Abstract: A method of applying heat shield material to form a heat shield layer on a crown surface of a piston of an engine is provided. The method includes the steps of disposing a dispenser that linearly discharges the heat shield material toward the crown surface, and moving an applied position of the heat shield material with respect to the crown surface in a circumferential direction of the crown surface, while discharging the heat shield material from the dispenser toward the crown surface.

Abstract: It is an object of this invention to provide a sample integration cassette, a spotting device and a sample integration device which enhance a sample integration density and reduce the size of a sample assembly and a probe. The sample integration cassette has the sample assembly and the sample support carrier so arranged therein that the sample support can be fed from the sample support carrier onto the sample assembly at a predetermined angle to the sample assembly at all times. The cassette is formed so as to be connectable with a drive unit that applies a drive force to the sample assembly and the sample support carrier interlockingly and synchronously. The spotting device has a delivery member mounting table which is vertically moved over the sample support carrier to apply samples to the sample support from the delivery member.

Abstract: It is an object of this invention to provide a sample integration cassette, a spotting device and a sample integration device which enhance a sample integration density and reduce the size of a sample assembly and a probe. The sample integration cassette has the sample assembly and the sample support carrier so arranged therein that the sample support can be fed from the sample support carrier onto the sample assembly at a predetermined angle to the sample assembly at all times. The cassette is formed so as to be connectable with a drive unit that applies a drive force to the sample assembly and the sample support carrier interlockingly and synchronously. The spotting device has a delivery member mounting table which is vertically moved over the sample support carrier to apply samples to the sample support from the delivery member.

Abstract: An object is to provide a reaction vessel in which, after a reaction has been conducted in the state with a cover member mounted on a reaction vessel main body, the reaction product contained in the reaction solution within the reaction vessel can be acquired without removing the cover member from the reaction vessel main body, and in order to achieve this object, the reaction vessel of the present invention is characterized in that: a nozzle tip fitting space, in which a nozzle tip mounted on a nozzle that can take in and discharge liquid can be fitted, is formed in the cover member; a nozzle tip fitting hole leading to the nozzle tip space is formed such that the nozzle tip can be fitted in the nozzle tip fitting space in the state with the cover member mounted on the reaction vessel main body; and in the state with the cover member mounted on the reaction vessel main body, a through-hole, which causes the exterior of the reaction vessel to communicate with the reaction solution holding space and the nozzle

Abstract: In order to attain an object to provide a reaction vessel, reaction apparatus, and method with which a reaction can be automated without requiring centrifugation when a reaction solution is held in a reaction chamber, the temperature of the reaction solution held in the reaction chamber can be rapidly controlled, the reaction can proceed even when just a tiny amount of reaction solution is held in the reaction chamber, and the reaction occurring in the reaction chamber can be monitored in real time, temperature control of a reaction solution 4a held in a tightly closed space S1a is performed through a bottom plate 22a constituting a reaction vessel main body 2a and a pressing part 32a constituting a cover member 3a, and the irradiation of the reaction solution 4a with excitation light and the detection of fluorescent light emitted from the reaction solution 4a are performed through a first side plate 23a constituting the reaction vessel main body 2a.

Abstract: Total organic carbon in an aqueous or gaseous sample is measured by admitting the sample and an oxidant gas to a cell transparent to plasma, establishing a relatively low energy plasma in the cell, and measuring the CO2 thus produced using FTIR, NDIR, or conductivity-based techniques.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for personal belongings like a traveler's bag, a suitcase and a brief case.The container of the present invention includes a housing which is capable of housing a lengthy restrainer such as a wire. The housing is attached to a corner part or the peripheral part of the container main body, and one end of the lengthy restrainer is firmly fixed to the housing.