Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing transmission of influenza, wherein said method comprises administering an effective amount of a compound to a patient having an influenza virus infection, herein referred to as “index patient”, wherein the compound has one of the formulae (I) and (II), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The compound to be used in the present invention reduces infectivity of the influenza virus of the index patient, and therefore, reduces the risk of the index patient to trigger an influenza epidemic or an influenza pandemic as compared to a control patient.

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing with air inlet and air outlet. A heat exchanger in the casing exchanges heat with air sucked through the air inlet, an air-sending fan blows the heat exchanged air through the air outlet, and a vertical air-directing plate in the air outlet sets a vertical air flow direction in which the heat exchanged air is blown. The casing has a front panel, a bottom panel, and a forward-facing panel connected to the bottom panel at an angle. The air outlet extends from the bottom panel to the forward-facing panel; a lower corner at which joins the bottom panel and an air-outlet side walk; and a forward-facing corner joins the forward-facing panel and the air-outlet side wall. The lower corner and the forward-facing corner each have an edge removed. A forward-facing corner edge-removal dimension smaller than a lower corner edge-removal dimension.

Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, which prevents adhesion of dew condensation water to up-and-down airflow direction louvers while directing blowing air to an intended direction, includes: a casing; an air inlet; an air outlet; an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan; an up-and-down airflow direction louver; and an up-and-down airflow direction auxiliary louver. The up-and-down airflow direction louver includes: an upstream guide surface and a downstream guide surface. The up-and-down airflow direction auxiliary louver includes an upstream end portion, the upstream end portion being positioned on an inner side of the air outlet passage relative to the downstream guide surface and being positioned on the upstream side relative to a downstream guide surface distal end portion of the downstream guide surface, which is an end portion of the downstream guide surface on the downstream side of the air outlet passage.

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus eliminates a possibility of condensation on a front panel without deteriorating a quality of design. In an off state, an auxiliary air-directing plate is positioned above an up-down air-directing plate inside an air outlet such that a free end of the auxiliary air-directing plate opposite from one end of the auxiliary air-directing plate fixed to a rotating shaft is positioned closer to a rear surface of a casing than is the rotating shaft. In an on state, the auxiliary air-directing plate is rotated in a direction from the rear surface to a front surface of the casing, and the free end is protruded from the air outlet to an outside of the casing.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a main body having an air outlet; a fan provided in the main body; a heat exchanger provided in the main body; and a first member rotatably supported on the main body and opening and closing the air outlet, wherein the first member includes a first casing having a first surface facing an inner side of the main body while operation is stopped and a second casing attached to the first casing; on the first casing, a recess is formed on the first surface and a protrusion protruding toward the second casing is formed, and the recess is positioned on an opposite side to the protrusion.

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing having an air inlet, an air outlet, a front panel disposed to a front surface, a bottom panel disposed to a bottom surface, and a forward-facing panel disposed under the front panel and connected to the bottom panel at a right angle or an obtuse angle. The air outlet extends from the bottom panel to the forward-facing panel and includes a lower corner at which the bottom panel and an air-outlet side wall join together and a forward-facing corner at which the forward-facing panel and the air-outlet side wall join together. The lower corner and the forward-facing corner each have an edge removed to have an edge-removal dimension of the forward-facing corner that is smaller than an edge-removal dimension of the lower corner.

Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a box-shaped casing having an air inlet in a top surface of the casing and an air outlet in a bottom surface of the casing, an air-sending device disposed in the casing and configured to suck in indoor air through the air inlet and blow conditioned air through the air outlet, a heat exchanger disposed in the casing and configured to cause the indoor air to exchange heat with refrigerant to supply the conditioned air, a vertical deflector, a first auxiliary vertical deflector, and a second auxiliary vertical deflector each rotatably arranged in the air outlet and configured to change an air flow direction in a vertical direction.

Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a box-shaped casing having an air inlet in a top surface of the casing and an air outlet in a bottom surface of the casing, an air-sending device disposed in the casing and configured to suck in indoor air through the air inlet and blow conditioned air through the air outlet, a heat exchanger disposed in the casing and configured to cause the indoor air to exchange heat with refrigerant to supply the conditioned air, a vertical deflector, a first auxiliary vertical deflector, and a second auxiliary vertical deflector each rotatably arranged in the air outlet and configured to change an air flow direction in a vertical direction.

Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, which prevents adhesion of dew condensation water to up-and-down airflow direction louvers while directing blowing air to an intended direction, includes: a casing; an air inlet; an air outlet; an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan; an up-and-down airflow direction louver; and an up-and-down airflow direction auxiliary louver. The up-and-down airflow direction louver includes: an upstream guide surface and a downstream guide surface. The up-and-down airflow direction auxiliary louver includes an upstream end portion, the upstream end portion being positioned on an inner side of the air outlet passage relative to the downstream guide surface and being positioned on the upstream side relative to a downstream guide surface distal end portion of the downstream guide surface, which is an end portion of the downstream guide surface on the downstream side of the air outlet passage.

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus eliminates a possibility of condensation on a front panel without deteriorating a quality of design. In an off state, an auxiliary air-directing plate is positioned above an up-down air-directing plate inside an air outlet such that a free end of the auxiliary air-directing plate opposite from one end of the auxiliary air-directing plate fixed to a rotating shaft is positioned closer to a rear surface of a casing than is the rotating shaft. In an on state, the auxiliary air-directing plate is rotated in a direction from the rear surface to a front surface of the casing, and the free end is protruded from the air outlet to an outside of the casing.

Abstract: In an air-conditioning device, back flow is less likely to occur at an outlet port in relation to an inlet resistance, and the air-conditioning device includes: a main body having an inlet port and an outlet port; a cross-flow fan provided inside the main body; and a heat exchanger provided inside the main body, wherein the main body includes at least a front surface, a rear surface, an upper surface and a lower surface, the inlet port is formed in the upper surface, a ratio H/Df between the main body height dimension H and the fan outer diameter Df is 2.2 to 2.7, and an angle of inclination ? between a rear part of an front upward inclination section of the heat exchanger and a vertical direction is 30° to 45°.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a main body having an air outlet; a fan provided in the main body; a heat exchanger provided in the main body; and a first member rotatably supported on the main body and opening and closing the air outlet, wherein the first member includes a first casing having a first surface facing an inner side of the main body while operation is stopped and a second casing attached to the first casing; on the first casing, a recess is formed on the first surface and a protrusion protruding toward the second casing is formed, and the recess is positioned on an opposite side to the protrusion.

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a main body, the main body including a back case shaped like a box and provided with an open front face, and a front case joined to the front face of the back case, wherein on a bottom face of the front case, at a location away from a joining portion between the back case and the front case, a step is formed protruding downward.

Abstract: In an air-conditioning device, back flow is less likely to occur at an outlet port in relation to an inlet resistance, and the air-conditioning device includes: a main body having an inlet port and an outlet port; a cross-flow fan provided inside the main body; and a heat exchanger provided inside the main body, wherein the main body includes at least a front surface, a rear surface, an upper surface and a lower surface, the inlet port is formed in the upper surface, a ratio H/Df between the main body height dimension H and the fan outer diameter Df is 2.2 to 2.7, and an angle of inclination between a rear part of an front upward inclination section of the heat exchanger and a vertical direction is 30° to 45°.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes a main body that includes a suction port and an outlet port, wherein: the main body includes a front surface, a back surface, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a pair of side surfaces; the suction port is formed on any of the front surface, the upper surface, and the side surfaces; the outlet port is formed on at least the lower surface; an outlet air channel is upstream from the outlet port; a side of the outlet air channel near the front surface is formed by a diffuser; and the diffuser includes a portion that diverges from an imaginary straight line that constitutes a direction of extension of an upstream portion of the diffuser increasingly toward a downstream end of the diffuser in a side view.

Abstract: A coal-blended material is obtained by mixing an ashless coal that is a solvent extract of a coal, and a steam coal, in a weight ratio of from 1:1 to 1:5 without heating. The mixed coal after the mixing has a Gieseler fluidity of 1.0 (Log ddpm) or more and an average maximum reflectance of 0.75 (%) or higher.

Abstract: Provided is an ash-free coal production method without the need to once re-liquefy and form an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal production method includes an extraction step of mixing coal with a solvent to prepare a slurry and heating the slurry to extract a solvent-soluble coal component; a separation step of separating a solution containing the solvent-soluble coal component from the slurry obtained from the extraction step; an ash-free coal obtaining step of evaporatively separating the solvent from the solution separated in the separation step to obtain an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal obtaining step in the production method is performed so that the solvent is evaporatively separated from the solution to give a liquid ash-free coal, and the liquid ash-free coal is brought into contact with a solidifier (e.g., water) to solidify into a predetermined shape.

Abstract: Provided is a method that controls and uniformizes fluidity of ash-free coal. The method includes the steps of obtaining an ash-free coal by removing a solvent from a solution containing a coal component dissolved therein (ash-free coal obtaining step (solvent recovering unit 8)); and mixing a plurality of coals of different types or components thereof, where the coals are capable of individually giving ash-free coals having different fluidities (mixing step (see reference signs B1 to B6)). The ash-free coal obtaining step (solvent recovering unit 8) obtains the ash-free coal by removing the solvent from the solution containing components of the coals which have been mixed.

Abstract: A gravitational settling tank including a pressure vessel which precipitates solid content contained in slurry in which coal and solvent are blended, and separates the solid-content concentrated liquid from the supernatant liquid, and a supply pipe which supplies the pressure vessel with the slurry. A main body part and a nozzle part which is connected on the downstream side of the main body part and extends horizontally are provided in the supply pipe. A plurality of holes are provided in the nozzle part. By virtue of this, agitation of the solid-content concentrated liquid which has settled in the bottom is inhibited.

Abstract: Provided is an ash-free coal production method without the need to once re-liquefy and form an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal production method includes an extraction step of mixing coal with a solvent to prepare a slurry and heating the slurry to extract a solvent-soluble coal component; a separation step of separating a solution containing the solvent-soluble coal component from the slurry obtained from the extraction step; an ash-free coal obtaining step of evaporatively separating the solvent from the solution separated in the separation step to obtain an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal obtaining step in the production method is performed so that the solvent is evaporatively separated from the solution to give a liquid ash-free coal, and the liquid ash-free coal is brought into contact with a solidifier (e.g., water) to solidify into a predetermined shape.