Abstract: According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a first housing having a first display unit, a second housing having a second display unit, a form detector, and a control unit. The form detector detects a first form in which the second display unit is covered with the first housing while the first display unit is exposed to the outside and a second form in which the first display unit and the second display unit are exposed to the outside. A control unit cause objects for activating a function to be displayed on the first display unit and on the second display unit in an associated manner in conjunction with a change in form detected by the form detector.

Abstract: A mobile phone terminal (electronic device) includes a first touch panel and a second touch panel for displaying an object corresponding to an executable function and detect a touch on the object. The mobile phone terminal also includes a control unit that, in a state where the object is displayed on the first touch panel or the second touch panel, when the touch on the object is detected and then a movement of the touch is detected and if the first touch panel or the second touch panel is in a movement direction of the touch, displays a screen provided by a function corresponding to the object on the first touch panel or the second touch panel in the movement direction of the touch.

Abstract: A mobile electronic device includes a first touch sensor on a first face of a housing, a second touch sensor on a second face of the housing different from the first face, a display unit provided on the first face of the housing, and a control unit. When a first touch on the first face is detected by the first touch sensor and a second touch on the second face is detected by the second touch sensor, the control unit selects an object displayed on the display unit based on the first touch on the first face and the second touch on the second face.

Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal device that can improve operability for editing a mail with a simple configuration. A cellular telephone device 1 is provided with a control unit 38, which controls so that, when a received mail message is displayed on a display part 21, an unsent mail message associated with the received mail message is read out in response to a predetermined operation by way of an operation unit 11, and the unsent mail message is displayed on the display part 21; and when an unsent mail message is displayed on the display part 21, a received mail message associated with the unsent mail message is read out in response to a predetermined operation by the operation unit 11, and the received mail message is displayed on the display part 21.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for eliminating an organic dispersion medium from a molded product obtained by plasticizing-molding or casting-molding of metallic and/or ceramic powders wherein the elimination is by extraction by liquid carbon dioxide at a temperature not lower than -30.degree. C. and not higher than -31.1.degree. C. The method prevents nonuniform volumetric decrease of the molded product to be otherwise caused by the extraction of the organic dispersion medium, while also making it possible to completely eliminate the organic dispersion medium without causing residual strain or deformation in the molded product.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with the method of compression molding a metallic or ceramic powders. The method includes the step of maintaining a negative pressure within a first mold of noncompactable powders for intimately contacting on its inner surface a pouch-like member of thin-walled resilient material for producing a second mold, and the step of compactly charging starting powders into the second mold and exhausting air from and sealing the second mold, taking out a pre-molded body of the metallis or ceramic powders together with the second mold and the step of processing the pre-molded body by a cold or hot isostatic press.

Abstract: A method for eliminating a dispersion medium from a molded product obtained by plasticizing-molding or casting-molding one or more of metallic and ceramic powders, wherein the elimination process is carried out in a supercritical liquid carbon dioxide atmosphere without heating to higher temperatures.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing fired pellets, comprising the steps of: using raw materials comprising a first iron ore fine of from 30 to 70 wt. % and a second iron ore fine of from 70 to 30 wt. %, the first iron ore fine comprising an iron ore fine of from 50 to 80 wt. % having a particle size of up to 0.044 mm and an iron ore fine of from 50 to 20 wt. % having a particle size of from over 0.044 mm up to 0.5 mm, the second iron ore fine comprising an iron ore fine of from 40 to 70 wt. % having a particle size of from over 0.5 mm up to 8 mm and an iron ore fine of from 60 to 30 wt. % having a particle size of up to 0.

Abstract: A method of sintering compacts of metals, ceramics and the like in powder form. At least the surface portion of the compact is sintered in a plasma atmosphere having a pressure of 10 Torr or less thereby eliminating the open voids and then the compact is subjected to a hot isostatic press process.

Abstract: A tetrafluoroethylene-type fluoroplastic powder is added and mixed with a metal powder and the mixture is shaped. The compact is heated in a nonoxidizing atmosphere and the oxides on the surface of the metal particles are converted and removed as gaseous fluorides. Alternatively, after the oxides are converted to solid or liquid fluorides, the fluorides are reduced by hydrogen and then they are removed as gaseous reaction products. Thereafter, the compact is sintered.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for continuously manufacturing non-fired pellets, which comprise: continuously supplying green pellets containing a carbonating binder into a vertical type reactor to continuously pass the green pellets sequentially through a predrying zone, a carbonating zone and a drying zone in the vertical type reactor; blowing a predrying gas having a relative humidity of up to 70% and a temperature of from 40.degree. to 250.degree. C. into the predrying zone to predry the green pellets therein until the water content of the green pellets in the predyring zone falls within the range of from 1 to 7 wt. %; blowing a carbonating gas comprising carbon dioxide gas of from 5 to 95 vol. % and saturated steam of from 5 to 95 vol. % and having a temperature of from 30.degree. to 98.degree. C. into the carbonating zone to carbonate the carbonating binder contained in the green pellets therein; and blowing a drying gas at a temperature of from 100.degree. to 300.degree. C.

Abstract: In a method of producing unbaked agglomerates, green pellets or briquettes are produced by adding 5 to 30% of reduced iron powder, mill scale powder or iron sand and also adding a binder consisting of a cement or granulated blast furnace slag and then the green pellets or briquettes are dry cured thereby producing agglomerates having excellent reducing performance.

Abstract: A method of producing agglomerates from a fine iron ore or the like having a wide particle size distribution. A solid fuel is added to the fine ore and the material is formed into pellets or briquettes of a two-layer structure comprising a core portion and a shell portion having different solid fuel contents, and the pellets or briquettes are charged onto a grate of a travelling grate-type furnace including an updraft drying zone, a downdraft drying zone, an ignition zone and a suction burning zone in such a manner that the charge having a higher solid fuel content forms a grate upper layer portion and the charge having a lower solid fuel content forms a grate lower layer portion, thereby firing the pellets or briquettes by the furnace.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for continuously manufacturing a non-sintered pellet, which comprises:continuously supplying a green pellet having a water content of from 6 to 20 wt. % into a shaft type reactor to continuously pass the green pellet sequentially through a pre-treating zone, a hydration reaction zone and a drying zone in the shaft type reactor; blowing a pre-treating gas with a relative humidity of up to 70% and at a temperature of from 65.degree. to 250.degree. C. into the pre-treating zone to pre-dry the green pellet in the pre-treating zone until the difference in the water content in the green pellet before and after the abovementioned pre-drying becomes at least 4 wt. % within the limits in which the green pellet in the pre-treating zone contains at least 2 wt. % water; blowing a gas for hydration reaction at a temperature of from 50.degree. to 100.degree. C.

Abstract: Described is a method for the production of ferrochromium and a rotary furnace employed in such method. Raw chromium ores, fluxes and carbonaceous reducing agent(s) are charged into a rotary furnace into which oxygen or oxygen-enriched air is blown to effect smelting reduction. Hot exhaust gases from the rotary reducing furnace are used for pre-heating and pre-reducing of the materials for saving the energy considerably as contrasted to conventional methods.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing a high-temperature reducing gas, comprising: using a reducing gas manufacturing equipment including a heat medium heating apparatus and a gas reforming apparatus provided below said heat medium heating apparatus; burning a fuel gas in said heat medium heating apparatus to continuously produce a high-temperature combustion exhaust gas; on the other hand, introducing heat medium particles having an average particle size within the range of from 50 to 500 .mu.m into said heat medium heating apparatus to heat to a prescribed temperature and fluidize said particles through heat exchange with said high-temperature combustion exhaust gas; blowing a gas to be reformed containing CO.sub.2 and H.sub.

Abstract: A device for making high temperature reformed gas from coke oven gas and blast furnace gas comprises a continuous heating apparatus for preheating a coke oven gas; and a first system including (a) an intermittent heat exchanger containing therein a packing bed of the heat-accumulator type for preheating a blast furnace gas; (b) a separate cyclone-type gas mixing chamber for mixing the preheated raw gases; and (c) an intermittent reforming furnace containing therein a packing bed of the heat-accumulator type impregnated with a catalyst. A second system comprising counterpart elements (a), (b) and (c) is connected to the apparatus (a) in parallel with the first system so as to be operated alternately with said first system. Bypass valves are preferably provided to feed the blast furnace gas directly to the gas mixing chamber bypassing the intermittent heat exchanger.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for manufacturing reducing gas by utilizing a slag-tap type furnace wherein a solid carbonaceous substance such as coal and coke is charged into the furnace through the top thereof, steam and oxygen or oxygen-rich air are blown into the furnace through a tuyere at the hearth, the gas produced is discharged from the furnace top and the ash components of the ash substance are discharged from the furnace bottom as a molten slag, a liquefied high calorie substance such as heavy oil, asphalt and plastics is blown into a region of the furnace in which the solid carbonaceous substance is heated to a temperature of from 600.degree. to 1200.degree. C. thus increasing the heat quantity of the gas produced. The efficiency of the furnace can be improved by separating low temperature volatile substances from the gas produced and admitting the separated low temperature volatile substances into the furnace together with steam and oxygen or oxygen-rich air.

Abstract: There is provided a method of blast furnace operation utilizing selective recycling of peripheral gas stream wherein the number of outlet ports for peripheral gas stream and the position of the gas outlet ports relative to the inlet ports for reducing gas are optimalized and the content of nitrogen in the recycling gas and the content of nitrogen in the reducing gas to be injected are controlled within the respective predetermined ranges.