Abstract: An organic material represented by General Formula (1): where, in General Formula (1), R1 is an alkyl group having 6 carbon atoms or more but 20 carbon atoms or less; n is an integer of from 1 through 3; X1 to X4 are each a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; and Z is a compound represented by General Formula (2), (3), or (4) below: where, in General Formulae (2) to (4), R2, R3, and R4 are each an alkyl group having 6 carbon atoms or more but 20 carbon atoms or less; and Y is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.

Abstract: In order to provide a process and an apparatus for manufacturing confectionery products made from cereals, in particular thin ones having uniform shapes, which solve disadvantages in transporting such products, it is characterized in that a first and a second drying steps are arranged prior to cut-out baking raw material dough pieces in manufacturing thin confectionery products made from cereals and having uniform shapes, in which in the first drying step, drying is conducted by a step of transporting the raw material dough pieces aligned on transporting conveyor belts under a hot blast atmosphere inside a first drying compartment, a maturing step in a cooling state is arranged following a completion of the first drying step, and in the second drying step, drying is conducted by a step of transporting the raw material dough pieces in their mixed state under a hot air atmosphere inside rotary drums in an axial direction in a second drying compartment.

Abstract: Apparatus manufactures thin confectionery products with uniform shapes and has first and second drying apparatuses between shape cutting and baking apparatuses for adjusting water content of raw dough pieces. The first drying apparatus has upper and lower levels, the upper level having conveyor belts at plural stages for transporting the dough pieces under hot air atmosphere and the lower level having conveyor belt for cooling, and conveyor belt for maturing the cooled pieces. The second drying apparatus has atmosphere at lower temperature than the first drying apparatus and plural rotary drums each having an inlet and an outlet and being rotatably mounted in the second apparatus. A chute transports the raw dough pieces from uppermost to lowermost ones of the rotary drums.

Abstract: Provided is a belt-driving roller that can be manufactured at low cost for driving a wire mesh belt used as a conveyor belt in a circulating manner, and also provided is a food manufacturing apparatus using the driving roller. A belt-driving roller comprises: a rotation shaft; and toothed rollers concentrically attached to the outer circumference of the rotation shaft. The toothed roller comprises: a cylindrical base part on the outer circumference of which teeth are provided in a plurality of rows to engage with a wire mesh belt; and an attachment means for attaching the base part to the rotation shaft. The belt-driving roller is used in a food manufacturing apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a belt-driving roller that can be manufactured at low cost for driving a wire mesh belt used as a conveyor belt in a circulating manner, and also provided is a food manufacturing apparatus using the driving roller. A belt-driving roller comprises: a rotation shaft; and toothed rollers concentrically attached to the outer circumference of the rotation shaft. The toothed roller comprises: a cylindrical base part on the outer circumference of which teeth are provided in a plurality of rows to engage with a wire mesh belt; and an attachment means for attaching the base part to the rotation shaft. The belt-driving roller is used in a food manufacturing apparatus.

Abstract: Apparatus manufactures thin confectionery products with uniform shapes and has first and second drying apparatuses between shape cutting and baking apparatuses for adjusting water content of raw dough pieces. The first drying apparatus has upper and lower levels, the upper level having conveyor belts at plural stages for transporting the dough pieces under hot air atmosphere and the lower level having conveyor belt for cooling, and conveyor belt for maturing the cooled pieces. The second drying apparatus has atmosphere at lower temperature than the first drying apparatus and plural rotary drums each having an inlet and an outlet and being rotatably mounted in the second apparatus. A chute transports the raw dough pieces from uppermost to lowermost ones of the rotary drums.

Abstract: In order to to provide a process and an apparatus for manufacturing confectionery products made from cereals, in particular thin ones having uniform shapes, which solve disadvantages in transporting such products, it is characterized in that a first and a second drying steps are arranged prior to cut-out baking raw material dough pieces in manufacturing thin confectionery products made from cereals and having uniform shapes, in which in the first drying step, drying is conducted by a step of transporting the raw material dough pieces aligned on transporting conveyor belts under a hot blast atmosphere inside a first drying compartment, a maturing step in a cooling state is arranged following a completion of the first drying step, and in the second drying step, drying is conducted by a step of transporting the raw material dough pieces in their mixed state under a hot air atmosphere inside rotary drums in an axial direction in a second drying compartment.

Abstract: A piezoelectric thin-film resonator includes a supporting substrate. A piezoelectric thin-film is formed on the supporting substrate. A lower electrode and an upper electrode are formed with the piezoelectric thin-film therebetween. The stiffness of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is higher than that of the piezoelectric thin-film.

Abstract: A piezoelectric thin-film resonator includes a supporting substrate. A piezoelectric thin-film is formed on the supporting substrate. A lower electrode and an upper electrode are formed with the piezoelectric thin-film therebetween. The stiffness of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is higher than that of the piezoelectric thin-film.

Abstract: A semiconductor optical device includes a GaAs substrate, a light-emitting/light-receiving layer including a GaN-based compound semiconductor, and a ZnO film formed between the GaAs substrate and the light-emitting/light receiving layer.

Abstract: An antenna includes a cylindrically shaped dielectric resonator placed on a longitudinally extended axis of an elongated dielectric strip disposed on a planar conductor and another planar conductor having an opening covers the dielectric strip with the opening on the dielectric resonator. There may be another dielectric strip placed perpendicularly to the first dielectric strip such that the dielectric resonator is where the lines longitudinally extended from the axes of both dielectric strips will cross.

Abstract: A dielectric antenna is provided which is capable of setting the radiation of electromagnetic waves at a desired angle. The dielectric antenna has a nonradiative dielectric guide (an NRD guide) of a construction in which a dielectric strip is sandwiched between a first planar conductor and a second planar conductor. A dielectric resonator is disposed between the first planar conductor and the second planar conductor along the extension line of the dielectric strip, and a plurality of slots are disposed in the second planar conductor above the dielectric resonator and symmetrically with respect to the dielectric resonator.

Abstract: An RF converter includes a video modulator and a sound modulator. A modulated video signal from the video modulator and a modulated sound signal from the video modulator are mixed and conducted to a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter constituted as a band pass filter, an RF television signal being the output of this surface acoustic wave filter. A high frequency side of the amplitude characteristic in the pass band of the surface acoustic wave filter is enhanced in comparison with a low frequency side thereof.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate and a transmitting, a receiving and a reflecting transducer disposed thereon in a row along a predetermined path. The transmitting transducer is responsive to an input signal having a predetermined center frequency for propagating a first surface acoustic wave along the predetermined path. The receiving transducer is located at a location spaced a predetermined distance from the transmitting transducer and is adapted to convert the first acoustic wave to an electrical output signal, but also generates an undesired reflected wave. The reflecting transducer is provided close to one of the other two above-described transducers and is responsive to the first surface acoustic wave to generate a cancellation reflected wave which cancels the undesired reflected wave.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device comprises an input and output transducers. A signal is supplied from a signal input circuit to the input transducer and a surface wave corresponding to the input signal is propagated from the input transducer to the output transducer, from which an electrical signal corresponding to the surface wave is withdrawn and is applied to a signal output circuit. An impedance converting circuit is inserted in series between the signal input circuit and the input transducer and/or between the output transducer and the signal output circuit. It has been discovered that this arrangement reduces the electrical triple transit echo.