Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a conveying path along which a sheet is conveyed. First and second conveying roller pairs are arranged on the conveying path at a predetermined distance from each other. Overlapping conveyance sensing devices are located between the first and second conveying roller pairs and include opposing transmission device and reception device. A distance between the first and second conveying roller pairs is shorter than a length of a minimum size sheet in a conveying direction. In the conveying path between the conveying roller pairs, guide members are disposed to sandwich the transmission device and reception device. The guide members are configured to project upward or downward from a sheet conveying line by a predetermined amount with respect to the conveying path, the sheet conveying line extending through nip points of the first and second conveying roller pairs.

Abstract: A terminal board having a plurality of terminals on which ball electrodes are formed can be prepared efficiently and economically without having any short-circuiting between terminals when its terminals formed in very close proximity to one another, as on an interposer (1), have their heads made uniform in height by causing the terminals (4) to project from a surface of a board (2) coated with a resist film, and applying a cutting tool (19) to the surface of the board (2) having the terminals project therefrom to carry out lathe turning for the heads of the terminals (4), while having the terminal board held by a rotatable chuck table (17) and rotating the chuck table (17).

Abstract: A shift drum apparatus is reduced in weight relative to conventional shift drums. The shift drum includes a shift fork, a shift drum main body, and a lid member. The shift fork is slidably mounted on a shift fork support shaft. The shift fork changes a gear position of a transmission mechanism. The shift drum main body is formed into a hollow cylindrical shape. The shift drum main body has an end face on a first side thereof in a cylindrical axis direction that is open to form an opening portion. The shift drum main body further includes a cam groove formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof. An end portion of the shift fork is fitted in this cam groove to allow the shift fork to slide. The lid member is disc-shaped and mounted by being press-fitted in the opening portion of the shift drum main body.

Abstract: A file access control device included in a file management system having a storage unit has an access control management unit that controls access to the storage unit or to a file for which an access is requested while checking a file access right referring to access right information which is set for the storage unit and for each file stored in the storage unit, an access right setting processor that sets, when a file is read from the storage unit and transmitted in response to a file acquisition request when access is permitted by the access control management unit, to a file to be transmitted, an access right based on an access right which is set for the storage unit and an access right which is set for the file and adds, to the file, access right information, and a transmission processor that transmits the file.

Abstract: The present invention attains downsizing of a permanent magnet with a simple structure to reduce a manufacturing cost thereof. Provided is a rotation angle detection device, including: a cylindrical magnetic circuit mounted to a shaft; and non-contact sensors provided in an inner void of the magnetic circuit, in which the magnetic circuit is composed of a first yoke and a second yoke formed of a magnetic material and having a pair of flat portions parallel and opposed to each other, and a pair of permanent magnets whose magnetic poles are aligned in the same direction so that magnetic fields whose magnetic fluxes are parallel to each other are generated in the void between the flat portions, and the non-contact sensor detects a rotation angle of the shaft by detecting a change in the direction of the magnetic fluxes.

Abstract: A composition containing 100 parts by mass of a siloxane compound having —HSiRO— (wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a phenoxy group) and 0.0001 to 1 part by mass of at least one phenol compound of general formula (1) or (2) as a stabilizer. wherein a and b are each an integer of 0 to 4; m is 0 or 1; p and q are each 1 or 2; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; X1 and X2 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen atom; Y is an alkanediyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and a plurality of R1s, R2s, R3s, R4s, X1s, X2s or Ys, where present per molecule, may be the same or different.

Abstract: A guide hole guides a primary-coated optical fiber to a tubular inlet hole. An inner diameter of the guide hole is larger than that of the tubular inlet hole. An inner diameter of the tubular inlet hole is in a range from 1.5 times to 2.0 times that of the primary-coated optical fiber. A length of the tubular inlet hole is in a range from 1.0 mm to 2.0 mm. A depth of the guide hole is in a range from 2.0 mm 9.0 mm. A relation B?A is satisfied, with B equal to or larger than 7.0 mm, where A is an inner diameter of a leading edge of the guide hole continued to a trailing edge of the tubular inlet hole, and B is an inner diameter of a trailing edge of the guide hole.

Abstract: A food washing apparatus of the invention includes an ozonized water generator (10), a cylindrical washing tank (1) in which the food materials are put and which can rotate to wash the food materials, a drainage part (4) formed at a part of the washing tank (1) and including openings to such a degree that water passes through and the food materials do not pass through, and wash water pipings (2, 9) which are inserted and disposed in the washing tank (1) in an axial direction and in which water spray holes (2a, 2a) for spraying wash water including at least ozonized water are formed, and while at least one part of the wash water sprayed from the wash water pipings (2, 9) is draind from the washing tank (1) every rotation of the washing tank (1), washing of the food materials is performed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device capable of radiating electron-beams only to a desired region without forming a layer for restricting the radiating rays. A source electrode 22 made of aluminum prevents the generation of bremsstrahlung even when the electron-beams are radiated to the source electrode in a exposed condition. Also, the source electrode having an opening 25 at above of a crystal defect region 11 is used as a mask when the electron-beams are radiated thereto. That is the source electrode made of aluminum can be used both as a wiring and a mask for the radiating rays.

Abstract: An intake-air control device for an internal combustion engine in which a sensor member can be positioned further accurately is provided. A throttle position sensor includes magnetic field generating means and a magnetic field detecting assembly. The magnetic field detecting assembly includes a plurality of terminal leads, a resin holder secured on the plurality of terminal leads, a sensor member generating a sensor output, and a resin mold body including the plurality of terminal leads, the holder, and the sensor member insert-molded. The resin holder includes a supporting surface which is located on a plane intersecting substantially perpendicularly to an axial line of a throttle shaft, and the sensor member includes a resin mold coat having first and second main surfaces opposing substantially in parallel to each other. The sensor member is held in the resin mold body with the first main surface of the resin mold coat in contact with the supporting surface.

Abstract: A communications system sets a network frame period that can be repeatedly used by a plurality of wireless networks in a predetermined time period. A plurality of channel slots for use by each of the wireless networks is prepared in advance in the network frame. A coordinator operating a PAN activates its PAN in an area of a channel slot that is not used by the other coordinator(s). Since each of the wireless networks detects an unused channel slot in the network frame and uses the unused channel slot, the association process is greatly simplified.

Abstract: For transmitting predetermined information to a second communication station via a first communication station, the second communication station receives the predetermined information via one first communication station from among a plurality of the first communication stations. Upon transfer of a function of transferring the predetermined information to the second communication station to another first communication station, the another first communication station receives the predetermined information from the one first communication station, and transfers the same to the second communication station, with attaching distinction information to the predetermined information for distinguishing between the predetermined information transferred to the second communication station via the another first communication station and the predetermined information received from the another first communication station directly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a steering handle for a vehicle, in which no burden is imposed on a driver's arms and wrists during operation of the steering handle. In the steering handle (23) grasped and rotated by both hands of a driver, an axis (Ls) of a steering shaft included in the steering handle is inclined so as to be higher in level in a forward direction of a vehicle body, and a left grip (24L) grasped by a left hand and a right grip (24R) grasped by a right hand are rotatable in opposite directions about an axis (Lg) perpendicular to the axis (Ls) of the steering shaft. Thus, an upper half of the driver's body sitting on a seat and leaning backwards and a plane of rotation of the steering handle (23) are substantially parallel to each other, thereby ensuring that the driver can rotate the steering handle (23) without stretching and withdrawing his or her arms.

Abstract: A transport path switching device for switching a straight transport path for carrying out the recording operation over the rigid medium and a double-sided recording transport path having a medium inverting path branched in a middle of the straight transport path in order to carry out the recording operation over the both sides of the non-rigid medium, includes: a rotatable gate member, provided at a portion in which the medium inverting path is branched from the straight transport path; and a flap, formed with the gate member and adapted to guide the non-rigid medium to the medium inverting path. When the rigid medium is transported, a part of the rigid medium acts on the gate member directly or indirectly, thereby rotating the gate member in such a direction that the flap is opened, and the rigid medium can pass through a position of the flap to advance straight.

Abstract: A storage system manages the total capacity of a shared storage medium to store block-basis data and file-basis data. When block data and its address are input through a fiber channel port, an inputloutput unit converts its data format to a data format that is internally applied by the storage system. When file data and its address are input, a file system converts its data format to a block data format internally applied by the storage system. The file system derives a file logical volume address from the received file address and translates file data to block data. A managing unit derives the address of a block logical volume from the block address delivered from the input/output unit. The managing unit translates block logical volume address or the file logical volume address to a physical address, and writes data to or reads data from the shared storage medium.

Abstract: A dielectric sheet is attached to the inner surface of the portable telephone housing. The dielectric sheet extends in the area between the user's head and a whip antenna of the portable telephone. The real part and the imaginary part of the relative dielectric constant of the dielectric sheet is properly selected such that the dielectric sheet can reduce SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) and improve antenna efficiency.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium and a magnetic recording medium driving apparatus are disclosed. By providing a plurality of intermediate layers made of a CoCr alloy of which saturation magnetic flux densities are controlled within a predetermined range, the magnetic recording medium, and the magnetic recording medium driving apparatus, realize a high S/Nm and thermal stability.

Abstract: Wasteful use of radio resources is minimized in a packet transmission system which performs retransmission control at a higher layer. When transmission of a segment has failed at a lower layer and, for example, when the number of lower-layer retransmit requests from an error detection unit at the lower layer has exceeded a predetermined threshold, any other segment remaining to be transmitted in a packet of which the failed segment forms a part is discarded and, at the same time, a retransmit request is sent to a retransmission control unit at the higher layer.

Abstract: A pulse charger perform fine control of a charging current according to a battery voltage. The pulse charger includes a switch that turns a charging current from an external power supply on and off. A current detector detects charging current using a current detection resistor. An averaging section averages the output of the current detector. A reference voltage generator generates a reference signal. A comparison section compares an output voltage from the averaging section with the reference signal. A controller controls the switch section based on the output of comparison section. The comparison section includes a comparator that has a hysteresis width. The comparison section outputs an inverse signal between reference voltage and the hysteresis width. The controller performs on/off control of the switch section based on an inverse signal from the comparator and sets an average value of the charging current to a target constant value.

Abstract: A hair processing composition contains an alkoxysilane (1); an organic acid; and water and has a pH in a range of from 2 to 5. A method for processing hair includes mixing while stirring the above-described hair processing composition and allowing a silanol compound (2) produced through hydrolysis of the alkoxysilane (1) represented by general formula (1) to penetrate into the hair. A method for processing hair further includes applying to hair an acidic aqueous solution or an alkaline aqueous solution after the silanol compound (2) has penetrated into the hair to accelerate the polymerization of the silanol compound. R1pSi(OR2)4?p ??(1) R1pSi(OH)n(OR2)4?p?n ??(2) wherein R1 and R2 represent a C1-C6 alkyl group or a C2-C6 alkenyl group, p represents an integer of from 0 to 3, and n represents an integer of not less than 1 and not more than (4?p).