern is interpreted by the brain of a listener to enable the listener to experience stereophonic hearing in a wide region surrounding the transducer, not just in the region of the plane of symmetry. A point source transducer may be simulated by a plurality of transducers positioned with the spacing therebetween less than a determinable maximum distance. While conventional stereophonic signals may be employed in the reproduction of sound, improved reproduction is obtained by producing the signals by recording sound with a pair of microphones arranged with the apogees of their respective field of polar response patterns facing substantially at 180.degree. to one another.

Abstract: Apparatus for binding a plurality of sheets having aligned holes with a binding wire includes two bending elements which are pivotably connected to one another, one of the bending elements having a recess for partially accommodating the binding wire, the other of the bending elements having a projection such that upon placing the binding wire in the recess with the binding wire passing through the holes in the sheets and effecting pivotal movement between the two bending elements, the projection engages and bends the binding wire to thereby effect binding of the plurality of sheets by the binding wire.

Abstract: The sheath according to the present invention comprises the hard sheath member which can cover the entire hard insertion tube of the hard endoscope and the soft sheath member. So, when the hard insertion tube is inserted into the body cavity of a patient, it will not possibly be contaminated with the blood, bacteria or the like. The hard insertion tube can be used for a next endoscopy without the necessity of sterilization or disinfection. Also according to the present invention, the soft sheath member is fitted closely over the controller, so that the controller can be operated from outside the soft sheath member without any direct contact with the controller. The controller may not be sterilized or disinfected for a next use of the hard endoscope.

Abstract: A method of processing a photosensitive glass includes exposing. Photosensitive glass by radiation from a laser whose oscillation wavelength lies within the range of wavelengths of exposing light to which the glass responds. Then, the exposed portions 1c are thermally developed and etched. Since a laser beam propagates with a high rectilinearity, the front and rear surfaces of thick photosensitive glass can be exposed without producing dimensional errors. Therefore, the etching accuracy is improved. Especially, where the front and rear surfaces of photosensitive glass are etched, both surfaces can be processed so as to form the same shape in them accurately. In addition, because almost all the energy of the laser radiation is used for exposure of the photosensitive glass, the energy is not wasted and so the efficiency is high.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a rotatable photosensitive member; an imaging assembly for exposing the surface of the photosensitive member to light so as to form an electrostatic latent image thereon and developing the electrostatic latent image; and a sensor arranged in the vicinity of and opposed to the surface of the photosensitive member, and adapted for detecting an imaging performance in a specific region on the surface of the photosensitive member. With the image forming apparatus thus constructed, measurement values vary only within a reduced range since an imaging performance of the photosensitive member is detected in a specific region on the photosensitive member.

Abstract: An instant photocopying apparatus has a rod lens array for imaging fine areas of a manuscript on a photosensitive surface of an instant film. The apparatus has a carrier which is movable in a direction parallel to the manuscript. A flourescent lamp illuminates the manuscript. A filter holder is mounted to the lower end of the carrier, and an optical filter is provided for covering a light incidence portion of the rod lens array. The filter is removably mounted so as to enable changing the exposure and tint of the photosensitive surface of the instant film by mounting or dismounting the filter.

Abstract: A radar apparatus radiates search signals successively in different directions, receives echo signals and displays the signals so that surrounding conditions in a wide range of directions are displayed. The radar apparatus comprises a buffer memory for temporarily storing echo signals resulting from single search signals, a memory for storing echo signals supplied from the buffer memory and corresponding to single scans at corresponding memory elements, a timing adjusting amount setter for determining a timing adjusting amount in a distance direction, and a control arrangement for causing the buffer memory to write received echo signals thereinto based on the determined timing adjustment amount.

Abstract: A heat-adhesive paper sheet suitable for use as fusuma paper and shoji paper in a Japanese style house, wallpaper, ceiling paper, liner for paintings and calligraphic works, and liner for plywood, and which is adhered to the object with heat by ironing. The heat-adhesive paper sheet is composed of a paper sheet material having a projection-depression pattern formed on the surface thereof by creping or embossing or the like and a layer of a thermoplastic thermal shrinking pressure-sensitive adhesive provided on one surface of the paper sheet material. Even though the surface of the object to which the paper sheet is stuck is somewhat rough and uneven, the heat-sensitive adhesive layer may easily be fused so that the paper sheet may be well applied to the object under light pressure without forming wrinkles on the applied sheet. Steam ironing, which has heretofore been unacceptable, is applicable to this paper sheet for sticking it to an object.

Abstract: A method for perforating a printed circuit board on two perforating position identifying patterns using two perforating devices which have respective coordinate systems, wherein the two patterns are imaged by TV cameras. The pattern positions are detected by an image processing device with image signals. An inter-pattern spacing is calculated based on the detected values of the pattern positions, using an arithmetic circuit. An error between an inter-perforating-hole spacing and an inter-pattern spacing is calculated. Perforating positions are calculated from the patterns by the arithmetic circuit. A perforating control circuit controls the two perforating members to perforate at the printed circuit board at the same time.

Abstract: A heat-conductive stream pipe has an upstream side and a downstream side temperature-sensing element having resistance wires wound round the pipe at a certain distance there-between to assure that there will be no thermal influence with each other. A control means controls a bridge circuit including a ground point at one end and a connecting point at the other end of each of the temperature-sensing elements so as to keep the temperature difference between the upstream side and the downstream side temperature-sensing elements at a constant level. An adjustable auxiliary heater is placed on the stream pipe at the downstream side near the downstream side temperature-sensing element. The mass flow of the fluid is determined by the voltage measured at the connecting point of the downstream side temperature-sensing element.