Abstract: Conventionally, it is impossible to water a potted plant or the like with a freely moving cleaner. A cleaner of this invention finds a travel route to the location of a first potted plant said cleaner determines that current time is a timer-set time, travels to said location to pour a specified amount of water on said potted plant, on completion of that watering finds a travel route to a second potted plant, travels to said location, pours a specified amount of water on said second potted plant, and on completion of that watering returns to an initial standby position at a hall.

Abstract: A loop interference canceller that carries out an adaptive operation of responding to time variations of the phase or level of loop interference wave or key station wave at high speed and with high accuracy and reduces the size of an apparatus. The loop interference canceller of the present invention limits the number of data pieces of the transmission path characteristic estimation section, realizes expansion to the entire band not through interpolation but through 0 insertion in a frequency domain and windowing after time domain transformation to reduce the number of data pieces processed and speed up the adaptive operation of the loop interference canceller, and can thereby realize high trackability for time variations of the phase and level of loop interference wave or key station wave, increase the accuracy of processing inside, perform high accuracy cancellation operation, reduce the circuit scale and achieve an advantageous effect of realizing miniaturization of the apparatus.

Abstract: Reticles and apparatus for performing charged-particle-beam microlithography, and associated methods, are disclosed, in which the pattern to be transferred to a sensitive substrate is divided according to any of various schemes serving to improve throughput and pattern-transfer accuracy. The methods and apparatus are especially useful whenever a divided stencil reticle is used that includes complementary pattern portions.

Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for controlling blur resulting from the space-charge effect and geometrical aberration in a charged-particle-beam microlithography apparatus. Based on the pattern-element densities of the exposure units to be transferred to the substrate, a relationship between the total blur and the beam semi-angle, the current density, and/or the beam-acceleration voltage is determined. An optimal beam semi-angle, current density, and/or beam-acceleration voltage is calculated to: (1) minimize the blur during the transfer-exposure of an exposure unit having a certain pattern-element density; (2) make the blur constant during the transfer-exposure of a group of exposure units having various pattern-element densities; or (3) maximize the patterned-beam current during the transfer-exposure of an exposure unit having a certain pattern-element density and blur tolerance.

Abstract: Provide a method and apparatus for producing, in an economical manner, metal powder offering high purity and comprising uniform particle shape and size. Produce metal powder of titanium metal, etc., using an apparatus that comprises a power supply for high-voltage/current discharge, a feeder of metal electrode made of titanium metal, etc., a high-voltage discharge generator equipped with a metal electrode made of titanium, etc., and its counter electrode, a water tank, a water inlet, an outlet for produced metal dispersion solution containing titanium metal, etc., a discharge pump, and an adjunct device for separating/recovering metal powder of titanium metal, etc., from the metal dispersion solution containing titanium metal, etc.

Abstract: An IC card 10A has a mica capacitor that comprises a mica film 1 and electrodes 6a, 6b formed on both sides thereof, where the mica film 1 serves as a mounting substrate for an antenna coil 2 and an IC chip 3, thereby reducing profile of an IC card and also reducing its cost of manufacture and to stabilize its resonance frequency.

Abstract: This invention provides a method and apparatus for manufacturing titanium-dissolved water with molten titanium dissolved therein, the molten titanium being titanium metal melted by the combustion gas resulting from the combustion of a mixed gas of oxygen and hydrogen in high-pressure water, as well as the resultant titanium-dissolved water and health articles, medical articles and cosmetics utilizing the physiologically activating effect of the high-function water containing titanium.

Abstract: Use in cosmetic lotions a dispersion solution of super-fine noble metal particles obtained by burning a mixture gas of oxygen and hydrogen in high-pressure water and using the combustion gas to melt noble metal and thus causing super-fine noble metal particles to micro-disperse in water, wherein such production process is implemented using an apparatus for producing a cosmetic lotion that comprises a pressure-resistant container equipped with a high-pressure water tank, an injection nozzle for mixture gas of oxygen and hydrogen, a noble metal bar, an ignition device and a combustion chamber.

Abstract: Provide a micro-dispersion water of super-fine titanium-group metal particles offering hair-repairing effects, as well as its production method and apparatus. Efficiently produce a concentration-adjustable water solution of super-fine titanium-group metal particles using a highly safe, compact production apparatus that comprises a power supply for high-voltage/current discharge, a titanium-group metal electrode feeder, an electrode-vibrating/sliding device, a high-voltage discharge generator equipped with a titanium-group metal electrode and a counter electrode, a water tank, a water inlet to the water tank, and an outlet for generated water solution of super-fine titanium-group particles, wherein plasma discharge is caused between the titanium-group metal electrode and counter electrode in water to let ion vapor of titanium-group metal contact and dissolve in water.

Abstract: Use in cosmetic lotions and other applications a dispersion solution of super-fine titanium particles obtained by burning a mixture gas of oxygen and hydrogen in high-pressure water and using the combustion gas to melt titanium metal and thus causing super-fine titanium particles to micro-disperse in water, wherein such production process is implemented using an apparatus for producing a cosmetic lotion in which super-fine titanium particles are micro-dispersed that comprises a pressure-resistant container equipped with a high-pressure water tank, an injection nozzle for mixture gas of oxygen and hydrogen, a titanium metal bar, an ignition device and a combustion chamber.

Abstract: A damping brace having an axial force member for providing bearing forces against tensile or compressive forces, a constraining member for constraining the axial force member, and a stiffening part for supplementing the stiffness of the axial force member. An adhesion preventive coating is provided for preventing adhesion between the constraining member and the stiffening part. A length of the stiffening part extending along the axial direction and the gap between the stiffening part and the constraining member are defined in such a way as to prevent an end of the axial force member from rotating in the axial direction beyond a specific angle when the compressive force is applied to the force member.

Abstract: Burn noble metal in high-pressure water using hydrogen and oxygen to produce noble metal micro-dispersion water in which super-fine noble metal particles are dispersed, and use the obtained noble metal micro-dispersion water to treat fiber products in order to provide high-function fiber products, typically clothes, which offer excellent health-promoting function and cleanliness-improving function.

Abstract: A column-and-beam join structure comprises connecting the column and beam with a pair of split tees. At least one split tee has a web with a portion of the web having a reduced cross-sectional area. The web with the reduced cross-sectional area is located between a flange of the beam and a buckling restraint. The buckling restraint is connected to the flange of the beam with bolts. The sides of the bolts are in the proximity to the side surface of the portion of the web of the split tee having the reduced cross-sectional area. Annular members may be arranged surrounding portions of the bolts that are in proximity to the side surface of the portion of the web having the reduced cross-sectional area.

Abstract: Produce titanium-group metal micro-dispersion water that contains ion vapor of titanium-group metal in micro-dispersed state and that can be used as a material for health products, medical products, cosmetics, etc., by using an apparatus comprising a water tank, a high-voltage discharge generator equipped with a titanium-group metal electrode and its counter electrode, a water inlet, an outlet for produced water, and a titanium-group metal electrode feeder, in a manner causing plasma discharge in water between the titanium-group metal electrode and its counter electrode.

Abstract: Efficiently produce micro-dispersion water of super-fine noble metal particles having a desired concentration by using a very safe, compact production apparatus comprising a power supply for high-voltage/current discharge, a high-voltage discharge generator equipped with a noble metal electrode and its counter electrode, a water tank, a water inlet to the water tank, and an outlet for micro-dispersion water of super-fine noble metal particles, by causing plasma discharge in water between the noble metal electrode and its counter electrode and then causing the generated noble metal ion vapor to contact, and micro-disperse in, water. The obtained water can be effectively used as drinking water.

Abstract: A fiber product offering health-enhancing effects is obtained by causing a fibrous substrate to contain or be bonded with finely divided titanium powder through the process of impregnation with a water solution containing finely divided titanium powder, which is obtained by dissolving metallic titanium via the combustion gas produced by combusting a gaseous oxygen/hydrogen mixture in high-pressure water in a pressure-resistant tank.

Abstract: A joint structure includes a splice plate and a gusset plate, which can prevent out-of-plane buckling of the gusset plate without the necessity of welding a stiffening rib plate thereon. The joint structure includes a gusset plate and at least one splice plate connected to the gusset plate. Each of the splice plates is constructed from section steel having a non-rectangular cross-section. The joint structure can be used in a building during assembly of the building or for reinforcement of the building.

Abstract: The present invention provides a column-and-beam join structure which absorbs energy caused by a large earthquake or the like by split tees surely yielding at a prescribed value, does not cause other members to fracture, and thus makes it possible to replace only the split tees which have become unusable, and, more specifically, a column-and-beam join structure constructed by attaching and connecting, using bolts 9, the ends 8a of both the upper and lower flanges 8 of a steel beam (H-shaped steel beam) 7 between the webs 6 of a pair of upper and lower split tees 4 the flanges 5 of which are connected to a steel column 1 using bolts 3. The upper limit of the yield stress of the steel material used for the split tees 4 is defined to be not more than twice the lower limit thereof.

Abstract: Due to its lack of appreciable thickness, the reticle used in charged-particle-beam (CPB) microlithography is prone to bending and flexing, causing instability in reticle axial height position relative to the projection-lens system, with consequent errors in image focus, rotation and magnification. Apparatus and methods are disclosed for monitoring changes in axial height position of the reticle, to facilitate making compensatory changes. Representative apparatus include a device for detecting the axial height position of the reticle. The device produces one or more beams of light (IR to visible) to strike the reticle at an oblique angle of incidence, detects light reflected from the reticle surface, and detects lateral shifts of the reflected light as received by a height detector. Hence, reticle focus is detected easily and in real time. Multiple detection beams can be used, thereby allowing detection of both axial height position and inclination of the reticle with high accuracy.

Abstract: Produce a dispersion of ultra-fine titanium particles that offers a hair-repairing effect, by burning a mixture gas of oxygen and hydrogen in high-pressure water, using the combustion gas to melt titanium metal, and causing the molten titanium to collide with high-pressure water and letting the produced ultra-fine titanium particles disperse in water.