Abstract: A swing-out supporting arrangement (7) primarily intended for a wall-mounted oven (1) of domestic type comprises a bottom plate (6) supported by link arms (9, 10), said bottom plate (6) and an insert (8), possibly associated with said bottom plate, being retractable from the oven (1) by a swing-out movement without the use of any front door. The bottom plate (6) with the insert (8) can be moved between a first position inside the oven and a second swing-out position below and in front of the over front wall (2). Preferably, the swing-out movement is performed by means of an electric motor which is rotatable between two end positions. The principle of invention can also be used for a ceiling plate (4) supported by link arms, said plate being swingingly displaced in a corresponding lifting movement from an oven positioned at a low level.

Abstract: A method for cleaning or sterilizing objects in a liquid fluid cleaning system comprising a high-pressure storing/working vessel, a cleaning chamber, and a low-pressure supply vessel, the method comprising the steps of loading the cleaning chamber with objects to be cleaned or sterilized; supplying cleaning fluid to the cleaning chamber from the low-pressure supply vessel by means of pressure difference; supplying cleaning fluid to the cleaning chamber from the high-pressure storing/working vessel; cleaning the objects in the cleaning chamber with the cleaning fluid; transferring cleaning fluid from the cleaning chamber to the high-pressure storing/working vessel; and unloading the cleaned objects from the cleaning chamber.

Abstract: A cleaning solution including a brominated hydrocarbon and an ester. The cleaning solution is especially useful for cleaning high-voltage power cables prior to splicing.

Abstract: A spinal implant including a hollow, generally tubular shell having an exterior lateral surface, a leading end, and a trailing end. The shell has a helical thread projecting from its exterior surface. The thread includes a plurality of pillars. Each pillar has a height of 100-4500 microns and a lateral dimension at the widest point of 100-4500 microns. The exterior surface has a plurality of holes therethrough to permit bone growth therethrough. The spinal implant may alternatively have a plurality of pillars projecting from its exterior surface in a regular, non-helical array.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for attaching conductive balls by which the tact time necessary for the positional recognition of a substrate before the conductive balls are attached onto a substrate can be greatly reduced. A first camera and a second camera are moved together a suction head. After the suction head picks up the conductive balls in a conductive ball supply section, the suction head is moved to a position above a flux supply section so that flux can be attached to the conductive balls 10, and concurrently the first camera recognizes a positional recognition mark on a substrate. Then, during when the suction head is moved to a position above the substrate, the second camera recognizes another positional recognition mark on the substrate. In accordance with the positional recognition conducted above, the suction head is positioned accurately with respect to the substrate, and then the conductive balls are attached onto the electrodes on the substrate.

Abstract: A separation device comprises a vessel (1) having an essentially circular cylindrical shape around a center axis (2), a first passage (4) provided in the cylindrical wall of the vessel and a second passage (5), provided in the cylindrical wall of the vessel on a diametrically opposite part thereof. An enclosure means (6) is provided in the vessel (1) to enclose a bed (7) of particulate material and comprises a first and second enclosure panel (8, 9) provided inside the first and second passages (4, 5), respectively, at a distance therefrom to provide a flow distribution space (11) therebetween and being perforated (15) to permit fluid flow therethrough. Each of said enclosure panels (8, 9) has an outer surface which is essentially parallel with the center axis (2) and convex seen from the respective passage (4,5).

Abstract: A method for measuring junction leakage in a semiconductor product wafer while applying varying light to the wafer. A surface photovoltage characteristic for the wafer and an eddy current characteristic for the wafer in response to the light are measured. A junction leakage characteristic for at least one of junction types is determined by simultaneously measuring the surface photovoltage and the induced eddy current characteristics in response to a light flash.

Abstract: The fabricating method for semiconductor devices in which the trench technique is employed to perform isolation between devices, and which comprises the steps of sequentially depositing a first film 2, 3 and a second film 4 on top of a silicon substrate 1, forming an element isolation trench 5 in the silicon substrate 1 with masking of the first film 2, 3 and second film 4 which have undergone patterning, and growing a silicon oxide film 6 that is generated by reaction of ozone and tetra-ethyl-ortho-silicate inside the element isolation trench where silicon is exposed.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for separating a gas from a gas mixture. The apparatus includes a vessel having an interior with a bed of adsorbent disposed therein. First and second passages communicate with the interior of the vessel. In a first step, the gas mixture is fed to the bed via the first passage and discharged from the bed via the second passage. In a second step, rest gas is evacuated from the bed via the first passage. In a third step, the gas mixture is fed to the bed via the second passage and discharged from the bed via the first passage. In a fourth step, rest gas is evacuated from the bed via the second passage.

Abstract: An adjustable cargo retention bar assembly for securing cargo within a cargo hold. The assembly includes a rigid beam having a rod inserted through the beam. The rod is movably adjustable with respect to the beam and is provided with a surface for contacting and securing the cargo. The assembly also provides a stop to prevent the rod from moving once the surface is positioned against the cargo.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying adhesive to the flutes of corrugated board to bond a face thereto. An applicator roll is provided with a uniform thin coating of adhesive by a flexible bar urged toward the surface of the applicator roll. A rider roll is provided adjacent the applicator roll and at the same height to form a vertical space for passage of the board therebetween so that the amount of glue applied to the tip of the flutes is directly proportional to the speed of the applicator roll. The space between the applicator roll and the rider roll is precisely controlled to minimize the amount of crush or deformation of the flutes during the application of the adhesive thereto. The dwell time in which the flutes are in contact with the adhesive layer on the applicator roll is reduced by minimizing the size of the rider roll and wrapping the face substantially around the rider roll.

Abstract: A heating roller device which incorporates a metal roller having a curier temperature adjusted to an appropriate level and enabling a self-temperature-controllability and which has a structure that the metal roller is induction-heated by an induction heating section. A method of manufacturing the foregoing metal roller according to the present invention has a step of joining a pipe, which is made of temperature-sensitive magnetic metal, and the composition of which has been adjusted so as to have a predetermined curier temperature, and metal having a resistivity lower than that of the temperature-sensitive magnetic metal to each other by a drawing work in such a manner as to prevent formation of any gap. Thus, an induction heating pipe exhibiting an excellent heating characteristic is manufactured.

Abstract: A tube assembly for a gas range includes a small aluminum manifold block, valve assemblies adapted to regulate flow of gas from the manifold block to the burners, and burner orifices adapted to control flow of gas to the burners. Aluminum valve supply tubes each have a first end staked to an associated outlet of the manifold block and a second end connected to an inlet of an associated one of the valve assemblies. Aluminum burner tubes each have a first end connected to an outlet of an associated one of the valve assemblies and a second end connected to an associated one of the burner orifices. Two or more small manifold blocks can be interconnected by aluminum manifold supply tubes. The manifold supply tube can be easily bent to position the manifold blocks in any desirable position. An igniter assembly includes a pin extending from a stem of the valve assembly and a contactless position sensor.

Abstract: This invention relates to a continuous multicolor ink jet press comprising a substrate driven by a motor and passing under at least one print head associated with a sensor and supplied by an ink circuit, a synchronization circuit, connected to a process controller and a position encoder placed on the substrate drive motor transmitting a signal to the synchronization circuit, this encoder being a high resolution position encoder. A printing system is located upstream of the printheads and which prints marks regularly on the substrate. These marks are detected by the sensor associated with the printheads.

Abstract: A stemmed endoscopic instrument has a distal operational tool, a proximal drive unit and a stem containing a force transmitting element extending through and displaceably received in the stem. A distal end of the force transmitting element acts on the operational tool and a proximal end engages the drive unit so that the force transmitting element drives the operational tool when the drive unit is actuated. An overload protection device limiting the traction force transmissible from the drive unit to the tool has a coupling with two mutually detachably connected coupling elements, the coupling being adjusted so that when a defined tension or force threshold is exceeded, the coupling elements separate from each other and force transmission is interrupted.

Abstract: A bi-directional current scaling preamplifier is inserted between a device under test and a source measure unit or a source measure unit and switching matrix combination. The bi-directional current scaling preamplifier is formed from an operational amplifier, a range-changing network, and a voltage to current converting circuit. Either the network or the converting circuit is provided with an inverter. The elements are arranged so that current from the source measure unit into the device under test is bi-directionally scaled.

Abstract: Surfboard having an essentially elongate, flat basic body which is capable of floating and, during use, rests with its underside on the water, and on whose upper side there is provided a standing surface for the feet of the sports person using the board, and in which at least one fin is attached to the underside. An opening extending from the underside towards the upper side is provided in the basic body for receiving the said fin, whose extent in the transverse direction of the board, that is to say transversely to the direction of travel and transversely to the surface plane of the fin, is less than the cross-section of the fin; the outer edges of the fin cross-section at the connection point to the board are preferably designed in such a way that the outer edges rest essentially completely against the underside of the board.

Abstract: A method for detecting abnormality in the morphology of erythrocytes, which comprises:(1) mixing a sample containing erythrocytes with a sphere-forming reagent;(2) introducing the sample treated in the preceding step into a detector area of a flow cytometer;(3) measuring at least one scattered light at an angle reflecting the morphology of erythrocyte among the scattered lights emitted from the sample to obtain cell distribution data; and(4) comparing the cell distribution data with cell distribution data on normal erythrocytes that were determined beforehand.

Abstract: A microwave oven including a defrosting step in which a target which must be heated is irradiated with microwaves which are irregular in terms of time at least when the phase of water in the target is shifted from a solid body to liquid. The microwave oven includes a magnetron for generating microwaves for dielectrically heating a target which must be heated; and a waveguide through which microwaves generated by the magnetron are propagated into a heating chamber, wherein a defrosting process is performed in such a manner that microwaves which are irregular in terms of time and which are in a chaos state are propagated through the waveguide at least when the phase of water in the target is shifted from a solid body to liquid.