Abstract: A fibrous body processing apparatus includes a humidifying unit, a first processing unit, a second processing unit, a first supply passage, a second supply passage, and a returning passage. The humidifying unit generates humidified air. The first processing unit processes a material that contains fibers. The second processing unit processes the material that was processed at the first processing unit. Humidified air is supplied from the humidifying unit to the first processing unit through the first supply passage. Humidified air is supplied from the first processing unit to the second processing unit, together with the material, through the second supply passage. The returning passage includes an upstream-side end portion and a downstream-side end portion. Humidified air is returned from the second supply passage or the second processing unit to the humidifying unit through the returning passage.

Abstract: An accommodation device with an air blowing function includes: an accommodation portion that is formed with an opening portion on an upper surface and accommodates a portable electronic device; a support portion, arranged so as to protrude from a side surface of the accommodation portion into the accommodation portion, the support portion configured to contact with side surfaces or upper and lower surfaces of the portable electronic device accommodated in the accommodation portion and hold the portable electronic device so as to pinch the portable electronic device; and a blower unit that blows air into the accommodation portion. The support portion has an air outlet for guiding the air sent out by the blower unit to the accommodation portion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes: a semiconductor substrate including first and second STI regions arranged in a first direction, a first diffusion region having a first conductivity type surrounded by the first STI region, a second diffusion region having a second conductivity type surrounded by the second STI region, and a third diffusion region extending in a second direction such that the third diffusion region is arranged between the first and second STI regions; a first gate electrode including a first polycrystalline silicon film covering a part of the first diffusion region to form a P-channel MOS transistor; a second gate electrode including a second polycrystalline silicon film covering a part of the second diffusion region to form an N-channel MOS transistor; and a third polycrystalline silicon film extending in the second direction such that the third polycrystalline silicon film covers the third diffusion region.

Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a raw material supplying section; a first coarse crushing section; a defibrating section; a deposition section; a heating and pressing section; a cutting section; and an ejection section.

Abstract: An automatic sample preparation apparatus that automatically prepares a sample piece from a sample and includes a focused ion beam irradiation optical system, an electron beam irradiation optical system configured to irradiate an electron beam from a direction different from a direction of the focused ion beam, a sample piece transfer device configured to hold and transfer the sample piece separated and extracted from the sample, a detector configured to detect secondary charged particles emitted from an irradiation object, and a computer configured to recognize a position of the sample piece transfer device by image-recognition using an image data of the focused ion beam and the electron beam generated by irradiating the sample piece transfer device with the focused ion beam and the electron beam, and drive the sample piece transfer device, wherein the image data includes a reference mark.

Abstract: The integrated wear bar comprises a base, an archway including an incline and decline, and ribs cooperatively formed to work as a ramp. The ribs act as reinforcing load bearing members when the slide out floor is advanced up and over the sub floor. The archway assists with the retraction and closing of the slide out room by elevating the slide out room up and over the sub floor. Finally, the base portion of the integrated wear bar provides a path for the slide out room to move along during retraction and closing of the slide out room.

Abstract: A plane polishing machine polishing one surface of a workpiece flat, the plane polishing machine comprises a stick-on disk decentering jig of a circular plate shape mounted on a rotating polishing surface plate, a jig rotation drive device having a plurality of guide rollers coming into contact with the stick-on disk decentering jig, a rotational direction restriction device permitting rotation of the stick-on disk in a direction identical to a rotational direction of the stick-on disk decentering jig and inhibiting rotation of the stick-on disk in a direction opposite to the rotational direction of the stick-on disk decentering jig, and a jig rotation suppression device periodically suppressing rotation of the stick-on disk decentering jig rotated by the drive guide roller, for a predetermined period.

Abstract: In an abrasive body used for polishing by a CMP method, provided with a resin structure, a plurality of abrasive grains, and a plurality of longitudinal pores, and made in a form of disc, the longitudinal pore has a length in a thickness direction of the abrasive body longer than a length in a planar direction of the abrasive body, the resin structure includes communicating pores each of which communicating with the longitudinal pore and/or communicating with other communicating pore, the communicating pores include at least one of the abrasive grains in the pores respectively, and the average diameter of the communicating pores is not more than 18 times larger than the average diameter of the abrasive grains.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning roller configured to rotate about a first rotation axis to clean a component to which paper dust is attached, the cleaning roller having a first area and a second area that is adjacent to the first area in a direction along the first rotation axis and to which more paper dust is attached than to the first area, and a remover configured to rotate about a second rotation axis extending in a direction different from the first rotation axis and configured to come in contact with at least a portion of the second area to remove the paper dust from the second area.

Abstract: A seal useful in sealing slide out rooms may be used singularly or in pairs to straddle a wall through which the opening is located. The seal includes a passageway for containing cabling. The passageway is cooperatively formed by a base, an offsetting member, a movable bulb, and a deformable rib. In use, the movable bulb may be lifted to access the passageway. When closed, the movable lid presses against and deforms the rib to create a substantially water-tight seal around the passageway.

Abstract: An optical device includes a light receiving unit that receives reflected light reflected from an object by emitted light emitted from a light emitting unit, an optical element that guides incident light including the reflected light and ambient light from a region including the object to a position on the light receiving unit according to a component included in the incident light, and a detection device that detects the reflected light based on a distribution of received light intensity on the light receiving unit. A light receiving element of the light receiving unit is arranged in a second direction intersecting a first direction in which the incident light is dispersed by the optical element.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of first memory cell mats arranged in a first direction; a first voltage line supplied with a first voltage, the first voltage line extending in the first direction and being connected to a plurality of first vias each arranged over a corresponding one of even numbered ones of the plurality of first memory cell mats; and a second voltage line supplied with a second voltage different from the first voltage, the second voltage line extending in the first direction and being connected to a plurality of second vias each arranged over a corresponding one of odd numbered ones of the plurality of first memory cell mats.

Abstract: Provided is an optical device capable of suppressing variations in the range for scanning light. This optical device comprises: a light source that emits a laser beam; a MEMS mirror that scans the laser beam toward a predetermined range; and a diffraction grating that guides the laser beam to the MEMS mirror by guiding the laser beam in a direction corresponding to the wavelength thereof. The optical device also comprises an MEMS control unit that performs control such that, by employing a change in the optical path of the laser beam caused through the diffraction grating by a change in the wavelength of the laser beam, variations in the scanning range of the laser beam by the MEMS mirror are suppressed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes: a semiconductor substrate including first and second STI regions arranged in a first direction, a first diffusion region having a first conductivity type surrounded by the first STI region, a second diffusion region having a second conductivity type surrounded by the second STI region, and a third diffusion region extending in a second direction such that the third diffusion region is arranged between the first and second STI regions; a first gate electrode including a first polycrystalline silicon film covering a part of the first diffusion region to form a P-channel MOS transistor; a second gate electrode including a second polycrystalline silicon film covering a part of the second diffusion region to form an N-channel MOS transistor; and a third polycrystalline silicon film extending in the second direction such that the third polycrystalline silicon film covers the third diffusion region.

Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a case that accommodates raw material pieces including fibers, a rotator that rotates inside the case to stir the raw material pieces, a stirring motor that rotates the rotator, a transport apparatus that transports the raw material pieces through a transport path coupled to a side wall of the case, and a control apparatus that controls rotation states of the rotator and the transport apparatus, in which the transport apparatus includes a discharge pipe that rotates on a central axis along the transport path, and a transport motor that rotates the discharge pipe.

Abstract: An optical device comprises: a line sensor having a plurality of light reception elements that receive incident light including reflection light resulting from laser light having been emitted from a light source and reflected by an object, and including ambient light; a diffraction grating that guides the incident light to the plurality of light reception elements by diffracting the incident light to a direction depending on the wavelength; and a control unit that detects the reflection light on the basis of the light reception amounts of the light reception elements. The diffraction grating is configured to guide, to one of the plurality of light reception elements, a wavelength within a predetermined range that includes the wavelength of the laser light emitted from the light source.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to arrangements of one or more “cuts” or pattern of cuts in conductive structures. Wiring layers may each include a cut pattern including a set of cuts through conductive structures of the wiring layers where each of the cuts is offset from the other in a direction orthogonal to the cut. The cut pattern in a wiring layer may be orthogonal to the cut pattern in another wiring layer. In some examples, the cut pattern may be a stair-step pattern. In some examples, the cut pattern may be interrupted by other conductive structures.

Abstract: An information processing device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: perform, by using a physical model for performing a simulation of operations of a plurality of electronic devices, the simulation, and output a plurality of pieces of first data representing outputs by the plurality of electronic devices; and estimate, based on the first data and a plurality of pieces of second data representing outputs obtained by operating the plurality of electronic devices, mapping data representing a correspondence between the plurality of electronic devices that output the first data and the plurality of electronic devices that output the second data.

Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus having a well region extending into a semiconductor substrate. A first conductive element is over the well region, and a second conductive element is over the first conductive element. A hole extends through the first conductive element. A connecting element extends from the second conductive element to the well region, and passes through the hole.

Abstract: An authentication device includes a deciding unit (118) that, based on distribution information of the feature points included in a pattern present in some part of the body of the user, decides on the position of that part of the body to be used in authentication of the user; a guiding unit (120) that, based on the decided position, guides the concerned part of the body to the decided position for the purpose of authentication of the user; and an authenticating unit (122) that performs authentication of the user based on feature information of the pattern as obtained due to the guiding.