Abstract: A method for producing shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers having an average fiber length of 1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less, the method including cleaving sugar chains of anionically modified cellulose fibers by thermal decomposition under temperature conditions of 50° C. or higher and 230° C. or lower, wherein the average fiber length of the anionically modified cellulose fibers is 700 ?m or more and 10000 ?m or less. By the use of shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers or the like obtained by the method for production of the present invention, a dispersion containing fine cellulose fibers having a low viscosity and excellent handling property can be prepared while at a high concentration, so that the dispersion can be suitably used in various industrial applications such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, packaging materials for household electric appliances, automobile parts, and materials for three-dimensional modeling.

Abstract: A surface treatment agent which is a water-repellent agent, includes (1) a fluorine-free block copolymer, and (2) a liquid medium which is an organic solvent, water, or a mixture of water and an organic solvent. The non-fluorinated block copolymer includes at least one block segment (A) which includes a repeating unit formed from one or more types of acrylic monomer having a long-chain hydrocarbon group containing 12-40 carbon atoms. The non-fluorinated block copolymer preferably contains a segment (B) constituted by at least one of: (B1) a block segment including a repeating unit, different from that of segment (A), that is formed from an acrylic monomer having a long-chain hydrocarbon group including 12-40 carbon atoms; (B2) a block segment including a repeating unit formed from an acrylic monomer not having a long-chain hydrocarbon group; and (B3) a random segment formed from at least two types of acrylic monomers.

Abstract: A flame retardant article has excellent flame retardancy. The flame retardant article contains a cured resin member that is obtained by curing a thermosetting resin composition containing a thermosetting resin. The cured resin member forms an oxygen insulating carbonized layer when being burned. The cured resin member is present in at least a part of a surface of the expanded member obtained by expanding a thermoplastic resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin. The thermoplastic resin generates a residue when heated to 600° C. at a temperature increase rate of 10° C./minute under a nitrogen atmosphere.

Abstract: A hot-press device includes: a heating furnace; a pair of punches which includes an upper punch and a lower punch provided in the heating furnace and vertically facing each other; a lower press ram which is connected to a lower surface of the lower punch; an upper press ram which is connected to an upper surface of the upper punch; and a pressing device which is connected to any one or both of the lower press ram and the upper press ram and presses the punch so that the pair of punches are close to each other, in which the lower press ram and/or the upper press ram includes a plurality of individual press rams which are disposed at intervals, each individual press ram having one end coupled to the pair of punches.

Abstract: The packaged flow sensor is a packaged flow sensor for use by being fixed to an external substrate and includes a flow sensor chip including a sensor unit configured to detect a flow rate of a fluid, a case member including an opening toward the external substrate and configured to house the sensor unit in a state in which the sensor unit faces the opening, and a fixing member protruding from the case member toward the external substrate and configured to fix the packaged flow sensor to the external substrate.

Abstract: A MEMS microphone includes a diaphragm having conductivity, first and second variable capacitors respectively including first and second fixed electrodes, a first voltage output section that outputs a first voltage changed according to a change in a capacitance of the first variable capacitor, and a second voltage output section that outputs a second voltage changed according to a change in a capacitance of the second variable capacitor. The first and second fixed electrodes face the diaphragm. The capacitances of the first and second variable capacitors are changed in accordance with a vibration of the diaphragm. A first bias voltage is applied to the first fixed electrode. A reference voltage is applied to the second fixed electrode. A second bias voltage is applied to the diaphragm. A difference between the second bias voltage and the reference voltage is half of a difference between the first bias voltage and the reference voltage.

Abstract: The multi-chamber heat treatment device includes intermediate conveyors connected together, each treatment conveyor of the intermediate conveyors is attached with a treater that applies predetermined heat treatment to a treatment object and conveys the treatment object to the treater, and each treater is either one of a main treater that applies main treatment to the treatment object, a preheater that applies preheating treatment to the treatment object before the main treatment, and a cooler that applies cooling treatment to the treatment object after the main treatment.

Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes an air chamber; and a pressure adjusting mechanism which adjusts a pressure of a compressed air in the air chamber. The pressure adjusting mechanism includes a valve body which opens and closes a flow path that communicates the air intake and the air chamber; an elastic body which exerts an urging force to the valve body; a support part which supports an end of the elastic body; a pressure receiving member which receives air pressure in the air chamber and presses the elastic body in a direction of closing the flow path; and a load reducing mechanism capable of switching the urging force of the elastic body acting on the valve body between a normal state and a load reduction state in which the urging force smaller than the normal state is exerted.

Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes a drive mechanism configured to be driven by compressed air supplied from an air intake; an air chamber configured to store the compressed air supplied; and a pressure adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the pressure of the compressed air in the air chamber. The pressure adjusting mechanism includes a valve body configured to open and close a flow path that communicates the air intake and the air chamber with each other; an elastic body configured to exert an urging force to the valve body to open the flow path; and a pressure receiving member configured to receive air pressure in the air chamber and exert an urging force in a direction of closing the flow path to the elastic body. The elastic body is arranged at a position closer to the air intake than the valve body.

Abstract: A hot-press device includes: a heating furnace; a pair of punches which includes an upper punch and a lower punch provided in the heating furnace and vertically facing each other; a lower press ram which is connected to a lower surface of the lower punch; an upper press ram which is connected to an upper surface of the upper punch; and a pressing device which is connected to any one or both of the lower press ram and the upper press ram and presses the punch so that the pair of punches are close to each other, in which the lower press ram and/or the upper press ram includes a plurality of individual press rams which are disposed at intervals, each individual press ram having one end coupled to the pair of punches.

Abstract: The multi-chamber heat treatment device includes intermediate conveyors connected together, each treatment conveyor of the intermediate conveyors is attached with a treater that applies predetermined heat treatment to a treatment object and conveys the treatment object to the treater, and each treater is either one of a main treater that applies main treatment to the treatment object, a preheater that applies preheating treatment to the treatment object before the main treatment, and a cooler that applies cooling treatment to the treatment object after the main treatment.

Abstract: A method for producing a potassium titanate easily and inexpensively produces a potassium titanate that exhibits high thermal stability and has a significantly low fibrous potassium titanate content. The method for producing a potassium titanate includes calcining a raw material mixture by heating the raw material mixture to a maximum calcination temperature that exceeds 1000° C. while controlling the heating rate from 1000° C. to the maximum calcination temperature to 15° C./min or less to obtain a calcine, and cooling the calcine while controlling the cooling rate from the maximum calcination temperature to 500° C. to 100° C.

Abstract: A method for producing a potassium titanate easily and inexpensively produces a potassium titanate that exhibits high thermal stability and has a significantly low fibrous potassium titanate content. The method for producing a potassium titanate includes calcining a raw material mixture by heating the raw material mixture to a maximum calcination temperature that exceeds 1000° C. while controlling the heating rate from 1000° C. to the maximum calcination temperature to 15° C./min or less to obtain a calcine, and cooling the calcine while controlling the cooling rate from the maximum calcination temperature to 500° C. to 100° C.

Abstract: Provided is a display device (100) which predicts a predicted temperature difference between a peripheral display area and an outer peripheral area of a display section (200) based on an input image signal from an image-signal input section (10). When the predicted temperature difference is a set reference value or more, the display device (100) controls luminance of an image displayed on the peripheral display area so as to be lowered. Therefore, the predicted temperature difference is predicted by using only the input image signal, and the luminance of the image displayed on the peripheral display area can be appropriately controlled without performing a calculation using the predicted temperature difference. Hence, such a luminance control for preventing breakage of the display section (200) can be easily performed.

Abstract: A display tilting apparatus includes a moving bracket that supports a display, a ratchet mechanism that controls pivoting of the moving bracket to a first direction, an anti-tilting mechanism that inhibits pivoting of the moving bracket to a second direction that is opposite of the first direction, and a fixed bracket that is pivotably connected to the moving bracket via a pivot axis. The anti-tilting mechanism includes a first anti-tilting member, and a second anti-tilting member that is mounted on the fixed bracket. The first anti-tilting member and the second anti-tilting member are mounted so as to make a physical contact to each other.

Abstract: A POS terminal according to the present invention includes an LCD screen that displays information and tilts freely to a desirable position, a printer that prints the information on a paper, a paper discharge outlet from which the paper is discharged, and a controller that controls the POS terminal. The paper discharge outlet is provided in the main body at a position that is below the LCD screen.

Abstract: Disclosed is a burn-in reduction device capable of favorably reducing burn-in on a screen. The burn-in reduction device comprises luminance level distribution detecting means for detecting a statistical distribution with respect to luminance levels of pixels of an image based on an input image signal; and luminance changing means for changing a luminance level of the input image signal in accordance with the statistical distribution detected by the luminance level distribution detecting means.

Abstract: A display tilting apparatus includes a moving bracket that supports a display, a ratchet mechanism that controls pivoting of the moving bracket to a first direction, an anti-tilting mechanism that inhibits pivoting of the moving bracket to a second direction that is opposite of the first direction, and a fixed bracket that is pivotably connected to the moving bracket via a pivot axis. The anti-tilting mechanism includes a first anti-tilting member, and a second anti-tilting member that is mounted on the fixed bracket. The first anti-tilting member and the second anti-tilting member are mounted so as to make a physical contact to each other.

Abstract: A POS terminal according to the present invention includes an LCD screen that displays information and tilts freely to a desirable position, a printer that prints the information on a paper, a paper discharge outlet from which the paper is discharged, and a controller that controls the POS terminal. The paper discharge outlet is provided in the main body at a position that is below the LCD screen.

Abstract: A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization characterized by being formed from (a) a magnesium compound, (b) titanium tetrachloride, (c) a phthalic diester and a derivative thereof, and either (d1) a hydroxylated hydrocarbon compound (phenol, etc.) represented by a specific formula or (d2) a mercapto-containing hydrocarbon compound (thiophenol, etc.) represented by a specific formula. With a catalyst obtained from this solid catalyst component, an olefin polymer can be obtained in extremely high yield. In particular, a propylene polymer which retains high stereoregularity can be obtained in extremely high yield.