Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for decomposing vegetable waste materials easily, which solves problems such as the problem of treatment costs, the problem of energy, an environmental problem and the problem of time for treatment which are difficult to be solved by prior art. The present invention provides an agent for decomposing plant fibrous materials, which contains plant fibrous materials decomposing enzymes derived from a microorganism, but not the microorganism. In addition, the present invention provides a process for treating vegetable waste materials comprising allowing the agent for decomposing plant fibrous materials to act on vegetable waste materials.

Abstract: A dial 21a is positioned in front of an LCD 21c, and has an inner periphery surrounding the LCD 21c. A pointer 21b is rotatable by a drive 21d positioned at a backside of the LCD 21c. The pointer 21b is extended from a rotation center in a direction Y1 against the rotation center along a back surface of the LCD 21c, then bent and extended along an outer periphery of the LCD 21c, and bent and extended in the direction Y2 toward the rotation center via a gap formed between a front surface of the display 21c and a back surface of the dial 21a. Then, the pointer 21b is extended along an inner periphery of the dial 21a, and bent and extended in the direction Y1 along a front surface of the dial 21a.

Abstract: A sealing construction provided with a plate member of metal and a rubber member forming a sealing portion and unitedly fixed to the plate member on which a ring concave groove is formed on an obverse face. And, plural through holes, having enlarged opening end portions on a reverse face, are formed through a bottom face of the ring concave groove and the reverse face. Further, a ring plate is disposed as to contact the bottom face of the ring concave groove and partially close the opening portions of the through holes toward the bottom face, and the rubber member, fit to the through hole and surrounding the ring plate, is unitedly connected to the sealing portion in the ring concave groove.

Abstract: A coated paper comprised of a paper substrate, at least one surface of which is provided with at least one coating layer, characterized in that the surface of said coating layer has cracks of a width of 0.2 to 3.0 ?m and a length of 3 to 1000 ?m in an amount of 1 to 1000 cracks per mm2 is provided. In another embodiment, a coated paper comprised of a paper substrate, at least one surface of which is provided with at least two coating layers, characterized in that an inner coating layer adjoining said paper substrate comprises a pigment having a crystal structure selected from the group consisting of acicular crystal, spindle-shape crystal, columnar crystal, and rice-shape granulated crystal, and starches, and an outermost coating layer formed on said inner coating layer comprises crack formation promoting particles and a styrene-butadiene copolymer having a glass transition temperature of 20 to 150° C. is provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of manufacturing glued laminated wood such as laminated veneer lumber (LVL) are disclosed. The glued laminated wood is made of a number of wood sheets such as veneer sheets which are laminated together by a hot press with a thermosetting adhesive into a continuous length of multiple-layered board of the glued laminated wood wherein wood sheets in each layer of the multiple-layered board are arranged in a staggered relation in the lengthwise direction of the board to wood sheets in an adjacent layer. The hot press has a pair of heating plates arranged substantially in facing relation to each other and an auxiliary heating plate disposed adjacent to one end of each heating plate. The auxiliary heating plate is adapted to press part of wood sheet which extends out beyond the above end of the heating plate.

Abstract: The thermoset optical-purpose adhesive according to the present invention, having a superior resistance to heat and moisture and a high transparency is a mixed adhesive which is mainly composed of a primary agent and a curing agent, and is characterized by having a visible-ray transmittance of 90% or more after heat curing under conditions of a layer thickness that is enough for the adhesive to function as an adhesive. It is also characterized in that the primary agent is constituted of a silane modified epoxy resin whose active-radical moieties other than epoxy radicals have been inactivated in part or in entirety by the aid of a metallic soap and to at least one epoxy radical of which a silane coupling agent has been attached, and the curing agent is constituted of an amine type compound or an amide type compound.

Abstract: The present invention aims to solve the conventional problems by providing a peptide compound, in which when administered to a patient of immunologic disease, cardiac hypertrophy or a disease caused by NFAT activation, the period from administration to actual exhibition of effectiveness is short and there are no side effects or antigenicity. Specifically, the present invention relates to a membrane permeable NFAT inhibitory peptide comprising several consecutive arginines and a NFAT-activity inhibitory peptide sequence; a NFAT activation inhibitory agent comprising the peptide; and a immunosuppressive agent and cardiac hypertrophy suppressive agent, comprising the peptide compound as the active ingredient.

Abstract: A semiconductor testing device is used for testing a semiconductor device which has at least one spherical connection terminal. The testing device includes an insulating substrate having an opening formed therein at a position corresponding to the position of the spherical connection terminal, and a contact member, formed on the insulating substrate, including a connection portion which is connected with the spherical connection terminal, at least the connection portion being deformable and extending into the opening.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-cell tank (2) for pressurized gas formed by a group of tubes (2a) immersed in a fibrous resin body (4) and reinforced by means of external texture (7), closed with two covers that feature a intercommunicating series of domes on the internal side, which exactly match the opening of the tubes of the group.

Abstract: A multi-nozzle ink jet head formed through semiconductor processes. The multi-nozzle head has a head substrate in which are formed a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure chambers, a diaphragm that acts as a common electrode and covers the plurality of pressure chambers, piezoelectric body layers that are provided in correspondence with the pressure chambers on the diaphragm, and individual electrode layers that are provided on the piezoelectric body layers and have individual electrode parts corresponding to the pressure chambers and wiring parts for the individual electrode parts. By interposing a low-dielectric-constant layer or an insulating layer in the region of the wiring parts, or not disposing the common electrode in the region of the wiring parts, the electrical capacitance of the driving parts is reduced, and hence a driving lag is prevented from occurring, and moreover unwanted vibration of the piezoelectric bodies is prevented.

Abstract: Booster means 11 for transmitting a force acting on a piston 10 to a valve stem 9 on amplification comprises pivotal members 25 each supported by casings 7, 8 so as to hold an outer end and an inner end thereof in contact with an outer peripheral portion of the piston 10 and a flange portion 22a formed on the valve stem 9 respectively from below and to be pivotally movable about a horizontal rod 26 positioned closer to the inner end. Metal bellows 16 are provided between an outer peripheral portion of the casing top wall 8a and the outer peripheral portion of the piston 10 for sealing off a compressed air admitting space.

Abstract: A wavelength tunable laser device includes: a pair of reflection mirrors; a semiconductor element disposed between the pair of reflection mirrors, the semiconductor element integrating a region for providing an optical gain, a region having a wavelength tunable filter function and a phase control region; and an optical filter disposed between the semiconductor element and one of the pair of reflection mirrors, the optical filter having periodical transmission wavelengths. A wavelength tunable laser device is provided which is easy to be controlled and can be made compact.

Abstract: A disk cutter including an annular disk-shaped base, a plurality of tip supports formed integrally along an outer circumference of the base, a gullet is defined between adjacent ones of the tip supports, a plurality of tip inserts respectively fixed to the tip supports, a plurality of outer slits formed at an outer circumferential portion of the base at given intervals, each of the outer slits having an outer end opening to the gullet, a plurality of intermediate slit pairs formed at a radially intermediate portion of the base at the given intervals, each of the intermediate slit pairs is located between adjacent ones of the outer slits. Each intermediate slit pair includes a substantially J-shaped first slit and a substantially inverted J-shaped second slit arranged in point symmetrical relationship with the first slit. Each of the first and second slits is filled with a viscous material.

Abstract: First resistors (R1, R2) for setting a forward current value are connected in series to light-emitting diodes (LED 1, LED 2) respectively to constitute first serial circuits (112, 113), which are connected to an input terminal (111). Second serial circuits (115, 116) are connected in parallel to the first serial circuits (112, 113) respectively. The second serial circuits (115, 116) are constituted by a combination of a Zener diode (ZD1) and a second resistor (R3), and another combination of a Zener diode (ZD2) and a second resistor (R4). When a higher voltage than rated voltages of the light-emitting diodes (LED 1, LED 2) is applied, the Zener diodes (ZD1, ZD2) shunt current into the second serial circuit (115, 116) to allow the light-emitting diodes (LED 1, LED 2) to light up at desirable luminance levels different from each other.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor (1) comprises a capacitor element (2) which includes an anode foil (4) and a cathode foil (5) rolled with a separator (6) interposed therebetween, and a solid electrolyte layer or an electrically conductive polymer layer provided therein. The cathode foil (5) is coated with a film of a titanium-containing compound metal nitride. The compound metal nitride is aluminum titanium nitride, chromium titanium nitride, or zirconium titanium nitride.

Abstract: A gas separation apparatus combines the technologies of electrostatic precipitators and centrifugal particle separators into a single unit. At an inlet into the gas separation apparatus, a water spray is introduced into the gas stream. The water spray may include various chemical additives, typically selected to react with or neutralize the particulates as they are mixed with the water or for other benefit. The resulting water and particulate mixture, which is much more dense than air, is centrifugally separated and collected through a drain tube outlet. In addition to the centrifugal forces applied to the gas and water stream, an electrical field of magnitude sufficient to produce coronal discharge is also applied to a central electrode. The electric field is generated between the cylinder wall and the central electrode, to assist the centrifugal forces and thereby remove additional particulate beyond that ordinarily removed by a standard centrifugal separator.

Abstract: An exhaust emission control system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The exhaust emission control system (4) includes a monolith catalyst (MC) that includes an oxygen storage agent and a noble metal-based three-way catalyst including Pd, Rh, and Pt disposed at an upstream location in the exhaust gas flow in the internal combustion engine (2), and a perovskite-type double oxide having a three-way catalytic function disposed at a downstream location in the exhaust gas flow. The amount C1 of Pd carried is 0.97 g/L?C1?1.68 g/L, the amount C2 of Rh carried is 0.11 g/L?C2?0.2 g/L, the amount C3 of Pt carried is 0.06 g/L?C3?0.11 g/L, the amount C4 of the oxygen storage agent carried is 25 g/L?C4?75 g/L, and the amount C5 of the perovskite-type double oxide carried is 5 g/L?C5?15 g/L.

Abstract: A liquid dispersing device includes a relatively rigid thin perforated plate having a plurality of closely spaced minute openings or holes in the form of a fine mesh. A plurality of plates are mounted on brackets secured along a side wall of a structure in the path of liquid flowing over and downward from the upper end of the wall. The liquid passing through the holes is dispersed into fine droplets with minimum agglomeration. The angle of the plate and holes determine the direction in which the droplets are dispersed. Use of the perforated plates can eliminate the usual gutter and leader structures which remove rainwater from roofs of houses and can also provide more effective cooling when mounted along internal cooling tower walls.

Abstract: To realize a integrally constructed cooler of the heat pipe type which ensures the achievement of sufficient cooling capacity and the realization of a simple, compact and inexpensive cooler, that is especially low in height, employing and incorporating ingeniously a heat pipe, there is provided a heat pipe type cooler comprising: a heat receiving plate 3; a heat radiator having a configuration of a plurality of horizontally oriented heat radiation plates 5 extending vertically; and a heat pipe H having a generally U or V shaped profile, the middle portion of which is secured to the heat receiving plate 3: and wherein each end of the heat pipe H passes through the heat radiation plates 5.

Abstract: A communication control unit in an electronic apparatus judges the priorities and the types of connected other electronic apparatus or apparatuses by communicating with the other electronic apparatus or apparatuses in response to the change in the connected state with the other electronic apparatus or apparatuses, and feeds to a speech recognition operation inhibition setting unit information as to whether or not the electronic apparatus itself has the highest priority. The speech recognition operation inhibition setting unit sets the allowance or the inhibition of a speech recognition operation in a speech recognition operation judgment unit on the basis of judgment whether or not the electronic apparatus itself has the highest priority.