Abstract: Provided is a temperature control system applied to an apparatus for analyzing a sample using a pipette nozzle and a reaction container, including a pipette tip temperature controller that heats a pipette tip which is fitted on the pipette nozzle and aspirates or discharges liquid and a reaction container temperature controller that heats the reaction container. The pipette tip temperature controller heats, in a concentrated manner, at least a distal end portion of the pipette tip of the pipette nozzle located at a predetermined heating position with hot air emitted from a heat source and is configured such that a distal end is capable of arriving at the reaction container by lowering the pipette nozzle from the heating position.

Abstract: A thermosetting silicone resin composition contains the following components (A-1) to (D): (A-1) an alkenyl group-containing linear organopolysiloxane; (A-2) a branched organopolysiloxane shown by (R13SiO1/2)a(R23SiO1/2)b(SiO4/2)c (1); (B-1) a branched organohydrogenpolysiloxane shown by (HR22SiO1/2)d(R23SiO1/2)e(SiO4/2)f (2); (B-2) a linear organohydrogenpolysiloxane shown by (R23SiO1/2)2(HR2SiO2/2)x(R22SiO2/2)y (3); (C) an adhesion aid which is an epoxy group-containing branched organopolysiloxane; and (D) a catalyst containing a combination of a zero-valent platinum complex with a divalent platinum complex and/or a tetravalent platinum complex. This provides a thermosetting silicone resin composition which causes little contamination at a gold pad portion and has excellent adhesiveness to a silver lead frame.

Abstract: A cutter blade for a mower includes a blade base part, a cutting part positioned further outward radially than the blade base part, a descending part formed between the blade base part and the cutting part, and a curved part formed so as to curve upward from the cutting part. The descending part and the curved part have an intersection part at which an end of the descending part in the counter-rotating direction and a radially inner end of the curved part intersect.

Abstract: An electric transmission for an electric lawnmower is disclosed. The electric transmission is adapted to operatively connect to a plurality of wheels for driving the electric lawnmower over a ground surface. The electric transmission includes an electric motor and a housing encasing the electric motor. The housing includes a cylindrical body defining a chamber for receiving the electric motor, an inlet conduit, and an outlet conduit. The inlet conduit is connected to the cylindrical body and extends outwardly from the cylindrical body to facilitate a flow of air inside the chamber. The outlet conduit is disposed spaced apart from the inlet conduit. Further, the outlet conduit is connected to the cylindrical body and extends outwardly from the cylindrical body to facilitate an exit of air from the chamber to an ambient.

Abstract: A polymerization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light irradiator; and a polymerization vessel. The light irradiator includes a first casing and a light source assembly. The first casing includes a light source chamber defined by cylindrical side walls, a ceiling, and a floor including a light-transmissive window member. The light source assembly includes a base having a light-emitting surface on which a plurality of light-emitting diodes is disposed in a predetermined pattern and a heat-dissipating surface to which a heat sink is joined, and the light source assembly is disposed within the light source chamber so that the light-emitting surface faces the light-transmissive window member. The polymerization vessel includes a polymerization cup and a second casing. The polymerization cup has a frustoconical or substantially frustoconical shape that opens upward and increases in diameter upward, and is capable of housing an object therein.

Abstract: A vision guide with a light guiding rod including rope member formed by twisting plural strands; light guiding rod of circumferentially light emitting type being adheringly wound around spiral indentations formed between strands on outer circumference of rope member with core layer made of acrylic-based resin and clad layer made of fluorine-based resin; and light source attached to end portion of light guiding rod, wherein amount of change luminance of light guiding rod in test time over duration of 1000 hours by accelerated weathering tester is contained within range of ±10%; amount of change in each numerical value of chromaticity [x, y] is contained within range of ±0.02; flexural modulus of elasticity of light guiding rod under atmosphere of ?20 degrees Centigrade is contained at range of 0.5-5.0×103 MPa; rope member is formed by twisting strands at twisting angle from 10°-20°; and spiral indentations are uniformly formed with pitch from 100 mm-200 mm.

Abstract: A denture including a denture base where artificial teeth are fixed, the denture base includes a reference denture base member to which the artificial teeth are fixed and an adjusting member formed of a cured body of a curable denture base material, the adjusting member being joined to the reference denture base member, the adjusting member includes an anterior adjusting member that is joined to a mucosal surface of a base anterior region to form an anterior region together with the base anterior region, and a posterior adjusting member that is joined to a mucosal surface of a base posterior region to form a posterior region together with the base posterior region, and at least parts of base edge side distal end regions in the anterior region and the posterior region are formed of the anterior adjusting member and the posterior adjusting member, respectively.

Abstract: A set condition determining method for manufacturing facilities includes: inputting, into a trained model, a manufacturing condition for a target product and a setup condition that is for a product manufactured in same manufacturing facilities before manufacture of the target product and that reflects setup condition modification by an operator's manual manipulation; and obtaining a setup condition for the target product. The trained model has been trained with input being: manufacturing conditions for the target product; and setup conditions that are for the product manufactured in the same manufacturing facilities before the manufacture of the target product and that reflect setup condition modification by an operator's manual manipulation, and output being setup conditions for the target product.

Abstract: A curable composition for a denture base is provided which comprises a paste-like composition containing (A) (meth)acrylic monomers, (B) a monomer-absorbing porous organic cross-linked polymer which can absorb the (A) (meth)acrylic monomers, and (C) a polymerization initiator selected from a photopolymerization initiator and a thermal polymerization initiator, wherein the content of (B) the monomer-absorbing porous organic cross-linked polymer is 20-80 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the (A) (meth)acrylic monomers, and the absorption amount: RAb={(g?A)/(g?B)}, measured in accordance with JIS K5101-13-1:2004, and defined by the amount of (A) (meth)acrylic monomers: g?A (unit: g) absorbed per unit amount of (B) the monomer-absorbing porous organic cross-linked polymer: g?B (unit: g) is greater than or equal to 1.5.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a subject detection unit that detects a subject using an image signal output by an image sensor and a motion vector detection unit that detects a motion vector of the subject from the image signal. A camera control unit performs a process of recognizing a movement pattern using the motion vector of the detected subject and determines a group movement scene if it is determined that a movement of a plurality of subjects is a linear movement and the number of subjects with the same movement pattern is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. The camera control unit sets the subject in the lead in the movement direction among the plurality of subjects performing the liner movement in the determined group movement scene to a tracking target as a main subject.

Abstract: A sealing gasket used in a tubular battery includes a disc-shaped partition portion; an outer peripheral portion provided to stand from a peripheral edge of the partition portion and held between an open end of a metal battery can and a dish-shaped metal sealing plate; and a plurality of stress buffer portions formed of annular grooves formed concentrically in the partition portion, wherein the tubular battery includes the metal battery can having a bottomed tubular shape and has the open end subjected to inward diameter reduction, a power generation element housed in the battery can, the dish-shaped metal sealing plate fitted and attached to the open end subjected to the inward diameter reduction, and the sealing gasket made of resin and held between the open end and the sealing plate.

Abstract: [Abstract] A polymerization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light irradiator; and a polymerization vessel. The light irradiator includes a first casing and a light source assembly. The first casing includes a light source chamber defined by cylindrical side walls, a ceiling, and a floor including a light-transmissive window member. The light source assembly includes a base having a light-emitting surface on which a plurality of light-emitting diodes is disposed in a predetermined pattern and a heat-dissipating surface to which a heat sink is joined, and the light source assembly is disposed within the light source chamber so that the light-emitting surface faces the light-transmissive window member. The polymerization vessel includes a polymerization cup and a second casing. The polymerization cup has a frustoconical or substantially frustoconical shape that opens upward and increases in diameter upward, and is capable of housing an object therein.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a photocurable composition capable of reducing the amount of surface-unpolymerized-products of an obtained cured body and achieving a high photocuring depth, and to provide, particularly, a photocurable composition that can be suitably used in a photocuring-type denture reline material. [Solving Means] A photocurable composition includes: a polymerizable monomer such as 2-methacryloxyethyl propionate and 1,9-nonamethylene methacrylate; resin particles such as spherical poly(ethyl methacrylate) particles; an ?-diketone compound such as camphorquinone; a tertiary amine compound such as ethyl p-dimethylaminobenzoate; and an ?-hydroxycarboxylic acid having an acid dissociation constant of 3.0 or more in water (at 25° C.) and two or more carbonyl groups in the same molecule, such as malic acid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photopolymerization device having: a polymerization container; and a body part which is thermally connected to the polymerization container and which is formed by including a light source for applying light to the inside of the polymerization container. The photopolymerization device is characterized by being configured such that heat generated from the light source is guided to the polymerization container side.

Abstract: A second area corresponding to a first pupil and included in the first area, is designated. The driving of a focus lens is controlled based on an image signal corresponding to the second area. The designation is canceled in a case where a first area becomes no longer detected.

Abstract: Provided is a reference denture alignment jig which guides reference dentures into an oral cavity or to an articulator in which upper and lower edentulous jaw models are fixed, and aligns the reference dentures in the oral cavity or in the articulator in which upper and lower edentulous jaw models are fixed, the jig having a reference denture holding portion for holding reference dentures.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic/inorganic composite filler that contains: inorganic agglomerated particles comprising agglomerations of inorganic primary particles having a mean diameter between 10 and 1000 nm; an organic resin phase that covers the surface of each inorganic primary particle and binds the inorganic primary particles to each other; and intra-agglomerate voids, formed between the organic resin phase covering the surface of each inorganic primary particle, with a pore volume (here, “pore” refers to holes with diameters between 1 and 500 nm) between 0.01 and 0.30 cm3/g as measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the above organic/inorganic composite filler.

Abstract: A thermosetting silicone resin composition contains the following components (A-1) to (D): (A-1) an alkenyl group-containing linear organopolysiloxane; (A-2) a branched organopolysiloxane shown by (R13SiO1/2)a(R23SiO1/2)b(SiO4/2)c (1) ; (B-1) a branched organohydrogenpolysiloxane shown by (HR22SiO1/2)d(R23SiO1/2)e(SiO4/2)f (2) ; (B-2) a linear organohydrogenpolysiloxane shown by (R23SiO1/2)2(HR2SiO2/2)x(R22SiO2/2)y (3) ; (C) an adhesion aid which is an epoxy group-containing branched organopolysiloxane; and (D) a catalyst containing a combination of a zero-valent platinum complex with a divalent platinum complex and/or a tetravalent platinum complex. This provides a thermosetting silicone resin composition which causes little contamination at a gold pad portion and has excellent adhesiveness to a silver lead frame.

Abstract: A second area corresponding to a first pupil and included in the first area, is designated. The driving of a focus lens is controlled based on an image signal corresponding to the second area. The designation is canceled in a case where a first area becomes no longer detected.