Abstract: The present invention relates to a radio wave-transmitting, wavelength-selective plate, which is characterized in that a layer composed of Ag fine particles is formed and that the central portions of the Ag fine particles contain an alloy (Ag alloy) formed of Ag and a metal which forms a homogeneous solid solution with Ag (hereinafter referred to as a homogeneous solid solution metal).

Abstract: A circuit board is mounted in a cabinet in which a disk is housed. A treatment for preliminarily releasing ammonia possibly causing fogging of the disk from the circuit board is performed by allowing the circuit board to stand at 70° C. outside the cabinet for 24 hours before the circuit board is mounted in the cabinet.

Abstract: A disk recording or reproducing apparatus includes, on a chassis (1), a pickup (2), which is moved while emitting a laser beam onto a signal surface of a disk (7), and a pair of guide shafts (4) and (40) for guiding the movement of the pickup (2). One guide shaft (4) is fitted to the pickup (2) with a fewer play than the other guide shaft (40). Both ends of the guide shaft (4) fitted to the pickup (2) with a fewer play are supported by support members (5) and (50) mounted on the chassis (1), respectively, and further, a cutout (52), into which the guide shaft (4) can be inserted, is formed on a side of at least one support member (50). A pressing member (9) including an abutting piece (90) is provided for preventing the guide shaft (4) from slipping off from the cutout (52) in the vicinity of the support member (50) having the cutout (52) formed thereat on the chassis (1).

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (I): as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are disclosed. The compounds are useful as glucokinase activating agents for the treatment of diabetes and related conditions. Compositions and methods of treatment are also included.

Abstract: A solution casting system has a tentering device, and produces polymer film of cellulose triacetate. Two web edge portions of the polymer film are sucked within a section from a downstream end of the tentering device to a first roller that the polymer film contacts first. Furthermore, the two web edge portions are subjected to blowing of gas, or suction, between the first roller and a second roller positioned next downstream from the first roller. Each range of two web edge portions has an effective size in a web width direction less than 25% of that of the polymer film.

Abstract: In a polarizing filter, first and second protective films are adhered to a polarized film. The first protective film has rigidity at less than 320 kPa·m and degree of curl at more than 10 mm. The second protective film is not curled and has rigidity at more than 320 kPa·m. The protective films are produced in a solution casting method in which a solution is cast on a substrate continuously fed. The solution is dried to form the protective film. When a remaining solvent in the protective film is less than 60%, then the protective film is peeled from the substrate.

Abstract: In an antenna device of the present invention, an upper cabinet 2 is pivotally supported on a lower cabinet 4 through a hinge mechanism 3, the lower cabinet 4 containing a radio module 41, the upper cabinet 2 having a plurality of antennas 21 disposed therein. The hinge mechanism 3 includes a cylindrical shaft member 31 openably and closably connecting the two cabinets 2, 4 to each other, an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member 31 having a plurality of groove portions 32 formed at axially spaced intervals. A plurality of cables 22 are wound around the outer peripheral surface of the shaft member 31 while being respectively fitted in the plurality of groove portions 32.

Abstract: Novel polythiophenes which exhibit strong main chain absorption in the ultraviolet to visible region, show optical activity depending on the polymeric chain alone, and comprise as repeating units thiophene rings containing chiral substituent groups, and are represented by the following general formula: (wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different, each representing a hydrogen atom or an organic group, of which at least one is an enantiopure alkyl group with a branch structure at the ?-position, and n represents the number of repeating units selected from 10 to 100,000).

Abstract: A solution casting system has a tentering device, and produces polymer film of cellulose triacetate. Two web edge portions of the polymer film are sucked within a section from a downstream end of the tentering device to a first roller that the polymer film contacts first. Furthermore, the two web edge portions are subjected to blowing of gas, or suction, between the first roller and a second roller positioned next downstream from the first roller. Each range of two web edge portions has an effective size in a web width direction less than 25% of that of the polymer film.

Abstract: A solution casting apparatus includes a band-shaped support for casting of dope containing cellulose triacetate thereon. So polymer film of cellulose triacetate is formed. Plural rotatable transport rollers support the polymer film stripped from the band-shaped support. A tentering device stretches the polymer film. The transport rollers are provided with a suction device for drawing nearer the polymer film by suction.

Abstract: A device for accommodating a cartridge including a holder supported at one end thereof by a pivot on a chassis and positionable as inclined upward with respect to the chassis for the cartridge to be inserted thereinto. A fitting pin is provided on the chassis and is fittable into a positioning cutout formed in a front end portion of the cartridge and opened as at opening on a front side thereof. The fitting pin has a top end positioned below the path L of movement of the upper end of the opening when the cartridge is inserted into the holder and positioned above the point X of intersection of the fitting pin with the path M of movement of the lower surface of the cartridge.

Abstract: A circuit board 3 is mounted in a cabinet 2 in which a disk 60 is housed. A treatment for preliminarily releasing ammonia possibly causing fogging of the disk 60 from the circuit board 3 is performed by allowing the circuit board 3 to stand at 70° C. outside the cabinet 2 for 24 hours before the circuit board 3 is mounted in the cabinet 2.

Abstract: An internal unit is incorporated in a body of a submarine apparatus. The internal unit comprises a plurality of system units placed in a predetermined arrangement, and coupling bars fixed to coupling-bar fixing surfaces of the system units by screws so as to couple the system units in the predetermined arrangement. The system units include at least one electronic-circuit printed board having a part to be adjusted. The coupling-bar fixing surfaces are located at positions shifted from the electronic-circuit-printed board.

Abstract: The invention provides a disk cartridge 2 comprising a flat rectangular parallelepipedal cartridge body 20, and a disk 21 rotatably enclosed in the cartridge body 20. The cartridge body 20 comprises opposite side walls 2b, 2c formed in parallel to the direction of insertion of the cartridge into a disk player and a front wall 2a facing toward the direction of insertion, and has a shutter 3 slidable along the side wall 2b for exposing the signal bearing surface of the disk 21. The front wall 2a is in the form of a curved wall or polygonal wall having a central portion formed in the closest proximity to the outer periphery of the disk 21 and opposite side portions formed as retracted toward a direction opposite to the direction of insertion. The front wall thus shaped renders the cartridge body 20 compacted and readily indicates to the user the direction of insertion into the disk player.

Abstract: A plurality of X-ray detection means is moved in the location relative to an object of inspection whose place has been fixed at a certain specific location. Corresponding to positioning of the detection means, X-ray irradiation means is made to move, to make either a location shift or a revolution. A plurality of data on fragmental radioscopic images thus generated is integrated into a synthesized picture. An X-ray inspection apparatus in accordance with the present invention is compact in the overall dimensions, yet exhibits a superior performance needing a shorter time before a picture is displayed after it is detected.

Abstract: The method of producing a film includes the steps of: casting a dope prepared by dissolving a macromolecular material in a solvent on a casting band; stripping the cast dope from the casting band to form a film; subjecting the stripped film to tentering to stretch or regulate the same in its width direction; and subjecting the tentered film to roll drying to dry the film while conveying the same in such a manner that it engages with a plurality of rolls, the method being characterized in that the solvent content in the film at the beginning of roll drying after tentering is kept within the range of 3 to 8% by weight, the surface temperature of the film during the roll drying is kept within the range of the film's Tg (glass transition temperature) −15° C. to the Tg, and the rate of the film expansion in the film conveying direction is kept within the range of −2% to 3%.

Abstract: A disk device, comprising a pickup installed on a chassis so as to be moved close to and apart from the center of a disk, a guide shaft extending in the direction of movement of the pickup for fitting the pickup thereto, and an adjusting mechanism changing the inclination angle of the guide shaft in a plane including the direction of movement of the pickup and perpendicular to the upper surface of the chassis, the adjusting mechanism further comprising a bracket holding the end part of the guide shaft, a compressive spring energizing the guide shaft, and an adjusting screw pressing the guide shaft against the compressive spring, wherein a boss is formed inside the compressive spring, the height of the boss is such that the pickup does not come into contact with the chassis when the guide shaft comes into contact with the boss, a wall is formed on the guide part of the bracket, and the height of the wall is such that the pickup does not come into contact with the chassis when the guide shaft comes into contact

Abstract: The invention provides a hydrogen-type sustained-release preparation comprising (1) at least one drug, (2) an additive which insures a penetration of water into the core of the preparation and (3) a hydrogen-forming polymer, wherein said preparation is capable of undergoing substantially complete gelation during its stay in the upper digestive tract such as stomach and small intestine and is capable of releasing the drug in the lower digestive tract including colon. By the preparation of the invention, the drug is efficiently released and absorbed even in the colon so that a steady and sustained release effect can be achieved.

Abstract: There is provided a simulation method of instruction scheduling comprising detecting a loop from an instruction sequence to be simulated, registering an instruction scheduling target instruction sequence in a loop detection state, comparing a current scheduling target instruction sequence with the registered scheduling target instruction sequence for each loop cycle, and skipping, when the current scheduling target instruction sequence matches the registered scheduling target instruction sequence, scheduling of that scheduling target instruction sequence, and newly registering, when the two instruction sequences do not match, the current scheduling target instruction sequence and executing scheduling.

Abstract: A frequency selective plate which is produced by coating an Ag layer dispersed with Ag particles on a transparent substrate. The Ag layer is formed by depositing an Ag continuous layer on the substrate and heating the Ag continuous layer to varying into Ag particles or by depositing an Ag continuous layer on the heated substrate. The frequency selective plate performs high transparency of radio waves and visible rays while sufficiently reflecting near-infrared rays of solar radiation.