A clamping circuit disclosed herein has two modes of operation which include both a bottom level and mid-level clamping mode for clamping automatically onto the sync tip of a video signal and customizably clamping onto the front porch, back porch/pedestal or anywhere within the signal. The clamping circuit (400) includes a clamping capacitor (404) that couples to an automatic clamping circuit portion (405) to automatically clamp the synchronization pulse of the video input signal to a first pred...

An electric lamp includes a light-transmitting lamp vessel which accommodates a light source. At least a part of the lamp vessel is provided with a light-absorbing coating which has stabilized pigments that are incorporated in a sol-gel matrix. Aminosilane is included in order to stabilize the pigments.

Methods and apparatus for sizing watermelons by weight in which a conveyor belt carries watermelons from a loading station to a weigh station and finally to a discharge station where they are directed to one of several bins depending on their weight.

There are provided an electronic component for high frequency power amplification provided with a high-sensitivity output power detection circuit which is immune to the influence of changes in the use environment thereof, free of an output mismatch, small in size, and low in insertion loss and a wireless communication system using the electronic component. There are provided an output detection transistor which receives, at a control terminal, a voltage extracted from the intermediate node of an...

A motor has a hollow-cylindrical shaped rotary shaft provided with a hollow therein and is mounted on a PCB having an LED as light source. Light emitted from the LED passes through the hollow from one end of the rotary shaft to the other end, and irradiates an indicating needle attached to the other end of the rotary shaft.

A protective layer transfer sheet comprising a thermally transferable protective layer releasably provided on a substrate sheet is provided which, when a protective layer is formed by thermal transfer onto an image-receiving sheet with an image formed thereon, can prevent carrying troubles, such as meandering or cockling, within a printer. In a protective layer transfer sheet 10 comprising a substrate sheet 1, a heat-resistant slip layer 3 provided on one side of the substrate sheet 1, and a the...

In a method for displaying an image: a polarization inversion pattern is produced in a ferroelectric member in accordance with image information so as to produce a surface charge pattern corresponding to the polarization inversion pattern; and an image contrast is produced in a contrast production member by the influence of the surface charge pattern, where the contrast production member is joined to the ferroelectric member. The polarization inversion pattern may be produced by heating the ferr...

A stapler apparatus includes right and left side frames each opposing the other, a reciprocally moving staple driving member arranged between the side frames, a cam member interlocked to the staple driving member to reciprocally move the staple driving member and a drive motor interlocked to the cam member. The drive motor, the cam member and the staple driving member are arranged in order between the left and right frames.

A new and improved tool kit and method of using the tool kit for use in making a substantially perpendicular indented surface around an existing threaded bolt hole in a workpiece is disclosed. The kit comprises a guide rod and a grinder drill bit. The guide rod has a threaded distal end that is able to be threadedly fitted within the threaded bolt hole of the workpiece. The guide rod also has a cylindrical proximate end which has a first diameter. The grinder drill bit has a shank adapted to be ...

Apparatus and a method are provided for isolating an electrostatic sprayer from an electrically grounded coating product distribution circuit connected thereto. The apparatus includes an electrostatic sprayer carried by a maneuverable robot arm, the sprayer capable of spraying an electrically conductive coating product such as water-based paint onto a workpiece passing in adjacent proximity thereby, on command. The coating product is supplied from a remote source of supply through at least one d...