Abstract: In an elevator counterweight device, a frame body includes a first stile, a second stile, a crosshead provided between upper portions of the stiles, and a plank provided between lower portions of the stiles. On both sides of the frame body in a width direction thereof, a plurality of guide devices are provided. Each of the crosshead and the plank is coupled to the first stile and the second stile so as to be pivotable. Each of the guide devices is displaceable in the width direction of the frame body and a thickness direction of the frame body relative to the frame body, and is pivotable about an axis parallel to a vertical direction of the frame body as a center.

Abstract: A vehicular automatic transmission, includes: a housing; input and output shafts sustained to be rotatable around a rotation shaft line in the housing; single pinion type first, second and third planetary gears sustained in parallel coaxially with the rotation shaft line; a first brake fixing a third ring gear of the third planetary gear to be disengageable with respect to the housing; a first clutch linking the third ring gear and a second carrier of the second planetary gear to be disengageable from each other; and a switching element blocking the link between the input shaft and the first carrier, and switching the input shaft to be in a switched state, wherein, in a reverse gear shift stage, the first clutch is in an engaged state, the first brake is in a fixed state, and the switching element is in a switched state.

Abstract: A transmission which includes a housing, a planetary gear mechanism, an input shaft, an output shaft, a brake including a friction member, a piston member pressing the friction member, and an actuator portion applying a pressing force to the piston member, the brake braking a rotation of one of a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier of the planetary gear mechanism, an external output gear positioned between the friction member and the actuator portion in a direction of a rotation axis, the external output gear provided at a member integrally rotating with the input shaft, and the piston member including an opening portion formed over a predetermined angular range about the rotation axis and within a range in the direction of the rotation axis in which the external output gear is disposed.

Abstract: An electric power supply control device comprises AC/DC converter, DC/DC converters, and an output electrical voltage monitor unit of the AC/DC converter. When output electrical voltage of the AC/DC converter increases to the first preset value P1, the AC/DC converter stops the convert. When the output electrical voltage decreases to the second preset value P2, the AC/DC converter restarts the convert. The first preset value P1 is equal to or less than the lowest value, out of the upper limit values in electrical voltage ranges in which the DC/DC converters CV1 and CV2 can work. The second preset value P2 is more than or equal to the highest value, out of the lower limit values in electrical voltage ranges in which the DC/DC converters CV1 and CV2 can work.

Abstract: An automatic transmission includes first to third planetary gear mechanisms; a second sun gear, a second carrier, and a second ring gear in a velocity diagram being defined as a first element, a second element, and a third element, respectively, in a case where a single pinion type planetary gear mechanism is applied as the second planetary gear mechanism; and the second carrier, the second ring gear, and the second sun gear in a velocity diagram being defined as the first element, the second element, and the third element, respectively, in a case where a double pinion type planetary gear mechanism is applied as the second planetary gear mechanism. A first brake fixes a first sun gear to a housing, a second clutch connects the first sun gear and the third element, and a fourth clutch connects the second element and a third carrier when a reverse speed is established.

Abstract: An automatic transmission for a vehicle includes a housing, three single pinion type planetary gear mechanisms being supported by the housing, an input shaft supported by the housing and connected to a first carrier, an output shaft connected to a third carrier, a brake, a first clutch selectively connecting the first carrier and a second sun gear, a second clutch, a third clutch, a fourth clutch, and a switching clutch. The switching clutch selectively switches positions to a position where a third ring gear is fixed to the housing, a position where a second carrier is fixed to the housing, or a position where the third ring gear and the second carrier are released relative to the housing. The first clutch connects the first carrier and the second sun gear, and the switching clutch fixes the second carrier to the housing when establishing a reverse speed.

Abstract: An image forming system having a preceding stage apparatus for forming a toner image on a paper sheet, and a subsequent stage apparatus, connected downstream of the preceding stage apparatus, for forming a toner image on the paper sheet ejected from the preceding stage apparatus, includes: a first maintenance counter correlating with a part, subject to maintenance, in the preceding stage apparatus; a second maintenance counter correlating with a part, subject to maintenance, in the subsequent stage apparatus, in response to the first maintenance counter; a counter control section for increasing a count value of the first and the second maintenance counters by a first and a second designated value, respectively, in response to formation of a toner image on the paper sheet; and a setting section for setting the first and second designated values individually based on an operation mode of the image forming system.

Abstract: A hot-dip plating apparatus for plating a thin molten solder film can control a film thickness of a molten solder on a base material evenly and in increments of a few ?m and achieve a thin-film solder plating having a film thickness less than a conventional system. As shown in FIG. 1, this apparatus comprises a solder bath 17 of accommodating the molten solder 7; a second conveying section 23 for drawing up a strip member 31 from the solder bath; and a blower section 19 for blowing hot gas on the strip member 31 immediately after being drawn up from the solder bath by a second conveying section 23; the hot gas having a predetermined flow volume and a predetermined temperature equal to or higher than a melting temperature of the molten solder 7. According to this configuration, the excess molten solder 7 can be trimmed from the strip member 31 corresponding to composition of the molten solder 7.

Abstract: An automatic transmission includes plural planetary gear mechanisms rotatably supported by a housing to be coaxial to a rotation axis, a ring gear of the foremost planetary gear mechanism being connected to a sun gear of the rearmost planetary gear mechanism, an input shaft being connected to a carrier of the foremost planetary gear mechanism, an output shaft being connected to a carrier of the rearmost planetary gear mechanism, a rotation member positioned at a radially outward of the ring gear of the rearmost planetary gear mechanism to be rotatable coaxially to the ring gear of the rearmost planetary gear mechanism, a brake selectively fixing the rotation member to the housing, a clutch selectively connecting the rotation member and a carrier of the planetary gear mechanism positioned at front relative to the rearmost planetary gear mechanism by one, and a dog clutch selectively connecting the ring gear of the rearmost planetary gear mechanism and the rotation member.

Abstract: A transmission includes a housing, four planetary mechanisms, four clutches, two brakes, plural connection members connecting elements of each of planetary mechanisms one another, an input shaft, and an output shaft. A first connection member at which the third clutch is positioned is positioned at an outer periphery side compared to a second connection member connecting a ring gear of the second planetary mechanism and a carrier of the third planetary mechanism. An installation surface to which a third brake braking a rotation of a connection part is addable and which is opposed to an inner periphery surface of the housing is formed at the connection part connecting the third clutch and a ring gear of the third planetary mechanism among the first connection member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes first and second image-forming portions and an intermediate transporting portion. A control unit checks fixing units in the image-forming portions and determines whether or not the fixing unit in the first image-forming portion is a fixing unit for an envelope. If not, the control unit controls a manipulation and display unit to display guidance for urging a user to exchange the first fixing unit. If so, the control unit determines whether or not too fixing unit in the second image-forming portion is a fixing unit for an envelope. If not, the control portion controls a manipulation and display unit to display a guidance for urging a user to exchange the second fixing unit. If both of fixing units in the first and second image-forming portions are fixing units for the envelope, the control unit allows an envelope mode control operation.

Abstract: A traction machine base includes a top member, a bottom member, a bottom member, first bolts, and second bolts. The top member is intended for supporting a traction machine. A plurality of attachment holes for fixing the top member are formed in the bottom member. A plurality of attachment holes for fixing the top member are formed in the bottom member. The first bolts pass through the attachment holes and fix the top member to the bottom member. The second bolts pass through the attachment holes and fix the top member to the bottom member. The top member is fixed to the bottom member using a smaller number of the first bolts than the number of the attachment holes. The top member is fixed to the bottom member using a smaller number of the second bolts than the number of the attachment holes.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus drives and rotates at least one of a photosensitive drum and a transport roller with use of a stepping motor in a multi-phase excitation mode. The image forming apparatus includes: a constant-voltage control unit controlling the stepping motor by applying a constant voltage for each phase; a constant-current control unit controlling the stepping motor by regulating an amount of current for each phase by a chopping control; a measuring unit measuring a chopping count of each phase on a per-step basis; a chopping count determination unit determining whether the chopping count of each phase is less than or equal to a predetermined count; and a control switching unit causing the constant-voltage control unit to control the stepping motor when the chopping count determination unit determines affirmatively, and causing the constant-current control unit to control the stepping motor when the chopping count determination unit determines negatively.

Abstract: An image forming system has a first image forming section to form an image on a sheet, wherein the first image forming section heats the sheet to fix the image on the sheet, a second image forming section to form an image to the sheet on which the image has been formed by the first image forming section, and a transporting section to transport the sheet from first image forming section to the second image forming section. The transporting section has a first transporting part to transport the sheet to a predetermined position, and a second transporting part to reverse a surface of the sheet which has been transported by the first transporting part as transporting the sheet from the predetermined position to an area below the predetermined position.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor including: an electroconductive substrate; an intermediate layer; and a photoconductive layer, the intermediate layer and the photoconductive layer being on the electroconductive substrate, wherein the intermediate layer includes an inorganic pigment and a binder resin, wherein a volume ratio of the inorganic pigment in the intermediate layer is 30% by volume to 50% by volume, wherein the inorganic pigment comprises titanium oxide and a content of the titanium oxide in the inorganic pigment is 70% by mass to 90% by mass, wherein the inorganic pigment has a specific surface area of 70 m2/g to 140 m2/g, and wherein the intermediate layer has a volume resistivity at an electrical field intensity of 2.5×105 V/cm of 5×1011 ?·cm to 1×1013 ?·cm.

Abstract: A twin clutch transmission for a large horsepower vehicle having a compact size and a high transmission efficiency is obtained. In a twin clutch transmission, there are provided an input shaft, an odd-numbered level speed change mechanism 30, an even-numbered level speed change mechanism 60, a synchronizing speed change mechanism 100, and an output mechanism 90. The speed change mechanisms 30 and 60 include transmission gear trains 32 and 62, main clutches 34 and 64 for selectively transmitting the powers of the transmission gear trains 32 and 62 to the transmission shafts 40 and 70. The synchronizing speed change mechanism 100 includes synchronizing gear trains 110 and 120 for coupling the rotation of the odd-numbered level transmission shaft 32 with the rotation of the even-numbered level transmission shaft 62, and synchronizing clutches 112 and 122 for selecting coupling by this synchronizing gear train.

Abstract: A drive device for a hybrid vehicle includes an input shaft, a motor having a rotor and a stator, an output shaft integrally and coaxially connected to the rotor along a rotation axis and configured so as to be engaged with and disengaged from the input shaft, a rotation angle sensor including a rotating portion and a fixed portion, which forms an angle relative to the rotating portion, and detecting a rotation angle of the rotor, and a case rotatably and axially supporting the input shaft and the output shaft on the rotation axis and accommodating the motor and the rotation angle sensor, wherein a side wall portion of the case includes an angle adjusting member coaxially supporting the fixed portion relative to the rotation axis while allowing the angle of the fixed portion to be adjustable, and a clamp member supporting a harness movably connected to the fixed portion.

Abstract: A safety device main body that is inserted inside a lower frame of a car frame includes a braking member. A guiding apparatus includes a guide shoe that is displaceable inside the safety device main body between a guided position that is guided by a guide rail and a retracted position that is removed from the guided position. The guide shoe is disposed in the guided position when the braking member is separated from the guide rail. An actuating apparatus displaces the guide shoe toward the retracted position while displacing the braking member in a direction of contact with the guide rail. The safety device main body, the guiding apparatus, and the actuating apparatus are supported together by a supporting body. The supporting body is mounted onto the lower frame from below using a mounting aperture that is previously disposed on the lower frame.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microlens array including multiple microlenses arranged axially parallel to one another, wherein entrance surfaces of the microlenses on which light is incident are made of resin, and exit surfaces of the microlenses from which light exits are made of glass.