Abstract: A home hair-setter whose body is a cylindrical heat-resistant elastic member and wherein the outer peripheral surface of the body of the hair-setter is used to curl hair; the hair-curling section of the body is enclosed in a cylindrical envelope; and the body of the hair-setter has at least one of its both ends left open.

Abstract: The memory device for processing picture images data is comprised from a memory bank including a number of memory boards each constituted by a bit plane, and bits constituting a picture element information are located in different memory boards. There are provided a data write circuit for writing the picture element data having any desired bit length in the memory bank starting from any desired bit location of the memory bank, and a read out circuit for reading out the stored picture element information having any desired bit length from any desired bit position of the memory bank.

Abstract: A comparator is provided to produce a coincidence pulse when the combination of respective stages of a first counter which counts a first clock pulse coincides with the combination of respective stages of a second counter which counts a lower second clock pulse. Furthermore, there is provided a flip-flop circuit which is set when the combination of the outputs of the first counter becomes a predetermined state and reset by the coincidence pulse thereby producing a pulse width modulated wave whose pulse width varies gradually with time. Each of the first and second counters comprises a shift register including a plurality of serially connected binary memory elements which sequentially shift an input data. Each shift register includes a feedback circuit which feeds back the outputs of predetermined ones of the binary memory elements to the first stage memory element through an exclusive OR gate circuit.

Abstract: A tank circuit including a quartz vibrator and a phase shifter connected to the tank circuit for forming a vector signal e.sub.1 from the tank circuit and a vector signal e.sub.2 delayed a predetermined angle from the signal e.sub.1. A differential circuit is used to subtract e.sub.1 from e.sub.2 thus forming a difference signal e.sub.3. The delayed signal e.sub.2 is inverted by a phase inverting circuit to obtain two signals e.sub.2 and -e.sub.2 which are applied to an addition circuit where their relative amplitude ratio is controlled. The addition circuit adds signal e.sub.3 to the signals e.sub.2 and e.sub.3 whose relative amplitude ratio has been controlled for producing a sum signal which is fed back to the tank circuit.

Abstract: In an ultrasound transmitting or receiving apparatus, a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements comprising an ultrasound probe are arranged along a line to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves. For the purpose of sequentially transmitting and receiving an ultrasound beam through the transducer elements, variable-delay circuits are provided for applying delay times to the transmitting signals and/or the received signals. The variable-delay circuits include memory control devices, the addresses of which correspond to the respective azimuthal directions of transmitting and receiving the ultrasound beam. The outputs of the memory devices are connected to control terminals of transfer switches, which in turn are connected to tapped delay lines. The memory devices produce control codes such that the tapped delay lines produce predetermined delay times which control the azimuthal directions of transmitting or receiving the ultrasound beam.

Abstract: A nuclear fuel element comprising a fuel body formed of nuclear fuel material and a clad for covering the fuel body. The clad is formed of an austenitic stainless steel containing silicon, titanium and carbon, respectively, in a controlled quantity.

Abstract: An output power control system includes an output power control circuit for producing first and second control signals to control a switch and a semiconductor control element which are inserted between a power source and an oscillating magnetron tube. The output power control circuit includes a main control section and an output control section. The main control section receives a door signal representing the open or closed state of an oven door and an initiating pulse for initiating the operation of the output power control circuit. The same section periodically detects the door signal to produce first and second set signals when the door is closed at the detection, and to produce first and second reset signals when the door is open. The output control section includes a first means and a second means.

Abstract: A plurality of signal lines receiving signals with different phases are connected to the reference potential point through switching elements. The switching elements connected to signal lines other than the signal line receiving an active signal are rendered conductive by the active signal on the signal line and the other signal lines are led to the reference potential.

Abstract: A data-entry device for digital arithmetic processing apparatus which has a semiconductor integrated circuit provided with a plurality of terminals, key signal control leads, the one side ends of which are connected to respective ones of the plurality of terminals, and a keyboard device having terminals connected to the other side ends of the key signal control leads. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of FET's with respective drains connected to respective terminals of the semiconductor integrated circuit with sources grounded and with gates applied with key signal-generating pulses in different timings. The semiconductor integrated circuit further includes at least one timing inhibition circuit which has a first input terminal connected to at least one of the terminals of the semiconductor integrated circuit and has a second input terminal supplied with a key signal-generating pulse.

Abstract: An exposure device for making a stripe screen on a faceplate of a color cathode ray tube which comprises an elongated light source; first and second correction lenses disposed above the light source in the order mentioned as counted from said elongated light source; and a table designed to carry a panel section of the color cathode ray tube and bored with an opening facing the second correction lens, and wherein the first correction lens has a lenticular plane enabling a virtual image of the light source to be rotated according to the direction in which an image of the light source is to be projected through the prescribed angle defined by the curvature of the shadow mask and the apparent angle of spatial displacement of an image of the elongated light source projected through the second correction lens; and the second lens has a lenticular plane enabling said virtual image to be projected on a photosensitive layer of the panel section aligned with the locus of electron beams of the color cathode ray tube thr

Abstract: A laminated iron core for rotary electromachines comprises a plurality of metallic plates laminated on each other, a glass layer disposed between opposed side surfaces of each pair of the contiguous metallic plates to hermetically bond the latter together, and an aggregate-containing glass compound layer disposed on at least a portion of the end faces of the laminar metallic plates which is likely to be subject to a thermal/mechanical impact during use in rotary electro-machines.

Abstract: A signal-processing circuit comprises a first gate circuit, a chrominance signal amplifier, a hue control circuit, means for reproducing a composite color signal, an AC coupling capacitor, and a second gate circuit. The first gate circuit receives a composite color signal consisting of chrominance signals and burst signals which are arranged alternately and then extracts the chrominance signals and burst signals from the composite color signal. The extracted chrominance signal is amplified by the chrominance signal amplifier, while the phase of the extracted burst signal is controlled by the hue control circuit. The outputs of the chrominance signal amplifier and the hue control circuit are added by said reproducing means, thereby reproducing a composite color signal. The AC coupling capacitor is coupled to the output of said means. The second gate circuit extracts from the output of the AC coupling capacitor chrominance signals and burst signals.

Abstract: An amplitude modulation circuit for a transmitter has an automatic level controlled circuit (ALC circuit), including in its negative feedback loop a series circuit of a high-pass filter, a rectifier circuit and an eliminator circuit, for modulation degree suppression, thereby avoiding overmodulation. The high-pass filter is so designed that the negative feedback signal level for modulation degree suppression of the ALC circuit is raised as the audio-signal frequency supplied to the transmitter increases. In the modulation circuit having such ALC circuit, a sufficiently high mean modulation degree may be obtained without encountering overmodulation if the main spectrum components of the input audio-frequency signal are distributed in the intermediate range of the audio-signal frequency band.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece comprises an oscillator, a frequency divider for frequency dividing the output signal of the oscillator to generate 100 Hz output pulse signals, time count circuits having a plurality of counters cascade-connected to count the output pulse signals of the frequency divider, a decoder circuit for decoding the output signal of the time count circuits to generate a display signal and a display device for displaying data corresponding to the output display signal of the decoder circuit, in which a stopwatch display mode and a normal time display mode may be selected by the operation of a switch. The electronic timepiece further includes a control circuit connected between the decoder circuit and display device and adapted to inhibit normal time display data from being supplied to the display device in response to the operation of the switch which sets the electronic timepiece into the stopwatch display mode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate and protective films formed thereon. The protective films comprise at least one silicon carbide film which may be pure or may contain particular impurities.

Abstract: A noise reduction system having an encoder which compresses the dynamic range of an analog audio signal, a transmission medium coupled to the encoder, and a decoder coupled to the transmission medium for expanding and thereby restoring the dynamic range of the compressed analog audio signal. The encoder includes a voltage controlled amplifier (VCA) receiving the audio signal, a high-pass filter also coupled to the analog audio signal, a circuit for obtaining a difference between the outputs of the VCA and the high-pass filter, weighting and level sensing circuits coupled to the encoder output for sensing the level of the compressed analog audio signal, and a limiter circuit coupled to the output of the weighting and level sensing circuits and producing a control voltage applied to the VCA control input in such a manner that the ratio of the gain of the VCA and the gain of the high-pass filter at the pass band thereof does not become less than one.

Abstract: In a magnetron device, a shield box is disposed covering a cathode stem and energizing power is supplied from the outside of the shield box to cathode lead terminals in the shield box.An energizing power supplying means comprises a transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil which are both wound around a magnetic core and connect inductively the inner section of the shield box with the outer section. Thus high frequency noise which is a part of high frequency energy oscillated in anode resonant cavities and transmitted into the shield box through the cathode lead terminals is perfectly confined in the box. Therefore high frequency noise leaking out from the magnetron device toward a commercial power source is significantly reduced.

Abstract: A gadolinium-activated phosphate phosphor expressed by the general chemical formula:(R.sub.1-x-y Gd.sub.x M.sub.y).sub.3 (PO.sub.4).sub.(2+x-y)zwhere R denotes calcium, zinc, strontium, barium, or magnesium; M represents thallium, silver, lithium, barium, sodium, potassium, rubidium or cesium; 0.005.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.35; 0.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.3; and 0.7.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.1.9.

Abstract: A scintillation camera which detects the radiation position of radiation and visualizes the corresponding position by an oscilloscope, comprises: a reference radiation source including a radiation source and a radiation shielding member having a plurality of through-holes arranged in a matrix; a first memory for storing a picture of a reference radiation source during a calibrating mode in dependence on position signals of radiation radiated from the reference radiation source; an arithmetic unit for computing the correcting amount at each cross point in a given matrix in dependence on a departure of the position of each hole of the radiation shielding member in the picture stored in the first memory from the correct position of the corresponding hole of the actual radiation shielding member; a second memory for storing the correcting amounts at the respective cross points of the given matrix from the arithmetic unit; a correction amount calculation circuit which reads out the correcting amounts at cross poin

Abstract: In a computed tomography system using radiation, a large number of radiation beams are projected into a selected slice-like sectional portion of a subject to be reconstructed, in various directions. A profile of measured projection data is obtained from the radiation beams penetrated in parallel at each given angular interval. The profile of measured projection data thus obtained is subjected to a filtering operation to produce profiles of first modified projection data. The profile of modified projection data is recasted at properly selected intervals to produce second modified projection data. This results in a remarkable reduction of the amount of weight coefficients required in an interpolation to calculate the modified projection data for a large number of picture elements defined in matrix fashion on the sectional portion.