Abstract: A hybrid pipette including a pipette casing (11) and a slide shaft (22) vertically movable in response to the operation of a pushbutton (23). A plunger (31) is disposed below the slide shaft and urged upwardly by a spring (33, 34). An engagement member (41) is coaxially and movably fitted on the slide shaft (22) and extends through a hole (12a1) in a casing member (11) so as to be movable at least vertically. An electric motor (51) is provided on an axis different from the axis of the slide shaft and operatively engaged with the engagement member (41). In a manual operation mode, the slide shaft (22) and the plunger (31) move vertically in response to the operation of the pushbutton (23) to perform suction and discharge of a liquid. In a motor-driven operation mode, the engagement member (41) is driven to move vertically by the electric motor (51), whereby the plunger (31) is moved vertically to perform suction and discharge of a liquid.

Abstract: A brake hydraulic control device for use in a vehicle, includes: a master cylinder with a first reservoir attached thereto; a second reservoir different from the first reservoir; a drive wheel control valve unit switching communication and cut-off between a drive wheel brake and the master cylinder as well as communication and cut-off between the drive wheel brake and the second reservoir; a driven wheel control valve unit switching communication and cut-off between a driven wheel brake and the master cylinder as well as communication and cut-off between the driven wheel brake and the second reservoir; and a pump having a discharge port connected between the drive wheel control valve unit and the drive wheel brake, and a suction port connected to the master cylinder through an open/close switch valve and to the said second reservoir.

Abstract: In a brake hydraulic controller for controlling a hydraulic pressure from a master cylinder operative to a wheel brake, the controller includes a base, a normally open electromagnetic valve for connecting the master cylinder and the wheel brake, a reservoir, a normally closed electromagnetic valve for connecting the wheel brake and the reservoir, a return pump for returning hydraulic fluid received from the reservoir to the master cylinder, a damper, and a cover for covering the normally open and closed electromagnetic valves, the reservoir, and the damper with a surface of the cover. The cover includes a seal groove and a sealing member fitted to the seal groove for elastically contacting the surface. The brake hydraulic controller can minimize the number of parts required for waterproofing and reduce the number of manhours required for assembling.

Abstract: Heparan sulfate 2-O-sulfotransferase having the following properties is obtained from, for example, CHO cells:(i) action: sulfate group is transferred from a sulfate group donor selectively to the hydroxyl group at C-2 position of iduronic acid residue of a sulfate group acceptor;(ii) substrate specificity: sulfate group is transferred to heparan sulfate or CDSNS-heparin, but sulfate group is not transferred to chondroitin, chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, and keratan sulfate;(iii) optimum reaction pH: about pH 5 to 6.5;(iv) optimum ionic strength: about 50 to 200 mM when sodium chloride is used; and(v) inhibition and activation: the activity of the enzyme is increased by protamine, the activity of the enzyme is inhibited by adenosine-3',5'-diphosphate, and the activity of the enzyme is scarcely affected by dithiothreitol at 10 mM or less.

Abstract: A multi-check metering method employing load cells, characterized in that a plurality of load cells preferably stacked one upon another are attached to a metering table, a meterial to be metered is placed on said metering table, said load cells are operated simultaneously by applying thereto the weight of said material, and respective metered weights of said material are displayed by metered-weight display means based on output signals sent from said load cells; and a load cell metering device comprising a metering table, a plurality of load cells and metered-weight display means.

Abstract: An electrophotographic toner is disclosed which comprises a colorant and a binder resin, in which the binder resin is present as a vinyl resin whose gel content ranges from 15 to 25% by weight and whose tetrahydrofuran-soluble content has a number-average molecular weight (Mn) ranging from 5,000 to 12,000, a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) ranging from 10.times.10.sup.4 to 40.times.10.sup.4 and a higher Mw peak in the range of from 9.times.10.sup.5 to 18.times.10.sup.5. The toner exhibits improved chargeability and improved powder fluidity as well as improved fixing properties and improved offset resistance. A process for producing the toner is also disclosed.

Abstract: A film is delivered from a delivery roller and another film is delivered from another delivery roller. The two films are introduced between a heater and a receiver. The heater presses the two films against the receiver to bond the films. Then, the rear end of the film is cut off with fusing and the front end of another film is cut off with fusing by wire heaters. The bonded film is transferred through drive and pinch rolls to an accumulator for storing the film and is spread to open slits by holding rolls to form a longitudinal web, which is laminated on a lateral web manufactured in another process to form a reticulate non-woven fabric.

Abstract: An improved method for producing a reticular nonwoven fabric in which the velocity of the transversely stretching line step can be much increased by providing the transversely stretching step with a longitudinally orienting step, thereby accelerating the whole production line. The method of the invention includes the continuous steps of: a first feeding step to feed a first film material; a longitudinally stretching step to stretch the first film material; a splitting step to split the longitudinally the stretched first film material; a laterally spreading step to spread the split film; a second feeding step to feed a second film material; a longitudinally orienting step to orient the second film material; a transversely slitting step to slit the oriented second film material; a transversely stretching step to stretch the slit second film material; and a laminating step to laminate the first film material with the second film material.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved putter whose head and grip weighs 320 to 360 grams and 100 to 260 grams, respectively. The total weight of the head and grip ranges from 445 to 585 grams. The grip-and-head weighting according to the present invention has the effect of improving the rolling of the ball to extend the rolling-and-running distance of the ball; and improving the stableness and directionality of the swing.

Abstract: A pair of stretching pulleys are rotatably mounted on a pair of support plates within a housing. A belt is wound around the upper part of the stretching pulley and a number of turn pulleys. A film introduced onto the stretching pulley is held between the belt and the stretching pulley and is transferred. Air flow generated by a fan and heated with a heater is blown against the film through a louver and circulates through bellows mounted to the housing to return to the fan. The stretching pulley is partially cooled in a water bath. The support plates are rotatably connected to screw shafts, thereby changing a distance and angle between the plates. The stretch width or stretch ratio of the film is thus adjusted with the change of the distance and angle.

Abstract: A golf bag includes a transparent panel portion through which the inside of the golf bag is visible. Preferably, the golf bag is constructed of a bag main body having a side panel and defining a top opening, with a bottom panel attached to a bottom part of the bag main body and a top frame portion attached to the top opening. The transparent panel portion is formed in at least a part of the side panel.

Abstract: A golf club head with a composite body which in turn has a ceramic sponge body defining a number of pores therein and a filler selected from the group consisting of metals, synthetic resins, fiber-reinforced metals and fiber-reinforced resins and impregnated into the pores. The golf club head is fabricated by forming a foamed resin head substantially conforming in configurations and dimensions with the composite body, impregnating the foamed resin head with a ceramic slurry, followed by sintering to form a ceramic sponge body defining pores therein, filling the pores of the ceramic sponge body with a wax, covering the ceramic sponge body with a mold-forming refractory material, applying a heat treatment to remove the wax and to sinter the refractory material, and then casting the filler into the pores.

Abstract: In an apparatus used for practicing a golf swing, a transmitter-receiver is stationarily arranged on the ground, and a relay unit is provided on the golf club in or near to head. The transmitter-receiver has an infrared light emitter and a pair of receivers. The relay unit has a receiver for receiving the light from the emitter of the transmitter-receiver and a infrared ray emitter for emitting a ray toward the pair of receivers of the transmitter-receiver. An LSI is provided for processing the light received by the pair of receivers separately, for detecting a change in intensity at time elapses for calculating the direction of the swing, and the timing of a maximum intensity for obtaining the head speed.

Abstract: An iron club and a set of iron clubs are so arranged that the causes of slicing of a ball are eliminated as much as possible. A pair of boundary lines defining a scored zone provided on a head face appear, to a player, to extend in parallel with a straight line along which the club should be swung. The iron club and the set of iron clubs are also characterized by other features which prevent slicing of the ball.

Abstract: A number one wood-type golf club head comprising a body made of wood. A sole plate is secured to the bottom surface of the wooden body, and at least one cavity is provided in the wooden body and having an opening at the bottom surface, to thereby allow the golf club head to be elongated; the body having a length between a front end and a rear end thereof, from the viewpoint of the swing of the golf club, of more than 83 millimeters. This provides for a greater moment of inertia to obtain a stable drive.

Abstract: In a golf club for putting, the head of the club comprises a face plate having a hitting surface extending between opposite toe and heel sides of the head and a back surface extending substantially in parallel to the hitting surface. A pair of spaced rod-like bodies are fixed to the back surface of the face plate at the toe and heel sides of the head, respectively, and extend backward and in a direction perpendicular to the hitting surface of the face plate. A shaft-mounting body, for mounting the shaft thereon, is fixedly disposed between the rod-like bodies. A hosel member is attached to the top surface of said shaft-mounting body substantially at a center of the head, the hosel member extends upwardly from the shaft-mounting body to a position near a plane containing the face plate and is connected to the shaft at that position.

Abstract: A construction of portion for connecting a golf club-head (11) and a golf club shaft, comprising a vertical first elongated hole (13) extended from the upper end of and toward a point midway in the neck member (12) of the golf club-head, and a vertical second elongated hole (14) having a smaller cross section and extended downward from the base of the first elongated hole (13) in the neck member (12) of the golf club-head (11). The hollow golf shaft fitted with a reinforcing pin (16) having upper and lower fitting portions (16c, 16c) is fitted into the first and second elongated holes (13, 14). This provides an improvement in the strength of the portion connecting the golf club-head (11) and the golf club shaft (15).

Abstract: A head of a wood type golf club comprises a head body (11) formed integrally with a neck (12). The head body (11) has a club face (13) for hitting a golf ball, an upper surface (14) extending rearward in a convex curve from the upper edge of the club face (13), a sole surface (15) extending rearward on a substantially flat plane from the lower edge of the club face (13) and having a smaller area than the upper surface (14), and lateral surfaces (16) extending rearward between the upper and sole surfaces from the toe and heel edges of the club face (13). The lateral surfaces (16) are curved in substantially an S-shape from the peripheral edge of the upper surface (14) toward the peripheral edge of the sole surface (15), and the height from the sole surface (15) to the inflection point (S1) of the S-shaped profile line of the lateral surfaces (16) is increased from the toe and heel edges of the club face (13) toward the rear end of the head body (11).

Abstract: A club head (10) for an iron-type golf club comprises a front wall section (11) having front side (11a) for hitting a ball (20). The front wall (11) is inclined backward from the bottom end thereof toward the top end thereof. A sole wall section (13) is connected at the front end thereof to the bottom end of the front wall section (11) and extends backward from the bottom end of the front wall section (11). A back wall section (14) is connected at the top end thereof to the back side of the front wall section (11) behind an impact point (P) at which the front wall section (11) is initially in contact with a ball (20) when the club head (11) is normally swung and at the bottom end thereof to the sole wall section (13). The back wall section (14) extends in perpendicular to the front wall section (11) between the front wall section (11) and the sole wall section ( 13).

Abstract: A golf club comprises a strain gauge attached to a surface of a hollow shaft in the vicinity of a kick point for detecting a bending of the shaft and a sound indicator for generating a sound when a strain of the shaft, particularly at the kick point, exceeds a predetermined level, so that a golf player can easily confirm whether or not sufficient force is exerted on the shaft during the downswing motion.