摘要:
A method of treating a metal alkoxide solution to form metal oxide prepolymer molecules therein is characterized by irradiating the solution with light energy having a wavelength selected to break the metal-alkoxy group bond in said metal alkoxide, thereby to form the metal oxide prepolymer molecules in the solution. The prepolymer is converted into polymeric metal oxide gel. The stoichiometry of the oxide is high. A gel of carbon content below 4 atomic % can be achieved by the step of decarbonizing the gel, preferably using light to produce ozone.
摘要:
A wire laying apparatus comprising a first carrier member, a second carrier member having one end connected to the first carrier member, a communication wire disposed within the second carrier member, and a compressor connected to and supplying a fluid under pressure to a second end of the second carrier member through which the fluid supplied by the compressors serves to move the communication wire from the second carrier member to the first carrier member. The wire laying apparatus may be restructured to serve as a wire collecting apparatus.
摘要:
In a CT (computerized tomographic) scanning apparatus, a biological body under medical examination is scanned to acquire image data on the scanned body, whereby a computerized tomographic image of the scanned body is reconstructed by processing the acquired image data. The CT scanning apparatus comprises: an AC/DC converting unit for converting AC (alternating current) power supplied from a commercial power source into first DC (direct current) power; a peak power consumption unit for consuming peak power during a scanning operation; and a secondary battery unit rechargeable by the first DC power supplied from the AC/DC converting unit and capable of supplying second DC power to the peak power consumption unit during at least the scanning operation.
摘要:
An optical fiber cable employs a tension member and coated optical fibers having a tightly adhering layer which is made of a liquid-crystal polymer having a linear expansion coefficient of from -15.times.10.sup.-6 to -5.times.10.sup.-6 (1/.degree. C.), and these coated optical fibers are confined in a space in the cable with an allowance in length of 0.5%. The coated optical fibers are confined in loose tubes or in slots formed in a linear spacer.
摘要:
A steering control system for a self-propelled working vehicle having steerable front and rear wheels. The control system comprises sensors for detecting a directional or orientation error and a sideways error of the vehicle relative to a reference line or lines extending in a vehicle running direction, and a control unit for steering the vehicle in response to signals received from the sensors. The control unit is capable of steering the vehicle in a turn steering mode for turning the front and rear wheels to the same steering angle in opposite directions and a parallel steering mode for turning the front and rear wheels to the same steering angle in the same direction. When the directional error and the sideways error take place simultaneously, the control unit determines directions and angles for turning the front and rear wheels to correct the two errors simultaneously.
摘要:
A high frequency link power converter apparatus includes a power source, a circulating current type AC-AC converter having an output terminal connected to the power source, a high frequency phase-advancing capacitor connected to an input terminal of the AC-AC converter, a phase controller for controlling a firing phase of the AC-AC converter, an external oscillator for supplying phase reference signals to the phase controller, a first circuit for controlling a crest value of voltages applied to the phase-advancing capacitor, a second circuit for detecting a phase difference between the reference signals and the voltages applied to the phase-advancing capacitor, and a third circuit for controlling the phase difference, so that the magnitude of the phase difference becomes substantially zero.
摘要:
A method for producing a glass preform for an optical fiber comprising forming a fine glass particle mass by flame hydrolysis of a glass raw material, dehydrating the fine glass particle mass in an oxygen atmosphere containing chlorine or a chlorine-containing compound at such temperature that the soot preform is not considerably shrunk and heating the soot preform at a temperature at which the soot preform is sintered and made transparent, the glass preform produced by which method contains less hydroxyl groups, structural defects and an optical fiber fabricated from said glass preform has stable light transmission characteristics for a long time.
摘要:
An apparatus according to this invention includes a DC power source, a DC-AC power converter having an output terminal coupled to the DC power source via a DC reactor, a high-frequency, phase-advanced capacitor coupled to an input terminal of the DC-AC power converter, a circulating current type cycloconverter having an input terminal coupled to the phase-advanced capacitor, and an AC motor coupled to the output terminal of the cycloconverter. In this apparatus, a current supplied from the DC power source is controlled by the DC-AC power converter, so that a crest value of a voltage applied to the phase-advanced capacitor is substantially constant. The cycloconverter controls to supply a sine wave current of a variable frequency (0 to several hundred Hz) to the AC motor.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory for writing or reading data words in response to prescribed bank address data and bit address data, each word having a prescribed amount of bits, is described. The memory includes a memory array for storing the data words. The memory array includes at least two memory banks adjacent to one another, each bank having a bit area corresponding to the prescribed amount of bits, buffer memory for temporarily storing the data word for writing into the memory array or the data word read from the memory array, a first source for applying the bank address data to the memory array to access the memory banks, a second source for applying the bit address data to the memory banks to access prescribed bit locations of the memory banks, and logic circuitry responsive to the bit address data for cyclically shifting the data word stored in the buffer memory by an amount corresponding to the value of the received bit address data.
摘要:
A rotary anode type X-ray apparatus includes an arithmetic unit for calculating the optimum number of revolutions of the anode, on the basis of the previously measured and stored temperature-characteristic data of the X-ray tube, at least one of the tube voltages applied to the X-ray tube, the X-ray radiation time, and the tube current. According to frequency of revolution data derived from the arithmetic unit, the motor controller drives the motor to rotate the rotary anode at an appropriate number of revolutions. This number is determined by the X-ray tube drive conditions, including the tube current.