Abstract: An air conditioner includes a sensible heat exchanger having a first path through which a first air is to flow, and a second path through which a second air is to flow, an evaporative filter, a first water supply part to supply water to the evaporative filter, and a second water supply part to supply water to the second path of the sensible heat exchanger. The second water supply part is disposed with respect to the sensible heat exchanger such that water from the second water supply part and the second air through the second path move in opposite directions. The first air is to passe through the first path of the sensible heat exchanger and the evaporative filter.

Abstract: The anastomotic apparatus is equipped, in a fork which extends in the stapling direction, with an organ gripping mechanism which has a first gripping teeth plate member, a second gripping teeth plate member, a housing, and a clamping teeth drive section connected to at least the aforementioned first gripping teeth plate member or the second gripping teeth plate member to move the first gripping teeth plate member and the second gripping teeth plate member relative to each other by one unit space in the longitudinal direction, and is configured to clamp near a section of an organ to be stapled; an extroverting mechanism configured to move the aforementioned organ gripping mechanism within a turn-out movement range; and a grip controlling mechanism. With the anastomotic apparatus, the burden on the organ tissue can be reduced.

Abstract: The anastomotic apparatus is equipped, in a fork which extends in the stapling direction, with an organ gripping mechanism which has a first gripping teeth plate member, a second gripping teeth plate member, a housing, and a clamping teeth drive section connected to at least the aforementioned first gripping teeth plate member or the second gripping teeth plate member to move the first gripping teeth plate member and the second gripping teeth plate member relative to each other by one unit space in the longitudinal direction, and is configured to clamp near a section of an organ to be stapled; an extroverting mechanism configured to move the aforementioned organ gripping mechanism within a turn-out movement range; and a grip controlling mechanism. With the anastomotic apparatus, the burden on the organ tissue can be reduced.

Abstract: A manufactured article treatment processing method and system includes reading out from a manufactured article being subjected to treatment information of component parts of the article and specific properties of the component parts, extraction of the component parts to be separated on the basis of predetermined specific properties serving as information for detachment and specific properties of the component parts, and treatment of the component parts to be separated and other components parts through different processes, respectively.

Abstract: A magnetic head is formed of materials having different hardnesses. The head includes a base coat formed on a substrate having a high hardness, for example alumina titanium carbide, upon which a base coat, for example alumina, is formed. The base coat typically had a thickness in the range of 0.05 to 0.5 &mgr;m. This structure provides an improved flying height for heads manufactured using a lapping process.

Abstract: In the lapping of a magnetic head formed of materials of different hardness levels, the film thickness of a base coat formed on a substrate having a high hardness is made to be in the range of 0.05 to 0.5 &mgr;m, and the lapping for producing the magnetic head is performed by use of a lapping plate made of a material of relatively low hardness, whereby it becomes possible to reduce a pole-tip recession into a range not more than 1 nm and to suppress the average surface roughness of a lapped surface into another range not less than 10 nm.

Abstract: A treatment processing system for determining proper and appropriate treatment methods and procedures in accordance with states of discarded articles and outputting the determined procedures. Treatment methods are decided which are desirable for manufactured articles for carrying out corresponding treatments of the manufactured articles. The treatment processing system includes a unit for reading out information affixed to the discarded articles, a unit for storing databases for required information, a treatment procedure decision unit, a treatment procedure altering unit, and a detector for detecting whether or not treatment is being executed in conformance with the relevant treatment procedure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric appliance and a remaining life estimation system wherein the electric appliance having a printed circuit board on which at least LSI components are mounted includes an IC with sensor. The IC includes a time monitor for calculating the operation status which is a use condition affecting the life of a reusable component of the appliance, a temperature and humidity sensor for detecting at least temperature and humidity environmental conditions affecting the life of the reusable component, and a memory for storing the history of temperature and humidity in correspondence with the history of operation status.

Abstract: By grinding the grinding surface of a diamond grinding tool which is formed in a predetermined shape by securing diamond abrasive grains by bond circularly or flat with high accuracy by the processing type truing method, uniformly dressing the above bond surface so as to project diamond abrasive grains, lapping the tips of the diamond abrasive grains projected from the above bond by the lapping type truing method so as to make the cutting edge height constant, the run,out of the grinding surface can be controlled to the order of submicrons and the cutting edges which are tips of the diamond abrasive grains can be aligned precisely.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to develop an innovative mud material which has the properties of a resin-type mud material for improving the working environment, which mud material is capable of increasing the depth of an iron tap hole and of improving the adhesion to mud material deposited in a furnace at high heat, such adhesion being a drawback of the conventional art.This invention provides a mud material used for an iron tap hole in a blast furnace, wherein 8 to 20 wt % of a solution of a novolak-type phenolic resin having a specific number-average molecular weight and serving as a binder is added to and blended with a refractory aggregate used as a conventional mud material.