Nikkiso Company Limited

Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Disco Corporation

Japan Tobacco Inc.

Other

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Konami Co., Ltd.

Mutoh Industries Ltd.

Fujitsu Corporation

Hagiwara, Masatoshi

Masaaki Suzuki

Kenzo Kaminaga

Takuma Nakano

Takeshi Akiyama

Takashi Oda

Takashi Kimura

Keisuke Kato

Takamitsu Hosoya

Atsushi Tsutsumi

Takashi Chino

Hideo Yoshikoshi

Masaru Takeuchi

Yuji Nogami

Takao Kawamura

Yoshihisa Hirakuri

Masatoshi Hagiwara

Kazuma Sekiya

Kazuhisa Obuchi

Takashi Mori

Yasuyuki Takiguchi

Akihide Otonari

Akira Nishioka

Yoshinori Soejima

Akihiko Kanemoto

Shinya Okamoto

Miki Yamasaki

Chiaki Shinohara

Shinichi Namioka

Kimitaka Uchii

Yoshio Imai

Kiyohiro Uehara

Atsuro Yamada

Masaaki Kakimoto

Hirotoshi Hoshikawa

Noriko Ito

Takeshi Fukuhara

Masaaki Nagashima

Naoto Takata

Mitsumasa Iwamoto

Taro Hino

Hisao Matsuno

Teruo Kagawa

Yusi Sakurada

Toshio Serita

Kouichi Imai

Takayuki Nakazono

Takaaki Watabe

Kouji Igarashi

Kenichi Fukuhara

Masayuki Tarao

Tooru Eshita

Hiroyasu Saitoh

Norio Ukai

Osamu Miura

Hidetaka Ochi

A flavor inhaler comprising: a tubular holder that extends from a mouthpiece end to a distal end; a combustion type heat source that is provided at the distal end, contains activated carbon, and carries a first flavorant; and a flavor source that is held in the holder and carries a second flavorant, wherein the first flavorant contains at least one selected from the group consisting of anethole, 2-pinene, 3-citronellol, linalyl acetate, limonene, anisaldehyde, 4-terpineol, 2-&#x3b2;-pinene, jasmone, sabinene, linalool, 1,8-cineole, phenethyl alcohol, and myristicin, and the second flavorant contains at least one selected from the group consisting of &#x3b1;-terpinene, &#x3b3;-terpinene, nerol, geraniol, and decanal.

Flavor inhaler

A flavor inhaler includes a tubular holder that extends from a mouthpiece end toward a distal end, a flavor source that is provided in the holder, and a combustion type heat source that is provided at the distal end, and includes a protruding portion protruding from the distal end and a flavorant carried on the protruding portion.

Flavor inhaler and method of manufacturing combustion type heat source

A grinding apparatus for grinding a wafer stored in a cassette composed of a container for storing the wafer and a lid for enclosing the container. The grinding apparatus includes a cassette table for placing the cassette thereon, a lid removing unit for removing the lid from the cassette placed on the cassette table and leaving only the container on the cassette table, a chuck table for holding the wafer under suction, a chuck table moving unit for moving the chuck table to a grinding area, a grinding unit provided in the grinding area, the grinding unit having a grinding wheel for grinding the wafer held on the chuck table, a grinding water supplying unit for supplying a grinding water to abrasive members of the grinding wheel, and a waste water collecting unit for collecting waste water generated in grinding the wafer by operating the grinding unit.

Grinding apparatus

A grinding wheel comprises an annular base and a grinding stone means mounted on the under surface of the base. A coolant pool which is open inward in a radial direction is formed in the inner surface of the base.

Grinding wheel

The invention concerns a lubricant for powder metallurgical compositions containing 10-60% by weight of a lithium salt of a fatty acid; 0-40% by weight of a zinc salt of a fatty acid and 40-90% by weight of a fatty acid bis-amide. 10-60% by weight of the lubricant is made up by the lithium and the zinc salt.

Lubricant powder for powder metallurgy

A sheet-testing apparatus including kneading rolls, a frame feeder, sheet applicator, foreign material detector, a frame with a light transparent window and a cutter for cutting a sheet. A sheet thickness detection apparatus outputs an electric signal to a memory. A kneading apparatus has a pair of heating rolls separated by a gap. The directions and speeds of rotations of the rolls are adjustable. A sensor detects the gap and a bank sensor detects the condition of a bank in the gap. The distance between the rolls, their temperatures, rotations, and speeds are automatically controlled. A pair of blades peel a sheet from the sheet-winding roll. Material dropped through the gap between the heating rolls is returned to a point above the gap. A cutting device has a length of wire sprung onto a rolled sheet to sever the sheet. A heating roll cleaning device brings cleaning rolls into sliding engagement with the heating rolls. A heating roll cleaning device has means for feeding an elongated cloth-like cleaning member for cleaning heating rolls.

Frame feeding apparatus and automatic sheet thickness detection apparatus

A sheet-testing apparatus including kneading rolls, a frame feeder, sheet applicator, foreign material detector, a frame with a light transparent window and a cutter for cutting a sheet. A sheet-testing sample-making apparatus has a cluster of kneading rolls, frame feeder, and sheet applicator. A sheet thickness detection apparatus outputs an electric signal to a memory. A kneading apparatus has a pair of heating rolls separated by a gap. The directions and speeds of rotations of the rolls are adjustable. A sensor detects the gap and a bank sensor detects the condition of a bank in the gap. The distance between the rolls, their temperatures, rotations, and speeds are automatically controlled. A pair of blades peel a sheet from the sheet-winding roll. Material dropped through the gap between the heating rolls is returned to a point above the gap. A cutting device has a length of wire sprung onto a rolled sheet to sever the sheet. A heating roll cleaning device brings cleaning rolls into sliding engagement with the heating rolls. A heating roll cleaning device feeds an elongated cloth-like cleaning member for cleaning heating rolls.

Automatic kneading apparatus and fallen material returning apparatus

Commands are entered in a video game by the player to determine an action of a player character for thereby determining an action and an image of at least one opponent character. A plurality of icons representing respective commands for the player character and a movable cursor are displayed on a displayed image, and the movable cursor positioned on one of the icons is detected. Then, the one of the icons is enlarged in size based on the detected movable cursor to assist the player of the video game in entering the command represented by the one of the icons.

Method of assisting player in entering commands in video game, video

Press-forming apparatus

A sheet-driven type automatic drafting machine has a drive roller or rollers and a rotary drive mechanism connected to the drive roller or rollers, a Y-axis rail extending in the Y-axis direction above the drive roller or rollers, a line-drafting head movably mounted on the rail for movement along the rail and a head driver connected to the head for driving the head along the rail, a shaft positioned above the roller or rollers and parallel to said rail, a first press roller arm pivotally mounted on the shaft for pivoting around the shaft at a predetermined position thereon, a second press roller arm pivotally mounted on the shaft for pivoting around the shaft and for movement along the shaft, the press roller arms each having a press roller at one end thereof engagable with the drive roller or a corresponding drive roller when the press roller arms are pivoted toward the drive roller or rollers for pressing a drafting sheet therebetween and enabling the drafting sheet to be driven in an X-axis direction by the drive roller or rollers, an arm elevating device engaged with the arms for pivotally driving the arms for separating the press roller from the drive roller or rollers, a cursor movable along the Y-axis rail and driven by the head driver with the drafting head, and an arm drive engagement body on the cursor engagable with the second press roller arm for driving the second roller arm along the shaft in the Y-axis direction.

Sheet-driven type automatic drafting machine

A liquid crystal element comprising opposed substrates, a liquid crystal nipped between said opposed substrates, and an aligning film formed on the surface of at least one of said substrates to effect substantially horizontal alignment of the liquid crystal molecules relative to said surface, which liquid crystal element is characterized by the fact that the molecules forming said aligning film are substantially aligned in themselves.

Process of making a liquid crystal element

Growing community of inventors

Tokyo, Japan

Masaaki Suzuki