Abstract: A coin feeding device (for example, feeding unit 20) includes: a disk 22 having a plurality of protrusions 22b at a surface, the disk 22 disposed so as to be rotatable in a tilted state and configured to catch coins by the protrusions 22b to move the coins upward while rotating; a cover 21 configured to form a space for storing a coin between the cover 21 and the surface of the disk 22; a guide 26 configured to guide a peripheral edge of a coin such that a part of the coin having been caught by each protrusion 22b and moved upward protrudes from the disk 22; and a taking-out unit (for example, taking-out mechanism 28) configured to grip only one coin protruding from the disk 22, remove the coin from the disk 22, and discharge the coin to outside of the disk 22.

Abstract: An energy storage system according to an embodiment includes first and second power storage devices and performs charge/discharge control for the power storage devices based on a charge/discharge command value. The first power storage device performs discharging for one or more devices as destination via a power line or performs charging of power supplied from one or more devices as source via the power line, and the second power storage device performs charging and discharging for the first power storage device. The energy storage system also includes a control system that controls charge/discharge power of the second power storage device so that a power storage rate of the first power storage device falls within a predetermined power storage rate range and controls charge/discharge power of the first power storage device based on charge/discharge power corresponding to the charge/discharge command value and the charge/discharge power of the second power storage device.

Abstract: A server device includes a data transmission portion that transmits, to a terminal device, data according to a second protocol, the data including a processing request according to a first protocol, and a response notification portion that transmits response data transmitted from the terminal device to a request source of the processing request, the terminal device includes a request notification portion that transmits, to an electronic device, the processing request according to the first protocol based on the data according to the second protocol transmitted from the server device, and a response data transmission portion that transmits, to the server device, response data transmitted from the electronic device, and the electronic device includes a response portion that transmits, to the terminal device, response data according to the first protocol as a response to the processing request according to the first protocol transmitted from the terminal device.

Abstract: A freeze-dried product continuously manufactured by being dried while smoothly moving in a state of receiving a mechanical force in a freeze-drying apparatus 1. The freeze-drying apparatus 1 includes a freezing unit 2 for producing a frozen substance by spraying a raw material solution; and a drying unit 3 for drying the frozen substance. The drying unit 3 has a tubular shape and includes a tubular member 31 kept in a vacuum state, and a spiral wall or groove portion is formed on an inner wall of the tubular member 31 continuously in a longitudinal direction of the tubular member 31. A heat is transferred to the inner wall of the tubular member 31 and the spiral wall or groove portion. The tubular member 31 is configured to be rotated to transfer the freeze-dried product in the longitudinal direction of the tubular member 31 and sublimate or dry the freeze-dried product.

Abstract: A freeze-dried product continuously manufactured by being dried while smoothly moving in a state of receiving a mechanical force in a freeze-drying apparatus 1. The freeze-drying apparatus 1 includes a freezing unit 2 for producing a frozen substance by spraying a raw material solution; and a drying unit 3 for drying the frozen substance. The drying unit 3 has a tubular shape and includes a tubular member 31 kept in a vacuum state, and a spiral wall or groove portion is formed on an inner wall of the tubular member 31 continuously in a longitudinal direction of the tubular member 31. A heat is transferred to the inner wall of the tubular member 31 and the spiral wall or groove portion. The tubular member 31 is configured to be rotated to transfer the freeze-dried product in the longitudinal direction of the tubular member 31 and sublimate or dry the freeze-dried product.

Abstract: A server device includes a data transmission portion that transmits, to a terminal device, data according to a second protocol, the data including a processing request according to a first protocol, and a response notification portion that transmits response data transmitted from the terminal device to a request source of the processing request, the terminal device includes a request notification portion that transmits, to an electronic device, the processing request according to the first protocol based on the data according to the second protocol transmitted from the server device, and a response data transmission portion that transmits, to the server device, response data transmitted from the electronic device, and the electronic device includes a response portion that transmits, to the terminal device, response data according to the first protocol as a response to the processing request according to the first protocol transmitted from the terminal device.

Abstract: Heat shrinkable polystyrene films are provided which are excellent in shrinkage finish properties, low-temperature shrinkability, and resistance to solvents, and have low shrinkage stress, and in which natural shrinkage, a reduction in elongation by printing, and shrinkage due to solvents are suppressed. The films are laminated films having at least three layers. Outer layers of the laminated films are made of a styrene-butadiene block copolymer and an intermediate layer of the laminated films is made of a mixture of a styrene-butadiene block copolymer and another styrene-butadiene block copolymer and/or a styrene-butadiene-isoprene copolymer. As the laminated films, multilayer heat shrinkable polystyrene films are used which are at least monoaxially stretched. The ratio of thickness of their intermediate layer to the total thickness of the laminated films is from 60% to 85%, and the maximum value of the shrinkage stress at 90° C. in the main shrinkage direction is at most 2.5 MPa.

Abstract: A heat transfer white-image-printing sheet comprising a substrate film, and a white ink layer comprising a resin as a main component of the binder thereof and fine hollow particles, provided on one surface of the substrate film. This printing sheet can produce, with high sensitivity, an image having sufficiently high white-color density and hiding power, and excellent abrasion resistance.

Abstract: For stably and efficiently producing cloned livestock, used is a uniform cultured cell strain as a donor cell for nuclear transplantation.

Abstract: For stably and efficiently producing cloned livestock, used is a uniform cultured cell strain as a donor cell for nuclear transplantation.

Abstract: A cooling passage is formed to have a helical configuration so that a flow rate of a cooling medium supplied to the cooling passage is controlled to be in an optimum cooling region. Accordingly, the contact surface area and the cooling volume of cooling water are decreased respectively. Further, it is possible to stably obtain an optimum casting quality with ease.

Abstract: A heat transfer white-image-printing sheet comprising a substrate film, and a white ink layer comprising a resin as a main component of the binder thereof and fine hollow particles, provided on one surface of the substrate film. This printing sheet can produce, with high sensitivity, an image having sufficiently high white-color density and hiding power, and excellent abrasion resistance.

Abstract: A heat transfer white-image-printing sheet including a substrate film, and a white ink layer including a resin as a main component of the binder thereof and fine hollow particles, provided on one surface of the substrate film. This printing sheet can produce, with high sensitivity, an image having sufficiently high white-color density and hiding power, and excellent abrasion resistance.

Abstract: A heat transfer printing sheet for producing images having metallic luster, obtained by successively providing, at least on one surface of a substrate sheet, a transparent coloring layer comprising a coloring agent and a hot-melt binder, and a metallic ink layer comprising a metallic pigment and a hot-melt binder. This printing sheet can be obtained without using a specific apparatus such as a sputtering apparatus, does not require an adhesive layer, and can produce a highly-bright colored image having metallic luster.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a siamese-type clyinder block which is disclosed herein comprises a blank making step of providing a cylinder block blank in which a sleeve made of a cast iron is cast in each cylinder barrel of a siamese-type barrel made of an aluminum alloy and consisting of a plurality of cylinder barrels connected in series, and a mechanically working or machining step of forming the inner peripheral surface of each sleeve of the cylinder block blank into a true circle. The process is characterized in that the blank making step includes placing highly rigid sleeves each having a thickness set as large as 10% or more of the inner diameter thereof into a siamese-type cylinder barrel molding cavity in a mold and then pouring a molten metal of aluminum alloy under a pressure into the cavity to effect a casting. The sleeve is cast-in as it is at an ambient temperature or in a heated state.