Abstract: A closure member comprises a flexible sheet curved wavily so as to wave in the horizontal direction, and a drive which causes the flexible sheet to wave forward. A closure structure comprises this closure member and is further provided with a wall member on each side of the flexible sheet in the hill-to-valley direction in its side view, which may further be provided with a moving floor beneath the flexible sheet.

Abstract: A device for making or regenerating a water well, said well comprising a casing installed inside a borehole in the ground. The device comprises a operating head with angularly equispaced radial seats in which respective punch tools for forming holes, windows or shaped cuts in the wall of the casing are slidingly housable. The head is operated from the mouth of the well to a position at a preestablished depth inside the casing so that the radial seats are orthogonal to the wall of the casing. Operating means are integral with the head to axially move the tools inside the respective radial seats to and from the wall of the casing.

Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaning tank with an ultrasonic vibrator mounted on its bottom is supplied with an aqueous cleaning solution which has been deaerated to a predetermined dissolved oxygen content ranging from 0.01 to 5 ppm. A workpiece to be ultrasonically cleaned is then immersed in the cleaning solution. Thereafter, the ultrasonic vibrator radiates ultrasonic energy into the cleaning solution to remove foreign matter and burrs off the workpiece.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum base sintered material, in which said material comprises base powders 2 of an aluminum or an alloy thereof and numerous endless passages being formed by pores connected to each other, said pores intervening between said base powders 2 adjacent to each other, and in which said material is provided with bridging portions 3 for interconnecting said base powders 2 adjacent to each other, said bridging portions 3 having therein an eutectic structure with a hyper-eutectic compounds and with a containment of the eutectic element and the balance of aluminum.

Abstract: A brain-wave analysis method for analyzing a brain wave by extracting a power spectrum of the brain wave from detected brain-wave biological signals, detecting the presence or absence of peaks formed in the frequency band of each brain-wave rhythm in the power spectrum, and analyzing the brain wave based on the presence or absence of the peak spectrum; and brain-wave analysis apparatus for realizing the aforementioned method comprising a brain-wave extracting device for extracting a power spectrum with respect to a brain wave from detected brain-wave biological signals, and a peak detecting device for detecting the presence or absence of spectrum peaks formed in each brain-wave rhythm frequency band in the brain-wave power spectrum extracted by the brain-wave extracting device.

Abstract: A method for placing concrete on a rock foundation to construct a massive concrete structure, such as a dam, a bridge pier or a foundation of a building, precludes development of cracks in the concrete by thermal stress.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of producing a polymer suitable for manufacturing spandex filament having remarkable elastic recovery rate and heat-setting efficiency wherein the process comprises: stirring a mixture of a glycol and a diisocyante, where the molar ratio of diisocyanate to glycol is 1.5 to 1.64, in a homogenizer at about 40.degree. to about 50.degree. C. and reacting said mixture to give a first polymer containing less than 4 mole % of unreacted diisocyanate; then, reacting said polymer with a chain-extender mixture containing ethylenediamine, 1,2-diaminopropane, and diethylenetriamine, preferably, about 74 to about 80 mole % of ethylenediamine, about 19 to about 25 mole % of 1,2-diaminopropane and about 0.2 to about 0.8 mole % of diethylenetriamine. Elastic polyurethaneurea-based spandex filament is produced by dry-spinning the polymer.

Abstract: A treatment vehicle for treating empty vessels such as empty bottles. A feed conveyor for carrying empty vessels introduced in a vehicle body is obliquely provided such that a starting end thereof faces to a rear of the vehicle body and a forward end thereof rises toward a front of the vehicle body. A treatment machine for treating the empty vessels to produce chips is provided beneath the forward end of the feed conveyor, and a hopper for receiving the chips produced by the treatment machine is provided in a space formed beneath the feed conveyor. A transport conveyor for transporting and guiding the chips from the treatment machine into the hopper is obliquely provided in a direction opposite to the feed conveyor, and the hopper is provided in the shape of a trapezoid in an angular space surrounded by the feed conveyor and the transport conveyor.

Abstract: A filter-coefficient conversion system relating to n pieces of digital filters for obtaining n pieces of frequency components in a desired frequency band using filter coefficients a(i, j) (where i=0, - - - m.sub.j, j=1, - - - n) described in a given filter-bank table, comprising a first transfer-function processing device for obtaining transfer functions H(a(i, j)) for the filter coefficients a(i, j) corresponding to each filter (j) in a desired frequency band, a variable-range generating device for generating gradually value-changing ranges RANGE (m), a second transfer-function processing device for obtaining new converted filter coefficients A (i, j) having rounded integer values based on the filter coefficients a (i, j) in the filter-bank table, preparing a filter-bank table thereof, and obtaining transfer functions H(A (i. j)) for the converted filter coefficients A (i, j), and an evaluating device for carrying out evaluation processing with respect to a given degree of tolerance.

Abstract: A forming apparatus for bending the leads of a semiconductor package including a body portion, and a plurality of leads extending from the sides of the body portion to a predetermined configuration. The forming die includes a series of walls arranged in a predetermined pattern having a seat for the body portion of the semiconductor package and a series of stepped outer wall portions. A plurality of a elongated spaced rigid portions on the outer surface of the wall portion define a series of grooves for receiving the leads of the semiconductor package. A punch adapted for reciprocating movement relative to the forming die engages and presses the leads into the grooves so that the leads conform to the outer wall portions of the die.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spray type ultrasonic washing apparatus using a coaxial nozzle structure which is composed of inner and outer hollow frustums for supplying deaerated washing liquid in the annular passage delimited by the outer and inner frustums and supplying nondeaerated washing liquid in the inner frustum, thus permitting deaerated washing liquid to be enclosed by nondeaerated washing liquid in spraying against work to be washed, thereby isolating deaerated washing liquid from the surrounding atmosphere to prevent invasion of air into the deaerated washing liquid. Thus, cavitation can be formed effectively in the deaerated washing liquid, and washing can be performed at an increased efficiency.

Abstract: In a press for cutting and bending the leads of semiconductor packages, a series of cams on a common drive shaft operate both the feeding mechanism and the working presses to achieve high speed operation, up to 500 cycles per minute, through accurate timing and avoidance of delays inherent in fluid-operated presses. The path of movement of the packages through the apparatus is linear, and the axis of the camshaft is parallel to the path of movement.

Abstract: A forming press for leads of semiconductor packages comprises a package supporting die and a punch. The punch comprises a package securing component movable along a first line of movement, for temporarily securing the package to the die, and a pair of lead bending components, movable, relative to the package securing component, along oblique lines of movement which converge toward the line of movement of the package securing component. The punch assembly includes a holder which supports the package securing component while allowing a limited amount of relative movement. The lead bending components are supported by the package securing component and guided in slots formed in the package securing component. Movement of the lead bending components is effected by rollers on the holder which roll on smooth surfaces at the upper ends of the lead bending components as they push downward thereon, thereby allowing the lead bending components to move in oblique paths as the holder moves in the downward direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improvement of ultrasonic washing apparatus comprising at least one washing vessel, an ultrasonic vibrator for radiating ultrasonic wave into the washing bath, an oscillator for operating the ultrasonic vibrator and degassing means for removing dissolved air and other gases from the washing liquid, thereby enhancing cavitation in the washing bath when the ultrasonic wave is radiated therein, said degassing means including gas separating means and barrier means for preventing surrounding air from dissolving into the washing liquid while it is degassed. Thanks to deaeration in the washing bath cavitation can be used to its full extent in removing soil from a soiled object in the washing bath.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improvement of ultrasonic cleaning system equipped with degassing means or boiling vessel to remove gases from cleaning liquid for activating the formation of cavitation in the cleaning bath. The ultrasonic cleaning system is improved according to the present invention in that the boiling vessel is used to supply the degassed liquid to the cleaning vessel to form a high-temperature zone on the cleaning bath, and that a circulation conduit is provided to supply the cleaning liquid from the high-temperature zone to the bottom of the cleaning vessel. The improved structure permits the creation of a high-temperature zone and a low-temperature or cleaning zone in one cleaning vessel, thereby preventing the dissolution of surrounding gases into the cleaning liquid, and at the same time, subjecting objects to ultrasonic-cleaning at a controlled temperature which is appropriate for ultrasonic cleaning, thereby improving the cleaning effect, and hence the cleaning efficiency.

Abstract: An abrasive blasting system which includes an improved mixing and control valve assembly together with an improved manually operable discharge nozzle assembly. The mixing and control valve assembly comprises a housing defining first and second chambers connected by a generally circular opening. An abrasive particle inlet and an outlet are formed in the second chamber. A stem extends axially through the opening between the first and second chambers to define an open annular passageway through which pressure fluid supplied to the first chamber passes in a swirling motion to mix with the abrasive particles in the second chamber and impel them out the outlet. A valve member carried by the stem is arranged for selective engagement with the outlet to stop flow through the assembly.

Abstract: A miniature D.C. motor for a toy allows the arrangement of a brush base in a housing of the motor to be readily and positively positioned to improve the manufacturing efficiency of the motor and to ensure the actuation of the motor without trouble for a long period of time.The motor includes a housing, a brush base which holds brushes therein and which detachably fits in the housing, and a detachable connection member for permitting a connection between the housing and the brush base. A motor further includes a commutator having an outer end formed into a truncated conical shape, wherein the brushes each are provided with a contact section having a convexly curved surface, to allow the outer end of the commutator to be pressedly interposed between the convexly curved surfaces of the brushes.

Abstract: An apparatus for unrolling and spreading a long roll of cloth on a work table in which a servo motor is coupled with wheels of a spreader and for running the spreader on the work table. A servo motor is coupled with a dispensing roller and for rolling out the cloth roll rotatably supported on and by the spreader. A servo motor is coupled with a delivery roll for delivering the cloth unrolled by the dispensing roller onto the work table. First sensing means senses a running distance of the spreader. Second and third sensing means sense rotation speeds of the dispensing servo motor and the delivery servo motor, respectively. A control circuit generates a first control output signal to drive and control the running servo motor according to a preset input and the output signal from the first sensing means.

Abstract: The T.A.C. #114 strain of Fuji apple trees characterized by the intense red coloration of its fruit, the high percentage of coloration of its fruit, the early maturity of its fruit, and the compactness of its tree.