Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tempered glass sheet of the present invention includes: subjecting a glass sheet to be tempered having a sheet thickness of 2.0 mm or less to ion exchange treatment; and performing heat treatment at a temperature of 50° C. or more and less than a strain point of the glass sheet to be tempered.

Abstract: A container holder (10, 90) includes a main body (20) formed with a recess (21) having an open top defined therein for receiving a container, a swing member (40) rotatably supported by the main body so as to be swung into and out of the recess, a roller (50) supported by the swing member so as to be rotated around a prescribed rotational center line (B) by a container engaging the roller as the container is pushed into and pulled out of the recess, and a biasing member (60) urging the swing member into projecting into the recess, wherein the swing member is provided with an inclined surface (47) extending from a part thereof located outward of an outer periphery (53) of the roller, above the roller and outward of the recess to a part thereof located directly above or inward of the rotational center line of the roller.

Abstract: Provided is a container holder that allows a beverage container to be inserted into a recess thereof with ease. The container holder (10, 90) includes a main body (20) formed with a recess (21) having an open top defined therein for receiving a container, a swing member (40) rotatably supported by the main body so as to be swung into and out of the recess, a roller (50) supported by the swing member so as to be rotated around a prescribed rotational center line (B) by a container engaging the roller as the container is pushed into and pulled out of the recess, and a biasing member (60) urging the swing member into projecting into the recess, wherein the swing member is provided with an inclined surface (47) extending from a part thereof located outward of an outer periphery (53) of the roller, above the roller and outward of the recess to a part thereof located directly above or inward of the rotational center line of the roller.

Abstract: Provided is a container holder (1, 70) comprising a body member (3) defining a recess (2) with a bottom, a roller (5) supported by the body member such that at least a part of the roller projects into the recess to engage a container (60) received in the recess, and a biasing member (6) for urging the roller into the recess, wherein the roller is supported by the body member in such a manner that a rotational center line (B) of the roller extends in a tangential direction of a circle centered around a central axial line (A) of the recess, and the roller is enabled to slide in a radial direction of the recess and to tilt around an axial line in parallel with the central axial line.

Abstract: Provided is a container holder (1, 70) comprising a body member (3) defining a recess (2) with a bottom, a roller (50) supported by the body member such that at least a part of the roller projects into the recess to engage a container (60) received in the recess, and a biasing member (6) for urging the roller into the recess, wherein the roller is supported by the body member in such a manner that a rotational center line (B) of the roller extends in a tangential direction of a circle centered around a central axial line (A) of the recess, and the roller is enabled to slide in a radial direction of the recess and to tilt around an axial line in parallel with the central axial line.

Abstract: A glass sheet to be tempered of the present invention is a glass sheet to be tempered having a sheet area of 0.01 m2 or more and a sheet thickness of 1.5 mm or less, in which the glass sheet to be tempered has a maximum value of a retardation in an effective surface measured at an interval of 50 mm of 5.0 nm or less.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tempered glass sheet of the present invention includes: subjecting a glass sheet to be tempered having a sheet thickness of 2.0 mm or less to ion exchange treatment; and performing heat treatment at a temperature of 50° C. or more and less than a strain point of the glass sheet to be tempered.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tempered glass sheet includes: an arrangement step of arranging a plurality of glass sheets to be tempered, each having a substantially rectangular shape and a sheet thickness of 1.0 mm or less, in a support in an upright posture in a thickness direction at an interval of 10 mm or less, to thereby obtain an arrangement of glass sheets to be tempered; a tempering step of immersing the arrangement of glass sheets to be tempered in an ion exchange solution so as to subject the arrangement of glass sheets to be tempered to ion exchange treatment, to thereby obtain an arrangement of tempered glass sheets; an annealing step of annealing the arrangement of tempered glass sheets; and a removal step of removing each of tempered glass sheets forming the arrangement of tempered glass sheets from the support.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus and method which can prevent second order harmonic interference and beat interference in a direct orthogonal detector is disclosed. When a control signal of the high level is inputted to a control terminal, then a first high frequency switch diode is turned on and a second high frequency switch diode is turned off. In this instance, a filter circuit functions as a low-pass filter. When a control signal of a low level is inputted to the control terminal, then the first high frequency switch diode is turned off and the second high frequency switch diode is turned on. In this instance, the filter circuit functions as a high-pass filter.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus, a receiving method, and a terminal unit. The receiving apparatus including a receiving portion for receiving a number of multiplexed broadcast waves, a separation portion for separating the number of multiplexed broadcast waves received by the receiving portion into a number of types of broadcast waves, a conversion portion for converting the number of types of broadcast waves separated by the separation portion into a number of IF signals of mutually different frequencies; and an output portion for outputting the number of IF signals converted by the conversion portion to a processing section.

Abstract: An oscillation circuit comprises a surface acoustic wave resonance device of the single port type, an active circuit portion with which the surface acoustic wave resonance device is connected so that a signal feedback from the active circuit portion to the surface acoustic wave resonance device is carried out, an inductive element connected substantially in parallel with the surface acoustic wave resonance device, and a damping portion connected with one or both of the inductive element and the surface acoustic wave resonance device for suppressing parasitic oscillations caused by coaction between the inductive element and stray capacitance accompanying the surface acoustic wave resonance device.

Abstract: An oscillation circuit and an oscillation method for generating a high-frequency signal in which NPN transistors are differentially connected to each other. The signal output from the collector of a first NPN transistor is positively fed back to the base of a second NPN transistor via a first capacitor, and the signal output from the collector of the second NPN transistor is positively fed back to the base of the first NPN transistor via a second capacitor. A one-port-type SAW resonator is connected to the collectors of the NPN transistors via the capacitors for blocking the flow of direct current. Thus, it becomes possible to generate a high-frequency signal with a high degree of accuracy.

Abstract: An apparatus for receiving broadcast FM waves using an FM (Frequency Modulated) detector is disclosed in which an output signal level of an automatic gain controller (AGC) is controllable so that when the C/N ratio is reduced and the output level of the automatic gain controller is reduced, the loop gain of a PLL type FM demodulator is accordingly reduced and response is delayed with the bandwidth being narrowed . Therefore, since delayed threshold extension is applied thereby, no signal noise, such as white points appearing on an image screen, will occur.

Abstract: An energy-dispersal signal rejection circuit adapted for use in a direct-broadcast-from-satellite system rejects an energy-dispersal signal from an input signal which includes a video signal composed with the energy-dispersal signal by generating a cancellation signal synchronized with, and having a phase and amplitude determined in accordance with the energy-dispersal signal, and such cancellation signal is composed with the input signal, for example by adding the two signals, so that the energy-dispersal signal is cancelled from the input signal and the video signal is produced as an output signal.

Abstract: A glitch occurrence prevention circuit for a digital/analog converter comprising semiconductor switching means which is turned on or off in relation to a level between a digital input voltage and a set threshold voltage, but having inconsistent timing of being turned on and off in response to the digital signal due to a switching characteristic of different rise and fall times, the glitch occurrence prevention circuit having means to normally provide a predetermined bias voltage to the digital input of the digital/analog converter so that the timing of turning on and off the semiconductor switching means is consistent.

Abstract: This invention relates to an operation prohibition device for an audio instrument such as a tape recorder. The operation prohibition device prohibits the audio instrument from being operated by operating switches when predetermined prohibition conditions are met and releases the prohibition state of the audio instrument in response to input of a correct predetermined coded number.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a method of correcting a position of a disk record on a turntable for positioning the record on the turntable in a concentric manner relative to the rotational center of the turntable.In the method of the invention, a stylus which is mounted on a pickup arm traces a groove of a record placed on a turntable. On tracing the groove of the record, an angular displacement of the pickup arm is detected for detecting an eccentricity of the record relative to the rotational center of the turntable. The position of the record on the turntable is corrected in accordance with the detected eccentricity.

Abstract: This invention relates to a volume control for an audio apparatus and more particularly to a fader for fading in or out a level of an audio signal. The volume control of the invention comprises a charge and discharge circuit having a capacitor charged and discharged by a constant current in response to a fade-in or fade out operation, and a function generator to generate a signal having a logarithmic waveform periodically repeated. A control signal generator compares the voltage across the capacitor of the charge and discharge circuit with the logarithmic waveform signal from the function generator to generate a control signal logarithmically varying in accordance with variation in the voltage across the capacitor of the charge and discharge circuit. An impedance controller logarithmically changes an impedance of an audio signal line in accordance with the control signal to logarithmically change the level of the audio signal in substance.

Abstract: This invention relates to an information read device for reading the information of a coded AC signal.

Abstract: This invention relates to a mode changing system for a cassette tape recorder in which operating members such as a head base plate and a pinch roller are selectively moved to one of various modes such as stopping, fast forwarding, rewinding, pausing, cueing and playing. This system comprises control means to control the operating members so as to move them to a position corresponding to a selected one of the modes. The control means is actuated by a control electric motor.