Abstract: A motor damper arranged in a passage in a refrigerator through which the cold air flows comprises a frame constituting a part of the passage, a cold air gate formed at the center of the frame, a baffle rotatably secured on a rotation shaft formed on the frame for opening and closing the cold air gate and a rotation mechanism for swinging the baffle between open and closed positions of the cold air gate. The baffle is arranged to enclose a neighboring region by the frame at the position it closes the cold air gate. The rotation mechanism includes a motor arranged outside the frame and in the vicinity of the rotation shaft of the baffle. The motor damper also includes an output shaft of the motor which is rotatably secured to the rotation shaft of the baffle.

Abstract: A dielectric composition for high frequencies, which comprises a ceramic component comprising Sr.sub.x (Ni.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3).sub.y O.sub.3 (x/y=0.96-1.06), a ceramic component comprising Sr.sub.x (Ni.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3).sub.y O.sub.3 (x/y=0.96-1.06) as the main constituent and one or more minor constituents which are selected from the group consisting of TiO.sub.2, SrTiO.sub.3 and CaTiO.sub.3 (TiO.sub.2 .ltoreq.25% by mole, SrTiO.sub.3 .ltoreq.6.5% by mole, and CaTiO.sub.3 .ltoreq.13.3% by mole), or a ceramic component comprising Sr.sub.x (Ni.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3).sub.y O.sub.3 (x/y=0.96-1.06) and Ba(M.sup.II.sub.1/3 M.sup.v.sub.2/3)O.sub.3 (M.sup.II is Ni, Mg or Zn, and M.sup.v is Nb or Ta, provided that M.sup.II =Ni, Mg or zn when M.sup.v =Nb, and M.sup.II =Mg or Zn when M.sup.v =Ta) , and 0.1-50% by weight of glass added to the ceramic component.

Abstract: A multilayered ceramic capacitor includes glass melted layers and adhering layers containing conductive patters in which the combination of two or more different species of dielectric materials are used for ceramic layers in the stack of the multilayered capacitor.

Abstract: A multi-layered ceramic capacitor characterized by a structure containing glass material layers imposed between adjacent ceramic layers and conductive layers which sandwich the glass material therebetween. The conductive electrode layers and/or glass material layers bind the thin ceramic film pieces during firing at lower temperatures resulting in a strong bonded capacitor having numerous electrical applications.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for ceramic microspheres including the steps of; forming a suspension of ceramic fine powders as a dispersed phase and water as a dispersion medium; dispersing the suspension as droplets in a high boiling point liquid which has substantially the same specific gravity as the suspension and which is immiscible with water and nonreactive with the ceramic fine powder to make spherical particles; and subjecting the resultant product to drying and calcination.

Abstract: A dielectric powder consisting of a solid solution of compounds selected at least one each from the two group (a) and (b) of compounds indicated below and having a chemical composition represented by the following general formula:[ABO.sub.3 ].sub.1-x [A'(B'.sub.1-y B".sub.Y)O.sub.3 ].sub.x (I)(Wherein x and y satisfy 0<x<1 and 0<y<1 respectively), is produced by mixing metal alkoxides in proportions such that the proportions of the metallic elements thereof conform to the proportions of the metallic elements in the aforementioned general formula (I) and hydrolyzing the metal alkoxides contained in the resultant mixture:(a) Compounds of the ABO.sub.3 type perovskite structure and(b) Compounds of the A'(B'.sub.1/2 B".sub.1/2)O.sub.3, A'(B'.sub.1/3 B".sub.2/3)O.sub.3, or A'(B'.sub.2/3 B".sub.1/3)O.sub.

Abstract: A smoke detector having a housing including openings for admission of smoke, a smoke detecting chamber within said housing with the wall of said chamber formed of spaced overlapping elements which form a serpentine path therebetween, means on one side of said chamber for emitting light into said chamber, a light detector adjoining and shielded from said light source and a conical reflector in said chamber and on a side opposite said light source and detector.