Abstract: A sliding door driving device is fixed to a body panel of a vehicle and operates a sliding door of the vehicle in an opening direction and a closing direction. The sliding door driving device includes an elongated guide frame, a first driven pulley and a second driven pulley that are rotatably supported at both ends in a longitudinal direction of the guide frame, a belt that is wound around the first driven pulley and the second driven pulley, and a cover that covers the belt. The cover has an upper wall that covers the belt from above, an outer wall that extends downward from an outer end of the upper wall in a width direction of the vehicle, and an inner wall that extends downward from an inner end of the upper wall in the width direction.

Abstract: A vehicle structure includes a sliding door operation device configured to move a sliding door on a side portion of a vehicle. The device includes a motor unit and a moving member operating mechanism portion including a belt or a wire-shaped moving member coupled to the sliding door and a driven rotary member that receives a rotational driving force from the motor unit. The motor unit and the driven rotary member are provided with a serration shaft portion and a serration hole that are fitted to each other. The vehicle structure further includes a rotation operation unit configured to rotate the motor unit about centers of the serration shaft portion and the serration hole when the motor unit is pushed toward the driven rotary member to fit the serration shaft portion and the serration hole to each other.

Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure according to one aspect includes a frame including a side rail extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a motor configured to generate regenerative power, and a brake register configured to convert the regenerative power into thermal energy, in which the brake register is disposed immediately below the side rail so as to receive traveling wind while the vehicle is traveling.

Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure according to one aspect includes: a pair of side rails disposed apart from each other in a width direction of a vehicle and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a pair of hydrogen tanks respectively disposed outside the pair of side rails in the width direction; a pair of protection members configured to respectively protect the pair of hydrogen tanks from external impact; and a battery supported by the pair of side rails between the pair of protection members.

Abstract: Molten polymers are forced into T dies combined to form a multiple T die, the molten polymers are extruded through the T dies in monolayer. The monolayers extruded through the T dies are superposed and laminated outside the multiple T die while the polymers are in a molten or semi-molten state to form a intermediate molten multilayer. The multiple T die is advanced into a space between an open top half mold and a bottom half mold of a compression mold to deliver the intermediate multilayer onto the bottom half mold. The intermediate multilayer is cut to a predetermined length on the bottom half mold, and is processed for compression molding in the compression mold to form a multilayer article. A molding cycle for molding the multilayer article is carried out automatically at a remarkably improved manufacturing efficiency.

Abstract: A method for forming an artificial fingernail on a natural fingernail comprises the steps of preparing a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol solution; applying the solution on natural fingernail 2 to form an adhesive layer 3 thereon; putting artificial fingernail 4 on natural fingernail 2 through adhesive layer 3; and curing adhesive layer 3. Although fully cured, adhesive layer 3 can be dissolved and softened in water so that artificial fingernail 4 can easily be removed from natural fingernail 2 in a short time.

Abstract: Molten polymers are forced into T dies combined to form a multiple T die, the molten polymers are extruded through the T dies in monolayer. The monolayers extruded through the T dies are superposed and laminated outside the multiple T die while the polymers are in a molten or semi-molten state to form a intermediate molten multilayer. The multiple T die is advanced into a space between an open top half mold and a bottom half mold of a compression mold to deliver the intermediate multilayer onto the bottom half mold. The intermediate multilayer is cut to a predetermined length on the bottom half mold, and is processed for compression molding in the compression mold to form a multilayer article. A molding cycle for molding the multilayer article is carried out automatically at a remarkably improved manufacturing efficiency.

Abstract: A method for forming an artificial fingernail on a natural fingernail comprises the steps of preparing a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol solution; applying the solution on natural fingernail 2 to form an adhesive layer 3 thereon; putting artificial fingernail 4 on natural fingernail 2 through adhesive layer 3; and curing adhesive layer 3. Although fully cured, adhesive layer 3 can be dissolved and softened in water so that artificial fingernail 4 can easily be removed from natural fingernail 2 in a short time.

Abstract: Molten polymers are forced into T dies combined to form a multiple T die, the molten polymers are extruded through the T dies in monolayer. The monolayers extruded through the T dies are superposed and laminated outside the multiple T die while the polymers are in a molten or semi-molten state to form a intermediate molten multilayer. The multiple T die is advanced into a space between an open top half mold and a bottom half mold of a compression mold to deliver the intermediate multilayer onto the bottom half mold. The intermediate multilayer is cut to a predetermined length on the bottom half mold, and is processed for compression molding in the compression mold to form a multilayer article. A molding cycle for molding the multilayer article is carried out automatically at a remarkably improved manufacturing efficiency.

Abstract: Molten polymers are forced into T dies combined to form a multiple T die, the molten polymers are extruded through the T dies in monolayer. The monolayers extruded through the T dies are superposed and laminated outside the multiple T die while the polymers are in a molten or semi-molten state to form a intermediate molten multilayer. The multiple T die is advanced into a space between an open top half mold and a bottom half mold of a compression mold to deliver the intermediate multilayer onto the bottom half mold. The intermediate multilayer is cut to a predetermined length on the bottom half mold, and is processed for compression molding in the compression mold to form a multilayer article. A molding cycle for molding the multilayer article is carried out automatically at a remarkably improved manufacturing efficiency.

Abstract: Molten polymers are forced into T dies combined to form a multiple T die, the molten polymers are extruded through the T dies as monolayers. The monolayers extruded through the T dies are superposed and laminated outside the multiple T die while the polymers are in a molten or semi-molten state to form a intermediate molten multilayer. The multiple T die is advanced into a space between an open top half mold and a bottom half mold of a compression mold to deliver the intermediate multilayer onto the bottom half mold. The intermediate multilayer is cut to a predetermined length on the bottom half mold, and is processed for compression molding in the compression mold to form a multilayer article. A molding cycle for molding the multilayer article is carried out automatically at a remarkably improved manufacturing efficiency.

Abstract: An upper die unit (37) and a lower die unit (39) are disposed in opposition, with a gap, to a substrate (31) being conveyed, and provided with coating agent supply flow paths (97, 99) which have inlet paths (103, 105) for a coating agent to flow in and delivery ports (101, 102) for delivering the coating agent to coat the substrate (31) therewith. An accumulation piece (119, 121) installed in a flow path part (97b, 99b) of each die unit (37, 39) moves in the direction in which it goes away from the flow path part (97b, 99b), drawing in the coating agent, dwelling the delivery of the coating agent from the delivery port (101, 102), forming a non-coated part (F), and repeats a reciprocating action, repeating a coating and non-coating. An elastic plate (355) on a way of the coating agent supply flow path (339) is displaced in accordance with advance/retreat actions of a piston member (363) caused by a rotation of a cam (387).

Abstract: A drive transmission apparatus for a twin-screw extruder is provided which transmits a rotational driving force from a single prime mover to a first screw and a second screw disposed in parallel to each other, which comprises a transmission shaft, two idler spur gears attached to the transmission shaft, a pair of mutually parallel idler shafts, two idler helical gears, and a helical gear engaging the two idler helical gears. A meshing adjustment device is incorporated into the design that is capable of adjusting the phase of meshing of the gears and tooth bearing in the gear trains of the drive transmission apparatus without the need to disassemble the components, which is a necessary inconvenience of the prior-art apparatus.

Abstract: Molten polymers are forced into T dies combined to form a multiple T die, the molten polymers are extruded through the T dies in monolayer. The monolayers extruded through the T dies are superposed and laminated outside the multiple T die while the polymers are in a molten or semi-molten state to form a intermediate molten multilayer. The multiple T die is advanced into a space between an open top half mold and a bottom half mold of a compression mold to deliver the intermediate multilayer onto the bottom half mold. The intermediate multilayer is cut to a predetermined length on the bottom half mold, and is processed for compression molding in the compression mold to form a multilayer article. A molding cycle for molding the multilayer article is carried out automatically at a remarkably improved manufacturing efficiency.

Abstract: Molten polymers are forced into T dies combined to form a multiple T die, the molten polymers are extruded through the T dies in monolayer. The monolayers extruded through the T dies are superposed and laminated outside the multiple T die while the polymers are in a molten or semi-molten state to form a intermediate molten multilayer. The multiple T die is advanced into a space between an open top half mold and a bottom half mold of a compression mold to deliver the intermediate multilayer onto the bottom half mold. The intermediate multilayer is cut to a predetermined length on the bottom half mold, and is processed for compression molding in the compression mold to form a multilayer article. A molding cycle for molding the multilayer article is carried out automatically at a remarkably improved manufacturing efficiency.