Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component includes first and second gravure-printing steps in which conductive paste and step-reducing ceramic paste are printed on a composite sheet including a ceramic green sheet. A first print mark is printed before the second gravure-printing step is performed, and the position of the first print mark is determined and compared with a desired position of the first print mark before the second gravure-printing step. Then, the second gravure-printing step is performed such that a second print mark is printed at a suitable position with respect to the position of the first print mark.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component includes first and second gravure-printing steps in which conductive paste and step-reducing ceramic paste are printed on a composite sheet including a ceramic green sheet. A first print mark is printed before the second gravure-printing step is performed, and the position of the first print mark is determined and compared with a desired position of the first print mark before the second gravure-printing step. Then, the second gravure-printing step is performed such that a second print mark is printed at a suitable position with respect to the position of the first print mark.

Abstract: In an image forming system, an image-bearing member having a photoconductor layer comprising an Si-based non-single crystal material is charged at a relatively low potential of 250 to 600 volts by a contact charging member in the presence of electroconductive fine powder. An electrostatic latent image formed on the image-bearing member is developed with a magnetic toner which includes magnetic toner particles comprising at least a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide, and inorganic fine powder and electroconductive fine powder present at the surface of the magnetic toner particles. The magnetic toner has a weight-average particle size of 3-10 ?m and an average circularity of 0.950 to 0.995, and contains 0.05 to 3.00% of isolated iron-containing particles.

Abstract: To provide a bearing device, which can be easily processed, and whereby, its durability is capable of being improved and a load (tractional force) can be remarkably increased till the burn-in occurs and a pin for the bearing device. The bearing device is provided with a bush and a pin to be inserted in this bush. When an external force is acting in a certain direction, the bush and the pin are relatively rocked, and a slidable range H is formed, in which an outer peripheral face of the pin and an inner peripheral face of the bush partially and slidably contact with each other. An oil reservoir is provided at the side of the pin in order to prevent a no-lubrication portion, to which no lubrication oil is supplied, from being formed in the slidable range H.

Abstract: A tape printing apparatus prints a print image by each dot line onto a tape. A plurality of heating elements of print head are driven while the tape is moved in a longitudinal direction thereof relative to the print head. The heating elements are aligned corresponding to the dot lines of the print image in which dots are arrayed in a width direction of the tape. With this tape printing apparatus, the number of consecutive blank lines is inspected regarding the print image made up of a mixture of print lines which are the dot lines including the dots to be printed and blank lines which are the dot lines including no dots to be printed. Based on the number of consecutive blank lines, energy applied to the print head is adjusted.

Abstract: An object is to provide a highly efficient compressor while improving a refrigerant leakage, enhancing a performance of a compressor, improving durability, and enhancing reliability.

Abstract: An armature of a rotating electric machine has a plurality of first magnetic teeth arranged side by side along a circumferential direction of the rotating electric machine and a plurality of second magnetic teeth joined to the first magnetic teeth. A pair of joint portions is formed at both end surfaces of a yoke portion of each first magnetic tooth, the joint portions formed at the facing end surfaces of the yoke portions of each successive pair of adjacent first magnetic teeth together forming a connecting part, whereas a mating part is formed at an outer end surface of each second magnetic tooth. Each second magnetic tooth is inserted between the adjacent first magnetic teeth along an axial direction of the rotating electric machine with the mating part fitted on the connecting part to interconnect the adjacent first magnetic teeth.

Abstract: Methanol is synthesized from a gas produced through gasification of biomass serving as a raw material, making use of a biomass feeding means for feeding biomass into a furnace main body and, located above the biomass feeding means, combustion-oxidizing-agent-feeding means for feeding into the furnace main body a combustion-oxidizing agent containing oxygen or a mixture of oxygen and steam.

Abstract: An object is to avoid generation of a collision sound of a second vane of a compression system comprising a multicylinder rotary compressor being configured to be used by switching of a first operation mode in which both rotary compression elements perform a compression work and a the second operation mode in which the only first rotary compression element substantially performs the compression work. When the second operation mode is switched to the first operation mode, discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements are applied as a back pressure of the second vane, and thereafter an intermediate pressure is applied which is between suction-side and discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements. When the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode, a valve device interrupts flowing of a refrigerant into a second cylinder, and thereafter suction-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements are applied as the back pressure of the second vane.

Abstract: A seal assembly has simple assembly structures, and provides secure sealing effects. A crawler-track connection structure allows the seal assembly to be easily mounted, and securely prevents overflow of a lubricant and the like to the outside. A pair of seal rings (1) and (1) individually having lip portions (23) and (23) are disposed such that each of the lip portions (23) and (23) protrudes in a direction opposing an axial direction, and a load seal ring (2) is compressed and inserted between the pair of seal rings (1) and (1). The load seal ring (2) exerts reaction forces on the pair of lip portions (23) and (23) outwardly in the axial direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multicylinder rotary compressor and a compressing system and a refrigerating unit each provided with the multicylinder rotary compressor. Two-stage (cylinder) rotary compressor provides a motor-operating element and a rotary compressing element in a closed vessel, and the rotary compressing element includes a first rotary compressing element and a second rotary compressing element. This two-stage rotary compressor provides a refrigerant gas switching means comprised of a communicating pipe one end of which is opened in the closed vessel and the other end of which is opened in a back pressure portion for a vane having no spring in the second rotary compressing element, a branch pipe provided in the midway portion of this communicating pipe and a three-way valve attached to a branch point in the branch pipe. Further, a through hole in the second rotary compressing element is closed with a sealing member.

Abstract: A system for receiving inquiry by speech includes a plurality of receiving board apparatus capable of receiving an inquiry by speech from an inquirer, a VoIP gateway apparatus connected via the LAN to a plurality of receiving apparatuses for transmitting/receiving via the LAN to/from the receiving board apparatus a speech packet containing speech data relating to communication between the recipient of the receiving board apparatus which has answered to an inquiry and inquirer, and a speech multiplexing HUB apparatus for receiving speech data input to each receiving board apparatus, time-division multiplexing them, and distributing them in parallel to each receiving board apparatus.

Abstract: A rotation angle detector includes a stator core (2) comprised of a plurality of core sheets (4) each having plural core members (4a) each including a tooth and a yoke portion (5a, . . . , 5h, 4b) disposed in a strip-like array with adjacent core members being coupled to one another by coupling means (4d) at yoke end portion. The core member is laminated. The stator core is shaped into an annular form by bending the core members at coupled portions so that the tooth portions extend centrally while capable of extending substantially linearly upon expansion thereof. An exciting winding (8) and output windings (9, 10) of n phases are wound on the tooth portions. A rotor core (3) is disposed rotatably relative to the stator core such that gap permeance between the rotor core and the tooth portions changes sinusoidally as a function of the rotation angle.

Abstract: An link of a caterpillar which is allowed to maintain stabilized durability for a long period. The fixing structure has a link, and a pin inserted into a pin inserting bore formed in the link. A peripherally extending concave groove formed on the end portion of the pin and an opening periphery conjugate to forms an annular space. In order to limit relative escaping motion of the pin in the off-opening side (toward receding direction), a escape limiting ring is fitted into the annular space. The hardness of the bottom surface of the peripherally extending concave groove is lowered than the surface hardness of a link engaging portion of the pin.

Abstract: A projector is provided wherein the shapes of rod integrators for the respective colors (i.e., the shapes of the output ports thereof) are made nearly the same as the shapes of the effective pixel regions and the sizes of the output ports of the rod integrators for the respective colors are made slightly larger than the sizes of the effective pixel regions of the liquid crystal light valves opposed thereto. As a result, uniform illumination light output from the output ports can be caused to enter the effective pixel regions with no loss or damage to uniformity.

Abstract: An exhaust emission control system for an internal combustion engine, having a nitrogen oxide removing device provided in an exhaust system of said engine for absorbing nitrogen oxide contained in exhaust gases in an exhaust lean condition. An amount of change per unit time in the sulfur oxide amount absorbed in the nitrogen oxide removing device is estimated according to the air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture supplied to said engine and the operating condition of said engine. The estimated amount of change is accumulated to thereby estimate the sulfur oxide amount absorbed in the nitrogen oxide removing device. The sulfur oxide is removed from the nitrogen oxide removing device when the estimated sulfur oxide amount has reached a set value.

Abstract: A capacitor capable of being incorporated into a packaging substrate, characterized in that the capacitor comprises a high-dielectric-constant layer, and an upper electrode layer and a lower electrode layer sandwiching the high-dielectric-constant layer from the upper side and the lower side. A packaging substrate containing the capacitor, and a method for producing the same are also provided.

Abstract: A silica-based interlayer insulating layer having a low dielectric constant is formed with SOG material on a substrate, in which a wiring-layer forming space is then formed. If necessary, a UV ray irradiation is performed under an oxidizing atmosphere. A Si—OH bond is formed on a surface of the insulating layer. A monomolecular layer film is then adhered to the inner surface of the space, which is then modified to be a catalyst with a solution containing Pd compound. On the catalyst monomolecular layer, a copper-diffusion-resistant film is formed by electroless plating, on which a copper plate is then formed as a wiring layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner which has good property such as fixability, coloring power, developability, durability, and environmental stability and so on. More specifically, the present invention relates to a color toner containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, in which: a wax concentration of an extract obtained by dispersing the toner into n-hexane at a concentration of 15 mg/cm3 at 23° C. and by subjecting the resultant dispersion to extraction treatment at 23° C. for 1 minute is in the range of 0.080 to 0.500 mg/cm3; an average circularity of particles each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 3 ?m or more in the toner is in the range of 0.925 to 0.965; and a content of the wax is in the range of 1 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin.

Abstract: The invention provides a crawler type traveling apparatus which can be stably used for a long time period, and furthermore provides a crawler belt sprocket and a segment thereof which is best suited for the crawler type traveling apparatus. A crawler type traveling apparatus is provided with a crawler belt (3) and a crawler belt sprocket (2). The crawler belt (3) is structured such that a plurality of links (4) are connected via a bearing structure body (5) having a pin (7) a bush (8) which is outward fitted to the pin (7), and seal member (10, 10) which are arranged in both end sides of the bush (8). Guide portions (G, G) making an intrusion into a portion between the relatively facing links (4, 4) are protruded from both side surfaces of the sprocket (2). The sprocket (2) is connected via the bearing structure body (5), and a gear tooth portion (26) thereof makes an intrusion into the portion between the relatively facing links (4, 4) so as to be engaged with the bush (8).