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Patent EP-0445474-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHEFFEE ROBERT S
IPC: B60R21/26
Filed: 1990-12-31
Abstract: A gas-generating composition of matter which burns to produce a non-toxic, non-corrosive, non-flammable combustion product. The composition comprises:
     A. plasticized polyvinyl chloride fuel binder; and   B. certain inorganic oxidizer salts; and   C. lithium carbonate;   
     The oxidizer is present in an amount at least sufficient to convert all available carbon to carbon dioxide and to convert all available hydrogen to water and to fully oxidize all available alkaline earth metals. 
     The lithium carbonate is present in an amount at least sufficient to convert all available halogen to lithium halide. 
     The composition is useful to generate gas in a vehicle occupant restraint system.
Patent EP-0448931-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ITO YUJI C O CANON KABUSHIKI K
IPC: G01N15/14
Filed: 1991-01-22
Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for measuring a specimen by the use of fluorescence light which has the step of dyeing the specimen with a fluorescence dye, the step of applying light to the dyed specimen and exciting the fluorescence dye, and the step of detecting fluorescence light from the excited specimen within a period which does not substantially overlap with the period of the application, and which can accurately detect the excited desired fluorescence light.
Patent EP-0446908-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FORREST STEPHEN R
IPC: H04B10/27
Filed: 1991-03-14
Abstract: A high speed opto-electronic crossbar switch (10) is disclosed. The crossbar switch (10) is disposed to selectively connect signals carried by first and second input optical beams to an output node (42). The switch (10) includes a selectively actuatable photodetector network (22) for converting the signals carried by the first and second input beams to electrical output signals, and for impressing these output signals upon the output node (42). The photodetector network (22) has a first photodetector (30) in optical alignment with the first input beam, and a second photodetector (32) in optical alignment with the second input beam. The crossbar switch (10) further includes a multiplexer (26) for actuating the first and second photodetectors (30, 32) in response to a control signal. The switch (10) also includes a laser diode circuit (24) for illuminating the first and second photodetectors (30, 32) in response to the control signal.
Patent EP-0456095-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DVORKIS PAUL
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 1991-04-30
Abstract: High speed scanning arrangements in scanners for reading bar code symbols by oscillating a scanner component in single or multi-axis scan patterns.
Patent EP-0473108-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ISHII TAKAYUKI
IPC: A61K31/7012
Filed: 1991-08-27
Abstract: A preparation for treating renal disease, such as nephiritis, which comprises, an effective amount of N-acetylneuraminic acid shown by the formula:
     wherein, when n is 1, Z represents hydrogen, lithium, potassium, sodium, ammonium or oraganic ammonium, and, when n is 2, Z represents calcium, barium or magnesium; and, a pharmacologically acceptable carrier.
Patent EP-0477847-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KADOWAKI SHINICHI
IPC: G11B7/131
Filed: 1991-09-24
Abstract: A light source emits a light beam. A focusing optical system focuses the light beam on an information recording medium. First and second strip-shape photodetectors approximately extend on a common plane. First and second return light beams are generated on the basis of a light beam reflected and diffracted back from the medium. The return light beams have different focal points. Centers of the return light beams are received by the photodetectors respectively. The focal points of the first and second return light beams lie at a front side and a rear side of light-receiving surfaces of the first and second photodetectors respectively when sizes of the return light beams on the light-receiving surfaces of the photodetectors are equal. A focusing-error signal is generated in response to a difference between output signals from the first and second photodetectors. The first and second photodetectors extend approximately in parallel. The first and second photodetectors have approximately equal widths which agree with a value W x . A distance "d" between centers of the first and second return light beams on the first and second photodetectors is equal to or smaller than a sum of a value D and the value W x  which is measured along a direction parallel to a line connecting the centers of the first and second return light beams. The value D is equal to diameters of the first and second return light beams on the first and second photodetectors when the diameters of the first and second return light beams on the first and second photodetectors are equal.
Patent EP-0481392-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KODAWA NORIAKI
IPC: H01L27/115
Filed: 1991-10-14
Abstract: A semiconductor non-volatile memory device with a memory cell has a memory transistor (17) formed on a semiconductor substrate (1) and a select transistor (19) composed of a thin film transistor provided on an upper surface of the memory transistor and connected in series with the memory transistor. The space occupied by the memory cell is that of one transistor whereby the size of the overall memory cell can be made smaller.
Patent EP-0425480-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KASAI MASANORI
IPC: E06B9/06
Filed: 1987-10-06
Abstract: In a shutter equipment (1) having a shutter (4) for opening and closing an opening portion such as a building entrance, window or the like the shutter (4) being composed of plural slats (5) positioned in a vertically adjacent relation when the shutter (4) is closed, the slats (5) being wound up and pulled down continuously to stow the slats (5) and close the opening portion, respectively; a slat opening/closing mechanism substantially composed of vertical guide rails (3) disposed vertically on both sides of the opening portion; a box (2) positioned on top of the vertical guide rails (3) to stow the slats (5) transversely in parallel in a vertically suspended state; a pair of right and left endless chains (20) which are movable from the vertical guide rails (3) into the slat stowing box (2) and to which are secured through shafts both end faces of the upper portion of each slat (5); a vertical slat drive mechanism (36) for winding up and pulling down the chains (20) to raise and lower the slats (5) in a suspended state from the vertical guide rails (3) toward the upper portion of the box (2) and reversely from the latter toward the former; sprockets (31,32) engaged with the chains (20) for controlling the extended state and bent state of the chains (20) smoothly in both the opening portion opening/closing state in which the slats (5) go up and down along the vertical guide rails (3) and the stowed state with the slats (5) stowed in parallel in the box (2); and a chain-sprocket disengaging mechanism (28) for disengaging the sprockets (31,32) and the chains (20) from each other.
Patent EP-0445958-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SUGIURA KAZUMASA C O SAWA WORK
IPC: B60R16/02
Filed: 1991-02-27
Abstract: An automobile integrated wiring system has a central control unit (10) adapted to act upon operator control instructions. The central control unit (10) is arranged to provide output signals over a transmission path (A) to a plurality of controllable peripheral devices (20, 30) each of the peripheral devices being arranged to perform a control function of the automobile. At least one of the peripheral devices (20) includes detecting means for detecting an abnormality in the central control unit (10) and means (1 - 4) adapted to accept operator control instructions over the transmission path when the central control unit (10) is detected to have an abnormality so that an appliance (7a - 8c) associated with the peripheral device may be operated by said peripheral device in the absence of instruction from the central control unit.
Patent EP-0453161-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MIYAZAWA TAKAO
IPC: G11B7/125
Filed: 1991-04-10
Abstract: The present invention provides optical recording apparatus having an optical head (101) with a semi-conductor laser as a light source. Data read means (102) generate data read signals obtained by monitoring recorded pits on an optical recording medium, and recording state detection means (103) detect the state of the recorded pits based on the data read signals and co-operate with optical output control means (104) so as to control the optical output of the light source at the time of information recording in dependence upon the state of the recorded pits.
Patent EP-0457547-A2 (EP)
Title: Information recognition apparatus and method
Inventor: UENO SHUGORO CANON KABUSHIKI K
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 1991-05-14
Abstract: An information recognition apparatus includes a first identification unit for performing first identification processing and a second identification unit for performing second identification processing, as units for identifying information. In this apparatus, the first identification unit and the second identification unit can perform identification processing in parallel.
Patent EP-0463978-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SITES RICHARD L
IPC: G06F12/10
Filed: 1991-06-28
Abstract: A high-performance CPU of the RISC (reduced instruction set) type employs a standardized, fixed instruction size, and permits only simplified memory access data width and addressing modes. The instruction set is limited to register-to-register operations and register load/store operations. Byte manipulation instructions, included to permit use of previously-established data structures, include the facility for doing in-register byte extract, insert and masking, along with non-aligned load and store instructions. The provision of load/locked and store/conditional instructions permits the implementation of atomic byte writes. By providing a conditional move instruction, many short branches can be eliminated altogether. A conditional move instruction tests a register and moves a second register to a third if the condition is met; this function can be substituted for short branches and thus maintain the sequentiality of the instruction stream. Performance can be speeded up by predicting the target of a branch and prefetching the new instruction based upon this prediction; a branch prediction rule is followed that requires all forward branches to be predicted not-taken and all backward branches (as is common for loops) to be predicted as taken. Another performance improvement makes use of unused bits in the standard-sized instruction to provide a hint of the expected target address for jump and jump to subroutine instructions or the like. The target can thus be prefetched before the actual address has been calculated and placed in a register. In addition, the unused displacement part of the jump instruction can contain a field to define the actual type of jump, i.e., jump, jump to subroutine, return from subroutine, and thus place a predicted target address in a stack to allow prefetching before the instruction has been executed. The processor can employ a variable memory page size, so that the entries in a translation buffer for implementing virtual addressing can be optimally used. A granularity hint is added to the page table entry to define the page size for this entry. An additional feature is the addition of a prefetch instruction which serves to move a block of data to a faster-access cache in the memory hierarchy before the data block is to be used.
Patent EP-0529181-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MACHI YOSHIO
IPC: G01N27/82
Filed: 1992-01-20
Abstract: A method for searching a reinforcing steel embedded in a reinforced concrete. The method is comprised of magnetizing the reinforcing steel in the concrete under the action of lines of magnetic force radiated from a direct or alternating current magnetic field. After completion of the magnetization of the reinforcing steel, the lines of magnetic force are sensed by the sensor coil of a reinforcing steel searching instrument thereby to detect the existence and condition of the reinforcing steel embedded in the concrete at a high sensitivity and precision.
Patent EP-0508295-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DO-THOI THA
IPC: C04B37/02
Filed: 1992-04-01
Abstract: A method for chemical or electrolytic application of a solder layer, consisting of copper and silver in a silver/copper overall composition of from 75:25 to 70:30 and a total layer thickness of from 15 to 100  mu m, to a metallised ceramic article is described. Copper layers and silver layers are here deposited alternately on the metallised ceramic article. The number of the layers is at least 3 and the individual layer thickness is 5 to 10  mu m.
Patent EP-0517036-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TASHIMA TOSHIHIRO C O OMRON CO
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 1992-05-20
Abstract: The invention involves a fuzzy inference development system which prepares, automatically, an inference engine module file and a knowledge (i.e., rules and membership functions) data file which are optimized for the system (the CPU or equivalent) which the user intends to use and for the knowledge established by the user. The user inputs the required specifications and knowledge data via a user interface. The characteristic parameters (number of rules, number of types of input and output variables, etc.) are extracted from the knowledge data. A number of inference engine modules are stored, prior to the use of the device, in an inference engine library. The inference engine module, which is both optimal for the required specifications which have been input and for the parameters which have been extracted, is selected from the modules in the library by means of a fuzzy inference performed in an inference engine selection unit. When the selected module has been compiled by compilers, it is outputted to the user.
Patent EP-0526859-A2 (EP)
Title: Adjustable fixing device for headlamp
Inventor: MOHSAKOWSKI KLAUS
IPC: B60Q1/04
Filed: 1992-08-01
Abstract: A U-shaped bar of the headlight, which bar is produced from plastic, can be fixed to its web, connecting the two legs, on the vehicle body and embraces with its legs a projection which is produced from plastic and connected rigidly to the headlight. In a through-opening of the projection, a metallic sheath is inserted whose end faces are constructed as convex, cap-shaped faces on which a concave face of a metallic plate rests. The faces of the metallic plates lying opposite the concave faces lie in a planar fashion on the inside of the legs of the U-shaped bar. A screw bolt is inserted with its shaft through openings of the legs, the openings of the annular plates and the through-opening of the metallic sheath. At the same time, the screw bolt rests with its head on an outer side of a leg whilst a nut which is screwed onto the screw bolt rests on the outer side of the other leg. The metallic plates are inserted in an opening of a receptacle component which is produced from plastic and which forms a protective housing surrounding the projection. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0529561-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FERSCHL MICHAEL STEPHAN
IPC: B41M5/26
Filed: 1992-08-24
Abstract: An imaging system comprising a source of light movable with respect to a writing element and projectable thereon to generate an image, a focusing means is provided for focusing a light source which generates a first beam of light of a wavelength selected to be actinic with respect to the writing element. At least a portion of the first beam of light is absorbed by the writing element. The apparatus comprises means to automatically supply donor sheets and receiver sheets independently to a writing platen or drum, and to selectively load and unload the donor sheets from superposition with the receiver sheet without disturbing the registration of the receiver sheet. Also included are components which contribute to the quality of the images generated, such as relatively inexpensive, low jitter transports and drives for the writing head and imaging drum.
Patent EP-0511717-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BOM PETRUS LEONARDUS JOSEF
IPC: A01G9/14
Filed: 1992-06-05
Abstract: The invention relates to a glasshouse (1) at least comprising a gutter edge (45) profile arranged on an edge (7)of a gutter (4) and provided with a groove (49) for receiving a transparent plate (19), for example a glass plate. 
     Much condensation is deposited against the cold glass plates in glasshouses. This condensation is often contaminated by spray agents or other contaminants. It may not therefore be released into ditches together with rain water, but must be collected separately and drained separately. It is important herein that it does not fall under the gutters at the same places onto the crop. 
     The invention has for its object to provide a glasshouse in which the condensation is properly collected in the vicinity of the gutter. For this purpose the glasshouse according to the invention has the feature that the gutter edge profile has a downward directed flow-off edge (46) which is disposed relative to the gutter such that this flow-off edge delivers the condensation collected by the gutter edge profile (45) from the transparent plate (19) to the outside of a top piece of the gutter (4), wherein this condensation is guided downward from this top piece along the outside of the gutter (4) for collection in a condensation gutter (12,103).
Patent EP-0503807-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MACY DAVID F
IPC: G01C19/5607
Filed: 1992-02-28
Abstract: Single ended tuning fork inertial sensor having a housing and a single ended tuning fork of a quartz-like material of a predetermined thickness, the tuning fork has first and second tines lying in a plane and having an axis of symmetry and has a body formed integral with said first and second tines. The body is rigidly secured to the housing. The tines have a rectangular cross section and have a width which is different from the thickness. The body has a stem formed therein which has a width less than that of the body. Drive electrodes are secured to the tines. An oscillatory frequency is supplied to the above drive electrodes to excite the tines in a drive mode and in the presence of an axial angular rate to cause the tines to operate in a pickup mode which is substantially separated in frequency from the drive mode.
Patent EP-0510890-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PEARCE DAVID ANTHONY
IPC: B02C17/16
Filed: 1992-04-16
Abstract: Apparatus for grinding particulate solid material in a substantially dry state, the apparatus comprising, means for introducing particulate solid material into a grinding chamber (4), a perforated base (8) of the grinding chamber (4) through which gas is introduced to provide an upward flow of gas passing through the particulate solid material and an impeller (42) rotating in the grinding chamber (4) to agitate the particulate solid material. The perforated base (8) has a central imperforate area (10) which causes the gas to pass preferentially through the region near the walls of the grinding chamber (4). In addition, a horizontal baffle plate (17) having a central opening (18) is positioned in the grinding chamber (4) at a height above the perforated base (8) which is not greater than one half of the transverse width of the grinding chamber (4). The horizontal baffle plate (17) is provided to prevent the bed of particulate solid material from extending upwards to an undesirable degree near the walls of the grinding chamber (4). The grinding apparatus may be used with advantage in surface treating an inorganic material.
Patent EP-0533484-A2 (EP)
Inventor: INOMATA MITSUGU
IPC: G03G15/01
Filed: 1992-09-18
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes first and second frames (1, 2) separable from each other, wherein the first and second frames constitutes a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; a process cartridge (4) detachably mountable to the main assembly, wherein the process cartridge contains an image bearing member (10) and at least one image forming device actable on the image bearing member; a developing unit (5) detachably mountable to the main assembly separately from the cartridge, the developing unit forming a developed image on the image bearing member; wherein the main assembly is seperable in a first mode in which the cartridge (4) and the developing unit are in either of the first frame or the second frame and in a second mode in which the cartridge (4) and the developing unit are in different ones of the first and second frames.
Patent EP-0775402-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BIXBY JOY P
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 1991-09-30
Abstract: L'invention décrit un procédé et un dispositif de communications de données permettant d'établir des communications dans un réseau de distribution hétérogène. Des gestionnaires de communications résident dans des environnements de traitements locaux et sont responsables de l'établissement d'une liaison entre les usagers finals locaux et le reste du réseau hétérogène. Chaque gestionnaire de communications reçoit des unités de distribution des usagers finals, différents niveaux de priorité et d'assurance étant attribués auxdites unités de distribution. Un gestionnaire de communications contigu est déterminé à l'intérieur de chaque gestionnaire de communications en fonction d'un trajet de communication de l'unité de distribution vers une destination. L'unité de distribution est alors conçue en fonction d'une superposition de protocole de réseau existant entre le gestionnaire de communications et le gestionnaire de communications contigu et les unités de ditribution sont transmises en fonction de leur priorité. Chaque gestionnaire de communications peut posséder quelque nombre que ce soit de gestionnaires de communications contigus qui communiquent chacun par l'intermédiaire de superpositions de protocole de réseau différentes. L'invention décrit également une répartition des charges parmi un complexe de processeurs partageant des fonctions communes, ainsi que la commande du flot d'informations entre des gestionnaires de communications contigus.
Patent EP-0580119-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MIYAGAWA TAKAYOSHI
IPC: G06Q50/00
Filed: 1993-07-20
Abstract: An election terminal apparatus includes an integral-type display/input unit (2) constituted by a liquid crystal display unit (6) and a tablet unit (5) for input data. The display unit (6) displays a first screen including icons corresponding to candidates. A voter operates the tablet unit (5) to designate a candidate for whom he/she wants to vote. The election terminal apparatus discriminates the candidate designated by the voter, and causes the liquid crystal display unit (6) to display an image for allowing the voter to input the candidate name or the like with handwriting. When the voter handwrites the candidate name or the like on the table unit (5), the election terminal apparatus performs character recognition with respect the handwritten pattern. When a candidate specified by the recognized characters coincides with the candidate designated first, the election terminal apparatus increments the vote count of the candidate by one.
Patent EP-0600348-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MURRAY STEPHEN S
IPC: G11B21/21
Filed: 1993-11-23
Abstract: The air bearing surface (ABS) of a head slider is formed with configured rails (48, 50, 58) and leading edge tapers (40, 42). In implementations of the invention, two side rails (48, 50) extend only partially from leading edge tapers to the slider trailing edge. The inner edges of each side rail (48, 50) are formed with at least two opposing angles so that at least two rail sections vary in width along the length of the rail. Each side rail (48, 50) is shaped with an oblique angle to reduce the rail width and a reverse angle to form the sections of differing widths. The leading edge side tapers may be angled for control of pitch stiffness of the slider. In one embodiment of the invention, a third center rail (58) extends from a center taper (56) to the slider trailing edge where the transducer (61) is located. In another embodiment, a short center pad is provided at the trailing edge. In an alternative design, only two side rails are used without a center rail or pad. The ABS geometries disclosed herein include angled rail sections that provide controlled pitch and constant flying height during transducing operation in a disk drive.