Abstract: A supported catalyst is prepared by depositing oxides of nickel and cobalt, with or without noble metals, on a sintered low surface area porous inert support, surface of which is precoated with an oxide of Be, Mg, Ca or a mixture thereof so that a protective layer of the alkaline earth oxide is formed between the oxides of nickel and cobalt, with or without noble metal, and the support and hence direct chemical interactions between the oxides of the group VIII transition metals and the reactive components of support, which leads to the formation of catalytically inactive binary oxide phases are avoided.

Abstract: An auxiliary game provides an auxiliary opportunity for players at a casino to win a prize by participating with a relatively small contribution each time they play a round in the principal casino game. To increase the element of random chance or luck in winning a prize in the game, a method and apparatus is provided for randomly choosing a winning card or combination of cards, or randomly selecting a person or group of persons eligible to win upon possession of the card or combination of cards. The amount of the prize can also be randomly selected either as a fixed amount or percentage of a maximum amount or a progressive jackpot.

Abstract: A clip for door molding of vehicles is provided which pinches and holds an outer panel more securely. The clip for door molding for attaching a door molding having an inverted U-shaped cross-section onto the top margin of an outer panel of a door, wherein an inner engagement piece is upwardly formed inside the lower end of a planar body to pinch and hold the inner edge of the door molding with the body, and a pair of outer engagement pieces are downwardly at the opposite ends outside the upper end of the body, formed for engaging the outer edge of the door molding as well as for pinching and holding the top edge of the outer panel on the body, comprising an interposed engagement piece which is formed between the pair of outer engagement pieces, the interposed engagement piece having a contact section opposing to the edge of the top margin of the outer panel and a pinching section downwardly bent from the tip of the contact section to pinch and hold the top margin of the outer panel with the body.

Abstract: The invention relates to an intelligent lamp or an intelligent contact terminal for a lamp, which can be used in a lighting system comprising a plurality of individually controlled lamps (1; 5) linked in a common power-supply circuit (8, 9) and an operation control device for transmitting a desired operation control signal to electronic control elements (11, 12, 13), associated with the lamp or the contact terminal and reacting or failing to react selectively to various control signals. Together with the lamp or its contact terminal, said electronic control elements (11, 12, 13) provide a single replaceable component which, on the basis of a message included in the operation control signal, identifies itself to serve as an appropriate lamp. In addition, the electronic control elements (2; 6) monitor the condition of itself and that of the lamp and, if necessary, produce a fault indication.

Abstract: A thermal printhead according to the present invention includes a stepped heat sink plate (1) having an upper first supporting surface (1a) and a lower second supporting surface (1b), a head substrate (2) mounted on the first supporting surface (1a) of the heat sink plate (1) and formed with printing dots (3), and a printed circuit board (14) mounted on the second supporting surface (1b) of the heat sink plate (1) and formed with various wiring patterns. The head substrate (2) has an edge projecting from the first supporting surface (1a) of the heat sink plate (1) toward the second supporting surface (1b). The printed circuit board (14) overlaps the projecting edge of the head substrate (2) with a predetermined spacing (18) therebetween.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of materials with a high chemical and mechanical resistance in which for each 100 parts by volume of vinylester resin treated with 0.85-1.47 parts by volume of an accelerant in the form of cobalt naphthenate, there are added at least in two batches 50-900 parts by volume of an inorganic filler constituting previously roasted at a temperature not lower than 470 K disintegrated to a particle size of at least 30 .mu.m phosphogypsum or a composition of phosphogypsum with glass-forming oxides or phosphogypsum with magnetite or phosphogypsum with microsphere, after which on continuous stirring there is added, if necessary, up to 60 parts by volume of styrene and/or up to 0.2 parts by volume of dimethylaniline, and then the whole is polymerized in the presence of know initiators such as organic peroxides. The materials with a high chemical and mechanical resistance constitute polymerized composition of synthetic resin and inorganic fillers, consisting of 7.5-88.

Abstract: A capacitor element for a solid electrolytic capacitor is provided which comprises a chip which is a sintered mass of metal powder, and an anode wire projecting from the chip. The anode wire has a nail head end compressively formed for electrical attachment to a surface of the chip. The attachment of the anode wire may be formed by first forming a ball at a forward end of the anode wire and then pressing the ball end against the chip.

Abstract: A dual phase-locked loop (PLL) clock synthesizer is disclosed for generating clock signal in synchronization with the data input signal received over a network environment. The dual PLL clock synthesizer is suitable for processing data streams of any bit sequence without data error caused by interference due to clock signal jittering phenomena. The dual PLL clock synthesizer is particularly suitable for application to high-speed Ethernet network environment such as for decoding to obtain the original data conveyed over the network through selected encoding scheme.

Abstract: A scalpel that has a blade member; a handle adapted to receive a mandrel therein and having an opening; and a mandrel closely received within the handle. The mandrel can support the blade member and includes engagement structure for operative engagement by a user for movement of the mandrel within the handle. Biasing structure is provided for biasing the mandrel from an operative location adjacent the opening to an inoperative location within the handle, and restraining structure is provided for restraining the mandrel in the operative position against the action of the biasing means.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a plurality of drive ICs (7) are mounted on a thermal printhead (1) which has a predetermined number of heating dots (3). The number of output bits of each drive IC (7) is set to be a divisor of 1/4 of the predetermined number of the heating dots (3) and a multiple of 8 which is no less than 48. Thus, it is possible to divide the plurality of drive ICs (7) into 2 or 4 groups and to control the groups of drive ICs by time division. Further, when the number of output bits of each drive IC (7) is set to be a common divisor of 1/4 and 1/3 of the predetermined number of the heating dots (3), it is possible to drive the thermal printhead (1) by 3-divisional control in addition to 2- and 4-divisional control. Specifically, the number of output bits of each drive IC (7) is preferably any one of 72, 144 or 216, in particular 144.

Abstract: Substantially automatic dimensioning is performed in computer aided design for a design item. For this purpose, different kinds of constituent elements are registered in different tables based on which provisional dimensioning is performed along an X-axis and a Y-axis to generate provisional dimensioning lines in different stages. Then, the provisional dimensioning lines are rearranged in a manner such that larger valued dimensioning lines are located farther from the design item than smaller valued dimensioning lines. Leader dimensioning may be further performed with respect to such elements as 45.degree.-chamfer elements, arc elements, circles and section bores.

Abstract: A process for the production of methyl ethyl ketone by means of oxidative dehydrogenation of secondary butyl alcohol using an amorphous copper-silica catalyst prepared by a sol-gel route, in which an alkoxide or other suitable salt or complex of copper is reacted with an alkoxide of silicon in the absence of base, but in the presence of water or an alcohol; the resultant product is dried and calcined.

Abstract: A surface mounting type electronic component is provided which includes an electronic element enclosed in a resin package, and a plurality of leads electrically connected to the electronic element. Each of the leads has an inner lead portion inserted in the package and an outer lead portion extending out of the package. The outer lead portion has an end face includes a rounded bottom corner portion continuous with the flat bottom surface, a vertically scored lower portion following the rounded bottom corner portion, and a tear portion above the vertically scored portion.

Abstract: A polishing head is suitable for polishing a semiconductor wafer and for providing endpoint detection during chemical-mechanical polishing. The head features an arrangement of patterned active actuators and load cells above the wafer to fully control the wafer surface profile changes and provide endpoint detection during the polishing processes. Each active actuator applies pressure according to the local coated thin film thickness on the wafer and relative velocity between the wafer and polishing pad. The load cell senses the actual force pressing on the wafer and feeds the information back to the actuator to adjust the force to a preset value, The planar endpoint is detected by sensing a change in friction force between different thin film material on the wafer. The change in friction force is detected by the load cell and a signal is produced to adjust or stop the process.

Abstract: A circular knitting needle is provided which includes a flexible cord, a first needle portion connected to one end of the flexible cord, and a second needle portion connected to the other end of the flexible cord. The first and second needle portions are inclined in the same direction relative to the flexible cord which is stretched. The first needle portion may be inclined by a higher degree than the second needle portion. Further, the first needle portion may be made shorter than the second needle portion, and the flexible cord may be made to have a flattened cross section.

Abstract: A device for measuring the mass of solids contained in a fluid with light. The device includes at least two pairs of light transmitters arranged crosswise. The light transmitters in each pair are able to, at the same time, transmit pulses of light with a certain wavelength, where the wavelengths of the pairs of transmitters are different from each other. The device further includes at least one detector that is able to detect light pulses reflected from the solids as a result of the transmitted light pulses. The detected light pulses are processed to obtain a measurement of the mass of the solids contained in the fluid.

Abstract: Disclosed is an energy measurement and verification system and method which provides real time documentation of both baseline and post-retrofit energy consumption. Actual energy savings are calculated with a unique combination of computer hardware, energy and data translation software, measurement protocols, and digital remote sensing equipment which monitor the energy consumption of the retrofit environment and a sample baseline environment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a medical optical devices wherein balance in a horizontal direction can be adjusted by moving the counterweight horizontally, and the balance in a vertical direction can be adjusted by moving whole the retaining link mechanism vertically. Thus only one counterweight is required, which eliminates a need to interlockedly move two counterweights simultaneously as conventionally, so that movement control of a counterweight is easy and a mechanism therefor can be simplified.