Abstract: A liquid residual amount detection apparatus for a liquid container, includes: a sensor chamber that has a liquid supply port introducing liquid to be delivered from a liquid containing portion, and supplies the liquid to an external liquid consuming apparatus; a diaphragm that defines a part of the sensor chamber and is movable in response to a liquid containing amount in the sensor chamber; a pressure receiving plate that is attached to the diaphragm; a recess portion that is connected to the sensor chamber and is closed by the pressure receiving plate when the liquid containing amount in the sensor chamber becomes a predetermined amount or less; a piezoelectric element that applies vibration to at least a part of the recess portion so as to detect a free vibration state according to the applied vibration; a detection portion that detects an amplitude value or a frequency of a residual vibration waveform of a counter electromotive force by the free vibration state detected by the piezoelectric element; and

Abstract: A liquid container includes: a container body which has a liquid containing portion for containing liquid therein and which is detachably mounted in a container mounting portion of a liquid consuming apparatus; a remaining liquid amount detecting unit in which a sensor member for detecting a state of a remaining liquid amount is provided in a unit case and which is detachably attached to the container body; a circuit board which has a memory device and a contact point for connecting the memory device to a connection terminal of the container mounting portion and which is attached to the container body; and a relay terminal which is attached to the unit case so as to electrically connect the sensor member to the circuit board. The remaining liquid amount detecting unit is attached to an attachment portion, which is provided at a position spaced apart from the circuit board on the container body, by a predetermined operation.

Abstract: A liquid container includes; a liquid containing portion for containing liquid therein; a unit case, including a liquid inlet communicating with the liquid containing portion, a liquid outlet for supplying the liquid outside, a flexible diaphragm that covers an upper opening of the unit case and that is displaceable depending on liquid pressure between the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet; a movable member attached to the flexible diaphragm and that has a pair of shafts formed to protrude from opposite sides of the movable member: a sensor assembly attached to a bottom opening formed in a bottom plate of the unit case and used for detecting that the liquid in the liquid containing portion is exhausted to a predetermined amount; and a pair of shaft receiving portions that is provided on the unit case for receiving the pair of the shafts to fix the movable member in a predetermined position in an initial state where the liquid has not flowed from the liquid inlet to the detection portion.

Abstract: A liquid container includes: a liquid containing chamber that is accommodated in a pressure space and is pressurized by a pressurized fluid to be introduced into the pressure space so as to discharge a liquid stored in an inside thereof; and a liquid detection portion for detecting the liquid in the liquid containing chamber, the liquid detection portion includes: a liquid detection chamber that has a liquid inlet port communicating with the liquid containing chamber and a liquid outlet port communicating with an external liquid consuming apparatus, and a volume of which changes according to a liquid pressure between the liquid inlet port and the liquid outlet port; a detection unit that is provided on one of first and second walls opposite to each other, a distance between the first and second walls changing in accordance with the change in volume of the liquid detection chamber, for detecting a vibration wave form of the liquid; and a space forming portion that, when the volume of the liquid detection chamb

Abstract: RE superconductive layer excelling in Jc and Tc is formed on an interlayer capable of preventing cracking and diffusion of substrate-constituting Ni element into YBCO layer and excelling in crystallinity and surface smoothness. The interlayer is formed by coating a surface of metal substrate with a mixed solution composed of an organometallic acid salt of cerium, an organometallic acid salt of a solid solution formation element capable of forming a solid solution with cerium and an organometallic acid salt of a charge compensation element capable of compensating for a charge mismatch attributed to a difference between the electron valences of respective ions of cerium and the solid solution formation element and subsequently carrying out heat treatment in a reducing atmosphere of 900 to 1200° C. whose pressure ranges from 0.1 Pa to below atmospheric pressure. Thereafter, a rare earth oxide superconductive layer is formed on the interlayer.

Abstract: In a solid electrolytic capacitor, a second dielectric layer made of an oxide of valve action metal is formed on first side, second side, and third side surfaces of an anode portion of an anode member. Between the second dielectric layer and a conductive polymer layer of the cathode layer, an electrical insulating resin layer is formed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tape-formed oxide superconductor, in which a tape-formed wire material (6 in FIG. 1) is extended between a pair of reels (5a and 5b). Besides, a reactive gas is supplied form the gas supply ports of a reactive gas supply pipe (3a) vertically to the upper side film surface of the tape-formed wire material (6), so as to react the film body of this tape-formed wire material into a superconducting layer, while at the same time, a gas after the reaction is discharged from the gas discharge ports of discharge pipes (4a and 4b) for discharging the gas after the reaction. Likewise, the reactive gas is supplied vertically to the lower side film surface of the tape-formed wire material (6), so as to react the film body of this tape-formed wire material into a superconducting layer, while at the same time, the gas after the reaction is discharged from the gas discharge ports of discharge pipes (4c and 4d) for discharging the gas after the reaction.

Abstract: There is provided a rotation transmission assembly that can be produced in large quantities and at low cost and has an anti-rotation function and an anti-release function.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrically conductive polymer layer of a solid electrolytic capacitor, the electrically conductive polymer layer coating a dielectric layer coating an anode with an anode lead which projects outwardly from the anode through the dielectric layer, and the electrically conductive polymer layer being separated by the dielectric layer from the anode lead, wherein the electrically conductive polymer layer has a thicker portion than a remaining portion thereof and the thicker portion extends at least in the vicinity of the anode lead, and the thicker portion is bounded with the remaining portion so that a sloped-boundary loop between the thicker portion and the remaining portion extends to be parallel to a flat plane vertical to a direction along which the anode lead projects through the dielectric layer, whereby the thicker portion continuously extends in a closer side to the anode lead than the remaining portion.

Abstract: A radiographic intensifying screen having at least a fluorescent layer and a protective layer on a support, wherein the protective layer has a multi-layer structure comprising at least one layer of an organic macromolecule film and a film-forming resin layer provided on the surface of the organic macromolecule film at least on the side which is not in contact with the fluorescent layer, and the resin of the film-forming resin layer is different from the resin of the organic macromolecule film.

Abstract: A multilayer structure in a solid electrolyte capacitor. The multilayer structure extends over a pore and a peripheral surface in the vicinity of the pore in a porous surface. The multilayer structure includes a dielectric layer having a first part extending on an inner surface of the pore and a second part extending on an outer surface of the peripheral surface; a first coupling layer extending on the first part of the dielectric layer; a first conductive polymer layer extending on the first coupling layer; a second coupling layer extending on at least the second part of the dielectric layer; and a second conductive polymer layer extending on the second coupling layer so that the second conductive polymer layer extends at least over the peripheral surface.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolytic capacitor which can prevent an oxidation degradation of a solid electrolyte caused by heat stress and the like during packaging, which has low an ESR, and a production method of the same; in order to achieve this object, the solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention includes in order an anode, a dielectric coat, a solid electrolyte layer, and a conductive paste layer, with a conductive polymer is used as the solid electrolyte, wherein the conductive paste layer contains acrylic resins and cellulose resins as a binder, and the thickness of the conductive paste layer is in a range of 20 to 40 &mgr;m.

Abstract: In a method of making a solid electrolytic capacitor using an oxide film of an electrochemical valve metal as the dielectric and having, as solid electrolytes, first and second conducting polymer layers formed successively on the oxide film, the first and second conducting polymer layers are formed by chemical oxidative polymerization processes using an oxidizing agent, and the first conducting polymer layer (3) is formed from a compound having a lower reaction rate than the compound used to form the second conducting polymer layer (4). According to this method, there can be obtained solid electrolytic capacitors having high heat resistance and showing an improvement in capacitance appearance factor and frequency characteristics.

Abstract: In a method of making a solid electrolytic capacitor using an oxide film of an electrochemical valve metal as the dielectric and having, as solid electrolytes, first and second conducting polymer layers formed successively on the oxide film, the first and second conducting polymer layers are formed by chemical oxidative polymerization processes using an oxidizing agent, and the first conducting polymer layer (3) is formed from a compound having a lower reaction rate than the compound used to form the second conducting polymer layer (4).

Abstract: When each of a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor represented by the composition formula (I) of Ln.sub.2 O.sub.2 S:xRe, yM wherein Ln represents at least one rare earth element selected from Y, La and Gd; Re represents at least one rare earth element selected from Pr and Tb; M represents at least one element selected from Nb, Ta and Mn; and x and y are numbers which satisfy the conditions of 1.times.10.sup.-4 .ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.2 and 0.01 ppm .ltoreq.y.ltoreq.1000 ppm, respectively, and a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor represented by the composition formula (II) of (Gd .sub.1-x-y-z, Pr.sub.x, Sc.sub.y, Ce.sub.z).sub.2 O.sub.2 S wherein x, y and z are numbers which satisfy the conditions of 10.sup.-4 .ltoreq.x.ltoreq.2.times.10.sup.-1, 10.sup.-4 .ltoreq.y.ltoreq.10.sup.-1 and 0.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.10.sup.-6, respectively is excited by radiation, each of them emits a scintillation at high efficiency, and decreases the afterglow.

Abstract: An electrically conductive polymer layer of a solid electrolytic capacitor that coats a dielectric layer that coats an anode. An anode lead projects outwardly from the anode through the dielectric layer, and the electrically conductive polymer layer is separated by the dielectric layer form the anode lead. The electrically conductive polymer layer has a thicker portion than a remaining portion thereof and the thicker portion extends at least in the vicinity of the anode lead, and the thicker portion is bounded with the remaining portion so that a sloped-boundary loop between the thicker portion and the remaining portion extends to be parallel to a flat plane perpendicular to a direction along which the anode lead projects through the dielectric layer, whereby the thicker portion continuously extends close to the anode lead than the remaining portion.

Abstract: The solid electrolytic capacitor disclosed has an electron donor organic compound layer of an organic compound provided between an oxide film as a dielectric and a conductive polymer layer and a conductive polymer layer as a solid electrolyte layer. In the step of forming the electron donor organic compound layer, the pellet on which the oxide film is formed, is caused to be exposed to vapor of the electron donor organic compound, and this enables the formation of a thin and uniform electron donor organic compound layer on the oxide film irrespective of the kind of electron donor organic compound. The pellet may alternatively be dipped in a solution of the electron donor organic compound. Where the dipping process uses silane coupling agent, aluminum coupling agent or titanium coupling agent, the thin and uniform electron donor organic compound layer can be formed by using alcohol solution or acidic solution of each coupling agent.

Abstract: An apparatus for solid surface analysis capable of carrying out the X-ray fluorescence analysis of the sample surface according to the characteristic X-rays detected by the energy dispersive X-ray detector. The apparatus can also obtain an enlarged image of the sample surface according to the secondary electrons emitted from the excited sample surface detected by the electron detector. The apparatus can also carry out an X-ray diffraction analysis of the sample surface according to diffracted X-rays detected by the diffracted X-ray detector. The apparatus is also capable of attaching or detaching the energy dispersive X-ray detector easily by incorporating a connection room which can be put in a vacuum state independent of the vacuum chamber.

Abstract: A photoresin relief printing plate comprising a support and a photoresin relief portion disposed thereon, said relief portion having a thickness of not greater than 8 mm and comprising an upper photoresin layer and a lower photoresin layer, wherein said upper photoresin layer has a thickness of at least 2 .mu.m and a Young's modulus of not greater than 650 kg/cm.sup.2 and said lower photoresin layer has a thickness which is greater than the Young's modulus of said upper photoresin layer and a thickness which is greater than the Young's modulus of said upper photoresin layer. The photoresin relief printing plate exhibits not only excellent inking and ink transferability even in solid images, but also excellently less broadening of printed images and excellent image reproducibility, even if the printing operation is performed using an ordinary relief printing machine having poor machine accuracy.

Abstract: An impact resistant thermoplastic resin composition which comprises:100 parts by weight of a resin mixture comprising from 20 to 80% by weight of a polyamide resin (A) and from 20 to 80% by weight of a graft copolymer (B) composed of from 45 to 60 parts by weight of a conjugated diene rubber and from 40 to 55 parts by weight of a monomer mixture comprising from 60 to 80% by weight of an aromatic vinyl monomer component and from 20 to 40% by weight of a vinyl cyanide monomer component (provided that the total amount of said monomer mixture is 100% by weight) wherein the average particle size of graft rubber is from 0.2 to 1.0 .mu.m, the graft ratio is from 40 to 80%, and the weight average molecular weight of a resinous component composed of said monomer components is from 220,000 to 450,000;from 0.01 to 40 parts by weight of a copolymer (C) comprising from 50 to 80% by weight of an aromatic vinyl monomer component, from 0.01 to 30% by weight of an .alpha., .beta.