Abstract: There is provided a warning indicator with a liquid crystal lens, suitable for warning indication in various types of instruments. It uses a liquid crystal lens to display an image in an appropriate scale on an indication panel. The warning indicator with a liquid crystal lens includes a light source such as LED, and a two-layer liquid crystal lens (4) disposed over a character or symbol indicated by the light source and which is formed from a twisted nematic liquid crystal cell (1) and a lens-shaped homogeneous liquid crystal cell (3). The focal distance of the liquid crystal lens (4) is electrically varied to allow a virtual image of the character or symbol indicated in a meter to appear larger or smaller than its real size.

Abstract: The object is to provide an afocal zoom lens system with the f-number of about 4 or less capable of performing vibration reduction correction. The system includes, in order from an object, a first group G1 being positive, a second group G2 being negative, a third group G3 being positive, and a fourth group G4 being positive. Zooming is performed by moving the second and third groups along the optical axis. The fourth group G4 is composed of a front group G4F being positive, a middle group G4M being negative, and a rear group G4R being positive. Vibration reduction is performed by shifting the middle group G4M perpendicular to the optical axis. The first group G1 consists of a first front group G1f being fixed, a first middle group G1m being movable, and a first rear group G1r being fixed. Focusing is performed by moving G1m along the optical axis.

Abstract: A thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator and method of producing same are provided. The thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator has a superior resonance characteristic (e.g., high-orientation and densification of a piezoelectric film), wherein the thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator that a local stress to a piezoelectric film is relaxed and improvement of productivity due to a stable structure without causing a crack of the piezoelectric film and high yield and a corresponding cost-reduction are realized, and the production method of the same, such as in an air bridge type thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator. In a region including a substrate, a support layer formed convexly on the substrate and a gap upper that the support layer, laminate of a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric film and a top electrode is formed, where the laminate is formed on the substrate and the support layer.

Abstract: The electric vacuum cleaner is disclosed which includes a main body within which an electric blower and cyclonic separation cylinder are provided. A dust collecting case is provided in communication with the cyclonic separation cylinder to receive dust that has been separated from the inlet tube. The dust collecting case also includes a filter arranged therein. Air received from the inlet tube is separated such that a portion is passed through the dust collecting case and a communicating passage. The air is subsequently merged and discharge through the electric blower.

Abstract: Light from a light source 10 is linearly polarized by a polarizer 11. Then it propagates via a half-mirror 12 almost parallel to the normal to a reflective liquid-crystal panel 13 and falls on the reflective liquid-crystal panel 13. The reflected light reflected by the reflective liquid-crystal panel 13 is received by a detector 15 via the half-mirror 12 and an analyzer 14. In this state, the reflective liquid-crystal panel 13 is rotated about an axis almost parallel to the normal to the reflective liquid-crystal panel 13 and an angle (extinction angle) at which the output signal of detector 15 reaches minimum is measured. Then, the gap of the reflective liquid-crystal panel 13 is detected based on the measured extinction angle.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric vacuum cleaner equipped with a compact and easy-to-operate cyclonic separation type dust collector. To accomplish the object, the present invention mounts a cyclonic separation cylinder (104) that centrifugally separates and captures dust and a dust collecting case (105) that contains a first auxiliary filter (106) detachably on the lower case (101) of the cleaner body (1) and part of air from the cyclonic separation cylinder (104) is fed to the motor-driven blower through the dust collecting case (105). The present invention mounts a cyclonic separation cylinder (104) that centrifugally separates and captures dust and a dust collecting case (105) that contains a first auxiliary filter (106) detachably on the lower case (101) of the cleaner body (1) and part of air from the cyclonic separation cylinder (104) is fed to the motor-driven blower through the dust collecting case (105) and a filter provided under it.

Abstract: The invention relates to functional food/drink with antiallergic actions, which contain one or more selected from the group consisting of epigallocatechin-3-O-(3-O-methyl)gallate and gallocatechin-3-O-(3-O-methyl)gallate, epigallocatechin-4-O-(4-O-methyl)gallate and gallocatechin-4-O-(4-O-methyl)gallate, and strychnine.

Abstract: A pipe arrangement branching structure is provided with a perforated pipe having two holes partitioned by a partition wall and a plurality of branch pipes connected to the respective holes of the perforated pipe in an air-tight manner. The holes of the perforated pipe at an end thereof are formed to have shapes coincident with outer shapes of the respective branch pipes by plastic deformation work. The respective branch pipes are inserted into the holes formed by the plastic deformation work and the perforated pipe and the respective branch pipes are brazed.

Abstract: Providing a zoom lens system having a high zoom ratio, a small diameter of the first lens group, capable of being effectively retracted upon retracting the lens barrel. The system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having positive refractive power. When zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, the first, second, third, and fourth lens groups move along an optical axis and the second lens group moves along a zoom trajectory being concave to the object. The fourth lens group is composed of a front lens group having positive power and a rear lens group having negative power with a space in between. Given conditional expressions are satisfied.

Abstract: A contact construction and switching device for DC loads that can be repeatedly used while minimizing problems such as cut-off failure, locking and deposition due to an abnormal continuation of an arc between the contacts, burning and destruction of the contacts, and an increase in contact resistance has a construction that includes a stationary contact and a movable contact that are opposite to each other, and a magnetic unit which applies a magnetic field orthogonal to the moving direction of the movable contact. In the contact construction, the anode-side contact is made of an AgSnO2-based alloy which contains at least Ag and SnO2, and the cathode-side contact is made of one of an AgNi-based alloy which contains at least Ag and Ni and an AgCuO-based alloy which contains Ag and CuO. The switching device has the above-mentioned contact construction.

Abstract: A head substrate and a protective substrate are formed of an electrostatic-discharge resistant conductive material having an electrical resistivity of 102 to 1010 ?cm. These substrates are electrically connected to a base metal through the use of conductive paste and are set to a ground potential via the base metal and a rotating drum. This suppresses a discharge current flowing through an MR element when an electrostatically charged substance touches or approaches a magnetic reproducing head, a terminal, a conducting wire, etc. to generate an electrostatic discharge. The magnetic reproducing head including an MR element and the like is prevented against an electrostatic discharge damage. It is possible to provide the magnetic reproducing head, a head drum apparatus, and a magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus which can highly effectively prevent an electrostatic discharge damage.

Abstract: Methanol is synthesized from a gas produced through gasification of biomass serving as a raw material, making use of a biomass feeding means for feeding biomass into a furnace main body and, located above the biomass feeding means, combustion-oxidizing-agent-feeding means for feeding into the furnace main body a combustion-oxidizing agent containing oxygen or a mixture of oxygen and steam.

Abstract: A head substrate and a protective substrate are formed of an electrostatic-discharge resistant conductive material having an electrical resistivity of 102 to 1010 ?cm. These substrates are electrically connected to a base metal through the use of conductive paste and are set to a ground potential via the base metal and a rotating drum. This suppresses a discharge current flowing through an MR element when an electrostatically charged substance touches or approaches a magnetic reproducing head, a terminal, a conducting wire, etc. to generate an electrostatic discharge. The magnetic reproducing head including an MR element and the like is prevented against an electrostatic discharge damage. It is possible to provide the magnetic reproducing head, a head drum apparatus, and a magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus which can highly effectively prevent an electrostatic discharge damage.

Abstract: A pipe connection structure including a pipe having a pipe body, a end portion on a end side of the pipe body, and a collar extended radially outwardly from the end portion; and a block having a passage into which the end portion is inserted, a recess formed in an open end of the passage for receiving the collar, and a peripheral wall of the recess deformed inwardly and fitted onto the collar. The largest outside diameter portion of the collar is decentered toward a bottom surface of the recess.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an imidazole derivative represented by formula (1): wherein each of R1 and R2 represents an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, etc.; each of A, X1, and X2 represents N or CH; each of Y and Z represents O, S, etc.; each of R3, R4, and R5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, etc.; m is a number of 1 to 4; and n is a number of 0 to 4, or a salt thereof. The invention is also directed to a drug containing the derivative or the salt as an active ingredient. These compounds exert excellent effects of inhibiting production of NO and IL-6 and are useful for preventing or treating diseases induced by overproduction of NO and IL-6.

Abstract: A forked part structure of a double pipe has an outer pipe, an inner pipe, a branch pipe and an open end portion of the outer pipe. The open end portion of the outer pipe has a substantially tubular inner pipe supporting portion to which the inner pipe is brazed, and a substantially tubular branch pipe supporting portion to which the branch pipe is brazed. The inner pipe supporting portion is located inward of a main portion of the outer pipe along an extending direction of the main portion of the outer pipe.

Abstract: A head substrate and a protective substrate are formed of an electrostatic-discharge resistant conductive material having an electrical resistivity of 102 to 1010 ?cm. These substrates are electrically connected to a base metal through the use of conductive paste and are set to a ground potential via the base metal and a rotating drum. This suppresses a discharge current flowing through an MR element when an electrostatically charged substance touches or approaches a magnetic reproducing head, a terminal, a conducting wire, etc. to generate an electrostatic discharge. The magnetic reproducing head including an MR element and the like is prevented against an electrostatic discharge damage. It is possible to provide the magnetic reproducing head, a head drum apparatus, and a magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus which can highly effectively prevent an electrostatic discharge damage.

Abstract: A thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator and method of producing same are provided. The thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator has a superior resonance characteristic (e.g., highly-orientation and densification of a piezoelectric film), wherein the thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator that a local stress to a piezoelectric film is relaxed and improvement of productivity due to a stable structure causing a crack of the piezoelectric film and high yield and a corresponding cost-reduction are realized, and the production method of the same, such as in an air bridge type thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator. A region including a substrate, a support layer formed convexly on the substrate and a gap upper than the support layer has a laminate of a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric film and an upper layer, where the laminate is formed on the substrate and the support layer.

Abstract: The object is to provide an afocal zoom lens system with the f-number of about 4 or less capable of performing vibration reduction correction. The system includes, in order from an object, a first group G1 being positive, a second group G2 being negative, a third group G3 being positive, and a fourth group G4 being positive. Zooming is performed by moving the second and third groups along the optical axis. The fourth group G4 is composed of a front group G4F being positive, a middle group G4M being negative, and a rear group G4R being positive. Vibration reduction is performed by shifting the middle group G4M perpendicular to the optical axis. The first group G1 consists of a first front group G1f being fixed, a first middle group G1m being movable, and a first rear group G1r being fixed. Focusing is performed by moving G1m along the optical axis.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a composition against periodontal bacteria, which has a high safety without showing any side effects and exhibits an excellent effect of killing periodontal bacteria without affecting the growth of nonpathogenic indigenous microorganisms in the oral cavity, and foods, drinks and mouth washers against periodontal bacteria. A composition against periodontal bacteria is blended with a cocoa fraction contained in cacao mass, a hot water-extract of the cocoa fraction, polyphenols originating in the cocoa fraction or free fatty acids originating in the cocoa fraction as the active ingredient. Then the obtained composition against periodontal bacteria is added to foods, drinks, mouth washers or toothpaste. As well as the above-described cocoa fraction, a composition containing cacao mass and/or cocoa is instantly available for the composition against periodontal bacteria.