Abstract: A pressure type flow rate control apparatus is provided wherein flow rate of fluid passing through an orifice is computed as Qc=KP1 (where K is a proportionality constant) or as Qc=KP2m (P1?P2)n (where K is a proportionality constant, m and n constants) by using orifice upstream side pressure P1 and/or orifice downstream side pressure P2. A fluid passage between the downstream side of a control valve and a fluid supply pipe of the pressure type flow rate control apparatus comprises at least 2 fluid passages in parallel, and orifices having different flow rate characteristics are provided for each of these fluid passages, wherein fluid in a small flow quantity area flows to one orifice for flow control of fluid in the small flow quantity area, while fluid in a large flow quantity area flows to the other orifice for flow control of fluid in the large flow quantity area.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device with improved electric characteristics is provided. The photoelectric conversion device has a structure in which a window layer is formed by a stack of a first silicon semiconductor layer and a second silicon semiconductor layer, and the second silicon semiconductor layer has high carrier concentration than the first silicon semiconductor layer and has an opening. Light irradiation is performed on the first silicon semiconductor layer through the opening without passing through the second silicon semiconductor layer; thus, light absorption loss in the window layer can be reduced.

Abstract: A gas supply line and gas supplying apparatus that facilitates maintenance and management of various types of devices. The supplying apparatus is formed with a supply line that is made up of a gas inlet-side block, a gas outlet-side block and a plurality of fluid control devices. The gas supplying apparatus is formed with at least two gas supply lines, the fluid control device of each gas supply line includes at least one flow controller, an inlet-side block of the flow controller on one gas supplying line is connected to an inlet-side block of the flow controller on the other gas supply line so as to oppose the inlet-side block, and an outlet-side block of one flow controller is connected to an outlet-side block of the other flow controller so as to oppose the gas outlet-side block.

Abstract: A hollow body molding device having molten resin injected into a main cavity, fluid is pressure-injected through a pressure port after the injection of molten resin, a floating core moves to the outlet side, the molten resin is extruded from the outlet simultaneously with the movement of the floating core, and a hollow molded body is molded, the hollow body molding device having a floating core storage portion connected to the main cavity and stores the floating core moved by the pressurized fluid, an auxiliary cavity stores molten resin discharged from the main cavity and the floating core storage portion, communication passages and which communicate the floating core storage portion and the auxiliary cavity with each other; and an opening and closing means that opens and closes the communication passages by sliding movement. In the hollow body molding device, each inlet cross-sectional area B of the communication passages is specified.

Abstract: An acquisition unit of an information processing apparatus acquires access information indicating the state of access to a volume of a disk device at least for data read. A determination unit detects a volume in which a sequential read was performed, on the basis of the acquired access information, and determines the volume as a backup source for a backup.

Abstract: A minute electrode, a photoelectric conversion device including the minute electrode, and manufacturing methods thereof are provided. A plurality of parallel groove portions and a region sandwiched between the groove portions are formed in a substrate, and a conductive resin is supplied to the groove portions and the region and is fixed, whereby the groove portions are filled with the conductive resin and the region is covered with the conductive resin. The supplied conductive resin is not expanded outward, and the electrode with a designed width can be formed. Part of the electrode is formed over the region sandwiched between the groove portions, thus, the area of a cross section in the short axis direction can be large, and a low resistance in the long axis direction can be obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hollow body molding device which allows easy confirmation of passage of a floating core through a molded body and facilitates quality control at the site.

Abstract: A pressure type flow rate control apparatus is provided wherein flow rate of fluid passing through an orifice is computed as Qc=KP1 (where K is a proportionality constant) or as Qc=KP2m(P1?P2)n (where K is a proportionality constant, m and n constants) by using orifice upstream side pressure P1 and/or orifice downstream side pressure P2. A fluid passage between the downstream side of a control valve and a fluid supply pipe of the pressure type flow rate control apparatus comprises at least 2 fluid passages in parallel, and orifices having different flow rate characteristics are provided for each of these fluid passages, wherein fluid in a small flow quantity area flows to one orifice for flow control of fluid in the small flow quantity area, while fluid in a large flow quantity area flows to the other orifice for flow control of fluid in the large flow quantity area.

Abstract: An upstream cylinder (21) and a downstream cylinder (24) are fixedly mounted to a support member (19), and a filter cylinder (26) is provided mountably and dismountably between the cylinders (21) and (24). In consequence, only the filter cylinder (26) can be dismounted with the cylinders (21) and (24) left as they are on the support member (19), so that the maintenance operation of a particulate matter removing filter (28) can be performed easily. In addition, pressure conduits (32) and (33) and a pressure sensor (34) of a pressure detection unit (31) for detecting a clogged state of the particulate matter removing filter (28) are disposed at positions offset from a moving path (30) of the filter cylinder (26). In consequence, only the filter cylinder (26) can be easily mounted or dismounted without being obstructed by the pressure conduits (32) and (33) and the pressure sensor (34).

Abstract: This invention provides a fluid control device capable of making compact a fluid control device in which a valve and a limit switch are combined. A valve 6 includes a piston 26 as a moving member which includes a protruding portion protruding from an opening of a casing 21, and which linearly moves according to opening and closing of the valve 6 so as to abut against a limit switch 7. The limit switch 7 is made to face the piston 26 and is attached via a limit switch positioning unit 8 so as to be adjustable about its position. The limit switch positioning unit 8 includes a first bolt 42 fixed to a body 2, a second bolt 43 fixed to the limit switch 7, and a connection screw 44 which connects both the bolts 42, 43. The first bolt 42 and the second bolt 43 have different pitches from each other.

Abstract: This invention provides a fluid control device which is capable of visually recognizing its opening and closing states with a simple configuration. The casing 3 is formed so as to be opened upward. The piston 8 is disposed at an upper end portion of a valve rod 7 such that a piston upper end portion is exposed from an opening of the casing 3 when the valve rod 7 is located at the upper position.

Abstract: To provide a photoelectric conversion device with less metal contamination and surface detects, and a manufacturing method thereof. The photoelectric conversion device is formed in the following manner: a surface of the single crystal silicon substrate is soaked in an alkaline solution to perform etching so that unevenness including a plurality of minute projections each having a substantially square pyramidal shape and a depression formed between the adjacent projections are formed; then, the single crystal silicon substrate having the unevenness is soaked in a mixed acid solution to perform etching so that at a cross section including a vertex of the projection and dividing each of a surface of the projection and a surface facing the aforementioned surface into two equal parts, the vertex of the projection forms an obtuse angle, and a bottom of the depression has a curved surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a touch roll (211) including: a center rotary shaft (20); fixed end plates (28, 29) concentrically disposed in two places which are away from each other in an axial direction of the center rotary shaft; an external cylinder (40) made of a metal-made thin film and rotatably supported, at two ends thereof, by the respective fixed end plates, the external cylinder being concentric with the center rotary shaft; and multiple rolling rubber rolls (70) each rotatably supported, at two ends thereof, by the respective fixed end plates, the plurality of rolling rubber rolls being in sliding contact with an outer peripheral surface of the center rotary shaft, and being in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the external cylinder.

Abstract: A sheet forming apparatus includes a first roll, a second roll configured to sandwich molten resin extruded from a die in cooperation with the first roll, a coupling member provided to be revolvable around a rotation center axis of the second roll, a third roll provided rotatably on the coupling member and configured to sandwich the resin conveyed along an outer periphery of the second roll in cooperation with the second roll, and a coupling member supporter configured to support the coupling member at an intermediate part of the coupling member so as to allow the coupling member to revolve.

Abstract: A sheet or film-forming roll 10 includes an inner cylinder member 20 having axial parts 21, 22 provided on both sides thereof and rotatably supported by bearing parts 26, 27 through the axial parts 21, 22, a rubber roll 40 fitted to an outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder member 20, eccentric side plates 53, 54 rotatably fitted to the axial parts 21, 22 of the inner cylinder member 20 respectively, and an elastic outer cylinder member 50 rotatably supported by the eccentric side plates 53, 54. The elastic outer cylinder member 50, which is provided with a thin-walled structure and made from metal, has an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the rubber roll 40 to accommodate the rubber roll 40 in an interior 68 thereof, and has inner circumferential surface 50A coming into contact with an outer circumferential surface 40A of the rubber roll 40.

Abstract: A minute electrode, a photoelectric conversion device including the minute electrode, and manufacturing methods thereof are provided. A plurality of parallel groove portions and a region sandwiched between the groove portions are formed in a substrate, and a conductive resin is supplied to the groove portions and the region and is fixed, whereby the groove portions are filled with the conductive resin and the region is covered with the conductive resin. The supplied conductive resin is not expanded outward, and the electrode with a designed width can be formed. Part of the electrode is formed over the region sandwiched between the groove portions, thus, the area of a cross section in the short axis direction can be large, and a low resistance in the long axis direction can be obtained.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device, a method for forming an embedded electrode is provided, which is suitable for a groove with a high aspect ratio. A first groove and a second groove intersecting with the first groove are formed in a crystalline silicon substrate, an i-type first silicon semiconductor layer, a second silicon semiconductor layer with one conductivity type, and a light-transmitting conductive film are sequentially formed on the surface of the crystalline silicon substrate and on the grooves, a conductive resin is injected into the first groove, and the second groove is filled with the conductive resin by a capillary action to form a grid electrode.

Abstract: An acquisition unit of an information processing apparatus acquires access information indicating the state of access to a volume of a disk device at least for data read. A determination unit detects a volume in which a sequential read was performed, on the basis of the acquired access information, and determines the volume as a backup source for a backup.

Abstract: A drive apparatus for a vehicle includes an engine output system that outputs power from an engine and a power transmission system that transmits the power from the engine output system to a driving wheel. A power transmission path including a chain mechanism and a one-way clutch is provided between an oil pump and a turbine shaft that is part of the engine output system. Another power transmission path including a corresponding chain mechanism and a corresponding one-way clutch is provided between the oil pump and a primary shaft that is part of the power transmission system.

Abstract: A gasket type orifice includes a first orifice base having a through-type passage in a central area thereof, a second orifice base having in a central area thereof a through-type passage communicating with the passage of the first orifice base, and an orifice plate having an orifice hole formed in a central area thereof, wherein the orifice plate is mounted by insertion in an airtight manner between both orifice bases, and the gasket type orifice is installed in a fluid passage, in which the outer end faces of both orifice bases respectively serve as sealing faces, and an outer diameter of the second orifice base, located on the downstream side, is larger than an outer diameter of the first orifice base located on the upstream side, and an outer peripheral edge portion of an inner end face of the second orifice base serves as another sealing face.