Abstract: The object is to provide: a safe immunomodulating agent which can be used as a pharmaceutical or a food material; a method for production of the immunomodulating agent; and a novel application of a coffee extract residue. Disclosed is an immunomodulating agent comprising a coffee extract as an active ingredient. Preferably, the coffee extract is an extract containing arabinogalactan. The immunomodulating effect of the immunomodulating agent relies on the promotion of the proliferation of an immunocompetent cell such as a macrophage. The immunocompetent cell is preferably any one selected from a macrophage like strain RAW264 or J774.1, a murine splenocyte, a murine peritoneal macrophage and a murine dendrocyte. A composition containing the immunomodulating agent can be used as a composition such as a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition and a cosmetic composition.

Abstract: The object is to provide: a safe immunomodulating agent which can be used as a pharmaceutical or a food material; a method for production of the immunomodulating agent; and a novel application of a coffee extract residue. Disclosed is an immunomodulating agent comprising a coffee extract as an active ingredient. Preferably, the coffee extract is an extract containing arabinogalactan. The immunomodulating effect of the immunomodulating agent relies on the promotion of the proliferation of an immunocompetent cell such as a macrophage. The immunocompetent cell is preferably any one selected from a macrophage like strain RAW264 or J774.1, a murine splenocyte, a murine peritoneal macrophage and a murine dendrocyte. A composition containing the immunomodulating agent can be used as a composition such as a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition and a cosmetic composition.

Abstract: According to the present invention, film-shaped insulating materials (32) are provided in core slots (12), the insulating materials being extended by a specific dimension from the ends of outer peripheral cores (17) and inner peripheral cores (18) of core segments (11) to the outsides of the cores, and the plurality of core segments (11) are separated and held at specific intervals, so that winding can be continuously performed on split cores while a winding capability is maintained. Further, the core segments (11) are brought close to one another and rounded to form an annular shape while the film-shaped insulating materials (32) extended by the specific dimension to the outsides of the core are sequentially bent, so that it is possible to manufacture a stator ensuring an insulation distance between an exciting coil and the core and interphase insulation between out-of-phase coils.

Abstract: In an axial gap type coreless electric motor, a frame bracket (16), which is disposed facing a field magnet (12) with a rotary armature (14) inserted in between, has radial ribs (19) formed outside thereof and disposed radially from a central part to a peripheral part of the frame bracket. The ribs are tapered, with their heights and widths gradually narrowed from the center part to the peripheral parts of the frame bracket.