Abstract: Exhaust air from a coater drier is sent to a desorption zone of a VOC concentration rotor. Air which comes out of the desorption zone is sent to a heat exchanger and cooled, the cooled air which comes out of the heat exchanger is sent to a cooling coil which carries out VOC concentration recovery. Air which comes out of the cooling coil is sent to an absorption zone of the VOC concentration rotor. Air which comes out of the absorption zone is sent to the heat exchanger and heated. The heated air which comes out of the heat exchanger is sent to a heating coil to be used as supply air for a coater drier. A heat pump can be used for the cooling coil which carries out cooling condensation of the organic solvent and the heating coil which heats purified air as air supply for the coater drier.

Abstract: An image is sharpened by using a frequency component exceeding a Nyquist frequency. In particular, an image processing apparatus 100 of the disclosure herein for generating an output image by sharpening an input image includes a first nonlinear processing unit 101 configured to generate a first signal by carrying out nonlinear processing on an input image signal representing the input image, a sharpening processing block 102 configured to generate a second signal containing a frequency component higher than a frequency component contained in the first signal by carrying out sharpening processing on the first signal, and an adder 103 configured to generate an output image signal representing the output image by adding the second signal to the input image signal.

Abstract: A mixing apparatus is provided that evenly mixes a powder raw material and a liquid raw material. The powder raw material is supplied to and spread out on a rotating disk to form a thin layer of dispersed particle swarms close to the periphery of the rotating disk. A rotary atomizer that synchronously rotates on the same axis is provided above the rotating disk. The liquid raw material is supplied to an inside surface of the rotary atomizer. Then, the liquid raw material is conducted to an atomizing head where the liquid raw material is atomized, and droplet swarms are horizontally radiated. The dispersed particle swarms and the droplet swarms are merged and condensed within a tapered wedge-shaped space, with the result that these swarms change into a fine and homogeneous mixture. The mixture is then radiated from the periphery.

Abstract: A posture holding apparatus including, a base onto which a substance is placed, a supporting member being attached onto the base so that the supporting member swings between a standby state and an active state, and a swinging support member having a returning force for returning the supporting member to the standby state, wherein the swinging support member is structured by a swinging member, a biasing member for applying a biasing force to the swinging member to the standby state, a liquid pressure output member for outputting liquid pressure in response to a weight of the substance, and a displacement amount adjusting member, with which a point of action of the biasing force applied from the biasing member to the supporting member is moved in response to the liquid pressure such that a distance from the pivot to the point of action changes.

Abstract: Provided is an attachment structure of a check valve that is easily attached to piping, and does not need time and effort of manufacturing. A valve casing having a collar part is attached so as to be sandwiched between a pair of flanges joined to each other through an annular seal body in an upstream side in a fluid flow direction. In this valve casing, a valve is biased in a seating direction to a valve seat through a shaft and a biasing means.

Abstract: An image is sharpened by using a frequency component higher than Nyquist frequency. An image enhancing device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention for generating an output image by sharpening an input image, includes: a filter unit 10 configured to generate a first signal by eliminating at least a direct current component of a frequency component included in an input image signal representing the input image; a nonlinear processing unit 20 configured to generate a second signal by carrying out, to the first signal, nonlinear processing asymmetric between a positive area and a negative area of the first signal; a limiter 30 configured to generate a third signal by adjusting the second signal; and an adder 50 configured to generate an output image signal representing the output image by adding the third signal to the input image signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminator capable of improving evenness of a pressing force applied from pressure-bonding rolls to a substrate and a film. The laminator includes a first pressure-bonding roll, and a second pressure-bonding roll disposed above the first pressure-bonding roll and configured to be displaceable in a direction toward (a first direction) and a direction away from (a second direction) the first pressure-bonding roll. The laminator further includes a support roll configured to support the first pressure-bonding roll below the first pressure-bonding roll, and a pressure application roll disposed above the second pressure-bonding roll. The pressure application roll is configured to be displaceable in the first direction and the second direction, and is also configured to press the second pressure-bonding roll toward one side where the first pressure-bonding roll is located by being displaced in the first direction.

Abstract: An image enhancement apparatus according to the present invention for generating an output image obtained by sharpening an input image includes a non-linear processing unit configured to carry out non-linear processing on an input image signal representing the input image, a filter unit configured to generate a second signal by removing at least a DC component of the frequency components included in the first signal, a limiter configured to generate a third signal by adjusting the second signal, and an adder configured to generate an output image signal representing the output image by adding the third signal to the input image signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical fiber connector cleaner in which the rotation of the cleaning shaft is linked with the feeding of the cleaning tape so that it is possible to wipe the dirt on the end surface of the connector off reliably. A forwarding and reversing mechanism of the optical fiber connector cleaner is formed of a fixing member contacting the second casing so as to be slidable, and a coil spring biasing the second casing forward in the one direction for the fixing member, a rotation mechanism is formed of a first rack gear disposed on the fixing member, a first gear rotatably mounted in the second casing, and a second gear connected to a base end of the shaft 14, the first gear includes first teeth fitted to the first rack gear, and second teeth fitted to the second gear.

Abstract: In the honeycomb rotor recovery concentration apparatus which collects gas, such as carbon dioxide, from stack gas etc., it collects by the highest possible recovery rate, and condenses to the highest possible concentration, and lessens the amount of energy for recovery concentration as much as possible. Adsorption zone 4, preheating zone 12, low concentration gas purge zone 15, desorption zone 5, high concentration gas purge zone 16, pre-cooling zone 13, and cooling zone 7 are provided to the hand of cut of a rotor. Low concentration gas is prevented from mixing in desorption zone 5, and high concentration gas is prevented from being spilt out from desorption zone 5. Pre-heating zone 12 and pre-cooling zone 13 constitute a circulation circuit, and it raises energy-saving nature by pre-cooling and carrying out preheating heat exchange by gas which circulates through a circuit.

Abstract: Provided is a direct acting mechanism of a tire curing device which can sufficiently perform positional control of a bladder extension height and a shaping height, etc., and is applicable to tires of different sizes. A hydraulically-driven central mechanism 1 as an example of a central mechanism of a tire curing device to which the present invention is applied includes a bag head 2 and a hydraulic cylinder 3. A cylinder tube 4 is formed to be thick-walled, and near the outer circumferential surface thereof, a sensor hole portion 7 is provided. The sensor hole portion 7 penetrates to the bottom surface side of the cylinder tube 4, and a linear sensor 8 with heat resistance and flexibility is inserted therein.

Abstract: A bicycle driving device including a shaft rotatably mounted on a part of a body frame; two crank arms perpendicularly disposed at both ends of the shaft so as to be symmetrical with each other at 180° with respect to a center of the shaft as a base point; a pedal attached to a tip of the crank arm; a gear mounted at one end of the shaft, which is provided with a chain; and balance weights disposed in a predetermined plane parallel to a surface formed by a rotary motion of the crank arm for generating kinetic energy equivalent to the kinetic energy generated by rotary motion of the crank arm and the pedal, wherein each mount position of those balance weights is set to be adjustable in an arc with a predetermined radius with respect to an axial center of the shaft.

Abstract: An image is sharpened by using a frequency component exceeding a Nyquist frequency. In particular, an image processing apparatus 100 of the disclosure herein for generating an output image by sharpening an input image includes a first nonlinear processing unit 101 configured to generate a first signal by carrying out nonlinear processing on an input image signal representing the input image, a sharpening processing block 102 configured to generate a second signal containing a frequency component higher than a frequency component contained in the first signal by carrying out sharpening processing on the first signal, and an adder 103 configured to generate an output image signal representing the output image by adding the second signal to the input image signal.

Abstract: A damper with a torque limiter is provided in which a torque limiter is formed from an annular limiter housing formed on a mass ring, a friction plate frictionally engaging with the limiter housing a pressure-applying plate that frictionally engages with the friction plate and that is linked to the mass ring, and a limiter spring urging the pressure-applying plate toward the friction plate side, a spring holder is formed from a pair of first and second holder plates that oppose each other to define a damper housing and that are joined to each other by a rivet, and the friction plate is formed integrally with the second holder plate. Thus, a rivet providing a link between a pair of holder plates forming a spring holder does not carry the burden of torque transmission, enabling the diameter of the rivet to be smaller and thereby reducing weight and cost.

Abstract: For sharpening an input image by up-converting the input image in order to increase the number of pixels of an image and generating a frequency component higher than a frequency component contained in an input image signal representing the input image, the number of multipliers is reduced, thereby achieving significant downsizing of an apparatus and cost reduction. An image processing apparatus includes a path on a base image side for up-converting the input image signal and a path on a sharpening processing side for carrying out nonlinear arithmetic processing on the input image signal. The path on the sharpening processing side includes an up-converter at a subsequent stage of at least one filter, after which the nonlinear arithmetic processing is carried out. The at least one filter may be either a two-dimensional low pass filter for noise removal or a high pass filter for removing a DC component.

Abstract: An absorption-type carbon dioxide removal/condensing apparatus is removes or condenses carbon dioxide so that the apparatus secures high recovery efficiency. The apparatus has a honeycomb rotor holding a carbon dioxide absorbent, which is divided into at least a processing zone and a reproduction zone. After anyone of reproduction air for heating and a processing air is humidified by a humidifying device, both airs are ventilated into the zones, respectively. Thereby, the apparatus can improve absorption performance and density performance. If the honeycomb rotor is further divided into at least first and second processing zones, an air to be processed is humidified by a humidifier to ventilate into the first processing zone, and then a portion or all of the processing air which passed through the first procession zone is passed through the second procession zone (second pass).

Abstract: A decorative plastic molded article has an outer appearance of metallic color like and a display of a character, a graph or a symbol. A body of the molded article has a plate-like portion; the plate-like portion has a first surface and a second surface; a small concave and convex portion is formed on the second surface; the small concave and convex portion has a plurality of inclined surfaces. The outer appearance of metallic color like is obtained by the total reflection light at the inclined surface and the display of a character, a graph or a symbol is obtained by the transmissive light through a planar transparent portion with shape of a character, a graph or a symbol formed in the small concave and convex portion or the total reflection light at the small concave and convex portion with shape of a character, a graph or a symbol.

Abstract: An image is sharpened without generating, in frequency domain exceeding frequency component in horizontal and vertical direction, frequency component caused by sharpening carried out in horizontal and vertical direction in overlapping manner.