Abstract: Provided is a cradle for supporting input devices having grips and tracked parts extending from the grips, the cradle including rear support parts that are capable of supporting rear parts of the grips, front support parts that are positioned forward away from the rear support parts and are capable of supporting front parts of the grips of the input devices, and, side support parts that are positioned outside in a left-right direction with respect to the rear support parts and the front support parts and are capable of supporting the tracked parts.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel freezing system and a method for producing frozen ingredients, the system and method being such that the amount of free water after defrosting of the frozen ingredients is lower than with conventional freezing. The present invention solves the above problem by providing an ingredient freezing system comprising two or more freezing units for freezing the ingredient, and a transport unit for transporting the ingredient to the two or more freezing units, the two or more freezing units being configured so as to freeze the ingredient in stages so that the ingredient is frozen at progressively lower temperatures as the ingredient is transported on the transport unit.

Abstract: A food processing system is provided with: a heating unit equipped with a heating mechanism for indirectly heating food; a cooling unit equipped with an air blowing cooler for cooling the food heated by the heating unit; and a conveyor for transferring the food through the heating unit and the cooling unit. The integrated food processing system allows a large amount of sterilized food having a good texture, good taste and long shelf life to be provided.

Abstract: A food processing system is provided with: a heating unit equipped with a heating mechanism for indirectly heating food; a cooling unit equipped with an air blowing cooler for cooling the food heated by the heating unit; and a conveyor for transferring the food through the heating unit and the cooling unit. The integrated food processing system allows a large amount of sterilized food having a good texture, good taste and long shelf life to be provided.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel freezing system and a method for producing frozen ingredients, the system and method being such that the amount of free water after defrosting of the frozen ingredients is lower than with conventional freezing. The present invention solves the above problem by providing an ingredient freezing system comprising two or more freezing units for freezing the ingredient, and a transport unit for transporting the ingredient to the two or more freezing units, the two or more freezing units being configured so as to freeze the ingredient in stages so that the ingredient is frozen at progressively lower temperatures as the ingredient is transported on the transport unit.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a food processing system that allows processed food that is sterilized and has a good texture to be identically provided on a large production scale. The food processing system is provided with: a heating unit equipped with a heating mechanism for indirectly heating food; a cooling unit equipped with a cooling mechanism for cooling the food heated by the heating unit; and a transfer unit for transferring the food through the heating unit and the cooling unit. The integrated food processing system according to the present invention allows a large amount of sterilized food having a good texture, good taste and long shelf life to be provided.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a food processing system that allows processed food that is sterilized and has a good texture to be identically provided on a large production scale. The food processing system is provided with: a heating unit equipped with a heating mechanism for indirectly heating food; a cooling unit equipped with a cooling mechanism for cooling the food heated by the heating unit; and a transfer unit for transferring the food through the heating unit and the cooling unit. The integrated food processing system according to the present invention allows a large amount of sterilized food having a good texture, good taste and long shelf life to be provided.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a food processing system that allows processed food that is sterilized and has a good texture to be identically provided on a large production scale. The food processing system is provided with: a heating unit equipped with a heating mechanism for indirectly heating food; a cooling unit equipped with a cooling mechanism for cooling the food heated by the heating unit; and a transfer unit for transferring the food through the heating unit and the cooling unit. The integrated food processing system according to the present invention allows a large amount of sterilized food having a good texture, good taste and long shelf life to be provided.

Abstract: A grating-type optical component having a high isolation ability at a light-blocking band and a small clad layer mode combination loss at a signal transmission band, and its manufacturing method are provided. A selected area on a core of an optical fiber is irradiated by ultraviolet beams emitted from an excimer laser source through a phase mask in order to produce high index of refraction areas and low index of refraction areas arranged alternately and periodically along the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber. This ultraviolet irradiation is terminated before the index of refraction, which is increasing due to the ultraviolet irradiation, reaches a target value. Then, the phase mask is removed, and the selected area of the core is again irradiated by ultraviolet beams, thereby completing the grating-type optical fiber.

Abstract: An optical fiber which comprises a coating layer disposed outside a bare optical fiber having a core and a cladding and a grating formed in the core of the exposed bare optical fiber by removing the coating layer and its manufacturing method. The optical fiber is provided with a re-coating layer disposed in the exposed bare optical fiber.

Abstract: An inexpensive high-frequency circuit device and its electronic component which allows two traces or lines to cross on the same surface without affecting other circuits characteristics. At least one of the lines is a high-frequency signal line.

Abstract: The present invention provides a platelike magnetic powder made from a magnetic powder having particles each of which has a portion comprising the spinel type crystal structure and a portion comprising the magnetoplumbite type crystal structure. The magnetic powder provides a large saturation magnetization .sigma.s and a small temperature change .DELTA.Hc/.DELTA.T of coercive force in the vicinity of the room temperature. Further, the present invention is to provide a high density magnetic recording medium which uses the magnetic powder. Furthermore, the present invention is to provide, a method to easily manufacture the magnetic powder by the coprecipitation method. A raw material powder of superfine particles is prepared. The prepared powder is fired at a low temperature in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium characterized in that a magnetic layer composed of the combination of oleic acid and ester, whereby it is better in the lubricating characteristics of the magnetic layer and in the abrasion resisting property of the magnetic layer, and superior in the durability in a wide temperature range.

Abstract: A fixing device is provided for a wet type electrophotographic copying machine in which an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive sheet at its face is developed by a liquid developer, and then the liquid developer attached to the photosensitive sheet is squeezed out by a squeezing device before the developed image is thermally fixed on the sheet. The fixing device includes a heater for heating the photosensitive sheet while the latter is being held at its back against the heater as the sheet moves thereon, the heater having a source of heat such as an infrared lamp or tungsten halogen lamp or nicrome wire rubber heater, and a roller made of air-permeable moisture-absorptive spongy material and located in confronting relation to the heater, the roller being pressable against the face of the photosensitive sheet. With such an arrangement, the developed image on the photosensitive sheet can be fixed reliably and thoroughly without fixing marks.