Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency dielectric heating device in which fine impedance adjustment can be achieved easily and with high precision while reducing a device cost and simplifying a device structure. A high-frequency dielectric heating device (10) includes a high-frequency power supply (20), a pair of electrodes (30) disposed opposite each other, reflected power detector 60 connected between the electrodes (30) and the high-frequency power supply (20) and detects reflected power generated when a heating subject is heated, and an impedance matching device (40) that adjusts the reflected power, wherein the matching device (40) includes a capacitor (C1) connected in parallel to the high-frequency power supply (20), and at least one of a capacitor (C2) and a coil (L) connected in series to the electrodes (30), at least a reactance of the capacitor or the coil being adjustable, and the high-frequency power supply (20) is configured to have a variable frequency.

Abstract: A heating device (1) of a container processing device includes a main turret (2) which supplies a container (10) to high-frequency induction heating element (3) for providing a heat treatment to the container (10) so that the container (10) is sucked by bottom suction device (21), a container supply turret (5) which supplies the container (10) to the main turret (2); and an auxiliary turret (4) provided in a receiving area of the main turret (2). The auxiliary turret (4) is configured to center the container (10) towards the bottom suction device (21) in the receiving area.

Abstract: A multilayered container having an intermediate layer that contains a resin composition B obtained by blending a resin composition A that contains at least a resin (a) having a hydroxyl group with a carboxyl compound (b) of which the ?-carbon is quaternary and of which the carboxyl group is forming no metal salt, wherein a ratio (COOH/OH) of the amount of the carboxyl groups of the carboxyl compound (b) to the amount of the hydroxyl groups of the resin (a) in the resin composition A is not more than 0.4 The multilayered container maintains excellent anti-eluting property and flavor-retaining property even when it is subjected to the retort sterilization.

Abstract: A structured body including: a formed body, the surface of which being formed of an underlying resin layer (1); and fine particles distributed on the underlying resin layer (1) on the surface of the formed body, wherein the structured body is characterized in that wax (3) is distributed on the surface of the underlying resin layer (1) together with fine particles (7), and the wax (3) is partly absorbed into the underlying resin layer (1).

Abstract: An organic resin-covered surface-treated metal sheet having formed on at least one surface of a metal sheet a surface-treatment coating and an organic resin film on the surface-treatment coating. The surface-treatment coating contains a poly-carboxylic acid type polymer and a polyvalent metal compound. The surface-treatment coating measured for its infrared-ray absorption spectra has a peak height ratio (?/?) of a maximum absorption peak height (?) in a wave number range of 1660 to 1760 cm?1 and a maximum absorption peak height (?) in a wave number range of 1490 to 1659 cm?1 of from 0.05 to 2.35.

Abstract: A heating device and a heating method are disclosed, by which an irregularly shaped object can be evenly and efficiently heated by a plurality of conductive pins smoothly sliding inside through holes so that their tips sufficiently follow the irregular shape of the object, while damage to the conductive pins or the object is prevented. The heating device 100 heats an object M placed between opposing electrodes 101 and 102. At least one of the electrodes 101 includes a retention plate 130 for retaining a plurality of conductive pins 110 supported in an electrode plate 120 in a state in which the conductive pins 110 are slid away from an opposite electrode 102, and a release mechanism 140 for releasing the plurality of conductive pins 110 from retention by the retention plate 130.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently degrading a biodegradable resin. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for degrading a biodegradable resin, the method comprising degrading the biodegradable resin in a buffer solution containing a biodegradable resin-degrading enzyme having an optimum pH of 7.5 or higher, wherein no anion derived from a buffer component is present on one side of an equilibrium equation of buffering of the buffer solution, and a pH of the buffer solution is adjusted within a pH range which gives conditions for shifting the equilibrium towards the side on which no anion is present.

Abstract: When a GRIN lens fiber is drawn from a preform, control of a fiber diameter is improved in order to increase a production yield of the GRIN lens fiber having a fiber diameter within a desired range. The problem is solved by controlling the drawing speed using a fiber diameter c, which is obtained by correcting a fiber diameter a using the fiber diameter b and a fiber diameter ?. The fiber diameter a is measured using a diameter measuring instrument A that measures an outer diameter of the GRIN lens fiber, which is being elongated inside a heating furnace, the fiber diameter b is measured using a diameter measuring instrument B that measures an outer diameter of the GRIN lens fiber outside the heating furnace, and the fiber diameter ? is a value of the fiber diameter a measured a specified period of time T earlier.

Abstract: An oxygen-absorbing resin composition including a base resin (A) which is a thermoplastic resin, an oxygen-absorbing component (B) which is a compound having an unsaturated alicyclic structure, and an oxidation promotion component (C) for promoting the oxidation of the oxygen-absorbing component (B); wherein the oxygen-absorbing component (B) is an imide compound having a molecular weight of not more than 2,000 and obtained by heat-treating an amide having been obtained by reacting an acid anhydride represented by the following formula (1): wherein the ring X is an alicyclic ring having an unsaturated bond, and Y is an alkyl group, with an aromatic amine, and wherein the oxidation promotion component (C) is a compound having a benzyl hydrogen.

Abstract: A cell culture kit for cultivating cells in a closed system includes at least one or more of each of: a culture container for cultivating cells; a culture medium storage container for storing a culture medium or the like; a cell injection container for injecting cells; and a cell collecting container for collecting a suspension of cells after cultivation; wherein the culture medium storage container is also used as a waste liquid container for collecting a culture medium after cultivation, and the culture container, the culture medium storage container, the cell injection container and the cell collecting container are linked to one another through a conduit.

Abstract: An RF tag that includes an inlay (made of an IC chip and an antenna) and a housing that houses the inlay therein. Furthermore, the housing comprises a top cover that covers at least an upper surface side of the inlay, the top cover is made of a predetermined metal material, the top cover includes a cutaway that opens in the upper surface side of the inlay, and the top cover is electrically connected to the inlay to function as an auxiliary antenna of the inlay.

Abstract: A heat-resistant laminated sheet including an electrically conducting sheet (3) and a silicone resin layer (5) of a thickness of not less than 20 ?m formed on one surface of the electrically conducting sheet (3). The sheet has a laminar structure in which a layer of a silicone resin is formed on one surface of a metal foil (electrically conducting sheet), and is suited for use with the IH cooking devices.

Abstract: An antibacterial resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin blended with at least one kind of fatty acid metal salt selected from Ag, Cu, Zn, Co and Ni, and a compound represented by the following formula (2): wherein M? is any one of Na, K or H, and X is an atom selected from C, O, S and P, or an atomic group thereof.

Abstract: In an optical coupler in which optical fibers with GRIN lenses, each having an optical fiber and a GRIN lens joined coaxially, are disposed to face each other coaxially, with a preset inter-lens distance WD being provided, and to couple transmission light of one of the optical fibers with GRIN lenses to the other one of the optical fibers with GRIN lens, an intermediate position of the inter-lens distance WD is set to match a beam waist position of light with a shortest wavelength ?m out of the transmission light, and a lens length z along an optical axis direction of the GRIN lens is set in accordance with a bottom of a coupling loss due to a distance-shift D of a beam waist position of light with a wavelength ?i different from the ?m out of the transmission light.

Abstract: A nozzle includes a front end part, wherein the nozzle is composed of a non-fluorine-based resin, and wherein fluorine atoms are incorporated into a molecular chain of the non-fluorine-based resin constituting a surface of the nozzle. A nozzle includes a front end part, wherein a surface of the front end part is provided with a first surface positioned on the center side of the nozzle and a second surface continuing to an outer peripheral side of the first surface, and wherein the first surface and the second surface are composed of surfaces differing in surface free energy.

Abstract: Hygroscopic particles including a crosslinked polymer containing 6.0 to 12.0 meq/g of carboxyl groups and 0.1 to 2.0 meq/g of sulfonic acid groups and/or sulfonate groups, 80% or more of the carboxyl groups being neutralized to a potassium salt.

Abstract: A pourer includes a pour spout, wherein the pour spout is configured to serve as a spout for a content liquid stored in a container main body, and is configured to be attached to a mouth part of the container main body, wherein the pour spout includes a surplus resin part provided on a part of a top surface of the pour spout through which the content liquid passes, and wherein the surplus resin part protrudes outwardly in the radial direction from an outer peripheral edge of the top surface of the pour spout.

Abstract: An RF tag that includes an inlay (made of an IC chip and an antenna); an auxiliary antenna laminated on the inlay in an insulated state; and a housing that houses the inlay having the auxiliary antenna laminated thereon. Furthermore, the antenna of the inlay forms a loop circuit adjacent to the IC chip, and the auxiliary antenna overlaps part of the loop circuit and is arranged along a longitudinal direction of the inlay such that at least a part of the antenna of the inlay is exposed.

Abstract: A can body inspection apparatus which prevents a drop in resistance to noise while enabling high speed inspection is provided. It is comprised of a light source control means (21, 22) for turning on the light source unit a predetermined number of times of two times or more at predetermined timings at which light can be taken in by the light-detection unit through the open end face of the can body W which is moving along the path of conveyance W, a detection signal integrating means 23 for integrating signal values based on the detection signal which is output from the light-detection unit 15 due to on operations of the light source unit 10, and a condition judging means 24 for using an integrated value which is obtained by the detection signal integrating means 23 as the basis to judge the condition of the can body.

Abstract: A structure (10) includes a formed body (1) of a predetermined shape and a liquid film (3) formed on the surface thereof, the liquid film (3) being formed by using a dispersion solution obtained by dispersing, in a dispersion medium, a liquid that is incompatible therewith. The structure (10) exhibits slipping property to the emulsified product maintaining stability. Also disclosed is a method for producing the structure.