Abstract: An interface unit having a hardware for converting a transfer mode of data is constituted with the logic cell block (1), the discrete block (2) and the wiring cell block (3), and including the configuration block (4) for memorizing plural logic information data for defining each function of the logic cell block and the discrete block, and plural wiring information data for defining function of the wiring cell block.

Abstract: A wheel cover clasp structure includes a plurality of mounting bases positioned on the wheel cover and a plurality of clasps. Each mounting base has a front end, a rear end and a mounting hole. Each clasp is connectable to a separate mounting base and includes an insertion lock tab having an upper side and a lower side and a curved retainer piece. The insertion lock tab of each clasp is insertable into the mounting hole of the mounting base to which the clasp is connected and has at least two opposite sides. The insertion lock tab further includes an insertion lock section at a first end and a clasp lock section having two lateral hooks each protruding from a separate one of the two opposite sides at a second end. The retainer piece has a first end bent to form a transfer stop section and a second end bent in the same direction as the transfer stop section to form a curved clip section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method to measure an electro-chemical activity of a non-metallic liquid layer lying on a molten bath by means of a measuring cell with an electro-chemical element which has an active part and with a counter electrode. The invention also relates to a measuring cell to measure an electro-chemical activity. In order to achieve exact measuring results of an electro-chemical activity with the least possible expenditure, the measuring cell is dipped through a non-metallic liquid layer into a molten bath, the active part of the electro-chemical element being surrounded by the non-metallic liquid layer of the material of this layer on insertion, this material being held at the electro-chemical element until after measuring the electro-chemical activity and the measurement being carried out after dipping the electro-chemical element into the molten metal within the molten bath. The electro-chemical element is especially developed to enable that the material to be measured adheres to it.

Abstract: A carrying case for a dental head includes a container sized to receive the dental head, a cover member connected to the container, and a socket mounted in the container. The cover member pivots between an open position and a closed position. The socket is adapted to receive a connector attached to the dental head and the case is preferably shaped to simulate a human torso. A handle is provided for carrying the case. Alternatively, straps connected to recessed clips may be used to carry the case.

Abstract: A transaction system wherein, when a transaction, document or thing needs to be authenticated, information associated with one or more of the parties involved is coded together to produce a joint code. This joint code is then utilized to code information relevant to the transaction, document or record, in order to produce a variable authentication number (VAN) at the initiation of the transaction. This VAN is thereafter associated with the transaction and is recorded on the document or thing, along with the original information that was coded. During subsequent stages of the transaction, only parties capable of reconstructing the joint code will be able to uncode the VAN properly in order to re-derive the information. The joint code serves to authenticate the parties, and the comparison of the re-derived information against the information recorded on the document serves to authenticate the accuracy of that information.

Abstract: A thermal insulating foamed material is a polyurethane foam having closed cells, and produced by mixing, agitating and foaming a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a foam stabilizer, a catalyst, a blowing agent and a carbon dioxide adsorbent. The carbon dioxide adsorbent is produced by mixing and granulating powders of at least one member of alkali metal hydroxides and alkaline-earth metal hydroxides and organic or inorganic powders having a water absorbing property and soaked with water in advance, and formed by a resin film, such as a methacrylic acid ester, which is permeable to carbon dioxide but hardly permeable to water.

Abstract: A pet toilet, especially a cat toilet, is provided with automatic self-cleaning.

Abstract: A paper product has a first sheet with a pattern of spaced openings permitting separation into sections and a second sheet releasably attached to the first sheet with a pattern of continuous curvilinear openings dividing the sheet into sections and being aligned with the openings of the first sheet. A die sheet for a die for cutting material includes a die sheet surface with a die pattern extending outwardly from the die sheet surface. The die pattern has slitting sections providing curvilinear, continuous openings through a second sheet of the material and spaced perforating sections extending above the slitting sections providing a pattern of spaced openings in the first sheet adjacent to the openings through the second sheet. A first method of constructing a die sheet includes covering a die surface with a first, spaced pattern of a first photo-resist material and then covering the first pattern with a second, continuous pattern of a second photo-resist material.

Abstract: A polyamide resin composition comprising: (A) 100 parts by weight of at least one member selected from a polyamide-11 resin and a polyamide-12 resin; optionally (B) from 3 to 30 parts by weight of a modified polyolefin resin; and (C) from 3 to 25 parts by weight of a plasticizer mixture comprising a plasticizer (C1) and a plasticizer (C2). The modified polyolefin resin (B) is either a modified polyolefin (B1) which is a copolymer of an olefin comprising at least one of ethylene and propylene, with an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, or a modified polyolefin (B2) which is a graft polymer obtained by grafting an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof onto a copolymer of an olefin comprising at least one of ethylene and propylene. The plasticizer (C1) has a solidifying point of -40.degree. C.

Abstract: A method of playing a keno-type craps game in which the outcome of possible combinations of two dice are assigned to post positions is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a game for a player to wager on the occurrence or non-occurrence of at least one of a number of outcomes or combination of outcomes of the two dice for at least one post position. A player makes a wager on at least a selected one of the outcomes or combinations of possible outcomes for the at least one post position. An outcome from possible combinations of two dice is generated for the at least one post position for a single game. The generated outcome is assigned to the at least one post position for the single game, and the player's selected one of the outcomes or combination of possible outcomes for the at least one post position is compared to the generated outcome assigned to the at least one post position for the single game.

Abstract: An alkaline storage battery configured with an improved nickel positive electrode plate having a high capacity density and a high utilization of the active material is disclosed. The nickel positive electrode plate comprises a porous metal plaque, a first layer of nickel hydroxide loaded in close proximity to inner surfaces of pores of the porous metal plaque, and a second layer of nickel hydroxide loaded over the first layer. The nickel hydroxide in the second layer has a larger particle diameter than that in the first layer, and the amount of the nickel hydroxide in the second layer occupies a majority of the total amount of the active material filled in the positive electrode.

Abstract: Novel N-sulfinyl-2-carboxyaziridine compounds and novel N-hydrogen-2-hydroxymethylaziridine compounds are provided. The asymmetric synthesis of N-sulfinylaziridines is readily accomplished in high diastereomeric purity and good yield by the Darzens-type reaction of the metal enolate of an .alpha.-haloester and an enantiopure sulfinimine. Ring-opening of these aziridines affords .alpha.-amino acids and the otherwise difficult to prepare syn-.beta.-hydroxy-.alpha.-amino acids, both key structural units found in many bioactive materials. The N-sulfinyl radical may be selectively removed from the novel aziridine compounds by treatment with acid or base. Alternatively, the N-sulfinyl radical may be oxidized to provide the corresponding N-sulfonyl-aziridine, or reduced to form the corresponding 1H-2-hydroxymethylaziridine, either of which may subsequently be ring-opened to provide precursors to bioactive compounds.

Abstract: In a diaphragm pump flap valves accommodated in a pump head are provided which have a valve disk in which are situated valve flaps (14) circumscribed by partial ring-shaped recesses. These are respectively flexibly connected with the remaining valve disk (15) by means of a web (17). The valve disk is clamped between pump head elements in an area circumscribing each respective valve. In order to avoid material displacements and deformations resulting from the clamping from acting upon the web and the valve flap (14), it is provided that an opening (19) of the valve disk (15) is situated in a connecting area between valve flap (14), web (17) and outer clamping (18), facing away from the valve flap (14). Material displacements originating from the clamping area (18) can thereby no longer influence the valve flap (14) and the web (17), since a transmission of these material deformations is interrupted in the area of the opening (19).

Abstract: A fastener comprising a shaft having a preselected length for use in fastening at least two materials together. A head extends radially around the shaft at one end. The shaft is provided with an enlarged shaft portion located in proximity to the head. The enlarged shaft portion has a pair of opposite ends, a cylindrical center portion and a pair of frusto-conical tapered portions. Each of the frusto-conical tapered portions extends from the center portion to one of the ends. The enlarged shaft portion has a length less than the length of the shaft.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition useful for internal combustion engines comprises a base oil, and, as combined therewith, specified amounts of a molybdenum dialkyl-dithiocarbamate, a selected zinc dihydrocarbyl dithiophosphate and a selected copper carboxylate, respectively. The oil composition exhibits a high friction-reducing effect when the oil is fresh and maintains the same effect even after the oil has been deteriorated.

Abstract: A polyamide resin composition comprising: (A) from 50 to 92 parts by weight of a crystalline terpolymer polyamide produced from: (a) an equimolar salt of hexamethylenediamine with adipic acid, (b) an equimolar salt of hexamethylenediamine with terephthalic acid, and (c) 12-aminododecanoic acid or .omega.-laurolactam; (B) from 5 to 35 parts by weight of a modified polyolefin grafted with an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride or derivative thereof; and (C) from 3 to 15 parts by weight of polyamide 12, with the total amount of the composition being 100 parts by weight.

Abstract: An organo-antimony oxide sol capable of affording an electrical conductivity property and a photo-setting coating composition containing such a sol are provided. The particulate colloidal antimony oxide, i.e. a dispersoid in the sol, has a pyrochlore structure and is surface-treated with an organo-silicon compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.2 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group; R.sup.4 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkylene group; R.sup.5 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl group; i is an integer of 1-3; j is an integer of 0-2; and k is an integer of 1-3 equal to i+j.

Abstract: A polyurethane foam is constituted by using a blowing agent selected from the group consisting of iodofluorohydrocarbons, perfluoroalkenes and hydrogen-containing fluoromorpholine derivatives. These blowing agents have a low thermal conductivity and a short life in the air, and thus impose no or very small load such as ozone layer depletion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP) on the environment. The iodofluorohydrocarbon, in particular, can give an incombustibility and self-extinguishing property to the conventionally used inflammable substance such as cyclopentane or the like, and thus is also advantageous from the viewpoint of safety of the thermal insulating material.

Abstract: A method for drawing an element of an object during computer-aided drafting of the object is disclosed. A computer has a view screen displaying a cursor and at least a portion of a drawing field, and also has a cursor manipulator. The cursor is positioned using the cursor manipulator at a first location on the drawing field, a first data point is recorded at the first location, and the first data point is displayed on the view screen. A drawing plane is associated with the first data point and has first and second substantially perpendicular axes, and an origin at the intersection thereof coinciding with the first data point. The cursor is then positioned using the cursor manipulator at a second location on the drawing field relative to the origin of the drawing plane, a second data point is recorded at the second location, and the second data point is displayed on the view screen.

Abstract: A polyamide resin composition and a biaxially stretched film comprising the polyamide resin composition. The polyamide resin composition comprises (1) 93 to 99.5% by weight of a polyamide resin and (2) 0.5 to 7% by weight of an acid-modified resin, the acid-modified resin being obtained by adding 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of an unsaturated. carboxylic acid to 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of 20 to 50% by weight partially saponified to have a degree of saponification of 50 to 95 mol %.