Abstract: A clutch friction material includes a base material containing a rubber material and a thermosetting resin. The clutch friction material also includes an intermediate layer disposed on the base material. The intermediate layer includes either a glassy carbon structure or a graphite structure formed as a result of thermal curing of the thermosetting resin contained in the base material. In addition, the clutch friction material includes an outermost surface layer disposed on the intermediate layer. The outermost surface layer contains a pyrolysate produced as a result of pyrolysis of rubber and resin components contained in the base material.

Abstract: A clutch friction material includes a base material containing a rubber material and a thermosetting resin. The clutch friction material also includes an intermediate layer disposed on the base material. The intermediate layer includes either a glassy carbon structure or a graphite structure formed as a result of thermal curing of the thermosetting resin contained in the base material. In addition, the clutch friction material includes an outermost surface layer disposed on the intermediate layer. The outermost surface layer contains a pyrolysate produced as a result of pyrolysis of rubber and resin components contained in the base material.

Abstract: A digital camera is provided with: a sub CPU started irrespective of a state of an SW group; and a main CPU and an HDMI-CPU which are started when the SW group is in an on state while stopped when the SW group is in an off state. The sub CPU repeatedly determines whether or not a wake-up command is issued from a digital television connected via an HDMI cable when the SW group is in the off state. Furthermore, the sub CPU changes the state of the SW group to the on state when a determination result relating to presence or absence of the wake-up command is updated from NO to YES. The HDMI-CPU and the main CPU that are started thereby execute a process according to a command issued from the digital television.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide a novel active clay having superior decolorizing performance to the conventional active clays and a decolorizing agent comprising the active clay for animal and plant fats and oils or for mineral oils. [Means for Solution] The active clay has a porous volume of 0.40 to 0.60 cm3/g with porous sizes of 1.7 to 100 nm as measured by the nitrogen adsorption method, a porous volume ratio (B/A) of the porous volume (A) with porous sizes of 1.7 to 11.5 nm and the porous volume (B) with porous sizes of not smaller than 11.5 nm but not larger than 100 nm in a range of 0.75 to 1.5, and an amount of solid acid of Ho??3.0 in a range of 0.15 to 0.40 mmols/g.

Abstract: A digital camera is provided with: a sub CPU started irrespective of a state of an SW group; and a main CPU and an HDMI-CPU which are started when the SW group is in an on state while stopped when the SW group is in an off state. The sub CPU repeatedly determines whether or not a wake-up command is issued from a digital television connected via an HDMI cable when the SW group is in the off state. Furthermore, the sub CPU changes the state of the SW group to the on state when a determination result relating to presence or absence of the wake-up command is updated from NO to YES. The HDMI-CPU and the main CPU that are started thereby execute a process according to a command issued from the digital television.

Abstract: Activated regular-shaped clay particles forming macropores therein, preserving fine structure of the dioctahedral smectite clay minerals, and having particle diameters controlled to lie within a range in which they exhibit excellent filtering property. The invention further provides method of producing activated regular-shaped clay particles comprising the steps of adjusting the particle size of the dioctahedral smectite clay minerals to possess a volume-based median diameter (D50) of from 1 to 10 &mgr;m as found by a laser diffraction method, mixing an acid-soluble or acid-decomposing inorganic compound to the milled product thereof, granulating the mixture into regular particles having a volume-based median diameter (D50) of from 10 to 60 &mgr;m as found by a laser diffraction method, and treating the regular-shaped particles with an acid while maintaining the particle shapes.

Abstract: The present invention provides an activated clay for refining aromatic hydrocarbons such as BTX (benzene, toluene, xylene), etc., satisfying the requirements of both excellent life and excellent side-reaction-preventing property. The activated clay for treating aromatic hydrocarbons is obtained by treating dioctahedral smectite clay minerals with an acid so as to possess a BET specific surface area of not smaller than 250 m.sup.2 /g and to contain iron in an amount of not smaller than 2.5% by weight calculated as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a milling machine including a heated rotatable drum connected to means for supplying coarsely crushed coal and preheated oil to the drum wherein the coal becomes finely ground and homogeneously mixed with the oil, and having a discharge duct rotatably connected to the drum and slidably connected to a stationary discharge tower in which the coal/oil slurry is separated from water evaporated from the coal during milling.