Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent assembly including a main absorbent part (21) composed of a highly absorbent polymer and absorbent fibers, a crepe paper sheet (22) wrapped around the main absorbent part, and a second sheet (25) arranged on a portion of the crepe paper sheet (22) wrapped around one of the major surfaces of the main absorbent part (21). The major surfaces of the main absorbent part (21) are hot-melt bonded to the crepe paper sheet (22). The weight ratio of the highly absorbent polymer to the total weight of the highly absorbent polymer and absorbent fibers of the main absorbent part (21) is set to 40 wt % or higher. The absorbent assembly is pressurized to reduce its thickness. The second sheet (25) contains polyethylene terephthalate, exhibiting high cushioning performance, as its component material. The liquid is diffused and the area over which the liquid is intruded into the main absorbent part is enlarged to prevent the absorptive power of the absorbent assembly from being lowered.

Abstract: A pair of rollers 2 and 3 are provided to be opposed to each other with a predetermined distance wherein at least one of the rollers 2 and 3 is a press print processing roller 2 that has a plurality of processing projections 2a with a predetermined layout on a circumference surface, and a stripe-shaped absorbent body base 1 including an absorbent element 7 obtained by mixing at least pulp 8 with super absorbent polymer 9 is sent and transferred between the pair of rollers 2 and 3 so that at least one surface of the absorbent body base 1 has a plurality of linear pattern elements 1a provided by being squeezed by the processing projections 2a, so as to have a groove-like shape when seen from the top, and are individually spaced from one another and dispersed in a staggered manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus which comprises a circular plate positioned between a burner unit and a main combustion chamber, so that preheated secondary combustion air is fed through an opening of the circular plate to the main combustion chamber. The burner apparatus has the circular plate (10), an annular air throat (2), a cylindrical peripheral cover (30) and a heat-transfer tube (11,16). A front end portion of the peripheral cover is integrally connected with a peripheral edge portion of the circular plate so as to prevent the secondary combustion air of the air throat from leaking on a periphery of the circular plate to the air diluting chamber (3). According to the present invention, the concentration of nitrogen oxides in the combustion exhaust gas can be definitely prevented from increasing, without being affected by the installation condition or thermal deformation of the radiant tube burner apparatus.

Abstract: A connector holder holds a connector of a flat cable. Cable-folding members are provided on an arrangement path for the flat cable having the connector. The cable-folding member is provided at each of the folding positions of the flat cable that are specified on the arrangement path. The cable-folding member includes a positioning section for disposing the flat cable on the arrangement path and a direction-defining section for specifying a folding angle of the flat cable F in association with the positioning section. A successive folding apparatus and a successive folding method can enhance accuracies in dimension and operation in a successive folding process of a flat cable F.

Abstract: In a camera-assisted presentation system, a microcomputer activates a motion detecting module to detect a motion of an object, based on a variation in luminance of image data representing a material photographed by a photographing module. In the case of detection of a motion of the object, the microcomputer controls an output control module to prohibit transfer of the image data to an image output module. Image data photographed immediately before detection of the motion is kept in an output image storage sub-module of the image output module. This arrangement effectively prevents any action of setting the material from being undesirably displayed on an external display unit, thus ensuring smooth presentation with improved display of images during the actions of setting the material in the camera-assisted presentation system.

Abstract: A heat treatment equipment having a heating chamber having a plurality of regenerative combustors provided with direct-fired burner having a built-in porous regenerator, for applying a heat treatment to an object in the heating chamber, wherein the substantial average surface pore diameter is not uniform for porous regenerators in a plurality of direct-fired burners or a plurality of regenerative combustors. By making contrivances in the shape of porous regenerators of the direct-fired burners or the regenerative heat exchangers arranged in an area where substances causing choking tend to easily adhere to make it difficult for such substances to adhere or prevent choking phenomenon from becoming apparent.

Abstract: In a camera-assisted presentation system, a microcomputer activates a motion detecting module to detect a motion of an object, based on a variation in luminance of image data representing a material photographed by a photographing module. In the case of detection of a motion of the object, the microcomputer controls an output control module to prohibit transfer of the image data to an image output module. Image data photographed immediately before detection of the motion is kept in an output image storage sub-module of the image output module. This arrangement effectively prevents any action of setting the material from being undesirably displayed on an external display unit, thus ensuring smooth presentation with improved display of images during the actions of setting the material in the camera-assisted presentation system.

Abstract: A flat harness assembling apparatus and method are provided for covering juxtaposed electric wires with a sheet having a pressure sensitive adhesive on a surface thereof. A covering device for assembling the sheet around the plurality of juxtaposed wires includes a central plate on which a central portion of the sheet is mounted, a first side plate connected through a hinge portion to a side edge of the central plate in a foldable manner, and a second side plate connected through a hinge portion to an opposite side edge of the central plate in a foldable manner. The covering device also includes an engagement device having an engagement plate for holding a sheet mounted on the central plate and the first and second side plates.

Abstract: In an alumina honeycomb structural body according to a first aspect of the invention and another invention relating it, the alumina honeycomb structural body is constructed in such a manner that alumina is a main ingredient and an amount of impurities is limited to not greater than 2 weight %. Moreover, in an alumina honeycomb structural body according to a second aspect of the invention and another invention relating it, the alumina honeycomb structural body is constructed in such a manner that an amount of alumina as a main ingredient is limited to not less than 98 weight %; an amount of Na containing compound is limited to 0.02 weight %-1.0 weight % of Na2O when converting it into oxide; and remainder is impurities.

Abstract: A connector holder holds a connector of a flat cable. Cable-folding members are provided on an arrangement path for the flat cable having the connector. The cable-folding member is provided at each of the folding positions of the flat cable that are specified on the arrangement path. The cable-folding member includes a positioning section for disposing the flat cable on the arrangement path and a direction-defining section for specifying a folding angle of the flat cable F in association with the positioning section. A successive folding apparatus and a successive folding method can enhance accuracies in dimension and operation in a successive folding process of a flat cable F.

Abstract: A flat harness assembling apparatus and method are provided for covering juxtaposed electric wires with a sheet having a pressure sensitive adhesive on a surface thereof. A covering device for assembling the sheet around the plurality of juxtaposed wires includes a central plate on which a central portion of the sheet is mounted, a first side plate connected through a hinge portion to a side edge of the central plate in a foldable manner, and a second side plate connected through a hinge portion to an opposite side edge of the central plate in a foldable manner. The covering device also includes an engagement device having an engagement plate for holding a sheet mounted on the central plate and the first and second side plates.

Abstract: In a regenerator made of materials each comprising alumina as a main ingredient, and used for the regenerative combustion burner which is fired with alternately and repeatedly operations of heat storage by the passage of high-temperature flue gas in a fixed time and heating of combustion air by passage of the combustion air in a next fixed time, under the condition that the flue gas includes metal dust; the alumina purities in the materials for the regenerator are lowered in the order, the high-temperature, medium-temperature and low-temperature parts of the regenerator.

Abstract: In a regenerator made of materials each comprising alumina as a main ingredient, and used for the regenerative combustion burner which is fired with alternately and repeatedly operations of heat storage by the passage of high-temperature flue gas in a fixed time and heating of combustion air by passage of the combustion air in a next fixed time, under the condition that the flue gas includes metal dust;

Abstract: An oil-water recovering and separating apparatus for separating a raw fluid consisting of a mixture of oil and water into an oil part and a water part on the basis of difference in specific gravity, comprising: intake means for taking in the recovered raw fluid; a separation tank for separating the taken-in raw fluid; a water-part reservoir tank continued to the separation tank; a drain tank continued to the water-part reservoir tank; an oil part recovery portion disposed in the separation tank, the oil part recovery portion having a recovery port disposed slightly above the fluid level of the raw fluid in the separation tank; and scrape-up means provided in a position facing the recovery port so as to move along the fluid level.

Abstract: Feedback resistors including a dividing resistor are provided at the output terminal of a switching regulator to divide an output voltage supplied by the switching regulator. The terminals of at least one of the feedback resistors are connected to the collector and emitter respectively of a transistor, and the base of the transistor is supplied with a control signal which can be output, for example, from a controller. The transistor is switched ON in response to the control signal when a load requiring a high operating voltage, such as, for example, a printing unit is not operated, thereby causing the switching regulator to generate a low target voltage which is then used to generate a low operating voltage by a linear regulator (for powering loads requiring the low operating voltage). The transistor is switched OFF in response to the control signal when the load requiring the high operating voltage (e.g.

Abstract: An option unit detecting apparatus detects whether an option unit is connected to or disconnected from an electronic equipment. The electronic equipment includes an electronic circuit having an input/output port, and the option unit includes at least one semiconductor device. When the option unit is disconnected from the electronic unit, a switching element is rendered ON and a low-level signal is applied to the input/output port of the electronic circuit. When the option unit is connected thereto, the switching element is rendered OFF and a high-level signal is applied thereto. Accordingly, it is possible to detect whether the option unit is connected to or disconnected from the electronic unit based upon the level of the signal applied to the input/output port.

Abstract: A printing device in which a printing ribbon moves in one direction and a printing head moves back and forth parallel to the ribbon. When the head and ribbon move in the same direction, printing is not started until the ribbon is moving at a faster speed than the head. When the head and ribbon move in opposite directions, printing is not started until the ribbon is moving at a given speed which is a fraction of the speed of the head.

Abstract: A device for controlling a DC motor to establish a target speed, comprising: a speed setter for providing plural command values of speed of the DC motor; a speed selector for selecting one of the plural command values; a current regulator for controlling an amount of electric current to be applied to the DC motor so that a value of a feedback signal corresponding to a current speed of the DC motor coincides with the command value of speed selected by said selector; and a controller for controlling the selector to select a first command value of the plural command values for a first time span of a cyclic control time which is determined as a function of a period of the feedback signal, and to select a second command value of the plural command values for a second time span which is a remainder of the cyclic time. The target speed falls within a range defined by the first and second command values.