Abstract: The urine examination container (1) includes a bottom portion (2), a peripheral wall portion (3) that extends upward from an outer peripheral edge (6) of the bottom portion (2), surrounds the periphery of the bottom portion (2), and defines a urine receiving portion (5) that opens upward together with the bottom portion (2), and a grip portion (4) that projects outward from the peripheral wall portion (3).

Abstract: A method for detecting a blood coagulation reaction, comprising: 1) measuring a blood coagulation reaction of a subject blood specimen and acquiring a first derivative V(i) of a coagulation reaction up to a latest measurement point; 2) calculating areas under the curve (AUCs) before the peak and after the peak, wherein a top of the peak of V(i) is cVmax(k) which is a maximum value of V(i); and 3) detecting cVmax(k) as Vmax which is a true maximum value of V(i) when the pre-peak AUC and the post-peak AUC are both equal to or higher than a first threshold AUCth1 and a period L during which the pre-peak AUC and the post-peak AUC have continued to be a constant value reaches a predetermined length.

Abstract: The durability and detection accuracy of a sensor unit may possibly decrease due to radiation heat generated from work pieces while they are welded together. A sensor device 1 includes a sensor unit 2, a housing case 3, and a shielding member 5. The sensor unit 2 is a device for measuring the shapes of the work pieces W or the distance to the work pieces W. The housing case 3 houses the sensor unit 2 and has formed therein a pass-through portion 36a for laser beam projection and a pass-through portion 36b for detection that pass a laser beam L1 from a laser beam projection unit 21 and a laser beam L2 directed to a detection unit 22, respectively. The shielding member 5 is attached to the housing case 3, and shields radiation heat directed toward the lower surface of the housing case 3 among radiation heat generated while the work pieces W are welded together. The shielding member 5 is made of a material with lower thermal conductivity than that of the housing case 3.

Abstract: A gas, which flows between a welding device and work pieces while the work pieces are welded together, has large influence on the welding. A sensor device includes a sensor unit and a container that includes a housing case (i.e., housing portion) and a shielding member (i.e., shielding portion). The shielding member is attached to the housing case, and shields radiation heat directed toward the lower surface of the housing case among radiation heat generated while the work pieces W are welded together. The shielding member is inclined with respect to a flow direction of a gas passing through an outlet port for detection of a second gas flow channel so that the gas discharged from the outlet port for detection is blown to the shielding member and thus flows to a side opposite to the side where the work pieces W are to be welded together.

Abstract: A sensor device includes a sensor to detect a light beam to measure states of work pieces or a distance to the work pieces, a case body housing the sensor, and a protective cover including a protective plate that transmits the detection light beam. The protective cover includes a gas flow channel that passes a gas to be blown to the protective plate, the gas flow channel having formed therein an outlet port that passes the detection light beam and discharges the gas having flowed through the gas flow channel. The gas flow channel includes an accumulator between the protective cover and the case body adapted to have accumulated therein the gas flowing through the gas flow channel, and the accumulator includes vent holes through which the gas is allowed to flow out toward the outlet port.

Abstract: The urine examination container (1) includes a bottom portion (2), a peripheral wall portion (3) that extends upward from an outer peripheral edge (6) of the bottom portion (2), surrounds the periphery of the bottom portion (2), and defines a urine receiving portion (5) that opens upward together with the bottom portion (2), and a grip portion (4) that projects outward from the peripheral wall portion (3).

Abstract: The durability and detection accuracy of a sensor unit may possibly decrease due to radiation heat generated from work pieces while they are welded together. A sensor device includes a sensor unit, a housing case, and a shielding member. The sensor unit is a device for measuring the shapes of the work pieces W or the distance to the work pieces W. The housing case houses the sensor unit and has formed therein a pass-through portion for laser beam projection and a pass-through portion for detection that pass a laser beam L1 from a laser beam projection unit and a laser beam L2 directed to a detection unit, respectively. The shielding member is attached to the housing case, and shields radiation heat directed toward the lower surface of the housing case among radiation heat generated while the work pieces W are welded together. The shielding member is made of a material with lower thermal conductivity than that of the housing case.

Abstract: When a gas cannot be stably discharged from an outlet port of a sensor device, an excessive amount of fume may enter a path along which a detection light beam passes outside of the device, with the result that the detection accuracy of the sensor device may vary. A protective cover 40 of a sensor device 1 has formed therein a second gas flow channel 47 that passes a gas to be blown to a protective plate 44. The second gas flow channel 47 has formed therein an outlet port 48a for laser beam projection and an outlet port 48b for detection that are adapted to pass a laser beam L2 and discharge a gas having flowed through the second gas flow channel 47 to the side on which the laser beam is projected. The second gas flow channel 47 also has formed therein an accumulator 47a adapted to have accumulated therein a gas flowing through the second gas flow channel 47, between the protective cover 40 and the case body 30.

Abstract: A gas, which flows between a welding device and work pieces while the work pieces are welded together, has large influence on the welding. A sensor device includes a sensor unit and a container that includes a housing case (i.e., housing portion) and a shielding member (i.e., shielding portion). The shielding member is attached to the housing case, and shields radiation heat directed toward the lower surface of the housing case among radiation heat generated while the work pieces W are welded together. The shielding member is inclined with respect to a flow direction of a gas passing through an outlet port for detection of a second gas flow channel so that the gas discharged from the outlet port for detection is blown to the shielding member and thus flows to a side opposite to the side where the work pieces W are to be welded together.