Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a composition for preventing and/or treating neurodegenerative diseases and cerebral infarction, and a composition for ameliorating learning disorders. Provided is a composition comprising a combination of a TRH analog and arundic acid.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a composition for preventing and/or treating neurodegenerative diseases and cerebral infarction, and a composition for ameliorating learning disorders. Provided is a composition comprising a combination of a TRH analog and arundic acid.

Abstract: An agent for improving depression-like symptoms comprising D-ribose, which may improve an alleviate various symptoms such as hypobulia, general fatigue, sluggishness, enervation, deterioration in concentration, memory impairment, abnormal sensation/obtundation such as impaired sight, decline in thinking power, indefinite complaint, drop in operation efficiency, or feeling of malaise, etc.

Abstract: A motor vehicle intake muffler duct is formed by integrally bonding an upper duct, a lower duct and a separator interposed between them. Three airways are formed between the upper duct and the separator, seven muffler chambers are formed between the lower duct and the separator, and the airways and the muffler chambers are communicated with each other through vent holes which are formed in the separator. An intake muffler duct in which multiple muffler chambers are integrated with the airways, can be formed from only three components, which are an upper duct, a lower duct and a separator, and moreover although it has a compact structure, it is possible to reduce the intake noise effectively.

Abstract: An air intake duct comprising a main body with bellows which is made by blow molding soft resin and ring-like reinforcements made of hard resin. As the soft resin, a material which is capable of keeping a form of a tube by itself is adopted. The reinforcements are previously mounted on the internal surface of a blow molding die and unite with the bellows in the main body in blow molding.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a compressor housing made up of a cup-like first casing having a suction port defined therein and a cap-like second casing having a discharge port defined therein. The compressor housing accommodates a stationary scroll member having a stationary end plate and a stationary scroll wrap protruding axially from the stationary end plate, and an orbiting scroll member having an orbiting end plate and an orbiting scroll wrap protruding axially from the orbiting end plate, with the orbiting scroll wrap being in engagement with the stationary scroll wrap to define a plurality of working pockets therebetween. At least one shim is interposed between mating surfaces of the first and second casings to regulate axial gaps between axial end surfaces of the stationary and orbiting scroll wraps and the orbiting and stationary end plates opposed thereto.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a stationary scroll and an orbiting scroll having respective wrap elements in engagement with each other. Each of the stationary and orbiting wrap elements has a tip seal groove defined therein and having opposing internal and external walls that are formed so as to represent two involute curves having different phases, respectively.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a stationary scroll and an orbiting scroll having respective wrap elements in engagement with each other. An inner end portion of an internal wall of one of the wrap elements is partially shaped to represent a curve identical to or approximate to an envelope curve which is obtained through circular translation of a circular arc connected with an external wall of the other wrap element. The radius of the circular arc is so chosen as to increase the shortest distance a.sub.x from each of points on the curve to the external wall of the one wrap element towards the inner end of the one wrap element.

Abstract: An outlet check valve includes an output valve seat provided at an outlet port or an outlet passage for compressed air in the vicinity of an outlet port of a compression mechanism and an outlet valve body. The valve seat and valve body are biased away from each other by a gravitational force or a spring. With this arrangement, even if a compressor is rotated at a low speed during a start-up operation, it is possible to cause stagnant liquid to undergo reverse flow into an accumulator disposed on the suction side and to store the liquid temporarily, thereby removing the liquid in the compression spaces and the suction passages and facilitating the start-up operation in a normal rotational direction. A pressure difference between the pressures upstream and downstream relative to the valve body is large when the normal rotating operation is stopped. By this pressure difference, the outlet valve body is moved to close the outlet valve seat, thereby to prevent the reverse rotation of the compression mechanism.

Abstract: A recess is provided in the wrap of a stationary scroll in the vicinity of a terminal end thereof on the side of a suction chamber, so that an orbital scroll can be prevented from collision against the stationary scroll, thereby avoiding breakage of both scroll wraps and occurrence of noises. Further, with the provision of another recess in the orbital scroll wrap in the vicinity of a terminal end thereof, the orbital scroll can be prevented from colliding against the stationary scroll, thereby preventing breakage of both scroll wraps and occurrence of noises.

Abstract: The space in a closed container is divided into two parts by a partition wall member, gas jetting holes through which a high pressure gas released from a compression mechanism section is passed are formed in the partition wall member and a gas collision plate is disposed in opposed relation to the gas jetting holes, and therefore, there is provided a compressor of high achievement factor which is capable of preventing the discharge of oil from the compressor to a refrigerating cycle from being increased even if operated at high rotational frequency.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a hollow synthetic resin product, including a movable parison guide and a movable lower molding portion which align an extruding head, the parison guide and an end of the lower molding portion in a perpendicular plane. The lower molding portion is moved in a direction perpendicular to the perpendicular plane while a parison is extruded from the extruding head, while the parison guide is moved in a direction crossing the moving direction of the lower molding portion in accordance with a shape of a groove of the lower molding portion to accommodate a first portion of the parison in the groove. A cutter cuts the parison in a predetermined length when the predetermined length thereof is extruded, while a parison pinch holds a portion of the parison to be cut immediately before the parison is cut.

Abstract: The method includes moving a parison guide and a lower molding portion to substantially vertically align an extruding head, the parison guide and an end of the lower molding portion. Then, the lower molding portion is moved substantially horizontally while extruding a parison from the extruding head, while the parison guide is moved laterally in a direction crossing the moving direction of the lower molding portion in accordance with a shape of a groove of the lower molding portion to accommodate a first portion of the parison in the groove. Subsequently, the parison is cut into a predetermined length when the predetermined length thereof is extruded, while a portion of the parison to be cut is held by a parison pinch.

Abstract: A swirling spiral impeller portion 13 is structured such that a pressure between the suction and discharge pressures acts on a part of the rear surface thereof. The compressor includes a means for adjusting and cooling the intermediate pressure which acts on a part of the swirling spiral impeller portion 13 by means of the lubricant oil stored in a lubricant oil reservoir 26 to which the discharge pressure in the sealed container acts. The lubricant oil supplied to the compression portion is provided under any pressure condition, and is always supplied stably. As the lubricant oil is cooled, it does not reduce the efficiency greatly.

Abstract: A compressor includes a communication hole 42 through which lubrication oil in an oil reservoir 5 is supplied to a back pressure chamber 39 at least through an eccentrically driving bearing 15, and a communication bore 45 or gap through which the lubrication oil in the back pressure chamber 39 is fed into compression spaces, and a constricted resistance member 44 for regulating the oil flow rate is provided on the communication hole 42. The passage resistance can be made larger in comparison with the case where resistance is caused in a small space of a sliding portion of a bearing, and an accurate value of the passage resistance can be preset with the oil flow rate being low, thereby preventing flow of the lubrication oil to the compression operating spaces from increasing in quantity. Thus, there is provided a highly reliable scroll compressor which has a high compression efficiency, consumes power constantly, and has no risk of compression of the lubrication oil in the compression operating spaces.

Abstract: Bearing lubrication in a scroll compressor can be reliably effected at a sufficient flow rate independently of the flow rate of the lubricating oil supplied to the compression chambers 14 through the provision of a rotary-type displacement oil pump having a pump ring 25 which is adapted to orbit by the movement of the orbiting drive shaft 16. In addition, a lubricating oil sump and an oil intake passage communicating therewith are provided in close vicinity to the compression mechanism 2, thereby making it possible to operate the compressor without involving any backward flow of refrigerant gas in the oil feeding passage over a wide range of operating speed.

Abstract: In a scroll-type compressor, the revolving motion drive shaft 16, formed on the revolving end plate 12 at the side opposite to the revolving swirl blades 11, is fitted in an eccentric bearing eccentrically disposed inside of the main shaft of the crank shaft 6. The crank shaft 6 is connected to the rotor of the electric motor and is supported at the end portion thereof opposite to the main shaft by an upper bearing of a rolling type. Above the upper bearing, a rise preventing plate 24 for preventing the crank shaft 6 from excessively rising upwards is arranged in a fixed manner. The crank shaft 6 is so shaped as to have a stepped portion where the diameter of the shaft portion mounting the rotor 5 becomes stepwise greater than that of the shaft portion fitted in the upper bearing 21. Between the stepped portion and the inner race of the upper bearing 21 is provided an elastic member 26 which can be wave shaped.

Abstract: A scroll-type compressor has a stationary scroll frame 7 on which a discharge muffler 24 is provided so as to form a first discharge space 24a. First and second discharge passages 25, 26 are formed to extend through the stationary scroll frame 7 and a bearing 20 so as to provide communication between the first discharge space 24a and the interior of the hermetic container 1. The second communication hole opens in the interior of the hermetic container 1 through a guide member 29 at a level above the level of a lubricating oil in a lubricant reservoir 31. Since the opening of the second communication hole into the hermetic container is set by the guide member 29 at a level above the oil level in the lubricant reservoir 31, the discharge passage can be formed easily without requiring any special component which defines the passage.

Abstract: A structure of a solid-state image sensing device applicable to an HDVS is disclosed in which at least one of the transmission paths for the drive pulses used for driving vertical registers and horizontal registers can achieve reduced propagation delays and signal distortions of the drive pulses. In the first preferred embodiment, a control gate for controlling the transfer of signal charges between the horizontal registers is constituted by a first polycrystalline silicon layer, a metal wiring layer is formed and is connected to the first polycrystalline silicon layer via contact regions and transfer electrodes provided for driving the horizontal registers are constituted by second and third semiconductor layers placed between the first polycrystalline silicon layer and the metal wiring layer without contacting the contact regions.

Abstract: A balance weight to equilibrate an inertial force due to reciprocation of an Oldham's ring is mounted so that a vibration due to an unbalanced inertial force of the Oldham's ring is transmitted in a direction perpendicular to or almost perpendicular to a connecting direction between the closed vessel and the accumulator, whereby a vibration resulting from an unbalanced inertial force of the compressor body due to the balance weight to equilibrate the inertial force on account of the reciprocation of the Oldham's ring is increased in a direction perpendicular to or almost perpendicular to the connecting direction between the closed vessel and the accumulator. The vibration, however, is reduced in the connecting direction or in a direction close to the connecting direction. As a result, vibrations of pipes connecting the closed vessel to the accumulator are reduced, and reduction of noise of the overall air conditioning system is attained.