Abstract: A rotary compressor has a cylinder, a crank shaft having an eccentric part disposed in said cylinder, a bearing which rotatably supports said crank shaft, a roller which moves in said cylinder following said eccentric part, and a vane whose all or part of the tip is of circular configuration, wherein a groove with which the vane tip is disposed in contact is provided on the outer periphery of said roller, a first oil groove is provided on the end face of said roller, and said roller is provided with an oil hole communicating said first oil groove and said groove of the roller.

Abstract: In a scroll compressor, a stationary scroll is pressed toward a movable scroll by a back pressure of a discharge fluid compressed by a compression mechanism, and wear powder, produced from an annular seal (which receives the pressure of the discharge fluid) as a result of precession of the stationary scroll, is arrested, thereby achieving the scroll compressor high in efficiency and reliability. A pressure-receiving surface for receiving a back pressure of the discharge fluid so as to press the stationary scroll toward the movable scroll is formed on that portion of the stationary scroll disposed around a communication port which is formed in the stationary scroll, and communicates with a discharge port.

Abstract: An acceleration sensor includes: a piezoelectric vibrator including a piezoelectric element having a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposed each other, a first and a second electrode formed on the first and the second principal surface, and conductive protrusions made of a metal material or a ceramic material and formed by a thermal spraying process; and a holding body for holding the piezoelectric vibrator via the conductive protrusions.

Abstract: In a scroll compressor, a stationary scroll is pressed toward a movable scroll by a back pressure of a discharge fluid compressed by a compression mechanism, and wear powder, produced from an annular seal (which receives the pressure of the discharge fluid) as a result of precession of the stationary scroll, is arrested, thereby achieving the scroll compressor high in efficiency and reliability. A pressure-receiving surface for receiving a back pressure of the discharge fluid so as to press the stationary scroll toward the movable scroll is formed on that portion of the stationary scroll disposed around a communication port which is formed in the stationary scroll, and communicates with a discharge port.

Abstract: A DC gas discharge type image display device includes a front glass substrate; a rear glass substrate facing the front glass substrate, interposing a discharge gas therebetween; a set of anodes including a plurality of line electrodes formed on the rear glass substrate; a set of cathodes including a plurality of line electrodes placed on the front glass substrate so as to perpendicularly cross the set of anodes; and a plurality of discharge cells, each being provided so as to correspond to each of the cross points of the set of anodes and the set of cathodes. The device is driven in a refresh driving method or a memory driving method. As to the production of this device, the set of cathodes is formed by a spraying method. The cathodes are made from aluminum, nickel, an aluminum alloy or a nickel alloy. The discharge gas is a mixed gas of He and Xe.

Abstract: In a DC gas discharge type image display apparatus including: a front glass substrate; a rear glass substrate facing the front glass substrate, interposing a discharge gas therebetween; a set of anodes including a plurality of line electrodes formed on the rear glass substrate; a set of cathodes including a plurality of line electrodes placed on the front glass substrate so as to perpendicularly cross the set of anodes; and a plurality of discharge cells, each being provided so as to correspond to each of the cross points of the set of anodes and the set of cathodes, the apparatus being driven in a refresh driving method or a memory driving method, the set of cathodes are formed by a spraying method. The cathodes are made from aluminum, nickel, an aluminum alloy or a nickel alloy. The discharge gas is a mixed gas of He and Xe.

Abstract: Protrusions made of an electrically conductive material such as a metal or ceramic are formed around a node point or a node line of vibrations of a piezoelectric plate on two principal planes thereof by a spraying process. The piezoelectric plate is held at the protrusions with leaf springs on the two principal planes. Thus, protrusions of a small surface area are formed without deteriorating the piezoelectric plate. The piezoelectric plate can be held stably without deteriorating the vibration characteristics. An alternating voltage is applied to electrodes of the piezoelectric plate through the electrically conductive protrusions. Because a spraying process is used, the protrusions can be thickly and precisely formed in a small area and held surely and reliably, with a good mechanical strength of the protrusions.

Abstract: A vacuum evaporation apparatus has a melting pot containing evaporating material therein and a movable partition. A surface of the evaporating material is separated into a supplying surface (whereinto a Cr-Co material rod of replenishing material is supplied) and an evaporating surface (whereonto an electron beam is irradiated) by the partition only during deposition of evaporating material onto a substrate. After finish of the deposition, the partition is lifted and is apart from the surface.

Abstract: A method for supplying a vacuum evaporation material provides a first vacuum evaporation material accommodated in a crucible and heated by electron beams so as to be fused. When a thin film is formed by adhering vapor generated form the first material to a substrate, a second long supply vacuum evaporation material is fed in a positive direction, the second material moving from above a liquid surface of the first material toward the first material which has fused in the crucible. An average feed speed of the second material is maintained by alternately switching a feed direction between the positive direction and the negative direction, in which the second material moves backward. An apparatus for supplying the vacuum evaporation material in which the first material is supplied to the crucible by alternately switching the feed direction between the positive and the negative directions, includes an operating circuit for performing the following calculation based on an instruction of an average supply speed (V.