Abstract: A fuel container for fuel cells is equipped with a container main body, containing liquid fuel therein to be supplied to a fuel cell, equipped with a connecting port, for connecting with the fuel cell or a pressure adjusting device, and extruding means, for extruding the liquid fuel. The fuel container is also equipped with a partitioning member, which is slidably provided within the container main body, for partitioning the interior of the container main body into a fuel storage chamber, in which the liquid fuel is contained, and an extruding means housing chamber, in which the extruding means is housed. The fuel container is further equipped with a valve provided in the connecting port, for enabling or preventing the flow of the liquid fuel. The frictional force generated at the surfaces of the connector main body and the partitioning member, which are in sliding contact, is 10N or less.

Abstract: A pressure regulator includes a housing having an inlet port through which pressurized fluid at a primary pressure is supplied, and a discharge port through which pressurized fluid at a secondary pressure lower than the primary pressure is discharged, and at the same time having a flow passage formed therein to extend from the inlet port to the discharge port, and a pressure control mechanism which is disposed on the flow passage to reduce the primary pressure to the secondary pressure. The pressure control mechanism includes a movable body including a diaphragm which is displaced in response to change in the pressure of the fluid and the movable body is provided with an abutment portion which is brought into abutment against a part of the housing to prevent the movable body from being excessively displaced when the primary pressure becomes excessively high.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for a fuel cell supplies fuel to a fuel cell of an electronic equipment. The fuel supply system includes a pressure regulator for regulating primary pressure to secondary pressure, and a pair of cylindrical fuel cartridges which are connected to a pair of inlets on a primary pressure side. The inlets being provided to both sides of the pressure regulator are arranged in mutually opposite directions. Fuel having primary pressure is took in from the inlets into the pressure regulator. The fuel cartridges are placed to both sides of the pressure regulator along a substantially straight-outer edge of the electronic equipment.

Abstract: A fuel container for a fuel cell, comprises a container body, the container body having a liquid fuel chamber for the storage of liquid fuel and a discharge means accommodating chamber for accommodating means for discharging the liquid fuel, a valve disposed in the container body to discharge or shut off the liquid fuel, and a partition wall member disposed slidably in the interior of the container body, wherein the partition wall member partitions the interior of the container body into the liquid fuel chamber and the discharge means accommodating chamber, the liquid fuel chamber and the discharge means accommodating chamber are in communication with each other through the partition wall member, and at least one of sliding surfaces of the container body and the partition wall member contains a material of a low frictional coefficient.

Abstract: There is provided an integrated database system that incorporates genome information into a clinical information database contrary to conventional databases, while complying with guidelines preventing identification of a provider of the genome information, thereby enabling an easy search for a correlation between the genome information and clinical information and the like. The integrated database system includes an information database including a data storage unit for storing clinical information of a plurality of patients and genome information of at least a part of the plurality of patients. In the data storage unit, the clinical information does not include personal information that identifies the individual patients, and the genome information and the clinical information of the same patient are stored in association with each other by link information that does not identify the individual patients.

Abstract: In an igniter which is ignited by rotation of an actuator, ignition of the igniter is disabled by a simple rotation of the actuator in the initial state or in the non-used state and the ignition lock can be released in a series of igniting actions without preventing the automatic return of the igniter to the locked state, while ensuring excellent operability of the igniter. The igniter is provided with an actuator mechanism (5) for carrying out an igniting operation on a valve mechanism (7) for controlling supply of gas from a reservoir portion (2) to a gas nozzle (9) in an end portion of a rod-like portion (4) and an ignition mechanism (8). The actuator mechanism (5) comprises a rotatable actuator (51), a fulcrum member (52) about which the actuator is rotated, and an interlocking member (53) which operates a piezoelectric unit (8).

Abstract: A data gathering and processing system capable of efficiently gathering data and easily putting gathered data to secondary use in various applications. The data gathering and processing system includes an XML file generation unit that generates a structured document with data describing the layout of a data entry screen that includes input data, an item extraction unit that extracts, as a search item, at least a tag name from the structured document with data, an XML database that stores, in association with at least a portion of the structured document with data, the search item extracted by the item extraction unit from the structured document with data, a search criteria setting unit that receives a search item and a search criteria from a searcher, and a search execution unit that searches the XML database based on the search criteria, and presents input data obtained as a search result or a data entry screen that includes the input data.

Abstract: A substance-atomizing apparatus (30) has a pump member (9) and a generator member (12). The pump member (9) has a piston (13) that is reciprocally moved in a cylinder (17) by drive device (1) and pressurizes a raw material fluid. The generator member (12) makes the raw material fluid pressurized in the pump member (9) pass through a hole portion (26) provided inside the generator member, and atomizes a substance included in the raw material fluid in accordance with nozzle characteristics of the hole portion (26). A pressure chamber (14) is formed between the piston (13) and a closed end of the cylinder (17). An intake (15) is formed on a cylinder (17) side surface of the pressure chamber (14). An outlet (16) is formed on the closed end (18) of the cylinder (17). In the first half of a discharge stroke, the raw material fluid is sent from the pressure chamber (14) into a charge vessel (10) through the intake (15).

Abstract: A cartridge applied to a fuel cell is provided with: a fuel including at least two selected from the group of an organic compound having an ether linkage, an organic compound having an O—H linkage, and water; and a container to house the fuel, the container including one selected from the group of a casing of a resin including naphthalate system polyester and a casing of a metal having an inner coating of a resin including naphthalate system polyester.

Abstract: A fuel container (1) for supplying fuel (F) to a fuel cell is constituted by: a container main body (2) having a sealed structure; an inner container (3) for housing the fuel therein, formed by a flexible bag provided within the container main body; a valve mechanism (4) for enabling/disabling supply of fuel, provided in the container main body (2) and in communication with the interior of the inner container (3); and compressed gas (G) for ejecting the fuel, sealed between the container main body (2) and the inner container (3). All of the structural components that contact the fuel (F) are formed of non-metallic materials. The fuel container (1) may also include an injection valve (5). In this case, a fuel injecting container reinjects fuel (F) into the fuel container (1), such that the fuel container (1) can be used repeatedly.

Abstract: A flow adjusting mechanism comprises a path, which connects a fuel tank and a gas discharging nozzle to each other, and a filter, which is located in the path. The filter has been obtained with a process, wherein an artificial leather layer, which has an open-cell microporous structure, and a micro-cellular polymer layer are laminated together, and the resulting laminate, which is composed of the artificial leather layer and the micro-cellular polymer layer, is hot-pressed such that a thickness of the laminate is reduced by 23% to 55% of an original total layer thickness of the laminate. The flow adjusting mechanism exhibits little change of a flame length with the passage of time and has a long service life.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ignition actuation mechanism for the manual actuator of a spark producing device in a fuel gas lighter to increase the actuation force immediately before spark discharge without unreasonably increasing the actuation force at the initial stages of movement of the manual actuator to reduce that chances of inadvertent ignition by small children, but maintaining good operability for adult users. Movement of the manual actuator is always resisted by a first elastic member while a second elastic member is positioned to resist movement of the manual actuator at a maximum of 30N to 50N after 60% or more of the total movement of the manual actuator required to produce a spark has occurred. Preferably the second elastic member is one or more flexible fingers molded from polyacetal resin.

Abstract: A pressure regulator include a fluid introducing port; a primary regulating valve for reducing the primary pressure to a secondary pressure; a pressure regulating chamber receiving the fluid from the first pressure regulating valve; a diaphragm which is being displaced in response to the secondary pressure; a shift for drivingly connecting the diaphragm and the primary regulating valve; a pressure-setting section for adjusting a displacement magnitude of the diaphragm; and a discharging port through which the fluid of secondary pressure is discharged. The shaft includes a secondary regulating valve operatively associated with the primary regulating valve so as to further regulate the fluid from the primary regulating valve by opening-closing operations in reverse to those of the primary regulating valve. Hence, the pressure regulation characteristic of the secondary regulating valve against the fluctuations in the primary pressure become reverse to that of the primary regulating valve.