Abstract: The combine may include a threshing tank that is configured to store a threshing product obtained by the threshing device and includes a lower tapered portion formed in a bottom portion. A bottom screw is provided inside the lower tapered portion and configured to discharge the threshing product from the threshing tank. A threshing discharge device is connected to the bottom screw and configured to convey the threshing product from the bottom screw and discharge the threshing product in a body outward direction. The threshing tank includes an inspection port formed in a bottom section of the lower tapered portion, and a lid configured to open and close the inspection port, and the lid opens and closes by swinging upward and downward about a swing axis that is not parallel with a screw axis of the bottom screw.

Abstract: A receiver circuit controls a power source of a front-end circuit and a demodulator using a first power source control signal. Upon receiving data of a plurality of receiving slots having a guard bit provided between receiving slots adjacent to each other, the first power source control signal becomes a power source ON signal before starting receiving of the data, then becomes a power source OFF signal within the guard bit, and becomes a power source OFF signal after completing the receiving of the data. The receiver circuit controls a power source of an active filter circuit using a second power source control signal, which becomes a power source OFF signal after completing the receiving of the data after becoming a power source ON signal before starting the receiving of the data.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying filter is made of a ceramic material in a honeycomb structure having introduction passages for introducing exhaust gas that includes particulate matter emitted from an internal combustion engine, porous walls that collect the particulate matter and exhaust passages for exhausting the exhaust gas after the particulate matter has been removed therefrom, with the porous walls supporting a catalyst for oxidizing and removing the particulate matter. The porosity of the porous wall is in a range from 55 to 80%, the mean pore size is in-a range from 30 to 50 ?m, and the total volume X of the pores included in the exhaust gas purifying filter and the volume Y of the pores that are not smaller than 100 ?m satisfy the relation of inequality Y/X?0.05.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying filter is made of a ceramic material in a honeycomb structure having introduction passages for introducing exhaust gas that includes particulate matter emitted from an internal combustion engine, porous walls that collect the particulate matter and exhaust passages for exhausting the exhaust gas after the particulate matter has been removed therefrom, with the porous walls supporting a catalyst for oxidizing and removing the particulate matter. The porosity of the porous wall is in a range from 55 to 80%, the mean pore size is in-a range from 30 to 50 ?m, and the total volume X of the pores included in the exhaust gas purifying filter and the volume Y of the pores that are not smaller than 100 ?m satisfy the relation of inequality Y/X?0.05.

Abstract: A receiver circuit controls a power source of a front-end circuit and a demodulator using a first power source control signal. Upon receiving data of a plurality of receiving slots having a guard bit provided between receiving slots adjacent to each other, the first power source control signal becomes a power source ON signal before starting receiving of the data, then becomes a power source OFF signal within the guard bit, and becomes a power source OFF signal after completing the receiving of the data. The receiver circuit controls a power source of an active filter circuit using a second power source control signal, which becomes a power source OFF signal after completing the receiving of the data after becoming a power source ON signal before starting the receiving of the data.

Abstract: A filter catalyst is for purifying exhaust gases emitted from internal combustion engines and including particulates, and includes a wall-flow honeycomb structure and an upstream-side straight honeycomb structure. The wall-flow honeycomb structure includes inlet cells clogged on the downstream side of the exhaust gases, outlet cells neighboring the inlet cells and clogged on the upstream side of the exhaust gases, filter cellular walls demarcating the inlet cells and the outlet cells and having pores, and a catalytic layer formed on the surface of the filter cellular walls and/or the surface of the pores of the filter cellular walls. The upstream-side straight honeycomb structure is disposed on the upstream side of the exhaust gases with respect to the wall-flow honeycomb structure, is provided integrally with the wall-flow honeycomb structure, and includes upstream-side straight cells in which the exhaust gases flow straight, and upstream-side cellular walls demarcating the upstream-side straight cells.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying filter having a high strength and an excellent efficiency of exhaust gas purification and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. An exhaust gas purifying filter 1 comprises a ceramic honeycomb structure 2 having a surrounding wall 21, partition walls 22 provided in a honeycomb pattern within the surrounding wall 21, and a plurality of cells 23 partitioned by the partition walls 22 and penetrating through end faces 241, 242. If a virtual line 3 is drawn on the end faces 241, 242 of the structure 2 by continuously connecting points at a distance of 1.0 to 3.0 times the cell pitch in the direction toward the center from an inner surface 211 of the surrounding wall 21, not less than 90% of a peripheral area 25 outside the virtual line 3 is blocked with plug material 4.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying filter having a high strength and an excellent efficiency of exhaust gas purification and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. An exhaust gas purifying filter 1 comprises a ceramic honeycomb structure 2 having a surrounding wall 21, partition walls 22 provided in a honeycomb pattern within the surrounding wall 21, and a plurality of cells 23 partitioned by the partition walls 22 and penetrating through end faces 241, 242. If a virtual line 3 is drawn on the end faces 241, 242 of the structure 2 by continuously connecting points at a distance of 1.0 to 3.0 times the cell pitch in the direction toward the center from an inner surface 211 of the surrounding wall 21, not less than 90% of a peripheral area 25 outside the virtual line 3 is blocked with plug material 4.

Abstract: A catalyst-loaded ceramic filter made of a ceramic material capable of directly supporting a catalyst component thereon is capable of providing early activation of the catalyst with a low coefficient of thermal expansion and light weight, without compromising the high porosity of the filter substrate. A catalyst-loaded ceramic filter is made of a ceramic material of which one or more kinds of element among its constituent elements is substituted with an element other than the constituent elements, for example a ceramic material with a part of Si or other elements included in cordierite is substituted with W or Co, as a filter substrate of honeycomb structure having a number of cells separated by porous walls, and supporting a catalyst such as a noble metal directly on the W.

Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying filter that has an increased contact area, between a catalyst supported on the dividing walls of a honeycomb structural body and particulate matter deposited thereon, and can improve the capacity of the catalyst to oxidize the particulate matter, and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, the exhaust gas purifying filter 1 comprising the honeycomb structural body 10 made of ceramic and the catalyst 2 supported on the surface of the dividing walls 11 of the honeycomb structural body 10 has void ratio, of the dividing wall 11 of the honeycomb structural body 10, in a range from 55 to 80%, and the proportion of surface pores is 20% or higher.

Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying filter that has an increased contact area, between a catalyst supported on the dividing walls of a honeycomb structural body and particulate matter deposited thereon, and can improve the capacity of the catalyst to oxidize the particulate matter, and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, the exhaust gas purifying filter 1 comprising the honeycomb structural body 10 made of ceramic and the catalyst 2 supported on the surface of the dividing walls 11 of the honeycomb structural body 10 has void ratio, of the dividing wall 11 of the honeycomb structural body 10, in a range from 55 to 80%, and the proportion of surface pores is 20% or higher.

Abstract: A ceramic material containing organic binder is formed by extrusion, dried and cut off so as to make the honeycomb body 100 having the bulkheads 11 and a plurality of cells 12 partitioned by the bulkheads 11 and penetrating between both end faces of the honeycomb body 100. The tapered jig 3 having a tapered forward end portion 31 is inserted into the opening 13 of the cell 12 of the honeycomb body 100. Then, the bulkheads 11 are heated and softened and deformed by a pushing force given by the tapered jig 3 so that the opening 13 of the cell 12 is expanded to form the large opening 131, and the opening 13 of the adjoining cell 12 is reduced at the same time so as to form the small opening 132. After that, the honeycomb body 100 is fired. In this way, the exhaust gas purifying filter for collecting particulates is manufactured.

Abstract: An exhaust purification filter having high filter efficiency and low pressure loss. The exhaust purification filter purifies exhaust gas by trapping particulate matter contained in exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas purification filter has a honeycomb structure composed of partitions having a large number of pores, and cells separated by the partitions. The surface opening area of the partitions attributable to pores having a surface opening diameter of 10 &mgr;m or less is 20% or less of the total surface opening area ratio.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying filter employs plugs that can be used as part of filter. The exhaust gas purifying filter has a honeycomb structure including a multitude of cells each surrounded by walls. Each of the cells is stopped with a plug on one end and the walls and the plugs are all made of a porous material. The value of M=(L/t)×(P1/P2) is in a range of 10<M<90, where P1 is the porosity of the walls, P 2 is the porosity of plugs, t is mean thickness of the walls and L is mean length of the plugs.

Abstract: An exhaust gas filter is capable of suppressing the generation of an excessive pressure loss due to the particulates deposited. At least a part of a multiplicity of cells surrounded by partitioning walls of the honeycombed exhaust gas purification filter have plugs on one of their two end portions. At least a part of the cells to be arranged on the downstream side in the fluid path are partial plugs having openings allowing the fluid flow. The pressure loss caused when the fluid entering the cells passes through the partitioning walls is smaller than the pressure loss caused when the exhaust gas passes through the partial plugs.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure comprising at least one main honeycomb structure 10 and sub-honeycomb structures 21, 22 axially disposed, in series, on both end surfaces of the main honeycomb structure 10. Partial plugs 15 are constituted for some of the cells 11 of the main honeycomb structure 10 by facing the intersecting portions of partitioning walls 211, surrounding the cells of the sub-honeycomb structure 21 disposed adjacent to the main honeycomb structure with some of the cells of main honeycomb structure, and the arrangement of the partial plugs 15 at one end surface 101 of the main honeycomb structure differs from that at the other end surface of the main honeycomb structure 10.

Abstract: There is provided a honeycomb structural body with a high cell density of 600 cells/in2 or greater and excellent catalyst loading properties. In a honeycomb structural body comprising a plurality of cells formed by providing partition walls composed mainly of cordierite, which has the chemical composition SiO2: 45-55 wt %, Al2O3: 33-42%, MgO: 12-18 wt %, in a honeycomb fashion, the density of the cells is at least 600 cells/in2 and the pore volume of the partition walls is at least 30%.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying filter having a high strength and an excellent efficiency of exhaust gas purification and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. An exhaust gas purifying filter 1 comprises a ceramic honeycomb structure 2 having a surrounding wall 21, partition walls 22 provided in a honeycomb pattern within the surrounding wall 21, and a plurality of cells 23 partitioned by the partition walls 22 and penetrating through end faces 241, 242. If a virtual line 3 is drawn on the end faces 241, 242 of the structure 2 by continuously connecting points at a distance of 1.0 to 3.0 times the cell pitch in the direction toward the center from an inner surface 211 of the surrounding wall 21, not less than 90% of a peripheral area 25 outside the virtual line 3 is blocked with plug material 4.

Abstract: There is provided a ceramic honeycomb structure with excellent thermal shock resistance. The ceramic honeycomb structure (1) comprises partitions (10) arranged in a lattice forming a plurality of cells (19) and an outer shell (15) surrounding the perimeter of the partitions (10), and the outer shell (15) is provided with slits (2) formed by cutting the outer shell (15) in the lengthwise direction along its entire length.

Abstract: A filter catalyst is for purifying exhaust gases emitted from internal combustion engines and including particulates, and includes a wall-flow honeycomb structure and an upstream-side straight honeycomb structure. The wall-flow honeycomb structure includes inlet cells clogged on the downstream side of the exhaust gases, outlet cells neighboring the inlet cells and clogged on the upstream side of the exhaust gases, filter cellular walls demarcating the inlet cells and the outlet cells and having pores, and a catalytic layer formed on the surface of the filter cellular walls and/or the surface of the pores of the filter cellular walls. The upstream-side straight honeycomb structure is disposed on the upstream side of the exhaust gases with respect to the wall-flow honeycomb structure, is provided integrally with the wall-flow honeycomb structure, and includes upstream-side straight cells in which the exhaust gases flow straight, and upstream-side cellular walls demarcating the upstream-side straight cells.