Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes an outer case; a base; a pump provided on the base such that the pump is shifted from a center of the outer case and located on one side as viewed in a circumferential direction of a living body; a drive unit provided on the base and located on one side of the pump as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; an on-off valve provided on another side of the pump as viewed in the direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; a pressure sensor provided on said another side of the pump as viewed in the direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; and packing provided between the on-off valve and the pressure sensor and the base.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes an outer case; a base; a pump provided on a surface of the base such that the pump is shifted from a center of the outer case and located on one side as viewed in a circumferential direction of a living body; a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor that are provided such that the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor are arranged side by side in the circumferential direction and located on one side as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; and a first on-off valve and a second on-off valve that are provided such that the first on-off valve and the second on-off valve are arranged side by side in the circumferential direction with reference to the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a useful pharmaceutical composition that exhibits effects of improving sleep quality, relieving stress, and reducing fatigue feeling in a mammal (for example, a human) target by ingestion or administration of a composition containing at least one substance selected from the group consisting of citric acid and a salt thereof.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk comprises a surface grinding step of processing a mirror-surface plate glass, having a main surface in the form of a mirror surface, to a required flatness and surface roughness using fixed abrasive particles. The method comprises, before the surface grinding step using the fixed abrasive particles, a surface roughening step of roughening the surface of the mirror-surface plate glass by frosting.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk comprises a surface grinding step of processing a mirror-surface plate glass, having a main surface in the form of a mirror surface, to a required flatness and surface roughness using fixed abrasive particles. The method comprises, before the surface grinding step using the fixed abrasive particles, a surface roughening step of roughening the surface of the mirror-surface plate glass by frosting.

Abstract: A glass substrate is for use in a magnetic disk. The glass substrate is formed by using a plate-like glass produced by a float method and having a pair of main surfaces. One surface of the main surfaces, which is formed with a tin layer when producing the plate-like glass by the float method, is caused to serve as a surface not for use in magnetic recording and the other surface formed with no tin layer is caused to serve as a surface for use in magnetic recording.

Abstract: A magnetic disk substrate manufacturing method of this invention includes a main surface polishing process that polishes disk-shaped glass substrates by the use of a polishing machine having a carrier pressed between a pair of polishing surface plates and adapted to make an orbital motion while rotating on its axis in a state of holding the disk-shaped glass substrates. In the polishing machine, the carrier is placed in a state where a plate-like member is disposed on one side of main surfaces of the disk-shaped glass substrate, so that only the other side of the main surfaces of the disk-shaped glass substrate is polished while allowing the one side of the main surfaces of the disk-shaped glass substrates to be a non-polishing main surface.

Abstract: In a magnetic disk substrate having first and second chamfered faces respectively connecting between first and second main surfaces opposite to each other and an edge face located between the first and second main surfaces, the ranges of the first and second chamfered faces are specified. Specifically, the distance a from a first boundary portion being a boundary between the first main surface and the first chamfered face to a point of intersection between the first main surface and an extended line of the edge face and the distance b from a second boundary portion being a boundary between the second main surface and the second chamfered face to a point of intersection between the second main surface and an extended line of the edge face are set to satisfy a/b?1.6.

Abstract: A drawbar device for a tow vehicle having a vehicle body and a hood operable to open and close for covering a top surface of a rear portion of the vehicle body includes a drawbar bracket, a drawbar pin, an operation lever and a link mechanism. The drawbar bracket is provided on the vehicle body. The drawbar pin is provided at the drawbar bracket so as to be movable upward and downward. The operation lever is provided on the hood so as to be manually operated. The link mechanism is operable to move the drawbar pin upward according to operation of the operation lever.

Abstract: A backrest mechanism for a stand-up rider operator's platform in an industrial vehicle, in which an operator operates the vehicle while standing, has a support portion and a support holder. The support portion has a backrest portion for supporting a back of the operator and a seat portion for at least supporting buttocks of the operator. The support portion supports the operator by either of the backrest portion and the seat portion. The support holder is located on a rear side of the vehicle from the operator's platform. The support holder holds the support portion so that the support portion is detachable from the support holder.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a hollow silicon structure is simplified. A device for manufacturing the silicon structure is a device that manufactures the hollow silicon structure by processing a silicon structure, the silicon structure consisting of a silicon oxide layer formed on a silicon substrate, the silicon oxide layer being covered by a silicon layer. The device is provided with first gas supply members 20 and 21, second gas supply members 30 and 31, an etching reaction chamber 10, selective connecting means 23 to 26, 34 and 35, and a gas discharging means 42. The first gas etches silicon. The second gas etches silicon oxide and barely etches silicon. The selective connecting means 23 to 26, 34 and 35 selectively connect the etching reaction chamber 10 with either the first gas supply members 20 and 21 or the second gas supply members 30 and 31. The gas discharging means 42 discharges gas from the etching reaction chamber 10.

Abstract: A drawbar device for a tow vehicle having a vehicle body and a hood operable to open and close for covering a top surface of a rear portion of the vehicle body includes a drawbar bracket, a drawbar pin, an operation lever and a link mechanism. The drawbar bracket is provided on the vehicle body. The drawbar pin is provided at the drawbar bracket so as to be movable upward and downward. The operation lever is provided on the hood so as to be manually operated. The link mechanism is operable to move the drawbar pin upward according to operation of the operation lever.

Abstract: A backrest mechanism for a stand-up rider operator's platform in an industrial vehicle, in which an operator operates the vehicle while standing, has a support portion and a support holder. The support portion has a backrest portion for supporting a back of the operator and a seat portion for at least supporting buttocks of the operator. The support portion supports the operator by either of the backrest portion and the seat portion. The support holder is located on a rear side of the vehicle from the operator's platform. The support holder holds the support portion so that the support portion is detachable from the support holder.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a hollow silicon structure is simplifie. A device for manufacturing the silicon structure is a device that manufactures the hollow silicon structure by processing a silicon structure, the silicon structure consisting of a silicon oxide layer formed on a silicon substrate, the silicon oxide layer being covered by a silicon layer. The device is provided with first gas supply members 20 and 21, second gas supply members 30 and 31, an etching reaction chamber 10, selective connecting means 23 to 26, 34 and 35, and a gas discharging means 42. The first gas etches silicon. The second gas etches silicon oxide and barely etches silicon. The selective connecting means 23 to 26, 34 and 35 selectively connect the etching reaction chamber 10 with either the first gas supply members 20 and 21 or the second gas supply members 30 and 31. The gas discharging means 42 discharges gas from the etching reaction chamber 10.

Abstract: A circuit 202 for executing range shift-up/-down of pass metric values is provided as an additional circuit preceding to an ACS circuit 203 for adding and comparing branch metric computation values and preceding pass metric values and selecting the highest likelihood pass. It is thus possible to permit effective use of RAM bits by executing range shift-up and the accuracy of the effective bits of input data when it is necessary to expand the effective bits of the pass metric values, while executing range shift-down and increasing the accuracy of the input data when the effective bits of the pass metric values are not fully used.

Abstract: A solute and a solvent with close boiling points or close polarities are separated and concentrated by vaporizing at least one of the solvent and solute, and selectively adsorbing the vaporized component in an apparatus having a vessel, and an absorbent with an opening into the vessel.

Abstract: A steering wheel body 1 comprises sheaths 7a, 7b which covers a ring core bar 5 and spoke core bars 6A-6C, and a pad 3 formed integrally with the sheaths. A boss 8, 51, 28 is integral with the spoke core bars. A steering shaft 30 is formed at a distal end thereof with a serration 31 and an annular groove 32. The boss 8, 51, 28 includes a boss plate 33, a cylindrical portion 34, 74 with a serration 38, 68, 78, and a yoke portion 35 with through holes 36, 37, 66, 67, 76, 77. The cylindrical portion 34, 64, 74 is fitted on the end of the steering shaft 30 such that the serrations 31, 38, 68, 78 mesh with each other, and a bolt 41, 81, 91 is inserted and screwed into the through holes 36, 37, 66, 67, 76, 77. A collar 47 fitted on the bolt 41, 81, 91 is fitted in the annular groove 32. Strain stress is never transmitted directly to the bolt 41, 81, 91.

Abstract: A heater main body (300) obtained by connecting one-side ends (331, 341) of lead-out tungsten wires (33, 34) having a metal deposit (301), e.g., silver, to the ends (321, 322) of a U-shaped heating resistor (32) is embedded in a ceramic powder. The powder containing the heater main body (300) embedded therein is press-molded into a given shape and then sintered by hot pressing to thereby obtain a ceramic heating element (3) in which the other ends (332, 342) of the lead-out wires are exposed on the surface of the resultant sintered body.

Abstract: A ceramic glow plug (A) is constituted by a metallic sheath (1); a cylindrical main metallic shell (2) having a holding part (21) which holds a rear part (11); an ceramic heating element (3) fitted into the metallic sheath (1) and obtained by connecting one-side ends (331, 341) of lead-out wires (33, 34) respectively to the ends (321, 322) of a heating resistor (32) to obtain a heater main body, embedding the heater main body in a ceramic powder, and hot-pressing and sintering the powder; a terminal electrode (4) inserted into the cylindrical main metallic shell (2) on its rear end side and insulated therefrom; and lead coils (51, 52) connected to the lead-out wires (33, 34) in such a manner that one-side ends of the coils (51, 52) are brazed respectively to those areas of the lead-out wires (33, 34) which are exposed on the bake surface with a high-purity silver-based brazing material and the other ends thereof are electrically connected respectively to the cylindrical main metallic shell (2) and the termina

Abstract: The steering wheel assembly disclosed herein is mountable on a steering shaft and includes at least a bolt, a boss, and a steering wheel body. The boss is adapted to be fitted on the steering shaft and includes a cylindrical portion and a yoke portion formed integrally with the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion has a boss serration corresponding to a serration of the steering shaft. The yoke portion has through holes formed near both ends thereof. The steering wheel body includes a ring core bar, spoke core bars coupled to the ring core bar, sheaths covering the ring core bar and spoke core bars, and a pad formed integrally with the sheaths. Part of the spoke core bars are connected to the boss. The bolt has and external thread that is receivable by the through holes and engageable with internal threads of at least one of the through holes so as to permit the boss, to which the steering wheel body is connected, to be fixed on the steering shaft.