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20120235050 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION SYSTEM - An ultraviolet irradiation system includes: an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus including a plurality of ultraviolet lamps; a flowmeter configured to measure a flow rate of the water to be treated that passes through the ultraviolet irradiation apparatus; and an ultraviolet-dose monitoring and controlling apparatus configured to monitor an ultraviolet dose of the ultraviolet irradiation apparatus and to control outputs of the ultraviolet lamps. The plurality of ultraviolet lamps include a first ultraviolet lamp and a plurality of second ultraviolet lamps. The ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes: a first measurement head configured to measure an ultraviolet intensity of the first ultraviolet lamp; and a plurality of second measurement heads configured to respectively measure ultraviolet intensities of the plurality of the ultraviolet lamps. A distance between the first ultraviolet lamp and the first measurement head is set to a determined value. | 09-20-2012 |
20120235059 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION APPARATUS - A ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes: an ultraviolet-irradiation water tank; a protection pipe provided in the ultraviolet-irradiation water tank; an ultraviolet lamp provided in the protection pipe to be lit up with high-frequency discharge at a frequency of 10 kHz to 10 MHz, inclusive; protection covers respectively provided on the two ends of the ultraviolet-irradiation water tank; an electronic ballast provided in one of the protection covers; and a feeder wire electrically connecting the ultraviolet lamp to the electronic ballast. Each of the ultraviolet-irradiation water tank and the protection covers is made of a conductive material with a specific conductivity and a relative magnetic permittivity whose product is equal to or larger than 1, and has a thickness at least three times as large as a skin depth at a frequency of a high-frequency current that flows through the ultraviolet lamp. | 09-20-2012 |
20130062532 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION APPARATUS - According to the embodiments, an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes: a cylindrical water passage body through which treatment target water passes, and which has paired openings in its respective two end portions; at least one ultraviolet irradiation member provided inside the water passage body on a plane orthogonal to a direction from one to the other of the openings, and configured to emit ultraviolet rays to the treatment target water passing through the water passage body; and paired flange joints projecting from peripheral edges of the paired openings of the water passage body outward of the openings, respectively. | 03-14-2013 |
20130068964 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION DEVICE - An ultraviolet irradiation device includes a treatment vessel, an ultraviolet irradiation member, and a support member. The treatment vessel has a water inlet and a water outlet and through which water to be treated as a treatment target flows in a first direction from the water inlet toward the water outlet, the treatment vessel receiving the water to be treated through the water inlet and discharging the water to be treated through the water outlet. The ultraviolet irradiation member is provided inside the treatment vessel along a second direction crossing the first direction and which irradiates the water to be treated flowing through the treatment vessel with an ultraviolet ray. The support member is provided inside the treatment vessel along the second direction with both end portions of the support member being firmly fixed to wall surfaces of the treatment vessel. | 03-21-2013 |
20140014853 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION DEVICE - An ultraviolet irradiation device includes a treatment vessel, an ultraviolet irradiation member, and a support member. The treatment vessel has a water inlet and a water outlet and through which water to be treated as a treatment target flows in a first direction from the water inlet toward the water outlet, the treatment vessel receiving the water to be treated through the water inlet and discharging the water to be treated through the water outlet. The ultraviolet irradiation member is provided inside the treatment vessel along a second direction crossing the first direction and which irradiates the water to be treated flowing through the treatment vessel with an ultraviolet ray. The support member is provided inside the treatment vessel along the second direction with both end portions of the support member being firmly fixed to wall surfaces of the treatment vessel. | 01-16-2014 |
20140166898 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION APPARATUS - According to the embodiments, an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes: a cylindrical water passage body through which treatment target water passes, and which has paired openings in its respective two end portions; at least one ultraviolet irradiation member provided inside the water passage body on a plane orthogonal to a direction from one to the other of the openings, and configured to emit ultraviolet rays to the treatment target water passing through the water passage body; and paired flange joints projecting from peripheral edges of the paired openings of the water passage body outward of the openings, respectively. | 06-19-2014 |
20140374613 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION APPARATUS - An ultraviolet irradiation apparatus according to an embodiment includes a reaction tank including an inlet port for introducing to-be-treated water, and a discharge port for discharging to-be-treated water after treatment, a first ultraviolet lamp, and an ultraviolet monitor including an ultraviolet sensor. The first ultraviolet lamp is accommodated in a first protection tube including both end portions fixed in the reaction tank. The ultraviolet monitor is accommodated in a second protection tube, the second protection tube is disposed in parallel to the first protection tube, and both end portions of the second protection tube are fixed in the reaction tank. | 12-25-2014 |
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20120031134 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An indoor unit includes a heat exchanger provided on the downstream side of a fan and formed with a plurality of lower end portions in a vertical cross section from the front side to the back side of a casing, a plurality of drain pans provided below the lower end portions of the heat exchanger and configured to collect drain water occurring on the heat exchanger, and a drain channel provided between the drain pans and configured to be a flow channel of the drain, and a connecting port to which a drain hose configured to drain the drain water collected by the drain pans to the outside of the casing, and one of the drain pans is arranged to a level equal to or higher than the level of the other drain pan, and the drain channel is provided on the drain pan arranged on the back side of the casing. | 02-09-2012 |
20120031139 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An indoor unit includes a casing having a suction port formed on an upper portion and a blow-out port on a lower side of a front surface portion, an axial-flow or mixed-flow fan provided on the downstream side of the suction port in the casing, and a heat exchanger provided in the casing at a position on the downstream side of the fan and on the upstream side of the blow-out port. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins arranged side by side with predetermined gaps therebetween and a plurality of heat-transfer tubes penetrating through the plurality of fins. The heat exchanger is configured in such a manner that the air-flow resistance of an area facing the outer peripheral side of the fan is larger than the air-flow resistance of an area facing a center portion of the fan. | 02-09-2012 |
20120031983 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An indoor unit includes: a casing formed with a suction port and a blow-out port; a plurality of fans provided in parallel in the casing; a heat exchanger provided on the downstream side of the fans and on the upstream side of the blow-out port; a horizontal wind direction control vane provided at the blow-out port to control the horizontal direction of an airflow blown out from the blow-out port; a vertical wind direction control vane provided at the blow-out port to control the vertical direction of the airflow blown out from the blow-out port; and an infrared ray human detection sensor configured to detect the position of a person present in a room, and air volumes, the orientation of the horizontal wind direction control vane, and the orientation of the vertical wind direction control vane of the fans are each controlled according to results of detection by the infrared ray sensor. | 02-09-2012 |
20130177395 | CROSS FLOW FAN AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A cross flow fan including an impeller having at least two rings arranged with intervals in a fan rotation axis O direction and a plurality of blades that are arranged, between correlated rings, with intervals in a circumferential direction of the rings, in which the blade is divided into plural areas in the fan rotation axis O direction, and both ends adjacent to the rings are denoted as the blade-ring proximate sections and the center portion of the blade is denoted as the inter-blade-ring center section. The blade is formed such that the thickness of the inner peripheral blade end of the blade that is the inner peripheral end of the impeller is smaller in the inter-blade-ring center section than in the blade-ring proximate section. | 07-11-2013 |
20130259669 | CROSS FLOW FAN AND INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An impeller element includes a plurality of blades disposed along an outer circumference of a circular support plate. Each blade is divided into a plurality of blade sections in a rotational axis direction. At least one of the divided blade sections as a long-chord blade section is configured such that a chord as a line segment connecting a blade outer-circumferential edge and a blade inner-circumferential edge of the blade in a cross section perpendicular to a rotational axis of the blade has a greater length than a chord of another one of the blade sections as a short-chord blade section. The blade inner-circumferential edge of the at least one long-chord blade section having the longer chord protrudes toward the inner circumferential side, relative to the blade inner-circumferential edge of the at least other one of the blade sections as the short-chord blade section having the shorter chord. | 10-03-2013 |
20140102676 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - The length of a cross flow fan in the rotational axis direction is longer than the length of an air outlet in the longitudinal direction, and the cross flow fan has a fan extension positioned beyond each end of the air outlet in the rotational axis direction. Deflectors are provided in the air-conditioning apparatus main body. An outlet airflow blown from each fan extension of the cross flow fan impinges upon a corresponding one of the deflector. Furthermore, the shape of blade portions of the fan extensions of the cross flow fan and the shape of blade portions opposing the air outlet are different from each other. The wind speed of the outlet airflow blown from the blade portion is lower than the wind speed of an outlet airflow blown from the blade portion. | 04-17-2014 |
20150056910 | INDOOR UNIT FOR AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A blade included in an impeller is formed so that, when viewed in a vertical cross-sectional view of the blade, a pressure surface of the blade and a suction surface of the blade opposite to the pressure surface are curved more in the direction in which the impeller rotates, in their areas farther from the axis of rotation of the impeller and closer to the exterior of the blade, and are arched so that a portion near the center of the blade is most distant from a straight line connecting the inner end and the outer end of the blade, the pressure surface and the suction surface form a curved surface including at least one circular arc, and a straight portion of the blade is formed to be connected to the curved surface on its one side, and extend toward the inner end of the blade on its other side. | 02-26-2015 |
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20090176954 | NOVEL FLUOROADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE, FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER AND PRODUCTION METHOD - To provide a novel fluoroadamantane derivative, a novel polymerizable fluoroadamantane derivativeand a novel fluoropolymer, and processes for production thereof. | 07-09-2009 |
20120085960 | WATER/OIL REPELLENT AGENT AND WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION - To provide a water/oil repellent agent and a water/oil repellent composition which is capable of providing an article surface with a sufficient water/oil repellency, while placing little burden on the environment. | 04-12-2012 |
20130017334 | COATING COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND PROCESS FOR FORMING COATING FILM BY USING THE COMPOSITION - To provide a coating composition containing a fluorinated copolymer having repeating units derived from ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene, which can be formed into a coating film by coating and which can be produced at a relatively low temperature, and a process for its production, and a process for forming a coating film of the fluorinated copolymer by using this composition, which can be carried out at a relatively low temperature. A coating composition comprising microparticles of a fluorinated copolymer (ETFE) having repeating units derived from ethylene and repeating units derived from tetrafluoroethylene, and a solvent capable of dissolving ETFE at a temperature of not higher than the melting point of ETFE, wherein the microparticles of ETFE are microparticles precipitated from a solution having ETFE dissolved in the solvent, and are dispersed in the solvent. | 01-17-2013 |
20130202810 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CHARGE RETENTION MEDIUM - To provide a process for producing a charge retention medium, with which a coating film (precursor of a charge retention medium) containing a fluorinated copolymer having repeating units based on tetrafluoroethylene and repeating units based on ethylene can easily be formed on the surface of a substrate, even in a case where the surface of the substrate has a complicated shape. | 08-08-2013 |
20130261248 | CHARGE RETENTION MEDIUM - To provide a charge retention medium having a surface potential at a practical level, although it is obtained from a composition containing a fluorinated copolymer having repeating units based on tetrafluoroethylene and repeating units based on ethylene. | 10-03-2013 |
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20080304147 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system that is capable of changing a status of observation of a sample comprises an instruction unit for giving instruction for driving one or more optical members including an objective lens or for changing a relative position of the sample and the objective lens; and an image capturing unit for capturing an observed image of the sample as a still image or a live image. The microscope system changes an order for performing operations in accordance with the instruction from the instruction unit, the operations including an operation of driving the one or more optical members or changing the relative position; an operation of switching the illumination light for the sample from being cut-off or reduced to being applied; and an operation of switching the image displayed in a display unit from the still image to the live image. | 12-11-2008 |
20090185035 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD USED FOR MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A microscope system which is capable of changing observation states by driving various optical members and which includes a history record unit for recording history data related to a microscope operation history, a selection unit for selecting one or more microscope operation items from among a plurality of microscope operation items, and a state reproduction unit for reproducing a microscope state on the basis of a microscope operation item(s) selected by the selection unit and on the basis of a microscope operation history related to history data recorded in the history record unit. | 07-23-2009 |
20110013010 | MICROSCOPE CONTROLLER AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM HAVING THE MICROSCOPE CONTROLLER - A microscope controller that performs operations for controlling operations of motorized units configuring a microscope system includes a touch panel unit that accepts an input made with an external physical contact and has a display function, a controlling unit for setting a display area as a functional area by assigning an image for operating the motorized unit to a certain display area on the touch panel unit and for generating a control instruction signal for controlling the motorized unit in accordance with a contact operation performed for the motorized unit corresponding to the functional area upon detection of an input made in the functional area, and a communication controlling unit for transmitting the control instruction signal to an external device that controls an operation of the motorized unit. | 01-20-2011 |
20110058253 | MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes a microscope main unit including a stage on which a specimen is to be placed; and a light source provided on the microscope main unit and emitting illumination light for illuminating the specimen. The microscope also includes a main power supply operable to be turned on and off; a sensor that senses the presence or absence of a subject in a front or side area of the microscope main unit; a determining unit that determines based on a result of the sensing whether the subject moves; and a control unit that turns on the light source when the main power supply is turned on, maintains the light source in an ON state when the determining unit determines that the subject moves, and turns off the light source when the determining unit determines that the subject does not move and a predetermined period of time passes. | 03-10-2011 |
20110109960 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system stores, for each objective, the movement control information including a type flag indicating the type of an objective depending on the presence/absence of a soak or a type of the soak and a save distance for saving the stage or the objective switch unit by a predetermined distance. When a switch direction of objectives is input, and when there is a change in the type of the objective after the switch, the system stops an operation after the stage or the objective switch unit is moved according to the save distance, and recovers the stage or the objective switch unit to an original position after the operation direction input unit inputs an operation direction for the stage and the objective switch unit. | 05-12-2011 |
20110134517 | MICROSCOPE CONTROLLER AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM COMPRISING MICROSCOPE CONTROLLER - In a microscope controller by which is performed an operation for controlling an operation of each of a plurality of electric units included in a microscope system, the control unit establishes a plurality of functional areas in the display region of the touch panel as regions for making operable the plurality of electric units. When an input to any of the functional areas is detected, the control unit generates a control instruction signal for controlling an electric unit corresponding to this functional area. The communication control unit transmits the control instruction signal to an external device controlling an operation of a corresponding electric unit. When an input to a predetermined functional area is detected, the control unit then reestablishes a plurality of functional areas within the display region of the touch panel so as to enlarge this functional area or a plurality of specific functional areas including this functional area. | 06-09-2011 |
20110164314 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A microscope system improves the operability of a user in performing a microscope observation. The microscope system attains the improvement by including: a microscope apparatus including a plurality of drive units; a display unit for displaying an operation screen for operation of the microscope apparatus; a pointing device for inputting by a pointer an operation instruction to the microscope apparatus on the operation screen; and a control unit for switching the drive units depending on the position of the pointer on the operation screen, and controlling the operation of the switched drive units depending on the operation of the pointing device. | 07-07-2011 |
20110221881 | Virtual-Slide Creating Device - It is possible to create a virtual slide of a subject of observation in a simple configuration without setting a movement pattern in advance. Provided is a virtual-slide creating device including a stage on which a sample is mounted; an objective lens that collects light from the sample; a relative movement mechanism that moves at least one of these components relative to each other in a direction crossing the optical axis of the objective lens; a position detecting unit that obtains relative position information of the stage and the objective lens; an image capturing unit that acquires a partial enlarged image of the sample; a display unit that displays the enlarged image acquired; an image saving unit that saves an enlarged image acquired by the image capturing unit each time at least one of the stage and the objective lens is moved relative to each other by a predetermined distance, based on the relative position information obtained; and an image processing unit that creates a virtual slide by forming an array of saved enlarged images based on the relative position information detected. | 09-15-2011 |
20110267449 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A microscope system improves the operability of a user in performing a microscope observation. The microscope system attains the improvement by including: a microscope apparatus including a plurality of drive units; a display unit for displaying an operation screen for operation of the microscope apparatus; a pointing device for inputting by a pointer an operation instruction to the microscope apparatus on the operation screen; and a control unit for switching the drive units depending on the position of the pointer on the operation screen, and controlling the operation of the switched drive units depending on the operation of the pointing device. | 11-03-2011 |
20120293864 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system that is capable of changing a status of observation of a sample comprises an instruction unit for giving instruction for driving one or more optical members including an objective lens or for changing a relative position of the sample and the objective lens; and an image capturing unit for capturing an observed image of the sample as a still image or a live image. The microscope system changes an order for performing operations in accordance with the instruction from the instruction unit, the operations including an operation of driving the one or more optical members or changing the relative position; an operation of switching the illumination light for the sample from being cut-off or reduced to being applied; and an operation of switching the image displayed in a display unit from the still image to the live image. | 11-22-2012 |
20130038931 | Microscope controller and microscope system having microscope controller - A microscope controller improves the operability in moving a stage when a stage moving operation is performed on a touch panel. The microscope controller for control of the operation of each electric unit configuring the microscope system solves problems by including: a touch panel unit having a display function and receiving an input by an external physical contact; a control unit for setting a display region as a function area by assigning an image for operation of the electric unit to a specified display region of the touch panel unit, and, when an input to the function area is detected, generating a control instruction signal for control of the electric unit depending on the contact operation to the electric unit corresponding to the function area, and a communication control unit for transmitting the control instruction signal to an external device for controlling the operation of the electric unit. | 02-14-2013 |