Abstract: A raw material supply apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a container configured to store a solution of a first solid raw material dissolved in a solvent or a dispersion system of the first solid raw material dispersed in a dispersion medium; a removal part configured to form a second solid raw material by removing the solvent or the dispersion medium from the solution or the dispersion system stored in the container; a detection part configured to detect a completion of a removal of the solvent or the dispersion medium from the solution or the dispersion system; and a heater configured to heat the second solid raw material.

Abstract: Provided is a distribution circuit which has good pass characteristic and isolation characteristic over a wide band. A distribution circuit, in which Wilkinson-type distribution circuits configured with a coil, a capacitor, and a resistor are cascaded in two stages between an input terminal and at least three terminals, and a capacitor is connected in parallel with the resistor inserted between the output terminals in the latter-stage Wilkinson-type distribution circuits.

Abstract: A soft-melted parison is disposed in molds forming a shape of a measurement pipeline portion 10, the parison is expanded by means of gas inflow, and blow molding is performed. The shapes of a pipe body 11, a fluid inlet portion 12, and a fluid outlet portion 13 are formed by an inner mold of the molds. Ultrasonic wave input-output portions 14a and 14b bulging outwards in a sealed manner are formed on both sides positioned in the oblique direction of the pipe body 11 with respect to a center line of the pipe body 11. Parts of the ultrasonic wave input-output portions 14a and 14b are wall surfaces 15a and 15b for attaching ultrasonic wave transmission-reception units. The measurement pipeline portion 10 is obtained by cutting end portions of the fluid inlet portion 12 and the fluid outlet portion 13 after the parison is solidified.

Abstract: An ultrasonic flow amount measuring device includes a pair of tube holding portions respectively connected to a base by a shaft portion so as to be openable and closeable, and ultrasonic transmission and reception units disposed in the tube holding portions so as to face each other in an inclined direction. When the tube holding portions are opened so as to insert a tube between holding concave portions formed in clamping portions and closed so as to clamp the tube, front end surfaces of ultrasonic transmission bodies are in close contact with both sides of a surface of the tube. When measuring a flow amount, an ultrasonic beam is alternatively transmitted and received between the ultrasonic transmission and reception units through the tube. A flow rate is obtained by obtaining a transmission time difference between the travel time and the return time of the ultrasonic beam.

Abstract: Transmission/reception units 1 are fixed to both sides of a pipe body P in a clamp type. The transmission/reception unit 1 has a mounter 3 provided with a through-hole 3c and a transmitter/receiver 4 inserted into the through-hole 3c. The transmitter/receiver 4 has a surface contact portion 4a, an element fixing portion 4b provided with an installation hole 4c, and a ultrasound transmitting body 4e installed in the installation hole 4c. A transmitting/receiving element 4h is attached on a top surface 4g of the ultrasound transmitting body 4e. When the mounter 3 is fastened, a force applied to the mounter 3 is transmitted to the surface contact portion 4a such that the surface contact portion 4a comes into close contact with the pipe body P, therefore an ultrasonic beam is transmitted smoothly between the pipe body P and the transmitting/receiving element 4h.

Abstract: An ultrasonic flow amount measuring device includes a pair of tube holding portions respectively connected to a base by a shaft portion so as to be openable and closeable, and ultrasonic transmission and reception units disposed in the tube holding portions so as to face each other in an inclined direction. When the tube holding portions are opened so as to insert a tube between holding concave portions formed in clamping portions and closed so as to clamp the tube, front end surfaces of ultrasonic transmission bodies are in close contact with both sides of a surface of the tube. When measuring a flow amount, an ultrasonic beam is alternatively transmitted and received between the ultrasonic transmission and reception units through the tube. A flow rate is obtained by obtaining a transmission time difference between the travel time and the return time of the ultrasonic beam.

Abstract: Transmission/reception units 1 are fixed to both sides of a pipe body P in a clamp type. The transmission/reception unit 1 has a mounter 3 provided with a through-hole 3c and a transmitter/receiver 4 inserted into the through-hole 3c. The transmitter/receiver 4 has a surface contact portion 4a, an element fixing portion 4b provided with an installation hole 4c, and a ultrasound transmitting body 4e installed in the installation hole 4c. A transmitting/receiving element 4h is attached on a top surface 4g of the ultrasound transmitting body 4e. When the mounter 3 is fastened, a force applied to the mounter 3 is transmitted to the surface contact portion 4a such that the surface contact portion 4a comes into close contact with the pipe body P, therefore an ultrasonic beam is transmitted smoothly between the pipe body P and the transmitting/receiving element 4h.

Abstract: A soft-melted parison is disposed in molds forming a shape of a measurement pipeline portion 10, the parison is expanded by means of gas inflow, and blow molding is performed. The shapes of a pipe body 11, a fluid inlet portion 12, and a fluid outlet portion 13 are formed by an inner mold of the molds. Ultrasonic wave input-output portions 14a and 14b bulging outwards in a sealed manner are formed on both sides positioned in the oblique direction of the pipe body 11 with respect to a center line of the pipe body 11. Parts of the ultrasonic wave input-output portions 14a and 14b are wall surfaces 15a and 15b for attaching ultrasonic wave transmission-reception units. The measurement pipeline portion 10 is obtained by cutting end portions of the fluid inlet portion 12 and the fluid outlet portion 13 after the parison is solidified.

Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter capable of increasing the amplitude of, and the receiving sensitivity for, an excited signal is provided. The ultrasonic flowmeter according to the present invention includes two or more ultrasonic transducers on a transmission side and two or more ultrasonic transducers on a receiving side, located as being away from each other on an outer surface of a tube having a fluid flowing therein. The two or more ultrasonic transducers located on the transmission side are driven so as to press the tube at substantially the same pressure to increase an amplitude of an ultrasonic wave. The ultrasonic flowmeter according to the present invention includes adjustment members converting an ultrasonic signal into an ultrasonic signal suitable to measurement between the tube and the ultrasonic transducers. The adjustment members each have a curved surface or a groove at a surface thereof contacting the tube.

Abstract: A holder is mounted on a U-shaped curved tube portion of a measurement tube formed of a synthetic resin, and wing-shaped strips having a plate shape protrude outward from the holder. Distortion caused by a Coriolis force which depends on a flow rate is generated symmetrically with respect to a center line passing through a distal end of the curved tube portion and parallel to an outbound tube and an inbound tube. Therefore, the outbound tube and the inbound tube are twisted about the center line of the holder, and an amount of distortion is enhanced by the wing-shaped strips under the principle of leverage for detection.

Abstract: An inlet conduit and an outlet conduit are disposed in a so-called crank shape with respect to a straight conduit. The straight conduit is provided with wall surfaces with which piezoelectric elements come into abutment from outside, and ultrasonic transceiver units are demountably mounted on the outside of the wall surfaces respectively. The two ultrasonic transceiver units have the same shape, and each include a covering member formed of a synthetic resin, the piezoelectric element provided in the covering member for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic beam, and a cable connected to the piezoelectric element. The conduit portion and the ultrasonic transceiver unit are assembled separately. The ultrasonic transceiver units are disposed on both sides of the conduit portion and are coupled thereto with screws.

Abstract: An inlet conduit and an outlet conduit are disposed in a so-called crank shape with respect to a straight conduit. The straight conduit is provided with wall surfaces with which piezoelectric elements come into abutment from outside, and ultrasonic transceiver units are demountably mounted on the outside of the wall surfaces respectively. The two ultrasonic transceiver units have the same shape, and each include a covering member formed of a synthetic resin, the piezoelectric element provided in the covering member for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic beam, and a cable connected to the piezoelectric element. The conduit portion and the ultrasonic transceiver unit are assembled separately. The ultrasonic transceiver units are disposed on both sides of the conduit portion and are coupled thereto with screws.

Abstract: A holder is mounted on a U-shaped curved tube portion of a measurement tube formed of a synthetic resin, and wing-shaped strips having a plate shape protrude outward from the holder. Distortion caused by a Coriolis force which depends on a flow rate is generated symmetrically with respect to a center line passing through a distal end of the curved tube portion and parallel to an outbound tube and an inbound tube. Therefore, the outbound tube and the inbound tube are twisted about the center line of the holder, and an amount of distortion is enhanced by the wing-shaped strips under the principle of leverage for detection.

Abstract: A locking portion is attached on a curved tube portion of a measurement tube, and a hole portion is formed at a distal end of the locking portion in a vertical direction, and a conical depression is provided on an inner wall surface on outside of the hole portion. A coupling ring of a coupling portion engages the hole portion, and a pivot needle, coming into abutment with the conical depression abuts from an inner wall surface of the coupling ring which faces the conical depression. The other end of the coupling ring is elastically attracted toward a fixing portion via an elastic member formed of an extension spring.

Abstract: A first magnetic holder is attached to a U-shaped curved tube portion of a synthetic resin made measurement tube, and a magnetomotive body having a magnetic pole surface facing forward is embedded in a distal end of the first magnetic holder. A second magnetic holder is provided on a substrate at a position facing the distal end of the first magnetic holder with a space apart therefrom. The second magnetic holder includes a permanent magnet disposed to face the magnetomotive body in the first magnetic holder with a magnetic pole surface facing toward the first magnetic holder, so that the magnetic pole surface having a magnetic pole opposite to that of the magnetomotive body face each other. The permanent magnet of the second magnetic holder retains the curved tube portion of the measurement tube elastically with a space apart therefrom by attracting the magnetomotive body with a magnetic attraction force.

Abstract: A locking portion is attached on a curved tube portion of a measurement tube, and a hole portion is formed at a distal end of the locking portion in a vertical direction, and a conical depression is provided on an inner wall surface on outside of the hole portion. A coupling ring of a coupling portion engages the hole portion, and a pivot needle, coming into abutment with the conical depression abuts from an inner wall surface of the coupling ring which faces the conical depression. The other end of the coupling ring is elastically attracted toward a fixing portion via an elastic member formed of an extension spring.

Abstract: A first magnetic holder is attached to a U-shaped curved tube portion of a synthetic resin made measurement tube, and a magnetomotive body having a magnetic pole surface facing forward is embedded in a distal end of the first magnetic holder. A second magnetic holder is provided on a substrate at a position facing the distal end of the first magnetic holder with a space apart therefrom. The second magnetic holder includes a permanent magnet disposed to face the magnetomotive body in the first magnetic holder with a magnetic pole surface facing toward the first magnetic holder, so that the magnetic pole surface having a magnetic pole opposite to that of the magnetomotive body face each other. The permanent magnet of the second magnetic holder retains the curved tube portion of the measurement tube elastically with a space apart therefrom by attracting the magnetomotive body with a magnetic attraction force.

Abstract: A disposable conduit 1 includes piezo-electric elements 2a and 2b and a memory chip 10 in which calibration data specific to the relevant conduit is stored. Before measurement, a non-disposable electrical measuring circuit reads the calibration data out of the memory chip 10 to prepare a calibrating equation or a calibration table. A flow speed of a blood passing through the conduit or a flow rate calculated from the flow speed is corrected in accordance with the calibrating equation or calibration table.

Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter capable of increasing the amplitude of, and the receiving sensitivity for, an excited signal is provided. The ultrasonic flowmeter according to the present invention includes two or more ultrasonic transducers on a transmission side and two or more ultrasonic transducers on a receiving side, located as being away from each other on an outer surface of a tube having a fluid flowing therein. The two or more ultrasonic transducers located on the transmission side are driven so as to press the tube at substantially the same pressure to increase an amplitude of an ultrasonic wave. The ultrasonic flowmeter according to the present invention includes adjustment members converting an ultrasonic signal into an ultrasonic signal suitable to measurement between the tube and the ultrasonic transducers. The adjustment members each have a curved surface or a groove at a surface thereof contacting the tube.

Abstract: An NBTI malfunction of a P-channel MOS transistor is prevented. A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a reset pulse control unit RPC. The reset pulse control unit RPC generates a reset pulse RP for recovery from degradation caused by NBTI of a MOS transistor that receives a negative voltage at the gate of the transistor in a standby status. After the generated reset pulse RP is inputted to the gate of the MOS transistor, an action control signal ACC for activating the MOS transistor is inputted to the gate of the MOS transistor to activate the transistor.