Abstract: A Baumkuchen baking system 10 includes: a Baumkuchen baking machine 1 including an oven 2, a batter container 4, a roller 3 and a camera 7; and a control unit 8. A server 20 is capable of accessing a storage unit 30 that stores a learning-enhanced model obtained by learning a doneness determination or baking control based on an image of the outer peripheral surface of Baumkuchen batter. The control unit 8 includes: a user interface unit 83; and an automatic control unit 82 that determines doneness or baking control using the learning-enhanced model provided by the server 20 based on an image, captured by the camera 7, of the outer peripheral surface of Baumkuchen batter currently being baked and uses the result of determination to automatically control baking of each layer of the Baumkuchen batter.

Abstract: An Baumkuchen baking machine is automatically controlled to achieve the appropriate doneness of each layer of a Baumkuchen rotating in the oven. A Baumkuchen baking machine 1 includes an oven 2, a batter container 4, and a roller 3. The control apparatus includes a computer that controls movement of the roller 3 having layered batter of a Baumkuchen thereon from the batter application position to the baking position for the oven 2 and the movement of the roller from the baking position for the oven 2 to the batter application position. The computer is configured to perform an image acquisition process for acquiring, from a camera 7, a group of images of the outer peripheral surface of the rotating batter covering at least one entire turn, and a decision process for deciding on a point of time at which the roller 3 is to be moved from the baking position to the batter application position based on the baked color of the outer peripheral surface of the batter indicated by the group of images.

Abstract: A medical hollow needle assembly includes an outer cylindrical body including a through-hole; a hollow needle having an outer peripheral surface, wherein a proximal portion of the hollow needle is disposed in the through-hole of the outer cylindrical body, and wherein the outer peripheral surface of the hollow needle has an outer reduced-diameter surface that has a smaller outer diameter than that of a more proximal portion of the outer peripheral surface of the hollow needle; and an inner cylindrical body including an insertion hole in which the hollow needle is disposed, wherein the inner cylindrical body is disposed between the hollow needle and an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole of the outer cylindrical body, and wherein the inner cylindrical body joins the outer cylindrical body and the hollow needle.

Abstract: A puncture needle sensor manufacturing method includes applying an insulation layer to a metal sheet and applying spaced apart stripe-shaped electrodes on the insulation layer after the insulation layer is applied on the metal sheet. The manufacturing method also includes cutting the metal sheet to produce a plate-shaped body that includes at least two of the electrodes. The plate-shaped body is press-worked to form the plate-shaped body into a tubular body, and a pointed, beveled end portion is formed at the distal end of the tubular body.

Abstract: A tubular sensor includes a tubular body having a longitudinally extending cavity, an insulation layer formed on the inner wall surface of the tubular body; and a plurality of longitudinally extending electrodes formed on the insulation layer and extending continuously from one end to the other end of the tubular body. The tubular sensor can be employed in a constituent measuring device. The tubular sensor can be manufactured by forming the insulation layer on a thin metal sheet, forming the plurality of electrodes on the insulation layer in stripes, cutting the thin metal sheet with the insulation layer and the electrodes formed thereon to produce a plate-shaped body having a development shape of the tubular body, and press working the plate-shaped body to form the tubular body.

Abstract: A puncture needle sensor manufacturing method includes applying an insulation layer to a metal sheet and applying spaced apart stripe-shaped electrodes on the insulation layer after the insulation layer is applied on the metal sheet. The manufacturing method also includes cutting the metal sheet to produce a plate-shaped body that includes at least two of the electrodes. The plate-shaped body is press-worked to form the plate-shaped body into a tubular body, and a pointed, beveled end portion is formed at the distal end of the tubular body.

Abstract: A medical hollow needle assembly includes an outer cylindrical body including a through-hole; a hollow needle having an outer peripheral surface, wherein a proximal portion of the hollow needle is disposed in the through-hole of the outer cylindrical body, and wherein the outer peripheral surface of the hollow needle has an outer reduced-diameter surface that has a smaller outer diameter than that of a more proximal portion of the outer peripheral surface of the hollow needle; and an inner cylindrical body including an insertion hole in which the hollow needle is disposed, wherein the inner cylindrical body is disposed between the hollow needle and an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole of the outer cylindrical body, and wherein the inner cylindrical body joins the outer cylindrical body and the hollow needle.

Abstract: Objects are to ensure a required depressing force and puncture speed when a needle tube is punctured in the skin, and to be able to reliably situate a needle tip of a needle tube in the upper layer of skin. A needle injection assembly 2 includes a needle tube 5 having a needle tip 8 that can be punctured in a living body, a hub 6 that holds the needle tube 5, an adjustment section 12, a stabilizing section 13, and a puncture speed securing member 7. The adjustment section 12 is provided around the periphery of the needle tube 5 and has a needle projection surface 12a, from which the needle tip 8 of the needle tube 5 projects. The stabilizing section 13 extends from the hub 6, is disposed to surround the needle tube 5 and has an end face 13a that comes in contact with the skin when the needle tube 5 is punctured in the living body.

Abstract: A prediction apparatus predicts an upper limit of the number of job executions per unit period in a system which executes a job responding to a request from outside. The prediction apparatus firstly acquires a sample data regarding the job. The sample data to be acquired is a sample data from which the number of job executions for each unit period in the past can be identified. Then, based on a distribution of the number of job executions identified from the sample data, the upper limit of the number of job executions per unit period in the future is predicted. Thereafter, the predicted upper limit is outputted.

Abstract: A prediction apparatus predicts an upper limit of the number of job executions per unit period in a system which executes a job responding to a request from outside. The prediction apparatus firstly acquires a sample data regarding the job. The sample data to be acquired is a sample data from which the number of job executions for each unit period in the past can be identified. Then, based on a distribution of the number of job executions identified from the sample data, the upper limit of the number of job executions per unit period in the future is predicted. Thereafter, the predicted upper limit is outputted.

Abstract: Objects are to ensure a required depressing force and puncture speed when a needle tube is punctured in the skin, and to be able to reliably situate a needle tip of a needle tube in the upper layer of skin. A needle injection assembly 2 includes a needle tube 5 having a needle tip 8 that can be punctured in a living body, a hub 6 that holds the needle tube 5, an adjustment section 12, a stabilizing section 13, and a puncture speed securing member 7. The adjustment section 12 is provided around the periphery of the needle tube 5 and has a needle projection surface 12a, from which the needle tip 8 of the needle tube 5 projects. The stabilizing section 13 extends from the hub 6, is disposed to surround the needle tube 5 and has an end face 13a that comes in contact with the skin when the needle tube 5 is punctured in the living body.

Abstract: A syringe needle assembly includes a needle tube and a hub. The needle tube has a needle body provided with a needlepoint configured to puncture a living body. To prevent the needle tube from dropping out of a holding member in which the needle tube is held, the needle body also includes an axially press-worked enlarged portion that is continuous in the circumferential direction of the needle body. The hub includes a fitting portion to which the enlarged portion of the needle tube is fitted, and holds the needle tube.

Abstract: A prediction apparatus predicts an upper limit of the number of job executions per unit period in a system which executes a job responding to a request from outside. The prediction apparatus firstly acquires a sample data regarding the job. The sample data to be acquired is a sample data from which the number of job executions for each unit period in the past can be identified. Then, based on a distribution of the number of job executions identified from the sample data, the upper limit of the number of job executions per unit period in the future is predicted. Thereafter, the predicted upper limit is outputted.

Abstract: A circuit breaker of different interruption speeds, and a spring operation mechanism is standardized for designing and manufacturing the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker has a power transmission mechanism for driving a movable contact 63 and a fixed contact 64 and an interruption spring 26 that imparts a driving force to separate the contacts through the power transmission mechanism. A latch mechanism restricts movement of the power transmission mechanism, and a pull-out operation section releases the restriction of the power transmission mechanism by the latch mechanism. The pull-out operation section is arranged to oppose a first arm of a lever to rotate the first arm. The lever is arranged so that a tip of a second arm is able to engage with and rest on the latch mechanism, and release the restriction of the power transmission mechanism by the latch mechanism.

Abstract: A circuit breaker of different interruption speeds, and a spring operation mechanism is standardized for designing and manufacturing the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker has a power transmission mechanism for driving a movable contact 63 and a fixed contact 64 and an interruption spring 26 that imparts a driving force to separate the contacts through the power transmission mechanism. A latch mechanism restricts movement of the power transmission mechanism, and a pull-out operation section releases the restriction of the power transmission mechanism by the latch mechanism. The pull-out operation section is arranged to oppose a first arm of a lever to rotate the first arm. The lever is arranged so that a tip of a second arm is able to engage with and rest on the latch mechanism, and release the restriction of the power transmission mechanism by the latch mechanism.

Abstract: In an interrupter of a gas circuit breaker that uses springs as a driving source, a contact having a fixed contact and movable contact is opened and closed so as to turn on and off electric power. An operation unit generates driving force for driving the movable contact. A link mechanism interconnects the operation unit and interrupter. The link mechanism has a first lever linked to the operation unit, a second lever linked to the movable contact, and a rotational shaft to which the two levers fit. The operation angle of the first lever with respect to a direction parallel to the motion direction of the movable contact differs depending on whether the contact is open or closed. The gas circuit breaker operates at high speed without the energy of the driving source being increased.

Abstract: In an interrupter of a gas circuit breaker that uses springs as a driving source, a contact having a fixed contact and movable contact is opened and closed so as to turn on and off electric power. An operation unit generates driving force for driving the movable contact. A link mechanism interconnects the operation unit and interrupter. The link mechanism has a first lever linked to the operation unit, a second lever linked to the movable contact, and a rotational shaft to which the two levers fit. The operation angle of the first lever with respect to a direction parallel to the motion direction of the movable contact differs depending on whether the contact is open or closed. The gas circuit breaker operates at high speed without the energy of the driving source being increased.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic operating apparatus for switch with which it is possible to constantly obtain a stable interrupting performance at the time of high-speed successive operations. Closing and interrupting pressure accumulators comprise closing and interrupting pressure accumulation pistons, and closing and interrupting pressure accumulation springs for biasing the closing and interrupting pressure accumulation pistons in pressure accumulation directions, respectively. The closing and interrupting pressure accumulation springs exert, on the closing and interrupting pressure accumulation pistons, forces corresponding to received pressures acting on the closing and interrupting pressure accumulation pistons from closing and interrupting pressure accumulation chambers in a steady state. The closing pressure accumulator and the interrupting pressure accumulator are independently constituted for closing and for interrupting, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic operating apparatus for switch with which it is possible to constantly obtain a stable interrupting performance at the time of high-speed successive operations. Closing and interrupting pressure accumulators comprise closing and interrupting pressure accumulation pistons, and closing and interrupting pressure accumulation springs for biasing the closing and interrupting pressure accumulation pistons in pressure accumulation directions, respectively. The closing and interrupting pressure accumulation springs exert, on the closing and interrupting pressure accumulation pistons, forces corresponding to received pressures acting on the closing and interrupting pressure accumulation pistons from closing and interrupting pressure accumulation chambers in a steady state. The closing pressure accumulator and the interrupting pressure accumulator are independently constituted for closing and for interrupting, respectively.

Abstract: A gas-insulated switch equipped with a fixed contact and a moving contact that can contact with and separate from the fixed contact, wherein a single shock absorber absorbs the shock in both the breaking action and the closing action of the moving contact.