Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to receive image data representing a compound image including at least first characteristic data and second characteristic data, extract first and second characteristic image data respectively representing the first and second characteristic images, determine, by analyzing the first and second characteristic image data as extracted, whether the first and second characteristic images are identical.

Abstract: An adhesive composition which contains a vinyl polymer and an acrylic adhesive polymer, and wherein: the vinyl polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of from 60° C. to 200° C. (inclusive) and a number-average molecular weight of from 500 to 10,000; and the vinyl polymer is contained in an amount of from 0.5 part by mass to 60 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the acrylic adhesive polymer. If this adhesive composition is applied to a separator and then dried, thereby obtaining an adhesive layer, a first Tg that is the glass transition temperature of the entire adhesive layer is from ?80° C. to 10° C., and a second Tg that is the glass transition temperature calculated from a surface layer portion of the adhesive layer as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 40° C. or higher, and is higher than the first Tg by 30° C. or more.

Abstract: A flush toilet according to an embodiment includes a main water guide channel, a bending water guide channel, a rim water guide channel, and a retention part. The bending water guide channel bends a flow direction of washing water supplied from the main water guide channel. The rim water guide channel causes the washing water to flow toward and to be spouted from a water spout part. The retention part is formed in at least the bending water guide channel. An upper part of the retention part is formed into an opened concave shape and the retention part retains a part of the washing water. Furthermore, the retention part is formed in such a manner that an upper end thereof on a downstream side is horizontal to a bottom surface of the water spout part or higher than the bottom surface of the water spout part.

Abstract: The present invention is a flush toilet (1) including: a bowl portion (8) having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface (16), a rim portion (18), and a well portion (20) formed at the bottom of the waste receiving surface; a discharge trap pipe (12) connected to the bottom portion of the well portion; a flush water guide portion (40b) disposed on the waste receiving surface at the rear of the well portion so that flush water is directed toward the side wall surface inside the well portion; and a liquid membrane spouting portion (24) disposed on the rim portion, wherein this liquid membrane spouting portion induces a vertical circulating flow in the well portion, produced when discharged flush water assumes a liquid membrane form and collides with a flush water guide portion, and the colliding flush water drops along the side wall surface of the well portion.

Abstract: A wash-out type toilet according to an embodiment includes a bowl that receives waste and a drainage water trap. The drainage water trap includes an inlet that is connected to a lower part of the bowl, a rise pipeline that is connected to the inlet and extends upward toward its own top part, a fall pipeline that extends downward toward an inlet of a drainage water pipe that is arranged on a floor surface, and an intermediate pipeline with an upstream-side portion that is connected to the rise pipeline and a downstream-side portion that is connected to the fall pipeline. Furthermore, the intermediate pipeline includes a retention surface that is formed to slope downward from an upstream side to a downstream side and temporarily retains waste at a time of toilet washing.

Abstract: A steel wire rod includes, in terms of mass %, 0.95-1.10% C, 0.10-0.70% Si, 0.20-1.20% Mn, 0.90-1.60% Cr, 0-0.25% Mo, 0-25 ppm B, 0-0.020% P, 0-0.020% S, 0-0.0010% O, 0-0.030% N, and 0.010-0.100% Al. In a surface area of the steel wire rod, the Vickers hardness is HV 300 to HV 420, the area ratio of pearlite is 80% or more, and the area ratio of pro-eutectoid cementite is 2.0% or less. In an inner area of the steel wire rod, the area ratio of pearlite is 90% or more, and the area ratio of pro-eutectoid cementite is 5.0% or less. In the steel wire rod, the area ratio of pearlite blocks having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 40 ?m is 0.62% or less, and the difference in Vickers hardness between the surface area and a center portion is HV 20.0 or less.

Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main unit, a reservoir tank, and a connecting pipe member configured to connect the toilet main unit and the reservoir tank in a watertight manner after the connecting pipe member is inserted into the reservoir tank so that the reservoir tank is assembled to a predetermined installation position. The connecting pipe member includes a communicating pipe portion configured to communicate between the conduit of the toilet main unit and an interior of the tank when one end of the connecting member is inserted from the interior of the tank through the outlet of the tank into the inlet of the conduit of the toilet main unit. A horizontal adjustment portion configured to adjust the orientation of the reservoir tank to a horizontal state is provided on the toilet main unit or on the reservoir tank.

Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to receive image data representing a first size image, the first size being a size within which a first number of first objects can be printed, extract second image data included in the first image data, the second image data representing the first object, create first print data used to print the second number of first objects on the second size sheet in an arranged manner based on the extracted second image data, the second number being less than the first number, the first size being a size of a sheet on which the first number of first objects can be arranged, the second size being a size of a sheet on which the first number of first objects cannot be arranged but the second number of first objects can be arranged, the first print data being transmitted to a printer.

Abstract: A flush toilet includes a reservoir tank assembled from above or behind to a predetermined installation position on the rear side of the conduit of a toilet main unit; a connecting pipe member, one end of which is disposed on the conduit of the toilet main unit, and the other end of which is connected to a reservoir tank; a tank-side connecting portion, disposed on the front side of the reservoir tank and connected to a connecting pipe member; and a seal member, connected in a watertight manner between a connecting pipe member and a tank-side connecting portion.

Abstract: A manufacturing device includes a first hinge defining a first axis of rotation and having an arm connected thereto. A parallel link mechanism includes a second hinge connected to the arm and first and second links pivotably connecting the second hinge to an attachment such that the attachment is vertically movable relative to the second hinge. A nut runner is configured to rotatably drive a fastening tool about a third axis of rotation and is connected to the attachment. A first motor is provided on the first hinge and is configured to horizontally rotate the arm about the first axis of rotation. A second motor is provided on the second hinge and is configured to horizontally rotate the parallel link mechanism about a second axis of rotation that is parallel to the first and third axes of rotation.

Abstract: A method for rinsing a compound semiconductor, the method including a step of rinsing a compound semiconductor at a temperature of 80 degrees centigrade or higher with an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid of 50 wt % or less in purified water, the aqueous solution having a hydrogen ion concentration of pH 2 or less and an oxidation-reduction potential of 0.6 volts or higher, the compound semiconductor containing gallium as a constituent element, and the compound semiconductor having a surface of gallium nitride (GaN).

Abstract: A toilet according to an embodiment includes a toilet body and a water drainage socket. The toilet body has a water drainage outlet on a back surface thereof. The water drainage socket connects the water drainage outlet and an inlet of a water drainage pipe that is provided on a wall surface. The back surface of the toilet body is provided with an opening and a guide part. The opening is provided to insert therethrough a tubular member that extends from the wall surface in a case where the toilet body is mounted on the wall surface. The guide part guides the tubular member that is provided in a state where it is inserted through the opening so as to move to an outer side of the water drainage socket in a case where the toilet body is mounted on the wall surface.

Abstract: A wash-out type toilet according to an embodiment includes a bowl that receives waste and a drainage water trap. The drainage water trap includes an inlet that is connected to a lower part of the bowl, a rise pipeline that is connected to the inlet and extends upward toward its own top part, a fall pipeline that extends downward toward an inlet of a drainage water pipe that is arranged on a floor surface, and an intermediate pipeline with an upstream-side portion that is connected to the rise pipeline and a downstream-side portion that is connected to the fall pipeline. Furthermore, the intermediate pipeline includes a retention surface that is formed to slope downward from an upstream side to a downstream side and temporarily retains waste at a time of toilet washing.

Abstract: A flush toilet according to an embodiment includes a main water guide channel, a bending water guide channel, a rim water guide channel, and a retention part. The bending water guide channel bends a flow direction of washing water supplied from the main water guide channel. The rim water guide channel causes the washing water to flow toward and to be spouted from a water spout part. The retention part is formed in at least the bending water guide channel. An upper part of the retention part is formed into an opened concave shape and the retention part retains a part of the washing water. Furthermore, the retention part is formed in such a manner that an upper end thereof on a downstream side is horizontal to a bottom surface of the water spout part or higher than the bottom surface of the water spout part.

Abstract: The present invention is a flush toilet (1) including: a bowl portion (8) having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface (16), a rim portion (18), and a well portion (20) formed at the bottom of the waste receiving surface; a discharge trap pipe (12) connected to the bottom portion of the well portion; a flush water guide portion (40b) disposed on the waste receiving surface at the rear of the well portion so that flush water is directed toward the side wall surface inside the well portion; and a liquid membrane spouting portion (24) disposed on the rim portion, wherein this liquid membrane spouting portion induces a vertical circulating flow in the well portion, produced when discharged flush water assumes a liquid membrane form and collides with a flush water guide portion, and the colliding flush water drops along the side wall surface of the well portion.

Abstract: A resin material is injection-molded using an injection mold in which a resin flow channel is designed so that a plurality of gates are provided along a longitudinal direction at a position corresponding to an inner circumferential surface of a spacer, to obtain a molded product, the spacer having a shape that a plurality of arc-shaped circumferential surfaces are linked through a constricted part. The molded product is cooled in a state in which a runner that is connected to the gates is allowed to remain, and the runner is cut off thereafter. A water jacket spacer is produced by injection molding while achieving excellent moldability, the water jacket spacer being disposed in a water jacket, and controlling the flow of a coolant, the water jacket spacer including a plurality of segments, or having a shape that the water jacket spacer can be partially inserted into the water jacket.

Abstract: A flush toilet includes a reservoir tank assembled from above or behind to a predetermined installation position on the rear side of the conduit of a toilet main unit; a connecting pipe member, one end of which is disposed on the conduit of the toilet main unit, and the other end of which is connected to a reservoir tank; a tank-side connecting portion, disposed on the front side of the reservoir tank and connected to a connecting pipe member; and a seal member, connected in a watertight manner between a connecting pipe member and a tank-side connecting portion.

Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main unit, a reservoir tank, and a connecting pipe member configured to connect the toilet main unit and the reservoir tank in a watertight manner after the connecting pipe member is inserted into the reservoir tank so that the reservoir tank is assembled to a predetermined installation position. The connecting pipe member includes a communicating pipe portion configured to communicate between the conduit of the toilet main unit and an interior of the tank when one end of the connecting member is inserted from the interior of the tank through the outlet of the tank into the inlet of the conduit of the toilet main unit. A horizontal adjustment portion configured to adjust the orientation of the reservoir tank to a horizontal state is provided on the toilet main unit or on the reservoir tank.

Abstract: A steel wire rod includes, in terms of mass %, 0.95-1.10% C, 0.10-0.70% Si, 0.20-1.20% Mn, 0.90-1.60% Cr, 0-0.25% Mo, 0-25 ppm B, 0-0.020% P, 0-0.020% S, 0-0.0010% O, 0-0.030% N, and 0.010-0.100% Al. In a surface area of the steel wire rod, the Vickers hardness is HV 300 to HV 420, the area ratio of pearlite is 80% or more, and the area ratio of pro-eutectoid cementite is 2.0% or less. In an inner area of the steel wire rod, the area ratio of pearlite is 90% or more, and the area ratio of pro-eutectoid cementite is 5.0% or less. In the steel wire rod, the area ratio of pearlite blocks having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 40 ?m is 0.62% or less, and the difference in Vickers hardness between the surface area and a center portion is HV 20.0 or less.

Abstract: A method for rinsing a compound semiconductor, the method including a step of rinsing a compound semiconductor at a temperature of 80 degrees centigrade or higher with an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid of 50 wt % or less in purified water, the aqueous solution having a hydrogen ion concentration of pH 2 or less and an oxidation-reduction potential of 0.6 volts or higher, the compound semiconductor containing gallium as a constituent element, and the compound semiconductor having a surface of gallium nitride (GaN).