Abstract: There is provided a digital cassette charging apparatus including: a charging unit loadable with plural types of digital cassette each comprising a rechargeable battery, the charging unit capable of charging the rechargeable batteries of the plural types of digital cassette at the same time; an identification unit for identifying each of the respective types of the plural digital cassettes that have been loaded in the charging unit; a storage unit stored with a charging profile for each of the digital cassettes, the charging profile representing the charging characteristics of the rechargeable battery; and a control unit for reading out from the storage unit the respective charging profile corresponding to the type of digital cassette identified by the identification unit from the plural types of digital cassette, and for controlling the charging unit based on the respective read-out charging profile.

Abstract: A partition plate is provided in a case to separate a first space where a CVT is disposed and a second space where a forward/backward travel switching mechanism and a differential gear are disposed. Bearings respectively supporting an input cone and an output cone and formed as pure rolling cylindrical roller bearings are disposed in the first space. A bearing supporting one end of an input shaft and formed as a conical roller bearing capable of receiving thrust force, a bearing supporting an output shaft and formed as a conical roller bearing capable of receiving thrust force, and a bearing supporting one end of the output cone are disposed in the second space. The first space and the second space are sealed by oil seals. The first space is filled with traction oil and the second space is filled with lubricating oil.

Abstract: A cassette accommodating device accommodates cassettes with various sizes. Each cassette houses a rechargeable battery and a radiation detection unit that generates a radiographic image according to an amount of received radiation and each cassette is provided with a power receiving unit for recharging the rechargeable battery on at least one of two connected side faces of each cassette. The device includes a groove portion formed with a sloping face that faces one of the two connected side faces of an accommodated cassette and a bottom face that faces another of the two connected side faces of the accommodated cassette. The bottom face is inclined such that the cassette moves toward the sloping face when the cassette is loaded. A power supply unit is formed to the sloping face and/or the bottom face so as to supply power to the power receiving unit when the cassette has been accommodated.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a DNA fragment encoding a limulus-derived pro-clotting enzyme, a virus harboring the DNA fragment, a cell harboring the virus, a method of producing the pro-clotting enzyme by use of the cell, and means for assaying an endotoxin or (1?3)-?-D-glucan employing the enzyme, wherein these elements are capable of producing an endotoxin or (1?3)-?-D-glucan assay reagent of satisfactory quality, steadily, at low cost, and on a large scale. In the present invention, for example, a DNA fragment encoding a protein having an amino acid sequence defined by SEQ ID NO: 4 is selected as a nucleic acid fragment encoding a limulus-derived pro-clotting enzyme, and the corresponding recombinant pro-clotting enzyme. Use of the enzyme can provide a high-sensitivity method and kit for detecting (1?3)-?-D-glucan and an endotoxin, utilizing a cascade reaction system in a horseshoe crab lysate.

Abstract: A method of eliminating the reactivity of lipoarabinomannan contained in a sample to a Limulus reagent including at least the step of allowing the sample containing lipoarabinomannan to coexist together with a metal salt or a buffer; and a method of assaying an endotoxin and a method of detecting an endotoxin-associated disease by using the above-described method.

Abstract: An axial end portion of a dielectric sheet, which is wound around a central core of an ignition coil, includes an axially projecting portion, which projects from an axial end surface of the central core positioned radially inward of primary and secondary coils in a case. An inner peripheral side axial end corner and an outer peripheral side axial end corner in the axially projecting portion are respectively formed into a blunt smooth round shape. Dielectric resin is filled in spaces in the case. Alternatively, the axially projecting portion may have a folded end portion, which includes a plurality of generally arcuate segments folded one after another on one circumferential side thereof.

Abstract: A label applying apparatus according to the present invention is constituted such that only energization power for a release operation of a manual lever is stored up during a grasp operation of the manual lever to a grip of a main body, and a label is delaminated from a backing paper web by the release operation of the manual lever, wherein the release operation ceases automatically when the release operation corresponds to a length of the label.

Abstract: A method for measuring LAM and a method for detecting an acid-fast bacterium, which comprise at least a step of allowing a Limulus reagent to contact with a LAM-containing sample, a method for removing reactivity of LAM with a Limulus reagent, which comprises at least a step of allowing a predetermined substance to coexist with a LAM-containing sample; a method for measuring Et in a LAM-containing sample and a method for detecting an Et-related disease, which each is a method for measuring an endotoxin using a Limulus reagent, which comprises at least a step of removing reactivity of LAM with a Limulus reagent by the above-described removing method; a method for measuring BG in a LAM-containing sample and a method for detecting mycosis, which is a method for measuring BG using a Limulus reagent which comprises at least a step of removing reactivity of LAM with a Limulus reagent by the described-described removing method; and the like.

Abstract: A guide member (20) is disposed between a body chassis (2) of a disk driving apparatus (1) and an electric connection wire (15). The guide member (20) moves together with a tray (3) to prevent the body chassis (2) and the electric connection wire (15) from coming into contact with each other and moving. In a state in which the tray (3) is sufficiently pulled out from the body chassis (2), the guide member (20) projects from the tray (3) to prevent the electric connection wire (15) from coming into contact with the body chassis (2).

Abstract: A disk drive device (1) comprises a body chassis (2) and a tray (3) movable relative to the body chassis (2). The body chassis (2) is provided with a stage (6) at one side thereof, which is higher than the central bottom face. On the other hand, a part of the disk protective portion (11) of the tray (3), which overlaps the stage (6), is cut out at its rear end (20a) in an arc shape. As a result, the disk protective portion (11) covers the whole area of a disk (14) and, at the same time, forms a large space between it and the front end (6a) of the stage (6).

Abstract: An axial end portion of a dielectric sheet, which is wound around a central core of an ignition coil, includes an axially projecting portion, which projects from an axial end surface of the central core positioned radially inward of primary and secondary coils in a case. An inner peripheral side axial end corner and an outer peripheral side axial end corner in the axially projecting portion are respectively formed into a blunt smooth round shape. Dielectric resin is filled in spaces in the case. Alternatively, the axially projecting portion may have a folded end portion, which includes a plurality of generally arcuate segments folded one after another on one circumferential side thereof.

Abstract: A label applying apparatus according to the present invention is constituted such that only energization power for a release operation of a manual lever is stored up during a grasp operation of the manual lever to a grip of a main body, and a label is delaminated from a backing paper web by the release operation of the manual lever, wherein the release operation ceases automatically when the release operation corresponds to a length of the label.

Abstract: In a disc drive unit, a notch or opening is provided in a part of a lower case body, out of upper and lower case bodies containing therein a functional member, such as a spindle motor, whereby a part of the functional member, of which the vertical dimension cannot be reduced with ease, is exposed. Thus, a clearance dimension that is required when there are no holes, as well as the thickness dimension of the lower case body, is supposed to be a part of the vertical dimension that the functional member can utilize, whereby the overall vertical dimension of the unit is reduced without lowering the performance of the functional member.

Abstract: Tilt adjustment for a guide member with respect to a rotational reference surface of a rotary table is made on the basis of an external reference in which an inner peripheral side end of a disc is vertically adjusted by setting an outer peripheral side end as a reference. A given vertical fluctuation amount range of the outer periphery of the disc in rotation and a necessary tilt adjustment amount range for the adjustment of the tilt of an optical axis associated with a head are made to overlap each other. The uppermost end position of the head is situated within the given fluctuation amount of the outer periphery of the disc-shaped recording medium below the rotational reference surface of the disc rotary table.

Abstract: A guide member (20) is disposed between a body chassis (2) of a disk driving apparatus (1) and an electric connection wire (15). The guide member (20) moves together with a tray (3) to prevent the body chassis (2) and the electric connection wire (15) from coming into contact with each other and moving. In a state in which the tray (3) is sufficiently pulled out from the body chassis (2), the guide member (20) projects from the tray (3) to prevent the electric connection wire (15) from coming into contact with the body chassis (2).

Abstract: The magnetic recording unit is enclosed with a case body (15, 16). A cartridge insertion slot (18) for inserting a cartridge housing a disk, which is a recording medium, is formed at the rear end of the case body (15, 16), and a frame plate (19) is disposed inside the case body. A first concave section and a second concave section are formed on this frame plate (19) by drawing processing, a disk drive motor (5) is mounted using the first concave section, and a head drive motor (16) for driving the record/playback head body (17) for the disk is mounted using the second concave section.

Abstract: A tray-side terminal area of a disc drive unit (1) and a body-side terminal area on the body chassis side are connected electrically to each other by the use of a flat belt-shaped connecting wire (17). The belt-shaped connecting wire (17) is one general-purpose, belt-shaped FFC (17) with a given width and a given length that is folded at 45° at two positions (f, g) in its center. A part of the FFC (17) on the side of the body-side terminal area is fixed on a body chassis (2), while a part of the FFC (17) on the side of tray-side terminal area is lifted and bent in the shape of a horizontal U in the middle.

Abstract: A disk drive device (1) comprises a body chassis (2) and a tray (3) movable relative to the body chassis (2). The body chassis (2) is provided with a stage (6) at one side thereof, which is higher than the central bottom face. On the other hand, a part of the disk protective portion (11) of the tray (3), which overlaps the stage (6), is cut out at its rear end (20a) in an arc shape. As a result, the disk protective portion (11) covers the whole area of a disk (14) and, at the same time, forms a large space between it and the front end (6a) of the stage (6).

Abstract: Even after a carriage (8) of a disc drive unit is moved to a stop position, a screw shaft (22) continues to rotate, thereby compressing a spring (25) to advance an anchor member (21) in engagement with the screw shaft (22). Thereupon, a guide bar (24), which is integral with the anchor member (21) and in engagement with a carriage supporting portion (23), moves, so that a lock mechanism is actuated to unlock a tray from a body frame.

Abstract: A disk drive motor (5) for driving and rotating a recording medium (disk), a head (57) for recording or playing back information to/from this disk, and a head drive mechanism for driving the head, are disposed inside a case body (15, 16) of the magnetic recording unit. A lid body (17) to close the cartridge insertion slot (18) is disposed the case body (15, 16) at a position facing the cartridge insertion slot (18). When the lid body (17) falls down the front side and the cartridge insertion slot (18) is opened, the top face of the lid body (17) becomes substantially on the same plane as the top face of the frame plate where the disk drive motor (5) and the head (17) drive mechanism are mounted.