Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes an electric air blower; a dust separator placed at an upstream side of the electric air blower and having a filtration filter for taking in dust-containing air sucked by the electric air blower and separating the dust from the air; and a dust accommodating section for accommodating the dust separated by the dust separator. The filtration filter includes a plurality of through-holes penetrating from an upstream surface at an upstream side to a downstream surface at the downstream side, and a central axis of the through-hole is inclined with respect to a normal line direction of a surface of the filtration filter.

Abstract: A hemodialysis apparatus includes a dialyzer, a quantitative vessel including a displaceable partition wall which partitions the inside of the quantitative vessel into a first chamber and a second chamber, a storage vessel which stores a dialysate, a dialysate exchange circuit which supplies the dialysate to the first chamber, and discharges a waste dialysate in the second chamber to the outside by the consequent displacement of the partition wall to the second chamber side, a dialysate supply circuit which supplies the dialysate in the first chamber to the dialyzer, and discharges the waste dialysate from the dialyzer to the second chamber by the displacement of the partition wall to the first chamber side, and a dialysate storage circuit which supplies the dialysate in the first chamber to the storage vessel by the displacement of the partition wall to the first chamber side.

Abstract: The size of particles is detected accurately and at low cost even when there are few microparticles as impurities included in a liquid. Provided is a method of detecting a size of particles in a liquid by detecting diffraction fringes appearing due to the particles in the liquid by a light detection portion. Diffraction fringes are detected by a first light detection portion and a second light detection portion that are separated along the flow direction of the liquid. A peak time difference (T2) that is a difference between times at which peak values appear in a detection signal from the first and second light detection portion is measured, and an area (SQ) based on the waveform of the detection signal is measured. The sizes of the particles included in the liquid are detected based on the peak time differences (T2) and the areas (SQ) that were measured.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes an electric air blower; a dust separator placed at an upstream side of the electric air blower and having a filtration filter for taking in dust-containing air sucked by the electric air blower and separating the dust from the air; and a dust accommodating section for accommodating the dust separated by the dust separator. The filtration filter includes a plurality of through-holes penetrating from an upstream surface at an upstream side to a downstream surface at the downstream side, and a central axis of the through-hole is inclined with respect to a normal line direction of a surface of the filtration filter.

Abstract: The size of particles is detected accurately and at low cost even when there are few microparticles as impurities included in a liquid. Provided is a method of detecting a size of particles in a liquid by detecting diffraction fringes appearing due to the particles in the liquid by a light detection portion. Diffraction fringes are detected by a first light detection portion and a second light detection portion that are separated along the flow direction of the liquid. A peak time difference (T2) that is a difference between times at which peak values appear in a detection signal from the first and second light detection portion is measured, and an area (SQ) based on the waveform of the detection signal is measured. The sizes of the particles included in the liquid are detected based on the peak time differences (T2) and the areas (SQ) that were measured.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a dust chamber, a dust bag provided in the dust chamber, and an electric blower for generating suction air flow for drawing and collecting dust and dirt in the dust bag. A deodorant is supplied into the dust bag by the suction air flow and directly attached to the dust and dirt. The deodorant has a granule or powder shape.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is disclosed, and this cleaner maintains sucking power at a high level while it resists lowering the suction force although it sucks dust. The vacuum cleaner includes a cylindrical dust collecting case which takes air in sucked by an electric air blower and including dust. The case includes a suction port through which the air including dust flows into the case along a tangent line, and a dust collector communicates with the port. A dust filter in the case is placed in an air-duct through which the case communicates with the electric air blower. This structure allows whirling airflow in the case to whirl continuously in the case, so that dust can be removed from the filter even if the dust attaches to the filter. As a result, sucking airflow can be always secured.

Abstract: An air conditioning seat device includes an air blower, and a dehumidifier for dehumidifying the air sent from the air blower owing to adsorption, and blows out the dehumidified air to holes provided on a skin of a seat through an air duct. In this makeup, the sweat on the body surface and in the clothes is rapidly vaporized, causing a large amount of vaporization heat loss. Accordingly, the human body feels coolness, and steaminess on the skin is suppressed owing to the sweat vaporization.

Abstract: There is provided a light diffusing member for a transmission screen that has a satisfactory surface protective effect while maintaining excellent light diffusing effect and antireflective effect. The light diffusing member for a transmission screen comprises a hard coat layer provided on a surface of a substrate having a single-layer or multilayer structure, wherein fine particles are contained in the substrate and the hard coat layer, and the average particle diameter of the fine particles contained in the hard coat layer is 5 to 15 ?m, the hard coat layer has a thickness satisfying a requirement represented by formula (d?2)?t?d wherein t represents the thickness of the hard coat layer, ?m; and d represents the average particle diameter of the fine particles, ?m, and a part of the fine particles is projected on the surface of the hard coat layer to constitute concaves and convexes.

Abstract: There is provided a surface protective member for a transmission screen that has excellent antireflective effect while maintaining a surface protective effect. The surface protective member for a transmission screen comprises a fine particle-containing hard coat layer provided on a transparent substrate, wherein the average particle diameter of the fine particles is 5 to 15 ?m, the hard coat layer has a thickness satisfying a requirement represented by formula (d?2)?t?d wherein t represents the thickness of the hard coat layer, ?m; and d represents the average particle diameter of the fine particles, ?m, and a part of the fine particles is projected on the surface of the hard coat layer to constitute concaves and convexes.

Abstract: There is provided a light diffusing member for use in a transmission screen, which has an excellent surface protective effect while maintaining an antireflection effect. The light diffusing member for use in a transmission screen comprises a hard coat layer provided on a surface of a substrate having a single or multilayer structure. The substrate contains fine particles, and the surface gloss of the hard coat layer as measured under conditions of incident angle 60°/reflection angle 60° is 60 to 80 by supposing the surface gloss of a gloss standard plate to be 100.

Abstract: An air conditioned seat device has a support member, an air blower, a skin configured to form a seating surface, an air layer member, and an air-impermeable sheet member. The support member is provided with a duct for air. The air blower takes in air from the outside and passes the air through the duct. The skin passes air sent from the air blower. The air layer member, provided between the support member and skin, temporarily stores air supplied from the duct to form an air layer. The sheet member covering the air layer member is provided with an air flow-out opening configured to induce air to flow out from the air layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides diagnostic reagent or reagent kit whereby the presence of adenocarcinoma cells can be detected in cells obtained from uterine cervix obtained for cytodiagnosis, in particular, the presence of adenocarcinoma can be specifically detected in distinction from squamous carcinoma cells; and methods of detecting adenocarcinoma cells. Adenocarcinoma cells are detected by determining cytokeratin 8 with use of cytokeratin 8 antibody optionally with its secondary antibody. Cytokeratin 8 is contained in the largest amount in adenocarcinoma cells among cells obtained from uterine cervix. The detection sensitivity is increased by employing HIK 1083 antibody together. The subject specimen may comprise either uterine cervix tissues or individually dispersed cells.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating cells wherein cells in a specimen containing mucus-producing cells are stabilized, mucus in the specimen is removed without affecting the cell morphology, or cells in the specimen are dispersed individually; and reagent kits to be used in said treating methods. After the cells are stabilized by treatment with a solution containing an aldehyde compound, the cell populations can be dispersed by treatment with protease. In the case of specimens containing cells aggregated with mucus, the processes of stabilizing and treating with protease may be conducted after the mucus is removed. In order to remove mucus, cysteine and/or a compound derived therefrom is preferably used.

Abstract: Mucus can be removed from cell surfaces so as to enable immunochemical labeling by bringing a cell treatment solution containing cysteine and/or a compound derived therefrom in an amount of 5 mass % or more into contact with a cell specimen containing mucus producing cells, such as uterine cervix cells. The cell preservative solution or an aqueous solution containing 30 to 60 mass % alcohol and 5 mass % or more cysteine and/or a compound derived therefrom can store cells while maintaining the state of cell dispersion without any effect on cell morphology during the period from specimen collection to analysis.

Abstract: A switchgear having a primary circuit breaker and a secondary circuit breaker respectively arranged on the primary side and secondary side of a load switch or a voltage and current transformer for an instrument, a primary grounding switch arranged between the load switch or voltage and current transformer for an instrument and the primary circuit breaker, and a secondary grounding switch arranged between the load switch or voltage and current transformer for an instrument and the secondary circuit breaker, wherein to the primary and secondary circuit breakers and grounding switches, connection means are respectively connected so as to move the moving electrodes of the circuit breakers and grounding switches and an operation device for operating the moving electrodes in connection with each other via the connection bars is included and a receiving transformation apparatus using it.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a dust chamber; a dust bag provided in the dust chamber; and an electric blower for generating suction air flow for drawing and collecting dust and dirt in the dust bag. A deodorant is supplied into the dust bag by the suction air flow and directly attached to the dust and dirt, the deodorant having a granule or powder shape.

Abstract: A front fork in a two-wheeled vehicle or the like, wherein an annular groove in which both end portions in an axial direction are closed is formed in an upper inner periphery of an outer tube. An annular bush having a closed gap in a free state is attached to the annular groove. An annular gap between an inner periphery of the outer tube and an outer periphery of the inner tube forms a smaller thickness than the bush.

Abstract: An electric potential fixing apparatus is provided that can prevent the combined total amount of electricity of a connection line between the first capacitance and the second capacitance from changing even when the electric potential of the connection line between the first capacitance and the second capacitance is fixed in the case where the first capacitance and the second capacitance are directly connected. This electric potential fixing apparatus has the first high resistance (3) and the second high resistance (4) and includes a voltage supply circuit (1) that preserves the combined total amount of electric charge of a measuring capacitance (14) and a fixed capacitance (15) and maintains constant the electric potential of a signal line (17) that connects the measuring capacitance (14) and the fixed capacitance (15). And an output terminal (5) of the voltage supply circuit (1) is connected to the signal line (17).

Abstract: An electrostatic capacitance detection circuit 10 comprises an AC voltage generator 11, an operational amplifier 14 of which non-inverting input terminal is connected to specific potential (a ground in this example), an impedance converter 16, a resistance (R1) 12 connected between the AC voltage generator 11 and an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 14, a resistance (R2) 13 connected between the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 14 and an output terminal of the impedance converter 16, and an impedance element (a capacitor) 15 connected between an output terminal of the operational amplifier 14 and an input terminal of the impedance converter 16. A capacitor to be detected 17 is connected between the input terminal of the impedance converter 16 and the specific potential.