Abstract: An apparatus for sorting sheets is disclosed, which comprises a feeder for setting a mixture of different kinds of sheets, the set sheets being fed one by one for sorting, a judging circuit for judging the kind of sheet being transported through the body of the apparatus after having been fed from the feeder, and a sorting/stacking section for sorting and stacking sheets in specified quantities for specified kinds according to the result of judgement in the judging circuit. The apparatus has a plurality of sorting modes for different kinds of sorting and can specify specified quantities for each mode.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the invention comprises the steps of(a) forming a gate insulating film on a surface of a silicon substrate, and a gate electrode on said gate insulating film;(b) forming a source region and a drain region by doping said substrate with an impurity which has a conductivity type opposite to a conductivity type of said silicon substrate;(c) forming a self-aligned insulating layer on the side walls of the gate electrode;(d) forming a self-aligned metal layer on a region on which an insulating film is not formed, the region including the source region and the drain region; and(e) forming electrodes which are connected to the source region, drain region and gate electrode.

Abstract: A digital controller includes a microprocessor for receiving a signal indicating a process variable from a process and calculating a manipulated variable in accordance with a predetermined algorithm in order to cause the manipulated variable signal to follow a desired setpoint variable. An operation data output system delivers an output signal to the process which holds the operation output value from the microprocessor. The controller also has on an electronic indicator for displaying the process variable, the setpoint variable, and the manipulated variable, and a driver for receiving the process variable signal and the setpoint variable to drive the electronic indicator. The driver further receives the manipulated variable from the operation data output system for driving the electronic indicator, whereby the controller is capable of displaying the manipulated variable on the electronic indicator should the microprocessor fail.

Abstract: A pattern write control circuit of the invention has a graphic memory consisting of a plurality of memory planes each storing corresponding to color data for color display, an address selector for supplying a common address to the plane memories, a register storing the color data corresponding to each memory plane and simultaneously supplying the color data to a common location of the memory planes accessed by the common address, and a decoder for producing write enable signal for writing the color data into a specified memory plane in accordance with the display color data of the dot supplied from a CPU.

Abstract: The vector processor of the present invention is designed to have a first function for classifying, generating and storing in advance a separate index set by judging the attribute of specified data and a second function for continuously performing operand access only for the index value belonging to the specified index set out of the index sets generated by the first function, thus avoiding the deterioration of the efficiency of pipeline processing even when the calculation of array data has different operation content according to the attributes of the specified data. Accordingly it can perform continuous calculation of a plurality of different conditioned expressions at high speed by arranging it to operate the first and the second functions concurrently with the value resulting from the operation by the second function being used by the first function as a data for discriminating the attribute of the data.

Abstract: Immunoassay which can be performed within a short period of time and a reagent composition for such immunoassay. The reagent composition contains complement and cells which contain quantitatively determinable substance therein. Antibody or antigen corresponding to antigen or antibody to be determined in a sample is bound on the outer surfaces of the cell membranes, which can be lysed by the complement upon activation thereof. In the immunoassay, a sample containing antigen or antibody to be determined is mixed with the reagent composition. The complement is activated by the resultant antigen-antibody complex. The cell membranes are lysed by the complex and the determinable substance in the cells is liberated from the cells. The amount of the liberated substance is determined.

Abstract: A first wiring layer is formed on a substrate. An insulation layer is formed on the first wiring layer so as to cover with the first wiring layer. A second wiring layer, which acts as a fuse device, is formed on the insulation layer transverse to the first wiring layer. A programming current is directed through the first wiring layer under the second wiring layer which is to be programmed. The heat generated by the programming current is transmitted through the insulation layer to the portion of the second wiring layer which crosses the first wiring layer. As a result, the second wiring layer is melted by the heat and thus disconnected. Alternatively, the heat may form a eutectic mixture with the material of the second wiring layer and a third wiring layer, which is formed on the second wiring layer, to complete the continuity of the second wiring layer.

Abstract: A motor control device for a copying apparatus which is so arranged as to individually control the motors for driving the movable components of the copying apparatus and is provided with a ten-key board designed to set a test mode and designate a motor to be tested. A test mode is set when two specific numeric keys of the ten-key board are pressed at the same time. In the test mode, the ten-key board presets a 2-digit numeral previously allotted to a motor to be tested. Determination is made from the second position of the numeral as to whether the motor to be tested should be driven or stopped.

Abstract: A heat-exchanging pipe having an inside surface formed with a plurality of ribs for enhancing turbulence of fluid flowing through the pipe. Each rib has an upstanding face portion formed on an upstream side of the rib and an inclined face portion descending from an upper end of the up-standing face portion in a downstream direction. The pipe is manufactured by roll forming a substantially flat piece of sheet metal material to form the ribs and then curling and joining ends of the sheet metal to form a substantially cylindrical pipe with the ribs on the inside surface thereof.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device having a MOS transistor with a floating gate capable of storing data.The MOS transistor has an erase gate which overlaps part of the floating gate with an insulating film interposed therebetween. Upon application of a high voltage on the erase gate, the field emission is caused between the floating gate and the erase gate and the charge stored on the floating gate is removed.

Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording floppy disk comprises a flexible plastic film substrate, a first magnetic recording layer formed on one side of the plastic film substrate and having an axis of easy magnetization in a direction perpendicular to the one side of the plastic film substrate, and a second magnetic recording layer formed on the other side of the plastic film substrate and having an axis of easy magnetization in a direction perpendicular to the above-mentioned other side of the plastic film substrate. The second magnetic recording layer has a thickness greater than a thickness of the first magnetic recording layer.

Abstract: An integrated CT scanner gantry assembly is provided wherein an open bore rotor is supported by a bearing assembly on an open bore stator. An x-ray assembly is mounted on the rotor and supplied with high voltage power during continuous rotation about the stator through use of a slip ring assembly which is mounted between the rotor and stator. The inside surface of the stator which faces a patient generally lies along the surface of a truncated cone to permit substantial tilting of the stator. Moreover, the stator and rotor have a cross section formed as a series of separated yet aligned steps to form two isolated cavities therebetween, one of the cavities housing the cathode of the slip ring and the other of the cavities housing the anode of the slip ring. The cavities can be filled with a gas or liquid high voltage insulating fluid and can be readily sealed to prevent leakage of said fluid.

Abstract: An integrated CT scanner gantry assembly is provided wherein an open bore rotor is supported by a bearing assembly on an open bore stator. An x-ray assembly is mounted on the rotor and supplied with high voltage power during continuous rotation about the stator through use of a slip ring assembly which is mounted between the rotor and stator. The inside surface of the stator which faces a patient generally lies along the surface of a truncated cone to permit substantial tilting of the stator. Moreover, the stator and rotor have a cross section formed as a series of separated yet aligned steps to form two isolated cavitites therebetween, one of the cavities housing the cathode of the slip ring and the other of the cavities housing the anode of the slip ring. The cavitites can be filled with a gas or liquid high voltage insulating fluid and can be readily sealed to prevent leakage of said fluid.

Abstract: A data conversion circuit is constructed in such a manner that a plurality of flip-flop series, each including tandem connected master/slave flip-flops, are provided and driven by plural phase numbers of clock signals which have no overlap therebetween, so that a parallel data is obtained with a serial data supplied to the flip-flop series, or a serial data is obtained with a parallel data supplied to the flip-flop series. The clock signals employed here have no overlap between each of the corresponding phases of the signals.

Abstract: Disclosed is a CO gas detecting device which comprises a CO gas sensor provided with a gas sensitive member made of SnO.sub.2, ZnO, Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 or the like, a pair of electrodes provided on said gas sensitive member, and a catalyst layer comprising at least one kind of catalyst metals of Pt, Pd and Rh and at least one kind of carriers of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, ZrO.sub.2 and SiO.sub.2, provided on said gas sensitive member; and a reference sensor substantially without sensitivity to CO gas provided with a gas sensitive member similar to the above gas sensitive member, a pair of electrodes provided on said gas sensitive member and a catalyst layer comprising Ag and at least one kind of carriers of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, ZrO.sub.2 and SiO.sub.2, provided on said gas sensitive member. Also disclosed is a circuit for driving the device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a first conductor having first and second portions which are electrically disconnected from each other, and a second conductor, formed on an insulating film separating it from the first conductor, which is electrically conductive. A radiated energy beam renders the second conductor non-conductive, while simultaneously electrically connecting the first and second portions, rendering the first conductor conductive, as needed.

Abstract: A high pressure metal vapor discharge lamp comprising a discharge tube with a pair of spaced main electrodes; a filling sealed in the discharge tube comprising a light emitting metal and a starting gas; a radioactive source comprising a radioactive substance entirely covered with an envelope of non-radioactive, heat- and corrosion-resistant material sealed inside the discharge tube, an outer tube enclosing the discharge tube, and circuit means for starting the discharge tube.

Abstract: A charger abnormality detecting device and method uses a current detector for detecting a current flowing between a photoconductive drum and a charger arranged near the drum, a current detector for detecting a current flowing through the charger, and a voltage detector for detecting a high voltage applied to the charger. The type of abnormality of the charger is discriminated in accordance with currents and a voltage detected by the current detectors and the voltage detector, respectively.

Abstract: A magnetron anode constructed by welding a pole piece to each open end of a copper anode cylinder. A nickel layer is plated on the surface of the pole piece. A welded mass resulting from welding the pole piece to the open end of the anode cylinder covers the peripheral edge of the pole piece. The welded is mostly formed of a nickel-copper alloy resulting from the mutual fusion of the copper material of the anode cylinder and the nickel of the nickel layer.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrochemical cell has an anode consisting of an element selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium and aluminum; a cathode consisting of a porous carbon body and a current collector; and an electrolyte containing an oxyhalide, wherein the porous carbon body contains a carbon black having a structure wherein a thin layer of graphite crystals is formed on a surface of each of chain-like carbon black particles. The cell has a high discharge capacity and an excellent discharge efficiency in high rate discharge.