Abstract: A storage media library device includes a media drive unit which writes and reads information on storage media, a media storage unit which stores the storage media, a robot which transports the storage media between the media drive unit and the media storage unit, a robot control unit which controls the storage media transport operation of the robot, and a vibration detection unit which detects occurrence of vibrations. The robot control unit is controlled by a library control unit, wherein if occurrence of vibrations is detected by the vibration detection unit during the robot transports the storage media, the robot control unit causes the robot to stop the storage media transport operation, and when subsidence of the vibrations is detected within a predefined time period preset in a storage media transport command and monitored by the library control unit, the robot control unit causes the robot to resume.

Abstract: An information recording system for recording information on an optical disc using a reference clock signal generated based on a push-pull signal including a wobble frequency component, the system includes an amplitude obtaining unit for obtaining an amplitude value of the push-pull signal, a threshold calculation unit for calculating a displacement threshold of the push-pull signal based on the amplitude value obtained by the amplitude obtaining unit, and a noise reduction unit for generating a corrected push-pull signal by correcting the push-pull signal such that a displacement exceeding the displacement threshold is reduced. The reference clock signal is generated based on the corrected push-pull signal generated by the noise reduction unit.

Abstract: There is provided an optical disc recording apparatus containing a small-area circuit that is adaptable to both of the formats of DVD-R/RW and +RW/+R standards. The apparatus is provided with a circuit (106) for converting a 32T-cycle binarized wobble signal based on the +RW/+R standard into a 186T-cycle binarized wobble signal based on the DVD-R/RW standard, and the converted 186T-cycle binarized wobble signal is selected with a selector (108) during +RW/+R recording while the 186T-cycle binarized wobble signal is selected during DVD-R/RW recording, whereby subsequent PLL circuits are shared to reduce the circuit scale.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel transparent recordable medium to be used as a genuine product for a specific image-forming device, an image-forming device and identification device that can readily and reliably identify the transparent recordable medium as any one among several types.

Abstract: A container box for use in a communication apparatus. The container box has a container case defining an internal space; partitions connected to the container case for partitioning the internal space to have at least two accommodating chambers; and a container cover corresponding to each of the at least two accommodating chambers. Each cover is connected to the container case for independently closing and opening the at least two accommodating chambers. Wherein the at least two accommodating chambers each have differing degrees of waterproof level.

Abstract: An attaching arrangement for attaching, to a communications apparatus container box, an optical cable case which includes a case body for accommodating an optical cable and a case end portion attached to the case body. The attaching arrangement includes: a first rotary hinge having a first rotary hinge axis for rotatably attaching the case end portion to the container box around the first rotary hinge axis; and a second rotary hinge having a second rotary hinge axis perpendicular to the first rotary hinge axis for rotatably attaching the case end portion to the container box around the second rotary hinge axis. In a preferred implementation, the attaching arrangement further includes: a slide rail slidably attached to an inner surface of the container box along a direction parallel to the second rotary hinge axis so that the slide rail is slidable from an inside of the container box to an outside of the container box and from the outside of the container box to the inside of the container box.

Abstract: A library unit including a plurality of frames and a plurality of cell shelves, each of the cell shelves having a plurality of cells arranged in an X-Y plane. The plurality of cell shelves are located in at least one of the plurality of frames, at least one accessor having a picker portion, and a plurality of first reference flags, each of which having substantially the same X-axis coordinate are provided with each of the frames with a spacing in the Y-axis direction. According to the library unit, the plurality of first reference flags are detected by a sensor attached to the picker portion, and a relative inclination angle of the accessor with respect to the Y axis in the X-Y plane is calculated from a difference in position in the X-axis direction of plurality of reference flags in order to obtain a correction value in the X-axis direction for each cell.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cartridge carrying system for performing carriage control so as to enable carriage of a cartridge even when a gap is made between arms and the cartridge.

Abstract: The invention provides a connector for connecting a branch conductor to an insulated double core cable without cutting the cable or stripping the insulation from the cable. The connector includes a connecting element adapted to pierce the cable insulation to contact the conducting core and a insulative wedge adjacent the connecting element which pierces the cable insulation to maintain the conductive cores of the cable apart from one another.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a separator for forming a current collector and edge plate by placing a die and an outer frame for surrounding the die on a press head, placing a thin material plate and a soft plate, and pressing the thin material plate through the soft plate. When the current collector and the edge plate are made press working, cut working and joint working such as welding, can be omitted. Accordingly, the residual stress which is intrinsic to such workings is prevented. Thus, no stress is released by the temperature rise involved in the fuel cell operation and the members of the fuel cell do not become distorted. Additionally, the method provides high productivity.

Abstract: An apparatus for making paper cylinders for nursing seedlings in which pasted, cut pieces are transferred, piled and stuck together by pressing, the apparatus includes transfer members positioned to receive cut pieces, the transfer members including a rotary cylinder having a surface provided with a plurality of grooves and a plurality of air passageways which open to said surface and extend from air holes in the cylinder pieces. A lamination table is positioned in the vicinity of the rotary cylinder. A pressing mechanism is positioned in the vicinity of the lamination table, the pressing mechanism including a pressing member fixed to a bell crank shaft in correspondence to the grooves so as to be reciprocated between the grooves and the table by motion of the bell crank shaft, edge aligning means are mounted on ends of the bell crank shaft for aligning both side portions of the cut pieces by rocking motion thereof.