Abstract: An optical module for reducing the variance of grating spacing in an optical fiber comprises an optical fiber receiving portion having an optical fiber receiving portion and optical fiber securing portions for receiving and securing the optical fiber to the optical module, respectively. An adhesive agent containing filler and having an excellent water-vapor resistance is applied to the securing portions of the optical module for securing the fiber grating portion of the optical fiber to the optical module.

Abstract: A medication filling apparatus for filling a predetermined container with medications, such as tablets, provide improved assemblability and maintainability, and permits safe and reliable filling operations, while maintaining a compact size. The medication filling apparatus is equipped with a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medications of respective types, a plurality of hoppers provided side by side below the respective tablet cases in a corresponding manner to receive the medications dispensed therefrom, and charging means for guiding the medications dispensed from a dispensing port formed at the bottommost portion of each hopper to a predetermined container and for charging them, and is further equipped with retaining members on which the hoppers are hung, wherein the hoppers are detachably installed to the retaining members.

Abstract: A hermetic electric compressor is capable of efficiently pumping up a necessary amount of lubricating oil even at low-speed rotation and has a simple constitution to provide an excellent workablity in assembling. The hermetic electric compressor includes an oil pump. The oil pump includes (i) a slanting channel formed in the lower portion of a main shaft and slanting from the lower portion to the upper portion thereof outwardly, (ii) a throttle formed at the bottom end of the main shaft and having an inlet port of diameter smaller than the section of the slanting channel at the center thereof, and (iii) a lower communicating passage for providing a communication between the bottom end of a spiral groove and the slanting channel. This constitution is capable of effectively lift the head of the lubricating oil.

Abstract: A method for connecting optical waveguides to optical fibers, the optical waveguides being arranged side by side in an optical waveguide circuit device, the method including inserting optical fibers into arranging guide grooves formed side by side in a guide substrate of an optical fiber array device, warping the optical fiber array device by a contraction stress caused by hardening of an adhesive for attaching the guide substrate to a cap plate for attachment and fixing, and optically connecting the optical waveguides to the optical fibers, by facing a connection terminal surface of the optical waveguide circuit device to a connection terminal surface of the optical fiber array device in the curved shape.

Abstract: An optical waveguide module is provided, which comprises an optical waveguide component having an auxiliary connection member connected to an end of an optical waveguide chip and at least one array member for attaching an end of at least one optical fiber to a connection member to be connected to the auxiliary connection member. The optical waveguide component and the array member are connected to each other via the auxiliary connection member and the connection member. A presser member is disposed to press at least one of the optical waveguide chip and the optical fiber in the direction of the connection. An optical waveguide exposed from the end of the optical waveguide chip is in direct contact with the core of the optical fiber exposed from an end of the array member.

Abstract: In a hermetic compressor for use on an air-conditioning unit as well as a refrigerating unit such as a refrigerator and a showcase, there is disclosed a constitution designed to provide a silently operated hermetic compressor that has an intake muffler readily assembled thereon. The hermetic compressor including a substantially disk-like elastic member disposed between the intake muffler at an outlet thereof and a cylinder head is provided, in which an outlet orifice of the intake muffler constantly remains pressed against an intake valve port through a gasket.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical demultiplexer module capable of narrowing the interval between wavelengths of divided light. The optical demultiplexer module is provided with an optical circulator (2) or a non-reciprocal optical branching device, the first and second optical waveguides (3) and (4) connected to the optical circulator or non-reciprocal optical branching device, and the second arrayed waveguide diffraction grating (6) connected to the second optical waveguide (4) and having a plurality of emitting ports (6a) through (6h). The first optical waveguide (3) has a plurality of filters (3a) through (3i) which reflects light of a specified wavelength to the second optical waveguide (4) via the optical circulator (2) or non-reciprocal optical branching device. In the second arrayed waveguide diffraction grating (6), the center wavelengths of light emitted from a plurality of emitting ports differ by an appointed frequency in terms of frequency.

Abstract: A method for connecting optical waveguides to optical fibers, the optical waveguides being arranged side by side in an optical waveguide circuit device, the method including inserting optical fibers into arranging guide grooves formed side by side in a guide substrate of an optical fiber array device, warping the optical fiber array device by a contraction stress caused by hardening of an adhesive for attaching the guide substrate to a cap plate for attachment and fixing, and optically connecting the optical waveguides to the optical fibers, by facing a connection terminal surface of the optical waveguide circuit device to a connection terminal surface of the optical fiber array device in the curved shape.

Abstract: An optical fiber array device including a guide substrate formed with a plurality of optical fiber arranging guide grooves and a cap plate, the optical fiber array device being warped by a contraction stress associated with hardening an adhesive used to attach the guide substrate to the cap plate, the warp being controlled to align the optical fiber array device with a corresponding optical waveguide device.

Abstract: An optical module comprises an optical fiber having a formed portion to form a fiber grating and a package to which the optical fiber is secured. The package comprises a single package member or at least two or more package members whose materials differ from each other. The optical fiber is secured to the package member. A distortion for adjusting a Bragg reflection wavelength of the fiber grating of the optical fiber is given to the package member.

Abstract: An optical module comprising: a comb-shaped package having a plurality of teeth portions and a base portion; and at least one optical fiber having fiber grating, wherein respective fiber-grating formed portions of at least one optical fiber are placed in corresponding teeth portions and base portion of said package, and the optical fiber is fixed to the base portion and corresponding teeth portion in such manner that the fiber-grating formed portion exists between the base portion and the corresponding teeth portion.

Abstract: An optical module for reducing the variance of grating spacing in an optical fiber comprises an optical fiber receiving portion having an optical fiber receiving portion and optical fiber securing portions for receiving and securing the optical fiber to the optical module, respectively. An adhesive agent containing filler and having an excellent water-vapor resistance is applied to the securing portions of the optical module for securing the fiber grating portion of the optical fiber to the optical module.

Abstract: A temperature-compensated optical fiber component for use in high-density WDM optical communication includes an optical fiber which has a Bragg grating serving as a monochromatic filter, an inner package which supports the optical fiber and causes the Bragg grating to have a temperature-compensating capability, and an outer package arranged outside the inner package. A clearance having a heat insulating function is provided between the outer package and the inner package.

Abstract: A solid preparation filling apparatus for filling solid preparations such as tablets into a container and avoiding mixture with any other preparation. Each type of solid preparation is to be ejected from its respective tablet case, and the upper end inlet of a holding cell is associated with the discharge port of a hopper that receives the ejected solid preparation from the tablet case by rotating and moving the holding cells to adjust their positions so that the solid preparation falling from a tablet case is accommodated in a predetermined holding cell. When filling the solid preparation in a container, the holding cell is rotated and moved so that its outlet is matched with a chute and the holding cell shutter is opened. The holding cell and the shutter constitute a holding unit, and a plurality of holding units are mounted on the rotating plate which rotates under the hopper.

Abstract: A grating type optical component is provided, in which a plurality of light beams having wavelengths different from one another can be reflected, the, loss is small, and the cost is low. The grating type optical component is composed of plural kinds of gratings (6a to 6d) that reflect different wavelengths of light and are formed at once in an optical fiber (2) and arranged serially in its longitudinal direction, so that there are no fusion splicing portions between the gratings. The plural kinds of serially-connected gratings (6a to 6d) are together housed in a temperature compensating package (3N) for compensating the temperature dependency of the gratings (6a to 6d). In forming the gratings (6a to 6d), prepare a phase mask (8N) in which a plurality of grating forming patterns (1a to 1d) different from one another are formed and arranged transversely. The phase mask (8N) covers the optical fiber (2) such that the grating forming patterns (1a to 1d) face the optical fiber (2).

Abstract: A grating type optical component is provided, in which a plurality of light beams having wavelengths different from one another can be reflected, the loss is small, and the cost is low. The grating type optical component is composed of plural kinds of gratings (6a to 6d) that reflect different wavelengths of light and are formed at once in an optical fiber (2) and arranged serially in its longitudinal direction, so that there are no fusion splicing portions between the gratings. The plural kinds of serially-connected gratings (6a to 6d) are together housed in a temperature compensating package (3N) for compensating the temperature dependency of the gratings (6a to 6d). In forming the gratings (6a to 6d), prepare a phase mask (8N) in which a plurality of grating forming patterns (1a to 1d) different from one another are formed and arranged transversely. The phase mask (8N) covers the optical fiber (2) such that the grating forming patterns (1a to 1d) face the optical fiber (2).

Abstract: The invention provides a small-sized optical wavelength multiplexed transmission module with suppressed noise, without increasing the size of the chip, wherein an optical filter (20) which interrupts light of a specified wavelength area other than the wavelength used for wavelength multiplexed transmissions is connected to an optical input waveguide side (11) of an arrayed waveguide type optical wavelength synthesizing and dividing device (10). Since the optical filter (20) can interrupt noise wavelength components, light passed through and divided by the arrayed waveguide optical wavelength synthesizing and dividing device (10) can become signal light of the use wavelength free from noise.

Abstract: A medicine supply apparatus which improves the storage efficiency of a tablet case to a case storage part and further improves the refilling operation property of the tablet case with medicine. In the medicine supply apparatus, a plurality of types of tablet cases different in medicine containing capacity and a plurality of types of tablet case storage parts are provided, a plurality of tablet cases of any one type out of the plurality of types of tablet cases can be stored in the tablet case storage part, the plurality of types of tablet case storage parts substantially have the same size, and at least two or more of the plurality of types of tablet case storage parts are combined and formed.

Abstract: An optical waveguide module is provided, which comprises an optical waveguide component having an auxiliary connection member connected to an end of an optical waveguide chip and at least one array member for attaching an end of at least one optical fiber to a connection member to be connected to the auxiliary connection member. The optical waveguide component and the array member are connected to each other via the auxiliary connection member and the connection member. A presser member is disposed to press at least one of the optical waveguide chip and the optical fiber in the direction of the connection. An optical waveguide exposed from the end of the optical waveguide chip is in direct contact with the core of the optical fiber exposed from an end of the array member.

Abstract: A grating-type optical component having a high isolation ability at a light-blocking band and a small clad layer mode combination loss at a signal transmission band, and its manufacturing method are provided. A selected area on a core of an optical fiber is irradiated by ultraviolet beams emitted from an excimer laser source through a phase mask in order to produce high index of refraction areas and low index of refraction areas arranged alternately and periodically along the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber. This ultraviolet irradiation is terminated before the index of refraction, which is increasing due to the ultraviolet irradiation, reaches a target value. Then, the phase mask is removed, and the selected area of the core is again irradiated by ultraviolet beams, thereby completing the grating-type optical fiber.