Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a methyl methacrylate-containing composition with high quality stability during storage. This can be solved with a methyl methacrylate-containing composition, a pyrazine compound represented by Formula (1) (component A1), and a polymerization inhibitor (Component B1), in which the concentration of methyl methacrylate is from 99 to 99.99% by mass.

Abstract: An ultrasonic device is provided for transmitting ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic device comprises an electrostatic drive device and an impedance matching layer. The electrostatic drive device includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is a drive membrane and is disposed with tension applied at a position facing the second electrode. The second electrode has a through hole. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a laminated membrane in which a plurality of materials with different conductivities are laminated. The impedance matching layer includes a matching membrane and gas. The matching membrane has a resonance loss equal to or less than transmitted acoustic power, and is disposed with tension applied at a position facing the first electrode. The gas is sealed between the matching membrane and the first electrode.

Abstract: A sliding seismic isolation device includes a structure fixation plate having a first sliding surface and a metallic slider having a second sliding surface contacting the first sliding surface. A friction member composed of a single-layer fabric is attached to the first sliding surface, the second sliding surface, or both of the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface. One of a warp and a weft is formed of multiple plied yarns into which high-strength fibers and PTFE fibers are twisted together and the other of the warp and the weft is formed of multiple high-strength fibers in the single-layer fabric. The single-layer fabric has a twill weave and is woven such that the plied yarns of the one forming the single-layer fabric are exposed at a surface opposite from the attachment side of the friction member more than the high-strength fibers of the other forming the single-layer fabric.

Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus for preparing a beverage and dispensing the prepared beverage into a container. The beverage dispensing apparatus includes a beverage reading device configured to read information indicating the beverage, the information including a kind and a volume of the beverage, a display operation device configured to display thereon the information indicating the beverage, and a control device configured to perform control to cause the display operation device to display the information indicating the beverage, and to cause the beverage to be prepared and dispensed into the container.

Abstract: For providing a fabric that has a low frictional property and can exhibit long-term tribological properties even when the fabric is subjected to a high-speed frictional force under a high load, there is provided a fabric according to the present invention is a fabric in which a composite yarn of fluororesin fibers A and fibers B other than fluororesin fibers is used for at least one of a warp yarn and a weft yarn, and the fabric is characterized in that a mass ratio ? of the fluororesin fibers A in the composite yarn is 5 to 70%, and a ratio of the area ratio X of the fluororesin fibers in a fabric surface to a mass ratio Y of the fluororesin fibers in the fabric is 1 or more and 5 or less. This fabric can be usefully used for a cable cover for a robot arm.

Abstract: A sliding seismic isolation device includes a structure fixation plate having a first sliding surface and a metallic slider having a second sliding surface contacting the first sliding surface. A friction member composed of a single-layer fabric is attached to the first sliding surface, the second sliding surface, or both of the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface. One of a warp and a weft is formed of multiple plied yarns into which high-strength fibers and PTFE fibers are twisted together and the other of the warp and the weft is formed of multiple high-strength fibers in the single-layer fabric. The single-layer fabric has a twill weave and is woven such that the plied yarns of the one forming the single-layer fabric are exposed at a surface opposite from the attachment side of the friction member more than the high-strength fibers of the other forming the single-layer fabric.

Abstract: A sliding fabric has high wear resistance and can exhibit a long-term sliding property even when subjected to repetitive frictional force accompanied by shearing force. The sliding fabric is a single-layer plain-woven fabric configured to include fluororesin fibers A and at least one type of fibers B having a tensile strength of 10 cN/dtex or more, the sliding fabric having a ratio of 1.5 or more between an area ratio of the fluororesin fibers A on one surface thereof and an area ratio of the fluororesin fibers A on another surface.

Abstract: A beverage server configured to make a beverage and dispense the beverage into a container placed therein. The beverage server includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information of the container placed in the beverage server, and a container identification unit configured to identify a type of the container based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.

Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus for preparing a beverage and dispensing the prepared beverage into a container. The beverage dispensing apparatus includes a beverage reading device configured to read information indicating the beverage, the information including a kind and a volume of the beverage, a display operation device configured to display thereon the information indicating the beverage, and a control device configured to perform control to cause the display operation device to display the information indicating the beverage, and to cause the beverage to be prepared and dispensed into the container.

Abstract: A wear-resistant cloth has high wear resistance and is capable of exerting a long-term sliding property even under high-load environment as compared with conventional cloths. A wear-resistant multilayer fabric includes a sliding fabric and a base fabric. The sliding fabric includes polytetrafluoroethylene fibers A, the base fabric includes fibers B having creep ratio in a standard state and under 20% load of breaking strength, the creep ratio being lower than creep ratio of the polytetrafluoroethylene fibers, and the sliding fabric and the base fabric have mutual warps and/or wefts that are mutually entangled for bonding.

Abstract: Provided is a high-performance sliding seismic isolation device with a slider that realizes a contact pressure of 60 MPa. The device includes an upper shoe 1 and a lower shoe (2) having sliding surfaces 1a and 2a with curvatures, respectively; and a columnar steel slider (7) disposed between the upper shoe (1) and the lower shoe (2), the slider having an upper surface 4a and a lower surface 4b that are in contact with the upper and lower shoes, respectively, and have curvatures. The upper surface 4a and the lower surface 4b of the slider (7) have double-woven fabric layers (5) and (6), respectively, each double-woven fabric layer containing PTFE fibers and fibers with higher tensile strength than that of the PTFE fibers, and the PTFE fibers being arranged on the sides of the sliding surfaces 1a and 2a of the upper shoe (1) and the lower shoe (2).

Abstract: Provided is a high-performance sliding seismic isolation device with a slider that realizes a contact pressure of 60 MPa. The device includes an upper shoe 1 and a lower shoe (2) having sliding surfaces 1a and 2a with curvatures, respectively; and a columnar steel slider (7) disposed between the upper shoe (1) and the lower shoe (2), the slider having an upper surface 4a and a lower surface 4b that are in contact with the upper and lower shoes, respectively, and have curvatures. The upper surface 4a and the lower surface 4b of the slider (7) have double-woven fabric layers (5) and (6), respectively, each double-woven fabric layer containing PTFE fibers and fibers with higher tensile strength than that of the PTFE fibers, and the PTFE fibers being arranged on the sides of the sliding surfaces 1a and 2a of the upper shoe (1) and the lower shoe (2).

Abstract: A wear-resistant cloth has high wear resistance and is capable of exerting a long-term sliding property even under high-load environment as compared with conventional cloths. A wear-resistant multilayer fabric includes a sliding fabric and a base fabric. The sliding fabric includes polytetrafluoroethylene fibers A, the base fabric includes fibers B having creep ratio in a standard state and under 20% load of breaking strength, the creep ratio being lower than creep ratio of the polytetrafluoroethylene fibers, and the sliding fabric and the base fabric have mutual warps and/or wefts that are mutually entangled for bonding.

Abstract: A laser plate-making apparatus includes a moistureproof paper feed magazine for feeding plate materials one by one, each having a photosensitive layer, a charger for charging the plate material with an electric charge, an exposing unit for exposing the plate material charged with the electric charge, using a laser beam modulated in accordance with a plate-making image to partially neutralize the electric charge and form an electrostatic latent image, a developing unit for developing the electrostatic latent image by applying a developing solution to the plate material, the developing unit being located at the lowest position in a convey path, and including an arcuated pair of electrodes through which the plate material passes and to which a predetermined voltage is applied, a developing solution concentration sensor having detachable special cells and using a light-emitting diode, and a squeezing roller pair for squeezing out an excess developing solution from the developed plate material, the developing solu

Abstract: An ink supply device for an inking type dot matrix printer wherein an ink occlusion body as an ink dipping portion is provided at the extreme end of a printing head, printing wires are inserted through the ink occlusion body to dip tips of the printing wires in ink, and dot-like characters are printed on a sheet of recording paper with the ink. In the ink supply device, the ink occlusion body has an ink occlusion body mounted on the lower surface thereof in a required spaced relation and a pair of detection electrodes for detection of a quantity of ink in a way that a portion thereof is positioned in said space. Each detection electrode is partly in pressure contact with the ink occlusion body.