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20090047852 | Expandable resol-type resin molding material and phenolic resin foam - The object of the present invention is to provide an expandable or foamable resol-type phenolic resin forming material that gives a phenolic resin foamed material or article which is excellent in strength and improved in brittleness and which has a high pH as compared with conventional materials or articles and has an excellent anti-corrosion property against a contact member, and a phenolic resin foamed material or article having the above properties, obtained by foaming the same, which are a foamable resol type phenolic resin forming material comprising a liquid resol type phenolic resin, a blowing agent, a foam stabilizer, an additive and an acid curing agent, said blowing agent comprising an organic non-reactive blowing agent and said additive comprising a nitrogen-containing bridged cyclic compound, and a phenolic resin foamed material or article obtained by foaming this forming material. | 02-19-2009 |
20090270005 | Expandable Resol Type Phenolic Resin Molding Material and Phenolic Resin Foam - This invention relates to a foamable resol type phenolic resin forming material comprising a liquid resol type phenolic resin, a foaming agent, a foam stabilizer, an additive and an acid curing agent, said additive containing a nitrogen-containing bridged cyclic compound and said foam stabilizer containing a chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon compound having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, and a phenolic resin foam product obtained by foaming and curing this forming material. | 10-29-2009 |
20110124257 | PHENOLIC FOAM - A phenolic foam is made by foaming and curing a formable phenolic resin composition that comprises a phenolic resin, a blowing agent, an acid catalyst and an inorganic filler. The blowing agent comprises a blend of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms and an aliphatic hydrocarbon containing from 3 to 6 carbon atoms mixed in a ratio of 60/40 to 95/5 parts by weight. The inorganic filler is at least one selected from a metal hydroxide, a metal oxide, a metal carbonate and metal powder. The phenolic foam has a pH of 5 or more and a water uptake less than 1 kg/m | 05-26-2011 |
20120270457 | EXPANDABLE RESOL-TYPE PHENOLIC RESIN MOLDING MATERIAL AND PHENOLIC RESIN FORM - The object of the present invention is to provide an expandable or foamable resol-type phenolic resin forming material that gives a phenolic resin foamed material or article which is excellent in strength and improved in brittleness and which has a high pH as compared with conventional materials or articles and has an excellent anti-corrosion property against a contact member, and a phenolic resin foamed material or article having the above properties, obtained by foaming the same, which are a foamable resol type phenolic resin forming material comprising a liquid resol type phenolic resin, a blowing agent, a foam stabilizer, an additive and an acid curing agent, said blowing agent comprising an organic non-reactive blowing agent and said additive comprising a nitrogen-containing bridged cyclic compound, and a phenolic resin foamed material or article obtained by foaming this forming material. | 10-25-2012 |
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20110263730 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING POLYMER PARTICLES - Provided are: a manufacturing method for polymer particles, including: mixing a polymer solution, which is obtained by dissolving a polymer in a good solvent, and a polymer non-solvent, which is a non-solvent for the polymer and has compatibility with the good solvent, in a continuous or intermittent manner; and allowing a mixed solution of the polymer solution and the polymer non-solvent to flow down through a tubular body provided substantially vertically, thereby completing the precipitation of polymer particles; and a manufacturing apparatus for polymer particles. The manufacturing method enables the manufacture of polymer particles which have a relatively narrow particle diameter distribution even when the polymer particles are kept in a dispersion solution state. | 10-27-2011 |
20130038822 | POLYAMIDE MICROPARTICLES, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, OPTICAL FILM USING SAID POLYAMIDE MICROPARTICLES, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are polyamide microparticles, a manufacturing method therefor, an optical film, and a liquid crystal display device using the polyamide microparticles, whereby polarized light can be efficiently converted to non-polarized light that is close to natural light, without accompanying a change in color, and light from a light source can be evenly diffused. The disclosed polyamide microparticles are characterized by including a spherocrystal structure and exhibiting a crystallite size of at least 12 nm, as measured by wide-angle X ray diffraction, and a crystallinity of at least 50%, as measured by DSC. The disclosed optical film is characterized by having a resin layer that contains the aforementioned polyamide microparticles. The disclosed liquid crystal display device is provided with a light-source device, a rear polarizer, liquid crystal cells, and a front polarizer, and is characterized by having the aforementioned optical film between the light-source device and either the front surface of the front polarizer or the rear surface of the rear polarizer. | 02-14-2013 |
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20100239878 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PERMANENT MAGNET AND PERMANENT MAGNET - High-performance magnets are obtained by: housing metal evaporating materials (v) containing at least one of Dy and Tb and sintered magnets (S) inside a processing box; disposing the processing box inside a vacuum chamber; thereafter, heating the processing box to a predetermined temperature in a vacuum atmosphere to thereby evaporate the metal evaporating materials and cause them to be adhered to the sintered magnets. The metal atoms of the adhered Dy or Tb are diffused into grain boundaries and/or grain boundary phases of the sintered magnets. A method of manufacturing a permanent magnet is provided in which, even if the sintered magnets and the metal evaporating materials are disposed in close proximity to each other, the squareness of demagnetization curve is not impaired and in which high feasibility of mass production can be attained. While the metal evaporating materials are being evaporated, an inert gas is introduced into the processing chamber in which the sintered magnets are disposed. | 09-23-2010 |
20120217158 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TITANIUM-CONTAINING SPUTTERING TARGET - A method of manufacturing a titanium-containing sputtering target is disclosed, with the method being capable of reducing the frequency of occurrence of abnormal discharge caused by lattice defects. A first metal powder containing a high melting point metal and a second metal powder containing titanium are manufactured. Subsequently, a mixed powder of the first metal powder and the second metal powder is sintered at a temperature of 695° C. or higher, and then heat-treated at a temperature of 685° C. or lower. After the sintering, the sintered body is heat-treated at a temperature of 685° C. or lower, thereby decreasing plate-like structures (lattice defects) in a sintered phase. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain a titanium-containing sputtering target with which abnormal discharge occurs less frequently. | 08-30-2012 |
20130186752 | TARGET DEVICE, SPUTTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TARGET DEVICE - To provide a target device that can easily be reused in which the amount of gas discharge is small. The present invention is a target device including a backing plate and a target plate that is fixed to the backing plate with a metal brazing material, in which a protective film made of a TiN thin film in which a proportion of (111) plane is at a maximum is formed on an exposed portion of the backing plate. The discharge amount of gas is small, and the brazing material that adheres when fixing the target plate can be easily peeled off. | 07-25-2013 |
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20090255610 | Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet Excellent in Paint Bake Hardenability and Ordinary-Temperature Non-Aging Property and Method of Producing the Same - The invention provides a cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in paint bake hardenability and ordinary-temperature non-aging property comprising, in mass %, C: 0.0005-0.0040%, Si: 0.8% or less, Mn: 2.2% or less, S: 0.0005-0.009%, Cr: 0.4-1.3%, O: 0.003-0.020%, P: 0.045-0.12%, B: 0.0002-0.0010%, Al: 0.008% or less, N: 0.001-0.007%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. Ultra-low-carbon steel retaining solute N and containing added Cr, P, B and O is used to produce hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel sheet and hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet that exhibit both high paint bake hardenability and ordinary-temperature non-aging property. | 10-15-2009 |
20120077051 | STEEL SHEET HAVING HIGH YOUNG'S MODULUS, HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET USING THE SAME, ALLOYED HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL, SHEET, STEEL PIPE HAVING HIGH YOUNG'S MODULUS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an embodiment of a steel sheet having high Young's modulus, the steel can include in terms of mass %, e.g., C: 0.0005 to 0.30%, Si: 2.3% or less, Mn: 2.7 to 5.0%, P: 0.15% or less, 0.015% or less, Mo: 0.15 to 1.5%, B: 0.0006 to 0.01%, and Al: 0.15% or less, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. One or both of {110}<223> pole density and {110}<111> pole density in the ⅛ sheet thickness layer can be 10 or more, and a Young's modulus in a rolling direction can be more than 230 GPa. Other embodiments can include, e.g., Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, N: 0.01% or less, and one or more of Mo: 0.005 to 1.5%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.20%, Ti: at least 48/14×N (mass %) and 0.2% or less, and B: 0.0001 to 0.01%, at a total content of 0.015 to 1.91 mass %. | 03-29-2012 |
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20090206276 | Fuel Activation Apparatus for Methane Gas - There is provided a far infrared radiator capable of highly activating methane gas prior to combustion to thereby attain an enhancement of thermal efficiency at combustion. In a passage of methane gas prior to combustion, there is positioned absorbent material ( | 08-20-2009 |
20110219673 | HEAT-RESISTANT FUEL-ACTIVATING SUBSTANCE - A fuel-activating substance comprising a fuel-activating material and having heat resistance imparted thereto. This fuel-activating substance can hence be applied or attached even to parts to be used under such temperature conditions that use with organic resin binders has been impossible, whereby the effect of saving energy in combustion devices is further heightened. The heat-resistant fuel-activating substance is characterized by being obtained by melt-mixing 50-150 wt. % metallic thermal spray material with 100 wt. % fuel-activating material of which the spectral emissivity for electromagnetic waves with wavelengths in the range of 3-20 μm is 0.85 or more and making the mixture capable of thermal spraying. Alternatively, 100 wt. % the fuel-activating material and 50-150 wt. % metallic material having a melting point of 420° C. or lower may be formed into a sheet through melting. Furthermore, a mixture of 100 wt. % the fuel-activating material and 75-150 wt. % inorganic resin having a heat resistance temperature exceeding 300° C. may be formed into a sheet or may be subjected to thermal spraying or applied in a molten state. | 09-15-2011 |
20110223550 | METHOD OF AFFIXING HEAT-RESISTANT FUEL ACTIVATION SUBSTANCE AND COMBUSTION DEVICE - A heat-resistant fuel-activating substance is affixed to a combustion device such as a boiler in an adequate manner, that is, the substance is affixed in an adequate position over an adequate area, whereby the effect of activating combustion is rapidly, stably, and inexpensively produced. A heat-resistant fuel-activating substance having a spectral emissivity of 0.85 or higher at electromagnetic wavelengths in the range of 3-20 μm is affixed to a combustion device so that the heat-resistant fuel-activating substance is disposed in a position which is located outside or inside the combustion chamber at the back of the flame-generating portion of the burner and rises to at most 300° C. in temperature and that the substance occupies at least 50% of the area of the projected part of the combustion cone. | 09-15-2011 |
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20080199152 | Sound processing apparatus, sound processing method and program - A sound processing apparatus includes a sound determination portion operable to determine whether an input sound includes a first sound emitted from a particular source based on location information of the source, a sound separation portion operable to separate the input sound into the first sound and a second sound emitted from a source different from the particular source if the sound determination portion determines that the input sound includes the first sound, and a sound mixing portion operable to mix the first sound and the second sound separated by the sound separation portion at a prescribed volume ratio. | 08-21-2008 |
20090249942 | MUSIC PIECE REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND MUSIC PIECE REPRODUCING METHOD - A music piece reproducing apparatus has: a sound collecting unit collecting noise data of an ambient environment; an analyzing unit performing a frequency analysis to the noise data collected by the sound collecting unit and extracting a feature amount showing a feature of the noise data; a noise parameter database classifying the noise data every environment; and a reproducing unit reproducing music piece data which has been recorded in a recording medium and classified every category, wherein the analyzing unit classifies the noise data with reference to the noise parameter database on the basis of the extracted feature amount of the noise data, selects the previously-corresponded category of music pieces in accordance with a classification result of the noise data, and selects predetermined music piece data from music piece data classified into the selected category. | 10-08-2009 |
20090310799 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a band spreading unit configured to perform a band spreading process for generating components in a specific frequency band and adding the components to audio data, and a control unit configured to control the band spreading unit to execute the band spreading process using a band spreading method determined among a plurality of different band spreading methods, the band spreading method being defined in advance for a musical class determined using a feature of the audio data. | 12-17-2009 |
20100005953 | VOLUME ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND VOLUME ADJUSTING METHOD - A volume adjusting apparatus includes a sound collecting unit configured to collect noise data of a surrounding environment, an analyzing unit configured to extract a feature value indicating a feature of the noise data collected by the sound collecting unit and a feature value indicating a feature of supplied musical tune data, and a control unit configured to generate volume adjustment information for adjusting playback volume of the musical tune data based on the feature value of the noise data and the feature value of the musical tune data and adjusts the playback volume of the musical tune data based on the volume adjustment information. | 01-14-2010 |
20100058186 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD - A reproducing apparatus includes a storage section, a judgment section, an analysis section, a classification section, an input section, and a reproduction section. The storage section stores a plurality of pieces of audio data. The judgment section judges, based on a length of each piece of audio data stored in the storage section, an analysis time interval for each piece of audio data. The analysis section analyzes the audio data in the analysis time interval judged by the judgment section. The classification section classifies the respective pieces of audio data into a plurality of predetermined classification items based on results of the analysis. The input section causes a user to select the classification item of the audio data to be reproduced. The reproduction section reproduces the audio data belonging to the classification item selected by the input section from a reproduction start point within the analysis time interval. | 03-04-2010 |
20120024130 | TEMPO DETECTION DEVICE, TEMPO DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A tempo detection device includes: a basic feature amount extracting section which extracts a plurality of types of basic feature amounts from an input audio signal; a weighting and adding section which weights and adds the basic feature amounts of the plurality of types extracted in the basic feature amount extracting section to obtain an addition signal; and a tempo detecting section which detects BPM indicating the tempo on the basis of a periodic component included in the addition signal obtained in the weighting and adding section. | 02-02-2012 |
20120093326 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An audio processing apparatus includes an audio signal acquisition unit which acquires an audio signal of a musical piece, a feature value extraction unit which extracts a predetermined type of feature value from the audio signal acquired by the audio signal acquisition unit in time series, a change point detection unit which detects a change point in which the amount of change of the feature value extracted in time series by the feature value extraction unit is changed to be greater than a predetermined threshold value, a hook analysis unit which analyzes a hook place of the audio signal based on the feature value extracted by the feature value extraction unit in block units with the change point detected by the change point detection unit as a boundary, and a hook information output unit which outputs the hook place analyzed by the hook analysis unit as hook information. | 04-19-2012 |
20130162904 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A signal processing device includes: a feature amount calculation unit calculating the respective feature amount of a first audio signal obtained through a first communication pathway and a second audio signal obtained through a second communication pathway corresponding to the first audio signal; an audio synchronization processing unit generating synchronization information of the first audio signal and the second audio signal based on the feature amounts calculated by the feature amount calculation unit; and an audio synthesis unit synthesizing the first audio signal with the second audio signal based on the synchronization information generated by the audio synchronization processing unit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162905 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes a feature amount calculating unit configured to obtain an audio feature amount of audio included in a content including audio; a synchronization information generating unit configured to generate synchronization information for synchronizing a plurality of content including the same or similar audio signal components, based on the audio feature amount obtained by the feature amount calculating unit; and a compositing unit configured to generate composited content, where a plurality of contents have been synchronized and composited using the synchronization information generated at the synchronization information generating unit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130182857 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A sound processing apparatus includes a sound determination portion operable to determine whether an input sound includes a first sound emitted from a particular source based on location information of the source, a sound separation portion operable to separate the input sound into the first sound and a second sound emitted from a source different from the particular source if the sound determination portion determines that the input sound includes the first sound, and a sound mixing portion operable to mix the first sound and the second sound separated by the sound separation portion at a prescribed volume ratio. | 07-18-2013 |
20130226599 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a signal processing apparatus including a first periodicity detecting section detecting periodicity information of an acoustic signal included in a first content, as first periodicity information, a second periodicity detecting section detecting the periodicity information of an acoustic signal included in a second content, as second periodicity information, a similarity calculating section calculating a similarity between the first periodicity information detected by the first periodicity detecting section and the second periodicity information detected by the second periodicity detecting section, and a synchronization information generating section generating synchronization information used at a time of synchronizing the first content and the second content, based on the similarity calculated by the similarity calculating section. | 08-29-2013 |