Abstract: At least an embodiment of the invention enables data which can be effectively utilized in maintenance work to be acquired from a work-machine main body, in a portable electric work machine capable of having a battery pack attached thereto and detached therefrom. This portable electric work machine may be provided with: a battery pack provided with a battery and a memory; and a work-machine main body. The work-machine main body is provided with: a work unit for performing prescribed work; a work-machine controller; and a memory. When the battery pack is attached to the work-machine main body, information corresponding to information related to the purchase date or sale date and stored in memory is saved in memory.

Abstract: An embodiment may inhibit, in a simpler manner, the theft of a battery pack capable of being attached to and detached from a portable electric work machine. An electric brush cutter is provided with: a battery pack capable of assuming either a sleep state or an active state; and a work-machine main body. The battery pack is provided with a memory having, stored therein, information indicating the state of a battery. The brush cutting work-machine main body is provided with: a work unit and a work-machine controller for controlling the work unit. The work-machine controller prohibits operation of the work unit when the information stored in the memory of the battery pack indicates the sleep state, and enables operation of the work unit when the information stored in the memory of the battery pack indicates the active state.

Abstract: An engine-driven working machine including a controller by which a time period until the rotation speed limitation mode is canceled can be shortened. After a throttle valve is moved to a fully-closed position by an operation to allow the engine to finish the fast idling state and while the engine is transited to an idling state, the controller cancels the rotation speed limitation mode by detecting an event in which a cycle period of rotation speed variations of the engine is longer than a cycle period of rotation speed variation in the fast idling state.

Abstract: An engine-driven working machine is provided, in which a time period until the rotation speed limitation mode is canceled can be shortened. After the throttle valve (10) is moved to a fully-closed position by an operator's operation to allow the engine (2) to finish the fast idling state and while the engine (2) is transited to an idling state, the controller (18) cancels the rotation speed limitation mode by detecting an event that a cycle period of rotation speed variations of the engine (2) is longer than a cycle period of rotation speed variation in the fast idling state.

Abstract: A rotor core, rotating in the vicinity of a generating coil, comprises a balance weight section and a pair of magnetic poles, provided on opposite sides of the balance weight section 2 with respect to a center of rotation O of the rotor core 1 to sandwich a magnet, and confronting through a magnetic gap G. A magnet holding section 9 for preventing the magnet 5 flying out through the magnetic gap G due to centrifugal force, is provided integrally contiguous to each of the magnetic poles so as to connect between the two magnetic poles.

Abstract: A fuel injection device mounted on a main body of an air-fuel mixture generating device including an electromagnetic driving-type fuel injection valve for injecting, at predetermined times, fuel into an air-intake passageway of an intake system of an internal combustion engine, and a collision plate operationally coupled to the fuel injection valve adapted to be disposed in the air-intake passageway for enabling the injected fuel to collide therewith.

Abstract: A reciprocating pump which is capable of detecting abnormalities in the sucking and discharging of fluid, such as the exhaustion of oil or the clogging of oil on the discharge side, by making use of detecting means which is inexpensive and relatively simple in structure and which can be operated without being detrimentally influenced by the bubbles that may be included in the fluid, while making it possible to minimize the noise generated by external vibrations. In this reciprocating pump, where the sucking and discharging of fluid are effected by making use of a reciprocating member, malfunction-detecting means formed of a piezoelectric element is provided for detecting a pressure fluctuation on a discharge side of the pump, and the pressure fluctuation of fluid being delivered from an discharging port is transmitted via a rigid pressure-receiving member to the piezoelectric element.

Abstract: A contactless ignition system is provided with an ignition charge discharge condenser for charging an induced voltage of a generating coil, a first switching element, triggered to conduct when an induced voltage of a trigger coil reaches an initial trigger level, for supplying a voltage charged into the ignition charge discharge condenser into an ignition coil, and a trigger control condenser for charging induced voltages of the generating coil and the trigger coil, and triggering of the first switching element caused by an induced voltage of the trigger coil is inhibited by a second switching element during a specified discharge time following charging of the trigger control condenser.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus for electrostatic charging sprayed liquids from a spraying apparatus and method for same, the apparatus including a rotor having a magnet and magnetic poles, a booster coil assembly facing the rotor, for inducing high voltage AC pulses during the rotation of the rotor, and a rectifier for rectifying the high voltage AC pulses induced by the booster coil assembly to high voltage DC pulses and for supplying the high voltage DC pulses to a charging electrode. The power supply apparatus provides a compact and lightweight power generator system, thus eliminating cumbersome operations such as replacement or recharging of a large battery. In addition, a lighter weight and simplified operation reduces the burden on users and facilitates more efficient spraying.

Abstract: A contactless ignition system is provided with an ignition charge discharge condenser for charging an induced voltage of a generating coil, a first switching element, triggered to conduct when an induced voltage of a trigger coil reaches an initial trigger level, for supplying a voltage charged into the ignition charge discharge condenser into an ignition coil, and a trigger control condenser for charging induced voltages of the generating coil and the trigger coil, and triggering of the first switching element caused by an induced voltage of the trigger coil is inhibited by a second switching element during a specified discharge time following charging of the trigger control condenser.

Abstract: A reciprocating pump includes a chamber, a reciprocating member arranged to induct a fluid into the chamber and discharge the fluid from the chamber to a delivery side of the pump, and a piezoelectric element attached to the pump and arranged to detect pressure fluctuations on the delivery side of the pump so as to sense any abnormality in the inducting and discharging of fluid.

Abstract: A rotor core, rotating in the vicinity of a generating coil, comprises a balance weight section and a pair of magnetic poles, provided on opposite sides of the balance weight section 2 with respect to a center of rotation O of the rotor core 1 to sandwich a magnet, and confronting through a magnetic gap G. A magnet holding section 9 for preventing the magnet 5 flying out through the magnetic gap G due to centrifugal force, is provided integrally contiguous to each of the magnetic poles so as to connect between the two magnetic poles.

Abstract: A reciprocating pump which is capable of detecting abnormalities in the sucking and discharging of fluid, such as the exhaustion of oil or the clogging of oil on the discharge side, by making use of detecting means which is inexpensive and relatively simple in structure and which can be operated without being detrimentally influenced by the bubbles that may be included in the fluid, while making it possible to minimize the noise generated by external vibrations. In this reciprocating pump, where the sucking and discharging of fluid are effected by making use of a reciprocating member, malfunction-detecting means formed of a piezoelectric element is provided for detecting a pressure fluctuation on a discharge side of the pump, and the pressure fluctuation of fluid being delivered from an discharging port is transmitted via a rigid pressure-receiving member to the piezoelectric element.

Abstract: A fuel injection device mounted on a main body of an air-fuel mixture generating device including an electromagnetic driving-type fuel injection valve for injecting, at predetermined times, fuel into an air-intake passageway of an intake system of an internal combustion engine, and a collision plate operationally coupled to the fuel injection valve adapted to be disposed in the air-intake passageway for enabling the injected fuel to collide therewith.

Abstract: An air-fuel mixture generating device includes a main body equipped with a diaphragm-type fuel pump, a fuel injection valve attached to the main body, and a manual fuel pump attached to the main body for filling a fuel passageway with fuel when the diaphragm-type fuel pump is not operating. The manual fuel pump has an inlet port which communicates with the fuel passageway and a pressure-adjusting valve disposed at the inlet port of the manual fuel pump, thereby enabling it to act not only as an intake valve when the manual fuel pump is operated but also as a relief valve for allowing the fuel inside the fuel passageway to escape into a pump chamber of the manual fuel pump when the pressure of fuel inside the fuel passageway exceeds a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: In an electrostatic sprayer, a pulsating voltage developed using a battery or a generator as a power supply is stepped up using a step-up transformer. A resultant high-voltage pulse is rectified and applied to an electrostatic electrode. A spray jetted from a spray nozzle is thus electrified. Herein, the step-up transformer is located near the spray nozzle. Owing to this structure, a high voltage produced by the step-up transformer can be applied to the electrostatic electrode with a loss minimized.

Abstract: A reciprocating pump includes a chamber, a reciprocating member arranged to induct a fluid into the chamber and discharge the fluid from the chamber to a delivery side of the pump, and a piezoelectric element attached to the pump and arranged to detect pressure fluctuations on the delivery side of the pump so as to sense any abnormality in the inducting and discharging of fluid.

Abstract: In an electrostatic sprayer, a pulsating voltage developed using a battery or a generator as a power supply is stepped up using a step-up transformer. A resultant high-voltage pulse is rectified and applied to an electrostatic electrode. A spray jetted from a spray nozzle is thus electrified. Herein, the step-up transformer is located near the spray nozzle. Owing to this structure, a high voltage produced by the step-up transformer can be applied to the electrostatic electrode with a loss minimized.

Abstract: An air-fuel mixture generating device includes a main body equipped with a diaphragm-type fuel pump, a fuel injection valve attached to the main body, and a manual fuel pump attached to the main body for filling a fuel passageway with fuel when the diaphragm-type fuel pump is not operating. The manual fuel pump has an inlet port which communicates with the fuel passageway and a pressure-adjusting valve disposed at the inlet port of the manual fuel pump, thereby enabling it to act not only as an intake valve when the manual fuel pump is operated but also as a relief valve for allowing the fuel inside the fuel passageway to escape into a pump chamber of the manual fuel pump when the pressure of fuel inside the fuel passageway exceeds a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: A contactless ignition device for internal combustion engines comprising an exciter coil and pulser coil inducing voltages of phases reverse to each other with the rotation of the internal combustion engine, a first capacitor and second capacitor charged with voltages induced by the respective coils and switching elements connected in series in a circuit connecting the first capacitor with an ignition coil so as to conduct the voltage discharged by the second capacitor when either of both induced voltages reaches a set level. A control circuit controlling the switching time of the switching elements is connected to the switching elements so as to delay the operation of the second switching element with the control circuit in the low speed operation range of the engine and to advance the operation in the high speed operation range. This control circuit includes a switching element operating in response to the voltage inducing state of the exciter coil or pulser coil.