Abstract: In an engine 1 equipped with a supercharger 40 consisting of a compressor 41 having a plurality of blades 45 on a turbine shaft 42 and a turbine 42, at least one index means 44 is provided on the turbine shaft 42 or the plurality of blades 45, and a turbo angular velocity sensor 62, which detects a rotation of the index means 44 and a rotation of the plurality of blades 45 respectively, is provided and connected to an ECU 60. In the engine 1, also, a turbo angular velocity computing means, which calculates an angular velocity by obtaining a plurality of pulses per one rotation of the turbine shaft, is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a component mounting apparatus including two board transfer devices for respectively transferring circuit boards in respective directions parallel to each other and a component placing device provided with at least one component placing head for mounting the components on the boards positioned at predetermined mounting positions on the board transfer devices. Where two component placing heads are provided, they pick up components from two component supply devices and mount the picked-up components respectively on the boards loaded by the two board transfer devices. In this way, the component placing device mounts components simultaneously or alternately on two boards loaded respectively by the two board transfer devices.

Abstract: In a method for boring injection holes of an injector 1 having a plurality of intersections between an axis line of the injector 1 and the axes of the injection holes 10a bored in the injector 1, or so-called a group of injection holes 10, flat sections 10c, 10d, which are perpendicular to the injection holes 10a and include apertures of the injection holes 10a, are formed on boring portions of injection holes 10a. The boring portions are provided with recessed portions 10b and the recessed portions 10b are formed at the bottom thereof with flat sections 10c. Alternatively, the flat sections 10c, 10d are formed by cutting the boring portions, or by forging them.

Abstract: In a diesel engine equipped with an injector 1 having a plurality of intersections between an axis line of the injector 1 and the axes of injection holes 10a bored in the injector 1, an air intake valve 25 is controlled so that it is closed at timing before a BDC (at timing when a piston comes to a bottom dead center) by an ECU 50, which controls the timing of closing the air intake valve 25 based on operating conditions of the engine.

Abstract: A largest eigenvalue is determined among eigenvalues corresponding to a correlation matrix indicating correlations between a plurality of channels receiving incoming radar waves from an object that reflects a radar wave as a reference eigenvalue ?1. A ratio R?i (=10 log 10(?i/?1)) is calculated of each eigenvalue ?2 to ?N to the reference eigenvalue ?1. Eigenvalues among the reference eigenvalue ?1 and the eigenvalues ?2 to ?N of which the eigenvalue ratio R?i is greater than a noise threshold TH are identified as eigenvalues in signal space. Eigenvalues of which the eigenvalue ratio R?i is equal to the noise threshold TH or less are identified as eigenvalues in noise space. The number of eigenvalues identified as the eigenvalues in signal space is counted as the number of arrival signals.

Abstract: A polyester resin for toner which is obtained through polymerization in the presence of a release agent ingredient with a melting point of 60–100° C. or a release agent ingredient comprising an alcohol component, and which has a softening temperature of 100–160° C., an acid value of 0.1–30 mgKOH/g and a glass transition temperature of 40–70° C.; a process for producing a polyester resin for toner which comprises conducting polymerization in the presence of a release agent ingredient with a melting point of 60–100° C. or a release agent ingredient comprising an alcohol component; and toner comprising the polyester resin. Toners with excellent non-offset properties and glosses are obtained.

Abstract: Disclosed is an input pen for entering information into an input device by a handwriting input operation. The input pen includes: a grip, to be held by a user for a handwriting input operation, having a shape substantially resembling a flat plate; and a pointed tip continuous with the grip. The grip contains an axis aligned with a center axis of the pointed tip.

Abstract: A computer operation recording program causes a computer to execute the steps of: recording image information of a display screen, which is outputted from the computer, at a predetermined time interval in accordance with a predetermined user's operation when a malfunction occurs in the computer taken as a trigger; creating report information which includes the image information and reports the malfunction; transmitting the report information to a management apparatus; and receiving, from the management apparatus, response information in which information on a countermeasure against the malfunction reported by the report information is stored.

Abstract: A sheet-thickness detector device has a sheet guide with a sheet-guide surface for guiding a sheet between a magnetic field sensor and a magnetic guide element. The magnetic field sensor, having an approach-guide plane disposed upstream in a sheet conveying direction for guiding the sheet to a detection surface, comes into direct contact with the sheet. By the structure mentioned above, the thickness of a sheet is detected so as to determine sheet double feeding and the like without producing sheet jamming.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reading device (1) for reading the fluorescence emitted from a fluorescent material present in a microarray (A), which is characterized in that it comprises a transmission light source (2) for transmitting light rays through the microarray (A); an excitation light source (6) for exciting the fluorescent material; an imaging means (4) for imaging the light passing through the microarray and imaging the fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent material; and a detection means (5) for detecting the position and/or size of a specific division arranged on the microarray on the basis of the images of the light which transmits through the microarray.

Abstract: A polyester resin for toner which is obtained through polymerization in the presence of a release agent ingredient with a melting point of 60-100° C. or a release agent ingredient comprising an alcohol component, and which has a softening temperature of 100-160° C., an acid value of 0.1-30 mgKOH/g and a glass transition temperature of 40-70° C.; a process for producing a polyester resin for toner which comprises conducting polymerization in the presence of a release agent ingredient with a melting point of 60-100° C. or a release agent ingredient comprising an alcohol component; and toner comprising the polyester resin. Toners with excellent non-offset properties and glosses are obtained.

Abstract: Disclosed is a component mounting apparatus including two board transfer devices for respectively transferring circuit boards in respective directions parallel to each other and a component placing device provided with at least one component placing head for mounting the components on the boards positioned at predetermined mounting positions on the board transfer devices. Where two component placing heads are provided, they pick up components from two component supply devices and mount the picked-up components respectively on the boards loaded by the two board transfer devices. In this way, the component placing device mounts components simultaneously or alternately on two boards loaded respectively by the two board transfer devices.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic component mounting apparatus, which is provided with a board transfer device for transferring circuit boards and a pair of component supply devices arranged with the board transfer device therebetween for supplying electronic components on the boards. Of the component supply devices, one of them is designated as main component supply device for primarily supplying the electronic components on the boards, and the other is designated as secondary component supply device for supplying the electronic components as long as the component supply from the main component supplying device is discontinued. The electronic component mounting apparatus performs a switching control so that the electronic components are supplied from the main component supply device during the ordinary mounting operation, but from the secondary component supply device when th component supply from the main component supplying device is discontinued.

Abstract: A sheet-thickness detector device has a sheet guide with a sheet-guide surface for guiding a sheet between a magnetic field sensor and a magnetic guide element. The magnetic field sensor, having an approach-guide plane disposed upstream in a sheet conveying direction for guiding the sheet to a detection surface, comes into direct contact with the sheet. By the structure mentioned above, the thickness of a sheet is detected so as to determine sheet double feeding and the like without producing sheet jamming.

Abstract: A polyarylate film having optical isotropy and process for the preparation thereof are disclosed, in which the film satisfies the following relationship (1) and (2);W.gtoreq.1000-70,000 T.sup.2 (1)W.gtoreq.850-70,000 T.sup.2 (2)wherein the formula, T is a film thickness in mm and W is film width in mm, and the retardation value of the films (1) and (2) is not more than 20 n.m. and 10 n.m. over the whole range thereof, respectively.

Abstract: In a multiple-time recorder in which different colored recordings are superimposed on a single sheet to draw a multi-colored drawing, the reference position of the recording paper must remain at a same point for each-time drawing of a single color. At an initialization, a physical property of the recording paper is measured as a function of the paper position including the reference position, and this function is stored in a reference data memory. Before the commencement of the next and subsequent recordings, the same physical property is measured and stored in a compared data memory. From the cross correlation of the contents of the compared data memory and those of the reference data memory, the reference position for the next and subsequent recordings is precisely determined.

Abstract: Several pairs of ink sheet reels are mounted on an ink sheet stock assembly. The supporting axis of a sheet take-up reel of a pair of ink sheet reels is grasped by an axis clutch of a sheet transfer assembly, and the sheet transfer assembly is placed at the remote end from the ink sheet stock assembly, outstretching the ink sheet between the stock reel and the take-up reel pair. When a new ink sheet is to be used, the sheet transfer assembly comes to a position nearest to the ink sheet stock assembly. This position is the transfer position where an empty axis clutch for sheet take-up reel of the ink sheet stock assembly takes the sheet take-up reel from the axis clutch of the sheet transfer assembly. A new pair of ink sheet reels comes down to this position, hokding a new sheet take-up reel. The axis clutch of the sheet transfer assembly takes the new sheet take-up reel and recedes in a horizontal direction outstreching a new ink sheet.