Abstract: A flexible cylindrical body tube adapted to sealingly engage a beer bottle at one end and mounting a side-venting hose of a length selected to extend into the beer bottle and down into the bottle to a position adjacent the bottom of the bottle. When so placed, the bottle and hose may be inverted with a finger placed over the vent hose, the open end of the body tube brought to the mouth, the bottle and tube inverted and the finger removed, resulting in rapid continuous discharge of the fluid from the bottle into the mouth of the user.

Abstract: A cleaning disc cartridge capable of concurrently cleaning both a magnetic head of a magneto-optical disc apparatus and an optical lens thereof without causing any error in reading of a signal. A rotating disc is provided on one surface thereof opposite to a magnetic head of the apparatus with a head cleaning member and on the other surface thereof opposite to an objective lens of the apparatus with lens cleaning members. The rotating disc includes a disc body which is provided with an inventory region defined on an inner peripheral side of a lens cleaning member arrangement region, a reproduction-only region defined on an outer peripheral side of the lens cleaning member arrangement region, and an information recording and reproducing region outside the reproduction-only region.

Abstract: A coin processing apparatus for an automated vending machine includes a plurality of coin storing and dispensing units that receives appropriate coins from a distributor unit. A selector unit can determine a particular type of coin and direct it to a distributor unit. The coin storing and dispensing units are designed to provide for the bulk storage of coins and are compactly arranged to be mounted sequentially one above the other. Each of the coin storing and dispensing units can be rotated or moved in a horizontal direction to provide operator access.

Abstract: A microprocessor is provided for supporting reduction of codes in size, wherein instructions are extended in units of 0.5 word from a basic one word code. A word of instruction, fetched from an external memory, is transferred to a decoding register via instruction buffers and a selector both operate in units of half words, then is decoded by a decoder. A storage unit stores a state of an instruction stored in an instruction buffer. A controlling unit controls the selector so that the instructions are transferred from instruction buffers to the decoding register in units of half words based on a direction from the decoder and the states stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A technique for interrogation of fiber optic interferometric sensors wherein an optical signal is modulated by an array of fiber optic sensors in response to acoustic pressure. Modulated signals (channels) from each sensor are multiplexed onto a single fiber optic cable and the multiplexed signal is input to a polarization diversity detector having at least two outputs. The optical signal is converted into a digital, electrical signal. A plurality of digital down converters demultiplex and demodulate the separate channels and output in-phase data and quadrature phase data for each of the signal channels. A system controller connects to the digital down converters and to a calibration digital down converter. The calibration digital down converter, controlled by the system controller, mimics an operation of each digital down converter in turn in order to determine optimal digital down converter settings for each digital down converter.

Abstract: An input device comprising LCD panel 106, tablet 108 which is set thereon, wherein representative keys are displayed on LCD panel 106. When pen 109 touches a key, the key is expanded. If pen 109 continues pressing the key, the displayed key changes to its related key. When pen 109 is lifted up from tablet 108, a key corresponding to a position on tablet 108 from which pen 109 has been lifted up is determined as an input key.

Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a positive lens unit and a negative lens unit. Focusing in a focal length range from a shortest focal length condition to a middle focal length condition is performed by moving the positive lens unit, and focusing in a focal length range from the middle focal length condition to a longest focal length condition is performed by moving the negative lens unit. The zoom lens system fulfills the following condition: ##EQU1## where B.sub.f is a distance from a rear end surface of the zoom lens system to a film at the shortest focal length condition and .increment.t is a diagonal length of the film.

Abstract: A handle post slants from a neutral position in response to an operational force being applied thereto. A coil spring has a configuration that, through a middle portion of the coil spring, a space is provided between each adjacent turns of the line material which constitutes the coil spring, and, through the remaining two side portions of the coil spring, no space is provided between each adjacent turns of the line material. One end of the coil spring is connected with the handle post. A supporting member is connected with the other end of the coil spring. The supporting member supports the handle post via the coil spring in a manner in which the handle post can slant with respect to the supporting member from the neutral position.

Abstract: More than two pressure reducing chambers 6 to 9 are located on both the upstream and the downstream of vacuum processing housings 11 and 12. Each of the pressure reducing chambers 6 to 9 includes a film conveying means 30, a vacuum exhausting means, and a gate valve 20 provided with a resilient member for closely holding down the running film 1 to seal off the vacuum state of a belt-like passage of the gate valve 20. As the pressure reducing chambers 6 to 9 are protected with their specific gate valve belt-like passage arrangement from reduction of the vacuum state and located respectively on the upstream and downstream sides of the vacuum processing units 11 and 12, the vacuum state in the continuous vacuum processing apparatus will be maintained to a desired level. While the running film 1 is being conveyed, the gate valves 20 at the first and second stages are actuated alternately for opening and closing after vacuum evacuation.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a plasma display panel in which the fluorescent substance layer or the reflection layer is formed easily and accurately even for a minute cell structure, and in which the fluorescent substance layer or the reflection layer is formed evenly in the channels between the partition walls formed in stripes, or such a layer is formed also on the sides of the partition walls. To achieve this purpose, a fluorescent substance layer or a reflection layer is formed by applying a fluorescent substance ink or a reflection material ink continuously onto the channels, the ink being spouted out from a nozzle which runs along the partition walls. The nozzle may be directed to one side of the plurality of partition walls while running. Pressure may be put upon the ink having been applied onto the channels so that the ink sticks to both sides of the partition walls.

Abstract: A tip of a vane slid with a rolling piston is mechanically finish-ground in the direction of the sliding movement between the vane and the rolling piston, and provided with a protective coating film being proof against abrasion which is composed of non-ferrous metal formed by a physical vapor deposition method, or composed of a chromium nitride compound formed by an ion plating method. Hydrofluorocarbon is employed as a refrigerant, and ester oil being compatible with the refrigerant is used as a lubricating oil.

Abstract: A memory circuit is equipped with a first integrated circuit including a first set of terminals which are connected to a bus and a second integrated circuit including a second set of terminals which are connected to the bus. The signal lines, which one-to one connect the terminals in the first set of terminals to the terminals in the second set of terminals, are arranged so that no pair of signal lines connected to adjacent terminals in the first set of terminals is connected to an adjacent pair or terminals in the second set of terminals.

Abstract: A jet for use in spas and hydrotherapeutic reservoirs having a first set of nozzles aligned in a plane at the water entrance side of the jet and a second set of nozzles aligned one-to-one with the first set of nozzles at the water exit side of the jet. A chamber separates the two sets of nozzles and includes a slot which is used to introduce air into the fluid stream. The amount of air introduced into the chamber is controlled by the user by rotating the jet within its housing from a maximum air intake position to a "no-air" intake position, air being introduced through a slot surrounded by a rectangular seal structure. A housing is provided to mount the jet within the wall of a spa comprising a rear wall mounting, an end cap, and a front wall mounting. Water is introduced to the multiple jet structure via a single horizontal water inlet. The servicing of multiple jets by the single water inlet and air line improves plumbing reliability and further reduces labor by minimizing the number of plumbing joints.

Abstract: This invention provides a measuring nail which can be prevented from being pulled out from a roadbed even when pushed down on the roadbed by a motorized grader, a macadam roller, a tired roller, a tire of a dump car carrying a pavement material or a foot of a worker, to provide an improved working efficiency.The measuring nail of this invention comprises a nail body embedded in a roadbed and a rod-like elastic member engageable with a top end of said nail body.

Abstract: Method and device for producing lenses of microoptical systems and an optical emitter/receiver system. A curable liquid lens material is introduced into a mount which serves as a lens holder for the lens to be produced, and a convex lens surface is formed at an opening of the mount. The lens material introduced into the mount is irradiated with light during its introduction. An optoelement which forms part of the microoptical system is arranged relative to the lens at a position which it shall assume in the completed microoptical system. Simultaneously with the introduction process, either the image of a light emitter as the optoelement is measured in a selected plane at the side of the mount opposite the optoelement, or the signal intensity of the signal which is changed in an optical sensor as the optoelement as a result of incident light, and the introduction process is terminated when the image or the signal has reached a predetermined size and/or shape.

Abstract: A method and device for generating mesh to be used in numerical analysis for regions of an object to be analyzed, the regions of an object to be analyzed being input as data for a geometric model which defines their geometric form in a coordinate system which is set as a standard. This geometric model is then divided into equal parts in the coordinate directions of the coordinate system to generate blocks. After this, the vertices, endpoints and points of the shapes formed by the intersection or touching of the boundaries of the geometric model and each of the generated blocks are extracted. These extracted points, along with the vertices, endpoints and points of the geometric model and the vertices of the generated blocks, are set as nodes. Finally, mesh elements are generated for each block using the nodes.

Abstract: The present invention eliminates injection noise in speech produced by esophageal speakers. A speech input signal is digitized. One copy of the digitized signal is used for analysis and the other is passed through a gain switch to an amplifier as output. A Fast Fourier Transform and a mean value of the digitized speech input signal is calculated. The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is passed through a morphological filter to produce a filtered spectrum. An occurrence of injection noise is detected by calculating a derivative of the filtered spectrum and determining from the mean value and the derivative a location and value of a largest peak and a second largest peak in the filtered spectrum. If the largest peak is lower in frequency than the second largest peak, and if all points above 2 KHz are less than the mean, then an occurrence of injection noise has been detected.

Abstract: A self sizing adjustable jewelry ring includes a shank member configured to encircle a substantial portion of the finger and to be open on one side. A bridge member is permanently connected to the shank member but permits a movement relative to the shank member as it extends across the open side. One of the shank member and the bridge member has a pair of slots for respectively receiving a portion of the other member to prevent their separation. The shank member and the bridge member are dimensioned to provide a spring force between them wherein the bridge member can be moved relative to the shank member to adjust for the size of the user's finger.

Abstract: A medical storage assembly for reusable medical equipment includes a main storage bag having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall which is operatively suspended from a mounting member that can be removably secured to a vertical support pole. A pivotable rigid lid member is connected to the mounting member and is configured to enable the closing of the opening of the medical storage bag. The medical storage bag can include a plurality of sub-storage bags that are removably mounted within the main storage bag and are removably connected together to provide open configurations whereby different types of reusable medical equipment can be stored. Alternatively, the main storage bag can hold used blood product containers and can be provided with an exterior compartment member of a configuration to hold medical forms that identify the recipient patient with the used blood product container.