Abstract: A bending tool includes movable dies having a bending line of a punch and a workpiece therebetween. A support member supports the movable dies in a manner rotatable into directions opposite to each other in accordance with bending of the workpiece by the punch. A body supports the support member in a manner reciprocatable in a movement direction of the punch in accordance with bending of the workpiece by the punch. The movable dies have respective reception faces for the workpiece, respective bending side end portions, and respective convex circular faces. The support member has respective concave circular faces which slidably fit respectively with the convex circular faces. The bending side end portions engage with each other in accordance with bending of the workpiece by the punch. A sliding portion moves in a pressing direction of the punch relative to the body in accordance with bending of the workpiece.

Abstract: A modified hollow-fiber membrane which has improved surface hydrophilicity without increasing the amount of components released therefrom, is less apt to interact with living-body components, does not adsorb proteins, and is less apt to deteriorate in performance. The hollow-fiber membrane has a copolymer of 2-methacryloyloxyethylphosphorylcholine and other polymerizable vinyl monomer held on a surface of the membrane, the copolymer being present on the surface in a higher concentration than in other parts of the membrane. The modified hollow-fiber membrane is useful in medical applications such as hemodialysis and blood filtration and in the medical industry, food industry etc.

Abstract: The fiber-wired sheet of the present invention includes a pair of sheets facing each other and a fiber arrangement sandwiched by the pair of sheets. The pair of sheets have respective adhesive layers on the surfaces facing the fiber arrangement. The fiber arrangement has a double-layer structure composed of a continuous fiber, and the layers are in contact with the respective adhesive layers.

Abstract: The present invention includes a sheet material, a first optical fiber, a second optical fiber optically coupled to the first optical fiber in portions thereof, and an optical fiber coupler constituted in the portions where the two optical fibers are coupled, and those of the first and second optical fibers, and the optical fiber coupler are integrally held in the sheet material.

Abstract: The fiber-wired sheet of the present invention includes a pair of sheets facing each other and a fiber arrangement sandwiched by the pair of sheets. The pair of sheets have respective adhesive layers on the surfaces facing the fiber arrangement. The fiber arrangement has a double-layer structure composed of a continuous fiber, and the layers are in contact with the respective adhesive layers.

Abstract: The fiber-wired sheet of the present invention includes a pair of sheets facing each other and a fiber arrangement sandwiched by the pair of sheets. The pair of sheets have respective adhesive layers on the surfaces facing the fiber arrangement. The fiber arrangement has a double-layer structure composed of a continuous fiber, and the layers are in contact with the respective adhesive layers.

Abstract: A core 2 is co-doped with Ge in a general concentration equivalent to that in a core of an optical fiber to be connected as well as Sn and Al in predetermined concentrations. A glass part F including the core and a cladding 3 is coated with a primary coat layer 4 of a UV transmitting resin which transmits UV of 240 nm through 270 nm but cures by absorbing UV of a shorter wavelength band than 240 nm or a longer wavelength band than 270 nm. A grating is written in the core by irradiating the core with UV through the primary coat layer. The primary coat layer is covered with a secondary coat layer 7 of a resin having a negative coefficient of linear expansion so as to cancel and suppress expansion/shrinkage of the glass part in accordance with temperature change derived from the positive coefficient of linear expansion.

Abstract: A modified hollow-fiber membrane which has improved surface hydrophilicity without increasing the amount of components released therefrom, is less apt to interact with living-body components, does not adsorb proteins, and is less apt to deteriorate in performance. The hollow-fiber membrane has a copolymer of 2-methacryloyloxyethylphosphorylcholine and other polymerizable vinyl monomer held on a surface of the membrane, the copolymer being present on the surface in a higher concentration than in other parts of the membrane. The modified hollow-fiber membrane is useful in medical applications such as hemodialysis and blood filtration and in the medical industry, food industry etc.

Abstract: A thin member for sealing and holding optical fibers laid two-dimensionally is composed of a base member layer, an adhesive member layer deposited on the base member layer, and a laminate member layer holding the optical fibers between it and the adhesive member layer. The optical fibers are arranged parallel not to be superposed on one another. They are bent individually by 180 degrees at the right-hand end of the thin member, bent downward toward the lower side of the thin member at the area from the central part to the left-hand side part, and led out of the thin member. Hence the structure is thin and therefore can be accommodated in a small space, enabling a small size. If the portions, led out of the thin member, of the optical fibers are covered with tubes, breakage of the optical fibers can be prevented. The thin member can be flexible.

Abstract: An optical fiber board has a substrate 2, optical fibers arranged as wiring on the substrate 2, and extension portions 10 in which the optical fibers are led out from the substrate. The optical fibers in the extension portions 10 are covered with protective tubes 5 for protecting the optical fibers. One end portion 51 of each of the protective tubes 5 is attached to corresponding ones of notch portions 4 provided in an end edge portion of the substrate 2 from which the optical fibers are extended out.

Abstract: An optical fiber board has a substrate, optical fiber arranged as wiring on the substrate, and extension portions in each of which some optical fibers are led out from the substrate to be adjacent to each other in a row. The adjacent optical fibers at a base portion of the extension portion are not fixed to one another. The adjacent optical fibers at a forward end portion of the extension portion are fixed to one another integrally. The base portion has a predetermined length from an edge portion of the substrate.

Abstract: A long period grating (8) by which an excitation light propagated through the 2nd core (4) of a double-core type optical fiber composed of the 2nd core (4) formed on the outer circumference of the 1st core (2) is guided into the 1st core (2) is formed on the 1st core (2) to improve an excitation efficiency.

Abstract: In order to easily attach magnet pieces of a permanent magnet for a motor and thus to reduce eddy currents which occur in the magnet and ensure insulation performance between the magnet pieces, the present invention provides a permanent magnet for a motor which comprises at least two magnet pieces and one or more insulating sheets, each sheet comprising an insulating substrate and an adhesive, wherein said one or more insulating sheets are arranged at joint surfaces of the magnet pieces to attach and integrate the magnet pieces, and a motor using the same permanent magnet.

Abstract: A structure for retaining an optical fiber, capable of not only handling a long optical fiber as one piece without causing the optical fiber as a whole to get loose but also reducing an area occupied by the optical fiber and retaining the same stably without causing micro-bending thereof to occur, wherein the optical fiber (1) is arranged so as to form planarly staggered turning portions thereof without causing intersecting parts to occur, a plurality of similar planarly staggered turning portions of the optical fiber being laminated in the same position in the direction of the thickness thereof which is at right angles to a plane on which the optical fiber is arranged, the resultant optical fiber (1) being generally retained in a sheet-like state by a fixing material (2), such as a bonding agent and a film.

Abstract: The present invention includes a sheet material, a first optical fiber, a second optical fiber optically coupled to the first optical fiber in portions thereof, and an optical fiber coupler constituted in the portions where the two optical fibers are coupled, and those of the first and second optical fibers, and the optical fiber coupler are integrally held in the sheet material.

Abstract: The fiber-wired sheet of the present invention includes a pair of sheets facing each other and a fiber arrangement sandwiched by the pair of sheets. The pair of sheets have respective adhesive layers on the surfaces facing the fiber arrangement. The fiber arrangement has a double-layer structure composed of a continuous fiber, and the layers are in contact with the respective adhesive layers.

Abstract: An optical fiber board has a substrate, optical fiber arranged as wiring on the substrate, and extension portions in each of which some optical fibers are led out from the substrate to be adjacent to each other in a row. The adjacent optical fibers at a base portion of the extension portion are not fixed to one another. The adjacent optical fibers at a forward end portion of the extension portion are fixed to one another integrally. The base portion has a predetermined length from an edge portion of the substrate.

Abstract: An optical fiber board has a substrate 2, optical fibers arranged as wiring on the substrate 2, and extension portions 10 in which the optical fibers are led out from the substrate. The optical fibers in the extension portions 10 are covered with protective tubes 5 for protecting the optical fibers. One end portion 51 of each of the protective tubes 5 is attached to corresponding ones of notch portions 4 provided in an end edge portion of the substrate 2 from which the optical fibers are extended out.

Abstract: An improved regenerated cellulose membrane formed by ester-bonding an organic carboxylic acid or a functional derivative thereof to a polymeric membrane composed of a regenerated cellulose. This regenerated cellulose membrane exhibits an improved blood compatibility without lowering the dialysis performances of a regenerated cellulose membrane.

Abstract: A blood-purifying regenerated cellulose membrane, in which the occurrence of the leukopenia phenomenon and the activation of the complement system are moderated, is prepared by applying a solution of a polymeric substance comprising as one component units derived from one or more basic vinyl monomers having an amino group in the side chain in an organic solvent to a regenerated cellulose membrane, removing the excessive solution, and then fixing the polymeric substance to the regenerated cellulose membrane.