Abstract: A dispersing tray is mounted to a combination scale at a top part thereof to disperse and deliver supplied articles outwardly. The dispersing tray has, on a back surface thereof, a liquid stopper that prevents outward movement of a liquid.

Abstract: A hopper has a gate pivotable to open and close the lower opening of a hopper body, wherein opposing side parts more spaced apart than a width of the body are extending from the gate, and the opposing side parts of the gate are externally fitted pivotably to fulcrum shafts protruding from outer side surfaces of the hopper body. The hopper further includes regulating members interposed between the outer side surfaces of the body and the opposing side parts of the gate. The regulating members are configured to regulate movements of the gate in pivotal directions thereof and are detachably engaged with the fulcrum shafts circumferentially around the fulcrum shafts.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a combination scale including a dispersing feeder, linear feeders, a plurality of hoppers, and a collector. The dispersing feeder and linear feeders are respectively disposed in upper parts of a center base of the combination scale to disperse and deliver outwardly articles received therein. The hoppers are removably mountable to an outer periphery of the center base to hold and discharge the articles. The collector collects the articles discharged from the hoppers on a central side of the center base and discharges the collected articles. The collector constitutes a collecting and discharging channel for the articles to be collected and discharged. The combination scale further includes a shielding tool configured to block liquid that drops from the center base downward into the collecting and discharging channel.

Abstract: A hopper has a gate pivotable to open and close the lower opening of a hopper body, wherein opposing side parts more spaced apart than a width of the body are extending from the gate, and the opposing side parts of the gate are externally fitted pivotably to fulcrum shafts protruding from outer side surfaces of the hopper body. The hopper further includes regulating members interposed between the outer side surfaces of the body and the opposing side parts of the gate. The regulating members are configured to regulate movements of the gate in pivotal directions thereof and are detachably engaged with the fulcrum shafts circumferentially around the fulcrum shafts.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a combination scale including a dispersing feeder, linear feeders, a plurality of hoppers, and a collector. The dispersing feeder and linear feeders are respectively disposed in upper parts of a center base of the combination scale to disperse and deliver outwardly articles received therein. The hoppers are removably mountable to an outer periphery of the center base to hold and discharge the articles. The collector collects the articles discharged from the hoppers on a central side of the center base and discharges the collected articles. The collector constitutes a collecting and discharging channel for the articles to be collected and discharged. The combination scale further includes a shielding tool configured to block liquid that drops from the center base downward into the collecting and discharging channel.

Abstract: A mechanism for opening and closing a hopper gate of the present invention, which is used in a combination weigher which performs combination calculation based on weights of objects, to find a combination in which a total of the weights of the objects falls within an allowable range with respect to a target weight, comprises an actuator (31) for generating a driving force for opening and closing the hopper gate (14A); a transmission mechanism for transmitting the driving force to the hopper gate (14A); a detecting device (60) capable of detecting an original point of a rotary shaft of the transmission mechanism, the original point corresponding to a position in which the hopper gate (14A) is closed; and a controller (18) capable of receiving an output signal of the detecting device (60).

Abstract: A dispersing tray is mounted to a combination scale at a top part thereof to disperse and deliver supplied articles outwardly. The dispersing tray has, on a back surface thereof, a liquid stopper that prevents outward movement of a liquid.

Abstract: A mechanism for opening and closing a hopper gate of the present invention, which is used in a combination weigher which performs combination calculation based on weights of objects, to find a combination in which a total of the weights of the objects falls within an allowable range with respect to a target weight, comprises an actuator (31) for generating a driving force for opening and closing the hopper gate (14A); a transmission mechanism for transmitting the driving force to the hopper gate (14A); a detecting device (60) capable of detecting an original point of a rotary shaft of the transmission mechanism, the original point corresponding to a position in which the hopper gate (14A) is closed; and a controller (18) capable of receiving an output signal of the detecting device (60).

Abstract: An electrically conductive polymer obtained by oxidative polymerization of a heterocycle-containing aromatic compound as a monomer, wherein the heterocycle-containing aromatic compound is represented by the formula: A-B. In the above formula, A represents a substituted or unsubstituted thiophene ring group, or a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrole ring group; B represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon aromatic ring group, a substituted or unsubstituted thiophene ring group, or a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrole ring group; the ring represented by A and the ring represented by B are directly linked; however, A and B represent structures that are different from each other. The compound can be produced by a coupling reaction using a hypervalent iodine reactant.

Abstract: The objectives of the present invention are attained with a release agent for toner that is obtained by grafting styrene compounds to an ?-olefin polymer that conforms to the following conditions (a) and (b), wherein 70 mass % or more of the release agent is insoluble in 2-butanone when the release agent is dispersed at 25° C. into 2-butanone so that the mass ratio of the release agent to the dispersion is 15%. (a) The ?-olefin polymer is to be produced by polymerization of at least one ?-olefin monomer that has 16 or more to 36 or less carbon atoms. (b) The ?-olefin polymer is to have a melting point between 30° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower, and has one peak temperature whose peak has the half-height width of 15° C. or less in a measurement of the melting behavior of the ?-olefin polymer by means of differential scanning calorimetry.

Abstract: A heterocycle-containing aromatic compound represented by the formula: A-B, and an electrically conductive polymer obtained by oxidative polymerization of the heterocycle-containing aromatic compound as a monomer are provided. In the above formula, A represents a substituted or unsubstituted thiophene ring group, or a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrole ring group; B represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon aromatic ring group, a substituted or unsubstituted thiophene ring group, or a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrole ring group; the ring represented by A and the ring represented by B are directly linked; however, A and B represent structures that are different from each other. The compound can be produced by a coupling reaction using a hypervalent iodine reactant.

Abstract: A mouse cDNA library from gene fragments encoding proteins localizing at cell-cell junctions was screened by a technique visualizing localization of a protein to identify a junction-enriched and -associated protein, JEAP. GenBank homology search was performed based on the sequence. Based on the obtained sequence, a mouse cDNA library was screened to identify JEAP-2. By using prepared antibodies against these proteins, it was revealed that these proteins express specifically at tight junctions, in particular, tight junctions in exocrine glands.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus includes a measuring section and a data integrating section. The measuring section has three-dimensional measurement dimensions, and measures a three-dimensional shape of a measurement object in a non-contact state. The measuring section measures a three-dimensional shape of a part of the measurement object multiple times by shifting the measurement dimensions to obtain multiple measurement data. The measurement dimensions are shifted in such a manner that at least portions of consecutive measurement dimensions by the shifting are lapped one over the other. The data integrating section integrates the multiple measurement data to obtain the three-dimensional shape of the measurement object. The data integrating section executes the data integration, using reliability information attributed to the respective measurement data.

Abstract: A three-dimensional measurement method for conducting measurement of a three-dimensional shape of a surface of an object using a three-dimensional measuring device is provided. The method includes providing, in advance, a posture sensor that detects a posture of the three-dimensional measuring device, providing, in advance, a parameter table in which a parameter corresponding to a posture of the three-dimensional measuring device is stored, and calculating three-dimensional shape data of the object using measurement data and the parameter, the measurement data being obtained by conducting measurement of the object with the three-dimensional measuring device and the parameter being read out from the parameter table according to a posture of the three-dimensional measuring device upon the measurement.

Abstract: A mouse cDNA library from gene fragments encoding proteins localizing at cell—cell junctions was screened by a technique visualizing localization of a protein to identify a junction-enriched and -associated protein, JEAP. GenBank homology search was performed based on the sequence. Based on the obtained sequence, a mouse cDNA library was screened to identify JEAP-2. By using prepared antibodies against these proteins, it was revealed that these proteins express specifically at tight junctions, in particular, tight junctions in exocrine glands.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus includes a measuring section and a data integrating section. The measuring section has three-dimensional measurement dimensions, and measures a three-dimensional shape of a measurement object in a non-contact state. The measuring section measures a three-dimensional shape of a part of the measurement object multiple times by shifting the measurement dimensions to obtain multiple measurement data. The measurement dimensions are shifted in such a manner that at least portions of consecutive measurement dimensions by the shifting are lapped one over the other. The data integrating section integrates the multiple measurement data to obtain the three-dimensional shape of the measurement object. The data integrating section executes the data integration, using reliability information attributed to the respective measurement data.

Abstract: A three-dimensional measurement method for conducting measurement of a three-dimensional shape of a surface of an object using a three-dimensional measuring device is provided. The method includes providing, in advance, a posture sensor that detects a posture of the three-dimensional measuring device, providing, in advance, a parameter table in which a parameter corresponding to a posture of the three-dimensional measuring device is stored, and calculating three-dimensional shape data of the object using measurement data and the parameter, the measurement data being obtained by conducting measurement of the object with the three-dimensional measuring device and the parameter being read out from the parameter table according to a posture of the three-dimensional measuring device upon the measurement.

Abstract: A mouse cDNA library from gene fragments encoding proteins localizing at cell-cell junctions was screened by a technique visualizing localization of a protein to to identify a junction-enriched and -associated protein, JEAP. GenBank homology search was performed based on the sequence. Based on the obtained sequence, a mouse cDNA library was screened to identify JEAP-2. By using prepared antibodies against these proteins, it was revealed that these proteins express specifically at tight junctions, in particular, tight junctions in exocrine glands.

Abstract: A nonfired agglomerated ore which is satisfactory in reduction property in the shaft of a blast furnace and excellent in rapid heating bursting property and a production method thereof are provided. A carbon containing nonfired agglomerated ore for blast furnace which is prepared in such a way that iron oxide and a carbonaceous material are blended with each other to prepare a mixture, a binder is added to the mixture, and the mixture is kneaded, formed, and cured, wherein the agglomerated ore contains carbon in the content of 80 to 120% of the theoretical carbon quantity required to reduce the reducible oxygen in the iron ores to form metallic iron, and the binder is selected so that the crushing strength may be 7,850 kN/m2 or more at room temperature.