Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical connector of the blade and contact type in which the contact has a tuning fork shape. The tuning fork includes a first tine and a second tine which are spaced apart and are initially parallel to each other. The first and second tines form an elongated slot therebetween. An adjustable tensioner includes an elastic member mounted exterially of one of the tines and a set screw which extends through the elastic member and one of the tines and is engaged with the other of the tines. By adjusting the set screw, the second of the tines is biased in a direction towards the first of the tines and the spacing between the first and second tines is reduced. In this manner, the contact pressure and spacing can be adjusted so that when the blade is inserted into the slot formed by the tines, the frictional resistance can be adjusted. The blade can either be vertically or longitudinally inserted into the slot.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sunscreen-doped sol-gel materials useful r protecting body tissues, such as skin, nails and hair and other surfaces from sunlight radiation. The sol-gel matrices are transparent to the UV radiation in the range above 250 nm and the doped sunscreen agents are either chemical or physical sunscreens capable of absorbing the UV radiation in the range above 250 nm. Any sunscreen molecule, moiety or particle may be used in the present invention. The sol-gel matrices may be particles in any shape, 0.01-100 microns in diameter, or they may be thin films, thin coatings or in the form of a monolith.

Abstract: An image encoding apparatus for application to images expressed as respective frames of a digital video signal, whereby an image is converted into an array of blocks with specific blocks predetermined as being independent internally encoded blocks and the remainder as predictively encoded blocks, with predicted pixel signal values for a predictively encoded block being derived by interpolation from pixel signal values of at least one pair of blocks which have been already encoded and enclose that predictively encoded block along the row or column directions or both the row and column directions. Encoding efficiency is enhanced by applying Discrete Sine Transform processing along the interpolation direction, when encoding an array of prediction error signal values derived for a block, and by executing adaptive prediction by determining an optimum interpolation direction, when there are two possible directions for deriving predicted pixel signal values for a block.

Abstract: The invention concerns powder spray coating equipment comprising an air divider (16) to adjustably divide a total-air flow (6, 14) into a conveying-air flow (54, 57, 70) and a supplemental-air flow (56, 84, 86) in such manner that, when adjusting for a larger flow of conveying air, the flow of supplemental air shall be reduced in a predetermined ratio, and vice versa; further comprising an injector (76) to aspirate and to pneumatically convey coating powder by means of the flow of conveying air; and a supplemental-air intake (89) into the air/powder path (76, 82). The conveying-air path (54, 57, 70) and the supplemental-air path (56, 84, 86) each are fitted with at least one throttling duct each constituted by at least one channel (40, 42) in a rotatable shaft (34, 36) and by a bearing surface (39) covering the channel.

Abstract: A multi-laminated chip inductor (10) comprising a chip (11) provided therein with a coil (12) made by laminating insulating material sheets having internal conductors (21a) formed thereon and connecting the internal conductors (21a) into a helical shape and with lead internal conductors (22a through 25a) making connection between ends of the coil (12) and external terminal electrodes, and having external terminal electrodes (13a and 13b) formed on the surface of the chip (11) parallel to the winding center-line of the coil (12). Thereby, as the magnetic flux generated by the coil (12) does not intersect the plane of the external terminal electrodes (13a, 13b), eddy current within the external terminal electrodes (13a, 13b) can be prevented from generating and, the inductance values can be changed easily, by changing the connection position of the lead internal conductors (22a through 25a) with a coil end.

Abstract: A coaxial plug-and-socket connector has an external-conductor contact-socket for engaging a mating plug external-conductor. The socket has an end face through which the mating-plug external-conductor passes. The external-conductor contact-socket has a bushing with a metal wall with an axial slit. The wall at the bushing end face is compressed in such manner that it conically tapers toward the mating-plug external-conductor. The opposite wall segments at the slit partly overlap so the bushing has a frustoconical shape and spring properties.

Abstract: A composite woven fabric made up of at least two plies of individual woven fabrics bonded together by a layer of flexible bonding resin disposed on juxtaposed surfaces of the individual woven fabrics. The bonding agent covers at least about 75%, preferably 100%, of the juxtaposed individual fabric surfaces and does not exude through the interstices of the woven fabric. The thus constituted fabric material is very good for use in making an anti-ballistic composite fabric. An anti-ballistic composite fabric is made up of at least one of these bonded woven fabrics sub-composites, preferably in combination with conventional non-woven fabric layers. This composite product has an exceptionally low areal density but still can withstand the impact of a 44 magnum projectile. It also offers excellent protection against knife and ice pick threats.

Abstract: A modulart medication-dispenser (1) adapted to be held in a pocket and being composed of a main module (2) itself comprising two compartments (2a, 2b) containing electronics sufficient for memory, calculation and data-retrieval relating to medication-dispensing by a compartment. The main module (2) also comprises visual data displays (3) and alarms (6). The dispenser is characterized in that at least one detachable additional compartment (5), comprising locking means (501, 502) and fasteners (503, 504) and forming a storage space for a given type of tablets, is detachably attached to the main module (2). The locking means (501) and the fasteners (503) of the preceding compartment cooperate with respectively the fasteners (504) and locking means (502) of the next additional compartment. Each compartment comprises a drive means (516) for a unit-dispensing component (515; FIG. 2b) adaptable to different sizes of pharmaceutical medications.

Abstract: A mechanism of a simple structure, in which always stable and discretionary frictional resistance can be produced even when the speed of rotary movements or rectilinear movements of the subject structure changes and, moreover, the magnitude of the frictional force can be easily controlled by changing the magnitude of a load. Namely, when a rotary member 1 is rotated while a load toward the axial direction is being applied, numerous rollers 2 make rolling motions in contact with the rotary member 1 and a passive member 3. The rollers 2 make rolling motions along a track of rotation of the rotary member 1. The rollers 2 are restrained to roll toward a direction being inclined by a prescribed angle by a cage 4. This results in producing a frictional force in proportion to the magnitude of the load being applied to the axial direction between the rollers 2 and the rotary member 1 nd between the rollers 2 and the passive member 3.

Abstract: Foodstuffs are cooked by soaking in a hot liquid followed by a soaking in at least one cold liquid. A tank or a plurality of cooking tanks is provided with a liquid inlet, a heating unit for obtaining hot liquid, a refrigeration unit for obtaining cold liquid and filling pipes for conveying the liquids to the respective inlets of the tanks. The installation has reversible pumps, each designed to permit the liquids to flow in a tank in the direction of the inlet and to permit the liquid to return from the tank inlet, via one of the filling pipes and in the direction of the units.

Abstract: A chip component is manufactured through a step of burning a unburned unit element made of ceramics having prism-shaped parts at its ends, a step of polishing the edges of the burned unit element, and a step of forming a resistor conductor, an electrode conductor and a armor on the polished unit element.

Abstract: The invention permits stacking of seals without possibility of the sticking of their synthetic rubber seal members to one another. Moreover, when assembling the seals to produce anti-friction bearings, the invention permits storing the seals as a stack in a stocker of an automatic assembler and, unlike the case of using silicon or like prior art anti-sticking material, substantially eliminates generation of fine particles or the like adversely affecting precision apparatuses and deteriorating the reliability thereof. In an anti-friction bearing comprising an inner ring (1), an outer ring (2), and rolling elements (3) provided between the inner and outer rings, a side gap between the inner and outer rings is closed by seals (4) of the invention, which each include a synthetic rubber seal member (6) and a surface active material (7) coated thereon.

Abstract: A connector forces exposed ends of connecting rods buried in divided concrete blocks toward each other. After the divided blocks are combined so as to align respective cavities within the blocks, a tool tightens an external threaded portion of a first tightening member into an internal threaded hole of a second tightening member. The tool thus forces the connecting rods toward each other and brings the divided blocks into contact with each other under pressure.

Abstract: A chip component take-in apparatus takes in and guides downward prismatic chip components stored in a bulk state in a storage chamber one by one in a predetermined direction. When a first take-in member and a second take-in member are relatively moved up and down in each flat face contact state, the chip components in face contact with the flat faces of the take-in members are gradually guided to a center along guide ways. The guided chip components in the longitudinal direction thereof are taken into a passage constituted by grooves and are moved downward along the passage by self-weight.

Abstract: A point of purchase system carrying consumer articles that are for sale and displaying information about the articles comprises a vertically extending mounting structure mounting plural point of purchase devices. Each device includes plural elongated elements extending generally parallel to each other. The elements receive and carry plural hanger mechanisms and articles associated therewith. Each element is mounted on the mounting structure so the elements extend generally at right angles from the mounting structure. Adjacent pairs of the elements are connected to each other so the adjacent pairs of the elements are horizontally spaced in approximately the same plane from each other by a distance determined by the spacing of receptacles for the elements on the mounting structure. The adjacent elements together carry a placard spanning the distance between the adjacent elements.

Abstract: Variable reactances of a matching network connected between an r.f. source and a plasma load of a vacuum plasma chamber processing a workpiece are varied so a tendency of the plasma to change in an unstable manner which can adversely affect processing of the workpiece is avoided while matching is approached. The plasma tendency to change in an unstable manner is detected by monitoring an electrical parameter resulting from r.f. current flowing between the source and load via the network. The parameter can be (1) statistically based, e.g. variance of percent delivered power, or (2) amplitude modulation in one or both of the 2-20 kHz and 50-200 kHz ranges.

Abstract: A differential gear which can always obtain a stable differential limiting force even in low-speed rotation. A plurality of rollers are provided between a raceway surface integrally rotating with an input-side rotating body and a raceway surface integrally rotating with an output-side rotating body. A tilt angle of the axes of rolling of the rollers with respect to the axis of rotation of the raceway surfaces is made smaller than 20.degree., and a tilt angle of the axes of rolling of the rollers with respect to a plane including the axis of rotation of the raceway surfaces is made larger than 25.degree. and smaller than 90.degree.. Thereby, a stable frictional force can be produced between the rollers and the raceway surfaces, and a differential limiting force without producing a stick-slip even in low-speed rotation can be obtained.

Abstract: When second rotating bodies are made eccentric, the second rotating bodies move straight in the radial direction along first rotating bodies. Therefore, the cyclically changing angular velocity of the second rotating body changes so that the side on which the angular velocity is higher than the angular velocity of the input-side rotating body and the side on which the angular velocity is lower are symmetrical to each other. Also, on both of the side on which the angular velocity is higher and the side on which it is lower, the acceleration side and the deceleration side change symmetrically to each other. On the other hand, the angular velocity of the second rotating body such that the movement direction with respect to the first rotating body is shifted 180 degrees with each other with the input-side rotating body being the center changes symmetrically with respect to the angular velocity of the input-side rotating body.

Abstract: These and other objects of the present invention are achieved by inserting electrically conductive rings and a bearing into a mold before a slip ring body is injection molded. During the injection molding process, the rings and the bearing are partially encapsulated by the injected plastic and retained. Plastic is prevented from entering the race of the bearing by using a pair of additional plastic inserts which prevent plastic from entering the bearing race. When the injected plastic cools, the plastic shrinks and compresses the bearing thereby preventing axial movement. Wires attached to the rings are also encapsulated by the plastic material during the injection molding process.

Abstract: A method and system of providing an interactive user interface for a user to specify one or more familial relationships between regions includes inputting, by the user, a network model including one or relationships within at least one of the regions and/or across at least two of the regions. The user defines at least one multiplicity relationship for the network model, including one or more familial relationships within the regions and/or across the regions using one or more familial indices. The computer simulates the network model, and outputs simulation results responsive thereto.