Abstract: An adjustable stand for rotatably and releaseably supporting a flat panel display is disclosed together with a display device usable with the stand. The display includes a boss projecting from a rear surface thereof, which boss is received in an arc-shaped channel in a plate portion of the stand. The stand further includes two hingedly connected legs and selective locking devices for controlling the angle between the legs, thereby allowing the stand hold the display in a variety of orientations with respect to a horizontal support surface.

Abstract: The furniture leg has a foot from which a lifting column projects transversely that comprises an external tube and an internal tube that is telescopingly movable relative to the external tube. The external tube is attached to a fastening part of the foot. In order to configure the furniture leg in such a way that the foot and the lifting column can be connected to one another such that deposit locations for dirt and the like are not formed, the exterior side of the external tube at least over most of its circumference passes continuously into the exterior side of the fastening part. In this way, at the transition from the foot to the lifting column no deposit location for dirt is formed. The furniture leg is suitable for tables of any kind, chairs, organ benches and the like.

Abstract: An offset bracket adapted to mount two oversized enclosure panels on a frame structure for supporting electronic equipment includes a first portion, having a first mounting element adapted to connect to the frame structure, and a second portion, having a second mounting element adapted to connect to a first oversized enclosure panel and a third mounting element adapted to connect to a second oversized enclosure panel such that the first and second oversized enclosure panels are supported by the frame structure and held at right angles to each other. The offset bracket includes first and second arms, a curved spine, or any of a variety of alternative configurations.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a display device having: a fixing member, which is fixed to a wall; an upper supporting unit, which is coupled to the fixing member to support the display device and a cable accommodating unit, which is provided at the fixing member to accommodate electric cables connected to the display device.

Abstract: An electronic device hanging mechanism aims to hang an electronic device on a mounting rack mounted onto a wall. The hanging mechanism includes a holding dock located in the case of the electronic device and a bracing strut movably coupled on the holding dock. The bracing strut is extendable outside the holding dock at a hanging position to be hung on the mounting rack to hold the electronic device, and received in the holding dock and hidden in the case of the electronic device at a holding position to maintain the appearance of the electronic device.

Abstract: An improved mounting system for use with display units and other devices of various sizes. A mounting system of the present invention includes a surface mounting bracket and at least one device mounting bracket. At least one of the surface mounting bracket and the at least one device mounting bracket is expandable such that it is able to accommodate and support devices of different dimensions and weights.

Abstract: A main beam of a container semi-trailer provided with the joint, and the connecting method thereof. The joint is used to connect a main beam and has a first connecting plate connected to the main beam; a second and a third connecting plate secured to the same side of the first connecting plate and spaced apart to each other; and a fourth connecting plate slantingly connected between the second and third connecting plates.

Abstract: A speaker system with a mount pivotally secured to a speaker frame for detachably securing the speaker system to a display monitor is disclosed. The mount pivots relative to the frame so as to allow the display monitor to be operably received between the mount and frame thereby holding the speaker system in place. A securing structure is preferably provided to hold the mount at a desired position, and resilient padding is preferably provided between the frame, mount and display monitor. The mount can also have a substantially planar bottom surface which allows the speaker system to rest on a desktop simply by positioning the substantially planar bottom surface of the mount on the desktop.

Abstract: A mounting system for providing horizontal adjustment to a device mounted on the mounting system. At least one first articulating arm is rotatably connected to a carriage assembly, where the carriage assembly is slidably engaged with groove guide of a wall plate. The wall plate is mounted to a wall or other similar surface, while at least one second articulating arm is also rotatably connected to the at least one first articulating arm at one end. At the other end, the at least one second articulating arm is operatively connected to a tilt assembly for tilting a device connected to the tilt assembly. The mounting system provides easy horizontal adjustment via sliding the carriage assembly along the groove guide(s) and via rotating the at least first and second articulating arms.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjustably mounting tracks that suspend horizontal sliding doors at a freight elevator landing. The apparatus comprises a plurality of brackets adapted to be mounted in the shaft on the header above the landing opening. The brackets are each secured to the header with anchor bolts. Each anchor bolt is set in the header but initially allows vertical movement of the bracket. An adjusting screw, carried on each bracket, is arranged to easily and precisely move the bracket up or down relative to the anchor bolt as needed to position the tracks and, therefore, the door panels at a proper height. Once adjusted such that a specified gap is established between the lower edges of the door panels and the threshold, each anchor bolt can be tightened to fix its respective bracket in its adjusted position.

Abstract: An item holder mountable by suction on a mounting surface including a deformable body. The body includes an outer surface and an inner surface having a concave portion. The body further includes a periphery extending around the body and surrounding the outer and inner surfaces. The body also includes a hole extending through the body between the outer and inner surfaces for holding an item. The body is deformable from an undeformed shape to an actuated shape to mount the holder on the mounting surface by positioning the inner surface adjacent the mounting surface when the body is in its undeformed shape thereby forming a cavity between the body and the mounting surface and deforming the body to its actuated shape thereby sealing the body against the mounting surface and forcing fluid from the cavity to create a suction between the body and the mounting surface thereby securing them together.

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is a beverage-container holder comprising suspension arm means with an upper end and a lower end arm suspension means with a container securement means for securely holding a beverage container attached to the suspension arm means at its lower end, and bar gripping means attached to the upper end of the suspension arm means for mounting the beverage-container holder to a horizontally extending bar to suspend the container securement means during use.

Abstract: A ceiling-suspended apparatus comprising a stiff, slender four-foot plastic rod having a length-long internal steel-cable strength member, said rod having a spring-biased metal hook at its upper end to engage and lock onto a ceiling mounted eyehook, and having three hand-grip assist elements, the first, an adjustable-position fleece-lined wrist sling, secondly, an adjustable-position rubber ball, and thirdly, a fixed rubber ball at bottom end of the rod

Abstract: A swivel device includes a motor as a driving source, gears for transmitting a driving force of the motor, a ring member to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted, and a disk member made of a metal sheet to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted via the ring member. This disk member is integrally provided with eight boss portions that are arranged with equal spaces in the swivel direction. The ring member is integrally provided with a groove portion in a circular pattern into which the boss portions are inserted. In addition, the boss portions of the disk member are inserted in the groove portion of the ring member in a slidable manner.

Abstract: Disclosed is a table leg system including a leg, an anchor pivotally supporting the leg, and a locking sleeve slidingly engaged with the leg. The locking sleeve is at least partially encircled by at least a single ridge. An embodiment of the table leg system includes a leg, an anchor pivotally supporting the leg, and a locking sleeve slidingly engaged with the leg. The locking sleeve is at least partially encircled by a single groove. Another embodiment of the table leg system includes a table engagement anchor, a locking cylinder integrally extending from a planar surface of the table engagement anchor, and a leg extending from the table locking cylinder. The leg is repositionable between an extended position and a folded position. Yet additional embodiments of the table leg system include a table leg, an anchor plate comprised of a planar surface, and a neck extending perpendicularly from the planar surface of said anchor plate.

Abstract: A laptop computer stand, for holding a laptop computer having a keyboard portion and a display portion that is pivotable relative to the keyboard portion. The stand has a base adapted to either sit on a surface or be coupled to a structure, and a support member coupled to the base, wherein the laptop keyboard portion sits on the support member. The support member has a retaining structure that overlies at least part of the laptop keyboard portion, to retain the keyboard portion on the support member. The stand also has a locking mechanism coupled to the base or the support member, and selectively fixable to the laptop computer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mirror mount. In particular, the present invention relates to a two-axis mirror flexure mount with increased stiffness in all but the desired degrees of freedom. The present invention recites an integrally formed support for a mirror comprising; a rigid portion; a plurality of base portions suitable for mounting the mirror thereto; and a plurality of substantially linear flexure elements provided substantially perpendicular to one another and disposed between the mount portion and the base portion to connect the mount portion and the base portion together; wherein the flexure elements each define an axis of rotation and are operable to allow the mount portion to rotate relative to the base portion along either said axis of rotation.

Abstract: A picture hanging system for stretched artist canvas intended to be hung on a wall without a frame, comprising a frame support means attached to the inside of the wood frame upon which said artist canvas has been stretched, and a specially designed hanger intended to support said picture when it is hung on a wall. Said hanger is attached to a wall by means of a nail passing through holes in said hanger, said nail driven into said wall at an angle. Said hanger has a sloped “ramp” upon which said frame support (and with it the frame to which said frame support is attached) rests when said picture is hung on a wall. When said hanger is attached to a wall, said ramp slopes toward said wall. Said frame support (and with it the frame to which said frame support is attached) will slide by force of gravity toward said wall and said picture will come to rest flush and flat against said wall.

Abstract: A pole-type member support device is provided. The pole-type member support device has a receptacle body with a lower portion including a bottom wall and an upper portion with a top wall defining an opening for receiving the pole-type member support device. A multi-sided sidewall extends between the bottom wall and top wall. A beveled lip may provide a transition surface between the upper and lower portions of the receptacle. Inside the receptacle, a moveable support cooperates with an opposing fixed support to hold the pole-type member in an upright position in the receptacle. The top wall, moveable support and opposing fixed support are all substantially C-shaped with a multi-sided rear surface and a substantially V-shaped front opening. The substantially V-shaped opening serves as the gripping surface.

Abstract: A pole-type member support device and method may be utilized to support, among other things, Christmas trees. A molded receptacle body has a multi-sided opening therein, to receive the pole-type member. The pole-type member is secured in position by a moveable support member, which may be a threaded shaft, which is inserted through the receptacle body and which extends into the interior of the opening, so that it may contact the pole-type member. In one embodiment, the threaded shaft has a handle, to facilitate turning thereof.

Abstract: A equipment support for aircraft and the like comprises a base to which a lower link, an intermediate link, and a equipment platform are attached. The lower link rotates horizontally about the base. The intermediate link rotates horizontally about the end of the lower link and the equipment platform rotates horizontally about the end of the intermediate link. This arrangement gives the equipment platform the ability to assume an infinite number of lateral positions and 360 degrees of rotation. The equipment support is locked in position by means of locking pins that engage corresponding metering plates adjacent the support bearings. The locking pins are released by a common linkage that sequentially releases the equipment platform rotation lock then simultaneously releases the rotation locks of the intermediate and lower links.

Abstract: A rack has a first shelf and a second shelf disposed upwardly of said first shelf, and a display unit is placed on the first shelf and disposed between the first shelf and the second shelf. The display unit is fixed to the second shelf by a display unit fixture. The display unit fixture has a display unit fixing member fixed to said display unit, i.e., a first fixing member, and a second fixing member having a magnet which can be attracted to a lower surface of the second shelf. The second fixing member can removably be fixed selectively to a desired position on the lower surface of said second shelf. The first fixing member and said second fixing member are connected by shafts to respective opposite ends of a connector for rotation about the shafts and are also rotatable with respect to the connector within a plane or planes perpendicular to the display screen of the display unit and a horizontal plane.

Abstract: A cavity former (10) for forming one or more cavities in a concrete slab, includes a hollow body about which, during use of the former, poured concrete flows and subsequently cures to form a concrete slab in which the hollow body defines a cavity. A plurality of flanges (20, 21) projects from at least two sides of the body to define floors for respective channels adjacent the sides of the body. A plurality of supports (50, 51, 52 and 53) is integrated with and outstanding from the hollow body and/or flanges to support reinforcement mesh above the body and elongated slab reinforcement in the channels. Respective co-operable formations are disposed on the flanges and respective further sides of the body whereby respective pairs of the cavity formers may be located and relatively positioned together by the formations with one cavity former resting on a flange of the other, whereby to define the channels, which channels receive the poured concrete.

Abstract: A device 10 for forming concrete includes a first form 12 dimensioned to surround substantially one-half of a predetermined object 13, such as a vertical column 13, from a preselected distance; a second form 14 dimensioned to surround substantially one-half of the column 13 from substantially the same preselected distance; joining members 16 for detachably joining end portions 18 of the first and second forms 12 and 14; and securing members 20 for removably securing the first and second forms 12 and 14 to the column 13 after joining together the end portions 18 of the first and second forms 12 and 14 about the column 13. The joined first and second forms 12 and 14 remain substantially stationary as concrete is poured into the device 10; whereupon, the concrete ultimately hardens and the device is quickly removed and re-positioned about another vertical column 13.

Abstract: A bracing system and associated method is provided having a wall form with spatially disposed panels defining a cavity therebetween for receiving pourable building material and a substantially vertically disposed rail attached to one of the panels defining a continuous bearing surface. An anchor has a proximal end that is positionable along the bearing surface at a plurality of different elevations and is lockingly engageable to the rail at a selected elevation of the plurality of different elevations.

Abstract: This invention relates to fault detection in electrical circuits. The invention provides an input module for electrically isolating an input signal received via a field sensor to be transmitted to a plurality of processors, in which the input module comprises a plurality of optical coupler/controller circuits; and each optical coupler/controller comprises a light emitting diode drive sub-circuit driving a light emitting diode; and an input sub-circuit; and in which a sensor voltage representing said input signal and a supply voltage are connected to each input sub-circuit; and each of said light emitting diode drive sub-circuits are connected in series between the supply voltage and ground.

Abstract: Plural electronic or optical images are provided in a streak optical system, as for instance by use of plural slits instead of the conventional single slit, to obtain a third, fourth etc. dimension—rather than only the conventional two, namely range or time and azimuth. Such additional dimension or dimensions are thereby incorporated into the optical information that is to be streaked and thereby time resolved. The added dimensions may take any of an extremely broad range of forms, including wavelength, polarization state, or one or more spatial dimensions—or indeed virtually any optical parameter that can be impressed upon a probe beam. Resulting capabilities remarkably include several new forms of lidar spectroscopy, fluorescence analysis, polarimetry, spectropolarimetry, and combinations of these.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion sensor according to the invention comprises: a substrate; a plurality of organic photoelectric conversion pixel parts arranged on the substrate for converting incident light to an electric signal; a light transmissive substrate for transmitting incident light; an optical filter arranged on the light transmissive substrate for limiting the wavelength range of incident light to the plurality of organic photoelectric conversion pixel parts; and a support part for supporting the substrate and the light transmissive substrate in a state where the organic photoelectric conversion pixel parts are separated from the optical filter.

Abstract: An image sensor includes at least one photoelectric conversion area on a semiconductor substrate, a color filter over the photoelectric conversion area, and an apochromatic microlens over the color filter.

Abstract: A displacement sensor which detects a positional displacement of a movable member, comprises a position signal generating section configured to generate a periodical signal in accordance with movement of the movable member, a generating section of a signal for detecting a reference position, configured to generate the signal for detecting the reference position, when the movable member is in a predetermined position, a reference position detection circuit configured to detect that the movable member is in a reference position based on the signal for detecting the reference position, generated by the generating section of the signal for detecting the reference position, in synchronization with the periodical signal generated by the position signal generating section, and a selecting section configured to be capable of selecting a phase position to be synchronized from a plurality of phase positions on the periodical signal in the synchronization in the reference position detection circuit.

Abstract: A single interconnection unit provides all of the signal connections required to operate a group of PMTs and to transmit signals therefrom to acquisition electronics exterior to an enclosure for the PMTs in a nuclear scanner. In a preferred embodiment, the interconnection unit provides a shielded differential pair connection for RF signals; power supply connections for the PMTs, providing all of the voltages required to operate PMTs and the associated circuits, as well as connections for those signals and appropriate ground planes. Preferably, interconnection unit comprises a flex circuit with end connectors designed to connect to a power supply unit and an acquisition unit remote from the PMTs.

Abstract: In a method of reading out energy stored in a CsBr:Eu stimulable phosphor plate, having been exposed to high energy radiation, said method is performed in two steps: a first read-out step while irradiating said phosphor plate with stimulating energy from an infrared radiation stimulation source, followed by a second read-out step, wherein said second read-out step proceeds while providing stimulation radiation having a higher energy than stimulation radiation energy provided during said first read-out step.

Abstract: A process for isolating a carbon fraction representative of the carbon contained in a specimen of a condensed phase carbonaceous composition. The carbon fraction is isolated in the form of a carbon oxide gas that may be introduced into a mass spectrometer for determining the proportion of the carbon isotope content of the composition that is constituted by 13C. A novel apparatus is provided which is useful in conducting the process.

Abstract: A quadrupole ion trap includes a switch 3 for switching a trapping voltage between discrete voltage levels VH, VL. This creates a digital trapping field for trapping precursor ions and product ions in a trapping region of the ion trap. A gating voltage is applied to a gate electrode 12 to control injection of source electrons into the ion trap. Application of the gating voltage is synchronised with the switching so that electrons are injected into the trapping region while the trapping voltage is at a selected one of the voltage levels and can reach the trapping region with a kinetic energy suitable for electron capture dissociation to take place.

Abstract: A tandem linear ion trap and time-of-flight mass spectrometer, where the ion trap has a straight central axis orthogonal to the flight path of the mass spectrometer. The ion trap comprises a set of electrodes, (401, 403, 402, 404) at least one of the electrodes has a slit for ejecting ions towards the mass spectrometer; a set of DC voltage supplies (+V, ?V, V1, V2) to provide discrete DC levels and a number of fast electronic switches (409) for connecting/disconnecting the DC supplies to at least two of the electrodes; a neutral gas filling the ion trap and a digital controller to provide a switching procedure of ion trapping, manipulation with ions, cooling and including a state at which all ions are ejected from the ion trap towards the mass spectrometer.

Abstract: In a scanning electron microscope, a reflection plate at ground potential is provided in a specimen chamber and backscattering electrons given off from a specimen impinge on the reflection plate to generate subsidiary electrons. An electric field supply electrode applied with a positive voltage of +100 to +500V is arranged in a gap defined by the reflection plate and a specimen stage. A first detection electrode is arranged to detect ion current attributable to backscattering electrons and a second detection electrode is arranged to detect current representative of coexistence of ion currents attributable to secondary electron and backscattering electron. The scanning electron microscope constructed as above can achieve simultaneous separation/detection of secondary electron and backscattering electron.

Abstract: An inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer comprises a control device 70 for collectively controlling each of the following factors: the amount of liquid drops in the aerosol that is to be supplied to a plasma torch 20, the flow rate of carrier gases 76A and 76B in this aerosol, the RF output of a high-frequency power source 80, and the distance Z between plasma torch 20 and sampling interface 15 and 16.

Abstract: The inventive apparatus measures workfunction values using deflection of an electron beam without direct contact of the electron beam with the sample surface. The apparatus, mounted within a vacuum chamber, includes an electron gun, a position sensitive electron detector, and a sample. The sample is located such that an electron beam emanating from the gun can approach the surface and then be deflected into the position sensitive electron detector. Workfunction values are then derived from a measured deflected-electron position distribution.

Abstract: A cavity thermal detector assembly is presented that allows both tunable narrowband and broadband operation. This allows for high light efficiency, low thermal time constant, and flexibility in designing the optical path. The thermal detector/filter layers are part of the top mirror or mirrors of a Gires-Tournois-type optical cavity and provide absorption and reflection that can be adjusted to the desired width and position of the detected band. Tuning, if desired, can be achieved by applying micromechanical methods. Broadband operation may be achieved by bringing the sensor close to the bottom mirror. In this mode, the sensor or its supports may or may not touch over a small area.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid-state image sensing device that converts long-wavelength light represented by the terahertz band into electric signals without being affected by the fluctuation of radiated heat, and outputs the signals mainly as picture signals; a method for manufacturing the same, and an imaging system. The cell unit has an antenna to generate electrical signals by receiving incident electric waves, an electrical resistor electrically connected to the antenna, and to vary the temperature of the cell unit by generating Joule heat corresponding to the electrical signals, and a thermoelectric conversion element electrically connected to the support structure portion, electrically insulated from the antenna and the electrical resistor, and thermally connected to the electrical resistor, to generate electrical signals by detecting the temperature variation of the cell unit; and the side of the incident electric waves in the cell unit is formed of a material to reflect infrared lights.

Abstract: A compact and long path-length sample cell that is a hollow waveguide with a plurality of bends that are collectively greater than 180 degrees in three dimensions, a focusing device for quasi-focusing radiation into a beam with an angle of incidence between greater than approximately 0° and approximately 10° relative to a longitudinal axis of a first linear segment of the waveguide proximate a source of infrared radiation and a second focusing device for focusing infrared radiation after it has traveled through substantially all of the waveguide as it approaches a detector chamber. The sample cell can be used with two or more detectors to detect the concentrations of one or more gasses, to levels less than 100 ppm, after correction for water vapor.

Abstract: A first protective layer is formed on the surface of a photoelectric conversion substrate on which photoelectric transducers have been provided, and then, a scintillator layer is formed thereon, whereby degradation of the photoelectric transducers due to the contact with the scintillator layer is prevented. A second protective layer covering the surface of the scintillator is formed. A peripheral part of the first protective layer is allowed to be in close contact with a peripheral part of the second protective layer to seal the scintillator layer between the first protective layer and the second protective layer, whereby degradation of the scintillator layer due to the moisture in the atmospheric air is prevented.

Abstract: A patient on a bed is positioned within an imaging space defined by a view field of a signal detector for collecting imaging signals to be reconstructed into the images by using signal processing. The patient positioning system uses a nuclear detection device having a mechanism for generating nuclear radiation and detecting mechanism for detecting an incident nuclear radiation. The proximity units are comprised of modulated LED light sources emitting a carrier modulated light beam and a photo receiver. An analog/digital converter is used for receiving signals output by the photo receiver while a bandpass filter is used for selectively passing the carrier modulated light beam. A detector determines the presence or absence of the carrier modulated light beam. The absence or presence of the carrier modulated light beam determines the position of the patient.

Abstract: A processing method for selectively reducing or removing the region to be exposed with energy ray in a film formed on a substrate, comprising relatively scanning a first exposure light whose shape on the substrate is smaller than the whole first region to be exposed against the whole first region to be exposed to selectively remove or reduce the first region to be exposed, and exposing a whole second region to be exposed inside the whole first region to be exposed with a second exposure light to selectively expose the whole second region to be exposed.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a radiation flat panel detector in which degradation of a phosphor layer property during aging is inhibited, the phosphor layer is protected from chemical alteration and physical impact, and sharpness is excellent. Also disclosed is a flat panel detector possessing a light-receiving element and provided thereon, a scintillator panel possessing a scintillator sheet having a phosphor layer provided on a substrate and provided thereon, a first protective film placed on the phosphor layer side and a second protective film placed on the substrate side to seal the scintillator sheet, wherein the light-receiving element is provided on the first protective film side of the scintillator panel; and the scintillator sheet is sealed at 5-8000 Pa.

Abstract: An illumination condenser for a particle optics projection system is disclosed. The illumination condenser is formed of a magnetic lens comprising a plurality of gaps. The magnetic lens is formed of a sequence of a plurality of partial lenses.

Abstract: A microfabricated electron phase shift element is used for modifying the phase characteristics of an electron beam passing though its center aperture, while not affecting the more divergent portion of an incident beam to selectively provide a ninety-degree phase shift to the unscattered beam in the back focal plan of the objective lens, in order to realize Zernike-type, in-focus phase contrast in an electron microscope. One application of the element is to increase the contrast of an electron microscope for viewing weakly scattering samples while in focus. Typical weakly scattering samples include biological samples such as macromolecules, or perhaps cells. Preliminary experimental images demonstrate that these devices do apply a ninety degree phase shift as expected.

Abstract: A particle detector for detecting a particle beam includes a negatively charged electrode plate having a first side facing the particle beam, a second side opposite to the first side, and a through-hole extending from the first side to the second side for receiving the particle beam. A detection device adjacent to the second side of the electrode plate detects signals corresponding to the particle beam approaching the through-hole.

Abstract: An electric field lens includes an entrance electrode, an intermediate electrode, and an exit electrode that are arranged in a traveling direction of ion beams. The intermediate electrode is maintained in a positive potential, and the entrance electrode and the exit electrode are maintained in a ground potential. In addition, the electric field lens includes a first control electrode and a second control electrode that are disposed between the entrance electrode and the intermediate electrode and between the intermediate electrode and the exit electrode, respectively and maintained in a negative potential.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a radiation image storage phosphor plate, comprising in its phosphor layer a storage phosphor of the type having an alkali metal halide salt as a main component and a lanthanide as a dopant, the plate after having been manufactured is uniformly exposed, i.e., exposed with a constant intensity and with a homogeneous energy distribution over its whole surface area, in order to absorb an X-ray dose in the range from 1 to 10 Gy.