Abstract: The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to change the thickness of the colored resin layer of the preform gradually in the upward or downward direction, by utilizing a tendency of gradual decrease in the thickness of the colored resin layer caused by the flow of the main resin inside the preform mold when the main resin and the colored resin are injected into the mold. The objects of this invention is to provide a biaxially drawn, blow molded bottle having new decorativeness created in which sophisticated color gradations associated with color density are created in the body of this bottle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing 2,4,6-tris(hydroxyphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine compound in which no rapid solidification or the like occurs and generation of by-products is suppressed, thereby enabling to reduce decrease in the yield. Particularly, the present invention is a method of producing 2,4,6-tris(hydroxyphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine compound represented by the following Formula (1): wherein the reaction between cyanuric halide compound represented by the following Formula (2): and hydroxyphenyl compound represented by the following Formula (3): is carried out by using, as the reaction solvent, a solvent containing sulfolane as the main component in the presence of a Lewis acid at an amount of 0.3 to 0.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for stably forming an artificial lipid membrane while suppressing the leakage and evaporation of an electrolytic solution. The present invention is an artificial lipid membrane forming method for forming an artificial lipid membrane using an artificial lipid membrane forming apparatus. The artificial lipid membrane forming apparatus comprises a first chamber, a second chamber, a dividing wall, and an artificial lipid membrane forming portion. Each of the first chamber and the second chamber has a capacity of not smaller than 10 pl and not larger than 200 ?l. The artificial lipid membrane forming method of the present invention comprises the steps of: preparing the artificial lipid membrane forming apparatus; adding to the first chamber a first electrolytic solution having a viscosity of not lower than 1.

Abstract: The detachment of a feed roller rotatably supported by a holding portion provided in the main body of an apparatus, and held detachably in the axial direction thereof is restricted by a locking device. The locking device is made movable to a lock position and a lock releasing position for permitting the detachment of the feed roller. Further, when the locking device is in the lock releasing position when a sheet stacking portion is mounted, the locking device is moved to the lock position by a position changeover device in operative association with the mounting operation of the sheet stacking portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image reading section; a sheet feeding section; an image forming section configured to form an image on the sheet of the receiving material fed from the sheet feeding section; and a sheet discharging section located below the image reading section and configured to discharge the sheet bearing the image fed from the image forming section, wherein the sheet discharging section includes an outlet from which the sheet bearing the image is drawn; an inlet which is located on an upstream side from the outlet relative to the sheet discharging direction and from which the sheet bearing the image is discharged by the image forming section; a sheet receiving portion which receives the sheet bearing the image discharged from the inlet; and a top wall, and wherein the top wall is slanting upward in the sheet discharging direction.

Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a vacuum valve, an electromagnet including a first coil for driving an operating shaft of the vacuum valve toward an opening direction by electromagnetic repulsion, a movable core and a permanent magnet. Further, an operating mechanism is provided which excites the first coil to close the vacuum valve, holds the vacuum valve closed by an attractive force of the permanent magnet and excites the first coil in a direction reverse to an excitation direction in closing operation to open the vacuum valve. In the circuit breaker, together with the first coil, a second coil is disposed which is excited simultaneously with an electromagnetic repulsion coil for a quick opening operation by electromagnetic repulsion is provided in the electromagnet.

Abstract: Optical waveguides and optical transceivers are formed on one main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A light source is provided on one side surface of the semiconductor substrate, and emits light to the optical waveguides. In each of the optical transceivers, when a voltage is applied to a silicon layer, an optical resonator resonates with any one of the light components traveling through the optical waveguides, and emits the light component to an optical transmission member. In addition, in each of the optical transceivers, when a voltage is applied to the silicon layer, another optical resonators resonate with light traveling through the optical transmission member and emit the resonance light to photodetectors, respectively.

Abstract: A container made of synthetic resin which does not cause whitening or clouding in an unstretched portion even after long-period storage and which has excellent barrier properties. A PET bottle comprising a substrate layer made of PET and a barrier layer having a gas permeability lower than that of the substrate layer, wherein the barrier layer is made of a barrier material prepared by incorporating a polyamide containing m-xylene groups with an amorphous polyamide comprising both m-xylene isophthalamide structures and hexamethylene isophthalamide structures. A copolyamide composed of both a copolymer of m-xylenediamine and isophthalic acid and a copolymer of hexamethylenediamine and isophthalic acid is used as the amorphous polyamide. The content of the amorphous polyamide in the barrier layer is adjusted to 15 to 25 wt %.

Abstract: A method for measuring the concentration of creatinine includes the steps of: (A) mixing a sample containing creatinine with a creatinine quantitative reagent including 1-methoxy-5-methylphenazinium in the absence of picric acid and any enzyme responsive to creatinine, to cause the creatinine to reduce the 1-methoxy-5-methylphenazinium; (B) electrochemically or optically measuring the amount of the 1-methoxy-5-methylphenazinium reduced in the step (A); and (C) determining the concentration of the creatinine contained in the sample from the amount of the reduced 1-methoxy-5-methylphenazinium measured in the step (B).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a commodity information reading and displaying apparatus includes a housing, a reading window, a display device, and a light blocking sheet. The reading window is provided on one surface of the housing and configured to read predetermined information from a commodity held over the reading window. The display device is provided on a surface opposite to the surface of the housing, on which the reading window is provided, and configured to display information concerning the commodity held over the reading window. The light blocking sheet is attached to the display device and configured to limit an angle of field of a display surface of the display device to a direction deviating from the front of the display surface.

Abstract: An authentication method of performing authentication for an information processing device connected via a communication network by an authentication device, including: receiving information related to biometric authentication concerning the information processing device; receiving information related to identification information for identifying the information processing device; receiving information related to environment of the information processing device; receiving an electronic signature by a secret key which is paired with an electronic certification transmitted from the information processing device; and determining, by a control unit, a biometric level based on the received information related to biometric authentication, a device level based on the received information related to identification information and an environment level based on the received information related to environment; correcting, by the control unit, the determined level based on validity of the received electronic signature.

Abstract: A biodegradable molded article and a container using the molded article, exhibiting an improved heat resistance. The molded article is obtained by injection molding a polylactic acid resin, wherein the molded article comprises poly-L-lactic acid containing less than 4 mol% of D-lactic acid. The molded article has a crystallized portion at least locally, having a ratio of the crystallizing heat quantity to the melting heat quantity (|?Hc|/?Hm), which ratio is not more than 0.7 in a temperature rising chart obtained by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a support portion configured to support first and second rollers to be able to increase/decrease a distance between an axis line of the first roller and an axis line of the second roller including a second roller body; an elastic member configured to urge at least one of the first and second rollers to relatively bring it close to the other; and a regulating portion configured to regulate, at a position at which part of the plurality of first roller bodies and part of the second roller body overlap each other in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, movement of the at least one of the first and second rollers in a direction of increasing the distance between the axis line of the first roller and the axis line of the second roller.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet conveying apparatus including: a first sheet conveying rotary member; a second sheet conveying rotary member provided upstream of the first sheet conveying rotary member; and a third sheet conveying rotary member provided upstream of the second sheet conveying rotary member, in which: the first sheet conveying rotary member, the second sheet conveying rotary member, and the third sheet conveying rotary member can convey the same sheet at the same time; a relationship between a peripheral speed V1 of the first sheet conveying rotary member, a peripheral speed V2 of the second sheet conveying rotary member, and a peripheral speed V3 of the third sheet conveying rotary member is V3>V1>V2; and a velocity of a sheet at a portion where the sheet is ejected from the second sheet conveying rotary member is equal to or lower than the peripheral speed of the first sheet conveying rotary member.

Abstract: A DC switchgear is provided with a commutation-type DC circuit breaker having a main circuit provided with a main switch for interconnecting a DC power supply and a load, and a commutating circuit provided with a commutating capacitor and a commutating switch, which is connected electrically parallel to the main switch. The switchgear further has a DC circuit breaker accommodating box that includes the main circuit provided with the main switch, and the commutation-type DC circuit breaker; a front accommodating box disposed on the front of the DC circuit breaker accommodating box, which accommodates devices having functions for controlling the switchgear and indicating a status, such as a failure status thereof; and a rear accommodating box disposed on the back of the DC circuit breaker accommodating box. The front and rear accommodating boxes are connected to the DC circuit breaker accommodating box to form an integrated DC switchgear.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first signing unit which digitally signs device information and environment information, a first generator which generates a first digital envelope as data including the signed device information and the signed environment information, a second signing unit which digitally signs biometric authentication information and the first digital envelope, a second generator which generates a second digital envelope as data including the signed biometric authentication information and the signed first digital envelope, a transmitter which transmits the second digital envelope, and a receiver which receives authentication results.

Abstract: Sheets fed out from a sheet feeding portion, which is brought into pressure contact with the sheets by the upward movement of a sheet stacking portion to feed out the sheets, are separated and conveyed one by one while being upwardly curved. During the sheet feeding operation, the sheet stacking portion is sequentially moved up, and when the sheet feeding operation is completed, the sheet stacking portion is moved down. Further, a remaining amount indicating member moved with the upward movement of the sheet stacking portion to indicate the remaining amount of sheets is held at a position before the sheet stacking portion is moved down, by a holding mechanism, when the sheet feeding operation is completed and the sheet stacking portion is moved down.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antihypertensive agent having a superior antihypertensive action, and a method for lowering blood pressure in mammals by inhalation of such an antihypertensive agent through the nostril. The antihypertensive agent of the present invention comprises citral and linalool, and has a mass ratio of citral to linalool of not less than 10:1 and not greater than 40:1. Since this antihypertensive agent has a superior antihypertensive action, it can be utilized as antihypertensive compositions for medical drugs, foods and beverages and feeds.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a program converting unit for generating a machine language instruction from a source program for a processor that manages an N-bit address while processing M-bit data, N being greater than M, and such a processor that runs the converted program. The program converting unit comprising: a parameter holding unit for holding a data width and a pointer width designated by a user; the data width representing the number of bits of data used in the source program while the pointer width representing the number of bits of an address; and a generating unit for generating an instruction to manage the data width when a variable operated by the instruction represents the data, and for generating an instruction to manage the pointer width when a variable operated by the instruction represents the address.