Abstract: A crime prevention screw that after the screw is tightened in predetermined places, an embedding material is embedded in a recessed portion composed of a square socket, a hexagon socket, a cross socket or a slot formed on a screw head so that the screw can be prevented from being drawn out with the intention of many pranks and malignant crimes, and an embedding material to be used for this crime prevention screw and the like are provided. Example of such crimes are car stealing through removal of a number plate of an automobile, resale and export of stolen automobiles, stealing and robbery or kidnapping using a stolen car, intrusion of a thief and a public enemy through a window into a house by means of drawing out of screws for fixing a grid to the window or screws for attaching a grid to a sash of the window.

Abstract: The screw has two or three non-circular super-imposed recesses. The depth of each recess is less than 1.2 mm and there is a less than 1° of draw in each recess. The screw head recess is formed using a punch (10) in a cold-heading process. The punch is formed in a profilating CNC machine, cutting the profiles (12,14,16) of the punch to a tolerance of better than ±0.025 mm.

Abstract: A natural resin is dissolved in liquid oils and fats while a phosphate-based extreme pressure additive is evenly mixed in to prepare a paint composition. After the paint composition is applied to a high-strength hexagon head bolt (2) and a hexagon nut (3), centrifugal separation is performed for removal of excess paint composition and drying of the composition. Coating films can easily and quickly be formed. The high-strength hexagon head bolt (2) and the hexagon nut (3) thus provided with a coating film are fastened to each other by screwing. The heat and pressure generated during the fastening process cause the phosphate-based extreme pressure additive to react with the metal on the surface of the high-strength hexagon head bolt (2) and the hexagon nut (3) so that the phosphate-based extreme pressure additive in the film bonds to the metal. The coefficient of friction is reduced regardless of the smoothness of the surface of the high-strength hexagon head bolt (2) or the hexagon nut (3).

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a device for the production of security elements for electronic article surveillance, said security elements being comprised of at least two layers, as well as to a web material manufactured by means of said method.

Abstract: Ends for cans are made in a single press, eliminating the need for separate shell and conversion presses, balancers, track work, and other equipment, as compared to existing can end manufacturing systems, while reducing floor space and capital investment requirements for installation of a new can end line. A sheet of end material or stock is introduced into the press and fed to a series of work stations. The sheet is maintained in a substantially continuous and void free state as the work stations perform forming operations on the sheet of material to form one or more ends therein. After the forming operation is complete, the end is ejected from the press. The maintenance of the sheet of material in a substantially continuous and void free state permits precise movement of the sheet through the press, and registration of the sheet relative to the tooling in the press.

Abstract: A batch charger has a telescopic belt conveyor with a vertical take-up system for the belt when the conveyor retracts. The conveyor may pivot and/or shift laterally besides the furnace on a track. Fixed silos are positioned to refill an on conveyor bin while it is pivoting.

Abstract: A loadport for a semiconductor fabrication machine that is equipped with an automatic height adjustment means and a method for operating the loadport are described. The loadport consists of a moveable platform for carrying a wafer cassette thereon and supported by at least two support members capable of moving the platform in an up-and-down direction. A distance sensor is mounted on a bottom surface of the platform for measuring a height of the platform. A process controller is used to receive a first signal from the distance sensor, comparing to a pre-stored datum and then sending a second signal to the at least two support members to move the platform until the first signal equals the pre-stored datum.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes at least two processing units provided around a substrate transfer chamber including a substrate transfer device for transferring substrates, wherein said at least two processing units include at least one batch processing unit, an M number of product substrates being processed simultaneously in one batch process with M being set to be less than or equal to the number of product substrates carried by a product substrate carrier, and all the product substrates contained in a product substrate carried by the product substrate carrier being processed in one batch process of said at least one batch processing unit. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the step of sequentially processing plural product substrates in at least two processing units arranged around a substrate transfer chamber.

Abstract: A method for transporting a substrate between a carrier, which holds the substrate, and a semiconductor manufacturing unit, which receives the substrate. The method includes steps of applying the carrier, which holds the substrate, to a chamber, which houses the semiconductor manufacturing unit, in which chamber the environment of the semiconductor manufacturing unit is controlled, rotatably removing, by an opener, a door of the carrier and a door of the chamber, as a unit, from the carrier and the chamber, and transferring the substrate from the carrier and to the carrier, when the door of the carrier and the door of the chamber have been rotatably removed as a unit by the opener in the removing step. Also disclosed are semiconductor manufacturing apparatus utilizing such a method.

Abstract: A mounting system for mounting a container handling device on a refuse gathering vehicle accomplishes the mounting in a manner which enables translation of the device between deployed and stowed positions so that the container handling device is protected and out of the way when not in use.

Abstract: A clamshell packaging container for storing and handling multiple compact discs. The container has a base and a cover, the base being configured to hold a plurality of concentrically stacked compact discs while providing free access for a handling spindle to be inserted through aligned the central apertures of the discs when the container is open.

Abstract: A lifting platform, particularly a mobile lifting platform, for lifting loads, vehicles, or the like, has a base frame, a lifting unit that moves a load receiver up and down, and at least one supply line that is provided between at least two lifting platforms. At least one receiving device is installed for receiving the at least one supply line and positioning the at least one supply line that runs between two lifting platforms, outside the working region of the lifting platform.

Abstract: A collapsible cart for lifting and transporting a race vehicle. A base frame includes a pair of frames pivotally connected together with a platform pivotally mounted thereatop. The platform includes a pair of foldable portions. A winch is operable to pull a race vehicle onto the platform when oriented at an inclined angle with the platform them being pivotable to a horizontal position whereat the race vehicle may be transported.

Abstract: The invention comprises a wheeled vehicle having a vehicle frame with rear wheels and a detachable frame mounted to the vehicle frame. The detachable frame is adapted carry a bin, with a conveyor to convey material rearward along the bottom of the bin and spinners at the rear of the bin and at the rear of the conveyor to spin and spread material from the bin onto the conveyor from the conveyor. The wheeled vehicle has a hydraulic piston and cylinder for raising the forward portion of the detachable frame from the vehicle frame and a pair of front and rear legs detachably mounted to the front and rear of the detachable frame to support the detachable frame independently of the vehicle frame, along with the bin, conveyor, and spinners.

Abstract: A cargo carrying trailer includes a mobile body having a floor and upright wall structure mounted upon the floor such that the floor and wall structure together define at least one load compartment for hauling cargo therein. The floor has an opening extending from adjacent to a peripheral portion of the floor to an inwardly spaced location. The trailer also includes a ramp disposed in the floor opening and an arrangement for converting the ramp relative to the floor between vertically displaced raised and lowered positions to permit loading cargo over the ramp to the compartment from locations at different elevations. In the raised position the ramp extends substantially coplanar with the floor and thus at an elevated location, whereas in the lowered position the ramp has one end disposed adjacent to the floor and an opposite end disposed below the one end of the ramp and thus below the elevated location.

Abstract: A parallel kinematics mechanism is provided for uses such as robotics or machining. The mechanism has various limbs, at least some of which are actuatable, for moving an end component with multiple degrees of freedom. The mechanism advantageously facilitates a closed-form solution for the forward kinematics. A joint assembly is provided for use in the parallel kinematics mechanism, the joint assembly having a plurality of revolute joints for connecting to at least three limbs, the joints having non-parallel axes, which intersect at a common point. In various embodiments of the invention, the end component has three, four, five and six degrees of freedom.

Abstract: An edge gripping device for a robot arm grips and ungrips substrates, such as semiconductor wafers. A base is fixed to an end of the robot arm. A blade, having a distal contact location thereon, and a pusher bar, having preferably two proximal contact locations thereon, are movably mounted to the base via a linkage mechanism. The linkage mechanism includes two four-bar linkages. The first four-bar linkage has a stationary link and three movable links connected in a parallelogram configuration. The pusher bar is fixed to one of the movable links of the first linkage for movement therewith. The second four-bar linkage has a stationary link and three movable links connected in a trapezoidal configuration. The blade is fixed to one of the movable links of the second linkage for movement therewith. The two linkages share a stationary pivot point.

Abstract: The present invention generally provides a processing system having a robot assembly which includes a multiple sided robot blade that can support a substrate on at least two sides thereof and associated methods to transfer one or more substrates in a processing system. An unprocessed substrate can be supported on the blade while a processed substrate is retrieved from a location to which the unprocessed substrate is to be delivered. The processing throughput rate is increased by reducing the movements required by the robot to exchange processed substrates and unprocessed substrates, thus decreasing the swap time.

Abstract: In order to detect the position of notch or orientation flat during high speed rotation while preventing deviation of position of a wafer by gripping the wafer securely, an aligner 1 comprises a machine bed 10, a transfer arm 20 of a water 3, and a holding clamper 30. The holding clamper 30 has upper arms 33, 34, 35, and is designed to grip the wafer 3 securely, and is elevatable by means of an elevating drive unit 15, and is also movable in the horizontal direction of the upper arm 3 by means of an opening drive unit 16. Accordingly, the wafer 3 put on the transfer arm 20 is gripped by the holding clamper 30 and rotated by one revolution, so that the position of the notch is detected by a detector, and the notch is moved to the reference rotation position. Further, en engaging pawl is disposed in the upper arm 33, and when gripping the wafer 3, the engaging pawl can be engaged with the notch of the wafer 3.

Abstract: An improved jogger includes a sidewall with a guide groove, a chain defining a closed path including a sloped loading end and a straight transport section, the sloped loading end being angled toward the transport section in the direction of the travel of the chain at least two sprockets, the sprockets defining the slope of the sloped loading end of the closed path, a plurality of fingers coupled to the chain at spaced apart intervals, the fingers receiving flat articles therebetween at the sloped loading end and conveying the articles along the horizontal transport section and a plurality of guides coupled to the fingers, the guides engaging the guide groove and orienting fingers in a position perpendicular to the horizontal transport section as the fingers are carried into the sloped loading end.

Abstract: In a compressor system, in which plural numbers of compressors are connected in parallel with, wherein flow rate of all the compressor main bodies driven under load operating condition is decreased down by closing each of the inlet guide vanes thereof, when a load of the compressor goes down, and then the compressor rushing into surge at the earliest is brought into unload operating condition. Thereafter, the flow rates of the compressors other than that brought into the un-load operating conditions are increased up, thereby conducting the operation of the compressor depending upon the load.

Abstract: A sealing system to prevent loss of a process fluid from a device having a device opening and a rotating member operable for rotational movement within the device opening. A rotary shaft seal such as a labyrinth seal, seals the rotating member in the device opening to inhibit leakage of process fluid. A chamber is connected to the device to recover leakage of the process fluid that leaks from the rotary shaft seal. A barrier seal is connected to the chamber to inject a barrier fluid under pressure to prevent the escape of process fluid from the chamber. The chamber discharges a mixture of barrier and process fluid to a filter, such as a coalescing filter, to separate the barrier fluid from the process fluid. Barrier fluid vapor and water vapor traps can also be used for purification purposes. The barrier fluid is recovered and recycled back to the barrier seal. The process fluid is returned to the device.

Abstract: A duct fan unit, which is a simple structure that can be disassembled by an easy operation and the manufacture cost thereof can be decreased. The duct fan unit comprises a duct and a fan. The duct, allows air to pass through is constructed by engaging two duct constructing members together. The fan is installed inside the duct. A guide portion having a rib shape is set on only one of the duct constructing members such that the fan can be installed easily. A resilient protrusion is set on the other duct constructing member such that the fan can be resiliently pressed for securing the fan in position. Therefore, by simply latching the connecting plate of one duct constructing member with the connecting hole of the other duct constructing member the two duct constructing members are fixed to each other.

Abstract: A radial turbine blade system comprised of airfoils forming a circular array on a disk or series of disks around a central opening which serves as the exhaust outlet. Single or multiple sections comprised of a circular array of airfoils on a disk are arranged along the central axis. Nozzles direct high velocity mass flow fluids between the disks and onto the leading edges the airfoils. Three forces are used to convert the high velocity mass flow to mechanical output. First, is the shock effect of high velocity particles striking the leading surface of the airfoils. Second, is the lift force vector produced by the fluid flow over the airfoils. Third, is the fluid motive force of the high velocity mass flow contacting the inner walls of the disks. The invention can utilize various types of fluid forces such as gasses produced from the combustion of fuel or steam.

Abstract: A turbocharger turbine housing of this invention comprises a generally circular-shaped body having an exhaust gas inlet flange at a radial housing end and an exhaust gas outlet at an axial end. The inlet flange is configured having openings to two volutes that are separated by a wall divider, thereby forming an X-shaped pattern. The inlet flange is additionally configured having rounded and uniform thickness walls. The volutes are configured having a nonuniform shape and size, and the wall divider is configured having a diminishing area between the volutes, moving through the housing away from the inlet flange. The volutes are configured having a nonuniform shape and size with respect to one another as well moving through the turbine housing. Configured in this manner, turbocharger turbine housings of this invention serve to minimize thermal stress effects caused from transient thermal loading, thereby minimizing and/or eliminating thermal stress relating damage such as cracking.

Abstract: A centrifugal ventilator fan, which has improved fan performance and lower noise. A first outlet angle, on an upstream end of the fan, is less than a second outlet angle. Additionally, the first outlet angle is equal to zero degrees or greater and five degrees or less, while the second outlet angle is equal to thirty degrees or greater and forty five degrees or less. Furthermore, a first inlet angle, on an upstream end, is greater than a second inlet angle, on the opposite end. The first inlet angle is equal to sixty-five degrees or greater and ninety degrees or less, and the second inlet angle is equal to fifty-five degrees or more and seventy-five degrees or less.

Abstract: A preferred rotary actuator includes an actuator assembly having a torque tube formed of a shape memory alloy (SMA), a superelastic NiTinol return spring associated with the torque tube and adapted to bias the torque tube toward an initial position, and a torque tube heating element, especially a thermoelectric device, for switching the SMA to cause rotation to an object connected to the actuator or to generate a torque upon that object. The torque tube (24) includes a proximal end (32) and a distal end (34). The return spring and torque tube are connected at their ends, with the torque tube being pretwisted while in a martensitic state relative to the spring. Activation of the heating element causes the torque tube to enter an austenitic state in which it returns to its previous untwisted configuration. Removal of heat allows the torque tube to return to a martensitic state, when the return spring retwists the torque tube. A unique locking assembly 22 is used with the preferred actuator assembly.

Abstract: A multifan-equipped apparatus in which a plurality of objects mounted are controllably cooled by blowing air using a fan-unit assembly composed of a plurality of fan units. The plural fan units are divided into a plurality of groups; the fan units in the same group are arranged in a queue. And one of the fan units of each group is a master fan unit that is autonomically adjustable in revolutions per minute (rpm) in accordance with a current apparatus-environment temperature and serves to make a tuning control on the rpm of at least one of the remaining fan units in the same group so as to adjust the rpm to a first estimated value corresponding to the autonomic-adjusted rpm of the master fan unit.

Abstract: A brushless direct current magnetic pump includes a drive shaft that passes through and that is coupled to a magnet carrier. The magnet carrier with an annular sleeve with at least six outer ribs that define at least six slots that extend axially along the sleeve. The at least six slots accommodate at least six bar magnets and at least six sensor magnets. A Hall effect sensor is included in the motor assembly to provide positional information of the sensor magnets to a controller for improved speed control.

Abstract: An ultrasonic pump in which a medium is pumped by the interaction between longitudinal acoustic waves and the medium in a flow-chamber. The pump comprises a transducer and an associated chamber for providing a controllable, focused, acoustic traveling wave therein. The chamber includes a tapered passage corresponding to the focused beam pattern of the focused acoustic traveling wave through which the liquid medium flows and/or cavitation is induced and/or controlled. The pump therefore utilizes an acoustical transducer responsive to frequency input for directing longitudinal acoustic waves into the flow-chamber which induces a pressure gradient. The medium in the flow-chamber flows in the direction of travel of the acoustic wave in the chamber as a result of acoustic streaming. The exit orifice of the nozzle in communication with the chamber is strategically located at about the focal zone of the focused, traveling wave.

Abstract: A hybrid compressor includes a first compression mechanism, which is driven by a first drive source, and a second compression mechanism, which is driven by a second drive source. A first discharge port of the first compression mechanism and a second discharge port of the second compression mechanism are connected to a single discharge path.

Abstract: An oilless air motor assembly and method useable for driving hydraulic pumps and the like. The air motor assembly comprises a slide valve that moved back and forth relative to a valve sleeve situated about the slide valve. A low friction or lubricious dry seal member is disposed between the slide valve and the valve sleeve, thereby eliminating the need for added oil or lubricant and additionally avoiding the need for precise machining and matching (e.g., honing and lapping) of the slide valve and valve sleeve. Also provided is a kit for converting a previously manufactured air motor assembly that requires oil or added lubricant to an oilless air motor assembly. Such kit comprises the slide valve, valve sleeve and dry seal member as well as other optional parts associated with those elements.

Abstract: When a vacuum pump is installed over a vacuum system in a turned-over posture via a damper, a tension is applied upward to the vacuum pump by an elastic body one end of which is fixed to a fixed portion such as a ceiling, by which contraction caused by the weight of the vacuum pump and the atmospheric pressure applied when the interior of the damper becomes a vacuum is relaxed. Thereby, the decrease in vibration damping capacity of the damper caused by the compression of a rubber of the damper can be reduced. Also, when the vacuum pump is installed at the side of the vacuum system in a horizontal posture via the damper, a tension is applied upward to the vacuum pump by the elastic body one end of which is fixed to the fixed portion such as a ceiling to keep the horizontal posture of the vacuum pump. Thereby, the damper is prevented from being deflected by the weight of the vacuum pump, and thus high vibration absorbing capacity of the damper can be maintained.

Abstract: An improved structure of a vertical-type, acid and base resistance pump is disclosed. The present pump structure comprises a motor, a seal cap, a ceramic ring, two seals, a shaft cap, a propeller wheel and a pump body, the front of the motor provided with a shaft center having mounted with the shaft cap to prevent fluid from entering and to engage with the propeller wheel, the external side of the shaft center provided with the pump body having an outlet tube, the seal cap located between the top section of the body and the motor, and the bottom section of the body mounted with the ceramic ring, characterized in that the positive face and the reverse face of the shaft cap are provided with the high abrasive resistance seals, and the two seals contact at the top and bottom of the ceramic ring, such that the heat energy is dissipated from the seal cap to outside, and gas is prevented from entering and the reverse-flow of fluid is prevented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a piston pump, in particular for controllable brake systems such as ABS or ESP, wherein a working chamber (40) of the pump in front of a piston (3, 52) is delimited by a pressure valve, and a resetting spring (4, 51) with its one end is supported on a valve seat carrier (9, 54) of the pressure valve and with its other end resets said piston (3, 52) into its bottom dead center position. An object is to render the assembly of the mass-produced pumps as inexpensive and simple as possible. To achieve this object, the present invention discloses that the resetting spring (4, 51) be adapted to be attached directly or indirectly to the valve seat carrier (9, 54) in addition.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to, even in the case where liquid containing a sedimenting material such as slurry is used, prevent sedimenting and aggregation from occurring in a pump. As means for attaining the object, a bellows 7 that is extendingly and contractingly deformable in the axial direction is placed in a pump body 1 with setting the axis B of the bellows vertical so as to be driven to perform extending and contracting deformation, and form a liquid chamber 9 inside the bellows 7. A suction port 18 and a discharge port 19 are formed in an inner bottom face 4a of the pump body 1 facing the liquid chamber 9. Liquid is sucked from the suction port 18 into the liquid chamber 9 by extension of the bellows 7, and the liquid in the liquid chamber 9 is discharged from the discharge port 19 by contraction of the bellows 7. The inner bottom face 4a is formed into a conical shape in which the face is downward inclined as moving toward the discharge port 19.

Abstract: A scroll-type fluid machine such as a scroll compressor or a scroll vacuum pump generates compression heat during compressing operation. A scroll body comprises a stationary scroll and an orbiting scroll that is revolved with respect to the stationary scroll eccentrically. The stationary scroll has a stationary wrap and the orbiting scroll has an orbiting wrap engaged with the stationary wrap to form a compression chamber therebetween. In the scroll-type fluid machine, a cooler is provided to cool high-temperature compressed air discharged from a discharge bore at the center of the stationary scroll.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a gear pump comprises first and second separate bearing blocks each having a respective block housing. The first and second bearing blocks together defining an axially directed bearing surface including a bridge region formed from an erosion resistant material which acts to separate inlet and outlet ports of the pump and a second region formed from a reduced friction material. The bridge region is defined by first and second insert members cast within respective ones of the block housings. The first and second bearing blocks are arranged such that respective surfaces of the first and second insert members mate with one another, and the first and second insert members are arranged such that the bridge region of the bearing surface is flush with the second region.

Abstract: A vane cell vacuum pump (10) has a rotor (13), in which a plastic vane, which with at least terminal part (22, 23) engages the inner wall (16) of the jacket of a pump housing (11), is guided longitudinally. The body (21) of the vane (15) comprises a duroplastic and is united with the terminal part (22, 23), of thermoplastic, by an injection-molding operation. With the material comprising the body (21), high mechanical strength is attained, while with the material of the terminal part (22, 23), high wear resistance and a low coefficient of friction are attained.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an austenitic, stainless steel series 300 alloy having improved biocompatible characteristics. The modified stainless steel alloy consists essentially of, in weight percent, about 1 C Mn Si P S ≦0.030 ≦2.00 ≦0.750 ≦0.023 ≦0.010 Cr Mo Ni Fe “X” 8.5-11.5 0.0-6.25 6.5-7.5 46.185-74.000 5.0-10.

Abstract: Burn-resistant metal alloys that also have a high tensile strength are described. The alloys generally include about 55 to about 75 weight percent nickel, about 12 to about 17 weight percent cobalt, about 4 to about 16 weight percent chromium, about 1 to about 4 weight percent aluminum, and about 1 to about 4 weight percent titanium.

Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for releasing oxygen scavengers into a coolant. The compositions include a controlled release component and an oxygen scavenger component which includes at least one oxygen scavenger. Methods and devices for releasing oxygen scavengers into a coolant are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure heating apparatus which can surely prevent generation of cold spots inside the pressure vessel without using an excessive amount of steam and can shorten the required time necessary for pressurizing and heating. A circulation pipe for connecting a top side opening provided on the upper portion of a pressure vessel and a bottom side opening provided on the lower portion of the pressure vessel is provided outside the pressure vessel. A turbo blower is provided on a path of the circulation pipe and a steam supply pipe is connected thereto. Therefore, air inside the pressure vessel and steam supplied to the circulation pipe can be strongly agitated, thereby achieving uniformity of the temperature distributions and the steam density.

Abstract: The present invention involves a system and method of treating a porous material of a vehicle wherein the porous material has microorganisms. The method includes providing first and second antimicrobial solutions. The method further includes applying the first antimicrobial solution to the porous material and scrubbing the first antimicrobial solution and the porous material so that the first solution contacts the microorganisms. The method further includes applying the second antimicrobial solution heated at a predetermined temperature to the porous material after a predetermined time upon applying the first solution. The method further comprises removing the first and second antimicrobial solutions and the microorganisms from the porous material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of sterilizing a device in a sterilizer, methods of sterilizing a device in an enclosure in a sterilizer, and enclosures for retaining a device capable of being sterilized in a sterilization process. The sterilization process comprises hydrogen peroxide vapor or gas. The sterilization load may include an enclosure, which can be a tray or a container. The tray or container comprises at least a volume of aluminum oxide. The ratio of the amount of hydrogen peroxide gas or vapor introduced into the sterilizer to the volume of aluminum oxide is at least 24 mg/cm3.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus for delivery of a gas, e.g., carbon dioxide and/or chlorine dioxide, and methods of its use and manufacture. The apparatus includes an envelope, and a sachet within the envelope that contains reactant, which generates a gas in the presence of an initiating agent, e.g., water. The envelope allows release of the gas from the envelope. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes an envelope and a partition that separates two reactants within the envelope. The envelope allows an initiating agent into the envelope and release of the gas generated by the reactants in the presence of the initiating agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and forms of apparatus for sterilizing various objects with ozone. The contents of a container may be sterilized by attaching a lid with an ozone generator to the container and generating ozone. Clothing may be treated by attaching the clothing to an ozone generator with a housing in the shape of a clothes hanger and generating ozone. Alternatively, the ozone generator in the shape of a clothes hanger may be placed in a closet with clothing to be treated. The power supply for the ozone generator may be a portable power supply, or power may be supplied from an adapter from an electrical outlet. Shoes may be deodorized by placing an ozone generator with an oblong shape in the shoes and generating ozone.

Abstract: An analyzing apparatus has a partition dividing the interior of a housing into a lower space accommodating a power supply/control unit which generates heat and a duct and an upper space accommodating other units. Heat generated by cooling devices is exhausted to the exterior of the housing through the duct while the heat generated by the power supply/control unit is otherwise exhausted to the exterior. This construction makes it possible to achieve an improved heat exhaust efficiency and efficient cooling of a reaction unit provided in the upper space of the housing. A cover holding mechanism includes at least one each spring cam hinge and friction hinge.

Abstract: A microfluidic device which comprises two or more microchannel structures (set 1), each of which comprises a structural unit which comprises (i) one or more inlet microconduits, and (ii) an outlet microconduit downstream said one or more inlet microconduits, and (iii) a flow path for a liquid passing through either of said inlet microconduits and said outlet microconduit. The device is characterized in that each outlet microconduit in said two or more microchannel structures is a restriction microconduit. There may also be a microcavity between the inlet microconduit(s) and the restriction microconduit in each microchannel structure. Typically common flow control is used for driving a liquid flow within the device. The innovative design is useful for creating flow with low inter-channel variation with respect to the microchannel structures of the device.

Abstract: A molecular recognition sensor system for detecting the presence and concentration of an analyte including a resistive sensor having a semiconductive polymer film which swells when exposed to an analyte and interferents and a molecular imprinted resistive sensor having a semiconductive polymer film imprinted with the analyte which thereby swells when exposed to interferents, a circuit connected to the resistive sensor and the molecular imprinted resistive sensor for detecting a change in the resistance of the resistive sensor when exposed to the analyte and the interferents, the change in the resistance of the molecular imprinted resistive sensor when exposed to the analyte and interferents, and for subtracting the change in resistance of the molecular imprinted resistive sensor from the change in resistance of the resistive sensor to reduce the effect of any interferents on the change in resistance of the resistive sensor thereby determining the presence and concentration of the analyte.