Abstract: A system and a solution-preparation-determining apparatus which determines whether additional preparation of an undiluted dialysate solution is necessary.

Abstract: An optical combiner includes: a plurality of first input optical fibers that each include a core; a bridge fiber that includes a bridge input surface connected to the cores of the plurality of first input optical fibers, a diameter reduction portion having a diameter that decreases away from the bridge input surface along an optical axis of the optical combiner, and a bridge output surface located opposite to the bridge input surface along the optical axis; an intermediate optical fiber that includes a core connected to the bridge output surface of the bridge fiber; a second input optical fiber that includes a core; and an output optical fiber that includes a first optical waveguide connected to the core of the intermediate optical fiber, and a second optical waveguide connected to the core of the second input optical fiber.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a hollow cylindrical filter for removing efficiently foreign substances from fluids. This is performed by forming complicated passages including an axial direction and a radial direction in the filter. The hollow cylindrical filter is formed by winding a metal wire rod in a spiral and multilayered manner. The metal wire rod includes a recess formed throughout the entire length in a longitudinal direction, or recesses repeated along said longitudinal direction. Some wire rod layers extend in an axial direction of the hollow cylindrical filter while the adjacent wire rod layers extend in an intersecting direction, thereby forming a plurality of communication paths for communicating between the overlapping wire rod layers. Additionally, a space is formed between the recess of one wire rod layer and another adjacent wire rod layer, allowing the plurality of communication paths to communicate with each other.

Abstract: A power conversion apparatus is provided with: a plurality of power conversion circuits each provided with a transformer and supplying DC power to a common rechargeable battery; a control circuit configured to control the power conversion circuits; and a cooling device configured to cool the power conversion circuits. The cooling device is provided with at least one flow path for a coolant, the flow path being in thermal contact with the transformers of the power conversion circuits. When a load voltage of the rechargeable battery is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, the control circuit operates one power conversion circuit of the plurality of power conversion circuits, the one power conversion circuit provided with the transformer having a largest thermal contact area with the flow path, and stops operations of other power conversion circuits of the plurality of power conversion circuits.

Abstract: There is provided a rear sign lamp capable of enhancing safety. An LED string (502) includes four LEDs (504_1 to 504_4) connected in series. An LED driver circuit (610) receives a battery voltage (VIN) and supplies a drive current (ILED) stabilized at a target current (IREF) to the LED string (502). A bypass circuit (620) is provided in parallel with a bypassed portion (503) including two adjacent LEDs (504_3 and 504_4) of the LED string (502), and sinks a bypass current (IBYPASS) according to a battery voltage (VIN).

Abstract: A coil forming apparatus is configured so as to, upon forming a band-shaped coil having side ends at both ends of a plurality of straight portions, in the course of pivotally conveying the band-shaped coil along the outer circumference of a coil winding jig by a coil conveying mechanism, sandwich the side end by a reforming portion of guide member, reform the band-shaped coil into an arc shape, then insert a plurality of the straight portion into a respective one of the plurality of comb-shaped grooves with reducing a diameter of guiding transfer way of the guide member while pressing a steady laminated part of the band-shaped coil in sliding contact manner, thereby inserting a plurality of the straight portion into a respective one of the plurality of comb-shaped grooves, possible of easily forming the band-shaped coil into a precisely wound state.

Abstract: A coil forming apparatus for precisely reforming a band-shaped coil having straight portions and side ends, in an arc shape includes: a coil winding jig for inserting the straight portions into comb-shaped grooves thereof and winds; a coil conveying mechanism for pivotally conveying the band-shaped coil; and guide members for guiding the side ends, and inserts each of the straight portions into a respective one of the plurality of comb-shaped grooves, in which the coil conveying mechanism unit has a conveying rail and a conveyor, the conveyor has a plurality of gripping grooves for gripping a respective one of the plurality of straight portions, the plurality of gripping grooves having a coil abutting bottom surface of a depth according to an overlapping number of the plurality of straight portions which differs according to position in the conveying direction of the band-shaped coil.

Abstract: A coil molding apparatus being capable of easily forming the band-shaped coil into a wound state, without the winding posture in the coil winding jig being disturbed by spring back of the band-shaped coil. The coil molding apparatus includes: a coil winding jig for winding the band-shaped coil with inserting straight portions thereof into a plurality of comb-shaped grooves in the outer periphery; a coil conveying mechanism unit for pivotally conveying the band-shaped coil along the outer periphery of the coil winding jig; and guide members for inserting the band-shaped coil into the plurality of comb-shaped grooves by guiding in an arc shape while contacting with the side end of the band shaped groove thereby gradually reducing in diameter accompanying pivoting at a second half portion of pivot conveying of the band-shaped coil, then extending with maintaining curvature of the oprtion of which the diameter has already been reduced.

Abstract: There is provided a rear sign lamp capable of enhancing safety. An LED string (502) includes four LEDs (504_1 to 504_4) connected in series. An LED driver circuit (610) receives a battery voltage (VIN) and supplies a drive current (ILED) stabilized at a target current (IREF) to the LED string (502). A bypass circuit (620) is provided in parallel with a bypassed portion (503) including two adjacent LEDs (504_3 and 504_4) of the LED string (502), and sinks a bypass current (IBYPASS) according to a battery voltage (VIN).

Abstract: A power conversion system 200 includes a power conversion device 2 configured to supply electric power to a motor 3 and a power supply device 1 configured to supply electric power to the power conversion device 2. The power conversion device 2 includes a reverse converter 7 configured to convert the electric power, a control circuit 8 configured to control the reverse converter 7, and a current detector configured to detect a current flowing through the reverse converter 7. The power supply device 1 includes a storage device 6 configured to store electric power in accordance with a voltage, a step-up/down power supply circuit 5 configured to change the voltage of the storage device 6 based on a voltage command, and a voltage command computing circuit 15 configured to compute the energy stored in the storage device 6 and output it as the voltage command to the step-up/down power supply circuit 5.

Abstract: A method for producing a vapor deposition mask capable of satisfying both enhancement in definition and reduction in weight even when a size increased, a method for producing a vapor deposition mask device capable of aligning the vapor deposition mask to a frame with high precision, and a method for producing an organic semiconductor element capable of producing an organic semiconductor element with high definition are provided. A metal mask provided with a slit, and a resin mask that is positioned on a front surface of the metal mask and has openings corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition arranged by lengthwise and crosswise in a plurality of rows, are stacked.

Abstract: A color conversion section for an imaging device carries out conversion to imaging data imaged by each medical imaging device for eliminating differences in color property of each imaging device, and generates standard color graphic data. To this standard color graphic data, a color conversion section for highlighting a specific tissue carries out color conversion for highlighting a designated specific biotissue, such as a blood vessel, to generate specific tissue highlighted graphic data. To this specific tissue highlighted graphic data, a color conversion section for a monitor carries out conversion for eliminating differences in color property of each monitor to generate display data. Color monitors display graphics based on this display data.

Abstract: Provided are an alignment method and an alignment device by which, immediately before aligning, the leg parts of adjacent conductors do not interfere with each other. The alignment method, in which by providing a plurality of coil elements (40) in an annular shape and moving the plurality of coil elements (40) in a direction in which the diameter of the annular shape is reduced, the plurality of coil elements (40) are aligned in a state where turn sections (42) provided at substantially apex portions are alternately overlapped, wherein the plurality of coil elements (40) are aligned by moving each of the plurality of coil elements (40) toward an annularly shaped center, and while doing so, rotating the plurality of coil elements about a rotation axis (231e) that is parallel to the central axis (C1) of the annular shape.

Abstract: The alignment method of the electrical conductors includes an aligning step of aligning a plurality of electrical conductors 40 in an annular shape while being overlapped in a circumferential direction of the annular shape by moving gripping devices 230 inward in a radial direction of the annular shape, in which the gripping device 230 has a pair of claws 232g1 and 232g2 capable of pinching one leg portions 41 of the substantially U-shaped electrical conductors 40 one by one, one claw 232g1 has a length capable of gripping one leg portion 41, and the other claw 232g2 has a length capable of gripping one leg portion 41 of one substantially U-shaped electrical conductor 40-1 and gripping the other leg portion 44 of the other substantially U-shaped electrical conductor 40-2.

Abstract: A conductive-wire position inspecting device includes: a reference body disposed in a radial direction of a stator core; an imaging device configured to image a conductive wire and the reference body; and a calculating device configured to find a relative position and a relative angle of the conductive wire with respect to the reference body, based on an obtained image. In addition, the conductive-wire position inspecting device includes a determining device configured to determine whether or not the found relative position and relative angle are within respective permissible ranges, and if they are within the permissible ranges, determine the position of the conductive wire to be acceptable.

Abstract: A method for producing a vapor deposition mask capable of satisfying both enhancement in definition and reduction in weight even when a size increased, a method for producing a vapor deposition mask device capable of aligning the vapor deposition mask to a frame with high precision, and a method for producing an organic semiconductor element capable of producing an organic semiconductor element with high definition are provided. A metal mask provided with a slit, and a resin mask that is positioned on a front surface of the metal mask and has openings corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition arranged by lengthwise and crosswise in a plurality of rows, are stacked.

Abstract: To provide a reducing gas supplying apparatus and a method for manufacturing a processed target object, which are capable of supplying a reducing liquid without causing it to scatter. The reducing gas supplying apparatus 1 includes a chamber 10 defining a space where soldering is performed on a target object T, a vaporizer 20 for generating a reducing gas FG to be supplied into the chamber 10 by receiving a reducing liquid FL to be converted into the reducing gas FG and vaporizing the reducing liquid FL, an intermediate container 30 for temporarily reserving the reducing liquid FL before the reducing liquid FL in a reducing liquid bottle 80 is introduced into the vaporizer 20, a transport tube 51, a supply tube 41, a transport part 58 for delivering the reducing liquid FL in the bottle 80 into the intermediate container 30, and a supply part 48 for delivering the reducing liquid FL in the intermediate container 30 into the vaporizer 20.

Abstract: A method for producing a vapor deposition mask capable of satisfying both enhancement in definition and reduction in weight even when a size increased, a method for producing a vapor deposition mask device capable of aligning the vapor deposition mask to a frame with high precision, and a method for producing an organic semiconductor element capable of producing an organic semiconductor element with high definition are provided. A metal mask provided with a slit, and a resin mask that is positioned on a front surface of the metal mask and has openings corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition arranged by lengthwise and crosswise in a plurality of rows, are stacked.

Abstract: To provide a reducing gas supplying apparatus and a method for manufacturing a processed target object, which are capable of supplying a reducing liquid without causing it to scatter. The reducing gas supplying apparatus 1 includes a chamber 10 defining a space where soldering is performed on a target object T, a vaporizer 20 for generating a reducing gas FG to be supplied into the chamber 10 by receiving a reducing liquid FL to be converted into the reducing gas FG and vaporizing the reducing liquid FL, an intermediate container 30 for temporarily reserving the reducing liquid FL before the reducing liquid FL in a reducing liquid bottle 80 is introduced into the vaporizer 20, a transport tube 51, a supply tube 41, a transport part 58 for delivering the reducing liquid FL in the bottle 80 into the intermediate container 30, and a supply part 48 for delivering the reducing liquid. FL in the intermediate container 30 into the vaporizer 20.

Abstract: A method for producing a multiple-surface imposition vapor deposition mask that enhances definition and reduces weight even when a size is increased. Each of multiple masks in an open space in a frame is configured by a metal mask having a slit, and a resin mask that is positioned on a front surface of the metal mask and has openings corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition arranged by lengthwise and crosswise in a plurality of rows. In formation of the plurality of masks, after each of the metal masks and a resin film material for producing the resin mask are attached to the frame, the resin film material is processed, and the openings corresponding to the pattern to be produced by vapor deposition are formed in a plurality of rows lengthwise and crosswise, whereby the multiple-surface imposition vapor deposition mask of the above described configuration is produced.