Abstract: Dairy or non-dairy based fortified carbonated beverage solutions that supply essential nutrients in the human diet. The solution contains per 354 ml, calcium, magnesium and potassium ions in the form of salts and optionally vitamins A, D, C and folic acid in specified amounts to provide dietary supplementation. Sweeteners, stabilizers, flavors and carbonation can also be added to enhance flavor, taste, mouth-feel, ingredient solubilization and product appearance. A method of making the beverages is also described. A method of using carbonation to reduce bacterial counts from milk-based beverages with or without pasteurization is also disclosed.

Abstract: An automatic transmission has a first brake, a third brake and a hydraulic actuator for the third brake substantially axially aligned in sequence from rear to front in a radially outer area of the transmission. In addition, a first planetary gear unit, a first one-way clutch and a second one-way clutch are provided in an axial sequence from rear to front, in a radially inner area of the transmission. In this manner, component members are mounted with good spatial efficiency in both radial and axial dimensions. Furthermore, because a carrier of the first planetary gear is connected to a third brake through the first one-way clutch, the carrier can be reversely rotated by disengaging the third brake, enabling six forward speeds.

Abstract: An oil pressure control device has bypass drain oil passages that bypass a control valve and that are capable of draining the engaging pressure K from a hydraulic servo of a clutch when releasing the clutch. A drain-prohibiting check ball blocks a drain path between a manual valve and an input port.

Abstract: The vehicle seat of the invention includes a cushioning material having a ridge surrounding and defining a seating area on the cushioning material and a skin material covering the cushioning material. The skin material and cushioning material are bonded together only within the seating area. The skin material is a laminate including, in succession, a PVC layer, a knitted fabric and a closed-cell synthetic resin foam. A water proof film may be interposed between the cushioning material and the skin material outside of the seating area.

Abstract: An object is to provide a field effect transistor which uses a liquid electrolyte as a gate and which operates stably in the liquid electrolyte. A field effect transistor includes a channel (2) formed of a portion of a hydrogen-terminated surface of a diamond, the portion being exposed to the outside between a gate electrode (3) and a drain electrode (6); and a gate formed of a liquid electrolyte (4) in contact with the exposed portion of the hydrogen-terminated surface of the diamond.

Abstract: In a work conveying system including at least a work holder for holding a work and a horizontal mover for moving the work holder horizontally in an upper ceiling space within a clean room, the work being conveyed to each of plural processing apparatuses. The horizontal mover has at least one linear moving mechanism including a duct with an internal guide, a traveling body engaging the guide and traveling through the traveling path defined by the duct, and a slider connected to the traveling body for travel with the traveling body on the exterior of the traveling path. The work holder is attached to the slider. Air cleaners are disposed at suitable intervals in the traveling path to clean the air therein and to discharge the cleaned air to the exterior. The traveling path accommodates a drive source, a drive mechanism, and a power supply.

Abstract: An electronic caliper includes fixed and movable caliper arms mounted on a common housing and having jaws at their free ends. One of the caliper arms is attached to the housing through a pivot pin for pivoting motion between a contact position and a disengaged position. A spring engages the movable arm at a point on a side of the pivot pin opposite the jaws. The spring is under tension so as to bias the contact pad carried by the distal end of the movable caliper arm toward contact with the pad mounted on the distal end of the fixed caliper arm. A non-contact electronic sensor is positioned facing a target disk carried by movable caliper arm at its innermost end within the housing. A plunger, located on the same side of the pivot pin as is the target disk, allows the movable caliper arm to be pivoted to its open position to allow for insertion and removal of the soft tissue to be measured.

Abstract: A process for the production of a dairy product containing gelatine and cream, wherein the ingredients are mixed, heated and put into a pack, and wherein skimmed milk is mixed with the gelatine in a mixing tank, that mixture is then left to soak and in further succession it is mixed with the remaining ingredients.

Abstract: A drive-section-isolated FOUP opener opens and closes a door of a FOUP which contains a plurality of semiconductor wafers. The FOUP opener includes a dock plate for carrying and positioning the FOUP; a dock moving mechanism for moving the dock plate to a position for detachment/attachment of the FOUP door; a port door including a mechanism for releasably holding the FOUP door; a port plate including an opening closed by the port door; a port door horizontal-movement mechanism for horizontally moving the port door; a sensor horizontal-movement mechanism for horizontally moving a sensor bracket, the sensor bracket carrying a mapping sensor; and a port-door-and-sensor vertical-movement mechanism for vertically moving the port door and the sensor bracket with the port door holding the FOUP door.

Abstract: Friction disks of a clutch are axially positioned and supported relative to the drum of the clutch, using a tapered snap ring. Furthermore, an engaging member coupled with a ring gear is axially positioned and supported by sandwiching between the tapered snap ring and another snap ring. Accordingly, the structure accommodates and supports receipt of hydraulic pressure, as well as thrust force of the ring gear.

Abstract: An oil film is formed between side faces of a pump gear and side faces of a pump casing to thereby reduce wear and reduce sliding resistance. To form the oil film predetermined numbers of recesses are provided in both side faces of a drive gear and in both side faces of a driven gear of the gear pump. The recesses serve to hold oil. The oil held in the recesses oozes out to between the opposing and contacting side faces to thereby form the oil films therebetween.

Abstract: A particle beam image detector employing gas amplification attained by pixel-type electrodes has high sensitivity and improved reliability of electrodes. Electrons e− produced through ionization of the gas move under the force of a drift field toward a pixel in the form of a columnar anode electrode. Avalanche amplification occurs in the vicinity of the columnar anode electrode due to a strong electric field between anode and cathode and the pointed shape of the electrode. The positive ions quickly drift toward strip-shaped cathode electrodes. Electric charges are generated on the columnar anode electrodes and also on the strip-shaped cathodes and these electric charges are observable to determine the anode or cathode strip at which this amplification phenomenon occurs and thus to obtain information as to position of the incident particle beam.

Abstract: A prostaglandin derivative represented by the formula: wherein X is a halogen atom, R1 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-10 alkyl group or a C3-10 cycloalkyl group, m is an integer of 0 to 5, and Y is a group represented by the formula: wherein R2 is a C3-10 cycloalkyl group, a C3-10 cycloalkyl group substituted with C1-4 alkyl group(s), a C1-4 alkyl group substituted with C3-10 cycloalkyl group(s), a C1-10 alkyl group, a C2-10 alkenyl group, a C2-10 alkynyl group or a bridged cyclic hydrocarbon group, or a group represented by the formula: wherein n is an integer of 1 to 8; a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof.

Abstract: A parking brake operating device for vehicle, wherein a vehicle is held by a specified braking force by manually rotating a brake lever (2), a held state is released by rotatingly operating the brake lever (2) upward by a specified amount from the held state, and the braking force can be changed to an increasing side and held by further raising the brake lever upward from the held state beyond the specified amount, whereby a release operation can be performed without using a push button or a push rod.

Abstract: In a looper and cutter drive mechanism for sewing machine, an upper looper and a lower looper are respectively disposed below a throat plate, respective loop-taker points of these loopers are arranged in the same direction such that the loop-taker points pass a front side of the needle as seen in the stitching direction. The upper looper and the lower looper are driven such that the upper looper and the lower looper perform movements having traces on planes substantially parallel to each other. Due to such a constitution, the looper drive mechanism has both of the lockstitching function and the over-edge stitching function and can perform both functions by a single sewing machine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor device in which a barrier insulating film is formed to cover a copper film or a wiring consisting mainly of the copper film. The barrier insulating film is a structure of two or more layers including at least a first barrier insulating film containing silicon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen or silicon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon, and a second barrier insulating film containing silicon, oxygen and hydrogen or silicon, oxygen, hydrogen and carbon.

Abstract: A two piece golf ball has a core compression in the range of 75 PGA to 89 PGA, a core diameter in the range of about 1.535 inches to 1.545 inches, a cover hardness in the range of 42 to 60 Shore D, and a dimple pattern based on the geometry of a icosahedron. An uninterrupted equatorial great circle path, corresponding to a mold parting line, is provided in the design for forming a cover of the golf ball in two parts. A ball having such characteristics exhibits superior distance performance without compromising shot-making feel.

Abstract: A coolant system and method for control of cylinder temperature in a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine includes an inlet rail for receiving coolant from a pump, an outlet rail located on a side of the cylinder head opposite the inlet rail and a plurality of individual coolant flow passages extending within the cylinder head and connecting the inlet rail with the outlet rail. A control valve and an associated temperature sensor are provided within each of the coolant flow passages and a controller individually controls each of the control valves in accordance with a signal received from its associated temperature sensor. The control valves may be controlled to bring the temperatures detected by their associated temperature sensors into conformance with an optimum temperature predetermined for engine speed and/or engine torque load.

Abstract: A radiation shielding structure includes a first adhesive layer, a resin layer, and a metal foil laminated sequentially on a release layer of a plastic film. A metal layer pattern is formed from the metal foil. The first adhesive layer, the resin layer, and the metal layer pattern are formed sequentially from the bottom on a transparent substrate by separating the release layer from the first adhesive layer along an interface and then adhering the first adhesive layer to the transparent substrate.

Abstract: A process for the production of a liquid hydrocarbon oil from a gas feed containing a lower hydrocarbon and CO2, wherein the gas feed is mixed with H2O to obtain a mixed gas having specific CO2, H2O and lower hydrocarbon contents. The mixed gas is contacted with a Rh, Ru/MgO catalyst having a specific surface area of 5 m2/g or less to produce a synthesis gas with a carbon conversion efficiency Cf of at least 50%. The thus obtained synthesis gas having a H2/CO molar ratio of 1.5-2.5 is reacted in the presence of a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst to obtain a liquid hydrocarbon oil, while the synthesis gas having a H2/CO molar ratio of 0.5-1.5 is reacted in the presence of one or more catalysts having methanol synthesizing, dehydrating and CO shift reaction activities to obtain dimethyl ether.