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20120114453 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND TRANSPORT METHOD - In a transport system, a local track is disposed so as to be below an overhead travelling vehicle track in parallel or substantially in parallel therewith, and furthermore above a loading port of a processing device from upstream of the loading port to downstream of the loading port. A local vehicle including a hoist travels along the local track. Below the local track, a first buffer is disposed upstream of the loading port of the processing device, and a second buffer is disposed downstream of the loading port of the processing device, and the overhead travelling vehicle and the local vehicle can both perform delivery and receipt of the article with the first buffer and the second buffer. | 05-10-2012 |
20130199892 | Conveying System and Converying Method - A system for transporting an article between a plurality of processing devices includes a track extending above load ports of the processing devices, and an overhead travelling vehicle that travels along the track and has a hoist. A local track disposed lower than the track at least to a position under the track, and is oriented perpendicular to the track when viewed from above. A local carriage travels along the local track and has a hoist for vertically moving the article. A buffer disposed below the local track delivers and receives the article to and from the local carriage, and extends at least to a position under the track. | 08-08-2013 |
20140124331 | Storage Device and Storage Method - A storage unit includes carousels each including a plurality of levels and including a plurality of spaces for storing containers on each level, the carousels rotating around a vertical shaft; a loading port for loading and unloading the containers; transport units for transporting the containers between the loading port and the storage spaces; and pipes for feeding clean gas such that feeding is turned on and off for each storage space, the pipes being configured to be connected to an intake port provided for each container. | 05-08-2014 |
20150332948 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND TRANSPORT METHOD - In a transport system, overhead travelling vehicles each including a hoist travel along an overhead travelling vehicle travelling route. A local vehicle travelling route is disposed under the overhead travelling vehicle travelling route and over load ports at a position higher than the load ports. Local vehicles each including hoist travel along the local vehicle travelling route. Buffers are disposed along the local vehicle travelling route. The local vehicle travelling route includes a plurality of local vehicle travelling routes that are provided in parallel, and the local vehicles are configured to diverge and merge from one local vehicle travelling route to another local vehicle travelling route. The local vehicles transport articles between a load port and a buffer under control of a controller. The overhead travelling vehicles, under control of the controller, transfer articles to and from a load port or a buffer and transport articles between a load port or a buffer and a section other than the local vehicle travelling routes. | 11-19-2015 |
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20080211411 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP OPERATING APPARATUS, AND ILLUMINATING APPARATUS - A high-pressure discharge lamp includes a translucent ceramic discharge vessel having a surrounding part formed of translucent ceramic, and a pipe connected to the surrounding part, formed of translucent ceramic having an average crystal particle size of 50 μm or less in a region close to an intended sealing portion, and having a smaller diameter than the surrounding part. A current introducing conductor is inserted into the pipe of the translucent ceramic discharge vessel, and is sealed at least by a sealing portion formed by fusion of the translucent ceramic in the pipe. An electrode is connected to and disposed in the current introducing conductor in the translucent ceramic discharge vessel. A discharge medium is sealed in the translucent ceramic discharge vessel. | 09-04-2008 |
20090206766 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, LIGHTING APPARATUS AND HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP APPARATUS - A high-pressure discharge lamp is characterized by including a translucent airtight container having a discharging space in an internal portion, electrodes for causing discharge in the discharging space of the translucent airtight container, and an ionization medium sealed in the translucent airtight container and containing a metal halide and rare gas, the metal halide including at least one type of halides of thulium and holmium whose sealing ratio with respect to the total amount of sealed metal halides is not lower than 30 mass % and the rare gas is xenon at not lower than 3 atm at 25° C., and the high-pressure discharge lamp is characterized in that mercury and a metal halide for formation of lamp voltage are not substantially contained in the translucent airtight container. | 08-20-2009 |
20100033106 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING SYSTEM AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT - Disclosed is a high-pressure discharge lamp includes a translucent ceramics sealed container provided with an enclosed part with a discharge space formed therein, a pair of electrodes disposed inside of both end parts of the translucent sealed container, an ionization medium having a structure containing a metal halide that primarily emits light, a starting gas and substantially no mercury, the metal halide that primarily emits light including 30% by mass or more of a halide of at least one lanthanoid type rare earth metal and the starting gas having a pressure P (atm) satisfying the equation, 1≦P≦20, the ionization medium being sealed in the translucent ceramics sealed container, wherein the ratio D/G satisfies the equation, 0.3≦D/G≦2.4 when the maximum inside diameter of the translucent ceramics sealed container is D and the inter-electrode distance is G. | 02-11-2010 |
20140286014 | Lamp Device and Luminaire - According to one embodiment, a housing includes a cover provided with an opening section opened on the front side, which is a light emission side, and a thermal radiation section on the rear side opposite to the front side. An opening section of the cover is located further on the rear side than a peripheral portion of the cover. A light-emitting module includes a substrate and a light-emitting section formed on the substrate. The substrate is thermally connected to the thermal radiation section. The light-emitting section is opposed to the opening section of the cover, The translucent member is arranged in the opening section of the cover and located further on the rear side than the peripheral portion of the cover. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286021 | Lamp Device and Luminaire - According to one embodiment, a projection projects in the rear side center portion of a housing. A light-emitting module is arranged in the housing. A pair of power-supply sections configured to supply electric power to the light-emitting module is arranged around a light-emitting section in the housing. An information circuit configured to output information to the outside is arranged in a position around the light-emitting section and different from the positions of the pair of power-supply sections in the housing. A plurality of pins are provided at intervals along the rear side peripheral portion of the housing around the projection. Connecting means connects the power-supply sections and the pins located near the power-supply sections and connects the information circuit and the pin located near the information circuit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286022 | Lamp Device and Luminaire - According to one embodiment, a lamp device includes a housing, an insulating sheet, and a light-emitting module. The housing includes a thermal radiation section on the rear side opposite to the front side, which is a light emission side. A projecting section projects to the front side of the thermal radiation section. The insulating sheet includes an insert-through hole through which the projecting section is inserted. The insulating sheet is arranged on the front side of the thermal radiation section. The light-emitting module includes a substrate having a shape larger than the external shape of the projecting section and a light-emitting section formed on the front side surface of the substrate. The rear side surface of the substrate is thermally connected to the projecting section. | 09-25-2014 |
20140355265 | Lamp Device and Luminaire - According to one embodiment, a housing of a lamp device a cylindrical shape, and includes an opening part at one end side, a closing part at the other end side, and an insertion part formed at a center of the closing part. A thermal radiator includes a support part which is inserted through the insertion part, a light-emitting module connection part which is provided at one end side of the support part and to which the light-emitting module is connected to enable heat conduction, and an external thermal radiation part provided at the other end side of the support part. An area of the light-emitting module connection part is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the support part, and the support part, the light-emitting module connection part and the external thermal radiation part are integrally formed. | 12-04-2014 |
20150085486 | Lamp Device and Luminaire - According to one embodiment, a thermal radiator of a lamp device includes a light-emitting module connection part to which a light-emitting module is thermally conductively connected. An attachment base is arranged around the light-emitting module connection part. The attachment base is made of an insulating material, and supports the light-emitting module connected to the light-emitting module connection part. The light-emitting module connection part protrudes from the attachment base. | 03-26-2015 |
20150109792 | Lighting Apparatus - According to one embodiment, a lighting apparatus is provided in which positioning of a light-emitting module including a ceramic board is easy and light extraction efficiency is improved. The lighting apparatus includes an apparatus body; a light-emitting module which includes a light transmissive ceramic board and a light-emitting element provided on one surface side of the ceramic board and is disposed in the apparatus body; a thermal radiator including a light-emitting module connection part to which the light-emitting module is heat-conductively connected; a heat conductive sheet intervening between the light-emitting module connection part and the light-emitting module and having insulation properties; and a reflection member intervening between the heat conductive sheet and other surface side of the ceramic board and having light reflective properties and sliding properties. | 04-23-2015 |
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20080279577 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus - A fixing member having an outer peripheral surface brought in pressure contact with a sheet, an induction coil along the member, and a high frequency power source section that heats the heat generating layer of the fixing member by supplying an alternating current to the induction coil. A magnetic flux regulating section that restricts the generation of heat in a specified region of the fixing member in the widthwise direction of the sheet is provided. Image regions occupied by the image to be fixed are detected in the widthwise direction of the sheet. Control of specifying the region in which the generation of heat should be restricted for the magnetic flux regulating section is executed so that only regions corresponding to the image regions of the fixing member are substantially heated in the widthwise direction of the sheet, sheet-by-sheet according to the result of detection. | 11-13-2008 |
20090317102 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The image forming apparatus includes: an image former which, upon receiving a first instruction, feeds a sheet and performs an image forming operation to form an image on the sheet; a fixing part which (i) secures a fixing nip by bringing outer circumferential surfaces of first and second rotating bodies into contact with each other, (ii) upon receiving a second instruction, heats the first and second rotating bodies until a temperature thereof reaches a target temperature, and (iii) thermally fixes the image onto the sheet passing through the fixing nip; and a determiner which determines output timings of the first and second instructions such that a timing at which a leading end, in a sheet convey direction, of the image formed on the sheet reaches the fixing nip and a timing at which the temperature of the first and second rotating bodies reaches the target temperature match each other. | 12-24-2009 |
20110091256 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a first rotator by which one surface of a paper is subjected to image transferring, image fixing, or other processings, a second rotator which presses the paper against the first rotator from the other surface of the paper, a space changing unit which changes a space between axial cores of the first rotator and the second rotator, a feeding unit which feeds the paper between the first rotator and the second rotator, and a control unit which adjusts a driving timing of the space changing unit in accordance with the driving of the feeding unit, wherein when the paper is thinner than a set value, the control unit makes the paper enter between both the rotators in a state where the second rotator is pressed against the first rotator, and when the paper is equal to or thicker than the set value, the control unit controls to press the second rotator against the first rotator at a timing where a distal end of the paper passes through between both the rotators. | 04-21-2011 |
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20150143331 | TEMPLATE GENERATING METHOD AND TEMPLATE GENERATING APPARATUS - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a template generating program for causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes specifying common script portions and non-common script portions from a plurality of templates for each of a plurality of categories, each of the plurality of templates include scripts related to components constituting a system, the plurality of categories being grouped by similarity of kind of the components; generating a plurality of versatile scripts for the plurality of categories, respectively, each of the plurality of versatile scripts including the specified common portions and defining the non-common portions as items indicating description variants; and generating a template for a new system combining, for a component identical to a component in the existing system, the script for the identical component in the existing system and, for a new component, the versatile script of a similar category. | 05-21-2015 |
20150249676 | MONITORING METHOD AND MONITORING APPARATUS - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes obtaining, for each predetermined time period, from packets transmitted in a system, a packet set with a combination of a transmission source and a transmission destination different from a predetermined combination of a transmission source and a transmission destination; extracting, for the each predetermined time period, from the packets transmitted in the system, a related packet related to the obtained packet; generating, based on the extracted related packet, information indicating a degree of propagation; and outputting the generated information. | 09-03-2015 |
20150281345 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A control method for controlling a distributed processing system that performs distributed processing using a plurality of devices is executed by a processor. The method including acquiring load information from each of the plurality of devices, identifying a source device and a destination device based on the acquired load information, the source device being a device of a migration source of an allocated processing operation and the destination device being a device of a migration destination of the allocated processing operation. The method further including selecting as a processing operation of a migration target from among a plurality of processing operations allocated to the source device, a processing operation with which a rate that data used by the processing operation at the source device is to be used at the destination device is relatively high or higher than a predetermined rate. | 10-01-2015 |
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20130318532 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, EXECUTION CONTROL DEVICE, AND EXECUTION CONTROL METHOD - A computer-readable recording medium stores an execution control program that causes a computer to execute a process that includes receiving an execution request for a given operation for a system; detecting number of operations that are of a type identical to that of the given operation and are under execution by a computing device that is in the system and involved in the execution of the given operation for which the execution request is received; comparing the number of operations detected at the detecting and the number of operations that are of the type and simultaneously executable by the computing device such that the execution of the given operation is completed within a given period by the computing device; and assigning the given operation to the computing device, based on a result of comparison at the comparing. | 11-28-2013 |
20140013099 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - An extracting unit extracts, from a collection of procedure information sets individually indicating operating procedures for configuration modification of systems according to contents of the configuration modification, in which operating procedures specific information pieces of the individual systems have been replaced with individually corresponding variable names, a procedure information set indicating an operating procedure according to a content of the configuration modification to be applied to a modification-target system. A replacing unit replaces a variable name in the extracted procedure information set with a corresponding specific information piece of the modification-target system, which specific information piece is acquired from a configuration information set defining a configuration of the modification-target system. | 01-09-2014 |
20140068356 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MESSAGE - A message determination apparatus includes a storage unit that stores messages generated in a system, an extracting unit that extracts a message whose occurrence interval is in a certain range from the messages stored on the storage unit, and a determining unit that determines whether the occurrence interval of the message extracted at the extracting unit is out of a certain range in the messages generated in the system. Accordingly, a fault on the system can be detected when the occurrence interval is out of a certain range. | 03-06-2014 |
20140222818 | UPDATE CONTROL DEVICE, UPDATE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND UPDATE CONTROL METHOD - An update control device includes an acquiring unit, a classifying unit, and an update processing unit. The acquiring unit acquires component information that indicates a component in multiple devices. The classifying unit calculates the similarity of the component information related to the multiple devices acquired by the acquiring unit and classifies, on the basis of the calculated similarity, the multiple devices into one or multiple device groups. The update processing unit performs a process for updating systems of the devices that are classified into the same device group by the classifying unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20140297636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TECHNIQUE FOR CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DATABASE - Upon receiving a request to change an attribute value for a certain configuration item (CI), it is determined whether a first pattern exists that includes a first condition, which is satisfied with change relating to the request. Each pattern includes a first condition relating to a certain change of an attribute value for a first CI and a second condition relating to an attribute value, which is to be changed at a same timing as the certain change, for a second CI that has a predetermined relation with the first CI. Upon determining that there is the first pattern, it is determined whether a second condition of the first pattern is satisfied, based on another request to be processed with the request or the like. Upon determining that the second condition of the first pattern is satisfied, a predetermined processing is performed. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297874 | RESOURCE SEARCHING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING RESOURCE SEARCHING PROGRAM - A resource searching device includes a requirement acquisition unit configured to acquire resource requirement information including resource requirements for a plurality of resources, the resources being related to a deployment request of a plurality of received resources and being related to devices or connections between the devices; a calculation unit configured to refer to system configuration information including information on the resources related to devices and connections between the devices in an information processing system to be managed, and to calculate fulfillment rate information including a fulfillment rate for each of the resources that satisfy the resource requirements; and a searching unit configured to search for a plurality of resources corresponding to the deployment request of the plurality of resources by sequentially selecting the resources that satisfy the resource requirements on the basis of the fulfillment rate information and the connections between the devices in the deployment request. | 10-02-2014 |
20150032749 | METHOD OF CREATING CLASSIFICATION PATTERN, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method includes: extracting a partial character string including a reserved word and a character string immediately previous or subsequent to the reserved word from each of a plurality of pieces of target data, the plurality of pieces of target data conforming to a first pattern character string including the reserved word defined by a protocol; detecting target data including the partial character string among the plurality of pieces of target data; specifying a first partial character string from the extracted partial character string based on the detected target data; and creating, by a processor, a second pattern character string for classifying the plurality of pieces of target data based on the first pattern character string and the first partial character string. | 01-29-2015 |
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20080213282 | Formulations - The invention provides a formulation comprising a buffer with a pH from about 4.0 to about 6.0, proline and an effective amount of a polypeptide. The polypeptide can be an antibody. The specification also provides methods of preparing the formulation, a kit containing the formulation and methods of using the formulation. | 09-04-2008 |
20100056765 | Formulations That Inhibit Protein Aggregation - Disclosed is a stable pharmaceutically acceptable formulation containing a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of a protein. Also disclosed are methods for preparing such formulations and methods for inhibiting protein aggregate formation induced by physical stresses associated with processing, manufacture, shipping, and storing protein formulations, particularly freeze/thaw stress. | 03-04-2010 |
20100158908 | Stable Polypeptide Formulations - The invention provides a formulation including a buffer having a pH less than 6.0, a divalent cation between about 5-200 mM, an excipient comprising a sugar or polyol and an effective amount of a therapeutic polypeptide. Also provided is a method of stabilizing a polypeptide. The method includes contacting a therapeutic polypeptide with a concentration of divalent cation between about 5-150 150 mM in a buffer having a pH less than 6.0 and an excipient comprising a sugar or polyol. | 06-24-2010 |
20150315271 | FORMULATIONS - The invention provides a formulation comprising a buffer with a pH from about 4.0 to about 6.0, proline and an effective amount of a polypeptide. The polypeptide can be an antibody. The specification also provides methods of preparing the formulation, a kit containing the formulation and methods of using the formulation. | 11-05-2015 |
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20100120722 | HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH EXCESSIVE BONE LOSS - This invention relates to pyrimidine compounds of formula (I), formula (I′), and formula (I″): | 05-13-2010 |
20120148681 | Peptides and peptide compositions having osteoinductive activity - Compositions and kits are provided having a peptide having an amino acid sequence that binds to eukaryotic cells and effects differentiation and support growth of the cells. Peptide-scaffold compositions containing at least one peptide or combinations of peptides are therapeutic agents for stimulating and promoting osteogenic activity and osteoinduction activity for cells. The scaffold is for example apatite, natural cancellous bone, demineralized natural cancellous bone, collagen, calcium phosphate, or hydroxyapatite. | 06-14-2012 |
20130035386 | BIS[THIOHYDRAZIDE AMIDE] COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING LEUKEMIA - Certain bis[thio-hydrazide amide]-related compounds are found to be surprisingly effective at treating with leukemia, e.g., acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Methods of treating a subject with AML including administering bis[thio-hydrazide amide]-related compounds described herein, are disclosed. | 02-07-2013 |
20130150440 | USE OF BIS [THIOHYDRAZIDE AMIDE] COMPOUNDS SUCH AS ELESCLOMOL FOR TREATING CANCERS - Improved cancer treatments with bis[thiohydrazide amide] compounds such as elesclomol, in particular for identifying patient populations that would benefit from such treatments. | 06-13-2013 |
20140011864 | TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES OF A BIS[THIOHYDRAZIDE AMIDE] COMPOUND - The present invention is directed to a compound comprising a bis[thiohydrazide amide] or a deprotonated form thereof, complexed to a transition metal cation, wherein the bis[thiohydrazide amide] is represented by Structural Formula (I): or a prodrug, isomer, ester, salt, hydrate, solvate, polymorph or a deprotonated form thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention and method of use thereof. | 01-09-2014 |
20150031758 | TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES OF A BIS[THIOHYDRAZIDE AMIDE] COMPOUND - The present invention is directed to a compound comprising a bis[thiohydrazide amide] or a deprotonated form thereof, complexed to a transition metal cation, wherein the bis[thiohydrazide amide] is represented by Structural Formula (I): or a prodrug, isomer, ester, salt, hydrate, solvate, polymorph or a deprotonated form thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention and method of use thereof. | 01-29-2015 |
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20120079969 | COMBUSTION CONTROLLER - The combustion controller controls the fuel and air that are supplied to the combustion furnace for burning substances, and addresses the aforementioned object by including: fuel supply unit for supplying fuel and air into the combustion furnace; air supply unit for supplying air into the combustion furnace, the air supply unit being disposed downstream of the fuel supply unit in the direction of flow of combustion air; concentration measuring unit for measuring the concentration of hydrogen sulfide of the combustion air by passing a measurement beam of light through the combustion air at a measurement position downstream of the fuel supply unit in the direction of flow of the combustion air; and control unit for controlling the amount of air supplied from the fuel supply unit based on a measurement result provided by the concentration measuring unit. | 04-05-2012 |
20120323502 | FLOW VOLUME MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND FLOW VELOCITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A flow volume measurement device or a flow velocity measurement device include a measurement cell including a main pipe, an incident tube that is connected to the main pipe, an emission tube that is connected to the main pipe, and a first purge-fluid supply tube that is connected to the incident tube, a purge-fluid supply unit that supplies purge fluid into the first purge-fluid supply tube of the measurement cell, a light emitting unit that emits a laser beam to the measurement cell, a light receiving unit that receives the laser beam emitted from the light emitting unit and having passed through the measurement cell, and outputs a received amount of light as a light reception signal, a calculation unit that calculates a flow volume or a flow velocity of exhaust fluid flowing in the measurement cell, based on a light reception signal output from the light receiving unit. | 12-20-2012 |
20130157377 | AMMONIA COMPOUND CONCENTRATION MEASURING DEVICE AND AMMONIA COMPOUND CONCENTRATION MEASURING METHOD - An ammonia compound concentration measuring device includes: a pipe unit through which the circulating gas flows; a converter which is disposed in the pipe unit and converts an ammonia compound into ammonia; a measurement device which measures a first measurement value as a concentration of ammonia contained in a first circulating gas flowing inside a pipe line passing through the converter in the circulating gas flowing inside the pipe unit and a second measurement value as a concentration of ammonia contained in a second circulating gas flowing inside a pipe line not passing through the converter in the circulating gas flowing inside the pipe unit; and a controller which controls operations of the pipe unit and the measurement device and calculates the concentration of the ammonia compound of the measurement subject contained in the circulating gas from a difference between the first measurement value and the second measurement value. | 06-20-2013 |