Abstract: Provided is an acrylamide compound, which is useful for the promotion of platelet production from platelet progenitor cells such as megakaryocytes in vitro and represented by general formula [I]: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description.

Abstract: Provided is a novel heterocyclic compound having an aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist activity and useful for the promotion of platelet production, the compound being represented by the general formula [I]: wherein ring A, ring B, R1, R2, R3, R4, n, and X are as defined above, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a main body, a door, a latch head provided at the door, a holding member provided at the main body and that holds the latch head to cause the door to be in a locked state, a door opening button, a door unlock key, a displacement transmission mechanism that transmits a displacement of the door opening button to cause that displacement to release the locked state of the door by the holding member, a locking cam that is movable between a limiting position at which at least one of the displacement of the door opening button and the transmission by the displacement transmission mechanism is limited, and a non-limiting position at which neither is limited, and a driving unit that causes the locking cam to move to the non-limiting position in response to an operation of the door unlock key.

Abstract: Flavoring compositions containing at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of (A) a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, (B) ?-caryophyllene oxide, and (C) a compound represented by the formula (II): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, are useful for effectively enhancing a mouth-coating feel and the like.

Abstract: An in-oil-heated substance of cyclotene, an in-oil-heated substance of a cyclotene analogous compound, or an in-oil-heated substance of a substance capable of producing cyclotene or a cyclotene analogous compound by heating are effective as mouth-coating feel enhancers.

Abstract: Mouth-coating feel enhancers containing a heated substance of the following (A) and/or a heated substance of the following (B), or at least one compound selected from compound group (C) described in the present specification: (A) (A1) a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, and (A2) at least one selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic aldehyde having 3 to 14 carbon atoms, an aromatic aldehyde having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, an aliphatic alcohol having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and a substance that produces at least one of these compounds by heating (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ?-caryophyllene and a ?-caryophyllene analogous compound are effective as mouth-coating feel enhancers and coffee-roasting sensation enhancers.

Abstract: A fuel tank comprises an upper-half tank body (7) and a lower-half tank body (8) which are made of bowl-shaped steel plates and which integrally include a flange (7f) and a flange (8f) in their peripheral edges, respectively, the flanges (7f, 8f) being superposed on and liquid-tightly connected to each other. The flanges (7f, 8f) are connected together by crimping into a roll shape to form an annular thick-walled connection (12), and an annular reinforcing rib (7r, 8r) leading to the connection (12) is formed at least in one of the upper-half and lower-half tank bodies (7, 8). Thus, it is possible to provide a fuel tank in which a sufficient strength can be imparted to portions around a flange connection, without particularly increasing the thickness of a steel plate.

Abstract: An engine air cleaner includes a cleaner element unit is housed within the upper cover body, and a skirt wall of the upper cover body extends further downward than the suction opening. A seal packing and the cleaner element unit are superimposed and fitted onto an outer periphery of an intake passage within the cleaner cover body. The seal packing is provided with a retaining projection that is tightly engaged with the intake passage. An air cleaner is disposed to be side by side with one side of the engine, a lower part of the cleaner cover body is joined integrally to and supported on the engine together with a carburetor via a pair of connecting bolts, and a reinforcing vertical wall portion of the cleaner cover body facing the engine across a gap is joined integrally to and supported on the engine via another connecting bolt.

Abstract: A development apparatus 8 has developer transport members 26 and 27 respectively contained in containers 22 and 23 and transporting developer while stirring the developer and passing the developer to each other at a passing portion 41 and a passing portion 42, thereby causing the developer to circulate in a developer tank 21. The passing portion 41 is formed at a location of a partition 21c adjacent to a developer discharging mechanism 34 and the passing portion 42 is formed at a location of the partition 21c away from the developer discharging mechanism 34. The passing portions 41 and 42 have configurations in which a transport force acting on the developer at the passing portion 41 is greater than the transport force acting on the developer at the passing portion 42.

Abstract: A muffler unit for a general-purpose engine includes a muffler (40) having a maze of sound-deadening chambers (101, 102, 103) defined therein and an inlet pipe (85) disposed inside the muffler. The inlet pipe has an open end (106) connected to an exhaust port of the engine via an exhaust pipe (43), a closed end (107) opposite to the open end, and perforations (108) provided near the open end and connecting an internal space of the inlet pipe and a first sound-deadening chamber (101). The closed end of the inlet pipe is exposed to the outside air, so that exhaust gasses are cooled when the gasses impinge on the closed end of the inlet pipe.

Abstract: A shot image display system includes a shooting device for transferring a shot image and blur produced at the time of shooting, and an image receiving device for receiving the shot image and blur transmitted from the shooting device. The image receiving device includes a blur correcting unit for executing blur correction for the received shot image based on the received blur, and a display unit for displaying the shot image corrected by the blur correcting unit.

Abstract: An air-cooled engine (10) has a fan cover (16) for covering a cooling fan (14). The cover (16) is composed of a fan-cover peripheral wall (44) for covering the outside of the cooling fan (14), and a top board (45) for closing off one end of the fan-cover peripheral wall (44). The fan-cover peripheral wall (44) has an internally disposed guiding duct (47) for guiding cooling air (Wi) from the cooling fan (14) to an engine main body (12). A first fastening member (42) secures a portion of the external part of the fan-cover peripheral wall (44) that is proximal to the guiding duct (47) to a casing (25) of the engine main body (12). A second fastening member (41) extends from the casing (25) and through the fan-cover peripheral wall (44), and secures a top board (45) in a portion that is at a distance from the guiding duct (47).

Abstract: An image pickup device is provided which includes: an auto focus control unit sampling contrast values as a function of a relative distance from an object by detecting a contrast of an image of the object while driving a lens in an optical axis direction, calculating a focused focal position on the basis of the contrast values, and driving the lens to the focused focal position; a shake detecting unit detecting at least an amount of shake in the optical axis direction of the lens; and a selection judging unit judging selection and non-selection of the sampled contrast values depending on the amount of shake in the optical axis direction of the lens at the time of the sampling. Here, the auto focus control unit calculates the focused focal position on the basis of the contrast value judged as being selected by the selection judging unit among the sampled contrast values.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: a shake amount detecting unit that detects a shake amount; a composition determining unit that determines whether the composition of a picture is determined during image capturing on the basis of the correlation among a plurality of frames; a shake correcting unit that performs a shake correcting process on a captured image on the basis of the detected camera shake amount; and a correction control unit that controls the shake correcting unit to start the shake correcting process when the shake amount is smaller than a predetermined reference shake amount and it is determined that the composition of a picture is determined.

Abstract: A development apparatus 8 has developer transport members 26 and 27 respectively contained in containers 22 and 23 and transporting developer while stirring the developer and passing the developer to each other at a passing portion 41 and a passing portion 42, thereby causing the developer to circulate in a developer tank 21. The passing portion is formed at a location of a partition 21c adjacent to a developer discharging mechanism 34 and the passing portion 42 is formed at a location of the partition 21c away from the developer discharging mechanism 34. The passing portions 41 and 42 have configurations in which a transport force acting on the developer at the passing portion 41 is greater than the transport force acting on the developer at the passing portion 42.

Abstract: A fuel tank comprises an upper-half tank body (7) and a lower-half tank body (8) which are made of bowl-shaped steel plates and which integrally include a flange (7f) and a flange (8f) in their peripheral edges, respectively, the flanges (7f, 8f) being superposed on and liquid-tightly connected to each other. The flanges (7f, 8f) are connected together by crimping into a roll shape to form an annular thick-walled connection (12), and an annular reinforcing rib (7r, 8r) leading to the connection (12) is formed at least in one of the upper-half and lower-half tank bodies (7, 8). Thus, it is possible to provide a fuel tank in which a sufficient strength can be imparted to portions around a flange connection, without particularly increasing the thickness of a steel plate.

Abstract: In an engine air cleaner, a suction opening (50) communicating with outside air and a discharge opening (16) communicating with an engine (E) are provided in an upper cover body (11) of a cleaner cover (10), a cleaner element unit (Ue) for cleaning the outside air sucked in via the suction opening (50) is housed within the upper cover body (11), and a skirt wall (11a) of the upper cover body (11) in the vicinity of the suction opening (50) extends further downward than the suction opening (50). This prevents raindrops running down the outer face of the cleaner cover body (11) from being sucked into the interior of the air cleaner via the suction opening (50).

Abstract: An air-cooled engine (10) has a fan cover (16) for covering a cooling fan (14). The cover (16) is composed of a fan-cover peripheral wall (44) for covering the outside of the cooling fan (14), and a top board (45) for closing off one end of the fan-cover peripheral wall (44). The fan-cover peripheral wall (44) has an internally disposed guiding duct (47) for guiding cooling air (Wi) from the cooling fan (14) to an engine main body (12). A first fastening member (42) secures a portion of the external part of the fan-cover peripheral wall (44) that is proximal to the guiding duct (47) to a casing (25) of the engine main body (12). A second fastening member (41) extends from the casing (25) and through the fan-cover peripheral wall (44), and secures a top board (45) in a portion that is at a distance from the guiding duct (47).

Abstract: A muffler unit for a general-purpose engine includes a muffler (40) having a maze of sound-deadening chambers (101, 102, 103) defined therein and an inlet pipe (85) disposed inside the muffler. The inlet pipe has an open end (106) connected to an exhaust port of the engine via an exhaust pipe (43), a closed end (107) opposite to the open end, and perforations (108) provided near the open end and connecting an internal space of the inlet pipe and a first sound-deadening chamber (101). The closed end of the inlet pipe is exposed to the outside air, so that exhaust gasses are cooled when the gasses impinge on the closed end of the inlet pipe.

Abstract: A shot image display system includes a shooting device for transferring a shot image and blur produced at the time of shooting, and an image receiving device for receiving the shot image and blur transmitted from the shooting device. The image receiving device includes a blur correcting unit for executing blur correction for the received shot image based on the received blur, and a display unit for displaying the shot image corrected by the blur correcting unit.