Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires mobile object information, parcel information, pickup delivery information as information regarding at least one of pickup and delivery, map information, weather information, and traffic information, a calculation control unit that calculates a delivery company burden, as a cost defrayment by a delivery company, in regard to each combination of target parcels and a mobile object by using the mobile object information, the parcel information, the pickup delivery information, the map information, the weather information and the traffic information, a determination unit that determines an optimum combination out of a plurality of combinations based on the delivery company burden calculated in regard to each combination of target parcels and a mobile object, and an output unit that outputs the optimum combination.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a main tank that stores ink; a first storage tank that stores the ink supplied from the main tank; an ink head that ejects the ink; a first supply channel for supplying the ink from the main tank to the first storage tank; a second supply channel for supplying the ink from the first storage tank to the ink head; a heating section that is provided in the first supply channel and heats the ink; and a circulation channel for returning the ink in the second supply channel to a part, located between the main tank and the heating section, of the first supply channel.

Abstract: An image former includes: an inkjet head; a plurality of ink storages that is connected to the inkjet head and stores ink; a pressure generator that generates a difference in internal pressure between the plurality of ink storages so that ink flows between the plurality of ink storages and the inkjet head; and a storage communicator that causes the plurality of ink storages to communicate with each other so that the difference in internal pressure decreases.

Abstract: An image former includes: an inkjet head; a plurality of ink storages that is connected to the inkjet head and stores ink; a pressure generator that generates a difference in internal pressure between the plurality of ink storages so that ink flows between the plurality of ink storages and the inkjet head; and a storage communicator that causes the plurality of ink storages to communicate with each other so that the difference in internal pressure decreases.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes: a cleaning member that comes into contact with a cleaning subject member and cleans the cleaning subject member using a liquid; and a liquid supply member that holds the liquid on a surface that is in contact with the cleaning member and supplies the held liquid to the cleaning member via the surface. The liquid supply member includes a plurality of holders that hold a different amount of liquid from each other in the surface.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes: a cleaning member that comes into contact with a cleaning subject member and cleans the cleaning subject member using a liquid; and a liquid supply member that holds the liquid on a surface that is in contact with the cleaning member and supplies the held liquid to the cleaning member via the surface. The liquid supply member includes a plurality of holders that hold a different amount of liquid from each other in the surface.

Abstract: A degassing apparatus includes a hollow fiber disposed on a supply path for a liquid, the hollow fiber including a gas permeable film permeable to dissolved gas in the liquid. The liquid is refluxed and brought into contact with a hollow interior or exterior of the hollow fiber, and a side of the hollow fiber not in contact with the liquid is depressurized to allow the dissolved gas in the liquid to permeate the depressurized side. The degassing apparatus further includes a clogging detector that detects clogging of the hollow interior of the hollow fiber caused by a component in the liquid.

Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording apparatus capable of easily and more reliably performing fixation processing on a recording medium moved after image recording. The ink jet recording apparatus is provided with: an image forming unit (12) that ejects ink; a first conveyance unit (11) that conveys a recording medium (P) on which the ejected ink is to land and relatively moves the same with respect to the image forming unit; a fixation unit (24) that fixes the ink that has landed on the recording medium; a second conveyance unit (21) that conveys the recording medium on which the ink to be fixed has landed and relatively moves the same with respect to the fixation unit; and a first end pressing roller (215) and a second end pressing roller (216) which serve as a floating suppression unit that suppresses, from the ink-landed surface side, floating of the recording medium from a recording medium conveyance surface in the second conveyance unit.

Abstract: A degassing apparatus includes a hollow fiber disposed on a supply path for a liquid, the hollow fiber including a gas permeable film permeable to dissolved gas in the liquid. The liquid is refluxed and brought into contact with a hollow interior or exterior of the hollow fiber, and a side of the hollow fiber not in contact with the liquid is depressurized to allow the dissolved gas in the liquid to permeate the depressurized side. The degassing apparatus further includes a clogging detector that detects clogging of the hollow interior of the hollow fiber caused by a component in the liquid.

Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording apparatus capable of easily and more reliably performing fixation processing on a recording medium moved after image recording. The ink jet recording apparatus is provided with: an image forming unit (12) that ejects ink; a first conveyance unit (11) that conveys a recording medium (P) on which the ejected ink is to land and relatively moves the same with respect to the image forming unit; a fixation unit (24) that fixes the ink that has landed on the recording medium; a second conveyance unit (21) that conveys the recording medium on which the ink to be fixed has landed and relatively moves the same with respect to the fixation unit; and a first end pressing roller (215) and a second end pressing roller (216) which serve as a floating suppression unit that suppresses, from the ink-landed surface side, floating of the recording medium from a recording medium conveyance surface in the second conveyance unit.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a first cleaning section and a second cleaning section. The first cleaning section applies, to a first collecting roller, a voltage for electrostatically attaching toner oppositely charged at a first foamed roller to the first collecting roller from the first foamed roller. The second cleaning section applies, to a second collecting roller, a voltage for electrostatically attaching toner oppositely charged at a second foamed roller to the second collecting roller from the second foamed roller.

Abstract: A thermal spray powder of the present invention includes particles composed of molybdenum disulfide, and a coating layer provided on the surface of each of the particles. The coating layer is composed of a metal that is softened or melted at a temperature lower than the heat decomposition temperature of the molybdenum disulfide. The coating layer is preferably composed of copper. The thermal spray powder suppresses heat decomposition of the molybdenum disulfide contained in the thermal spray powder during thermal spraying.

Abstract: A thermal spraying powder is characterized in that 90% particle size D90 of the thermal spraying powder is 15 ?m or less. The thermal spraying powder is also characterized in that the ratio of the total volume of particles having a particle size of 1 ?m or less to the total volume of all particles in the thermal spraying powder is 2% or less. A value obtained by dividing the bulk density of the thermal spraying powder by the theoretical density of material forming the thermal spraying powder is preferably 0.15 or more. The particle size dispersion index of the thermal spraying powder is preferably 0.7 or less. A thermal spray coating that is dense and has a small surface roughness is reliably formed using the thermal spraying powder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal spraying powder capable of reliably allowing the achievement of a thermal sprayed coating having superior characteristics. A thermal spraying powder according to a first embodiment of the invention includes a predetermined amount of each of molybdenum, boron, cobalt, and chromium. The total content of molybdenum, boron, cobalt, and chromium in the thermal spraying powder is no less than 95% by weight. The primary crystal phase of the thermal spraying powder is multi-element ceramics containing at least one of cobalt and chromium along with molybdenum and boron. A thermal spraying powder according to a second embodiment of the invention includes a predetermined amount of each of molybdenum, boron, nickel, and chromium. The total content of molybdenum, boron, nickel, and chromium in this thermal spraying powder is no less than 95% by weight.

Abstract: A thermal spraying method and thermal spraying system of the present invention jets thermal spraying powder supplied from a feeder through a connecting conduit by softening or melting the thermal spraying powder using a thermal spraying machine. By setting the internal atmosphere in the connecting conduit to a negative pressure relative to the atmosphere near the intake end of the connecting conduit, the thermal spraying powder stored in the feeder is suctioned into the intake end of the connecting conduit. The thermal spraying powder suctioned into the intake end of the connecting conduit is carried to the discharge end of the connecting conduit, introduced inside a cylindrical air flow jetted from the nozzle provided in the thermal spraying machine or introduced into a combustion chamber provided in the thermal spraying machine or into the jet nozzle, softened or melted and jetted out.

Abstract: A thermal spray powder of the present invention includes particles composed of molybdenum disulfide, and a coating layer provided on the surface of each of the particles. The coating layer is composed of a metal that is softened or melted at a temperature lower than the heat decomposition temperature of the molybdenum disulfide. The coating layer is preferably composed of copper. The thermal spray powder suppresses heat decomposition of the molybdenum disulfide contained in the thermal spray powder during thermal spraying.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal spraying powder capable of reliably allowing the achievement of a thermal sprayed coating having superior characteristics. A thermal spraying powder according to a first embodiment of the invention includes a predetermined amount of each of molybdenum, boron, cobalt, and chromium. The total content of molybdenum, boron, cobalt, and chromium in the thermal spraying powder is no less than 95% by weight. The primary crystal phase of the thermal spraying powder is multi-element ceramics containing at least one of cobalt and chromium along with molybdenum and boron. A thermal spraying powder according to a second embodiment of the invention includes a predetermined amount of each of molybdenum, boron, nickel, and chromium. The total content of molybdenum, boron, nickel, and chromium in this thermal spraying powder is no less than 95% by weight.

Abstract: A thermal spray gun of the present invention is capable of forming a good-quality ceramic spray coating. According to the machine, a flame generated in a combustion chamber of the machine is sent into a passage formed from the combustion chamber and through a discharge port that communicates with the combustion chamber, and then the flame is discharged from the discharge port to outside of the machine. A spray material is fed to the flame passing through the passage so that the spray material can be softened or melted by the flame and can be jetted out. An auxiliary fuel is fed to the flame passing through the passage to increase a temperature of the flame.

Abstract: A spray powder to be used for forming a coating, which comprises from 80 to 97 wt %, based on the total weight, of a cermet powder and from 3 to 20 wt %, based on the total weight, of a metal powder, wherein the metal powder comprises Cr and Ni in a total amount of at least 90 wt %, based on the total weight of the metal powder, and the content of Cr is from 0 to 55 wt %, based on the total weight of the metal powder.

Abstract: A spray powder which has a particle size of from 6 to 63 &mgr;m and which comprises from 75 to 95 wt % of a ceramic phase made of a WC powder and at least one chromium carbide powder selected from the group consisting of Cr3C2, Cr7C3 and Cr23C6, and from 5 to 25 wt % of a metal phase made of a Ni or Ni-based alloy powder, wherein the mean particle size of primary particles of the WC powder constituting the ceramic phase is from 5 to 20 &mgr;m, and the mean particle size of primary particles of the chromium carbide powder is from 1 to 10 &mgr;m.