Abstract: An exhaust structure for an engine includes: a catalyst converter configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine; a catalyst pipe in which the catalyst converter is accommodated; and a lead-out pipe configured to lead the exhaust gas to the catalyst pipe. The lead-out pipe is closed at a downstream end thereof, and has a plurality of discharge holes formed in a peripheral wall thereof.

Abstract: A vehicle comprises an engine, a throttle body including a passage section and a throttle valve, and a throttle valve controller which controls opening or closing of the throttle valve, wherein the throttle valve controller includes: a memory section which contains therein a medium output control command such that the medium output control command continues to be stored in the memory section in a state in which electric power supply to the throttle valve controller is ceased, the medium output control command indicating an opening degree of the throttle valve, corresponding to a preset medium output range, and wherein the throttle valve controller controls opening or closing of the throttle valve, in accordance with the medium output control command read from the memory section, when an engine output meets a medium output condition in which the engine output is controlled to fall into the medium output range.

Abstract: A vehicle comprises an engine, a throttle body including a passage section and a throttle valve, and a throttle valve controller which controls opening or closing of the throttle valve, wherein the throttle valve controller includes: a memory section which contains therein a medium output control command such that the medium output control command continues to be stored in the memory section in a state in which electric power supply to the throttle valve controller is ceased, the medium output control command indicating an opening degree of the throttle valve, corresponding to a preset medium output range, and wherein the throttle valve controller controls opening or closing of the throttle valve, in accordance with the medium output control command read from the memory section, when an engine output meets a medium output condition in which the engine output is controlled to fall into the medium output range.

Abstract: A thermal transfer printer is capable of printing a plurality of images from one picture block of an ink sheet. The thermal transfer printer includes a damage prediction part that makes prediction of damage on a subsequent print image to be generated by printing of a preceding image by predicting damage on the ink sheet to be generated by printing of the preceding image, and a print control part that prints the preceding image while exerting control to suppress generation of the predicted damage on the subsequent print image based on the damage prediction.

Abstract: An inside of an incinerator body into which sludge is fed is divided into a lower portion, a portion above the lower portion, and a top portion in a height direction. The lower portion serves as a pyrolysis zone for supplying fluidizing air having an air ratio of 1.1 or less together with fuel to thermally decompose the sludge while fluidizing the sludge. The portion above the lower portion serves as an over bed combustion zone for supplying only combustion air having an air ratio of 0.1 to 0.3 to form a local high temperature place to decompose N2O. The top portion serves as a perfect combustion zone for perfectly combusting unburned contents. The quantity of N2O generated during sludge incineration can be drastically reduced while maintaining the use quantity of auxiliary fuel at the same level as that of a conventional incineration method.

Abstract: A thermal transfer printer is capable of printing a plurality of images from one picture block of an ink sheet. The thermal transfer printer includes a damage prediction part that makes prediction of damage on a subsequent print image to be generated by printing of a preceding image by predicting damage on the ink sheet to be generated by printing of the preceding image, and a print control part that prints the preceding image while exerting control to suppress generation of the predicted damage on the subsequent print image based on the damage prediction.

Abstract: In a thermal transfer printer for printing a color picture by dividing it into pieces with a prescribed size, an image data converting unit 10 includes a joint shifting unit 10b for shifting a joint of each color between the divided pieces so that the joints of individual colors are not aligned with each other in the sub-scanning transfer direction, and a joint processing unit 10c for transferring the joints of the individual colors, which are shifted by the joint shifting unit, so that the joints overlap each other, and for correcting gradation data in the overlapping portion according to correction coefficients that are set in advance for each line in the sub-scanning transfer direction.

Abstract: An exhaust system for discharging exhaust gases through an exhaust passageway, emitted from a multi-cylinder combustion engine mounted on a motor vehicle includes a partition plate formed therein for dividing the exhaust passageway into a plurality of juxtaposed exhaust passages and having a communicating hole defined therein, and an exhaust gas sensor positioned at a location in proximity of the communicating hole for detecting a composition of the exhaust gases.

Abstract: An inside of an incinerator body into which sludge is fed is divided into a lower portion, a portion above the lower portion, and a top portion in a height direction. The lower portion serves as a pyrolysis zone for supplying fluidizing air having an air ratio of 1.1 or less together with fuel to thermally decompose the sludge while fluidizing the sludge. The portion above the lower portion serves as an over bed combustion zone for supplying only combustion air having an air ratio of 0.1 to 0.3 to form a local high temperature place to decompose N2O. The top portion serves as a perfect combustion zone for perfectly combusting unburned contents. The quantity of N2O generated during sludge incineration can be drastically reduced while maintaining the use quantity of auxiliary fuel at the same level as that of a conventional incineration method.

Abstract: An exhaust system for discharging exhaust gases through an exhaust passageway, emitted from a multi-cylinder combustion engine mounted on a motor vehicle includes a partition plate formed therein for dividing the exhaust passageway into a plurality of juxtaposed exhaust passages and having a communicating hole defined therein, and an exhaust gas sensor positioned at a location in proximity of the communicating hole for detecting a composition of the exhaust gases.

Abstract: A printing device produces printed pieces of paper having no blank areas, and which can precisely position print content on the back side of continuous printing paper. A mark is provided in a blank area on the back side of printing paper. A sensor senses the mark, whereby the position of a regular-form print area adjacent to the blank area on the printing paper can be recognized. A thermal head and a cutter respectively print the printing paper and cut off the blank area based on the sense output. Accordingly, it is possible to produce a printed piece of paper having a desired print on the front side and a regular-form print on the back side without positional misalignment and without blank in the feed direction, with the mark removed therefrom.

Abstract: A printing device that produces printed pieces of paper having no blank is provided, which can precisely position the print to contents on the back side of the printing paper. A mark (36) is provided in a blank area (38) on the back side of printing paper (3a). A sensor (7) senses the mark (36), whereby the position of a regular-form print area (37) adjacent to the blank area (38) on the printing paper (3a) can be recognized. A thermal head (1a) and a cutter (6) print the printing paper (3a) and cuts the blank area (38) away on the basis of the sense output. Accordingly, it is possible to produce a printed piece of paper having a desired print on the front side and a regular-form print on the back side printed without positional misalignment and without blank in the feed direction, with the mark (36) removed therefrom.