Abstract: The present invention provides a nonstandard-sized optical disc capable of decreasing thickness even when a plurality of optical discs are piled up and assuredly positioning in a disc main body fitting dented portion of a disc player. This optical disc includes a disc main body and an outwardly protruded plate portion protruded outwardly from the disc main body. The outwardly protruded plate portion is formed to have a thickness thinner than that of the disc main body, and the lower portion of the disc main body is formed to have a size to be fitted in the disc main body fitting dented portion in a tray of a disc player. An outer peripheral edge of the lower portion of the disc main body has at least two positioning points to be disposed in the proximity of an inner peripheral edge of the disc main body fitting dented portion to thereby position the disc main body in the disc main body fitting dented portion when the lower portion of the disc main body is fitted in the disc main body fitting dented portion.

Abstract: A pulse signal generator comprises a detection assembly including a magnetic field generator and a magnetic element wire able to cause a large Barkhausen jump such that it produces a pulse signal responsive to the movement of the object to be detected; a case for housing the detection assembly; an attaching member; and a positioning guide provided on the inside surface of the case to position the detection assembly at the desired position with respect to the object to be detected.

Abstract: A pulse signal generator comprises a detection assembly including a magnetic field generator and a magnetic element wire able to cause a large Barkhausen jump such that it produces a pulse signal responsive to the movement of the object to be detected; a case for housing the detection assembly; an attaching member; and a positioning guide provided on the inside surface of the case to position the detection assembly at the desired position with respect to the object to be detected.

Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a pulse signal generator comprising a plurality of magnetic elements arranged in an imaginable plane and capable of producing large Barkhausen jumps; a first unit for generating a magnetic field, which is changed by the object to be detected to cause the magnetic elements to produce the large Barkhausen jumps, the first unit consisting of a pair of magnet/yoke combinations provided on opposite sides of said imaginable plane such that their poles are oriented in opposite directions, forming a detecting area at an end thereof; a second unit for detecting the large Barkhausen jumps to produce corresponding pulse signals; and first and second adjusting yokes being movable on one of the magnet/yoke combinations along one of the magnetic elements and on the other of the magnet/yoke combinations along the other of said magnetic elements, respectively.

Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on a printed circuit board having a plurality of through holes includes a dielectric housing. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the housing. Each terminal includes a tail portion for passing through a selected one of the through holes in the printed circuit board. Each tail portion has a first side and a latch hook projecting from a second side opposite the first side. The width of the tail portion between the first side and a tip of the latch hook is less than a diameter of the selected through hole. Each solder tail portion can be inserted from one side of the printed circuit board through the selected hole with minimum insertion forces, with the latch hook being engageable with an opposite side of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A pulse signal generator comprises a pair of magnets (3a, 3b) for producing a magnetic field, a magnetic element wire (5) provided in the magnetic field and capable of producing large Barkhausen jumps, a wire coil (2) provided around the magnetic element wire (5) to output a pulse signal. The magnetic element wire (5) is embedded in a coil bovine (6) as a unit.

Abstract: A pulse signal generator comprises a magnetic element (1) capable of producing large Barkhausen jumps; a generating unit for generating a magnetic field, which is changed by the object to be detected (5) to cause the magnetic element to produce the large Barkhausen jumps; the generating unit consists of a pair of elongated magnet/yoke combinations (3,6 and 4,7) provided on opposite sides of the magnetic element (1) such that their poles are oriented in opposite directions, forming a detecting area at an end thereof (3A, 4A); a detecting unit (2) for detecting the large Barkhausen jumps to produce a corresponding pulse signal; the magnetic element (1) having a first length between a second length of the magnet/yoke combinations and a half of the second length and provided toward the detecting area; and an adjusting yoke (8) movable along one of the elongated magnet/yoke combinations (3, 6).

Abstract: A pulse signal generator comprises a detecting assembly including a magnetic element wire (5) and a coil (2) wound around a bobbin (6) to generate electric pulses and a waveform shaping circuit integrated with the detecting assembly so as to shape the waveform of the electric pulses to output a pulse signal.

Abstract: The performance of an anion exchange resin is evaluated on-line by measuring inorganic carbonic acid concentrations at the inlet and at the outlet of an ion exchange resin vessel (such as a demineralizer vessel) of an ion exchange apparatus such as a condensate water demineralization system. Moreover, an MTC (Mass Transfer Coefficient) with respect to the inorganic carbonic acid is calculated and the dynamic performance and/or degree of degradation of the anion exchange resin are evaluated. The degree of degradation of the anion exchange resin is evaluated from the MTC and the replacement timing, lifetime, and throughput capacity for the anion exchange resin are judged.

Abstract: A pulse signal generator comprising a magnetic element (1) able to cause a large Barkhausen jump; a detection member (2) for detecting a magnetic change in the magnetic element (1) to generate a pulse signal; and a pair of magnets (3, 4) provided on both sides of the magnetic element (1) such that their poles are opposed to each other; a magnetic circuit formation adjusting member (8, 9) attached to at least one of the magnets (3) so that when an object (5A) passes a pair of poles (3A, 4A) on one end of the magnets (3, 4), a magnetic field applied to the magnetic element changes to cause a large Barkhausen jump in the magnetic element (1), thus causing the detection member (2) to generate a pulse signal.

Abstract: An optical disk substrate recovering apparatus A includes an optical disk storing portion 10, an abrader 20 for abrading a reflecting layer and a recording layer of the optical disk D, a powder collecting device 30 for collecting powdered reflecting materials and recording materials, and an optical disk transferring device 40 for transferring the optical disk D from the optical disk storing portion 10 to the abrader 20 one by one and for transferring the abraded disk substrate 1 to the abraded disk substrate storing portion 50. The devices 20, 30, 40 are sequentially operated to thereby obtain a pure and transparent abraded disk substrate 1 made of synthetic resin from which the reflecting layer and the recording layer are removed.

Abstract: A pulse signal generator comprising a magnetic element able (1) to cause a large Barkhausen jump; a detection member (2) for detecting a magnetic change in the magnetic element to generate a pulse signal; and a pair of magnetic field sources (3, 4, 6, and 7) provided in parallel to each other on both sides of the magnetic element such that their poles (3A, 4A) are opposed to each other so that when an object (5A) advances from one of opposite poles to the other of the magnetic field sources, a magnetic field applied to the magnetic element changes, causing a large Barkhausen jump in the magnetic element, thus causing the detection member to generate a pulse signal.

Abstract: An optical disk includes a disk substrate made of synthetic resins and an elastic/non-elastic film for label printing. The disk substrate has a chucking central aperture. and the peripheral portion of the chucking central portion constitutes a clamping area. The film is fixed on an upper surface of the disk substrate so as to cover the chucking central aperture. In case of the elastic film, at least a portion of the film corresponding to the chucking central aperture expands/contracts in accordance with the movement of a disk chuck into/out of the chucking central aperture. On the other hand, in case of the non-elastic film, cuts are made in a portion corresponding to the chucking central aperture, whereby the cut portion of the film opens/closes in accordance with the movement of a disk chuck into/out of the chucking central aperture.

Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a pulse signal generator comprising a plurality of magnetic elements arranged in an imaginable plane and capable of producing large Barkhausen jumps; a first unit for generating a magnetic field, which is changed by the object to be detected to cause said magnetic elements to produce said large Barkhausen jumps, said first unit consisting of a pair of magnet/yoke combinations provided on opposite sides of said imaginable plane such that their poles are oriented in opposite directions, forming a detecting area at an end thereof; a second unit for detecting said large Barkhausen jumps to produce corresponding pulse signals; and first and second adjusting yokes being movable on one of said magnet/yoke combinations along one of said magnetic elements and on the other of said magnet/yoke combinations along the other of said magnetic elements, respectively.

Abstract: A pulse signal generator comprises a detecting assembly including a magnetic element wire (5) and a coil (2) wound around a bovine (6) to generate electric pulses and a waveform shaping circuit integrated with the detecting assembly so as to shape the waveform of the electric pulses to output a pulse signal.

Abstract: A non-true-circular optical disk includes a disk substrate which internally touches a hypothetical true-circle corresponding to an outer periphery of a true-circular optical disk of a certain standard size. The disk substrate has a non-true-circular contour corresponding to a configuration shaped such that at least one cut-out portion is formed at an outer periphery of the hypothetical true-circle to thereby enhance a design. The disk substrate includes at least one inscribed outer peripheral edge internally touching the hypothetical true-circle.

Abstract: A pulse signal generator comprises a magnetic element (10) capable of causing a large Barkhausen jump, a detector for detecting a change of magnetic field in the magnetic element, a magnetic field source (30) for magnetizing the magnetic element in a predetermined direction and a permanent magnet (40). The pulse signal generator further comprises an auxiliary member (50) provided such that the magnetic element is flanked between the permanent magnet and the auxiliary member and is in a magnetic field between the permanent magnet and the auxiliary member. The magnetic field varies with movement of an object (60) to be detected with respect to the permanent magnet to produce a magnetic change in the magnetic element which is detected by the detector to produce a pulse.

Abstract: The card reader connector for a SIM card comprising an insulative body and a cover pivotably mounted on pivot pins of the insulative body for movement between an open and closed position wherein contact portions of terminals mounted in the insulative body electrically connect with contacts of the card when the cover is in the closed position. The cover is slidably movable in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the pivot pins. A locking means is provided between the cover and the insulative body comprising an L-shaped engaging piece on the insulative body and a corresponding actuating piece on the cover which interengage when the cover is in its closed position to lock the cover to the insulative body. A leaf spring biases the cover in a direction away from the insulative body. The connector is characterized in that when the cover is moved to its closed position, it is slidably moved rearwardly, toward the axis of the pivot pins, to produce a spring force.