Abstract: There are provided a tape printing apparatus that is capable of enhancing the operability thereof in inputting text data by providing an edit area aside from a text data input area where text data can be input, on a display screen, and a data input processing method therefor. The inputted data is recognized in a manner distinguishing between data within the maximum printable number of lines and data in excess of the maximum printable number of lines. Of the inputted data, there are displayed not only the data recognized to be within the maximum printable number of lines but also data of a predetermined number of lines in excess of the maximum printable number of lines.

Abstract: The present invention provides a color cathode ray tube which can improve the focusing characteristics in a wide range of a phosphor screen by setting the total length of a focus electrode divided in multi-stages within a given value and properly selecting the mounting position and the sensitivity of an electrostatic quadrupole lens. A focus electrode G5 which constitutes a final-stage main lens includes a plurality of electrode members G5-1, G5-2, G5-3, G5-4 which constitute an electrostatic quadrupole lens and a curvature-of-image-field correction lens, and assuming the distance from a surface of the focus electrode G5 which faces an anode G6 in an opposed manner to the final-stage main lens-side position of the electrostatic quadrupole lens as L2, a relationship of 7.55≦L2≦11.5 is set.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flat-panel type color cathode ray tube which has the favorable focusing characteristics and can shorten the total length thereof. The color cathode ray tube includes an evacuated envelope which is constituted of a panel 1 which has a diagonal effective diameter of approximately 51 cm, a neck 3 which houses an electron gun 10 and a funnel 3 which connects the panel and the neck. The electron gun 10 includes a cathode, a first electrode, a second electrode, a focusing electrode and an anode electrode. Assuming the equivalent radius of curvature in the X direction of an inner surface of the panel 1 as Rix and the equivalent radius of curvature in the Y direction of an inner surface of the panel 1 as Riy, the distance Lm between the cathode and a screen-side end portion of the focusing electrode is set to 37 mm≦Lm≦45 mm.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube has an electron gun including three in-line cathodes, first and second grid electrodes arranged in the order named, and plural electrodes for focusing three electron beams from the cathodes onto the phosphor screen. The following inequalities are satisfied: E≦1.4A−0.2B−2.7C−2D, and A≦0.35 mm, where A (mm) is a diameter of an electron-beam transmissive aperture in the first grid electrode, B (mm) is a diameter of an electron-beam transmissive aperture in the second grid electrode, C (mm) is a thickness of a portion of the first grid electrode immediately surrounding the electron-beam transmissive aperture in the first grid electrode, D (mm) is a spacing between the cathodes and the electron-beam transmissive aperture in the first grid electrode, and E (mm) is a spacing between the first grid electrode and the second grid electrode.

Abstract: A three in-line beam type color CRT includes a focus electrode and an anode. The focus electrode includes a first focus sub-electrode supplied with a first fixed focus voltage and a second focus sub-electrode supplied with a second fixed voltage superposed with a dynamic voltage synchronized with beam deflection, and the first and second focus sub-electrodes form a quadrupole lens therebetween. Two side electron beams are deflected toward a center electron beam with increasing dynamic voltage in the quadrupole lens. An axial distance Lgf (mm) from a cathode side end of the first focus sub-electrode to an anode side end of the second focus sub-electrode, an axial distance Ls (mm) from the end of the second focus sub-electrode to the phosphor screen, and a useful diagonal dimension D (mm) of the phosphor screen satisfy 0.06×Ls (mm)≦Lgf (mm)≦26 (mm) and 1.50≦D/Ls≦1.70.

Abstract: A character information processing apparatus prints at least one line of an input character string on a printing medium having a size limited at least in width thereof. There is stored information of settings concerning at least one attribute of a first kind of predetermined attributes concerning a layout of characters of the input character string and a second kind of predetermined attributes which can be set to the characters of the input character string on character-by-character basis, in a manner correlating the information of the settings with the input character string. A first instruction signal is generated to start a modification process for modifying the information of the settings.

Abstract: There is provided a tape printing apparatus which is capable of positively discharging a cut-off tape strip of a tape material out of the apparatus by forcibly discharging the same, thereby preventing jamming and double cutting of the tape material. A full-cutting device for cutting a printed strip off the tape material is arranged at a location downstream of a printing section in a tape-feeding direction. A half-cutting device carries out half-cutting of the tape material. A tape discharge device forcibly discharges the cut-off tape strip out of the apparatus via a tape exit.

Abstract: There are provided a tape printing apparatus and a tape printing method, which are capable of setting or determining whether or not half-cutting should be carried out, based on the detected type of a tape set for use, as well as a cutting device capable of detecting the type of a tape-shaped member, and setting whether or not the tape-shaped member should be cut, based on the detected type of the tape-shaped member, a tape printing apparatus incorporating the device, and a method for the cutting device. The tape printing apparatus has a half-cutting function of cutting only a peel layer of a tape-shaped member formed of an image-receiving layer and the peel layer and by using a half-cutting tape cutter in the direction of the width of the tape-shaped member. The type of the tape-shaped member is detected. Whether or not the half-cutting tape cutter is driven, based on a result of the detection. Printing is carried out on the tape-shaped member.

Abstract: There are provided a tape cartridge-holding mechanism which is capable of reliably and immovably holding a tape cartridge in a cartridge compartment without spoiling the ease of mounting and removal of the tape cartridge, and a tape printing apparatus including the tape cartridge-holding mechanism. The tape cartridge-holding mechanism comprises a lid for opening/closing a cartridge compartment, at least one pair of left and right holding nails for engaging with a tape cartridge mounted in the cartridge compartment and thereby sandwiching the tape cartridge such that the holding nails press the tape cartridge against a bottom surface of the cartridge compartment, and an urging mechanism arranged in contact with at least one of the pair of holding nails, for urging the holding nail in a direction of sandwiching the tape cartridge as closing operation of the lid is carried out.

Abstract: An intermediate electrode at a middle voltage which takes a value between a focusing voltage and an anode voltage is disposed between a focusing electrode and an anode of an in-line type electron gun. The intermediate electrode has a single opening whose diameter in the horizontal direction (in-line direction) is greater than the diameter thereof in the direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction so as to allow three electron beams to pass therethrough. The intermediate electrode also has a plate electrode provided therein with three electron beam apertures which respectively allow three electron beams to pass therethrough. Inside of the focusing electrode, a plate electrode provided with three electron beam apertures is provided.

Abstract: A tape printing apparatus is provided which has a high flexibility in the combination of half-cutting and full-cutting, and is capable of cutting a tape material as desired. A tape feeding section feeds a tape material in the form of a laminate of a printing tape and a peel-off paper. A printing section prints on the tape material being fed by the tape feeding means. A full-cutting device is arranged at a location downstream of the printing section in a tape-feeding direction, for cutting off the tape material. A half-cutting device is arranged at a location downstream of the printing device, for carrying out half-cutting to cut off one of the printing tape and the peel-off tape of the tape material. A control section individually and separately controls the tape feeding section, the printing section, the full-cutting device, and the half-cutting device.

Abstract: It is intended to improve the focus characteristic while not requiring an increased focus voltage and hence enabling use of a general-purpose flyback transformer. A focus electrode for formation of a final-stage main lens that focuses electron beams generated by a beam generating section of an electron gun onto a phosphor screen is divided into a plurality of electrode members. The divisional electrode members form plural stages of electron lenses whose focusing power varies in synchronism with the deflection amount of the electron beams.

Abstract: The present invention provides a color cathode ray tube which can improve the focusing characteristics in a wide range of a phosphor screen by setting the total length of a focus electrode divided in multi-stages within a given value and properly selecting the mounting position and the sensitivity of an electrostatic quadrupole lens. A focus electrode G5 which constitutes a final stage main lens includes a plurality of electrode members G5-1, G5-2, G5-3, G5-4 which constitute an electrostatic quadrupole lens and a curvature-of image-field correction lens, and assuming the distance from a surface of the focus electrode G5 which faces an anode G6 in an opposed manner to the final-stage main lens-side position of the electrostatic quadrupole lens as L2, a relationship of 7.55≦L2≦11.5 is set.

Abstract: In a color picture tube, a main lens of an electron gun is formed by a focus electrode to which a focus voltage, is applied an intermediate electrode to which an intermediate voltage between the focus voltage is applied and an anode voltage, and an anode electrode to which the anode voltage is applied. The focus electrode and the anode electrode are cylindrical, and plate electrodes are secured to the inner walls of the respective focus and anode electrodes, and the intermediate electrode has a construction in which a middle plate electrode is sandwiched between two cylindrical electrodes. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an electron gun which is easy to manufacture and has a superior focus performance and is reduced in performance variability.

Abstract: A three in-line beam type color CRT includes a focus electrode and an anode. The focus electrode includes a first focus sub-electrode supplied with a first fixed focus voltage and a second focus sub-electrode supplied with a second fixed voltage superposed with a dynamic voltage synchronized with beam deflection, and the first and second focus sub-electrodes form a quadrupole lens therebetween. Two side electron beams are deflected toward a center electron beam with increasing dynamic voltage in the quadrupole lens. An axial distance Lgf (mm) from a cathode side end of the first focus sub-electrode to an anode side end of the second focus sub-electrode, an axial distance Ls (mm) from the end of the second focus sub-electrode to the phosphor screen, and a useful diagonal dimension D (mm) of the phosphor screen satisfy 0.06×Ls (mm) ≦Lgf (mm)≦26 (mm) and 1.50≦D/Ls≦1.70.

Abstract: A non-asbestos friction material made by molding and curing a composition comprised of a fibrous base, a binder, and a filler has a 100 Hz vibration damping factor (tan &dgr;) at 300° C. minus tan &dgr; at 50° C. value of at least −0.030. The binder may be a rubber-modified high-ortho phenolic resin, a resin mixture of a rubber-modified high-ortho phenolic resin and a rubber-modified phenolic resin, or a resin mixture of two or more rubber-modified phenolic resins. The friction material has an excellent and long-lasting noise performance, and good wear resistance, functional stability, and fade resistance. The rapid curability of the composition enables a short molding cycle.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube has G1-G5 electrodes and an anode. The G5 electrode is divided into sub-electrodes supplied alternately with a first fixed focus voltage and a second focus voltage which is a second fixed voltage superposed with a dynamic voltage, at least one electrostatic quadrupole lens is formed between adjacent ones of the sub-electrodes, and two of the sub-electrodes are supplied with the second focus voltage. The following inequalities are satisfied: 0.0625×L (mm)≦B−20A/(3&phgr;)≦22.0 mm, L (mm)≦352 mm, where A is an axial length of the G4 electrode, &phgr; (mm) is an average diameter of a center aperture in the G4 electrode, B (mm) is a length from a cathode side end to a phosphor screen side end of said G5 electrode to the phosphor screen.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube comprises a vacuum vessel including a panel portion having a phosphor screen on its inner face, a neck portion and a funnel portion joining the neck portion and the panel portion. An inline electron gun is disposed inside of the neck portion and includes a main lens and cathode producing a center electron beam and two side electron beams. A deflection yoke for deflecting the electron beams and a pair of 2-pole ring magnets for adjusting electron beam trajectory are disposed around the neck portion. The 2-pole ring magnets have a magnetic flux density distribution at a circle which is concentric with the ring magnets, wherein the radius of the circle corresponds to the distance between adjacent electron beams at the main lens. The ratio of the amplitude of the flux density in the radial component compared to the amplitude of the flux density in the circumferential component is 0.86 to 1.38 on the circle.

Abstract: The in-line type electron gun includes an electron beam generating section for generating and directing plural electron beams along toward a phosphor screen, and an electron beam focusing section for focusing the plural electron beams from the electron beam generating section onto the phosphor screen. The electron beam focusing section includes a focus electrode, at least one intermediate electrode and an anode supplied with a highest voltage arranged in the order named. The at least one intermediate electrode is supplied with an intermediate voltage between the highest voltage and a voltage supplied to the focus electrode. The following relationship is satisfied: 1.55≦D/L≦1.72, and 18.2 mm≦d≦26 mm,where D (mm) is a diagonal length of a usable display area of the phosphor screen, L (mm) is a distance from a center of the phosphor screen to an end of the anode facing toward the focus electrode, and d (mm) is an outside diameter of the neck portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flat-panel type color cathode ray tube which has the favorable focusing characteristics and can shorten the total length thereof. The color cathode ray tube includes an evacuated envelope which is constituted of a panel 1 which has a diagonal effective diameter of approximately 51 cm, a neck 3 which houses an electron gun 10 and a funnel 3 which connects the panel and the neck. The electron gun 10 includes a cathode, a first electrode, a second electrode, a focusing electrode and an anode electrode. Assuming the equivalent radius of curvature in the X direction of an inner surface of the panel 1 as Rix and the equivalent radius of curvature in the Y direction of an inner surface of the panel 1 as Riy, the distance Lm between the cathode and a screen-side end portion of the focusing electrode is set to 37 mm≦Lm≦45 mm.