Kao Corporation

Tomohiro Onda

Mitsuhiro Katashima

Shinji Kodama

Takehiko Tojo

Susumu Fujinami

Masaki Fukuhara

Hiroyuki Shiomi

Koji Toyoda

Kazuhiro Tashiro

Koichiro Suzuki

Kazuo Maki

Toru Yamaguchi

Tsuyoshi Kimura

Isao Kobayashi

Koji Uchida

Kenji Iwane

Junichi Nojima

Kazuhiro Kaneko

A nanofiber producing apparatusincludes a spinning solution jetting meanshaving a conductive nozzlefor jetting a stock spinning solution for nanofiber production, an electrodelocated away from the nozzle, a voltage generating meansgenerating a voltage between the nozzleand the electrode, an air jetting meanslocated at such a position as to direct an air jet between the nozzleand the electrode, and a nanofiber collecting means. The voltage generating meansgenerates a voltage so that the nozzleserves as a positive pole and the electrodeas a negative pole. The electrodeis covered, on almost the entire area of its side facing the nozzle, with a coveringhaving a dielectric exposed on the surface thereof. The dielectric exposed on the surface of the covering has a thickness of 0.8 mm or greater.

Nanofiber production apparatus, nanofiber production method, and nanofiber molded body

An apparatus has a first electrode group () including at least one electrode and arranged on the abdominal surface of a subject (human) with the navel of the subject serving as a reference position, a second electrode group () including at least one electrode and arranged on the back surface of the subject, a third electrode group () including at least two electrodes and arranged on the surface of the subject at an intermediate position between the first and second electrode groups (), and a controller () to supply a current between an electrode selected from the first electrode group () and an electrode selected from the second electrode group (), measure a voltage generated between two electrodes of the third electrode group (), and compute an abdominal fat quantity of the subject according to the measured voltage.

Apparatus for measuring body fat

Two current electrodesandare arranged on a circumference of a subject, a distance between the two current electrodes being sufficiently shorter than a circumferential length of the subject. A current sourcepasses a current between the two current electrodes. A measuring electrodeis arranged adjacent to one of the two current electrodesand. A measuring electrodeis arranged substantially opposite to the two current electrodesandacross the subject. A voltmetermeasures a voltage generated between the measuring electrodesand. A body fat computing unitcomputes the quantity of subcutaneous fatof the subjectaccording to the voltage measured with the voltmeter

Body fat measuring method and device therefor

The present invention provides an optical recording medium which incorporates an inorganic based recording layer which has a high reflectance, sufficient for reproduction compatibility on devices such as CD-ROM drives, as well as a high degree of modulation between the state prior to recording and that after recording, as well as an information recording method therefor. Accordingly, an optical recording medium comprises a substrate (2) which is substantially transparent with respect to a recording light beam and a reproduction light beam, a first recording layer (3) which is layered on top of the substrate (2) and which incorporates as the main constituent a metal which has a low melting point and a high reflectance, and a second recording layer (4) which is layered on top of the first recording layer (3) and which will, due to heat generated from irradiation of a light beam through the substrate (2), either mix, or alternatively react, with the first recording layer (3) to form an alloy of low reflectance as well as forming irregularities or pitting in the surface, thereby enabling the recording of information. Due to the heat generated from irradiation of a recording light beam through the substrate (2) the first recording layer (3) and the second recording layer (4) are either mixed, or alternatively reacted to form an alloy as well as forming irregularities or pitting in the surface, thereby recording information.

Optical recording medium and method for recording optical information

The present invention aims at improving C/N, erasing ratio, modulation factor, recording sensitivity, and recording/erasing repeatability characteristics of a phase-change type optical recording medium. The recording layer of the optical recording medium is therefore formed of a chalcopyrite type compound having a composition represented by the formula:

Optical recording medium and recording/erasing method therefor

Growing community of inventors

Tokyo, Japan

Tomohiro Onda