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| 20140044971 | ZINC OXIDE PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, AND COSMETIC, HEAT RELEASING FILLER, HEAT RELEASING RESIN COMPOSITION, HEAT RELEASING GREASE, AND HEAT RELEASING COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME - It is an object of the present invention to provide zinc oxide particles which have excellent ultraviolet blocking performance and also excellent dispersibility, and therefore can be suitably used as an ultraviolet blocking agent for cosmetics. Provided are zinc oxide particles having a primary particle diameter of less than 0.1 μm, an aspect ratio of less than 2.5 and an oil absorption/BET specific surface area of 1.5 ml/100 m | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140058029 | HEXAGONAL PRISM-SHAPED ZINC OXIDE PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, AND COSMETIC, HEAT RELEASING FILLER, HEAT RELEASING RESIN COMPOSITION, HEAT RELEASING GREASE, AND HEAT RELEASING COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME - It is an object of the present invention to provide hexagonal prism-shaped zinc oxide particles which have a specific particle diameter and a specific aspect ratio, and high ultraviolet blocking performance and transparency, and therefore can be suitably used as a cosmetic and a heat releasing material. Provided are hexagonal prism-shaped zinc oxide particles having a primary particle diameter of 0.1 μm or more and less than 0.5 μm and an aspect ratio of less than 2.5. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140322286 | SURFACE TREATED ZINC OXIDE POWDER, ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT, AND ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITION - It is an object of the present disclosure to provide zinc oxide powders having an average particle diameter of 1.1 μm or more and having an antibacterial property, an antibacterial agent comprising the same, and an antibacterial composition containing the same. Surface treated zinc oxide powders which have an average particle diameter of 1.1 μm or more, and which are surface treated by using at least one compound selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicone oil, organic silicon compounds, and organic titanium compounds. | 10-30-2014 |
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| 20120150337 | SEWING MACHINE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A sewing machine includes a storage portion that stores pattern information and implement information for each of a plurality of patterns, a selecting portion that selects a desired pattern as a selected pattern, a first specifying portion that specifies, as one or more required implements, one or more sewing implements that are required in order to sew the selected pattern, a reading portion that reads, as tag information, information that is stored in one or more wireless tags and that identifies one or more prepared implements, a second specifying portion that specifies the one or more prepared implements based on the tag information that has been read by the reading portion, and an informing control portion that, in a case where there are one or more unprepared required implements, causes an informing portion to inform at least unprepared required implement information. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130074748 | SEWING MACHINE AND AN EMBROIDERY FRAME - A sewing machine includes a mounting adaptor, a memory, an imager, and a processor. The mounting adaptor may be mounted with an embroidery frame. The memory may store frame rotation data. The frame rotation data indicate a setting angle which is a predetermined rotation angle of the frame with respect to the outer frame. The imager may image an area including the embroidery frame mounted on the mounting adaptor. The processor may control the sewing machine to detect a marker provided on at least one of the embroidery frame and the work cloth based on the image, determine a rotation angle of the frame with respect to the outer frame based on the detected marker, and control the driver to adjust a rotation of the frame based on the determined rotation angle and the frame rotation data. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130074749 | SEWING MACHINE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A sewing machine may comprise a mounting portion configured to be mounted with an embroidery frame comprising a frame and an outer frame. The sewing machine may also comprise an image capturing device configured to capture an image including the embroidery frame mounted on the mounting portion. The sewing machine may further comprise a processor configured to execute instructions, and a memory. The memory may be configured to store computer-readable instructions that instruct the sewing machine to execute steps comprising identifying a mark from the captured image, wherein the mark is provided on the embroidery frame or on a work cloth held by the embroidery frame, determining a rotation angle of the frame with respect to the outer frame based on the identified mark, and notifying rotation information based on the determined rotation angle. The rotation information may be information for adjusting the rotation angle to a specified rotation angle. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130074750 | EMBROIDERY FRAME - An embroidery frame comprises an inner frame, wherein the inner frame is a circular form. The embroidery frame comprises a middle frame configured to be detachably attachable to the inner frame, wherein the middle frame is a circular form, an inside diameter of the middle frame is longer than an outside diameter of the inner frame, and the inner frame is configured to be mountable in the middle frame. The embroidery frame comprises an outer frame configured to rotatably hold the middle frame, wherein the outer frame is a circular form, an inside diameter of the outer frame is longer than an outer outside diameter of the middle frame, and the middle frame is configured to be mountable in the outer frame. The embroidery frame comprises an engaging portion configured to cause the middle frame to engage with the outer frame at a predetermined rotation angle. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130074751 | EMBROIDERY FRAME - An embroidery frame comprises an inner frame, wherein the inner frame is a circular form. The embroidery frame comprises a middle frame which is configured to be detachably attachable to a radial outside of the inner frame. The middle frame is a circular form. The embroidery frame comprises an outer frame which is configured to rotatably hold the middle frame, wherein the outer frame is a circular form, and the outer frame is configured to be detachably attachable to a radial outside of the middle frame. The embroidery frame comprises a grip portion which is provided to the middle frame. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130247805 | UPPER FEED DEVICE AND SEWING MACHINE - An upper feed device includes a mounting portion, a feed mechanism, a drive portion, and a connecting portion. The mounting portion is configured to mount the upper feed device to a presser bar of a sewing machine. The feed mechanism is configured to feed a work cloth. The drive portion is configured to drive the feed mechanism. The connecting portion is configured to electrically connect the drive portion to a control portion of the sewing machine. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140000499 | SEWING MACHINE AND UPPER FEED DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140090586 | UPPER FEED DEVICE AND SEWING MACHINE - An upper feed device is configured to be arranged above a bed of a sewing machine and feed a work cloth. The upper feed device includes a feed portion, a mechanism arrangement portion, and a drive portion. The feed portion includes a first feed mechanism and a second feed mechanism and is configured to feed the work cloth in a feed direction. The first feed mechanism and the second feed mechanism are arranged side by side in a first direction, which is parallel to a top surface of the bed and orthogonal to the feed direction. The mechanism arrangement portion is configured to arrange the first feed mechanism and the second feed mechanism in different positions in a second direction, which is orthogonal to the top surface of the bed. The drive portion is configured to drive the first feed mechanism and the second feed mechanism in synchronization. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140144360 | EMBROIDERY FRAME TRANSPORT DEVICE AND SEWING MACHINE - An embroidery frame transport device includes a carriage, a first drive portion, a drive switching portion, and a rotary drive portion. The carriage is provided with an embroidery frame that is rotatable. The first drive portion includes a first transport mechanism and a first drive source. The first transport mechanism transports the carriage in a first direction. The first drive source drives the first transport mechanism. The drive switching portion shuts off transmission of drive power to the first transport mechanism from the first drive source when the first drive portion transports the carriage to a specified position in the first direction. The rotary drive portion causes the embroidery frame to rotate using the drive power of the first drive source, in a state in which the transmission of the drive power from the first drive source to the first transport mechanism is shut off by the drive switching portion. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140144361 | EMBROIDERY FRAME TRANSPORT DEVICE AND SEWING MACHINE - An embroidery frame transport device includes a carriage and a first drive mechanism. The carriage rotatably supports an embroidery frame and that is capable of moving in a first direction. The first drive mechanism is provided separately from the carriage, that transports the carriage in the first direction and that causes the embroidery frame supported by the carriage to rotate. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140290547 | CUTTING NEEDLE ROTATION DEVICE AND SEWING MACHINE - A cutting needle rotation device includes a mounting portion, a first member, a moving member, and a rotation mechanism. The mounting portion is removably mounted on a needle bar of a sewing machine. The first member is a member to which a cutting needle is affixed. The moving member is positioned in a first position when the moving member does not receive an external force and moves to a second position when the moving member receives an external force. The rotation mechanism, when the moving member is in the first position, holds the first member such that the cutting needle does not rotate, and when the moving member moves from the first position to the second position and returns from the second position to the first position, rotates the first member such that the cutting needle rotates by a specified angle of rotation in one direction. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140290549 | SEWING MACHINE - A sewing machine includes a needle bar, a presser bar, a threading device, a processor, and a memory. The needle bar is configured such that a sewing needle is attached thereto. The presser bar is configured such that an accessory device is mounted thereon. The threading device is configured to perform a threading operation in which an upper thread is passed through an eye of the sewing needle attached to the needle bar. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions cause the processor to perform processes that include determining whether a mounted device is a specific accessory device and causing the threading device to perform the threading operation in a case where it is determined that the mounted device is the specific accessory device and a specific condition is satisfied. The mounted device is an accessory device mounted on the presser bar. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140290550 | SEWING MACHINE - A sewing machine may comprise a needle bar driving mechanism, a cutting needle rotation mechanism, and an embroidery frame movement mechanism configured to move an embroidery frame comprising a protruding portion. A cam member may be fixed to the needle bar and comprise a plurality of cams. A processor of the sewing machine may set a height of the needle bar to a specific position from a plurality of positions. Each of the plurality of positions may represent that each of the plurality of cams is able to contact with the protruding portion. The processor may instruct the needle bar driving mechanism to move the needle bar to the specific position and instruct the embroidery frame movement mechanism to move the embroidery frame to a position where the protruding portion is able to contact with one of the plurality of cams. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150090168 | SEWING MACHINE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A sewing machine includes a bed, a needle plate, a needle bar, a needle bar swing mechanism, a lift mechanism, an optical detecting portion, and a control portion. The lift mechanism is configured to raise and lower a presser foot. The optical detecting portion is configured to optically detect a cord guided by the guide portion, and to output data representing the cord. The control portion is configured to calculate a width of the cord based on the data output by the optical detecting portion, calculate a height position of the presser foot based on the width of the cord, and cause the lift mechanism to move the presser foot to the height position. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150094842 | SEWING MACHINE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A sewing machine includes a bed, a needle plate, a needle bar, a needle bar swing mechanism, an optical detecting portion, and a control portion. The optical detecting portion is configured to optically detect a cord pressed by a presser foot, and to output data representing the cord. The control portion is configured to calculate a width of the cord based on the data output by the optical detecting portion, calculate a swing width of the needle bar based on the width of the cord, and cause the needle bar swing mechanism to swing the needle bar with the swing width. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150240402 | EMBROIDERY FRAME - An embroidery frame includes an inner frame, an outer frame, an elastic member, and an attachment member. The inner frame is formed in a ring shape. The outer frame is formed in a ring shape and is configured to be fitted onto an outside of the inner frame. The elastic member is arranged on at least one of an outer peripheral surface of the inner frame and an inner peripheral surface of the outer frame. The attachment member detachably attaches the elastic member to one of the inner frame and the outer frame. | 08-27-2015 |
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| 20100034646 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - The present invention provides a centrifugal compressor that inhibits possible leakage while reducing a destabilizing fluid force generated in a seal to prevent the possible instable vibration of a rotor. The centrifugal compressor includes a casing, a rotor rotatably installed in the casing and having an impeller, and seals provided in the clearance between the casing and the rotor to prevent a fluid from leaking through the clearance from a high pressure side to a low pressure side. The rotor rotates to compress gas. For example, the balance piston seal is composed of a damper seal with a plurality of holes and a labyrinth seal with an annular parallel groove; the damper seal and the labyrinth seal are continuously provided. The damper seal is disposed on the high pressure side in a leakage flow direction. The labyrinth seal is disposed on the low pressure side in the leakage flow direction. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100166544 | TURBOMACHINERY - Disclosed herein is a turbomachinery including a labyrinth seal easy to fabricate and adapted to prevent unstable vibration of a rotor. A turbomachinery according to this invention includes a labyrinth seal | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110318163 | BARREL-SHAPED CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - In a centrifugal compressor, for the purpose of preventing the positions of a diaphragm and a head flange in a radial direction from moving with respect to a casing, suppressing the generation of an unstable fluid force in a seal and the contact of the seal with a rotor to prevent the unstable vibration of the rotor and enabling an efficient and stable operation even on high-pressure conditions, there is provided a barrel-shaped centrifugal compressor including a casing, a diaphragm located in the casing to define a flow channel, and a head flange attached to the end of the casing by a shear key, wherein in the inner peripheral surface of the casing and the outer peripheral surface of abutment portions of the diaphragm and the head flange in which they are abutted on the inner peripheral surface of the casing, sliding key grooves which are vertical to the surfaces are provided at least two portions in a peripheral direction, and sliding keys are provided in the key grooves. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120121411 | Labyrinth Seals for Turbomachinery - A labyrinth seal is provided that can suppress the occurrence of an unequal pressure pattern in the seal, suppress unstable vibration of a rotating shaft and ensure sealing performance. | 05-17-2012 |
