Abstract: An antenna device has an antenna part and a filter part combined into a single unit. The antenna part has a radiating electrode formed on a surface of layered dielectric substrates and a grounding electrode formed inside the layered structure. The filter part is formed below the antenna part and includes shield electrodes, capacitor electrodes and coil electrodes. A feed point on the antenna part and an input section of the filter part are electrically connected to each other through a roughhole, and external electrodes are formed on side surfaces of the multi-layered structure of the dielectric substrates, connecting the grounding electrode of the antenna part and the output section of the filter part. A slot electrode having a slot formed therethrough and a strip line extending perpendicularly to the slot may be inserted between the radiating electrode and the grounding electrode of the antenna part.

Abstract: In a process for producing a three-dimensional photohardened object by forming a layer of photocurable resin composition containing a photocurable liquid, a filler and a photoinitiator, photohardening at least a portion of this layer by exposing it to actinic radiation, and thereafter repeating the process of forming thereabove a new layer of photocurable resin composition and photohardening at least a portion of this layer by exposing it to actinic radiation, the property of the photocurable resin composition to become level can be improved by adding phosphoric acid ester of a specified structure at a specified rate.

Abstract: A packaging machine has belts for clamping both side edges of a film pulled out selectably from either of two film rolls and transporting it accordingly in either direction to a packaging station. Its film supplying apparatus includes a plurality of sensors capable of detecting both presence and absence of a film. They are disposed at both ends of the belts and each sensor is adapted to output a warning signal when either the presence or absence of a film is detected thereby, depending whether it is at the downstream or upstream end of the belt with respect to the direction of film being transported thereby.

Abstract: A food material containing sesaminol triglucoside by at least 3.0 mm per 1 g of its dry component is obtained by subjecting dehulled sesame seeds to an extraction process at an extraction temperature below 120.degree. C. with aliphatic hydrocarbon as extraction solvent to obtain a solution, removing the solution to obtain a solid which contains the extraction solvent by less than 10 weight %, adding water to this solid to obtain a water-containing object, and removing the residual solvent from this water-containing object by distillation at 20-120.degree. C. The food material thus obtained is substantially free of the solvent used in the extraction process and has improved color, flavor and taste.

Abstract: A water-proof lens port to be attached to a water-proof camera case for a camera for underwater photography has a cylindrical water-proof main structure for enveloping the lens of the camera, a front window for allowing light from outside to reach the camera lens, an inner magnet ring containing magnets and affixed to the adjusting ring on the lens-barrel of the camera inside so as to rotate together, and an outer magnet ring containing magnets and supported rotatably around the cylindrical main structure. The inner magnet ring and the outer magnet ring are coupled to each other magnetically through a portion of the main structure in between by the force between these magnets contained in the inner and outer magnet rings such that the adjusting ring can be rotated by adjustingly rotating the outer magnet ring outside the main structure of the lens port. Such a lens port is attached to the front part of a camera case covering the main body of the camera.

Abstract: A capacitor element for use in a solid electrolytic capacitor is formed by sintering metallic powder inside a porous body to produce a chip member having one end of an anode wire buried inside the chip member. The chip member and the anode wire are welded together by laser irradiation within an atmosphere of an inactive gas or an oxidation-reduction gas to form one or more welded portions where the anode wire emerges from the chip member such that the anode wire is made stronger against bending.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor has a molded casing containing therein a capacitor element, a first lead member connected to its anode and a second lead member connected to its cathode through a fuse. The second lead member is designed such that a relatively large capacitor element can be contained inside the casing although it must also have a large enough hole to allow a portion of the casing to penetrate therethrough to fasten it to the casing.

Abstract: A mail processing system includes mail processing devices such as postage meters, a sorting machine and a host computer. Each mail processing device provides to each outgoing mail not only its mailing charge but also an indicator which identifies the device itself, storing such provided data in its memory device. The sorting machine reads from each received mail the data provided to it and stores such data in its memory device according to the device-identifying indicator. The computer serves to retrieve data from these memory devices to make comparisons. If the discrepancy is greater than a specified value, a warning signal is outputted as a fraud has been committed.

Abstract: A motor-driving circuit includes an auxiliary coil which functions at the time of the start-up of the motor and a main coil for its stead state operation. A component of a start-up circuit to be incorporated in such a motor-driving circuit includes a thermistor with positive temperature characteristic and a Triac switch which are to be connected in series with the auxiliary coil, a case which contains both the thermistor and the Triac switch, and a connector member having a planar contact portion, one of its principal surfaces contacting an electrode of the thermistor and the other of the principal surfaces contacting the inner wall surface of the case. The case may further contain therein another thermistor connected to the gate of the Triac switch for controlling the Triac switch.

Abstract: A sample is injected into a gas chromatograph by first slowly causing a needle of a syringe containing the sample to penetrate a septum and be inserted into a sample vaporization chamber and then quickly pushing a plunger to inject the sample into the sample vaporization chamber and pulling out the needle out of the sample vaporization chamber such that effects of discrimination can be controlled and the stress on the needle can be reduced.

Abstract: A one-chip control unit for data transmission has a central processing unit for carrying out various processes according to a preliminarily stored program, a memory device for temporarily storing data processed by the central processing unit and data received from an external memory device, an input/output interface for connecting to the external memory device, bus lines connected to these components for transmitting signals therethrough, and a switch circuit for causing signals to pass through the bus lines along different routes, depending on address signals outputted from the central processing unit. The switch circuit may serve to connect the memory device with the input/output interface and to thereby enable signals to be continuously transmitted therebetween directly when the address signal outputted from the central processing unit are specifying an area on the memory device.

Abstract: An encapsulated solid electrolytic capacitor has an anode lead terminal, a cathode lead terminal, a capacitor element and a mold which is made of a synthetic resin material and encapsulates the capacitor element entirely. The capacitor element has an anode bar protruding longitudinally from a main body and is disposed between the anode lead terminal and the cathode lead terminal with the main body being electrically connected to the cathode lead terminal. The tip of the anode bar is welded to the anode lead terminal. The anode lead terminal has integrally formed with it a raised part which is L-shaped as seen longitudinally and is capable of having the anode bar inserted under its middle part, preventing it from becoming bent when it is soldered.

Abstract: A lubricating agent obtained by mixing a polyether compound and linear polyorganosiloxane of a specified type at a specified ratio is applied at a specified rate to synthetic yarns which are to be subjected to a false twisting process by a short heater so as to overcome problems of fuzz, yarn breakage and dyeing specks.

Abstract: A mechanism for attaching a feeder to a vibrator, such as incorporated in a combinational weighing machine for transporting articles to a weighing device, includes a pair of lower and upper engaging members attached respectively to the vibrator and to the feeder, the latter being placed on top of the former. A generally annular clamp is wrapped around and engages with the peripheral parts of the engaging members, and a diameter control device is provided to it for reducing its diameter and to thereby apply an inwardly oriented force on peripheral parts of the engaging members. At least one of the surfaces of the engaging members or the clamp across which the engaging members and the clamp are in contact is tapered such that this inward force will cause the engaging members to be pressed against each other and hence to attach the feeder firmly to the vibrator.

Abstract: A light source device has an elongated rectangular boxed-shaped reflective case with a bottom wall, frame walls which protrude forward from this bottom wall to form an open front surface. A plurality of terminal plates are disposed on the bottom part of this reflective case, and LED chips are bonded onto these terminal plates. Lead terminals extend from the terminal plates and penetrate and reach the outer surface of one of the frame walls. Thickened parts with increased thickness are formed on the inner surface of the frame walls at positions corresponding to these lead terminals.

Abstract: An X-ray tube has an anode and a photocathode inside a vacuum envelope and an electron multiplier is disposed between them. Such an electron multiplier may be a plurality of sequentially disposed dynodes or a microchannel plate. Because of the secondary electron emission from such an electron multiplier, a higher-power radiation is obtained without requiring a high optical power level to generate photoelectrons. The vacuum envelope may be of a rotary type with the anode and photocathode having annular regions.

Abstract: A combinational weighing machine has not only a plurality of weighing devices for weighing articles and outputting signals indicative of their weight values and a control system for calculating combinations of the weight values, selecting a combination of weighing devices according to a given criterion and causing articles to be discharged from the selected combination of weighing devices, but also a discharge chute for receiving the discharged articles and leading them to a discharge opening and a guide member disposed inside the discharge chute with a sloped outer surface serving to deflect the articles colliding therewith into a vertically downward direction.

Abstract: A ferroelectric memory device has a ferroelectric memory capacitor with a hysteresis characteristic adapted to store either a first memory content corresponding to a first polarization condition or a second memory content corresponding to a second polarization condition when there is no applied voltage. A load capacitor is connected in series with the memory capacitor at least at a readout time when the content of the memory capacitor is read out with a readout voltage applied to this series connection. The readout voltage has a polarity different from that of the voltage which will result in the first polarization condition. The memory content of the memory capacitor is determined from the partial voltage generated across the memory capacitor when the readout voltage is applied. A rewrite voltage is applied to the memory capacitor for recovering the polarization condition corresponding to the memory content.

Abstract: A combinational weighing system receives articles sequentially in a plurality of mutually parallel supply lines to be sequentially transported to weighing devices which are individually associated therewith and weigh batches of the articles received therefrom. Combinations of the measured weight values are combined and a particular combination of article batches is selected as having a total weight which satisfies a predefined condition. The article batches in the selected combination are transported in a general direction of flow from the weighing devices to an outlet in mutually different travel modes such that they are automatically aligned one behind another in the direction of flow as they are discharged together through the outlet.

Abstract: Combinational weighing by ranks is carried out by supplying articles of different weights to a plurality of weighing devices one at a time, measuring individual weights of these articles by the weighing devices, classifying the weighed articles individually into ranks according to their measured weights, and carrying out combinational weighing only on those of the weighed articles in a same rank. The combinational weighing is carried out preferentially on the articles in the most populated rank. An apparatus for this method not only includes a plurality of weighing devices, an article supplying units adapted to supply articles of different weights one at a time to these weighing devices, and a device for carrying out combinational calculations but also is adapted to classify weighed articles into ranks according to the measured weights.