Abstract: An inhaling apparatus is provided with a fitting section for removably fitting thereto a liquid agent ejection cartridge. The liquid agent ejection cartridge comprises storage means for storing a liquid agent, ejection means for ejecting the liquid agent as liquid droplets, a suction port section to be held in the mouth of a user inhaling the liquid agent, and a liquid agent flow path for connecting the ejection means and the suction port section. The apparatus is portable and the cartridge is disposable.

Abstract: A medicine ejection device is provided allowing a medicine with a desired droplet diameter to be inhaled at a constant rate. The medicine ejection device has a decision part at which the ejection operating conditions of a medicine ejection part for ejecting the medicine are decided in accordance with at least one of an open-air environment or a state of the medicine during use of the device. The device ejects the medicine according to the ejection operating conditions decided by the decision part.

Abstract: A medicine ejection apparatus ejecting a plurality of medicines contained in a plurality of reservoirs includes a medicine identification section that identifies the medicines. A decision section is also provided to decide an ejection order in which the medicines are ejected, according to the combination of the identified medicines. In a medicine ejection section, the medicines are ejected in the ejection order decided by the decision section.

Abstract: A liquid medication cartridge includes an accommodating portion for accommodating a liquid medication; a liquid discharge portion having a discharge port for discharging the liquid medication by using an ink jet technique, a communicating member for establishing communication between the accommodating portion and the liquid discharge portion and a filling member for filling the liquid discharge portion with the liquid medication.

Abstract: An inhaling apparatus is to be used by a user to inhale a liquid medical agent from an inhalation port thereof. It has a liquid medical agent ejecting section having an ejection port for ejecting a liquid medical agent as droplets and a pressure detecting section for detecting the negative pressure produced by the atmospheric pressure as pressure difference at the time of inhalation of the user for the purpose of controlling the ejection of droplets from the ejection port. The ejection port of the liquid medical agent ejecting section is arranged at a position adapted to produce a pressure difference smaller than the pressure difference with the atmospheric pressure as detected by the pressure detecting section at the time of the inhaling action of the user.

Abstract: An ejection apparatus for ejecting droplets of liquid includes a loading portion, a reader, and a judging unit. The loading portion detachably loads therein a liquid cartridge container for containing liquid, and a liquid ejection cartridge having an ejecting portion for ejecting liquid separately, or as a combined kit. The reader reads information attached to at least one of the liquid cartridge container and the liquid ejection cartridge. The judging unit judges, based on the information read by the reader, whether each of the liquid cartridge container and the liquid ejection cartridge loaded in the loading portion is appropriate, or whether a combination of the liquid cartridge container and the liquid ejection cartridge is a predetermined combination. The ejection apparatus allows a user to relatively readily and accurately carry out ejection of appropriate liquid by an appropriate ejection unit.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid medicine ejection device to eject liquid medicine into an inhalation flow path in the form of liquid droplets to thereby allow a user to inhale the liquid medicine through a suction portion, the liquid medicine ejection device including: an ejection means, which communicates with a liquid medicine storage section, for ejecting the liquid medicine in the form of liquid droplets from an ejection opening; and a pressure variable means for changing a pressure in the liquid medicine storage section in accordance with a change of pressure in the inhalation flow path connected to the ejection opening of the ejection means and the suction portion. According to the liquid medicine ejection device of the present invention, it is possible to prevent an ejection failure caused by a negative pressure applied to the ejection means, thereby enabling a reliable inhalation.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave applying apparatus having an electromagnetic wave source (13) such as an ultraviolet lamp or the like, a cylinder (15) surrounding the electromagnetic wave source, a liquid retention tank (16) disposed around the cylinder, and an inlet portion (17) for introducing a liquid overflow from the liquid retention tank as a thin film flowing down an inner wall surface of the cylinder, which is irradiated with an electromagnetic wave from the ultraviolet lamp (11). The electromagnetic wave applying apparatus also has swirling flow forming means for causing the liquid introduced from the inlet portion (17) onto the inner wall surface of the cylinder to flow as a swirling flow down the inner wall surface. The electromagnetic wave applying apparatus allows a large amount of liquid to be stably treated by the application of an electromagnetic wave without causing the electromagnetic wave source such as an ultraviolet lamp or the like to be contaminated.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave applying apparatus according to the present invention has an electromagnetic wave source (13) such as an ultraviolet lamp or the like, a cylinder (15) surrounding the electromagnetic wave source, a liquid retention tank (16) disposed around the cylinder, and an inlet portion (17) for introducing a liquid overflow from the liquid retention tank as a thin film flowing down an inner wall surface of the cylinder, which is irradiated with an electromagnetic wave from the ultraviolet lamp (11). The electromagnetic wave applying apparatus also has swirling flow forming means for causing the liquid introduced from the inlet portion (17) onto the inner wall surface of the cylinder to flow as a swirling flow down the inner wall surface. The electromagnetic wave applying apparatus allows a large amount of liquid to be stably treated by the application of an electromagnetic wave without causing the electromagnetic wave source such as an ultraviolet lamp or the like to be contaminated.

Abstract: In an ozonized water producing apparatus in which a pressurized ozone gas generated by an electric discharge type ozonizer is dissolved in water to be treated through a porous hollow-fiber membrane, an infinite variable-speed control type pump is provided upstream of the hollow-fiber membrane to maintain the water pressure inside the hollow fibers higher than the ozone gas pressure and to control the water pressure and flow rate, and a control mechanism is provided to control the ozone concentration in the treated water on the basis of the ozone gas concentration. Thereby treated water containing neither tiny bubbles nor impurities is obtained, and the concentration, flow rate and pressure of the treated water are controlled at constant levels.

Abstract: A transfer sheet suitable for electrophotographic pressure fixing, which comprises a paper support and a thin layer of resin formed by coating, thereon as transfer-acceptable layer said resin being obtained by neutralizing carboxyl radical of a copolymer comprising methyl methacrylate, alkyl acrylate and/or alkyl methacrylate and unsaturated carboxylic acid as constitution units with ammonia or some volatile amine.