Abstract: An information recording method allows optical information having a recording mark length smaller than a spot diameter of laser light to be recorded on an optical recording medium having a recording layer, at high density by laser light pulse application. The information recording method has: a power calibration step of determining a recording power for recording a signal having a predetermined signal length in the recording layer using the laser light; and a complementing step of complementing, based on the recording power determined in the power calibration step, a recording power for recording a signal having a signal length equal to or less than ½ of the spot diameter of the laser light in the recording layer using the laser light. In the information recording method, for example, an extremely small mark, such as a 2T signal, can be precisely formed.

Abstract: An optical disk includes a recording region formed on a substrate for recording user data, and a management region formed on the substrate which includes an identification information region for recording disk-specific identification information such as address information (ID), a SYNC code, or an error detection code (EDC). The identification information region in this optical disk has a flat portion (a mirror region) formed by means of sectioning part of a groove or a land in a given step. The disk-specific identification information is recorded on the identification information region inclusive of this mirror region as irreversible record marks. Moreover, a signal of the disk-specific identification information is detected by a laser beam which is servoed on the recording track of this optical disk. Then, a change in the detected signal level of the disk-specific identification information is detected based on a predetermined threshold level.

Abstract: There is provided a reproduction control method for used with a data carrier that includes a read only memory area that has concaves and convexes formed by injection molding, and records information to be reproduced, and a reproduction control layer, layered on the read only memory area, which changes a state through light irradiation, which method includes the steps of determining information which is prohibited from being reproduced among the information, and changing the reproduction control layer, through the light irradiation onto a position on the read only memory area corresponding to the information which is prohibited from being reproduced, from a reproduction permissible state that allows the information to be reproduced to a reproduction prohibition state that prevents the information from being reproduced. Also, the data carrier, its manufacturing method and driving method are provided.

Abstract: A casing 1 of an automotive air conditioner is formed with a recess 12 for accommodating a steering member S extending in a right-left direction of a vehicle. The casing 1 is divided into an instrument panel-side part Rp and a fire panel-side part Fp with the recess 12 as a boundary.

Abstract: A casing 1 of an automotive air conditioner is formed with a recess 12 for accommodating a steering member S extending in a right-left direction of a vehicle. The casing 1 is divided into an instrument panel-side part Rp and a fire panel-side part Fp with the recess 12 as a boundary S.

Abstract: In an air conditioning unit for an automotive vehicle, which is housed in a space defined by a vehicle panel 7 separating an engine room and a vehicle compartment from each other, an Instrument panel 5 arranged in the vehicle compartment, and a floor panel 6 arranged on a floor of the vehicle compartment, bracket portions 20 for supporting an audio unit 40 are integrally formed with a rear portion of a unit casing 10 in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the unit casing 10 being located in a central portion of the vehicle in a left-right direction thereof. The bracket portions 20 have upper end fixing plates 31 thereof fixed to the Instrument panel 5 and lower end fixing plates 33 thereof fixed to the floor panel 6, by bolts or pins. Further, casing fixing plates 36 are fixed to a bracket 51 of a steering member 50 by bolts.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and an apparatus for decomposing halogenated organic compounds in flue gas discharged from waste incinerator or the like by injecting a composition containing at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of trivalent manganese oxide and tetravalent manganese oxide into the flue gas, by letting flue gas pass through a moving bed of a composition containing at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of trivalent manganese oxide and tetravalent manganese oxide into the flue gas, or by letting flue gas pass through a fixed bed configured by detachable single or plural packed chambers each filled with a composition containing at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of trivalent manganese oxide and tetravalent manganese oxide. The invention allows decomposing halogenated organic compounds in flue gas readily at low cost without significantly decreasing the treatment capacity. In addition, the invention allows recycling the used manganese oxide.

Abstract: A casing 21 of an automotive air conditioner is formed with a hole TH for accommodating a steering member S extending in a right-left direction of a vehicle. The hole TH extends through the casing 1 in the right-left direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided an air conditioning system for an automotive vehicle, which is small-sized and excellent in temperature adjustability. An electric heater is arranged at a location downstream of a cooling heat exchanger in a manner blocking an air passage downstream of the cooling heat exchanger, for heating air which has passed through the cooling heat exchanger. The electric heater is divided into a plurality of separate heating areas. A unit casing houses the cooling heat exchanger and the electric heater and is formed with a plurality of outlet ports at respective locations downstream of the electric heater.

Abstract: A method for decreasing the concentration of a chlorinated aromatic compound in the exhaust gas from a combustion furnace. The exhaust gas from the combustion furnace is passed through a bag filter. The concentration of the chlorinated aromatic compound in the exhaust gas is measured and the operating temperature of the bag filter is adjusted based on the measured concentration of the chlorinated aromatic compound in order to decrease the concentration of the chlorinated aromatic compound in the exhaust gas.

Abstract: An incineration apparatus which can suppress the generation of dioxins, including a combustion furnace (11) for burning a combustible in combustion air within the furnace, chlorinated aromatic compound measuring device (12) for measuring an amount of a chlorinated aromatic compound generated in the combustion furnace, and control device (14, 15, 16) for monitoring the amount of the chlorinated aromatic compound generated, obtained by the measuring device (12), and varying operating conditions of the combustion furnace (11) on the basis of the monitored result, such as to decrease the amount of the chlorinated aromatic compound generated in the combustion furnace (11).

Abstract: There is provided a blower unit for an air conditioning system for an automotive vehicle. A casing accommodates a blower. The casing is formed with a recirculating air intake port for introducing recirculating air and a fresh air intake port for introducing fresh air. A recirculating air intake door opens and closes the recirculating air intake port. A fresh air intake door opens and closes the fresh air intake port. A linkage links the recirculating air intake door and the fresh air intake door to each other, thereby interlocking the recirculating air intake door and the fresh air intake door to each other.

Abstract: A grinding wheel is for use in a grinding machine, and is attached on a wheel spindle of the grinding machine for simultaneously grinding at least two parts of a workpiece. The grinding wheel includes at least two wheel cores. Each of wheel cores has a disk-like shape. An abrasive layer is disposed on a circumferential surface of each of the wheel cores. A spacer portion is inseparably fixed on at least one of the wheel cores for keeping a space between the abrasive layers of the wheel cores. And a first labyrinth portion located on one of side surfaces of one of the wheel cores for forming a labyrinth seal with a second labyrinth portion arranged on the grinding machine. The number of separable parts of the grinding wheel are extremely decreased in consideration of imbalance of every part. The spacer portion is integral with at least one of the wheel cores.

Abstract: A wheel-head feed mechanism for a grinder comprising a base and a wheel head which is guided by a linear guide section provided on the base and rotatably supports a grinding wheel via a wheel spindle driven by a motor. The wheel-head feed mechanism includes feed screw mechanism composed of a screw shaft and a nut unit engaged with the screw shaft, the feed screw mechanism advancing and retracting the wheel head with respect to a workpiece, and servomotor for rotating one of the screw shaft and the nut unit. The screw shaft is offset from the linear guide section toward the wheel spindle. The nut unit includes a radial hydrostatic bearing section for supporting the root of a male thread of the screw shaft in the radial direction of the screw shaft by hydrostatic pressure, as well as a thrust hydrostatic bearing section for supporting the flanks of the male thread of the screw shaft in the axial direction of the screw shaft by hydrostatic pressure.

Abstract: A lubricating composition having an affinity for synthetic resins comprising a silicone oil and a fatty acid-modified silicone and a fatty acid ester. The lubricating coating composition is utilized in the preparation of a magnetic recording medium.