Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic oil and fat composition for bakery food dough, wherein the plastic oil and fat composition has excellent extensibility, a method for producing the same, bakery food dough, bakery food, or the like. The present invention also relates to a method for improving extensibility of a plastic oil and fat composition containing edible oil and fat, and a method for improving rising of a layered puffed food. The plastic oil and fat composition for bakery food dough of the present invention is characterized in that it contains 60% by mass to 100% by mass of an edible oil and fat, in which the edible oil and fat contains 0.5% by mass to 20% by mass of soybean hypocotyl oil.

Abstract: An MgB2-based superconducting wire for a liquid hydrogen fluid level sensor which can maintain an unimmersed portion of the MgB2-based superconducting wire for a liquid hydrogen fluid level sensor in a non-superconducting state even without heating the unimmersed portion is provided. A wire for a liquid hydrogen fluid level sensor comprises an MgB2-based superconductor which contains Mg, B, and Al. The critical temperature at which the electrical resistance becomes essentially zero is 20-25 K, and the transition width, which is the difference between the temperature at which the electrical resistance begins to decrease toward zero and the critical temperature, is at most 5 K.

Abstract: A wire saw which has excellent cutting ability and which is not easily clogged by chips formed by cutting is provided. It has a body 6 having a first metal wire 1 which is made of a cobalt-based alloy, two second metal wires 2a and 2b which are made of a cobalt-based alloy, and three third metal wires 3a-3c which are made of a cobalt-based alloy and are wound on the first metal wire 1. The second metal wires 2a and 2b are helically wound on each of the third metal wires 3a-3c in opposite directions so as to cross each other. Cutting teeth are constituted by projections 8 which are formed by the crossing points of the two second metal wires 2a and 2b.

Abstract: An MgB2-based superconducting wire for a liquid hydrogen fluid level sensor which can maintain an unimmersed portion of the MgB2-based superconducting wire for a liquid hydrogen fluid level sensor in a non-superconducting state even without heating the unimmersed portion is provided. A wire for a liquid hydrogen fluid level sensor comprises an MgB2-based superconductor which contains Mg, B, and Al. The critical temperature at which the electrical resistance becomes essentially zero is 20-25 K, and the transition width, which is the difference between the temperature at which the electrical resistance begins to decrease toward zero and the critical temperature, is at most 5 K.

Abstract: A wire saw which has excellent cutting ability and which is not easily clogged by chips formed by cutting is provided. It has a body 6 having a first metal wire 1 which is made of a cobalt-based alloy, two second metal wires 2a and 2b which are made of a cobalt-based alloy, and three third metal wires 3a-3c which are made of a cobalt-based alloy and are wound on the first metal wire 1. The second metal wires 2a and 2b are helically wound on each of the third metal wires 3a-3c in opposite directions so as to cross each other. Cutting teeth are constituted by projections 8 which are formed by the crossing points of the two second metal wires 2a and 2b.

Abstract: A cabin unit for a work machine comprises a cabin frame including a ceiling frame forming a top portion of the cabin frame, and a door open frame forming a front portion of the cabin frame; a door provided in the door open frame; a door opening/closing mechanism for supporting the door from the door open from to the ceiling frame to be moved rearward and upward from a closed position for closing the door to an open position in which a front surface of the door in the closed position is directed upward; a locking mechanism provided above the door for limiting movement of the door when in the closed position or the open position; and a first unlocking mechanism provided in the door for unlocking the locking mechanism. The first unlocking mechanism includes an internal control member for releasing the locked state from the inside of the door, and an external control member for releasing the locked state from the outside of the door.

Abstract: A cabin unit for a work machine comprises a cabin frame including a ceiling frame forming a top portion of the cabin frame, and a door open frame forming a front portion of the cabin frame; a door provided in the door open frame; a door opening/closing mechanism for supporting the door from the door open from to the ceiling frame to be moved rearward and upward from a closed position for closing the door to an open position in which a front surface of the door in the closed position is directed upward; a locking mechanism provided above the door for limiting movement of the door when in the closed position or the open position; and a first unlocking mechanism provided in the door for unlocking the locking mechanism. The first unlocking mechanism includes an internal control member for releasing the locked state from the inside of the door, and an external control member for releasing the locked state from the outside of the door.

Abstract: The invention provides a foamed body of thermoplastic resin having a high expansion ratio, desired shape and cells of desired diameter, especially fine cells. The foamed body of thermoplastic resin is produced by filling the thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent into a cavity 31 of a mold 2a and thereafter enlarging the cavity 31 to expand the resin. In this process, the cavity 31 is completely filled with the resin as melted and containing the foaming agent, then held in its shape as filled with the resin and enlarged to an increased final cavity width upon the average temperature filled in the cavity 31 reaching the range from the melting point of the resin to the melting point plus 30° C.

Abstract: The invention provides a foamed body of thermoplastic resin having a high expansion ratio, desired shape and cells of desired diameter, especially fine cells. The foamed body of thermoplastic resin is produced by filling the thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent into a cavity 31 of a mold 2a and thereafter enlarging the cavity 31 to expand the resin. In this process, the cavity 31 is completely filled with the resin as melted and containing the foaming agent, then held in its shape as filled with the resin and enlarged to an increased final cavity width upon the average temperature filled in the cavity 31 reaching the range from the melting point of the resin to the melting point plus 30° C.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an injection molding process for preparing thermoplastic resin molded articles and an injection molding apparatus for use in practicing this process, the process and the apparatus being adapted to supply a blowing agent, especially a nonreactive gas such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen gas, to a thermoplastic resin continuously at a relatively low pressure with good stability to incorporate the agent or gas into the resin. As shown in FIG. 3, a resin in a cylinder (2) of an injection molding machine (1) as melted by rotating a screw (3) is mixed and dissolves carbon dioxide which is supplied to the molten resin from a gas supply opening (5) formed in the screw (3). An amount of the gas-incorporating molten resin is measured out and injected into a mold cavity to obtain an expansion-molded article.

Abstract: A content supply apparatus is interposed between a portable terminal and a content server, to obtain content demanded by the portable terminal and transmit the obtained content to the portable terminal. A content holding section holds content obtained from the content server. A content supply section obtains the demanded content from the content holding section if the demanded content is there, or from the content server, and transmits the demanded content to the portable terminal. In a preferred embodiment, the content supply section transmits the content in divided content units of a maximum information amount that can be displayed by the portable terminal. In another embodiment, a prefetching section prefetches other content, referred from the transmitted divided content units, and stores the prefetched content in the content holding section.

Abstract: The invention provides a foamed body of thermoplastic resin having a high expansion ratio, desired shape and cells of desired diameter, especially fine cells. The foamed body of thermoplastic resin is produced by filling the thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent into a cavity 31 of a mold 2a and thereafter enlarging the cavity 31 to expand the resin. In this process, the cavity 31 is completely filled with the resin as melted and containing the foaming agent, then held in its shape as filled with the resin and enlarged to an increased final cavity width upon the average temperature filled in the cavity 31 reaching the range from the melting point of the resin to the melting point plus 30° C.

Abstract: The invention provides a foamed body of thermoplastic resin having a high expansion ratio, desired shape and cells of desired diameter, especially fine cells. The foamed body of thermoplastic resin is produced by filling the thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent into a cavity 31 of a mold 2a and thereafter enlarging the cavity 31 to expand the resin. In this process, the cavity 31 is completely filled with the resin as melted and containing the foaming agent, then held in its shape as filled with the resin and enlarged to an increased final cavity width upon the average temperature filled in the cavity 31 reaching the range from the melting point of the resin to the melting point plus 30° C.

Abstract: The invention provides a molding apparatus adapted to use a screw having an overall length permitting the use of an existing molding machine cylinder as it is, and is capable of realizing a gas impregnation step. The screw 3 for use in the gas impregnation step comprises a resin melting portion C disposed at an upstream position for rendering the resin molten, a molten resin nonfilled-up portion E integral with the downstream side of the resin melting portion C for making the resin lower than an inert gas at a gas supply opening 5 in pressure, and a gas impregnation portion D integral with the downstream side of the molten resin nonfilled-up portion E for supplying the inert gas and impregnating the molten resin with the inert gas.

Abstract: The invention provides a molding apparatus adapted to use a screw having an overall length permitting the use of an existing molding machine cylinder as it is, and is capable of realizing a gas impregnation step. The screw 3 for use in the gas impregnation step comprises a resin melting portion C disposed at an upstream position for rendering the resin molten, a molten resin nonfilled-up portion E integral with the downstream side of the resin melting portion C for making the resin lower than an inert gas at a gas supply opening 5 in pressure, and a gas impregnation portion D integral with the downstream side of the molten resin nonfilled-up portion E for supplying the inert gas and impregnating the molten resin with the inert gas.

Abstract: A system of the present invention comprises a service provider for making a predetermined contract with a service institution and a predetermined contract with a consumer to conduct, in place of the service institution and the consumer, a procedure associated with a service contract of the service institution and the consumer. Specifically, the service provider makes registration, changes, or deletion of personal information of the consumer in the service institution, registration, changes, or deletion of a service offered by the service institution to which the consumer subscribes, and sorts or lists service information provided by the service institution.

Abstract: Interpose between a portable terminal and a content server, obtain the content demanded by the portable terminal to obtain from the content server and transmit to the portable terminal to avoid useless content prefetching at the gateway server. The divided content supply section 14 transmits the content demanded by the portable terminal 2 to obtain by divided content unit of each information amount that can be displayed by the portable terminal 2. The prefetching section 17 prefetches the other contents referred to from said divided content, by divided content unit transmitted to the portable terminal 2 from the group of content servers 3 and stores in the content hold section 11.

Abstract: A mass spectrometer using a plasma ion source for analyzing an ultra-trace element includes a plasma generation system for generating a plasma including the composition of a sample, an ion beam formation system for extracting ions in the form of a beam from the plasma generating the ions, a mass spectrometry system for performing mass spectrometry of the ion beamn, and an ion detection system for detecting the ions subjected to the mass spectrometry, in which a lens system made up of a cylindrical first electrode, a cylindrical second electrode with a photon stopper disposed on the central axis thereof, and a cylindrical third electrode is further provided between the ion beam formation system and the mass spectrometry system.

Abstract: A plasma analyzer for trace element analysis has a gas supply system comprising a plurality of gas sources, an electromagnetic valve provided on a line connecting each gas source to a plasma generating space, a buffer tank provided after the electromagnetic valve on the line, and a flow regulating flowmeter provided after the buffer tank on the line. Each electromagnetic valves is controlled for on-off operation and the corresponding buffer tank suppresses the sudden change of the flow rate of the corresponding gas, so that the composition of the gas supplied to the plasma generating space changes gradually in spite of the simple on-off operation of the electromagnetic valves. Thus, the fluctuation and extinction of the plasma attributable to the sudden change of the composition of the gas supplied to the plasma generating space can be effectively prevented.

Abstract: A plasma source mass spectrometer in which ions in a plasma generated in a high pressure (.ltoreq.1 atm) region are introduced into a low pressure (.ltoreq.10.sup.-5 Torr) region to analysis the ion mass includes a moderate pressure (.gtoreq.10.sup.-3 Torr) region which is provided between the high pressure region and the low pressure region. The plasma generated in the high pressure region is diffused to the moderate pressure region in order to produce a diffused plasma. Ions are extracted from the diffused plasma by an ion extraction electrode having an ion extraction opening. In the vicinity of the ion extraction opening a convex-shaped toward the diffused plasma whereby ion sheath is formed, whereby the ions can be extracted toward the low pressure region with a high efficiency.