Abstract: A method for thermal transfer recording including the steps of superposing a sublimation-type thermal transfer recording sheet on an image-receiving sheet including a dye-receiving layer, and applying thermal energy to the back surface of the thermal transfer recording sheet to produce an image in the dye-receiving sheet, in which an oil-repelling agent is supplied to the image-recorded surface when or after the image is produced so that the image-recorded surface can have a contact angle to tetradecane of 10.degree. or greater; and a thermal transfer recording sheet and an image-receiving sheet for use in this recording method. An image which has excellent in resistance to stains such as resistance to fingerprints and resistance to plasticizers, durability and preservability can be obtained by the present invention.

Abstract: A passenger transport installation in urban aeras comprises a wide track, constituted by two parallel, laterally spaced track cables and vehicles having supporting wheels for running on that track cables. The supporting wheels are located above the vehicle roof at a small constant distance thereof, so as to provide a clearance between the vehicle roof and the horizontal plane containing the track cables, wherein are housed the track cable bearing shoes and the vehicle traction cable loops with their return wheels.

Abstract: A multi-stage honeycomb heater includes: at least two honeycomb heaters electrically connected with each other and disposed along a stream of fluid; the two honeycomb heaters including furthest upstream honeycomb heater and a an adjacent honeycomb heater which is adjacent to and downstream of the furthest upstream honeycomb heater; each of the two honeycomb heaters having an electrically conductive honeycomb structure the honeycomb structure of the upstream honeycomb heater having slits for adjusting its electrical resistance and/or element for adjusting heat capacity of the honeycomb structure so that the ratio of applied power to heat capacity of the furthest upstream honeycomb heater is larger than the ratio of applied power to heat capacity of the adjacent honeycomb heater. Thus the upstream heater and the downstream heater can give similar temperature increases without a temperature distribution along a flow direction during the engine warm-up.

Abstract: A secondary hardening type high temperature wear-resistant sintered alloy body comprising 0.4 to 15 wt. % of at least one species of metal carbide forming element which is selected from the group consisting of W, Mo, V, Ti, Nb, Ta and B; 5 to 35 wt. % of at least one species of austenite forming element which is selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Cu, and Cr; 0.2 to 1.2 wt. % of C; and 0.04 to 0.2 wt. % of Al consisting essentially the remainder of Fe, wherein the alloy body contains an austenite phase which is capable of martensitic transformation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat transfer image-receiving sheet showing improved releasability at the time of heat-sensitive printing, which includes a substrate sheet, a dye-receiving layer formed on at least one side of the substrate sheet and a release layer formed on the surface of the dye-receiving layer and in which the release layer consists essentially of a mixture of a reactive curing type of release agent with an unreactive type of release agent.

Abstract: An adjustment device including a rotary knob for driving a positioning stud cooperating with a ramp of an oeprating component, and a ring equipped with means for selecting the angular position of an end-of-travel stop, designed to limit the rotational movement of the knob to determine a maximum tripping threshold. The ring is covered by a cover plate having an opening for access to the head of the fine tripping threshold adjustment knob. The diameter of the second opening is smaller than the external diameter of the ring to inhibit any modification of the position of the end-of-travel stop after the cover plate has been fitted.

Abstract: A miniaturized electromagnetic wave detecting apparatus is provided that detects wavelengths from the microwave to the infrared regions in any environment. Electrons are field-emitted from an electron emitting means comprising a cold cathode and a gate electrode 2. Spiral motion and elongation of traveling length of the emitted electrons are enhanced by orthogonal magnetic field applied by a magnetic field application means while the electrons are attracted to the anode. The electrons are accelerated by the cyclotron resonance enhanced when the angular cyclotron resonance frequency .omega..sub.c, determined by the magnetic flux density of the orthogonal magnetic field, and the angular frequency .omega..sub.f of the electromagnetic wave to be measured coincide with each other. The accelerated electrons collide with and dissociate the dilute gas molecules to produce multiplied ion-pairs, which are then captured by the cathode and anode.

Abstract: Azole derivatives (including stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts) of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each are H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sub.3 is H, OH, CN, halogen, haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or phenyl, and if there are two or more R.sub.3 groups, such R.sub.3 groups may be the same or different; n is an integer from 0 to 5; Y is N or CH; and X is O, S or NH have antimycotic and aromatase inhibitory activities. Compositions containing the azole derivatives and a method of treating mycosis and estrogen-dependent diseases by administering effective quantities of the azole derivatives are also disclosed.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprising a substrate sheet, a dye-receptive layer provided on one surface of the substrate sheet and a dye-unreceptive layer provided on the other surface of the substrate sheet, the dye-unreceptive layer comprising a composition composed mainly of at least one thermoplastic resin having at least one reactive functional group and an isocyanate compound or a chelate compound.A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprising a substrate sheet, a dye-receptive layer provided on one surface of the substrate sheet and a dye-unreceptive layer provided on the other surface of the substrate sheet, the dye-unreceptive layer comprising a release agent which is the same as that contained in the dye-receptive layer or does not migrate to other places, for example, comprises an amino-modified silicone and an epoxy-modified silicone or a product of a reaction of both of them, or an addition-polymerizable silicone or a cured product obtained by a reaction thereof.

Abstract: A heater unit includes a honeycomb heater having a resistance adjusting component and a casing for holding the heater, wherein at least part of the side of the heater is covered with protective member(s) via an inorganic adhesive and the resulting heater is held in said casing. This heater unit has a highly integral structure and can prevent short circuiting even under the severe driving conditions of automobiles and allows the resistance adjusting component (e.g. slits) to have reliable isolation from each other.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin-film Hg-containing oxide superconductor is disclosed, which comprises forming a thin film on a substrate, said thin film containing mercury, an alkaline earth element, and copper as main components thereof; and subjecting said substrate with the thin film to a heat treatment in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at an oxygen partial pressure of 1/500 to 1/10 atm, to convert said thin film to the thin-film superconductor.

Abstract: A parallel light beam is introduced from a collimator lens into through holes defined in a honeycomb-shaped object, and any light emitted from the honeycomb-shaped object is read by a CCD camera through a Fourier-transform lens to produce a Fourier-transform image of the honeycomb-shaped object. The honeycomb-shaped object is tilted such that the axis of the through holes is inclined at a certain angle to the optical axis of the parallel laser beam. If the partitions contain interstices spaced at intervals and light introduced into the through holes passes through such interstices, the Fourier-transform image includes a stripe pattern induced by diffracted light from the interstices. Since the stripe pattern can easily be distinguished from a dot-matrix pattern representing light emitted from the through holes, the interstices contained in the partitions can reliably be detected.

Abstract: A safety apparatus for a passage controlled by means of a first member and a second member, has a first device for detecting opening of the passage, a second device for detecting fierce knocking on the first and second members and a third device for detecting abnormally high temperature. The first device detects relative movement between the first and second members. The first device has (a) a block being attached to the first member and having a curved surface, (b) a detector having a casing attached to the second member and a pin having a free end so that the pin is in various positions relative to the casing when the free end of the pin is in various positions against the curved surface of the block as the first member is moved relative to the second member and (c) an alarm actuated by means of the detector for warning of the relative movement between the first member and second members.

Abstract: A variable impedance element suitable for controlling a high-frequency signal is formed of a pair of FETs of identical conduction type, and functions to prevent variations in degree of channel opening of the FETs in response to positive and negative-going changes of the controlled signal voltage, to thereby achieve high linearity of impedance characteristics. Each FET has the drain and gate electrodes mutually coupled by a capacitor, the source electrodes of the FETs are mutually coupled, the gate electrodes are mutually isolated with respect to the high-frequency signal and coupled in common to receive an impedance control voltage, and the variable impedance appears between the drain electrodes.

Abstract: Improved transmitter and receiver units for use in spatial measurement system that are easy and inexpensive to manufacture while providing a high degree of reliability are disclosed. Specifically, the laser transmitter includes a laser emitter, a bearing/motor assembly coupled to the laser emitter, the bearing/motor assembly including a rotatable hollow spindle shaft through which a laser beam generated by the laser emitter passes and a motor for driving the spindle shaft, a prism assembly coupled to the spindle shaft, wherein the prism assembly divides the laser beam generated by the laser emitter into a pair of fanned laser beams, and reflecting means for reflecting the fanned laser beams generated by the prism assembly as counter-rotating fanned laser beams. The receiver unit preferably includes at least one optical receiver coupled to an extension member, a processing unit coupled to the optical receiver, and a receiver interface coupled to the processing unit.

Abstract: A catalyst for purification of exhaust gases, comprising a monolithic carrier and a catalyst layer formed thereon for reduction of the carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides emitted from internal combustion engines, wherein (1) the catalyst layer contains catalyst particles each comprising a heat-resistant inorganic oxide and at least one noble metal selected from Pt, Pd and Rh, loaded thereon, (2) the catalyst layer contains, as a whole, three noble metals of Pt, Pd and Rh, (3) the catalyst layer contains, at any position ranging from the outer surface to the midpoint of the thickness, catalyst particles comprising a heat-resistant inorganic oxide and 2-10% by weight, based on the inorganic oxide, of Pd loaded thereon, and (4) the catalyst layer has, at the outer surface, exposed catalyst particles comprising an heat-resistant inorganic oxide and at least Rh loaded thereon.

Abstract: A method of producing a dielectric ceramic composition is disclosed which includes the steps of: preparing a main ceramic composition comprising BaO, TiO.sub.2 and RE.sub.2 O.sub.3 (where RE represents at least one rare earth metal) as major components; calcining a mixture of starting materials which give the main ceramic composition, at a temperature of 1050.degree. C. or higher, to provide a calcined mixture; finely pulverizing the calcined mixture to provide a calcined ceramic powder having an average grain size of not larger than 0.8 .mu.m; and adding, as at least a part of a secondary component, a B.sub.2 O.sub.3 powder or a glass powder containing B.sub.2 O.sub.3, to the main ceramic composition. Also disclosed are a dielectric resonator and dielectric filter using such a dielectric ceramic composition as produced according to the above method, and a method of producing such a dielectric resonator or filter.

Abstract: A thermal head for printers, facsimile machines, copying machines, etc., of the thermo-sensitive type or thermo-transfer type, includes a substrate and a resistance-heating element on the substrate. The substrate has a printing surface relative to which an information carrier is caused to slide for printing information on the information carrier. The substrate comprises a material having a thermal conductivity coefficient and a heat capacity per unit volume which are within respectively defined numerical ranges. The resistance-heating element is formed on a thin-walled portion of the substrate, and the printing surface is made integral with a substrate surface which is adjacent to the resistance-heating element.

Abstract: A reflection-type screen that is free from uneven formation attributable to a weave pattern of a ground fabric as a constituent material, can be wound up in a roll form and unwound at need and is less likely to cause deformation, such as buckling, elongation and sagging, and is easy to handle. The reflection-type screen includes a dimensionally stable substrate sheet having an elastic limit of 60 kg/cm.sup.2 or more, a Young's modulus of elasticity of 2.5.times.10.sup.4 kg/cm.sup.2 or more, a bending modulus of elasticity of 3.5.times.10.sup.4 kg/cm.sup.2 or less, a thickness of 35 to 200 .mu.m and a center line average height and a waviness of 100 .mu.m or less each. Laminated on the substrate sheet in the following order is a high-density light diffusion-reflection layer and a translucent light diffusion layer including a soft vinyl chloride sheet, the translucent light diffusion layer having a surface provided with a light-diffusing fine uneven pattern.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image receiving sheet which can provide an image according to a thermal transfer printing process wherein use is made of a sublimable dye. The image has high density and sharpness and is excellent in various types of fastness, particularly fingerprint resistance, plasticizer resistance, etc. The thermal transfer image receiving sheet of the present invention includes a substrate sheet and a dye receiving layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate sheet, wherein the dye-receiving layer includes a dispersion of a dye-receiving resin dispersed in an aqueous medium.