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20150121824 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR HONEYCOMB FILTER - An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb filter capable of preventing depth filtration and achieving a combination of high collection efficiency and low pressure loss. The honeycomb filter of the present invention comprises a ceramic honeycomb substrate in which a multitude of cells through which a fluid flows are disposed in parallel in a longitudinal direction and are separated by cell walls, each cell being sealed at an end section at either the fluid inlet side or the fluid outlet side, and a filter layer which, among the surfaces of the cell walls, is formed on the surface of the cell walls of those cells in which the end section at the fluid inlet side is open and the end section at the fluid outlet side is sealed, wherein the filter layer is composed of a plurality of spherical ceramic particles, and crosslinking bodies which bind the spherical ceramic particles to each other by crosslinking the spherical ceramic particles, and the spherical ceramic particles and the crosslinking bodies form a three-dimensional network structure. | 05-07-2015 |
20150121825 | HONEYCOMB FILTER - An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb filter which is resistant to detachment of the filter layer during regeneration processing, while suppressing any sudden increase in pressure loss caused by depth filtration. The honeycomb filter of the present invention comprises a ceramic honeycomb substrate in which a multitude of cells through which a fluid flows are disposed in parallel in a longitudinal direction and are separated by cell walls, each cell being sealed at an end section at either the fluid inlet side or the fluid outlet side, and a filter layer which, among the surfaces of the cell walls, is formed on the surface of the cell walls of those cells in which the end section at the fluid inlet side is open and the end section at the fluid outlet side is sealed, wherein the filter layer comprises hollow particles. | 05-07-2015 |
20150121826 | HONEYCOMB FILTER - An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb filter having low pressure loss and high collection efficiency. The honeycomb filter of the present invention comprises a ceramic honeycomb substrate in which a multitude of cells through which a fluid flows are disposed in parallel in a longitudinal direction and are separated by cell walls, each cell being sealed at an end section at either the fluid inlet side or the fluid outlet side, and a filter layer which, among the surfaces of the cell walls, is formed on the surface of the cell walls of those cells in which the end section at the fluid inlet side is open and the end section at the fluid outlet side is sealed by a sealing material, wherein the filter layer comprises spherical ceramic particles, and the average particle size of the spherical ceramic particles increases gradually from the fluid inlet side toward the fluid outlet side. | 05-07-2015 |
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20120094142 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POROUS SINTERED ALUMINUM, AND POROUS SINTERED ALUMINUM - This method for producing porous sintered aluminum includes: mixing aluminum powder with a sintering aid powder containing a sintering aid element to obtain a raw aluminum mixed powder; forming the raw aluminum mixed powder into a formed object prior to sintering having pores; and heating the formed object prior to sintering in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to produce porous sintered aluminum, wherein the sintering aid element is titanium, and when a temperature at which the raw aluminum mixed powder starts to melt is expressed as Tm (° C.), then a temperature T (° C.) of the heating fulfills Tm-10 (° C.)≦T≦685 (° C.). | 04-19-2012 |
20120135142 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM COMPLEX COMPRISING SINTERED POROUS ALUMINIUM BODY - This method for producing an aluminum composite including porous sintered aluminum, includes: mixing aluminum powder with a sintering aid powder containing either one or both of titanium and titanium hydride to obtain a raw aluminum mixed powder; adding and mixing a water-soluble resin binder, water, a plasticizer containing at least one selected from polyhydric alcohols, ethers, and esters, and a water-insoluble hydrocarbon-based organic solvent containing five to eight carbon atoms into the raw aluminum mixed powder to obtain a viscous composition; shape-forming the viscous composition on an aluminum foil or an aluminum plate and causing the viscous composition to foam to obtain a formed object prior to sintering; and heating the formed object prior to sintering in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to obtain an aluminum composite which includes porous sintered aluminum integrally joined onto the aluminum foil or the aluminum plate, wherein when a temperature at which the raw aluminum mixed powder starts to melt is expressed as Tm (° C.), then a temperature T (° C.) of the heating fulfills Tm-10 (° C.)≦T≦685 (° C.). | 05-31-2012 |
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20110100489 | SUBSTRATE PROCESS APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESS METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A vacuum chamber is evacuated through a first evacuation passage provided with a first valve and a second evacuation passage provided with a second valve. An opening degree of the first valve is adjusted so that a pressure in the vacuum chamber becomes substantially equal to a process pressure P; an opening degree of a butterfly valve further provided in the second evacuation passage is adjusted to substantially equal to a set value determined by a table in order to set flow rates of gases to be evacuated through the first evacuation passage and the second evacuation passage to be substantially equal to corresponding set values determined by the recipe; and an opening degree of the second valve is adjusted so that a measurement value of a differential pressure gauge further provided in the second evacuation passage becomes substantially equal to a differential pressure written in the table. | 05-05-2011 |
20110139074 | FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS - A film deposition apparatus includes a turntable provided in the chamber and having on a first surface a substrate receiving area in which a substrate is placed; first and second reaction gas supplying portions supplying first and second reaction gases to the first surface, respectively; a separation gas supplying portion provided between the first reaction gas supplying portion and the second reaction gas supplying portion and supplying a separation gas that separates the first reaction gas and the second reaction gas; an evacuation port that evacuates the chamber; a space defining member provided for at least one of the first and second reaction gas supplying portions and defining a first space between the at least one of the first and second reaction gas supplying portions and the turntable and a second space so that the separation gas is likely to flow through the second space rather than the first space. | 06-16-2011 |
20110159188 | FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, FILM DEPOSITION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A film deposition apparatus rotates a turntable and each gas nozzle relatively to each other at a rotational speed of 100 rpm or higher when depositing a titanium nitride film, to speed up a reaction gas supply cycle or a film deposition cycle of a reaction product. A next film of the reaction product is deposited before the grain size of the reaction product already generated on a substrate surface begins to grow due to crystallization of the already generated reaction product. | 06-30-2011 |
20150184294 | FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, FILM DEPOSITION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A film deposition apparatus rotates a turntable and each gas nozzle relatively to each other at a rotational speed of 100 rpm or higher when depositing a titanium nitride film, to speed up a reaction gas supply cycle or a film deposition cycle of a reaction product. A next film of the reaction product is deposited before the grain size of the reaction product already generated on a substrate surface begins to grow due to crystallization of the already generated reaction product. | 07-02-2015 |
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20090293908 | REMOVAL OF METAL CONTAMINANT DEPOSITED ON QUARTZ MEMBER OF VERTICAL HEAT PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method is used for removing a metal contaminant deposited on a quartz member selected from the group consisting of a reaction tube, wafer boat, and heat-insulating cylinder of a vertical heat processing apparatus for a semiconductor process. The method includes obtaining the quartz member unattached to the vertical heat processing apparatus; then, performing diluted hydrofluoric acid cleaning of cleaning the quartz member by use of diluted hydrofluoric acid; then, performing first purified water cleaning of cleaning the quartz member by use of purified water; then, performing hydrochloric acid cleaning of cleaning the quartz member by use of hydrochloric acid; and then, performing second purified water cleaning of cleaning the quartz member by use of purified water. | 12-03-2009 |
20100055297 | FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, FILM DEPOSITION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR FILM DEPOSITION METHOD - There is disclosed a film deposition apparatus and a film deposition method for depositing a film on a substrate by carrying out cycles of supplying in turn at least two source gases to the substrate in order to form a layer of a reaction product, and a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing the film deposition apparatus to carry out the film deposition method. | 03-04-2010 |
20110048326 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS - A film formation apparatus for a semiconductor process for forming a thin film on a target object by use of first and second reactive gases includes a vacuum container, an exhaust system, a rotary table configured to place the target object thereon, a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the rotary table, and a temperature adjusting mechanism configured to set the target object to a temperature at which the first reactive gas is condensed. Inside the vacuum container, a first reactive gas supply section configured to adsorb a condensed substance of the first reactive gas onto the target object, a vaporizing section configured to partly vaporize the condensed substance, and a second reactive gas supply section configured to cause the second reactive gas to react with the condensed substance are disposed in this order in a rotational direction of the rotary table. | 03-03-2011 |
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20110030931 | HEAT EXCHANGER AIR PATH FORMING PLATE AND HEAT EXCHANGER EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention provides an air path forming plate used for heat exchangers having an intake air path between an outdoor intake port for capturing outdoor air and an indoor flow-in port and having an exhaust air path between an indoor intake port for capturing indoor air and an outdoor exhaust port. Each of the intake air path and the exhaust air path is made of a metal plate having a bend section on which press marks aligned like a perforation line are formed. | 02-10-2011 |
20120152503 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes an apparatus body, a motor, an air-exhaust fan casing, an air-supply fan casing, heat exchanging devices, an air-supply air-flow path, and an air-exhaust air-flow path. A first stacking pitch of heat transfer plates in the heat exchanging devices placed at positions other than that immediately after an outdoor suction port in the air-supply air-flow path and at positions other than that immediately after a indoor suction port in the air-exhaust air-flow path is smaller than a second stacking pitch of heat transfer plates in the heat exchanging devices immediately after the outdoor suction port in the air-supply air-flow path and immediately after the indoor suction port in the air-exhaust air-flow path. | 06-21-2012 |
20130258588 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Electronic equipment includes a body case, a control unit, a partition board, and a heat exchanger attached to the partition board. The heat exchanger includes a hot-air passage for carrying hot air heated in the body case; a first blower for blowing the hot air into the hot-air passage; a cool-air passage for carrying cooling air from outside the body case, the cooling air being lower in temperature than the hot air; and a second blower for blowing the cooling air into the cool-air passage. | 10-03-2013 |
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20080292981 | IMAGE BEARING MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - This invention relates to image bearing member and an image forming apparatus that employs the image bearing member. The image bearing member contains an electroconductive substrate; a charge generation layer; a charge transport layer; a cross-linking surface protective layer, and a monomer having one radical polymerizable functional group with a charge transport structure. The cross-linking surface protective layer is formed by curing a monomer having at least three radical polymerizable functional groups without a charge transport structure. For the image bearing member, the ratio of the layer thickness of the cross linking surface protective layer to the layer thickness of the charge transport layer is from 0.7 to 1.3. | 11-27-2008 |
20090148186 | CORONA CHARGER, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A corona charger including a corona discharge electrode and a control electrode is provided. A layer including a zeolite, a conductive agent, and a binder resin is formed on a surface of the control electrode. | 06-11-2009 |
20090230386 | BENZOBISTHIAZOLE COMPOUND, BENZOBISTHIAZOLE POLYMER, ORGANIC FILM INCLUDING THE COMPOUND OR POLYMER AND TRANSISTOR INCLUDING THE ORGANIC FILM - A benzobisthiazole compound having a specific formula, and a benzobisthiazole polymer having a specific benzothiazole structure. An organic film including the benzobisthiazole polymer, the benzobisthiazole compound and/or a polymer obtained from the benzobisthiazole compound. An organic thin-film transistor including an organic semiconductor layer including the organic film; a pair of electrodes configured to flow an electric current through the organic semiconductor layer; and a third electrode configured to apply a voltage to the organic semiconductor layer. | 09-17-2009 |
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20110040107 | [1]BENZOTHIENO[3,2-B][1]BENZOTHIOPHENE COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A [1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene compound expressed by General Formula (I): General Formula (I) where X and Y are each independently a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; or a functional group having a straight or branched aliphatic alkyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having an alicyclic alkyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having a straight or branched aliphatic alkenyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having an alicyclic alkenyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having a carboxyl group, or a functional group having a thiol group, as a partial structure; and X and Y are the same or each independently different, provided that at least one of X and Y has a straight or branched aliphatic alkenyl group, an alicyclic alkenyl group, a carboxyl group or a thiol group, as a partial structure. | 02-17-2011 |
20110273523 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a recording head having a nozzle capable of ejecting inductive ink including water, a first intermediate transfer body having a conductive surface on which an ink image is to be formed by temporarily forming a liquid-column bridge between the conductive surface and the nozzle, the liquid-column bridge being made of the inductive ink, a voltage application unit applying a voltage between the inductive ink and the conductive surface so that water included in the liquid-column bridge is electrolyzed, and a transfer unit transferring an ink image formed on the first intermediate transfer body to a recording medium. | 11-10-2011 |
20130057628 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING LIQUID - An image forming apparatus with a voltage applying unit between a recording head and an intermediate transfer drum is capable of activating polyvalent metal ions inactivated in advance in jetted recording liquid without liquid activators independent of the recording liquid for sufficient flocculation on the drum. When the jetted recording liquid temporarily bridges the head and the drum, electrolysis of the recording liquid by the voltage applied instantly leads to generation of hydrogen ions on the drum, which triggers a sequence of reactions in the recording liquid of activation of polyvalent metal ions, cross-link between the activated polyvalent metal ions and anionic polymer, and increase in viscosity on the drum. | 03-07-2013 |
20130093810 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming device includes a head including a nozzle that discharges an electrically-conductive recording liquid in accordance with a driving signal; an intermediate transfer body on which the recording liquid discharged by the head is applied; a voltage apply unit that applies a voltage between the intermediate transfer body and the head, so as to decompose the electrically-conductive recording liquid by electrolysis; a transfer unit that transfers an image supported on the intermediate transfer body onto a recording material; and a discharging control unit that generates the driving signal that causes the electrically-conductive recording liquid to be discharged from the nozzle. The discharging control unit generates the driving signal so that a position of a meniscus is placed outside the nozzle during a time interval in which the recording liquid temporarily bridges between the head and the intermediate transfer body. | 04-18-2013 |