Abstract: The present invention relates to a support base for cabinets designed to house electrical and/or electronic apparatuses, and a cabinet equipped with such a support base. The support base comprises four corner blocks and four panels joining the corner blocks, the corner blocks each comprising an upper assembly plate and a lower assembly plate assembled to one another by vertical partitions, the upper plate comprising means for fixing the block to the frame of the cabinet, whereas the lower plate comprises means for fixing the block to the ground. These fixing means comprise two fixing orifices accessible respectively via the two external side faces of the block, each orifce having a fixing axis which is inclined by an angle of about 20.degree. with respect to the plane of the corresponding external face of the block. Each block comprises a vertical internal partition forming an angle of 45.degree. with the external faces of the block and comprising an opening for the passage of handling bars.

Abstract: A thermal transfer medium comprising:a thermal transfer film comprising a substrate film and a hot-melt ink layer provided on said substrate film, said hot-melt ink layer containing a thermoplastic elastomer having a rubber elasticity; and an image receiving sheet superposed peelably onto said thermal transfer film on the side of said hot-melt ink layer; wherein (i) the thermal transfer medium is formed by separately preparing said image receiving sheet and said thermal transfer film, superposing said image receiving sheet on said thermal transfer film on the side of said hot-melt ink layer, and adhering said image receiving sheet and said thermal transfer film in a peelable manner; (ii) said hot-melt ink layer is formed by coating said substrate film with a hot-melt ink; (iii) the adhesive strength under shear in an area of adhesion between said thermal transfer film on the side of said hot-melt ink layer and a 25.times.55 m.sup.2 area of said image receiving sheet ranges from 300 to 2000 g; and (iv) the 90.

Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply, with passing neutral, comprises a twin step-up chopper whose input is connected to a battery and to a rectifier circuit connected to the mains power system. The twin step-up chopper comprises a positive step-up chopper supplying a first output voltage between a positive DC output and neutral, and a negative step-up chopper supplying a second output voltage between a negative DC output and neutral. The control circuit of the twin step-up chopper comprises means for regulating imbalance between the output voltages of the positive and negative step-up choppers, suitable both for operation on the mains power system and for operation on the battery.

Abstract: An explosion-proof porcelain housing for use in a gas-filled insulating apparatus, comprising a porcelain housing body, and a first and second films. The first film is made of a first insulating material having low hardness and high elasticity, and is bonded to an inner surface of the porcelain housing body. The second film is made of a second insulating material having high hardness and high mechanical strength, and is bonded to an inner surface of the first film. A process for producing such an explosion-proof porcelain housing is also disclosed.

Abstract: A single resist layer lift-off process for forming patterned layers on a substrate, wherein a post-soak bake is used to control the extent to which chlorobenzene penetrates the resist layer. A post-metallization bake can also be employed to improve lift-off of the resist layer. The process of the present invention provides the resist profile with increased overhang length and the sidewalls of the resist profile with a negative slope. Such increased overhang length and negative slope prevent metallization of the sidewalls of the resist, and thus facilitate more rapid removal of the resist during lift-off.

Abstract: The invention relates to a self-baring connector for a flat cable. This connector comprises a base and a cover fitted onto this base. The base comprises grooves separated by longitudinal bosses and the cover is equipped with grooves separated by longitudinal ribs to house wires of an electrical cable. The cover in addition bears, in recesses arranged in the grooves, connecting grips arranged to perform electrical coupling by perforation of the self-baring type of the insulator surrounding the conductor of the wire. This connector is suitable for a flat cable with several electrical wires and enables an electrical connection to be made at any point of this cable.

Abstract: An article of footwear having an upper connected to a sole, wherein an integrated tongue-strap structure is provided for superior fit, durability, support and strength. The upper may be formed of at least two layers, including an upper body having a heel portion, an arch and instep portion and a toe portion for respectively receiving a heel, an arch and instep and toes of a foot of a wearer. The strap element may penetrate the upper body, extend around the upper body between those two layers from medial to lateral sides of the article of footwear. The strap element may be formed of one-piece. In such a case, the footwear is donned by loosening a tensioning device provided on the tongue of the upper or provided between at least one end of the one-piece strap element and the tongue.

Abstract: A retainer for seat which can be molded by a pair of metal molds and which prevents water from entering into a portion which locks a hook member. The retainer for seat comprises: a box-shaped leg body with an opening being inserted through a mounting hole; a flange extending outwardly from a vicinity of the opening; pawl portions protruding from outer surfaces of the leg body, and the peripheral edge of the mounting hole is held between the pawl portions and the flange; and retaining bodies protruding from the inner surfaces of the leg body in the direction of approaching each other, and resiliently retaining a hook member which is inserted through the opening.

Abstract: A film made of lithium niobate-lithium tantalate solid solution may be formed on a single crystal substrate having a composition of LiNb.sub.1-z Ta.sub.z O.sub.3 (0.ltoreq.z<0.8) by the liquid phase epitaxial process. The substrate is contacted with supercooled liquid phase of a melt to produce the film thereon. The melt consists mainly of Li.sub.2 O.sub.3, Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5, Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 and a flux. A composition of the liquid phase is within a region encompassed by a straight line K linking a point A (95, 5, 0) and a point B (95, 2, 3), a straight line G linking the point A (95, 5, 0) and a point C (60, 40, 0), a straight line H linking the point C (60, 40, 0) and a point D (60, 0, 40), a straight line J linking the point B (95, 2, 3) and a point E (0, 40, 60) and a curved line I defining a composition whose saturation temperature is not more than 1200.degree. C. Each line is shown in a triangular diagram of a pseudo-ternary system of LiNbO.sub.3 -LiTaO.sub.3 --a melting medium.

Abstract: A honeycomb heater including a honeycomb structure, two electrodes and a plurality of slits extending through the honeycomb structure. The slits are provided to elongate a current flow path through the honeycomb structure and to define a plurality of first regions of partition walls and at least one second region of partition walls. The first regions are locally quickly heated with respect to at least one second region upon electrification of the honeycomb structure, and the first regions are spaced apart from each other. In addition, the first regions in total extend over an area 5 to 50% of a total cross-sectional area of the honeycomb structure. Alternatively, the honeycomb structure may include at least one first region and a plurality of second regions, the second regions being spaced apart by the at least one first region.

Abstract: A centrifugal protection apparatus including: a rotor having markers connected to a motor responsive to drive signals; first and second detectors for detecting the marker upon rotation of the rotor and generating first and second detection signals respectively; a drive circuit responsive to a command for generating the drive signals from the supply power via input terminal in response to the first or second detection signal; first and second switch circuits, arranged in series between the input terminal and the motor, for controlling the supply of the drive signals to the motor; a current detector for detecting a current of one of the drive signals and generating a current detection signal; and first and second judging portions for detecting whether the first and second detection signals are within a predetermined value and for operating the first and second switch circuits to cut off the drive signals when the first and second detection signals are not within the predetermined value respectively and when a m

Abstract: An adjustable fastening system is disclosed for cinching together first and second opposing cinching members, interconnected via a closed-loop cable assembly, or a cable assembly including a discrete-length cable. The cable assembly is cooperable with an anchoring member which maintains the cable assembly in a tensioned state, thereby cinching the first and second cinching members together. The anchoring member includes at least one groove for receiving the cable assembly.

Abstract: A ceramic ferrule, an array of ceramic ferrules, and a ceramic ferrule refractory wall, all for shielding a tube sheet/boiler tube assembly of a heat exchanger connected to an industrial heat source. The head portion of each ferrule replaces conventional cast refractory walls, and has an outer-peripheral shape that allows the ferrules to mate at the operating temperature of the industrial heat source. The mated ferrules expand and contract substantially independently of one another, but form a substantially gas-tight barrier for shielding the tube sheet/boiler tube assembly from the waste gas of the industrial heat source.

Abstract: A P.sup.+ layer is formed on the lower surface of an N.sup.- substrate, and recesses are defined in the upper surface of the N.sup.- substrate. Then, P.sup.+ gate regions and bottom gate regions are formed in side walls and bottoms of the recesses. The N.sup.- substrate and an N.sup.- substrate are ultrasonically cleaned to remove impurities therefrom, then cleaned by pure water, and dried by a spinner. Then, while lands on the upper surface of the N.sup.- substrate are being held against the surface of the N.sup.- substrate, the N.sup.- substrate are joined to each other by heating then at 800.degree. C. in a hydrogen atmosphere.

Abstract: A hydraulic combustion accumulator includes a cylinder divided into a combustion chamber and a hydraulic fluid chamber by a free reciprocating piston. An injection mechanism is provided for separately injecting a combustion fuel and air into the combustion chamber. The combustion fuel preferably includes at least one of ammonia and hydrogen. An ignition mechanism ignites the combustion gas in the combustion chamber thereby causing the piston to apply a pressurizing force to a hydraulic fluid contained in the hydraulic fluid chamber. A control unit controls the operation of the injection mechanism and ignition mechanism such that, in a preferred embodiment, multiple ignitions are achieved during a single combustion stroke of the piston. The hydraulic combustion accumulator can be utilized in a propulsion system as either a primary propulsion power source or a secondary propulsion power source.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine is herein disclosed which comprises an exhaust system having an adsorption flow path provided with an adsorbent capable of adsorbing harmful components such as hydrocarbons in an exhaust gas, and a catalyst flow path provided with at least one catalyst for decreasing the harmful components in the exhaust gas, the exhaust gas purification system being characterized in that an outlet of the adsorption flow path is joined to the catalyst flow path at a predetermined position on the upstream side of the catalyst to form a joint portion; the exhast gas produced at least at the time of the operation start of the internal combustion engine is divided so as to flow through the adsorption flow path and the catalyst flow path in a predetermined ratio, so that part of harmful components such as the hydrocarbons are adsorbed by the adsorbent in the adsorption flow path; and when the adsorbed harmful components begin to desorb from the adsorbent with the

Abstract: A honeycomb heater including a honeycomb structure which is made of a conductive material and which has a number of passages substantially parallel to a gas flow direction partitioned by partition walls and which has respective providing a gas inlet and a gas outlet, and at least two electrodes for electrification provided on the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb heater is characterized in that besides the passages, orifices which have a larger hydraulic diameter than the passages and which narrow a current flow path are formed at predetermined positions of the honeycomb structure to adjust resistance, whereby a specific region of the honeycomb heater is locally heated more quickly as compared with other regions at the time of the electrification.

Abstract: A composite insulator having a core member and a housing member integrally arranged around the core member, the housing member being constructed by a trunk portion and a shed portion, has a creepable distance extending means arranged on a lower plane of the shed portion. Moreover, a segment used for producing the composite insulator has a pair of segment molds detachably connected at a partition plane having a through-hole at its center portion through which the core member is arranged, an upper plane forming portion arranged at its one end surface for defining an upper plane of the shed portion, and a lower plane forming portion arranged at its other end surface for defining a lower plane of the shed portion; and a partition for forming the creepage distance extending means arranged at the lower plane forming portion.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet is provided which is, in use, superimposed on a thermal transfer sheet and can form a printed, recorded image, having excellent storage stability, with a high density and a high resolution. The sheet includes a substrate and an intermediate layer and a receptive layer formed in that order on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the intermediate layer contains a polyurethane resin having a specific glass transition temperature of 40.degree. C. or above.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant named Dark Splendid Reagan, bearing medium sized purple blooms with a yellow-green center and performance of 24-28 days.