Abstract: A wind turbine blade is provided, which includes a blade body extending from a blade root toward a blade tip along a blade length direction, a first sprayed layer disposed so as to cover at least a leading edge on a side of the blade tip of the blade body, for suppressing erosion of the leading edge of the blade body, a second sprayed layer formed between the blade body and the first sprayed layer, and having a lower electrical resistivity than the first sprayed layer, and a first conductive part for electrically connecting the second sprayed layer to a ground.

Abstract: To provide an article gripping system that reduces the installation area of the apparatus and further shortens the amount of time from when it grips to when it feeds articles. An article gripping system (110) switches between a first positional relationship in which a container (50) obstructs discharge of articles gripped by a first gripping unit (15A) but does not obstruct discharge of articles by a second gripping unit (15B) and a second positional relationship in which the container (50) obstructs discharge of articles gripped by the second gripping unit (15B) but does not obstruct discharge of articles gripped by the first gripping unit (15A), so the gripping units do not move while they are holding the articles, and the articles can be prevented from falling out of the gripping units (15).

Abstract: In a neutron flux detector guiding apparatus, a cylindrical support column is erected on an upper core support plate of a nuclear reactor container main body, a plurality of guide thimble guiding tubes is provided inside the upper core support column between the upper core support plate and an upper core plate, a plurality of guide thimbles is extended from the support column into the guide thimble guiding tubes, the plurality of guide thimbles is supported by a support plate supported at one end part by the support column and erected at the other end part by a support leg above the upper core support plate, and an upper end part of the support plate is inclined downward from the support column side toward the support leg side, thereby realizing simplification of a structure.

Abstract: A water purifier 40 includes a flow meter 42 for measuring the cumulative flow of water through a water purification cartridge 6. The flow meter has an indicator portion 44 that rotates in response to increasing cumulative flow and a graduated portion 46 rotating about the same axis as that of the indicator portion. The graduated portion includes an insertion groove 29 for manually rotating the graduated portion in order to reset the flow meter. Because the flow meter has few part, the body of the water purifier can be made compact and its cost reduced.

Abstract: The water purifier according to the present invention is provided with a flow meter which measures the integrated flow of purified water through a water purification cartridge, and the flow display of the flow meter has an indicator portion which rotates with an increase of the flow, and a graduated portion which can rotate around the same axis as the indicator portion rotates around. In this water purifier, there is no flow meter which has a complex mechanism built in for measuring the flow, and resetting of the flow display can be performed easily and accurately. Therefore the main body of the water purifier can be made compact, and the amount of material and the number of parts comprising the water purifier and its cost can be reduced, it is possible to carry out a compact product and low cost.

Abstract: A scale indication apparatus and a flow meter having the scale indication apparatus, which improve the usability and the versatility. The scale indication apparatus (31) is rotatably attached to a measurement apparatus (1) which can not be externally operated and indicates a scale when reading the displacement magnitude of an indicator (19) of the measurement apparatus (1). A scale indication position can be sequentially moved to reset the displacement magnitude of the indicator (19) by the rotating operation in a first direction without movement in an axial direction, and the scale indication apparatus (31) can be moved in the axial direction to be detached from the measurement apparatus (1) by the rotating operation in a second direction opposite from the first direction.

Abstract: A water purifier includes a diverter which can be detachably attached to a water faucet to select a plurality of water passages and a filter cartridge which can be detachably attached to the diverter to purify a water to be supplied through the diverter. The diverter is provided with a connector portion including a projection having a pair of guide grooves. The filter cartridge is provided with an engaging portion which can be inserted and fitted in the guide grooves. Disclosure is also directed to a diverter which includes a substantially cylindrical body which defines therein a main water passage to be connected to the faucet, and a rotatable selecting member which can be coaxially and rotatably fitted on the substantially cylindrical body and which is provided with a plurality of branch water passages which can be selectively registered with the main water passage of the substantially cylindrical body in accordance with the rotation of the selecting member.