Abstract: A process for producing a potato product includes hermetically enclosing potatoes in a container having an average oxygen permeability of 5 cc/m2·day·atm or less, and heating the potatoes at 60 to 95° C., the potatoes being heated under conditions where dissolved oxygen content in the container becomes 5% O2 or less at least when heating is completed.

Abstract: A system which distributes information from an information distribution device to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which is selected from a plurality of pieces of sound information. The information distribution device creates a composite sound data file in which a plurality of sound data files, including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information, are edited and composited to create a single sound content for the sound data file, and distributes the composite sound data file to the information reception device. Accordingly, the information distribution system enables a user to enjoy content constituted by desired information, with a simple reproducer.

Abstract: A parallel-to-serial converter selects variable-m1-bit parallel dummy data from m-bit parallel dummy data (0?m1?m) together with a n-bit parallel data signal synchronized with a first clock signal having a first frequency, and converts the selected (n+m1)-bit parallel data into a (n+m1)-bit serial data signal synchronized with a second clock signal having a frequency (n+m1) times the first frequency. A serial-to-parallel converter circuit selects n-bit serial data from the (n+m1) parallel data signal and converts the n-bit serial data into a n-bit parallel data signal synchronized with the first clock signal.

Abstract: A parallel-to-serial converter selects variable-ml-bit parallel dummy data from m-bit parallel dummy data (0?m1?m) together with a n-bit parallel data signal synchronized with a first clock signal having a first frequency, and converts the selected (n+m1)-bit parallel data into a (n+m1)-bit serial data signal synchronized with a second clock signal having a frequency (n+m1) times the first frequency. A serial-to-parallel converter circuit selects n-bit serial data from the (n+m1) parallel data signal and converts the n-bit serial data into a n-bit parallel data signal synchronized with the first clock signal.

Abstract: The file recording method of the present invention is a method for recording a file on an information medium including at least both a specific area and a data area. In the method, a reserved area is allocated previously as a part of a recording file, from a current recording location of the recording file under recording on the data area, and at the same time, management information of the recording file including the reserved area is recorded on the specific area. When recording data additionally on the recording file, the data are recorded on the reserved area from the recording location. Thereby, the concentration of rewriting of the management information of a file system to a storage area is avoided while compatibility with an existing file system is maintained, and thus the life of the information medium is extended.

Abstract: Replica output buffers, having the same input/output characteristic as that of an output buffer, respond to the rise of a TEST signal generated by a test pulse generating circuit and causes an output signal to rise at a through rate according to voltage of an SL_SET signal, and causes an output signal to fall at a through rate according to voltage of a CNT signal. A phase comparing circuit makes a comparison between phases of the signals output from the replica output buffers, and outputs an UP signal or Down signal with a length corresponding to a phase difference to a delay control circuit. The delay control circuit changes the voltage of the CNT signal according to the UP signal and the DOWN signal, and adjusts a through rate at which a signal output from the output buffer falls.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-in-water emulsified food product containing plant sterol, which has the effect of reducing the level of cholesterol in the blood, and having a smooth texture and excellent emulsification stability. Means for Solving the Problems: An oil-in-water emulsified food product containing a complex of plant sterol with egg yolk lipoprotein is provided. This oil-in-water emulsified food product can be obtained by a production method having a step wherein a liquid dispersion of a complex is prepared by adding a water-based medium as needed to egg yolk lipoprotein and plant sterol followed by stirring and mixing; a step wherein water-phase ingredient(s) are added as needed, stirred and mixed; and a step wherein oil-phase ingredient(s) are added and an emulsification treatment is performed.

Abstract: A parallel-to-serial converter selects variable-ml-bit parallel dummy data from m-bit parallel dummy data (0?m1?m) together with a n-bit parallel data signal synchronized with a first clock signal having a first frequency, and converts the selected (n+m1)-bit parallel data into a (n+m1)-bit serial data signal synchronized with a second clock signal having a frequency (n+m1) times the first frequency. A serial-to-parallel converter circuit selects n-bit serial data from the (n+m1) parallel data signal and converts the n-bit serial data into a n-bit parallel data signal synchronized with the first clock signal.

Abstract: Sheets of recording paper are stacked and put on a push-up plate, and the uppermost recording paper is moved by pickup rollers and is separated by separation pawls. The separated recording paper is further moved by the pickup rollers so as to be carried out to the conveyance path between an upper guide and a lower guide. Notches are provided in those regions of the lower guide which correspond to the corner parts of the recording paper. Owing to the notches, the corner parts of the recording paper deformed by the separation pawls do not come into touch with the lower guide, so that the bending and jamming of the recording paper can be prevented from occurring.

Abstract: Problems to be Solved by the Invention: Plant sterol is stably dispersed in a water-based food product or emulsified food product without detracting from the flavor of the food product. Means for Solving the Problems: A complex of plant sterol and egg yolk lipoprotein is provided. This complex can be obtained by stirring and mixing egg yolk liquid and plant sterol (preferably 185 parts by mass or less of plant sterol per 1 part by mass of egg yolk solids) in a water-based medium. This complex can be used in food products as a liquid dispersion or can be used as a dried powder.

Abstract: Replica output buffers, having the same input/output characteristic as that of an output buffer, respond to the rise of a TEST signal generated by a test pulse generating circuit and causes an output signal to rise at a through rate according to voltage of an SL_SET signal, and causes an output signal to fall at a through rate according to voltage of a CNT signal. A phase comparing circuit makes a comparison between phases of the signals output from the replica output buffers, and outputs an UP signal or Down signal with a length corresponding to a phase difference to a delay control circuit. The delay control circuit changes the voltage of the CNT signal according to the UP signal and the DOWN signal, and adjusts a through rate at which a signal output from the output buffer falls.

Abstract: In the container-packed, oil-in-water type emulsified food product in accordance with the present invention, an oil-in-water type emulsified food comprises edible oils and fats, vinegar and egg yolk, and is packed and sealed in a container with an oxygen barrier property and has a dissolved oxygen concentration immediately after manufacturing is 0.8 to 8.1% O2. This container-packed, oil-in-water type emulsified food product demonstrates excellent flavor balance and small degradation of quality caused by oxidation during storage.

Abstract: An air/fuel ratio sensor (4) and a three-way catalytic converter (3A) having an oxygen storage function are provided in an exhaust passage (2) of an internal combustion engine (1). A controller (6) runs the engine (1) under the alternating application of a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio and a rich air/fuel ratio, and a diagnosis of deterioration in the air/fuel ratio sensor (4) is performed on the basis of the amplitude of variation in the air/fuel ratio detected by the air/fuel ratio sensor (4). By executing the diagnosis only immediately after a fuel cut, the amount of oxygen stored in the three-way catalytic converter (3A) at the start point of the diagnosis is equal to the maximum amount. When the rich air/fuel ratio is applied, the converter (3A) releases the stored oxygen to maintain the exhaust gas purification performance of the converter (13).

Abstract: After a separating arm is rotated forward so that a plate axis of an attachment plate is inserted into a hole and an insertion slit of the separating arm, in a state that the insertion slit faces an arresting slit, the separating arm is rotated reverse while a portion in the periphery of the hole that faces the portion at which the insertion slit is formed is kept pressed against an end portion of the plate axis, so that a portion in the periphery of the hole other than the portion at which the insertion slit is formed is fit into the arresting slit.

Abstract: A walk-behind cultivator has a body, at least one pair of first tine assemblies mounted on the body to undergo rotation about a rotational axis in a first direction of rotation, and at least one pair of second tine assemblies mounted to undergo rotation about the rotational axis in a second direction of rotation different from the first direction of rotation. Each of the first tine assemblies has first tines connected together along end portions thereof. Each of the second tine assemblies has second tines connected together along end portions thereof. The second tine assemblies are arranged in the same phase with respect to each other around the rotational axis.

Abstract: Sheets of recording paper are stacked and put on a push-up plate, and the uppermost recording paper is moved by pickup rollers and is separated by separation pawls. The separated recording paper is further moved by the pickup rollers so as to be carried out to the conveyance path between an upper guide and a lower guide. Notches are provided in those regions of the lower guide which correspond to the corner parts of the recording paper. Owing to the notches, the corner parts of the recording paper deformed by the separation pawls do not come into touch with the lower guide, so that the bending and jamming of the recording paper can be prevented from occurring.

Abstract: Front-rotary working machine employs a vertical engine having an output shaft projecting downward, and a transmission case, provided beneath the vertical engine, has a flat underside so as to extend generally parallel to the ground surface to be cultivated. Distance between left and right transporting wheels, connected to a driving shaft at a rear end portion of the transmission case, can be reduced as necessary. With these arrangements, it is possible to reduce the overall width of the front-rotary working machine.

Abstract: A three-way catalyst (10) is provided in the exhaust passage (9) of an engine (1) which stores and releases oxygen according to the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas. A controller (2) calculates an oxygen storage amount of the catalyst (10) by accumulating a variation rate of the oxygen storage amount of the catalyst (10) based on the oxygen amount in the exhaust gas (S3-S5). A target oxygen amount in the exhaust gas is calculated which reduces the difference of the oxygen storage amount from a target oxygen storage amount (S6). A target air/fuel ratio is calculated based on a catalyst deterioration coefficient, an exhaust gas flowrate and the target oxygen amount (S7). Due to this process, it is possible to increase the speed and accuracy of control of the oxygen storage amount of the catalyst (10) towards the target oxygen storage amount.

Abstract: A data distributing system of the present invention is a data distributing system provided with: information providing apparatuses 103a and 103b of providing data that is to be an object of distribution; an information accepting apparatus 111 of accepting the provided data; a distribution information storing apparatus 114a of storing the accepted data as distributable data; an information distributing apparatus 116a of distributing, as voice data, at least a principal part of the distributable data through networks 102a and 102b based on (1) a request for distribution of data desired by a receiving side and/or (2) the number of times based on a predetermined criterion; and information transmitting and receiving apparatuses 104a to 104c of obtaining the distributed data.

Abstract: Driving worm provided on a transmission shaft, driven worm wheel provided on a cultivating shaft, main shaft portion of the transmission shaft and clutch are collectively accommodated in a transmission casing, which includes first and second bearings for preventing the clutch and driving gear from being displaced toward each other. The main shaft portion is screw-coupled to the clutch and a direction in which the screw-coupling between the main shaft portion and the clutch is tightened corresponds to only one rotational direction of an engine. The casing has a single opening for inserting therein the worm and worm wheel, and the opening is closed with a lid that also functions to prevent the worm from coming off the casing.