Abstract: The present invention discloses high chromium ferritic heat-resistant steel which has remarkable properties that the base metal and welded joints of the steel both exhibit excellent long term creep strength at elevated temperatures over 600.degree. C. excellent resistance to steam oxidation, and excellent toughness at room temperatures. The chemical composition of main elements of the steel of the invention is as follows:______________________________________ Cr: 8.0 to 13.0%, W: 1.5 to 4.0%, Co: 2.5 to 8.0%, Ta: 0.01 to 0.50%, Nd: 0.001 to 0.24%, ______________________________________wherein % means % by weight.The steel of the present invention further encompasses steels which contain, in addition to the above essential chemical composition, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, and Ce, or at least one element selected from the group consisting of Hf, Ti, and Zr, or at least one element from each of the two groups at the same time.

Abstract: An apparatus for recording information on a recordable optical disc by applying a light beam on the surface thereof, the disc includes a first recording area on which information is recorded and reproduced while the disc is rotated at a first linear velocity; and a second recording area on which information is recorded and reproduced while the disc is rotated at a second linear velocity. The first recording area includes a test recording area. The apparatus includes recording power determining unit for determining first optimum recording power for recording information on the first area by a test recording utilizing the test recording area, and for determining second optimum recording power for recording information on the second area by multiplying the first optimum recording power by a predetermined constant.

Abstract: A cylinder throw-on and throw-off mechanism for a printing press having a plate cylinder and a printing cylinder, which are disposed with outer surfaces being separated from each other, and a blanket cylinder disposed therebetween includes a driving unit and a control unit. The driving unit has a motor serving as a driving source and moves the blanket cylinder between an impression-on position where the blanket cylinder is pressed against the plate cylinder and simultaneously pressed against the printing cylinder through a paper sheet and an impression throw-off position where the blanket cylinder is separated from the plate cylinder and the printing cylinder in accordance with a direction of rotation and the number of revolutions of the motor.

Abstract: A discharging lamp lighting apparatus is provided to perform lighting control of high voltage discharging lamps such as high pressure sodium lamp or metal halide lamp. In the discharging lamp lighting apparatus, a control section determines a power control pattern balancing with stored discharging lamp stable voltage so as to perform power control of the discharging lamp according to the pattern. If no voltage is stored, the control section performs the power control according to a power control pattern balancing with the minimum rated voltage of the discharging lamp. Then, it is possible to store the voltage when the discharging lamp is stabilized. If the discharging lamp is exchanged, the control section erases contents in stable voltage storing means so as to perform the lighting control of the discharging lamp from an initial state.

Abstract: An arrangement of oil passages to a valve system can reduce the number of parts required thereby lowering the manufacturing cost. The oil passages to a valve system of an internal combustion engine are integrally formed with the cylinder block and a cylinder head. These oil passages are arranged along the outer surfaces on a side opposed to a cylinder liner and a combustion chamber relative to a valve system drive transmission.

Abstract: A reverse engineering method for supporting software reuse in generating an upper level software product from a lower level software product allowing the reuse of some software product's among multi-level software products ranging from an upper level data flow to a lower level job flow. The method includes the steps of: generating an upper level software product using a lower level software product; generating relational information between the lower and upper level software products; inputting a request for changing the upper level software product via an input/output interface; changing the upper level software product in response to the change request; and detecting a reusable field of the lower level software product which is not to be changed, in response to a change of the upper level software product.

Abstract: An ignition timing control device is provided that includes an engine load condition detecting device, a failure detecting device and an ignition retarding device. The engine load condition detecting device detects a load condition of the engine. The failure detecting device detects the failure of an idle speed control device. An ignition retarding device retards the ignition timing of the engine by an amount based on the determined engine load conditions when the idle speed control device fails.

Abstract: A method for preparation of a printing plate by an electrophotographic process comprising forming a peelable transfer layer capable of being removed upon a chemical reaction treatment on a surface of an electrophotographic light-sensitive element, forming a toner image by an electrophotographic process on the transfer layer, heat-transferring the toner image together with the transfer layer onto a receiving material having a surface capable of providing a hydrophilic surface suitable for lithographic printing at the time of printing, and removing the transfer layer on the receiving material upon the chemical reaction treatment wherein the transfer layer has a stratified structure composed of a first transfer layer (T.sub.1) which is contact with the surface of electrophotographic light-sensitive element and is formed by an electrodeposition coating method using thermoplastic resin grains (AL) each containing a rein (A.sub.1) having a glass transition point of from 10.degree. C. to 140.degree. C.

Abstract: A pigment grinding resin of the formula: ##STR1## wherein, Ep is a residue of an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of 150 to 2000 and a hydroxyl group equivalent of 300 to 4000; R.sup.1 represents a hydrophilic group selected from a 2-hydroxyethyl group and a group of the formula --CH.sub.2 CH(OH)CH.sub.2 R.sup.3 wherein, R.sup.3 is a hydroxyl group or a hydroxylalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 represents a hydrophilic group selected from 3-hydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxypropyl and 4-hydroxybutyl; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, hydroxylalkyl or alkylamide group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; m is a numerical value of 0.1 to 2.0; A is residue of a diisocyanate; B is a residue of an alcohol, an amine, a carboxylic acid, an oxime and a caprolactam having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and n is a numerical value of 10.1 to 2.0. The pigment grinding resin of the present invention has excellent dispersibility.

Abstract: The present invention provides a shield arrangement that prevents deposition in the area of the chamber surrounding the substrate. This shield arrangement is equipped with a wall-like member which surrounds a substrate, and includes a projecting annular flange and a substrate support which extends in the horizontal direction beyond the substrate, and includes a groove therein. The annular flange is received in the groove to shield the deposition region of the chamber from the remainder of the chamber.

Abstract: A braking force acting on the wheel is actuated by a very small amount at a resonant frequency of a vibrating system comprised of a vehicle body, a wheel, and road surface, and the amplitude of the resonant-frequency component of the wheel speed is detected. A gain in the amplitude of the resonant-frequency component of the wheel speed with respect to the amplitude of the very small actuation of the braking force is determined. A mean braking force is controlled to decrease when the gain is smaller than a reference value, and to increase when the gain is greater than the reference value.

Abstract: A compound of formula (VIII) ##STR1## is added to a culture media containing Microtetraspora sp. A34549 or Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes ATCC 39243.

Abstract: An X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes a controller for shifting an X-ray focal spot position of an X-ray source, a plurality of first temporary holding devices respectively connected to X-ray detector elements to temporarily hold measured values of X-ray intensity transmitted through an object to be incident on the X-ray detector elements, a switch device for switching over connection between the X-ray detector elements and the first temporary holding devices, a controller for controlling switchover of the switch device, a transfer device for transferring the measured values from the first temporary holding devices to an interpolation calculating device, an interpolation calculating device for performing interpolation calculations on the projection data to generate projection data equivalent to projection data measured by using a measuring system virtually having twice as many X-ray detector elements as the arranged X-ray detector elements, a memory for holding parameters used for calculations in th

Abstract: An air and liquid-tight container is capable of storing different substances in different compartments sealingly separated by a front gasket having two separate parts that are independently slidable. A rear gasket is connectable to a push rod so as to function as a plunger, the front gasket being slidable in response to sliding of the rear gasket, thereby enabling the substance in the rear compartment to be introduced into the front compartment through a bypass. The front and rear gaskets are encased in the tubular body at a compressibility C (%) of 2% to 10%, with the product of the compressibility and the contact area (mm.sup.2) of the gaskets with the inside wall of the tubular wall falling within the range of 150 to 400.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for production of water-soluble vegetable fibers in a high yield with minimizing contamination of protein or amino acids resulting from degradation of protein by degrading water-insoluble vegetable fibers containing protein under acidic conditions of at about the isoelectric point of the protein and at a temperature of 130.degree. C. or lower. Biodegradable films, paste, chewing gum and low calorie food products using the water-soluble vegetable fibers are also disclosed.

Abstract: The electrostatic information recording medium according to the present invention comprises an electrode layer and an electric charge retaining layer. By improving the laminating method of electric charge retaining layer or by improving the layer arrangement or by converting electrostatic information to the visible information or position information, high information retaining property can be obtained and the accumulated electrostatic information can be maintained for long period.In the electrostatic information recording method according to the present invention, an electrostatic information recording medium is placed face-to-face to a photosensitive member having photoconductive layer on an electrode. The image exposure is performed by applying voltage between two electrodes, and the electrostatic information corresponding to the image exposure is recorded on the electrostatic information recording medium.

Abstract: An object image display device which changes and displays the image of an object such as an animal or a building. A display displays an object image including a combination of patterns of the parts of the object. The pattern of at least part of the object image displayed on the display is successively changed to a different part pattern of the same at least part in response to the keying operation of keys. Thus, the display displays the object image such that the at least part of the object image successively moves. The user is able to set a shape to which the object image is changed and the timing of changing the object image. Each time the object image is changed, a voice corresponding to the aspect of change of the object image is output sequentially to the outside. Externally inputting a voice into the device changes at least a part of the object image displayed at present in accordance with the contents of the input voice.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion which comprises silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of at least 60 mol % and an octatetracontahedral crystal form of the kind which is constructed of 48 triangular faces, every one of which contacts convexly with each of its two adjoining faces to form a line and concavely with its one adjoining face to form a line, with the grains being formed in the presence of a synthetic polymer peptizer which contains, as repeating units, units derived from a thioether linkage-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer, in a mole fraction of from about 20 to 100 mole %, thereby achieving low fog and high sensitivity.

Abstract: A reflective direct-view type display device including a first substrate having two major surfaces and electrode provided on a first major surface, a second substrate having two major surfaces and color filter layers and pixel electrodes provided on a first major surface, a light-scattering medium interposed between the first and second substrates positioned with the electrode opposes the pixel electrodes, and at least one color filter layer provided on the first major surface of the first substrate and apposing at least one of the color filter layers provided on the first major surface of the second substrate. The display can produce high-luminance colors, by using external light at high efficiency and with a low consumption of electric power.

Abstract: A first oscillator includes: a ring resonator; an oscillation circuit having a negative resistance active circuit coupled to a first point on the ring resonator for oscillating at an oscillation frequency and resonating the resonator; an output terminal, coupled to a second point on the ring resonator where a voltage is substantially zero with respect to the predetermined frequency when the ring resonator resonates, for outputting a resonant frequency signal, wherein even order harmonic components are outputted with the fundamental component suppressed. A second oscillator includes a ring resonator having points A to D equidistantly dividing the ring resonator, first and second oscillation circuits coupled to the points A and B respectively, first and second grounding capacitors having capacitance equivalent to those of the first and second oscillation circuits. Thus, two independent oscillators which do not affect each other are provided with a single resonator.