Apparatus for baking and molding edible fluid pastry material and rolling it into cones of substantially uniform dimensions with a flat top to facilitate retention of frozen confections such as ice cream, sherbets, and the like and an apex portion in a manner to provide the cone with a reinforced and sealed apex portion. Such apparatus also is made with the ability to provide substantially identical uniformity of the length dimensions of the finished cones for uniformity in stacking and packing ...

A continuous process for preparing pigmented thermoplastic molding compositions in an extruder, comprises I) in a first zone A) metering in from 10 to 99.999% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer into an extruder and II) in a subsequent zone at temperatures below the respective glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic A) B) adding from 0.001 to 60% by weight of a colorant and then heating the thermoplastic/colorant mixture in the subsequent zones, homogenizing the polymer melt and extru...

In a solid state image device which has at least a horizontal CCD register, the horizontal CCD register is covered with a light shielding film which is formed by a resin material.

Herein disclosed is a connector for connecting slender piping members. The connector comprises a connector body and a separate socket body. The connector body is formed axially therethrough with a smaller-diameter chamber leading to a communication hole in a connecting cylindrical wall at the leading end and a stepped larger-diameter chamber at the back of the smaller-diameter chamber. The larger-diameter chamber has its cylindrical rear circumference formed into an inwardly inclined retaining w...

A drawer apparatus includes a hollow housing, a tray slidably retained in the hollow housing, the tray being entered or drawn out from the housing through the open front surface thereof, and an urging device for urging the tray in a direction in which it protrudes from the open front surface of the housing. The urging device includes a constant-pressure spring, and a hook fixed to the other end portion of the constant-pressure spring, the hook being hooked to an open front edge portion of a bott...

A shelf box is designed for use with a shelf rack or storage cabinet open on both sides so that the shelf box can be removed from either side of the rack or cabinet. Two stop members are respectively mounted adjacent to opposite ends of the shelf box for pivotal movement between stop and release positions, and are interconnected by a pivoting linkage so that when one stop member is in its stop position the other stop member is in its release position. The stop members are disposed so that in the...

A chip-shaped piezoelectric vibration part provided integrally with capacitors and resistances, which is so constructed that a piezoelectric element including a pair of vibrating electrodes is housed in a tubular casing whose openings at both axial ends are covered by respective caps, both vibrating electrodes being connected with the caps corresponding thereto through conductive connecting materials, the tubular casing being provided with either one or both of the capacitor and resistance, so t...

A solid state image device with a high frame rate, that can restrain image distortion etc. from taking place in case of filming of moving pictures or rapid filming and moreover can output signals excellent in the S/N proportion in a stable fashion, and a camera using it is provided. A frame memory apparatus having a plurality of memories respectively corresponding with respective pixels of a photoelectric conversion apparatus and an apparatus of recording signals of respective pixels of the phot...

A pipe connector for connecting a first pipe and a second pipe includes a socket attached to an end of the first pipe and a plug attached to an end of the second pipe, wherein the plug is inserted into the socket. An inner periphery of the socket is provided with a seal ring for sealing an interval between the inner periphery of the socket and an outer periphery of the plug in an airtight manner and a hold ring for restricting movement of the seal ring in an axial direction. The hold ring includ...

A fitting for retaining a cylindrical tube includes a fitting body having a hole extending through it. The hole includes a cylindrical main cavity located at one end of the body into which an end of the tubing can be inserted. A circular retaining shoulder is located on the tubing so that the shoulder is within the main cavity when the tubing is placed in the fitting. A closure, such as a snap ring, is installed at the open end of the main cavity to hold the shoulder within the main cavity. The ...