Abstract: A method and system providing a vehicle condition detection means (38C) for detecting the stopped and traveling state of a vehicle, and when the vehicle condition detection means (38C) detects that the vehicle has stopped during operation of an exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C), closing an exhaust gas throttling valve (16) in addition to continuing the operation of the exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C), and subsequently, when the vehicle's traveling state is detected, opening the exhaust gas throttling valve (16) and continuing the operation of the exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C).

Abstract: The present invention concerns a exhaust gas purification system (1), provided with a continuous regeneration-type DPF device (13) having a filter (13b) for collecting PM in exhaust gas (G), provided in an exhaust gas passage (12) of an internal combustion engine (10) provided with an EGR system, for supplying unburned fuel to exhaust gas (G) flowing in the continuous regeneration-type DPF device (13) during the forced regeneration control for regenerating the filter (13b) by forcibly burning PM collected by the filter (13b), characterized by stopping the recirculation of EGR gas (Ge) to the intake passage (14) side in the EGR system, when unburned fuel is supplied to exhaust gas (G) during the forced regeneration control. This prevents the blocking of EGR passage (15) and the sticking of intake valve and so on, caused by the unburned fuel supplied into exhaust gas (G), during the forced regeneration control of the continuous regeneration-type DPF device (13).

Abstract: A vehicle body is provided with a rear wheel at a rear portion, and a front wheel coupled to a handle post. A swing-enabling shaft is rotatably provided on the upper portion of the handle post. A handlebars unit is attached to the swing-enabling shaft such that it can swing forward and backward relative to the vehicle body. When the handlebars unit is swung, a driving mechanism is driven. The driving mechanism rotates the front wheel such that the vehicle body advances, regardless of whether the handlebars unit is swung forward or backward.

Abstract: To provide an apparatus for trading a right to use electric communications equipment, which can permit an electric communications equipment user, who is renting electric communications equipment from a communication company, to share electric communications equipment capacity with other electric communications equipment users and the communication company when there is a temporary excess or a deficiency of electric communications equipment capacity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bed apparatus allowing a worker to easily move a user's body at the time of consultation and nursing of the user lying on his back on a floor plate. The bed apparatus comprises a bed frame. A floor plate is provided on the bed frame. A second recess portion dented inwardly in the lateral direction of the bed frame is formed on at least one side part of both lateral side parts of the floor plate. A support member is provided on the second recess portion so as to be movable inwardly in the lateral direction of the floor plate. An auxiliary member which can be deformed by compression is provided at a part corresponding to the second recess portion.

Abstract: A pellicle is mounted onto a mask that express a wafer, by pressing the pellicle to the mask using a mounting system. The pellicle includes a pellicle membrane, and a pellicle frame including a first portion on which the pellicle membrane is attched and a second portion by which the pellicle mounting system establishes contact therewith. A distance between a surface of the first portion and the surface of the mask may be equivalent to a distance between a surface of the second portion and the surface of the mask. The second portion may have a mechanism for prevention the pellicle mounting system from slipping thereon in a direction parallel to the surface of the mask. The pellicle frame may include a contact portion that has an inclined surface that guides the pellicle mounting system to be in contact with the pellicle frame.

Abstract: A combination chair including a plurality of chairs which can be separately used or can be combined together as one to be used. Each of the plurality of chairs comprises a seat portion supported by legs and a backrest provided on the seat portion. These chairs are designed so that the backrests thereof are jointed to be adjacent to each other at one side in the width direction when the seat portions of the chairs are stacked up in the up-and-down direction, and the lengths of the legs are set so that the lower ends thereof coincide when the chairs are combined together.

Abstract: A pad is arranged on the upper and lower sides of a spring unit to provide a laminate structure. The laminate structure is covered with an outer cover body comprising top and bottom layers covering the corresponding pads and a side layer covering the laminate structure. A joining member of heat-shrinkable synthetic resin has one end width portion joined to the inner surfaces of the whole marginal edge portions of the top and bottom layers. The other end width portion of the joining member covers the corresponding outer marginal edge portions of the pads. The joining member, upon being heat shrunk, have another end width portion brought into firm engagement with the spring unit so that the pads and outer cover body are firmly held relative to the spring unit.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a peptide which causes the blast formation of lymphocytes sensitized by mites is provided, and mite allergy is diagnosed by using the peptide. The present invention relates to a peptide, that is, pentadecapeptide and triacontapeptide, which causes the blast formation of lymphocytes sensitized by mites and to a diagnostic agent for mite allergy while uses the peptide.

Abstract: A woodwork slicer apparatus is disclosed for slicing a thick veneer, which is pressed and advanced by a material feeding belt to a table surface. The material feeding belt, driven by power, is arranged so as to oppose a table, which includes a knife. The relief face of the knife is disposed so as to oppose a rand. There is a space between the relief face and the rand that is substantially the same as the thickness of the veneer to be sliced. Further, a guide, which is fixed by a fixing means so as to be in contact with the rand, is provided. For the above reasons, the veneer to be sliced is prevented from being cracked and is guided into a feeding direction along with the guide.

Abstract: The multiface image composer is suitable for use with a photographic enlarger, a projector, a slide projector and the like and it comprises a central image generator, a left side image generator and a right side image generator each arranged on a line crossing each other at right angle, half mirror means being arranged on the crossing point of the lines, the half mirror means being capable of being oriented at the angle of 45 deg. with respect to the line on which the image generator is arranged for directing the relected light of the image therefrom to a base plate on which a composite image is to be formed.

Abstract: A multi-layered thin film solar cell is provided, which includes a substrate, a plurality of transparent electrodes, and a plurality of groups of photoelectric conversion elements formed of semiconductor material and forming successive photoelectric conversion layers. The layers have optical band gaps which decrease successively in a direction away from a side of the cell adapted to receive incident light. The groups of elements forming the layers are laminated on the substrate. Each of the elements belonging to one of the groups is connected in series with one of the elements belonging to another of the groups and is connected in parallel with other elements in the group to which it belongs.

Abstract: A push rod is forwarded to extrude viscous material in a tubular container from the nozzle. When the extrusion of viscous material is finished, i.e. stopping the forward operation of the push rod, the push rod is allowed to go back by a force resulted by expansion of air unavoidably contained, in the tubular container thereby absorbing expansion of air so as to prevent unwanted discharge of the viscous material due to an inner pressure of the tubular container.

Abstract: A shaped article of a carbonaceous material characterized in that the carbonaceous material is impregnated with a borosilicate glass comprising 25 to 50 wt. % of SiO.sub.2 and 20 to 45 wt. % of B.sub.2 O.sub.3 as effective components.

Abstract: A paper feeding apparatus adapted to feed paper sheets one by one by the rotational force of feed rollers acting on the uppermost surface of stacked paper sheets, including a linkage arrangement for moving the feed rollers transverse to the direction of paper sheet feed.

Abstract: Nonohmic ZnO ceramics including the following additives have the voltage nonlinear exponent .alpha. of 30 or more, the dielectric constant .epsilon. of about 1000 or less, the loss factor (tan .delta.) of less than 10%, and small variations caused in the breakdown voltage V.sub.i by load and large current pulses. The additives listed by molecular formulae are given in % by mol. The glass components are given for Nos. 1 through 4 in % by weight, symbols of elements being representative of borosilicate lead and/or zinc glass.______________________________________ No. Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 CoO MnO Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 Glass Component ______________________________________ 1. 0.1-10 0.05-10 0.25-4 0.05-6 0.1-10 (Pb-Zn) 2. 0.1-6 0.05-10 0.25-10 0.1-10 0.1-10 (Zn) 3. 0.1-6 0.05-10 0.23-4 0.05-6 0.1-3 (Pb) 4. 0.1-6 0.05-10 0.2-10 0.1-6 0.1-10 (Zn and others) ______________________________________As a fifth embodiment, the oxides corresponding or equivalent to a lead-borosilicate glass (PbO, B.sub.2 O.sub.3 and SiO.sub.