Abstract: Air is blowed before an annealing step to corner portions in an inner face portion of a glass panel which has been press-formed in a mold to cool that portions to be stronger than the other portion whereby a temperature difference between the corner portions and the other portion is reduced.

Abstract: A thread cutting apparatus including a pair of blades one movable relative to the other to cut a thread, an actuating device including a cam rotatable about an axis line, and a cam follower which is movable to an operative position where the cam follower follows the cam to move the movable blade to cut the thread, and an inoperative position where the cam follower does not follow the cam, a biasing device which provides a biasing force to bias the cam follower toward the inoperative position, a first movable member which is operatively engaged with the cam follower and which is movable to a first position, and a second position to move the cam follower to the operative position against the biasing force of the biasing device, a second movable member which is movable between a third and a fourth position and which engages, when being moved from the third position to the fourth position, the first movable member to move the first movable member to the second position, and a rotary member which is rotatable with

Abstract: A vacuum heat insulator is provided which includes a vacuum heat-insulated space defined between a pair of spaced outer skin members, a portion of the space closer to one of the outer skin members being set as high-temperature side, with a portion closer to the other outer skin member being set as low-temperature side. A laminate is disposed at the high-temperature side of the vacuum heat-insulated space, and a board having an inorganic material is disposed at the low temperature side. The laminate includes inorganic sheet members and metallic foils with low heat emissivity, the sheet members and metallic foils being alternately laid in plural layers.

Abstract: A failure detection system detects a failure of a package in a redundant system having a duplex package configuration.

Abstract: A safety vent body having a passage at the center of the bottom surrounded by a circular protrusion, a safety vent cover having a vent hole bonded to the safety vent body, and an elastic valve component consisting of valve seat and rubber pad bonded together into a one-piece structure and a coil spring, housed in a space provided by the safety vent body and the safety vent cover. A plastic container sealed alkaline rechargeable battery realizes a longer cycle life and high reliability by incorporating a resealable safety vent in accordance with the present invention.

Abstract: A method of monitoring abnormality of a clock driver in an electronic apparatus having a clock supply unit that supplies a clock signal and a plurality of function executing units to which the clock signal is inputted for executing prescribed functions at an identical clock, wherein each function executing unit is provided with a clock driver which, on the basis of the clock signal, oscillates internally to reproduce a clock signal, includes monitoring cut-off of an input clock signal and cut-off of an output clock signal of the clock driver, and outputting an alarm upon judging that the clock driver is abnormal in a case where the output clock signal has been cut off but the input clock signal has not.

Abstract: A horizontal rotary hook has an outer rotating hook body provided with a mounting protrusion protruding from the outer circumference of the side wall thereof and provided with an upper mounting surface and a side mounting surface. A thread catching member is placed movably on the upper mounting surface of the mounting protrusion, the horizontal position of the thread catching member relative to the axis of the outer rotating hook body is determined by using a positioning jig, and then the thread catching member is fixed to the mounting protrusion of the outer rotating hook body by welding. A loop expanding member is joined to the thread catching member so as to stand perpendicularly to the upper surface of the thread catching member and a part of the loop expanding member is fixed to the side mounting surface of the mounting protrusion by welding.

Abstract: A clock stoppage detector and a selector selection determining circuit are provided on each of a plurality of circuit boards. If any abnormality is detected in the clock selected in accordance with selector control information supplied from a clock selection controller provided common to the plurality of circuit boards, the selector selection determining circuit changes the selection independently of the selection control information. The selector selection determining circuit also performs clock selection independently when failure occurs to the clock selection controller.

Abstract: Transmitting/receiving system includes a plurality of analog junction lines and analog tie trunks provided at two ends of the analog junction lines. The PBX is provided with an analog junction line-ISDN converting unit. The analog junction line-ISDN converting unit is operative to transfer B-channel signals on a first analog junction line through the PBX network and the analog tie trunks and to transfer D-channel signals on a second analog junction line.

Abstract: A process for preparing a carbon black which can control the particle size distribution and aggregate size distribution of the carbon black. This apparatus comprises a combustion chamber, a cylindrical throat more contracted than the combustion chamber, which is adapted for forming a plug flow of the hot gas, downstream of said throat, an expanding venturi portion downstream of said throat, and a carbon black reaction chamber; and a process comprising forming a plug flow of the hot gas in at least the cylindrical throat and the expanding venturi portion; and feeding a hydrocarbon material from hydrocarbon material spraying nozzles provided at two or more axially separate sites in the expanding venturi portion.

Abstract: A digital signal transmission system includes a synchronization pattern detection circuit for detecting a synchronization pattern in response to a received transmitted digital signal, a pseudo synchronization detection circuit for detecting a pseudo synchronization pattern in the form of cyclic redundancy code in response to a received transmitted digital signal, and a synchronization protection circuit for counting the synchronization pattern detection signals produced when synchronization patterns are detected in response to a synchronization pattern detection signal from the synchronization pattern detection circuit. The synchronization protection circuit includes a main synchronization counter circuit and an auxiliary synchronization counter circuit. The count of protection steps for the confirmation of synchronization recovery of the auxiliary synchronization counter circuit in accordance with synchronization or asynchronization of the main synchronization counter circuit is variable.

Abstract: An unrecorded portion detecting apparatus for a record player. The apparatus has a device such as light-emitting diode for applying light to disc surface and a pair of light-sensitive devices such as phototransistors for sensing light reflected by the disc surface mounted on the tone arm. The pair of light-sensitive devices are separated from each other along a tracing line of the tone arm. The apparatus further has a circuit for producing a detecting signal at the time when the tone arm detects the unrecorded portion, resulting in an output signal from the leading device of the pair of light-sensitive devices. The circuit includes means for uniforming levels of the output signals of the pair of the light-sensitive devices under the same condition, means for differentiating the uniformed signals by a predetermined extent and means for comparing level relationship between the output signals.