Abstract: All calls addressed to a subscriber are forwarded by the subscriber's routing autonomy exchange to a service server connected to the exchange. If a service provided by the service server necessitates a call to the subscriber, a call from the service server is routed to a virtual subscriber terminal which is connected to the exchange. All calls which are addressed to the virtual subscriber terminal, are forwarded to the subscriber by the exchange or the virtual subscriber terminal. The service server can therefore offer the subscriber a plurality of new services.

Abstract: An optical alignment composition, an alignment layer formed using the same with an excellent thermal stability, and an LCD having the alignment layer are provided. The optical alignment composition includes a multifunctional cinnamate compound and a cinnamate group containing polymer in a weight ratio of 1:9 to 2:8. Thus, an optical alignment composition and an alignment layer each having excellent thermal stability and alignment property can be obtained while adopting a non-destructive optical alignment method. Accordingly, an LCD with improved performance can be obtained.

Abstract: An embroidering position setting device and method of operation thereof for an embroidering sewing machine are described. The embroidering sewing machine is capable of storing pattern data in a memory for a plurality of embroidery patterns which can be selectively read out to operate a stitch forming device to form the stitches of a selected pattern or patterns on a cloth to be stitched. An embroidering frame has a cloth extended thereon to be embroidered and is connected to an X-Y drive mechanism, said cloth having a mark located at an optional position for representing a reference embroidering position of the cloth. Jog keys are selectively operated to operate said X-Y drive mechanism thereby to shift said embroidering frame so that said reference embroidering position mark of the cloth may be located at the position under said machine needle in vertical alignment therewith.

Abstract: A non-toxic arthropod control composition is disclosed for application to foliage for plant protection. The composition includes behavior interfering compounds, agricultural oil and/or surface active compounds and diluents. The behavior interfering compounds may be any known conventional compound capable of interrupting or altering the normal behavioral sequences of the target. The agricultural oil can be a vegetable oil.

Abstract: At the transmitter side, carrier waves are modulated according to an input signal for producing relevant signal points in a signal space diagram. The input signal is divided into, two, first and second, data streams. The signal points are divided into signal point groups to which data of the first data stream are assigned. Also, data of the second data stream are assigned to the signal points of each signal point group. A difference in the transmission error rate between first and second data streams is developed by shifting the signal points to other positions in the space diagram. At the receiver side, the first and/or second data streams can be reconstructed from a received signal. In TV broadcast service, a TV signal is divided by a transmitter into, low and high, frequency band components which are designated as a first and a second data stream respectively.

Abstract: A machine for cutting panels, the substantially horizontal worktable of which supports the panels and presents a lateral guide extending in a given direction; the guide supporting a carriage presenting at least one cutting member; the carriage being movable in freely-sliding manner in the aforementioned direction to cut the panels by means of a cutting member; clamping means being provided over the worktable to clamp the panels during cutting; a store containing further cutting members being provided to the side of the worktable; and a device for picking up the cutting members being provided between the carriage and the store to replace a cutting member on the carriage with a cutting member from the store.

Abstract: A thermal transfer film is provided. The thermal transfer film having a support layer, light absorbing layer and a transfer layer further includes an insulating layer between the support layer and the light absorbing layer. The reverse transmission of heat is minimized, thereby improving the thermal energy transmission efficiency from the light absorbing layer to the transfer layer and performing a transfer process efficiently. Therefore, the quality of an image is enhanced.

Abstract: A transparent conductive composition, a transparent conductive layer formed of the composition and a manufacturing method thereof are provided The composition contains a transparent conductive particle, metal alkoxide [M.sub.1 (OR).sub.4 ]; metal (M.sub.2) particles or salt thereof (M.sub.2 X) and a catalyst. Here, the metal alkoxide [M.sub.1 (OR).sub.4 ] is one selected from the group consisting of Si(OR).sub.4, Ti(OR).sub.4, Sn(OR).sub.4 and Zr(OR).sub.4, where R is C.sub.1 .about.C.sub.4 alkyl, and the metal (M.sub.2) is at least one selected from the group consisting of silver (Ag), gold (Au), platinum (Pt), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), cobalt (Co), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru) and tin (Sn), and X is one selected from the group consisting of chloride, nitrate and sulfonate. Therefore, a transparent conductive layer having improved conductivity, transmittance and hardness can be obtained through a low-temperature sintering process.

Abstract: A thermal printer for printing on a continuous print medium by ink transfer from a thermal print ribbon has a print head which is pivotally mounted and which is driven in an oscillatory nodding motion by means of a stepper motor so as repeatedly to bring a linear array of energizable printing elements to bear against a platen roller. Both the element array and the platen extend transversely to respective paths of travel of the print medium and the ribbon. The print medium is fed through the printer from an inlet region, between the platen and print head, and thence to an outlet region. The instantaneous rate of travel of the print medium past the print head is substantially the same as the rate of feed of print medium to the printer. Typically this rate is of the order of 250 to 400 mm per second. The ribbon also travels between the print head and the platen, overlying the print medium and is driven in such a manner that it travels at the same rate as the print medium during each printing operation.

Abstract: A mast assembly for forklift trucks improves the vehicle operator's front visibility by way of widening the window provided at the center thereof. The mast assembly includes a first hose sheave rotatably attached to the top of an intermediate mast and a second hose sheave rotatably secured to the intermediate mast at a location immediately below the first hose sheave and having a diameter smaller than that of the first hose sheave. First and second fluid hoses wound respectively around the first and second hose sheaves, each of the fluid hoses having a rear end anchored to the outer mast and a front end affixed to the carriage assembly which can slide along an inner mast. The carriage assembly is capable of holding first and second attachment actuators in fluid communication with the first and second fluid hoses.

Abstract: Unidirectional and bidirectional fiber optic rotary joints are disclosed for coupling at least one optical signal across a rotary interface. The unidirectional joint includes a stator having a waveguide. A rotor is rotatable through a full 360.degree. revolution and is concentric to the stator. Light transmitters are positioned on a first circumference and connected to one of the stator and the rotor. Each of the transmitters emits an optical signal. Light receivers are positioned on a second circumference and connected to the other one of the stator and the rotor. Each of the transmitted optical signals is emitted tangentially into the waveguide and is reflected in short chordal lengths along the waveguide. Each optical signal is received by at least one of the second plurality of light receivers through the full 360.degree. revolution of the rotor. The number of light receivers is greater than the number of light transmitters. Certain receivers do not receive an optical signal during a portion of the 360.

Abstract: A disposable absorbent undergarment includes a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and a absorbent core disposed therebetween. The backsheet consists of a breathable plastic film and a breathable fibrous sheet integrally laminated with an outer surface of the breathable plastic film. The breathable fibrous sheet consists of at least a first component layer and a second component layer being in contact with the first component layer. The first component layer has a wettability with body fluids higher than that of the second component layer.

Abstract: A millimeter waveguide is disclosed which includes: a first single crystal substrate having a groove therein; a conductor film on a surface of said groove and a surface of said first single crystal substrate connected to said surface of said groove; a second single crystal substrate covering said conductor film; and a microstrip line on a surface of said second single crystal substrate, exposed to a cavity in said groove. A protruding portion may be formed on a bottom surface of the groove. The microstrip line including foundation (nickel chromium) and conductive (gold) layers may be formed on a surface of the groove. A protruding portion may be formed on the second single crystal substrate, wherein the height of this protruding portion is less than the depth of the groove. A millimeter waveguide for a resonator is also disclosed wherein a cavity is formed in substrates with grounding conductive layers on surfaces of the cavity, a probe extending from a microstrip line on a top surface of the substrates.

Abstract: To overcome the antipathy some children have to car travel, a headrest 20 for a baby seat 10 comprises a backing element in the form of a human or animal shape (e.g. a clown) having a head 21 and a body 22, the head having projecting head parts (hair, ears, horns, or the like). The body may have limbs extending from it which may be bent around the child. Either or both pairs of limbs may have fasteners (e.g. VELCRO.TM. pads) at 25 to hold them around the child. The headrest may be constructed as a container or bag, closable at 25 by a zipper or by other fasteners such as VELCRO.TM. pads.

Abstract: A method and arrangement for the insitu cleaning of a chamber in which process gas is injected into the chamber through gas injection ports. Separate gas injection ports through which process gas and the cleaning gas are injected into the chamber are provided. The process gas is injected into the chamber, such as a plasma chamber, through a first gas injection port while the cleaning gas, which cleans the residue left by the process gas during the deposition process, is injected into the chamber through the second gas injection port that is separate from the first gas injection port through which the process gas is injected. The separation of the gas injection ports provides an equalized pressure within the jet screw ports for the process gas and the interior of the chamber. This allows the jet screw ports to be maximally cleaned and reduces the frequency of replacement of the jet screw ports in the chamber.

Abstract: A cathode structure of an electron gun for a cathode ray tube includes: a substrate (51); cathode electrode layers (52) formed on the substrate (51) and spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals; a plurality of metal tips (53); an insulating layer (54) formed on the cathode electrode layers (52) and the substrate (51) to isolate each of the metal tips (53) from each other; a gate electrode layer having a first gate electrode portion (56) having a gate through which the metal tips (53) are exposed and formed on top of the insulating layer (54), and a second gate electrode portion (57) extending horizontally from said first gate portion (56) and divided into several parts by a plurality of gaps (60) for reducing the capacitance between the cathode electrode layers (52) and the second gate electrode portion (57).

Abstract: A material sheet assembly in which a label base attached to a release liner by means of an adhesive is set in roll form is used. In a step in which the material sheet assembly is continuously fed out, the release liner is released by leaving the adhesive on the label base, and the release liner is consecutively taken up. By using a noncontact-type printer, printing is effected on the adhesive surface of the label base separated from the release liner to form a printed label. The printed label is in such a form that the printed surface is disposed between the label base and an adherend. The labels can be attached immediately after they are manufactured, and they can be stored or transported by being taken up in roll form while an additional release liner is attached to the printed surface side.

Abstract: One or more important sentence structural functional units are extracted from an important portion of each of a plurality of documents, and one or more input sentence structural functional units are extracted from an input sentence. Each of the functional units is a noun phrase, a verb phrase, a pair of nouns connected each other through a preposition or the like. The important sentence structural functional units of each document are collated with the input sentence structural functional units to detect a matching degree, and a similarity level is determined from the matching degree for each document.

Abstract: A method of treating adverse behavior in animals, manifested in secondary effects such as, in horses, excitability, difficult handling, coprophagy, wood chewing and grasping, or wind sucking, by controlling the formation and accumulation of acid in the hind gut (large intestine) of the gastrointestinal tract that results from the fermentation of excess carbohydrates in the hind gut. This is accomplished by ingesting certain antibiotics with or without combination thereof with certain enzymes. Of specific merit in this invention is the use of virginiamycin to control the passage of carbohydrates into the gastrointestinal tract and the fermentation of these carbohydrates therein. This controls, the accumulation of acid in the digestive tract.