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To provide a flow cell that is free from liquid leakage and excels in chemical resistance. There is provided a preferred form of flow cell comprising flat-plate glass substrate (3); adherent fluororesin sheet (5) having a groove as flow channel (7) made by cutting machining; and glass substrate (1) as lid member furnished with through-holes (9, 11) as fluid inlet and outlet at positions corresponding to both end portions of the groove. The fluororesin sheet (5) is interposed between the glass substrates (1, 3) and, while heating at a temperature not lower than the melting point of the fluororesin sheet (5), pressurized so that the glass substrates (1, 3) are bonded together by the fluororesin sheet (5) per se. Flow channel member (17) is constructed by the glass substrate (3) and, bonded thereonto, the fluororesin sheet (5).

An apparatus provided is capable of performing injection molding of a high-melting point metal. The injection molding apparatus comprises a mold, a sleeve disposed so as to be movable forward and backward toward a pouring gate of the mold, a plunger slidably disposed in the sleeve, a heating means for heating and melting a raw material lump supplied into a raw material accommodating part formed by an inside wall of the sleeve and the plunger mentioned above, and a raw material lump supplying means for supplying the raw material lump to the above-mentioned raw material accommodating part from above. For the purpose of ensuring that a melt of a metal which has been heated and melted hardly flows into a gap between the plunger and the sleeve, the above-mentioned plunger and / or sleeve is equipped with a cooling means.

Provided is a lithium-selenium battery, comprising a cathode, an anode, and a porous separator / electrolyte assembly, wherein the anode comprises an anode active layer containing lithium or lithium alloy as an anode active material, and the cathode comprises a cathode active layer comprising a selenium-containing material, wherein an anode-protecting layer is disposed between the anode active layer and the separator / electrolyte and / or a cathode-protecting layer is disposed between the cathode active layer and the separator / electrolyte; the protecting layer comprising from 0.01% to 40% by weight of a conductive reinforcement material and from 0.01% to 40% by weight of an electrochemically stable inorganic filler dispersed in a sulfonated elastomeric matrix material and having a thickness from 1 nm to 100 μm, a fully recoverable tensile strain from 2% to 500%, a lithium ion conductivity from 10−7 S / cm to 5×10−2 S / cm, and an electrical conductivity from 10−7 S / cm to 100 S / cm.

A cooking chamber assembly in a microwave oven for improved which improves air tightness in the cooking chamber, and reduces assembly complexity, time, and cost. A tray which essentially forms a bottom surface of a cooking chamber of the microwave oven is surrounded by a unitary gasket. A groove formed in an inner edge of the unitary gasket is designed to receive an outer edge of the tray, and a lip formed on an outer edge of the unitary gasket is designed to provide an air tight seal with an inner surface of a case of the cooking chamber. An air duct which guides circulating air is attached to an inner portion of the case with a series of hooks, allowing the air duct to be attached without separate fastening members such as screws or bolts, thus further reducing manufacturing time and cost.

In an image forming apparatus in which a visual image on a photosensitive drum is developed with columnar toner, and the developed toner image is transferred from the photosensitive drum to an intermediate transfer belt, a moving speed of the photosensitive drum and a moving speed of the intermediate transfer belt are different at a contact position (transfer nip section) where the photosensitive drum and the intermediate transfer belt are in contact. With this arrangement, toner scattering, nonuniform image etc. can be reduced in the image forming apparatus, in which the development is carried out with columnar toner.

A fuel gas generation device comprises a compartment containing a solid component and a chamber containing a liquid capable of causing a fuel gas generating chemical reaction when in contact with said solid component. A liquid permeable member is disposed between the compartment and the chamber and in contact with said solid component and a liquid supply system is disposed and arranged for delivering liquid from the chamber to the permeable member at a fixed rate. The device also includes a first chemical reaction space adjacent the permeable member where the fuel gas generating chemical reaction occurs and a second chemical reaction space linked to the first space. The volume of the first space is smaller than the volume of the second space. The device is useful for multiple purposes and generates and supplies a constant amount of fuel gas for mobile and portable fuel cells and the like continuously, stably, conveniently and inexpensively without using pressure adjusting valves and the like. The device includes a system capable of being applied to a wide range of uses for amounts of fuel gas. The operation of the device to maintain a constant reaction rate is based on the concentration of an oxidation catalyst material dissolved in the liquid, the performance of a solid oxidation catalyst material, the liquid supply rate, and / or the size of the surface area of a permeable member in contact with the liquid. The device is useful for maintaining a constant chemical reaction rate regardless or whether the oxidation catalyst is in liquid or solid form.

An automobile paint film-protective sheet comprising a substrate having formed on one side thereof a rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive having a dynamic modulus of from 2×105 to 7×106 dyne / cm2 at 60° C.

Disclosed herein is a method for preparing a silicon carbide segment for a honeycomb ceramic filter as a diesel particulate filter (DPF) by conducting drying, perforating, plugging, and sintering processes for an extruded body cut into a segment having a predetermined size, wherein a sealant, which will melt and adhere to corners of cells in the sintering process, to seal the cell corners, is applied to partition walls of the segment at opposite ends of the segment in the plugging process.

A test tape cassette is disclosed that includes a cassette housing and an analytical test tape. The test tape includes a plurality of analytical test elements, a spreading fabric for applying a body fluid, and an underlying reagent layer for detecting an analyte in the body fluid. The cassette housing has an application tip that has a guide path extending longitudinally to the test tape in an arched-shape and is uncurved at right angles thereto for supporting the test tape in a kink-free manner. The guide path has an apex area with a central opening that delimits a measuring window for an optical measurement on the test elements.

The invention provides a passage wall section (14) of an annular flow passage (10) of an axial turbomachine with which a simple and reliable adjustment of a radial gap between the inner wall surface (28) of a guide ring (26) and a rotor blade tip (30) oppositely arranged on the wall surface (28) is possible. The guide ring (26) has a first toothing arrangement (20) which is in contact with a second toothing arrangement (46) arranged on a sidewall (27) of a circumferential groove (24) which accommodates the guide ring (26), wherein for axial displacement of the displaceable guide ring (26), the guide ring is rotatable in a circumferential direction.

Disclosed are the steam generator and the washing / drying machine having the same, the steam generator including: a case having an opening at one side thereof, a heating unit formed to penetrate the opening, and a fixing assembly mounted at the opening so as to seal the opening and supporting the heating unit, wherein the fixing assembly includes a sealing member for sealing the opening, and the opening includes a leakage prevention portion for preventing a gap formation between the opening and the sealing member when the sealing member is deformed, thereby preventing a leakage between the opening of the case and the sealing member even though the case or the sealing member is thermally deformed.

A metallic cast component (100), which is a housing component, includes a cast body (110) and at least one pipe (120) cored in the cast body (110) and through which a medium (F) is flowable. The pipe (120) includes a pipe connection (121, 122) formed at or in a surface of the cast body (110) on at least one of pipe end of the pipe (120). The pipe (120) also includes, at the pipe end, an enclosing bush (130) embedded in the cast body (110). The enclosing bush (130) effectuating a seal between the pipe end and the cast body (110). A method for manufacturing such a cast component (100) is also provided.

A heat sink that is disposed on a heating element and absorbs the heat generated by the heating element includes: a contact surface to which recessed grooves are formed and the region of which excluding the recessed grooves is in contact with the heating element; insertion members having a thickness, which permits them to fill the recessed grooves, and come into contact with the heating element by being inserted into the recessed grooves; and a turning mechanism that separates the contact surface from the heating element by turning the insertion members in response to a manipulation while abutting the extreme ends of the insertion members against the heating element. With such arrangement, there can be provided the heat sink that can reduce time and effort for removing the heat sink from the heating element while suppressing deterioration of heat absorption capability and an information processing device including the heat sink.

In a method for manufacturing electroactive polymer generators, a strip, including one layer of an electroactive polymer and electrodes applied to sections of this layer, is spirally wound in such a way that multiple electrodes are situated congruently on top of each other, in each case two electrodes situated on top of each other being separated from each other by a layer of electroactive polymer.

The objective of the present invention is to provide a method of forming a pressed paper piece by deep drawing a sheet of blank that is primarily made of paper in use of a punch and a die, and a production apparatus for implementing the method, whereby no distinguishable wrinkles are formed in upright portions of the pressed paper piece. The method of producing a pressed paper piece according to the present invention, implemented when deep drawing a sheet-like blank that is primarily made of paper in use of a punch and a die, includes maintaining a predetermined gap between a first blank holder and the die in an outer peripheral region of a process portion of the blank and applying a pressure to a radially inner region thereof via a second blank holder, thereby reducing wrinkling by an effect of integrated functions exerted in both regions of the blank.

The present disclosure provides a membrane humidifier for a fuel cell including: a case; a hollow fiber membrane module covering the case; a housing coupled to both ends of the hollow fiber membrane module; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes arranged in the case; and a hollow fiber membrane guide structure installed at one end or both ends of the hollow fiber membrane module and having a potting material layer formed therein to fix the plurality of hollow fiber membranes.

In a method for manufacturing electroactive polymer generators, a strip, including one layer of an electroactive polymer and electrodes applied to sections of this layer, is spirally wound in such a way that multiple electrodes are situated congruently on top of each other, in each case two electrodes situated on top of each other being separated from each other by a layer of electroactive polymer.

A mounting structure of an exterior belt is provided. The structure includes a frame and an end piece, and a door is coupled with an outer panel having a mounting aperture formed exterior an inner panel. Additionally, a first clip is formed at the end piece, and has a protrusion and a first slit formed at a front of the protrusion. A second clip is slidably coupled to the first clip and has a protruding portion. The second clip is inserted into the mounting aperture when the protruding portion is fitted into the first slit, and when one end thereof comes into contact with the inner panel when the protrusion is inserted into the mounting aperture, the other end thereof is moved backward toward the first clip, to restrict the first clip in the mounting aperture.

There is provided a structure capable of sufficiently securing sealing performance by a cap (19a). In a state where a fitting insert (44) formed of a nonmagnetic material having a bottomed cylindrical shape is fixed to an inner diameter side of a cap cylindrical part (22a) constituting a cap body (20a) formed of a synthetic resin having a bottomed cylindrical shape, an axially outboard end opening of a through-hole (25a) formed in a cap bottom part (23a) of the cap body (20a) is closed by an axially inboard surface of an insert bottom part (48) of the fitting insert (44). An outer circumferential surface of an insert cylindrical part (47) of the fitting insert (44) is directly fitted into and fixed to an inner circumferential surface of an axially inboard end of an outer ring (2).

Provided is an electron-emitting device which is excellent in electron-emitting efficiency, and may obtain a large electron-emitting amount and stable electron-emitting characteristics. The electron-emitting device includes: a first conductive film and a second conductive film which are provided through a first gap; first carbon films connected to the first conductive film; and second carbon films which are connected to the second conductive film, and are opposed to the first carbon films through second and third gaps. Continuous concave portions are provided in the second and third gaps.

A test tape cassette is disclosed that includes a cassette housing and an analytical test tape. The test tape includes a plurality of analytical test elements, a spreading fabric for applying a body fluid, and an underlying reagent layer for detecting an analyte in the body fluid. The cassette housing has an application tip that has a guide path extending longitudinally to the test tape in an arched-shape and is uncurved at right angles thereto for supporting the test tape in a kink-free manner. The guide path has an apex area with a central opening that delimits a measuring window for an optical measurement on the test elements.

Provided are an information processing apparatus 1 having a taste as well as an information processing system, an information processing program and an information processing method using the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus 1 is one of those with different kinds of appearances from each other, thus having an appearance different from the others, and comprises: a ROM 29 storing appearance information related to the appearance in advance; LCDs 7, 9; and a data processing unit 20 for reading a software so as to process images to be displayed on the LCDs 7, 9. The data processing unit 20 reads the appearance information from the ROM 29, and allows the software to change the images displayed on the LCDs 7, 9. This allows the information processing apparatus 1 to have a different or better taste.

The invention relates to a locking element (2), in particular a locking roller, for locking a container (4) and a lid (5) of a kitchen machine (3), wherein the locking element (2) A cover (1) having a base body (12) and a cover (1) that only partially covers the base body (12), wherein the cover (1) at least partially has a beaded edge region (7) facing the base body (12) ), the cover part (1) is arranged with a pretension on the base body (12) by means of the edge region.

Provided is an electron-emitting device which is excellent in electron-emitting efficiency, and may obtain a large electron-emitting amount and stable electron-emitting characteristics. The electron-emitting device includes: a first conductive film and a second conductive film which are provided through a first gap; first carbon films connected to the first conductive film; and second carbon films which are connected to the second conductive film, and are opposed to the first carbon films through second and third gaps. Continuous concave portions are provided in the second and third gaps.

Disclosed are the steam generator and the washing / drying machine having the same, the steam generator including: a case having an opening at one side thereof, a heating unit formed to penetrate the opening, and a fixing assembly mounted at the opening so as to seal the opening and supporting the heating unit, wherein the fixing assembly includes a sealing member for sealing the opening, and the opening includes a leakage prevention portion for preventing a gap formation between the opening and the sealing member when the sealing member is deformed, thereby preventing a leakage between the opening of the case and the sealing member even though the case or the sealing member is thermally deformed.