Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a housing, the housing defining an internal space, the device including at least a heat source within the internal space; the housing including at least an insulation wall including an inner surface facing the internal space and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface; the device further including a thermal insulation layer arranged on at least a thermo-protected portion of the outer surface of the insulation wall, the thermal insulation layer including a mesh sublayer, the mesh sublayer including an interlaced structure.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to regulation of a rate of incoming orders by buffering or otherwise batching orders together as they are received and subsequently forwarding batches of orders to a match engine for processing thereby in a manner which may equalize orders from traders having varying abilities to rapid submit orders or otherwise capitalize on market events. The disclosed embodiments further relate to prioritizing the matching of resting orders against an incoming order. In particular, the disclosed embodiments alter the priority of a given resting order to match against an incoming order, relative to other suitably matching resting orders, as a function of how long the orders have been resting on the order book.

Abstract: A quantum device capable of effectively cooling a quantum chip and an area (e.g., a space) therearound is provided. A quantum device includes a quantum chip and an interposer on which the quantum chip is located. The interposer includes an interposer substrate and an interposer wiring layer. The interposer wiring layer is disposed on a surface of the interposer substrate on a side on which the quantum chip is located. The interposer wiring layer includes, in at least a part thereof, a superconducting material layer formed of a superconducting material and a non-superconducting material layer formed of a non-superconducting material.

Abstract: Provided is a separation and recovery apparatus for continuously separating and recovering, from a resin mixture containing a resin containing a hydrolyzable polymer and a resin containing a nonhydrolyzable polymer, a hydrolytic component a of the hydrolyzable polymer A and the nonhydrolyzable polymer B, the apparatus including: a crushing unit that crushes the resin mixture a melting/discharging unit that melts a crushed product obtained by the crushing unit to form a fluid and discharges the fluid at a high pressure; and a hydrothermal reaction treatment unit that continuously subjects the fluid discharged from the melting/discharging unit to a hydrothermal reaction treatment, wherein, in the melting/discharging unit, the hydrolyzable polymer A is hydrolyzed, and the hydrolytic component a thereof is dissolved and transferred into water permeating a sintered alloy diaphragm, thereby separating the nonhydrolyzable polymer B.

Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a cover, a light-emitting indicator, and a main body with a main housing forming the exterior surface of the main body configured for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generation substrate and including the light-emitting indicator. The cover is releasably attached or connected to the main housing to cover a portion of the exterior surface and to form part of the exterior surface of the aerosol generation device, and includes a light-transmissive portion. The light-emitting indicator is configured to emit light through the light-transmissive portion in a light propagation direction. The projection of the light-emitting indicator onto a plane which is transversal to the light propagation direction has a first shape and size, and the projection of the light-transmissive portion onto this plane has a second shape and size, the second size is smaller than the first size and fully fits into the first shape.

Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a tape cassette that includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear wall, a front wall, and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, and a first indicator aperture positioned on the front wall and a second indicator aperture position on a rear portion of the bottom surface. A position of the first indicator aperture on the front wall indicates a type of the tape included within the housing. A position of the second indicator aperture indicates a color of characters.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes, an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a sheet using printing toner and apply powder adhesive on the sheet, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet and the powder adhesive applied on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image and the powder adhesive to the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to bond the sheet with the powder adhesive by reheating the sheet having been heated by the fixing portion. The bonding portion is arranged above the image forming portion.

Abstract: A vertical bag-making/filling/packaging machine (1) comprises; a top folding portion (20) which forms a first fold (F1) by folding a side of a band-shaped film (F) into a Z-shape; a bottom folding portion (30) which forms a second fold (F5) by folding a center of the film (F) into an M-shape; a top seal portion (40) which forms a top gusset (G3) and a spout portion (G7) protruding from the top gusset (G3) by heat-welding the first fold (F1) and side edges (E1 and E2) of the film (F) so as to make the film (F) into a tube shape; and a bottom-seal portion (50) which forms a bottom gusset (G4) by heat-welding the second fold (F5).

Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.

Abstract: This invention is intended to identify a gene cluster involved in biosynthesis of a cyclic peptide compound produced by a filamentous fungus of the Curvularia species and to establish a system for synthesizing such cyclic peptide compound. The gene is composed of a first module to a tenth module and encodes a protein having activity of synthesizing a nonribosomal peptide constituting a basic peptide backbone of a cyclic peptide compound produced by a filamentous fungus of the Curvularia species.

Abstract: A component is provided for an aerosol generating system; wherein at least a portion of the exterior of the component includes antimicrobial particles; and wherein the antimicrobial particles include monovalent copper compound particles. By providing the component in this manner, the likelihood of harmful bacteria or viruses being transmitted via the component is reduced.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device designed to operate with a consumable article includes a socket for receiving the consumable article; a heater configured to heat the consumable article when it is received in the socket; first and second sensors each configured to detect the consumable article inside a respective first and second portion of the socket and generate a respective first and second sensor signal; and a controller for controlling the operation of the heater according to both sensor signals. Each sensor includes a respective roller configured to rotate when the consumable article is being received in the corresponding portion of the socket or extracted from such portion.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a printing unit; a first motor configured to move the carriage in a predetermined direction; a second motor configured to move the carriage in the predetermined direction; and a control unit. The control unit executes a first mode in which, when causing the printing unit to perform printing under a first printing condition, the first motor is driven in a first direction and the second motor is driven in the first direction, and a second mode in which, when causing the printing unit to perform printing under a second printing condition different from the first printing condition, the first motor is driven in the first direction and the second motor is driven in the first direction while changing an output ratio between the first motor and the second motor.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a cover with a display. In a 1st aspect, an aerosol generation device includes a main body with a main housing, the main body configured for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generation substrate, and a cover that is releasably attached or connected to the main housing to cover a portion of the outer surface of the main housing. The cover includes as part of its externally visible surface an electronic display that uses non-light-emitting, reflective display technology wherein individual display pixels do not emit light but are visible due to ambient light scattering and reflection.

Abstract: An aerosol generation set includes an aerosol generation device defining a device body extending between two body ends, the device body including a device magnetic element; a case defining a cavity able to receive the aerosol generation device and a movable part movable from a closed position to an opened position further to a trigger event, the case including a case magnetic element arranged facing the device magnetic element when the aerosol generation device is received in the cavity; and an electric circuitry configured to detect the trigger event and upon its detection, activate magnetic interaction between said magnetic elements to push at least one body end from the cavity, when the aerosol generation device is received in the cavity.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a heater configured to heat a vaporizable material to generate aerosol, a battery configured to power the heater, and at least a millimeter-wave radar configured to detect moving objects around the aerosol generation device and to generate detection data representative of a position of the moving objects.

Abstract: The aerosol generation device includes a heater configured to heat a vaporizable material to generate aerosol; a battery configured to power the heater; a geolocation chip configured to generate geolocation data representative of a position of the aerosol generation device; a short-range antenna configured to receive a first proximity sensing signal from an external device when the aerosol generation device is within a proximity range around the external device; and a long-range antenna configured to transmit the geolocation data to an external server when the short-range antenna does not receive the first proximity sensing signal.

Abstract: A method of indicating a battery level of a battery of an aerosol generating device for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generating substance contained in a consumable article, the method comprising the steps of: determining the amount of charge remaining in the battery; calculating the number of consumable articles that can be fully used with the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery; and displaying an information, said information indicating the calculated number of consumable articles that can be fully used with the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes an aerosol generating substrate heated to form an aerosol. More specifically, an aerosol generation device includes: an aerosol generation chamber configured to receive and heat a substrate to generate aerosol, the aerosol generation chamber including at least a heating element; a cover which can be in a closed position covering an aperture in the device, and in an open position exposing the aperture; and a tray for receiving and holding the substrate.