Abstract: The organic thin-film light-emitting device includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes arranged parallel on the substrate, an electroluminescent layer made of an organic material and formed on the first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes formed on the electroluminescent layer, and an electrically insulating barrier wall. The barrier wall includes barrier wall lines disposed at gaps in an electrode pattern of the second electrodes, and barrier wall end lines connected to the barrier wall lines so that the barrier wall lines do not have ant free ends. Thus, peeling-off of the barrier wall lines as a shadow mask at their end is prevented.

Abstract: In a seat belt retractor, a torsion pipe is disposed inside an annular space between a spool and a torsion bar. One end portion of the torsion pipe is connected to pins, and the other portion engages an externally threaded shaft at a locking base to move axially relative to the externally threaded shaft. When the spool rotates relative to the locking base in the webbing withdrawal direction, the torsion bar and the torsion pipe are both twisted and deformed, so that impact energy is absorbed.

Abstract: After a polishing process of polishing a glass substrate with an abrasive containing lanthanoid oxides, the glass substrate is subjected to the first and second washing processes. In the first washing process, the polished substrate is washed with a washing solution containing acid and a reducing agent, wherein the acid includes at least nitric acid. In the second washing process, the washed substrate is treated with an aqueous solution of an alkaline detergent. The substrate is suitable for a recording medium.

Abstract: A brake system 1 of the present invention comprises a brake operating means 2 such as a brake pedal for carrying braking operation, a fluid variable stroke means 3 which variably controls the stroke of the brake operating means 2 by using fluid, and a braking force output means 4 which is actuated by the operation of the brake operating means 2 to produce braking forces. By manipulating the brake operating means 2, the braking force output means 4 performs the braking operation. The traveling rang of the brake operating means 2 i.e. the stroke can be changed variously by the fluid variable stroke means 3 using fluid. Since the stroke of the brake pedal can be changed as mentioned above, a proper pedal stroke can be obtained.

Abstract: A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a head unit and an anvil unit movably disposed in a direction traversing the sheet discharge direction to provide staples into a sheet bundle. A feed path is disposed between the head unit and the anvil unit for allowing the sheet bundle to pass therethrough. The sheet bundle is moved from a stacking device to the feed path, wherein the head unit and anvil unit stitch the sheet bundle fed for a specified distance into the feed path.

Abstract: A clip for attaching a cover member to cover a groove section includes a base plate attached to a bottom surface of the groove section, a pair of engaging sections projected from the base plate and engaging side engaging sections of the cover member, and an abutting piece section projected from the base plate and having a free end abutting against an inner surface of the cover member to restrain an excessive movement thereof. In the condition that the cover member is attached, a spring force of the free end is applied to the cover member so that friction between the cover member and the engaging sections of the clip at both sides of the trim is effectively increased. Accordingly, the trim can be held in the width direction without loosening.

Abstract: In a braking pressure intensifying master cylinder, as an input shaft (53) travels forwards in a braking maneuver, a control valve (54) is actuated to develop fluid pressure according to the input in a reaction chamber (38) and a pressurized chamber (35). A stepped spool (45) as a part of the control valve 54 travels such that force produced by the fluid pressure and spring force of a spring (51) are balanced, whereby the stepped spool (45) can function as a travel simulator. By changing the pressure receiving areas of the stepped spool and/or changing the spring force of the spring (51), the travel characteristic of the input shaft (53) as the input side can be freely changed independently from the output side, without influence on a master cylinder pressure as the output side of the braking pressure intensifying a master cylinder (1). In addition, the master cylinder pressure can be intensified when necessary with a simple structure.

Abstract: A stencil discharge apparatus for a stencil printing machine has a discharge box for storing a predetermined amount of stencil sheets after being peeled off from a printing drum so as to discharge the stencil sheets. The stencil discharge apparatus includes a compressing device for compressing the stencil sheets discharged into the discharge box through motion of a compressing plate; a compressing pressure sensing device for sensing and outputting a compressing pressure of the compressing means; a moving amount sensing means for sensing and outputting an amount of motion of the compressing plate; and a control device for calculating a storing amount of the stencil sheets in the discharge box on the basis of sensing a predetermined pressure through the compressing pressure sensing device and an amount of motion sensed by the moving amount sensing device.

Abstract: A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a head unit and an anvil unit movably disposed in a direction traversing the sheet discharge direction to provide a staple into a sheet bundle. A gap detecting device for detecting a gap between the head part and the anvil part is formed. If the gap is insufficient, the head part and the anvil part are not moved relative to the sheet bundle.

Abstract: In a circuit breaker, a rotary-operating handle is linked with an opening and closing mechanism via a driving gear so that main circuit contacts can be opened and closed by rotating an opening and closing lever. A vertically moving handle lock lever is arranged between a tip of the opening and closing lever and the driving gear directly coupled to the operating handle, so that when the main circuit contacts are opened after being welded, the lock lever abuts against the driving gear to restrain the operating handle to the vicinity of the ON position, thereby restricting the movement to a contact-open indicating position. Further, an upward-inclined surface is formed in a stopper section located at a tip of the lock lever, so that if the contact welding is not severe, the lock lever can be pushed down to forcibly open the contacts.

Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a pulse signal generator comprising a plurality of magnetic elements arranged in an imaginable plane and capable of producing large Barkhausen jumps; a first unit for generating a magnetic field, which is changed by the object to be detected to cause the magnetic elements to produce the large Barkhausen jumps, the first unit consisting of a pair of magnet/yoke combinations provided on opposite sides of said imaginable plane such that their poles are oriented in opposite directions, forming a detecting area at an end thereof; a second unit for detecting the large Barkhausen jumps to produce corresponding pulse signals; and first and second adjusting yokes being movable on one of the magnet/yoke combinations along one of the magnetic elements and on the other of the magnet/yoke combinations along the other of said magnetic elements, respectively.

Abstract: A light quantity control unit includes a base plate having an aperture forming an optical axis; a blade member for regulating a condition of the aperture; a coil and a magnet rotor polarized with two magnetic poles, formed on the base plate; and a pair of magnetic force inducing members. Each member has a base end part, and a leading end part extending from the base end part perpendicular to the optical axis and having an equal thickness throughout an entire length thereof. The leading end parts surround the magnet rotor at a middle area thereof and have magnetic poles for rotating the magnet rotor. A regulating device is formed at the base plate for regulating a rotation of the magnet rotor to swing at a predetermined angle between the magnetic poles formed in the magnetic force inducing members.

Abstract: A multi-colored organic EL device for a flat display includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of phosphor layers arranged on a surface of the substrate as a color conversion filter, a protective layer flatly coated on the phosphor layers, and an organic EL cell formed directly on the protective layer. The protective layer is formed of a coating resin having a curing temperature not to cause deterioration in the fluorescence of the phosphor layers, a glass transition temperature more than 100° C., and surface hardness more than 2H on the pencil hardness. The organic EL cell includes a light-emitting layer for emitting light when carriers are injected therein. The protective layer keeps the phosphor layers intact and can coat flatly over uneven phosphor layers. The protective layer prevents effects of post-coating processes on the phosphor layers, and allows direct formation of the organic EL cell on the protective layer.

Abstract: A modular jack (21) comprises a housing (22), at least one fixing hole (31 and 32) provided in the housing and having a first compartment (33 and 34) and a pair of second compartments (35, 35′, 36, and 36′) extending rearwardly from the first compartment and at least one light emitting diode (LED) (24 and 25) having a display portion 47 and 48) accommodated in the first compartment and a pair of legs (49, 49′, 50, and 50′) accommodated in the second compartments. The modular jack further comprises a pair of leads (54) connected to the legs and a pair of connection terminals (53) for connecting the legs and leads so that the LED is connected to a circuit board through the leads.

Abstract: In order to give appropriate back pressure to an orbiting-scroll during any operation, on one end side of a cylindrical thrust ring, there is provided a flange portion, and a movable range of the orbiting-scroll in an axial direction with respect to a regulation surface of a main frame is indirectly regulated through this flange portion, on the flange portion, there is provided a groove, and the groove is caused to communicate to a first back-pressure chamber at a low-pressure side.

Abstract: A composite powder prepared by coating a ramentaceous substrate with at least two color layers. A difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the ab hue angle hab (hmax−hmin) as defined in the recommendation on uniform color space by CIE is in the range from 10° to 180°. A ratio of the maximum value vs the minimum value of the brightness L* as defined in the recommendation is in the range from 1.0 to 2.0. According to the viewing angle, the color tone of the composite powder changes.

Abstract: A paper diaper using an water-absorbing polymer is superior in absorbency/water-retaining performance to a cloth diaper, but it has the drawback that it generates garbage and is expensive. An water-absorbing pad is formed by allowing an water-absorbing polymer which is dispersed, dissolved or melted or the crosslinks of which are broken in an electrolytic aqueous solution to be retained by a water soluble material. An water-absorbing product is produced by interposing the water-absorbing pad thus formed between sheets of cloth or other materials. The water-absorbing pad secured within the product is dissolved when washed with an electrolytic aqueous solution, and the product itself is reusable.

Abstract: In an air conditioner with a front panel projected forward, in order to increase stiffness of a body cabinet and to improve maintainability and appearance, the body cabinet is composed of: a base panel; a top panel; and a front panel, and the front panel is formed only with an air outlet port to be finished into a refined appearance having less seams, and it is adopted as basic configuration to support a front end side of the top panel by a drain pan, and further a front end side of the front panel and the front end side of the top panel are coupled to each other.

Abstract: A measuring cell is formed of base plates joined together. A passage groove is formed on a joining surface of one base plate. Through-holes for introducing and discharging a fluid sample are formed on the other base plate, and the joining surface is provided with an optically opaque Si film as slits. Further, the joining surfaces of the base plates and the inner surface of the passage groove are covered with SiO2 films. Thus, a measuring cell having a sufficiently small passage sectional area, a high air-tightness, a chemically stable measuring chamber, and a high measuring sensitivity can be obtained.