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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a WC-SiC composite capable of improving sinterability at a low cost while maintaining properties of WC such as high hardness and high young's modulus instead of a conventional method for adding Co as a sintering assistant to WC (tungsten carbide). SOLUTION: The WC-SiC-based composite has 1-30 vol.%, preferably 1-20 vol.%, more preferably 5-15 vol.% SiC phase, and the balance comprises WC. The SiC is SiC whisker so as to improve the performance of the WC-SiC-based composite. The WC-SiC-based composite can be sintered at a sintering temperature of 1,550-1,750°C, and may be further sintered by adding VC powder and/or Cr2C3 powder as the sintering assistant. As a result, the WC-SiC-based composite having high hardness, high young's modulus and high fracture toughness value is obtained. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation conversion type displacement magnifying device which can increase an amount of displacement for magnification and can also increase a degree of freedom in spatial arrangement of the device. SOLUTION: A displacement magnifying device includes an actuator 12, a moving section 18 which moves according to a displacement of the actuator, and a displacement magnifying mechanism 14 for magnifying an amount of displacement of the actuator. The displacement magnifying mechanism includes a supporting section for supporting the actuator, a moving section which faces the supporting section while being spaced apart therefrom, and a pair of link sections 20a and 20b which link the supporting section and the moving section together and deform according to a displacement of the actuator to move the moving section with respect to the supporting section. The actuator is mounted on the supporting section outside the pair of link sections in a direction in which the displacement direction of the actuator and the moving direction of the moving section intersect. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beans-bearing pod discriminating structure capable of discriminating the bean-bearing state of a pod, and properly discriminate the bean-bearing state of a pod. SOLUTION: In a pod discriminating device 10, a beans-bearing pod 18 is conveyed forward by a second belt 30, and passes through a gap between a light projection section 34 of a photoelectric sensor 32 and a light receiving section 36, and light projected by the section 34 and not interrupted by the bean-bearing pod 18 is received by the light receiving section 36 to measure the thickness of the pod 18 at each position. Thus, the bean 22 bearing state of the pod 20 can be properly discriminated by the number of positions at which the thickness of the pod 18 is not smaller than a specified value and the number of positions at which the thickness of the pod is smaller than the specified thickness. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To recover a metal from a used solid oxide type fuel cell. SOLUTION: The method comprises: a first step 11 where a used cell is pulverized; a second step 12 where fine powder in the first step 11 and water are mixed, so as to produce slurry having a pulp concentration of 10 to 20 mass%; a third step 13 where acid is added to the slurry produced in the second step 12, so as to regulate the pH to 2 to 4; a fourth step 14 where a collector with a concentration of 1 to 2.2×10 -4 mol/l is added to the slurry whose pH is regulated in the third step 13; a fifth step 15 where the slurry in the fourth step 14 is foamed, the first metal particulates are stuck to the foam, and the remaining second metal particulates are precipitated; a sixth step 16a where the precipitates of the second particulates obtained in the fifth step 15 are filtered, so as to obtain precipitates; a seventh step 16b where the precipitates obtained in the sixth step 16a are cleaned and dried, so as to obtain solid matter consisting essentially of La, Sr, Ga, Mg and Co; and an eighth step 17 where the solid matter obtained in the seventh step 16b is pulverized into fine powder. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the miniaturization of a detector and to provide the openable and closable simple structure of a plurality of flow channels which respectively connect a plurality of storage tanks and a reaction tank. SOLUTION: A cassette 12 is equipped with a first reagent tank 54, a second reagent tank 55 and a washing liquid tank 56 respectively storing a first reagent, a second reagent and a washing liquid used in their respective steps contained in nucleic acid detecting reaction; an HD tank 52 where the nucleic acid detecting reaction is performed; fifth, sixth and seventh flow channels 66, 67 and 68 for respectively connecting the first reagent tank 54, the second reagent tank 55, the washing liquid tank 56 and the HD tank 52; and a plurality of cams 89-91 respectively provided to the rotary shaft 88 corresponding to the respective flow channels to open and close their corresponding flow channels by the rotation of the rotary shaft 88. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide spherical nickel microparticles with high electroconductivity and superior monodispersibility, and to provide a production method therefor. SOLUTION: The spherical nickel microparticles have a crystalline structure, particle sizes of 1 to 10 μm by d 50 , and a particle size distribution of [(d 90 -d 10 )/d 50 ]≤1.0, wherein d 90 , d 10 and d 50 represent particle sizes showing 90 vol.%, 10 vol.% and 50 vol.% respectively in a cumulative distribution curve. The method for producing the spherical nickel microparticles includes mixing an aqueous solution of a nickel salt, a pH-adjusting aqueous solution containing a pH-adjusting agent and a complexing agent, and an aqueous solution of a reducing agent to cause a reduction and precipitation reaction in the mixture. Sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide are used for the pH-adjusting agent, and ammonia is used for the complexing agent. Sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide are controlled so as to constitute 0.05 to 1.3 (kmol/m 3 ) and ammonia is controlled so as to constitute 0.5 to 2.0 (kmol/m 3 ) by concentration in the pH-adjusting aqueous solution. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract translation:要解决的问题:提供具有高导电性和优异的单分散性的球形镍微粒,并提供其制备方法。 解决方案:球形镍微粒具有晶体结构,粒径为1至10μm,d 50 SB>,粒度分布为[(d 90 SB> - d 10 SB>)/ d 50 SB>≤1.0,其中d 90 SB>,d SB> 10 SB SB>分别表示累积分布曲线中分别为90体积%,10体积%,50体积%的粒径。 球形镍微粒的制造方法包括将镍盐水溶液,含有pH调节剂的pH调节水溶液与络合剂混合,还原剂的水溶液进行还原和沉淀反应 在混合物中。 氢氧化钠和/或氢氧化钾用于pH调节剂,氨用于络合剂。 控制氢氧化钠和/或氢氧化钾以使其为0.05〜1.3(kmol / m 3 / SP),氨被控制为0.5〜2.0(kmol / m 3 / SP>)通过在pH调节水溶液中浓缩。 版权所有(C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pod sorter for suitably sorting pods containing seeds according to their grades. SOLUTION: In the pod sorter 10, pods 22 containing seeds are transferred through a transfer path 48 disposed on a belt 40 and falls onto a leaf spring 78 of a flapper ejector 76. Further, the pods being transferred through the transfer path 48 are imaged by a transmitted light camera 64 to judge their grades. The pods 22 judged to be bad are sprung out by the leaf spring 78 and thus the pods 22 are sorted into good ones and bad ones. Since the belt 40 herein is reticulately formed, a lamp stabilizer 58 can irradiate the pods 22 with transmitted light through the belt 40 and enables the transmitted light camera 64 to suitably image the pods 22 by virtue of the transmitted light passing therethrough, and thereby the pods 22 can be suitably sorted. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a training machine for a wheelchair user depending on the wheelchair for about 70-80% of a day, especially an aged wheelchair user using the wheelchair for rehabilitation of a bone fracture, capable of preventing the user from becoming bedridden and from suffering the disuse syndrome caused by the bedridden state. SOLUTION: The training machine for the wheelchair user has an actuator 10 driven to extend a driving rod 19, and a slider frame 6 is horizontally raised by using a parallel link mechanism composed of front links 5 and 5 and rear links 7 and 7. With this structure, the seat surface 12 of a sliding chair 11 is raised to the height of transfer to the wheelchair by an electric lift mechanism, so that the seat surface can be stopped at a desired height. Since the seat surface of the sliding chair can be stopped at a desired height in this way, there will be no difference in level in the transfer caused by the difference in the manufacturer or model of the wheelchair 22. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a legume discrimination structure capable of properly discriminating the quality of legumes. SOLUTION: The legume discrimination structure binarily processes the pick-up image of a legume 22 that is picked up by light transmitted through the legume 22. Further, the structure calculates the ratio of the number of the pixels of a bean 26 to that of the legume 22 in its binary image to discriminate the accommodation state of the bean 26 to a shell 24. Based on the relation of magnitude between the ratio and the predetermined number for a threshold value, which is the ratio between the pixels' number of the legume 22 and that of the bean 26, the legume 22 being in one of a plurality of grades is discriminated. Thus, the quality of the legume 22 for the accommodation state of the bean 26 to the shell 24 can be properly and clearly discriminated. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide unconventional feed containing a γ-aminobutyric acid-containing composition, i.e., feed containing a γ-aminobutyric acid-containing composition, excellent in palatability and feed characteristics for livestock. SOLUTION: The feed containing a γ-aminobutyric acid-containing composition is substantially composed of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of sprouted brown rice bran, rice bran, rice, defatted rice bran, wheat bran, soybean seed coat, red bean seed coat and Vigna umbellata seed coat, and a γ-aminobutyric acid-containing composition having a lactic acid bacterium culture product obtained in a medium containing glutamic acid or its salt, and a liquid or solid raw material highly containing sugar or starch. A method for producing the feed containing the γ-aminobutyric acid-containing composition comprises stirring and mixing the γ-aminobutyric acid-containing composition with the liquid or solid raw material highly containing sugar or starch. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT