Abstract: An image fixing device for fixing an image on a sheet includes a rotatable fixing film, a heater, a rotatable pressing member, a holding member, and a metal sheet. The heater is provided on an inner surface of the fixing belt. The rotatable pressing member is provided in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the film to press against the heater through the film, thus forming a nip configured to nip and feed the sheet. The holding member includes a guide portion configured to guide the rotation of the fixing film and to hold the heater. The metal sheet covers the heater and an area of guide portion slidable relative to an inner surface of the fixing film. The metal sheet has a thermal conductivity ?10W/(m·° C.) and has a thickness more than 0 ?m and not more than 50 ?m.

Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet for cans forming a coating of a compound containing chiefly Zr and containing F, the amount of Zr being 80 to 200 mg/m2 and the amount of F being not less than 12 mg/m2 in the coating on the surface that becomes the outer surface side of the can. The surface-treated steel sheet is capable of effectively preventing the resin coating from peeling on the outer surface side of the can at dented portions.

Abstract: A display device for a head-mounted display includes a first display panel and a second display panel that are arranged in parallel. The first display panel and second display panel each include a pair of substrates having a plane sectioned into a display region and a non-display region, and a columnar spacer interposed between the substrates. The substrate includes a spacer lightproof portion placed over the spacer. The first display panel and second display panel do not coincide with each other with regard to a location where the spacer lightproof portion in the display region is disposed.

Abstract: A removing apparatus (2) includes a first removing section (11) and a second removing section (12). The first removing section (11) includes a rotating disk (15) and a driven roller (16). The rotating disk (15) has a pair of left and right first to fourth left and right removing blades (21) to (24) attached thereto. When the rotating disk (15) rotates in a counterclockwise direction, a coil conductive wire (3) sandwiched between the rotating disk (15) and the driven roller (16) is transferred in a transfer direction. When the rotating disk (15) rotates in a counterclockwise direction, the left and right side surface portions of the insulating coating (4) are removed by a blade portion (21b) of a pair of left and right first left and right removing blades (21).

Abstract: As a configuration of carrying out a turning operation of a brushless synchronous power generation apparatus, there are provided a synchronous generator, an AC exciter, a rotary rectifier attached to an armature of the AC exciter, and short-circuiting means which three-phase short-circuits armature windings of the AC exciter, wherein the armature windings of the AC exciter are short-circuited, causing the AC exciter to operate as an induction motor, thus rotating the rotor shaft of the synchronous generator.

Abstract: A display device has an active matrix substrate including: a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of sub-gate lines provided to each of the gate lines, the sub-gate lines extends in a direction intersecting at right angles with a direction of the gate lines extending; first driving circuitry provided in a frame area and scanning the gate lines; a second driving circuitry provided in the frame area and scanning the sub-gate lines, where each of the sub-gate lines is connected with the gate line in a display area, the first driving circuitry supplies a scanning signal to each of the gate lines via both ends of the gate line, and the second driving circuitry includes n driving circuits supplying the scanning signal to each of the sub-gate lines, via at least one end of the sub-gate line.

Abstract: A bi-directional coupler includes a first individual directional coupler and a second individual directional coupler, which are individual electronic components having mutually equivalent circuit configurations. Each of the first and second individual directional couplers includes: a first terminal; a second terminal; a third terminal; a fourth terminal; a main line connecting the first terminal and the second terminal; and a subline connecting the third terminal and the fourth terminal. The subline includes first and second coupling line sections configured to be electromagnetically coupled to the main line, and a matching section provided between the first and second coupling line sections. The second terminal of the second individual directional coupler is electrically connected to the second terminal of the first individual directional coupler.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform a rubbing mode in which a rubbing rotatable member moves from a separation position to an abutment position in a state where a fixing belt is in a stop state. The control unit is configured to control a contact-and-separation mechanism in the rubbing mode such that if a predetermined temperature to which the fixing belt is heated is a first temperature, the rubbing rotatable member moves from the abutment position to the separation position at a timing when a first time has elapsed since the rubbing rotatable member abutted against the surface of the fixing belt, and if the predetermined temperature is a second temperature higher than the first temperature, the rubbing rotatable member moves from the abutment position to the separation position at a timing when a second time shorter than the first time has elapsed.

Abstract: An introducer sheath is disclosed, which includes a tube body that is percutaneously inserted into a body lumen; and a hub that is connected to a proximal portion of the tube body. The tube body contains a polyvinylidene fluoride resin, a ratio of a thickness to an inner diameter of the tube body is 1/16 or lower, and a ratio of a kink radius to an outer diameter of the tube body is 9.5 or lower.

Abstract: To provide a battery capacity display device capable of performing, in a user comprehensive manner, a display rooted in such a battery characteristic that the battery capacity is closely related to the battery voltage, the battery capacity display device including a battery; a storage part that stores therein a table in which a voltage zone equally dividing a range between a full-charge voltage of the battery and a predetermined voltage is set in association with a battery capacity; a voltage detection part that detects a voltage of the battery; a voltage zone determination part that determines the voltage zone to which the voltage detected by the voltage detection part belongs; a battery capacity determination part that determines the battery capacity from the voltage zone determined by the voltage zone determination part and the table stored in the storage part; and a display part that displays both information related to the voltage zone determined by the voltage zone determination part and information rel

Abstract: A thermal treatment apparatus performs a thermal treatment on a metal-containing film formed on a substrate. The thermal treatment apparatus includes a treatment chamber that houses the substrate; a thermal treatment plate that is provided inside the treatment chamber and mounts the substrate thereon; and a moisture supply unit that supplies moisture to the metal-containing film. At the time of the thermal treatment, moisture is supplied to the metal-containing film of the substrate on the thermal treatment plate and an atmosphere in the treatment chamber is exhausted from a central portion of the treatment chamber.

Abstract: An image fixing device for fixing an image on a sheet includes a rotatable fixing film; a heater provided on an inner surface of the fixing belt; a rotatable pressing member provided in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the film to press against the heater through the film, thus forming a nip configured to nip and feed the sheet; a holding member including a guide portion configured to guide the rotation of the fixed in the field and to hold the heater; and a metal sheet which covers the heater and an area of guide portion slidable relative to the film and which is slidable on an inner surface of the film. The metal sheet has a thermal conductivity ?10 W/(m·° C.) and has a thickness more than 0 ?m and not more than 50 ?m.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a hot plate which supports and heats a substrate, a light source which emits etching energy beam such that the etching energy beam etches the substrate held by the hot plate, a window device which is positioned between the light source and the hot plate and transmits the etching energy beam emitted by the light source toward the substrate, and an adjusting device which adjusts emission amounts of the etching energy beam from portions of the window device toward the substrate such that the adjusting device reduces difference in etching amounts of portions of the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a display device in which variation in white balance is suppressed even if wiring lines are arranged in pixels. The display device includes: gate lines; source lines 15S; drive elements connected to the gate lines and the source lines 15S; pixel electrodes connected to the drive elements; and color filters provided corresponding to the pixel electrodes. The pixel electrodes are provided in one-to-one correspondence with subpixels, and a plurality of subpixels 18R, 18G, and 18B constitute one pixel. The display device further includes wiring lines L provided in a pixel region so as to extend along either the gate lines or the source lines. At least some of the wiring lines L are arranged in pixel aperture regions of the subpixels 18. The arrangement pitch P1 of the wiring lines L is larger than the pixel pitch (3×Sa).

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a container that contains a developer, a temperature information acquisition unit that acquires temperature information of the container, and a control unit that controls an image formation operation for forming an image. During the image formation operation, the control unit executes a suspension operation for suspending the image formation operation in the case that t?toth(toth?0) is satisfied, where t is defined to be an elapsed time from when a temperature corresponding to the temperature information of the container exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature Tth, and where toth is defined to be an exceeding time threshold value related to a period during which the temperature corresponding to the temperature information of the container remains higher than the threshold temperature Tth.

Abstract: A graphite-containing refractory has higher bending strength and fracture energy than known refractories. The graphite-containing refractory has a graphite content of 1% to 80% by mass. 1000 to 300000 carbon fibers with a fiber diameter of 1 to 45 ?m/fiber are bundled. The carbon fiber bundle has a length of 100 mm or more and is placed within the graphite-containing refractory to form the same.

Abstract: Each pixel of an active matrix substrate includes a TFT, the TFT including: a semiconductor layer; a gate electrode arranged on the semiconductor layer with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween; a lower insulating layer covering the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode arranged on the lower insulating layer and in contact with the semiconductor layer in a source opening and a drain opening, respectively, of the lower insulating layer, wherein: the drain electrode includes a first portion in contact with only a portion of an exposed portion of the semiconductor layer that is exposed through the drain opening, a second portion located on a side surface of the drain opening, and a third portion located on an upper surface of the lower insulating layer; an upper insulating layer covering the TFT has an upper opening that partially overlaps with the drain opening; as seen from the direction normal to the substrate 1, the upper opening and the drain ope

Abstract: As a configuration of carrying out a turning operation of a brushless synchronous power generation apparatus, there are provided a synchronous generator, an AC exciter, a rotary rectifier attached to an armature of the AC exciter, and short-circuiting means which three-phase short-circuits armature windings of the AC exciter, wherein the armature windings of the AC exciter are short-circuited, causing the AC exciter to operate as an induction motor, thus rotating the rotor shaft of the synchronous generator.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a container that contains a developer, a temperature information acquisition unit that acquires temperature information of the container, and a control unit that controls an image formation operation for forming an image and, in the image formation operation, the control unit executes a suspension operation for suspending the image formation operation in the case that t?toth(toth?0) is satisfied, where t is defined to be an elapsed time from when a temperature corresponding to the temperature information of the container exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature Tth, and where toth is defined to be an exceeding time threshold value related to a period during which the temperature corresponding to the temperature information of the container remains higher than the threshold temperature Tth.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a surface-treated steel sheet including the step of forming a layer mainly composed of an oxygen compound containing Al onto a tin-plated steel sheet by conducting cathode electrolytic treatment to the tin-plated steel sheet using an electrolytic treatment solution containing Al ions and nitrate ions. For the electrolytic treatment solution, an electrolytic treatment solution not containing F ions and where the amount of nitrate ions contained is 11,500 to 25,000 ppm by weight is used.