Abstract: A system for detecting a presence of a person in a hoistway, having: one or more controllers configured to authenticate the person in the hoistway; the one or more controllers being operationally connected to an elevator car in the hoistway and configured to determine whether the person is within a predetermined distance of the elevator car from a signal emitter on the person; wherein when the person is within the predetermined distance of the elevator car, the one or more controllers is configured to transmit a feedback request to the person and stop the elevator car unless the one or more controllers receives feedback to the feedback request within a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: The area of the openings Ow that discharges the white ink is larger than the area of the openings Ot that discharges the color inks. Since the openings Ow are secured to be large in this way, more white ink can be discharged to one pixel while the number of ink droplets discharged by the multi-drop method is suppressed or without depending on the multi-drop method. As a result, a generation amount of an ink mist can be suppressed while the discharge amount of the white ink is secured.

Abstract: The ink I is circulated along the circulation channel We at the low-speed flow rate Vl lower than that during the execution of the print mode when the print mode is stopped (Steps S107, S110). By circulatingly supplying the ink I to the discharge heads H in this way, the deterioration of the ink I can be also suppressed while the drying of the ink I is suppressed.

Abstract: The liquid L flowed into the bypass communication pipe 93 from the feed reservoir 91f can be returned to the feed reservoir 91f by way of the return reservoir 91r by carrying out the bypass circulation of circulating the liquid L along the bypass circulation channel Cb. Since this bypass communication pipe 93 bypasses the discharge heads H, the liquid L does not pass through the discharge heads H in the bypass circulation. As a result, the liquid L can be circulated between the feed reservoir 91f and the return reservoir 91r while the mixing of foreign substances into the discharge heads H from the respective reservoirs 91f, 91r is suppressed.

Abstract: The ink I is circulated along the circulation channel We at the low-speed flow rate Vl lower than that during the execution of the print mode when the print mode is stopped (Steps S107, S110). By circulatingly supplying the ink I to the discharge heads H in this way, the deterioration of the ink I can be also suppressed while the drying of the ink I is suppressed.

Abstract: The liquid L flowed into the bypass communication pipe 93 from the feed reservoir 91f can be returned to the feed reservoir 91f by way of the return reservoir 91r by carrying out the bypass circulation of circulating the liquid L along the bypass circulation channel Cb. Since this bypass communication pipe 93 bypasses the discharge heads H, the liquid L does not pass through the discharge heads H in the bypass circulation. As a result, the liquid L can be circulated between the feed reservoir 91f and the return reservoir 91r while the mixing of foreign substances into the discharge heads H from the respective reservoirs 91f, 91r is suppressed.

Abstract: The area of the openings Ow that discharges the white ink is larger than the area of the openings Ot that discharges the color inks. Since the openings Ow are secured to be large in this way, more white ink can be discharged to one pixel while the number of ink droplets discharged by the multi-drop method is suppressed or without depending on the multi-drop method. As a result, a generation amount of an ink mist can be suppressed while the discharge amount of the white ink is secured.

Abstract: An application apparatus includes a storage 100 which stores a non-Newtonian pasty liquid AL, a flow pipe 11, 13, 15 in which the liquid fed from the storage 100 is caused to flow and an application nozzle which is connected to the pipe and applies the liquid on an application object by discharging the liquid. A bubble trap 131 formed of a material having lower wettability with the liquid than a neighboring inner wall material and configured to trap bubbles included in the liquid is provided on a part of an inner wall of the flow pipe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming carbon nanotubes on a conductor that covers a portion of a substrate, the method includes depositing a mesh-like conductive member made of Mo or the like on a substrate made of glass or the like, forming a catalyst support, such as Al2O3, and a catalyst such as Fe or Co on the conductive member, placing the substrate in a carbon-source gas atmosphere, and generating heat with the conductive member for a short period of time to grow nanotubes while avoiding damage to the substrate.

Abstract: In a technology for manufacturing a battery electrode by applying an application liquid containing an active material, stripe-shaped pattern elements are formed at narrower intervals than before while contact between the pattern elements is avoided. An application liquid containing an active material is applied onto a base material 11, which will become a current collector, by a nozzle-scan coating method, thereby forming stripe-shaped active material pattern elements P1, P3, P5, . . . parallel to each other and extending in a Y-direction. After liquid components are volatilized from the application liquid and spread base parts of the pattern elements are shrunk, pattern elements P2, P4, P6, . . . are formed by applying the application liquid in stripes between the already formed pattern elements. In this way, it can be prevented that the base parts approach each other and the pattern elements touch each other when the adjacent patterns are simultaneously formed.

Abstract: In a technology for manufacturing a battery electrode by applying an application liquid containing an active material, stripe-shaped pattern elements are formed at narrower intervals than before while contact between the pattern elements is avoided. While a nozzle 21 including a multitude of discharge openings in an X-direction is moved to scan in a Y-direction relative to a base material 110, an application liquid containing an active material is discharged from the respective discharge openings and applied to the base material 110. Between pattern elements 221 formed by a first scanning movement, pattern elements 222 are formed by applying the application liquid anew by a second scanning movement. By making the start positions of the pattern elements 221, 222 different in a scanning direction (Y-direction), contact between the pattern elements resulting from the spread of the application liquid at pattern element start ends is prevented.

Abstract: A pattern forming apparatus includes a first nozzle part 52 in which discharge nozzles 523 for discharging an application liquid are arranged in a row in a direction (Y-direction) perpendicular to a scan-moving direction relative to a substrate, and a second nozzle part 72 including a pair of discharge nozzles 723, the positions of which in the Y-direction can be changed by a ball screw mechanism 740. A plurality of pattern elements parallel to each other and having the same length are formed by the discharge of the application liquid from the first nozzle part 52 and, on the other hand, pattern elements having lengths different from these pattern elements are formed by the second nozzle part 72, the application of which is controlled at timings independent of the first nozzle part 52.

Abstract: In applying an application liquid onto a substrate and forming a line-like pattern, discharging of the application liquid is initiated from an inward position X0 which is inward from an originally intended start position X1, while keeping the amount of the gap between a nozzle and the substrate to a smaller value G0 than the height of the pattern. Following this, the nozzle moves toward outside the substrate while moving away from the substrate, and the reverses its movement direction at the pattern start position X1. Near a posterior end as well, the nozzle moves closer to the substrate while reducing the discharged quantity of the application liquid, and the movement direction is reversed while moving the nozzle away at a pattern end position X3.

Abstract: In order to form carbon nanotubes on a conductor covering a portion of a substrate in a short heating time, a mesh-like conductive member (102) made of Mo or the like is deposited on a substrate (101) made of glass or the like; a catalyst support, such as Al2O3, and a catalyst, such as Fe or Co, are formed on the conductive member; and the substrate (101) is placed in a carbon-source gas atmosphere and heated for only a short time by exposing the conductive member (102) to voltage or microwaves. As a result, thin carbon nanotubes (104) grow from the conductive member (102) through a catalyst support (503) and a catalyst (504). The carbon nanotubes (104) function as an emitter of a planar light-emitting device (11) and the conductive member (102) functions as a cathode.