Abstract: A flush toilet according to the present invention includes a bowl including a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim, a spouting port formed in the rim and a pooled water portion having a front region and a rear region, and includes a configuration where a ratio of an inflow flow rate of flush water into the front region of the pooled water portion in a second half of flushing period in a flushing period to “a total inflow flow rate of flush water into the pooled water portion” is larger than a ratio of an inflow flow rate of flush water into the front region of the pooled water portion in a first half of flushing period to “the total inflow flow rate of flush water into the pooled water portion”.

Abstract: A flush toilet of the present invention includes a bowl including a waste receiving surface that receives waste, a rim formed on an upper part of the waste receiving surface and a well portion that is formed below the waste receiving surface and in which a pooled water surface is formed, one or more spouting ports that spout flush water along the rim, and a discharge conduit connected to a bottom portion of the bowl, the flush toilet including a configuration where a forward main flow F1 and a rearward main flow F2 of flush water spouted from the spouting ports circulate around a waste receiving surface 16 of a bowl 6 and flow, in the beginning of flushing start, into three or more regions of the pooled water surface divided into four regions S1, S2, S3 and S4.

Abstract: A flush toilet according to the present invention includes a bowl including a well portion, and a discharge trap conduit, the well portion includes a bottom wall formed above and in front of an inlet of the discharge trap conduit, a side wall formed to surround the bottom wall, and a connecting portion that connects an outer edge of the bottom wall and a lower edge of the side wall, the bottom wall of the well portion includes an inclined portion, and guiding portions that are formed on left and right outer sides of the inclined portion and that guide flush water or waste from front toward the inlet of the discharge trap conduit, and the inclined portion, in a side cross-sectional view, is entirely formed into an upwardly convex shape and formed to be inclined downward from front toward the inlet of the discharge trap conduit.

Abstract: Problem: To provide a flush toilet wherein anomalous sounds can be suppressed from occurring when flush water is spouted from the rim spout port together with air accumulated in the upper portion within the rim conduit, and quietness can be improved. Solution: The flush toilet of the present invention includes: a bowl portion 20 having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface 14 and a rim portion 18 formed on a top edge of a waste receiving surface; a rim spout port 26 configured to spout flush water from the rim portion onto the bowl portion; a rim conduit 24 disposed in the rim portion extending from a rear side region of the bowl portion to the rim spout port; and a stirring portion 44 configured to agitate flush water which is supplied into the rim conduit 24.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flush toilet which comprises: a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface and a rim provided along an upper edge of the waste-receiving surface; a drain trap conduit connected to the bowl portion to drain waste therethrough; a rim spout section including a rim spout port provided in a part of the rim located in a front region of the bowl portion for spouting the flush water, and a rim water-conducting passage provided to conduct flush water to the rim spout port; and a first water-conducting hose for supplying the flush water to the rim water-conducting passage located in the front region of the bowl portion, via beneath the waste-receiving surface, wherein the first water-conducting hose is configured to enable flush water to remain thereinside during stop of supply of the flush water.

Abstract: Problem: To provide a flush toilet wherein anomalous sounds can be suppressed from occurring when flush water is spouted from the rim spout port together with air accumulated in the upper portion within the rim conduit, and quietness can be improved. Solution: The flush toilet of the present invention includes: a bowl portion 20 having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface 14 and a rim portion 18 formed on a top edge of a waste receiving surface; a rim spout port 26 configured to spout flush water from the rim portion onto the bowl portion; a rim conduit 24 disposed in the rim portion extending from a rear side region of the bowl portion to the rim spout port; and a stirring portion 44 configured to agitate flush water which is supplied into the rim conduit 24.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flush toilet which comprises: a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface and a rim provided along an upper edge of the waste-receiving surface; a drain trap conduit connected to the bowl portion to drain waste therethrough; a rim spout section including a rim spout port provided in a part of the rim located in a front region of the bowl portion for spouting the flush water, and a rim water-conducting passage provided to conduct flush water to the rim spout port; and a first water-conducting hose for supplying the flush water to the rim water-conducting passage located in the front region of the bowl portion, via beneath the waste-receiving surface, wherein the first water-conducting hose is configured to enable flush water to remain thereinside during stop of supply of the flush water.

Abstract: A flush toilet has a reservoir tank, a toilet main unit, a water supply apparatus, a water discharge apparatus, and a control device for controlling flushing of the bowl portion of the toilet main unit; wherein this control device includes a time measurement device for measuring the time after the water discharge apparatus has been driven for a predetermined time to discharge flush water, until the water level rises from a dead water level inside the reservoir tank with the water discharge apparatus in an off state to a predetermined stopped water level prior to start of flush; and the driving time of the water discharge apparatus responsive to pressure losses in the toilet main unit is adjusted by comparing the water level rise time measured by the time measurement device with the water level rise time in a standard toilet.

Abstract: A flush toilet has a reservoir tank, a toilet main unit, a water supply apparatus, a water discharge apparatus, and a control device for controlling flushing of the bowl portion of the toilet main unit; wherein this control device includes a time measurement device for measuring the time after the water discharge apparatus has been driven for a predetermined time to discharge flush water, until the water level rises from a dead water level inside the reservoir tank with the water discharge apparatus in an off state to a predetermined stopped water level prior to start of flush; and the driving time of the water discharge apparatus responsive to pressure losses in the toilet main unit is adjusted by comparing the water level rise time measured by the time measurement device with the water level rise time in a standard toilet.

Abstract: In detection of a test substance including a biomolecule by utilizing photocurrent detection of dye sensitization, disclosed is a detection method in which process of the photocurrent detection is carried out by using an electrolyte solution not necessarily requiring an organic solvent. By making the electrolyte medium an aqueous system not containing an organic solvent, not only its usability can be enhanced but also measurement values with less dispersion can be obtained. Therefore, detection of the test substance including a biomolecule by utilizing the photocurrent detection of dye sensitization according to the present invention is characterized by that the processes from a reaction process of a test substance till detection of the photocurrent are carried out in a single apparatus, and that process of the photocurrent detection is carried out by using an electrolyte solution not necessarily requiring an aprotic solvent.

Abstract: In utilizing photocurrent generated in the photoexcitation of a dye in specific detection of an analyte, highly accurate detection can be realized by discharging charged current generated in the formation of a sensor unit and, in the detection of photocurrent of a plurality of detection spots provided on a working electrode, discharging photocurrent which is derived from a detection spot subjected to the latest photocurrent measurement and becomes noise current.

Abstract: In utilizing photocurrent generated in the photoexcitation of a dye in specific detection of an analyte, highly accurate detection can be realized by discharging charged current generated in the formation of a sensor unit and, in the detection of photocurrent of a plurality of detection spots provided on a working electrode, discharging photocurrent which is derived from a detection spot subjected to the latest photocurrent measurement and becomes noise current.

Abstract: A method, an electrode, a measuring cell, and a measuring device are disclosed which can detect and quantitatively determine an analyte having specific bonding properties, in a highly sensitive, simple and accurate manner using photocurrent. This method comprises contacting a working electrode and a counter electrode with an electrolyte medium, wherein the working electrode has an analyte immobilized thereon through a probe substance and wherein the analyte is bonded to a sensitizing dye; irradiating the working electrode with light to photoexcite the sensitizing dye; and detecting photocurrent flowing between the working electrode and the counter electrode, wherein the photocurrent is generated by transfer of electrons from the photoexcited sensitizing dye to the working electrode.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for detecting an analyte, which, in specific detection of an analyte using photocurrent that is generated by photoexcitation of a sensitizing dye, can significantly simplify the structure and a detection procedure of a sensor unit and a device using the sensor unit and can realize detection with high accuracy, and also provides a sensor unit and a device using the sensor unit. According to the method, an analyte-containing sample solution and a sensitizing dye are brought into contact with the surface of a working electrode to immobilize the sensitizing dye onto the working electrode through specific binding. Subsequently, an electrolyte is supplied in situ while allowing the sample solution to be held without being removed to bring the working electrode and a counter electrode into contact with the electrolyte.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode member for specific detection of an analyte using a photocurrent. The electrode member has at least a conductive substrate and an electron-accepting substance provided on said conductive substrate. The aforementioned electron-accepting substance consists at least of a first substance layer that is made of a semiconductor and a second substance that is made of a semiconductor of a kind different from that of the aforementioned semiconductor, a metal or a metal oxide, and is carried on the surface of said first substance layer. With the electrode member, improved detection sensitivity for the test substance and improved measurement precision can be achieved with specific detection of an analyte using a photocurrent.

Abstract: A method, an electrode, a measuring cell, and a measuring device are disclosed which can detect and quantitatively determine an analyte having specific bonding properties, in a highly sensitive, simple and accurate manner using photocurrent. This method comprises contacting a working electrode and a counter electrode with an electrolyte medium, wherein the working electrode has an analyte immobilized thereon through a probe substance and wherein the analyte is bonded to a sensitizing dye; irradiating the working electrode with light to photoexcite the sensitizing dye; and detecting photocurrent flowing between the working electrode and the counter electrode, wherein the photocurrent is generated by transfer of electrons from the photoexcited sensitizing dye to the working electrode.

Abstract: There is disclosed an electrolyte medium which makes it possible to significantly simplify device structure and detection procedure as well as to detect photocurrent with high sensitivity and accuracy, in specific detection of an analyte with use of photocurrent generated by photo-excitation of a sensitizing dye. The electrolyte-containing sheet comprises a hydrous substrate; and an electrolyte contained in the hydrous substrate. The electrolyte-containing sheet is used as an electrolyte medium in specific detection of an analyte with use of photocurrent generated by photo-excitation of a sensitizing dye. A gel matrix or a water-absorbent substrate can be used as the hydrous substrate.