Abstract: A feces sampling container having an increased storage stability of a component in a feces sample such as hemoglobin to enable the measurement of a component in a feces sample with a small amount of feces collected. The container includes a container body, and a feces sampling stick having a gripping part on one side and a stick part on the other side, the stick part having a feces sampling part in the vicinity of the tip, wherein the container body comprises an opening part through which the feces sampling part of the feces sampling stick is inserted, and a feces container chamber in which a desiccant is enclosed, wherein the feces sample held by the feces sampling part is dried by a contact of the feces sampling part, which is inserted through the opening part and holding the feces sample, with the desiccant.

Abstract: A feces sampling container having an increased storage stability of a component in a feces sample such as hemoglobin to enable the measurement of a component in a feces sample with a small amount of feces collected. The container includes a container body, and a feces sampling stick having a gripping part on one side and a stick part on the other side, the stick part having a feces sampling part in the vicinity of the tip, wherein the container body comprises an opening part through which the feces sampling part of the feces sampling stick is inserted, and a feces container chamber in which a desiccant is enclosed, wherein the feces sample held by the feces sampling part is dried by a contact of the feces sampling part, which is inserted through the opening part and holding the feces sample, with the desiccant.

Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a first brake including first clutch plates; a pump cover defining a first receiving chamber, and a second receiving chamber receiving a planetary gear; a first cylindrical portion including splines; a second cylindrical portion located radially inside the first cylindrical portion; a first cylinder chamber formed radially inside the first cylindrical portion; and a first piston including a first radially extending portion, and a second radially extending portion, the first piston being arranged to push the first clutch plates, by using the second radially extending portion, radially inside the first cylindrical portion. The automatic transmission further includes a lubricating oil supply hole located at a radial position which is between the first cylinder chamber and the first cylindrical portion, and which is separated from the first cylinder chamber in the radial direction; and a connection groove connecting the lubricating oil supply hole and the splines.

Abstract: A fluid passage structure includes a piston defining a piston chamber, a return spring to urge the piston in a direction decreasing a volume of the piston chamber, and a casing. The casing is formed with a fluid supply passage to supply a fluid pressure into the piston chamber. The supply passage includes an open end opening in the piston chamber and confronting the piston. The open end of the supply passage has an area so determined as to prevent the return spring from being deformed by kinetic energy of an operating fluid gushing into the piston chamber.

Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a first brake including first clutch plates; a pump cover defining a first receiving chamber, and a second receiving chamber receiving a planetary gear; a first cylindrical portion including splines; a second cylindrical portion located radially inside the first cylindrical portion; a first cylinder chamber formed radially inside the first cylindrical portion; and a first piston including a first radially extending portion, and a second radially extending portion, the first piston being arranged to push the first clutch plates, by using the second radially extending portion, radially inside the first cylindrical portion. The automatic transmission further includes a lubricating oil supply hole located at a radial position which is between the first cylinder chamber and the first cylindrical portion, and which is separated from the first cylinder chamber in the radial direction; and a connection groove connecting the lubricating oil supply hole and the splines.