Abstract: A male terminal and a method of manufacturing the male terminal is provided to improve a reliability of its connection with a female terminal. The male terminal includes a wire connection part, an electrical contact part having a base plate portion, a joint part for connecting the engagement part with the electrical contact part and an engagement part. In manufacturing, one lateral free marginal portion of the base plate portion is folded back toward the other lateral free marginal portion. A lower plate portion of the joint part extends from the base plate portion till the engagement portion and has a width larger than that of the base plate portion. The upper plate portion extends from the free marginal portion till the engagement portion and has a width larger than that of the free marginal portion. Owing the structure, the strength of the joint part can be maintained.

Abstract: A strand cable press-contacting terminal primarily comprising: a pair of fore and aft press-contacting pieces are arranged longitudinally in the terminal fitting; an even number of twisted wires are aligned in the first external layer of said cable; and wherein said pair of fore and aft press-contacting pieces are spaced each other to the distance value which is obtained by multiplying a quarter of the wire strand pitch by an odd number n. Further, this invention may be a strand cable press-contacting terminal comprising: more than two pairs of press-contacting pieces are provided longitudinally in the terminal fitting; said terminal is used for plural kinds of strand cables differed in strand pitch; an even number of twisted wires are aligned in the first external layer of said each cable; and, wherein the each distance between said more than two pairs of press-contacting pieces is decided on the same value as a quarter of said each cable strand pitch being multiplied by an odd number n.

Abstract: A wire press-fitting method for a pressure terminal wherein platelike movable holding sections are disposed along both side surfaces of a pressuring punch so as to be urged by resilient members, one end of each resilient member being supported by a press main body, and both the movable holding sections are abutted against top ends of pressuring blades in association with lowering of the press main body, so that the pressuring blades are pushed down.

Abstract: A solderless terminal for interconnecting a terminal to a lead wire in which the terminal has superior mechanical strength to enable the plate material used in manufacturing the terminal to have a minimum thickness thus reducing the overall size and weight of the terminal. The solderless terminal includes an electrical contact portion engageable with a mating connecting terminal and a conductor connecting portion having at least two core-wire contact slots longitudinally spaced from each other. Each of the core-wire contact slots is defined by a pair of opposing conductor clamping blades adapted to cut an insulating cover of a lead wire and retain the conductor of the lead wire to thereby electrically connect the terminal to the conductor. The terminal also includes first and second constricted portions each having a cubic shape defined by a bottom plate and opposing side walls which are bent inwardly to form right and left reinforcing walls.

Abstract: A pressure contact terminal (50) comprises: a main body (60) having an elongate main base plate (61), a pair of two front side plates (62) and a pair of two middle side plates (64) both formed by bending both sides of the main base plate; and a spring member (70) having a spring base plate (71), a spring piece (72) formed by turning down a front end of the spring base plate, and at least one pressure contact plate (74) formed by bending a rear end of the spring base plate at a right angle so as to be connected to wire conductor. After the spring member has been assembled with the main body, the two front side plates (62) being further bent into a box shape to form a male terminal pressure contact portion in cooperation with the spring piece (72) of the spring member (70).

Abstract: A diamond-like carbon (DLC) film is formed on a portion of a reed blade in a high-speed loom which requires the highest wear resistance. When a stainless steel is used as the base material of the reed blade, the DLC film is formed through an intermediate layer comprising, e.g., a titanium carbide layer. Reed blades coated with a DLC film are arranged at the side portions of the reed where wear progresses quickly, while reed blades coated with hard films requiring a relatively low cost, or non-coated reed blades, are arranged in the central portion of the reed, thereby uniforming the blade wear throughout the entire reed. The reed is suitable to many types of fibers, ranging from natural to synthetic and new material fibers.

Abstract: The device attempts to facilitate the molding of a tapered guide surface without leaving sharp edges on the corner of the tapered guide surface in order to facilitate insertion of a terminal fitting into a terminal accommodating chamber of a connector housing. A support slit 5 for a terminal fitting is formed on a wall 3 of a terminal accommodating chamber 1 in a connector housing A. A tapered guide surface 6 is formed so as to be tapered toward the terminal accommodating chamber 1 on the wall 3 on both rear end sides of the support slit 5. On the tapered guide surface 6 are a tapered and chamfered surface 6a that is tapered toward the support slit 5 and a tapered and chamfered part 6b that is tapered toward the support slit 5 in the inner surface of the wall 3 so as to reach the tapered and chamfered part 6a.

Abstract: A construction of a rear holder for a connector capable to be drawn out that comprises a connector housing, connector terminals and a rear holder accompanied with a means for pulling the rear holder out, the rear holder as a stopper for movement of the terminals being inserted into the housing from a opening behind and engaging with the housing by means of projections on the holder and holes in the upper wall of the housing, is characterised by a channel with a pit at the front bottom forming a supporter step for the means, which the means for pulling the rear holder out is easily inserted into.

Abstract: A plate cocking apparatus for a plate cylinder of a sheet-fed printing press including a clamp on a front grip end of the plate cylinder and a clamp on a rear grip end of the plate cylinder. Both clamps are disposed inside a groove of the plate cylinder and both clamps engage a plate wound on the outer periphery of the plate cylinder. The apparatus further includes drive assemblies for moving the clamp on the front grip end in both the axial and circumferential directions. The drive assemblies are connected to a motor within the plate cylinder.

Abstract: A video signal processing apparatus in which a video signal channel-selected and received by a tuner is supplied through a switch to a video output circuit and a signal from the video output circuit is supplied to a cathode ray tube (CRT), thereby being displayed on a picture screen of the CRT. Also, the video signal from the tuner is supplied to a video memory of one frame, for example, and an output of the video memory is supplied to the switch. Further, the video signal from the tuner is supplied to a non-signal detecting circuit and a control signal from the non-signal detecting circuit is supplied to the video memory and the switch. Then, when there is no video signal, the switch is changed in position to allow the signal stored in the video memory to be output. Therefore, a picture displayed in the absence of video signal can be stabilized.

Abstract: A tuning system for a television signal in which a TV receiver apparatus and a signal decipher apparatus are connected to each other to receive both of a scrambled TV signal and a non-scrambled signal. The system includes terminating the tuning operation when the signal decipher apparatus detects an identification signal representing the scrambled TV signal, and terminating the tuning operation when the identification signal is not detected by a synchronizing signal for the non-scrambled TV signal is detected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a female socket contact of the type having a female electrical contact section adapted to mate with a corresponding male contact and a resilient contact plate provided in the female electrical contact section. Thin-walled sections are respectively formed in opposing side walls constituting the female electrical contact section so as to provide on the inner surface of the side walls recesses for inner-space enlargement, and the end edges of the resilient contact plate are respectively positioned in the recesses for inner-space enlargement, thereby providing a large resilient contact pressure. The resilient contact plate can be formed separately from or integrally with the socket contact.

Abstract: Disclosed is a female socket contact of the type having a female electrical contact section adapted to mate with a corresponding male contact and a resilient contact plate provided in the female electrical contact section. Thin-walled sections are respectively formed in opposing side walls constituting the female electrical contact section so as to provide on the respective inner surfaces of the side walls recesses for inner-space enlargement, and the end edges of the resilient contact plate are respectively positioned in the recesses for inner-space enlargement, thereby providing a large resilient contact pressure.

Abstract: The specification discloses an operation stand provided to a sheet-fed press.This operation stand has stopper means set up at the end portions of a table surface of the operation stand and adapted to restrict the positions of the longitudinal and lateral edges of paper, a suction means adapted to apply vacuum to said paper through numerous suction holes provided in the table, so as to bring the paper into close contact with and fix the same to the table surface, a detecting means adapted to scan the paper with a detector with reference to guide shafts extending under the table surface in the longitudinal and lateral directions of the paper and detect the positions of the longitudinal and lateral edges of the paper, an arithmetic means for calculating the size of the paper on the basis of the information on the positions of the edges thereof from the detecting means, and a display means for digitally displaying the size of the paper calculated by the arithmetic means.

Abstract: A paper-like product composed of staple fibers oriented substantially in a certain specific direction is provided, wherein the orientation degree of the constituent staple fibers, expressed by the following formula: ##EQU1## is at least 50%. A prepreg is formed by impregnating the paper-like product with a matrix resin. Composite prepregs are formed by laminating a plurality of such prepregs or such a prepreg with a prepreg composed of continuous filaments, in a manner such that the orientation directions of fibers in the prepregs intersect one another. The paper-like product is prepared by scattering a liquid dispersion of staple fibers in the horizontal direction by a centrifugal force, and collecting the scattered staple fibers in the form of a web on a collecting surface continuously moving in the vertical direction.