Abstract: Footwear includes a sole portion that supports a foot sole of a foot of a wearer, the sole portion including a ground contact surface and a shock absorbing portion formed of an elastic body. The shock absorbing portion includes a three-dimensional mesh structure portion in which a plurality of unit structures are repeatedly arranged so as to be adjacent to each other and an irregularly shaped portion that has a different shape from each of the unit structures and is at least partially embedded in the three-dimensional mesh structure portion. The irregularly shaped portion includes a protruding plate portion in which a central portion protrudes relative to a peripheral edge portion in a direction orthogonal to the ground contact surface.

Abstract: Footwear includes a shell including an outsole portion; and a sole body including a footbed portion. The footbed portion includes a shock absorbing portion formed of a three-dimensional mesh structure body so as to extend to a peripheral surface of the footbed portion. An engaged portion is disposed in an inner side surface of the outsole portion, and an engaging portion is disposed in a portion of the shock absorbing portion that corresponds to the peripheral surface. One of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a protruding portion while the other one of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a cutout portion provided as a recessed portion or a hole portion. An occupied volume ratio of a region including at least a portion defining the engaging portion in the shock absorbing portion is locally increased.

Abstract: Footwear includes a footbed portion including a support region. The support region includes an upper surface-side projection portion forming region having a plurality of upper surface-side projection portions. A maximum outer dimension in a cross-section orthogonal to a projecting direction of each of the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions is not greater than 3.0 mm. A projection length of each of the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions is not less than 4.0 mm and not greater than 13.0 mm, and an arrangement density of the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions in the upper surface-side projection portion forming region is not less than 10% and not greater than 100% in terms of an area ratio. An elastic modulus of a material forming the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions is not less than 0.1 MPa and not greater than 100 MPa.

Abstract: To provide a metal gloss design member provided with a light reflection film such as a silver thin film having satisfactory weather resistance even in outdoor use. A silver coating film 10 provided at least with a silver thin film 14 and with a topcoat layer 16 formed on the outer side in the stacking direction relative to the silver thin film 14 is formed on a substrate 3 and then the topcoat layer 16 has ultraviolet absorbability.

Abstract: To provide a metal gloss design member provided with a light reflection film such as a silver thin film having satisfactory weather resistance even in outdoor use. A silver coating film 10 provided at least with a silver thin film 14 and with a topcoat layer 16 formed on the outer side in the stacking direction relative to the silver thin film 14 is formed on a substrate 3 and then the topcoat layer 16 has ultraviolet absorbability.

Abstract: To provide a metal gloss design member provided with a light reflection film such as a silver thin film having satisfactory weather resistance even in outdoor use. A silver coating film 10 provided at least with a silver thin film 14 and with a topcoat layer 16 formed on the outer side in the stacking direction relative to the silver thin film 14 is formed on a substrate 3 and then the topcoat layer 16 has ultraviolet absorbability.

Abstract: A melt filling pressure difference control method controls a pressure difference used to supply melt from a holding furnace to a cavity of a casting machine by generating a pressure difference between an interior space of holding furnace and the cavity formed inside the mold. The method includes the steps of setting up a program pattern comprising time-varying characteristics of pressure difference target values, controlling the pressure difference so as to follow the program pattern that was set up, detecting whether the melt surface has risen to a predetermined level inside the cavity, compensating the program pattern based on the melt surface level when the melt surface has risen to a predetermined level inside cavity, and controlling the pressure difference between space inside the holding furnace and the cavity so as to follow the compensated program pattern.

Abstract: A method for transporting particles such as polyolefin particles from a first container to a second container. The particles are transported from the first container to the second container through a transportation pipe by means of a pressure difference between the first container and the second container. A valve is provided in the transportation pipe near the second container, and the valve is closed and opened to transmit particles intermittently. Cleaning gas is fed into the transportation pipe at a position on the inlet side near the valve. The cleaning gas is gas consisting essentially of olefin monomer. The cleaning gas is fed into the transportation pipe while the valve of the transportation pipe is closed, and the particles remaining in the transportation pipe are sent back to the first container thereby to clean the transportation pipe. Therefore, the inside of the transportation pipe is kept clean all the time.

Abstract: An aluminum member provided with a weather-resistant coat having good corrosion resistance, weather resistance, paintability, etc., the coat having (a) a primer layer of an epoxy polyester-based, hybrid powder coating composition formed on an aluminum member; (b) a base coat layer of a metallic acrylic coating composition formed on the primer layer; and (c) a barrier coat layer of a high solid-type, clear, acrylic coating composition formed on the base coat layer.

Abstract: An indicating circuit for an FM stereophonic signal receiver for providing dual indications of tuning and channel balance. The indicating circuit is comprised of a tuning detecting circuit for providing a first signal admitting of a magnitude and polarity which represents the relative tuning condition of the FM receiver with respect to a received FM signal. The indicating circuit further includes respective channel level detecting circuits for providing respective signals admitting of magnitudes that represent the levels of the audio signals transmitted through the respective stereophonic signal channels of the receiver.