Abstract: A chain guide includes a plurality of roller shafts provided on one side of a timing chain for torque transmission and spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of a guide base facing the timing chain. The respective roller shafts rotatably support chain guiding rollers in the form of needle roller bearings. The rollers are cylindrical members having the same diameter over the entire axial direction such that the rollers are movable in the axial direction relative to the timing chain. The rollers are supported so as to be movable in the axial direction. When the rollers and the timing chain move relative to each other in the axial direction and the rollers move relative to the roller shafts in the axial direction, contact portions between the rollers and the roller shafts are displaced in the axial direction, so that radial loads are not locally applied.

Abstract: A timing chain (5) is looped over a driving sprocket (2) attached to a crankshaft (1) and driven sprockets (4) attached to camshafts (3). A pivotable chain guide (A1) having a plurality of rotatable rollers (41) for guiding movements of the timing chain (5) is provided on one side of the slack side of the timing chain (5). Adjustment force of a chain tensioner is applied to a remote end of the chain guide remote from the center of pivoting movement of the chain guide, thereby pressing the rollers (41) against the timing chain (5). The ratio (D1/D2) between the pitch circle diameter D1 of the driving sprocket (2) and the outer diameter D2 of the rollers (41) is determined within the range of 5/3 to 5/1. This prevents insufficient lubrication of the chain guiding rollers (41), makes it easy to lay out the engine.

Abstract: The present invention is one that, in a pollen protein extracting method, enables mass production, and while improving production efficiency, achieves a reduction in workload such as a reduction in man-hours, reductions in equipment cost and running cost, and an improvement of a work environment. Specifically, a pollen protein extracting method for extracting water-soluble protein from pollen is characterized by including: mixing the pollen and PBS; adding an aggregating agent including a natural inorganic component to a resultant mixed solution and performing stirring; and after formation of a pollen aggregate, performing filter filtration to perform solid-liquid separation.

Abstract: A chain guide and a chain tensioner device using the chain guide. A roller, brought into contact with a chain, comprises a support shaft supported by an opposing guide base provided along the running direction of the chain, and roller bearings each having a steel outer ring on the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft so as to be brought into contact with the chain. The roller is also configured to be assembled by inserting opposite ends of the support shaft into support recesses on facing wall surfaces of the guide base. The roller, has a vibration damping material between the support shaft and the support recess of each of the plate members.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a chain guide which has low noise and low vibration even when being brought into contact with a chain running at high speed, and to provide a chain tensioner device using the chain guide. A chain guide base provided along the running direction of a chain is integrally attached to a tensioner plunger that presses the chain guide base against the chain side so as to increase the weight of the chain guide itself to reduce vibration.

Abstract: The present invention provides a timing chain drive device which has high mechanical strength of the timing chain contact surface and small sliding resistance, and which, even when being brought into contact with a timing chain running at high speed, is difficult to wear. A first chain guide and a second chain guide, which give tension to a timing chain so as to prevent the timing chain from being slackened, are arranged, and a plurality of rollers, each of which is supported by a rolling element, are arrayed in each of the first chain guide and the second chain guide so as to be brought into contact with the timing chain.

Abstract: A soluble aggregate of allergen proteins, prepared by heating multiple allergen proteins and aggregating the allergen proteins and thus enclosing the antigen structures causing allergic reactions therein.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a pump tappet capable of bearing a large load from a pump plunger even if a case, which is a constituent member of the pump tappet, has a reduced thickness in its intermediate bottom. The invention thus contributes to reduced weight of the overall pump tappet. The case for the pump tappet is formed from an intermediary workpiece 40, which is made by means of a cold forging process of pressing a central region of a round steel material from both surfaces thereby pushing a portion of the material in the central region radially outward, forcing the material to flow axially in an up-down direction, so that an intermediate bottom 40e has a continuous fiber flow.

Abstract: The present invention is one that, in a pollen protein extracting method, enables mass production, and while improving production efficiency, achieves a reduction in workload such as a reduction in man-hours, reductions in equipment cost and running cost, and an improvement of a work environment. Specifically, a pollen protein extracting method for extracting water-soluble protein from pollen is characterized by including: mixing the pollen and PBS; adding an aggregating agent including a natural inorganic component to a resultant mixed solution and performing stirring; and after formation of a pollen aggregate, performing filter filtration to perform solid-liquid separation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lightweight and inexpensive chain guide that has little mechanical loss. The chain guide comprises: a plurality of rollers (2) which make contact with a chain; a chain guide base (10) which supports the plurality of the rollers (2) disposed along a direction of travel of the chain, and a plurality of shafts (3) attached to the chain guide base (10) at predetermined intervals along the direction of travel of the chain. Each of the rollers (2) includes a rolling-element bearing portion constituted of a cylindrical outer ring main body (20) encompassing an outer circumferential face of the shaft (3), and a plurality of rolling elements (21) disposed between the outer circumferential face of the shaft and an inner circumferential face of the outer ring main body (20). The outer ring main body (20) is supported on the chain guide base (10) via the shaft (3) so as to be in rolling contact with the chain.

Abstract: A soluble aggregate of allergen proteins, prepared by heating multiple allergen proteins and aggregating the allergen proteins and thus enclosing the antigen structures causing allergic reactions therein.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium, and a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium. The recording apparatus further includes a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and a controller for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. In addition, a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus includes executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for chromosome doubling in plants. The technique overcomes the low yields of doubled progeny associated with the use of prior techniques for doubling chromosomes in plants such as grasses. The technique can be used in large scale applications and has been demonstrated to be highly effective in maize. Following treatment in accordance with the invention, plants remain amenable to self fertilization, thereby allowing the efficient isolation of doubled progeny plants.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium, and a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium. The recording apparatus further includes a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and a controller for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. In addition, a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus includes executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.

Abstract: A clock generation apparatus includes a first clock generation circuit which generates a clock signal by making state transition in synchronization with a master clock signal after exiting from a predetermined state in response to a timing signal supplied from an exterior of the apparatus, a counter which counts clock pulses of the master clock signal after exiting from a reset state in response to the timing signal, and a reset circuit which resets the counter and sets the first clock generation circuit in the predetermined state in response to the count of the counter reaching a first predetermined value.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium, and a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium. The recording apparatus further includes a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and a controller for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. In addition, a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus includes executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.

Abstract: A clock generation apparatus includes a first clock generation circuit which generates a clock signal by making state transition in synchronization with a master clock signal after exiting from a predetermined state in response to a timing signal supplied from an exterior of the apparatus, a counter which counts clock pulses of the master clock signal after exiting from a reset state in response to the timing signal, and a reset circuit which resets the counter and sets the first clock generation circuit in the predetermined state in response to the count of the counter reaching a first predetermined value.

Abstract: A carbonaceous negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries having (i) not less than 2×10−4 cc/g of pores having a diameter of smaller than 8 Å and (ii) not more than 15×10−4 cc/g of pores having a diameter of 8 to 18 Å. The material exhibits a high capacity and a high efficiency.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for chromosome doubling in plants. The technique overcomes the low yields of doubled progeny associated with the use of prior techniques for doubling chromosomes in plants such as grasses. The technique can be used in large scale applications and has been demonstrated to be highly effective in maize. Following treatment in accordance with the invention, plants remain amenable to self fertilization, thereby allowing the efficient isolation of doubled progeny plants.

Abstract: A carbonaceous material for a negative electrode in which a true density of 1.65 g/cc to 1.85 g/cc, a content of hydrogen with respect to carbon is 0.01 to 0.15 in terms of an atomic ratio, intervals between (002) planes are 3.45 Å to 3.55 Å, the thickness of crystalline is 12.0 Å to 20.0 Å, and assuming that an area enclosed by a base line which is a common tangent line connecting minimal values on the two sides of a (002) diffraction line in a scattered X-ray curve and the (002) diffraction line is S1 and that an area enclosed by a scattered X-ray curve having a diffraction angle 2&thgr; of 4° or more and positioned in lower angle portions as compared with the (002) diffraction line and the base line is S0, an area ratio S0/S1 of S0 with respect to S1 is 0.4 to 2.0. The carbonaceous material for a negative electrode is obtained by oxidizing a carbonaceous raw material containing &ggr; resin in a quantity of 0.