The invention provides dual-skinned membrane useful as one way or rectifying membranes which seduce back filtration of solute molecules in dialysis and which improve nutrient supply and product recovery in membrane bioreactors. The membranes are dual-skinned polymeric materials preferably in the form of hollow fibers. The membranes have skins of polymer on the opposite sides with differing permeab...

A screen structure is transparent electro-optic substrate e.g. of silicon on which there is a VLSI which is back lit by a layer of an electroluminescent material. There is a collimator which focuses the light from the electroluminescent layer.

Methods, systems and devices are presented that provide improved medical diagnostic and intervention procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac imaging, cardiac nuclear scintigraphy, computed tomography, echocardiography, imaging to direct laser ablation, imaging to direct radio frequency radiation ablation, imaging to direct gamma knife radiation therapy, and imaging to direct radiati...

A tool accessory is provided in the form of a cordless tool holder adaptor which is capable of being secured to a cordless tool, particularly a cordless power tool having a handle member with a lower flanged end, in order to provide the tool with means to enable it to be suspended from a holding device. In particular, the cordless tool holder adaptor is secured to the lower end of the handle of a ...

An ablation catheter that includes radially disposed inflatable chambers is provided. The ablation catheter includes an elongate catheter body and an electrode structure mounted on the distal end of the catheter body. The electrode structure includes a plurality of radially disposed inflatable chambers. The elongate catheter body may be composed of an inner shaft having an inner shaft lumen, a sti...

A green tire holding device (10) including a frame (12), a rod (14) extending horizontally from the frame (12), and a bladder (16) mounted on the rod (14). The bladder (16) is inflatable to an inflated shape so that it contacts a substantial portion of an inner circumference of a green tire (T) to support the green tire during a pre-curing wait cycle. The green tire holding device (10) can compris...

A powder pressing apparatus comprises a die having a through hole, an upper punch and a lower punch. At least one of the upper and lower punches has a punching surface having an edge portion provided with a projection. The projection has a tip chamfered by a width not greater than 0.5 mm. The punching surface has a slope having a surface roughness Ra not greater than 1.0 mum. A rare-earth alloy po...

An organic electroluminescent (OEL) display panel has improved lifetime and better display quality with a reduced amount of residual solvent on the isolating walls of the OEL panel. The organic electroluminescent display panel includes: a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes positioned on the substrate, a plurality of polyimide-isolating walls that are parallel to each other, an organic elec...

A curved mirrored surface is used to collect radiation scattered by a sample surface and originating from a normal illumination beam and an oblique illumination beam. The collected radiation is focused to a detector. Scattered radiation originating from the normal and oblique illumination beams may be distinguished by employing radiation at two different wavelengths, by intentionally introducing a...

For a large system having an associated monitoring system with one or more user interfaces that each requires a large amount of direct user interaction, a scripting language especially well suited to write a script (that generates liaison interface between the user and the existing user interfaces) is provided. The liaison interface requires much less direct user interaction by taking the place of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fertilizing apparatus of a sulky rice transplanter easily holding a holding part of each changeover lever and performing lever operation by an operator taking a seat.

SOLUTION: The fertilizing apparatus of the sulky rice transplanter comprises a fertilizer tank, a fertilizing pump communicating with and installed connectedly to the fertilizer tank, each f...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing quickly cooked rice, by which the cooked rice having a taste near to that of cooked rice obtained from polished rice and the like and suitable for Western dishes can be produced, and to provide a quickly cooked rice-producing apparatus which can simply be maintained.

SOLUTION: This method for producing the quickly cooked rice is chara...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bedsore preventing mattress considering also an infection prevention by integrating a body pressure-dispersive soft material particularly to a general mattress at home.

SOLUTION: The upper surface and side surfaces of the soft material 3 of a size corresponding to the mattress 2 are covered with a stretchable waterproof surface cloth 4, and the bottom sur...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a teapot with convenience of allowing tea to be poured with one hand and moreover allowing the tea to be poured with full safety.

SOLUTION: This teapot has a teapot body 11 provided with an opening part 17, and a lid body 12 for covering the opening part 17. The teapot body 11 is provided with a lid placing part 18 for placing and supporting the lid body 12...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cyclone dust collector capable of integrally attaching the cyclone dust collector to a dust collector by inserting the cyclone dust collector into the hose attaching port of the dust collector.

SOLUTION: The cyclone dust collector comprises a cyclone main body 2 having an inlet provided to the outer periphery thereof and the dust collection tank 4 connect...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high efficiency texture tape improved in its polishing material-retaining property and capable of capturing polishing dusts therein.

SOLUTION: This texture tape comprises polishing woven fabric composed of (A) polyester wefts each having a cross-sectional shape having three or more apex angles and (B) polyamide wefts, wherein the single filament finenesse...

PURPOSE: To enable handling a number of workpieces at a time by providing an inversion means which inverts a mechanical hand when the rotational movement of an output member due to the keeping of a clutch means is transmitted thereto. CONSTITUTION: In two kinds of kinetic systems, first an output shaft 40 is put into rotational movement relative to an indexing frame 55 braked at an indexing positi...

A method of producing a film on the surface of a semiconductor wafer in an RTP system, comprising: a) rapidly processing the wafer at a first temperature T1 in an atmosphere containing a substantial vapor pressure of a first reactive gas; then b) rapidly processing the wafer at a second temperature T2 in an atmosphere substantially free of the first reactive gas is described.

PURPOSE:To check an arbitrary part to which an insulation coating is applied at the time of measuring and controlling a pitch between conductors and a margin width by applying light to a flat cable from one side thereof and measuring the distribution of brightness of transmitted light on the other side thereof. CONSTITUTION:In a flat cable in which a plurality of conductors are held between two in...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it unnecessary to prepare a delay circuit such as a timer for power interruption, to reduce the number of parts and to miniaturize an equipment by using a watchdog timer(WDT) also as a delaying timer in common. SOLUTION: When power interruption is generated, a power interruption detecting circuit 3 outputs a power interruption signal to a CPU 1. The CPU 1 stops the ti...