Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high pressure mercury lamp having a high pressure resistance strength includes an electric field application step of applying an electric field to at least a light emitting part while keeping the high pressure mercury lamp at a high temperature. As a result of the electric field application step, impurities such as hydrogen and an alkali metal existing in a discharge space and in glass used for forming the light emitting part (1) and sealing parts (2) can be reduced, with it being possible to suppress blackening and devitrification during lighting.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a high-pressure mercury lamp includes an electric field application step in which an electric field is applied to at least a light emission part (4) with the high-pressure mercury lamp being kept at a high temperature. This can reduce impurities such as hydrogen and alkali metals in a discharge space (8) and glass forming the light emission part (4). As a consequence, blackening and devitrification of the high-pressure mercury lamp while the lamp is lit can be reduced.

Abstract: A sprocket more firmly fitted to the sprocket attachment surface of a shaft comprising a plurality of teeth formed around the outer periphery and a boss portion having a central through hole. Hard abrasive grains are adhered by the electro-deposition process to an end surface of the boss portion that contacts the sprocket attachment surface of the sprocket. When fastening the sprocket to the sprocket attachment surface of the shaft, the abrasive grains on the end surface easily plastically deform the sprocket attachment surface, forming irregularities on the sprocket attachment surface. Thereby, engagement of the end surface of the sprocket with the sprocket attachment surface of the shaft is strengthened. As a result, even a small-sized sprocket may be further firmly fitted to the sprocket attachment surface of the shaft.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high pressure mercury lamp having a high pressure resistance strength includes an electric field application step of applying an electric field to at least a light emitting part while keeping the high pressure mercury lamp at a high temperature. As a result of the electric field application step, impurities such as hydrogen and an alkali metal existing in a discharge space and in glass used for forming the light emitting part (1) and sealing parts (2) can be reduced, with it being possible to suppress blackening and devitrification during lighting.

Abstract: A novel benzamide derivative represented by the following general formula: 1

Abstract: A 1H-imidazopyridine derivative represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof having an inhibitory action against production of a cytokine: 1

Abstract: A novel benzamide derivative represented by the following general formula: wherein R represents an alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms or a salt thereof, and a medicament comprising said derivative as an active ingredient. The medicament has excellent enhancing action on gastrointestinal tract motility, and is orally available with reduced side effects. Therefore, the medicament is extremely useful as an agent for therapeutic treatment of digestive diseases, an agent for improving function of gastrointestinal tract motility and the like.

Abstract: 1H-Imidazopyridine derivatives represented by the following general formula or salts thereof: wherein R1 represents hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, styryl group, or an aryl group; R2 represents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen atom, hydroxyl group, amino group, a cyclic amino group, or phenoxy group; ring A represents a homocyclic or heterocyclic ring which may be substituted; R3 represents a saturated nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group; and m represents an integer of from 0 to 3. The derivatives have excellent inhibitory actions against production of TNF or IL-1 and are extremely useful as preventive or therapeutic agents for diseases in which a cytokine is mediated.

Abstract: A piperidine derivative represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or a lower alkoxy group; R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Y represents an alkylene group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms which may be optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group, or Y represents an --A--O--B-- group wherein A and B are the same or different and each independently represents an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms which may be optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group is disclosed.

Abstract: A piperidine derivative represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; X represents --CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, or --CH.sub.2 O--; Y represents an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms which may be optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group, or Y represents an --A--O--B-- group wherein A and B are the same or different and each independently represented an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms which may be optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group is disclosed. Also disclosed are a pharmacologically acceptable salt of a compound of formula (I), a method for preparation of a compound of formula (I), an antihistaminic and antiallergic agent comprising a compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I), and a method for the treatment of an allergic disease by administering a compound of formula (I).

Abstract: Amide-compounds represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, lower alkyl, halogen, amino which can be substituted by lower alkyl, nitro, cyano, sulfamoyl which can be substituted by lower alkyl, R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, lower alkyl, halogen, amino, nitro, wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 can be combined to form methylenedioxy, R.sub.3 means hydrogen, lower alkyl, halogen, or amino, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 may be the same or different and each represents lower alkyl or wherein R.sub.4 and R.sub.

Abstract: An oily-water separator comprises a single vessel having a partition wall dividing the interior of the vessel into an upper and a lower chamber, a filter device disposed coaxially within the vessel and extending into the both chamber, an oil-water mixture inlet opened at a lower portion of the upper chamber, a first oil outlet opened at a top portion of the upper chamber, a second oil outlet connected to a top of the filter device, a third oil outlet opened at an upper portion of the lower chamber and a water outlet opened at a lower portion of the lower chamber.