Abstract: An edible material made from fish, shellfish, crustacean, poultry or animal meat by adding to 100 parts by weight of said meat 1.0 to 6.0 parts by weight of ethanol and 0.2 to 1.0 part by weight of an alkaline substance and grinding the mixture in a vacuum below 100 torr. The material has a low fat and a high protein content, a high caloric value and a high quality and is soft to the touch in the mouth and less likely to be contaminated with microorganisms and suitable as a material for various kinds of processed food. A process for preparing the material is also described.

Abstract: A disk apparatus in which the thickness is suppressed. A recording/reproducing medium containing a disk rotatably in a hard case is moved substantially in a horizontal direction through an opening of the base of the disk apparatus for insertion and ejection operations of the recording/reproducing medium and recording/reproducing operation.

Abstract: A gas flow rate control device disposed between a gas burner and a combustible gas source and a burning-supporting gas source connected to the gas burner has gas flow rate setting means for setting a flow rate of the combustible gas to be supplied to the gas burner, gas ratio setting means for setting a gas ratio between the flow rate of the combustible gas and a flow rate of the burning-supporting gas to be supplied to the gas burner, a first control valve for controlling the amount of combustible gas supplied to the gas burner, a second control valve for controlling the amount of burning-supporting gas supplied to the gas burner, and control means for controlling the first and second control valves on the basis of the set flow rate of the combustible gas and the set gas ratio so that the amounts of the combustible gas and the burning-supporting gas supplied to the gas burner correspond to the flow rates set.

Abstract: A horizontal type disk injection mold apparatus having a stationary and a movable mold base, cylindrical cavity molds provided at the center of each base, and a pair of cylindrical guide rings provided concentrically at the outer peripheries of each disk cavity mold, one such guide ring having a female tapered end and the other guide ring having a male tapered end facing and fitting into the female tapered end. One of the guide rings has a plurality of parallel grooves. The other guide ring has a plurality of guide blocks, each such guide block fitting within a parallel groove on the first guide ring. During mold clamping and mold opening, the guide blocks fit into the parallel grooves, ensuring that the disk cavity molds are maintained along the same longitudinal axis during mold opening.

Abstract: An optical device employing a GRIN rod lens, which optical device makes full use of the characteristics of a single-mode optical fiber and which permits extremely easy adjustment; an optical wavelength demultiplexer/multiplexer which utilizes a GRIN rod lens and a pass filter; and a bidirectional communications system which utilizes a pair of the aforesaid optical wavelength demultiplexers/multiplexers. The optical device is constructed by a GRIN rod lens, a reflecting surface which is disposed on one end surface of the GRIN rod lens, and a ferrule which supports the distal ends of a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber symmetrically with respect to a central axis thereof and which is connected to the other end surface of the GRIN rod lens with the central axis thereof aligned with the optical axis of the GRIN rod lens. The core diameter of the second optical fiber is made sufficiently larger than the core diameter of the first optical fiber.

Abstract: An optical device having at least one slant optical connecting interface is disclosed. The optical device comprises a ferrule assembly, a GRIN rod lens assembly and a means for aligning the interface. The ferrule assembly comprises a pair of optical fibers with the distal ends thereof inserted symmetrically with respect to a reference line in a main body thereof, an aligning reference surface constituted by two surfaces which are provided on the outer periphery of the main body, and an end surface composed of the optical fibers and a main body end surface which have been polished to a slant surface. The GRIN rod lens assembly comprises of a GRIN rod lens, an aligning sleeve supporting the GRIN rod lens, an aligning reference surface which is constituted by two surfaces which are provided on the outer periphery of the aligning sleeve, and an end surface which has been formed by polishing the GRIN rod lens to a slant surface.

Abstract: A stamper plate mounting device for an injection mold for making an optical disc substrate. A stamper plate is detachably supported in a cavity hollow which is formed between a cavity side disc cavity plate and a movable disc cavity plate of the injection mold for making an optical disc substrate. A central hole is provided at the center of the disc cavity. The stamper plate mounting device has (1) means for holding the inner circumference of the stamper plate which has, on one end thereof, a flange for holding the inner circumference of the stamper plate and which is precisely fitted in the central hole from the other end thereof, and (2) permanent magnet which is buried in the bottom surface of the central hole or in the other end of the means for holding the inner circumference of the stamper plate and which has a magnetic pole in the axial direction.

Abstract: An optical disk molding apparatus is provided which includes a fixed side mold assembly and a movable side mold assembly. Each mold assembly has a mounting plate, a disk cavity plate, a temperature control liquid passage, and a temperature control liquid sealing device. The temperature control liquid sealing device is comprised of at least one annular aperture formed between the mounting plate and the disk cavity plate around the inner or the outer circumference of the temperature control liquid passage in each of the mold assemblies, a rigid ring fitted within the annular aperture such that there is only a minute clearance between the inner wall of the annular aperture and the rigid ring, and a heat resistant sealing filler charged between the inner wall of the annular aperture and the rigid ring.

Abstract: A cooling device of an injection mold for an optical disk substrate reduces the chances of cavitation caused by a turbulent flow of passing cooling water, thus enabling a disk cavity plate to be cooled uniformly. A plurality of main arc-shaped passages, which have the same cross-sectional shape and which are concentrically arranged, are provided at a pitch "p" from the inner circumference on the rear surface of the disk cavity plate of the optical disk substrate injection mold. Further provided are a connecting arc-shaped passage having a radius of "p" which connects a first main arc-shaped passage having a radius of R.sub.1 with a second main arc-shaped passage having a radius of R.sub.

Abstract: A disk apparatus in which the thickness is suppressed. A recording/reproducing medium containing a disk rotatably in a hard case is moved substantially in a horizontal direction through an opening of the base of the disk apparatus for insertion and ejection operations of the recording/reproducing medium and recording/reproducing operation.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a stamper plate in a molding metal die is provided which comprises a cavity plate having a cavity center hole, a stamper plate press member having a flange portion larger than the stamper plate center hole, a vacuum evacuation device, a compressed air supply device, a first connecting device for connecting the cavity center hole to the vacuum evacuation device, and a second connecting device for connecting the cavity center hole to the compressed air supply device. The stamper plate is mounted by inserting the stamper plate press member within the cavity center hole and the stamper plate center hole, such that the flange portion is engaged on the upper surface of the stamper plate and a space is formed between the stamper plate press member and the cavity center hole. The vacuum evacuation device is then connected to the cavity center hole through the first connecting device, so that the stamper plate press member is sucked into the cavity center hole.

Abstract: An apparatus for guiding and aligning fixed side and movable side disk cavity plates of disk injection molding dies of an injection molding device is provided with a plurality of first grooves formed on the outer surface of the fixed side disk cavity plate and a plurality of second grooves formed on the outer surface of the movable side disk cavity plate, wherein each of the first grooves and second grooves form a pair of aligned grooves parallel to the center axes of the fixed and movable side disk cavity plates. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of guide blocks fixed to one groove of a pair of aligned grooves and engaged with the other groove of the pair.

Abstract: A four polarization maintaining optical fiber ferrule is provided which comprises a cylindrical body with a throughhole at the center into which four polarization maintaining optical fiber elements having polarization maintaining planes are fastened, and at least one angular first reference portion on the outer surface of the cylindrical body of the ferrule, wherein the polarization maintaining planes of at least one pair of polarization maintaining optical fiber elements arranged symmetrically with respect to the central axis of the ferrule are fastened at certain angles with respect to the angular first reference portion. An optical coupler is provided which comprises a cylindrical sleeve, a pair of graded index rod lenses within the sleeve which are separated by a thin film for partially transmitting incident light and reflecting the remainder of the light, and the above-referenced four polarization maintaining optical fiber ferrules positioned at each end of the sleeve.

Abstract: An optical fiber ferrule holding multiple fibers and an optical coupler using the ferrule are provided. An optical fiber ferrule is constructed such that N optical fibers (N equals four or an even number of six or more) are inserted into and fixed in a terminal end hole of the ferrule. The optical coupler comprises first and second optical fiber ferrules as described above, first and second distributed refractive index rod lenses, a mirror coating layer which reflects a portion of and transmits another portion of a light beam incident thereon; and a holding means for bringing the first ferrule and the first distributed refractive index rod lens into close contact, for bringing the second ferrule and the second distributed refractive index rod lens into close contact, for disposing the mirror coating layer between the first and second distributed refractive index rod lenses, and for coaxially holding these components together.

Abstract: A mass-producible optical attenuation fiber assembly is provided with a first optical fiber with a predetermined attenuation, a second optical fiber connected to a first end of the first optical fiber and a ferrule for fixedly holding the other end of the first optical fiber. In this optical attenuation fiber assembly, the first optical fiber is doped with impurities to achieve a predetermined first attenuation and shortened to obtain a predetermined second attenuation. In the optical attenuation fiber assembly, the second optical fiber may also be cut to a fixed length and the cut edge portion of the second optical fiber may be fixed to another ferrule and polished. The latter ferrule is coupled to the former ferrule through an alignment sleeve.

Abstract: An optical coupler is formed comprising a pair of optical fiber ferrules having four optical fibers fastened within a throughhole in the ferrule, a pair of contiguous graded index rod lenses, and a thin film between the graded index rod lenses which partially transmits incident light and reflects the remainder. One ferrule is attached to one graded index rod lens and another ferrule is attached to the other graded index rod lens. The central axes of the ferrules are aligned to the optical axes of the graded index rod lenses. The optical axis of each optical fiber in one ferrule is aligned to the optical axis of a corresponding optical fiber in the other ferrule by rotating the former ferrule around its optical axis so that the four optical fibers of the ferrule are symmetrically arranged with respect to the optical axis of the graded index rod lens to which the ferrule is attached. The ferrules, graded index rods lenses and thin film are fastened together.

Abstract: An optical fiber ferrule assembly is equipped with an angular index for indicating a polarization plane of an optical fiber. The assembly includes a polarization plane maintaining optical fiber, an optical fiber ferrule for accommodating the optical fiber so that the optical fiber is fixed thereto in a state that a tip end surface of the optical fiber is exposed, and an angular index member. The angular index member is rotatable with respect to the ferrule. The optical fiber is fixed to the optical fiber ferrule and the angular index member and the optical fiber ferrule are temporarily assembled. Then the tip end surface of the optical fiber is enlarged for observation to decide the polarization plane thereof on the basis of its configuration, and the angular index member and the optical fiber ferrule are relatively rotated. They are then fixed to each other so that the angular index makes a predetermined angle relative to the polarization plane.

Abstract: An optical fiber ferrule holding plate for an optical fiber end polishing apparatus for simultaneously polishing the end surfaces of a plurality of ferrules with optical fibers has an improved durability and workability. The optical fiber ferrule holding plate includes a ferrule outer periphery supporting member which is made of a hard burned ceramic member, and which includes, at the center thereof, an inserting hole for receiving the end outer periphery of the ferrule with an optical fiber and which receives and supports a plurality of ferrules with optical fibers. A holding plate main unit which has a plurality of through holes for receiving a plurality of ferrule outer periphery supporting members is provided, which receives, fixes, and supports the ferrules with optical fibers in the through holes.

Abstract: An optical fiber LED assembly for coupling light from a light source element to an optical fiber via a rod lens with distributed refractive index provides improved stability by controlling deterioration in the optical coupling efficiency of the assembly with a lapse of time. The light source element includes a light emitting element which radiates light through a transparent aperture-covering plate of a can in which it is located. The light source element is supported by a first cylindrical holder. A second cylindrical holder supports a rod lens with distributed refractive index at one end thereof and accepts and supports the distal end of an optical fiber ferrule. The second cylindrical holder is inserted and fixed in the first cylindrical holder, the rod lens with distributed refractive index being directed toward the transparent aperture-covering plate of the light source element.

Abstract: An optical fiber assembly which can be used without deterioration in the performance thereof even when it is used under a severe environmental condition wherein temperature frequently changes over a wide temperature range. The structure of an optical fiber assembly in accordance with the invention may be applied to an optical fiber connector plug and the like. The optical fiber connector plug is constituted by an optical fiber having an end with a protective sheath thereof removed, a ferrule of a support for fixing of the optical fiber, a thin-wall metal pipe which receives the protective sheath on the optical fiber and fixes it by crimping a plurality of places thereof, and a metal supporting sleeve with a flange which is provided as an integral part of the ferrule and which supports the thin-wall metal pipe. The optical fiber and the thin-wall metal pipe are fixed to the ferrule and the metal supporting sleeve, respectively, at the same time by gluing with thermosetting resin.