Abstract: A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a target fluid is provided. The fluid treatment apparatus includes a cylindrical reactor and one or more catalyst members each having a rod-like or plate-like shape extending in a longitudinal direction within the reactor. The cylindrical reactor decomposes an organic substance contained in a mixed fluid of the target fluid with an oxidant by an oxidation reaction under heat and pressure. The cylindrical reactor has an introduction port on one end and a discharge port on the other end. An upstream end surface, relative to a direction of flow of the target fluid, of each of the catalyst members is located in a downstream vicinity of or upstream from an inflow position where the target fluid flows into the reactor through the introduction port. Each of the catalyst members is suspended with the upstream end surface being fixed.

Abstract: A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a target fluid is provided. The fluid treatment apparatus includes a reactor to decompose an organic substance contained in a mixed fluid of the target fluid with an oxidant by an oxidation reaction. The reactor includes a cylindrical base material, a catalyst, and a migration space. The catalyst accelerates the oxidation reaction of the organic substance, and is disposed along an inner periphery of the cylindrical base material. Into the migration space, solids precipitated in the oxidation reaction migrate in a longitudinal direction without accumulating.

Abstract: Plural types of fluids that are incompatible with each other are merged. A disturbance is induced at an interface between the fluids by causing the fluids to flow through a merged flow passage having a cross-sectional area that changes. One type of the fluids is turned into microscopic liquid droplets.

Abstract: A fluid purification system includes a reaction tank which purifies a purification target fluid by decomposing an organic substance in a purification target fluid with an oxidation reaction while heating and pressurizing a mixed fluid of the purification target fluid and an oxidant; a crusher which crushes an organic solid waste so as to obtain an organic crushed product; and a mixer which mixes the organic crushed product and liquid so as to obtain high concentration organic slurry.

Abstract: A fluid purifying apparatus that purifies fluid containing organic matter has a reactor including a first transfer part that receives the fluid from outside and transfers the fluid in a vertical direction from an upper side to a lower side while heating and pressurizing the fluid and mixing the fluid with an oxidant, a second transfer part that receives the fluid that has passed through the first transfer part and transfers the fluid in the vertical direction from the lower side to the upper side, and a partition member that partitions an upper part of the reactor into the first transfer part and the second transfer part, and a solid storage part that communicates with the first transfer part and the second transfer part below the partition member and receives solid matter contained in the fluid that settles while the fluid is transferred.

Abstract: An inner tube is provided with a protruding portion protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the tube, in a position extending throughout the entire area of the outer peripheral surface of the tube, in a region located outside an outer tube, of the entire area in a longitudinal direction of the inner tube inserted into a through-hole of a discharge side wall of the outer tube, and the protruding portion of the inner tube is pressed by an outlet joint toward the discharge side wall along an axial direction of the outer tube, and thereby, the inner tube is cantilevered by the discharge side wall.

Abstract: A first decomposition reaction part and a second decomposition reaction part are arranged with respective catalysts of different types from each other, or, of those reaction parts, only the second decomposition reaction part is arranged with a catalyst. In addition, a fluid outlet side of the first decomposition reaction part and a fluid inlet side of the second decomposition reaction part are directly communicated with each other without being narrowed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst-supporting carrier, including a step of supplying subcritical carbon dioxide or supercritical carbon dioxide to a dissolving tank containing a catalyst precursor generated when a catalyst is reduced to dissolve the catalyst precursor in the subcritical carbon dioxide or the supercritical carbon dioxide; a step of supplying the subcritical carbon dioxide or the supercritical carbon dioxide in which the catalyst precursor is dissolved to a supporting tank containing a carrier and reducing the catalyst precursor to cause the catalyst to be supported on the carrier; and a step of supplying the sub-critical carbon dioxide or the supercritical carbon dioxide to the supporting tank containing the carrier on which the catalyst is supported to clean the carrier.

Abstract: Plural types of fluids that are incompatible with each other are merged. A disturbance is induced at an interface between the fluids by causing the fluids to flow through a merged flow passage having a cross-sectional area that changes. One type of the fluids is turned into microscopic liquid droplets.

Abstract: A molded friction material for a damper is disclosed, which contains, as a part of a friction regulating material, porous fibrous particulates having an average particle size of 0.5 to 2 mm and a bulk density of 0.1 to 0.2 g/cm.sup.3 and comprising finely divided ceramic fibers or porous fibrous particulates having an average particle size of 0.1 to 5 mm and a bulk density of 0.2 to 2.0 g/cm.sup.3 and comprising finely divided ceramic fibers, a filler, and a binder. The friction material exhibits excellent performance basically required of a friction material, such as mechanical strength and damping characteristics, and hardly squeaks during damping.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a dielectric breakdown prevention circuit coupled to an external terminal for protecting an input stage circuit. The prevention circuit has bipolar transistors and complementary MISFETs including a first MISFET of a first conductivity type and a second MISFET of a second conductivity type. A first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type is formed by the same layer as a well region in which the second MISFET is formed. A second semiconductor region of the second conductivity type is formed in said first semiconductor region by the same layer as source and drain regions of the second MISFET. These first and second semiconductor regions form a first PN junction diode. The external terminal is electrically coupled to one end portion of said second semiconductor region.

Abstract: An image data reading apparatus is provided, comprising a transport part for transporting an original sheet to a reading position within the image data reading apparatus, a white reference plate provided at the reading position, a light source for generating a light projected to the reading position, a light receiving part for converting an incoming light reflected from the white reference plate into a white reference signal and for converting an incoming light reflected from the original sheet into an image signal, a correction part for eliminating a shading from the image signal based on a reference voltage, a peak level holding part for detecting and storing a peak level of a corrected signal from the correction part, a quantization part for converting an incoming signal from the correction part into digital information based on the peak level, and a switching part for turning the peak level holding part off to stop detection and storing of the peak level of the incoming signal for a prescribed time period

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is equipped with a DRAM whose memory cell is formed as a series circuit of a memory cell selection MISFET and a data storage capacitance element of a stacked structure. A complementary data line extends on an upper electrode layer of the data storage capacitance element of the stacked structure through an inter-level insulation film which is connected to a semiconductor region of the memory cell selection MISFET. To reduce parasitic capacitance the wiring width of the complementary data line is formed to be smaller than the film thickness of the inter-level insulation film between the complementary data line and the upper electrode layer of said data storage capacitance element of the stacked structure.

Abstract: A method of fabricating semiconductor integrated circuit devices in which a wiring is connected, via a silicon film, to a semiconductor region which is the source region or the drain region of a MISFET. The method comprises a step for introducing impurities for forming a semiconductor region of the MISFET to shallowly form the semiconductor region, a step for forming a silicon film on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate in the region where the impurities are introduced, and a step for diffusing impurities into the semiconductor substrate and for diffusing impurities into a silicon film by the heat treatment so that the silicon film is permitted to possess electric conductivity.

Abstract: An integrated input/output device includes a substrate having a pair of opposite surfaces, and an input function unit is defined on one of the pair of opposite surfaces and an output function unit is defined on the other of the pair of opposite surfaces. In the preferred embodiment, a reading unit for optically reading an original document and a thermal printhead for recording an image on recording paper are defined on opposite surfaces of the same substrate. Such an integrated input/output device is compact in size, thereby contributing to minimize its space requirement for installation, and sturdy in structure.

Abstract: An image reader applicable to a document or image reading section of a facsimile apparatus or the like and equipped with a line image sensor. Light-sensitive cells of the line image sensor are divided into blocks which in turn are sorted by the order of arrangement into a plurality of groups. The blocks in one group are switched from one to another while outputs of the other group are selected. The light-sensitive cells constituting the respective blocks are classified into a plurality of groups by the order of arrangement, so that the different groups are driven in parallel.

Abstract: An image reader for a facsimile apparatus or like image processing apparatus which uses a line image sensor. An array of photodiodes arranged in the line image sensor and switches serially connected in one-to-one correspondence with the photodiodes are divided into a plurality of blocks. These blocks are further divided into a plurality groups. Selection switches are associated one with each of the groups and have their output terminals commonly connected group by group. The common output terminals of the selection switches are connected to different input terminals of differential amplifiers, so that a block to be read and another block which is different in group from that block are simultaneously selected by the selection switches.

Abstract: An image reader in which a plurality of light-sensitive cells arranged in an array in a line image sensor are divided into a predetermined number of blocks, and the blocks are sequentially selected to sequentially drive the light-sensitive cells in each of the blocks to produce image signals. Charging switches are provided for charging the light-sensitive cells via block selector switches. The charging switches are activated after a signal read time assigned to each light-sensitive cell has expired to thereby shorten the charging time necessary for the light-sensitive cell. The block selector switches are each actuated at a predetermined timing while the charging switches are activated, thereby preventing noise due to switching actions of the block selector switches from being introduced into image signals.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a plurality of photoelectric elements arranged in the form of an array and a like plurality of blocking diodes, each of which is connected in series with and opposite in direction to the corresponding one of said photoelectric elements thereby forming a charge accumulating unit. The image sensor also includes means for setting long and short charge accumulating time periods, whereby when the long charge accumulating time period is set, a combined signal including a true signal and the dark current signal is outputted and when the short charge accumulating time period is set, only the dark current signal is outputted.