Abstract: A coupler is disclosed which is constructed of metal. The coupler comprises a cylindrical major part having a first cylindrical bore formed therethrough, the cylindrical major part being formed about its cylindrical outer surface with an externally threaded portion and a polygonal enlarged head; and a collar part having a second cylindrical bore formed therethrough, the second cylindrical bore being greater in diameter than the first cylindrical bore. The cylindrical major part and the collar part are coaxially arranged and integrated with each other to constitute a monobloc cylindrical structure. In practical use, the second cylindrical bore can serve as a silencer.

Abstract: 3-Oxo-4-acyl or carbamyl-bicyclic aromatic and heterocyclic compounds as inhibitors of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase and useful as antiallergy and antiinflammatory agents.

Abstract: An electrophotographic plate-making quality matrix plate provided on an electroconductive substrate thereof with a photosensitive layer formed of an alkali-soluble binder resin containing an organic photoelectroconductive compound, which matric plate is characterized by the fact that said organic photoelectroconductive compound is a zinc phthalocyanine represented by the general formula I: ##STR1## wherein R is a --SZ group (where Z is a phenyl group, a phenyl group substituted with an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a naphthyl group), and said binder resin is a copolymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising (a) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of hydroxyalkyl acrylates and hydroxyalkyl methacrylates, (b) at least one copolymerizable unsaturated carboxylic acid, (c) at least one styrene compound, and (d) at least one compound selected from among acrylic esters other than said hydroxyalkyl acryaltes of (a).

Abstract: In a zoom lens system for use with a compact camera having a wide coverage of angles that comprises, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a positive focal length and which performs zooming by changing the distance beween the first and second lens groups, the said first lens group comprises, in order from the object side, a front subgroup 1F having a positive focal length, a diaphragm stop and a positive rear subgroup 1R with a small power, and the first lens in the front subgroup 1F is a negative lens, with the specific conditions.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of combustion chambers for direct cylinder injected engines wherein the combustion chamber has a recess surrounded by a squish area. The fuel injector is disposed so that it will spray into the recess against the wall rather than toward the squish area. Alternate spark plug locations are disclosed.

Abstract: A patterned decorative material is prepared by a method which comprises applying a thermosetting powder coating material to a base plate; melting of the thermosetting powder coating material by heating; simultaneously embossing the coating layer and the base plate while the melted thermosetting powder coating material has a gel fraction formed by a hardening reaction of 0 to 75 weight percent; and further heating to form a hardened coating on the base plate. The patterned decorative material is excellent in appearance, corrosion resistance, weathering resistance and abrasion resistance and is free from the defects of conventional steel plates coated with polyvinyl chloride and the like, such as formation of craze and loss of luster.

Abstract: A masking member presented herein comprises a sheet of a polystyrene foam provided with cutting guide lines so that said masking member consists of a plural number of units of the masking members surrounded with said cutting guide lines wherein said cutting guide lines are discontinuous and consist of a number of small grooves or short penetrating lines or small penetrating holes wherein the total length of said grooves or lines or holes is 20 to 80% of the length of said cutting guide lines. When said masking member is used, said sheet is easily and correctly broken along said cutting guide lines by hand to a piece consisting of one or more units of the masking member to have a proper size and shape corresponding with a part of an article which is necessary to be protected from a surface treatment.

Abstract: A porous slide bearing (1) made of a porous sintered compact (5) is impregnated with an oil or a lubricant (6) containing a thickening agent at a concentration of less than 3 percent by weight and in the outer surface area thereof with a lubricant (7) containing a thickening agent at a concentration of 3 percent by weight or more. Such a bearing can prevent leakage of lubricant owing to fluctuations in temperature.A method for producing a porous slide bearing includes the steps of homogenizing a lubricant to make the crystals contained therein into fine particles and to disperse them uniformly, and impregnating under vacuum said lubricant into pores in a porous slide bearing. This method makes it possible to improve the penetration of grease into the bearing, to lower its apparent viscosity and to improve the impregnating efficiency.

Abstract: In a method and an apparatus wherein carriers sensitized by an antibody or an antigen are caused to react to a specimen sample and the condensation of the carriers caused by the antigen-antibody reaction is optically detected by the use of flow cytometry, thereby measuring the antigen or antibody in the specimen sample, a plurality of kinds of carriers differing in optical characteristic are sensitized by different kinds of antibodies or antigens, respectively, whereby a plurality of kinds of antigens or antibodies in the specimen sample are measured at a time.

Abstract: A zoom lens system for use with a compact camera is disclosed which has a wide coverage of angles and which comprises, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a positive focal length and a second lens group having a negative focal length and which performs zooming by changing the distance between the first and second lens group. The first lens group comprises, in order form the object side, a subgroup 1a having a negative focal length and a subgroup 1b having a positive focal length. The subgroup 1a is composed of at least two lens elements including a negative first lens element on the object side and a meniscus lens element on the image side which has a concave surface directed toward the object with a large curvature and a convex surface directed toward the image with a large curvature. The subgroup 1a further satisfies the following condition:-0.5<f.sub.1G /f.sub.1 .ltoreq.0 (1)wheref.sub.1G : the focal length of the first lens group; andf.sub.

Abstract: A protection layer for protecting a silicon dioxide layer formed on a silicon substrate of a semiconductor device. The protection layer protects the silicon dioxide layer from being reacting with a reactant gas used in a chemical vapor deposition method performed for forming a silicon carbide layer. The silicon carbide layer is to be a wide energy band gap emitter layer of the semiconductor device. The protection layer is formed on the silicon dioxide layer, and the silicon carbide layer is formed in an active region formed on the silicon substrate in an aperture provided by etching the protection layer and the silicon dioxide layer. The protection layer is made of material which is non-reactive with the reactant gas consisting of, for example, trichlorosilane and methane. The protection layer is, for example, titanium nitride formed by a sputtering method, or nitrided silicon oxide formed by heating the silicon dioxide layer.

Abstract: A multiple color image forming apparatus, wherein colors or kinds of copying paper contained in paper feed cassettes as well as colors of developers contained in a plurality of developing devices are detected to prevent image forming, which is indistinguishable due to mismatching between the color or kind of copying paper and the color of developer, and the developing device containing the developer of suitable color for the color or kind of copying paper is automatically selected in response to the detected result of the color or kind of copying paper and the color of developer to prevent misforming of the image and to improve the operation easiness.

Abstract: N-(2-methoxyethyl)-N-isopropylacrylamide is a novel compound. The polymer obtained by polymerizing this novel compound is a novel hydrophilic-hydrophobic thermally reversible type macromolecular compound having a transition temperature in the range of 12.degree. C. to 14.degree. C.

Abstract: A band limiter connected between output lines of a differential amplifier. The band limiter includes a bipolar transistor connected to the output lines via capacitors, and includes a temperature detecting device for detecting ambient temperature. Transistor capacitance is connected to or disconnected from the output lines in response to a bandwidth limiting signal. The transistor constitutes a low-pass filter functioning as a band limiter when it is closed, whereas it functions as a variable capacitor which varies its capacitance in accordance with the ambient temperature when it is opened. The high-band frequency characteristic of the differential amplifier is temperature compensated by the transistor functioning as a variable capacitance.

Abstract: A method for lapping two surfaces of a titanium disk comprises inserting loosely a titanium disk to be lapped into an opening in a disk-type carrier, the carrier rotating and revolving between an upper surface plate and a lower surface plate which are held in parallel with each other and which applies lapping pressure to the titanium disk, feeding abrasives between the surface plates and the titanium disk and satisfying the following relationship between thickness t (mm) of the titanium disk and thickness T (mm) of the carrier:0.025 exp (t+1.5).ltoreq.T.ltoreq.0.

Abstract: A novel plasminogen activator which is identical in peptide sequence to naturally occurring human prourokinase except that the 155th amino acid counting from the N-terminal amino acid (serine) is other than the 155th amino acid (proline) of naturally occurring human prourokinase, optionally with the addition of methionine at the N terminus.

Abstract: A record carrier for recording, reproducing and erasing information. A circular disc-like substrate has a recording layer thereon such that information is written onto the recording layer by changing the direction of magnetization. A guide groove of a plurality of tracks is formed in advance and extends in the radial direction with intervals therebetween. Each track of the guide groove is divided into a plurality of sectors, each of which includes a header portion in which a header signal containing an address for distinguishing at least said sector is formed in advance with pits of a phase structure and a data portion adjacent to said header portion. The guide groove serves as an optical guide for a light beam which records, reproduces and erases information onto the data portion.

Abstract: The apparatus for controlling a damper in an air conditioning system for a vehicle. The damper is used for selectively opening air outlets, and is constructed as a film damper having one end wound on a drive shaft rotatably supported in a casing. The drive shaft is formed as a hollow shaft having an axial bore therein, in which an electric motor with a reduction gear is arranged. The outer body of the motor is fixedly inserted to the shaft, and has an output shaft fixedly connected to the casing, so that a rotation of the motor causes a relative rotation between the motor body connected to the hollow shaft and the outlet shaft connected to the casing. As a result of the rotation of the motor body, the drive shaft is rotated, resulting in a desired movement of the film damper.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display composition which comprises a dye and a clay mineral in which quaternary ammonium ions are bound between layers through ion exchange, said display composition undergoing reversible color development and color fading through the oxidation and reduction of said dye, the oxidation causing said dye to form a color and to be bound between the layers of said clay mineral through ion exchange with said quaternary ammonium ions, the reduction causing the dye to discolor and to be desorbed out of the interlaminar space of the clay mineral and also causing the quaternary ammonium ions to be bound again between the layers through ion exchange. Disclosed also herein are a coloring pigment and recording material which employ the display composition.