Abstract: [Object] It is an object of the present invention to provide an aluminum alloy film having excellent bending resistance and heat resistance, and a thin film transistor including the aluminum alloy film. [Solving Means] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an aluminum alloy film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an Al pure metal that includes at least one type of a first additive element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Sc, Mo, Y, Nb, and Ti. A content of the first additive element is 0.01 atomic % or more and 1.0 atomic % or less. Such an aluminum alloy film has excellent bending resistance and excellent heat resistance. Further, also etching can be performed on the aluminum alloy film.

Abstract: To provide a retainer ring by which an object to be polished can be uniformly polished, and deterioration thereof can be suppressed, and it does not take time to recycle, and a polishing machine having the retainer ring. The retainer ring 1 includes: a first annular portion 11 for surrounding an outer circumferential portion of the object to be polished and made of resin; and a second annular portion 12 provided on the first annular portion 11 and having a mechanical strength higher than that of the first annular portion 11. In rim portions of the first annular portion 11 and the second annular portion 12, a fixing portion 13 for fixing the first annular portion 11 and the second annular portion 12 with mechanical joining is provided. The first annular portion 11 protrudes beyond the fixing portion 13 toward the opposite side of the second annular portion 12.

Abstract: To provide a retainer ring by which an object to be polished can be uniformly polished, and deterioration thereof can be suppressed, and it does not take time to recycle, and a polishing machine having the retainer ring. The retainer ring 1 includes: a first annular portion 11 for surrounding an outer circumferential portion of the object to be polished and made of resin; and a second annular portion 12 provided on the first annular portion 11 and having a mechanical strength higher than that of the first annular portion 11. In rim portions of the first annular portion 11 and the second annular portion 12, a fixing portion 13 for fixing the first annular portion 11 and the second annular portion 12 with mechanical joining is provided. The first annular portion 11 protrudes beyond the fixing portion 13 toward the opposite side of the second annular portion 12.

Abstract: An air conditioning duct to be positioned on a rear surface of a vehicular instrument panel (10). The duct (20) allows an air conditioning duct with complicated share to be formed of a plurality of separate cylindrical members (30 to 60). Joining the plurality of cylindrical members with a plurality of fixture members (71) allows the air conditioning duct to be obtained. The cylindrical members have leg portions (39A to 39C, 45, 55, 65) designed to be mounted to the instrument panel.

Abstract: An air conditioning duct to be positioned on a rear surface of a vehicular instrument panel (10). The duct (20) allows an air conditioning duct with complicated share to be formed of a plurality of separate cylindrical members (30 to 60). Joining the plurality of cylindrical members with a plurality of fixture members (71) allows the air conditioning duct to be obtained. The cylindrical members have leg portions (39A to 39C, 45, 55, 65) designed to be mounted to the instrument panel.

Abstract: Method for producing intrabuccally disintegrating tablets, which comprises the following Steps (a), (b) and (c), wherein a medicament is mixed before granulation or tabletting: (a) a step of dissolving at least one saccharide having a high solubility in water and at least one water-soluble binder in water alone or in water and an alcohol; (b) a step of mixing the solution obtained in above Step (a) with at least one excipient, granulating, drying, and tabletting the mixture under a low compression pressure; (c) a step of aging the tablets obtained in Step (b), and intrabuccally disintegrating tablets produced by the above method are provided. The method of the present invention is a simple method for producing intrabuccally disintegrating tablets in large scale without using specific facility, and by which intrabuccally disintegrating tablets showing good disintegrating property in oral cavity as well as having sufficient strength can be obtained.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing thin solidified alloy pieces having a container 53 for accommodating an alloy melt 57, the container having an opening in an upper portion of the container, drive means 2 for titling the container for providing a flow of the alloy melt from the container, control means 4 for controlling the drive means, a cooling roll 55 for cooling and solidifying the alloy melt from the container into thin pieces, and flow stabilizing means 54 for guiding the alloy melt from the container onto the cooling roll in a substantially constant flow, wherein the control means includes memory means for storing tilting angular velocity commands for tilting the container, and commanding means for reading the tilting angular velocity commands in the memory means and for activating the drive means in accordance with the commands so read, wherein the tilting angular velocity commands in the memory means have been pre-set based on theoretical quantity of the alloy melt remaining in the container at each of a pl

Abstract: A stapler includes a staple magazine rotably connected to an operating assembly. The operating assembly rotates around a shaft in response to pressure applied by a user to a operating handle. The staple magazine includes a plurality of staple clips capable of holding different size staples. The stapler includes means for determining a desired staple size. The staple magazine is rotated by the user to select a desired size staple. A stopper assembly, slidably mounted on a base of the stapler, is positioned by the user to limit and guide a front edge of a stack of papers being stapled. The means for determining a desired staple size and the stopper assembly are free from interference with each other. The stopper assembly is constructed so that a portion contacting the front edge of the stack of papers remains perpendicular to the front edge during a stapling operation.

Abstract: A gear set analyzing method includes the step of simulating rotation of a gear set having a pair of gears intermeshed with each other. Simulation is based on standard dimensional data for the gear set and curved tooth surface data which consists of data representative of a plurality of points by which each tooth surface of the gears is defined in order to provide data for intermeshing conditions of the gears.

Abstract: A stapler has a staple magazine with a plurality of staple clips. Each clip is designed to hold a different staple. The desired staple size is selected by rotating an indicator until a staple magazine contacts an inserted stack of paper. Once known, the desired staple clip can be selected by unlocking the staple magazine for rotation about a suspension rod until the desired clip is above an anvil. The magazine is locked, and a staple is punched therefrom. The act of locking, selecting and unlock is accomplished with only one hand.

Abstract: A structure for supporting an air filter on a carburetor, the air filter having a casing accommodating an air filtration element and a cap adapted to close the upper opening of the casing, the cap being adapted to be centered and fixed to the carburetor by a cooperation of a center bolt projecting upward from the carburetor and a butterfly nut. The supporting structure has a supporting member adapted to be fixed to the carburetor, an annular disc-shaped first resilient member connected at its inner periphery to one end of the supporting member and at its outer periphery to the casing of the air filter, and a second resilient member through which the cap of the air filter is fixed to an opposite end of the supporting member. The vibration of the casing and the cap of the air filter is avoided thanks to the first and the second resilient members which insulate the casing and the cap from the vibration caused by the engine to which the air filter is attached.

Abstract: Air cleaning means suitable for use with an internal combustion engine including a fuel vapor adsorbing filter element and a sucked air cleaning filter element arranged independently of and separately from each other. The fuel vapor adsorbing filter element includes a filter material layer containing fibers of active carbon for adsorbing fuel vapors thereon, and a metallic reinforcing member, while a sucked air cleaning filter element includes a filter material layer of the usual type for cleaning the air drawn by suction into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The fuel vapor adsorbing filter element may further include a plurality of reinforcing layers of nonwoven fabric each located on one of opposite sides of the filter material layer.

Abstract: An air cleaner element for an internal combustion engine capable of adsorbing fuel vapor and having an air cleaning filter medium and a fuel vapor adsorption filter medium containing activated carbon fibers, the filter media being partly bonded together with an adhesive into a unitary construction. Both the filter media have a large surface area so that the reduction in size of the air cleaning filter medium and the increase in size of an air cleaner case may not be needed. Furthermore the wear and abrasion of activated carbon fibers due to the vibrations may be avoided.