Abstract: A waste liquid recovery apparatus includes a container body; a liquid absorbing body which is accommodated in the container body and absorbs liquid discharged as a waste liquid; and a sealing member which seals the container body, wherein a first space into which liquid is discharged from a liquid ejecting head and a second space which links with the outside through a ventilation hole formed in the sealing member are formed in a space closed by the container body and the sealing body, and the first space and the second space are connected with each other at the ventilation hole side.

Abstract: A waste liquid recovery apparatus includes a container body; a liquid absorbing body which is accommodated in the container body and absorbs liquid discharged as a waste liquid; and a sealing member which seals the container body, wherein a first space into which liquid is discharged from a liquid ejecting head and a second space which links with the outside through a ventilation hole formed in the sealing member are formed in a space closed by the container body and the sealing body, and the first space and the second space are connected with each other at the ventilation hole side.

Abstract: A friction stir welding member is formed by welding a second member to a first member in such a manner that a second member is stacked on a first member, a material property of the second member being different from a material property of the first member, a pin of a welding tool using a Friction Stir Welding technique is inserted into the second member, welding is started at one end of the second member, and the pin is pulled out at a welding terminal portion before the pin reaches the other end of the second member. A projection projecting toward the welding tool is provided integrally with the second member, the projection is formed so as to have a height that is higher than a length of the pin, and the projection is provided with the welding terminal portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a joined heterogeneous material in which a carbon steel material (11) and an aluminum material (12) have joined via friction-stir welding. The region of a weld zone (15) with a low lift-up amount in a plastic flow area (17) created during friction-stir welding is located on one side of the aluminum material (12) with respect to the weld zone (15), created by a welding probe (14). The region of the weld zone (15) with a high plastic flow area (17) lift-up amount is located on the other side of the aluminum material (12).

Abstract: An ejector cap which can impart a whipped cream-like appearance to a body care composition at the time of ejection. In order to find the arrangement of an ejection opening, a main means comprises a cap body fixed to a container and having an ejection opening in the top wall, and a lid movable freely between an open position and a close position. In the ejection cap for ejecting a body care composition, contained in the container and having viscosity of 10,000-50,000 Pas, from the ejection opening, the cap body has a dome portion on the top wall, and the ejection opening is of a central opening formed in the center of the dome portion and at least three leg-like openings extending radially outward from the central opening. The lid has an enclosing function for preventing leakage of the body care composition from the ejection opening at the close position.

Abstract: A method for producing a hemmed joint structure having a second member placed on a first member and an edge of the first member bent over the second member to join the two members with each other. In this method, there is provided an flange part jutting out from an edge of the first member. The flange part is disposed at a position where the flange part, when bent, does not overlap an adhesive layer between the first member and the second member. Since the adhesive layer is set apart from the flange part, even when the flange part is subjected to friction stir bonding, the resultant frictional heat will not affect the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A cap member according to a first aspect of the invention is a cap member that covers a nozzle area of an ejecting head having a plurality of nozzle openings for ejecting fluid. The cap member includes a cap member body having a bottom portion and a frame portion and an absorbing member being fixed to the bottom portion for absorbing the fluid. The bottom portion is arranged so as to oppose the nozzle area, and the frame portion is provided on a peripheral edge of the bottom portion and coming into contact with the ejecting head. An inner peripheral portion extending along the inner surface of the frame portion is a groove portion, and the height of the groove portion from the bottom portion is lower than the upper surface of the absorbing member over the entire circumference of the frame portion.

Abstract: A polishing pad which comprises a laminate of an abrasive layer with a cushioning layer. The abrasive layer has a Microrubber A hardness of 75 degrees or higher and a thickness of 0.8-3.0 mm. The cushioning layer comprises an unfoamed elastomer and has a thickness of 0.05-1.5 mm. The abrasive layer has at least two kinds of grooves formed in the surface. One of the two kinds of grooves is first grooves and the other is second grooves. The first grooves each has a groove width of 0.5-1.2 mm, and has a groove pitch of 7.5-50 mm. The second grooves each has a groove width of 1.5-3 mm, and has a groove pitch of 20-50 mm. Each of the first grooves and each of the second grooves are open to side edge faces of the abrasive layer.

Abstract: An advancing container constructed from an elliptically tubular body tube (1), a tubular tray body (21) having a non-circular shaped lateral cross-section and non-rotatably moves up and down in a containing tube section (2) in the body tube (1), and a driving body (11) mounted to the body tube (1) so as to be able to rotate and not to be able to move up and down and screw-fitted to the tray body (21). A seal section (3) at the lower end of the inner peripheral surface of the containing tube section (2) and a seal tube section (24) at the lower end of the tray body (21) are adapted to be able to be tightly fitted to each other. A positioning rib (4) is provided at the lower end of the containing tube section (2), and a positioning cutout (25) is provided at the lower end of the tray body (21). When the positioning rib (4) and the positioning cutout (25) are engaged with each other, circumferential displacements of the body tube (1) and the tray body (21) are corrected.

Abstract: A dispensing container with a pump includes a neck, a manual pump of a push-down type disposed in the neck, a push-down head fitted to the top of the pump, and a cap having an attaching cylinder fitted around the neck. A rotary cylinder is disposed on the outside of the attaching cylinder coaxially on central axis. A cover cylinder having a cover wall is disposed coaxially between the attaching cylinder and the rotary cylinder in a manner capable of going up and down under the condition that an elevating system has been established with the attaching cylinder and the rotary cylinder by the rotary movement of the rotary attachment. The cover cylinder is disposed so the push-down head is exposed out of the cover cylinder at its lower-limit position and cannot be pushed down at the upper-limit position of the cover cylinder to prevent contents from being erroneously discharged.

Abstract: A waste liquid recovery apparatus includes a container body; a liquid absorbing body which is accommodated in the container body and absorbs liquid discharged as a waste liquid; and a sealing member which seals the container body, wherein a first space into which liquid is discharged from a liquid ejecting head and a second space which links with the outside through a ventilation hole formed in the sealing member are formed in a space closed by the container body and the sealing body, and the first space and the second space are connected with each other at the ventilation hole side.

Abstract: An ejector cap which can impart a whipped cream-like appearance to a body care composition at the time of ejection. In order to find the arrangement of an ejection opening, a main means comprises a cap body fixed to a container and having an ejection opening formed in the top wall, and a lid movable freely between an open position and a close position. In the ejection cap for ejecting a body care composition, contained in the container and having viscosity of 10,000-50,000 Pa·s, from the ejection opening, the cap body has a dome-like portion formed on the top wall, and the ejection opening is formed of a central opening formed in the center of the dome-like portion and at least three leg-like openings extending radially outward from the central opening. The lid has an enclosing function for preventing leakage of the body care composition from the ejection opening at the close position.

Abstract: A discharge container that discharges an appropriated amount of a creamy cosmetic, medical supply, or the like. The discharge container may include a cylindrical body and a cylindrical lid with a top. The lid covers an opening, and is rotatably engaged with the opening. A top wall portion of the top is brought into sliding contact with an upper end surface of a rotatable partitioning plate such that any contents in the discharge container are pressed by relative rotation between the container body and the lid, resulting in the contents being discharged through a discharge opening provided on the top wall.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit of the present invention comprises a hard macro and a plurality of wirings connected to the hard macro. The hard macro comprises a hard macro main body, and a plurality of pins with a minimum pin width based on a design rule of the semiconductor integrated circuit, which is connected to the wirings. Each of the pins is arranged in a vicinity of the peripheral edge of the hard macro main body with a minimum isolated space based on the design rule provided therebetween along a direction crossing with a width direction of the peripheral edge. The wirings are arranged obliquely along a direction crossing with a perpendicular direction of the peripheral edge.

Abstract: A door closing apparatus includes a latch mechanism operated for opening or closing a door of a vehicle, a driving mechanism transmitting a driving force to the latch mechanism to operate the latch mechanism, a first lever rotatably disposed about a first rotational axis and rotating in one direction in response to transmission of an operation force of a door handle to the first lever so that the latch mechanism is controlled at the unlatched state, a second lever having an engaging portion which engages with the first lever and rotatably disposed about a second rotational axis being different from the first rotational axis. The second lever rotates in the one direction about the second rotational axis in response to a rotation in the one direction of the first lever to interrupt transmission of the driving force from the driving mechanism to the latch mechanism.

Abstract: A cap member according to a first aspect of the invention is a cap member that covers a nozzle area of an ejecting head having a plurality of nozzle openings for ejecting fluid. The cap member includes a cap member body having a bottom portion and a frame portion and an absorbing member being fixed to the bottom portion for absorbing the fluid. The bottom portion is arranged so as to oppose the nozzle area, and the frame portion is provided on a peripheral edge of the bottom portion and coming into contact with the ejecting head. An inner peripheral portion extending along the inner surface of the frame portion is a groove portion, and the height of the groove portion from the bottom portion is lower than the upper surface of the absorbing member over the entire circumference of the frame portion.

Abstract: A comb-carrying container is designed for applying substance by sequential action. The container has a hollow comb with a shaft, and a cap-like member formed at the lower end of the shaft, and a laminated container body consisting of an outer layer and an inner layer peelable therefrom and having an opened neck portion, to which the cap-like member is fitted, such that the liquid in the container may be discharged from the teeth of the comb through the shaft. In the present invention, the shaft 32 and the cap-like member 21 is separated each other, and a pump cylinder 11 is depending from the cap-like member 21 to the laminated container body 1, and a stem 41 is depending from the shaft 32 into the pump cylinder 11. A cylindrical piston 44 is attached at the lower end portion of the stem.

Abstract: Examination of obesity or emaciation is performed based on expression levels of LCE gene or protein in a test tissue or a test cell or a polymorphism of the gene. Evaluation of compounds including screening of therapeutic agents for obesity or emaciation is performed utilizing the nature of LCE gene or protein.

Abstract: A sheet bending apparatus bends a sheet in a standing state. The apparatus includes: an information obtaining section that obtains a sheet information indicating the type of the sheet; a sheet moving member that has an abutting section capable of abutting the bottom edge of the sheet and vertically moves the sheet with the abutting section; a sheet bending section that is disposed within a range of the movement of the sheet moved by the sheet moving member, has a pushing member extending laterally and intersecting the vertical direction of the sheet, and bends the sheet by causing the pushing member to push a predetermined position of the sheet; and a controlling section that controls an amount of movement of the abutting section according to the type of the sheet to allow the abutting section to abut the predetermined position of the sheet.

Abstract: A method for producing a hemmed joint structure having a second member placed on a first member and an edge of the first member bent over the second member to join the two members with each other. In this method, there is provided an flange part jutting out from an edge of the first member. The flange part is disposed at a position where the flange part, when bent, does not overlap an adhesive layer between the first member and the second member. Since the adhesive layer is set apart from the flange part, even when the flange part is subjected to friction stir bonding, the resultant frictional heat will not affect the adhesive layer.