Abstract: A flush toilet according to an embodiment includes a main water guide channel, a bending water guide channel, a rim water guide channel, and a retention part. The bending water guide channel bends a flow direction of washing water supplied from the main water guide channel. The rim water guide channel causes the washing water to flow toward and to be spouted from a water spout part. The retention part is formed in at least the bending water guide channel. An upper part of the retention part is formed into an opened concave shape and the retention part retains a part of the washing water. Furthermore, the retention part is formed in such a manner that an upper end thereof on a downstream side is horizontal to a bottom surface of the water spout part or higher than the bottom surface of the water spout part.

Abstract: A wash-out type toilet according to an embodiment includes a bowl that receives waste and a drainage water trap. The drainage water trap includes an inlet that is connected to a lower part of the bowl, a rise pipeline that is connected to the inlet and extends upward toward its own top part, a fall pipeline that extends downward toward an inlet of a drainage water pipe that is arranged on a floor surface, and an intermediate pipeline with an upstream-side portion that is connected to the rise pipeline and a downstream-side portion that is connected to the fall pipeline. Furthermore, the intermediate pipeline includes a retention surface that is formed to slope downward from an upstream side to a downstream side and temporarily retains waste at a time of toilet washing.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is characterized in comprising: an ultrasonic probe for transmitting/receiving ultrasound to/from a subject; a reception beamformer for applying reception beamforming to ultrasonic echo signals obtained by the ultrasonic probe based on a plurality of different sound velocities; a spatial frequency analyzing section 81 for applying spatial frequency analysis to each of data obtained by the reception beamforming based on each of the plurality of different sound velocities; and a sound-velocity setting section 84 for setting a sound velocity corresponding to one of the results of spatial frequency analysis corresponding respectively to the plurality of different sound velocities that has a highest intensity for a given spatial frequency, as optimal sound velocity in the reception beamforming.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a seating detection sensor includes a strain generating body and a strain gauge. The strain generating body is held on a casing or a toilet seat. The strain generating body receives a load from the toilet seat via a shaft portion to generate a strain. The strain gauge is provided on the strain generating body and detects a strain amount of the strain generating body. A force release portion releases a force applied to an opening in a horizontal direction from the shaft portion in a state of the shaft portion abutting the opening so that the force is not converted downwardly in a vertical direction.

Abstract: The present invention is a flush toilet apparatus (1) having a flush toilet main body (2) and a sanitary washing apparatus (18), with a bent supply pipe (28) extending so as to bend from the connecting base end portion (24) of a toilet seat rear portion to supply wash water to a sanitary washing apparatus, a wash water supply pipe (2) connected to this bent supply pipe, and an affixing member (14) for affixing the toilet seat to the flush toilet main body; whereby affixing holes (12) and a pipe opening (16) are provided on the top surface, and the pipe opening is formed outer side of the affixing holes, while the center point of the pipe opening is positioned on the front side of the affixing holes, and the pipe opening center point is positioned on the inside of the connecting base end portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a seating detection sensor includes a strain generating body and a strain gauge. The strain generating body is held on a casing or a toilet seat. The strain generating body receives a load from the toilet seat via a shaft portion to generate a strain. The strain gauge is provided on the strain generating body and detects a strain amount of the strain generating body. A force release portion releases a force applied to an opening in a horizontal direction from the shaft portion in a state of the shaft portion abutting the opening so that the force is not converted downwardly in a vertical direction.

Abstract: The present invention is a flush toilet (1) including: a bowl portion (8) having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface (16), a rim portion (18), and a well portion (20) formed at the bottom of the waste receiving surface; a discharge trap pipe (12) connected to the bottom portion of the well portion; a flush water guide portion (40b) disposed on the waste receiving surface at the rear of the well portion so that flush water is directed toward the side wall surface inside the well portion; and a liquid membrane spouting portion (24) disposed on the rim portion, wherein this liquid membrane spouting portion induces a vertical circulating flow in the well portion, produced when discharged flush water assumes a liquid membrane form and collides with a flush water guide portion, and the colliding flush water drops along the side wall surface of the well portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a processed plant product having an excellent TRPM8 activating action, a method for producing the same, and a cooling agent and a TRPM8 activator comprising the processed plant product. A method for producing a processed nutmeg product, comprising a step of simultaneously treating nutmeg or an extract thereof with an alcohol or a 25% (v/v) or more alcohol aqueous solution and one or more selected from a protonic acid and an H-type cation exchange resin.

Abstract: A laryngeal mask is provided with an outer tube and a connector, having a base end in which is formed a first connecting portion capable of being connected to an artificial respirator and a leading end in which is formed a ventilation opening, the outer tube and the connector having a communication passage formed therein that communicates between the first connecting portion and the ventilation opening, a ring-shaped cuff capable of tightly adhering to a tracheal opening of a patient trachea as a result of inflating in a state where the ring-shaped cuff is inserted to a predetermined insertion position, and hyoid bone-contacting portions and protruding laterally from the outer tube so as to contact from above a site in a pharyngeal portion of the patient corresponding to a hyoid bone of the patient in a state where the ring-shaped cuff is inserted to the insertion position.

Abstract: A liquid level detection device is provided with a fixed body and a rotating body, and includes a float floating and an arm. The arm has an insertion section to be inserted into the rotating body and an extending section extending linearly and bent with respect to the insertion section. The rotating body has an insertion hole in which the insertion section of the arm is inserted in an insertion direction and a holding section having a receiving opening which receives the extending section and holding the extending section received by the receiving opening. The fixed body has a guide section covering the extending portion in a part of a region between a portion held by the holding section and a portion connected to the float within a rotatable angular range of the arm. The guide section is provided with a passing section used to dispose the part of the extending section inside the guide section.

Abstract: A screwless terminal block allows easy insertion and removal of a wire. A housing (2) includes a fixture insertion opening (23) through which a rod-like fixture (6) is inserted to come in contact with a contact pressure spring (4) and deform the spring (4) away from a wire (5). When the fixture (6) is inserted through the fixture insertion opening (23), an acute angle of 45° or less is formed by an axis of the fixture (6) and a straight line connecting a contact point A between the housing (2) and a part of the fixture (6) adjacent to the wire insertion opening (24) and a contact point B between the housing (2) and a part of the fixture (6) adjacent to the spring (4) at a cross-section taken along a plane including the axis of the fixture (6) and parallel to a pressing direction of the spring (4).

Abstract: A liquid level detection device is provided with a fixed body and a rotating body, and includes a float and an arm. The arm has an insertion portion to be inserted into the rotating body and an extending portion extending straight and bent relative to the insertion portion.

Abstract: A liquid level detection device is provided with a fixed body and a rotating body, and includes a float and an arm. The arm has an insertion portion to be inserted in the rotating body and an extending portion extending straight and bent relative to the insertion portion. The rotating body has an insertion hole in which the insertion portion is inserted in an insertion direction, a holding portion having a receiving opening receiving the extending portion in an intersecting direction intersecting with the insertion direction and holding the extending portion received by the receiving opening, and a stopper releasing the receiving opening by moving in the insertion direction due to elastic deformation from a blocking state in which a blocking portion blocks the receiving opening. The stopper has a sliding surface portion facing an opposite direction to the insertion direction, on which the extending portion is allowed to slide.

Abstract: Provided is a sanitary cleansing device configured so that user's defecation can be promoted with a comfortable feeling by spraying of cleansing water. The present invention provides a sanitary cleansing device (1) including a nozzle assembly (6) provided with a spray port, a nozzle drive device (12), an operation device (10) operated by a user, and a spray control device (20) configured to actuate the nozzle drive device to execute a massage cleansing mode. The massage cleansing mode is a cleansing mode for repeating a predetermined massage cleansing cycle including a turning movement pattern for turning a water splash point of the cleansing water sprayed from the spray port at the periphery of a private area position of a seated human body and a front-to-back movement pattern for moving the water splash point through the private area position in a substantially front-to-back direction of the human body.

Abstract: Provided is a sanitary cleansing device configured to provide a feeling of comfort and satisfaction to a user by simple operation. The sanitary cleansing device (1) includes a nozzle assembly (6) provided with a spray port, an operation device (10) operated by a user to start spraying of the cleansing water from the spray port, and a spray control device (20) configured to execute a fixed spot cleansing mode and a stop sequence based on operation of the operation device. The fixed spot cleansing mode is a cleansing mode for stopping the spray port at a reference private area position at which the cleansing water is splashed on a private area position of the human body, and the stop sequence is a sequence of stopping spraying of the cleansing water after execution of a series of cleansing modes set in advance.

Abstract: Provided is a sanitary cleansing device configured to less provide a feeling of insecurity to a user when a cleansing mode for moving a water splash point in at least two directions is used. The present invention provides a sanitary cleansing device (1) including a nozzle assembly (6) provided with a spray port, a nozzle drive device (12), an operation device (10) operated by a user to switch a cleansing mode, and a spray control device (20) configured to switchably execute, a fixed spot cleansing mode in which the spray port is stopped at a predetermined reference private area position and a wide movement cleansing mode for moving a water splash point in at least two directions. When the wide movement cleansing mode begins, the spray port is positioned at the reference private area position, and then, starts movement of the water splash point.

Abstract: A screwless terminal block allows easy insertion and removal of a wire. A housing (2) includes a fixture insertion opening (23) through which a rod-like fixture (6) is inserted to come in contact with a contact pressure spring (4) and deform the spring (4) away from a wire (5). When the fixture (6) is inserted through the fixture insertion opening (23), an acute angle of 45° or less is formed by an axis of the fixture (6) and a straight line connecting a contact point A between the housing (2) and a part of the fixture (6) adjacent to the wire insertion opening (24) and a contact point B between the housing (2) and a part of the fixture (6) adjacent to the spring (4) at a cross-section taken along a plane including the axis of the fixture (6) and parallel to a pressing direction of the spring (4).

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is provided for allowing a displacement between a direction of an acoustic line of ultrasound and a direction of movement of biological tissue to be recognized. The apparatus includes a strain calculating section for calculating a strain in biological tissue based on two temporally different echo signals in an identical acoustic line acquired by an ultrasonic probe; an elasticity image data generating section for generating data for an elasticity image according to the strain calculated by the strain calculating section; a movement detecting section for detecting movement of the biological tissue in a B-mode image; an angle calculating section for calculating an angle between a direction of an acoustic line of ultrasound transmitted/received by the ultrasonic probe and a direction of movement of the biological tissue detected by the movement detecting section; and an image display processing section for displaying an indicator indicating the angle.

Abstract: A screwless terminal block allows easy insertion and removal of a wire. A housing (2) includes a fixture insertion opening (23) through which a rod-like fixture (6) is inserted to come in contact with a contact pressure spring (4) and deform the spring (4) away from a wire (5). When the fixture (6) is inserted through the fixture insertion opening (23), an acute angle of 45° or less is formed by an axis of the fixture (6) and a straight line connecting a contact point A between the housing (2) and a part of the fixture (6) adjacent to the wire insertion opening (24) and a contact point B between the housing (2) and a part of the fixture (6) adjacent to the spring (4) at a cross-section taken along a plane including the axis of the fixture (6) and parallel to a pressing direction of the spring (4).

Abstract: A motor control device includes DC voltage circuitry which obtains a DC voltage, an inverter which converts the DC voltage obtained by the DC voltage circuitry into an AC voltage that is output to a motor, a voltage detector which detects the DC voltage obtained by the DC voltage circuitry, and regenerative controller circuitry which controls actuation of the regenerative circuit based on the DC voltage detected by the voltage detector. The regenerative controller circuitry waits until a predetermined waiting time period has elapsed and thereafter actuates a regenerative circuit in the DC voltage circuitry, independently of actuation control by second regenerative controller circuitry in a second motor control device that also obtains the DC voltage, after the voltage detector detects that the DC voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage.