Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a removable member including a printing unit, a battery that drives the printing unit, a control board that controls the printing unit, and a body unit that holds the removable member, the battery, and the control board. The removable member and the battery are disposed on a straight line extending in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to a main scanning direction of the body unit. The control board is disposed in the body unit with a side, as a facing side, of the control board being along a height direction of the printing apparatus and facing the removable member and the battery in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: A food management and processing system includes a main data server having a global food data base storing information about food with a food identification code for every food, the information including information about management of the food and information about processing of the food, a user data server having a local food data base storing the information about the food for every user and adapted to access to the main data server via the public communication network, a food storage apparatus having a food managing function and adapted to access via a user communication network to the user data server, and a food processor having an automatic food processing function and adapted to access via the user communication network to the user data server.

Abstract: A vacuum insulator casing for thermal insulating between inside and outside of the casing. The vacuum insulator casing has an inner casing constructed at least two planer sections and a corner section located between the planer sections and an outer casing having a similar shape to the inner casing, which covers the inner casing having a space between them. The space the inner and outer casings is filled with a plurality of vacuum insulator panels and other insulator material. Each vacuum insulator panel has a gas tight outer package from which air has been evacuated and a low thermal conductivity material filled in the package. The vacuum insulator panels are sandwiched between the inner and outer casings so as to touch both casings.