Abstract: A power transmission device includes a flywheel and a torque limiter unit fixed to the flywheel. The flywheel includes an annular portion and an accommodation portion provided on an inner peripheral side of the annular portion to accommodate the torque limiter unit. The torque limiter unit includes a first plate, a second plate, a friction disc disposed between the first and second plates, and a pressing member. A torque is inputted to the first plate. The first plate includes first engaging portions. The second plate is axially opposed to and non-rotatable relative to the first plate. The second plate includes second engaging portions engaged with the first engaging portions. The pressing member presses the second plate onto the friction disc. The annular portion of the flywheel is provided with recesses on the inner peripheral surface thereof. The recesses are recessed radially outward in opposed positions to the second engaging portions.

Abstract: A clutch disc includes a core plate and a friction member having an annular shape. The core plate includes a coupling portion having an annular shape and a plurality of fixation portions. The plurality of fixation portions protrude radially outward from the coupling portion and are circumferentially aligned through a plurality of slits each radially extending between adjacent two of the plurality of fixation portions. The friction member is fixed to the plurality of fixation portions and has an inner diameter larger than a diameter of the core plate at inner peripheral ends of the plurality of slits. The friction member includes a plurality of discharge grooves on an inner peripheral end surface thereof in corresponding portions thereof to the plurality of fixation portions. The plurality of discharge grooves lead water to the plurality of slits when the water drops on the inner peripheral end surface of the friction member.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an oxygen-enriched burner which can change any oscillation period and uniformly heat an object to be heated with an excellent heat transfer efficiency when heating the object to be heated while moving the flame with self-induced oscillation, and a method for heating using an oxygen enriched burner, and the present invention provides an oxygen-enriched burner including a center fluid ejection outlet and a peripheral fluid ejection outlet provided around the center fluid ejection outlet, a pair of openings are provided at opposite positions on side walls of a fluid ejection flow path of the center fluid ejection outlet, a pair of the openings are communicated with each other by a communication portion, an interval between a pair of side walls downstream of the openings in the fluid ejection flow path is gradually expanded toward the downstream side, and the communication portion includes a first communication pipe and the second communication pipe each having a f

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an oxygen enriched burner which can uniformly heat with excellent heat transfer efficiency even at a position away from the burner, when heating an object to be heated by a self-oscillating flame, and a method for heating using an oxygen enriched burner, and the present invention provides an oxygen enriched burner including a central fluid discharge outlet and a pair of first peripheral fluid discharge outlet and a pair of second peripheral fluid discharge outlets, which are arranged opposite to each other around the central fluid outlet, a pair of openings are provided in side walls of a fluid ejection flow path on the upstream side of the central fluid discharge outlet, the distance between a pair of side walls gradually expands toward the downstream side, a pair of the second peripheral fluid outlet are arranged so as to be orthogonal to the direction facing the openings and sandwich the central fluid outlet therebetween, an angle y° formed by the central ax

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to improve the efficiency when operating the melting/refining furnace of the cold iron source using a burners and a lance, or during refining, and the present invention provides a method for operating a melting/refining furnace comprising a through hole so as to penetrate a furnace wall, at least one burners provided in the through hole; and at least one lances installed in an oxidant gas supply hole provided above the through-hole for the burner, wherein an amount of oxygen introduced in the melting step is adjusted to a range calculated based on a the furnace volume.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a burner which is capable of decreasing the amount of NOx emission and heating the object to be heated uniformly with excellent heat transfer efficiency when heating the object to be heated while oscillating the flame by self-induced oscillation, and a method for heating using a burner, and the present invention provides a burner including a center fluid ejection outlet 2 having a sectional fan shape in which an interval between a pair of side walls 63a and 63b gradually expands toward a downstream side, a pair of openings 62a and 62b provided on side walls 61 of a fluid ejection flow path 6 on an upstream side of the central fluid ejection port 2 and communicated by a communication pipe 7, a first peripheral fluid ejection outlet arranged around the center fluid ejection outlet, a second peripheral fluid ejection outlet is arranged at a position at which a distance between a center thereof and a center of the center fluid ejection outlet is larger than a dist

Abstract: A torque fluctuation inhibiting device includes a mass body, first and second centrifugal elements, and first and second cam mechanisms. The mass body is rotatable with a rotor and is also rotatable relatively to the rotor. Each of the first and second centrifugal elements receives a centrifugal force to be generated by rotation of the rotor and the mass body. When a relative displacement is produced between the rotor and the mass body in a rotational direction, the first cam mechanism converts the centrifugal force that acts on the first centrifugal element into a first circumferential force directed to reduce the relative displacement. When the relative displacement is produced between the rotor and the mass body in the rotational direction, the second cam mechanism converts the centrifugal force that acts on the second centrifugal element into a second circumferential force directed to reduce the relative displacement.

Abstract: A torque fluctuation inhibiting device includes a mass body, a centrifugal element and a cam mechanism. The mass body is disposed to be rotatable with a rotor and be rotatable relatively to the rotor. The centrifugal element is disposed to receive a centrifugal force to be generated by rotation of the rotor and the mass body. When a relative displacement is produced between the rotor and the mass body in a rotational direction, the cam mechanism converts the centrifugal force that acts on the centrifugal element into a circumferential force directed to reduce the relative displacement. Additionally, when the torque fluctuations inputted to the rotor have a predetermined magnitude or greater, the cam mechanism makes the mass body freely rotate with respect to the rotor.

Abstract: A torque fluctuation inhibiting device inhibits torque fluctuations in a rotor to which a torque is inputted. The torque fluctuation inhibiting device includes a mass body, a centrifugal element and a cam mechanism. The mass body is disposed to be rotatable with a rotor and be rotatable relatively to the rotor. The centrifugal element is disposed to receive a centrifugal force to be generated by rotation of the rotor and the mass body. The cam mechanism converts the centrifugal force acting on the centrifugal element into a circumferential force when a relative displacement is produced between the rotor and the mass body in a rotational direction. The circumferential force is directed to reduce the relative displacement.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a burner which can uniformly heat a wide area without decreasing the heat radiation even when the swing width of the flame self-oscillating is large, and the present invention provides a burner in which a main combustion fluid and a second combustion fluid are combusted by ejecting the main combustion fluid while self-oscillating from a central expanding ejection port (3) which expands towards a tip end and ejecting the second combustion fluid from a pair of side ejection ports (5 and 7) provided on both sides of the central expanding ejection port (3), wherein a pair of the side ejection ports (5 and 7) are disposed symmetrically with respect to a central axis of the central expanding ejection port (3), and the central expanding ejection port (3) and the side ejection ports (5 and 7) are provided such that an expanding angle ? of the central expanding ejection port (3) and an angle ? formed by the central axes of a pair of the side ejection ports (5 and 7) sa

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a method and a device for heating an object to be heated which can uniformly heat the object to be heated in a shorter time than in the prior art, the amount of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides (NOx), and the like generated can be significantly reduced, and the object to be heated can be dried and heated efficiently and in an environmentally friendly manner, and the present invention provides a method for heating an object to be heated by a flame which is produced by supplying a fuel fluid and a combustion supporting gas to a burner as a heat source, wherein a temperature rising rate is increased by gradually increasing an oxygen concentration in the combustion supporting gas supplied to the burner and a device for heating an object to be heated including a burner for heating the object to be heated, a flow rate control unit for controlling a flow rate of a fuel fluid and a combustion supporting gas, and a calculation unit for transmitting combustion informatio

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a burner which makes it possible to prevent blockage and damage of the nozzle by the molten metal and the slag, and the present invention provides a burner including a combustion supporting gas supply passage which is configured to supply a combustion supporting gas toward a combustion supporting gas outlet provided at the center of the tip end side; a fuel supply passage which is configured to supply a fuel toward a fuel ejection outlet provided around the combustion supporting gas outlet; and a protective nozzle provided from a position surrounding a periphery of the fuel ejection outlet so as to project forward beyond the tip end surface at which the combustion supporting gas ejection outlet and the fuel ejection outlet are provided; wherein the combustion supporting gas supply passage includes a Laval nozzle, and a diameter-enlarged nozzle of which a diameter gradually increases from the tip end of the Laval nozzle toward the combustion supporting gas ejec

Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas treatment method and an exhaust gas treatment device which prevent the generation of NOX, and treat a first exhaust gas and a second exhaust gas with a small amount of fuel, and the exhaust gas treatment method comprises a first combustion step which treats a first exhaust gas discharged from a carbonization furnace for carbonizing a fibrous substance in an inert atmosphere and a graphitization furnace for graphitizing a fibrous substance in an inert atmosphere and a second combustion step of treating a second exhaust gas discharged from a flameproofing furnace for flameproofing a fibrous substance in air atmosphere, wherein the first exhaust gas is combusted at an oxygen ratio of 0.8 or less in the first combustion step, and the second exhaust gas is combusted in the second combustion step using sensible heat and latent heat of a third exhaust gas discharged in the first combustion step.

Abstract: A device for inhibiting torque fluctuations includes a mass body disposed in alignment with a rotor in an axial direction. The mass body is rotatable with the rotor, and is also rotatable relatively to the rotor. The device includes a centrifugal element that receives a centrifugal force to be generated by rotation of the rotor and the mass body. A cam mechanism includes a cam and a cam follower. The cam mechanism converts the centrifugal force that acts on the centrifugal element into a circumferential force when a relative displacement is produced between the rotor and the mass body in a rotational direction. The circumferential force is directed to reduce the relative displacement. The cam is provided on the centrifugal element or one of the rotor and the mass body, the cam follower is provided on the one of the rotor and the mass body or the centrifugal element.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide an oxygen burner which is capable of forming a high-velocity-oxygen jet flow without a cooling structure, and efficiently dissolving an object to be heated, and the present invention provides an oxygen burner comprising a primary oxygen ejection port provided at a tip of the primary oxygen flow path, a plurality of fuel gas supply pipes provided so as to branch a tip end side of the fuel gas flow path, a fuel gas ejection port provided in each of the fuel gas supply pipes, and a secondary oxygen ejection port provided at a tip of the secondary oxygen flow path, the fuel gas ejecting ports are arranged so as to surround the primary oxygen ejection port, the secondary oxygen ejection port is arranged so as to surround the fuel gas ejection ports and the primary oxygen ejection port, and the fuel gas ejection ports are arranged on the same plane and protrude than a tip of the primary oxygen ejection port.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to improve efficiency at the time of operation of a melting and refining furnace of a cold iron source using an oxygen burner lance, and the present invention provides a melting and refining furnace comprising a through-hole provided through a furnace wall, one or more oxygen burner lances provided in the through-hole: and a thermometer which is configured to measure a temperature in the furnace, the oxygen burner lance has one or more openings communicating with the inside of the furnace, and the thermometer is provided in any one of the openings.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas treatment method for treating exhaust gases discharged from a carbon fiber manufacturing steps which can suppress a cost increase due to an increase in an amount of an exhaust gas treated, the present invention provides an exhaust gas treatment method including: a first combusting step in which a carbonizing step-exhaust gas discharged from a carbonizing step in which the fibrous substance is carbonized in an inert gas atmosphere is treated; and a second combusting step in which a flameproofing step-exhaust gas discharged from a flameproofing step in which the fibrous substance is flameproofed in an air atmosphere and a first combusting step-exhaust gas discharged from the first combustion step are treated; and an air separating step in which nitrogen for producing the inert gas atmosphere in the carbonizing step, and the oxygen-enriched air used in the first combusting step are produced by separating air.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide an oxygen burner which is capable of forming a high-velocity-oxygen jet flow without a cooling structure, and efficiently dissolving an object to be heated, and the present invention provides an oxygen burner comprising a primary oxygen ejection port provided at a tip of the primary oxygen flow path, a plurality of fuel gas supply pipes provided so as to branch a tip end side of the fuel gas flow path, a fuel gas ejection port provided in each of the fuel gas supply pipes, and a secondary oxygen ejection port provided at a tip of the secondary oxygen flow path, the fuel gas ejecting ports are arranged so as to surround the primary oxygen ejection port, the secondary oxygen ejection port is arranged so as to surround the fuel gas ejection ports and the primary oxygen ejection port, and the fuel gas ejection ports are arranged on the same plane and protrude than a tip of the primary oxygen ejection port.

Abstract: A torque fluctuation inhibiting device includes a mass body, a plurality of centrifugal elements, an actuation preventing mechanism and a cam mechanism. The mass body is rotatable with a rotor, and is rotatable relatively to the rotor. Each of the centrifugal elements is disposed to receive a centrifugal force to be generated by rotation of the rotor and the mass body, and is movable in a radial direction. The actuation preventing mechanism restricts at least one of the centrifugal elements from moving outward in the radial direction when the rotor or the mass body is rotated at a predetermined speed or greater. The cam mechanism converts the centrifugal force into a circumferential force with use of actuation of the plurality of centrifugal elements moved in the radial direction by the centrifugal force when a relative displacement is produced between the rotor and the mass body in a rotational direction.

Abstract: A dynamic vibration absorbing device for an automobile can be on an output-side member of a torque converter. The dynamic vibration absorbing device includes a rotary member, a mass part, and an elastic member. The rotary member is fixed to the output-side member. The rotary member can be rotated about a rotational center of the output-side member. The mass part includes a first accommodation part. The mass part is for attenuating vibration of the output-side member by rotating about the rotational center relative to the rotary member. The elastic member is held by the first accommodation part. The elastic member elastically couples the rotary member and the mass part in a rotational direction. The elastic member is for generating a hysteresis torque by sliding against the first accommodation part in rotation of the rotary member.