Abstract: A container coupling metal joint of the invention comprises a joint main body 2 having an upper fitting portion 22 and a lower fitting portion 23 capable of respectively fitting into engaging apertures of container corner fittings of the container, a shaft 3 pivoted ratatably to the joint main body 2, an upper metal fitting 4 and a lower metal fitting 5 capable of respectively engaging with the engaging apertures of the corner fittings of the container, and an operation member 7 for rotating the shaft. The joint main body 2 is provided with a rotation mechanism 6 for rotating the shaft 3 by receiving the action of the load of the container. The shaft 3 is provided with spring means 34 for urging and rotating the upper metal fitting 4 to the position at which it overlaps the upper fitting portion 22. The upper metal fitting 4 includes cutouts 4x formed at diagonally opposite corner portions of the lower face on the side in engagement with the engaging apertures of the corner fittings of the container.

Abstract: A shift lever device having a shift lever which allows selection of an arbitrary shift range by shift operation and includes a support which rotatably supports the shift lever and includes breakable portions which break when an impact force above a preselected magnitude is applied to the shift lever. Accordingly, when an axial impact force indicative of a sudden deceleration is applied to the shift lever, the support is broken. The breakage of the support allows safer absorption of the impact force applied to the shift lever. The breakable portions may take the form of a frangible pin or bracket that pivotally supports the shift lever.

Abstract: A thread rolling dies for producing dog point threads is capable of preventing slips of an outer surface of screw blank when rolling, thereby avoiding breakage of the dog point thread. The dog point thread has a thread portion provided with external threads and a dog point having an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the thread portion. The thread rolling dies is configured with a thread portion rolling surface having a thread portion dies ridge for forming a groove of the thread portion of the dog point thread and a thread portion dies groove for forming a ridge of the thread portion of the dog point thread, and a dog point rolling surface provided in parallel with the thread rolling surface and having a dog point dies ridge for forming a groove on the dog point of the dog point thread and a dog point dies groove for forming a ridge on the dog point of the dog point thread.

Abstract: An apparatus for insertion of a key therein substantially prevents foreign matter from entering into a key insertion hole, and even if foreign matter does enter into the key insertion hole, discharges the foreign matter therefrom. A shutter is provided within the key insertion hole so as to be movable along a direction of insertion of a key. The shutter is always urged by a compression coil spring toward an opening of the insertion hole. In a state in which no key is inserted in the insertion hole, the shutter is urged by the compression coil spring and closes the insertion hole. As a result, foreign matter such as dust or the like can be prevented from entering into the insertion hole. Further, the shutter is provided with a reflecting surface, and when no key is inserted in the insertion hole, the reflecting surface reflects light from a light source so as to illuminate the opening of the insertion hole.

Abstract: A twist lock for connecting containers comprises a housing integrally formed with an upper fitting part and a lower fitting part each being capable of fitting into a fitting hole in a corner fitting of a container, a spindle inserted in the housing in a rotatable and vertically displaceable manner, an upper lock connected to the top end of the spindle and being engageable with the fitting hole in the corner fitting of the container, and a lower lock being in positional agreement with and fixed securly to the lower fitting part of the housing and slidably fitted with a plurality of locking members which can engage with and disengage from the fitting hole in the corner fitting of the container. In this twist lock, the spindle is urged by a spring member in such a direction that the upper lock can engage with the fitting hole in the corner fitting of the container, while each of the locking members is urged by another spring member in such a direction that it can retract into the lower lock.

Abstract: There is provided a shift lever device which comprises a shift lever which allows selection of an arbitrary shift range by shift operation and also comprises supporting means which rotatably supports the shift lever and is broken due to axial impact force applied to the shift lever. Accordingly, when axial impact force (strong force) is applied to the shift lever, the supporting means is broken. The breakage of the supporting means allows absorption of the impact force applied to the shift lever. Namely, in the shift lever device of the present invention, the impact force applied to the shift lever is absorbed due to the breakage of the supporting means. For this reason, an absorbing ability to the impact force is improved as compared with a conventional shift lever device.

Abstract: A shift lever device includes a shift lever which allows selection of an arbitrary shift range by shift operation and which is rotatably supported by a structure that breaks when an axial impact force above a preselected magnitude is applied to the shift lever. The breakage of the supporting structure allows safer absorption of an impact force applied to the shift lever. The breakable supporting structure may take the form of a portion of a thin portion of a circular wall forming a bearing that rotatably supports the shift lever, or a frangible pin or bracket that pivotably supports the shift lever.

Abstract: A shift lever gripped by a driver for operating the transmission of a vehicle is inserted into a hole of a lever holder. The lever holder is axially supported to the vehicle so as to transmit the operation of the shift lever to the transmission. A plurality of ribs are projected into the holes and when a heavy load acts in the axial direction of the shift lever, the shift lever moves to break the rib. Accordingly, the axial direction load of the shift lever is absorbed.

Abstract: The driving frequency of a head is changed in conformity with temperature, and density data is converted into an optimum head driving voltage in conformity with temperature, whereby the discharge driving frequency and driving voltage of the recording head become optimum under any temperature condition, and thus recording of high quality is ensured since irregularities cause by the temperature variation of the recording head are eliminated. The driving voltage is set by a drive control circuit that includes a plurality of limiters, one of which is chosen in accordance with ambient temperature.

Abstract: A shift lock apparatus which allows a shift interlock wire and a key interlock wire to be arranged more effectively and neatly within the vehicle body. A lock pin engages with a first engagement portion perpendicularly each other. The shift interlock wire is linked with the first engagement portion and moves as a shift lever is locked or unlocked. The lock pin is moved by a brake pedal when the brake pedal is released. When a key inserted into a key cylinder is rotated from an ACC position to a LOCK position, the key interlock wire moves to establish engagement with a second engagement portion. Both wires intersect each other, and also the lock pin and the wire intersect each other, thereby providing secure operation and a shorter and neater layout of wires when a housing is installed within the interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: A recording or reproducing apparatus for recording or reproducing information by relatively moving a head and a sheet recording medium is disclosed. The recording or reproducing apparatus includes a stabilizing member disposed around the head and arranged to generate pressure which brings the recording medium into contact with the head in accordance with the rotation of the recording medium.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus having a conveying unit for conveying a recording medium to be recorded on, a body unit including an ink containing unit mounting section for mounting an ink containing unit for containing ink to be supplied to a recording head and a cassette mounting section for mounting a cassette for supplying the recording medium. Also provided are a recording unit including a recording head mounting section for mounting the recording head, a carriage unit for moving the recording unit in a predetermined direction, a recovery unit for restoring an ink discharge function, an electrical power source unit for actuating the ink jet recording apparatus, and an electrical circuit unit for controlling the conveying unit, the recording unit, the carriage unit and the recovery unit.

Abstract: In a head supporting device arranged to surround a head, to include a first projecting strip part which protrudes on one side of the device facing a sheet-shaped recording medium and a second projecting strip part which is formed on the outer side of the first projecting strip part with a spacing part interposed between the first and second projecting strip parts and to suck the recording medium with negative pressure, the sliding-contact faces of the first and second projecting strip parts are formed to be slanting upward toward the head, and a sectional shape of each of the projecting strip parts is composed of an approximately straight line which is on the recording-medium-facing side and a plurality of arcs which continue respectively from the two ends of the approximately straight line.

Abstract: An ink sheet cassette of reduced size and a recording apparatus for loading the ink sheet cassette therein are provided. The ink sheet cassette includes an ink sheet, a first reel capable of winding the ink sheet around itself, a second reel capable of winding the ink sheet around itself, and a frame holding the first reel and the second reel, bent orthogonally with respect to an ink layer surface on the ink sheet. The recording apparatus includes a loading portion capable of loading the above ink sheet cassette therein, a recording head capable of recording from the ink sheet in the ink sheet cassette loaded in the loading portion to thereby record an image on a recording medium and feed means for feeding the recording medium. The frame of the ink sheet cassette also has a guide portion to guide feeding of a recording medium when the ink sheet cassette is loaded in the recording apparatus.

Abstract: A vehicle control system for a multi-branching track has a main travelling track for guiding a vehicle, a storage unit disposed before a branch point and storing data for selectively guiding the vehicle to one of a plurality of branch tracks, and a data-reading unit mounted on the vehicle and for reading the data stored at the storage unit. The storage unit stores data of branching directions of the branch tracks and further data of addresses of stations included in the respective branch tracks, with the data and further data being correlated with each other.

Abstract: A recording apparatus for performing recording on a recording medium includes a mounting unit, a discriminating unit, a recording unit, and a control unit. The mounting unit detachably mounts an ink sheet, the discriminating unit discriminates a kind of ink sheet mounted in the mounting unit. The recording unit performs recording on the recording medium and has a plurality of recording elements. The control control unit performs drive control of the recording elements on the basis of a discrimination result of the discriminating unit.

Abstract: A carriage running control system includes a plurality of readable and writable memory media installed along a running track of carriages. Each carriage is capable of communicating information with the memory media. The running track includes special zones such as curved sections, branching sections, merging sections, and sections including stations. When a preceding carriage is present in one of such special zones, the memory medium disposed at the entry end of this zone supplies presence information to a succeeding carriage to prevent the latter from entering the zone. A detector is disposed at the exit end of each such zone for detecting departure of the carriages and resetting the memory medium at the entry end.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus includes a sheet supply mechanism, a sheet transporting mechanism, an image recording mechanism and a sheet discharging mechanism. The mechanisms are driven by a rotary driver which transmits a driving force through a driving force transmitter to a plurality of rotating bodies. The driving force transmitter can engage a selected number of mechanisms through the rotating bodies to transmit the driving force from the rotary driver.