Abstract: A paper feeder includes a load tray where cut-sheet-type media are loaded; a pickup member configured to withdraw the cut-sheet-type media from the load tray; and a blowing unit configured to supply pulse air from a downstream side of the load tray in a loading direction of the cut-sheet-type media to a front end portion of the cut-sheet-type media loaded on the load tray.

Abstract: A connector assembly may include first and second connector bodies and a terminal splitter. The second connector body may matingly engage the first connector body. The terminal splitter may be received in at least one of the first and second connector bodies. The terminal splitter may include a body portion having first and second wires connected thereto and a blade portion extending from the body portion and including a third wire connected thereto. The third wire may be joined to a female receptacle mounted in the other one of the connector bodies for being joined to the blade portion.

Abstract: A paper feeder includes a load tray where cut-sheet-type media are loaded; a pickup member configured to withdraw the cut-sheet-type media from the load tray; and a blowing unit configured to supply pulse air from a downstream side of the load tray in a loading direction of the cut- sheet-type media to a front end portion of the cut-sheet-type media loaded on the load tray.

Abstract: A connector assembly may include first and second connector bodies and a terminal splitter. The second connector body may matingly engage the first connector body. The terminal splitter may be received in at least one of the first and second connector bodies. The terminal splitter may include a body portion having first and second wires connected thereto and a blade portion extending from the body portion and including a third wire connected thereto.

Abstract: A liquefied gas tank includes an inner tank (2) that stores liquefied gas and is disposed so as to be capable of self-standing on a floor surface (F), and an outer tank (3) that is covered over the inner tank (2) and is supported by an upper face portion (2a) of the inner tank (2). The outer tank (3) is configured to be capable of sliding on the upper face portion (2a) of the inner tank (2) in response to expansion and contraction in the horizontal direction of the inner tank (2), and to be capable of moving in response to expansion and contraction in the vertical direction of the inner tank (2). A ceiling portion (3a) of the outer tank (3) that is placed on the upper face portion (2a) of the inner tank (2) is not fixed to the upper face portion (2a) of the inner tank (2), and the inner tank (2) and the outer tank (3) are configured to be capable of sliding in the horizontal direction relative to each other.

Abstract: A conveyance apparatus includes: a first conveying unit that includes a first conveyance passage along a first direction forming an angle with respect to a horizontal direction, and conveys a medium in the first direction; a returning conveyance unit that conveys the medium towards a second direction having a component of an opposite direction to the first direction; a second conveying unit that includes a second conveyance passage along the second direction, and conveys the medium in the second direction; a first processing unit that is disposed on the first conveyance path, and performs processing on a first surface of the conveying medium; and a second processing unit that is disposed at a position closer to the returning conveyance unit than the first processing unit, and performs processing on a second surface of the conveying medium.

Abstract: A tank support structure includes an inclined surface (21) formed on a side surface section of a housing section (2), a plurality of support base sections (22) arranged on the inclined surface (21), and a plurality of support blocks (4) arranged in a bottom surface section (31) of a tank (3) including a portion opposed to the inclined surface (21) and arranged on the support base sections (22). Support block bottom surfaces (41) arranged on the support base sections (22) of the support blocks (4) and support surfaces (22a) of the support base sections (22) that support the support blocks (4) have surfaces parallel to a plane (S) including a segment (CC?) connecting two contact points (a first contact point (C) and a second contact point (C?)) with the tank (3) in each of the support blocks (4) and a straight line (Lf) passing a fixed point (F) of the tank (3) and parallel to the segment (CC?).

Abstract: A conveyance apparatus includes: a first conveying unit that includes a first conveyance passage along a first direction forming an angle with respect to a horizontal direction, and conveys a medium in the first direction; a returning conveyance unit that conveys the medium towards a second direction having a component of an opposite direction to the first direction; a second conveying unit that includes a second conveyance passage along the second direction, and conveys the medium in the second direction; a first processing unit that is disposed on the first conveyance path, and performs processing on a first surface of the conveying medium; and a second processing unit that is disposed at a position closer to the returning conveyance unit than the first processing unit, and performs processing on a second surface of the conveying medium.

Abstract: A tank support structure includes an inclined surface (21) formed on a side surface section of a housing section (2), a plurality of support base sections (22) arranged on the inclined surface (21), and a plurality of support blocks (4) arranged in a bottom surface section (31) of a tank (3) including a portion opposed to the inclined surface (21) and arranged on the support base sections (22). Support block bottom surfaces (41) arranged on the support base sections (22) of the support blocks (4) and support surfaces (22a) of the support base sections (22) that support the support blocks (4) have surfaces parallel to a plane (S) including a segment (CC?) connecting two contact points (a first contact point (C) and a second contact point (C?)) with the tank (3) in each of the support blocks (4) and a straight line (Lf) passing a fixed point (F) of the tank (3) and parallel to the segment (CC?).

Abstract: A liquefied gas tank includes an inner tank (2) that stores liquefied gas and is disposed so as to be capable of self-standing on a floor surface (F), and an outer tank (3) that is covered over the inner tank (2) and is supported by an upper face portion (2a) of the inner tank (2). The outer tank (3) is configured to be capable of sliding on the upper face portion (2a) of the inner tank (2) in response to expansion and contraction in the horizontal direction of the inner tank (2), and to be capable of moving in response to expansion and contraction in the vertical direction of the inner tank (2). A ceiling portion (3a) of the outer tank (3) that is placed on the upper face portion (2a) of the inner tank (2) is not fixed to the upper face portion (2a) of the inner tank (2), and the inner tank (2) and the outer tank (3) are configured to be capable of sliding in the horizontal direction relative to each other.

Abstract: A boil-off gas processing apparatus for reliquefying a boil-off gas (22) generated within a liquefied gas tank (2) storing a liquefied gas (21) and returning the reliquefied gas to the interior of the liquefied gas tank (2) includes a boil-off gas discharge line (3) configured to discharge the boil-off gas (22) from the liquefied gas tank (2) to outside, and a boil-off gas reliquefaction line (4) configured to immerse at least part of the boil-off gas discharge line (3) in the liquefied gas (21) within the liquefied gas tank (2). The boil-off gas reliquefaction line (4) includes a pressure holding device (42) configured to maintains a pressure necessary for reliquefaction of the boil-off gas (22) and has a length (L) sufficient to be able to absorb an amount of heat necessary for reliquefaction of the boil-off gas (22).

Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a cavity formed in the housing, a terminal to which a cable is connected and which is inserted into the cavity from a rear end side of the housing, and a nut held at a front end portion of the housing, wherein the terminal has a plate-like connection portion extended in an insertion direction to the cavity and an insertion hole formed in the connection portion, and the connection portion, which is inserted into the cavity and protruded from a front end portion of the housing, is bent and arranged along a front end surface of the housing, whereby the insertion hole is communicated with an internal thread of the nut.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a connector to which a fuse can be detachably attached and that can reduce components or improve reliability and improve a shield performance. The connector includes first and second bus bars 11 and 21, a fuse 31 that electrically conducts and connects the first and second bus bars 11 and 21 to each other so as to be fused and a housing 41 that accommodates the first and second bus bars 11 and 21 and the fuse 31. The first and second bus bars 21 include tabs 12 and 22 for a device inserted into the device 3 and connected to a circuit in the device 3. The housing 41 has a hood part 43 that covers the peripheries of the tabs 12 and 22 for the device and is fitted to a connector attaching hole 6 of the device 3 and the fuse 31 is attached to an accommodating space 45 in the hood part 43.

Abstract: To provide a terminals connecting structure which can prevent a terminal of two types of terminals which is mounted later from plunging into an inside of or pushing up a terminal which is mounted first with a simple structure in stacking the two types of terminals one on the other for connection in an electric equipment connecting terminal block. A plunge prevention portion 22 which is bent inwards towards an inverter terminal block 10 is formed at a leading end portion of a capacitor bus-bar terminal 20, and a guide rib 17 is formed on a lateral side of the terminal block 10 which faces an inverter connector terminal 30 in a position lying in proximity to a nut 12A so as to project outwards along a direction in which the inverter connector terminal 30 enters.

Abstract: A connector 10 includes a terminal 5 having an electric connecting portion 52 connected with a mating member 9 at one end of the terminal 5 so as to be placed on the mating member 9 and fastened by a bolt 11 and a nut 12 and a wire connecting portion 55 joined with a terminal end of the electric wire 6 at the other end of the terminal 5, and a connector housing 4 having a terminal receiving section 41, and a water seal plug 1 arranged around the electric wire 6 to seal watertightly the terminal receiving section 41. The water seal plug 1 includes integrally a rubber water seal member 3 and a resin member 2 made of synthetic resin. The water seal member 3 includes a cylindrical main body 30 and an outer lip 31 abutting on an inner surface of the terminal receiving section 41, and a plurality of inner lips 32a, 32b, 32c abutting on an outer surface of the electric wire 6.

Abstract: A downsized fixing structure for fixing a metal plate and a bolt to a synthetic resin member which can prevent an upper surface of the metal plate from being covered by a resin, is provided. The fixing structure includes: a bus bar, i.e. the metal plate; the bolt having the head portion and the shank portion passed through a through hole provided at the bus bar; and a housing 9, i.e. the synthetic resin member, to which the bus bar and the bolt are fixed. Fixing portions projecting from a surface of the head portion of the bolt adjacent to the shank portion of the bolt are arranged to penetrate into the metal plate to be fixed thereto. A circumferential surface of the head portion of the bolt is knurled. The head portion is formed together with the housing by insert molding.

Abstract: The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a wavefront of light traveling from a member to be measured, the apparatus including a first reference surface, a second reference surface configured to function as a reference surface for the first reference surface, an optical system configured to form a first interference pattern of light traveling from the member to be measured and light traveling from the first reference surface, and a second interference pattern of light traveling from the first reference surface and light traveling from the second reference surface, a detection unit configured to detect the first interference pattern and the second interference pattern, respectively, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a wavefront of light traveling from the member to be measured based on the first interference pattern and the second interference pattern detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a cavity formed in the housing, a terminal to which a cable is connected and which is inserted into the cavity from a rear end side of the housing, and a nut held at a front end portion of the housing, wherein the terminal has a plate-like connection portion extended in an insertion direction to the cavity and an insertion hole formed in the connection portion, and the connection portion, which is inserted into the cavity and protruded from a front end portion of the housing, is bent and arranged along a front end surface of the housing, whereby the insertion hole is communicated with an internal thread of the nut.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a connector to which a fuse can be detachably attached and that can reduce components or improve reliability and improve a shield performance. The connector includes first and second bus bars 11 and 21, a fuse 31 that electrically conducts and connects the first and second bus bars 11 and 21 to each other so as to be fused and a housing 41 that accommodates the first and second bus bars 11 and 21 and the fuse 31. The first and second bus bars 21 include tabs 12 and 22 for a device inserted into the device 3 and connected to a circuit in the device 3. The housing 41 has a hood part 43 that covers the peripheries of the tabs 12 and 22 for the device and is fitted to a connector attaching hole 6 of the device 3 and the fuse 31 is attached to an accommodating space 45 in the hood part 43.

Abstract: A connector 10 includes a terminal 5 having an electric connecting portion 52 connected with a mating member 9 at one end of the terminal 5 so as to be placed on the mating member 9 and fastened by a bolt 11 and a nut 12 and a wire connecting portion 55 joined with a terminal end of the electric wire 6 at the other end of the terminal 5, and a connector housing 4 having a terminal receiving section 41, and a water seal plug 1 arranged around the electric wire 6 to seal watertightly the terminal receiving section 41. The water seal plug 1 includes integrally a rubber water seal member 3 and a resin member 2 made of synthetic resin. The water seal member 3 includes a cylindrical main body 30 and an outer lip 31 abutting on an inner surface of the terminal receiving section 41, and a plurality of inner lips 32a, 32b, 32c abutting on an outer surface of the electric wire 6.