Abstract: An implement for cleaning, polishing, sanding or other rubbing action which comprises a hollow handle (2) adapted to accommodate a cleaning fluid, polish, lubricant or other fluid and having a head (1) to which the fluid may be dispensed from the handle (2) through a dispensing aperture (6), the head (1) comprising a cleaning or polishing pad or brush or the like (11), the implement having a fluid dispensing flow regulating means comprising a plunger (5) which in use projects from the head (1) through the dispensing aperture (6) and into the hollow interior of the handle (2), the plunger (5) being operated by pressing the head against a surface to advance the plunger (5) to open up the dispensing aperture (6) for dispensing of the fluid, wherein the head (1) is mounted to the handle (2) in such a way as to bend and thereby pre-stress a resiliently flexible part (4) of the head (1) from which the plunger (5) projects to resiliently bias the plunger (5) to retract and occlude the dispensing aperture (6).

Abstract: In a method of producing a composite magnetic body, flat soft magnetic powder subjected to annealing to be free from stress strain is prepared and mixed with a binder and a solvent for dissolving the binder to form a slurry-like mixture. The mixture is formed into a film. Then, the solvent is removed. Thus, a sheet of the composite magnetic body is produced.

Abstract: A fuel additive, especially for gasoline and diesel engines, has a major portion of lithium aromatic sulfonate and an organic peroxide; for example, lithium bezene sulfonate and as the peroxide methyl ethyl ketone peroxide and/or tert-butyl perbenzoate. The additives provides better mileage and better operation for internal combustion engines.

Abstract: A vane-type mist eliminator is provided with pocket-like channels extending along the lengths fo the vanes. The pockets allow droplets entrained in a gas stream to impinge and cling to the vane, and then drain, without being re-entrained in the gas stream because they are protected from the gas stream by a portion of the pocket which defines the channel. The device does not increase the pressure drop when compared with a similar device lacking the pockets, and allows for a higher throughput before breakthrough occurs.

Abstract: With an object of providing an artificial sphincter for which repeated shape changes are possible, and for which the quantity of shape change is sufficient so as to be used as a substitute for a large natural sphincter, an artificial sphincter 11 that opens and closes, as required, either the anus of a living body or part of the intestine 19 led outside the body is provided, wherein this artificial sphincter 11 comprises a pair of shape memory alloy elements 13 that change reversibly between two opposite shapes upon changes in temperature and hinges 15 that link the shape memory alloy elements 1 together in a cylindrical shape.

Abstract: In a heat-shrinkable tube (1) having a tubular member which is shrinkable in response to heat and has a cylindrical surface, a thin film is formed on at least a part of the cylindrical surface. The thin film is made of a magnetic loss material which has a high magnetic loss characteristic. The thin film has a first phase comprising a first one of Fe, Co, and Ni and has a second phase comprising an insulator containing at least one element other than Fe, Co, and Ni.

Abstract: Lamp shades are provided in the form of one or more panels made of a flexible, self-supporting material. All of the panels have side edges with a plurality of holes, and when the side edges are overlapped to register the holes a fastener can be inserted (and preferably later removed) from the registered holes. A table lamp or pendant lamp includes a plurality of panels (at least two) and a hanger by which the lamp is supported on a stand or receptacle. String light lamps can be provided with a single shade for each lamp where the single shade is bent or curved around, over the lamp, to connect the side edges to each other.

Abstract: A grip accessory, especially for a writing instrucment such as for a convention pencil or pen, a cosmetics pencil or applicator, a medical instrument, or the like. The device has a core with a bore made from a material that slides relatively easily over the instrument, an aperture in the core, and an elastomeric sheath with protrusions that extend through the aperture and into the bore. The protrusions provide resistance to the sliding fo the instrument through the bore when the instrument's outer surface engages the protrusions, thereby keeping the grip accessory in place but allowing the accessory to be place on and removed from the elongate instrument.

Abstract: An atomized mixture of flat soft magnetic powder and an organic binding agent is rolled by mutually confronting two rolling rolls so as to easily produce a composite magnetic sheet excellent in electromagnetic wave absorption characteristic. A plurality of the composite magnetic sheets are stacked by forming unevenness on joining surfaces thereof and rolled so as to realize a desired thickness. By sandwiching a mesh metal layer between the foregoing two composite magnetic sheets and joining them by applying rolling thereto, a mechanically strong electromagnetic interference suppressing sheet can be easily obtained. For reducing reflection and transmittance of electromagnetic waves of the composite magnetic sheet, embossing is applied to obverse and reverse surfaces thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a composite magnetic tape which can be easily applied irrespective of the inside or outside of an electronic equipment, prevent radiation of undesired electromagnetic waves from the inside of the equipment and reflection into the inside of the equipment, and shield electromagnetic noise from the outside of the equipment. The tape may be in the form of an adhesive tape or a self-welding tape. The tape is constituted of a composite magnetic layer formed by dispersing soft magnetic powder into an organic binding agent. Alternatively, it may have a stacked structure of a composite magnetic layer and a conductor layer.

Abstract: A soft-bodied drink-and-wet doll having a hard head and a hard butt or crotch area, a soft, stuffed body connecting the head and butt areas, and a fluid conduit connecting the mouth in the head and a hole in the butt. The hard butt area avoids liquid “evacuated” by the doll from being absorbed by the soft body portion.

Abstract: In a display device (70, 70A, 80-80G, 90-90F) having a display window (73, 81, 93), a magnetic loss layer or layer (75, 75A, 88-88C, 97-97C) is formed on at least a part of a principal surface of the display window. The magnetic loss layer may be a granular magnetic thin layer which is, for example, made of a magnetic substance of a magnetic composition comprising M, X and Y, where M is a metallic magnetic material consisting of Fe, Co, and/or Ni, X being element or elements other than M and Y, and Y being F, N, and/or O. The magnetic loss layer may be formed in any one selected from mat, lattice, stripe, and speck fashions. The magnetic loss layer may be formed in a mesh fashion.

Abstract: Exposure of human skin to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun not only induces the production of enzymes (matrix metalloproteinases) that degrade collagen, but also inhibits the synthesis of new collagen by inhibiting the synthesis of procollagen. This UV-induced inhibition of the synthesis of collagen can be prevented by the topical application of a retinoid or c-JUN inhibitor to the skin prior to its exposure to UV radiation.

Abstract: In order to provide a wiring board comprising a magnetic material effective in suppressing spurious radiation in semiconductor devices and electronic circuits and the like that operate at high speeds, a wiring board (15) comprises an insulative base material (17), conductor patterns (19a to 19f) formed thereon, and magnetic thin films (21a to 21f) formed on the conductor patterns (19a to 19f).

Abstract: Thermostats do not presently display the amount of stored heating fuel remaining. The replacement of a thermostat often requires the user to install a new backplate or goof plate because of the different size of the replacement thermostat. This invention provides a backplate or goof plate that displays the existing storage fuel level, and is for use with an existing or a replacement thermostat.

Abstract: In an electronic component (11) comprising an electronic circuit or a circuit element in a metallic case including a case (13) and a cover (39), a magnetic thin film (51) made of a magnetic loss material is provided on at least one part of an inner wall surface of the metallic case. In the magnetic loss material, its composition is represented by M-X—Y, wherein M denotes at least one of Fe, Co and Ni, X denotes at least one of elements other than M and Y, and Y denotes at least one of F, N and O. The maximum value &mgr;″max of an imaginary part &mgr;″, which is an imaginary number component of a complex permeability of the magnetic loss material, exists within a frequency range from 100 MHz to 10 GHz.

Abstract: In order to provide an electronic component of a high frequency current suppression type, which can completely suppress a high frequency current to prevent an electromagnetic interference from occurring even when it is used at a high frequency, and a bonding wire for the same, the semiconductor integrated circuit device (IC) (17) operates at a high speed in using at a high frequency band, and a predetermined number of terminals (19) are provided with a high frequency current suppressor (21) for attenuating a high frequency current passing through the terminals themselves. This high frequency current suppressor (21) is a thin film magnetic substance having a range from 0.3 to 20 (&mgr;m) in thickness, and is disposed on the entire surface of each terminal (19), covering a mounting portion to be mounted on a printed wiring circuit board (23) for mounting IC (17) and an edge including a connecting portion to a conductive pattern (25) disposed on the printed wiring circuit board (23).