Abstract: A controller for a planetary differential type reduction gear device (1), in which a driving force of a motor (10) is controlled by controller and the speed is reduced by the planetary differential type reduction gear device (1) so that the reduced speed is transmitted to an output side and a predetermined work is carried out by the driving force on the output sides and in which an output rotation detector (14) is provided on the output side of the planetary differential type reduction gear device (1) so that the driving force of the motor (10) is controlled on the basis of information from the output rotation detector (14) to thereby carry out the predetermined work. The detection is made in the vicinity of the object to be controlled to thereby improve the control accuracy as well as the structure.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object is constituted by successive solid layers each formed by selectively exposing an unexposed layer of a photohardenable composition to actinic radiation. The unexposed layer of the photohardenable composition is formed on the flexible sheet belt. The flexible sheet belt is brought into close and parallel relationship with a flat support surface of a base plate member facing downwardly, thereby laminating the unexposed layer of the photohardenable composition to the flat support surface of the base plate member of the solid layer previously formed. A positioning plate member is positioned in such a manner that the positioning plate member faces the base plate member through the flexible sheet belt and is brought into contact with the flexible sheet belt, so that the unexposed layer of the photohardenable composition is supported and positioned by the positioning plate member through the flexible sheet belt.

Abstract: A bobbin holder mounted on a yarn winding machine includes a plurality of chucking members disposed at an outer periphery of the holder. The chucking members are expanded radially outwardly so as to engage an inner side of a cylindrical bobbin coaxially inserted onto the holder when they are longitudinally compressed. The chucking members release the bobbin when they are moved radially inwardly. The portions on the holder for receiving the chucking members are formed as concaves, with a part of each chucking member inserted into a respective concave.

Abstract: An electrically-driven thrust generator is provided, which can contribute energy saving, and has properties (thrust controllability, swift action etc.) equivalent to hydraulic cylinders and contributes to solve problems (leakage etc.) associated with oil pipings. The electrically-driven thrust generator comprises a motor 3, a variable reduction ratio speed reducers 5, a rotary motion to linear motion converting mechanism 7, a thrust rod 121 linearly driven by this rotary motion to linear motion converting mechanism 7. The present invention is characterized in that the rotary motion to linear motion converting mechanism 7 comprises an oscillating crank plate driven rack mechanism, which provides a compact and powerful electrically-driven thrust generator equivalent to hydraulic thrust generator.

Abstract: A complex structure molding process for molding a complex structure including a plastic base and a plurality of terminal pins, comprising the steps of molding the plastic base to have the terminal pins partly embedded in the plastic base, storing a continuous metal material having a rim portion and a plurality of terminal pins perpendicularly extending from the rim portion, cutting the continuous metal material in a first direction parallel to the direction in which the terminal pins extend from the rim portion to form a segmented metal material, and setting the segmented metal material in the molding means in the state having the segmented metal material assume their predetermined attitudes. The continuous metal material is fed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to cut the continuous metal material and to set the segmented metal material for molding the plastic base to have the terminal pins partly embedded in the plastic base.

Abstract: A method of photoforming a three-dimensional object, comprising the steps of transferring onto a work table a semi-hardened layer of a photohardenable resin separably supported on a base film, photoforming a hardened layer by exposing the semi-hardened layer, the hardened layer being laminated on a previously hardened layer to photoform the three-dimensional object, and when the hardened layer is photoformed, photoforming a first-region hardened layer forming the three-dimensional object and also a second region hardened layer that is adjacent to the first-region hardened layer through a predetermined space, the first-region hardened layer being supported through a portion of the semi-hardened layer by the second-region hardened layer.

Abstract: A method of photoforming a three-dimensional object, comprising the steps of transferring onto a work table a semi-hardened layer of a photohardenable resin separably supported on a base film, photoforming a hardened layer by exposing the semi-hardened layer, the hardened layer being laminated on a previously hardened layer to photoform the three-dimensional object, and when the hardened layer is photoformed, photoforming a first-region hardened layer forming the three-dimensional object and also a second region hardened layer that is adjacent to the first-region hardened layer through a predetermined space, the first-region hardened layer being supported through a portion of the semi-hardened layer by the second-region hardened layer.

Abstract: A motion transforming mechanism comprises a plate assembly constituted by rotation plates having a common rotation axis, a toothed rail having a parallel rail portion and a mid-longitudinal plane perpendicularly intersected by the common rotation axis and held in mesh with the rotation plates, a housing for housing the plate assembly and the toothed rail, and a rotation shaft supported by the housing and formed with cranked shaft portions respectively received in the rotation plates. The motion transforming mechanism further comprises distance regulating means for regulating the distance between the common rotation axis and the toothed rail. The toothed rail is formed with a toothed portion having a pitch plane perpendicularly intersected by the mid-longitudinal plane and a base portion integrally formed with the toothed portion and having a parallel rail portion in parallel with the mid-longitudinal plane and the pitch plane of the toothed rail.

Abstract: A magnetic medium comprising a substrate formed with a stepped pit and a magnetic substance buried in the stepped pit.A method of manufacturing a magnetic medium comprising the steps of forming a first groove in a substrate by photoetching, forming a second groove in the first groove or in a portion adjacent to the first groove by the photoetching, the second groove being different in depth from the first groove, and burying magnetic substances into the first and second grooves.

Abstract: A yarn winder, used for winding various kinds of yarns by automatically setting the moving speed of a bobbin holder so that it is suitable for the increasing size of the yarn package wound onto the winding bobbin holder. In the winder, while a contact roller (7) is pressed onto a bobbin (9) inserted onto a bobbin holder (8) or a yarn layer wound on the bobbin (9), a yarn (Y) is traversed by a traverse apparatus (6), and thus, the yarn is wound on the bobbin. The movement of the contact roller due to increase of the wound yarn is detected by a sensor (16), and the slider is moved based on signals detected by the sensor so as to move the bobbin holder in such a direction that it moves away from the contact roller. The slider is actuated by signals from the sensor detecting the amount of the movement of the contact roller, and the speed of the winder can be varied stepwise or continuously.

Abstract: A hydraulic system comprises a mechanical brake assembly having a brake piston engageable with an output rotation shaft of a hydraulic motor, a cylindrical casing having the brake piston slidably received therein and a brake spring resiliently urging the brake piston to engage with the output rotation shaft of the hydraulic motor. The brake piston and the cylindrical casing collectively define a main hydraulic chamber held in fluid communication with a release fluid passageway which is communicable with a hydraulic pump and a reservoir tank through a shuttle valve and a directional control valve. The brake piston and the cylindrical casing further collectively define a secondary hydraulic chamber held in fluid communication with the release fluid passageway through a fluid feed/return passageway on which a brake resistance restrictor provided for restricting flow of the working fluid in the fluid feed/return passageway.

Abstract: A method for rethreading a yarn during false twist texturing of the yarn includes setting the temperature of a heater body outside a range having upper and lower limits so that if melted yarn adheres to the heater, the yarn vaporizes quickly if the temperature is above the upper limit or is easily removed by rethreading the yarn if the temperature is below the lower limit. The heater body has a total length between 0.8 and 1.2 m, the heater body and heating member divided into two pieces from upstream side to downstream side of the heat treating apparatus in ratio of length between 1:3 and 1: 1:5. The divided upstream heating member (12) is able to heat the upstream heater body (11) at a temperature higher than 370.degree. C., and the downstream heating member (22) is to heat the downstream heater body (21) at a temperature of between 200.degree. and 320.degree. C. or higher than 370.degree. C.

Abstract: A magnetic medium comprises a substrate formed with a stepped pit and a magnetic substance buried in the stepped pit. A method of manufacturing a magnetic medium comprises the steps of forming a first groove in a substrate by photoetching and forming a second groove in the first groove or in a portion adjacent to the first groove by the photoetching. The second groove is different in depth from the first groove. The method further comprises the step of burying magnetic substances into the first and second grooves.

Abstract: A motion transforming mechanism comprises a plate assembly and a toothed rail. The plate assembly is constituted by at least three rotation plates having a common rotation axis and each having a plurality of teeth, the rotation plates being respectively formed with cranked through bores. The toothed rail is formed with a plurality of teeth held in mesh with the teeth of rotation plates. The motion transforming mechanism further comprises a drive motor assembly constituted by a rotor unit rotatably received in the cranked through bores and a stator unit accommodated in the rotor unit. The rotation plates are rotated with respect to their common rotation axis by the rotation of the rotor unit with respect to stator unit. The motion transforming mechanism thus constructed requires no external electric motor and accordingly is able to be more easily assembled with various systems.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus of a high speed false texturing machine in which a so-called surging phenomenon is prevented, yarn breakages are not increased, unevenness in yarn dyeing does not occur, and deterioration of crimp characteristics in obtained textured yarn is prevented. A false texturing machine includes a false twisting device (6) for imparting twists to a yarn (2), a heating apparatus (3), disposed upstream from the false twisting device (6), for heat setting twists that run back along the yarn (2), and a cooling apparatus (4, 5), disposed between the heating apparatus (3) and the false twisting device (5), for cooling the yarn. The cooling apparatus (4) has a plurality of partial cooling plates (8). A yarn pressing member (9) serves to insert the yarn (2) into a space between the adjacent partial cooling plates (8) beyond a common contacting line of the adjacent partial cooling plates (8).

Abstract: A method of magneto-optically modulating light comprises the steps of linearly polarizing the light on its transmission path, placing a magnetooptic effect element on the transmission path of the polarized light with the spontaneous magnetization direction of the element being parallel with the transmission path, the polarized light being modulated into a first light component when the plane of polarization of the polarized light is rotated to assume the first rotational position by the magnetooptic effect element in the absence of the applied magnetic field, applying the magnetic field to the magnetooptic effect element with the internal magnetization of the element being oriented in a direction perpendicular to the transmission path, the polarized light being modulated into a second light component when the plane of polarization of the polarized light is shifted to a second rotational position by the magnetooptic effect element in the presence of the applied magnetic field.

Abstract: A machine frame has a traverse device and a frame having a contact roller movably mounted thereon. A first slider guide member is substantially vertically disposed below the contact roller, and a second slider guide member is pivoted on a shaft spaced from the lower end of the first slider guide member, sliders are slidable along the slider guide members, carriers are connectable with and detachable from the sliders, and the carriers have bobbin holders rotatably mounted thereon. The bobbin holders move to a winding position, doffing position and stand-by position while the bobbin holders and carriers are transferred between the sliders of the slider guide members.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a medium having a magnetic pattern, comprises the steps of forming a first groove in a substrate by photoetching, and forming in the first groove or in a portion of the substrate adjacent to the first groove by the photoetching a second groove of different depth than the first groove. The first and second grooves are then filled with a ferromagnetic substance so that the ferromagnetic substance in the first groove is different in thickness from the ferromagnetic substance in the second groove. The ferromagnetic substance is then magnetized to produce magnetic field intensity distribution based on the thickness of the magnetized ferromagnetic substance.

Abstract: An article comprising a substrate formed with predetermined patterns and magnetized magnetic substances arranged in the substrate in accordance with the predetermined patterns, and a method of manufacturing an article with magnetized magnetic substances arranged according to predetermined patterns, comprising the steps of arranging said magnetic substances in a substrate in accordance with the predetermined patterns and magnetizing the magnetic substances.

Abstract: A draw texturing machine, which is provided with a heater to be set at a temperature higher than a melting point of a yarn to be textured, can be stopped in operation while the yarn is being threaded onto the machine and then re-started. The temperature of the heater is lowered upon stoppage of the machine, the temperature of the heater is detected, and the rotating speeds of rotating members are controlled based on the detected temperature. An effective method is provided by which a draw texturing machine provided with a heater to be set at a temperature higher than a melting point of a yarn to be textured can be stopped and then re-started while the yarn is being threaded.