Abstract: A decontamination system configured to decontaminate an air supply space constructed between an air filter (which cleans air supplied to a work room with sterile environment) and a straightening plate (configured to straighten the clean air). Such system includes a decontamination agent discharging device provided in a work room, and a decontamination agent transfer device provided in the air supply space. When decontaminating an inside of the work room, the decontamination agent discharging device is operated to discharge the decontamination agent to the inside of the work room, and the decontamination agent transfer device is operated to suction, discharge, or circulate the decontamination agent between the work room and the air supply space. Consequently, both the air supply space and the work room are decontaminated.

Abstract: A continuous decontamination-and-sterilization device possessing high efficiency, reliability, and safety of operation to treat external surfaces of a package that is conveyed to a sterile working chamber. A decontamination chamber decontaminates (with a decontamination agent) bottom and lateral external surfaces of the package conveyed by a first conveyance, with an upper surface seal portion of the package being sealed. An aeration chamber removes residue of decontamination agent from an external surface of the package while the package is conveyed by a second conveyance means. A sterilization chamber sterilizes the upper surface seal portion of the package by irradiating electron beams as the package is conveyed by a third conveyance means, with the bottom or lateral external surface of the package being supported.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus, includes: a process chamber accommodating a substrate; a vaporizer vaporizing a liquid precursor to generate reaction gas and deliver a processing gas containing the reaction gas and a carrier gas, the vaporizer including: a vaporization vessel; and a heater heating the liquid precursor introduced into the vessel; a carrier gas flow rate controller controlling flow rate of the carrier gas supplied to the vaporizer; a liquid precursor flow rate controller controlling flow rate of the liquid precursor; a processing gas supply pipe introducing the processing gas delivered from the vaporizer into the process chamber; and a gas concentration sensor detecting a gas concentration of the reaction gas contained in the processing gas delivered from the vaporizer into the processing gas supply pipe.

Abstract: A continuous decontamination-and-sterilization device possessing high efficiency, reliability, and safety of operation to treat external surfaces of a package that is conveyed to a sterile working chamber. A decontamination chamber decontaminates (with a decontamination agent) bottom and lateral external surfaces of the package conveyed by a first conveyance, with an upper surface seal portion of the package being sealed. An aeration chamber removes residue of decontamination agent from an external surface of the package while the package is conveyed by a second conveyance means. A sterilization chamber sterilizes the upper surface seal portion of the package by irradiating electron beams as the package is conveyed by a third conveyance means, with the bottom or lateral external surface of the package being supported.

Abstract: A cooling device of a vehicle is provided, which includes a transmission, a first coolant circuit where a first coolant which cools the internal combustion engine circulates, a second coolant circuit independent from the first coolant circuit, where a second coolant which cools the electric drive system circulates, and a fluid circuit where fluid which lubricates and cools friction engagement elements in the transmission circulates. The fluid circuit includes a first heat exchanger which exchanges heat between the fluid and the first coolant, a second heat exchanger in-series with the first heat exchanger which exchanges heat between the fluid and the second coolant, a first adjuster which changes a flow rate of the fluid passing through the first heat exchanger, and a second adjuster which changes a flow rate of the fluid passing through the second heat exchanger.

Abstract: A pass box configured to carry out complete decontamination of an article in a short time without affecting thermal status of a thermosensitive substance that may be present at an outer surface of the article. The pass box includes several zones (a carrying-in zone, a decontamination zone, an aeration zone, and a carrying-out zone) and a carrying apparatus configured to transfer the article inside the pass box. A decontamination-agent applying device of the pass box includes means for generating compressed-gas, means for supplying a decontamination agent, a mixed gas-liquid regulator intermixing the compressed gas and the decontamination agent and regulating the resulting mixed gas-liquid, and a heater heating the mixed air-liquid and transforming it into a decontamination agent mist.

Abstract: An indoor decontamination device configured to supply a proper amount of a decontamination mist to each corner of a decontamination target room thereby increasing efficiency of the decontamination process by shortening work time for aeration or the like. A fine decontamination mist with a favorable decontamination efficiency is employed, and the device includes main-body and a mist discharging dispersion device. The main-body includes a drive means and a liquid supply means for a decontamination chemical solution. The mist discharging dispersion device includes a mist discharging means and a mist dispersion means. The mist discharging means converts the decontamination chemical solution to the decontamination mist and supplies it into an inside of a work room.

Abstract: The present invention provides a glove/logging system capable of accurately determining periods for glove airtightness inspection and replacement and improving the safety of a work glove in use and the work efficiency by recording and storing the status of use such as the operator name, the frequency of use, the period of use, and the details of work for an individual pair of work gloves attached to an equipment such as an isolator, and retroactively checking improper work and equipment abnormalities by tracing glove operations upon occurrence of operational abnormalities. The glove/logging system is configured to record and store information on the status of use for a work glove, and include an operator tag, a glove tag, a reader for reading information from the tags, and an information device for recording and storing information.

Abstract: A decontamination device capable of confirming accurate operations of a mist circulation dispersion means before and after or during a decontamination operation and guaranteeing the overall operation as a decontamination device. The device includes a mist supply means, a mist circulation dispersion means, and an ultrasonic detection means. The mist supply means converts a chemical for decontamination of the inside of a working chamber of the device into a mist for decontamination and supplies such mist to the inside of the working chamber. The mist circulation dispersion means subjects a vibrating board (which includes a plurality of ultrasonic transmitters) to ultrasonic vibration to generate sound flows with ultrasound from board surfaces in the vertical direction and presses the mist with acoustic radiation pressure of the sound flows in order to circulate and disperse the mist for decontamination in the working chamber.

Abstract: A method for decontaminating a low-temperature article, the method comprising: an applying step including applying a decontamination agent to external surfaces of a low-temperature article and supplying a mist of decontamination agent to a first external surface of said low-temperature article to form a condensed film of the decontamination agent on said first external surface; and a drying step including ultrasonically vibrating vibration boards disposed on a periphery of the low-temperature article to generate sound flows from board surfaces by an ultrasound in a vertical direction, irradiating with ultrasonic waves the low-temperature article with the decontamination agent applied thereto, subjecting said first external surface of the low-temperature article to ultrasonic vibration and acoustic radiation pressure, supplying dry air to the first external surface and drying said first external surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a glove/logging system capable of accurately determining periods for glove airtightness inspection and replacement and improving the safety of a work glove in use and the work efficiency by recording and storing the status of use such as the operator name, the frequency of use, the period of use, and the details of work for an individual pair of work gloves attached to an equipment such as an isolator, and retroactively checking improper work and equipment abnormalities by tracing glove operations upon occurrence of operational abnormalities. The glove/logging system is configured to record and store information on the status of use for a work glove, and include an operator tag, a glove tag, a reader for reading information from the tags, and an information device for recording and storing information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a work hood that allows for free rotation in a work box to provide a wide work area and easy decontamination of a sealing portion present at the boundary between the work hood and the work box. A rotation support for rotatably supporting the entire half suit is provided. The rotation support includes a base portion, a rotating portion, a bearing portion, a sealing member, and a communication hole. The base portion is airtightly and annularly provided around an opening, and the rotating portion is provided around the base portion through the bearing portion, with a hem portion of the half suit being fixed to the rotating portion. The sealing member is annularly provided in an annular space formed by the base portion and the rotating portion so as to separate the work box and the external environment.

Abstract: A continuous decontamination device capable of achieving short-term operations to provide uniform decontamination levels at each part by employing decontamination agents such as hydrogen peroxide without using expensive electron accelerators and of treating articles to be decontaminated in large quantities. The device includes a device body composed of a decontamination region and an aeration region, a conveyance means configured to convey an article, a mist supply means, and an aeration means. The conveyance means changes a part for supporting the article inside the decontamination region when the conveyance means supports the article carried from an inlet and conveys the article to an outlet, thereby decontaminating all external surfaces of the article.

Abstract: The present invention can provide an incubator having not only a favorable cell culture function but also an autonomous decontamination function that saves the need for connection to an external decontamination device. The incubator provided with a culture vessel, a circulating means, a temperature-regulating means, and a gas supplying means for supplying a decontamination gas or a humidifying water vapor. The gas supplying means includes a compressed gas generating means, a decontamination solution supplying means, a water supplying means, a mixed gas/liquid regulator, and a vaporizer for generating a decontamination gas or a water vapor.

Abstract: A total logging system configured to promptly and properly identify the cause of trouble and confirm countermeasures by comprehensively recording and accumulating an operator, a state of operations, and a work environment and tracing a series of operations together with recorded videos. The system includes: an image capturing device (ICD) configured to capture images of the state of operations; an information exchanging device (IED) configured to communicate information between a tag and a reader; several types of sensors configured to monitor the internal environment of a sterile working device and the operating state of an inward/outward conveying mechanism and other mechanisms; and an information recording and accumulating device (IRAD). The IRAD the operator according to information received from the IED and records details of operations performed by the operator using machines, appliances, treatment object articles and other items.

Abstract: The present invention achieves a decontamination effect with a proper amount of hydrogen peroxide mist supplied to a room to be decontaminated by further refining such hydrogen peroxide mist supplied to the room for dispersion/diffusion, and reducing the duration of operations such as aeration to increase efficiency of decontamination. The decontamination system includes a mist generation means, a mist discharge port, and a mist dispersion/diffusion means. The mist generation means converts a decontamination liquid into a mist to generate a mist for decontamination. The mist discharge port is opened at an upper portion on an internal side wall surface of the room to discharge a such mist into the inside of the room.

Abstract: A decontamination system not requiring large-scale equipment such as large-diameter ducts and anti-condensation heaters and for that reason capable of efficiently using a decontamination liquid. Long pipes can be installed for each of a plurality of rooms to be decontaminated, a decontamination liquid is not present in supply pipes as a residual dead liquid, and a proper amount of decontamination liquid can essentially be supplied for each room to cause no failure of an ultrasonic vibrator. The decontamination system employs a decontamination mist and includes a compressed air generating means and a decontamination liquid supplying means, and each room to be decontaminated is provided with a primary mist generating means and a secondary mist generating means.

Abstract: A decontamination device configured to provide, on a short time scale, uniform decontamination of target articles without using expensive electron accelerators and to treat articles to be decontaminated in large quantities. The device includes a device body composed of a decontamination region and an aeration region, a conveyance means for conveying an article, a mist supply means, a mist control means, and an aeration means. The mist supply means converts a decontamination agent into a decontamination agent mist and supplies the same to the inside of the decontamination region. The mist control means includes vibration boards adjacent to internal wall surfaces of the decontamination region, and these boards are ultrasonically vibrated to generate sound flows from board surfaces by an ultrasound in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A pass box configured to accommodate and decontaminate an article by concentrating a mist of decontamination agent on an article's surface and to reduce a duration of aeration operations. The box includes a decontamination chamber, an aeration chamber in which residue of the decontamination agent is removed from the article's surface, a decontamination agent supply device, a decontamination agent control device, a moving device configured to reposition the article, and an air supply and exhaust device. The decontamination agent supply device converts a chemical into the mist and supplies it into the decontamination chamber. The decontamination agent control device includes vibration boards that are adjacent to internal wall surfaces of the decontamination chamber and that are ultrasonically vibrated to generate sound flows in the vertical direction thereby pressing the mist with acoustic radiation to concentrate the mist on the external surfaces of the article.

Abstract: The present invention provides a decontamination device capable of accomplishing a decontamination effect with a proper amount of decontamination agent by employing a mist control mechanism and concentrating a mist for decontamination on the surface of an article to be conveyed, and reducing the duration of operations such as aeration to achieve more efficient decontamination works, and a pass box in which the decontamination device is disposed. The decontamination device of the present invention includes a mist supply means and a mist control mechanism, and the mist supply means converts a chemical for decontamination into a mist for decontamination, and supplies the same to the inside of a working chamber that accommodates the article. The mist control mechanism includes vibration boards disposed adjacent to internal wall surfaces of the working chamber, and the vibration boards are ultrasonically vibrated to generate sound flows from board surfaces by an ultra sound in the vertical direction.