Abstract: An outer peripheral sealing surface of an inner surface of a core plate of a header tank is configured into a loop and extends along an outer peripheral edge portion of the core plate and clamps a packing in cooperation with an outer peripheral end portion of a tank main body of the header tank. A transition section of the outer peripheral sealing surface connects between a primary section and a secondary section, which are located in two different planes, respectively, and the plane of the secondary section is the same as a plane of a boundary portion sealing surface held between two tube connecting surfaces in the core plate.

Abstract: An inspection method, including: measuring an impedance of a cell structure of an inspection object that includes one or a plurality of serially-connected cell structures each including a transparent electrode layer formed on a substrate, a porous semiconductor layer formed on the transparent electrode layer, a porous insulator layer formed on the porous semiconductor layer, and a counter electrode layer formed on the porous insulator layer; and judging a quality of the inspection object based on the measured impedance of the cell structure.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a sewing machine motor that vertically drives a sewing needle via a main shaft; a sewing speed commander that produces a command sewing speed determined by rotational speed of the sewing machine motor; a stitch-pitch specifier that specifies a stitch pitch to be applied to manually fed sewing operation; a consumed thread amount detector that detects a consumed needle-thread amount in each ongoing sewing cycle; a sewing speed controller that controls sewing speed at the command sewing speed when the command sewing speed is equal to or less than a predetermined reference sewing speed, and that controls sewing speed at a target sewing speed calculated based on the consumed needle-thread amount and the stitch pitch when the command sewing speed is greater than the reference sewing speed.

Abstract: A controller of a sewing machine configured to execute a pre-positioning operation including controlling a needle bar driving mechanism, based on a thickness of a workpiece cloth detected by a thickness detection mechanism and a vertical position of a needle bar detected by a needle bar position detection mechanism, to stop a needle bar at a preset position immediately before a tip of a sewing needle pierces the workpiece cloth, controlling a pressure adjustment mechanism to adjust a pressure of a presser foot at a predetermined pressure that allows movement of the workpiece cloth, and controlling a feed dog switching mechanism to switch a feed dog to an inoperative state.

Abstract: A sewing machine is disclosed that includes a needle bar allowing attachment of a sewing needle including a needle eye to a lower end of thereof; a needle-bar lifting/lowering mechanism that moves the needle bar up and down; a presser foot; a presser foot lifting/lowering mechanism that moves the presser foot up and down; a hook that is provided with a beak for seizing a needle thread loop formed at the needle eye and that rotates in coordination with the up and down movement of the needle bar; and a controller that controls the presser foot lifting/lowering mechanism so as to resize a needle thread loop by lifting the presser foot to a predetermined height in coordination with a swing position of the needle bar and a predetermined height of the needle bar where the beak meets the needle thread loop.

Abstract: Provided is a method for treating lithium batteries (100) having a positive electrode member (155) comprising an aluminum positive current collector (151) and a positive active material layer (152) containing a composite oxide of lithium and transition metal element positive active material (153) which is fixed to the positive current collector (151).

Abstract: A workpiece cloth positioning guide device for a sewing machine includes a projector which projects a sewing reference mark onto an upper side of workpiece cloth placed on a sewing bed of the sewing machine. The projector includes a telescopic cylindrical body having an upper end provided with the light source and a lower end, a transmission part provided in a lengthwise middle portion of the cylindrical body and formed with a mark forming pattern for forming the sewing reference mark, a projector lens provided in the lower end of the cylindrical body, and a projector lens elevating unit which raises and lowers the projector lens, and a mark size setting unit which sets a size of the circle of the sewing reference mark to a desired size.

Abstract: A workpiece holder is usable with an embroidery sewing machine including a needle bar movable upward and downward and a transfer mechanism transferring the workpiece in two directions. The workpiece holder holds the workpiece when the workpiece is engraved by striking the workpiece by a striking needle attached to the needle bar while the workpiece is transferred by the transfer mechanism. The workpiece holder includes a pair of connecting portions detachably attached to the transfer mechanism, a placement member on which the workpiece is placed and a holding mechanism which is located on the placement member to hold a part of the workpiece other than a worked surface of the workpiece which is engraved, so that the part is fixed.

Abstract: There is provided a component mounting inspecting apparatus which can automatically set a solder bridge inspection region (an inspection point) and output an optimum inspection result of a solder bridge. The component mounting board inspecting apparatus for inspecting a solder bridge of an electronic circuit board, in which a plurality of electrode pads are formed at predetermined spaced intervals and cream solder is applied on the electrode pads, includes a mechanism for automatically determining a distance between adjacent electrode pads and a mechanism for automatically setting a solder bridge inspection point if the distance between the adjacent electrode pads is equal to or shorter than a threshold value.

Abstract: An electrode of a secondary battery is treated to remove an electrode material adhering to the current collector of the electrode. The electrode is treated by exposing to a stripping agent, which is constituted as an aqueous solution containing at least one of an organic sulfonic acid and derivative thereof, and the electrode exposure to each other to strip the electrode material from the current collector constituting the electrode.

Abstract: A controller of a sewing machine configured to execute a pre-positioning operation including controlling a needle bar driving mechanism, based on a thickness of a workpiece cloth detected by a thickness detection mechanism and a vertical position of a needle bar detected by a needle bar position detection mechanism, to stop a needle bar at a preset position immediately before a tip of a sewing needle pierces the workpiece cloth, controlling a pressure adjustment mechanism to adjust a pressure of a presser foot at a predetermined pressure that allows movement of the workpiece cloth, and controlling a feed dog switching mechanism to switch a feed dog to an inoperative state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a messaging virus protection program and the like for dealing with messaging viruses transmitted along with the movement of electronic information. This messaging virus protection program causes a computer to execute the steps of judging whether or not processing is to be performed in a warning mode based on information which either warns or does not warn of a new type of messaging virus, determining whether or not there is a danger of viral infection in case of a warning mode, storing the received electronic information in cases where it is determined that there is a danger, and delivering the received electronic information in cases where it is determined that there is no danger and, in case of not the warning mode, performing processing for the received electronic information based on the characteristics of known messaging viruses.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a rotating hook, a lower shaft rotating the rotating hook in synchronization with vertical movement of the needlebar, a lower shaft gear including a helical gear and slidably mounted on the lower shaft, a hook gear including a helical gear capable of mesh engagement with the lower shaft gear and mounted on the rotating hook, a drive force transmission mechanism supporting the lower shaft gear so that the lower shaft gear is axially moveable and transmits rotation of the lower shaft to the lower shaft gear, a cam mechanism axially moving the lower shaft gear to adjust at least one of a left encounter timing for seizure of the needle thread loop by the hook beak when the needle occupies a left needle location and a right encounter timing for seizure of the needle thread loop by the hook beak when the needle occupies a right needle location.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a sewing machine motor that vertically drives a sewing needle via a main shaft; a sewing speed commander that produces a command sewing speed determined by rotational speed of the sewing machine motor; a stitch-pitch specifier that specifies a stitch pitch to be applied to manually fed sewing operation; a consumed thread amount detector that detects a consumed needle-thread amount in each ongoing sewing cycle; a sewing speed controller that controls sewing speed at the command sewing speed when the command sewing speed is equal to or less than a predetermined reference sewing speed, and that controls sewing speed at a target sewing speed calculated based on the consumed needle-thread amount and the stitch pitch when the command sewing speed is greater than the reference sewing speed.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a rotating hook, a lower shaft rotating the rotating hook in synchronization with vertical movement of the needlebar, a lower shaft gear including a helical gear and slidably mounted on the lower shaft, a hook gear including a helical gear capable of mesh engagement with the lower shaft gear and mounted on the rotating hook, a drive force transmission mechanism supporting the lower shaft so that the lower shaft is axially moveable and transmits rotation of the lower shaft to the lower shaft gear, a cam mechanism axially moving the lower shaft gear to adjust at least one of a left encounter timing for seizure of the needle thread loop by the hook beak when the needle occupies a left needle location and a right encounter timing for seizure of the needle thread loop by the hook beak when the needle occupies a right needle location.

Abstract: A scan separator in a large scale integration device is made more extensive to suppress an increase in the circuit scale of the entire device. In one embodiment, a scan separator is provided for every two signal lines interconnecting two combinatorial circuit blocks. Each scan separator includes a selector and a flip flop for constituting a scan path. Another selector is provided for selecting one of the two signal lines. As an input selector signal for the selector that selects one of the two signal lines, data for switching controlling are used, which are transferred from a test input terminal over the scan path and latched by the flip flop. The data for switching controlling are initially transferred over the scan path to each flip flop. The selector that selects one of the two signal lines is switched in accordance with the switching controlling data stored in the flip flop. The switching controlling data may be interchanged to select the either of the two signal lines.

Abstract: A method of recovering valuable materials from lithium batteries wherein a lithium/transition metal composite oxide is used as a positive electrode active material. In this disposal method, a sheeted positive electrode having a positive electrode active material disposed on a positive electrode collector is immersed in an oxalic acid solution. By virtue of this oxalic acid treatment (step 240), any lithium element contained in the positive electrode active material can be leached into the oxalic acid solution. Using oxygen gas produced by a reaction between the positive electrode active material and oxalic acid, attachments, such as the positive electrode active material, can be self-detached from the positive electrode collector. The transition metal element contained in the positive electrode active material is converted by the oxalic acid treatment to insoluble transition metal compounds (oxalate, oxide, etc.).

Abstract: A presser foot lifting lever for a sewing machine includes a lever body rotatably supported about a horizontal shaft center by a head; a handle operated by the user; and a connecting portion connecting the handle to the lever body. The connecting portion allows the handle to be switched relative to the lever body between a predetermined active position taken to allow user operation and a predetermined retracted position taken when not in use.

Abstract: A zigzag sewing machine including a needle bar having a sewing needle attached thereto, a needle swing mechanism that laterally swings the needle bar, a needle plate disposed on an upper surface of a sewing machine bed, and a feed dog constituted by a first to fourth teeth that feed a workpiece cloth by projecting/retracting from the needle plate. The zigzag sewing machine further includes a feed dog longitudinal transfer mechanism that longitudinally moves the feed dog, a feed dog lateral transfer mechanism that laterally moves the feed dog, and a control unit that controls the feed dog lateral transfer mechanism so that one of the teeth is associated with a needle drop point of the sewing needle.

Abstract: A workpiece cloth positioning guide device for a sewing machine includes a projector which projects a sewing reference mark onto an upper side of workpiece cloth placed on a sewing bed of the sewing machine. The projector projects light emitted from the light source onto a needle drop reference point of the sewing needle of the sewing machine from obliquely above so that a sewing reference mark including a circle having a center at the needle drop reference point on the upper side of the workpiece cloth and the sewing reference mark guides the workpiece cloth when the workpiece cloth is positioned in sewing.