Abstract: A novel detergent composition for clothing comprises a cellulase having a non-degrading index of the following equation of not less than 500 ##EQU1## The composition can not only remove the dirt in clothing articles without damaging them but also show the effect of mitigating the roughness of cloth to the touch and the effect of preventing decoloration.

Abstract: Alkaline cellulases having an optimum pH in an alkaline range and being stable over a broad pH range are produced by microorganisms which belong to the genus Bacillus and grow in a neutral medium.These alkaline cellulases are rarely inhibited by ingredients ordinarily incorporated in detergents such as surface active agents, proteinases and chelating agents, so that they can be conveniently used in detergent compositions.

Abstract: Novel alkaline cellulase K, CMCase I and CMCase II are obtained by isolation from a culture product of Bacillus sp KSM-635.These enzymes stably work in a wide range including an alkaline side, and their activity is shown even at low temperatures. Further, they have a strong resistance to surface active agents, chelating agents and proteinases. Therefore, they can be effectively utilized not only as an additive for clothing detergents, but also as a biomass and in other fields.

Abstract: Novel alkali-resistant cellulases which have an optimum pH at a neutral region and have a high relative activity in an alkaline region are produced by microorganisms belonging to the genus Bacillus and growing in neutral medium.The cellulases suffer little inhibition by means of detergent ingredients such as surface active agents, proteinases and chelating agents. Therefore, they can be conveniently used as one of ingredients for detergent compositions.

Abstract: A general-purpose novel diamond-like carbon film (DLC film) and its manufacture, and the DLC film is characterized by the following items (i) to (iv); (i) the film structure contains mainly diamond crystalline phases, and has a hydrogen content of 20 atomic %, the presence of diamond crystalline phases is confirmed by analysis by the electron diffraction method, and the diffraction peak appears at 2.theta.=43.9 by analysis by the X-ray diffraction method; (ii) the density is 1.8 g/cm.sup.3 or over; (iii) the film surface is smooth and excellent in etching resistance; and (iv) the film is chemically stable and structurally stable, and these stabilities are not deteriorated under high temperature conditions.

Abstract: In manufacture of an automobile tire, a method and a device for making a bead apex/bead ring assembly. More particularly, a method and a device for automatically applying an extruded belt-like rubber material generally referred to as "bead apex" or "bead filler" onto a core material referred to as "bead ring" which is previously mounted on a circular holding device referred to as "former" to make a bead ring/bead apex assembly. In the proposed method and device, the "apex" is drawn out from an extruder or a roll and fed to the "bead ring" and, then it is wound around and bonded to the outer periphery of the "bead ring" with rotation of the "former", and at least the leading end of the apex is caught and restrained by a holding device during at least a period from the start to the end of the apex applying process.

Abstract: There is provided a novel single-bond carbonic film, matrix of which comprises carbon atoms and which is characterized by having a peak A at 1340.+-.20 cm.sup.-1 and a peak B at 1580.+-.10 cm.sup.-1 in Raman spectrum; a value of 9.7 or more for the ratio of I.sub.A /I.sub.B between the intensity of said peak A(I.sub.A) and the intensity of said peak B(I.sub.B): and a value in the range of from 30 cm.sup.-1 to 110 cm.sup.-1 for the half band width of said peak A.

Abstract: A system for controlling acceleration and deceleration of a horizontally articulated robot computes the distance from the center of rotation of the robot (A) having a plurality of arms (3, 5) angularly movable in horizontal planes to a reference position such as a wrist (51) at the distal end of the arms (3, 5), and establishes an acceleration for the movement of the distal end of the arms (3, 5). A servomotor for angularly moving the arms (3,5) can effectively be utilized and the arms (3, 5) can quickly and smoothly be moved.

Abstract: DNA frangments containing an alkaline cellulase K gene, which comprise about 4.0, about 2.4 and about 1.9 kilo base pairs, respectively, each having a specific restruction map, recombinant plasmids containing any of these DNA fragments, and recombinant microorganisms harboring any of said plasmids.The alkaline cellulase K gene is derived from a bacterial strain which belongs to the genus Bacillus and is alkalophilic, that is, capable of revealing an optimum growth in an alkaline pH region.

Abstract: An improved photosensitive member for use in electrophotography which comprises a substrate and a light receiving layer having a charge carrier generation layer and a charge carrier transportation layer composed of a carbonic film the nucleus of which matrix being carbon atom, which contains 40 atomic % or less of hydrogen atom and which possesses an optical band gap of 1.5 eV or more and an electric conductivity of 10.sup.-11 .OMEGA..sup.-1 cm.sup.-1 or less.It is always and substantially stable regardless of the changes in use environments and it enables to make highly resolved images with a clear half-tone which are highly dense and quality at high speed.

Abstract: A liquid ejection recording head has an orifice for discharging a liquid to form flying droplets, a liquid chamber communicating with the orifice, an energy generating member for generating energy for forming the droplets, and thin pipes for supplying the liquid contained in a tank to the liquid chamber, characterized in that the thin pipes are arranged at two sides of the orifice in a direction transverse to the direction of liquid conveyance to the energy generating member provided in the liquid chamber and liquid is supplied utilizing capillary action of the thin pipes.

Abstract: An improved photosensitive member for use in electrophotography which is characterized by having a substrate and a photoconductive layer comprising a carbonic film, the nucleus of which matrix being carbon atom, which contains 30 atomic % or less of hydrogen atom and at least one selected from the elements of Group III and Group V of the Periodic Table, and which has an optical band gap of more than 1.5 eV and an electrical conductivity of 10.sup.-11 .OMEGA..sup.-1 cm.sup.-1 or less.It is always and substantially stable regardless of the changes in use environments and it enables to make highly resolved images with a clear half-tone which are highly dense and quality at high speed.

Abstract: An industrial robot having a dust-proof structure is equipped with at least one dust cover having an opening at one end thereof and a linearly movable unit extending through the opening of the dust cover and movable back and forth in the longitudinal direction thereof. Suction is exerted by a suction unit inside the dust cover so that air is flows from outside the dust cover into the same through the opening. A ring member is disposed at the opening of the dust cover in such a manner as to encompass the outer periphery of the linearly moving unit through a gap. At least one annular groove for reserving air is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the ring member so as to encompass the outer periphery of the linearly moving unit.

Abstract: A novel detergent composition for clothing comprises a cellulase having a non-degrading index of the following equation of not less than 500 ##EQU1## The composition can not only remove the dirt in clothing articles without damaging them but also show the effect of mitigating the roughness of cloth to the touch and the effect of preventing decoloration.

Abstract: A load applicability detecting device for induction-heating cooking apparatus includes a heating coil for an heating metallic cooking pans by means of electromagnetic induction, an inverter supplying the heating coil with high frequency currents, a soft starter for gradually decreasing an output frequency of the inverter at the time of the starting of the inverter, an input current detector for detecting the inverter input current at an initial stage of the starting of the inverter to obtain a detection signal, a reference signal generator for generating a reference signal in synchronization with the starting of the inverter, the level of the reference signal being varied with a predetermined time constant, and a comparator for comparing a detection signal generated by the input current detector with the reference signal generated by the reference signal generator to produce a load applicability detection signal in accordance with the difference between the levels of the detection signal and the reference sig

Abstract: An industrial robot comprises a robot body having an operating portion (13), a driving motor (19) for driving the operating portion (13) and the a handle (29). A casing (21) of the driving motor (19) is secured to an outer wall of the robot body by bolts (25), and an output shaft (26) of the driving motor (19) is connected to the operating portion (13). An inner brake device of the driving motor (19) secures the output shaft (26) to the casing (21) when the driving motor (19) is stopped. If the driving motor (19) is stopped by a malfunction or the like, the bolts (25) are taken out and the handle (29) is attached to the casing (21) of the driving motor (19). By operating the handle (29), the output shaft (26) of the driving motor (19) is rotated together with the casing (21) and the operating portion (13) of the robot is moved.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate, a magnetic recording layer made of an amorphous magnetic film on the substrate, and an anticorrosive layer prepared by oxidation treatment of the surface of the amorphous magnetic film.

Abstract: A method and a device for determining the reference positions of an industrial robot, in which datum surfaces (1a, 1b) are formed in the fixed base (1) of an industrial robot having a plurality of degrees of freedom of motion. The reference positions with respect to directions corresponding to the degrees of freedom of motion of the wrist base (5) and the wrist front section (7) are determined relatively to the fixed base (1) by means of a jig body (11) located fixedly on the datum surfaces, and measuring instruments (14 to 19) attached to the fixed base (1) at predetermined reference positions thereon, and the determined reference positions are given and taught to the NC unit of the industrial robot.

Abstract: A compact industrial robot for mounting on a lathe includes a traveling body transported along an axis (Z axis) parallel to the axis of a spindle provided on a lathe, a column provided on the traveling body for extending and retracting in a vertical direction (Y axis), a first rotating mechanism provided on the column for rotation about an axis (C axis) parallel to the spindle axis, and a second rotating mechanism provided on the rotary shaft of the first rotating mechanism and having a hand. The hand, having a double-hand configuration, is swung by the first rotating mechanism in a plane orthogonal to the spindle axis, and is swiveled by the second rotating mechanism about the longitudinal axis (.alpha. axis) of the second rotating mechanism.

Abstract: A wrist mechanism interposed between the robot arm (20) of an industrial robot and a robot hand, comprising: an outer wrist (34) joined to the free end of the robot arm (20); an inner wrist (36) pivotally supported by bearings (100, 102) within the outer wrist (34) and adapted to be pivoted by a driving force transmitted thereto through the robot arm (20); a robot hand holding part (38) supported by bearings (104, 106) within the inner wrist (36) and adapted to be turned by a rotative force transmitted thereto from the outside of the inner wrist (36) coaxially with the driving force; a bevel gear mechanism set having bevel gears (96a, 96b) and disposed within the inner wrist (36) to transmit the rotative force to the robot hand holding part (38); and a reduction gear (94) provided within the inner wrist (36) to transmit the rotative force at a reduced revolving rate to the driving bevel gear (96a) of the bevel gear mechanism.