Abstract: A beverage supplying apparatus that supplies a beverage into a beverage container, includes: an ingredient storage unit to store a beverage ingredient; a compressed gas supplying means to supply compressed gas to the ingredient storage unit and pressurize the beverage ingredient; and a beverage supplying means to, when receiving a supply command, allow the pressurized beverage ingredient to be supplied to a nozzle, and supply compressed nitrogen gas to the nozzle, so that the nitrogen gas and the beverage ingredient are mixed and stirred at the nozzle and the beverage is discharged to the beverage container through the nozzle.

Abstract: A beverage supplying apparatus that supplies a beverage into a beverage container, includes: an ingredient storage unit to store a beverage ingredient; a compressed gas supplying means to supply compressed gas to the ingredient storage unit and pressurize the beverage ingredient; and a beverage supplying means to, when receiving a supply command, allow the pressurized beverage ingredient to be supplied to a nozzle, and supply compressed nitrogen gas to the nozzle, so that the nitrogen gas and the beverage ingredient are mixed and stirred at the nozzle and the beverage is discharged to the beverage container through the nozzle.

Abstract: An object is to provide a pen nib that can be used, for example, for a touch panel with writing feeling comparable to a conventional pen. The pen nib has a pen nib body that is formed of a bundle of fibers and is coated with a conductive material and made conductive.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bearing material that is excellent in durability and is capable of maintaining wear resistance over a long period of time. The bearing material of the present invention is a high wear-resistance bearing material 10 for being used under a humid environment comprising: a base body 12 made of a polymer material having a methylene group; and a polymer layer 30 covering a bearing surface 16 of the substrate 12, the polymer layer 30 comprising polymer chains which have a phosphorylcholine group and are grafted from the bearing surface 16, wherein a phosphoric index of the sliding surface 16 which is calculated by dividing a peak intensity of phosphate group in an infrared spectrum measured on the sliding surface by a peak intensity of the methylene group therein is not less than 0.28.

Abstract: A chocolate heating and conveying apparatus is disclosed. The chocolate heating and conveying apparatus has a heater jacket that is attachable to and detachable from an inner surface of a container and is formed of a lightweight and flexible heat insulating mat having at least one planar portion, the planar portion having a temperature-controllable heater embedded therein. The chocolate heating and conveying apparatus also has an electric heating board that is provided at a bottom inside surface of the container and has a heater that is embedded therein.

Abstract: To provide a lightweight and easily attachable/detachable heater jacket improving heating efficiency and saving energy and a container device including the same. Provided is a heater jacket (10) that is attachable to and detachable from an inner surface of a container (12) and has a heating and warming function for heating and keeping a conveying subject inside the container (12) warm, the heater jacket including: a lightweight and flexible heat insulating mat (18a) that includes at least one planar portion (16) with a heater (14) of which a temperature is controlled and which is embedded therein and formed by connecting the respective planar portions (16) in a bendable manner.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bearing material that is excellent in durability and is capable of maintaining wear resistance over a long period of time. The bearing material of the present invention is a high wear-resistance bearing material 10 for being used under a humid environment comprising: a base body 12 made of a polymer material having a methylene group; and a polymer layer 30 covering a bearing surface 16 of the substrate 12, the polymer layer 30 comprising polymer chains which have a phosphorylcholine group and are grafted from the bearing surface 16, wherein a phosphoric index of the sliding surface 16 which is calculated by dividing a peak intensity of phosphate group in an infrared spectrum measured on the sliding surface by a peak intensity of the methylene group therein is not less than 0.28.

Abstract: A polarization transfer device includes a ferroelectric thin film formed continuously as one piece; a plurality of polarization switches formed by placing the ferroelectric thin film between a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode; and a plurality of polarization accumulators formed by placing the ferroelectric thin film between a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate, wherein the plurality of polarization switches and the plurality of polarization accumulators are arranged alternately.

Abstract: A polarization transfer device includes a ferroelectric thin film formed continuously as one piece; a plurality of polarization switches formed by placing the ferroelectric thin film between a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode; and a plurality of polarization accumulators formed by placing the ferroelectric thin film between a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate, wherein the plurality of polarization switches and the plurality of polarization accumulators are arranged alternately.

Abstract: To provide a nondestructive-read ferroelectric memory capable of realizing high speed, high integration, and long service life. The present invention is provided with an MFSFET 100 having a ferroelectric thin film at its gate portion, word line 104, bit line 105, and bit line 106 so as to apply voltage equal to or higher than the coercive electric field of the ferroelectric thin film between the bit line 105 and the word line 104 at first write timing and apply voltage equal to or higher than the coercive electric field between the bit line 106 and the word line 104 at second write timing, and applies voltage equal to or lower than the coercive electric field of the ferroelectric thin film between the bit line 105 and the word line 104 at first read timing to detect the current flowing between the both bit lines, and applies voltage equal to or lower than the coercive electric field between the bit line 106 and the word line 104 at second read timing to detect the current flowing between the both bit lines.

Abstract: The present invention is constructed of a first input circuit having a higher logic level VIH made up of a first inverter circuit 22 controlled by an input signal and an N-type MOSFET 16 controlled by a latch circuit 24 which stores a preceding state, a second input circuit having a lower logic level VIL made up of a second inverter circuit 23 controlled by an input signal and a P-type MOSFET 15 controlled by a latch circuit which stores a preceding state and the latch circuit 24 which stores a preceding state.

Abstract: To provide a nondestructive-read ferroelectric memory capable of realizing high speed, high integration, and long service life. The present invention is provided with an MFSFET 100 having a ferroelectric thin film at its gate portion, word line 104, bit line 105, and bit line 106 so as to apply voltage equal to or higher than the coercive electric field of the ferroelectric thin film between the bit line 105 and the word line 104 at first write timing and apply voltage equal to or higher than the coercive electric field between the bit line 106 and the word line 104 at second write timing, and applies voltage equal to or lower than the coercive electric field of the ferroelectric thin film between the bit line 105 and the word line 104 at first read timing to detect the current flowing between the both bit lines, and applies voltage equal to or lower than the coercive electric field between the bit line 106 and the word line 104 at second read timing to detect the current flowing between the both bit lines.

Abstract: The present invention is constructed of a first input circuit having a higher logic level VIH made up of a first inverter circuit 22 controlled by an input signal and an N-type MOSFET 16 controlled by a latch circuit 24 which stores a preceding state, a second input circuit having a lower logic level VIL made up of a second inverter circuit 23 controlled by an input signal and a P-type MOSFET 15 controlled by a latch circuit which stores a preceding state and the latch circuit 24 which stores a preceding state.

Abstract: An electrostatic protection circuit of the present invention comprises: a first power supply terminal 1 to which a first voltage is applied; a second power supply terminal 2 to which a second voltage lower than the first voltage is applied; a first diode 12 connected in a reverse direction between the first and second power supply terminals; and a second diode 11 connected in a forward direction between the first and second power supply terminals. This configuration ensures that either one of the first and second diodes always operates in a forward direction to the static electricity applied between the first and second power supply terminals regardless of the polarity of the static electricity. Electrostatic charges therefore can be quickly absorbed through the diode in a forward direction.

Abstract: A recovery pump capable of reliably recovering floating oil and/or floating matter such as scum or the like while being significantly down-sized. A pump casing is provided in a lower section thereof with a suction passage and a discharge passage. The suction passage is horizontally arranged and has a suction opening and the discharge passage is horizontally arranged below the suction passage. The passages are arranged so as to communicate with each other through a through-hole and the discharge passage is provided therewithin right below the through-hole with an impeller, which is driven by a drive motor located on an upper section of the pump casing. The suction opening is provided with a recovery section for recovering the floating oil and/or floating matter.

Abstract: A low voltage oscillation amplifying circuit including a switching circuit 110 consisting of first and second MOSFETs 1 and 2 of the same conductivity type, which are connected in series and have the gate electrodes connected to each other; and an amplifying circuit 120 including a third MOSFET 3 of a first conductivity type and a fourth MOSFET 4 of a second conductivity type, the gate electrodes of these third and fourth MOSFETs being connected to each other and the drain electrodes of these third and fourth MOSFETs being also connected to each other. The body voltages of the P-type MOSFET 4 and the N-type MOSFET 3 are controlled by a control signal and an inverted signal thereof, respectively. During operation of the amplifying circuit, the threshold voltages of the third and fourth MOSFETs 3 and 4 are made seemingly low, so that the amplifying circuit can be operated at a low voltage.

Abstract: An oil-water recovering and separating apparatus for separating a raw fluid consisting of a mixture of oil and water into an oil part and a water part on the basis of difference in specific gravity, comprising: intake means for taking in the recovered raw fluid; a separation tank for separating the taken-in raw fluid; a water-part reservoir tank continued to the separation tank; a drain tank continued to the water-part reservoir tank; an oil part recovery portion disposed in the separation tank, the oil part recovery portion having a recovery port disposed slightly above the fluid level of the raw fluid in the separation tank; and scrape-up means provided in a position facing the recovery port so as to move along the fluid level.

Abstract: A multi-layer blow molded article of a polypropylene comprising at least two layers, wherein at least one layer of the inner layer or layers comprises a resin composition containing 100-50 parts by weight of a syndiotactic polypropylene with an Mw/Mn of 3.0 or more and 0-50 parts by weight of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer elastomer, and the outermost layer comprises a syndiotactic polypropylene with an Mw/Mn of less than 3.0, an isotactic polypropylene with an Mw/Mn of 6.0 or less, a resin composition containing 99-50 parts by weight of either of said polypropylenes and 1-50 parts by weight of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer elastomer, or a polypropylene formed by heat degradation of a syndiotactic or isotactic polypropylene and having an Mw/Mn of 3.0 or more.

Abstract: A beer vending machine of the invention includes a cylinder containing compressed carbon dioxide gas, a gas regulator for adjusting a secondary pressure of the carbon dioxide gas, a temperature sensor for monitoring a beer temperature, gas and leak valves, and a pressure controller. The gas valve is disposed in a gas pipe line between the beer barrel and the gas regulator to open or close the gas pipe line, and the leak valve is disposed in a branch pipe for depressurizing the beer barrel. Based on the beer temperature obtained by the temperature sensor, the pressure controller controls the gas regulator, the gas valve and the leak valve to set the secondary pressure at an equilibrium pressure corresponding to the obtained beer temperature. Therefore, the beer barrel is pressurized under the suitable equilibrium pressure.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for separating and reversing a stack of containers includes a supply conveyer that supplies the stack of containers, a lifting device that lifts the stack of containers upwards into a separating and reversing device that separates and reverses each of the containers while transporting them downstream. An ejection conveyer positioned at a downstream end of the separating and reversing device ejects each of the separated and reversed containers.