Abstract: Fluorine-containing water is treated by contacting the fluorine-containing water with calcium carbonate to react the fluorine in the fluorine-containing water with the calcium carbonate and fix it as calcium fluoride. After the fluorine-containing water is contacted with the calcium salt in the reaction tank to react the fluorine in the fluorine-containing water with the calcium salt and fix it as calcium fluoride, it is subjected to solid/liquid separation, and the treated water is removed while a portion of the sludge concentrated by the solid/liquid separation is returned to the reaction tank.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for color matching of a thermosetting powder coating composition, the method comprising the steps of: dryblending two or more kinds of starting colored thermosetting powder coating compositions of different colors having an average particle size of 10 &mgr;m or less to achieve color matching, and granulating the dryblend to a particle size in the range which is suitable for coating, by adding at least one binder selected from the group consisting of an aqueous solution of polyethylene glycol and an aqueous dispersion of paraffin wax; and a production process therefor. According to the present invention, color matching can be easily made, and a film of the obtained color-matched powder coating composition is excellent in finished appearance and outstanding in properties.

Abstract: The present invention features nitriding-treating the ferrous material to form a nitrided layer composed of at least one of iron nitride and iron carbide nitride on the surface thereof, and heating to maintain the ferrous material at a temperature of 500 to 700° C. in a treating agent (A), whereby chromium is diffused into the nitrided layer to form a compound layer composed of at least one of chromium nitride and chromium carbide nitride, wherein the treating agent (A) contains the following (a) as a main component and containing the following (b) and (c): (a) at least one of alkali metal chloride and alkaline earth metal chloride; (b) glass having silicone oxide as a main component; and (c) chromium.

Abstract: An alloy used for the production of a rare-earth magnet alloy, particularly the boundary-phase alloy in the two-alloy method is provided to improve the crushability. The Alloy consists of (a) from 35 to 60% of Nd, Dy and/or Pr, and the balance being Fe, or (b) from 35 to 60% of Nd, Dy and/or Pr, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of 35% by weight or less of Co, 4% by weight or less of Cu, 3% by weight or less of Al and 3% by weight or less of Ga, and the balance being Fe. The volume fraction of R2Fe17 phase (Fe may be replaced with Cu, Co, Al or Ga) is 25% or more in the alloy and the average size of an R2Fe17 phase is 20 &mgr;m or less. The alloy can be produced by a centrifugal casting at an average accumulating rate of melt at 0.1 cm/second or less.

Abstract: An electromagnetic shield connection mechanism according to the present invention is for a structure in which a housing wall is fixed to a equipment by inserting a bolt through a collar fitted in a hole formed on the housing wall. The electromagnetic shield connection mechanism according to the present invention is characterized in that a contact member connected to a metal shield lies between the collar and the equipment so that the collar presses the contact member tightly against the equipment, resulting in that a secure electromagnetic shielding is always achieved by thus improved contact between the metal shield and the equipment.

Abstract: The shape of drive electrodes and/or the shape of detection electrodes of a tuning fork type vibration gyro are made asymmetrical between the inside and outside of the arm, and between the surface and reverse face of the arm, to reduce the abnormal vibration and leaking output. The drive electrodes to be provided on the inside parts of the surface and reverse face of the first arm are formed smaller than the drive electrodes to be provided on the outside parts of the surface and reverse face thereof. The length of the detection electrode to be provided on the outside lateral face of the second arm is formed short. The drive electrodes to be provided on the surface and reverse face of the first arm are extended to the base side from the boundary position between the first arm and the base, and the detection electrodes to be provided on the surface and reverse face of the second arm are extended to the base side from the boundary position between the second arm and the base.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which a character/line drawing emphasizing section previously stores a correlation between diameter of dots and position of remarked dots to be varied (including movement of a dot position) for each dot pattern in a table, detects a dot pattern matching a dot pattern based on dot image data inputted by a pattern detecting section, and varies and corrects (including movement of a dot position) the diameter of a dot corresponding to a position of a remarked dot in the dot pattern.

Abstract: A method of producing silicone-containing aqueous coating compositions excellent in shelf stability of the emulsion and in weather resistance, stain resistance, water resistance and solvent resistance of coatings derived therefrom is provided. The method comprises subjecting an aqueous emulsion prepared in advance by emulsification in an aqueous medium containing a polyalkoxypolysiloxane (A), an unsaturated monomer (B) and an emulsifier (C) so as to attain an oil droplet diameter not more than 1,000 nm to polymerization in the presence of a polymerization initiator (D).

Abstract: A pressure switch comprises a switch lever 8 equipped with a switch contact and a working shaft contact portion 82, and a working shaft 6 driven by the pressure of a fluid so as to close or open said switch contact, wherein said contact portion 82 has a spherical surface with a radius of curvature in the range of 2.0 mm to 0.5 mm.

Abstract: To provide an electron beam irradiation device capable of avoiding a problem of convergence of an electron beam at the maximum scanning points, and constantly obtaining an irradiated region of uniform energy density, an electron beam irradiation device comprising an electron beam source 12, an accelerating tube 13 for accelerating electrons emitted from said electron beam source, a focusing electromagnet 16 for applying a magnetic field to a high energy electron beam, which is formed by the accelerating tube, for controlling the beam diameter of the electron beam, and an electromagnet 17 for deflecting and scanning the beam-diameter-controlled electron beam by applying a magnetic field to the electron beam, wherein an electric current component IF which is synchronized with an electric current IS of the scanning electromagnet 17 is superimposed on an electric current IF of the focusing electromagnet 16, thereby controlling the electric current IF of the focusing electromagnet in a manner that said beam diamet

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a PBGA structure comprising a wiring board, a semiconductor integrated circuit chip, substrate electrodes of the semiconductor integrated circuit chip for electrically connecting the electrodes of the semiconductor integrated circuit chip to the wiring board by connection wires, and a resin sealing body for covering the entire surface of the wiring board to protect the semiconductor integrated circuit chip, wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit chip and the substrate electrodes are respectively provided on the front surface of the wiring board.

Abstract: An ocular lens material comprising a polymer prepared by polymerizing a component containing a benzotriazole compound (A) represented by the formula (I): wherein X is hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl having 1 to 3 carbons or an alkoxy having 1 to 3 carbons, R1 is an alkylene having 2 to 10 carbons, R2 is hydrogen, methyl or a halogenated methyl, R3 is hydrogen, an alkyl or an aryl, and each of R4 and R5 is independently an alkyl having 1 to 8 carbons. The material shows excellent ultraviolet-ray absorbing power and oxidation inhibiting power at the same time.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a resin package sealing the semiconductor element, resin projections protruding from a mounting surface of the resin package, metallic film parts provided to the resin projections, connecting members electrically connecting electrode pads on the semiconductor element and the metallic film parts, and connection pads extending from the metallic film parts, the connecting members being connected to the connection pads.

Abstract: A body warmer for use in footwear is disclosed which is prevented from slipping in footwear and is capable of warming a desired portion accurately, and which includes an exothermic composition capable of generating heat in the presence of air, an air-permeable bag accommodating the composition, and an air-tight bag sealingly enveloping the air-permeable bag, the air-permeable bag being formed with a non-slip layer in at least a portion thereof.

Abstract: A secondary air introducing path 23 is formed in a cylinder head 1 along an exhaust port 5. Secondary air is fed by an air pump with pressure, and an outlet 23a of the secondary air introducing path 23 is formed so that a blowing direction of the outlet 23a is directed to an exhaust valve 7 side. There is provided a water jacket 22 between the secondary air introducing port 23 and an upper portion of the cylinder head 1.

Abstract: An active element has first and second regions and a control electrode. Carriers move between the first and second regions in a first direction. A motion of carriers is controlled by an electric signal applied to the control electrode. The first and second regions and control electrode extend in a second direction crossing the first direction from an input terminal to an output terminal. A conductive region is electrically connected to the first region from the input terminal to the output terminal. A trigger line extending in the second direction propagates an electric signal from the input terminal to the output terminal. The electric signal propagating the trigger line is applied to the control electrode at a corresponding position in the second direction. An output line extending in the second direction propagates an electric signal from the input terminal to the output terminal.

Abstract: Alkali-developable, chemically amplified resist composition which comprises an alkali-insoluble compound having a structural unit containing a protected alkali-soluble group in which unit a protective moiety of said protected alkali-soluble group contains an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having bonded to a carbon atom thereof a —CH2—R1′ group wherein R1′ is methyl, ethyl, propyl or isopropyl, and said alkali-soluble group is cleaved upon action of an acid generated from a photoacid generator used in combination with said compound, thereby releasing said protective moiety from the alkali-soluble group and converting said compound to an alkali-soluble one, and a photoacid generator capable of being decomposed upon exposure to a patterning radiation to thereby produce an acid capable of causing cleavage of said protective moiety.

Abstract: A reference voltage generation circuit includes: a load unit having one end thereof connected to a higher voltage power supply line; an enhancement type n-channel MIS transistor having a drain thereof connected to the other end of the load unit, and a source thereof connected to a lower voltage power supply line; and a source follower circuit using a MIS transistor as a driving element, the source follower circuit having an input end thereof connected to the drain of the n-channel MIS transistor and having an output end thereof connected to a gate of the n-channel MIS transistor. A reference voltage is obtained at the drain of the n-channel MIS transistor. By the constitution, it is possible to obtain a stable reference voltage, and to incorporate the reference voltage generation circuit into an integrated circuit produced by integrating MIS transistors, without introducing an increase in production processes. It is also possible to reduce a consumed current of the reference voltage generation circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate structure formed on a substrate in which an LDD structure is formed, wherein gate structure includes a Schottky electrode making a Schottky contact with a channel region in the substrate, a low-resistance layer provided above the Schottky electrode, and a stress-relaxation layer interposed between the Schottky electrode and the stress-relaxation layer. The low-resistance layer and said stress-relaxation layer form an overhang structure with respect to the Schottky electrode.

Abstract: When producing men's/women's jackets of every kind of length to order of a customer, front buttons and waist pockets are set and attached in well-balanced positions, while maintaining a position of a waist shape for the jacket, by defining an upper part of a back length line as a center back waist length and its lower part as a hip length (below waist) respectively and reflecting a value of the center back waist length in pattern design, setting a top one of the front buttons in a position a prescribed length above the back length line according to the center back waist length or a prescribed length below the back length line according to the hip length, and setting a bottom one of the front buttons and waist pockets in positions a prescribed length below the back length line according to the hip length. In the women's jacket, the center back waist length ranges from 34-45 cm and the hip length ranges from 15-38 cm, the top button is set and attached in a position 1.5-14.