Abstract: A conveyance device (100) comprises: a carriage (10); a support column (20); a lifting device (30) that moves in the vertical direction along the support column (20); and a load platform (90) that is moved in the vertical direction by the lifting device (30). The lifting device (30) includes an upper guide (40), a lower guide (50), and a linking member (60) for linking an upper member (41) and a lower member (51) together. The upper guide (40) includes: a first wheel (42) that rolls on a rear surface (22) of the support column (20); and the upper member (41) which supports the first wheel (42). The lower guide (50) includes: a second wheel (52) that rolls on a front surface (21) of the support column (20); and the lower member (51) which supports the second wheel (52), the lower guide being disposed below the upper guide (40). The load platform (90) is disposed in front of the second wheel (52), and is linked to front side and rear side portions of the linking member (60).

Abstract: A conveyance device (100) comprises: a base member (81); a holding member (83) that moves along the base member (81); a motor (M) for advancing and retracting the holding member (83); a target (T) provided on the holding member (83); an optical distance sensor (86) positioned so as to face the target (T) when the holding member (83) is in the advanced position; and a control device (70). A processor (71) is configured such that: a basic rotation speed is applied to the motor (M) to advance the holding member (83); the actual distance from the optical distance sensor (86) to the advanced target (T) is measured by the optical distance sensor (86); a corrected distance for moving the holding member (83) to the advanced position is calculated on the basis of the measured actual distance; and the motor (M) moves the holding member (83) on the basis of the calculated corrected distance.

Abstract: This conveyance system (190) comprises: a main control device (150) that receives a conveyance request for a workpiece (W) from a plurality of processing machines (1A, 1B); and a conveyance device (100) that conveys the workpiece (W) between a storage shelf (2) and the plurality of processing machines (1A, 1B). The main control device (150) transmits a standby signal indicating whether or not a plurality of conveyance requests are held in the main control device (150). A local control device (70) of the conveyance device (100) moves a carriage (10) with a first travel control parameter when the standby signal indicates that the plurality of conveyance requests are held in the main control device (150), and moves the carriage (10) with a second travel control parameter when the standby signal indicates that the plurality of conveyance requests are not held in the main control device.

Abstract: A conveyance device (100) comprises: a base member (81); a holding member (83) that moves along the base member (81); a motor (M) for advancing and retracting the holding member (83); a target (T) provided on the holding member (83); an optical distance sensor (86) positioned so as to face the target (T) when the holding member (83) is in the advanced position; and a control device (70). A processor (71) is configured such that: a basic rotation speed is applied to the motor (M) to advance the holding member (83); the actual distance from the optical distance sensor (86) to the advanced target (T) is measured by the optical distance sensor (86); a corrected distance for moving the holding member (83) to the advanced position is calculated on the basis of the measured actual distance; and the motor (M) moves the holding member (83) on the basis of the calculated corrected distance.

Abstract: A conveyance device (100) comprises: a carriage (10); a support column (20); a lifting device (30) that moves in the vertical direction along the support column (20); and a load platform (90) that is moved in the vertical direction by the lifting device (30). The lifting device (30) includes an upper guide (40), a lower guide (50), and a linking member (60) for linking an upper member (41) and a lower member (51) together. The upper guide (40) includes: a first wheel (42) that rolls on a rear surface (22) of the support column (20); and the upper member (41) which supports the first wheel (42). The lower guide (50) includes: a second wheel (52) that rolls on a front surface (21) of the support column (20); and the lower member (51) which supports the second wheel (52), the lower guide being disposed below the upper guide (40). The load platform (90) is disposed in front of the second wheel (52), and is linked to front side and rear side portions of the linking member (60).

Abstract: A machine tool in which a splashguard, which surrounds a machining part for machining a workpiece with a tool, defines a machining chamber includes a window provided in the splashguard and through which the interior of the machining chamber can be viewed, a display device attached in the vicinity of the window, and a display control device for displaying an actually captured video showing a workpiece machining operation or a simulated video of a workpiece machining operation on a screen of the display device in synchronization with a current operation of the machine tool by changing the screen of the display device in accordance with need.

Abstract: A machining system which includes a plurality of machine tools each having an independent operation part and controller, and shared peripheral equipment associated with all of the plurality of machine tools, includes a shared controller for the shared peripheral equipment which is operable by each of the operation parts of the plurality of machine tools, wherein the shared controller includes an authorization part for granting operation authority to one of the operation parts of the plurality of the machine tools.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hypothermic agent for an animal, a therapeutic agent for hyperthermia in an animal, etc. The present invention provides a hypothermic agent for an animal, a therapeutic agent for hyperthermia in an animal, etc., the agents etc. comprising desacyl ghrelin or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hypothermic agent for an animal, a therapeutic agent for hyperthermia in an animal, etc. The present invention provides a hypothermic agent for an animal, a therapeutic agent for hyperthermia in an animal, etc., the agents etc. comprising desacyl ghrelin or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a therapeutic agent for accelerating recovery to accelerate a return to normal physical conditions by administering to an animal not in good health and under medical treatment, a treatment method, and the like. There is provided a therapeutic agent for accelerating recovery for animal use to accelerate the improvement of a physical condition of an animal under medical treatment which has a decreased activity (vigor) and is exhausted, which contains ghrelin or a derivative thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient and improves one or more of evaluation parameters consisting of activity (vigor), blood cell test values, biochemical test values, body temperature, the degree of anger or anxiety, and respiratory rate.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a therapeutic agent for accelerating recovery to accelerate a return to normal physical conditions by administering to an animal not in good health and under medical treatment, a treatment method, and the like. There is provided a therapeutic agent for accelerating recovery for animal use to accelerate the improvement of a physical condition of an animal under medical treatment which has a decreased activity (vigor) and is exhausted, which contains ghrelin or a derivative thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient and improves one or more of evaluation parameters consisting of activity (vigor), blood cell test values, biochemical test values, body temperature, the degree of anger or anxiety, and respiratory rate.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mouse which has the characteristics of early developing visceral fat type obesity and also has concurrent diabetes and hyperlipemia and in which the trait is genetically established and recessively inherited. An ICR-derived mouse strain, Daruma, spontaneously developing obesity, exhibiting autosomal recessive inheritance for the trait of spontaneously developing obesity, and becoming obese only in the homozygous type is provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a spinal neuron damage treating agent for use in the treatment of spinal neuron damage, or an agent for promoting the proliferation of spinal neuronal precursor cells in the culture of spinal neuronal precursor cells, or an agent for promoting the regeneration of spinal nerves after transplantation of cultured spinal neuronal precursor cells, and the like. The invention provides an agent that contains a substance (e.g., ghrelin) that acts on the growth hormone secretagogue-receptor as an active ingredient, the agent being a spinal neuron damage treating agent for use in the treatment of spinal neuron damage, or an agent for promoting the proliferation of cultured spinal neuronal precursor cells in the culture of spinal neuronal precursor cells, or an agent for promoting the regeneration of spinal nerves after transplantation of cultured spinal neuronal precursor cells, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel therapeutic agent for skin injuries and a skin regeneration accelerator. The therapeutic agent for skin injuries and the skin regeneration accelerator containing desacyl ghrelin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: In a drive device, two cylinders filled with air pressure are interconnected, and the pistons of the cylinders are pressed under the same pressure by compressed air supplied to the cylinders. The drive device has an external input device for applying an external input to the cylinders so that the pistons reciprocate alternately. The external input device causes the pistons to reciprocate alternately, and the reciprocation motion provides rotational force. The interconnected cylinders are multi-stage cylinders, pressurized air flow paths (22A, 22B) connected to each cylinder stage are formed in the multi-stage cylinders, and (17A, 17B) for opening and closing the flow paths are also provided in the cylinders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel therapeutic agent for skin injuries and a skin regeneration accelerator. The therapeutic agent for skin injuries and the skin regeneration accelerator containing a substance acting on a growth hormone secretagogue receptor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mouse which has the characteristics of early developing visceral fat type obesity and also has concurrent diabetes and hyperlipemia and in which the trait is genetically established and recessively inherited. An ICR-derived mouse strain, Daruma, spontaneously developing obesity, exhibiting autosomal recessive inheritance for the trait of spontaneously developing obesity, and becoming obese only in the homozygous type is provided.

Abstract: An optical disk pasting apparatus 1 for pasting two disks by overlapping the second disk D2 on the first disk D1 on which an adhesive agent 4 is coated, is featured in that said second disk D2 is overlapped on the first disk D1 while adsorbing and holding said second disk D2 by warping so that the second disk is swelled in a direction (the direction of the arrow X) opposite to the first disk D1 side opposed the second disk D2, wherein closed space 5 formed between both disks D1 and D2 is vacuumed and attracted by bringing the outside areas of the first disk D1 and the second disk D2 in contact with each other.

Abstract: A metal-impregnated refractory product of this invention has high slag attack, gas attack, and spalling resistances and is used in various types of molten metal treatment vessels. A material of refractory particles mainly consisting of MgO or Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 is formed and heated by a suitable method to obtain a porous material body containing at least 4 vol % of open pores. A metal or an alloy mainly consisting of at least one type of a metal selected from the group consisting of iron, chromium, and nickel is impregnated in the porous material body at a ratio of 25 vol % or more of the open pores. The metal is filled in pores present in a region from the surface to at least a predetermined depth. The metal-impregnated refractory product can withstand various high-temperature damages and can be stably used over a long time period.

Abstract: A disk substrate is supported by a support base formed on a center pin which is vertically movable on a selective basis, a table is set below the disk substrate, and a stamper is positioned on the table by means of a guide ring or the like. A ring-shaped portion of resin which is cured upon radiation of ultraviolet rays is set on the stamper. The center pin is then caused to descend by means of a drive mechanism, to a first position, at which position the disk substrate is on the point of contact with the resin. Then, the disk substrate is caused to descend intermittently in units of very small amounts, to a second position, at which position the entire periphery of the ring-like resin is brought into contact with the disk substrate.