Author: claimsbot

1. A Lyocell fiber having a hemicellulose content of between 3.5%-5% by weight and an average molar mass of xylans isolatable from the fiber of about 20 kDa or more.
2. The Lyocell fiber according to claim 1, wherein the fiber’s strength is 37 cNtex or more in the conditioned state.
3. A process for obtaining the Lyocell fiber according to claim 1 or 2 comprising:
1) producing a dissolving pulp from a cellulosic starting material using the kraft process which comprises the step of cooking the cellulosic starting material with a cooking liquor, wherein the cellulosic starting material is exposed to a steam treatment prior to cooking and wherein the pulp obtained by cooking is subjected to cold caustic extraction (CCE) in the course of further processing to form the dissolving pulp; and
2) spinning the dissolving pulp to form the Lyocell fiber.
4. The process according to claim 3, wherein the steam treatment is carried out at a temperature of 120\xb0 C. or more and a P-factor of 50 or less.
5. The process according to claim 3, wherein, for the steam treatment, the starting material is treated with medium-pressure steam at a temperature of from 150 to 180\xb0 C.
6. The process according to claim 3, wherein the starting material is subjected to an impregnation prior to cooking.
7. The process according to claim 3, wherein the cooking, the steam treatment and optionally the impregnation of the starting material are carried out in the same cooker.
8. The process according to claim 3, wherein the cooking is carried out in the form of continuous batch cooking (CBC).

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A steering wheel adapter that is interposed between a steering wheel and a boss of a vehicle and that enables attachment and detachment of the steering wheel to and from the boss, the steering wheel adapter comprising:
a base having an opening, the boss being attached to a face of the base opposite the opening;
a ring that covers an outer side face of the base and that is capable of sliding and rotating along the outer side face;
a guide hole penetrating the side face of the base from outside to the inside of the opening;
a cam face formed on an inner circumferential face of the ring so as to face the guide hole;
a locking member that is installed in the guide hole and that is capable of protruding into the opening by a press-out force generated by the cam face in accordance with slide and rotation of the ring;
a plate, to one end of which the steering wheel is attached;
a plug that is formed on a face opposite to the one face of the plate and inserted into the opening of the base, and an outer side face of which is pressed to contact the locking member protruding into the opening; and
a press-out assisting member that is interposed between the cam face and the locking member so as to be capable of moving to protrude and withdraw from the outer side face of the base along a penetration direction of the guide hole, and that conveys the press-out force generated by the cam face to the locking member,
wherein the press-out assisting member is a roller rotating on the cam face in accordance with slide and rotation of the ring.
2. The steering wheel adapter according to claim 1, further comprising:
a rotation blocker configured to block slide and rotation of the ring on the base, wherein the rotation blocker comprises:
facing holes that are formed in both the ring and the base and that face each other in a state where the locking member protrudes into the opening; and
a pin that is disposed slidable in the facing holes and that is capable of moving to a position where it crosses both the facing holes of the ring and the base and a position where it withdraws into the ring or the base.
3. The steering wheel adapter according to claim 2, further comprising:
a lever that is disposed so as to be capable of setting up from a side face of the ring and grasped by an operator, and which, when sets up, applies a pressing force with a tip to the pin to withdraw the pin into the base.
4. The steering wheel adapter according to claim 1, further comprising:
a groove formed with the same width as the cam face along a circumferential direction of the ring; and
a bump that is disposed on the base and that protrudes into the groove.
5. The steering wheel adapter according to claim 1, further comprising:
a ring-protrusion protruding and extending in the opening of the base on an inner face of the ring; and
a plate-protrusion protruding and extending from an outer face of the plate,
wherein the ring-protrusion and the plate-protrusion come in contact with each other in a shaft axis direction in a state where the locking member protrudes into the opening and presses to contact the outer side face of the plug.

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor device comprising an n-channel MOS transistor and a p-channel MOS transistor each having a salicide structure, and a high-melting point metal silicide film missing part detection element detecting a missing part formed in a high-melting point metal silicide film provided on a gate electrode of said MOS transistors, wherein said high-melting point metal silicide filmmissing part detection element comprising a polysilicon film pattern with alternate connection between an n-type region having a prescribed impurity concentration and a p-type region having a prescribed impurity concentration, and a high-melting point metal silicide film formed on said polysilicon film pattern.
2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, said impurity concentration of said p-type region is higher than that of said n-type region.
3. A semiconductor device according to claim 2, both ends of said polysilicon film pattern are made of said p-type region.
4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, said impurity concentration of said n-type region is higher than that of said p-type region.
5. A semiconductor device according to claim 4, both ends of said polysilicon film pattern are made of said n-type region.
6. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, a sourcedrain region of said MOS transistor is formed by a LDD region and a sourcedrain diffusion layer having an impurity concentration higher than that of said LDD region, an impurity concentration of n-type region of said high-melting point metal silicide film missing part detection element is equal to that of said sourcedrain diffusion layer of said n-channel MOS transistor, and an impurity concentration of p-type region of said high-melting point metal silicide film missing part detection element is equal to that of said sourcedrain diffusion layer of said p-channel MOS transistor.
7. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, a sourcedrain region of said MOS transistor is formed by a LDD region and a sourcedrain diffusion layer having an impurity concentration higher than that of said LDD region, an impurity concentration of n-type region of said high-melting point metal silicide film missing part detection element is equal to that of said LDD region of said n-channel MOS transistor.
8. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, a sourcedrain region of said MOS transistor is formed by a LDD region and a sourcedrain diffusion layer having an impurity concentration higher than that of said LDD region, an impurity concentration of p-type region of said high-melting point metal silicide film missing part detection element is equal to that of said LDD region of said p-channel MOS transistor.
9. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, minimum line width of said polysilicon film pattern of said high-melting point metal silicide film missing part detection element is equal to a gate length of a gate electrode of said MOS transistor.
10. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, said high-melting point metal is either one of titanium or cobalt.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A process for modifying a substrate having one or more functional groups selected from hydroxyl groups and primary and secondary amino groups, the process comprising contacting at least one substrate, which is selected from the group consisting of a biomolecule, a polymer and a surface, with a compound of formula I or II under conditions such that the functional groups react, with opening of the 1,3-dioxolane ring or 1,3-diazaheptane ring and formation of a covalent bond, with the compound of formula I or II
in which
X is CO\u2014NH\u2014R1 and;
R is C1-C12-alkylene; and
k is an integer from 1 to 10,000, inclusive; and
R1 is ammonio-C1-C30-alkyl.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein the substrate is a polymer.
3. The process of claim 1, wherein k is 1.
4. The process of claim 1, wherein the compound of the formula I or II is contacted with a first substrate under conditions such that a covalent bond forms between a first end of the compound of the formula I or II and the first substrate, then the reaction product is contacted with a second substrate under conditions such that a covalent bond forms between a second end of the compound of the formula I or II and the second substrate.
5. The process of claim 4, wherein at least one of the first or second substrate is selected from the group consisting of biomolecules, polymers and surfaces.
6. The process of claim 5, wherein at least one polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyalkyleneamines, polyvinylamine, polyallylamine, polyethylenimine, chitosan, polyamideepichlorohydrin resins, polyaminostyrene, peptides and proteins.
7. A modified polymer obtained by the process of claim 2.
8. A finish, dispersant, emulsifier, adhesion promoter, adhesive or contact adhesive for modifying surfaces or for immobilizing active substances comprising the polymer of claim 7.
9. A process for modifying a substrate having one or more functional groups selected from hydroxyl groups and primary and secondary amino groups, the process comprising contacting at least one substrate with a compound of fonnula I under conditions such that the functional groups react, with opening of the 1,3-dioxolane ring and formation of a covalent bond, with the compound of formula I
wherein the compound of formula I is selected from the group consisting of
4-phenyloxyearbonyloxymethyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolane,
4-(4-phenyloxycarbonyloxy) butyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolane, and
4-(vinylsulfonylethoxy)butyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolane.
10. A modified polymer obtained by the process of claim 9.
11. A finish, dispersant, emulsifier, adhesion promoter, adhesive or contact adhesive for modifying surfaces or for immobilizing active substances comprising the polymer of claim 10.