Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a printing unit; a first motor configured to move the carriage in a predetermined direction; a second motor configured to move the carriage in the predetermined direction; and a control unit. The control unit executes a first mode in which, when causing the printing unit to perform printing under a first printing condition, the first motor is driven in a first direction and the second motor is driven in the first direction, and a second mode in which, when causing the printing unit to perform printing under a second printing condition different from the first printing condition, the first motor is driven in the first direction and the second motor is driven in the first direction while changing an output ratio between the first motor and the second motor.

Abstract: An adhesive tape has a noise reduction function. The adhesive tape comprises a main member having a front surface and a back surface, and an adhesive layer provided on the back surface of the main member. The main member comprises a magnetic sheet and a uniaxially oriented film laminated on the magnetic sheet. The magnetic sheet contains a binder and magnetic particles distributed in the binder. The magnetic sheet solely has breaking strength of 2.5 N / 5 mm or more but 40 N / 5 mm or less, and elongation at break of 25 % or less.

Abstract: A magnetic sheet is used as a noise reduction member for a cable. The magnetic sheet has a width of 5 mm to 15 mm. The magnetic sheet has a magnetic layer and a protective layer. The magnetic layer comprises soft-magnetic particles and a binder. Each of the soft-magnetic particles has a flat shape. A content of the soft-magnetic particles in the magnetic layer is from 35 vol % to 40 vol % with respect to the overall volume of the magnetic layer. The binder is made of polyacrylic rubber or of mixture of polyacrylic rubber and nitrile rubber. The binder binds the soft-magnetic particles to each other. A content of the binder in the magnetic layer is from 35 vol % to 65 vol % with respect to the overall volume of the magnetic layer. The protective layer reinforces the magnetic layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnetic member comprises preparing a base member, which have a front surface and a back surface, and wherein an anchor coat layer is formed on the front surface, and forming a composite magnetic layer on the anchor coat layer.

Abstract: A parameter DB (133) stores importance level information indicating an importance level of each element constituting a medical treatment record text indicated by medical treatment record information and being acquired by performing text analysis on the medical treatment record text, the importance level information being generated based on the element and a summary text relating to the medical treatment record text. An employed element estimator (114) estimates an element constituting a summary text, based on the importance level information and an element constituting a medical treatment record text indicated by new medical treatment record information and being acquired by performing text analysis on the new medical treatment record text. Further, the employed element estimator (114) generates new importance level information, based on a summary text after being corrected along a correction content received by a correction receiver (117) and an element constituting the new medical treatment record text.

Abstract: A composite magnetic material comprises spherical soft magnetic metal powder incorporated in the composite magnetic material in a dispersed manner, a flame retardant incorporated in the composite magnetic material in a dispersed manner; and a binder configured to bind the soft magnetic metal powder and the flame retardant. The composite magnetic material is formed and processed into a sheet shape. The composite magnetic material has a volume occupancy of the soft magnetic metal powder of 45 vol % or more and 68 vol % or less.

Abstract: Provided is a composite magnetic body composite magnetic body including a flaky metallic soft magnetism powder with a volume content of 35% or more and 55% or less, wherein the composite magnetic body is characterized by further including a phosphazene compound, a binder resin, and a phosphorus-free flame retardant auxiliary so that equations (1) and (2) are satisfied: 0.17?P/B?0.21??(1) 0.89?(PN+RA)/B?2.71??(2) (In the equations, PN denotes the mass % of the phosphazene compound in the composite magnetic body, RA denotes the mass % of the flame retardant auxiliary in the composite magnetic body, B denotes the mass % of the binder resin in the composite magnetic body, and P denotes the mass % of phosphorus in the composite magnetic body.) The composite magnetic body can impart high flame retardancy without losing performance such as magnetic permeability.

Abstract: Provided is a composite magnetic body composite magnetic body including a flaky metallic soft magnetism powder with a volume content of 35% or more and 55% or less, wherein the composite magnetic body is characterized by further including a phosphazene compound, a binder resin, and a phosphorus-free flame retardant auxiliary so that equations (1) and (2) are satisfied: 0.17?P/B?0.21??(1) 0.89?(PN+RA)/B?2.71??(2) (In the equations, PN denotes the mass % of the phosphazene compound in the composite magnetic body, RA denotes the mass % of the flame retardant auxiliary in the composite magnetic body, B denotes the mass % of the binder resin in the composite magnetic body, and P denotes the mass % of phosphorus in the composite magnetic body.) The composite magnetic body can impart high flame retardancy without losing performance such as magnetic permeability.

Abstract: A disk drive according to an embodiment includes a disk, a first actuator having a first arm, a second actuator having a second arm, and a head. The head includes a write head and a read head. In addition, the disk drive includes a control unit calculating an amount of shift from an initial value of offset in a radial direction of the disk between the read head and the write head. The control unit controls the second actuator and corrects a position of the head to a position where the shift amount is reduced.

Abstract: A continuous kneading device is provided with an upper trunk (1) to which a powder supply tube (3) through which quantified powder is supplied is connected and in which the powder is blended with a fluid, and a lower trunk (2) concentrically connected to the bottom of the upper trunk (1). The continuous kneading device continuously kneads the powder and the fluid by a first rotating kneading plate (10) built into the upper trunk (1) and a second rotating kneading plate (11) built into the lower trunk (2), wherein surfaces of the base metals of the first and second rotating kneading plates (10, 11) are covered with a coating material (50) for reducing friction when the powder and the fluid are kneaded together.

Abstract: A disk drive according to an embodiment includes a disk, a first actuator having a first arm, a second actuator having a second arm, and a head. The head includes a write head and a read head. In addition, the disk drive includes a control unit calculating an amount of shift from an initial value of offset in a radial direction of the disk between the read head and the write head. The control unit controls the second actuator and corrects a position of the head to a position where the shift amount is reduced.

Abstract: A continuous kneading device is provided with an upper trunk (1) to which a powder supply tube (3) through which quantified powder is supplied is connected and in which the powder is blended with a fluid, and a lower trunk (2) concentrically connected to the bottom of the upper trunk (1). The continuous kneading device continuously kneads the powder and the fluid by a first rotating kneading plate (10) built into the upper trunk (1) and a second rotating kneading plate (11) built into the lower trunk (2), wherein surfaces of the base metals of the first and second rotating kneading plates (10, 11) are covered with a coating material (50) for reducing friction when the powder and the fluid are kneaded together.

Abstract: A lighting device is provided in which a distance between a light guide plate and a light source can be held constant, and thus an optical design thereof can be maintained. A backlight unit 24 according to the present invention includes an LED board 30, an LED 28, a light guide plate 20 having a light entrance surface 20a, and a spacer member 25. The spacer member 25 includes a first restriction portion 25a and a second restriction portion 25b. The first restriction portion 25a extends between the LED board 28 and a side edge of the light guide plate 20. The second restriction portion 25b extends from the first restriction portion 25a in a direction toward a side opposite to the light entrance surface 20a. The first and second restriction portion 25a, 25b, respectively, restricts displacements of the light guide plate 20 in a planar direction toward the LED light source 28 and in a planar direction away from the LED 28.

Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic disk apparatus. The apparatus includes: a recording medium including a recording surface for recording information; a slider including a head configured to write information to the recording medium or read information from the recording medium; and a controller configured to control moving of the slider so as to remove a substance adhered to the slider and such that the slider is stopped at a position where the slider and the recording surface of the recording medium do not interfere with each other after the slider is moved at a given velocity or acceleration.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk drive is provided which has a head amplifier having a function of, at a data recording time, outputting AC pattern data to a write head prior to the recording of the write data to allow it to be recorded on a write splice section on a disk medium. The write head records an AC signal pattern of a high frequency on the write splice section on the disk medium according to an output timing of a write gate and then write data is recorded with a preamble as a header.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: an image forming section which has a writing head, each head having a plurality of writing elements arranged in a line, and forms images on both sides of a paper sheet; and an image processing section which sends image data to each of the writing elements of the writing head, wherein the image processing section executes a magnification adjustment processing on image data for the front surface and image data for the back surface in an arrangement direction of the writing elements according to a kind of the paper sheet.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk drive is provided which has a head amplifier having a function of, at a data recording time, outputting AC pattern data to a write head prior to the recording of the write data to allow it to be recorded on a write splice section on a disk medium. The write head records an AC signal pattern of a high frequency on the write splice section on the disk medium according to an output timing of a write gate and then write data is recorded with a preamble as a header.

Abstract: A continuous hot rolling method including the steps of: cutting the tail portion of a preceding material in a steel product and the front portion of a succeeding material in the steel product to form butt faces; previously determining the thickness of scale created on the butt faces to determine the proportion of the weight of the scale; calculating the amount of oxygen dissolved in a weld molten zone, determining a deoxidation capacity of a deoxidizer for deoxidizing the above amount of oxygen; allowing the butt faces to abut against each other to form a butt area; applying a laser beam to the butt area to form a weld molten zone; incorporating the deoxidizer having the above deoxidation capacity into the weld molten zone; and hot rolling the molten joined steel product.

Abstract: A method of reclaiming waste polyvinyl chloride according to the present invention includes the steps of bringing industrial waste containing polyvinyl chloride into contact with a solvent in which polyvinyl chloride can be dissolved, to remove polyvinyl chloride from the industrial waste, removing substances which cannot be dissolved in the solvent from a polyvinyl chloride solution consisting of the solvent and the polyvinyl dissolved therein, and recovering reclaimed polyvinyl chloride as a substance left over when the solvent is removed from the polyvinyl solution. The industrial waste to be reclaimed includes polyvinyl chips obtained from waste electric wires, polyvinyl chloride-impregnated wallpaper and used agricultural polyvinyl chloride sheets. The solvent used in the present invention consists of at least one kind of organic solvent selected from the group composed of methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone and dioctyl phthalate.