Abstract: In a laminated dielectric resonator and filter having a folded microstrip line type resonator structure, an internal-to-external grounding conductor distance within which an open-end-side internal conductor pattern is disposed is selected to be shorter than an internal-to-external grounding conductor distance within which a short-circuit-side internal conductor pattern is disposed. In this constitution, since the front end of the resonator structure is loaded with a capacity, the resonance frequency is lowered so that it is possible to provide a resonator having a reduced longitudinal resonator size with respect to the same resonance frequency. In addition, since the resonator has no steps, manufacture and mounting are easy. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the sizes of the laminated dielectric resonator and filter to a further extent, whereby it is possible to reduce a resonator or filter mounting area in a device.

Abstract: A sheet post treatment apparatus implementing exact and reliable sheet alignment without the need for a separate driving source for the sheet aligning bar. The apparatus includes a rotation center shaft attached to a slot liner of a side plate; a wheel fixed into the rotation center shaft and formed with a spiral groove; an eccentric cam rotating attached to the rotation center shaft; an aligning rod and a rotation lever one end of the rotation lever being connected to the eccentric cam and the other end thereof being passed through said the plate, displaced to the extent of eccentricity level of the eccentric cam; and a restoration spring, one end thereof being fixed at the side plate and the other end thereof being hung up on one side of the rotation lever. Alternate embodiments include driving the rotation lever through a bevel arrangement, and providing a moving pin on the eccentric to drive the rotation lever.

Abstract: A vehicle assembling method includes the steps of assembling a lower body shell a including underbody portion having a front floor and front body portion, assembling an upper body shell, including a roof member and right and left body side panels, and assembling the upper body shell and the lower body shell, moving rearward the lower body shell relative to the upper body shell, and engaging transverse opposite side ends of the lower body shell with lower end portions of the upper body shell to join the lower body shell with the upper body shell. The under body portion can be readily joined with the upper body shell, improving the workability of the joining operation. The structure of joint portion thereof can be simplified with a desirable sealing.

Abstract: An oil ring set has an expander between upper and bottom side rails for a piston of a reciprocal internal combustion engine. The oil ring set has dimensions determined so as to have a thickness satisfying a first relationship between a radial thickness and tension determined from a coefficient for an oil film thickness and a standard parameter representative of a predetermined thickness, a second relationship between a radial thickness and tension determined from a coefficient for an oil ring propensity to follow deformation and its pattern of the cylinder wall and a standard parameter representative of a predetermined amount of oil consumption, and a third relationship between a radial thickness and tension determined based on a coefficient representative of permanence of oil ring springiness against swelling and a standard parameter of the coefficient of springiness permanence.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crossbow for the shooting of arrows, bolts, harpoons or for narcoticizing purposes with rigid propelling arms, wherein a spring assembly centrally arranged in the base frame is tensioned by tensioning members and wherein the triggering device is indirectly released with a low expenditure of force by a bolt prestressed against a spring force.

Abstract: A printing press is provided with at least one counterpressure cylinder and with at least one printing roller cantilevered at one end in the rolling stand and at least one inking roller or screen roller of an inking system cantilevered at one end in the rolling stand, where the bearings of the printing roller and screen roller travel, in guide mechanisms, relative to the counterpressure cylinder. In order to ensure that the printing executed by means of the end region of the cantilevered impression cylinder is also perfect, a plate is coupled to the rolling stand, which plate is provided with bearings in order to accommodate the journals of the free ends of the printing and screen rollers. In this regard, the plate can be swung to either a retracted position, in which the cantilevered rollers are freely accessible, or to a operating position, where the journals of the free ends of the rollers are carried by the plate.

Abstract: Pure polyunsaturated fatty acid amides and their derivatives. These synthcally produced compounds are able to mimic naturally occuring anandamides in the brain and bind the cannabinoid receptor. The compounds exhibit physiological activity and are useful as active ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of inflammation, migraines, spasticity activity, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis. The active compounds can be provided in isotope-tagged form.

Abstract: An ultraviolet absorbing multilayer coating formed on one side of a transparent substrate includes a first layer formed on a surface of the transparent substrate and a second layer formed on the first layer. The first layer is an ultraviolet absorbing film of a hardened primer coating of a synthetic resin which is mixed with a fluorescent brightening agent and an ultraviolet absorbing agent. The second layer is a film of a siloxane polymer. An optional infrared reflecting coating is interposed between the transparent substrate and the first layer. The ultraviolet rays until the upper limit of its wavelength can be substantially absorbed by the multilayer coating.

Abstract: A directly viewable fingerprint image is formed by illuminating a transparent planar substrate from one surface with collimated light, the substrate having pressed against the other surface a fingerprint to be imaged. Light striking the surface against which ridges of the fingerprint are in contact undergoes internal reflection within the substrate and causes a directly viewable image of the fingerprint to be formed by a direct image producing means.

Abstract: A container safety cap having an internal structure and an external structure for sealing an end of a container, vessel or conduit, for example. A safety seal is placed across a surface formed from the internal and external structures. Movement of either structure will cause the seal to break and indicate a violation of the integrity of the seal. The external structure will, in a closed position, force hooks of the internal structure into a groove of the container being sealed. Movement of the external structure into an open position will allow removal of the internal structure, together with the external structure, from the container being sealed. The container can be resealed by having the internal structure of the cap fitted onto the container, followed by displacement of the external structure to lock the hooks of the internal structure in place.

Abstract: A video bit rate control method. SUBGOPs are defined as sets of two to four frames in a GOP. For example, if the GOP comprises IBBPBBPBBPBB frames, each of the SUBGOPs is defined as a set of the IBBP or BBP frames. Before bit assignment is performed with respect to frames to be coded, it is checked whether a scene change is present with respect to frames in successive ones of the SUBGOPs. If it is checked that the scene change is not present, a bit rate is controlled in a conventional manner. In the case where the scene change is present, a smaller bits than that in the conventional manner is assigned to frames with no scene change and a relatively large bit amount is assigned to a frame with the scene change. Therefore, according to the present invention, the video bit rate control method has the effect of preventing a degradation in a picture quality due to the scene change.

Abstract: An earthquake-proof bed having a superior endurance property is constructed of approximately box-shaped metallic panels and contains necessities in the event of an earthquake, such as tools for escaping and food in tool boxes installed under the bed. This earthquake-proof bed includes box-shaped metallic panels. Each panel is shaped with a plurality of frames and a pair of metal plates fixed on both sides of the frames. A plurality of tool boxes is installed on the bottom metallic panel. The plurality of tool boxes is formed by dividing plates. A plurality of lids covers the tool boxes, and an opening is shaped on any one of the metal panels. Bedding is provided on the lids.

Abstract: A method of forming an anisoptropic electrical connection between conductive elements (22, 24) having an oxide layer (28) is disclosed. The method comprises the use of an adhesive (30) including carbon fibres (32) and metallic particles (34). On the application of pressure, the carbon fibres (32) penetrate the oxide layer (28), whilst the metallic particles (34) deform such that a good electrical connection is made between overlying elements (22, 24).

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a separable sensor for detecting physiological data of a human body, a memory for storing the physiological data such as brain waves, skin temperature, and the like detected, a controller for reading out the physiological data from the memory and for supplying to a light modulator, and an LED for emitting a flickering light or a sound converted in accordance with the physiological data toward the user. The physiological data upon leading has been stored in the memory. Therefore, when the same user is intend to lead into the same desired state again, the physiological and mental state of the user which has detected before may be used. There is, consequently, no need to attach a sensor each time of the leading.

Abstract: A line contour enhancing circuit comprises a second order differentiation circuit for effecting a second order differentiation to a video signal and producing a second order differentiation signal, an adding circuit for adding the video signal and the second order differentiation signal, and a non-linear amplifier having a gain characteristic in which a differentiation gain increases gradually as the level of its input signal increases. The circuit features that the second order differentiation circuit receives the video signal output from the non-linear amplifier, thereby the line contour enhancing operation is effected depending on the level of the video signal. With this arrangement the degradation of the image produced by a low luminance level video signal due to the presence of noises is prevented.

Abstract: Apparatus for detecting the presence of a fire includes a pair of detectors for radiation characteristic of a fire, e.g. at 4.3 microns, and a further detector for radiation characteristic of a black body, e.g. at 3.8 microns. Filters select the detector output components at flame flicker frequencies. The filtered outputs of the detector pair are cross-correlated to produce a relatively noise-free signal. This signal is divided by a factor obtained by cross-correlating the further detector filtered output with the average of the detector pair filtered outputs. The result of the division is applied to a threshold-responsive circuit. Thus the relatively noise-free signal is effectively subjected to a threshold which is proportional to the degree of similarity between the variations with time of the output signal of the further detector and the output signals of the detector pair.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an output buffer type Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM) switch that enables decentralized processing, which simultaneously sends multiple inputted cells to each output line, and makes implementation easy by modularization, and without speed-up, could process high-speed data inputted/outputted through input/output lines by comprising: a Batcher Sorting Network arraying, in the order of output line group number, N(N=2.sup.1, 2.sup.2, . . . , 2.sup.n, n is natural numbers) cells simultaneously inputted through N input lines of the switch; an Expanded Banyan Routing Network outputting cells arrayed in said Batcher sorting Network to the corresponding output line group containing each output line; and an Output Queueing Modules temporarily storing cells, outputted from said Expanded Banyan Routing Network, in the buffer used as a common memory and sending these cells to the final output lines.

Abstract: A system for generating oxygen enriched air includes a compressed air supply for supplying compressed air and a permeable membrane gas separation system for separating a nitrogen gas component and an oxygen enriched air component from the compressed air. An oxygen analyzer is provided to detect an oxygen concentration in the oxygen enriched air component. The nitrogen gas component is divided, by a vortex tube, into a cold gas stream and a hot gas stream, and solenoid valves are actuated to modify a flow path of the compressed air through the cold gas stream and the hot gas stream in order to selectively heat and cool the compressed air. The oxygen enriched air is then selectively distributed for further use.