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Patent JP-2004295733-A (JP)
Title: Track ball
Inventor: IWASAKI JUNICHI
IPC: G06F3/0354
Filed: 2003-03-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a track ball which can develop excellent illumination effects without adversely affecting the detection of the rotation rate of the track ball.  <P>SOLUTION: This track ball is provided with a ball (11) for operation having visible light transmission properties, and a light source (51) for ornamentation for horizontally emitting visible lights toward the ball (11) is arranged at the side part of the ball (11). Thus, it is possible to apply illumination to the ball (11).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004299183-A (JP)
Title: Recovery unit of ink jet printer
Inventor: TAKAGI OSAMU
IPC: B41J2/18
Filed: 2003-03-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recovery unit of an ink jet printer in which purge operation is carried out under pressure conditions corresponding to a situation for performing purge operation.  <P>SOLUTION: The recovery unit 2 comprises a roller body 38 for closing the supply part 24a and the storage part 24b of an ink bag 24 contained in an ink cartridge 20. When purge operation is carried out, pressure conditions of ink being pressurized are set depending on the operating conditions (the time elapsed after previous recovery operation, initial operation after attaching the ink cartridge), the roller body 38 is moved according to the pressure conditions thus set and ink in the ink bag 24 is pressurized.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004300784-A (JP)
Title: Mounting structure for down pipe
Inventor: YAMAMOTO ICHIRO
IPC: E04D13/08
Filed: 2003-03-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mounting structure for down pipe, which can be dealt with by using one type of down pipe support, irrespective of errors in the outside diameter of the down pipe.  <P>SOLUTION: In this mounting structure for down pipe, an almost semicircular retainer 2 is provided at the base end of a mounting body 1; the mounting body 1 is fixed to a wall surface B etc. by using the down pipe support A which is equipped with a lid body 3 pivotally attached to the retainer 2 in an openable/closable manner; the down pipe T is held and supported by being fastened with the retainer 2 and the lid body 3; at least one protrusion 5 or 5 is formed on the inner surface of the retainer 2 or that of the lid body 3; an escape space part 6 is provided in such a manner as to be formed by using a step between an end surface of the protrusion 5 or 5 and the inner surface of the retainer 2 or that of the lid body 3; the retainer 2 and the lid body 3 are formed so as to have inside diameters which allow the down pipe T to be deformed by being brought into pressure contact with the protrusion 5 or 5 by a fastening force of the retainer 2 and the lid body 3; and the down pipe T is supported and held in a deformed state by the retainer 2 and the lid body 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004302215-A (JP)
Title: System and device for supporting learning
Inventor: KOBAYASHI SHINOBU
IPC: G06Q50/10
Filed: 2003-03-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a learning support system using a network for effectively preventing decline and loss of learning motivation.  <P>SOLUTION: The learning support system includes a server for providing a learner with educational materials for learning, and a client connected with the server via a network and enabling the learner to communicate with the server. The server provides the client with a first test for checking the scholastic ability of the learner via the network, and obtains first information representing the result of the first test from the client. The server then provides the client with a second test for checking the personality of the learner via the network, and obtains second information representing the result of the second test from the client. The server selects the educational materials on the basis of the first information and second information.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004303678-A (JP)
Title: Energy storage element and combined energy storage element
Inventor: ABE HIROSHI
IPC: H01G11/22
Filed: 2003-04-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an energy storage element of a high voltage resistance and a high capacity, and a combined energy storage element in which polarization accompanying high load fluctuations is suppressed, and in which downsizing and weight reduction are possible.  <P>SOLUTION: The energy storage element is constituted by having as main components a negative electrode which contains as an active material at least one kind selected from a hydrogen storage alloy and a mineral nano-tube, a positive electrode which contains as the active material at least one kind of transition metal oxide with a specific surface area by BET method of 50 to 300 m<SP>2</SP>/g, and an electrolytic solution composed of an acid aqueous solution or an alkaline aqueous solution, and the combined energy storage element is constituted by connecting in parallel an element assembly composed of the main components of that energy storage element and a battery assembly composed of the main components of a nickel hydrogen battery and by housing them in the interior of the same exterior material.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004219396-A (JP)
Title: Sampling method, method of measuring concentration, and apparatus for measuring concentration of gas dissolved in liquid phase
Inventor: OKAZAKI TATSUO
IPC: G01N7/00
Filed: 2003-04-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To conveniently measure the concentration of a gas dissolved in the liquid phase.  <P>SOLUTION: A sampling method of the dissolved gas in the liquid phase has a process I for moving a piston 105 from the minimum stroke location P1 to an intermediate stroke location P2, while an opening and closing valve 104 is opened, a process II for closing the opening and closing valve 104 after a liquid is accommodated inside a cylinder 102 and sealing a space inside the cylinder 102 and a process III for moving the piston 105 to the maximum stroke location P3 and depressurizing by enlarging volume of the sealed space in the cylinder 102. The liquid W in the sealed space is heated, during the course from the process II to the process III or the process III, and the temperature of the liquid is increased up to a predetermined temperature To. The liquid W, by emitting emits the dissolved gas in the sealed space, via the depressurizing process and the heating process, and the concentration of the dissolved gas is measured, based on a pressure change due to gasification.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003299633-A (JP)
Title: METHOD OF OPTIMIZING k-SPACE TRAJECTORY IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS
Inventor: HEID OLIVER DR
IPC: A61B5/055
Filed: 2003-04-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an optimally fast sampling of k-matrix to a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus without an arbitrary shift and/or rotation of a measurement plane loading to an overload of amplifiers.  <P>SOLUTION: In the examination of a subject by using the magnetic resonance tomography apparatus having a gradient amplifier with appertaining gradient coils 3, an input-display terminal 21, a sequence controller 18 and a system computer 20 as well as an analog-to-digital converter, the boundary conditions are entered into the sequence controller 18 or into the system computer 20 via the input-display terminal 21, the sampling path of the k-matrix is calculated taking the boundary conditions into consideration, and the gradient current curves are determined to lead to a sampling along the previously calculated sampling path when applied to the corresponding gradient coils 3 upon utilization of the AD convertor.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004309562-A (JP)
Title: Multiscreen display and its adjustment process
Inventor: WAKI KOJI
IPC: G09G5/00
Filed: 2003-04-02
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multiscreen display which permits automatic and rapid adjustment of image display devices without being affected by places of installation and can easily deal with changing of combinations of the image display devices and to provide its regulating method.  <P>SOLUTION: The multiscren display has a characteristic data storage means 11, a correction data storage means 12 and a video signal correction processing means 13 and a correction data calculation means common for N units of the image display devices 1. The characteristic data of the corresponding image display devices 1 are stored in the characteristic data storage means 11 and the correction data calculation means calculate together the correction data of the respective image display devices 1 based on the characteristic data stored in all the characteristic data storage means 11 and store the characteristic data in the corresponding correction data storage means 12. The input video signals are subjected to correction processing by the video signal correction means 13 based on the correction data stored in the corresponding correction data storage means 12 and are displayed in the respective image display devices 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004312156-A (JP)
Title: Drainage structure of acoustic opening
Inventor: MIURA SEIICHI
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 2003-04-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an acoustic opening provided with both drainage performance and a protective function.  <P>SOLUTION: A waterproof membrane 14 is provided to an open hole 12 that is opened for an acoustic purpose to prevent water or the like from leaking to the inside from the open hole 12, a cover part 16 is placed at a position opposed to the open hole 12 at a prescribed interval therefrom, and openings 18, 20 communicatively connected to the open hole 12 are respectively formed to two positions vertically or horizontally opposed to the cover part 16.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004312281-A (JP)
Title: Video image editing apparatus and processing method thereof
Inventor: HOSHINO HIROMI
IPC: H04N5/91
Filed: 2003-04-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video image editing apparatus etc. capable of easily and rapidly extracting meta-data required for post-processing and display the meta-data synchronously with video materials.  <P>SOLUTION: The video editing apparatus 3 for postprocessing video signals recorded in a storage medium 52 is provided. This apparatus 3 can reproduce video signals added with meta-data relating to the video signals for each frame from the storage medium 52, and can synchronize the reproduced image signals with the extracted meta-data for each frame and display them. With the above configuration, the meta-data added to the video signals can be sequentially reproduced for each frame of the reproduced video signals. Accordingly, since there is no need to match the extracted meta-data with the video signals, the meta-data can be extracted easily and rapidly. Also, the extracted meta-data can be displayed for each frame of the video signals.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004306488-A (JP)
Title: Film transferring tool
Inventor: NAKAJIMA KOJI
IPC: B43L19/00
Filed: 2003-04-09
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a film transferring tool which can prevent wrinkles of a transfer tape from occurring and which can prevent detachment from a transfer head without the lateral movements of the transfer tape to the head even when the transferring tool is moved along a curved line in a film transferring tool in which the transfer tape with a film having the adhesion of the film for mending or the like is pressed to the paper face and the film is transferred on the paper face.  <P>SOLUTION: A recess 51 protruding downward is formed in the cross section, in which the upper face 49 of the transfer head 47 is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction from the tip part 41 of the transfer head 47 to a prescribed position in the longitudinal direction, in the transfer head 47 of the film coating transferring tool. The tape 53 is stuck to the face of the recess. Accordingly, the lateral movements are prevented by the inclined face of the recess.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004124345-A (JP)
Title: End knitted structure and clothing provided with the end knitted structure
Inventor: ABU KATSUYA
IPC: D04B7/00
Filed: 2003-04-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an end knitted structure which causes neither curl nor runner in a welt part composed of a single knit fabric and has proper fastening force.  <P>SOLUTION: The end knitted structure of single welt comprises a single knit provided with a stop knitting part and a welt knitting part connected to the stop knitting part. In the stop knitting part, courses composed of knits and misses are knitted with an elastic yarn. On the other hand, the welt knitting part comprises a plurality of courses knitted with a ground yarn. A plurality of the courses of the welt knitting parts are mixed with misses absolutely not to form a loop in one course. Knits to cause tension on the face side and tucks to cause tension on the lining side are combined in a position relation so that the tensions between the face side and the lining side are balanced to cause no curl at the face side.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004320216-A (JP)
Title: Encoding device and method therefor
Inventor: TOGASHI HARUO
IPC: H04N19/134
Filed: 2003-04-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize an encoding device and a method therefor which are capable of markedly improving transmission efficiency required for encoding.  <P>SOLUTION: A readout control means determines the number of bit planes to remove so as to keep generating codes per frame constant in amount when encoding is carried out by each encoding means, so that a processing time can be prevented from varying in a pre-stage before encoding is carried out by each encoding means to the extent of the prescribed number of bit planes that are removed corresponding to a part which is considered as comparatively fine information from the viewpoint of a user.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004318440-A (JP)
Title: System and its method for executing automatic bill collecting for vehicle by combining short distance communication and long distance communication
Inventor: TEI HAKUJUN
IPC: G07B15/00
Filed: 2003-04-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and its method which execute automatic bill collection for a vehicle by combining long distance communication and short distance communication which can be completed by investment for minimum facilities, and can solve the problem of insufficient accuracy in a global communication satellite positioning system.  <P>SOLUTION: This system comprises at least an on-vehicle communication unit which is installed on a vehicle and is composed of a short distance communication module and a long distance communication module; a runway communication unit which is disposed in an expense calculation related position and comprises short distance communication signal posts; a decree enforcement unit comprising a photographing device and a sensor; and an expense office work management unit which is connected to the long distance communication module in the on-vehicle communication unit by a long distance communication device through a network.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003340252-A (JP)
Title: Apparatus and method for gas transfer energy recovery and effervescence prevention
Inventor: SPEECE RICHARD E
IPC: B01F15/02
Filed: 2003-04-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gas transfer system and a method for dissolving at least one gas into liquid.   <P>SOLUTION: The system includes a gas transfer vessel also known as a reactor. A liquid inlet feed is connected to the reactor for transferring the liquid into the reactor. A gas inlet is connected to the reactor for feeding the gas into the reactor. An outlet is connected to the reactor for transferring the liquid with at least some of the gas therein away from the reactor. The system also includes a feed pump connected to the inlet feed to pressurize the contents of the inlet feed and the reactor, and a regenerative turbine connected to the feed pump and to the outlet. The various embodiments of the gas transfer system use pressurization in the transfer vessel to enhance gas transfer therein, minimize the net energy consumption, and retain highly supersaturated dissolved gas in a solution. Some embodiments further help to reduce effervescence loss. The method in the present invention utilizes the system in the present invention and operates the feed pump and a regenerative turbine to accomplish these advantages.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004314006-A (JP)
Title: Coating method
Inventor: MINAMOTO MASAAKI
IPC: B05D7/00
Filed: 2003-04-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coating method by which a satisfactory coating film can be formed on a surface of an object to be coated by evenly dispersing in water a coating agent which is insoluble or hardly soluble in water without adding a chemical substance such as an emulsifier.  <P>SOLUTION: The coating film is formed on the surface of the object to be coated by applying a solution obtained by dispersing the coating agent which is insoluble or hardly soluble in water, in water by using ultrasonic waves.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004327526-A (JP)
Title: Electronic component mounting structure
Inventor: FUKAZAWA HIDEKI
IPC: H05K1/18
Filed: 2003-04-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic component mounting structure in which wiring can be changed by using a jumper wire etc., even after a printed substrate is manufactured in a CPLD device and an FPGA device mounted on the printed substrate when the devices have the shape of a BGA-type package.  <P>SOLUTION: In the electronic component mounting structure having the printed board 7 on which a BGA-type electronic component is mounted, at least one leading-out pad 13 provided in the circumference of the mounting section 11 of the electronic component, and at least one pad 12 in the mounting section 11, are connected to each other through a leading-out pattern 14.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004324943-A (JP)
Title: Refrigerator
Inventor: SATO SHINICHI
IPC: F25D11/02
Filed: 2003-04-23
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator, eliminating the need for a defrost heater for a freezing chamber cooling evaporator and preventing temperature rise in a chamber even during defrosting operation.  <P>SOLUTION: The refrigerator 1 comprises a series of refrigerating cycles consisting of one compressor and a plurality of evaporators. In each of the plurality of evaporators, cold air circulating fan an a cold air discharging damper are independently installed. After one evaporator set at a freezing evaporating temperature and other evaporators set at a refrigeration evaporating temperature at which no frost and ice are produced are operated for a preset time, the former evaporator is changed over from the freezing evaporating temperature into a refrigeration evaporating temperature at which frost and ice are melted and the latter evaporators are changed over from the refrigeration evaporating temperature into a freezing evaporating temperature. Because the series of refrigerating cycles consist of one compressor and the plurality of evaporators and a restricting mechanism is installed in each of the plurality of evaporators for selectively establishing the refrigeration evaporating temperature and the freezing evaporating temperature, the convenient refrigerator is obtained in which any evaporator can cool a freezing chamber or a refrigerating chamber.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004323422-A (JP)
Title: Fluorine-based cyclic compound, fluorine-based polymerizable monomer, fluorine-based macromolecular compound, resist material using the same and pattern-forming method
Inventor: KOMORIYA HARUHIKO
IPC: C07D307/00
Filed: 2003-04-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new fluorine-based cyclic compound, a fluorine-based polymerizable monomer and a fluorine-based macromolecular compound; to provide a resist material having high transparency in a wide wave length region from an ultraviolet region to a near infrared region, and further having both of high adhesion to a substrate and a film-forming property; and to provide a method for forming a pattern by using the resist material.  <P>SOLUTION: The new fluorine-based cyclic compound has an oxacyclopentane or oxacyclobutane structure derived from norbornadienes and hexafluoroacetone. The excellent resist material is obtained by using the fluorine-based macromolecular compound obtained by polymerizing or copolymerizing the fluorine-based cyclic compound or a derivative thereof. The method for forming the minute pattern uses the resist material.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004325823-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: HORIKAWA SEISHI
IPC: G03G21/10
Filed: 2003-04-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an image forming apparatus that effectively removes toner remaining on the surface of a latent image carrier without being transferred to a transfer body and prevents cleaning failure, thereby obtaining a clear image free from unevenness in transfer.  <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus 1 has a cleaning device 13 that clears away toner remaining on a latent image carrier 3 without being transferred to a transfer body after transfer of a toner image to the transfer body from the latent image carrier 3. The cleaning device 13 includes an auxiliary cleaning means (first brush roller) 47 that partly removes residual toner on the latent image carrier 3; a lubricant application means (second brush roller) 49 that is disposed downstream of the auxiliary cleaning means and applies a lubricant to the surface of the latent image carrier 3; and a cleaning blade 41 that is disposed downstream of the lubricant application means and scrapes the residual toner on the latent image carrier 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004321121-A (JP)
Title: Grain storage tank
Inventor: KIDA SHIGEKI
IPC: A01F25/00
Filed: 2003-04-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a grain storage tank capable of storing grains such as rice in finely divided state to meet the diversified needs of consumers, etc., and enabling easy confirmation of the traceability (tracing of history) of the grains such as rice.  <P>SOLUTION: Unhulled rice grains supplied to a distribution valve 88 of the grain storage tank 50 is dispensed to a selected feed pipe and supplied to the feeding port of a selected silo 64. The unhulled rice grains classified by lot can be separately stored into individual silos 64 for the lots. Since each silo 64 of the tank 63 is inclined, the unhulled rice stored in the silo 64 can be spontaneously discharged through each discharge pipe 128 by separately opening each discharging valve of each discharging pipe 128.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI