Abstract: In a semiconductor apparatus for a multi-bit input/output function, a semiconductor memory chip includes 3m rows, 3m columns (m=1, 2, . . . ) of memory banks, each having a plurality of input/output terminals. The memory banks are adapted to carry out the same operation so that a predetermined number of bits are accessed from the input/output terminals of each of the memory banks.

Abstract: In a semiconductor memory device incorporating a memory core circuit requiring a refresh operation, a clock signal modifying circuit receives an external clock signal to generate a modified clock signal which is ineffective from a timing when the control is switched from an active mode to a special mode to a timing when at least one clock pulse time period of the external clock signal has passed after the control is switched from said special mode to an active mode. A forced refresh request signal generating circuit generates a forced refresh request signal at predetermined time periods and an internal clock signal having the same period as said forced refresh request signal. An all-time refresh request signal generating circuit generates an all-time refresh request signal in synchronization with the modified clock signal and the internal clock signal. A multiplexer selects the forced refresh request signal in the special mode and selects the all-time refresh request signal in the actual mode.

Abstract: In a semiconductor memory device incorporating a memory core circuit requiring a refresh operation, a clock signal modifying circuit receives an external clock signal to generate a modified clock signal which is ineffective from a timing when the control is switched from an active mode to a special mode to a timing when at least one clock pulse time period of the external clock signal has passed after the control is switched from said special mode to an active mode. A forced refresh request signal generating circuit generates a forced refresh request signal at predetermined time periods and an internal clock signal having the same period as said forced refresh request signal. An all-time refresh request signal generating circuit generates an all-time refresh request signal in synchronization with the modified clock signal and the internal clock signal. A multiplexer selects the forced refresh request signal in the special mode and selects the all-time refresh request signal in the actual mode.

Abstract: A disk brake assembly including a disk rotor, a pair of friction pads adapted to be pressed against the disk rotor from either side in the axial direction of the disk rotor, and at least one return spring coupled to the friction pads in order to bias the friction pads in directions away from the braking surface of the disk rotor. The return spring includes a straddle portion, a pair of extensions, and a pair of engaging portions. Each of the extensions extends from the straddle portion to an engaging position that is proximate to a radial centerline of the friction pads. Each of the engaging portions is disposed at one end of each extension and engages one of the friction pads at engaging positions located on either end of the length of the friction pad.

Abstract: A bill handling machine includes a take-out roller whose entire circumferential surface is formed with a high friction material and which is adapted to engage with leading edge portions of stacked bills and can take out the bills, a separation roller for cooperating with the take-out roller and preventing two or more bills from being simultaneously taken out, a bill sensor provided downstream of the take-out roller and the separation roller for detecting whether or not any bill is present, transporting rollers provided downstream of the bill sensor and rotated at higher speed than the take-out roller, and a controller for temporarily stopping the take-out roller when detection signals have been continuously input from the bill sensor for a time period longer than a predetermined time period. According to the thus constituted bill handling machine, it is possible to reliably and efficiently separate and handle bills whose lengths in the bill transporting direction differ greatly.

Abstract: A bill handling machine includes a rotatable drum provided with a bill transport arrangement in which a bill transporting passage is formed therein and movable between a transport position where it can hold bills in the bill transporting passage so as to be able to transport them and a release position where it releases the holding of the bills and a shutter which can open and close one end portion of the bill transporting passage, and a vibrating mechanism for applying slight vibration to the drum, while the one end portion of the bill transporting passage is closed by the shutter, the bill transporting passage is oriented vertically so that the shutter is directed downwardly as a result of the rotation of the drum and the bill transport arrangement has been moved to the release position. According to the thus constituted bill handling machine, it is possible to reliably align one end portions of bills whose sizes differ greatly and efficiently handle bills.

Abstract: A bill handling machine includes a bill placement base on which bills to be handled are placed, a bill transaction section through which the bills are received and fed out and a drum provided adjacent to the bill placement base, the drum including a pair of endless drive belts and a pair of movable endless driven belts which are disposed so as to face the endless drive belts and are adapted to hold the bills between the endless drive belts and themselves, a bill transportation passage being formed in the drum by the endless drive belts and the endless driven belts, the length of the bill transport passage being determined to be slightly greater than a length of a bill in a transporting direction whose length in the transporting direction is greatest among the bills to be handled, the bill handling machine further including a shutter which can project into and be retracted from the bill transportation passage, a length between an end portion of the bill placement base on a side opposite from the drum and the s

Abstract: A bill handling machine is provided with a bill stacking device including a bill press member whose leading end portion is swingably supported and which is adapted to guide bills downwardly, a solenoid for pressing the leading end portion of the bill press member downwardly, a sensor for detecting rear end portions of bills to be stacked, and a controller for actuating, based on a detection signal, the solenoid when a predetermined time period has passed after the sensor detected the rear end portion of the bill. According to the thus constituted bill handling machine, it is possible to stack bills whose lengths in the bill transport direction differ greatly so that one end portions thereof are aligned.

Abstract: A bobbin 7 around which a solenoid 6 is wound is connected to an electronic control unit 1 fixed to a base plate portion 3c through a connection terminal 11 penetrating a connection hole 2 and a guide hole 4 whose one end portion is fixed to a bobbin 7 and is connected to an end portion of a solenoid 6 and other end portion is connected to the connection hole 2, a hook portion 3d is engaged into a hole 10b so that a yoke 8 is supported, an electromagnetic-force generating portion 5 is assembled to a casing 3, gaps 18 and 21 are formed between the yoke 8 and the bobbin 7 so that the yoke 8 is made to be movable with respect to the bobbin 7 in the axial direction of the sleeve 13 and also in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the sleeve 13. When the casing 3 and the valve housing 14 are assembled, the sleeve 13 is smoothly inserted into the electromagnetic-force generating portion 5, and the yoke 8 is pressed and urged to the valve housing 14 by a ring spring 12.

Abstract: A bill handling machine is provided with a bill hold and transport arrangement which can hold bills therebetween and transport them downwardly and a bill receiving device for receiving the bills, the bill receiving device including endless drive belts fixed and extending vertically, endless driven belts movable relative to the endless drive belts and extending vertically so as to hold the bills fed from the bill hold and transport arrangement between themselves and the endless drive belts, a bill press member supported integrally with the endless driven belts, movable between a projected position where it is closer to the endless drive belts than surfaces of the endless driven belts on a side of the endless drive belts and a retracted position where it is more apart from the endless drive belts than the surfaces of the endless driven belts on a side of the endless drive belts and biased toward the endless drive belts, and a plate member located below the endless drive belts and the endless driven belts, the b

Abstract: A boost subject circuit block selector supplies a supply voltage to a corresponding boost voltage transmission line when a block selecting signal is at non-selecting level, while supplying a boost voltage from a boost voltage generator when the block selecting signal is at a selecting level. The boost subject circuit block selector includes a transistor, which is turned on in response to the transition of the block selecting signal to selecting level so as to supply the boost voltage to the boost voltage transmission line, and a transistor, which is turned on in response to the transition of the block selecting signal to the non-selecting level so as to supply the supply voltage to the boost voltage transmission line.

Abstract: In an electromagnetic valve device, in order to secure a core assembly to a housing, an annular spacer is used. The annular spacer is fitted between a conical inner surface of a receiving portion of the housing and a conical opening of a casing. Since the conical opening of the casing is mounted on a tapered surface of a stationary core accommodated in the receiving portion of the housing, the core assembly is secured to the housing.

Abstract: By performing rotation and translation operations, a radar display converts a radar signal to radar image information expressed in a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system with horizontal, vertical, and depth coordinates related to a certain viewpoint. Terrain and target information is converted to the same coordinate system and combined with the radar image information, producing a realistic three-dimensional display. Clipping is performed in the depth direction to eliminate portions of the radar image disposed behind terrain or target images. Terrain and target images disposed behind the radar image are reduced in intensity, but not clipped. Perspective projection and zoom transformations may also be carried out.