Abstract: A glass substrate processing apparatus, part of which comprises a composite material, the composite material being formed of a matrix and a ceramic layer formed on a surface of the matrix by a thermal spraying method, the matrix being formed of a ceramic member and an aluminum-containing material filled in a texture of the ceramic member.

Abstract: An operation apparatus for an automatic transmission is provided for vehicles of the A/T type, in which the automatic transmission is electrically controllable using a shift lever having a single knob and a detent for each driving position. The operation apparatus has an A/T switch for transmitting electric signals corresponding to desirable driving positions to the transmission side by operating a shaft lever swingably. The operation apparatus also has an electrically driven actuator for removing a contact pin from a contact slit provided on the detent plate to inhibit movement of the shift lever upon a predetermined condition of the automobile.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a patterned calcined inorganic film such as an electroconducting or insulating (non-conductive) film, particularly a plasma display panel, embracing a calcining step. To produce a patterned calcined inorganic film without inducing warpage, shrinkage of line width, or breakage of patterned lines, a patterned film formed on a substrate with a composition containing a heat decomposable binder and particles of an inorganic material is covered, prior to the calcining step, with a coating film of a heat decomposable resin composition capable of hardening or drying at a temperature lower than the temperature at which the heat decomposable binder is thermally decomposed and further capable of being burned off below the highest temperature of the calcining profile and thereafter the calcining step is performed.

Abstract: A magnetic reproducing apparatus plays back a magnetic recording medium on which digital data have been magnetically recorded through a partial response encoder. The magnetic reproducing apparatus includes a synchronizing signal data detector for detecting a synchronizing signal data part from a reproduced signal data series, a transmission path characteristics estimator for modeling an impulse response between a recording system and a reproducing system with the synchronizing signal data part detected by the synchronizing signal data detector being used as a reference signal, and a decoder for decoding a recorded signal data series according to a Viterbi algorithm based on a transmission model produced by the transmission path characteristics estimator.

Abstract: A recording medium of one-side address method capable of easily detecting a synchronous signal and production method of recording medium master used for such a recording medium. The recording medium master production method includes a photo-sensitive layer exposure step using a first beam and a second beam for exposure of walls of a groove in a straight line, wherein for exposure of an area where a synchronous signal is to be recorded, the second beam alone is used while being wobbled according to the synchronous signal. Moreover, the recording medium according to the present invention has at least a groove formed on a recording plane including: an area having no synchronous signal recorded where one of the walls of the groove is formed straight and the other wall of the groove is at least partially meandered according to an address signal; and an area having a synchronous signal recorded where both of the walls of the groove are meandered according to the synchronous signal.

Abstract: A field emission cathode manufacturing method is provided which comprise the steps of forming a cathode electrode on a substrate; forming an insulative layer and gate electrode, each having fine holes formed therein, in this order on the cathode electrode; thereafter immersing them in a solution in which particles of an electron-emitting substance is dispersed; and electrically depositing particles of the electron emission substance on the cathode electrode facing the fine holes by an electrophoresis using the cathode electrode as a positive or negative electrode, thereby forming an electron emitter. The wet method is adopted to form the field emission cathode, which permits to considerably reduce the plant and equipment investment and manufacture even a large-screen FED with an improved yield. Also, since the electron missive substance particles are fully exposed, a very low accuracy is allowed in producing the electron emitter.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device for preventing occurrence of an inconvenience due to exposure of a high melting point metal based material, for example, contamination of a chamber atmosphere due to the metal material upon formation of a semiconductor layer in an opening portion by selective epitaxial growth or upon pre-treatment thereof, to reduce occurrence of crystal defects or the like, thereby forming semiconductor devices at a high yield. The method includes the steps of: forming a conductive layer including a high melting point metal based material on a substrate; forming an opening portion in the conductive layer; covering the high melting point metal based material with a film; and forming a semiconductor layer on a portion of the substrate exposed in the opening portion by epitaxial growth after the step of covering the high melting point metal based material with the film.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus to expose a photo-sensitive layer formed on a substrate of a recording media is disclosed which comprises an exposure light source; a first means of focusing a light from the light source; an acousto-optic modulator disposed off the focal plane of the first focusing means to modulate the light focused by the first focusing means according to a signal to be recorded; and a second means of focusing the light modulated by the acousto-optic modulator onto the photo-sensitive layer formed on the substrate of the recording media.

Abstract: There is provided a novel method for manufacturing a light-emitting material composed of II-VI group semiconductors having a nano structure crystal and which is optimally doped with an activator. In a manufacturing method for the light-emitting material, a II-VI group semiconductor doped with an activator by a liquid phase reaction having a co-precipitation product is formed and an organic acid is added to the liquid phase reaction system. In another manufacturing method for the light-emitting material, a II-VI group semiconductor doped with an activator by a liquid phase reaction having a product co-precipitation is formed and a high molecular organic acid or polystyrene is added after the end of the liquid phase reaction.

Abstract: A flying type head slider is provided having a rear surface faced to a magnetic disk for recording and/or reproducing signal on or from a magnetic disk. The flying type head slider includes a center rail formed on the rear surface extending from a front end to a back end of the slider, a magnetic head mounted at the back end of the center rail and a pair of two rails also formed on the rear surface respectively located at both sides of the center rail. The two rails respectively have an inner side wall facing to a side wall of the center rail and an outer side wall. The both side walls are tapered and not parallel relatively to the side wall of the center rail so that the magnetic head can be floated by flying force cause by air flow between the rails and a surface of rotating magnetic disk.

Abstract: A ferroelectric thin film is subjected to heat treatment in an active oxygen atmosphere containing an oxidizing gas such as ozone, N.sub.2 O, or NO.sub.2, thereby preventing occurrence of oxygen defects (oxygen vacancies) in the thin film, and avoiding a deterioration in dielectric characteristics, ferroelectric characteristics, and electric characteristics required for the ferroelectric thin film, such as a reduction in permittivity, an increase in leakage current, a reduction in remanent polarization, and an increase in coercive electric field. Thus, the ferroelectric thin film having stable characteristics can be formed. Further, a nonvolatile memory cell using this ferroelectric thin film as a capacitor is formed.

Abstract: An optical pickup device for improving the numerical aperture of an objective lens and for assuring high-reliability recording/reproduction of information signals. The optical pickup device has a first lens 6 having a curvilinear or planar surface facing an optical recording medium 5 and having the numerical aperture set to a pre-set value, and a second lens 3 arranged for clamping the first lens 6 between t and the optical recording medium 5. The optical pickup device also has a light-converging optical system for converging the reflected light from the surface of the optical recording medium 5 and a first movement unit 2 for moving the first objective lens 6 and the second lens 3 along the direction of the optical axis with respect to the second objective lens 3.

Abstract: A storage case including a boxlike outer body section and an inner storage section that is slid into the outer body section. The storage case further includes a slidable joint member supported by an engaging section supported by the bottom of the outer body section, wherein adjacent cases can be easily joined by sliding out the joint member of one of the storage cases and inserting nad engaging the joint member with the engaging section of the other case.

Abstract: A device for disposing excrement comprising: a diaper cup 1 for enveloping a lumbar/gluteal region of a human body; and a device body C connected to the diaper cup 1 for supplying washing water to the inside of the diaper cup and for sucking excrements and sewage from the inside of the diaper cup 1. The device body C includes: a suction motor 21 for establishing a vacuum to suck the excrements and the sewage; a water supply pump 5 for supplying the washing water; and a sequencer 12 for controlling the suction motor 21 and the water supply pump 5. The sequencer 12 includes intermittent drive means S4 to S8 or S24 to S29 for controlling the drive of the water supply pump 5 by setting time parameters according to the sense signals of the feces sensor 109 and the urine sensor 114.

Abstract: An optical pickup, and an optical disc player incorporating the same, are disclosed which are capable of an easy and good adjustment of the objective lens skew, compact in the optical-axial direction of the objective lens, and having a reducible light-projected area in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.

Abstract: An explosion-proof film being good in visibility, scratch-resistance, and workability, and a cathode-ray tube using the film. The explosion-proof film includes a transparent plastic film as a base material; and a reflection preventive film having two or more layers, which is formed on one surface of the plastic film; wherein, of the two or more layers of the reflection preventive film, at least one has a light absorption function, and at least another has a conductive function. The explosion-proof film is stuck on a surface of a panel glass constituting a display screen of a cathode-ray tube, to thereby give an explosion-proof function to the cathode-ray tube, to achieve lightweightness of the cathode-ray tub, and to obtain the optimum visual contrast. The explosion-proof film may be formed of three or more layers.

Abstract: A top mount canopy seal mechanical clamp assembly 20 for repair of a leaking canopy seal weld 16 between a nuclear reactor head penetration nozzle 12 and a mating part 14 has an annular housing 24 with insert support halves 28 and 30 for surrounding the nozzle. A top plate 34 is urged toward the support halves and housing by Belleville washers mounted on cap screws 42 threaded in bores 44 of the housing. A flexible graphite seal annulus 22 is compressed by the clamping action against the canopy seal weld 16 to create a flexible graphite leak stopping seal at the weld.

Abstract: An image data generating method for generating image data corresponding to a planar holographic stereogram is provided. First, an object or imaging device is rotated, while the distance between the object and the imaging device is kept substantially constant, for shooting plural images of different viewing angles by the imaging device. The image data of plural images is then corrected for keystone distortion. The image data corrected for keystone distortion is then processed with viewing point conversion processing for converting the viewing point for generating image data of images recorded on the holographic stereogram. In addition, image data including the information for plural images is compressed for storage in the internal storage device of the computer.

Abstract: A stabilizer insert is attached to a magnetic tape cartridge, where the cartridge includes a magnetic tape, a bay portion where the magnetic tape is exposed to the outside of the tape cartridge so that a read/write device can physically contact the tape. The stabilizer insert provides tension on the tape sufficient to maintain contact between the tape and the read/write device.

Abstract: An illumination structure which is for viewing an image in a dark environment without deterioration of image quality in a bright environment is incorporated in a reflective display. A reflective display comprises a panel, a light guide plate, and a light source. The panel is provided with a transparent first substrate located on the incident side of the outside light, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate with interposition of a prescribed space and located on the side opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer held in the space between both substrates, and an electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer. The light guide plate is placed on the outside of the first substrate. The light source is located on the end of the light guide plate, and emits the illumination light as required. The light guide plate allows the outside light to be transmitted, which is incident on the first substrate, and allows the outside light reflected on the second substrate to come out.