Abstract: A sodium sulfur cell comprising an anode active material of metallic sodium, and a cathode active material of sulfur or sodium polysulfide, and a beta alumina solid electrolyte separator, the above active materials containing, as an impurity, calcium of at most 20 ppm and/or potassium of at most 200 ppm, by weight. The cell of the invention has excellent characteristics, particularly prolonged electromotive life.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for processing a black-and-white light-sensitive silver halide photographic material containing at least one kind of a tetrazolium compound or a hydrazine compound with a developing solution containing a polyhydroxybenzene type developing agent, wherein the developing solution is a developing solution prepared by using a solid processing agent, a solid processing agent for a black-and-white light-sensitive silver halide photographic material containing a tetrazolium compound or a hydrazine compound comprising a polyhydroxybenzene type developing agent and a solid processing agent for a black-and-white light-sensitive silver halide photographic material containing a tetrazolium compound or a hydrazine compound comprising a thiosulfate fixing agent and water in an amount of 300% or less based on an amount of the thiosulfate fixing agent.

Abstract: When the horizontal size of a display character is given by 9 dots, 8-dot font data is stored in a font register, and 1-dot display attribute data is stored in a register. Display attribute data is data for designating the 8th dot of a character pattern to be displayed. A selector converts 9-dot data supplied from the font register and the register to serial data on the basis of a counter value of a counter and supplies the serial data to a CRT when 80 characters are to be displayed in the horizontal direction on the CRT having a horizontal resolution of 720 dots per scanning line. When an FPD having a horizontal resolution of 640 dots per scanning line is to be used, the selector converts only 8-dot font data supplied from the font register to serial data on the basis of a counter value from the counter and supplies the serial data to the FPD. As a result, eighty 8-dot characters are displayed in the horizontal direction of the FPD despite that display of 9-dot characters is designated.

Abstract: A disc reproducing aparatus is provided which is able to read out all of the data stored on the disc in a short time. The disk reproducing apparatus reproduces data stored on a disc and comprise a device for rotating the disc and a data processing device having a plurality of optical pickup devices for reading the data from the rotating disc, such that each pickup device reads a different part of the data area.

Abstract: In a uninterruptible power supply in which a plurality of inverters are operated in parallel, a current control loop is provided which responds to the magnitude of an output current of each inverter brought into parallel running to change a command value for a voltage waveform control circuit associated with each inverter, and the gain of the current control loop is made to be variable, whereby currents shared by the inverters can be set desirably to effectively suppress a cross current flowing between the inverters upon establishment of parallel running.

Abstract: A draw-forming method in which a disc-like metal sheet having an organic film or a cup made of a metal sheet having an organic film is held by an annular holder member and a drawing die, and a drawing punch and the drawing die are moved in mesh with each other and relative to each other, the drawing punch being so provided as to move into or cut of the holder member in concentric with the holder member and the drawing die, wherein at least either one of the annular holder member or the drawing die that had been pushing a residual flange portion is so moved as to discontinue the pushing just before the draw forming is finished in said drawing step, and the flange portion is drawn while liberating the rear end of the flange portion.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which includes a shield casing made of a metal plate and having fixing pawls and fixing hooks, an middle frame for holding a liquid crystal display, and a lower casing for packaging back lights. The fixing pawls of said shield casing are bent in corresponding recesses formed in the middle frame. Also, the fixing hooks of said shield casing are fitted on corresponding projections formed on the lower casing.

Abstract: Water-soluble high molecules are made present as a dispersing agent in a dispersion coating bath of a solution of a water-soluble nickel salt containing graphite dispersed therein, and a mold for molding a glass is immersed therein in a manner that the mold serves as the cathode and the nickel metal serves as the anode in order to effect the plating while suppressing nickel or a nickel-based alloy in the film from growing in a vertical direction or in the direction of the plane thereof. On the inner surfaces of the mold is formed a film which comprises a matrix of nickel or the nickel-based alloy which as a whole has a flake-like form that is continuous and exists in an open cellular form and a graphite granule phase which is held in the open cells and is outwardly exposed on the surface.

Abstract: A binarizing method for converting an image picked up by a television camera into a binary image based on a binarization level used as a threshold, includes a first step of finding a maximum value and a minimum value of a density of the image picked up, a second step of creating a histogram of the density of the image and dividing the histogram into a first region and a second region based on the maximum and minimum values of the density of the image and a predetermined first division ratio, a third step of calculating an average density of each of the first region and the second region, a fourth step of deciding a binarization level based on the average density of each of the first and second regions and a second division ratio, a fifth step of binarizing the image based on the binarization level obtained in the fourth step, a sixth step of detecting a pattern by means of a binarized image obtained in the fifth step, and a seventh step of altering the binarization level by a predetermined degree and performi

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising (A) 5 to 95 parts by weight of an olefinic resin and (B) 95 to 5 parts by weight of an acrylonitrile-styrenic copolymer is improved in compatibility between the olefinic resin and the acrylonitrile-styrenic copolymer by modifying at least a part of the acrylonitrile-styrenic copolymer with an epoxy compound and by incorporating an effective amount of at least one compatibilizer selected from the group consisting of styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers modified with unsaturated carboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, unsaturated carboxylic acid-olefine copolymers, and polymers reactive with an epoxy group.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pair of opposite electrodes, and an amorphous silicon film. The amorphous silicon film is sandwiched between the pair of opposite electrodes and serves to perform photoelectric conversion of light including light from a target object. At least one of the pair of opposite electrodes is divided into a set of pattern electrodes respectively connected to the amorphous silicon film in electrically positive and negative directions so as to form a spatial filter electrode. The respective pattern electrodes respectively connected in the positive and negative directions are irregularly arranged on the amorphous silicon film.

Abstract: This invention aims at providing a PLL synthesizer circuit that can shorten lock-up time while sufficiently securing a time constant of a low-pass filter, and has a structure wherein a phase comparator 3 outputs output signals .phi.R and .phi.P on the basis of a reference signal fr output from a reference frequency divider 2, and a comparison signal fp output from a comparison frequency divider 4; the output signals .phi.R and .phi.P are negatively fed back to the comparison frequency divider 4 through a charge pump 5, a low-pass filter 6 and a voltage controlled oscillator 7, and a lock detection circuit 8 outputs a lock signal LD when in a locked state.

Abstract: A display screen inspecting apparatus is for inspecting a display screen of a liquid crystal display having image density which changes in proportion to change of a driving voltage applied to the display screen. A driving voltage changing device changes the driving voltage to actuate the display screen, an image pick-up device picks up an image of a displaying state of the display screen driven with different driving voltages, a storage device stores image data related to the image density of images picked up by the image pick-up device when different driving voltages are applied to the display screen, an image density ratio operating/storing device determines and stores a ratio of the image density of the images stored by the storage device, and a deciding device decides whether the display screen is acceptable or unacceptable on the basis of change of the image density ratio.

Abstract: A charged particle accelerator capable of accelerating arbitrarily charged particles to an arbitrary energy level and resonating at a low frequency suitable for accelerating heavy ions, including quadruple electrodes which are supplied with high frequency power and disposed in the direction of the center axis of a cylinder-shaped container and a resonant circuit having a capacitor and an inductor for supplying a voltage to the quadruple electrodes. The capacitor is composed of a plurality of metallic plates provided along the center axis at specified intervals in the vicinity of the quadruple electrodes, and a plurality of conductive supports supporting the metallic plates which are directly connected to the container together with the supports and the container form the inductor.

Abstract: A composition for developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The composition has a form of a tablet or granule and comprises an organic development inhibitor having a solubility of not higher than 1 % by weight in an aqueous medium having a pH value of 6 to 12, and a water-soluble or alkali-soluble polymer having a melting point of 30.degree. C. to 100.degree. C. in an amount of not less than 5% by weight of total weight of the composition. The granules or tableted composition of the invention is preferably produced in a process comprising steps of (1) melting the polymer, (2) dissolving the organic development inhibitor in the melted polymer, (3) mixing the melted polymer containing the component with the remaining components of the composition, and (4) granulating or tableting the mixed composition. The composition is friendly for environment and is excellent in stability, conservability.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising (a) modified polyolefin produced by graft-polymerizing a polyolefin with a glycidyl compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, Ar is an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6-20 carbon atoms and containing at least one glycidyloxy group, and n is an integer of 1-4; and (b) a matrix polymer resin such as polyamide, polyester, polycarbonate etc.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material that comprises a support having thereon at least one silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer, wherein emulsion layer is spectrally sensitized; the back coating layer side of said light-sensitive material has a specific surface resistance of 1 10.sup.9 to 1 10.sup.12 .OMEGA.at 25.degree. C. and 25% RH; and said light-sensitive photographic material curls in the direction of said back coating layer side. The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to this invention does not undergo jamming even in electrostatic charge adsorption type cameras, and is improved in anti-static property.

Abstract: A bar-like molding made of fiber-reinforced plastic materials of the type which can be extended by connecting pieces thereof, comprises a fiber-reinforced plastic covering layer formed by laminating a plurality of fiber-reinforced plastic layers and short length metal pipes for connection arranged at the ends of the fiber-reinforced plastic covering layer, the fiber-reinforced plastic covering layer including an inner fiber-reinforced plastic covering layer composed of a plurality of fiber-reinforced plastic layers and abutting at its ends against the respective inner end surfaces of the short length metal pipes for connection, and an outer fiber-reinforced plastic covering layer composed of a plurality of fiber-reinforced plastic layers and formed in such a manner as to cover the outer peripheries of said inner fiber-reinforced plastic covering layer and the short length metal pipes for connection, the reinforcing fibers of at least one of the plurality of fiber-reinforced plastic layers of at least one of t

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a multi-layer lead frame for a semiconductor device comprises two metal plains being adhered to each other via an insulation piece. An insulation strip is punched to cut the insulation piece, which is preliminary adhered to a metal strip. The metal strip is then punched to cut and remove the metal plane, which is then laminated and heat-pressed to another metal strip. After completely adhered, the other metal strip is punched to remove a multi-layer lead frame.