Abstract: In an apparatus for detecting a coordinate position of a contact point in a touch panel, a resistance layer having a pair of electrodes opposed in a X direction and another resistance layer having a pair of electrodes opposed in a Y direction are opposed in a Z direction. The apparatus includes the following units. A unit for applying a voltage to the pair of electrodes of one resistance layer when the apparatus is in an input stand-by state. A resistance connecting an electrode of the other resistance layer to earth when the apparatus is in the input stand-by state. A unit for detecting a voltage induced to the other electrode of the other resistance layer when the resistance layers contact with each other in an event of a depressing operation. A unit for controlling the transition from the input stand-by state to another state in which an operation for detecting the coordination position is executed, when the voltage is induced to the other electrode of the other resistance layer.

Abstract: A touch panel device comprises a resistance material on which a potential gradient is formed extended along an X axis, a contact electrode to be pushed to contact with the resistance material, a potential supplying unit for selectively supplying to the contact electrode via a resistance via at least two kinds of potentials one by one, a potential detecting unit for detecting the potential at the contact electrode, and a pushed position detecting unit for detecting a X coordinate of the pushed position based on the potential detected by the potential detecting unit when the potentials are supplied thereto by the potential supplying unit.

Abstract: A touch panel of the present invention consists of a rectangular resistance member on which a potential gradient formation area is formed, a plurality of thin film active elements constructed in accordance with a side of the potential gradient formation area. Each of the thin film active elements has a couple of potential gradient formation current terminals. One of them is connected to the side of the potential gradient formation area while the other one is connected to the gradient formation current terminal included in another thin film active element at the same side as well as connected to a terminal for an external unit.

Abstract: Bone-treating devices made of biodegradable polymers having a high-density and a high-orientation along the major axis, which have a density of 1.260 g/cm.sup.3 or more (when measured by the sink and float method) and which possess the bending strength and the bending strength-retaining characteristic defined by the following equations:A.gtoreq.B.gtoreq.23 (kgf/mm.sup.2) (1)B/A.gtoreq.0.85 (2)wherein A is the initial bending strength and B is the bending strength after 90-days immersion of the devices in a phosphate buffer at 37.degree. C. and preparing the same.

Abstract: The invention provides surface-modified hydrophilic fluororesin moldings. The surface of a fluororesin molding is at least partly hydrophilized by irradiating at least part of the fluororesin molding with ultraviolet laser light not longer than 400 nm in wavelength in a state such that the molding is in contact with gas-treated water prepared by introducing into water a gas such as hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas or a rare gas or with some other specific aqueous liquid. The thus-obtained fluororesin moldings are suited for use, for example, as materials of artificial blood vessels excellent in antithrombotic property, and contact lenses free of modification-due discoloration. Further, they are expected to find a wider range of application where their performance characteristics are to be utilized.

Abstract: A flocked member having a base and a flock and characterized in that the flock is formed by filaments comprising a resin composition (E) or yarns comprising the filament, the resin composition (E) comprising per 100 parts by weight thereof:(1) 90 to 2 parts byweight of a modified polyethylene composition (C) in the form of a mixture which includes 90 to 10 wt. % of a ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (A) having an intrisic viscosity (.eta.) of at least 6 dl/g, and 10 to 90 wt. % of a polyethylene (B) having an intrinsic viscosity (.eta.) of 0.1 to 5 dl/g, at least one of the polyethylene (A) and the polyethylene (B) having been modified with at least one modifying monomer sclected from among unsaturated carboxylic acids and derivatives thereof, and(2) 10 to 98 parts by weight of a polyamide (D).

Abstract: A tubular thermoplastic polyimide film manufactured by melt-extruding a novel kind of thermoplastic polyimide resin is provided. This film has a remarkably high dimensional accuracy, inclusive of the accuracy of film thickness, and is suitable for use in a variety of applications such as printer fixation belts.

Abstract: The signature handling apparatus of the invention includes a first stacker for accumulating layers of signatures, a second stacker for piling a plurality of small stacks of the signatures accumulated by the first stacker, and a pair of third stackers arranged below the first stacker and below the second stacker respectively, the pair of third stackers being reciprocatingly revolvable. The signatures on the first stacker are transferred to one of the third stackers, and signatures which have been stacked on the other of the third stackers are transferred to the second stacker.

Abstract: The invention provides an article for joining the pieces of a fractured bone, characterized in that the article is composed of a high-molecular weight material which is absorbable in the living body and that the article is in the form of a tubular body having a hollow interior and a cutout extending over the entire length of the tubular body in the longitudinal direction thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a marine fishery article of threads which is made of threads consisting essentially of polycaprolactone represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein n is 300 to 2,000.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for modifying a medical material of lactic acid polymer, the method comprising heat-treating the material at a temperature which is not lower than 100.degree. C. and is lower than the melting point of the polymer for at least 10 minutes while continuously releasing the gas from the system.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition inhibiting xanthine oxidase containing as an active component a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is 4'-OH or 5'-OH, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof is disclosed. The compound wherein R is 5'-OH is a novel compound.

Abstract: A slidable member holding device having a flock portion for contact with a member slidable relative thereto. The flock portion comprises a yarn including as its components at least two kinds of filaments having different thicknesses, and is improved in slipping property, abrasion resistance and durability.

Abstract: An input system including a resistance film touch panel and a pushed position detecting device for detecting two-dimensional coordinates of a pushed position of a touch panel based on surface resistance values of resistance films, the system comprising a pair of insulating base layers opposed to each other with a certain distance therebetween; a spacer provided between the insulating base layers for keeping the layers apart but for allowing the layers to approach each other when an external force is applied to one of the layers; a first resistance film extended in first and second directions and provided on an inner surface of one of the layers, the first and second directions crossing each other perpendicularly and the first resistance film having outer connecting electrodes on both ends thereof along the second direction; and a plurality of second resistance films provided on an inner surface of the other of the layers, the second resistance films each being a lengthy strip extended in a direction crossing

Abstract: A sewing and stacking apparatus, comprising a sewing unit for stitching folded tape on a series of sewing mediums of an identical shape and size arranged appropriately apart; a transporting unit for transporting the sewing mediums having the folded tape stitched thereon; a detecting unit for detecting that one of the sewing mediums reaches a specified position; a cutting unit for cutting the folded tape at a specified point when the detecting unit detects that the above one of the sewing mediums reaches the specified position, the specified point being between the above one of the sewing mediums and another sewing medium adjacent thereto; and a stacking unit for stacking the sewing mediums separated from each other by the cutting unit.

Abstract: The disclosed reinforcement sheet is a knitted fabric formed from a plurality of reinforcing yarns 5 and a plurality of matrix yarns 9, wherein the reinforcing yarns are held in the linear state without being bent, arranged in parallel to and spaced from one another in a matrix knitting structure, and the matrix yarns cover the linear reinforcing yarns, without bending the linear reinforcing yarns, to form the matrix knitting structure.

Abstract: A process for preparing a crack-free, dried collagen sponge having a shrinkage factor of up to 14%, including the steps of impregnating crosslinked collagen sponge with an aqueous solution of a hydrophilic organic solvent, freezing the sponge at a temperature of -80.degree. C. or lower, and vacuum-drying the sponge.

Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable foamed composite film which is a film laminate composed of: (A) a laterally monoaxially-oriented foamed film of an olefin polymer having a thickness of about 40 to about 400 .mu.m and being heat-shrinkable predominantly in a lateral direction, (B) a laterally monoaxially-oriented film of an olefin polymer having a thickness of about 5 to about 50 .mu.m and being heat-shrinkable predominantly in a lateral direction, and (C) a laterally monoaxially-oriented printed polyester film having a thickness of about 5 to about 50 .mu.m and being heat-shrinkable predominantly in a lateral direction, the film laminate being formed by laminating the films (A), (B) and (C) in this order so that the printed surface of the film (C) is faced with the film (B), and the film laminate having a heat shrinkage factor of about 25 to about 50% in a lateral direction and about 0 to about 10% in a longitudinal direction under the conditions of 100.degree. C.

Abstract: A container transport method for turning a container to a specified direction and transporting the container to a position for specified processing, includes a first step of transporting one of supplied containers to a first position, the one being a container leading rest of the containers; a second step of turning the container at the first position to a specified direction; and a third step of transporting the container turned to the specified direction to a second position so that the container be directed in a certain relationship with the specified direction at the second position.

Abstract: A suture comprising a core of at least one synthetic fiber filament yarns, and a covering layer formed of a plurality of silk strands and sheathing the core, the core and the covering layer having substantially the same elongation at break. The filament yarns have increased modulus of elasticity and increased breaking strength to thereby give the suture improved breaking strength and also have enhanced rigidity to render the suture highly amenable to the correction of its deformation and easier to handle.