Abstract: A steam valve has a tubular stop valve configured to move toward an upper end side and a lower end side along an axial direction when the stop valve is opened and closed respectively; and a valve main body configured to accommodate the stop valve. The stop valve has a ring-shaped protrusion portion protruded outwardly in a radial direction. The valve main body has an accommodation space for accommodating the protrusion portion which is divided by the protrusion portion into a first pressure space and a second pressure space. First and second feed/discharge portions configured for adjusting a pressure in the first pressure space and the second pressure space respectively are further provided. The protrusion portion is moved upwardly and downwardly by adjusting the pressure in the first pressure space and the second pressure space.

Abstract: A steam valve has a tubular stop valve configured to move toward an upper/lower end side along a direction of an axis when the stop valve is opened/closed; and a valve main body accommodating the stop valve, wherein a base end portion including an end portion of the stop valve at the upper end side is accommodated in a first accommodation space formed in the valve main body, the base end portion has a plurality of inclination surfaces formed on an outer circumference of the base end portion which are inclined such that a distance from the axis to each of the plurality of inclination surfaces decreases toward the upper end side, and a plurality of contact surfaces are formed in the first accommodation space to come in contact with the plurality of inclination surfaces respectively when the stop valve moves toward the upper end side.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydraulic drive train including a check valve provided in a return oil passage disposed between a branching position of a first branching oil passage and a branching position of a second branching oil passage, wherein at the time of starting of startup of the hydraulic drive train, the switching valve is closed, the opening degree of the flow rate adjusting valve is set to the initial opening degree, the on-off valve is opened, the boost pump is driven by the drive motor, and the hydraulic oil is supplied to the hydraulic pump, thereby assisting the rotational speed of the vanes by the hydraulic oil.

Abstract: A vehicle image processing device includes: a plurality of buffers configured to accumulate pieces of image data input individually and sequentially from a plurality of cameras installed in a vehicle so as to associate the pieces of image data with the cameras; a processor configured to select the buffer based on the state information of the vehicle and acquire the piece of image data from the selected buffer so as to perform image processing thereon; a signal line for transferring the pieces of image data in the buffers to the processor; and a transfer controller configured to output the piece of image data in the buffer required from the processor to the signal line.

Abstract: A hydraulic driving device for a steam valve includes a plurality of hydraulic actuators to generate driving force to be transmitted to the valve body through a valve shaft of the steam valve. The hydraulic actuators each include a cylinder, a piston that is capable of reciprocating in the cylinder, and a rod having respective ends connected to the piston and valve shaft. The hydraulic actuators include a main actuator including a throttle portion for regulating a flow of pressure oil in a hydraulic chamber defined by the cylinder and piston so that a damping force is applied to the valve body during its closing operation. The one or more hydraulic actuators other than the main actuator include at least one sub actuator not having the throttle portion. The hydraulic chamber of the sub actuator communicates with the hydraulic chamber of the main actuator.

Abstract: A steam valve includes: a valve casing; a first valve body; a second valve body; a second valve rod; a first valve rod; a first actuator capable of applying a first biasing force in the vertical direction to the first valve rod; a second actuator capable of applying a second biasing force in the vertical direction to the second valve rod; a first link mechanism disposed between the first actuator and the first valve rod and capable of transmitting the first biasing force; a second link mechanism disposed between the second actuator and the second valve rod and capable of transmitting the second biasing force, the second link mechanism having a linking part provided integrally with the second valve rod and a lever which is pin-coupled to the linking part; and a guide mechanism capable of regulating horizontal displacement of the linking part.

Abstract: Provided is an underwater floating-type ocean current power generation device whereby cyclical directional vibration of a floating body of the ocean current power generation device, caused by shadow moment, can be suppressed. An underwater floating type ocean current power generation device includes ocean current power generation device main bodies, each including a rotor of a power generator housed in a nacelle, and a structure. The rotor is configured to be driven by a rotary blade protruding outward from the nacelle. A twin drum floating body capable of floating underwater is constituted by the structure and the ocean current power generation device main bodies joined to the left and right of the structure. The underwater floating type ocean current power generation device is moored to an ocean floor by a mooring rope.

Abstract: A forklift apparatus includes: an error prediction unit configured to predict a first positional error which is a positional error after picking-up between a standard position of a fork and a central position of a pallet on the fork after the pallet is picked up and a first angle error which is an angle error after picking-up with respect to the fork in the pallet; a travel route correction unit configured to correct a travel route from a picking-up position of the pallet to a stacking position of the pallet to offset the first positional error and the first angle error when the pallet is stacked; and a conveyance travel control unit configured to perform travel control such that the pallet is conveyed along the corrected travel route.

Abstract: An on-off valve of the present invention includes a valve box which includes an inlet flow path of steam and an outlet flow path which communicates with the inlet flow path through a communication bole, a stop valve body which opens or closes the communication hole, and a stop valve support portion, in which the outlet flow path extends in a direction intersecting the opening direction of the communication hole toward a downstream side in a flow direction of the steam, and a minimum wall thickness of the valve box is smaller than a minimum wall thickness of the valve box.

Abstract: A steam valve includes a valve casing, a first valve body having a first cylindrical part and a first end wall part, a second valve body having a second cylindrical part and a second end wall part, a first valve stem capable of vertically biasing the first valve body, a second valve stem capable of vertically biasing the second valve body, a flow guide disposed inside the first cylindrical part and having a projection configured to project downwardly from the first cylindrical part and the second cylindrical part when the first cylindrical part and the second cylindrical part are apart from the valve seat, and a support supporting the flow guide. The support extends from the valve casing or the second valve body to the flow guide through a through hole formed in the first valve body to support the flow guide such that the flow guide is tiltable.

Abstract: An ocean current electric power generator includes a mechanical brake that restricts a rotation of a rotor shaft of a rotatable wing, and a power transmission mechanism that is disposed between the rotor shaft and an electric power generator. The power transmission mechanism includes a switching section that switches between a power transmission state and a power disconnection state, a load application section that applies a rotation load on the rotor shaft during the power disconnection state, and a speed varying section that varies a revolution speed of the rotor shaft, and transmits the revolution to the electric power generator during the power transmission state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydraulic drive train including a check valve provided in a return oil passage disposed between a branching position of a first branching oil passage and a branching position of a second branching oil passage, wherein at the time of starting of startup of the hydraulic drive train, the switching valve is closed, the opening degree of the flow rate adjusting valve is set to the initial opening degree, the on-off valve is opened, the boost pump is driven by the drive motor, and the hydraulic oil is supplied to the hydraulic pump, thereby assisting the rotational speed of the vanes by the hydraulic oil.

Abstract: A steam valve includes: a valve casing; a first valve body; a second valve body; a second valve rod; a first valve rod; a first actuator capable of applying a first biasing force in the vertical direction to the first valve rod; a second actuator capable of applying a second biasing force in the vertical direction to the second valve rod; a first link mechanism disposed between the first actuator and the first valve rod and capable of transmitting the first biasing force; a second link mechanism disposed between the second actuator and the second valve rod and capable of transmitting the second biasing force, the second link mechanism having a linking part provided integrally with the second valve rod and a lever which is pin-coupled to the linking part; and a guide mechanism capable of regulating horizontal displacement of the linking part.

Abstract: A thrust control valve equipped with: a valve element, in which a gas injection passage, through which an operating gas is injected, is formed, with a valve-seating surface being formed in the gas injection passage; and a valve stem, which is provided in the interior of the gas injection passage and has a seated surface that makes contact with the valve-seating surface. A guide surface which makes contact with the inner circumferential surface of the gas injection passage of the valve element is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the valve stem. The guide surface is formed downstream from the seated surface in the direction of flow of the operating gas. A V-groove through which the operating gas flows is formed at the tip of the valve stem, downstream from the seated surface in which the guide surface is formed.

Abstract: A main steam valve includes a cylindrical guide centered about an O-axis, a valve body disposed inside the guide so as to be slidable in the O-axis direction, a valve shaft on which the valve body moves in the O-axis direction between open and closed positions, and a casing having a flow path and a valve seat formed on an inner surface thereof. The flow path guides out a fluid guided into the casing from the inflow direction along the O-axis direction. The valve body abuts against the valve seat when the valve body is in the closed position. A valve chamber, formed in the casing, has a baffle plate provided in a region between an outer circumferential surface of the guide and an inner surface of the casing. The baffle plate interrupts swirling vortex flow with spiral vortex core extending in the circumferential direction of the O-axis of the guide.

Abstract: This hydraulic oil tank, which is disposed inside a pod of a power generation system, stores hydraulic oil, wherein the hydraulic oil tank is provided with: a rubber bag for use during oil temperature increases, the rubber bag being attached to a tank wall surface from the inner side, having a first internal space communicated with the exterior through an opening passing through the wall surface, and partitioning the first internal space and the wall surface interior in an elastic manner; and a rubber bag for use during oil temperature decreases, the rubber bag being attached to the wall surface from the outer side, having a second internal space communicated with the wall surface interior through an opening passing through the wall surface, and partitioning the second internal space and the wall surface interior in an elastic manner.

Abstract: A steam valve includes a valve casing, a first valve body having a first cylindrical part and a first end wall part, a second valve body having a second cylindrical part and a second end wall part, a first valve stem capable of vertically biasing the first valve body, a second valve stem capable of vertically biasing the second valve body, a flow guide disposed inside the first cylindrical part and having a projection configured to project downwardly from the first cylindrical part and the second cylindrical part when the first cylindrical part and the second cylindrical part are apart from the valve seat, and a support supporting the flow guide. The support extends from the valve casing or the second valve body to the flow guide through a through hole formed in the first valve body to support the flow guide such that the flow guide is tiltable.

Abstract: A hydraulic driving device for a steam valve includes a plurality of hydraulic actuators to generate driving force to be transmitted to the valve body through a valve shaft of the steam valve. The hydraulic actuators each include a cylinder, a piston that is capable of reciprocating in the cylinder, and a rod having respective ends connected to the piston and valve shaft. The hydraulic actuators include a main actuator including a throttle portion for regulating a flow of pressure oil in a hydraulic chamber defined by the cylinder and piston so that a damping force is applied to the valve body during its closing operation. The one or more hydraulic actuators other than the main actuator include at least one sub actuator not having the throttle portion. The hydraulic chamber of the sub actuator communicates with the hydraulic chamber of the main actuator.

Abstract: A forklift includes a forklift body having a front wheel and a rear wheel, a fork supported to the front of the forklift body so as to be capable of moving vertically via a mast, a lift cylinder capable of moving the fork up and down, a hydraulic pressure supply line capable of supplying hydraulic pressure to a head-side chamber in the lift cylinder, a hydraulic pressure exhaust line capable of exhausting hydraulic pressure from a rod-side chamber in the lift cylinder, and a changeover valve provided on the hydraulic pressure exhaust line, wherein a control device changes a pressure balance between hydraulic pressure on the head-side chamber and hydraulic pressure on the rod-side chamber in the lift cylinder by the changeover valve to restrict the operation of the lift cylinder, when a weight of a load on the fork exceeds a limit load weight.

Abstract: Provided is an underwater floating-type ocean current power generation device whereby cyclical directional vibration of a floating body of the ocean current power generation device, caused by shadow moment, can be suppressed. An underwater floating type ocean current power generation device includes ocean current power generation device main bodies, each including a rotor of a power generator housed in a nacelle, and a structure. The rotor is configured to be driven by a rotary blade protruding outward from the nacelle. A twin drum floating body capable of floating underwater is constituted by the structure and the ocean current power generation device main bodies joined to the left and right of the structure. The underwater floating type ocean current power generation device is moored to an ocean floor by a mooring rope.