Abstract: The invention provides a rodent housing rack that effectively draws the air inside the cages out through exhaust vents.

Abstract: An optical waveguide type iontophoresis sensor chip has a substrate having a first hinged plate and a second hinged plate, an optical waveguide plate connected to the first hinged plate and positioned over a first opening delineated in the first hinged plate, and a gel layer fixed on the second hinged plate and covering a second opening delineated in the second hinged plate and configured to contact with the optical waveguide plate through the first opening in case that the substrate is folded.

Abstract: An optical waveguide sensor for glucose measurement comprises a substrate, a first optical waveguide layer formed on a surface of the substrate, an entrance grating and an exit grating which are formed contacting with the first optical waveguide layer and being spaced from each other, a second optical waveguide layer located between the entrance grating and the exit grating while being in contact with the first optical waveguide layer, the second optical waveguide layer having a higher refractive index than that of the first optical waveguide layer, and a functioning layer containing an enzyme and a coloring reagent which is formed on the second optical waveguide layer.

Abstract: An optical waveguide sensor for glucose measurement comprises a substrate, a first optical waveguide layer formed on a surface of the substrate, an entrance grating and an exit grating which are formed contacting with the first optical waveguide layer and being spaced from each other, a second optical waveguide layer located between the entrance grating and the exit grating while being in contact with the first optical waveguide layer, the second optical waveguide layer having a higher refractive index that that of the first optical waveguide layer, and a functioning layer containing an enzyme and a coloring reagent which is formed on the second optical waveguide layer.

Abstract: The invention provides a rodent housing rack that effectively draws the air inside the cages out through exhaust vents.

Abstract: An antigen measuring device has an antibody chip. The antibody chip has a substrate. A pair of gratings are formed on the substrate. An antibody-fixed layer surrounded by a wall is formed between the gratings. A light emitting element emits a light beam toward the first grating. A light receiving element receives the light beam which propagates through the substrate under the antibody-fixed layer and is outputfrom the second grating.

Abstract: A sealant applicator 1 is provided for applying a waterproofing treatment to a wire assembly, a plurality of wires are aligned in a line according to their diameters in a holder 4 provided on a wire laying board 3. Positioning members 21 of a main unit 2 are fitted to the holder 4. A pair of nozzles 22 are opposed to each other at the opposite sides of the aligned wires, and is caused to discharge a specified amount of the sealant by a feeding mechanism 26 while being moved in a wire alignment direction by a moving mechanism 27 and being brought closer to the wires by a relatively moving mechanism 25. This enables a variation of clearances between the wires and the nozzles to be reduced and the sealant to be uniformly applied.

Abstract: An optical waveguide type microplate includes a substrate, a well formed on one surface of the substrate to receive a solution to be tested, an optical waveguide layer formed on a portion or the whole of a surface of the well contacted with the solution, a light incident member formed on the surface near one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the optical waveguide layer, and a light exist member formed on the surface near other end portion in the longitudinal direction of the optical waveguide layer.

Abstract: A switch for electric equipment comprises an operation button (50) arranged at the operation panel side of electric equipment and a plurality of switch bodies (51, 52) adapted to selectively come into contact with a plurality of positions of a front press facet (50P) of the operation button (50) as one of the plurality of positions is depressed, the plurality of positions being disposed oppositely relative to the center of the front press facet (50P). The front press facet (50P) of the operation button (50) is inclined relative to a plane P of arrangement of the switch bodies (51, 52). The front area of the operation button (50) is not reduced when the operation panel side of electric equipment is made to show a low profile so that the user can depress and operate the operation button (50) without difficulty.

Abstract: An optical waveguide type microplate includes a substrate, a well formed on one surface of the substrate to receive a solution to be tested, an optical waveguide layer formed on a portion or the whole of a surface of the well contacted with the solution, a light incident member formed on the surface near one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the optical waveguide layer, and a light exist member formed on the surface near other end portion in the longitudinal direction of the optical waveguide layer.

Abstract: An optical waveguide sensor for glucose measurement comprises a substrate, a first optical waveguide layer formed on a surface of the substrate, an entrance grating and an exit grating which are formed contacting with the first optical waveguide layer and being spaced from each other, a second optical waveguide layer located between the entrance grating and the exit grating while being in contact with the first optical waveguide layer, the second optical waveguide layer having a higher refractive index that that of the first optical waveguide layer, and a functioning layer containing an enzyme and a coloring reagent which is formed on the second optical waveguide layer.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to reduce the number of colors provided on electrical cables wired in a vehicle. The unitary wire harness containing the greatest number of electrical cables is taken as the critical harness. The critical number of different color markings is then determined from the following formula: R=A/B+C/B  (I) wherein A is the number of electrical cables contained in the critical unitary wire harnesses, B is the number of connectors to be engaged with the critical unitary wire harness, and C is the number of terminal receiving elements contained in all of the connectors. The critical number of different cable color markings thus obtained allows the reduction of the number of different cable color markings, and the electrical cables of the same cable color marking can be differentiated when they are connected to a connector.

Abstract: A sealant applicator 1 is provided for applying a waterproofing treatment to a wire assembly, a plurality of wires are aligned in a line according to their diameters in a holder 4 provided on a wire laying board 3. Positioning members 21 of a main unit 2 are fitted to the holder 4. A pair of nozzles 22 are opposed to each other at the opposite sides of the aligned wires, and is caused to discharge a specified amount of the sealant by a feeding mechanism 26 while being moved in a wire alignment direction by a moving mechanism 27 and being brought closer to the wires by a relatively moving mechanism 25. This enables a variation of clearances between the wires and the nozzles to be reduced and the sealant to be uniformly applied.

Abstract: A sealant applicator 1 is provided for applying a waterproofing treatment to a wire assembly, a plurality of wires are aligned in a line according to their diameters in a holder 4 provided on a wire laying board 3. Positioning members 21 of a main unit 2 are fitted to the holder 4. A pair of nozzles 22 are opposed to each other at the opposite sides of the aligned wires, and is caused to discharge a specified amount of the sealant by a feeding mechanism 26 while being moved in a wire alignment direction by a moving mechanism 27 and being brought closer to the wires by a relatively moving mechanism 25. This enables a variation of clearances between the wires and the nozzles to be reduced and the sealant to be uniformly applied.

Abstract: In a harness structure of engine relative parts, a unit 11 for controlling the engine is installed in an air cleaner 12 located around the engine, and at the same time, circuits 15 are disposed in a casing body 16 of the air cleaner 12 for electrically connecting between the control unit 11 and electrical equipment.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to reduce the number of colors provided on electrical cables wired in a vehicle. The unitary wire harness containing the greatest number of electrical cables is taken as the critical harness.

Abstract: A sealant is applied to electric wires which comprise a wire harness at a location where a portion of this wire harness passes through a narrow diameter cylindrical member 6a of a grommet 6. An outer circumference of this portion to which the sealant has been applied is covered by a sheet 11. Both open ends along a length-wise direction of this sheet are bound by tape 13 and 14, the bound portions of this tape preventing the sealant from escaping to the exterior. In the portion between the tapes, the sealant is forced to permeate into the cross-sectionally central portion of the wire harness. The tapes 13, 14 also act as a positioning aid.

Abstract: A wire harness is provided that is bent in a. housing fixed on an automobile, the housing having an insertion aperture and a pull-out aperture. The wire harness is pulled into the inside of the housing by providing an elastic member between the housing and the wire harness. A portion of the wire harness pulled out from the pull-out aperture is engaged with a door. The wire harness is pulled out in accordance with a door opening operation and is retracted into the inside of the housing in accordance with a door closing operation. The wire harness includes a mesh tube, an electric wire or optical fiber inserted into the mesh tube, and an attachment member having a strip portion. The wire harness further includes a heat shrinkable tube that surrounds the strip portion and the mesh tube.

Abstract: In a harness structure of engine relative parts, a unit 11 for controlling the engine is installed in an air cleaner 12 located around the engine, and at the same time, circuits 15 are disposed in a casing body 16 of the air cleaner 12 for electrically connecting between the control unit 11 and electrical equipment.

Abstract: A method for determining lengths of electric wires to be used in constructing a wire harness takes into account curvature of the wires as the wires pass through a jig, an extent to which the ends of each wire extend into a connector housing, and a location of the cavity within the connector housing. Thus, the method helps avoid excess wire length exceeding a given tolerance.