Abstract: A baking apparatus with a toaster comprises a main body; a baking part disposed at one side of the main body, and having a lid mounted at an upper portion thereof so as to be opened and closed by a hinge, a pot mounting portion for receiving a pot, a first heat generator formed at an inside wall of the pot mounting portion, and a rotational shaft protruded at a lower center portion of the pot mounting portion so that a stirring wing is inserted thereon; a toasting part disposed at the other side of the main body, and having a toasting chamber for receiving a slice of bread, a second heat generator formed at an inside wall of the toasting chamber, a lever for applying power source to the second heat generator and guiding the slice of bread, a crumb tray for removing bread crumbs, a driving motor for driving the rotational shaft of the baking part, and an operating portion for applying the power source to the driving motor and the first heat generator.

Abstract: A single substrate polymeric cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) device useful in display applications such as for high efficiency polarizers and color filters is created by a process that coats a first substrate with a polyimide layer and a second substrate with an amorphous fluoropolymer layer. Both layers are buffed and liquid CLC material is placed between the grooved layers. After annealing, the amorphous fluoropolymer coated substrate is removed, leaving the CLC material bonded to a single substrate.

Abstract: A heads-up display (HUD) system employs a cholesteric liquid crystal combiner, an image source, and collimating optics to combine a generated image with an image in an observer's field of view. The cholesteric liquid crystal combiner has a bandwidth, B, around a primary wavelength of maximum reflection, and the image source projects its images within bandwidth B for high efficiency of reflection. Outside bandwidth B the cholesteric combiner has a high efficiency of transmission. Images from the image source are projected upon the combiner which reflects the images toward the observer, together with images from the outside environment in the line-of-sight of the observer. Collimating optics are used to focus the projected images at a distance away from the observer.

Abstract: An optical collimating apparatus employs a semi-reflective concave mirror and cholesteric liquid crystal element. In one embodiment, the optical collimating apparatus is used as a heads-up display device. Images in the line of sight of an observer substantially pass through a transmitter/combiner, semi-reflective concave mirror, and cholesteric liquid crystal element to an observer. Images generated by an image source are focussed on the transmitter/combiner such that the transmitter/combiner reflects the images into the line of sight of the observer. The generated images are transmitted by the primarily transmissive (convex) side of the semi-reflective concave mirror to the cholesteric liquid crystal element. The cholesteric liquid crystal element reflects the generated images back toward the primarily reflective (concave) side of the semi-refective concave mirror, which in turn reflects the images back toward the cholesteric liquid crystal element, which transmits the generated images to the observer.

Abstract: An improved latch assembly having a latch body adapted to be coupled to a generally fixed support, such as a chassis unit, wall or post. The latch body has a groove for removably receiving a retained pin which is adapted to be mounted on a movable structural member to be latched, such as a door, support arm, gate or the like. The latch body further includes a latch pin which is spring biased into engagement with the retained pin when the retained pin is received in the groove of the latch body. The inter-engagement of the retained pin and latch pin is such that the retained pin is restricted against movement in three mutually perpendicular directions, namely the x, y and z directions. The retained pin has a pair of spaced, cylindrical parts on opposite sides of a pair of beveled parts which converge toward each other to an annular junction therebetween. The latch pin has a conical end portion for engaging the beveled parts of the retained pin to resist axial movement of the retained pin in the z direction.

Abstract: The invention uses a multiple beam cathode ray tube to write a television type raster, or frame, with the maximum data rate and writing speed reduced by a factor equal to the number of simultaneously operating beams. To overcome excessive slope in the picture, a stepped deflection is used such that the majority of vertical deflection occurs after a particular horizontal sweep is completed and before the successive sweep begins. The scanning speed is further increased by using an optical transmission filter capable of selectively transmitting separate colors emitted by the screen of the cathode ray tube wherein a portion of the filter may be set to transmit the next color in the color sequence while the remainder of the filter is transmitting the color presently displayed.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube (CRT)/deflection coil assembly is provided which includes a signature resistor for indicating the deflection sensitivity of the deflection coil. An amplifier circuit with an adjustable gain supplies current to the deflection coil. A gain adjustment circuit measures the value of the signature resistor and provides a signal to the amplifier which varies the gain of the amplifier to compensate for variations in the deflection sensitivity of different deflection coils.