Abstract: A liquid supplying mechanism includes a flow channel forming member that has a base having a plate-like shape on which an upstream portion of a plurality of liquid supplying flow channels are formed so as to supply ink to each of a plurality of liquid ejection heads that are assembled to a liquid ejection head unit, and a plurality of connection members in a tubular shape that extend from one side of the of the base so as to form a downstream portion of the flow channels that individually communicate with the upstream portion of the respective liquid supplying flow channels and are disposed such that the distal end of the connection members correspond to the positions of the connection holes that are formed on the respective liquid ejection heads.

Abstract: There is provided a capping device having a bottomed box-shaped cap having an opening at one of ends of short side walls and long side walls formed in a ring shape and a bottom portion on the other side, the bottom portion is formed with a waste liquid disposal port configured to discharge liquid flowed therein from the opening and a rib extended so as to connect two opposing wall surfaces of the long side walls at a position overlapping at least partly with the waste liquid disposal port two-dimensionally when viewed from the side of the opening, and the rib including a communication hole configured to penetrate in the width direction intersecting the direction of extension of the rib and communicate with the waste liquid disposal port.

Abstract: An abdomen width determiner determines an abdomen width of a subject. A shape index calculator calculates a shape index corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of an abdomen of the subject. An obesity evaluator evaluates whether an obesity degree of the subject is high or low. An obesity index calculator calculates an obesity index corresponding to the abdomen width using a first equation if the obesity evaluator evaluates that the obesity degree is low, and calculates an obesity index corresponding to the abdomen width and the shape index using a second equation different from the first equation if the obesity evaluator evaluates that the obesity degree is high.

Abstract: A buffer receiving and supplying liquid includes: a cylindrical cup having a bottom; and a flexible film forming a sealed space between the cup and the film, wherein one of a depressed portion and a projecting portion is formed at an open end of the cup, and wherein the film is attached to the open end and one of the depressed portion and the projecting portion along the surface thereof.

Abstract: An abdomen width determiner determines an abdomen width value of a human subject. A memory stores a correlation between abdomen width values and waist circumferences of human beings. A waist circumference calculator calculates a waist circumference of the human subject on the basis of the abdomen width value determined by the abdomen width determiner and the correlation stored in the memory. The correlation stored in the memory may be expressed by the following regression formula: Y=aX+b where “Y” is a waist circumference of a human being, “X” is an abdomen width value of a human being, and “a” and “b” are constants.

Abstract: An abdomen width determiner determines an abdomen width value of a human subject. A memory stores a correlation between abdomen width values and waist circumferences of human beings. A waist circumference calculator calculates a waist circumference of the human subject on the basis of the abdomen width value determined by the abdomen width determiner and the correlation stored in the memory. The correlation stored in the memory may be expressed by the following regression formula: Y=aX+b where “Y” is a waist circumference of a human being, “X” is an abdomen width value of a human being, and “a” and “b” are constants.

Abstract: A tray for accommodating electronic components with edge portions and contacts includes a main portion for forming the tray, and a plurality of accommodation cavities formed in the tray for accommodating a plurality of electronic components therein. Each accommodation cavity includes partition walls for surrounding the electronic components, support steps extending horizontally inwardly from lower ends of the partition walls to form a first space therein and to support the edge portions of the electronic component, and descending walls extending downwardly from the support steps to define the first space. Each partition wall has a lower portion with a first inclination for a mold removing operation, and each descending wall has a second inclination greater than that of the first inclination to be able to contact and support an edge of the electronic component when falling from the edge portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a postpartum supporting apparatus, comprising a storage unit and an output unit. The storage unit stores reference data that is used to compare with postpartum measurement data representing an index of body condition after childbirth for determining whether the progress of restoration of the body condition after childbirth is good or not. The output unit outputs said reference data in order to compare with the postpartum measurement data representing the index of body condition after childbirth.

Abstract: A carrier for transporting electronic components is provided for enhancing the reliability in parts transportation by preventing an electronic components from being damaged during the transportation.

Abstract: A tray for receiving semiconductor devices is formed of a main portion having supporting surfaces, and a plurality of columnar bosses formed on the top and bottom supporting surfaces of the main portion to surround and couple with outer perimeters of semiconductor devices. The columnar bosses are formed to be situated adjacent to each other when two trays are piled. The tray can be formed economically without deformation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a postpartum supporting apparatus, comprising a storage unit and an output unit. The storage unit stores reference data that is used to compare with postpartum measurement data representing an index of body condition after childbirth for determining whether the progress of restoration of the body condition after childbirth is good or not. The output unit outputs said reference data in order to compare with the postpartum measurement data representing the index of body condition after childbirth.

Abstract: A method of processing a photosensitive glass includes exposing. Photosensitive glass by radiation from a laser whose oscillation wavelength lies within the range of wavelengths of exposing light to which the glass responds. Then, the exposed portions 1c are thermally developed and etched. Since a laser beam propagates with a high rectilinearity, the front and rear surfaces of thick photosensitive glass can be exposed without producing dimensional errors. Therefore, the etching accuracy is improved. Especially, where the front and rear surfaces of photosensitive glass are etched, both surfaces can be processed so as to form the same shape in them accurately. In addition, because almost all the energy of the laser radiation is used for exposure of the photosensitive glass, the energy is not wasted and so the efficiency is high.

Abstract: A photosensitive glass processing method, and article made thereby, which makes it possible to facilitate the etch depth control, minimize the surface roughness of the etched surface, improve the operating efficiency in single-side etching process, and increase the yield includes a first exposure step, in which laser light is applied to the obverse side of photosensitive glass from above it through an exposure mask by using a pulsed laser that covers the sensitivity wavelength range of the photosensitive glass, thereby forming a first exposed portion, the energy intensity per pulse of laser light being set at 10 mJ/cm.sup.2, and the total exposure energy being set at 500 mJ/cm.sup.2 ; a second exposure step, in which laser light is applied to an end surface of the photosensitive glass through another exposure mask, thereby forming a second exposed portion, the energy intensity per pulse of laser light being set at 10 mJ/cm.sup.2, and the total exposure energy being set at 15,000 mJ/cm.sup.

Abstract: Method of processing a photosensitive glass used in the head of an ink jet printer, including the steps of exposing the glass by a XeCl excimer laser to write a desired pattern into the front surface of the glass, with the laser emitting plural pulses to the glass and the energy of each laser pulse being 1 to 50 mJ/cm.sup.2 such that the exposed portions which will become crystallized portions do not extend through the thickness of the glass; thermally developing the exposed portions to crystallize the exposed portions; and etching away the crystallized portions so that grooves are formed in the glass according to the exposing pattern.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed in opposing, spaced relation to the first electrode, a ferroelectric liquid crystal interposed between the first and second electrodes, a first alignment layer formed between the first electrode and the ferroelectric liquid crystal, and a second alignment layer formed between the second electrode and the ferroelectric liquid crystal.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed in opposing, spaced relation to the first electrode, a ferroelectric liquid crystal interposed between the first and second electrodes, a first alignment layer formed between the first electrode and the ferroelectric liquid crystal, and a second alignment layer formed between the second electrode and the ferroelectric liquid crystal.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed in opposing, spaced relation to the first electrode, a ferroelectric liquid crystal interposed between the first and second electrodes, a first alignment layer formed between the first electrode and the ferroelectric liquid crystal, and a second alignment layer formed between the second electrode and the ferroelectric liquid crystal.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed in opposing, spaced relation to the first electrode, a ferroelectric liquid crystal interposed between the first and second electrodes, a first alignment layer formed between the first electrode and the ferroelectric liquid crystal, and a second alignment layer formed between the second electrode and the ferroelectric liquid crystal.

Abstract: A ferroelectric liquid crystal touch panel includes a ferroelectric liquid crystal panel including counterposed electrodes and a ferroelectric liquid crystal positioned between the electrodes; a position detector for detecting a pushed position on the ferroelectric liquid crystal through the electrodes by means of an electromotive force generated when the ferroelectric liquid crystal is pushed; a display control circuit for controlling a display state of the ferroelectric liquid crystal through the electrodes; a sound generation control circuit for supplying a sound generation signal to the electrodes so that the ferroelectric liquid crystal panel generates a sound in correspondence thereto; and a selection circuit for selectively connecting the position detector, the display control circuit and the sound generation control circuit to the electrodes.

Abstract: A piezoelectric transducer useful for example as a sound source or a strain detector includes a ferroelectric liquid crystal sealed between two baseplates with electrodes and alignment layers on the inner facing surfaces of the baseplates. One of the baseplates is thicker than the other, or is of a different material, so that the two baseplates have different flexural rigidity.