Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Campanula named `Mystery`, characterized by its unique pink star-shaped flowers; long flowering period; freely branching habit with lateral shoots potentially forming at every node; dark green leaves; uniform flower display; floriferous with numerous flowers per plant; and excellent postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named `BFP-844`, characterized by its pink-colored flowers; compact, upright and mounded plant habit; good basal branching; and shiny dark green leaves.

Abstract: A miniature rose plant having pink flowers; vigorous, upright, compact habit; flowers that are long-lasting on the plant; dark green foliage; and disease resistance to powdery mildew.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named `BFP-1568`, characterized by its numerous semi-double coral orange-colored flowers; upright and rounded growth habit; vigorous and basal branching; and medium green leaves with a distinct zonation pattern.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of raspberry (i.e., Rubus idaeus L.) is provided. The cultivar forms attractive large bright red berries of good flavor in exceptionally high yields on long fruiting laterals. The drupelet cohesion tends to be somewhat reduced when the plant is grown in cooler climates (e.g., Scotland). The plant exhibits a spine-free very upright growth habit of good vigor. The berries are suitable for consumption as high grade fresh fruit and also are amenable to processing. Additionally, the plant has displayed resistance to Amphorophora idaei aphid virus vector.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named `Kisar`, characterized by its small and numerous purple-colored flowers; very compact, rounded, mounding, dense and bushy plant habit; short internodes; freely branching habit; and small dark green leaves.

Abstract: A system for drying a large quantity of wood efficiently, which includes: a wood drying room capable of being sealed; a combustion-gas generator provided with an air-inlet conduit for introducing fresh air for combustion use into a combustion chamber provided in a lower area of the combustion-gas generator; a combustion-gas supplying passage extending from an upper area of the combustion-gas generator to an upper area of the wood drying room; an exhaust-gas discharging conduit extending from a bottom area of the wood drying room to a chimney; a combustion-gas recovery conduit extending from the bottom area of the wood drying room to the combustion-gas generator, and a gas flow-rate control unit provided in at least one of the exhaust-gas discharging conduit and the combustion-gas recovery conduit.

Abstract: A thin-walled, wide mouth molded plastic container is provided with a tamper evident band initially molded as a straight-walled cylinder spaced outwardly of the lip of the container and connected thereto by a frangible horizontal bridge. The upper edge of the cylindrical band extends above the level of the container lip. Subsequent to molding and preferably before capping, the band is curled inward by application of a curling tool. The container lid is axially applied, the outer edge of the lid displacing the curled band outward. The resilience of the band and bridge permits outward deflection and immediate restoration of the curl to its initial position. The curl prevents removal of the lid without fracture of the bridge and removal of the tamper-evident band.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus for exposing mask patterns on a sensitive plate comprises a set (for X and Y direction) of a laser interferometer for measuring a position of a wafer stage and satisfying Abbe's condition with respect to a projection lens and a set (for X and Y direction) of the laser interferometer and satisfying Abbe's condition with respect to off-axis alignment system.When a fiducial mark on the wafer stage is positioned directly under the projection lens, a presetting is performed so that measuring values by the two sets of laser interferometers are equal to each other.

Abstract: An area on a photoresist film which is formed on a substrate surface having a topography, is exposed a plurality of times in such a manner that the image plane of a mask pattern is formed at a plurality of positions which are spaced apart from a reference plane in the substrate in the direction of an optical axis, and then the photoresist film is developed to form a resist pattern. According to the above method, the effective focal depth of the projection aligner used is enhanced, and moreover the reduction of the image contrast at the photoresist film is very small by the plural exposure operations. Accordingly, a fine pattern can be formed accurately on the substrate surface having the topography.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-volatile semiconductor memory device for transferring data which is inverted data of held data onto bit lines, without reading out read data to an external unit, when data is copied back. This device comprises NAND memory cells connected to bit lines, a flip-flop circuit for temporarily holding write data, a P channel transistor for precharging the bit lines to a predetermined potential, an N channel transistor for connecting the bit lines to the flip-flop circuit, and an N channel transistor having both ends connected between a node of the flip-flop circuit on the opposite side to the bit lines and one end of the transistor on the bit line side. The transistor is provided to hold read data and then output a potential according to its inverted data onto the bit lines. The individual terminals of the flip-flop circuit are connected via a column gate to an I/O line and a BI/O line (inverted-signal line of I/O).

Abstract: The hands of the timepiece are connected to a barrel spring which also drives the rotor of a generator at a speed greater than a desired speed Vc. The electric energy supplied by the generator energizes a slaving circuit that includes a transistor which short-circuits the coil of the generator and thus brakes the rotor down to a speed less than the desired speed Vc when a comparator indicates that this rotor is ahead with respect to its theoretical angular position. A limiting circuit limits the duration of the braking action of the rotor to a fraction of the period of the a.c. voltage supplied by the generator. This arrangement ensures that the slaving circuit is adequately energized even if the rotor is substantially ahead.

Abstract: A process for cutting a moving strip to form a series of plates, such as battery plates, includes the initial step of transporting the strip past a rotary divider including a cutter having radial blades configured to cut the strip into the plates. The cutter further has a set of blades for cutting individual pieces from the strip, which pieces are not part of the plates. As the cutter blades cut the strip to form the plates and pieces, a vacuum system applies suction to draw the pieces cut from the strip inwardly into the cutter through holes in the cutter, and then out of the cutter. The holes are each located adjacent each one of the corresponding blades and are shaped and positioned to permit the cut-away piece to pass through. In a preferred embodiment, the vacuum system includes a pair of vacuum manifolds that apply suction at opposite ends of the cylindrical cutter. An apparatus for carrying out the foregoing process accordingly includes a rotary divider as described above provided with a vacuum system.

Abstract: A buried contact is formed in a substrate implantation of phosphorous or arsenic through a window cut into the insulating silicon oxide layer and a superimposed thin silicon layer. The photoresist used to etch the window is cut back a limited amount prior to implantation. The peripheral margin of the buried contact implanted through the exposed part of the thin layer of silicon lowers the threshold voltage of any parasitic MOS device which may be created between the buried contact and the remote N+source or drain structure.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, X and Y have the signficance given in the description, are useful in the control or prevention of inflammatory, immunological, bronchopulmonary or cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: An expandable jacket that both (1) can protect a bag or knapsack worn by a user as well as the user and (2) can simulate a conventional jacket when the user is not wearing a knapsack, comprises a conventional racket and extra material affixed to the conventional jacket. Preferably, the extra material is unnecessary to the jacket's ability to be worn as a conventional jacket protecting a user from the elements, but is used to aid in allowing the expandable jacket to protect the user from the elements as well as a knapsack worn by the user. Preferably, the extra material is affixed to the rear of the jacket so that it can protect the knapsack worn by the user is worn on the user's back. When in an open mode, the extra material allows the rear of the jacket to expand to provide additional volume to the interior of the expandable jacket. When in a closed mode, the expandable jacket can be worn as a conventional jacket by the user.

Abstract: A golf club aiding device comprising an elastic strap, hook-and-loop strap fasteners permanently attached to opposite ends of the elastic strap and hook-and-loop fasteners attachable to the outer surface of a golf glove over the three outside knuckles and the thumb knuckle, respectively, wherein the elastic strap is removably attachable to the glove by connecting the strap fasteners to the corresponding glove fasteners so that the three outside fingers on the upper hand are secured firmly around the golf club. The instant invention may also include a golf glove having the glove fastener permanently attached thereto.

Abstract: A pants garment has a generally tubular body member made of flexible web material. The tubular body member has an elongate waist or yoke edge at an upper side and a crotch area at a lower side. The tubular body member is provided with a flap section overlapping another portion of the body member. The flap section is defined in part by a boundary edge extending in a generally downward direction from the waist edge. A flexible tensile element has a first effective end coupled to the flap section at the boundary edge and a second effective end coupled to the tubular body member at a point spaced from the boundary edge. This structure enables a user or wearer to place tension on the flap to maintain closure of the garment over a lower torso of the user.

Abstract: A protective helmet incorporates an inflatable liner that has front, crown, rear, left and right side portions. To ensure uniform inflation, the inflatable liner is comprised of a plurality of inflatable cells interconnected by a series of air passageways. The liner has a front portion that extends to the lower edge of the helmet and a rear portion that extends below the external occipital protuberance of the wearer's head, thereby providing a snug, comfortable fit and ensuring that the helmet will not rise up or lift away from the wearer's head.

Abstract: A helmet designed for use in winter sports, particularly the sport of snowboarding, having a flexible ear protection member including a hearing enhancement feature disposed therein is disclosed. The hearing enhancement feature may preferably be formed as an aperture disposed through at least a portion of the ear protection member, and preferably includes a deflection element to deflect objects away from the aperture, thereby preventing objects from passing through the aperture and penetrating the ear protection member in order to protect portions of the user's ear underlying the aperture from injury. The ear protection member may be configured as a ear flap including an abrasion-resistant outer layer to provide protection against branches and the like. In one embodiment, the ear flap may be formed as part of a comfort ring supported by the helmet.

Abstract: A toilet venting apparatus includes an upper insert mountable between a toilet tank and a toilet bowl, and a lower insert mountable between the bowl and a floor sewer pipe. The upper insert has a first aperture therethrough cooperating between a flush valve aperture in a lower wall of the tank and a water-entry aperture in an upper surface of the bowl. The water-entry aperture cooperates, via a manifold in the bowl, in fluid communication with water dispensing apertures around an upper rim of the bowl.

Abstract: A sanitary toilet seat cover 10 for preventing direct contact between a person's skin and the top surface of a toilet seat 101. The toilet seat cover 10 includes a top layer 20 of waterproof material whose underside is affixed to a layer of porous material 40 impregnated with an antibacterial solution. The porous layer 40 is provided with a plurality of adhesive patches 51 to temporarily affix the seat cover 10 to a toilet seat 101 and a bottom layer 30 of waterproof material 31 whose peripheral edges are sealingly engaged with the underside of the top layer 20 of waterproof material 21 to provide an airtight envelope that surrounds the antibacterial solution until the toilet seat cover 10 is ready for use.