Abstract: A platen plate for supporting an ejection object for liquid droplets ejected from each nozzle on the bottom surface of a liquid ejection head can secure the flatness of the ejection object so as to appropriately eject ink as well as can prevent the contamination of the bottom surface of the ejection object.

Abstract: An image display device includes two substrates disposed in opposite to each other with a gap, and a vacuum sealing portion which seals predetermined positions of the substrates and defines a sealed space between the two substrates. The vacuum sealing portion has a sealing material filled along a predetermined position. The sealing material includes at least one type of active metal in a base material that includes Su or at least one type of melting point lowering element of Pb, In, Bi, Zn, Ag, Au, or Cu in Sn.

Abstract: There is provided a thermoelectric conversion module comprising a first insulated substrate, a plurality of columnar p-type and n-type semiconductor thermoelectric transducers alternately arranged on the first insulated substrate, a second insulated substrate arranged so as to face the first insulation with interposition of the semiconductor thermoelectric transducers, first electrodes arranged between the first insulated substrate and the respective semiconductor thermoelectric transducers, and second electrodes arranged between the second insulated substrate and the respective semiconductor thermoelectric transducers, the first and second electrodes electrically connecting the p-type and n-type semiconductor thermoelectric transducers in series, and a glass film coated on the exposed surface of each first electrode at the first insulated substrate side and on a part of the exposed surfaces of the p-type and n-type semiconductor thermoelectric transducers directed from the first electrode to the second elect

Abstract: An object is to provide a fiber that absorbs heat with good efficiency, has excellent transparency and heat-retaining properties, and does not compromise the design characteristics of a textile product, and to provide a textile product in which the fiber is used. Hexaboride nanoparticles, a dispersion medium, and a dispersion agent for dispersing the nanoparticles are mixed together. The mixture is dispersed and dried to obtain a dispersion powder. The resulting dispersion powder is added to thermoplastic resin pellets, uniformly mixed, and thereafter melted and kneaded to obtain a master batch containing a heat-absorbing component. The master batch containing a heat-absorbing component is mixed with a similarly prepared master batch to which inorganic nanoparticles has not been added, and the mixture is melted, spun, and drawn to manufacture a multifilament yarn. The multifilament yarn is cut to fabricate staples, and the staples are used to manufacture a spun yarn having heat-absorbing effects.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an infrared-shielding nanoparticle dispersion that has a property whereby visible light is adequately transmitted, and light in the near-infrared region is adequately shielded; an infrared-shielding body manufactured using the infrared-shielding nanoparticle dispersion; a method for manufacturing infrared-shielding nanoparticles that are used in the infrared-shielding nanoparticle dispersion; and infrared-shielding nanoparticles manufactured using the method for manufacturing infrared-shielding nanoparticles.

Abstract: [Subject matter] The present invention presents a cationic polymer. When a hair treatment composition containing the cationic polymer is used to damaged hair, excellent conditioning effects are shown. When a skin cosmetic treatment composition containing the cationic polymer, foam formation and foam quality are improved and good use feeling is obtained.

Abstract: In hexaboride particles having particles of a hexaboride of at least one element (X) selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr and Ca, or a dispersion of such particles, the surfaces of the hexaboride particles have physically been coated with a surface treatment agent containing silicon, selected from a silazane type treatment agent, a chlorosilane type treatment agent, an inorganic treatment agent having at least one alkoxyl group in the molecular structure, and an organic treatment agent having at least one alkoxyl group at a molecular terminal or in the side chain, or have been coated with the surface treatment agent, having chemically combined with hexaboride particles on the surfaces of the hexaboride particles.

Abstract: A platen plate for supporting an ejection object for liquid droplets ejected from each nozzle on the bottom surface of a liquid ejection head can secure the flatness of the ejection object so as to appropriately eject ink as well as can prevent the contamination of the bottom surface of the ejection object.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes two substrates arranged to face each other with a gap therebetween, and a sealing portion which seals predetermined positions of the substrates and defines a closed space between the two substrates. The sealing portion includes a low-melting point metal material applied along the predetermined positions, and a composite material layer provided between a surface of the substrate and the low-melting point metal material and including metal powder material and frit glass. The metal powder material has a bonding property to glass, an affinity to the low-melting point metal material, and a solubility of less than 10% at a temperature of 500° C. or less with respect to the low-melting point metal material to be melted.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cation-modified galactomannan polysaccharide which gives excellent conditioning effects and gives good feeling and flexibility when it is used in a hair treatment composition, and improves feeling of use by conditioning effects and emulsification conditions when it is used in a skin cosmetic composition such as body cleansing agent. Concretely, the present invention provides a cation-modified galactomannan polysaccharide obtained by substituting some of hydroxyl groups contained in an cation-modified galactomannan polysaccharide which is nonionic polysaccharide and constitutes mannose as a main chain and galactose as a side chain and the composition ratio of mannose and galactose is 1:1 and obtained from albumen portion of a seed of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) which is a leguminus plant, with a specific quaternary nitrogen-containing group, and a cosmetic composition containing the cation-modified cation-modified galactomannan.

Abstract: A printer is provided which sprays ink from nozzles to print recording paper P.

Abstract: A flat image display device includes two glass substrates located opposite each other with a gap therebetween and a seal portion which seals a predetermined position on the glass substrates and defines a sealed space between the two glass substrates. The seal portion having a low-melting-point metal filled along the predetermined position and a metal layer provided between respective surfaces of the glass substrates and low-melting-point metal and formed of a metal which has connectivity to glass, affinity to the low-melting-point metal, and a solubility of less than 1% to the low-melting-point metal to be melted at a temperature of 500° C. or less.

Abstract: A flat image display device includes two substrates located opposite each other with a gap therebetween and a vacuum seal portion which seals a predetermined position on the substrates and defines a sealed space. The vacuum seal portion has a sealing layer which is formed of a sealing material filled along the predetermined position. The sealing material having a melting point of 400° C. or less and a rate of contraction during solidification ranging from +0.5% to ?2.5%.

Abstract: To provide an infrared-shielding body sufficiently transmitting visible rays, having no half-mirror shaped appearance, requiring no large-scale apparatus when forming a film on a substrate, efficiently shutting invisible near-infrared rays with wavelength range of 780 nm or more, while eliminating a heat treatment at high temperature after film formation, and having a spectral characteristic such as transparency with no change of color tone. The starting material, which is a mixture containing a predetermined amount of a tungsten compound, is heated at 550° C. in a reductive atmosphere for 1 hour, then cooled to room temperature once in an argon atmosphere, thus producing powder of W18O49. Then, the powder, the solvent, and the dispersant are mixed, then subjected to dispersion treatment to obtain a dispersion solution. The dispersion solution and a UV-curable hardcoat resin are mixed to obtain a solution of fine particle dispersion of infrared-shielding material.

Abstract: A heat shielding material for use in an agricultural and horticultural facility according to the present invention includes a heat shielding layer containing a base resin, and a heat shielding filler in the form of microparticles dispersed in the base resin, wherein the heat shielding filler is at least one selected from lanthanum hexaboride and antimony-doped tin oxide. This heat shielding material for use in an agricultural and horticultural facility has a solar radiation transmittance of 10 to 80%, this transmittance being taken as a reference index for evaluating the level of a heat shielding property, a visible light transmittance of 30 to 90%, and a light transmittance of 5 to 80% at a 320 nm wavelength and a light transmittance of 0 to 70% at a 290 nm wavelength, respectively, in an ultraviolet region.

Abstract: The visible light absorbing film according to the present invention is formed by a visible light absorbing ink having been coated on one side or both sides of a substrate which has solar radiation reflecting properties and whose visible light reflectance is 10% or more, and is characterized in that the degree of reduction of visible light reflectance is 0.9 or less as defined by degree of reduction of visible light reflectance=[visible light reflectance (%) after coating of the ink]/[visible light reflectance (%) before coating of the ink], and the degree of reduction of solar radiation reflectance is 0.25 or more as defined by degree of reduction of solar radiation reflectance=[solar radiation reflectance (%) after coating of the ink]/[solar radiation reflectance (%) before coating of the ink].

Abstract: A liquid discharger wherein, when a liquid discharge operation on a discharge object is started, a cap is opened in order to wipe a liquid discharge surface by bringing a cleaning member into contact with and moving the cleaning member along the liquid discharge surface, then liquid drops are preliminarily discharged to the cap from liquid discharge nozzles after the cleaning member has moved along the liquid discharge surface, and then, while the cap is withdrawn from the liquid discharge surface, prior to discharging liquid onto the discharge object, liquid drops are preliminarily discharged to a platen plate from the liquid discharge nozzles.

Abstract: In hexaboride particles having particles of a hexaboride of at least one element (X) selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr and Ca, or a dispersion of such particles, the surfaces of the hexaboride particles have physically been coated with a surface treatment agent containing silicon, selected from a silazane type treatment agent, a chlorosilane type treatment agent, an inorganic treatment agent having at least one alkoxyl group in the molecular structure, and an organic treatment agent having at least one alkoxyl group at a molecular terminal or in the side chain, or have been coated with the surface treatment agent, having chemically combined with hexaboride particles on the surfaces of the hexaboride particles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printer having a printer body and a consumable related to printing means, such as an ink cartridge and an ink ribbon, wherein the consumable can be very easily replaced and the electrical connection between the consumable and the printer body can be easily effected. In a printer (1) having a printer body (6) and an ink cartridge (consumable related to printing means) (19) replaceably mounted in the printer body, an ink cartridge tray (consumable tray) (8) for detachably storing the ink cartridge is movably provided in the printer body. A connector (37) provided on the ink cartridge is connected to a connector (38) provided in the printer body when the ink cartridge tray is inserted into the printer body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoelectric module, comprising a plurality of p-type thermoelectric elements each comprising a p-type semiconductor having a skutterdite crystal structure, a plurality of n-type thermoelectric elements each comprising a n-type semiconductor having a skutterdite crystal structure, at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode, at least one first alloy layer and at least one second alloy layer, wherein said at least one first alloy layer and said at least one second alloy layer contain Sb and at least one transition metal element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au and Cu.