Abstract: An air conditioner comprises a compressor to compress a refrigerant, a heat exchanger to move heat of the refrigerant, and a blower to blow air. The blower comprises a fan rotatable about a rotation axis, and a plurality of stationary blades installed to be a radial shape about the rotation axis in a direction in which the airflow generated by the rotation of the fan is discharged, and are curved in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the fan from an inner circumferential portion to an outer circumferential portion. The stationary blades comprise an inlet edge, and an outlet edge, and an inlet angle formed by the inlet edge and the rotation axis and a chord angle formed by a chord connecting the inlet edge and the outlet edge and the rotation axis are larger at the inner and outer circumferential portions than at a radial center portion.

Abstract: A wearing article includes a first band part, a second band part, and a connecting band part. The first band part is formed to be in contact with a region extending from the base of a big toe on the sole side through an inner side part of the foot to the vicinity of a malleolus. The second band part is formed to be in contact with a region extending from the base of the big toe on an instep side through the inner side part of the foot, the sole, and an outer side part of the foot to the vicinity of the other malleolus. The connecting band part is formed to be in contact with a region extending from the vicinity of the first band part.

Abstract: A mobile station transmits to a base station a plurality of pre-coding indicators using respective feedback schemes of a plurality of kinds of feedback schemes that can be set simultaneously by the base station. The mobile station receives from the base station a downlink signal on which pre-coders corresponding to one of the transmitted pre-coding indicators have been applied, and a pre-coder confirmation representing whether the corresponding pre-coders have been applied. The pre-coders represented by the pre-coder confirmation are associated with one of the plural feedback schemes.

Abstract: Provided are a blower, capable of suppressing noise occurring in a stator while significantly improving blowing efficiency, and an outdoor unit using the same. The present disclosure comprises: a bell mouth part spaced apart at a predetermined distance in the radial direction with respect to an outer circumferential end of a propeller fan; and a diffuser part installed on the downstream side of the bell mouth part, and having a flow path area which is enlarged from the upstream side toward the downstream side with a larger magnification rate than the magnification rate of the flow path area in the downstream end of the bell mouth part; and a stator part having a plurality of stators, wherein the stator part is arranged within the diffuser part.

Abstract: A tensioner assembly includes a pulley arm pivotable about a pivot shaft, and a tension pulley mounted on the pulley arm at its end remote from the pivot shaft and pressed against a belt to keep the tension of the belt. The tension pulley is rotatably mounted around a base portion of the pulley arm through a rolling bearing with the inner surface and axial rear end surface of the bearing inner race in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the base portion and an end surface of a shoulder of the base portion, respectively. The base portion has an axial through hole formed with an internal thread on its inner surface. A support bolt is threaded into the through hole from the axial front end to press the rolling bearing against the end surface of the shoulder. The internal thread has an axial front end located in the vicinity of, or axially rearwardly of, the end surface of the shoulder.

Abstract: A chain tensioner includes an oil supply passage for supplying hydraulic oil into a pressure chamber defined by a cylinder and a plunger, and a check valve provided at the end of the oil supply passage. A leak gap is defined between the sliding surfaces of the cylinder and the plunger. The plunger is biased by a return spring in the direction in which the plunger protrudes out of the cylinder. A plug is press-fitted in a cylindrical inner periphery of a through hole formed in the plunger to extend from a protruding end surface of the plunger to the pressure chamber to define an air vent passage. It is possible to change the hydraulic damper force simply by replacing the plug with another different kind of plug to define a different air vent passage.

Abstract: In a multi-blade centrifugal fan in which an impeller is provided in a scroll casing in a freely rotatable manner, the scroll casing is provided with an axially expanded portion that forms an air channel at a bottom surface thereof which is expanded in a rotation-axis direction at a radially outer side of an annular flange portion which supports the impeller; and is provided, in a region of an outlet between a tongue portion and a spiral-end portion of the scroll casing in the axially expanded portion, with a protrusion that protrudes radially outward from a radially inner side surface by a predetermined amount so as to directly face an airflow in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: In a fulcrum bearing device for a pulley arm, a sleeve is inserted in a shaft hole formed in a boss portion of a pulley arm, washers are fitted on the outer peripheries of small diameter tube portions formed at the respective end portions of the sleeve, and the sleeve is fixed to an engine block by means of a bolt inserted through the sleeve and tightened, so that the pulley arm is pivotally supported. The shaft hole is formed at its respective end portions with seal receiving recesses having large diameters. Each seal member includes a cylindrical portion provided on its outer peripheral portion and press-fitted in the seal receiving recess, and a radial lip extending obliquely inwardly and provided on the inner periphery of the seal member. The distal end portions of the radial lips are kept in elastic contact with the outer diameter surface of the sleeve.

Abstract: Provided are a blower, capable of suppressing noise occurring in a stator while significantly improving blowing efficiency, and an outdoor unit using the same. The present disclosure comprises: a bell mouth part spaced apart at a predetermined distance in the radial direction with respect to an outer circumferential end of a propeller fan; and a diffuser part installed on the downstream side of the bell mouth part, and having a flow path area which is enlarged from the upstream side toward the downstream side with a larger magnification rate than the magnification rate of the flow path area in the downstream end of the bell mouth part; and a stator part having a plurality of stators, wherein the stator part is arranged within the diffuser part.

Abstract: Provided are a blower, capable of suppressing noise occurring in a stator while significantly improving blowing efficiency, and an outdoor unit using the same. The present invention comprises: a bell mouth part spaced apart at a predetermined distance in the radial direction with respect to an outer circumferential end of a propeller fan; and a diffuser part installed on the downstream side of the bell mouth part, and having a flow path area which is enlarged from the upstream side toward the downstream side with a larger magnification rate than the magnification rate of the flow path area in the downstream end of the bell mouth part; and a stator part having a plurality of stators, wherein the stator part is arranged within the diffuser part.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cyanotriazole compound represented by the formula (1): wherein each symbols are defined in the specification, or a salt thereof. The compound or a salt thereof stimulates the citric acid cycle activity and/or improves hyperglycemia with less side effects, and excellent safety, and therefore, it is useful for treating and/or preventing diseases or disorders on which citric acid cycle activation and/or improvement of hyperglycemia has a prophylactic and/or therapeutic effect, for example, diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, hepatic steatosis, atherosclerosis and/or cardiovascular disease, as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from stimulating energy expenditure.

Abstract: A tensioner assembly includes a pulley arm pivotable about a pivot shaft, and a tension pulley mounted on the pulley arm at its end remote from the pivot shaft and pressed against a belt to keep the tension of the belt. The tension pulley is rotatably mounted around a base portion of the pulley arm through a rolling bearing with the inner surface and axial rear end surface of the bearing inner race in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the base portion and an end surface of a shoulder of the base portion, respectively. The base portion has an axial through hole formed with an internal thread on its inner surface. A support bolt is threaded into the through hole from the axial front end to press the rolling bearing against the end surface of the shoulder. The internal thread has an axial front end located in the vicinity of, or axially rearwardly of, the end surface of the shoulder.

Abstract: Provided are a low-noise, high-performance multiblade centrifugal fan that suppresses interference between rotational flows generated within extension sections that are extended in a rotation-axis direction at upper and lower end surfaces of a scroll casing, and an air conditioner equipped with the same. In a multiblade centrifugal fan having an impeller disposed in a rotatable manner about a rotation shaft within a scroll casing having a flow path whose cross section gradually increases in a rotational direction, at least one of upper and lower end surfaces of the scroll casing serves as an inclined end surface that is extended in the extending direction of the rotation shaft such that an extended height thereof gradually increases in the rotational direction from a scroll start position, and a stepped section extending in the rotational direction is provided between the inclined end surface and an inner-peripheral side surface of an extension section.

Abstract: A tensioner assembly includes a pulley arm pivotable about a pivot shaft, and a tension pulley mounted on the pulley arm at its end remote from the pivot shaft and pressed against a belt to keep the tension of the belt. The tension pulley is rotatably mounted around a base portion of the pulley arm through a rolling bearing with the inner surface and axial rear end surface of the bearing inner race in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the base portion and an end surface of a shoulder of the base portion, respectively. The base portion has an axial through hole formed with an internal thread on its inner surface. A support bolt is threaded into the through hole from the axial front end to press the rolling bearing against the end surface of the shoulder. The internal thread has an axial front end located in the vicinity of, or axially rearwardly of, the end surface of the shoulder.

Abstract: A camera system includes: a first camera and a second camera; a camera adaptor box; and a camera control unit.

Abstract: A camera system and method are suitable for use in applications in which three dimensional images are generated without using complicated procedures. A camera system includes: a first camera and a second camera; a camera adaptor box; and a camera control unit. The camera adaptor box controls the operations of the first and second cameras and transmits the images from the first and second cameras to the camera control unit. The camera control unit outputs a control signal, received from a control panel to control the cameras, to the camera adaptor box. The camera control unit outputs a video signal received from the camera adaptor box to a display apparatus and a recording apparatus.

Abstract: In a multi-blade centrifugal fan including an impeller (7) rotatably disposed in a casing and composed of a disc-shaped hub (8), a plurality of blades (9), and an annular shroud (10), the blades (9) are curved in a concave shape on a pressure side in a cross-section perpendicular to a rotating shaft of the impeller (7) and have a curved shape that is backward-swept near a leading edge (9C) thereof and that is forward-swept near a trailing edge (9D) thereof, the inner diameter of the cascade of blades (9) increases gradually from the hub (8) toward the shroud (10), and the diameter of a maximum-curvature position (9B) where the curvature of the curved shape is maximized increases gradually from the hub (8) toward the shroud (10).

Abstract: In a fulcrum bearing device for a pulley arm, a sleeve is inserted in a shaft hole formed in a boss portion of a pulley arm, washers are fitted on the outer peripheries of small diameter tube portions formed at the respective end portions of the sleeve, and the sleeve is fixed to an engine block by means of a bolt inserted through the sleeve and tightened, so that the pulley arm is pivotally supported. The shaft hole is formed at its respective end portions with seal receiving recesses having large diameters. Each seal member includes a cylindrical portion provided on its outer peripheral portion and press-fitted in the seal receiving recess, and a radial lip extending obliquely inwardly and provided on the inner periphery of the seal member. The distal end portions of the radial lips are kept in elastic contact with the outer diameter surface of the sleeve.

Abstract: In a multi-blade centrifugal fan in which an impeller is provided in a scroll casing in a freely rotatable manner, the scroll casing is provided with an axially expanded portion that forms an air channel at a bottom surface thereof which is expanded in a rotation-axis direction at a radially outer side of an annular flange portion which supports the impeller; and is provided, in a region of an outlet between a tongue portion and a spiral-end portion of the scroll casing in the axially expanded portion, with a protrusion that protrudes radially outward from a radially inner side surface by a predetermined amount so as to directly face an airflow in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A hydraulic auto-tensioner includes a cylinder containing hydraulic oil, a rod inserted in the cylinder, and two coupling pieces mounted to the bottom of the cylinder and the top end of the rod, respectively. A support ring is inserted in the mounting hole of each coupling piece, and a bush is inserted in the support ring. One of the radially inner surface of the mounting hole and the radially outer surface of the support ring is a curved surface such that the support ring is alignable. Radially outwardly extending flanges are formed at one end of the support ring and at the other end of the bush such that the flanges axially face the respective end surfaces of the coupling piece with gaps left therebetween. A coupling arrangement is provided between the support ring and the bush which is adapted to engage both the support ring and the bush when the bush is inserted into the support ring, thereby axially inseparably coupling them together.