Abstract: A portable heat transfer apparatus comprises a mixture forming/supply device for producing a mixture of fuel gas and air, a heating unit including a heat collection casing, and a burner installed in the casing and formed with a combustion chamber having a flat surface. The burner includes a large number of holes formed on an upstream side thereof to extend up to the flat surface to allow the mixture injected into the chamber therethrough to combust in the chamber, and a porous solid radiant-heat conversion component to partly convert heat energy of exhaust gas from the combustion in the chamber into radiant heat energy. The conversion component defines at least a surface region of the chamber located opposite to a flame front produced close to the flat surface. The apparatus includes a heat-driven pump joined to the casing and receiving heat generated by the combustion, through the heat collection casing.

Abstract: An optical modulator is provided. The optical modulator includes a thin plate made of an electrooptic material and having a thickness of 20 ?m or less, an optical waveguide formed on a top or bottom surface of the thin plate, and a modulation electrode formed on the top surface of the thin plate to modulate light passing through the optical waveguide, wherein, in a shape of the thin plate, a width of the thin plate at an optical input portion or optical output portion of the optical waveguide is two time or less the thickness of the thin plate.

Abstract: In a movable conveyor belt storage installation including a belt storage means (4), conveyor belt support structures (29) following the belt storage means (4), and a movable takeover car (7) including a deflection means (43) for the conveyor belt and a takeup chute (8) for taking over excavated material, the belt storage means (4) is comprised of at least two segments (13, 20, 22, 26) which are connected with one another so as to be pivotable about an axis extending transversely to the belt running direction and passing through the plane of the floor (31), wherein at least a portion of the support structures (29) are capable of being carried along in or on the takeover car (7).

Abstract: Pigment compositions each contain an organic pigment and at least one compound selected from compounds represented by the following formulas (I) or (II), respectively: A-N?N-D, B—N?N-D or C—N?N-D??Formula (I) A-N?N—CH(COCH3)—CONH-E, B—N?N—CH(COCH3)—CONH-E or C—N?N—CH(COCH3)—CONH-E??Formula (II) wherein A represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, B represents a substituted or unsubstituted ?-naphthyl group, C represents a substituted or unsubstituted ?-anthraquinonyl group, D represents a particular substituted aromatic group, and E represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, with a proviso that the compounds each have at least one substituent represented by —COOM or —SO3M in which M represents a hydrogen atom, metal atom, ammonium group, organic amine group or quaternary ammonium group. Colored compositions making use of the pigment compositions and color filters making use of the colored compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for reducing the chromium content from a metallurgical slag, in which the slag is charged onto an iron bath in the liquid state and the reduction of Cr is effected by the iron bath having a C content of 2 to 4% by weight, wherein a) the Cr-containing slag having a Cr content of 2 to 20% by weight is charged onto an iron bath having a C content of below 1% by weight, whereupon b) the carbon content of the iron bath is raised to about 2 to 4% by weight by the addition of carbon carriers at the simultaneous supply of energy, c) the liquid slag having a Cr content of about 0.1% by weight is tapped after the reduction of Cr, d) a cooling agent, preferably scrap, is added to the iron melt and the C content of the melt is lowered to below 1% by weight, and e) a portion of the Cr-containing melt is tapped in the liquid state, while the remaining portion is left in the converter in the liquid state for the treatment of the subsequent melt.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an antibacterial aqueous pharmaceutical composition and an aqueous pharmaceutical composition which have a sufficiently low gelation temperature even when new quinolone antibacterial agents such as ofloxacin as the active ingredient and can be retained at the administration site for a long time by virtue of rapid viscosity increase after administration in spite of their being liquid at administration and thereby attain high availability of pharmaceutical agent. The present invention relates to an antibacterial aqueous pharmaceutical composition which comprises: 2.8 to 4 w/v % of methylcellulose, the 2 w/v % aqueous solution of which has a viscosity of 12 mPa·s or below at 20° C.; 1.5 to 2.3 w/v % of citric acid; 2 to 4 w/v % of polyethylene glycol; and 0.1 to 0.5 w/v % of ofloxacin.

Abstract: A pixel-forming colorant composition contains at least one green colorant selected from the group consisting of the following pigments (A) and (B) and pigment derivative (C): (A) a copper phthalocyanine green pigment obtained by reacting at least one of a phthalic acid substituted on average with from 3.5 to 4.

Abstract: In a device (1) for automatically injecting injection liquids, including an axially subdivided housing whose parts are connectable with each other, wherein an axially displaceable pressure pin (5) is guided in a first housing part (2), which pin is capable of being inserted against a force accumulator (6) and locked in the inserted position and extended upon relief of the force accumulator (6), wherein an injection needle (15) fixed in a needle guide (14) and an ampoule (13) are mounted in a second housing part (3) so as to be axially displaceable relative to each other, wherein the injection needle (15) on its side facing the ampoule (13) is designed as a perforation piece (32) for the ampoule (13), the ampoule (13) with its end facing the injection needle (15) is mounted to reach into a sleeve (16) fixed within the second housing part (3) and whose inner diameter substantially corresponds to the outer diameter of the ampoule (13).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a program for optometry, which is used for a control device. The program includes a first unit to measure an amount of heterophoria of eyes of an examinee to be examined in a horizontal heterophoria examination, a second unit to display an operating method to allow the examinee to implement a Sheard criterion identifying examination on a display device, a third unit to allow the examinee to implement a convergent or divergent test of the eyes based on the operating method, and a fourth unit to calculate a prism amount for prescriptions based on the heterophoria amount and the convergence or divergence of the eyes.

Abstract: An oil-based suspension-dispersion system of drag reduction polymers and the method for preparing same, characterized in adding 0.001-0.1 wt % of ultraviolet absorber and 0.001-0.1 wt % of bactericide into 50-90 wt % of vegetable oil and then mixing the obtained mixture to be homogeneous for use as dispersant, adding 2-25 wt % of separant into 10-40% of extra-high-molecular ?-olefin-styrene polymer based drag reduction polymer and crushing them into powders at a temperature of lower than ?90° C., based on the total weight of the suspension-dispersion system, and then adding the obtained mixture into the dispersant and stirring the mixture by using a high speed emulsion machine to make the mixture homogeneous and emulsified. The system offers a low viscosity of the suspended dispersion system, a high solid content up to 35%; improved high temperature resistance performance, higher flash point, improved safety, and good stability in storage.

Abstract: A plurality of anode foils (7) and a plurality of cathode foils (8) respectively having connecting portions (12a, 12b) are alternately arranged with insulating separators (9) interposed therebetween. The connecting portions (12a, 12b) of the stacked electrode foils (7, 8) are respectively connected and united electrically and mechanically by friction stir welding, thereby forming a capacitor element (5). The capacitor element (5) is housed in a case (2), and the connecting portions (12a, 12b) are respectively connected to a positive electrode external terminal (4) and a negative electrode external terminal (4).

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical modulation element module which is capable of the optical modulation for analog transmission with a low driving voltage and low chirp.

Abstract: To provide a traveling-wave-type optical modulator and a method of adjusting the same, in which an occurrence of a jitter can be suppressed when an optical modulator is driven by using a driver, and, in particular, to provide a traveling-wave-type optical modulator and a method of adjusting the same, in which a degree of freedom is improved when combining the driver and the traveling-wave-type optical modulator and an occurrence of the jitter can be effectively suppressed even after combining the driver and the traveling-wave-type optical modulator.

Abstract: An obstacle detector used for a vehicle includes: a plurality of photographing units configured to photograph scenes in vehicle surroundings; and a controller configured to carry out a first obstacle detection that detects an obstacle in the vehicle surroundings based on images photographed by at least two photographing units of the plurality of photographing units, and a second obstacle detection that detects the obstacle in the vehicle surroundings based on two image-frames photographed by at least one photographing unit of the plurality of photographing units, wherein the controller is configured to carry out at least the first obstacle detection in a region, photographed by the at least two photographing units, and carry out the second obstacle detection in a region photographed by the at least one photographing unit, of a photographed range photographed by the plurality of photographing units.

Abstract: An aqueous pigment dispersion is produced by ultrafinely dispersing a pigment dispersion mixture, which has been obtained by mixing at least a pigment and a dispersant in an aqueous medium, with microbeads having diameters of not smaller than 0.02 mm but smaller than 0.2 mm. A color composition for a color filter is produced by dispersing a mixture of a pigment, a dispersant, a resin varnish and a solvent with the microbeads in a mill.

Abstract: A variable optical attenuator for adjusting a power of light which is output from an output end of a first optical fiber and is to be led to an input end of a second optical fiber, includes a reflection member which reflects the light output from the output end of the first optical fiber, a density filter which transmits the light reflected from the reflection member and controls the power of the light which is transmitted by the density filter depending on a light-transmitting position on the density filter, and an optical member which reflects the light transmitted by the density filter to lead the light to the reflection member. The reflection member is disposed tiltably, the power of the light transmitted by the density filter attenuates along a direction in which the light-transmitting position is changed, and the light-transmitting position of the light is changed by tilting the reflection member.

Abstract: An electric shaver includes a housing in which an electric drive for cutting knives of a shearing head is arranged. A shearing head frame is held by a first latching device in a position abutting on the housing and, upon release by the first latching device, is movable relative to the cutting knives into a position spaced apart from the housing against a stop. A second latching device is provided, by the release of which the shearing head frame is separately removable irrespective of the shearing head frame position released by the first latching device.

Abstract: A subjective optometric apparatus includes: a target-presenting device; an optical element-arranging device configured to set optical elements between the target-presenting device and eyes to be examined; and a controller configured to control the target-presenting device and the optical element-arranging device.