Abstract: Provided is a light emitting diode (LED) substrate. The LED substrate includes a substrate of a rectangular shape having sides in a first direction and a second direction, a plurality of LED devices placed on a surface of the substrate, and a plurality of conducting member which electrically connects the plurality of LED devices on the surface of the substrate and forms 2n circuits independent from each other in the first direction. Each circuit has a first electrode part and a second electrode part. The first electrode part receives input of an electric current from the outside, the second electrode part outputs an electric current to the outside, and the first electrode part and the second electrode part face each other in the second direction, and are alternately placed in the first direction to be point-symmetrical with respect to a center of the substrate as a symmetry point.

Abstract: Provided is a light illuminating apparatus for irradiating light of a line shape extending in a first direction and having a line width in a second direction. The light illuminating apparatus includes light emitting units, each including a substrate, light sources arranged at an interval along the first direction on the substrate and placed such that a direction of an optical axis is matched to a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface, and optical devices placed on optical paths of each light source to shape light from each light source into light with a predetermined divergence angle, wherein the light emitting units are arranged on an arc having its center at the irradiation position when viewed in the first direction, and an irradiation width in the second direction of light from the light emitting units is approximately equal within a preset range in a direction perpendicular to the irradiation surface.

Abstract: A light irradiating device includes a plurality of LED elements which is disposed on a substrate along a first direction and irradiatesan ultraviolet ray on an irradiating object; and a plurality of light collecting units which is disposed in an optical path of each LED element and forms the ultraviolet ray emitted from each LED element to have a narrow spread angle, in which the ultraviolet ray which passes through the light collecting unit to be directed to the irradiating object has a first light distribution peak which is inclined to an upstream side of the first direction at a first angle and a second light distribution peak which is inclined to a downstream side of the first direction at a second angle, with respect to a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a curable resin composition that has significantly high transparency in the UV region, UV resistance and heat resistance, does not cause cracking, peeling or coloration even when used for sealing a UV LED to which high power is applied, and inhibits shrinking during curing. The curable resin composition includes 20-85 wt % of an alkoxy oligomer having a specific structure and present as liquid at room temperature and 15-80 wt % of a silicone resin present as solid at room temperature. The curable resin composition preferably includes 0.1-20 parts by weight of phosphoric acid, as a catalyst, based on 100 parts by weight of the combined weight of the alkoxy oligomer and the silicone resin.

Abstract: The light irradiating device which irradiates linear light includes: a substrate which is parallel to first and second directions; a plurality of LED light sources which emits light in a third direction intersecting a surface of the substrate; a heat transporting unit which extends in a direction opposite to the third direction from the substrate; a cooling unit which has a heat radiating pin radiating the heat of the heat transporting unit into the air, an LED driver circuit which drives the LED light source; a housing which has an opening sucking and exhausting external air on one surface of the second direction, accommodates the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit, and forms a wind tunnel in an area where the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit are disposed; and a fan which is provided at a side opposite to the third direction of the cooling unit.

Abstract: Provided is a light illuminating apparatus irradiates a target object relatively moveable along a first direction with light. The apparatus includes a light source having a plurality of solid-state devices which irradiates the target object with the light in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a first reflecting part having at least one first reflecting surface placed at a downstream side in the second direction below the target object when viewed from the first direction, wherein the first reflecting part reflects a portion of the light from the light source incident on the first reflecting surface onto the target object; and a second reflecting part having a pair of second reflecting surfaces standing erect from the light source toward the first reflecting surface, wherein the second reflecting part guides the light from the light source into the first reflecting surface.

Abstract: The light irradiating device includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting diode elements disposed on a surface of the substrate; a cooling unit which is disposed on a rear surface of the substrate; an inner wall which is disposed to enclose a light passage area through which light of the plurality of light emitting diode elements passes; a housing which accommodates the substrate, the plurality of light emitting diode elements, the cooling unit, and the inner wall and generates a space between the inner wall and the housing; an air inlet which introduces air in the light passage area onto the rear surface of the substrate; a flow channel which passes through the rear surface of the substrate and connects the air inlet and the space; and a circulation port which is provided to discharge the air in the space to the light passage area.

Abstract: Provided is an elongated housing which allows easy maintenance without being separated from the device body. The elongated housing, which is accommodated in a device body so that a lengthwise direction thereof becomes a first direction, includes a plurality of first rollers and a plurality of second rollers disposed on a first surface of the elongated housing to be arranged in a row along the first direction; and a plurality of third rollers and a plurality of fourth rollers disposed on a second surface of the elongated housing to be arranged in a row along the first direction, wherein the elongated housing is movably supported between a first state of being accommodated in the device body and a second state of being drawn from the device body in the first direction.

Abstract: A thin-type light illuminating apparatus with a heat radiation member having high heat radiation efficiency. The light illuminating apparatus for illuminating light in line shape extending in a first direction on an illumination surface includes an elongated substrate extending in the first direction, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) light sources on the substrate, a heat transfer pipe extending in a second direction, and configured to transfer heat generated from the LED light sources in the second direction, a heat radiation sink having a plurality of heat radiation fins protruding in a third direction, an illuminator having a thin box shape and configured to house the substrate, the heat transfer pipe and the heat radiation sink and to form a wind tunnel, and a centrifugal fan in the second direction between the substrate and the heat radiation sink, and configured to draw air from outside into the wind tunnel.

Abstract: An ultraviolet absorbing paint is provided. The ultraviolet absorbing paint includes an oxide precursor of at least one transition metal selected from Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Ce, suitably an ultraviolet absorbing paint. The oxide precursor of the transition metal is a metal salt, a metal acid salt, or an organic metal compound of at least one transition metal selected from Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Ce.

Abstract: Provided is a switching power supply device having a very small switching loss, which includes a rectifier circuit for rectifying a commercial AC voltage, a full-bridge circuit having first to fourth switching element, a transformer having a single primary coil and an N number of secondary coils, an N number of rectifying and smoothing circuits, an output detecting circuit for detecting at least one of voltage and current output from each rectifying and smoothing circuit, and a control circuit. Each rectifying and smoothing circuit includes a rectifying unit, a secondary switching element for controlling an output of the rectified voltage, and a smoothing unit for smoothing the rectified voltage, and the control circuit turns on each secondary switching element during a predetermined time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a curable resin composition that has significantly high transparency in the UV region, UV resistance and heat resistance, does not cause cracking, peeling or coloration even when used for sealing a UV LED to which high power is applied, and inhibits shrinking during curing. The curable resin composition includes 20-85 wt % of an alkoxy oligomer having a specific structure and present as liquid at room temperature and 15-80 wt % of a silicone resin present as solid at room temperature. The curable resin composition preferably includes 0.1-20 parts by weight of phosphoric acid, as a catalyst, based on 100 parts by weight of the combined weight of the alkoxy oligomer and the silicone resin.

Abstract: A thin-type light illuminating apparatus with a heat radiation member having high heat radiation efficiency. The light illuminating apparatus for illuminating light in line shape extending in a first direction on an illumination surface includes an elongated substrate extending in the first direction, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) light sources on the substrate, a heat transfer pipe extending in a second direction, and configured to transfer heat generated from the LED light sources in the second direction, a heat radiation sink having a plurality of heat radiation fins protruding in a third direction, an illuminator having a thin box shape and configured to house the substrate, the heat transfer pipe and the heat radiation sink and to form a wind tunnel, and a centrifugal fan in the second direction between the substrate and the heat radiation sink, and configured to draw air from outside into the wind tunnel.

Abstract: Provided is an elongated housing which allows easy maintenance without being separated from the device body. The elongated housing, which is accommodated in a device body so that a lengthwise direction thereof becomes a first direction, includes a plurality of first rollers and a plurality of second rollers disposed on a first surface of the elongated housing to be arranged in a row along the first direction; and a plurality of third rollers and a plurality of fourth rollers disposed on a second surface of the elongated housing to be arranged in a row along the first direction, wherein the elongated housing is movably supported between a first state of being accommodated in the device body and a second state of being drawn from the device body in the first direction.

Abstract: A curable resin composition having high transparency in the UV region, UV resistance and heat resistance. The curable resin composition includes an alkoxy oligomer represented by Formula 1 of (R1R2R3SiO1/2)w(R4R5SiO2/2)x(R6SiO3/2)y(SiO4/2)z and a curing catalyst. The curing catalyst is phosphoric acid present in an amount of 3-30 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the alkoxy oligomer, or alkoxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of B, Al, P, Sc, Ga, Y, Zr, Nb, In, Sn, La, Gd, Dy, Yb, Hf, Ta and W, present in an amount of 0.5-20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the alkoxy oligomer. Each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently represents the same or a different organic group, w, x, y and z are 0 or positive numbers satisfying the relationship of w+x+y+z=1, and the atomic ratio of O/Si is 2.3-3.5.

Abstract: Provided is a light irradiation apparatus. The light irradiation apparatus which irradiates light of a line shape extending in a first direction and having a predetermined line width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources placed on a surface of the substrate side by side at a predetermined interval along the first direction, with a direction of an optic axis being a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, a plurality of heat radiation fins standing erect on an opposite surface of the substrate and arranged in rows in the first direction, and N cooling mechanisms placed side by side along the first direction to cover a plurality of heat radiation fins, in which N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. Each of the cooling mechanisms includes a case and a cooling fan.

Abstract: The near-field extinction ratio of a polarizing glass is increased. A polarizing glass contains anisotropically shaped metal particles oriented and dispersed in a glass substrate, which contains 0.40-0.85 wt % Cl relative to the entire glass substrate. The Vickers hardness ranges from 360 to 420, the Knoop hardness number ranges from 400 to 495, or the glass substrate contains at least one component selected from the group consisting of Y2O3, La2O3, V2O3, Ta2O3, WO3, and Nb2O5. The content of each of the selected components ranges from 0.05-4 mole percent, and if a plurality of the components are selected, the total content of the components is 6 mole percent or less.

Abstract: The near-field extinction ratio of a polarizing glass is increased. A polarizing glass contains anisotropically shaped metal particles oriented and dispersed in a glass substrate, which contains 0.40-0.85 wt % Cl relative to the entire glass substrate. The Vickers hardness ranges from 360 to 420, the Knoop hardness number ranges from 400 to 495, or the glass substrate contains at least one component selected from the group consisting of Y2O3, La2O3, V2O3, Ta2O3, WO3, and Nb2O5. The content of each of the selected components ranges from 0.05-4 mole percent, and if a plurality of the components are selected, the total content of the components is 6 mole percent or less.

Abstract: The near-field extinction ratio of a polarizing glass is increased. A polarizing glass contains anisotropically shaped metal particles oriented and dispersed in a glass substrate, which contains 0.40-0.85 wt % Cl relative to the entire glass substrate. The Vickers hardness ranges from 360 to 420, the Knoop hardness number ranges from 400 to 495, or the glass substrate contains at least one component selected from the group consisting of Y2O3, La2O3, V2O3, Ta2O3, WO3, and Nb2O5. The content of each of the selected components ranges from 0.05-4 mole percent, and if a plurality of the components are selected, the total content of the components is 6 mole percent or less.

Abstract: A polarizing element includes fine metal particles formed in numerous regions that were occupied by respective substantially needle-like metal halide fine particles before reduction that are oriented and dispersed in a glass substrate such that the lengthwise directions thereof are almost the same, the fine metal particles being produced by heat-treating the glass substrate in a reducing atmosphere to reduce the substantially needle-like metal halide fine particles. The number of fine metal particles present in at least some of the numerous regions is two or more in each region, 90% or more of the regions each have a volume of 2,500 to 2,500,000 nm3, and the individual volumes of the fine metal particles present in each region are 4 to 40% of the volume of the region in 90% or more of the total number of the regions.