Abstract: A leg device supports an object to be able to adjust a height thereof. The leg device includes a leg shaft with a male screw portion, and an elevation body supported on the leg shaft to move upwardly and downwardly. The elevation body has a fixing portion to be fixed to the supporting object, a base portion with a through hole for the leg shaft, and a lock body portion having an upper end rotatably assembled on the base portion and a lower portion with a female screw portion engaging the male screw portion on a front surface thereof. The base portion has an elastic piece contacting a backside surface of the lock body portion, so that the female screw portion of the lock body portion is pushed against an outer peripheral surface of the leg shaft passing through the through hole.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water supply tank unit which can treat water that has leaked when a water supply tank is pulled out so that it does not remain. In the invention, a water supply tank unit which is attached to a high-frequency heating apparatus with a steam generating function and holds a water supply tank detachably, said tank unit comprises: a water supply tank 17 having a water supply port 55 on its side surface; a tank case door member 31 for supporting the water supply tank 17, which has a water inlet 59 connected to the water supply port 55 with an inserting operation of the water supply tank 17, and a scupper 60 formed around an elastic fitting piece by perforating a bottom part near the water inlet 59; and a sponge provided below the scupper 60.

Abstract: A conductive clip includes a hollow cylindrical member having a flange at one edge thereof in an axial direction and an opening communicating in a radial direction at an intermediate portion thereof in the axial direction, and a conductive member having an axial elastic force generating piece facing an inner surface of the large diameter flange and a radial elastic force generating piece passing through the opening inwardly or outwardly. The conductive member is fitted to the hollow cylindrical member to be relatively movable in the axial direction. When the hollow cylindrical member moves outwardly relative to the conductive member, the radial elastic force generating piece is pushed by an inner edge of the opening in the radial direction, so that a free end of the radial elastic force generating piece moves outwardly or inwardly in the radial direction.

Abstract: A leg device for height-adjustably supporting a supported object includes a leg shaft having a male thread portion, and an ascending/descending body supported on the leg shaft to be capable of ascending and descending. The ascending/descending body includes a base having a fixing part to be fixed to the supported object, a through hole for receiving the leg shaft therein, and an elastic piece, a lock body, and a release body. The lock body has an upper part pivotally assembled onto the base, and a female screw part engageable with the male thread portion. The lock body is pushed by the elastic piece toward the leg shaft inserted into the through hole. The release body has an operating part projecting outward from the base, and a striking part positioned inside the base. The release body can be operated to release the lock body.

Abstract: A conductive clip includes a hollow cylindrical member having a flange at one edge thereof in an axial direction and an opening communicating in a radial direction at an intermediate portion thereof in the axial direction, and a conductive member having an axial elastic force generating piece facing an inner surface of the large diameter flange and a radial elastic force generating piece passing through the opening inwardly or outwardly. The conductive member is fitted to the hollow cylindrical member to be relatively movable in the axial direction. When the hollow cylindrical member moves outwardly relative to the conductive member, the radial elastic force generating piece is pushed by an inner edge of the opening in the radial direction, so that a free end of the radial elastic force generating piece moves outwardly or inwardly in the radial direction.

Abstract: A leg device supports an object to be able to adjust a height thereof. The leg device includes a leg shaft with a male screw portion, and an elevation body supported on the leg shaft to move upwardly and downwardly. The elevation body has a fixing portion to be fixed to the supporting object, a base portion with a through hole for the leg shaft, and a lock body portion having an upper end rotatably assembled on the base portion and a lower portion with a female screw portion engaging the male screw portion on a front surface thereof. The base portion has an elastic piece contacting a backside surface of the lock body portion, so that the female screw portion of the lock body portion is pushed against an outer peripheral surface of the leg shaft passing through the through hole.

Abstract: A leg device includes a leg shaft with a male thread section having a contact section at a lower end thereof, and an elevating part supported on the leg shaft to be capable of rising and lowering. The elevating part includes a base section having a portion to be fixed to an object, a through hole for inserting the leg shaft, and a locking piece integrated with the base section at one end thereof. The locking piece has a female threaded section on a front surface of the other end thereof for engaging the male threaded section of the leg shaft, and an operation knob on a rear surface of the other end. The base section and locking piece are integrally formed to position the female threaded section of the locking piece inwardly beyond an outer surface of the leg shaft passing through the through hole.

Abstract: An attachment structure of a storage unit having: a tank casing body provided for forming a space for holding a water supply tank; a tank casing door member including a support shaft supported to the tank casing body on one side so as to make the tank casing door member opened/closed freely, and a lock portion locked to the tank casing body on the other side, the tank casing door member blocking the space of the tank casing body in a closed state and biased in a direction of departing from the tank casing body; and an operation member including an engagement portion engaged with the lock portion to retain a state locked to the casing base, and a push button for unlocking the locked state by a pushing operation, wherein: an outer circumference of a storage unit is surrounded with an opening portion of an exterior panel; the push button is protruded from an outer surface of the exterior panel in a mount position of the exterior panel when the exterior panel is in assembling work; and a space for inserting a cir

Abstract: A water supply tank unit, attached to a heating apparatus having a moistening function, comprising an open/close member biased in a direction of departing from a unit body attached to the heating apparatus, and a water supply tank held in the open/close member so as to be attachable/detachable, wherein the water supply tank and the open/close member have protrusions respectively so that the protrusions climb over each other and are locked to each other in a process of attaching/detaching the water supply tank.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water supply tank unit which can treat water that has leaked when a water supply tank is pulled out so that it does not remain. In the invention, a water supply tank unit which is attached to a high-frequency heating apparatus with a steam generating function and holds a water supply tank detachably, said tank unit comprises: a water supply tank 17 having a water supply port 55 on its side surface; a tank case door member 31 for supporting the water supply tank 17, which has a water inlet 59 connected to the water supply port 55 with an inserting operation of the water supply tank 17, and a scupper 60 formed around an elastic fitting piece by perforating a bottom part near the water inlet 59; and a sponge provided below the scupper 60.

Abstract: A water supply tank unit, attached to a heating apparatus having a moistening function, comprising an open/close member biased in a direction of departing from a unit body attached to the heating apparatus, and a water supply tank held in the open/close member so as to be attachable/detachable, wherein the water supply tank and the open/close member have protrusions respectively so that the protrusions climb over each other and are locked to each other in a process of attaching/detaching the water supply tank.

Abstract: An article attaching device is used for attaching, for example, a rear seat to an under panel of an automobile. The article attaching device is inserted into an attaching hole of the under panel to be fixed thereto, and then a hook fixed to the rear seat is inserted into the box portion to engage engaging portions provided on opposed inner sides of the box portion. The engaging portions opposing each other are shifted in the horizontal direction not to overlap each other. Thus, an article, i.e. hook, can be easily inserted into the article attaching device while providing a high extracting force of the article, which results in good workability.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a pressure processing method and processing apparatus for sterilization, denaturation, etc. of food materials. A free piston is fitted in a pressure container so that the free piston is slidable in an axial direction of the container, the pressure container being partitioned by the free piston into two chambers to prevent mixing and contact between a material to be processed and pressure medium. The material to be processed filled in and supplied to one chamber is pressure-processed by the sliding movement of the piston caused by supplying the pressure medium to the other chamber. Three or more pressure containers, in each of which is fitted a free piston, are provided, and a series of processing operations including pressurizing and holding, discharge and supply of the material to be processed are carried out in a batch continuous manner in the same time zone.

Abstract: A pressure processing method and processing apparatus for sterilization, denaturation, etc. of food materials include a free piston fitted in a pressure container so that the free piston is slidable in an axial direction of the container, the pressure container being partitioned by the free piston into two chambers to prevent mixing and contact between a material to be processed and a pressure medium. The material to be processed filled in and supplied to one chamber is pressure-processed by the sliding movement of the piston caused by supplying the pressure medium to the other chamber. Three or more pressure containers, in each of which is fitted a free piston, are provided, and a series of processing operations including pressurizing and holding, discharge and supply of the material to be processed are carried out in a batch continuous manner in the same time zone.

Abstract: A method for treating ulcerative large intestinal diseases with a pharmcautical composition containing, as the active ingredient, a sesquiterpene compound or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A damper device comprises damping structure and a spring device and is advantageously used for a door swingably supported by a shaft to be opened and shut between a totally shut position and a totally opened position and opened under the influence of its own weight at least from a position intermediate of the aforementioned two positions to the totally opened state. The damper element acts against the motion of the door. The spring element biases the door in the shutting direction at least from the intermediate position to the totally opened position.

Abstract: Chelating agents on which metals such as uranium have been adsorbed are brought into contact with an eluent of aqueous solution containing reducing agents and basic compounds, until the metals are eluted. The elution is effected with large speed without degradation of the chelating agents. Preferred chelating agents are rather stable under basic conditions but not under acidic conditions, for example, those having .dbd.NOH group in their molecules. The reducing agents and basic compounds in the eluent are, for example, sulfurous acid or salts thereof and sodium hydroxide, respectively.

Abstract: A process for producing o-methylated phenols useful as raw materials for resins and medicines in high yields comprising reacting methanol with phenols in the presence of a catalyst containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (1) magnesium oxide, manganese oxide and iron oxide which are all pre-treated with phenols and (2) magnesium phenolate.

Abstract: A method for production of phenol or nucleus-substituted phenols from benzoic acid or nucleus-substituted benzoic acids by gas-phase catalytic oxidation characterized by using an oxide catalyst of the formula,Mo.sub.a W.sub.b X.sub.c Y.sub.d Z.sub.e O.sub.fwherein Mo is molybdenum, W is at least one of vanadium, niobium and tantalum, X is at least one of copper, silver, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium and platinum, Y is at least one of cerium, uranium, zirconium, chromium, tungsten, zinc, cadmium, tin, phosphorus, antimony, bismuth and tellurium, Z is at least one of thallium, alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, and when a is fixed to 12, b is 0.1 to 60, c is 0.1 to 60, d is 0 to 24, e is 0.1 to 120 and f is the number of oxygen atoms satisfying the valence of other elements.

Abstract: A dyestuff acceptor for synthetic resins such as polyvinyl chloride comprises as essential components (A) a copolymer of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and an aminoalkyl acrylate compound represented by the general formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.I represents hydrogen or methyl group, R.sub.II and R.sub.III represent hydrogen or alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer from 1 to 4, and (B) a compound of a polyvalent metal selected from silicon, nickel, tin, cobalt, and iron, having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of carboxyl group, thioalkoxy groups, alkyl groups, phenyl groups, and cyclopentadienyl group, the weight ratio of said component (A) to said component (B) being about 100 : 1 to 1 : 1.