Abstract: A peel-apart type instant photographic apparatus using a negative film and a positive sheet. The apparatus has a dark box for developing and accommodating the negative film and positive sheet, or supply, joined together and having a developer spread therebetween. The dark box is removable from the apparatus body and, therefore, easy to clean and handle. When the dark box is not mounted on the apparatus body in predetermined conditions, a printing operation is inhibited to eliminate the waste of negative sheets and positive sheets. A printing operation is also inhibited when the supply is left in the dark box.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting the inclination of an optical element or the like is provided with a predetermined shaft, an optical element fitted to the predetermined shaft, a mounting seat for supporting the optical element, a keep member for holding and fixing the optical element between it and the mounting seat, and a spherical seat movable in a direction intersecting the predetermined shaft between the mounting seat and the optical element for adjusting the inclination of the optical element. A method for mounting and adjustng the optical element includes the steps of mounting the optical element on the spherical seat supported on the predetermined shaft, detecting an inclination angle of the optical element and shifting the spherical seat to adjust the optical element.

Abstract: An image recording/reproducing device for recording and/or reading an image through a two-dimensional scanning of an object with a light beam using a main scanning and a sub-scanning performed by a main scanning device and a subscanning device. the sub-scanning is stopped in an effective period of the main scanning so as to enable recording or reading of the image and is actuated in the blanking period other than the effective period. A very high precision of sub-scanning is attained without being influenced by any fluctuation in the speed of operation of the sub-scanning device.

Abstract: An image recording method having a first step of recording an image on a first area of a recording medium by the major scanning by a light beam scanning optical system and a first subsidiary scanning in which the recording medium is moved relative to the light beam scanning optical system in a direction intersecting the major scanning, and a second step of recording an image on a second area of the recording medium by the major scanning and a second subsidiary scanning in which the recording medium is moved relative to the light beam scanning optical system so that the first area again crosses the scanning area of the light beam scanning optical system.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus has a feed system for feeding a recording sheet from a feed magazine to a drum, a drum system for winding the recording sheet therearound and rotating to align the recording position with a predetermined position on the circumferential surface of the drum, a scanning system for main-scanning the recording sheet at the recording position of the sheet with an optically modulated beam, and a storage system for storing the recording sheet on which an image has been formed. The drum is rotated in opposite directions during feed and storage of the sheet.

Abstract: A laser recording apparatus has a laser light source, an acousto-optical element for optically modulating the laser beam from the laser light source, a beam expander scanning optical system for optically scanning a diffracted light emerging from the acousto-optical element toward a recording surface, an f.theta. lens system for imaging the light passed through the scanning optical system on the recording surface, a first plate on which the laser light source and the acousto-optical element are disposed as a first unit, and a second plate on which the beam expander the scanning optical system and the f.theta. lens system are disposed as a second unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor light receiving device, including; a photo diode having a polyimide film as a surface protection film, and a hermetically sealed package including the photo diode in an ambient gas including oxygen.

Abstract: An image recording method having a first step of recording an image on a first area of a recording medium by the major scanning by a light beam scanning optical system and a first subsidiary scanning in which the recording medium is moved relative to the light beam scanning optical system in a direction intersecting the major scanning, and a second step of recording an image on a second area of the recording medium by the major scanning and a second subsidiary scanning in which the recording medium is moved relative to the light beam scanning optical system so that the first area again crosses the scanning area of the light beam scanning optical system.

Abstract: An optical rotary encoder comprises a body having a bottom disc portion having a first axial bearing and a cylindrical portion, an open end of which is closed by an end cap having a second axial bearing. A rotary detection shaft passes axially through the disc portion and end cap and is carried by the first and second bearings. A pair of opposing light emitting and receiving means disposed around the shaft between the bearings, so that a light beam emitted by the emitting means can be received by the receiving means through a rotary slit wheel on the shaft and a stationary slit ring plate of the body.

Abstract: A bubbling evaporator comprises: a vessel (11); a partition plate (11a) for dividing the vessel (11) into an upper chamber (11b) for temporarily storing carrier gas and a lower chamber (11c) for containing liquid (2); an inlet pipe (12 or 14) for making the carrier gas blow from the upper chamber (11b) into the liquid (2) in the lower chamber (11c) through the partition plate (11a) to bubble and evaporate the liquid (2); and an outlet pipe (13) for leading the evaporated vapor together with the carrier gas to the exterior of the vessel (11). Thus, backflow of the liquid (2) to the exterior of the vessel (11) can be prevented and stable pressure of the evaporated vapor can be obtained. A method of evaporating a liquid organic metal to be used in a vapor deposition process for manufacturing semiconductor devices and the like is also disclosed.

Abstract: A P type semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on an N.sup.+ type semiconductor substrate to form a PN junction between them so as to expose its circumference to the peripheral surface of the substrate. The P type layer is formed into a mesa having a tilted surface to which the circumference of the PN junction is exposed. Then an N.sup.+ type diffusion layer is disposed on the tilted mesa surface to protect the PN junction.

Abstract: An avalanche photodiode comprises a photo-electric conversion region made of a semiconductor having an energy band gap smaller than the photon energy and a carrier multiplying region made of a semiconductor that differs from the semiconductor of the photo-electric conversion region. The different semiconductors for imparting superior functions to the regions are used to improve the quantum efficiency in the photo-electric conversion region and to decrease noise in the carrier multiplying region.

Abstract: A method of forming a second semiconductor layer on a first semiconductor layer by vapor growth is disclosed. The two semiconductor layers are of the same conduction type but have different impurity concentrations. In the forming process, a doping gas is supplied before the vapor growth of the second semiconductor layer is started whereby a steep impurity distribution is established in the vapor-growth boundary.