Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool with a workpiece measuring instrument which prevents the workpiece measuring instrument from being affected by chips or cutting heat during non-machining, while enabling a workpiece W to be measured near a machining position. A machine tool has a bed 9 and a cover 3 surrounding a machining area R. Workpiece supporting means 6, machining means 7, and workpiece measuring instrument 31 are provided in the machining area R. Position switching means 32 is provided which moves the workpiece measuring instrument 31 between a position inside the machining area R and a storage position B outside the machining area R. The workpiece supporting means 6 is movable in a lateral direction. The workpiece measuring instrument 31 is movable forward and backward so as to freely switch its position, and measures the workpiece W.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a jam access cover is mounted to an apparatus body so as to be rotatable with respect to the apparatus body. A manual feeding tray is mounted to the jam access cover in the vicinity of an upper end portion thereof so as to be rotatable with respect to the jam access cover. This allows the jam access cover to be effectively used as a mounting portion for the manual feeding tray.

Abstract: The present invention provides a deburring device for a punch press which can remove burrs produced along a slot or a cut portion formed in a plate material by punching or cutting using a punch press so that the removal is carried out as a process with the same punch press. A deburring device 6 for a punch press has an upper tool 7 and a lower tool 8 arranged opposite each other. The upper and lower tools 7, 8 each have a ball holding member 22, 32, respectively, and a ball 23, 33, respectively, rotatably supported by the ball holding member and projecting from a surface of the ball holding member 22, 32 toward an opposite surface of the opposite ball holding member 32, 22. Each of the upper and lower balls 23, 33 has a diameter larger than the width of the slot A, in its portion projecting from the ball holding member 22, 32, respectively, the slot A being formed in the plate material W so as to extend across the plane.

Abstract: Support columns are mounted at both front and rear ends of a stacker crane 4 to form a mast having a gate shape. An elevation frame having the size which is twice as large as a front space of a rack is provided at the mast, and a base of a slide fork is moved back and forth in a travel direction relative to the elevation frame. An elevation motor for the elevation frame and front and rear travel motors are provided under the mast.

Abstract: A recording apparatus, with a print function, a facsimile receiving function, and a print function for recording the image or the document onto the recording sheet, which is capable of being connected to an image forming device, and of setting independently and calculating appropriately the charge for each type of recording functions, so as to store the charge per unit quantity of recording sheet for each type of functions, as well as to calculate the accumulated charge for each type of functions based on the number of the used recording sheets and the charge per unit quantity for each type of functions.

Abstract: When an article is taken out from an automatic warehouse (6), value information is written in an unmodifiable manner into an ID tag fitted to the article. When the value information is needed to know, the value information is read from the ID tag (30) of the article (28) by an ID reader (24). The amount of refund when an article is returned and the amount of compensation when an article is broken can be objectively known.

Abstract: The present invention provides a linear motor mounted press machine that allows both a punch and a die to be driven to enable various types of machining, the linear motor mounted press machine having a simple configuration and enabling accurate machining. The present invention is applied to a press machine that performs a press working on a workpiece W by means of a punch 61 and a die 62. A punch linear motor 1 is installed in an upper frame 41b of a press frame 41 to drivingly elevate and lower the punch 61. A die linear motor 1A is installed in a lower frame 41c of the press frame 41 to drivingly elevate and lower the die 62.

Abstract: In an image forming device, on a farther end side from each paper guide of a manual paper feed tray, a pair of protruding portions are arranged such that each of the protruding portions is arranged on either side to prevent oblique movement of papers. One of the protruding portions is provided with a paper setting dial rotatably attached thereto. Marks indicating a paper size are displayed on a circumferential surface of the dial such that the size can be set by turning the dial in accordance with the size of the placed paper. The paper setting dial is attached on a side on which a user stands when placing the papers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a linear motor 1 which uses a plurality of cylindrical linear motors 2 to increase power and which can guide forward and backward movements using a simple configuration, the linear motor 1 requiring reduced manufacturing costs. A plurality of cylindrical linear motors 2 are provided each of which has a shaft member 3 made of a permanent magnet and a coil unit 4. A motor support 25 is provided which is able to support the coil units of the plurality of cylindrical linear motors 2 arranged in parallel. The shaft members of the plurality of cylindrical linear motors 2 are coupled together at ends thereof by coupling members 10, 11. A guide mechanism 32 is located inside the arrangement of the cylindrical linear motors 2 to guide movement of the shaft members 3 of the cylindrical linear motors 2. The number of guide mechanisms 32 is smaller than that of the cylindrical linear motors 2. For example, the single guide mechanism 32 is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a linear motor mounted press machine that generate an optimum thrust for a press tonnage to perform different machining operations including one requiring a greater press tonnage and one requiring a high speed and a smaller press tonnage in an energy efficient manner. A linear motor mounted press machine includes a first linear motor 11, a second linear motor 12 that produces a thrust lower than or equivalent to that of the first linear motor 11, and a coupling switching mechanism 13 that releasably couples output shafts 30, 34 of the first and second linear motor 11, 12 together. A press tool 6 is driven forward and backward by the output shaft 34 of the second linear motor 12. Each of first and second linear motors 11, 12 is a unit linear motor assembly having a plurality of unit linear motors 15 arranged around a press working axis center P. The number of the unit linear motors 15 of the second linear motor 12 is the same as or smaller than that of the first linear motor 11.

Abstract: The present invention provides a linear motor mounted press machine which uses a boosting mechanism to enable machining with a greater press tonnage using a press driving source with relatively low power and which, for machining with a smaller press tonnage, enables efficient high-speed machining. A linear motor mounted press machine includes a boosting mechanism 10 having an output portion that performs a rectilinear reciprocating operation, a first linear motor 11 coupled to an output portion of the boosting mechanism 10, a second linear motor 12 having an output shaft that drives a press tool 6 forward and backward, and a coupling switching mechanism 13. The coupling switching mechanism 13 releasably couples the output shaft of the second linear motor 12 to the output portion of the boosting mechanism 10. The boosting mechanism 10 is a toggle type link mechanism or the like. A servo motor and a crank mechanism or the like may be used in place of the first linear motor 11.

Abstract: A centering member 20 is pressed downward using an elastic member 28; the centering member 20 is provided at the bottom of a platform 14. A plate 26 receiving an upper end of the elastic member 28 is positioned high while the platform 14 is elevating. The plate 26 is positioned low after the platform 14 has been completely elevated. While the platform 14 is elevating or lowering, a pressing force on the centering member 20 is reduced. After the platform 14 has been completely elevated, the pressing force is weakened. The present invention suppresses vibration of the platform having been completely elevated. The present invention also prevents the article from exerting a strong upward force on the platform via a pressing member when the article is loaded or unloaded.

Abstract: In an image forming device, when a transfer bias voltage is applied to a contact transfer member under a state in which a recording medium is nipped between a photoconductive drum and the contact transfer member, a toner image on a surface of the photoconductive drum is transferred onto the recording medium. A test voltage is applied to the contact transfer member under a state in which the recording medium is not nipped between the photoconductive drum and the contact transfer member. The transfer bias voltage is determined based on a current value acquired when the test voltage is applied. If a pre-set condition is satisfied, a pre-set adjusting value is added or subtracted.

Abstract: At the time of warehousing of an article, an ID tag attached to the article is read and memorized in a CPU in a manner associated with a bucket, and data and shelf address of the article are written in an ID tag of the bucket. A stacker crane reads the ID tag of the bucket and stores the bucket into the written shelf address. Management and transportation of articles stored in the warehouse can be facilitated.

Abstract: An image processing method includes the steps of: taking 2 to a (k?2)-th power-bit data from each one line of four-line data stored in an input line buffer out of the input image data to acquire four partial image data; rearranging each of the acquired four partial image data in sequence of the same data having been fed into the input line buffer; storing each of the rearranged four partial image data in an SDRAM as a minimum access unit; reading out an intermediate image data stored in the SDRAM on a minimum access unit to minimum access unit basis; storing four-pixel data extracted from each of the four partial image data, which compose the read out data, in a corresponding line memory element to rotate the input image data by 90 degrees; and outputting the acquired four lines of line data as part of the output image data.

Abstract: A facsimile machine includes an entry unit, a searching unit, a transmitting unit and a control unit. The entry unit accepts a transmission instruction including a destination. The searching unit searches the destination information in a database held by an external database device with the destination as a search key. The transmitting unit executes the facsimile transmission. The control unit causes the searching unit to execute searching for the first time immediately after the acceptance of the transmission instruction by the entry unit and for the second time immediately before the facsimile transmission in the case in which the entry unit accepts the time-specified transmission instruction or immediately before the redialing facsimile transmission and, when it is found that the destination information including the search key exists in the database by the searches for the first time and the second time, causes the transmitting unit to execute the facsimile transmission for the corresponding destination.

Abstract: A reticle rotatable rack is provided at an upper position, and a pod rotatable rack is provided at a lower position in a clean stocker. A clean gas is supplied downwardly. In the stocker, a pod transportation device and a reticle transportation device are elevated and lowered. Load ports, a pod opener, and the pod rotatable rack are connected by the pod transportation device. The pod opener and the reticle rotatable rack are connected by the reticle transportation device.

Abstract: The present invention uses a Direct Memory Access controller for controlling DMA transfer for a plurality of channels whose priorities are set respectively and receives Data Request Signals for requesting data transfer for the respective channels. The DMA controller executes the DMA transfer for a channel having the highest priority from among the DMA transfer corresponding to the channels that receive the Data Request Signals. The DMA controller sets the priority of a channel used for the DMA transfer to the lowest priority. The DMA controller sets the priorities of other channels used for the DMA transfer to priorities when the DMA transfer is executed or the priorities different therefrom, which are predetermined priority other than the lowest priority.

Abstract: An internet facsimile terminal. An output control part determines whether a received electronic mail is encrypted. If the electronic mail is not encrypted, the output control part controls an output part to output the electronic mail. If the electronic mail is encrypted, the output control part controls an electronic mail hold part to hold the electronic mail under encryption. A decryption process part decrypts an electronic mail capable of decryption with a decryption key tied to a user among encrypted electronic mails held by the electronic mail hold part in accordance with output instructions from the user. The output control part controls the output part to output the electronic mail decrypted by the decryption process part.