Abstract: Disclosed are an acrylic acid-based polymer which is a star polymer containing a repeating unit derived from an (?-lower alkyl)acrylic ester represented by formula (I): (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and R2 represents an organic group having a polar group) in an arm portion; an acrylic acid-based polymer containing a repeating unit derived from an poly(?-lower alkyl)acrylic ester and a repeating unit derived from an (?-lower alkyl)acrylic ester represented by formula (I), and a method for producing a polymer through living polymerization, comprising forming an oligomer having a polymerization active end, which is an oligomer higher than an average 1.0-mer and lower than an average 4.0-mer or an average 4.0-mer, and polymerizing using the oligomer having a polymerization active end as an initiating species.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device in which lengths (d1 and d2) of respective picture element electrodes (60) in an extended direction of scanning signal lines (32) are longer than lengths (d3) of the respective picture element electrodes (60) in an extended direction of video signal lines (35) is arranged such that storage capacitor lines (36) are provided along the respective scanning signal lines (32) so as to overlap the respective picture element electrodes (60) via an insulating film (70) in plan view.

Abstract: A liquid feed tube for feeding a liquid from a liquid tank disposed on a liquid jetting device body side to a jetting head mounted on a reciprocating carriage, including: a long elastic member and a film member connected in an airtight state to the elastic member along a longitudinal direction of the elastic member; and a space part formed by the elastic member and the film member and used as a liquid feed passage, wherein the elastic member is made of a specific resin composition. Thus, the bending rigidity of the liquid feed tube can be lowered, and the resistance to moisture permeability and the gas barrier property thereof can be realized at low cost.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage from a liquid retainer and to supply liquid to the liquid injecting head. The valve unit has a pressure chamber connected to the liquid retainer via the supply passage; a valve, which opens or closes the supply passage to supply liquid to the pressure chamber; and a flexible film member, which is displaced based on a negative pressure generated as liquid in the pressure chamber decreases to thereby operate the valve.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte contains a non-aqueous solvent, a solute dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, and hydrogenated terphenyl, the solute includes a boron-containing alkali salt and a boron-free alkali salt, the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material comprising a randomly oriented carbon composite (A), and the carbon composite (A) contains a graphitic carbon substance (B) and a carbon substance (C) that is different from the graphitic carbon substance (B).

Abstract: Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage from a liquid retainer and to supply liquid to the liquid injecting head. The valve unit has a pressure chamber connected to the liquid retainer via the supply passage; a valve, which opens or closes the supply passage to supply liquid to the pressure chamber; and a flexible film member, which is displaced based on a negative pressure generated as liquid in the pressure chamber decreases to thereby operate the valve.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to the present invention includes a current collector 12, and an active material layer 14 formed on the current collector 12. The active material layer 14 includes a plurality of negative-electrode active material members 16 disposed on the current collector 12. Each negative-electrode active material member 16 is oxide, including a first region 18 of a relatively high oxygen concentration and a plurality of second regions 20 having an oxygen concentration which is lower than that of the first region 18. The first region 18 extends from a bottom face of each negative-electrode active material member 16 in a direction away from the surface of the current collector. The plurality of second regions 20 are alternately disposed on both sides of the first region 18.

Abstract: A subject is to provide a nonaqueous secondary battery which is sufficiently low in charge/discharge irreversible capacity in initial cycling even when an active-material layer comprising a negative-electrode material and formed on a current collector is densified for capacity increase where the subject is accomplished with composite graphite particles for a nonaqueous secondary battery which comprise a composite of spherical graphite particles and a binder graphite and which satisfy at least one of (a) to (g) conditions as presently claimed and a negative electrode produced using the carbonaceous negative-electrode material according to the invention is excellent in electrolytic-solution infiltration and provides a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge/discharge high-load characteristics.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to elucidate a collagen peptide composed of oligopeptides having ability to enter the blood higher than that of conventional collagen peptides and thus to provide a food or beverage mixed with the collagen peptide. The present invention provides a collagen peptide composition obtainable by digesting a collagen or gelatin with protease, which comprises 70% to 100% by weight of peptides with a molecular weight 500 or more to 3000 or less, less than 10% by weight of peptides with a molecular weight of less than 500, and less than 20% by weight of peptides with a molecular weight of more than 3000, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the ratio of N-terminal glycine residues to total of the N-terminal amino acid residues of the peptides in the composition is 33 mol % or more to 65 mol % or less.

Abstract: A transflective-type liquid crystal display device with a high image quality which has a high aperture ratio and an excellent efficiency of utility of reflected light is provided at low cost. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is a liquid crystal display device having a transistor and a reflection section in each of a plurality of pixels; the reflection section includes a metal layer, an insulating layer formed on the metal layer, a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer, and a reflective layer formed on the semiconductor layer; a plurality of recesses are formed on the surface of the reflective layer; a storage capacitor is formed between at least a portion of the metal layer and at least a portion of the reflective layer; and at least one of the metal layer and the reflective layer includes two portions which are electrically isolated from each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel capable of providing a high contrast ratio with a storage capacitance being secured, and also provides a liquid crystal display device including such a panel. The present invention is a liquid crystal display panel having a structure in which a liquid crystal layer is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a projection for liquid crystal alignment control, the first substrate includes a scanning signal line, a data signal line, a drain electrode electrically connected to a pixel electrode, a switching element, and a storage capacitor wiring, the storage capacitor wiring includes a main wiring part and a branch part, the branch part being connected to the main wiring part and overlapping with the projection for liquid crystal alignment control.

Abstract: Black currant anthocyanin-containing compositions for foods comprising 1 to 25% by weight of black currant anthocyanin on the basis of solid matters; a process for producing a black currant anthocyanin-containing composition for foods characterized by purifying and concentrating black currant juice employed as a starting material by using a charged reverse osmosis membrane; functional foods and drinks characterized by containing the above compositions for foods; and the above-described compositions for foods and the above-described functional foods and drinks having an effect of improving visual function, a function of improving blood fluidity, and/or a function of lowering blood pressure. The conventional black currant anthocyanin compositions have a low black currant anthocyanin content, strong acidity and poor stability, which makes them unsuitable as additives for foods and drinks.

Abstract: In an ink cartridge (liquid container) 1 of the invention, an ink delivery port 17 that connects an ink supply needle 15 of a cartridge holder 110 to an ink containing chamber 7 is disposed at an substantially central position in a shorter side direction of a container front surface 3a. Two positioning portions 13 and 14 that fit to positioning pins 11 provided at two places in the cartridge holder 110 so as to position a container main body 3, a pressurized air introduction portion 21 that connects a pressurized air supply path 19 of the cartridge holder 110 to a pressure chamber 5, and a data storage unit 25 that is connected to a connection terminal 23 of the cartridge holder 110 are disposed toward one side in a shorter side direction of the container front surface 3a with respect to the ink delivery port 17.

Abstract: Black currant anthocyanin-containing compositions for foods comprising 1 to 25% by weight of black currant anthocyanin on the basis of solid matters; a process for producing a black currant anthocyanin-containing composition for foods characterized by purifying and concentrating black currant juice employed as a starting material by using a charged reverse osmosis membrane; functional foods and drinks characterized by containing the above compositions for foods; and the above-described compositions for foods and the above-described functional foods and drinks having an effect of improving visual function, a function of improving blood fluidity, and/or a function of lowering blood pressure. The conventional black currant anthocyanin compositions have a low black currant anthocyanin content, strong acidity and poor stability, which makes them unsuitable as additives for foods and drinks.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode and a negative electrode which each has a specific composition and specific properties; and a nonaqueous electrolyte which contains a cyclic siloxane compound represented by general formula (1), fluorosilane compound represented by general formula (2), compound represented by general formula (3), compound having an S—F bond in the molecule, nitric acid salt, nitrous acid salt, monofluorophosphoric acid salt, difluorophosphoric acid salt, acetic acid salt, or propionic acid salt in an amount of 10 ppm or more of the whole nonaqueous electrolyte. This lithium secondary battery has a high capacity, long life, and high output. [In general formula (1), R1 and R2 are an organic group having 1-12 carbon atoms and n is an integer of 3-10. In general formula (2), R3 to R5 are an organic group having 1-12 carbon atoms; x is an integer of 1-3; and p, q, and r each are an integer of 0-3, provided that 1?p+q+r?3.

Abstract: A liquid storage device includes a storage portion that is configured to store liquid therein, a rotating member that is provided in a bottom portion at inside of the storage portion so as to be capable of rotating, a driving member that is provided at outside of the storage portion in a non-contact state with respect to the rotating member so as to drive the rotating member by magnetic force, the driving member rotating to allow the rotating member to rotate, a detecting portion that is capable of detecting a degree of rotation of the rotating member, and a determining portion that is capable of acquiring difference information of rotation between the rotating member and the driving member on the basis of a detection result by the detecting portion and determining presence of liquid in the storage portion on the basis of the difference information.

Abstract: A liquid jetting system includes a liquid container including a front wall, and a side wall having a bias-force receiving part, and a liquid jetting apparatus including a holder that receives installation of the liquid container through insertion of the liquid container in a prescribed insertion direction with the front wall facing forward. The holder further includes a liquid feed needle that receives feed of liquid from the liquid container when the liquid container has been installed, a holder-side electrode situated to a upper side from the liquid feed needle and adapted to electrically connect with the liquid container when the liquid container has been installed, and bias force part situated to a lower side from the liquid feed needle and adapted to exert a bias force on the bias-force receiving part of the liquid container in a prescribed biasing direction when the liquid container has been installed.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a sub-tank which stores a certain volume of liquid; a liquid ejecting head which ejects the liquid supplied from the sub-tank; a sheet feeding drum which feeds an ejection target medium to be ejected with the liquid by rotation; a liquid container which stores the liquid to be supplied to the sub-tank; and a supply passage which connects the sub-tank to the liquid container so that the liquid is supplied from the liquid container to the sub-tank. The sheet feeding drum includes a liquid container receiving chamber receiving the liquid container and the liquid container receiving chamber communicates with the supply passage.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an acrylic acid-based star polymer which has a controlled structure with a narrow molecular weight distribution and acid decomposability. The star polymer contains, as a core portion, a polymer chain having a repeating unit derived from a polyacrylate which has at least two partial structures represented by formula (I): (wherein R1, represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 and R3 each independently represents an organic group which is combined via a carbon atom, and a Cl carbon represents a carbon atom which is combined with a moiety via a carbon atom) and, as an arm portion, a polymer chain having a repeating unit derived from a (meth)acrylic ester represented by formula (II): (wherein R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and represents an organic group), excluding a homopolymer chain having a repeating unit derived from a (meth)acrylic ester in which R5 is a C1-C4 alkyl group when R1 in formula (I) is a methyl group.

Abstract: A control system is provided for each pair of a work fixing part and a work machining part. In each control system, a work receiving program block, a work machining program block and a work discharge program block are provided, and the work machining program block starts on the condition that the work receiving program block ends and the work discharge block program starts on the condition that the work machining program block ends. The work receiving program block is associated with the work supply program of the work supply apparatus, or the work discharge program block is associated with a work transfer program of a work transfer apparatus so that a command is issued to the work receiving program block or the work discharge program block, and a command to perform a cue of the head of the program of each control system is provided at the last part of the control system.