Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element; a sub-mount including a sub-mount substrate with a front surface on which the light emitting element is disposed, and a back surface electrode disposed in a back surface that is on a back side of the front surface of the sub-mount substrate; a main-mount in which the sub-mount is disposed, the main-mount including a front surface metal pattern including a wiring electrode bonded to the back surface electrode via solder. The front surface metal pattern has a slit, in a plan view, at a position away from a disposition region in which the sub-mount is disposed.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a group 13 nitride crystal, a seed crystal made of a group 13 nitride crystal is arranged in a mixed melt containing an alkali metal and a group 13 element, and nitrogen is supplied to the mixed melt to grow the group 13 nitride crystal on a principal plane of the seed crystal. The seed crystal is manufactured by vapor phase epitaxy. At least a part of contact members coming into contact with the mixed melt in a reaction vessel accommodating the mixed melt is made of Al2O3. An interface layer having a photoluminescence emission peak whose wavelength is longer than the wavelength of a photoluminescence emission peak of the grown group 13 nitride crystal is formed between the seed crystal and the grown group nitride crystal.

Abstract: There is provided a Ni-based intermetallic alloy having a dual multi-phase microstructure containing a primary precipitate L12 phase and an (L12+D022) eutectoid microstructure. Thus, the Ni-based intermetallic alloy contains Ni, Al, and V as basic elements, and the contents of Ni, Al, and V are controlled to form the dual multi-phase microstructure. The Ni-based intermetallic alloy further contains at least one of Zr and Hf in addition to the basic elements.

Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge is configured to be detachably attached to the tank in an attachment-detachment direction crossing a vertical direction. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The tank includes a second storage chamber, a liquid passage, and a gas passage. The liquid passage has a first end, a second end, and a first extending portion. The second end is formed with a second opening open to an atmosphere. The first extending portion extends from the second opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The gas passage has a third end, a fourth end, and a second extending portion. The fourth end is formed with a fourth opening open to the atmosphere. The second extending portion extends from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The second opening is at a position different from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction.

Abstract: A tank is configured to be installed in a liquid consuming apparatus having a liquid consuming unit. The tank includes: a casing having a first partition wall defining a first storage chamber configured to store liquid and a second partition wall defining a second storage chamber configured to store the liquid. The casing is formed with: an inlet provided to inject the liquid into the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber; a communication port communicating the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber; an atmosphere opening port communicating the second storage chamber and the outside of the tank; and a liquid outflow port through which the liquid stored in the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber flows out toward the liquid consuming unit.

Abstract: A tank, including a case, has a pair of lateral walls separated in a first direction with the tank in a usable posture, a first and a second chamber retaining a liquid, a liquid channel rendering communication between the second chamber and the outside of the case, a liquid inlet port for filling the first chamber with liquid, a first communicating port rendering communication between the first and second chambers, and a second communicating port rendering communication between the second chamber and the liquid channel. If the first and second chambers retain the liquid at the maximum amount retainable in the tank in the usable posture, then with the tank in a posture that one of the pair of lateral walls becomes the upper end of the tank along a vertical direction, the first communicating port is positioned above the liquid level at the maximum amount.

Abstract: A tank is installed in a liquid consuming apparatus having a liquid consuming unit and is connected to the liquid consuming unit. The tank includes: a casing having a bottom wall and a side wall in a usable posture of the tank, the side wall extending in a direction intersecting the bottom wall; a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided in the casing and configured to store the liquid; an inlet provided to inject the liquid into the first storage chamber; a first communication port that communicates the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber; a second communication port provided in the second storage chamber to let the liquid flow out to an outside of the tank; and an air opening port that opens the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber to the air.

Abstract: This oil console device (24) is provided with: an oil tank (40) which recovers and stores lubricating oil which has lubricated a bearing portion supporting a rotating body; a pressure reducing fan (71) which is coupled to the oil tank (40) and which reduces the pressure inside the oil tank (40) such that the pressure becomes a negative pressure; an oil mist separator (50) which is provided on the oil tank (40) side of the pressure reducing fan (71) and which captures lubricating oil that has become a mist; and, on the downstream side of the pressure reducing fan (71), a exhaust unit (63s) which vents gas in the oil tank (40) to the outside.

Abstract: In a state where a supply portion of a cartridge is connected to a connecting portion of a cartridge attachment section, a first base part and a first protruding part of the cartridge and a second base part and a second protruding part of the cartridge attachment section have the following positional relationship: as viewed in the horizontal direction, the first base part is overlapped with both of the second base part and second protruding part, the first protruding part is overlapped with the second base part, but is not overlapped with the second protruding part; and as viewed in the vertical direction, the first base part is not overlapped with the second base part, and is not overlapped with the second protruding part, and the first protruding part is overlapped with the second protruding part, but is not overlapped with the second base part.

Abstract: An image-recording apparatus includes: a first tank defining a first storage chamber; a second tank defining a second storage chamber; a conveying mechanism for conveying sheets along a conveying path extending in a depthwise direction and a widthwise direction perpendicular to a vertical direction and the depthwise direction; and a recording head including a nozzle. Liquid in the first storage chamber is supplied through a communication port to the second storage chamber and then to the recording head through a liquid outlet port. The second storage chamber is positioned further in a first depthwise direction relative to the nozzle and further in a first widthwise direction relative to the conveying path. A volume of a prescribed space above a liquid level equal to a height of the communication port in the second storage chamber is greater than that of a liquid channel between the liquid outlet port and the nozzle.

Abstract: A liquid supplying system includes a cartridge, a tank, and a detecting portion. The liquid stored in a first storage chamber of the cartridge is flowed into a second storage chamber of the tank through an inlet opening. The liquid stored in the second storage chamber is discharged through an outlet opening. The second storage chamber includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The second portion is positioned below the first portion and has a horizontal cross-sectional area greater than a horizontal cross-sectional area of the first portion. The third portion is positioned above the first portion and has a horizontal cross-sectional area greater than a horizontal cross-sectional area of the first portion. The outlet opening is in communication with the second portion. The detecting portion is configured to detect the level of liquid stored in the first portion.

Abstract: A liquid supplying system includes a cartridge having a first storage chamber, a tube to which the cartridge is connectable, a tank having a second storage chamber, and a detector. The liquid stored in the first storage chamber of the cartridge connected to the tube is introduced through an opening of the tube. The liquid introduced through the opening flows through a liquid passage of the tube. The tank includes an inlet port for introducing the liquid flowing through the liquid passage into the second storage chamber. The detector detects whether a level of liquid in the second storage chamber is at a predetermined position that is below the opening and above the inlet port. The second storage chamber has a horizontal cross-sectional area greater than a horizontal cross-sectional area of the liquid passage in a region above the predetermined position and below the opening in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes a tank; and a cartridge configured to be attached to the tank and having a first storage chamber configured to store liquid. The cartridge is formed with a communicating opening in communication with the first storage chamber. The tank has a second storage chamber configured to store the liquid, a liquid passage, a gas passage, a joint, an outer wall, an inner wall, an air communication portion, and a narrow-width portion. The liquid passage is in communication with the second storage chamber and has a first vertical portion. The gas passage has a second vertical portion. The first vertical portion, the second vertical portion, and the air communication portion are arranged in this order in the first direction and a direction away from the fifth end portion.

Abstract: According to one aspect, the disclosure provides an image recording apparatus including a liquid supplying device. The liquid supplying device includes a tank, a cartridge, an atmospheric communication portion, and a recording portion. The tank has a second storage chamber configured to store liquid, a liquid passage in communication with the second storage chamber, and a gas passage in communication with the second storage chamber. The atmospheric communication portion includes a buffer tank defining a buffer chamber configured to store gas, a single communication flow passage allowing the buffer chamber to communicate with the second storage chamber, and an air communication passage allowing the buffer chamber to communicate with an atmosphere. When the cartridge is attached to the tank, the buffer chamber is positioned below the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber is positioned below the buffer chamber.

Abstract: An image-recording apparatus includes a cartridge including a first storage chamber, a tank including a second storage chamber, a recording portion, a pivoting member disposed in the second storage chamber, a detector for detecting pivoting of the pivoting member, and a controller. Liquid in the first storage chamber is supplied to the second storage chamber through a liquid inlet port, and from the second storage chamber to the recording portion through a liquid outlet port. The pivoting member is pivotable about a pivot axis when a liquid level of the liquid in the second storage chamber is not higher than a prescribed position. The controller notifies the cartridge should be replaced upon receipt of a detection signal from the detector. A shaft defining the pivot axis is positioned lower than the liquid level of the liquid in the second storage chamber at the time of execution of the notification.

Abstract: To provide a carotenoid-containing composition obtained by dissolving or dispersing a solid carotenoid derived from a genus Paracoccus microorganism is used.

Abstract: Highly proliferative mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may be useful for the large-scale and rapid production of a cell preparation, and a cell population may include the mesenchymal stem cells. A cell population may include mesenchymal stem cells derived from a fetal appendage, wherein, in the cell population, the proportion of CD105+ mesenchymal stem cells is 50% or more, the proportion of CD200+ mesenchymal stem cells is less than 10%, and the proportion of CD106+ mesenchymal stem cells is less than 5%.

Abstract: There is provided a tank including a liquid inlet port, an atmosphere open port, a liquid outflow port, a first liquid chamber having a first atmosphere communication channel, a second liquid chamber being in communication with the first liquid chamber and having a second atmosphere communication channel, and a liquid channel. The liquid inside the liquid channel is movable along with a liquid consumption of a liquid consuming device connected to the tank. With the tank in a usage posture, when the liquid is stored in the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber, the liquid level of the liquid stored in the first liquid chamber is formed independently from the liquid level of the liquid stored in the second liquid chamber.

Abstract: A supply apparatus includes: tanks; a binder which holds the tanks in a state of being arranged in a first direction; a casing which supports the binder; and a positioning part disposed between adjacent two tanks, the positioning part positioning the two tanks at an interval in the first direction. Each tank includes two side walls facing the first direction to define a liquid storage chamber and an inlet to supply liquid to the liquid storage chamber. The two side walls include portions formed from resin. At least one of the two side walls includes a portion formed from a film. The positioning part is in contact with: the portion formed from the resin of one of the two side walls of one of the two tanks; and the portion formed from the resin of one of the two side walls of the other of the two tanks.

Abstract: A rotary machine system includes: a rotary machine including a gas seal portion; a gas seal device connected to the rotary machine and that supplies a seal gas to the gas seal portion; a pressure sensor that detects a pressure of the seal gas; a vent portion that discharges the seal gas discharged from the gas seal portion; and a vent pressure sensor that detects a pressure in the vent portion. The rotary machine includes: a casing through which a working fluid flows; a rotatable rotary shaft that passes; and the gas seal portion provided between the casing and the rotary shaft and that seals the working fluid by the seal gas having a pressure higher than a pressure of the working fluid in the casing. The gas seal device includes: a pressure regulating valve; and a control part that controls the pressure regulating valve.