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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5654764 | Data separating circuit The present invention discloses a data separating circuit for separating digital data contained in a video signal. This invention uses a digital circuit formation rather than an analog circuit formation, in order to stabilize a slicing level. Such stabili... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5645979 | Heat-resistant photoresist composition and negative-type pattern formation method A heat-resistant negative-working photoresist composition comprising a resin component having a carbodiimide unit in the molecule, and a compound capable of inducing a basic compound by irradiation with actinic rays. The photosensitive layer formed by the... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5645339 | Vehicle headlamp construction for a well defined lower beam pattern A vehicular headlamp has a reflector which is so optically designed as to provide, by reflecting light from a light source, a basic beam pattern of approximately semicircular shape wholly disposed below the horizon, with a top edge cutoff extending horizo... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5638233 | Magnetic disk drive motor having a fixed shaft with circumferential grooves for integrating the bearing therewith and having a disc abutting the outer ring of the bearing A magnetic disc drive motor contains a frame; a fixed shaft mounted on the frame and provided with two circumferential grooves; a bearing member including: a plurality of balls disposed in the circumferential grooves; upper and lower roller rings mounted ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5637446 | Silver halide emulsion and photographic material having the same Disclosed are a silver halide emulsion comprising tabular, silver chloride-containing grains each having a major face of (100), having an aspect ratio of 2 or more and having a region having the highest Br content rate inside of the grain, and also a silv... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5636197 | Feedback servo for beam power control, tracking control and focus control in an optical disk recording system A beam power control apparatus comprising a beam generator for emitting a recording beam, a detector for detecting the light intensity of the recording beam and generating the corresponding detection signal, a sample pulse generator to generate a sample p... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5636054 | Regulated optical amplifier having an optical circulator An optical amplifier of the type including an inlet for a light signal to be amplified and an outlet for an amplified light signal that has been amplified by means of an amplifying waveguide that is controlled by regulation light coming from a pumping dio... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634705 | Structure of bulb mounting piece for vehicular lamp A bulb mounting structure for a vehicular lamp having a reflector in which a bulb insertion hole is formed, the structure including a mounting piece for holding a bulb inserted into the bulb insertion hole, the mounting piece comprising a body having a di... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5632200 | Stencil discarding apparatus and process accommodating different length stencils A stencil-making-type printing machine in which, even if rotary cylindrical drums having printing regions of different sizes are frequently used while being replaced with one another, the machine accurately detects when a used-stencil accommodating box is... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5624889 | Lubricating grease composition A lubricating grease composition includes a grease containing a base oil and a thickening agent consisting of a mixture of tricalcium phosphate represented by the formula Ca3 (PO4)2 and a urea compound and, incorporated as addi... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5619427 | Color conversion method and color conversion table generating apparatus A plurality of color patches whose colors differ stepwise are colorimetrically analyzed to determining a relationship between color signals and stimulus signals. A method of least squares is applied to the determined relationship to determine a relationsh... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617625 | Method for assembling photographic film cassette A method and an apparatus for assembling photographic film cassettes each comprising a spool assembly and a pair of shell halves. A plurality of pallets are stepwise conveyed on a pallet conveyer. Each pallet has a spool holder, an intermediate holder and... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617002 | Method of and apparatus for charging nonaqueous electrolytic battery A charging method of and a charging apparatus for charging a nonaqueous electrolytic battery such as a lithium primary battery including a positive pole active material, negative pole active material of a lightweight metal and nonaqueous electrolyte. The ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5614287 | Magneto-optical recording medium comprising a specified substrate The reproduction characteristics, particularly the C/N ratio of a reproduced signal of an optical recording medium are deteriorated by an unevenness or deformation of an optical recording layer due to a convex or concave configuration of underlying guide ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5614145 | Method and apparatus for forming an article of pet material A method and apparatus for forming an article from a sheet of PET material of thickness greater than 1 mm comprises heating the PET sheet to a preforming temperature of approximately 110° C. by heaters, and then forming the sheet onto a heated vacuum mol... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5597692 | Hybridization histochemistry method for determining the presence and location in animal or plant tissue of RNA A method for determining the presence and location in animal or plant tissue of a specific polynucleotide population comprising: (a) preparing a section of the tissue to be examined; (b) contacting the tissue section under hybridization conditions with a ... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5596009 | Fused benzeneoxyacetic acid derivatives A fused benzeneoxyacetic acid derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## A is --COW, --NR4 --Y or --Z--NR4 --CONR2 R3 ; and salts thereof possess an agonistic on PGI2 receptor, so it is useful for p... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5595090 | Planet gear type torque transmission device In a planet gear type torque transmission device, the internal teeth of an internal gear integrally formed by resin molding are arranged regularly for the ribs for coupling the inner periphery and the outer periphery of the gear. Thus, the mold can also b... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5583154 | Method for enhancing hair growth A composition for enhancing hair growth which comprises a compound represented by the following formula (I) as an active ingredient: ##STR1## wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alky... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5581457 | Control device for sewing machine and control method therefor A control device for use in a sewing machine and a control method in which the memory contents of a memory element are read when a servo microcomputer generates an interrupt. The control device also changes sewing data by specifying a rewriting format whe... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5571638 | Lithium secondary battery Provided is a lithium secondary battery excellent in initial charge/discharge characteristics and high in capacity comprising lithium-rechargeable cathode and anode and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein at least one of the cathode and the anode contains o... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5569773 | Process for producing a composition comprising epoxy compounds having hydroxyl group The present invention provides a composition represented by the formula ##STR1## (wherein x is an integer of 3 to 7, y is an integer of 0 to 50, and Ra and Rb are H, methyl group, or propyl group and each of the Ra an... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5568410 | Method and apparatus for determining the amount of leading zeros or ones in a binary data field A high speed apparatus and method for determining the number of leading zeros or ones in a binary data field, in particular, a fixed-sized field, and further, indicating whether all of the bits of the binary data field are zero or one, is provided. The ap... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5564953 | Divided-type multi-pole connector A plurality of kinds of multi-pole sub-connectors are provided with retaining means for retaining them on a frame, and provisionally-retaining projections. If an erroneous insertion is not encountered, the multi-pole sub-connectors are fitted in the frame... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5555181 | Method of positioning image frame and photographic film carrier A method is provided for positioning an image frame recorded on a photographic film at a predetermined position for printing process. In the method, an image frame edge is detected depending on a quantity of transmitted light passing through the photograp... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5518274 | Index card A index card 20 is provided so that a third narrow part 25, a first narrow part 21 and a first wide part 22 overlap a second wide part 23, a second narrow part 24 and a third narrow part 26 respectively when folding is conducted with a border line between... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5502684 | Semiconductor memory having high speed and low power data read/write circuit A semiconductor memory, particularly a sychronous DRAM which includes a bus driving circuit driving read/write buses to first and second potentials in a write operation, a data amplifier driving the read/write buses to third and fourth potentials in a rea... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5408296 | Color proof making apparatus A color proof making apparatus for making a color proof for forming a color image having a dye image by exposing an ultraviolet light-sensitive material to ultraviolet light through an image original, and by heating the exposed material. The apparatus inc... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5404656 | Method of controlling drying air temperature of photosensitive material drying apparatus A method of controlling the temperature of drying air in a photosensitive material drying apparatus for drying the photosensitive material processed by processing solutions. The method comprises the steps of: calculating an environmental absolute humidity... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5402409 | Optical recording apparatus and method for adding information in a sub-scanning direction and for deflecting a light beam to an optimum sub-scanning recording position A method of optically recording original information supplied from information generating device on an optical recording material in an optical recording apparatus, comprising the steps of: generating, from the original information, interpolating informat... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5399476 | Silver halide photographic emulsion and method of preparing the same A silver halide photographic emulsion comprises silver halide grains to which an iridium compound was added during a preparation process. At least 5% by number of said silver halide grains have at least one intrafacial epitaxy limited in the neighborhood ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5396521 | Receiver capable of reducing power consumption in a PLL circuit In a receiver for use in demodulating a modulated wave modulated by a digital data signal arranged within a preselected channel to produce a reproduced data signal by the use of a local frequency signal of a local frequency, a VCO and a PLL circuit are in... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5392905 | Hinge-lid pack, especially for cigarettes In hinge-lid packs comprising a pack part (12) and a lid (13) hinged to a pack rear panel (15) it is difficult to ensure a precise closed position of the lid (13). This is particularly the case in hinge-lid packs with rounded longitudinal edges (10, 11). ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5388856 | Automatic transmission control device An automatic transmission control device which is provided with shift pattern setting member for setting a shift pattern, on the basis of shift pattern mode for an automatic transmission which is selected by shift pattern mode selecting member and also on... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5365308 | Paper mask unit for photographic printer A paper mask unit for setting a paper mask in an exposure station of a photographic printer. A mask frame of the paper mask unit has a paper guide member which is movable in a direction transverse to a paper transporting direction between a paper guide po... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5361220 | Discrete cosine transformation with reduced components A discrete cosine transformation processor includes first and second one-dimensional discrete cosine transformation circuits, a pre-processing circuit connected to the input of the one-dimensional discrete cosine processing circuit, and a post-processing ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359591 | Optical disc having information pits in form of plurality of fragments arranged in symmetrical pattern An optical disc has an information recording surface on which information is recorded, the information being read out and reproduced by irradiating a laser light having predetermined wavelength under the condition of a predetermined numerical aperture and... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5325695 | Device for manufacturing lubricant supply grooves in fluid bearings A system for manufacturing lubricant supply grooves in a fluid bearing, in which a worn working body can be replaced. A through-hole is formed in the tool body so as to receive the working body, and a working portion is formed having a predetermined curva... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5316736 | Apparatus for reacting a gas and a particulate material in an enclosure, and method for operating said apparatus The reactor includes: a lower zone (I) having a fast circulation fluidized bed; a zone having a dense fluidized bed (13) and located adjacent to the top of the lower zone, being separated therefrom by a dividing wall, the top layer of the dense bed receiv... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5310376 | Toy that can be assembled independently by a child A toy that can be assembled by a child. At least one first block element consisting of a rod made of a flexible material including a fitting terminal at one end or opposite ends thereof is provided. The fitting terminal has at least one fitting projection... | 05/10/1994 |
