Abstract: A data collection and analysis system includes a communication unit and a data acquisition unit. The communication unit collects data indicating an internal state or operation state of an equipment item. The data acquisition unit acquires, from the communication unit, the data synchronized for each of groups according to setting information, the setting information being information in which the groups, a data acquisition timing, and a storage location of the data are set for a channel allocated to the data to be acquired from the equipment item, each of the groups bringing together a plurality of the channels, the data acquisition timing being a timing at which the data are acquired from the communication unit.

Abstract: A data collection and analysis system includes a communication unit and a data acquisition unit. The communication unit collects data indicating an internal state or operation state of an equipment item. The data acquisition unit acquires, from the communication unit, the data synchronized for each of groups according to setting information, the setting information being information in which the groups, a data acquisition timing, and a storage location of the data are set for a channel allocated to the data to be acquired from the equipment item, each of the groups bringing together a plurality of the channels, the data acquisition timing being a timing at which the data are acquired from the communication unit.

Abstract: A watercraft includes an improved engine control system that enhances the responsiveness of the watercraft and eases watercraft operation. The watercraft includes a propulsion device, such as a jet propulsion unit, and an engine that powers the propulsion device. The engine control system is configured to maintain or increase engine speed under certain operating conditions.

Abstract: A watercraft includes an improved engine control system that enhances the responsiveness of the watercraft and eases watercraft operation. The watercraft includes a propulsion device, such as a jet propulsion unit, and an engine that powers the propulsion device. The engine control system is configured to maintain or increase engine speed under certain operating conditions.

Abstract: A watercraft includes an improved engine control system that enhances the responsiveness of the watercraft and eases watercraft operation. The watercraft includes a propulsion device, such as a jet propulsion unit, and an engine that powers the propulsion device. The engine control system is configured to maintain or increase engine speed under certain operating conditions.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an imaging assembly capable of forming an image on a copy sheet; a sheet inverting path disposed downstream of the image assembly and capable of transporting the copy sheet in a first direction; an intermediate tray unit arranged downstream of the sheet inverting path and capable of receiving the copy sheet transferred from the sheet inverting path and stacking a plurality of the copy sheets thereon; and a refeed unit capable of feeding copy sheets stacked on the intermediate tray unit in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: Several embodiments of accelerating fuel systems and methods for delivering accelerating fuel to an internal combustion engine over an extended time period. In each embodiment, the accelerating pump delivers a portion of its discharge fuel to a storage chamber and the storage chamber redelivers the fuel to the engine after the completion of the pumping stroke of the accelerating pump. In some embodiments of the invention, the stored fuel is returned to the engine by gravity. In some embodiments, the stored fuel is delivered to the engine at a different rate than the rate at which it is stored. In some embodiments, the return rate is dependent upon the change of speed of the engine and in other embodiments, the return rate is responsive to the acceleration of the vehicle powered to the engine.

Abstract: An electrostatic copying apparatus includes a lower supporting frame, an upper supporting frame mounted on the lower supporting frame for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position, a document placing assembly having a transparent plate for placing a document to be copied thereon, an optical unit and a driving source. Either the document placing assembly or at least a part of the optical unit is mounted reciprocally on the upper supporting frame and drivingly coupled to the driving source via a power transmission mechanism. The apparatus further includes an automatic locking device for automatically locking the document placing assembly or at least a part of the optical unit and cancelling the locking according to an operation of moving the upper supporting frame to an open or closed position or an operation incident to this moving operation.

Abstract: An electrostatic copying apparatus comprising a lower supporting frame, an upper supporting frame mounted on the lower supporting frame for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position, a document placing means having a transparent plate for placing a document to be copied thereon, an optical unit and a driving source. Either the document placing means or at least a part of the optical unit is mounted reciprocally on the upper supporting frame and drivingly coupled to the driving source via a power transmission mechanism. The apparatus further includes an automatic locking means for automatically locking the document placing means or at least a part of the optical unit and cancelling the locking according to an operation of moving the upper supporting frame to an open or closed position or an operation incident to this moving operation.

Abstract: An electrostatic copying apparatus comprising a lower supporting frame, an upper supporting frame mounted on the lower supporting frame for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position, a document placing means having a transparent plate for placing a document to be copied thereon, an optical unit and a driving source. Either the document placing means or at least a part of the optical unit is mounted reciprocally on the upper supporting frame and drivingly coupled to the driving source via a power transmission mechanism. The apparatus further includes an automatic locking means for automatically locking the document placing means or at least a part of the optical unit and cancelling the locking according to an operation of moving the upper supporting frame to an open or closed position or an operation incident to this moving operation.

Abstract: An electrostatic copying apparatus comprising a lower supporting frame, an upper supporting frame mounted on the lower supporting frame for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position, a document placing means having a transparent plate for placing a document to be copied thereon, an optical unit and a driving source. Either the document placing means or at least a part of the optical unit is mounted reciprocally on the upper supporting frame and drivingly coupled to the driving source via a power transmission mechanism. The apparatus further includes an automatic locking means for automatically locking the document placing means or at least a part of the optical unit and cancelling the locking according to an operation of moving the upper supporting frame to an open or closed position or an operation incident to this moving operation.

Abstract: An electromagnetically controlled spring clutch mechanism for selectively connecting drivingly a first rotating element and a second rotating element. The spring clutch mechanism comprises a rotating shaft, a rotor adapted to be rotated as a unit with the rotating shaft, an armature assembly including an armature member, a supporting member and a biasing spring member disposed between the armature member and the supporting member, an electromagnetic device for magnetically attracting the armature member to the rotor, a first boss member adapted to rotate as a unit with the rotating shaft, a second boss member adapted to rotate as a unit with the second rotating element, and a coil spring wound in a predetermined direction and received about, and spanning, the first and second boss members.

Abstract: A vibration damper assembly, a damper cover being divided into a pair of outer peripheral first covers and a pair of inner peripheral second covers, a first hub being arranged in between said first covers at an input side and the first hub being fixed to the second covers, an output-side second hub being arranged between said second covers, the first covers and the first hub being so coupled that a torque is transmissible between them through the means of a first-stage elastic means, the second covers and the second hub being so coupled that a torque is transmissible between them through the means of a second-stage elastic means, and a friction material being arranged in both or either of between the first covers and the first hub and/or between the second covers and the second hub.

Abstract: An outboard motor having an improved shifting and throttle control arrangement wherein the operating handle is moved in a forward direction to engage the forward gear of the transmission and in a rearward direction to engage the reverse gear of the transmission so as to avoid the likelihood of incorrect shifting.

Abstract: A display for a copying apparatus includes a display element for indicating the operating conditions of the copying apparatus. The display has a number of detectors for detecting each of a group of operating conditions and an energizer for energizing the display element in response to the outputs from the detectors. The display element operates with a predetermined on-period and a predetermined off-period for each corresponding detector. The display is capable of displaying a group of operating conditions by a single display element through a group of display conditions such as being on, being off and blinking.

Abstract: An intake gas distributor extending from one carburetor to a pair of two-cycle internal combustion cylinders. The cylinders are horizontal and arranged one above the other. The distributor is bifurcated, and its branches are proportioned and arranged so that air/fuel mixture in substantially equal quantity and density flows to both cylinders, despite the inherent tendency of fuel to settle out of the mixture, especially at low load conditions.

Abstract: A versatile electrostatic copying machine which can provide not only ordinary black-and-white and monochromatic copies and ordinary multi-colored copies but also artificial monochromatic and multi-colored copies of desired optional colors differing from colors of originals conveniently with ease without such troubles as color mingling and paper jamming is disclosed, said copying machine comprising an original-light exposing zone for irradiating an original to be copied in the stationary or moving state by a light source, a photosensitive layer-light exposing zone for light-exposing imagewise a statically charged photosensitive layer, an optical system for optically connecting said original-light exposing zone to the photosensitive layer-light exposing zone and projecting an image of the original on the photosensitive layer and a development mechanism for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive layer directly or after it has been transferred onto a transfer paper, wherein said opt