Thin-layer evaporators are described in which evaporation cylinders and a cylindrical vapor-collection vessel of the same height are mounted to expand in parallel between horizontal base and top plates joined by a vertical jacket surrounding the cylinders and vessel and confining together with the plates a steam jacket. Rotors in the cylinders apply thin layers of the substance to be dried to the inner surfaces of the cylinders, from the tops of which vapors are discharged to the top of the vess...

This thin film inductive transducer comprises a yoke structure consisting of a pole tip region which joins a back region. To maximize resolution during reading of magnetic transitions from a moving magnetic recording medium, the pole tip region is of preselected constant relatively narrow width, and composed of magnetic layers having edges which extend in a direction normal to the medium for a distance D from an air bearing surface ABS to the back region and having a small thickness at least adj...

A thin-film cryotron using a distributed Josephson junction is proposed. The functions of the Josephson junction are performed by a bridge of variable thickness. The control line is located above one of the contact electrodes, and it may be displaced from the boundary between the electrode and the bridge jumper by a distance less than the width of the bridge jumper or it may be placed so that one of its sides is coincident with this boundary. The electrode which has the control line located abov...

A thin metal-halogen cell which comprises an electroconductive substrate, an anode active material layer of thin metal film formed on the base plate, a solid electrolyte layer formed on the anode active material, a cathode active material layer comprising a halogen, adhesive and carbonaceous powder, and an electroconductive plastic film, the latter two being laminated on the solid electrolyte layer in this order can be produced by using a step of forming thin films such as vacuum evaporation coa...

A thin film magnetic transducer comprises a non-magnetic substrate and a pair of magnetic pole pieces having different widths. The width of the first pole piece deposited on the substrate is greater than that of the second pole piece to prevent a problem associated with misregistration between the pole pieces, which may occur during manufacture. Such misregistration generally results in a "wraparound", so that the edge of the second pole piece would have an extended portion forming an angle to t...

A label construction comprises a temporary carrier web having a release surface and a label releasably adhered to the release surface. The label comprises a radiation cured face film in contact with the release surface of the carrier web and a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the side of the label opposite the carrier web, and may comprise indicia between the face film and the layer of adhesive. A protective backing covers the adhesive and has a second release surface in contact with the ...

A flux sensitive magnetic head is disclosed wherein a thin single domain magnetic film coated on a non-conductor bridges the head gap. A magnetic bias is applied to the hard axis of the film; and flux entering the gap causes the resistivity of the film to vary about a resistance reference established by the bias. The resistance variation is converted to a useful signal corresponding to the flux entering the gap.

A magnetic head for reading out the state of magnetization recorded on a magnetic recording medium, in which the magnetic head comprises a substrate of insulating material, an amorphous magnetic thin film, a pair of current terminals, and a pair of voltage terminals. The amorphous magnetic thin film is deposited on the substrate so as to have a width smaller than respective unit areas of magnetic records on a magnetic recording medium to be separately read out therefrom and to have an easy axis ...

A thin electrochromic display suitable for manufacture in a continuous process on a backing tape which becomes part of the display. The display is a sandwich structure comprised of a transparent substrate, transparent electrodes having persistent electrochromic material thereon, a solid cationic ion exchange resin electrolyte in contact with the electrochromic material, a conductive metal foil member with electroreactive layer thereon, and an impervious adhesive backing tape adhered to the subst...

A sealed device includes an electrode having a semiconductor thin film coating. A liquid electrolyte contacts the thin film to form a photoactive interface which converts light energy to electrical energy. A counterelectrode is positioned in spaced relation to the electrode and also contacts the electrolyte. Leads are connected to the electrode and counterelectrode so that a load may be driven by the device when the device is exposed to light.