Abstract: A reduction gear including: a worm wheel, the tooth skin portion of which is at least made of macromolecular composite material, and a worm for meshing with the worm wheel concerned, wherein a tooth surface of the worm has been heat-treated by high-frequency induction hardening.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image printing apparatus for printing character data information of an electronic program guide added to externally inputted image information, comprising: an information processor comprising: demodulating/decoding means for detecting and demodulating/decoding the character data information of the electronic program guide added to the externally inputted image information; storage means for storing the demodulated/decoded character data information of the electronic program guide by the demodulating/decoding means; and output means for including the character data information of the electronic program guide stored by the storage means into a packet compliant with the IEEE 1394 standard and outputting the packet to the printer, and a printer comprising: input means for inputting the character data information of the electronic program guide included in the packet compliant with the IEEE 1394 standard outputted from the output means; print control means for detecting print co

Abstract: The video data contained in the digital broadcasting received by a receiver are transmitted to a printer at high speed and at low cost. A receiver (STB 30) for receiving digital broadcasting, a display 31 for displaying the images of the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 and a printer 32 for printing images contained in the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 are connected to each other by way of a first signal transmission means adapted to transmit digital signals. The printer 32 obtain video data from the receiver 30 by way of the first signal transmission means.

Abstract: A data broadcasting receiving terminal receives a data broadcasting signal from a broadcasting station to detect print-out data and a control signal associated with print-out from the data broadcasting signal. The data broadcasting receiving terminal, at a time point of the start of broadcasting, notifies an image forming apparatus of the detected print-out data and printing prohibition data included in the control signal associated with print-out. The data broadcasting receiving terminal acquires a preparation time required for print-out from the image forming apparatus and a time of restoration from a power saving mode and issues a command of printing start, in consideration of the time requirements, to the image forming apparatus so that print-out data is printed out at predetermined timing.

Abstract: A moving handrail superior in durability includes a linear belt of which two end portions are connected, forming a loop. This linear belt includes a single-layer or multilayer of thermoplastic elastomer having a C-shape in cross section; metallic and web-shaped metal stretch inhibitors disposed along a longitudinal direction of the thermoplastic elastomer, and base members coupled inside of the thermoplastic elastomer. The thermoplastic elastomer, metal stretch inhibitor, and base member are integrally molded. In the connection portion, a splice junction between the metal stretch inhibitors and a joint where the base members are connected together at both end portions with an auxiliary backing does not overlap in a direction of thickness of the moving handrail. Further, the metal stretch inhibitors that are spliced are enclosed with a thermoplastic elastomer.

Abstract: This invention is a digital still camera having a coded data quantity monitoring circuit (9). This monitoring circuit (9) detects the quantity of data of an image signal compressed by a JPEG compression circuit (7). When a CPU (10) judges that the quantity of data detected by the coded data quantity monitoring circuit (9) is equal to or more than a maximum coded data quantity S, first, an image pickup element (3) is caused to pick up an image of an object again and output a different image signal, and a quantization table to be used in a quantization circuit (21) is changed. Next, the different image data is compressed by being DCT-transformed by a DCT circuit (20), then quantized by the quantization circuit (21) and coded by a coding circuit (22). The compressed different image signal is recorded to a memory card (13). In this case, the different image signal is recorded into an area where an image signal has been recorded in advance on the memory card (13).

Abstract: In a printing system in which with a plurality of different types of controllers connected to one serial bus, even different types of print data can be inputted to and printed by a printing unit. When a STB 2, desktop PC 3 and portable PC 4, different in type from each other, are connected to the IEEE 1394 serial bus 1 A, screen data is outputted from the STB 2 to an AV/C printer 5 and PDL data is outputted from the desktop PC 3 to the AV/C printer 5, the type of the input data is judged by the AV/C printer 5. Even a PDL data not supported by the AV/C printer 5 can be printed by converting it to PDL data interpretable by the AV/C printer 5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image printing apparatus for printing character data information of an electronic program guide added to externally inputted image information, comprising: an information processor comprising: demodulating/decoding means for detecting and demodulating/decoding the character data information of the electronic program guide added to the externally inputted image information; storage means for storing the demodulated/decoded character data information of the electronic program guide by the demodulating/decoding means; and output means for including the character data information of the electronic program guide stored by the storage means into a packet compliant with the IEEE 1394 standard and outputting the packet to the printer, and a printer comprising: input means for inputting the character data information of the electronic program guide included in the packet compliant with the IEEE 1394 standard outputted from the output means; print control means for detecting print co

Abstract: An actuator used for an automatic cruising control device and possible to be assembled very easily, which comprises an electric motor, reduction gear, an electromagnetic clutch provided with a clutch yoke and a bobbin formed with a coil, an output pulley to be connected to a throttle valve of the engine of the motor vehicle through a throttle cable, and the clutch yoke and the bobbin are provided with coupling means composed of, for example, a hook formed to the bobbin, a hook-insertion hole formed in the clutch yoke and a hook-engaging part formed in the vicinity of the hook-insertion hole of the clutch yoke. The bobbin is easily fastened to the clutch yoke through the coupling means by snap action.

Abstract: A data printing system comprising a recording and/or reproducing apparatus 6 which has an information input unit 41 for receiving image information and/or character information added to music information from outside, a recording/reproducing unit 42 for recording/reproducing the image information and/or character information received by the information input unit 41 to/from a recording medium, and an information outputting unit 41 for putting the image information and/or character information recorded in the recording medium into a packet conforming to the IEEE 1394 specification and outputting the IEEE 1394 packet; a printer 5 which has an input unit 31 for receiving the IEEE 1394 packet including the image information and/or character information, and a printing unit 33 for printing the image information and/or character information; and a controller 3 for controlling the recording and/or reproducing apparatus 6 and printer 5 so that the IEEE 1394 packet including the image information and/or character info

Abstract: The present invention is an electrically conductive coating composition comprising, as indispensable components, a quaternary ammonium polymer and a polyvalent metal salt. As the quaternary ammonium polymer there can be preferably used a polymer containing at least 30 weight % of quaternary ammonium monomer unit such as 2-methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride or 2-methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium methylsulfate. As the polyvalent metal salt there can be used sulfate, hydrochloride, nitrate or the like of at least one polyvalent metal selected from the group consisting of iron, copper, cobalt, calcium, zinc, lead, nickel, manganese, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, cadmium, chromium, barium and tin. The electrically conductive coating composition of the present invention is extremely excellent in water retention characteristics and therefore has sufficient electric conductivity under circumstances of low humidity even at low coating weight.

Abstract: A method for sterilizing a liquid packaging sleeve-like blank having two open ends and made of a laminated material including a paper layer, includes the steps of sterilizing the blanks by circulating a circulating unit holding a large number of blanks in a sterilizing tank which contains a sterilizing agent, to dip the blanks in the sterilizing agent, and removing the sterilizing agent by circulating another circulating unit holding the large number of blanks in a hot air drying tank in which hot air is blown, to dry the blanks.

Abstract: An actuator which comprises a reversible motor, a solenoid, movable clutch disc to be attracted by the solenoid, a driving clutch disc supported rotatably between the movable clutch disc and the solenoid and driven by the motor. The movable clutch disc and the driving clutch disc are provided with teeth to be engaged with each other and having inclined engaging flanks so as to be disengaged from each other due to slippage caused between the inclined engaging flanks of the teeth. According to this invention, it is possible to interrupt a force larger than a predetermined value and transmit reliably a smaller force to prevent damage to the throttle members.

Abstract: A method for sterilizing a liquid packaging sleeve-like blank having two open ends and made of a laminated material including a paper layer, includes the steps of sterilizing the blanks by circulating a circulating unit holding a large number of blanks in a sterilizing tank which contains a sterilizing agent, to dip the blanks in the sterilizing agent, and removing the sterilizing agent by circulating another circulating unit holding the large number of blanks in a hot air drying tank in which hot air is blowed, to dry the blanks.

Abstract: A rotary actuator has a first rotor rotatable around a first axis and having a plurality of first projections circumferentially spaced and axially projecting from one end surface thereof, a second rotor rotatable around a second axis which is eccentric to the first axis and having at least a second projection circumferentially spaced and axially projecting from one end surface thereof, a rotating mechanism connected to the second rotor to rotate the second rotor, the first and second rotors being arranged such that their end surfaces face each other so that the second projection may engage with either one of the first projections to rotate the first rotor through a predetermined angle when the second rotor is rotated.

Abstract: An air conditioner comprises an outer casing containing an inner casing having a heat exchanger disposed therein and a blower so as to define jointly with the inner casing an internal air intake passage. The air conditioner further includes an air intake-discharge selector mechanism disposed in a desired position in communication with the air intake passage for taking air into and out of the air conditioner.

Abstract: A water treating composition comprising a water-soluble copolymer consisting of, as the components, (A) an addition reaction product of a glycidyl ether or glycidyl ester and an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and (B) another vinyl monomer. In one embodiment, the water treating composition further comprises one or more conventional corrosion preventing/inhibiting agents.

Abstract: A synergistic herbicide composition containing 2-tertiary-butyl-4-(2,4-dichloro-5-isopropyloxyphenyl)-5-oxo-1,3,4-oxadiaz oline and 1,1,1-trifluoro-4'-(phenylsulfonyl) methanesulfono-O-toluidine as the active components.