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Patent JP-2003157277-A (JP)
Title: Information updating system, information updating program and method for updating information
Inventor: NAGAHARA ATSUJI
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2001-11-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information updating system suitable for securing a topicality matching with a situation as topical information. SOLUTION: A topical information registering terminal 100 acquires topic information from a newspaper story registering DB50, a magazine story registering DB52 and a voice report registering DB54, extracts topical information from the acquired news information based on a prescribed extraction rule and updates the topical information registered in the topic information registration DB40 on the basis of the extracted topical information.
Patent JP-2003153830-A (JP)
Title: Stationary dust collector for floor
Inventor: KUSUMOTO KAZUTAKA
IPC: A47L5/22
Filed: 2001-11-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stationary dust collector for floors which can efficiently suck various kinds of dirt and dust by increasing or decreasing the suction power at need while maintaining the capacity of a fan driving motor and miniaturizing the entire part of the device. SOLUTION: This dust collector has a suction port 1 which opens toward lateral sides along a floor surface and a suction mechanism which sucks the dirt and dust of the floor surface from the suction port 1. The suction port 1 is provided with a movable baffle board 7 capable of changing the opening area of the suction port 1. The baffle board 7 is supported freely slidably e.g. in a vertical direction. In homes and offices, the dust collector is arranged in a clearance of furniture M, or the like, is directly installed on the floor, sucks the dirt and dust gathered with a mop from the suction port 1 and captures the dirt and dust into a dust collecting bag. The opening area of the suction port 1 is adjusted by moving the baffle board 7 in the vertical direction.
Patent JP-2003156990-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: KANTO NORIO
IPC: G03G21/20
Filed: 2001-11-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance profitability by reducing the numbers of air sending fans and air sending ducts in an image forming apparatus. SOLUTION: This image forming apparatus has a device main body, an image forming means having a photoreceptor provided at the inside of the device main body, an electrifying device to electrify the surface of the photoreceptor, an exposure unit to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photoreceptor, a developing unit to form a toner image by developing the electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photoreceptor and a transfer unit to transfer the toner image on the surface of the photoreceptor to recording paper, the air sending fan provided at the inside of the device main body and to discharge air at the inside of the device main body to the outside of the device main body, the air sending duct to guide the air sent from the air sending fan to the outside of the device main body,  a filter which is provided at the air sending duct and through which the air flowing through the air sending duct passes and a power source unit having a power source circuit element and a heat sink and provided at the inside of the device main body in a state in which the heat sink is projected to the inside of the air sending duct.
Patent JP-2003161520-A (JP)
Title: Abnormality diagnostic method of bath return temperature sensor
Inventor: SADAKANE YOSUKE
IPC: F24H1/00
Filed: 2001-11-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an abnormality diagnostic method of bath return temperature sensor which detects the abnormality of a bath return temperature sensor during heating of bath water, and prevents the bath water from being heated to a high temperature.  <P>SOLUTION: In a forced circulating type bath heater 15 for transporting the bath water 12 in a bathtub 11 to a heating means 20 through a bath return passage 21 by a circulating pump 22 and transporting the heated bath water 12 to the bathtub 11 through a bath outward passage 25, when the rise of temperature of the bath water 12 measured by the bath return temperature sensor 23 provided in the bath return passage 21 is less than a prescribed temperature after a preset judgment time during the operation of the forced circulating type bath heater 15, the operation of the heating means 20 and the circulating pump 22 is interrupted, and the temperature difference between the temperature of the bath water 12 measured by a bath outward temperature sensor 26 provided in the bath outward passage 25 and the temperature of the bath water 12 measured by the bath return temperature sensor 23 is determined after the lapse of a preset waiting time. When the temperature difference exceeds a preset reference temperature difference, the abnormality of the bath return temperature sensor 23 is diagnosed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003160305-A (JP)
Title: Reformer
Inventor: KAMIYA NORIHISA
IPC: C01B3/38
Filed: 2001-11-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reformer whose durability is improved avoiding a higher price and longer starting time.  <P>SOLUTION: The reformer has a reforming chamber 3 in which granular reforming catalysts c are packed and a heat transfer plate 40 whose heat receiving side in the reforming chamber 3 is fixed at the circumferential edge. The heat transfer plate 40 has an expanding part Ci which expands to the inside of the reforming chamber by thermal expansion.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2002229687-A (JP)
Title: Transaction system
Inventor: HAMAMOTO YOSHIAKI
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2001-11-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system allowing restriction of wasteful consumption of a backup power. SOLUTION: This device controls to separately stop power supply from the backup power for the processing unit that has generated a finishing report among several processing units. Operation by the backup power is stopped after processing for power outage, and thereby consumption of the backup power can be restricted.
Patent JP-2003161033-A (JP)
Title: Heat-insulating structure of underfloor storage
Inventor: HORI KOJI
IPC: E04F19/08
Filed: 2001-11-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat-insulating structure of an underfloor storage, which has an excellent insulation effect, makes installation extremely easy, and can achieve labor savings.  <P>SOLUTION: This heat-insulating structure of the underfloor storage is equipped with: a lid body 3; and a supporting crosspiece 9 which is screwed to a plate furring strips 6 provided around an opening 5 of a floor 4, holds a heat-insulating outer frame 7, abutting on a storage box 1 from an outer side surface of the storage box 1, in a state of sandwiching it in between, and locks an outer peripheral part 8 of an upper end of the storage box 1. The heat-insulating structure has an auxiliary heat-insulating material 10 which is provided around an inner side surface 11 of the storage box 1 and abuts on a heat-insulating part 2 from a downside when the lid body 3 is closed. Thus, structurally, a gap between the side surface 11 and the heat-insulating part 2 of the lid body 3 is closed; airtightness inside the storage box 1 is secured; and the material 10 is integrated with the heat-insulating part 2, and also abuts on the outer frame 7 via the storage box 1. Consequently, the adiabatic efficiency of the heat-insulating structure can be greatly enhanced, and the material 10 can be easily installed in a labor-saving manner, if a stepped part 12 is provided around the vicinity of a lower end of the side surface 11.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003159320-A (JP)
Title: Calcium phosphate paste of hydration and curing type
Inventor: SAWAMURA TAKENORI
IPC: A61K6/838
Filed: 2001-11-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide calcium phosphate paste of hydration and curing type which attains a predetermined compression strength from the start of kneading in an appropriate period and in which operations such as imparting shape property, filling or the like are easily carried out.  <P>SOLUTION: Calcium phosphate paste of hydration and curing type is formed through the kneading of calcium phosphate-based powder such as calcium hydrogen phosphate powder, tetracalcium phosphate powder or the like, and water or curing liquid composed mainly of water. When calcium phosphate-based powder and the curing liquid are kneaded and then allowed to stand at 25°C, compression strength is preferably ≥0.5 MPa, more preferably ≥0.8 MPa, most preferably ≥1.0 MPa within 30 minutes from the start of the kneading. The amount of water or the curing liquid based on calcium phosphate-based powder of 1 g is preferably 0.2-0.4 g, more preferably 0.25-0.35. In addition, it is preferable that water-soluble polymer, specifically, polysaccharides such as dextran and dextran sulfate are contained in this paste.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003159346-A (JP)
Title: Automatic fire extinguisher
Inventor: KATO MITSUHIRO
IPC: A62C35/02
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive automatic fire extinguisher which can be supplied at a low cost, allows an easy installation and an easy maintenance, and extinguishes fire at an early stage by sure activation.  <P>SOLUTION: The automatic fire extinguisher (A) is equipped with a tank (2) containing fire extinguishing chemicals (1) and a chemical spurting mechanism (3) which spurts fire extinguishing chemicals (1) to the outside of the tank (2) by supplying a pressuring medium into the inside of the tank (2) with the activation by the detection of temperature. The chemical spurting mechanism (3) is equipped with a cylinder (6) where the pressuring medium is enclosed, firing pins (62, 63) capable of sticking an opening (61) of the sealed cylinder (6), and an inflater (33) equipped with an igniter (36) and a combustible agent (7) to move the firing pins (62, 63).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003166022-A (JP)
Title: Method for dissolving cobalt precipitate with acid
Inventor: NISHIKAWA ISAO
IPC: C22B23/00
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for treating a solution of Co (cobalt) precipitates directly by a solvent extraction process, without using a deironization process.  <P>SOLUTION: In a treatment method for dissolving the Co precipitates containing at least hydroxides of Co and Fe, with an acid, this method is characterized by dissolving a part of or substantially all of Co into a treatment liquid, while substantially leaving Fe in the precipitates as in solid state, by varying pH of the treatment liquid in a range of 0.5-3.0. The method preferably comprises adjusting the pH of the treatment liquid to 0.5-2.0, to dissolve Fe and Co into the treatment liquid, and then raising the pH of the treatment liquid to 2.0-3.0 to precipitate Fe.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003168951-A (JP)
Title: Surface acoustic wave element, surface acoustic wave device and manufacturing method thereof, and communication device
Inventor: TAKADA TADAHIKO
IPC: H03H9/25
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a surface acoustic wave (SAW) element whose characteristics can be stabilized by increasing bonding strength while keeping the yield, and to provide an SAW device and a manufacturing method thereof and a communication device.  <P>SOLUTION: On a piezoelectric substrate 11 having a first surface and a second surface opposite to first surface, a comb-shaped electrode portion for generating and detecting an SAW from an inputted electric signal is provided. Bumps 3a for electrically connecting the electrode portion to the outside are provided on the first surface. A metal film 6 for increasing contact resistance is provided on the second surface.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003164729-A (JP)
Title: Cleaning apparatus and cleaning method
Inventor: NAKAMURA HITOSHI
IPC: B01D53/86
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning apparatus capable of eliminating a problem such that matter coming flying accompanied by gas to be cleaned deposits on a catalyst, and a cleaning method using the same.  <P>SOLUTION: In a denitration apparatus 10 for performing the denitration treatment of gas by passing the gas through a catalyst bed 111, a collection member 11 for collecting coarse granular char, baked lumps and other matter coming flying accompanied together with the gas to be cleaned is arranged on the upstream side of the catalyst bed 111. The matter coming flying having a size impossible to pass through the meshes of the catalyst bed 111 is collected on the upstream side of the catalyst bed 111. By this constitution, the clogging of the catalyst bed 111 caused by the deposition of the matter coming flying is suppressed and there is an advantage capable of extending the life of the catalyst bed 111.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003167437-A (JP)
Title: Developing device
Inventor: TOIZUMI KIYOSHI
IPC: G03G15/08
Filed: 2001-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent deterioration in a developer and melt sticking on a developing roller due to mechanical or thermal load on the developer such as a toner and to improve the reliability of development.  <P>SOLUTION: The device is provided with an electrifying part (electrifying roller) 5 having an electrifying substance (e.g. a photochromic layer) 11 which changes into a radical by irradiation of light and with a light irradiating part (light source) 6 to irradiate the electrifying part so that the radicalized electrifying substance 11 is brought into contact with the developer (toner) T to electrify the developer T. Further, the light irradiating part 6 is disposed outside the electrifying part 5 and the light from the light irradiating part 6 is made to irradiate the electrifying part 5 through a photoconductive member 9.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003169238-A (JP)
Title: Digital still camera
Inventor: SATO TSUNEO
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2001-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital still camera that can simply manage a body condition of a baby and record the growing of the baby.  <P>SOLUTION: A plug 14b of an ear thermometer 14 is inserted to a plug insertion hole 11c provided to a camera main body 2. When the ear thermometer 14 measures the body temperature of the baby, the camera main body 2 receives body temperature information. After the measurement of the body temperature, when the camera photographs the baby, the camera calculates the number of elapsed days from the birthday of the baby received in advance until a photographing date and records a photographing image in which the number of days after the birthday and the body temperature information are photographed to a memory card.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003172703-A (JP)
Title: Portable emission spectrometer
Inventor: HABU TOSHIYA
IPC: G01N21/67
Filed: 2001-12-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable emission spectrometer capable of preventing an electric shock during spark/arc discharge.  <P>SOLUTION: A metal plate 14 serving as a contact conductor electrically connected so as to become the same electric potential as that of a probe 2 fixed on a grounding potential is placed at the upper part of the probe and a microswitch 15 is attached at the lower part of the metal plate 14. Only when the metal plate 14 is pressed on a sample 17 and kept in the same electric potential, the microswitch 15 actuates a power switch 7 composed of a relay is switched on by a control circuit 13, an output from a spark/arc power supply circuit is applied to an ignition electrode 9 and a contact conductor 10 in the probe 2 through an electric power line 11 to enable the spark/arc discharge. As contact pressure between the sample 17 and the metal plate 14 decreases, the microswitch 15 returns to a nonoperating state. Then the power switch 7 is switched off by the control circuit 13 and the spark/arc discharge is stopped, which forestalls the electric shock.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003172971-A (JP)
Title: Image pickup device
Inventor: MORIYASU KOJI
IPC: G03B15/05
Filed: 2001-12-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image pickup device for reducing the positional deviation of a light emitting device with reference to a lens device, and also, reducing the emitted light quantity of the light emitting device.  <P>SOLUTION: As to the image pickup device provided with a lens device 1 equipped with a lens barrel 11 and one or more image pickup lenses 12a and 12b arranged inside the lens barrel 11 and the light emitting device 2 for illuminating an object, the light emitting device 2 is directly fixed on the outer surface of the lens barrel 11. By having such the constitution, the positional deviation of the light emitting device 2 with reference to the lens device 1 is reduced as compared with the conventional device, and also, the deviation between the image pickup range of the lens device 1 and the light distribution range of the light emitting device 2 is drastically reduced. Besides, a wall part 19 is arranged at one end of the lens barrel 11, and an image pickup element 17 for receiving the light transmitted through the image pickup lenses 12a and 12b and forming an image signal is fixed on the inside surface of the wall part 19, and as for the image pickup device using the image pickup element, an image pickup optical means, a means for electrically converting and outputting the optical image information and a light emitting means necessary to pick up the image are unitized.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003170394-A (JP)
Title: Sheet punching device
Inventor: OGASAWARA TSUTOMU
IPC: B26F1/02
Filed: 2001-12-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize the oozed amount of oil even when an oil retaining bearing is used for a punch guide member and prevent the tip of a punch from coming out of the die and coming into contact with the peripheral edge of the opening of the die even if the punch is tilted relative to the punch guide member.  <P>SOLUTION: A small diameter part 2b of a protruded part 2a is formed at the inner peripheral surface die side end part of a slide bearing 2 as the punch guide member. The small diameter part may be formed of a plurality of projected parts positioned at specified intervals in the axial direction.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003172956-A (JP)
Title: Display panel for oa (office automation) equipment
Inventor: KITANO SO
IPC: G02F1/17
Filed: 2001-12-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display panel for OA equipment which is excellent in responsiveness, whose structure is simple, whose cost is low, whose power consumption is small and moreover which is excellent in visibility and an angle of view.  <P>SOLUTION: This display panel is constituted by arranging a plurality of indication elements 1 each of which is formed by sealing two kinds of dry particles 6, 7 whose colors and charged polarities are different between a transparent substrate 3 and a counter substrate 4 and also by providing two kinds of electrodes 8, 9 which give static electric fields to these particles and whose polarities are different on the side of the counter substrate 4 while forming them in line and by imparting necessary polarities to respective electrodes 8, 9 of respective display elements 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003172692-A (JP)
Title: Method of applying coupling material and measuring substrate coated with the material
Inventor: TAWARA SATOSHI
IPC: G01N21/27
Filed: 2001-12-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of applying a coupling material by which a bio-sample (ligand sample) can be applied uniformly to a measuring board in an arbitrary measuring range.  <P>SOLUTION: This method of applying the coupling material includes a step (i) preparing the measuring board 1 for trace sample measuring instrument having a thin film formed on one surface and a step (ii) of dispersedly applying a coupling material 2 that can improve the joinability of the bio-sample to be measured to the thin film to a plurality of spots having areas smaller than that of the measuring range 3 on the thin film.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003173521-A (JP)
Title: Surface observing method for signal recording tape
Inventor: USUI MASAYUKI
IPC: G11B5/84
Filed: 2001-12-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately observe a surface of a signal recording tape by a microscope, in the state that cupping of the signal recording tape in a breadthwise direction is suppressed without requiring the cut-off of the signal recording tape.  <P>SOLUTION: A magnetic tape MT which is the signal recording tape, is observed by the microscope M in the state arranged on an electrostatically charged stage 2. When the magnetic tape MT is continuously observed, a signal recording tape observation device 1 constituted so that the surface of the magnetic tape MT is observable on a stage surface 2a, is used by laying the magnetic tape MT over the stage surface 2a of the charged state 2 which is provided with a convex curved face formed to the specified shape looking from one direction as the stage surface 2a, in the process of taking up the magnetic tape MT fed out from a supply reel 4 by a take-up reel 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003172710-A (JP)
Title: Method and device for inspecting pattern
Inventor: ISHIKAWA KIICHI
IPC: G03F1/86
Filed: 2001-12-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve an accuracy in inspecting a pattern for a minute pattern by recognizing the pattern precisely without being affected by the density of a pattern arrangement or the like.  <P>SOLUTION: An image of a pattern P formed on a photomask is picked up. In advance of inspecting the pattern P based on the image obtained by the image pickup, a correction mask having the pattern on which pattern constitution graphics in plural sizes are arranged by plural kinds of pitches is prepared, the image of an image pickup result for the pattern on the correction mask and a design value of the same are compared each other, and a correction value table concerning the image is made based on a comparison result. Then, the image pick up result of the pattern P to be inspected is corrected using the correction value table, and the pattern P is inspected based on the corrected image pickup result.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003175461-A (JP)
Title: Cutting tool with diamond coating
Inventor: MATSUKI RYUICHI
IPC: B24B53/12
Filed: 2001-12-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To regulate a cutting speed and a cut depth individually.  <P>SOLUTION: A relation between an angle θ<SB>a</SB>(>0°) formed by a direction N orthogonal to a surface 11 of a substrate 10 and a wall face 12A adjacent to a front side in a rotational direction T of a cutting blade edge line 13, and an angle θ<SB>b</SB>(>0°) formed by the direction N orthogonal to the surface 11 of the substrate 10 and a wall face 12B adjacent to a rear side in the rotational direction T of the cutting blade edge line 13 is brought into θ<SB>a</SB>≠θ<SB>b</SB>, θ<SB>a</SB><θ<SB>b</SB>, 10°≤θ<SB>a</SB><45°, and 45°≤(θ<SB>a</SB>+θ<SB>b</SB>)≤90°, in view of a cross section along the rotational direction T of a cutting blade edge line 13 of each protrusion 12. A layer thickness (t) of a coating layer of a diamond 15 synthesized by a vapor-phase process is set within a range of 0.5-20 μm. The whole face of the surface 11 in the substrate 10 is coated by the diamond 15 synthesized by the vapor-phase process.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO