Abstract: The holder of the present invention comprises at least one clamping member, which is pivotally bearing-mounted in rotation bearings. The clamping member has two clamping arms and an operating portion, in which a resilient lip is formed which presses against a bottom of the holder in order to press this operating portion upwards and the clamping arms downwards. Formed on the bottom of the holder is a wedge-shaped threshold, of which a vertically directed stop face cooperates with the free end of the lip to prevent the clamping member from leaving the rotation bearings in an undesired manner.

Abstract: A rotary impacting apparatus is provided that includes a housing, a rotor rotatable about an axis, a main reciprocative implement and an impact member. The impact member is arranged to exert an impacting force on the main reciprocative implement when the main receprocative implement is advanced relative to the axis. The rotor is supported by the housing via needle bearings.

Abstract: Described is a semipermeable capillary having a tubular semipermeable wall composed of a membrane-forming material (2) and a tubular strengthening layer (1). The tubular strengthening layer includes an elongated tape having mutually overlapped longitudinal edges. The tubular strengthening layer has an open cohesive structure that is embedded in the membrane-forming material whereby the mutually overlapping longitudinal edges are joined together by the membrane-forming material and a continuous phase is formed between the semipermeable wall and the strengthening layer.

Abstract: An ion repulsion structure for a fuse window is provided. The ion repulsion structure includes multi-level metallic layers and a P-type silicon semiconductor substrate having a plurality of wells. The P-type silicon semiconductor substrate includes an N-type well, a P-type well formed in the N-type well and a plurality of P+ type diffusion regions formed in the P-type well. A fuse element is formed on the P-type silicon semiconductor substrate. A fuse window layer is formed over the fuse element. Multi-level metallic layers surrounding the fuse window are formed. A plurality of contact plugs is electrically connected between the P+ type diffusion regions of the semiconductor substrate and the lowest metallic layer. A plurality of via plugs electrically connect the multi-level metallic layers to each other.

Abstract: A supported catalyst and a process for the preparation of the catalyst, the catalyst containing mixed metal oxides or halides deposited on porous catalyst carriers or supports, useful for heterogeneously or solid catalyzed Friedel-Crafts reactions such as alkylation, aralkylation, acylation, or aroylation of aromatic compounds in the preparation of fine chemicals. The supported catalyst has high activity for the Friedel-Crafts reactions when the aromatic ring activating groups are present in the aromatic ring to be aralkylated, acylated or aroylated, and also when the ring activating group is absent or when aromatic ring deactivating groups are present in the aromatic ring to aralkylated, acylated or aroylated, so that the reaction temperature is low and/or the time for completing the reaction is short. The catalyst can be separated and used repeatedly for catalytic reactions.

Abstract: A low-fire, low-dielectric ceramic composition is disclosed. The ceramic composition comprises a mixture of finely divided particles consisting of 30-90% by volume of Ca—Ba—Al—Zn—Si glass and 70-10% by volume of oxides, which can be densified up to 95% at temperatures of 800-1000° C. The sintered body produced thereby exhibits a dielectric constant in the range of 6-10 and a dielectric loss in the range of 0.01%-0.5% at 1 MHz. The ceramic composition can be processed with organic solvent, polymeric binder and plasticizer to produce a green sheet which is co-firable with high electrical conductivity metal such as gold, silver, silver-palladium and copper.

Abstract: An adjustable compensation device for fiber Bragg gratings. The device includes a bimetal structure and a fixture. An optical fiber provided with fiber Bragg gratings is connected to the bimetal structure. The fixture firmly holds the bimetal structure so that the bimetal structure behaves like cantilever beams to compensate pitches of the fiber Bragg gratings. Furthermore, a shim can be inserted between the bimetal structure and the fixture so as to incline the bimetal structure. The compensation for the change of the length of the optical fiber can be adjusted by changing the fixture and/or shim.

Abstract: A sauna cabinet includes an outer cover and an inner supporting frame and is provided at one side with an opening via which a heat source is guided into the sauna cabinet. The outer cover is provided at a front side with a closable slit via which a user enters or leaves the sauna cabinet, and at a rear side with a door leaf that may be turned open for mounting or removing the supporting frame into or from the outer cover. Two sides of the outer cover are made of two spaced layers to provide two narrow spaces. The supporting frame includes two foldable back plates and two side plates separately inserted into the two narrow spaces of the outer cover. When the sauna cabinet is in use, the two back plates are aligned with each other by two fixtures connected to upper and lower joints of the back plates.

Abstract: A decorative illumination apparatus including a light source, a microphone, and a controller that changes the light emission of the light source in response to sounds detected by the microphone. The controller controls the intensity and the flashing of the light source. In the preferred embodiment, the invention is installed in an automobile and the light source is a cable-like electroluminescent light source that can be easily fitted around an automobile component, such as an instrument panel. In addition to the microphone, the invention can also be connected to audio equipment, in which case the controller varies light emission in response to audio signals from the audio equipment.

Abstract: A contact-type image sensor (20) comprises a case (21), a glass cover (22) provided on an upper surface of the case (21), a bottom substrate (23) mounted in a bottom surface of the case (21), light receiving elements (24) mounted on the bottom substrate, light emitting elements (25) for irradiating an object (D) on the glass cover (22) with light, and a rod lens array (27) for collecting the light reflected by the object (D) on the glass cover (22) onto the light receiving elements (24). The light emitting elements (25) are mounted on the bottom substrate (23). The contact-type image sensor further comprises a light guide (26) provided in the case (21) for efficiently directing the light from the light emitting elements (25) to a predetermined region (L) of the glass cover (22).

Abstract: A low-fire, low-dielectric ceramic composition is disclosed. The ceramic composition comprises a mixture of finely divided particles consisting of 30-90% by volume of Ca--Pb--Al--Zn--B--Si glass and 70-10% by volume of oxides, which can be densified up to 95% at temperatures of 800-1000.degree. C. The sintered body produced thereby exhibits a dielectric constant in the range of 6-10 and a dielectric loss in the range of 0.01%-0.5% at 1 MHz. The ceramic composition can be processed with organic solvents, polymeric binders and plasticizers to produce a green sheet which is co-firable with high electrical conductivity metals such as gold, silver, silver-palladium and copper.

Abstract: A method of making golf clubs of thermoplastic composite material is disclosed. The present method is characterized in that the composite material wound around a mandrel is consolidated by using a metal sheet. This method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a tapered mandrel, and wrapping the mandrel with at least a sheet of thermoplastic prepreg to form a laminated outer shell; (b) heating the thermoplastic prepreg to a molten state; (c) enclosing the laminated outer shell with at least a metal sheet, and heating the metal sheet and the laminated outer shell while constricting said metal sheet to thereby consolidate the molten prepreg to form a tubular body; and (d) releasing the metal sheet and withdrawing the mandrel from the tubular body.

Abstract: Light and compact spectacles which can be easily put on and can be surely held on the face are provided. Furthermore, the spectacles which can be easily put on and taken off are provided. The spectacles according to the present invention have two nose pads (18, 18') and two temple pads (24, 24'). The nose pads (18, 18') extend from a bridge (14) having an elasticity for connecting between two lenses (12, 12'). Temple pads (24, 24') are mounted to temple arms (20, 20') extending from the two lenses (12, 12') to pit regions of both temples of the head and having the elasticity. When the spectacles are put on, the nose pads (18, 18') push on both the sides of the nose. The temple pads (24, 24') are pushed onto the pit regions of the temples at both the sides of the head by a stress from the respective temple arms (20, 20'), and they are fixed at the pit regions. Furthermore, the spectacles have grips (16, 16') protruded from the bridge (14). The grips (16, 16') can be grasped by fingers.

Abstract: A music toy kit combining a music toy instrument like a piano or a drum, with a set of construction toy blocks. The music toy instrument is provided with coupling elements similar to or compatible with those of the construction toy blocks and at least some of the blocks are provided with a music score on at least one of their sides, whereby, in use, one may stack one or more of the construction toy blocks onto the music toy instrument and use these blocks as a combined music stand and score to play a given tune.

Abstract: A video signal processor intended to be connected between a computer video output and a monitor that transforms non-interlaced video output into interlaced video output intended to be used for presentation of stereoscopic video 2D images, giving illusion of 3D presentations. The invention also comprises LCD glasses connected through infra-red light beams to the video signal processor for alternatively opening one of the glasses' eye in accordance with the current image being shown onto the video monitor. The present invention also provides greater resolution by replacing the blank lines from an interlaced image by the previous adjacent image line.

Abstract: An automatic wafer plating equipment for automatically plating wafers and more particularly, for automatically plating a small lot of wafers is disclosed. The automatic wafer plating equipment includes a transfer robot provided with a holding arm for pivoting, vertical movement, extending and extracting, a load stage, an orientation stage, a plating stage, a recovery stage, and a cleaning stage. The transfer robot carries out a series of the following operations for plating process. The wafers are picked up one by one from a supply cassette loaded to the load stage. The wafer is then fed to the orientation stage. The wafer orientated at the orientation stage is conveyed to the plating stage. The plated wafer is transferred from the plating stage to the recovery stage. When residue of a plating liquid has been recovered at the recovery stage, the wafer is conveyed to the cleaning stage.

Abstract: To prevent a key cylinder from being punched out of an automotive door or the like and to simplify assembly, a stepped key cylinder retention cavity structure that is rigid with an outer panel of the door, is arranged to extend into the interior of the door. A key cylinder is disposed in the cavity from outside of the door so that a shaft that rotates synchronously with a rotor of the key cylinder, extends through an opening formed in an inboard end of the cavity and is connected to a key lever through a lost motion connection that allows for key backlash. The key lever is connected to the cavity structure by resilient barbed members that can be pressed in through the opening from the interior of the door. The barbed members snap into a locking position in suitable recesses formed in the structure. Rotation-limiting projections that are rigid with the structure are provided to limit the amount of rotation of the key lever.

Abstract: A protective device (2) for a conventional catheter assembly (4) of the type used by blood banks and including a needle mount (12), a forwardly extending needle (10), and a rearwardly extending conduit (14), the protective device comprising: a sleeve member (6) adapted to be slidably supported on the conduit in a first non-shielding position, and adapted to be forwardly displaced relative to the catheter assembly from the first non-shielding position to a second non-shielding position wherein the sleeve member is restrained relative to the catheter assembly, and adapted to be forwardly displaced relative to the catheter assembly from the second non-shielding position to a shielding position wherein the needle is shielded.

Abstract: A mobile unit for fabricating solid surface construction materials is provided, and is characteristically equipped in the manner of a portable fabrication shop and is brought directly to a worksite. Therefore, solid surface construction materials can be fabricated onsite, instead of at a remote fabrication shop. In the fabrication process according to the present invention, dimensional information is laid out directly onto the solid surface material stock. This eliminates the frequently inaccurate use of a temporary template, as in the known art.