A vacuum tube includes a cylindrical cathode around which a frusto-conical control grid extends. The control grid, which is made out of Phosnic bronze, has its larger diameter end attached to the smaller end of a first hollow truncated copper cone. A cylindrical Phosnic bronze screen grid extends coaxially around the control grid. One end of the screen grid is attached to the smaller diameter end of a second hollow truncated cone. The second cone extends around the first cone and is made out of ...

An image pickup apparatus includes: a solid-state image pickup device having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of vertical transfer paths disposed in respective vertical lines of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and configured to vertically transfer charges, a single horizontal transfer path configured to horizontally transfer the charges transferred from each of the vertical transfer paths, and two charge/voltage converters provided in both ends of ...

A relaxing, sunbathing and floating chair idealy suitable for use in a pool, lake or the like and characterized by a ringlike ethafoam float encompassing and supporting a polypropylene mesh basket constituting a seat. This seat permits the occupant to nestle therein and sit or lie back. It is form fitting and balanced with requisite nicety. A cushioned headrest is adjustably mounted by paired upstanding polyethylene tubes on a suitably selected segmental portion of the float.

A charge read-out method and a solid-state imaging device capable of shortening a read-out time of charges stored in a plurality of light receiving units arranged linearly are provided. The charge read-out method includes the steps of moving the charges, which are generated and stored in the plurality of light receiving units linearly arranged by receiving light, to charge transfer paths disposed along a row of the light receiving units on both sides thereof, transferring the charges along the c...

Disclosed herein is a piezoelectric type vibrator included in an implantable hearing device. The piezoelectric type vibrator comprises: a housing; a piezoelectric element portion formed at one end thereof with a free end and at the other end thereof with a non-free end, the piezoelectric element portion being at least partially disposed at the inside of the housing and including at least one piezoelectric element and terminals connected to both ends of the piezoelectric element; and a connection...

A digital camera feeds information input on an operation panel to a system controller. The system controller generates a control signal in accordance with optical sensitivity selected and feeds it to a timing signal generator. The timing signal generator includes a signal generator, which generates a timing signal whose frequency matches with the control signal. While a solid-image image sensor is driven by the timing signal, the frequency of a horizontal transfer signal is made lower than the u...

A signal processor for reducing power consumption. The signal processor includes a signal processing circuit and a first regulator connected to the signal processing circuit. The first regulator receives an external regulated voltage from an external regulator connected to the signal processor and generates an internal regulated voltage that is in accordance with an output level of a CCD image sensor. The signal processing circuit operates with the internal regulated voltage and performs a prede...

A multilayer deposition multipixel image pickup device comprising a pixel unit, wherein the pixel unit comprises: a plurality of electromagnetic absorption layers being capable of absorbing electromagnetic waves of different wavelengths and performing photoelectric conversion; at least one pair of electrodes that sandwich each of electromagnetic absorption layers; a charge transfer and charge read part; and a plurality of contact parts that couple at least one of the electrodes and the charge tr...

A receiving arrangement is disclosed for filling an anaesthetic medium from a supply vessel into the charging chamber of an anaesthetic apparatus. The supply vessel is connectable to the arrangement by means of a coupling piece. The arrangement includes a receiving structure having an input opening for receiving the coupling piece therein and a connecting part disposed adjacent the receiving structure. The connecting part includes channels communicating with the charging chamber for conducting t...

When a signal output by a solid-state image sensing device is clamped to a predetermined reference potential, a high voltage generated in a transfer suspension period after the clamping as generally supplied to an A/D converter is generated. A sample/hold output Va is clamped to a clamp level Vref over a period of time between a halfway point of time of a signal of a picture element preceding ahead by one line and the end of an inhibit period of transfer clocks of a signal output by an empty tra...