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20120007892 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A number-of-pixel acquisition unit acquires the number of pixels of the image data stored in a storage device. An aspect ratio acquisition unit acquires the aspect ratio of the image data. A display control unit displays a list of a plurality of thumbnail images of the image data on a display device. Herein, the display control unit displays a thumbnail of image data having more pixels as a larger thumbnail than that of image data having less pixels, while keeping the aspect ratio of the image data. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011472 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - In an image display apparatus, an image classification unit generates one or more of image groups by classifying image data to which attribution information is added based on the attribute information. A display control unit displays, on a display device, a list of a plurality of thumbnail images of the image data included in each of the image groups generated by the image classification unit, in a manner in which the plurality of thumbnail images are piled up for every image group. Herein, the display control unit acquires the predetermined number of sheets of image data from the selected image group to display, on the display device, the image data as a background image in which the image data are arranged. | 01-12-2012 |
20120256934 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A decoding execution unit decodes image data encoded with a resolution higher than that of a display device. A display buffer stores image data decoded by the decoding execution unit. A standby buffer stores image data decoded by the decoding execution unit while the image data stored in the display buffer is being displayed. A reduced image buffer stores image data produced by reducing the entirety of the image data. An image display control unit switches from the image data stored in the display buffer to the image data stored in the standby buffer if the decoding of the image data by the decoding execution unit is completed, and enlarges the image in the reduced image buffer and stores the enlarged image in the display buffer if the decoding of the image data by the decoding execution unit is not completed. | 10-11-2012 |
20120257083 | Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method - A database stores a plurality of image data to which the shooting date is attached. A list displaying unit displays on a display device a list of thumbnail images of the image data. An instruction receiving unit acquires a thumbnail image as a specified image. An image classifying unit generates one or a plurality of groups of images by classifying the plurality of image data in terms of the year when the image data were shot. A representative image selector acquires, as a representative image of each image group, image data having a shooting month-day identical to or close to the shooting month-day of the image data corresponding to the specified image from each image group. The list displaying unit displays a list of the each image group for each year and displays the representative image placed at the head of each image group. | 10-11-2012 |
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20110022749 | SYSTEM CONTROL SERVER, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND SETTING METHOD - An operation mode acquiring unit compares before-expansion connection device information and after-expansion connection device information that are acquired by a device information acquiring unit, recognizes expanded device information on an external storage device that is expanded in a storage system, and acquires an operation mode that is applied to the storage system after the external storage device is expanded from a correspondence storage unit by using the recognized expanded device information. A setting executing unit executes the setting for the storage system accompanied with the expansion of the external storage device on the basis of the after-expansion connection device information acquired by the device information acquiring unit and the operation mode acquired by the operation mode acquiring unit. | 01-27-2011 |
20110245961 | LIBRARY APPARATUS AND INVENTORY CONTROL METHOD - A library apparatus includes, a cell storage unit to store recording media, a drive unit to read and write information recorded on the media, a transport apparatus configured to transport the media between the cell storage unit and the drive unit, an imaging apparatus to record footage of portable recording media stored in the cell storage unit, an image processor configured to image process footage recorded by the imaging apparatus before entering a low-power mode as first image data, and to image process footage recorded by the imaging apparatus after restoration from a low-power mode as second image data, an image determining unit to determine image difference between the first image data and the second image data, and an inventory processor to conduct an inventory process on the media stored in regions of the cell storage unit that correspond to image difference determined by the image determining unit. | 10-06-2011 |
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20090129987 | Connected Reagent Container - Provided is a composite multi-reagent vessel for an autoanalyzer, which prevents incorrectly combining a plurality of reagents including a standard or a control, and eliminates the work for combining reagents for analysis. A plurality of containers are each capable of standing on their own and are connected together each with an opening portion at the top and each being detachable and capable of standing as the connected reagent containers, thereby forming the composite multi-reagent vessel for the autoanalyzer to have reagents for analyzing the same analytical item therein, and a small container to have a reagent therein that is held on a step or a concave portion formed at a shoulder portion of any of the connected reagent containers. | 05-21-2009 |
20140288854 | ANALYSIS ASSISTING METHOD, ANALYZER, REMOTE COMPUTER, DATA ANALYZING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND REAGENT CONTAINER - In an analysis system having an analysis apparatus using a reagent container having a memory to store reagent information concerning the reagent in the reagent container and a remote computer, the following steps are executed: reading out the reagent information from the memory of the reagent container; judging, based on the read reagent information, whether or not the reagent in the reagent container is usable; when it is judged that the reagent in the reagent container is unusable, writing data representing the reagent is unusable into the memory of the reagent container; and when it is judged that the reagent in the reagent container is unusable, registering the data representing the reagent is unusable, into a reagent database managed by the remote computer in association with identification information to identify the reagent container. Thus, it is possible to automatically identify the reagent, which should not be used, and to manage the reagent not so as to use it for the analysis. In addition, it is possible to use the data for the enhancement of the business efficiency such as the automatic order of the reagent, the stock management in the manufacturer and the like. | 09-25-2014 |
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20080224268 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - To provide a nitride semiconductor single crystal substrate comprising a Si substrate and a nitride semiconductor film which has semi-polar (10-1m) plane (m: natural number) and a thickness of 1 μm or more, the nitride semiconductor single crystal substrate being suitably used for a light-emitting device, the nitride semiconductor single crystal substrate being suitably used for a light-emitting device, this invention provides a nitride semiconductor single crystal substrate comprising a Si substrate having an off-cut angle of 1 to 35° in the <110> direction from the <100> direction, a buffer layer | 09-18-2008 |
20090065812 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - Provides is a compound semiconductor substrate about which the thickness of its nitride semiconductor single crystal layer can be made large while the generation of cracks, crystal defects or the like is restrained in the nitride semiconductor single crystal layer. The substrate has a first intermediate layer | 03-12-2009 |
20130082355 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A nitride semiconductor substrate is provided in which leak current reduction and improvement in current collapse are effectively attained when using Si single crystal as a base substrate. The nitride semiconductor substrate is such that an active layer of a nitride semiconductor is formed on one principal plane of a Si single crystal substrate through a plurality of buffer layers made of a nitride, in the buffer layers, a carbon concentration of a layer which is in contact with at least the active layer is from 1×10 | 04-04-2013 |
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20110062556 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A compound semiconductor substrate which inhibits the generation of a crack or a warp and is preferable for a normally-off type high breakdown voltage device, arranged that a multilayer buffer layer | 03-17-2011 |
20120211763 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nitride semiconductor substrate suitable for a normally-off type high breakdown-voltage device and a method of manufacturing the substrate are provided allowing both a higher threshold voltage and improvement in current collapse. | 08-23-2012 |
20140055783 | METHOD OF ANALYZING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE USING THE ANALYSIS METHOD - A method of analyzing a nitride semiconductor layer in which a mixing ratio at a ternary mixed-crystal nitride semiconductor layer can be analyzed non-destructively, simply, and precisely, even its surface is covered with a cap layer is provided. The nitride semiconductor layer having an AN layer or a BN layer with a thickness of 0.5 to 10 nm that is stacked on an A | 02-27-2014 |
20140319535 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A nitride semiconductor substrate is provided which is suitable for a high withstand voltage power device and prevents a warp and a crack from generating in a Si substrate when forming a thick nitride semiconductor layer on the substrate. A nitride semiconductor substrate | 10-30-2014 |
20140339679 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A nitride semiconductor substrate suitable for a high withstand voltage power device is provided in which current collapse is controlled, while reducing leakage current. In a nitride semiconductor substrate, wherein a buffer layer, an active layer, and an electron supply layer, each comprising a group 13 nitride, are stacked one by one on a silicon single crystal substrate, the buffer layer has a structure where a multilayer stack in which a pair of nitride layers having different concentrations of Al or Ga are repeatedly deposited a plurality of times on an initial layer of Al | 11-20-2014 |
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20080201045 | ROTATION CONTROL DEVICE AND WORKING MACHINE THEREWITH - An excavator has a controller capable of setting target torque of a rotation motor in accordance with a speed deviation between target speed set in accordance with an operation amount of an operating lever and actual rotation speed and is provided with an inverter for detecting necessary torque for rotating an upper rotating body, the necessary torque being changed in accordance with a working state of the upper rotating body. The controller calculates a correction amount which is increased as increasing the torque and subtracts the correction amount from the target speed so as to set new target speed. A controller sets first target torque for driving the motor and second target torque for maintaining the upper rotating body on the spot on the basis of the actual speed, and operates the motor in accordance with the torque which has a larger absolute value in the same direction as the first target torque among both the torque. | 08-21-2008 |
20100102763 | HYBRID WORKING MACHINE - In a hybrid excavator, a generator motor and a hydraulic pump are driven by using an engine as a power source. A battery is charged with power generated by the generator motor. A rotation motor is driven by the generator motor and the battery. The voltage of a DC bus is detected by a voltage sensor, and whether the battery is unusable is determined by a breakdown detector. When the battery becomes unusable, emergency evacuation control is performed so that the power consumption of the rotation motor will be suppressed to be less than or equal to the power generation of the generator motor while maintaining the DC bus voltage greater than or equal to the normal operation voltage of the system. | 04-29-2010 |
20110227512 | SLEWING CONTROL DEVICE AND WORKING MACHINE INCORPORATED WITH THE SAME - There is provided a slewing control device that enables to detect breakdown of a driving system of a mechanical brake, and generate a torque for holding a slewing body in a stopped state to thereby prevent movement of the slewing body when an anomaly has occurred. In a working machine for driving a slewing body by an electric motor | 09-22-2011 |
20140166135 | SLEWING-TYPE WORKING MACHINE - A slewing-type working machine includes: a slewing motor which is a hydraulic motor for slewing; a variable-displacement hydraulic pump; a slewing operation device including an operation member; a control valve controlling the slewing motor based on an operation signal thereof; a pump regulator; a relief valve letting excess fluid to a tank; operation detectors detecting an operation direction and amount of the operation member; a motor rotational speed detector; and a controller controlling a discharge flow rate of the hydraulic pump. The controller obtains a deviation between a target rotational speed of the slewing motor obtained from a slewing operation amount and an actual rotational speed detected by the motor rotational speed detector, and controls the discharge flow rate to make the deviation closer to 0. | 06-19-2014 |
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20080314462 | Pressure Regulator - A pressure regulator, comprising a pressure regulating mechanism and a connector. A supply connecting tool ( | 12-25-2008 |
20110123905 | FUEL CONTAINER FOR FUEL CELL - A fuel container for fuel cells is equipped with a container main body, containing liquid fuel therein to be supplied to a fuel cell, equipped with a connecting port, for connecting with the fuel cell or a pressure adjusting device, and extruding means, for extruding the liquid fuel. The fuel container is also equipped with a partitioning member, which is slidably provided within the container main body, for partitioning the interior of the container main body into a fuel storage chamber, in which the liquid fuel is contained, and an extruding means housing chamber, in which the extruding means is housed. The fuel container is further equipped with a valve provided in the connecting port, for enabling or preventing the flow of the liquid fuel. The frictional force generated at the surfaces of the connector main body and the partitioning member, which are in sliding contact, is 10N or less. | 05-26-2011 |
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20110211346 | LIGHTING FIXTURE - According to one embodiment, a lighting fixture includes a fixture body and a plurality of light-emitting modules. A plurality of light-emitting module arrangement portions are formed on the surface of the fixture body. The light-emitting modules are arranged on the light-emitting module arrangement portions of the fixture body and annularly arranged so that a space is formed at the center area of the fixture body. Semiconductor light-emitting elements are disposed on the surface of the light-emitting module, and a wiring connector is arranged at the space side of the substrate. | 09-01-2011 |
20120081897 | LUMINAIRE - A luminaire includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, and an optical member. The optical member is formed a refractive area of a Fresnel lens for each of the light-emitting elements individually and a reflective area of the Fresnel lens between the refractive areas. | 04-05-2012 |
20140233228 | Lighting Fixture - According to one embodiment, there is provided a lighting fixture including a light source module and a support unit. The light source module includes a case which has the shape of a tube extending in a first direction, includes an opening, a substrate on which plural light sources are provided, and which is held in the case so that the plural light sources face the side opposite to the opening, and a mounting plate which is held by the case while being inserted between the opening and the substrate and is thermally connected to the substrate. The support unit includes a support plate which supports the light source module, and a frame which surrounds the outer edge of the support plate. An end portion of the light source module in the first direction is covered with the frame. The respective light sources are not covered with the frame. | 08-21-2014 |
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20100219695 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMITTING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an electric power supplying apparatus, including: a resonance circuit having an inductance and a capacitance; and an electric power synthesizing circuit configured to synthesize electric powers of electric signals composed of a plurality of frequency components in a neighborhood frequency band as a frequency band near a resonance frequency decided by the inductance and the capacitance with one another, and output a resulting electric signal obtained through the electric power synthesis to the resonance circuit. | 09-02-2010 |
20110018495 | CONTACTLESS CELL APPARATUS - A cell apparatus that emits and receives AC power via magnetic field resonance includes a cell interface and a circuit to generate a magnetic field when emitting the AC power and to generate an AC current when exposed to a magnetic field from an external device. The cell apparatus also includes a switch or sensor to determine whether a charging mode or a discharging mode is active. Because the cell apparatus emits and receives AC power via magnetic field resonance, it can be charged and discharge without electrical contact with another device. | 01-27-2011 |
20110175457 | POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS POWER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - A power supplying apparatus includes: a power generation section adapted to generate power to be supplied; a power supplying element adapted to receive the power generated by and supplied thereto from the power generation section; and a plurality of resonance elements disposed at multiple stages and adapted to couple to each other through a magnetic field resonance relationship; one of the resonance elements being coupled to the power supplying element through electromagnetic induction. | 07-21-2011 |
20120025626 | WIRELESS FEEDING SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a wireless feeding system including: a feeding device; and a power receiving device receiving power transmitted from the feeding device; wherein the feeding device includes a power generating section generating the power to be fed, and a resonant element fed with the power generated by the power generating section, the power receiving device includes a power receiving element receiving the power transmitted from the feeding device, and supplies power according to the received power to a load, and at least one of a power propagation path to the resonant element in the feeding device and a received power propagation path in the power receiving device has a frequency characteristic correcting circuit achieving a wider band by expanding a frequency characteristic while maintaining a Q-value as high sharpness of resonance of the power. | 02-02-2012 |
20130162054 | DETECTION APPARATUS, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a detection apparatus including: a resonant circuit provided with a Q-factor measurement coil and one or more capacitors to serve as a circuit for receiving pulses; a response-waveform detecting section configured to detect the waveform of a response output by the resonant circuit in response to the pulses; and a Q-factor measuring section configured to measure a Q factor of the resonant circuit from the response waveform detected by the response-waveform detecting section. It is possible to increase the precision of detection of a metallic foreign substance existing between a power transmitting side and a power receiving side. | 06-27-2013 |
20130176023 | DETECTING DEVICE, DETECTING SYSTEM, POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE, NONCONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND DETECTING METHOD - A detecting device includes a reading coil configured to read a magnetic flux generated by a detecting coil for detecting a magnetic field of an electromagnetic wave output from an exciting coil according to the magnetic field. The detecting device further includes a Q-value measuring section configured to measure a Q-value of the detecting coil on a basis of a temporal transition of oscillation of a voltage obtained in the reading coil according to the magnetic flux generated by the detecting coil. | 07-11-2013 |
20130278070 | ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, CONTACTLESS ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD - An electric power transmission apparatus includes a resonance circuit, a first signal generation unit, and a second signal generation unit. The resonance circuit is used for contactless electric power transmission. The first signal generation unit is connected to one end of the resonance circuit, and generates a first high-frequency signal which includes one or more harmonic components using a switching method. The second signal generation unit is connected to the other end of the resonance circuit, and generates a second high-frequency signal which includes a specific harmonic component using the switching method. The first high-frequency signal is input to the one end of the resonance circuit, and the second high-frequency signal is input to the other end of the resonance circuit. | 10-24-2013 |
20130278071 | POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE, NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD - A power transmitting device includes a resonance circuit, a first signal generating unit, and a second signal generating unit. The resonance circuit is used in non-contact power transmission. The first signal generating unit is connected to one end of the resonance circuit, and generates, with the use of a switching system, a first high-frequency signal including one or more harmonic components. The second signal generating unit is connected to an other end of the resonance circuit, and generates, with the use of a switching system, a second high-frequency signal including a specific harmonic component. The first high-frequency signal is adjusted in pulse width and input to the one end of the resonance circuit, and the second high-frequency signal is adjusted in pulse width and phase difference from the first high-frequency signal and input to the other end of the resonance circuit. | 10-24-2013 |
20140159503 | DETECTION DEVICE, ENERGY RECEIVER, ENERGY TRANSMITTER, POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND DETECTION METHOD - A detection device includes a coil configured to be electromagnetically coupled with an outside, and a detection section connected to a circuit including the coil. The detection section is configured to measure a Q value of the circuit using an alternating-current signal at a frequency different from a frequency of an alternating-current signal of contactless power feed. | 06-12-2014 |
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20090045052 | HIGH STRENGTH SPUTTERING TARGET FOR FORMING PHOSPHOR FILM IN ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - Provided is a sputtering target for forming a phosphor film in an electroluminescence element, which can maintain high strength even when it is allowed to stand in the atmosphere for a long time. The target has a chemical composition of Al: 20 to 50 mass %, Eu: 1 to 10 mass %, and the remainder containing Ba and inevitable impurities, and has a structure wherein Ba in which Eu is solid-solubilized and Al form an intermetallic compound phase, wherein the intermetallic compound phase of Ba in which Eu is solid-solubilized and Al includes a BaAl | 02-19-2009 |
20090169417 | SEMI-REFLECTIVE FILM AND REFLECTIVE FILM FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND Ag ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET FOR FORMING SEMI-REFLECTIVE FILM OR REFLECTIVE FILM FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - A semi-reflective film and reflective film for an optical recording medium, which is made of a silver alloy having a composition consisting of 0.001 to 0.1% by mass of Ca, 0.05 to 1% by mass of Mg, and a remainder containing Ag and inevitable impurities, and a target which is made of a silver alloy having a composition consisting of 0.001 to 0.1% by mass of Ca, 0.05 to 1% by mass of Mg, and a remainder containing Ag and inevitable impurities; and a semi-reflective film for an optical recording medium, which is made of a silver alloy having a composition consisting of 0.05 to 1% by mass of Mg, 0.05 to 1% by mass of one or more of Eu, Pr, Ce and Sm, and a remainder containing Ag and inevitable impurities, and an Ag alloy sputtering target for forming a semi-reflective film for an optical recording medium, which is made of a silver alloy having a composition consisting of 0.05 to 1% by mass of Mg, 0.05 to 1% by mass of one or more of Eu, Pr, Ce and Sm, and a remainder containing Ag and inevitable impurities. | 07-02-2009 |
20100170785 | HIGH-STRENGTH SPUTTERING TARGET FOR FORMING PROTECTIVE FILM FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - A high-strength sputtering target for forming a protective film for an optical recording medium, obtained by sintering a mixed powder containing, in mol %, 10 to 70% of a zirconium oxide or hafnium oxide and 50% or less (over 0%) of silicon dioxide, and 0.1 to 8.4% of yttrium oxide as necessary, and the remainder containing aluminum oxide, lanthanum oxide, or indium oxide and inevitable impurities, wherein a complex oxide phase of Al | 07-08-2010 |
20110193088 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR HAVING HIGH ADHESIVE STRENGTH BETWEEN BARRIER FILM AND DRAIN ELECTRODE AND SOURCE ELECTRODE FILMS - This thin-film transistor includes adhesive strength enhancing films between a barrier film and electrode films. Each of the adhesive strength enhancing film is composed of two zones including (a) a pure copper zone that is formed on the electrode film side, and (b) a component concentrated zone that is formed in an interface portion contact with the barrier film, and that includes Cu, Ca, oxygen, and Si as constituents. In concentration distributions of Ca and oxygen in a thickness direction of the component concentrated zone, a maximum content of Ca of a Ca-containing peak is in a range of 5 to 20 at %, and a maximum content of oxygen of an oxygen-containing peak is in a range of 30 to 50 at %, respectively. | 08-11-2011 |
20120058353 | Al ALLOY REFLECTIVE ELECTRODE FILM FOR FORMING ANODE LAYER FOR TOP-EMITTING ORGANIC EL ELEMENT - An Al alloy reflective electrode film in the anode layer of a top emission type organic EL element is provided. The Al alloy repeller has high reflectivity, high electric conductivity, a low average surface roughness, and low contact resistance. The Al alloy reflective electrode film is made of an Al alloy consisting of 0.5 to 15% by mass of Mg, a total amount of 0.5 to 10% by mass of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Eu, and the remainder composed of Al and inevitable impurities, or consisting of 0.5 to 15% by mass of Mg, 0.5 to 10% by mass of Ce, a total amount of 2 to 9% by mass of one or two elements selected from the group consisting of Ni and Co, and the remainder composed of Al and inevitable impurities. Because of these configuration, the reflective electrode film having high reflectivity, high electric conductivity, a low average surface roughness, and low contact resistance with the hole injection film, such as ITO and AZO, is formed. | 03-08-2012 |
20120193589 | SILVER ALLOY TARGET FOR FORMING REFLECTION ELECTRODE FILM FOR ORGANIC EL ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SILVER ALLOY TARGET - Disclosed is a silver alloy target for forming a reflective electrode film for an organic EL element, which has a component composition containing 0.1% to 1.5% by mass of In and the remainder composed of Ag and unavoidable impurities. The average grain diameter of the crystal grain of the alloy is 150 to 400 μm, and the dispersion of the grain diameter of the crystal grain is 20% of the average grain diameter or less. | 08-02-2012 |
20150041313 | SILVER-BASED CYLINDRICAL TARGET AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A silver-based cylindrical target is provided. The target consists of silver or a single-phase silver alloy in which an additive component is solid-soluted, wherein a ratio A/B is 0.8-1.2, A being a diameter of crystal grains in a direction along a central axis of a cylinder in a cross section including the central axis of the cylinder; and B being a diameter of crystal grains in a direction perpendicular to the central axis, an oxygen content is 100 ppm or less, and a content of non-metallic inclusions is 20 ppm or less. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090020255 | Method of changing a match plate in a flaskless molding apparatus for an upper mold and a lower mold - This invention provides a method for changing a match plate in a molding apparatus for a flaskless upper mold and a lower mold, which method allows easy change of the match plate. | 01-22-2009 |
20090078389 | FLASKLESS MOLDING METHOD - A flaskless molding method, wherein a match plate ( | 03-26-2009 |
20100071867 | MOLDING MACHINE - The disclosed molding machine defines upper and lower mold cavities while cope and drag flasks | 03-25-2010 |
20110308756 | FLASKLESS MOLDING MACHINE - The present invention provides a flaskless molding machine that can use a matching plate of different thicknesses. The flaskless molding machine has two molding flasks that have a matching plate sandwiched between them, the two molding flasks being positioned in a way such that one of opening ends of the molding flasks is opposed to each other and each of the other opening ends of the molding flasks is engaged with a squeezing board, and a pair of spaces is formed, into which spaces molding sand is filled by air through each of the openings for introducing the molding sand, disposed on a wall of each of the two molding flasks that are opposed to each other, the flaskless molding machine thus constituted being able to mold two molds by squeezing the molding sand with the squeezing boards. | 12-22-2011 |
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20080289792 | Flaskless molding machine - The disclosed invention provides a molding machine that defines upper and lower molding spaces while cope and drag flasks | 11-27-2008 |
20120199306 | MOLDING PROCESS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MAKING AN UPPER MOLD AND A LOWER MOLD AND A FLASKLESS MOLDING MACHINE - A molding process and a flaskless molding machine for simultaneously making an upper flaskless mold and a lower flaskless mold are provided such that the bottom surfaces of the molds can be in a stable and horizontal position, the stripping of the flasks can be reliably carried out, and the configuration of the molding machine can be simplified. The process comprises the steps of defining a lower molding space by a drag flask that is arranged to enter or leave a molding space in which molds are made, a match plate having patterns on the upper and lower surfaces and mounted on the upper surface of the drag flask, a lower filling frame provided with molding-sand introducing ports on the surfaces of the sidewalls and being connectable to the lower end of the drag flask to allow the lower filling frame to ascend and descend, and an ascendable and descendable lower squeeze board, the step also defining an upper molding space by a cope flask provided with molding-sand introducing ports on the surfaces of the sidewalls and being mountable on the match plate to allow the cope flask to ascend and descend, and an upper squeeze board that is opposed to and fixedly provided above the match plate; simultaneously introducing molding sand into the upper molding space and the lower molding space; squeezing the molding sand by raising the lower squeeze board to simultaneously make an upper mold and a lower mold; drawing the upper mold from the pattern on the upper surface of the match plate, while drawing the lower mold from the pattern on the lower surface of the match plate; and stripping the upper mold from the cope flask, while stripping the lower filling frame from the lower mold. | 08-09-2012 |
20120241117 | MOLDING MACHINE AND MOLDING PROCESS - Disclosed is a molding machine for simultaneously making upper and lower molds with cope and drag flasks, a matchplate, upper and lower squeezing boards, and a lower filling frame. This machine also includes a cylinder for raising and lowering the lower squeezing board, a driving mechanism that includes pneumatic and hydraulic piping systems for driving the cylinder using an air-on-oil system, and a controller for controlling the driving mechanism. The drag flask, the matchplate, the filling frame, and the lower board define a lower molding space, while the matchplate, the upper board, and the cope flask define an upper molding space such that the controller controls the driving mechanism to drive the cylinder at a low pressure. The lower squeezing board is raised to squeeze the molding sand for simultaneously making the two molds such that the controller controls the driving mechanism to drive the cylinder at a high pressure. | 09-27-2012 |
20120279675 | FLASKLESS MOLDING MACHINE - The present invention provides a flaskless molding machine that can use a matching plate of different thicknesses. The flaskless molding machine has two molding flasks that have a matching plate sandwiched between them, the two molding flasks being positioned in a way such that one of opening ends of the molding flasks is opposed to each other and each of the other opening ends of the molding flasks is engaged with a squeezing board, and a pair of spaces is formed, into which spaces molding sand is filled by air through each of the openings for introducing the molding sand, disposed on a wall of each of the two molding flasks that are opposed to each other, the flaskless molding machine thus constituted being able to mold two molds by squeezing the molding sand with the squeezing boards. | 11-08-2012 |
20120325422 | MACHINE AND A METHOD FOR SUCTIONING AND EXHAUSTING AIR FROM A STORAGE TANK FOR SAND IN A MOLDING MACHINE - The present invention is to provide a machine and a method for suctioning and exhausting air from a storage tank for sand in a molding machine that has less on-off valves and prevents sand from adhering to the interior of the valve for exhausting air while the air is being exhausted. The machine for suctioning and exhausting air from the storage tank for the sand in the molding machine comprises a storage tank for sand in the molding machine, a porous body that is provided in the storage tank for sand and that is distant from an inner face of the storage tank for sand, an empty chamber that is formed by an outer face of the porous body and the inner face of the storage tank for sand, a seal that is placed at a rim of a tip of a nozzle of the storage tank for filling sand and that expands when compressed air is supplied inside the seal, a pilot-operated valve for both suctioning and exhausting air that is fluidly connected to the empty chamber, and an on-off valve that is fluidly connected to the pilot-operated valve for both suctioning and exhausting air and connected to an inside of the seal. | 12-27-2012 |
20120328727 | MOLDING MACHINE - The present invention aims to provide a molding machine which allows a simplification of a sand filling operation, and the prevention of the formation of a bridge and an air channel in the sand tank, so that the sand filling operation of the molding machine being able to be performed steadily. The molding machine of the present invention comprises: a sand tank for storing molding sand to be introduced to a molding flask; a pair of upper and lower sand filling nozzles to guide the molding sand in a horizontal direction, where the molding sand is supplied from a pair of upper and lower sand introducing parts which are located at the lower part of the sand tank; and at least one filter part with a plurality of air-injecting apertures on its entire body, which is attached to at least the entire inner surfaces of the pair of sand introducing parts; wherein the molding sand is fluidized by air injected through the air-injecting apertures of the filter part, and introduced to the molding flask through the sand filling nozzles. | 12-27-2012 |
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20090145334 | NON-SETTLING REFRACTORY MORTAR - The non-settling refractory mortar of the invention contains 100 parts of ceramic powder such as cordierite, mullite, alumina, or silicon carbide, 0.5 to 1.5 parts of clay mineral, and colloidal oxide solution, in which the Ca content in total solid component is defined at 0.01 to 0.5% as converted to oxide so as to be provided with thixotropic property. As a result, the coating performance is not lowered if stored for a long period after kneading, the dimension change rate after coating is small, and cracks or gaps are not formed on the coat surface. The median diameter of ceramic powder is preferred to be 10 to 50 μm, and in order to reduce the dimension change rate after coating, the content of particles of 0.1 to 5 μm in ceramic powder is desired to be 1 to 20%. | 06-11-2009 |
20090149311 | MONOLITHIC REFRACTORY MATERIAL HAVING LOW EXPANSIBILITY, HIGH STRENGTH, AND CRACK EXTENSION RESISTANCE - The invention relates to a Monolithic refractory material used in refractories and refractory ceramic products, and more particularly to a Monolithic refractory material having low expansibility, high strength, and crack extension resistance used for the purpose of repairing, protecting, modifying, filling, and forming the surface, adhesive surface, interface, or joint of low-expansion fire bricks and refractory ceramic products. The Monolithic refractory material of the invention is a Monolithic refractory material prepared by kneading cordierite powder, having a median diameter in a range of 10 to 50 μm, and a sharp mountain-like particle size distribution in which the content of particles smaller than 10 μm is 1% or more to 36% or less, the content of particles ranging from 10 μm or more to 50 μm or less is 50% or more to 75% or less, and the content of particles of 51 μm or more is 1% or more to 14% or less, and a solvent composed of water and alumina sol or silica sol solution. | 06-11-2009 |
20090169848 | REFRACTORY MORTAR CURED MATERIAL - The refractory mortar cured material of the invention formed in the surface or joint portions of a ceramic refractory material such as fire bricks used in the lining of melting furnace or firing furnace used at high temperature is composed by kneading ceramic particles with an inorganic binder having silanol group together with water, and forming the kneaded mortar on the surface of a ceramic base material. The average particle size of ceramic particles in the refractory mortar is 10 to 50 μm, the difference of 90% particle size and 10% particle size is 10 μm or more to 60 μm or less, the average pore size of the refractory mortar cured material is 5 to 25 μm, and the width of pore size distribution is 20 to 80 μm, so that the cracks may be suppressed. More preferably, the bulk density is 0.9 to 1.5 g/cm | 07-02-2009 |
20100025324 | FILTERING MEDIUM FOR MOLTEN METAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A filtering medium for molten metal which is excellent in inclusion removal performance and durability and further may provide sufficient throughput and a method for producing the same. A filtering medium for molten metal in the present invention includes a two-layered structure of a macropore ceramic layer at the inflow side and a micropore ceramic layer at the outflow side. The average pore diameter of the micropore ceramic layer is from 100 to 500 μm and the average pore diameter of the macropore ceramic layer is 1.1 to 3.0 times as large as that of the micropore ceramic layer. When respective layers are formed of aggregates bonded with an inorganic binder and the inorganic binder has a needle crystal structure with an aspect ratio of 2 to 50, the inside of filtering medium may be contributed to the filtration and the compatibility between inclusion-trapping performance and lifetime may be ensured. | 02-04-2010 |
20100133220 | SHELF ASSEMBLY FOR FIRING - A shelf assembly for firing includes: plural struts for supporting shelf boards arranged upright in two or more rows in a cross direction and in three or more rows in a longitudinal direction on a longitudinally-long car; and tie-beams connecting between the struts. A thermal stress relief structure is provided in which the struts arranged upright in the adjacent rows in the longitudinal direction are connected only with tie-beams slanted in a cross direction between the struts, thereby solving the problems such as warpage or damage of the struts resulting from a bending stress generated in the longitudinal direction at the fixing parts of the struts whose tops are secured. | 06-03-2010 |
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20100244364 | PAPER SHEET TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In a paper sheet transporting device, in an air duct portion of a suction duct, a suction confluence opening that collects air that is sucked and allows the air to pass through is disposed in a position included in a region where suction openings whose suction force is relatively the highest of plural suction openings exist and which position is away from the inner surface side of the suction surface portion, with the air duct portion being formed in a shape where the opening cross-sectional area of an air duct becomes relatively narrower away from the suction confluence opening in the rotating axial direction of a transport belt. | 09-30-2010 |
20110142485 | CLEANING DEVICE, CHARGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes: a brush that has numerous bristles rotating and contacting to the surface of an image carrier, a removing member disposed so as to contact to the numerous bristles and removes a developer adhering to the numerous bristles by elastically deforming the numerous bristles and further returning the numerous deformed bristles back to normal, and a transport member disposed lower than the removing member in the gravitational direction and transports the developer removed with the removing member by rotating on an axis, wherein at least a part of the developer removed from the numerous bristles falls to a farther position than the axis of the transport member from the brush in the horizontal direction. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142486 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - An image formation device includes an image carrier that holds developed images, a transfer body that transfers the developed images held by the image carrier to a recording medium, a cleaning unit that cleans developer on the transfer body, a developer container in which the developer removed by the cleaning unit is deposited, and a sucking unit that sucks the developer leaking from the developer container, the transfer body having at least a rotating member of which both ends are rotatably supported, and the sucking unit having a suction hole opening at least at one end of the rotating member. | 06-16-2011 |
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20100215420 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image apparatus includes: a first housing including an image forming unit for forming an image on a recording material; a second housing including a heating unit for heating the formed image; a conveying unit, provided across the first and second housings, that conveys the recording material to a side of the heating unit using a no-end belt; a conveying unit including a first fixed unit disposed on a side of the second housing and a second fixed unit disposed on a side of the first housing; a first fixing unit positioning the first fixed unit to the heating unit, and fixing the first fixed unit to restrict directions other than a rotating direction of the conveying unit around the first fixed unit; a second fixing unit rotating the conveying unit around the first fixed unit, and fixing the second fixed unit to the first housing. | 08-26-2010 |
20100221034 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes: a first scraping member that scrapes off a developer on a surface of a moving body that circularly moves; a second scraping member that is disposed downstream from the first scraping member in a moving direction of the moving body, and that scrapes off residuals remaining on the surface of the moving body; a container having: a first housing portion that houses the developer scraped off by the first scraping member, as a recovered material; and a second housing portion that houses the residuals scraped off by the second scraping member; a discharge port that is disposed in the first housing portion, wherein the developer in the first housing portion is discharged to an outside of the container through the discharge port; and a conveying member that conveys the recovered material housed in the first housing portion to the discharge port. | 09-02-2010 |
20130142539 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A cleaning device includes at least one first cleaning member that removes residual substances that remain on a surface of an endless belt by being in contact with the surface of the endless belt while rotating in a direction that is opposite to a movement direction in which the endless belt moves; a second cleaning member that is brought into contact with and separated from the surface of the endless belt at a predetermined timing and removes the residual substances that remain on the surface of the endless belt; and a switching unit that switches a rotation direction of the first cleaning member to a direction the same as the movement direction of the endless belt when the second cleaning member is brought into contact with the surface of the endless belt and cleans the surface. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142540 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A cleaning device includes first to third cleaning members that clean a surface of an endless belt that is looped over rollers including a driving roller. The first cleaning member is brought into contact with and separated from the surface at a predetermined timing. The second cleaning member is disposed upstream of the first cleaning member and downstream of the driving roller in a movement direction of the endless belt. The second cleaning member is in contact with the endless belt so as to prevent a tension variation of the endless belt caused by the first cleaning member from affecting the driving roller. The third cleaning member is disposed downstream of the first cleaning member. A contact state in which the third cleaning member is in contact with the endless belt is switched from a first contact state to a second contact state so as to reduce the tension variation. | 06-06-2013 |