Document reading device that detects orientation of image read from spread document

A document reading device includes a reading section, an orientation detecting section, an orientation determining section, and a notification section. The reading section reads images of respective pages of a spread document one at a time. The orientation detecting section sequentially detects orientations of respective images read by the reading section. The orientation determining section determines whether or not the orientation detecting section detects orientation alternation between a first orientation and a second orientation opposite to the first orientation for a read image read by the reading section. The notification section notifies an error upon the orientation determining section determining that the orientation detecting section does not detect orientation alternation between the first orientation and the second orientation.

Electrical storage device and method for manufacturing the same

An electrical storage unit that includes a positive electrode, which includes a positive-electrode collector electrode and a positive-electrode active material layer on the positive-electrode collector electrode, a negative electrode, which includes a negative-electrode collector electrode and a negative-electrode active material layer on the negative-electrode collector electrode, the negative-electrode active material layer facing the positive-electrode active material layer, and a first insulating layer bonded to the positive electrode and the negative electrode and separating the positive electrode from the negative electrode. The first insulating layer is bonded to part of a surface of the positive electrode and part of a surface of the negative electrode and includes a communication path for connecting the outside of the electrical storage unit to the inside of the electrical storage unit.

Image reading device and image forming apparatus

An image reading device generates, as image data of a reading region, image data for output and image data for size detection, the latter having a lower resolution than the former, discriminates high density lines from the size-detection image data, sets as a target line one of the high density lines. And the image reading device calculates as a width for size detection a width from a reference line to the target line, sets as the size of a document a reference size that has a width closest to the width for size detection, performs image processing on the output image data based on the reference size set as the size of the document, and outputs the processed image data.

Electric storage device and method for manufacturing same

Provided is an electric storage device which is readily formed by stacking multiple layers and has a high volume/capacitance ratio, and also provided is a method for manufacturing the electric storage device. The electric storage device comprises: a layered body which has provided therein a separator layer between a first pole which is one of a positive pole or a negative pole and a second pole which is the other of the positive pole and the negative pole; an electrolyte; and a package which stores the layered body and the electrolyte. The electric storage device includes at least two first pole compound sheets formed by integrating as one unit a first pole collector electrode, a first pole active layer provided on one main surface of the first pole collector electrode, and a separator layer covering at least part of said main surface. The other main surface of the first pole collector electrode of one first pole compound sheet of the at least two first pole compound sheets and the other ...

Catheter for measuring electric potential

Provided is a catheter for safely measuring electric potential, which can be inserted inside a heart chamber in combination with an ablation catheter with a balloon, and which can prevent abnormal heat generation by an electrode for measuring electric potential even if a high-frequency current passes through. The catheter for measuring electric potential is provided with: a shaft comprising an electrode for measuring electric potential, a metal section having a length of at least 2 mm, and a lumen that passes through the distal end from the proximal end in a longitudinal direction; and a metal wire that passes through the abovementioned lumen, and is connected to the abovementioned metal section.

Wrapping configuration

In the disclosed wrapping configuration (100), wings (41) that extend from both sides in the width direction (W) are provided on an absorbent article (1). On first regions (51) on the clothing side of the wings (41) and second regions (50) on the clothing side of the backing sheet (12), adhesive for affixing the absorbent article (1) to underwear is applied. With the wings (41) folded toward the skin-contacting side of the surface sheet (11), a water-degradable release sheet (21a) is provided so as to cover the first regions (51). Wrapping sheet (2) is non-water-degradable, is peelable from the underwear-affixing adhesive and is provided so as to cover the second regions (50).

Electronic component

An electronic component includes an external terminal member made of a conductive metal and an insulating section in contact with the external terminal member. The external terminal member includes an exposed portion which faces outside and which is located on the predetermined surface side thereof. The electronic component is fixed with solder applied to the exposed portion of the external terminal member. The exposed portion of the external terminal member is given by a base plating film made of nickel or a nickel alloy and an outer plating film which is placed on the base plating film and which is made of gold, tin, or an alloy containing at least one of gold and tin. The outer plating film includes a relatively thick region and a relatively thin region surrounding the relatively thick region.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC POWER

Herein provided are: a ceramic board; a semiconductor element for electric power, on one surface of which an electrode is formed, and the other surface of which is bonded to the ceramic board; a lead terminal, one end side of which is bonded to the electrode, and the other end side of which is to be electrically connected to an outside thereof; and a sealing member by which the semiconductor element for electric power is sealed together with a part, in the lead terminal, bonded to the electrode; wherein, near an end in said one end side of the lead terminal, an inclined surface is formed which becomes farther from the circuit board as it becomes closer to the end. 1. A semiconductor device for electric power , comprising:a circuit board;a semiconductor element for electric power, on one surface of which an electrode is formed, and the other surface of which is bonded to the circuit board;a lead terminal, one end side of which is bonded to the electrode, and the other end side of which is to be electrically connected to an outside thereof; anda sealing member by which the semiconductor element for electric power is sealed together with a part, in the lead terminal, bonded to the electrode;wherein, near an end in said one end side of the lead terminal, an inclined surface is formed which becomes farther from the circuit board as it becomes closer to the end.2. The semiconductor device for electric power according to claim 1 , wherein the lead terminal is bent near the end so as to form the inclined surface.38-. (canceled)9. The semiconductor device for electric power according to claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , the lead terminal has a wall thickness that becomes thinner toward the end so as to form the inclined surface.10. The semiconductor device for electric power according to claim 2 , wherein claim 2 , the lead terminal has a wall thickness that becomes thinner toward the end so as to form the inclined surface.11. The semiconductor device for electric power according ...

Image processing apparatus with an improved table image detecting unit

An image processing apparatus includes an area extracting unit and a table image detecting unit. The area extracting unit is configured to extract halftone dot areas and character images in an image. The table image detecting unit is configured to detect the extracted halftone dot areas as a table image if (a) the extracted halftone dot areas include no ruled lines, (b) plural halftone dot areas among the extracted halftone dot areas are arrayed in a primary scanning direction and/or a secondary scanning direction, and (c) the arrayed plural halftone dot areas include the character images at at least two positions.

Image processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing an image processing program with improved duplication of characters against a background image

In an image processing apparatus, a character recognizing unit identifies a character image in a document image. A font matching unit determines a character code and a font type corresponding to the identified character image. A fore-and-background setting unit sets the document image as a background image and sets a standard character image based on the determined character code and the determined font type. A background image correcting unit (a) deletes a deletion area in the background image, the deletion area taking a same position as the character image or the standard character image, (b) interpolates a differential area between the character image and the standard character image in a specific neighborhood area that contacts with the deletion area on the basis of the background image, and (c) interpolates the deletion area on the basis of the back ground image.

Image processing apparatus and specific figure detecting method

A binarization processing unit 11 performs a binarization process the basis of existence of at least one of lightness and chroma for a candidate image of template matching. A labeling processing unit 12 performs a labeling process for the binarized candidate image and thereby extracts a pixel block in the binarized candidate image. An outline determining unit 14 performs sampling of a position on an outermost periphery of the pixel block, and identifies a range from a centroid position of the pixel block and an angle from a predetermined direction as the position. A correlation determining unit 15 determines a correlation between the ranges and the angles of both the candidate image and the reference image on the basis of the reference outline data, and excludes the candidate image from a candidate of the template matching in accordance with degree of the correlation.

Ablation catheter with balloon

A balloon ablation catheter achieves reduction in diameter of the balloon upon balloon contraction and increased reliability of the thermocouple temperature sensor, which balloon ablation catheter is less likely to be influenced by the heating liquid discharged into the balloon and able to control the balloon surface temperature with high accuracy. The balloon ablation catheter includes a shaft wherein a lumen is formed; a balloon wherein the lumen communicates with the inside thereof; and a high-frequency-current-applying electrode formed by coiling a high-frequency-power-supplying lead wire around the shaft while sandwiching a temperature sensor lead wire between the high-frequency-power-supplying lead wire and the shaft such that the temperature sensor lead wire is fixed along the longitudinal direction of the shaft; wherein a thermocouple thermosensor is formed at the point where the high-frequency-power-supplying lead wire and the temperature sensor lead wire constituting the high-frequency-current-applying ...

Absorbent article with compressed grooves

To provide an absorbent article that can further reduce leakage of body fluid from an end portion in a longitudinal direction. An elongated shaped absorbent article includes: a top sheet that has a skin contacting surface; a back sheet; and an absorbent core that is disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, in which a compressed groove is formed on the skin contacting surface; the skin contacting surface has an excretory contact region, a front region, and a rear region; the compressed groove has a pair of first central grooves and a first circular groove that is provided in at least any one of the front region and the rear region; and the first circular groove is arranged at a position overlapping a vertical center line.

Image processing apparatus with improved slide printout based on layout data

An image processing apparatus includes a layout identifying unit, a slide image extracting unit, and an output processing unit. The layout identifying unit is configured to identify a printing layout of a document image scanned by an image scanning device on the basis of layout data, the layout data indicating plural printing layouts of specific presentation material editing software that builds a slide image. The slide image extracting unit is configured to extract a slide image in the document image in accordance with the identified printing layout. The output processing unit is configured to perform generating a data file of the specific presentation material editing software including the extracted slide image and/or printing of the extracted slide image as an output process of the slide image extracted by the slide image extracting unit.

Device for controlling rotational speed of motor

A device for controlling the rotational speed of a motor carries out feedback control by a speed difference control signal and a phase difference control signal. A first time period from a reference time point to a time when a newest detection pulse is outputted is calculated every time a predetermined number of detection pulses are counted by detection pulse counters. A second time period from the reference time point to the time when a command pulse, which is assigned an ordinal number equal to the ordinal number of the newest detection pulse and which thereby corresponds to the newest detection pulse, is calculated on the basis of the total number of pulses counted by the detection pulse counters in the time period from the reference time point to the time when the newest detection pulse is outputted, and the period of the command pulse. The phase difference between the newest detection pulse and the command pulse corresponding thereto is calculated on the basis of the first time period ...

Electrical storage device element and electrical storage device

A highly-reliable electrical storage device element and electrical storage device, in each of which on predetermined regions of predetermined end surfaces of a laminate forming an electrical storage component, sprayed end surface electrodes each having a high bond strength to the laminate are provided.

Image processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable recording medium for encoding halftone image

An image processing apparatus includes an area extracting unit, a specific halftone dot area detecting unit, and an encoding unit. The area extracting unit extracts a halftone dot area from an image. The specific halftone dot area detecting unit detects a specific halftone dot area, the specific halftone dot area being the extracted halftone dot area that includes a character and of which a variation range in a distribution of luminance and hue is less than a predetermined range. The encoding unit encodes the specific halftone dot area in an encoding manner different from an encoding manner for the halftone dot area other than the specific halftone dot area, the encoding manner for the specific halftone dot area providing higher image quality after encoding than image quality provided by the encoding manner for the halftone dot area other than the specific halftone dot area.

Body fluid absorbing article and production method therefor

Provided is a body fluid absorbing article the contour shape of which can be visually recognized more clearly by applying a required pressure to decorative parts having a decorative effect in a compressed groove pattern without pressing with relatively large force. A groove pattern (20) has a first functional part (21) extending in the direction of a longitudinal axis (P), decorative parts (22, 23) located in the first functional part (21), and a second functional part (24) located on the lateral axis (Q) side of the decorative part (22). A decorative compression region (51) formed from part of the first functional part (21) and the decorative parts (23, 23) is defined between the outer end edge (21a) of the first functional part (21) and the second functional part (24), the areas (S3, S4) of the decorative compression region (51) per unit width in the direction of the longitudinal axis (P) are smaller than the area (S1) of the outer end edge (21a) of the first functional part (21) per ...

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

An image processing apparatus includes a layout identifying unit, a slide image extracting unit, and an output processing unit. The layout identifying unit is configured to identify a printing layout of a document image scanned by an image scanning device on the basis of layout data, the layout data indicating plural printing layouts of specific presentation material editing software that builds a slide image. The slide image extracting unit is configured to extract a slide image in the document image in accordance with the identified printing layout. The output processing unit is configured to perform generating a data file of the specific presentation material editing software including the extracted slide image and/or printing of the extracted slide image as an output process of the slide image extracted by the slide image extracting unit. 1. An image processing apparatus , comprising:a layout identifying unit configured to identify a printing layout of a document image scanned by an image scanning device on the basis of layout data, the layout data indicating plural printing layouts of specific presentation material editing software that builds a slide image;a slide image extracting unit configured to extract a slide image in the document image in accordance with the identified printing layout; andan output processing unit configured to perform generating a data file of the specific presentation material editing software including the extracted slide image and/or printing of the extracted slide image as an output process of the slide image extracted by the slide image extracting unit.2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:the layout data indicates a printing layout for combination printing with a specific combination quantity set in the specific presentation material editing software, the printing layout including (a) area information of the same number of slide images as the specific combination quantity and (b) area information of ...

Electric storage device and method for producing the same

An electric storage device includes an electrolyte and an electric storage unit including a positive electrode including a positive-electrode collector electrode and a positive-electrode active-material layer disposed on the positive-electrode collector electrode; a negative electrode including a negative-electrode collector electrode and a negative-electrode active-material layer disposed on the negative-electrode collector electrode and facing the positive-electrode active-material layer; a first insulating layer bonded to the positive electrode and the negative electrode to isolate the positive electrode and the negative electrode from each other; and a region that is sealed with the first insulating layer in plan view and that holds the electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein an air permeability P of the first insulating layer satisfies the formula 1250 s/100 cc Подробнее

CONTINUOUS PACKING PRODUCT OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES, EXTERIOR SHEETS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONTINUOUS PACKING PRODUCT OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES

A continuous packing product 1 of an absorbent article 10 has a plurality of packing bodies are continuous with the absorbent article being packed by means of an exterior sheet and the exterior sheet has: a first resin layer 31 which is formed of a thermoplastic resin, and a second resin layer 32 which is formed of a thermoplastic resin with a melting point higher than that of the thermoplastic resin forming the first resin layer. A bonded region configured to partition the packing unit 2 by means of thermal bonding is formed on the exterior sheet 3. The second resin layer 32 is laminated on the first resin layer 31 in at least the bonded region 3C and the thermoplastic resin configuring the second resin layer 32 is soluble in a solvent.

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

An image processing apparatus includes an image reading portion, a position detection portion, and a print processing portion. The image reading portion is configured to read an image of a document. The position detection portion is configured to detect position information of each of check boxes included in a read image by the image reading portion. The print processing portion is configured to be able to print a position specifying image indicating the position information of each of check boxes detected by the position detection portion. 1. An image processing apparatus comprising:an image reading portion configured to read an image of a document;a position detection portion configured to detect position information of each of check boxes included in a read image read by the image reading portion; anda print processing portion configured to be able to print a position specifying image indicating the position information of each of check boxes detected by the position detection portion.2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the position information is relative position information indicating a relative position between each of check boxes and a print position of the position specifying image when the position specifying image is to be printed on the document by the print processing portion.3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the relative position information is information indicating a relative position of each of check boxes with respect to a reference position farthest from the check box in the position specifying image.4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the position information of a preset specific check box of the check boxes is first relative information indicating a relative position with respect to a print position of the position specifying image when the position specifying image is to be printed on the document by the print processing portion claim 1 , andthe position ...

Solenoid valve

A first valve chamber, which receives a valve assembly of a tank closing solenoid valve, and a second valve chamber, which receives a valve assembly of a pressure responsive valve, are formed between a first flow passage and a second flow passage of a first housing by fitting a second peripheral wall of a second housing into a radially inner side of a first peripheral wall of the first housing. Thereby, it is not required to heat-weld and bond between a connecting end surface of the first housing and a connecting end surface of the second housing.

Thin sheet feeder and image forming apparatus

The invention provides a thin sheet feeder and an image forming apparatus. The thin sheet feeder includes: a housing; a tray disposed on the housing and used for placing a thin sheet to be provided; a pickup roller for feeding a thin sheet on a tray toward a predetermined processing position, an arm member rotatably supporting the pickup roller, a rotary shaft supported on the housing to be rotatable about an axis thereof, a coupling member for coupling the arm member and the rotary shaft, a pivoting mechanism for pivoting the arm member via the rotary shaft so that the pickup roller shifts its position between a feeding position and a retracted position, a controller for controlling the operation of the pivoting mechanism, and a detection portion detecting that the thin sheet is placed on the tray. The controller controls the arm member to pivot in such a direction that the pickup roller moves toward the retracted position when a thin sheet is placed on the tray. Therefore, the thin sheet ...

Valve device having passage defining member holding restrictor body without connection portion

A valve device includes a valve seat forming member, a case, a first O-ring, and a second O-ring. The valve seat forming member is fit into a passage defining and forms a valve seat. The case houses an electromagnetic solenoid and is connected to the passage defining member. The first O-ring is interposed between an inner circumferential surface of the passage defining member and an outer circumferential surface of the valve seat forming member. The first O-ring prohibits the fluid from flowing through a space between the passage defining member and the valve seat forming member when the main valve body seats on the valve seat. The second O-ring is interposed between the case and the passage defining member. The second O-ring prohibits the fluid from flowing from the passage to an outside of the passage defining member.

Sheet feeder with pickup roller and image forming apparatus

A sheet feeder includes a pickup roller for feeding a sheet on a tray toward a predetermined processing position, an arm member rotatably supporting the pickup roller, a rotary shaft supported on the housing to be rotatable about an axis thereof, a coupling member for coupling the arm member and the rotary shaft, a pivoting mechanism for pivoting the arm member via the rotary shaft so that the pickup roller shifts its position between a feeding position and a retracted position, and a controller for controlling the operation of the pivoting mechanism. The controller controls the arm member to pivot in such a direction that the pickup roller moves toward the retracted position when a sheet is placed on the tray.

ABSORBENT ARTICLE

A compression region includes a low compression region in a plan view from a side of a skin contact portion. A density of the low compression region is higher than that of a non-compression region of absorbent article The low compression region is provided with a high compression region The high compression region has a further increased density of the absorber A contact portion of the high compression region contacts with a contact portion of the low compression region 1. An absorbent article comprising:a topsheet of liquid-permeable having a skin contact surface brought in contact with a skin of a wearer;a backsheet of liquid-impermeable; andan absorber disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein:the absorbent article is provided with a compression region in a channel form at a side of the skin contact portion, the compression region having an increased density with respect to at least the topsheet and the absorber by a compression process;the compression region is provided with a high compression region having a further increased density; andthe high compression region has a contact portion in point-contact with a non-compression region not subject to compression, in a plan view of the absorbent article. This application is the national stage under 35 USC 371 of International Application No. PCT/JP2010/066229, filed Sep. 17, 2010, which claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-218184, filed Sep. 18, 2009, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.The present invention relates to an absorbent article including a compression region in which a density of an absorber is increased by a compression process.In order to prevent leakage of fluid or improve a fit feeling of absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, it has been proposed to provide the absorbent article with a channel in an absorbent surface by a compression process (see Patent Document 1).Patent Document 1 discloses the channel formed so as to include ...

SADDLE TYPE VEHICLE

A saddle type vehicle includes: a seating seat on which a passenger is allowed to be seated; a seat rail to which the seating seat is allowed to be attachably and detachably attached; a frame cover covering outer sides of the seat rail; a helmet holder provided on the seat rail; and a restriction part provided in the vicinity of the helmet holder on the seat rail and projecting toward an inner peripheral surface of the frame cover, in which the helmet holder includes: a hooking portion on which a hook ring of a helmet is allowed to be hooked; and a guide portion extending from the hooking portion, and the restriction part is provided in the middle, of the guide portion, in a longitudinal direction. 1. A saddle type vehicle comprising:a vehicle body frame;a frame cover provided on an outer side of said vehicle body frame;a hook part that is provided on said vehicle body frame and on which a hook ring provided on a helmet is allowed to be hooked and held; anda restriction part provided in the vicinity of said hook part on said vehicle body frame and projecting toward an inner peripheral surface of said frame cover to restrict deformation of said frame cover.2. The saddle type vehicle according to claim 1 , whereinone end of said hook part is fixed to said vehicle body frame and the other end of said hook part is separated from said vehicle body frame, andsaid restriction part is provided at an intermediate position between the one end and the other end of said hook part.3. The saddle type vehicle according to claim 2 , whereinsaid frame cover is formed of a plurality of separable and connectable cover members, and said restriction part is provided in the vicinity of a coupled portion of the cover members connected to each other.4. The saddle type vehicle according to claim 3 , whereinsaid hook part includes: a hooking portion on which the hook ring is allowed to be hooked and held;and a substantially bar-shaped guide portion that extends from the hooking portion and ...

CATHETER FOR MEASURING ELECTRIC POTENTIAL

A highly safe catheter that measures electric potential can be inserted into a cardiac chamber together with a balloon-tip ablation catheter and is able to prevent abnormal heat generation at electric potential-measuring electrodes even when high-frequency current is distributed. The catheter includes a shaft having electric potential-measuring electrodes, a metal portion with a length of 2 mm or more, and a lumen passing therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end in the longitudinal direction; and a metal wire inserted through the lumen and connected to the metal portion. 1. A catheter that measures electric potential comprising:a shaft having electric potential-measuring electrodes, a metal portion with a length of 2 mm or more, and a lumen passing therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end in a longitudinal direction; anda metal wire inserted through said lumen and connected to said metal portion.2. The catheter according to claim 1 ,wherein said electric potential-measuring electrodes are attached at a distal side in the longitudinal direction of said shaft, andsaid metal portion is located distally relative to a position of said electric potential-measuring electrodes in the longitudinal direction of said shaft.3. The catheter according to claim 1 , wherein said metal portion has a length of 2 to 50 mm.4. The catheter according to claim 1 , wherein said metal wire is electrically insulated.5. A catheter that measures electric potential comprising a metallic shaft having electric potential-measuring electrodes and a lumen extending in a longitudinal direction.6. The catheter according to claim 5 , wherein said metallic shaft is obtained by forming a metal wire into a coil shape.7. The catheter according to claim 5 , wherein said metallic shaft is electrically insulated.8. A balloon-tip ablation catheter system comprising:{'claim-ref': {'@idref': 'CLM-00001', 'claim 1'}, 'the catheter according to ;'}a balloon-tip ablation catheter comprising a lumen ...

POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR

A power storage device having: a laminated body formed by providing a separator layer between a first electrode which is one of a cathode and an anode and a second electrode which is the other electrode; an electrolyte; and a package which houses the laminated body and the electrolyte. At least two first electrode composite sheets are included which are each obtained by integrating a first collector electrode, a first electrode active material layer provided on one principal surface of the first collector electrode, and a separator layer covering at least part of the one principal surface, and the other principal surface of the first collector electrode of one first electrode composite sheet out of the at least two first electrode composite sheets is opposed to, and bonded to, the other principal surface of the first collector electrode of the other first electrode composite sheet. 1. A power storage device , comprising:a laminated body having a first electrode and a second electrode;an electrolyte; anda package which houses the laminated body and the electrolyte,wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode include at least two first electrode composite sheets, each of the at least two first electrode composite sheets including a first collector electrode, a first electrode active material layer on a first surface of the first collector electrode, and a first separator layer covering at least part of the first surface of the first collector electrode, andwherein, of the at least two first electrode composite sheets, the respective first surfaces of each of the first collector electrodes are opposed to, and bonded to, each other.2. The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode further include a second electrode composite sheet comprising a second collector electrode claim 1 , a second electrode active material layer on a second surface of the second collector electrode ...

PACKAGE STRUCTURE

A package structure that includes wings that extend from both sides in the width direction provided on an absorbent article. On first regions on the clothing side of the wings and second regions on the clothing side of the backing sheet, adhesive for affixing the absorbent article to underwear is applied. With the wings folded toward the skin-contacting side of the surface sheet, a water-degradable release sheet is provided so as to cover the first regions. Wrapping sheet is non-water-degradable, is peelable from the underwear-affixing adhesive and is provided so as to cover the second regions. 1. A package structure comprising:an absorbent article; anda package sheet that packages the absorbent article individually, wherein: a liquid-permeable topsheet;', 'a liquid-impermeable backsheet; and', 'an absorber arranged between the topsheet and the backsheet;, 'the absorbent article comprisingthe absorbent article is provided with a wing portion protruded outwardly in a width direction;a first portion at a clothing contact surface side of the wing portion and a second portion at the clothing contact surface side of the backsheet are coated with an adhesive for fixing the absorbent article to underwear;a hydrolyzable release sheet is provided that covers the first portion in a state where the wing portion is folded back toward a skin contact surface side of the topsheet; andthe package sheet is non-hydrolyzable, is releasable with respect to the adhesive for fixing to the underwear, and is provided that covers the second portion.2. The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein a non-hydrolyzable release sheet as a body independent of the package sheet is bonded to the package sheet.3. The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein a portion subjected to a release coating process is formed in at least one part of the package sheet.4. The package structure according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of different texts and patterns is inserted in the ...

CONTINUOUS PACKING PRODUCT OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES, EXTERIOR SHEETS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONTINUOUS PACKING PRODUCT OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES

A continuous packing product of an absorbent article has a plurality of packing bodies are continuous with the absorbent article being packed by means of an exterior sheet and the exterior sheet has: a first resin layer which is formed of a thermoplastic resin, and a second resin layer which is formed of a thermoplastic resin with a melting point higher than that of the thermoplastic resin forming the first resin layer. A bonded region configured to partition the packing unit by means of thermal bonding is formed on the exterior sheet. The second resin layer is laminated on the first resin layer in at least the bonded region and the thermoplastic resin configuring the second resin layer is soluble in a solvent. 19-. (canceled)10. A continuous packing product of absorbent articles in which a plurality of packing units are continuous , with one or more absorbent articles being packed in each unit by means of an exterior sheet , wherein:the exterior sheet has: a first resin layer which is formed of a thermoplastic resin; and a second resin layer which is formed of a thermoplastic resin with a melting point higher than that of the thermoplastic resin forming the first resin layer;the exterior sheet comprises a thermally bonded product partition region configured to partition the packing product into packing units;the second resin layer is laminated on the first resin layer in at least the bonded region; andthe thermoplastic resin of the second resin layer is soluble in a solvent.11. The continuous packing product of absorbent articles claim 10 , according to claim 10 , wherein:the packing units individually contain the absorbent articles.12. The continuous packing product of absorbent articles claim 10 , according to claim 10 , wherein:the thermoplastic resin forming the first resin layer is polyethylene; andthe thermoplastic resin forming the second resin layer is polyamide.13. The continuous packing product of absorbent articles claim 10 , according to claim 10 , ...

Absorbent article

To provide an absorbent article that can further reduce leakage of body fluid from an end portion in a longitudinal direction. An elongated shaped absorbent article includes: a top sheet that has a skin contacting surface; a back sheet; and an absorbent core that is disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, in which a compressed groove is formed on the skin contacting surface; the skin contacting surface has an excretory contact region, a front region, and a rear region; the compressed groove has a pair of first central grooves and a first circular groove that is provided in at least any one of the front region and the rear region; and the first circular groove is arranged at a position overlapping a vertical center line.

ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE

An electric double-layer capacitor having a capacitor element, a package defining a closed space accommodating the capacitor element, and electrolytic solution loaded in the closed space. The package includes a body and a lid, and the body has a metallic portion and a resin portion. The metallic portion includes two lead-out terminals electrically coupled to the capacitor element, and these two lead-out terminals are electrically isolated from each other by the resin portion. The resin portion includes two projections extending into the closed space, which make the closed space narrower and reduce the amount of loading of the electrolytic solution. 1. An electrical storage device comprising:a package having a body and a lid that together define a closed space; andan electrical storage element disposed in the closed space and comprising a plurality of element terminals, a metallic portion having a plurality of lead-out terminals electrically coupled to the plurality of element terminals, respectively, and', 'a resin portion having at least one projection extending into the closed space., 'wherein the body of the package comprises2. The electrical storage device according to claim 1 , wherein electrolytic solution is loaded in the closed space.3. The electrical storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one projection narrows the closed space.4. The electrical storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the lead-out terminals extend through the body in a direction of a thickness of the body.5. The electrical storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the resin portion includes an insulating portion that electrically insulates the plurality of lead-out terminals from each other.6. The electrical storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical storage element further comprises a first main surface and a second main surface that faces the first main surface.7. The electrical storage device according to claim 6 ,wherein the body of the ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part, a main board, a casing and a user interface part. The image forming part forms an image on the sheet. On the main board, which a control circuit for controlling the image forming part is formed. The image forming part and the main board are stored in the casing. The user interface part includes at least one of operation member which receives an operation and a display member which displays a state of the image forming part, and is mounted on a circuit formed surface of the main board. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:an image forming part which forms an image on the sheet;a main board on which a control circuit for controlling the image forming part is formed;a casing in which the image forming part and the main board are stored; anda user interface part including at least one of operation member which receives an operation and a display member which displays a state of the image forming part, and mounted on a circuit formed surface of the main board.2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe circuit formed surface is provided so as to face a side plate of the casing.3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe operation member is a tactile switch having a base portion with a terminal, and a plunger, andthe base portion is mounted on the circuit formed surface and the plunger is exposed to an upper surface or a side surface of the casing.4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe circuit formed surface is provided so as to face a side plate of the casing,the operation member is a tactile switch having a base portion with a terminal, and a plunger,the base portion is disposed along an upper edge of the circuit formed surface, andthe plunger is disposed along a side edge of a top plate of the casing.5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe display member contains a light emitting element, andthe light emitting ...

ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

An electrical storage unit that includes a positive electrode, which includes a positive-electrode collector electrode and a positive-electrode active material layer on the positive-electrode collector electrode, a negative electrode, which includes a negative-electrode collector electrode and a negative-electrode active material layer on the negative-electrode collector electrode, the negative-electrode active material layer facing the positive-electrode active material layer, and a first insulating layer bonded to the positive electrode and the negative electrode and separating the positive electrode from the negative electrode. The first insulating layer is bonded to part of a surface of the positive electrode and part of a surface of the negative electrode and includes a communication path for connecting the outside of the electrical storage unit to the inside of the electrical storage unit. 1. An electrical storage device , comprising:a positive electrode including a positive-electrode collector electrode and a positive-electrode active material layer disposed on the positive-electrode collector electrode;a negative electrode including a negative-electrode collector electrode and a negative-electrode active material layer disposed on the negative-electrode collector electrode such that the negative-electrode active material layer faces the positive-electrode active material layer;a first insulating layer bonded to the positive electrode and to the negative electrode to insulate the positive electrode from the negative electrode; andat least one channel defined by the first insulating layer, the at least one channel extending between a surface of the positive electrode and a surface of the negative electrode.2. The electrical storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one channel provides a communication path between the surfaces of the positive and negative electrodes and the outside of the electrical storage device.3. The electrical storage ...

ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE ELEMENT AND ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE

A highly-reliable electrical storage device element and electrical storage device, in each of which on predetermined regions of predetermined end surfaces of a laminate forming an electrical storage component, sprayed end surface electrodes each having a high bond strength to the laminate are provided. 2. The electrical storage device element according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of positive electrode layers and the plurality of negative electrode layers are adhered to and integrated with each other by the resin-containing insulating layers.3. The electrical storage device element according to claim 1 , wherein the resin-containing insulating layers each include a resin material having a glass transition temperature equal to or less than −20° C.4. The electrical storage device element according to claim 1 , wherein the resin-containing insulating layers form a positive electrode extension region of the first end surface and a negative electrode extension region of the second end surface.5. The electrical storage device element according to claim 4 , wherein the positive and negative electrode extension regions each include a plurality of concave portions.6. The electrical storage device element according to claim 5 , wherein the positive electrode collectors and the negative electrode collectors are exposed to voids defined by the concave portions claim 5 , respectively claim 5 , to increase a contact area between the respective end surface electrodes and the positive electrode collectors the negative electrode collectors.7. The electrical storage device element according to claim 5 , wherein the pair of end surface electrodes each have concave portions that conform to the positive electrode extension region having the concave portions and the negative electrode extension region having the concave portions claim 5 , respectively.8. The electrical storage device element according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of resin-containing insulating layers are not ...

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM

An image processing apparatus includes an area extracting unit, a specific halftone dot area detecting unit, and an encoding unit. The area extracting unit extracts a halftone dot area from an image. The specific halftone dot area detecting unit detects a specific halftone dot area, the specific halftone dot area being the extracted halftone dot area that includes a character and of which a variation range in a distribution of luminance and hue is less than a predetermined range. The encoding unit encodes the specific halftone dot area in an encoding manner different from an encoding manner for the halftone dot area other than the specific halftone dot area, the encoding manner for the specific halftone dot area providing higher image quality after encoding than image quality provided by the encoding manner for the halftone dot area other than the specific halftone dot area. 1. An image processing apparatus , comprising:an area extracting unit configured to extract a halftone dot area from an image;a specific halftone dot area detecting unit configured to detect a specific halftone dot area, the specific halftone dot area being the extracted halftone dot area that includes a character and of which a variation range in a distribution of luminance and hue is less than a predetermined range; andan encoding unit configured to encode the specific halftone dot area in an encoding manner different from an encoding manner for the halftone dot area other than the specific halftone dot area, the encoding manner for the specific halftone dot area providing higher image quality after encoding than image quality provided by the encoding manner for the halftone dot area other than the specific halftone dot area.2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the encoding unit is further configured to encode the specific halftone dot area at a higher resolution than a resolution of the halftone dot area other than the specific halftone dot area.3. The image ...

ELECTRONIC COMPONENT

An electronic component includes an external terminal member made of a conductive metal and an insulating section in contact with the external terminal member. The external terminal member includes an exposed portion which faces outside and which is located on the predetermined surface side thereof. The electronic component is fixed with solder applied to the exposed portion of the external terminal member. The exposed portion of the external terminal member is given by a base plating film made of nickel or a nickel alloy and an outer plating film which is placed on the base plating film and which is made of gold, tin, or an alloy containing at least one of gold and tin. The outer plating film includes a relatively thick region and a relatively thin region surrounding the relatively thick region. 1. An electronic component comprising:a lid; and a first conductive terminal member having an exposed portion disposed on a surface of the first conductive terminal member that faces away from the enclosed space, and', 'an insulating section adjacent to the first conductive terminal member,, 'a body coupled to the lid to define an enclosed space therebetween, the body comprisingwherein the exposed portion of the first conductive terminal member comprises a base plating film and an outer plating film disposed on the base plating film, andwherein the outer plating film has a central portion with a first thickness and a peripheral portion with a second thickness less than the first thickness.2. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic component is fixed with solder applied to the exposed portion of the first conductive terminal member.3. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the base plating film is formed from the group consisting of nickel and a nickel alloy.4. The electronic component according to claim 3 , wherein the outer plating film is formed from the group consisting of gold claim 3 , tin claim 3 , and an alloy ...

ABLATION CATHETER WITH BALLOON

A balloon ablation catheter achieves reduction in diameter of the balloon upon balloon contraction and increased reliability of the thermocouple temperature sensor, which balloon ablation catheter is less likely to be influenced by the heating liquid discharged into the balloon and able to control the balloon surface temperature with high accuracy. The balloon ablation catheter includes a shaft wherein a lumen is formed; a balloon wherein the lumen communicates with the inside thereof; and a high-frequency-current-applying electrode formed by coiling a high-frequency-power-supplying lead wire around the shaft while sandwiching a temperature sensor lead wire between the high-frequency-power-supplying lead wire and the shaft such that the temperature sensor lead wire is fixed along the longitudinal direction of the shaft; wherein a thermocouple thermosensor is formed at the point where the high-frequency-power-supplying lead wire and the temperature sensor lead wire constituting the high-frequency-current-applying electrode contact with each other for the first time as seen from the posterior end side in the longitudinal direction. 2. The balloon ablation catheter according to claim 1 , comprising an oscillator that oscillates a heating liquid in said balloon by repeating suction and discharge of the heating liquid from said lumen.3. The balloon ablation catheter according to claim 1 , wherein said thermocouple temperature sensor is formed at a posterior end portion of said high-frequency-current-applying electrode.4. The balloon ablation catheter according to claim 1 , wherein said temperature sensor lead wire reaches an anterior end portion of said high-frequency-current-applying electrode. This disclosure relates to a balloon ablation catheter.Catheter ablation is a method to treat arrhythmia by inserting an ablation catheter into the heart chamber and cauterizing the cardiac muscle tissue with an electrode attached to the anterior end of the catheter.A recently ...

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM

In an image processing apparatus, a character recognizing unit identifies a character image in a document image. A font matching unit determines a character code and a font type corresponding to the identified character image. A fore-and-background setting unit sets the document image as a background image and sets a standard character image based on the determined character code and the determined font type. A background image correcting unit (a) deletes a deletion area in the background image, the deletion area taking a same position as the character image or the standard character image, (b) interpolates a differential area between the character image and the standard character image in a specific neighborhood area that contacts with the deletion area on the basis of the background image, and (c) interpolates the deletion area on the basis of the back ground image. 1. An image processing apparatus , comprising:a character recognizing unit configured to identify a character image in a document image;a font matching unit configured to determine a character code and a font type corresponding to the identified character image;a fore-and-background setting unit configured to set the document image as a background image and set a standard character image based on the determined character code and the determined font type as a foreground image; anda background image correcting unit configured to (a) delete a deletion area in the background image, the deletion area taking a same position as the character image or the standard character image, (b) interpolate a differential area between the character image and the standard character image in a specific neighborhood area that contacts with the deletion area on the basis of the background image, and (c) interpolate the deletion area on the basis of the back ground image.2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:(c1) if the deletion area is an open area that is partially surrounded with an object ...

READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

A reading device () includes a reading section (), a casing (), a cover section (), a conveyance section (), an interposed member (), a controller (), a cable (), and a linking member (). The casing () houses the reading section () therein. It is possible to place the cover section () on the casing (). The conveyance section () is housed in the cover section () and conveys a sheet. The interposed member () is interposed between the cover section () and the casing (). The controller () is housed in the casing () and controls the conveyance section (). The cable () is connected to the controller (), is also connected to the conveyance section (), and transfers a control signal output by the controller () to the conveyance section (). The linking member () is linked to the cover section () and is also linked to the casing (). 1. A reading device comprising:a reading section configured to read an image formed on a sheet;a casing housing the reading section therein;a cover section capable of being placed on the casing;a conveyance section housed in the cover section and configured to convey the sheet;an interposed member interposed between the cover section and the casing;a controller housed in the casing and configured to control the conveyance section;a cable that is connected to the controller, is also connected to the conveyance section, and is configured to transfer a control signal output by the controller to the conveyance section; anda linking member that is linked to the cover section and is also linked to the casing, whereinthe casing has a casing bore located therein for placement of the interposed member,the interposed member includes a first member inserted in the casing bore and supported so as to be movable in a vertical direction and a second member rotatably attached to the first member, andthe cover section is fixed to the second member.2. The reading device according to claim 1 , whereinthe linking member is flexible.3. The reading device according to ...

ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

An electric storage device includes an electrolyte and an electric storage unit including a positive electrode including a positive-electrode collector electrode and a positive-electrode active-material layer disposed on the positive-electrode collector electrode; a negative electrode including a negative-electrode collector electrode and a negative-electrode active-material layer disposed on the negative-electrode collector electrode and facing the positive-electrode active-material layer; a first insulating layer bonded to the positive electrode and the negative electrode to isolate the positive electrode and the negative electrode from each other; and a region that is sealed with the first insulating layer in plan view and that holds the electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein an air permeability P of the first insulating layer satisfies the formula 1250 s/100 cc Подробнее

Solid electrolytic capacitor element, solid electrolytic capacitor, method for producing solid electrolytic capacitor element, and method for producing solid capacitor

A solid electrolytic capacitor element that includes a valve metal substrate that has an anode terminal region and a cathode-forming region; a dielectric layer on the cathode-forming region; a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer; a current collector layer on the solid electrolyte layer; a masking member on the anode terminal region, the masking member partitioning between the anode terminal region and the cathode-forming region and insulating the valve metal substrate from opposite polarity; and a hydrophilic member on a surface of the masking member.

SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR ELEMENT, SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID CAPACITOR

A solid electrolytic capacitor element that includes a valve metal substrate having an anode terminal region and a cathode-forming region; a dielectric layer on the cathode-forming region; a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer; a current collector layer on the solid electrolyte layer; and a masking member between the anode terminal region and cathode-forming region to insulate the substrate from opposite polarity. The masking region includes a first coating portion, an exposed region exposing the dielectric layer, and a second coating portion arranged in this order starting from a boundary between the anode terminal region and the cathode-forming region towards the anode terminal region. The solid electrolyte layer covers the first coating portion and at least a portion of the exposed region. 1. A solid electrolytic capacitor element comprising:a valve metal substrate that has an anode terminal region and a cathode-forming region;a dielectric layer on the cathode-forming region;a current collector layer on the solid electrolyte layer; and a first coating portion;', 'an exposed region where the dielectric layer is exposed; and', 'a second coating portion,, 'a masking member between the anode terminal region and the cathode-forming region and insulating the valve metal substrate from opposite polarity, the masking member includingwherein the first coating portion, the exposed region, and the second coating portion are arranged in this order starting from a boundary between the anode terminal region and the cathode-forming region towards the anode terminal region; anda solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer and covering the first coating portion and at least a portion of the exposed region.2. The solid electrolytic capacitor element according to claim 1 , wherein the masking member has a height of 50 μm or less.3. The solid electrolytic capacitor element according to claim 1 , further comprising a hydrophilic member provided on a surface of the ...

VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE

Provided is a vehicular lighting device () attached to a motorbike () that is capable of traveling around corners due to the vehicle body being tilted toward the direction for turning, wherein the vehicular lighting device () comprises at least two lamps and a sensor () for detecting the surrounding environment toward the rear of the vehicle. The vehicular lighting device () comprises a left lighting unit (L) and a right lighting unit (R) as the at least two lamps. The sensor () is disposed between the left lighting unit (L) and the right lighting unit (R) as viewed from rearward of the vehicle. 1. A vehicle lighting device that is to be attached to a vehicle capable of traveling at a corner by tilting a vehicle body toward a turning direction , the vehicle lighting device comprising:at least two lamps; anda sensor configured to detect a surrounding environment behind the vehicle, whereinthe sensor is disposed between the at least two lamps as viewed from a rear side of the vehicle.2. The vehicle lighting device according to claim 1 , whereinthe sensor is disposed in a rear of the vehicle compared to the at least two lamps.3. The vehicle lighting device according to claim 1 , whereinthe sensor is disposed such that a traveling wind of the vehicle passes at least one of an upper side, a lower side, a left side, and a right side of the sensor.4. The vehicle lighting device according to claim 1 , whereina gap through which the traveling wind of the vehicle passes is formed between the sensor and at least one of the at least two lamps.5. A vehicle lighting device that is to be attached to a vehicle capable of traveling at a corner by tilting a vehicle body toward a turning direction claim 1 , whereinat least two sensors configured to detect a surrounding environment behind the vehicle are mounted, andthe at least two sensors are disposed symmetrically with respect to a traveling direction of the vehicle at a time of traveling straight ahead.6. The vehicle lighting ...

IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit for reading an image of a document at a reading position, a document feeding unit for discharging the document via the reading position, an abnormality detection unit for detecting a feeding abnormality, and a reading determination unit. The reading determination unit determines that the reading of the image of the fed document by the image reading unit is complete in a case where it is determined that a fed document, which is being fed by the document feeding unit, is not a final document, and it is detected that the leading edge of the fed document has reached the reading position, and when it is detected that the leading edge of the subsequent document has reached the reading position without the abnormality detection unit detecting any abnormality. 1. An image reading apparatus , comprising:a mounting part on which documents are mounted;an image reading unit for reading an image of a document at a predetermined reading position;a document feeding unit for feeding, one document at a time, the documents mounted on the mounting part at a predetermined paper interval time, and discharging the documents via the reading position;an open/close cover for openably/closeably covering a feeding path on which the documents are fed by the document feeding unit;a final document determination unit for determining whether a fed document, which is the document that is being fed by the document feeding unit, is a final document among the documents mounted on the mounting part;a feed detection unit for detecting whether a leading edge or a trailing edge of the fed document has reached the reading position;an abnormality detection unit for detecting an occurrence of an abnormality in a case where a reading time limit, which is longer than the paper interval time, is set in advance, the final document determination unit determines that the fed document is not the final document, and the feed detection unit detects that the ...

VEHICLE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SYSTEM, LAMP UNIT AND VEHICLE LAMP

A vehicle illumination system provided in a vehicle capable of traveling around a corner by inclining a vehicle body toward a turning direction includes: a headlamp mounted on a front portion of the vehicle; a communication lamp disposed on the vehicle body in a region adjacent to the head tamp so as to be visible from ahead of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured to change a lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a state of the vehicle. 1. A vehicle illumination system provided in a vehicle capable of traveling around a comer by inclining a vehicle body toward a turning direction , the vehicle illumination system comprising:a headlamp mounted on a front portion of the vehicle;a communication lamp disposed on the vehicle body in a region adjacent to the head lamp so as to be visible from ahead of the vehicle; andan illumination control unit configured to change a lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a state of the vehicle.2. The vehicle illumination system according to claim 1 ,wherein the illumination control unit is configured to change the lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a lighting mode of the headlamp.3. The vehicle illumination system according to claim 1 ,wherein the communication lamp includes a plurality of light emitting segments, andwherein the illumination control unit is configured to change a lighting mode of each of the plurality of light emitting segments.4. The vehicle illumination system according to claim 3 ,wherein each of the plurality of light emitting segments includes a light source and a cover member configured to cover the light source and to transmit light from the light source, andwherein when the light source is not lit, the cover member is configured to be visible in a color that is the same as or similar to a color of the region in which the communication lamp of the vehicle body is disposed.5. The vehicle illumination system according to claim 1 , further comprising ...

DOCUMENT CHECKING APPARATUS

A document checking apparatus includes an image scanning device, a printing device, an output tray, and a controller. The image scanning device is configured to scan a document image sheet by sheet from a document including plural sheets. The output tray is as an output destination of both the document outputted from the image scanning device and a print sheet outputted from the printing device. The controller is configured to perform checking of the document image, and if an error is detected in the checking of the document image, control the printing device and thereby insert the print sheet as an interleaving sheet immediately before or immediately after a sheet where the error is detected. 1. A document checking apparatus , comprising:an image scanning device configured to scan a document image sheet by sheet from a document including plural sheets;a printing device;an output tray as an output destination of both the document outputted from the image scanning device and a print sheet outputted from the printing device; anda controller configured to perform checking of the document image, and if an error is detected in the checking of the document image, control the printing device and thereby insert the print sheet as an interleaving sheet immediately before or immediately after a sheet where the error is detected.2. The document checking apparatus according to whereinthe printing device comprises an outlet of the print sheet;the image scanning device comprises an image scanning unit, a transportation roller in a downstream side of the image scanning unit, and an outlet of the document;the outlet of the document is arranged at a higher position than the outlet of the print sheet; andthe controller (a) stops transportation of the sheet where the error is detected with nipping a rear end part of the sheet where the error is detected or stops transportation of a next sheet to the sheet where the error is detected with nipping a rear end part of the next sheet using ...

Image scanning device

An image scanning unit optically scans a document image of a document. A transportation device performs transportation of the document set at a front insertion-ejection port as an insertion port and ejection port of the document. A controller performs in a first scanning mode image scanning of a top sheet of the document if the document has been bound with a staple. In the first scanning mode, the controller performs image scanning of a partial scanning area in the top sheet while transporting the document using the transportation device, and reverses a transportation direction of the document at a time point that the image scanning of the partial scanning area is finished. The partial scanning area is from a front end to a predetermined position of the top sheet, and the predetermined position is a position nearer to the front end than a binding position of the staple.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image forming apparatus includes an image scanning device, a printing device, an output tray, and a controller. The image scanning device scans a document image sheet by sheet from a document including plural sheets. The output tray is as an output destination of both the document outputted from the image scanning device and a print sheet outputted from the printing device. The controller is configured to perform a copy operation and causes the printing device to print an image based on the document image in the copy operation. Further, the printing device includes an outlet of the print sheet; and the image scanning device includes an outlet of the document, the outlet of the document outputting the document such that edges of the document and the print sheet in a width direction of the output tray are arranged at positions different from each other. 1. An image forming apparatus , comprising:an image scanning device configured to scan a document image sheet by sheet from a document including plural sheets;a printing device;an output tray as an output destination of both the document outputted from the image scanning device and a print sheet outputted from the printing device; anda controller configured to perform a copy operation and causes the printing device to print an image based on the document image in the copy operation;wherein the printing device comprises an outlet of the print sheet; andthe image scanning device comprises an outlet of the document, the outlet of the document outputting the document such that edges of the document and the print sheet in a width direction of the output tray are arranged at positions different from each other.2. The image forming apparatus according to wherein the outlet of the document is independently arranged from the outlet of the print sheet claim 1 , and arranged at a higher position than the outlet of the print sheet.3. The image forming apparatus according to whereinthe image scanning device comprises an image ...

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE

A semiconductor chip () is disposed on the insulation substrate (). A lead frame () is bonded to an upper surface of the semiconductor chip (). A sealing resin () covers the semiconductor chip (), the insulation substrate (), and the lead frame (). A stress mitigation resin () having a lower elastic modulus than that of the sealing resin () is partially applied to an end of the lead frame (). 1. A semiconductor device comprising:an insulation substrate;a semiconductor chip disposed on the insulation substrate;a lead frame bonded to an upper surface of the semiconductor chip;a sealing resin covering the semiconductor chip, the insulation substrate, and the lead frame; anda stress mitigation resin partially applied to an end of the lead frame and having a lower elastic modulus than that of the sealing resin.2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the lead frame has an exposed part not covered with the stress mitigation resin claim 1 , andthe exposed part is surrounded by the stress mitigation resin to form a dam structure.3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , further comprising a case surrounding the semiconductor chip claim 2 , the insulation substrate claim 2 , and the lead frame claim 2 ,in the dam structure, the exposed part is surrounded by only the stress mitigation resin, is surrounded by the stress mitigation resin and a bending part of the lead frame, or is surrounded by the stress mitigation resin and an inner wall of the case.4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a step resulting in a smaller thickness of the lead frame is provided on an upper surface of the end of the lead frame claim 1 , and the stress mitigation resin is applied to an upper part of the step.5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein steps resulting in a smaller thickness of the lead frame are disposed on an upper surface and an lower surface of the end of the lead frame claim 1 , and the stress ...

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

An image processing apparatus includes a visible code area searching unit and a color replacement processing unit. The visible code area searching unit searches for a visible code area in a color document image corresponding to a document, and the visible code area includes a visible code. The color replacement processing unit (a) generates as a local color histogram a color histogram of the visible code area in a predetermined color space and determines whether removal of a stain image should be performed or not on the basis of a ratio of a pixel classified into a bin that includes a color of the stain image in the local color histogram, and (b) replaces the color of the stain image in the visible code area with a background color of the document if it is determined that the removal of the stain image should be performed. 1. An image processing apparatus , comprising:a visible code area searching unit configured to search for a visible code area in a color document image corresponding to a document, the visible code area including a visible code; anda color replacement processing unit configured to (a) generate as a local color histogram a color histogram of the visible code area in a predetermined color space and determine whether removal of a stain image should be performed or not on the basis of a ratio of a pixel classified into a bin that includes a color of the stain image in the local color histogram, and (b) replace the color of the stain image in the visible code area with a background color of the document if it is determined that the removal of the stain image should be performed.2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the color replacement processing unit (a) generates as a whole area color histogram a color histogram of a whole area of the color document image in the predetermined color space claim 1 , (b) determines a color of an object in an outside of the visible code area on the basis of the local color histogram and the ...

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

An image processing apparatus includes an area extracting unit and a table image detecting unit. The area extracting unit is configured to extract halftone dot areas and character images in an image. The table image detecting unit is configured to detect the extracted halftone dot areas as a table image if (a) the extracted halftone dot areas include no ruled lines, (b) plural halftone dot areas among the extracted halftone dot areas are arrayed in a primary scanning direction and/or a secondary scanning direction, and (c) the arrayed plural halftone dot areas include the character images at at least two positions. 1. An image processing apparatus , comprising:an area extracting unit configured to extract halftone dot areas and character images in an image; anda table image detecting unit configured to detect the extracted halftone dot areas as a table image if (a) the extracted halftone dot areas include no ruled lines, (b) plural halftone dot areas among the extracted halftone dot areas are arrayed in a primary scanning direction and/or a secondary scanning direction, and (c) the arrayed plural halftone dot areas include the character images at at least two positions.2. An image processing apparatus , comprising:an area extracting unit configured to extract a halftone dot area and a character image in an image; anda table image detecting unit configured to detect the extracted halftone dot area as a table image if (a) the extracted halftone dot area includes no ruled lines and (b) white pixels are continuously arranged with a predetermined length or more in a primary scanning direction and/or a secondary scanning direction in the extracted halftone dot area.3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined length is a maximum size of the character image that can be extracted by the area extracting unit.4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:a compression processing unit configured to identify ...

POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION

Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition that exhibits an excellent light resistance and an excellent resistance to moist heat and is free of the problem of mold staining. The polycarbonate resin composition comprises 0.12 to 0.8 mass parts of an N-alkyl hindered amine compound (C-1) and/or 0.12 to 0.8 mass parts of an N—OR hindered amine compound (C-2), per 100 mass parts of the total of (A) and (B) composed of more than 50 mass parts to not more than 95 mass parts of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A) and less than 50 mass parts to at least 5 mass parts of an aromatic vinyl-diene-vinyl cyanide copolymer (B). 16-. (canceled)8. A molded article claim 7 , comprising the polycarbonate resin composition of .9. The polycarbonate resin composition of claim 7 , wherein the total of (A) and (B) comprises 55 to 75 parts by mass of (A) and 45 to 25 parts by mass of (B). The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition and more particularly relates to a polycarbonate resin composition that exhibits an excellent light resistance and an excellent resistance to moist heat and is free of the problem of mold staining. The present invention also relates to molded articles from this polycarbonate resin composition.Polycarbonate resins are widely used as thermoplastic resins that exhibit an excellent impact resistance, heat resistance, and transparency. Moreover, because they are lighter than inorganic glasses, also support an excellent productivity, and by providing an excellent light resistance, polycarbonate resins can be advantageously used in applications where light resistance is required, for example, the light guide plates, diffusion plates, reflection plates, protective films, and retardation films of liquid crystal display devices, as well as lighting covers, illuminated signs, transmissive screens, and various displays.The addition of various ultraviolet absorbers is conventionally known as a method for improving the light resistance of ...

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

This image processing apparatus includes an additional-object registration unit and a read-image processing unit. A setting form contains: (a) an additional-object specification field used to present an additional object that is placed onto a document in order to specify an extract area to be extracted from an image read from the document; and (b) a processing specification field used to select processing to be performed on information obtained from the extract area. The additional-object registration unit identifies an image of the additional object presented in the additional-object specification field and the processing selected in the processing specification field, and registers the image and the process associated therewith. The read-image processing unit searches the read image of the document for the image of the additional object and performs the processing associated with the additional object image on the information obtained from the extract area specified by the additional object image. 1. An image processing apparatus comprising:an additional-object registration unit that refers to an image read from a setting form, (a) an additional-object specification field used by a user to present an additional object that is placed onto a document in order to specify an extract area to be extracted from an image read from the document, and', '(b) a processing specification field used by the user to specify processing to be performed on information obtained from the extract area,, 'the setting form including'}identifies an image of the additional object presented in the additional-object specification field and processing specified in processing specification field on the read image of the setting form, establishes an association between the image of the additional object and the processing, and registers the image of the additional object and the processing associated therewith; anda read-image processing unit that searches the read image of the document for the ...

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONVERTER

A semiconductor device includes: semiconductor elements and; a lead frame including a mount having an upper surface over which the semiconductor elements and are mounted; a sealing resin sealing the lead frame and the semiconductor elements and so that outer leads and of the lead frame protrude outwardly; and a resin wall located on an inner lead between the outer lead and the mount of the lead frame. A vertical thickness of the resin wall is greater than a vertical thickness from a lower surface of the sealing resin to a lower end of the lead frame. 1. A semiconductor device comprising:a semiconductor element;a lead frame including a mount having an upper surface over which the semiconductor element is mounted;a sealing resin sealing the lead frame and the semiconductor element so that an outer lead of the lead frame protrudes outwardly; anda resin wall located on an inner lead between the outer lead and the mount of the lead frame, whereina vertical thickness of the resin wall is greater than a vertical thickness from a lower surface of the sealing resin to a lower end of the lead frame.2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , whereinthe resin wall is located to be within 10 mm from a joint between a wire connecting the semiconductor element with the inner lead of the lead frame and the lead frame, and to be closer to the outer lead of the lead frame than the joint is, andan upper end of the resin wall is at a higher location than an upper end of the wire.3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprisingan insulating sheet located at the lower end of the lead frame.4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , whereinthe resin wall comprises two resin walls,the outer lead and the inner lead of the lead frame comprise two outer leads and two inner leads, respectively,one of the resin walls is located on one of the inner leads between one of the outer leads and the mount of the lead frame,the other one of the resin walls is located ...

POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

An object of the present invention is to suppress a crack in a sealing resin and a warpage in a semiconductor device in a power semiconductor device. A power semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a terminal; a chassis; and a sealing resin sealing the semiconductor element and the terminal in the chassis. The sealing resin includes: a first sealing resin covering at least the semiconductor element; and a second sealing resin formed on an upper portion of the first sealing resin, and in an operation temperature of the semiconductor element, the first sealing resin has a smaller linear expansion coefficient than the second sealing resin, and a difference of a linear expansion coefficient between the first sealing resin and the terminal is smaller than a difference of a linear expansion coefficient between the second sealing resin and the terminal. 1. A power semiconductor device , comprising:a semiconductor element;a terminal bonded to an upper surface of the semiconductor element;a chassis housing the semiconductor element and the terminal; anda sealing resin sealing the semiconductor element and the terminal in the chassis, whereinthe sealing resin includes:a first sealing resin covering at least the semiconductor element; anda second sealing resin formed on an upper portion of the first sealing resin, andin an operation temperature of the semiconductor element, the first sealing resin has a smaller linear expansion coefficient than the second sealing resin, and a difference of a linear expansion coefficient between the first sealing resin and the terminal is smaller than a difference of a linear expansion coefficient between the second sealing resin and the terminal.2. The power semiconductor device according to claim 1 , whereinthe first sealing resin covers an edge of the terminal on a side of the semiconductor element.3. The power semiconductor device according to claim 1 , whereinthe terminal is made of copper.4. The power semiconductor device ...

ABSORBENT ARTICLE

An absorbent article has a top sheet, a back sheet, an absorber, and a pair of side sheets that cover the side edges of the absorber in a width direction. Lateral inner edges of the side sheets are interposed between the absorber and the top sheet in the thickness direction. The pair of side sheets extend outwardly from the top sheet and the absorber in the width direction. The side sheets have a higher density than the top sheet. 1. An absorbent article comprising:a longitudinal direction;a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction;a thickness direction;a liquid-permeable top sheet;a liquid-impermeable back sheet;an absorber interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet; anda pair of side sheets covering widthwise side edges of the absorber, whereinwidthwise inner edges of the pair of side sheets are interposed between the absorber and the top sheet in the thickness direction,the pair of side sheets extend outwardly from the top sheet and the absorber in the width direction, andthe side sheets have a higher density than the top sheet.2. The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the top sheet and the side sheets are formed of nonwoven fabric.3. The absorbent article according to claim 1 , whereinthe top sheet is formed of a porous film having a plurality of pores which pass through the top sheet in the thickness direction; andthe side sheets are formed of a nonwoven fabric.4. The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein portions in which the top sheet claim 1 , the absorber and the side sheets overlap each other are bonded via only adhesive.5. The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein joint sections in which the side sheets and the top sheet are joined each other are disposed in regions in which the top sheet claim 1 , the side sheets and the absorber overlap each other.6. The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein a compression portion that is formed by compressing the side sheets claim 1 , the top sheet ...

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER

A semiconductor device including: an insulating substrate having a conductor layer on the upper face and the lower face and a semiconductor element mounted on the upper conductor layer; a base plate bonded to the lower conductor layer; a case member surrounding the insulating substrate and bonded to the surface of the base plate to which the conductor layer bonded to the lower face; a first filler being a silicone composition filled in a region surrounded by the base plate and the case member; and a second filler being injected into a region below the first filler and surrounding a peripheral edge portion of the insulating substrate, whose height from the base plate is higher than the upper face and is lower than a bonding face between the semiconductor element and the upper conductor layer. 112-. (canceled)13. A semiconductor device , comprising:an insulating substrate having a conductor layer formed on each of an upper face and a lower face of the insulating substrate, the conductor layer on the upper face including a plurality of conductor layers in a plurality of areas, at least one of the plurality of conductor layers on the upper face having a semiconductor element mounted thereon;a base plate bonded to the conductor layer on the lower face;a case member surrounding the insulating substrate and adhering to a surface of the base plate to which the conductor layer on the lower face is bonded;a first filler being a silicone composition injected into a region surrounded by the base plate and the case member; anda second filler being a silicone composition that is harder than the first filler, the second filler being injected into a region surrounding a peripheral edge portion of the insulating substrate and a region between the plurality of the conductor layers, the second filler being injected into a region below the first filler, the second filler being injected into a region in which a height from the base plate is higher than the upper face and is lower than a ...

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AUTOMOTIVE GLASS WITH MEMBER

Provided is a process for producing an automotive glass with a member in a highly efficient and space-saving manner. The process for producing an automotive glass with a member comprises bonding together an adhesion surface of an adherend and an adhesion surface of an automotive glass using an adhesive, and then curing the adhesive using a superheated steam generator, thereby attaching the adherend to the automotive glass; wherein the superheated steam generator comprises (1) a boiler part for generating steam, (2) a superheating unit for superheating the steam generated in the boiler part, and (3) a superheated steam vessel equipped internally with one or more heaters and one or more superheated steam outlets for discharging the superheated steam supplied from the superheating unit; and wherein the step of curing the adhesive is performed by covering the adherend placed on the automotive glass with the superheated steam vessel, spraying the superheated steam from the one or more superheated steam outlets to the adherend, and then spraying dry gas. 1. A process for producing an automotive glass with a member , the process comprising bonding together an adhesion surface of an adherend and an adhesion surface of an automotive glass using an adhesive , and then curing the adhesive using a superheated steam generator , thereby attaching the adherend to the automotive glass;wherein the superheated steam generator comprises:(1) a boiler part for generating steam,(2) a superheating unit for superheating the steam generated in the boiler part, and(3) a superheated steam vessel equipped internally with one or more heaters and one or more superheated steam outlets for discharging the superheated steam supplied from the superheating unit; andwherein the step of curing the adhesive is performed by covering the adherend placed on the automotive glass with the superheated steam vessel, spraying the superheated steam from the one or more superheated steam outlets to the adherend, ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

In an image forming apparatus, an extraction processing portion extracts one or more items of personal information from image data of a card read by an image reading portion. A document data acquiring portion acquires image data of a fixed-form document. A document layout acquiring portion acquires document layout information that indicates one or more composite positions in the image data of the fixed-form document where the one or more items of personal information are to be combined. A composition processing portion generates composite image data by combining the personal information extracted by the extraction processing portion with the image data of the fixed-form document in accordance with the document layout information. A print control portion causes an image forming portion to execute a composite image printing process of printing a composite image represented by the composite image data on a sheet. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:an image reading portion configured to read image data of a document sheet;an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet;a card data acquiring portion configured to acquire image data of a card from the image reading portion;an extraction processing portion configured to extract one or more items of personal information from the image data of the card;a document data acquiring portion configured to acquire image data of a fixed-form document;a document layout acquiring portion configured to acquire document layout information that indicates one or more composite positions in the image data of the fixed-form document where the one or more items of personal information are to be combined;a composition processing portion configured to generate composite image data by combining the personal information extracted by the extraction processing portion with the image data of the fixed-form document in accordance with the document layout information; anda print control portion configured to cause the image ...

SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR

A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a plurality of laminated units each including a valve action metal substrate including a porous layer on a surface thereof, a dielectric layer on a surface of the porous layer, and a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer. A metal foil is between the laminated units. The units and the conductor layers are sealed with a coating resin. The valve action metal substrate has an anode section-side end surface directly connected to an anode outer electrode on the surface of the coating resin, and the metal foil is directly connected to a cathode outer electrode on the surface of the coating resin. 1. A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising: a valve action metal substrate including a porous layer on a surface thereof, the valve action metal substrate having an anode section-side end surface;', 'a dielectric layer on a surface of the porous layer; and', 'a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer;, 'a plurality of laminated units, each unit of the plurality of laminated units includinga metal foil between the laminated units;a coating resin sealing the plurality of laminated units and the metal foil;an anode outer electrode on a surface of the coating resin and directly connected to the anode section-side end surface of the valve action metal substrate; anda cathode outer electrode on the surface of the coating resin and directly connected to the metal foil.2. The solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , further comprising a carbon layer on the solid electrolyte layer claim 1 , and the metal foil is not surface-coated with carbon and is in direct contact with the carbon layer.3. The solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , further comprising a carbon layer on the solid electrolyte layer claim 1 , and the metal foil has a surface coated with carbon and the carbon-coated surface of the metal foil is in direct contact with the carbon layer.4. The solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim ...

IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image reading unit reads a source document image in 600 dpi, and a resolution conversion unit converts the resolution of the image to 75 dpi. An inclination detection unit detects inclination of the source document image. When a character conversion unit is to execute character recognition after cropping, a mode setting unit sets a quality-first mode. The inclination correction unit corrects the inclination of the image of 600 dpi, according to the inclination of the source document image detected by the inclination detection unit. A document image clipping unit clips out the source document image, and the resolution conversion unit converts the resolution of the source document image to 200 dpi. Thereafter, the character conversion unit executes the character recognition. 1. An image reading apparatus comprising:a document table on which a source document is to be placed;an image reading unit that reads the source document placed on the document table in a predetermined resolution and acquires an image;a first resolution conversion unit that converts the resolution of the image acquired by the image reading unit into a first resolution for inclination detection lower than the predetermined resolution;an inclination detection unit that detects the inclination of an image of the source document contained in the image subjected to the resolution conversion by the first resolution conversion unit;an inclination correction unit that corrects the inclination of the image according to the inclination detected by the inclination detection unit;a document image clipping unit that clips out the image of the source document from the image;a second resolution conversion unit that converts the resolution of the image into a second resolution for generating a read image lower than the predetermined resolution and higher than the first resolution; anda mode setting unit that sets a quality-first mode or a speed-first mode,wherein, when the mode setting unit sets the quality- ...

CABLE SUPPORT MECHANISM AND AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER INCLUDING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

A cable support mechanism has a cable support portion, and supports two flexible cables which are ribbon-shaped and in each of which a plurality of conductors are arranged in parallel to each other in a coating material. The cable support portion includes a first support surface, a second support surface, and a plurality of guide ribs. The first support surface supports one of the two flexible cables. The second support surface is formed on a side reverse to a side where the first support surface is formed, and supports the other one of the two flexible cables. The guide ribs projects from two edges of each of the first support surface and the second support surface, the two edges opposing each other in a flexible-cable width direction, so as to overlap, and be spaced by a predetermined distance from, the first support surface and the second support surface. 1. A cable support mechanism having a cable support portion which is flat-plate shaped ,the cable support portion comprising:a first support surface which supports one of two flexible cables which are ribbon-shaped and each have a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel to each other inside a coating member;a second support surface which is formed on a side reverse to a side on which the first support surface is formed, and supports an other one of the two flexible cables; anda plurality of guide ribs which project from two edges of each of the first support surface and the second support surface, the two edges being opposite to each other in a flexible-cable width direction, so as to overlap, and be spaced by a predetermined distance from, the first support surface and the second support surface.2. The cable support mechanism according to claim 1 ,whereina distance between the first support surface and the second support surface is 3 mm or more.3. The cable support mechanism according to claim 1 ,wherein a first cable support portion which vertically supports the two flexible cables, and', 'a second cable ...

POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

A power semiconductor device including an insulating substrate having a metal layer formed on an upper surface thereof, a semiconductor element and a main electrode bonded to the metal layer, a metal wire connecting the metal layer with the semiconductor element, a metal member bonded to a lower surface side of the insulating substrate, a case member surrounding the insulating substrate and being in contact with a surface of the metal member bonded to the insulating substrate, and a sealing resin which fills a region surrounded by the metal member and the case member and has a resin strength of 0.12 MPa or higher at room temperature, a microcrystallization temperature of −55° C. or lower, and a needle penetration of 30 to 50 after storage at 175° C. for 1000 hours and seals the insulating substrate, the metal layer, the semiconductor element, the metal wire, and the main electrode. 1: A power semiconductor device comprising:an insulating substrate having a metal layer which is formed on an upper surface of said insulating substrate;a semiconductor element and a main electrode each bonded to an upper surface of said metal layer;a metal wire connecting said metal layer and said semiconductor element;a metal member bonded to a lower surface side of said insulating substrate;a case member surrounding said insulating substrate and affixed to said metal member; anda sealing resin filled in a region surrounded by said metal member and said case member, said sealing resin having a resin strength equal to or higher than 0.12 MPa at room temperature, a microcrystallization temperature equal to or lower than −55° C., and a needle penetration of 30 to 50 after storage at −175° C. for 1000 hours, said sealing resin sealing said insulating substrate, said metal layer, said semiconductor element, said metal wire, and said main electrode.2: The power semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said sealing resin is a silicone gel in which a ratio of diphenylsiloxane is 4 ...

DOCUMENT READING DEVICE AND DOCUMENT READING METHOD

A document reading device includes a reading section, an orientation detecting section, an orientation determining section, and a notification section. The reading section reads images of respective pages of a spread document one at a time. The orientation detecting section sequentially detects orientations of respective images read by the reading section. The orientation determining section determines whether or not the orientation detecting section detects orientation alternation between a first orientation and a second orientation opposite to the first orientation for a read image read by the reading section. The notification section notifies an error upon the orientation determining section determining that the orientation detecting section does not detect orientation alternation between the first orientation and the second orientation. 1. A document reading device comprising:a reading section configured to read images of respective pages of a spread document one at a time;an orientation detecting section configured to sequentially detect orientations of respective images read by the reading section;an orientation determining section configured to determine whether or not the orientation detecting section detects orientation alternation between a first orientation and a second orientation opposite to the first orientation for a read image read by the reading section; anda notification section configured to notify an error upon the orientation determining section determining that the orientation detecting section does not detect orientation alternation between the first orientation and the second orientation.2. The document reading device according to claim 1 , further comprisinga storage section configured to store an orientation of a previously read image previously read by the reading section, whereinthrough determination as to whether or not an orientation of the currently read image detected by the orientation detecting section matches with the orientation ...

FUEL INJECTION VALVE AND FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM

An injection hole body has an injection hole to inject fuel for causing combustion in an internal combustion engine. A valve body is unseated from and seated on a seating surface of the injection hole body. The injection hole body and the valve body form a fuel passage therebetween to communicate with an inflow port of the injection hole. The fuel passage is opened and closed by unseating and seating of the valve body. A resilient member generates a resilient force to urge the valve body toward the seating surface. A seat angle is an angle between two straight lines appearing in a cross section of the seating surface, the cross section including a center axis of the valve body. The seat angle is 90 degrees or less. 1. A fuel injection valve comprising:an injection hole body having an injection hole to inject fuel for causing combustion in an internal combustion engine;a valve body configured to be unseated from and seated on a seating surface of the injection hole body, the injection hole body and the valve body being configured to form a fuel passage therebetween to communicate with an inflow port of the injection hole, the fuel passage being opened and closed by unseating and seating of the valve body; anda resilient member configured to generate a resilient force to urge the valve body toward the seating surface, whereina seat angle is an angle between two straight lines appearing in a cross section of the seating surface, the cross section including a center axis of the valve body, andthe seat angle is 90 degrees or less.2. The fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , whereinan outer surface of the valve body has a seat surface configured to be unseated from and seated on the seating surface, andthe seat surface is in a shape curved in a direction to swell toward the seating surface.3. The fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , further comprising:a filter configured to capture foreign matter contained in fuel flowing into the fuel passage, whereina ...

IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image reading device generates, as image data of a reading region, image data for output and image data for size detection, the latter having a lower resolution than the former, discriminates high density lines from the size-detection image data, sets as a target line one of the high density lines. And the image reading device calculates as a width for size detection a width from a reference line to the target line, sets as the size of a document a reference size that has a width closest to the width for size detection, performs image processing on the output image data based on the reference size set as the size of the document, and outputs the processed image data. 1. An image reading device comprising:an image reading portion which shines light on a predetermined reading region including a region where a document is present, and which reads the reading region;an image processing portion which generates image data of the reading region read by the image reading portion, and which detects a size of the document based on the image data of the reading region, the image processing portion performing image processing on the image data of the reading region based on the size of the document and outputting the processed image data; anda storage which stores size information that is information in which vertical and horizontal dimensions for each of a plurality of kinds of reference sizes are defined,whereinthe image reading portion performs reading of the reading region with the document set in the reading region such that two edges of the document are aligned with reference lines that extend in main and sub scanning directions,the image processing portion generates, as the image data of the reading region, image data for output and image data for size detection, the image data for size detection having a lower resolution than the image data for output,the image processing portion discriminates, from the image data for size detection, high density lines, the high ...

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AUTOMOTIVE GLASS WITH MEMBER, AND SUPERHEATED STEAM CHAMBER USED IN MANUFACTURING OF AUTOMOTIVE GLASS WITH MEMBER

Provided is a method for producing automotive glass with a member having a U-shaped cross section in a highly efficient and space-saving manner. The present invention relates to a method for producing automotive glass with a member by curing an adhesive for bonding an adherend having a U-shaped cross section to an edge portion of automotive glass , using a superheated steam generator . The superheated steam generator includes a boiler part for generating steam, a superheating unit for superheating steam generated in the boiler part , and a superheated steam chamber having a groove portion for covering the edge portion of the automotive glass and including superheated steam ejection portions for ejecting superheated steam supplied from the superheating unit . The step of curing the adhesive comprises covering the edge portion of the automotive glass together with the adherend , with the groove portion of the superheated steam chamber , and spraying superheated steam to the adherend from both sides of automotive glass from the superheated steam ejection portions

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SPECIFIC FIGURE DETECTING METHOD

A binarization processing unit performs a binarization process the basis of existence of at least one of lightness and chroma for a candidate image of template matching. A labeling processing unit performs a labeling process for the binarized candidate image and thereby extracts a pixel block in the binarized candidate image. An outline determining unit performs sampling of a position on an outermost periphery of the pixel block, and identifies a range from a centroid position of the pixel block and an angle from a predetermined direction as the position. A correlation determining unit determines a correlation between the ranges and the angles of both the candidate image and the reference image on the basis of the reference outline data, and excludes the candidate image from a candidate of the template matching in accordance with degree of the correlation. 1. An image processing apparatus , comprising:a binarization processing unit that performs a binarization process on the basis of existence of at least one of lightness and chroma for a candidate image of template matching;a labeling processing unit that performs a labeling process for the binarized candidate image and thereby extracts a pixel block in the binarized candidate image;an outline determining unit that performs sampling of a position in coordinates on an outermost periphery of the pixel block, and identifies a range from a centroid position of the pixel block and an angle from a predetermined direction as the position in coordinates;a storage device that stores reference outline data obtained by performing the binarization process, the labeling process, and the outline determination process for a reference image of template matching;a correlation determining unit that determines a correlation between (a) the range and the angle of the candidate image and (b) a range and an angle of a position on an outermost periphery of a pixel block in the reference image on the basis of the reference outline data, ...

SOLENOID VALVE

A first valve chamber, which receives a valve assembly of a tank closing solenoid valve, and a second valve chamber, which receives a valve assembly of a pressure responsive valve, are formed between a first flow passage and a second flow passage of a first housing by fitting a second peripheral wall of a second housing into a radially inner side of a first peripheral wall of the first housing. Thereby, it is not required to heat-weld and bond between a connecting end surface of the first housing and a connecting end surface of the second housing.

HEAD LAMP DEVICE OF VEHICLE

A head lamp device of a vehicle comprises a pair of lamp units arranged in a direction perpendicular to a forward and rearward direction of a vehicle body, each of the pair of lamp units including at least one light emitting element; and a lighting circuit unit which is supplied with electric power from a power supply and lights the at least one light emitting element, wherein at least a portion of the lighting circuit unit is disposed in a gap formed between the pair of lamp units in the direction in which the pair of lamp units are arranged.

HEAD LAMP DEVICE OF STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE

A head lamp device of a straddle-type vehicle, comprises a housing; a pair of light units which are disposed at right and left sides, respectively, in a rightward and leftward direction, and emit light in a forward direction; a pair of support point members which support the pair of light units, respectively; a pair of first tilt members which tilt the pair of light units, respectively in a first direction with respect to the housing; and a pair of second tilt members which tilt the pair of light units, respectively in a second direction with respect to the housing, the pair of support point members are disposed in outward regions, respectively, of the housing in the rightward and leftward direction, and the pair of first tilt members and the pair of second tilt members are disposed in a center region of the housing in the rightward and leftward direction. 1. A head lamp device of a straddle-type vehicle , the head lamp device comprising:a housing;a pair of light units which are disposed at right and left sides, respectively, in a rightward and leftward direction in a state in which the pair of light units are accommodated in the housing, and emit light in a forward direction;a pair of support point members which support the pair of light units, respectively in such a manner that the pair of light units are rotatable;a pair of first tilt members which tilt the pair of light units, respectively in a first direction with respect to the housing in such a manner that the pair of support point members are support points; anda pair of second tilt members which tilt the pair of light units, respectively in a second direction with respect to the housing in such a manner that the pair of support point members are support points,wherein the pair of support point members are disposed in outward regions, respectively, of the housing in the rightward and leftward direction, and the pair of first tilt members and the pair of second tilt members are disposed in a center region of ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image forming apparatus includes a scanner device and an image forming apparatus body to which the scanner device is attached. The scanner device has a document inlet and a document outlet respectively formed in mutually opposed surfaces thereof, and is configured to read an image of a document fed thereinto through the document inlet and discharge the document through the document outlet. The scanner device is detachably attached to a top surface of the image forming apparatus body. The top surface of the image forming apparatus body functions as a guide surface guiding the document when the scanner device is used. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:a scanner device having a document inlet and a document outlet respectively formed in mutually opposed surfaces thereof, and configured to read an image of a document fed thereinto through the document inlet and discharge the document through the document outlet; andan image forming apparatus body to which the scanner device is attached,wherein:the scanner device is detachably attached to a top surface of the image forming apparatus body; andthe top surface of the image forming apparatus body functions as a guide surface guiding the document when the scanner device is used.2. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the scanner device is configured to be slidable in a predetermined direction along the top surface of the image forming apparatus body in a state of being attached to the top surface of the image forming apparatus body.3. The image forming apparatus of claim 2 , wherein:one side surface of the image forming apparatus body connecting the top surface and a bottom surface of the image forming apparatus body has formed therein a sheet inlet through which a sheet for printing is fed into the image forming apparatus body, and has provided thereon a sheet feed tray onto which a sheet to be fed to the sheet inlet is placed; andthe scanner device is configured to be slidable between an end located on ...

POWER MODULE

The power module includes: an insulating substrate having an upper surface on which a semiconductor element is mounted; a base plate joined to a lower surface of the insulating substrate; a case member surrounding the insulating substrate and adhered to the base plate; a sealing resin provided in a region surrounded by the base plate and the case member, so as to seal the insulating substrate; and a holding plate projecting from an inner wall of the case member to above an outer peripheral portion of the insulating substrate, the holding plate being fixed to the inner wall, the holding plate being in contact with the sealing resin. 1. A power module comprising:an insulating substrate having an upper surface on which a semiconductor element is mounted;a base plate joined to a lower surface of the insulating substrate;a case member surrounding the insulating substrate and adhered to the base plate;a sealing resin provided in a region surrounded by the base plate and the case member, so as to seal the insulating substrate; anda holding plate projecting from an inner wall of the case member to above an outer peripheral portion of the insulating substrate, the holding plate being fixed to the inner wall, the holding plate being sealed in the sealing resin.2. (canceled)3. The power module according to claim 1 , wherein adhesion between the holding plate and the sealing resin is lower than adhesion between the sealing resin and each of the insulating substrate and the semiconductor element.4. The power module according to claim 1 , wherein a releasing layer is provided on a surface of the holding plate facing the insulating substrate.5. The power module according to claim 1 , wherein the holding plate includes a projection portion at a tip of a surface of the holding plate facing the insulating substrate.6. The power module according to claim 1 , wherein the holding plate employs a material with which adhesion between the holding plate and the sealing resin is lower than ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a primary conveyance section, a first diverging section, a sorting ejection section, a secondary conveyance section, and a housing. The first diverging section is located downstream of the image forming section in a paper conveyance direction in the primary conveyance section. The secondary conveyance section diverges from the primary conveyance section at the first diverging section. The sorting ejection section sorts and ejects the paper conveyed thereto by the secondary conveyance section. The housing constitutes an apparatus main body and houses the image forming section, the primary conveyance section, the first diverging section, and part of the secondary conveyance section. One side wall of a plurality of side walls of the housing has an opening. The secondary conveyance section conveys the paper to a proximal end of the sorting ejection section through the opening. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:an image forming section configured to form an image on paper;a primary conveyance section configured to convey the paper from the image forming section and ejects the paper;a first diverging section located downstream of the image forming section in a paper conveyance direction in the primary conveyance section;a secondary conveyance section diverging from the primary conveyance section at the first diverging section;a sorting ejection section configured to sort and eject the paper conveyed thereto by the secondary conveyance section; anda housing constituting an apparatus main body and configured to house the image forming section, the primary conveyance section, the first diverging section, and part of the secondary conveyance section, whereinone side wall of a plurality of side walls of the housing has an opening,the secondary conveyance section conveys the paper to a proximal end of the sorting ejection section through the opening, andthe proximal end of the sorting ejection section is ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a post-printing processing device, and a paper exit part. The main body forms an image on paper. The post-printing processing device is located above the main body and performs post-printing processing on paper. The paper exit part is located on a side surface of the post-printing processing device. Paper is ejected to the paper exit part. The post-printing processing device includes a paper inlet port and a conveyance device. The paper inlet port is located in a rear part of a lower surface of the post-printing processing device. The conveyance device conveys paper conveyed via the paper inlet port into the post-printing processing device in a forward direction thereof to a paper loading tray and conveys the paper therefrom leftward to eject the paper to the paper exit part located on the left side of the post-printing processing device. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:a main body configured to form an image on paper;a post-printing processing device located above the main body and configured to perform post-printing processing on paper ejected from the main body; anda paper exit part that is located on a side surface of the post-printing processing device and to which paper is ejected, wherein a paper inlet port via which the paper ejected from the main body is conveyed; and', 'a conveyance device that conveys the paper conveyed via the paper inlet port into the post-printing processing device to a first position in a forward direction of the post-printing processing device and conveys the paper from the first position in a transverse direction perpendicular to the forward direction to eject the paper to the paper exit part., 'the post-printing processing device includes2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a first conveyance path extending in the forward direction to the first position; and', 'a second conveyance path extending in the transverse direction from the first position to ...

IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image reading apparatus includes a document setting table, an image data generation unit, a downsized image data generation unit, a document information generation unit, and an image cropping unit. The image data generation unit reads a plurality of source documents placed on the document setting table and generates image data representing the plurality of source documents. The downsized image data generation unit generates downsized image data by reducing a size of the image data. The document information generation unit analyzes the downsized image data to detect respective positions of the plurality of source documents and generate document information indicating the detected positions. The image cropping unit cuts out a plurality of regions from the image data according to the document information and acquires a plurality of items of cropped image data respectively representing the plurality of source documents. 1. An image reading apparatus comprising:a document setting table;an image data generation unit that reads a plurality of source documents placed on the document setting table and generates image data representing the plurality of source documents;a downsized image data generation unit that generates downsized image data by reducing a size of the image data;a document information generation unit that analyzes the downsized image data to detect respective positions of the plurality of source documents and generate document information indicating the detected positions; andan image cropping unit that cuts out a plurality of regions from the image data according to the positions indicated by the document information, and acquires a plurality of items of cropped image data respectively representing the plurality of source documents.2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the document information generation unit further includes an inclination correction unit that:analyzes the downsized image data to thereby detect inclination of each ...

VALVE DEVICE

A valve device includes a valve seat forming member, a case, a first O-ring, and a second O-ring. The valve seat forming member is fit into a passage defining and forms a valve seat. The case houses an electromagnetic solenoid and is connected to the passage defining member. The first O-ring is interposed between an inner circumferential surface of the passage defining member and an outer circumferential surface of the valve seat forming member. The first O-ring prohibits the fluid from flowing through a space between the passage defining member and the valve seat forming member when the main valve body seats on the valve seat. The second O-ring is interposed between the case and the passage defining member. The second O-ring prohibits the fluid from flowing from the passage to an outside of the passage defining member. 1. A valve device comprising:a passage defining member that defines therein a passage through which fluid flows;a main valve body that is housed inside the passage, the main valve body being operated by an electromagnetic solenoid to selectively open and close the passage; anda sub valve body that is disposed downstream of the main valve body inside the passage, the sub valve body being operated by a pressure difference, which is generated when the passage is opened, between a pressure at an upstream side of the sub valve body and a pressure at a downstream side of the sub valve body, the sub valve body decreasing an opening degree of the passage as the pressure difference increases, whereina valve seat is annually formed in the passage defining member, the main valve body seating on the valve seat,the valve seat has an inner circumferential surface forming a portion of the passage, andthe passage is closed when the main valve body seats on the valve seat, wherein a valve seat forming member that is fit into the passage defining member to be positioned downstream of the main valve body, the valve seat forming member forming the valve seat;', 'a case ...

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

A semiconductor device includes: an insulating substrate having an upper surface on which a semiconductor element is mounted; a base plate joined to a lower surface of the insulating substrate; a case member that surrounds the insulating substrate and that is in contact with a surface of the base plate to which the insulating substrate is joined; a sealing resin provided in a region surrounded by the base plate and the case member; a cover member facing a surface of the sealing resin and fixed to the case member; and a holding plate, a lower surface of the holding plate and a portion of a side surface of the holding plate being in close contact with the surface of the sealing resin, an upper surface of the holding plate being fixed to and protruding from a surface of the cover member facing the surface of the sealing resin. 1. A semiconductor device comprising:an insulating substrate having an upper surface on which a semiconductor element is mounted;a base plate joined to a lower surface of the insulating substrate;a case member that surrounds the insulating substrate and that is in contact with a surface of the base plate to which the insulating substrate is joined;a sealing resin provided in a region surrounded by the base plate and the case member, so as to seal the insulating substrate;a cover member facing a surface of the sealing resin and fixed to the case member; anda holding plate, a lower surface of the holding plate being in close contact with the surface of the sealing resin, an upper surface of the holding plate being fixed to a surface of the cover member facing the surface of the sealing resin, a size of the holding plate being more than or equal to 50% of an area of the insulating substrate, a contact region of the holding plate with the surface of the sealing resin being less than 80%.2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the holding plate is on and in contact with the surface of the sealing resin cured.3. The semiconductor ...

Semiconductor device

An object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device that allows voids remaining in a bonding material to be reduced. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an insulation substrate, a metal base plate, a resin section, and a bump. The semiconductor chip is warped into a concave shape. On the insulation substrate, the semiconductor chip is mounted by bonding. The metal base plate has the insulation substrate mounted thereon and has a heat dissipation property. The resin section seals the insulation substrate and the semiconductor chip. The bump is disposed in a joint between the semiconductor chip and the insulation substrate. A warp amount of the semiconductor chip warped into a concave shape is equal to or greater than 1 μm and less than a height of the bump.

Process for producing ethylene copolymer

In a process for producing an ethylene copolymer by copolymerizing ethylene with an α-olefin or copolymeriz­ing ethylene with an α-olefin and a non-conjugated diene in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst comprising an organoaluminum compound and a compound of a transistion metal belonging to Group IV or V of the periodic table or comprising these and a catalyst-activating agent, in a polymerization medium which is substantially incapable of dissolving the resulting ethylene copolymer, and thereby producing a rubberlike ethylene copolymer in particulate form, the improvement which comprises adding to the polymerization reaction system, as adhesion-preventing agent, an alkali metal salt of a sulfocarboxylic acid dialkyl ester.

Patent JPH0132247B2

VALVE DEVICE

A seal ring of a valve element includes a one-end joint forming portion and an other-end joint forming portion. The one-end joint forming portion includes a one-end first contact portion and a one-end second contact portion located on one side of the one-end first contact portion in an axial direction and extending in a circumferential direction beyond the one-end first contact portion. The other-end joint forming portion includes an other-end first contact portion and an other-end second contact portion located on the other side of the other-end first contact portion in the axial direction and extending in the circumferential direction beyond the other-end first contact portion. An inner diameter of the seal ring when the one-end first contact portion separates from the other-end second contact portion is less than an outer diameter of the valve element. 1. A valve device comprising:a passage forming portion defining therein a fluid passage through which a fluid flows and including a passage inner wall surface facing the fluid passage;a valve element housed in the fluid passage and configured to open and close the fluid passage by rotating, the valve element having an outer circumferential end portion defining an outer circumferential groove;an annular seal ring fit into the outer circumferential groove to seal a gap between the passage inner wall surface and the outer circumferential end portion of the valve element when the valve element fully closes the fluid passage, whereinthe seal ring includes, as a joint, a one-end joint forming portion and an other-end joint forming portion, the one-end joint forming portion and the other-end joint forming portion being slidably overlapped with each other to allow the seal ring to radially expand and contract, a one-end first contact portion; and', 'a one-end second contact portion located on one side of the one-end first contact portion in an axial direction of the seal ring and extending in a circumferential direction of ...

リンパ球亜群の測定方法およびその装置

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Method for producing olefin polymers

In a method for producing olefin polymers which comprises polymerizing ethylene monomer alone, or two components comprising ethylene and α-olefins of the formula, CH 2 ═CHR (in which R is a straight or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms), or three components comprising ethylene, said α-olefin and one or more of straight or cyclic diene or polyene monomers having a non-conjugated double bond, in the presence of a catalyst, the improvement which comprises using a catalyst system comprising (1) an organo-aluminum compoum, (2) a 3- to 5-valent vanadium compound soluble in organic inert solvents, and (3) (A) a compound of the formula, ##STR1## (in which R' is a group having a straight or cyclic ether linkage, and X is a halogen atom), or (B) a reaction product of phosphorus pentachloride with an alcohol as an activating agent.

Process for producing ethylene copolymer

A process for producing copolymers of ethylene with alpha-olefins

Elastic copolymers of ethylene, propylene and a non-conjugated diene and the use thereof.

エチレン共重合体

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Resin composition for extrusion molding

A resin composition for extrusion molding which has a melt flow rate (MFR) of from 0.5 to 30 g/10 min., having (A) 1 to 80 parts by weight of an ethylenic polymer which gives an endothermic peak in a temperature range of from 80° to 120° C. in a temperature rise thermogram as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, has a melt flow rate (MFR) of from 0.5 to 50 g/10 min., and is prepared by high-pressure radical polymerization, (B) 5 to 80 parts by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefine containing 3 to 12 carbon atoms which gives at least one endothermic peak in a temperature range of from 110° to 130° C. in the temperature rise thermogram as described above, has a melt flow rate (MFR) of from 0.5 to 30 g/10 min. and a density of from 0.900 to 0.935 g/cm 3 and (C) 5 to 70 parts by weight of the copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin containing 3 to 12 carbon atoms which has a melt flow rate (MFR) of from 0.5 to 30 g/10 min. and a density of from 0.870 to 0.920 g/cm 3 in an unannealed state, and gives no endothermic peak at temperatures above 110° C. in the temperature rise thermogram as described above, and in which a ratio of a main component is not less than 80%; which gives a packaging material having significantly improved properties such as heat sealability at low temperature, heat-sealing strength, hot tacking property and bag breaking strength, and exhibits an excellent extrusion processability such as film forming property and extrusion loading.

エチレン共重合体の製造方法

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Ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer rubbers

FSK data receiving system

An FSK data receiving system is provided which is capable of constituting a direct-conversion receiver suitable for realizing an integrated circuit, is capable of decoding in a wide receiving band width, and is capable of realizing a small-sized and less-electric power consumption data receiving. An FSK-modulated local oscillator signal 3 is applied to a local oscillator 2, and there is provided a decode circuit 15 which obtains the decode signal 14 by judging whether the FSK-modulated frequency deviation of the carrier wave signal 1 is a positive deviation or a negative deviation on the basis of a comparison result of a voltage change in a frequency-voltage conversion circuit 16 for a base-band signal 8; i.e. the output signal of a frequency mixer 6. An offset amount of the local oscillator frequency is judged by a voltage judging circuit 17 to produce a control signal 18 Further, there is provided another decode circuit 22 which makes a judgement of frequency change of the base-band signal 8 and a judgement of in-phase/opposite-phase relationship from the decode signal 14 and the output of the voltage judging circuit 17 so as to obtain a decode signal 23. Moreover, there is provided a decode signal processing circuit 25 which obtains a decode signal 24 from the decode signals 14, 23 in response to the control signal 18.

自動原稿搬送装置の原稿分離機構

(57)【要約】 【課題】 原稿汚れを防ぎ、分離ローラの駆動負荷を軽 減することができるとともに、機構全体を大型化するこ となく、分離ローラと分離ベルトとのニップ長さを大き く構成することができる自動原稿搬送装置の原稿分離機 構を提供する。 【解決手段】 原稿載置手段に載置された原稿のうち最 下位の原稿を分離して給送する自動原稿搬送装置の原稿 分離機構であって、軸方向に間隔をおいて設けられた複 数個のローラを有する分離ローラと、該分離ローラに対 向して上側に配設された分離ベルト機構とを具備してい る。分離ベルト機構は、原稿搬送方向に間隔をおいて平 行に配設された駆動ローラおよび従動ローラと、該駆動 ローラと該従動ローラに巻き掛けられ分離ローラに圧接 せしめられる幅広の分離ベルトと、該分離ベルトに張力 を作用せしめる張力付与機構と、分離ローラより原稿搬 送方向下流側において原稿搬送方向下流側に配設された 駆動ローラまたは従動ローラより下方位置で該分離ベル トの裏面に作用するベルト圧接機構とによって構成され ている。

Patent JPH0517861B2

Production of alpha-olefin copolymer having excellent processability

Resin composition for extrusion moulding

スラグレベル制御用熱伝対埋設ランス

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Thermoplastic resin composition and process for producing the same

Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises: (a) a polyphenylene ether resin or a polyphenylene ether-containing resin composition, (b) a polypropylene grafted with a styrene-based monomer and/or a propylene copolymer grafted with a styrene-based monomer, (c) an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer grafted with a styrene-based monomer, said ethylene-α-olefin copolymer having a density of 0.85-0.91 g/cm 3 and a maximum melting peak temperature of 100° C. and above measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and (d) optionally, rubbery substance. Also disclosed herein is a process for producing a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises incorporating a preblend composed of: (a') a polyphenylene ether resin or a polyphenylene ether-containing resin composition, (b') a polypropylene and/or a propylene copolymer, (c') an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer having a density of 0.85-0.91 g/cm 3 and a maximum melting peak temperature of 100° C. and above measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and (d') optionally, a rubbery substance with a styrene-based monomer and an organic peroxide, followed by kneading with heating. The thermoplastic resin composition has good moldability and yields molded articles having well-balanced physical properties.

Polypropylene resin composition

A polypropylene resin composition, which exhibits an excellent coating adherence, high rigidity, high impact strength at low temperatures, prominent heat resistance and excellent appearance of moldings even without effecting a treatment with trichloroethane as a pretreatment step before coating, comprises 30 to 92% by weight crystalline ethylene propylene block copolymer (A), 5 to 30% by weight ethylene-α olefin copolymer rubber (B), 3 to 20% by weight ethylene-butene-1 copolymer (C) having the following characteristics: (C1) a density of 0.870 to 0.915 g/cm 3 , (C2) a melt index at 190° C. of 5 to 30 g/10 minutes, and (C3) a melt peak at 100° C. or higher as determined in the thermogram with increasing temperature by a Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), and 0 to 20% by weight inorganic filler (D).

A process for producing copolymers of ethylene with alpha-olefins

Copolymers of ethylene and an a-olefin of formula CH 2 = CHR (in which R represents a straight or branched chain C 1 -C 5 alkyl group) or copolymers of ethylene, said a-olefin and a iinear or cyclic diene or higher polyene having non-conjugated double bonds are prepared by polymerization in an inert organic solvent and in the presence of (a) an organoaluminium compound of formula R' n AlX (3-n) (in which R' represents a C 1 -C 20 hydrocarbon group, X represents a halogen atom or an alkoxy group and n is a number such that 1 ≦ n≦ 3), (b) a trivalent to pentavalent vanadium compound soluble in an inert organic solvent, and (c) as a catalyst activator. an ester of a halogenated organic acid. The polymerization is effected in two reactors connected in series whilst keeping the reactors at different temperature levels. The copolymers produced have excellent processability.

Polymerization of olefinic compound

Semiconductor device assembling machine

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Information terminal equipment

(57)【要約】 【課題】 車椅子を用いる利用者や、身長の低い利用者 にとって、情報端末装置の表示操作部はその配置が高 く、操作性および視認性が良くないという問題があっ た。 【解決手段】 利用者に情報を表示するとともに入力操 作を受け入れる表示操作部７を備えた情報端末装置６に おいて、利用者が、標準位置での操作に適するか、低位 置での操作に適するかを判別する操作位置判別手段８， ９を設け、該操作位置判別手段８，９の判別結果が、低 位置での操作を指示する場合には、表示操作部７を下降 させるか、あるいは低位置に配設した副操作部１３を利 用可能とした。

Papermaking transfer felt

【課題】 湿紙表面平滑性に優れ、適度の通気性と搾水性があり、抄紙機のプレスパート下流部での使用に適した抄紙搬送フェルトの提供。 【解決手段】 基層11と、基層の湿紙側の表面に形成された第1バット層12Aと、プレス側の表面に形成された第2バット層12Bと、前記第1バット層の湿紙側の表面に形成されたフラットファイバーを含む湿紙接触繊維層13とを備え、前記湿紙接触繊維層13に、バインダー樹脂14が包含されていることを特徴とする抄紙搬送フェルト。 上記抄紙搬送フェルトは、各層を絡合一体化させた後、水性樹脂を湿紙接触繊維層から含浸し、熱プレス加工して乾燥・硬化させ、あるいは湿紙接触繊維層を、フラットファイバーと熱溶融繊維とからなるものとし、熱プレス加工して熱溶融繊維を溶融・硬化させ、これをバインダー樹脂として、フラットファイバーの断面の配向が固定化するように、固着することにより製造する。 この抄紙搬送フェルトは、特に抄紙機のプレスパート最下流部のプレス機構での使用に適している。 【選択図】 図１

Disk player

(57)【要約】 【課題】 透明板上の原稿露光位置に位置付けられた原 稿の端部が原稿位置決め部材と透明板との隙間に挟まれ た状態であっても、原稿を破損することなく反転するこ とができる自動原稿搬送装置を提供する。 【解決手段】 原稿載置手段にセットされた原稿を透明 板上に案内する原稿搬入路側に配設され、透明板上に搬 送された原稿の表裏を反転し原稿搬入路を通して透明板 上に搬送する原稿反転手段を具備する自動原稿搬送装置 であって、原稿搬入路と透明板との間に配設され透明板 の上面より突出する規制位置と透明板の上面より下方の 退避位置に作動可能に構成された原稿位置決め部材と、 制御手段とを具備している。制御手段は、原稿露光位置 に位置付けられている原稿を反転する場合には、原稿を 原稿位置決め部材から離す方向に所定量搬送した後、原 稿位置決め部材を退避位置に位置付け、次に原稿を該原 稿反転手段に搬送せしめる。

Dry cutting-off gascket

(57)【要約】 【課題】 コーナー部加工が特に簡単で、施工時間の短 縮化を図るとともに十分な止水効果を安定して得ること のできる乾式止水ガスケットを提供すること。 【解決手段】 乾式の止水ガスケット２０であり、開口 部サッシ１と、その外周に施工された外壁パネル２との 間に形成される目地空間ｍに沿って挿入されるととも に、開口部サッシ１側の内側側面部１１ａが開口部サッ シ１に固着され、外壁パネル２の施工により押圧される 中空シール部１１と，および、中空シール部１１から外 壁パネル２側に突出するように一体成形され、外壁パネ ル２の施工時に先端部１２ａが外壁パネル２の側端部２ ａに当接するシールリップ部１２と，を備え、横，縦目 地が交わるコーナー部では、中空シール部１１の外壁パ ネル２側の一部およびシールリップ部１２を切断し中空 シール部１１内に屈曲自在の保持部材３０を差し込みコ ーナー成形加工してなる。

Plating process's waste solution (water) treating method

Automatic document carrier

(57)【要約】 【課題】 原稿載置板上に戻された原稿を原稿セット位 置に確実に移送することができる自動原稿搬送装置を提 供する。 【解決手段】 原稿載置板の原稿セット位置にセットさ れた原稿を原稿搬送経路に送り出し、該原稿搬送経路に 沿って搬送した後に、該原稿載置板上に戻すようにした 自動原稿搬送装置であって、原稿セット位置にセットさ れた原稿を給送する際に原稿の上面を加圧する加圧位置 と退避位置に作動可能な加圧部材を備えた原稿加圧手段 と、原稿載置板上に戻された原稿を原稿セット位置に向 けて移送する移送板を備えた原稿移送手段と、制御手段 とを具備している。加圧部材は、原稿の上面を加圧する 加圧面と原稿の前端を整合する整合面を備えており、制 御手段は、原稿移送手段の移送板を作動して原稿載置板 上に戻された原稿を原稿セット位置に向けて移送すると き、加圧部材を加圧位置に位置付け、原稿の前端が加圧 部材の整合面まで移送された時点で退避位置に位置付け る。

Slide support device and base isolation structure using slide support device

(57)【要約】 【課題】 免震構造物の地震時における振動の絶縁を効 率的に行え、レール部材同士が平行状態を保ち、ブロッ ク部材が中央に自動的に復帰する摺動支持装置およびこ の摺動支持装置を用いる免震構造物を提供する。 【解決手段】 中央部が低く両側部が高い湾曲摺動部を 有するレール部材１２にブロック部材１４を摺動可能に 支持して摺動支持機構１６を構成し、この摺動支持機構 １６と実質的に同一構成であり、レール部材１８、ブロ ック部材２０より構成されるもう１つの摺動支持機構２ ２を上下反転してブロック部材１４、２０同士を連結装 置２４を介して結合し、２つの摺動支持機構のレール部 材１２、１８が直交するように構成してある。

Patent JPS591411B2

Sensor system and lamp unit including the same

【課題】車体の傾き状態に関わらず、車両外部の環境情報を適切に検知可能なセンサシステム、および当該センサシステムを備えたランプユニットを提供する。【解決手段】曲がる方向に向かって車体を傾けることでコーナーを走行可能な車両１００に搭載され、車両１００外部の環境情報を検知するセンサを備えたセンサシステムは、車体の傾き状態に応じて、環境情報の検出範囲を補正する補正機構を有している。【選択図】図６

Patent JPS6134515B2

MATRIX PRINTER.

L'invention concerne les imprimantes matricielles. Une imprimante matricielle comprend notamment: une plaque d'impression (7) et une tête d'impression (10) disposées en direction verticale dans un boîtier d'imprimante (1, 2); une partie de logement de papier (4) disposée latéralement par rapport à la plaque d'impression; un rouleau d'alimentation en papier (6) disposé latéralement par rapport à la tête d'impression, et qui dirige vers la tête d'impression une feuille de papier extraite de la partie de logement de papier; et un rouleau d'évacuation (8), disposé latéralement par rapport à la tête d'impression, pour l'évacuation de la feuille de papier vers l'extérieur. Cette structure permet notamment de réduire l'épaisseur de l'imprimante. Application à la micro-informatique.

CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

L'INVENTION CONCERNE UN PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION D'UNE MEMBRANE ECHANGEUSE DE CATIONS. SELON L'INVENTION, UNE PELLICULE FORMANT SUBSTRAT DE FORT POIDS MOLECULAIRE AYANT UN MONOMERE DE FORMULE CHCXY (OU X EST DE L'HYDROGENE, DU FLUOR OU CH ET Y EST DE L'HYDROGENE OU DU FLUOR), EN TANT QU'UNITE DE MONOMERE, EST EXPOSEE A UN RAYONNEMENT IONISANT ET ENSUITE LA PELLICULE FORMANT SUBSTRAT EST AMENEE EN CONTACT AVEC UNE SOLUTION D'UN MONOMERE D'ACIDE FLUOROVINYL SULFONIQUE AFIN DE GREFFER LE MONOMERE D'ACIDE FLUOROVINYL SULFONIQUE SUR LA PELLICULE FORMANT SUBSTRAT. L'INVENTION S'APPLIQUE NOTAMMENT A L'ELECTROLYSE DE L'EAU. THE INVENTION RELATES TO A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CATION EXCHANGER MEMBRANE. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTION, A FILM FORMING SUBSTRATE OF HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT HAVING A MONOMER OF THE FORMULA CHCXY (OR X IS HYDROGEN, FLUOR OR CH AND Y IS HYDROGEN OR FLUORINE), AS A UNIT OF MONOMER, IS EXPOSED TO IONIZING RADIATION AND THEN THE SUBSTRATE FORMING FILM IS COME INTO CONTACT WITH A SOLUTION OF A FLUOROVINYL SULPHONIC ACID MONOMER IN ORDER TO GRAFT THE FLUOROVINYL SULPHONIC ACID MONOMER ON THE SUBSTRATE FORMING FILM. THE INVENTION IS APPLIED IN PARTICULAR TO ELECTROLYSIS OF WATER.

Automatic focus matching device

(57)【要約】本公報は電子出願前の出願データであるた め要約のデータは記録されません。

MATRIX PRINTER.

Process for producing thermoplastic elastomer composition, and air-bag cover

A process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising the step of crosslinking dynamically at least the following components (A) to (C) in the presence of a crosslinking agent: (A) 10 to 50% by weight of an oil-extended ethylene-α-olefin-non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber having a density of 850 to 900 kg/m 3 , and a Mooney viscosity (ML 1+4 100° C.) of 30 to 150, (B) 20 to 60% by weight of an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer having a density of 850 to 910 kg/m 3 , and a melt flow rate of 0.05 to 80 g/10 minutes measured at 230° C. under a load of 21.18 N, and (C) 20 to 60% by weight of a propylene resin, the total amount of the components (A) to (C) being 100% by weight; and an air-bag cover comprising a thermoplastic elastomer composition produced according to said process.

Signal processing integrated circuit device

There are provided a modulation circuit (9) and a signal processing circuit (2) on the same chip. The modulation circuit (9) modulates an input signal (30) to apply it to a selector (8). The selector (8) selectively applies to the signal processing circuit (2) either the input signal (30) or a modulated signal (40) in accordance with a select signal (50). The modulation circuit (9) is synchronized with the signal processing circuit (2) by a timing signal (11) from the signal processing circuit (2). For this reason, there is no need of an equipment for synchronizing the signal processing circuit (2) and the modulation circuit (9) in the test. A test signal provided from the exterior need not have been already modulated. Therefore, the test signal can be easily produced and confirmed, and the compression rate of the test signal is improved.

Recycle document feeder

A recycle document feeder according to the present invention includes a pair of document width regulating guides (9a, 9b) for guiding opposite edges of document originals (D) fed back onto a document placing plate (8) for alignment thereof with respect to the width thereof. With this construction, if the document width regulating guides (9a, 9b) each had a small length (A) as measured along a document transportation direction, the document originals (D) fed back onto the document placing plate (8) could not properly be aligned by the document width regulating guides (9a, 9b) thereby to be randomly stacked on the skew with respect to the document transportation direction. In view of this, the document width regulating guides (9a, 9b) are constructed so as to guide the document originals fed back onto the document placing plate (8) from a document discharge portion (30) over a distance equivalent to or greater than 60% of the length of a smallest document original (as measured along the transportation direction) which is to be possibly transported by the recycle document feeder.