Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising a metering device to adjust the quantity of fuel delivered each cycle of the device in response to conditions in the engine induction passage, a control activating said device to effect a base number of delivery cycles to the engine, and a sensor responsive to transient engine conditions to increase the number of cycles of the metering device above the base number per engine revolution.

Abstract: A penicillin derivative represented by the following formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or trialkylsilyl; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, trialkylsilyl or COOR.sub.2 ' wherein R.sub.2 ' is hydrogen, C.sub.1-18 alkyl, C.sub.2-7 alkoxymethyl, C.sub.3-8 alkylcarbonyloxymethyl, C.sub.4-9 alkylcarbonyloxyethyl, (C.sub.5-7 cycloalkyl)carbonyloxymethyl, C.sub.9-14 benzylcarbonyloxyalkyl, C.sub.3-8 alkoxycarbonylmethyl, C.sub.4-9 alkoxycarbonylethyl, phthalidyl, crotonolacton-4-yl, .gamma.-butyrolacton-4-yl, halogenated C.sub.1-6 alkyl substituted with 1 to 3 halogen atoms, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy- or nitro-substituted or unsubstituted benzyl, benzhydryl, tetrahydropyranyl, dimethylaminoethyl, dimethylchlorosilyl, trichlorosilyl, (5-substituted C.sub.1-6 alkyl or phenyl or unsubstituted-2-oxo-1,3-dioxoden-4-yl)methyl, C.sub.8-13 benzoyloxyalkyl or group for forming a pharmaceutically acceptable salt; and R.sub.3 has the same meaning as above R.sub.2 '.

Abstract: An improved parking brake system for a vehicle capable of switching the operation of the parking brake between an automatic control mode and a manual control mode at the operator's will. The parking brake is applied and released by an electromagnetic device which is controlled by a brake-application command signal and a brake-release command signal produced by a controller. The controller is adapted to be manually switched between a manual brake-application and brake-release control mode and an automatic control mode under the action of a switch. A power supply circuit is provided which has a battery and an ignition power source for supplying power to the electromagnetic device.

Abstract: Opening degree of the throttle valve of an engine is detected and compared with a plurality of throttle opening degree reference values which are preset to be minuter in the lower region of the throttle opening degree. Each time the actual throttle opening degree exceeds one of the reference values, an extra fuel injection pulse is outputted in addition to regular injection pulses to increase the amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine.

Abstract: The fermentation of a substrate selected among erythronolide B, erythronolide A and erythronolide A oxime with a novel mutant, Streptomyces antibioticus ATCC 31771, obtained from an industrial stock for the production of oleandomycin, said novel mutant being incapable of producing the same oleandomycin, permits novel macrolide antibiotics to be produced, having not only an activity range like that of erythromycin, but characterized by a greater stability in acidic environment, whereby for the administration of the antibiotic it is no longer necessary to have recourse to esters and/or salts highly toxic for the organism.

Abstract: In a distortion canceller to remove the distortion of a demodulated signal in an FM receiver, the n-th power of the demodulated FM signal is produced and then differentiated to derive an n-th order distortion signal. The derived n-th order distortion signal is adjusted in its amplitude level and then combined with the demodulated FM signal so that the n-th distortion component can be cancelled.

Abstract: A PIN type semiconductor photoelectric conversion device is provided with a non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member which comprises a first non-single-crystal semiconductor layer of a first conductivity, on I-type second non-single-crystal semiconductor layer and a third non-single-crystal semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, and first and second electrodes which make ohmic contact with the first and third non-single-crystal semiconductor layers, respectively.The first non-single-crystal semiconductor layer of the non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member is formed by a non-single-crystal semiconductor layer on the side of incidence of light. And the second electrode is formed by a reflective electrode.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for evaporation arc stabilization including a permeable target having a surface of material to be evaporated; circuitry for establishing an arc on the target surface for evaporating the target material, the arc being characterized by the presence of charged particles and a cathode spot which randomly migrates over the target surface; a confinement ring contacting and surrounding the target surface, the ring being composed of a material such as boron nitride and a permeable ring surrounding the target for effecting substantially uniform evaporation of the permeable target material from the target surface.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for evaporation arc stabilization including a target having a surface of material to be evaporated; circuitry for establishing an arc on the target surface for evaporating the target material, the arc being characterized by the presence of charged particles and a cathode spot which randomly migrates over the target surface; and a confinement ring contacting and surrounding the target surface, the ring being composed of a material such as boron nitride having (a) a secondary emission ratio less than one at the mean energies of the charged particles of the arc and (b) a surface energy less than that of the evaporated target material to thereby confine the cathode spot to the target surface. The confinement ring is employed as a cover for a permeable ring to prevent migration of the cathode spot onto the permeable ring during initial clean-up of the target.

Abstract: A rotating display element is provided with a display surface structure which has a plurality of display surfaces and is mounted on a rotor of a permanent magnet type stepping motor mechanism in a manner to incorporate therein the stepping motor mechanism. The display surfaces of the display surface structure are disposed side by side around the axis of the rotor. The rotor is provided with a double-pole permanent magnet member having north and south magnetic poles spaced apart a 180.degree. angular distance around the axis of the rotor. A stator of the stepping motor mechanism is provided with a first magnetic member having first and second magnetic poles disposed at 180.degree. intervals around the axis of the rotor, a second magnetic member having third and fourth magnetic poles disposed at 90.degree. intervals around the axis of the rotor, a first exciting winding wound on the first magnetic member and a second exciting winding wound o the second magnetic member.

Abstract: A tape slicer comprises a base with cutting plates having cooperating cutting edges. A cassette contains adhesive items mounted on a roll of carrier strip and has an arcuate and grooved recess formed in its base for receiving the sprocket wheel of the drive mechanism whereby the carrier strip passes between the base and the wheel when driven by the actuating lever via ratchet wheel. The cassette housing includes an elongate delivery passage which terminates in a curved portion carrying an edge provided to separate the adhesive items from the carrier.

Abstract: A jugglery device using cigarettes comprises a hollow rectangular parallelpiped casing formed by parallel rectangular upper and bottom walls. A pair of side walls connect opposite side edges of the upper and bottom walls, and an end wall connects opposite end edges of the upper and bottom walls. A drawer assembly is disposed slidably in relation to the bottom wall through the open end of the casing. The drawer accommodates a plurality of cigarettes. The drawer has a bottom wall slidable on the bottom wall of the casing, a pair of side walls and an end wall to connect opposite end edges of the side walls. A first auxiliary end wall protrudes from one of the other opposite end edges of the side wall toward the other end edge. A second bottom wall is slidably disposed on the bottom wall of the drawer assembly and is of nearly the same area as the bottom wall of the drawer assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically correcting image distortions by inter-image processing, which is arranged to obtain, prior to performing the inter-image processing of two two-dimensional digital images, a displacement vector between these two images, and to thereby obtain, based on this displacement vector, a corrected image of one of these two images, and to provide this corrected image for performing the inter-image processing between it and the other image.

Abstract: An automobile body structure has a closed cross-section structure formed by a lower face of a rear floor panel of a body floor and a rear frame joined to the lower face of the rear floor panel and extended in the longitudinal direction of the body on either side thereof, and another closed cross-section structure formed by a lower face of a front floor panel of the body floor and a front frame joined to the lower face of the front floor panel and extended in the longitudinal direction of the body. The rear frame is joined at its forward extension to a side sill of the body forward of a rear wheelhouse. The front frame is joined at its rearward extension to the portion where the forward extension of the rear frame is joined to the side sill.

Abstract: Substituted carboxy-thiazolo [3,2-a] pyrimidine derivatives are disclosed, together with compositions containing them and methods of using. These derivatives are useful as anti-allergic agents.

Abstract: An electrolyte containing 65 g/l zinc and 150 g/l Cu is purified in zinc, that is, the copper is removed, by causing the electrolyte to fluidize a bed 8 of 1/2 mm copper particles. The bed is fluidized by 25% to make it 42 cm deep. An anode 11 is disposed above the top of the bed. A cathode 9 is disposed part-way up the bed. Copper is electroplated onto the bed particles. Any zinc which may be electroplated onto the bed particles tends to redissolve with concomitant cementation, on the particles, of copper, which can be recovered. The electrolyte is thus eventually completely stripped of copper and can be used for zinc electrowinning.

Abstract: A copolymer of an acrylic acid derivative and an other copolymerizable monomer, the acrylic acid derivative being a compound represented by the formula (1) ##STR1## wherein Rf and Rf' are respectively perfluoroalkyl group having 3 to 21 carbon atoms, a is an integer of 2 to 10, b is an integer of 1 to 10. The said copolymers are useful as water repellent, oil repellent and stain proofing agents.

Abstract: The resistance thermometer comprises a temperature dependent measuring resistor (10) and a measuring circuit (11) for measuring the voltage drop at the measuring resistor which is produced by a current (I) flowing across the measuring resistor (10). The measuring resistor (10) lies in the feedback circuit of an operational amplifier (A.sub.1) whose inverting input is applied via a resistor (21) to a constant reference voltage (E). To linearize the characteristic of the measuring circuit a voltage (k.U.sub.T) is applied to the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier (A.sub.1), which voltage is in a predetermined ratio (k) to the output voltage (U.sub.T) of the measuring circuit (11).

Abstract: A multiple-displacement engine which can be operated either in a full-displacement state in which all the cylinders are operative or a part-displacement state in which a part of the cylinders are inoperative is provided with a balancer for attenuating torque fluctuation due to explosion in the operative cylinders in the part-displacement state of the engine. The engine is further provided with a balancer actuator which actuates the balancer when the engine is operated in the part-displacement state.

Abstract: This invention provides novel sulfonium compounds, processes for the preparation of the sulfonium compounds, and pharmacological composition containing the sulfonium compound. The compounds of this invention are useful for treating allergy.