Abstract: A cruise control system for a vehicle having an automatic transmission comprises a constant speed driving device having an actuator for changing the amount of fuel to be fed to the engine, a first controller for controlling the actuator to control the amount of fuel to be fed to the engine so that the vehicle speed is fixed at a set speed, a manually operated switch for delivering to the actuator an override command for changing the vehicle speed from the set speed; a downshifting solenoid for downshifting the automatic transmission; and a second control means which permits the downshifting solenoid to downshift the automatic transmission a predetermined delay time after the manually operated switch is operated.

Abstract: The invention concerns a label dispenser to dispense and deposit stick-on labels, whereby in each operational cycle one stick-on label is moved into a dispensing position below a compression roller with a contoured surface and a sleeve by means of which the compression roller is rotatably supported on a fixed shaft. The compression roller comprises individually designed cross-sectionally contoured rings which rest through spring elements mounted to their interiors on the sleeve.

Abstract: A weighty object mounting system includes a mounting table provided in a mounting station established in an assembly line for supporting a weighty object placed thereon to be mounted on a transportable object transported into the mounting station, a lifting device for lifting the mounting table to move the weighty object thereon into a mounting position provided on the transportable object, a position adjusting device for shifting the position of the mounting table so as to compensate for misalignments arising between the transportable object and the weighty object, a mounting table releasing device operative to cause the position adjusting device to make the mounting table movable in a plane along the direction of transportation of the transportable object in the mounting station, and a positioning device attached to the mounting table and having a tapered portion provided for engaging with a receiving portion provided on the transportable object when the mounting table ascends.

Abstract: An improved method for depositing material on substrate is shown. The material to be deposited is energized by irradiation with light in a chamber in which CVD method is carried out. The energy induced by the irradiation remains in the molecules of the material even after the molecules have lain on the substrate. With the residual energy, the molecules can wander on the substrate even to a hidden surface. Due to this wandering, the deposition can be performed also on the inside of a deep cave.

Abstract: An intake system for an internal combustion engine has an intake passage comprising a common passage portion opening to the atmosphere, a surge tank connected to the downstream end of the common passage portion and a plurality of discrete passage portions branching from the surge tank and respectively connected to the cylinders. At least one interconnecting passage is provided to communicate each of the discrete passage portions with at least one of the other discrete passage portions at a portion downstream of the surge tank, and an on-off valve is disposed at each junction of the interconnecting passage with the discrete passage portions to open and close each junction. The on-off valve is opened when the engine speed exceeds a predetermined speed. The effective cross-sectional area of the each discrete passage portion is smaller in the portion upstream of the junction of the discrete passage portion with the interconnecting passage when in the portion downstream of the same.

Abstract: A method of making a magneto-optical recording medium comprises the steps of moving a rotating substrate along a first dielectric target, at least one rare earth metal target, and a second dielectric target which are disposed in this order from an upstream side toward the downstream side in an in-line sputtering apparatus, and carrying out simultaneous sputtering on the substrate in the course of the movement of the substrate by use of the first dielectric target and the rare earth metal target. Thereafter, sputtering is carried out on the substrate by use of the rare earth metal target. Then, simultaneous sputtering is carried out on the substrate by use of the rare earth metal target and the second dielectric target.

Abstract: A filter cartridge of the type made from a sheet of filter paper pleated as an accordion on a cylindrical surface. It is produced by pinching pairs of contiguous pleats at various levels in order to make on the outer surface of the cartridge a plurality of honeycombs. The invention results in substantially prolonged life of the filter cartridges, which have applications in a variety of uses, including regeneration of solvents of washing baths for dry cleaning machines, filtration of air for internal combustion engines and water filtration.

Abstract: An autoradiographic process for obtaining information on one or two dimensional location of radioactively labeled substances originating from an organism and resolved on a support medium, which comprises:(1) causing a stimulable phosphor sheet comprising a stimulable phosphor, which is combined with said support medium in layers or has been integrated with said support medium, to absorb at least a portion of radiation energy emitted by the radioactively labeled substances in the support medium; and(2) placing a photosensitive material on said stimulable phosphor sheet, and irradiating the phosphor sheet with stimulating rays to release the radiation energy stored in the phosphor sheet as stimulated emission, whereby the photosensitive material is exposed to the stimulated emission to obtain locational information on he radioactively labeled substances as an image on the photosensitive material.

Abstract: A four-wheel steering system for a vehicle comprises a steering wheel, a front wheel turning mechanism for turning the front wheels in response to operation of the steering wheel, a rear wheel turning mechanism including a rear wheel steering ratio determining circuit for determining the rear wheel steering ratio and an actuator for turning the rear wheels according to the rear wheel steering ratio determined by the rear wheel steering ratio determining circuit. The four-wheel steering system is provided with a road condition sensor for detecting road surface conditions which can weaken the road gripping force of the wheels and a rear wheel steering ratio controller for changing the rear wheel steering ratio determined by the rear wheel steering ratio determining circuit so that the rear wheel steering ratio is increased when the road condition is such that the road gripping force of the wheels can be weakened.

Abstract: A shading elimination device comprises a memory for storing characteristics of shading in an image read-out apparatus, a sensitivity adjuster for adjusting the sensitivity of a photodetector of the image read-out apparatus or an image density adjuster for adjusting the density of an image reproduced by an image reproducing apparatus, and a control circuit. The control circuit receives a signal representing the shading characteristics from the memory, and controls the sensitivity adjuster or the image density adjuster to eliminate changes in the output of the photodetector caused by shading in the image read-out apparatus.

Abstract: A radiographic intensifying screen comprising a support and at least one phosphor layer comprising a binder and a phosphor dispersed therein. The sharpness of image provided by the screen and the adhesion between the phosphor layer and the support are both remarkably improved by providing onto the surface of the support a great number of pits having a mean depth of at least 1 .mu.m, a maximum depth of more than 1 ranging to 50 .mu.m, and a mean diameter at the opening of at least 1 .mu.m.

Abstract: A light beam scanner includes a focus-varying mechanism disposed in a light beam path between a light beam source and a rotating polygonal mirror for adjusting focus position of a light beam as it falls on the rotating polygonal mirror, and a control circuit arrangement for controlling the focus-varying mechanism in synchronism with rotation of the rotating polygonal mirror so that the light beam can fall on the rotating polygonal mirror as a correct linear image at all times for thereby focusing the light beam as a spot image on the image-carrying surface being scanned.

Abstract: A light beam scanning apparatus used for image recording or read-out comprises a light deflector for deflecting a light beam, an image forming lens for forming an image of the light beam on a predetermined straight line, and a long sub-scanning mirror provided moveably in the optical axis direction of the image forming lens and extending in a main scanning direction in the form inclining with respect to the optical path of the light beam passing through the image forming lens. A scanning sheet holding device holds the scanning sheet on a plane formed by a locus of a straight line moving as the sub-scanning mirror is moved in the optical axis direction of the image forming lens and lying at a position conjugate with the predetermined straight line, on which the image of the light beam is formed by the image forming lens, with respect to the sub-scanning mirror.

Abstract: A printing member for electrostatic photocopying including a substrate having a conductive surface; and a photoelectrically-sensitive, electrically chargeable layer on the conductive surface of the substrate; wherein the photo-electrically-sensitive, electrically chargeable layer has (a) a first layer member formed on the conductive surface of the substrate, the first layer member having a P or N or I type first non-single-crystal semiconductor layer or a first semi-insulating or insulating layer, (b) a second layer member formed on the first layer member, the second layer member being a first laminate member having an I type second non-single-crystal semiconductor layer and an I type third non-single-crystal semiconductor layer having a small energy band gap than that of the second non-single-crystal semiconductor layer, and (c) a third layer member formed on the second non-single-crystal semiconductor layer, the third layer member having an I type fourth non-single-crystal semiconductor layer having an equa

Abstract: Improvement in an information recording medium comprising two disc-shaped substrates, said two substrates being combined with each other directly or via ring-shaped spacers by an adhesive, and a recording layer for writing or reading information with laser beam which is provided on the inner surface of at least one substrate, wherein a layer of chlorinated polyolefin is provided between the substrate and the recording layer and further on the area where the substrate is combined with another substrate or the spacers, and said adhesive is a UV-curable epoxy adhesive which is arranged on the chlorinated polyolefin layer, optionally, via a primer layer.

Abstract: A ferroelectric liquid crystal display having a matrix of ferroelectric liquid crystal elements and nonlinear elements having a diode characteristic in which the liquid crystal elements are connected in series with the nonlinear elements. The first substrate member comprises (a) a transparent first substrate having an insulating surface, (b) a plurality of m.times.n (m>1, n>1) of rectangular transparent conductive layers C.sub.11 to C.sub.1n, C.sub.21 to C.sub.2n, . . . C.sub.m1 to C.sub.mn arranged on the substrate in a matrix form on the first substrate, (c) a layer member A.sub.ij formed on the conductive layer C.sub.ij (where i=1, 2 . . . m and j=1, 2 . . . n) and (d) a stripe-like conductive layer F.sub.i extending in the row direction and making contact with layer member A.sub.i1 to A.sub.in on the side opposite from the conductive layer C.sub.i1 to C.sub.in, wherein the opposing side surfaces a and a' of the layer member A.sub.

Abstract: An automatic transmission has a transmission gear mechanism for transmitting the engine output power by way of a plurality of power transmission paths, and friction engagement elements which are operated by a line pressure to change the power transmission path through the transmission gear mechanism to shift the gears.

Abstract: A non-single crystal semiconductor light emitting device comprising a non-single crystal semiconductor region formed by a non-single crystal semiconductor laminate member made up of a plurality m (where m.gtoreq.3) of non-single-crystal semiconductor layers M.sub.1, M.sub.2, . . . and M.sub.m sequentially laminate in this order. The thickness of each M.sub.1, M.sub.2 . . . M.sub.m is 100 .ANG. or less.

Abstract: A cylinder head structure for a V-type engine comprising a pair of cylinder head members which are the same in shape and oriented in opposite directions and which are provided in each of the front and rear end wall portions with an opening. Camshafts are supported for rotation in the respective cylinder head members so that their respective one ends project outside through the openings on the same end of the engine. A cam pulley is mounted on the projecting portion of each cam shaft, and a transmission belt is provided for transmitting the driving force of the crankshaft to the cam pulley on each camshaft. A pair of first cover members are mounted on the end wall portions of the respective cylinder head members through which the camshafts project to form closed cross section spaces together with the corresponding cylinder head members for covering the transmission belt.

Abstract: A method for recording an image by scanning a photosensitive recording medium with a light beam wherein a number of image region are designated on an original image and the image regions are electrically processed using certain image processing conditions which are different for each designated image region in said original image. The image processing conditions comprises different gradation, sharpness, magnification or halftone mode adjustments for each of the designated image regions or any combination of two or more of said image processing conditions.