Abstract: Provided is a deterioration inhibitor which, compared to prior art, is more effective against deterioration of the flavor or aroma of food, drinks, cosmetics, and the like caused by a variety of factors, and does not have any influence on the color of the food, drinks, cosmetics, and the like. This flavor or aroma deterioration inhibitor contains theanaphthoquinone and analogues thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting device (8) for an aeration element (2) for introducing a gas into a liquid, said aeration element (2) comprises a base body (3) having at least one upwardly-projecting sidewall (6), said mounting device comprises a mounting element (9) for connecting to the sidewall (6) of the base body (3) of the aeration element (2). Said mounting element (9) comprises at least one elastically deflectable retaining web (10) for detachably connecting to the at least one sidewall (6) of the base body (3) of the aeration element (2). The invention also relates to an aerator with said type of mounting device (8).

Abstract: A motor may include an urging member which is mounted on a fixed body for urging the bearing, and a pair of engaging grooves formed on the fixed body. The urging member may includes a pair of hook parts which are bent from respective tip ends of a pair of side plate parts. When the urging member is mounted on the fixed body, a pair of the hook parts are inserted from open ends and engaged with a pair of the engaging grooves and, when an outward force is applied to the urging member, the hook parts abut with an opposite inner wall of the engaging grooves located on a tip end side in the axial line direction of the motor to prevent the hook parts from being disengaged from the engaging grooves.

Abstract: A motor may include a rotation shaft, a bearing for supporting a shaft end of the rotation shaft, a bearing holder for supporting the bearing, and an urging member provided with a spring part for urging the bearing toward the rotation shaft. The urging member is slid in a mounting direction intersecting the motor axial line direction to be mounted on the bearing holder. The urging member includes a bottom plate part, a side plate part protruded from the bottom plate part and a hook part engaged with the bearing holder. A detachment prevention mechanism is provided for preventing the urging member from detaching from the bearing holder and the detachment prevention mechanism is provided with an engaging projection protruded from the hook part and an engaging recessed part recessed from a front end face of the bearing holder.

Abstract: A motor includes a stator having a stator core, a rotor, a case, and a bearing. The motor may further include a bearing hold member provided with a through hole into which the bearing is inserted and which is disposed at one end side to the stator core and a spring member held by the case such that at least one part of the spring member overlaps the bearing hold member at one end side to the bearing hold member to urge the bearing in the through hole to the rotor shaft. A first positioning projection is formed in one of the stator core and the bearing hold member so as to protrude on a side of the other and a first fitting hole is formed in the other of the stator core and the bearing hold member so as to be fitted to the first positioning projection.

Abstract: A motor may include an urging member which is mounted on a fixed body for urging the bearing, and a pair of engaging grooves formed on the fixed body. The urging member may includes a pair of hook parts which are bent from respective tip ends of a pair of side plate parts. When the urging member is mounted on the fixed body, a pair of the hook parts are inserted from open ends and engaged with a pair of the engaging grooves and, when an outward force is applied to the urging member, the hook parts abut with an opposite inner wall of the engaging grooves located on a tip end side in the axial line direction of the motor to prevent the hook parts from being disengaged from the engaging grooves.

Abstract: A motor includes a stator having a stator core, a rotor, a case, and a bearing. The motor may further include a bearing hold member provided with a through hole into which the bearing is inserted and which is disposed at one end side to the stator core and a spring member held by the case such that at least one part of the spring member overlaps the bearing hold member at one end side to the bearing hold member to urge the bearing in the through hole to the rotor shaft. A first positioning projection is formed in one of the stator core and the bearing hold member so as to protrude on a side of the other and a first fitting hole is formed in the other of the stator core and the bearing hold member so as to be fitted to the first positioning projection.

Abstract: A method for providing backup data utilizing a remote maintenance system acquires claim information and generates a necessary backup data item from the claim information. Further, it accesses a product of a user through a network and acquires information corresponding to the backup data item from the product of the user.

Abstract: In a heat exchanger for cooling air, a tube has a streamlined-shaped cross-section so that air flows along an outer surface of the tube without stagnating. Therefore, it is less likely that moisture contained in the air will adhere on the outer surface of the tube. Accordingly, the formation of frost is restricted.

Abstract: A technical support system includes an SIP section which provides web pages as an information input and output interface, a KB section which stores various claim reports and solutions related to the claim reports, and a CH section which registers in the knowledge base section a new claim report in which at least a claim title is structured as a combination of predetermined items of definition information on the basis of a claim content input to a client web page, and manages the registered new claim report as an unsolved claim requiring an answer from an engineer. Particularly, the CH section is configured to issue task sheets for a market countermeasure task which is shared among technical divisions according to the new claim report and to update the state of progress in the market countermeasure task upon receipt of the task sheet returned from each of the technical divisions.

Abstract: A method coping a change in hardware accesses a product of a user through a network and acquires information on the product of the user. It further acquires information on a part to be changed, and generates information on a product that requires change of a part from the acquired information on the product of the user and information on the part to be changed.

Abstract: A complaint-report-issuing system includes a master database section which holds product information related to a sales product and a report having no solution. The system periodically calculates points for each analysis-determination item used to analyze and determine the report on the basis of a result obtained by analyzing the product information and a preset condition for the result and totals the points of the analysis-determination items. The complaint-report-issuing system issues a complaint report of the report to a host center on the basis of the points totaled by the point calculation section and a preset point range for complaint-report-issuing.

Abstract: A technical support system includes an SIP section which provides web pages as an information input and output interface, a KB section which stores various claim reports and solutions related to the reports, and a CH section which registers in the KB section a new claim report in which at least a claim title is structured as a combination of predetermined items of definition information on the basis of a claim content input to a client web page, and manages the registered new claim report as an unsolved claim requiring an answer from the engineer. Particularly, the CH section is configured to determine an engineer who is to take charge of a supporting task for preparing a solution to the new claim report, based on ranks of importance of supporting tasks already assigned to engineers of a division-in-charge, and progress states of the supporting tasks.

Abstract: A method for providing backup data utilizing a remote maintenance system acquires claim information and generates a necessary backup data item from the claim information. Further, it accesses a product of a user through a network and acquires information corresponding to the backup data item from the product of the user.

Abstract: A rank assignment system receives input of a complaint from a web page provided as an input/output interface of information, calculates points for each analysis-determination item used to analyze and determine the complaint, on the basis of the result obtained by analyzing product information, held by a matter data base section, related to a sales product, and a preset condition for the result, then totals the points calculated for the analysis-determination items, and assigns a rank to the complaint on the basis of the totaled points and a preset point range.

Abstract: A technical support system includes a SIP section which provides web pages as an information input and output interface, a KB section which stores various claim reports and solutions answered by engineers with respect to the claim reports, and a CH section which searches the KB section for solutions which match a claim content input to a client web page. Particularly, the CH section is configured to perform an ordinary search of collecting the claim reports based on product information input as the claim content, and an extended search of extracting predetermined items of claim definition information in a standard term from claim details of a natural language form input as the claim content by referring to a synonym table which converts synonym terms having the same technical meaning into the single standard term and then deriving a reduced number of solution candidates based on a combination of the claim definition information items from the claim reports obtained in the ordinary search.

Abstract: A technical support system comprises a service information portal section for providing web pages as an information input and output interface, and a knowledge base section for storing various claim reports and solutions answered by an engineer with respect to the claim reports. In particular, the server further comprises a claim handling section for registering in the knowledge base section a new claim report in which at least a claim title is structured as a combination of predetermined items of definition information on the basis of a claim content input to a client web page, and managing the registered new claim report as an unsolved claim requiring an answer from the engineer.

Abstract: A motor comprises a motor rotation shaft, a first thrust bearing which supports one end of the motor rotation shaft and a second thrust bearing which supports the other end of the motor rotation shaft to control positioning in a thrust direction of the motor rotation shaft. The first thrust bearing further comprises a bearing for supporting one end of the motor rotation shaft and is movable in a shaft direction of the motor rotation shaft, a guide member for guiding the movement of the bearing in the shaft direction and a plurality of pre-loaded elements for opposing the force generated by the bearing in the shaft direction. The pre-loaded elements are evenly spaced around the motor shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of the preparation of ionizable calcium composition powder by powdering oyster shells and decomposing the powder. Oyster shells are dried and then powdered. This oyster shell powder is forced from a tubular feeding zone including a screw conveyor into a tubular processing zone, and during the passage through the tubular processing zone the powder is thermally and electrically treated. The processing zone has an electric heater arranged around the passage thereof, and a pair of electrodes arranged on opposite sides of the passages. The oyster shell powder, when it is passed through the processing zone, is heated by the heater and is exposed to an electric discharge by applying a high voltage between the pair of the electrodes, and as a result of this discharge treatment the product powder is highly ionizable.