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20100064986 | BURNER, AND COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT AND BOILER COMPRISING BURNER - The present invention provides a solid fuel burner, which, while rendering the capacity larger than that in the conventional art, can suppress an increase in an unignited region and thus can realize the prevention of an increase in NOx concentration in a combustion gas and the prevention of a lowering in combustion efficiency, and a combustion equipment and boiler including the burner. The burner includes a fuel-containing fluid supply nozzle ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100162930 | SOLID-FUEL BURNER, COMBUSTION DEVICE USING SOLID-FUEL BURNER, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE COMBUSTION DEVICE - Provided is a solid fuel burner ( | 07-01-2010 |
20140116359 | BURNER, AND COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT AND BOILER COMPRISING BURNER - A burner including a fuel-containing fluid supply nozzle which supplies a fuel-containing fluid, from a connecting part in a fluid transfer flow passage for transferring a fuel-containing fluid including a fuel and a medium for transfer of the fuel, toward an outlet part provided on a furnace wall surface. The nozzle in its cross section perpendicular to the direction of flow of the fluid has a rectangular, elliptical, or substantially elliptical form having major and minor axis parts from a connecting part in the fluid transfer flow passage toward the outlet part provided on the furnace wall surface. Further, the area of a cross section perpendicular to the direction of flow of the fluid is gradually increased from the connecting part in the fluid transfer flow passage toward the outlet part. Air supply nozzle(s) for supplying combustion air are provided on the outer peripheral part of the nozzle. | 05-01-2014 |
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20080212884 | IMAGE CODER AND IMAGE DECODER CAPABLE OF POWER-SAVING CONTROL IN IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION - An image decoder comprises a code decompression/decoding unit that decodes code data produced through compression and encoding of image data, a power supply state detection unit that detects a current state of a power supply of the image decoder, and a controller that controls the code decompression/decoding unit based on the current state of the power supply so as to reduce power consumption in performing decompression and decoding of the code data. | 09-04-2008 |
20080247655 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes an encoder, a decoder, and a display unit. The encoder performs scalable encoding to encode input image data to obtain code data to be stored in a storage unit. The decoder decodes the code data stored in the storage unit to obtain decoded image data. The display unit displays an image based on the decoded image data, and receives an instruction to output the image. The image is output in response to the instruction. The decoder decodes only subcode data which is part of the code data. | 10-09-2008 |
20090122164 | ROI SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC CAMERA APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An ROI setting apparatus including an ROI recognition unit and an ROI control unit is provided. In one embodiment, the ROI recognition unit contains multiple ROI recognition modules for recognizing an ROI of image data according to various methods to obtain a recognition result. The ROI control unit selects one ROI recognition module out of the ROI recognition modules and sets ROI information based on the recognition result. The ROI recognition module may be selected according to an instruction from a user input via an operation unit, or a scene type selected by a scene selection switch of an image capture unit. The ROI control unit may perform operations such as selecting, enlarging, or reducing the ROI recognized by the ROI recognition module, or changing the ROI recognition conditions according to the respective instructions from the user input via the operation unit. | 05-14-2009 |
20090222928 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An identification-information obtaining unit obtains identification information for identifying a module to be customized. A validating unit validates, based on validation information including information indicating whether to allow a customization for a module identified by the identification information, whether the module identified by the identification information is customizable. When the validating unit validates that the module identified by the identification information is customizable, a control unit performs the customization of the module identified by the identification information. | 09-03-2009 |
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20110165322 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT BODY - An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent body, including a recessed form die formed on a predetermined face of a predetermined member, moving in one direction along a moving path along the predetermined face; a duct disposed in a predetermined position in the moving path, discharging a gas including fluid absorbent fibers from an opening section toward the predetermined face; and a polymer casting member disposed inside the duct, casting a superabsorbent polymer from a casting opening toward a center area of the opening section in a direction along the moving path, wherein in the case of the form die passing the duct position, by the gas being sucked through air intake holes in a bottom section of the form die, the fluid absorbent fibers and the superabsorbent polymer in the gas are stacked in the form die to form an absorbent body, wherein an air pressure inside the duct is made lower than the air pressure outside the duct because of the gas being sucked through the bottom section of the form die, wherein a duct-inner-wall section is inside the duct and is disposed facing an inner wall face of a wall section of the duct with a spacing therebetween, the wall section having a gap between the predetermined face and the opening section of the duct, and an outside air intrudes into the duct along the moving path through the gap, and the duct-inner-wall section restricts the outside air intruding into the duct through the gap flowing into the center area of the duct. | 07-07-2011 |
20110180976 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT BODY - An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent body, having a recessed form die formed on a predetermined face of a predetermined member, moving in one direction along a moving path along the predetermined face; a duct disposed in a predetermined position in the moving path, discharging a gas including fluid absorbent fibers from an opening section toward the predetermined face, an absorbent body being formed by suction of the gas through intake holes at a bottom section of the form die to stack into the form die the fluid absorbent fibers included in the gas when the form die passes by the position of the duct. A gap is formed between the predetermined face and the opening section of the duct. A gas pressure inside the duct is lower than a gas pressure outside the duct by suction of the gas from the bottom section of the form die. A first wall is outside the duct. The first wall is spaced from a wall of the duct by a first spacing and spaced from the predetermined face by a second spacing. An outside gas flow along a direction intersecting with the predetermined face and an outside gas flow along the predetermined face is made to reach the gap by the first wall. | 07-28-2011 |
20110233828 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT BODY - An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent body including a forming member having a predetermined face with a recessed form die formed thereon, moving the form die in one direction along a moving path intersecting a width direction of the predetermined face; a supply duct disposed in a predetermined position in the moving path, supplying a gas including fluid absorbent fibers from a supply opening section toward the predetermined face; a negative pressure room partition member provided on a side of the predetermined face, with the supply opening section provided on an opposite side of the predetermined face, the negative pressure room partition member partitioning a negative pressure room in cooperation with the predetermined face; and an exhaust duct exhausting a gas inside the negative pressure room so as to create a negative pressure inside the negative pressure room, wherein in a case of the form die passing a position of the supply opening section, by a gas from the supply duct being sucked through air intake holes in a bottom section of the form die into the negative pressure room, the fluid absorbent fibers in the gas are stacked in the form die to form an absorbent body. The negative pressure room partition member includes a pair of wall sections disposed by sandwiching therebetween the moving path in the width direction, and the negative pressure room being partitioned between the pair of wall sections. The exhaust duct is connected to one wall section of the pair of wall sections with an exhaust opening section of the exhaust duct provided by projecting inward beyond the wall section into the negative pressure room. | 09-29-2011 |
20120247349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT MAKES THICKNESS OF ABSORBENT BODY THIN - A method that makes a thickness of an absorbent body, including a liquid absorbent fiber and a superabsorbent polymer, thin, the method includes transporting the absorbent body by moving a holding surface while holding the absorbent body on the holding surface with suction air from a suction hole on the holding surface, and making the thickness of the absorbent body thin by sucking a belt member towards the holding surface using the suction air from the suction hole, in a predetermined range of a travel path of the holding surface, the belt member being arranged opposing the holding surface along the travel path and being arranged movably along the travel path over the predetermined range of the travel path, and sandwiching the absorbent body between the holding surface and the belt member. | 10-04-2012 |
20120312463 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF AN ABSORBENT BODY - A manufacturing method of an absorbent body used for an absorbent article, includes molding the absorbent body by sucking in a gas, mixed with a liquid absorbent fiber and a superabsorbent polymer, using a suction hole at a bottom portion of a mold, and laminating the liquid absorbent fiber and the superabsorbent polymer on the bottom portion, and making a lamination thickness of the absorbent body thin by sucking out gas in the absorbent body placed on a placement surface on which the absorbent body is placed by, after the molding, in a state in which the gas is not supplied, sucking air through the suction hole on the placement surface, and creating an air pressure, in a space in between fibers in the absorbent body while sucking out the air, lower than that in a space in between fibers in the absorbent body while laminating in molding. | 12-13-2012 |
20130087289 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARTUS OF AN ABSORBENT BODY - A manufacturing method of an absorbent body used for an absorbent article, includes molding the absorbent body by sucking in a gas, mixed with a liquid absorbent fiber and a superabsorbent polymer, using a suction hole at a bottom portion of a mold, and laminating the liquid absorbent fiber and the superabsorbent polymer on the bottom portion, and making a lamination thickness of the absorbent body thin by sucking out gas in the absorbent body placed on a placement surface on which the absorbent body is placed by, after the molding, in a state in which the gas is not supplied, sucking air through the suction hole on the placement surface, and creating an air pressure, in a space in between fibers in the absorbent body while sucking out the air, lower than that in a space in between fibers in the absorbent body while laminating in molding. | 04-11-2013 |
20140008024 | APPARATUS THAT MANUFACTURES ABSORBENT BODY - An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent body includes: a suction member for moving a suction section along a predetermined travel path; a cover member surrounding a predetermined range of the travel path; and a supply opening through which liquid absorbent particles fall. The supply opening is provided above the travel path in a space within the cover member. Of the space within the cover member, a space located in a downstream side of a position of the supply opening in a direction along the travel path is divided into a first zone in which the liquid absorbent particle is suctioned to the suction section and a second zone in which the liquid absorbent particle is suctioned to the suction section, the second zone being adjacent to a downstream side of the first zone. | 01-09-2014 |