Abstract: A motor structure of a claw pole type two-phase synchronous motor has a stator including two armature coils held between corresponding pairs of stator yokes and superposed on one another, and a rotor coaxially mounted on the stator and having a rotary shaft around which the rotor rotates so that a part of the chassis of a memory apparatus forms one of the stator yokes.

Abstract: This invention provides a two-phase motor which is applicable to a field where high rotation precision is required as in an FDD spindle motor, which requires a low cost, and which can maintain stable characteristics free from magnetic balance fluctuation between the two phases due to assembly. This motor has a ferromagnetic stator having N stator salient poles and a rotor magnet having M poles. N and M are selected to be both even numbers so a relation N:M=2:2n-1 (n is a natural number) holds. The N stator salient poles are divided into first and second salient pole groups of N/2 stator salient poles on which windings are concentratedly wound. The stator salient poles belonging to the first and second salient pole groups are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction of the stator. The phases of the windings of the stator salient poles belonging to the first and second salient pole groups are sequentially opposite to each other in the circumferential direction in units of groups.

Abstract: A claw pole type synchronous motor has input frequency increasing portions in a form of notches or holes formed in portions of claw poles which have the lowest magnetic flux densities so that the motor operates in a range from a low frequency to a high frequency without lowering torques too much.

Abstract: In a two-phase, half-wave drive brushless motor or other dynamoelectric machine, a cogging torque reduction effect can be achieved without any reduction in motor output by reducing the number of auxiliary slots on the main pole surface or auxiliary pole surface and the number of winding slots provided between the main poles and the auxiliary poles.

Abstract: A protein having an .alpha.-glucosidase activity, wherein its N-terminal amino acid sequence is the sequence depicted in the Sequence Listing of the present invention at Sequence No. 1; a DNA having the genetic information of the protein having an .alpha.-glucosidase activity; a recombinant vector containing said DNA; a transformant transformed with said vector; and production of .alpha.-glucosidase comprising culture of said transformant in a medium so as to grow .alpha.-glucosidase, and harvesting said .alpha.-glucosidase. According to the present invention, .alpha.-glucosidase without contamination of amylase can be easily produced in high yields and in large amounts by genetic engineering.

Abstract: To provide a bearing structure of a flat type brushless motor for floppy disk drive in which a stator is arranged in a plane shape and a disk acting as a rotor yoke rotates along the plane shape without the use of conventional ball bearings so that the bearing structure can be high in the rigidity, stable in the motion, and low in the cost. For having a maximum bearing length, the bearing structure comprises a support shaft arranged with its axis extending depthwisely of the motor and having two journal regions provided on both ends thereof and a recessed region thereof between the two journal regions; and a rotor shaft mounted in the center of the disk and having a cylindrical body thereof onto which the journal regions of the support shaft are rotatably fitted. Accordingly, the motor will minimize the frictional loss of the sleeve bearing and increase its operational life. Also, the steadiness (of deflection, inclination, and rigidity) in bearing action will be enhanced.

Abstract: A two-phase unipolar drive type brushless DC motor has an armature including a stator yoke with salient poles around which coils are wound, and a rotor having a retainer with a rotor magnet which faces the armature at a predetermined small interval defined between the rotor magnet and the armature. The retainer is made of a polymeric material containing magnetic powder and formed integral with a rotor magnet. The rotor magnet is made of a highly efficient magnetic material or a rare earth magnetic material and consists of segment type permanent magnet pieces which are arranged circumferentially in the retainer. The motor is manufactured at a low cost and provides a stable magnetic wave form which can be used as a spindle motor in various kinds of memory apparatuses.

Abstract: A shield plate for preventing the leakage of a magnetic flux and for reducing acoustic/electromagnetic noise leaking out from the interior of the motor is arranged so as to cover the corresponding end surface of an armature. The inner diameter of the shield plate is made smaller than the outer diameter of a rotor in order to prevent the rotor from being detached from a stator assembly.

Abstract: An image-area identifying system for a color image processing apparatus comprises: image area identifying means for identifying a character area or a half-tone image area by using characteristic values of pixels in each pixel block of an image area; hue determining means for determining, every pixel, hue of received color image data to produce a necessary color switch signal or an unnecessary color switch signal; and data reset means for resetting unnecessary image data on the basis of the results of the block-basis area identifying determination by the image area identifying means and the pixel-basis hue determination by the hue determining means.

Abstract: A bearing apparatus for use in an floppy disc drive device motor having a sleeve bearing and a thrust bearing is provided which is characterized in that there is provided a thrust bearing having such a convex portion, a projection, or a concave portion that makes the rotation shaft of the motor inclined with respect to the center axis of the sleeve bearing. Therefore, the rotation shaft ofa motor can be forcibly inclined with the rotation shaft and the sleeve bearing being kept in contact with each other. In addition, it is possible to reduce deviation in inclination of the motor rotation shaft and to ensure electric conductance between the motor rotation shaft and the motor body. These advantages are attained by a specific structure in which a projection, a convex portion, or a concave portion is provided at the thrust bearing, and therefore, the structure is simple and requires low costs.

Abstract: An edge quantity is determined from a lightness signal of image signals on a uniform perception color space. A chroma is determined from chroma signals of the uniform perception color image signals. A black/color edge degree is calculated from the edge quantity and the chroma thus determined. The chroma signals are converted for color deviation correction in accordance with the black/color edge degree.

Abstract: A two-phase unipolar driving brushless DC motor of a radial gap type having a rotor position detector includes a main-pole yoke having main-poles, an interpole yoke coaxially provided with the main-pole yoke in a superposed manner and having interpoles and an axial short-circuit portion or member provided in an axially extending portion in magnetic fluxes formed in the main-poles and interpoles. This structure allows for easy winding of coils around the main-poles and enhanced winding space factor in order to increase the starting torque and to improve the motor efficiency.

Abstract: A color image processing system for generating recorder image signals of four colors containing India ink from three color signals, the color image processing system includes a converter for converting three color signals into separated brightness and chromaticity signals; a range converter for converting the brightness signal into a range converted brightness signal which is within a record color reproduction range; an edge detector for obtaining an edge amount signal from the range converted brightness signal; a chroma detector for detecting chroma of an image signal from the chromaticity signal; an edge enhancer for enhancing an edge part of an image represented by the range converted brightness signal; a smoothing circuit for smoothing the range converted brightness signal; a brightness and chromaticity converter which includes a converter for executing brightness conversion by mixing an output of the edge enhancer and an output of the smoothing circuit according to the edge amount signal detected by the

Abstract: An image processing system for converting an input pixel into n subpixels P1, P2, . . . , Pn, said system includes a comparator for comparing density threshold values D1, D2, . . . , Dn (where D1<D2<. . . <Dn) corresponding to the subpixels P1, P2, . . . , Pn with a density of the input pixel, Din; and a density setting unit for setting subpixels P1, P2, . . . , Pk corresponding to density threshold values D1, D2, . . . , Dk of the density threshold values D1, D2, . . . , Dn (where k<n) less than the density Din to a high density, setting subpixels Pk+2, . . . , Pn to a low density, and setting subpixel Pk+1 to an intermediate density.

Abstract: A pulse generator includes a rotor assembly which is formed by circularly arranged magnetic poles, and a stator assembly which is disposed coaxial with the rotor assembly and is formed by stator coils arranged circularly. Index angles defined by the circumferential ends of the magnetic poles are made unequal to each other. Pitches defined by angular intervals between adjacent stator coils are selected to allow the stator coils to electromagnetically match the corresponding magnet poles only once per revolution of the rotor assembly.

Abstract: In the motor: rotating shaft 5 is mounted in casing 1; a rotor yoke 7 has its top closed with plate 7a and its bottom opened; the plate 7a with a center hole is fitted on the shaft 5; the rotor yoke 7 has a permanent magnet 6 in its inner surface; stator 8 constructed of coil 11 and stator yoke 12, 13 and fixed to the casing 1 surrounds the shaft 5; bobbin 10 for the coil 11 having its upper and lower ends opened has outer flange 14, 15 in its opposite opened-ends; the stator yoke 12, 13 surround the coil 10; the bobbin 10 has axial ridge 16a in its inner surface; through-holes 17a, 17b, 18a, 18b of the ridge 6a extend along the length of the ridge 16a; feeding members 20, 22 pass through the through-hole 17a, 17b, 18a, 18b, are connected with lead wires 21 extending outward from the coils 10, and have their ends extended outward from the casing 1 to form feeding terminals.

Abstract: A protein having an .alpha.-glucosidase activity, wherein its N-terminal amino acid sequence is the sequence depicted in the Sequence Listing of the present invention at Sequence No: 1; a DNA having the genetic information of the protein having an .alpha.-glucosidase activity; a recombinant vector containing said DNA; a transformant transformed with said vector; and production of .alpha.-glucosidase comprising culture of said transformant in a medium so as to grow .alpha.-glucosidase, and harvesting said .alpha.-glucosidase. According to the present invention, .alpha.-glucosidase without contamination of amylase can be easily produced in high yields and in large amounts by genetic engineering.

Abstract: During the assembly of a small motor, insulation is installed on the outer surface of a magnetic pole. An armature coil is wound so that the wire does not touch the corners of the magnetic pole. The wound coil does not loosen and sufficient insulation for the armature coil and magnetic pole gap can be secured when the assembly is completed. This allows as much ampere turn of the armature coil as possible to be obtained. Moreover, the thickness of the motor can be made flatter resulting in easier assembly of the flat motor's stator.

Abstract: In an outer-rotor type spindle motor: a front-end portion of a spindle (4) forming a stationary member passes through a central portion of a hub plate (7c) (onto which a disk (11) is loaded) of a rotor yoke (6) forming a rotating member; and, the front-end portion having been passed through the central portion of the hub plate (7a) of the rotor yoke (6) forms a head portion (4c) which is formed into a semispherical shape having been obliquely cut.

Abstract: In an outer-rotor type spindle motor: a front-end portion of a spindle (4) forming a stationary member passes through a central portion of a hub plate (7c) (onto which a disk (11) is loaded) of a rotor yoke (6) forming a rotating member; and, the front-end portion having been passed through the central portion of the hub plate (7a) of the rotor yoke (6) forms a head portion (4c) which is formed into a semispherical shape having been obliquely cut.