Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle surface in which a nozzle is opened; a wiper configured to come into contact with the nozzle surface and move relative to the head; and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a viscosity determination process of determining viscosity of liquid adhering to the nozzle surface; and a wiping process in which the wiper comes into contact with the nozzle surface and moves relative to the head. In a case in which the determined viscosity is lower than first viscosity indicating that the liquid is substantially solidified, a pressing pressure when the wiper comes into contact with the nozzle surface in the wiping process is set to be larger than a stress due to viscous friction of the liquid on the nozzle surface.

Abstract: An inertial sensor includes a dual atom interferometer. A moving standing light wave generation device in the dual atom interferometer generates M (3?M) moving standing light waves. Each of the M moving standing light waves is generated by a pair of counter-propagating laser beams. The moving standing light wave generation device adjusts two-photon detuning of a pair of counter-propagating laser beams corresponding to each of N (2?N<M) moving standing light waves out of the M moving standing light waves such that the difference between an interferometric phase corresponding to one atomic beam obtained by interfering with the M moving standing light waves and an interferometric phase corresponding to the other atomic beam obtained by interfering with the M moving standing light waves stays constant.

Abstract: An atomic beam is quantum-mechanically collimated. The atomic beam is irradiated with a pumping laser beam and a filtering laser beam in this order. The pumping laser beam has a wavelength corresponding to a transition between a ground state and an excited state of atoms in the atomic beam. Irradiation with the pumping laser beam causes atoms to make transition from the ground state to the excited state and further relax from the excited state to a metastable state. The filtering laser beam has a wavelength corresponding to a transition between the ground state and the metastable state. By irradiating the filtering laser beam, atoms in the metastable state having velocity components equal to or smaller than a predetermined velocity component ?v in a traveling direction of the filtering laser beam are caused to make transition to the ground state.

Abstract: A heat pipe disclosed herein may include a tubular body sealing a working fluid therein; and a wick disposed on at least a part of inside of the tubular body. The tubular body may include a ceramic portion constituted of a ceramic material. An axial length of the ceramic portion may be equal to or greater than L/2, where L is an axial length of the tubular body.

Abstract: A check valve structure with which a fluid can satisfactorily open the valve and pass therethrough during a forward flow is provided. By disposing the entire check valve inside of a sealing bag, a check valve structure of a bag body capable of responding to deformation of a valve sheet of the check valve when pressure is applied in a thickness direction of the sheet, and a production method for the same are provided. The check valve structure is comprised of a bag sheet that forms a bag body, and a check valve made of a sheet and fixed to the bag sheet. The check valve includes a valve sheet, a fluid path forming sheet, and a basic sheet, and includes a filter sheet if necessary. The valve sheet is fixed by a valve sheet fixing portion at an upper end side, and moves in its thickness direction at a lower end side to open or close the valve. An inlet is provided at an upper side than the valve sheet fixing portion, and an outlet is provided at a lower side.

Abstract: A capped container is provided, which maintains, by a simple fastening structure, like a conventional one, sufficient sealability inside and prevents contents from leaking outside an opening of a container body when opening while fastening a cap and a container, and also prevents the leakage, even when an expected large force is applied to the cap in an opening direction. Included are the container body with outer screws on an outer peripheral surface of a head section, and the cap with inner screws threadedly engaged therewith on an inner peripheral surface, placed on and removed from the head section of the container body by screw-fitting. Provided are a first fastening means by clickstop including a cap-side annular projection interengaged with the cap on the container body, and a second fastening means by clickstop including pluralities of container body- and cap-side projections on the container body and in the cap, respectively.

Abstract: A capped container is provided, which maintains, by a simple fastening structure, like a conventional one, sufficient sealability inside and prevents contents from leaking outside an opening of a container body when opening while fastening a cap and a container, and also prevents the leakage, even when an expected large force is applied to the cap in an opening direction. Included are the container body with outer screws on an outer peripheral surface of a head section, and the cap with inner screws threadedly engaged therewith on an inner peripheral surface, placed on and removed from the head section of the container body by screw-fitting. Provided are a first fastening means by clickstop including a cap-side annular projection interengaged with the cap on the container body, and a second fastening means by clickstop including pluralities of container body- and cap-side projections on the container body and in the cap, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention provides a check valve 10 through which a fluid can satisfactorily open and pass when the fluid flows forward, and a bag 1a including the check valve and having a function of satisfactorily discharging a fluid. This check valve includes a one-side airtight base sheet 31, an inlet 11, a valve sheet 61, an auxiliary sheet 51, and the other-side airtight base sheet 21. The portion between the other-side airtight base sheet 21 and the valve sheet 61 serves as a valve flow channel 13, and a fluid flowing forward passes through the valve flow channel 13 from the inlet 11 and flows out from the outlet 12. The valve sheet 61 is fixed at its upstream end by the fixation portion 14, is freely movable at its downstream end. On the fixation portion 14 and the one-side airtight base sheet 31 of the inlet 11, the introduction recesses 15 are formed.

Abstract: To provide a check valve and a sealing bag that are high in certainty of the checking effect and prevented as much as possible from increasing in the production cost.

Abstract: The present invention provides a check valve 10 through which a fluid can satisfactorily open and pass when the fluid flows forward, and a bag 1a including the check valve and having a function of satisfactorily discharging a fluid. This check valve includes a one-side airtight base sheet 31, an inlet 11, a valve sheet 61, an auxiliary sheet 51, and the other-side airtight base sheet 21. The portion between the other-side airtight base sheet 21 and the valve sheet 61 serves as a valve flow channel 13, and a fluid flowing forward passes through the valve flow channel 13 from the inlet 11 and flows out from the outlet 12. The valve sheet 61 is fixed at its upstream end by the fixation portion 14, is freely movable at its downstream end. On the fixation portion 14 and the one-side airtight base sheet 31 of the inlet 11, the introduction recesses 15 are formed.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a cushioning package containing an article to be packaged, characterized by comprising an article storage space forming unit that forms an article storage space by overlapping a cushioning sheet that includes small cells that inflates with air filled therein, a sheet adhering unit that adheres the overlapped cushioning sheet together and closes an article storage opening, an article disposing unit that disposes an article to be packaged in the article storage space, and an air-filling unit that fills air in the small cells.

Abstract: A sealing bag includes a valve 3 which is fitted to a bag body and which communicates interior and exterior of the bag body with each other. A ball valve element 5 of the valve 3 is placed in a tapered passageway 8 so as to be advanceable toward and retreatable from the interior side of the bag body, and can close the tapered passageway 8. A screw type cap 6 of the valve 3, which is fitted to a fitting hole 27 of a valve body 4 so as to be advanceable toward and retreatable from a smaller-diameter end portion of the tapered passageway 8, has a stopper portion which is to be inserted into the fitting hole 27 and contactable with the ball valve element 5.

Abstract: A structure of an air passage of a sealable bag is provided wherein bag sheets 11, 12 and a valve body sheet 31 layered between the bag sheets 11, 12 are used. The valve body sheet 31 comprises a front piece 31a and a rear piece 31b, and a air passing space is formed between the front bag sheet 11 and the front piece 31a, as well as between the rear bag sheet 12 and the rear piece 31b, while a dead-end space is formed between the front piece 31a and the rear piece 31b. In said valve body, at one side based on the direction of flow of air in the air passage 3, said dead-end space is closed by said front piece 31a and rear piece 31b that are joined together, while on the other side, said dead-end space is opened by said front piece 31a and the rear piece 31b that are separated from each other.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a package for a lump of meat having voids within the inside thereof, which has an external form being substantially the same as that of a conventional package, is free from the deterioration in qualities such as appearance, color and smell, and can be stored for a long time. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A package produced by sealing a lump of meat having voids within the inside thereof with a mixed gas having a volume of 3 to 15% relative to the lump and having a carbon dioxide content of 8 to 90% and packaging. Lumps of meat having voids within the inside thereof include a fowl having been freed of the plumage and internal organs. A mixed gas having a carbon dioxide concentration of 8 to 90% and an oxygen concentration of 0.05 to 70% is preferably used as the previously-mentioned mixed gas. A packaging material having a shrinkage percentage of 15% or more or exhibiting a permeation degree for an oxygen gas at 23° C.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for manufacturing a cushioning package containing an article to be packaged. The apparatus includes a cushioning sheet forming unit to form a cushioning sheet by heat-sealing flexible elongated resin sheets which are continuously fed in a longitudinal direction and placed one on another in advance in a width direction of the sheet, the cushioning sheet including small sacs. Downstream from the cushioning sheet forming unit, an article storage space forming unit is provided for forming an article storage space by folding the cushioning sheet along a longitudinal centerline. A sheet adhering unit adheres the overlapped cushioning sheets. An article disposing unit inserts the article to be packaged into the article storage space, and an air filling unit fills the small sacs with air. Sequential performance of the above steps achieves efficient manufacturing of cushioning package.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a cushioning package containing an article to be packaged, characterized by comprising an article storage space forming unit that forms an article storage space by overlapping a cushioning sheet that includes small cells that inflates with air filled therein, a sheet adhering unit that adheres the overlapped cushioning sheet together and closes an article storage opening, an article disposing unit that disposes an article to be packaged in the article storage space, and an air-filling unit that fills air in the small cells.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a cushioning package containing an article to be packaged, characterized by comprising an article storage space forming unit 3 that forms an article storage space 1c by overlapping a cushioning sheet 1 that includes small cells 11 that inflates with air filled therein, a sheet adhering unit that adheres the overlapped cushioning sheet 1 together and closes an article storage opening 1d, an article disposing unit that disposes an article C to be packaged in the article storage space 1c, and an air-filling unit that fills air in the small cells 11.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for manufacturing a cushioning package containing an article to be packaged. The apparatus includes a cushioning sheet forming unit to form a cushioning sheet by heat-sealing flexible elongated resin sheets which are continuously fed in a longitudinal direction and placed one on another in advance in a width direction of the sheet, the cushioning sheet including small sacs. Downstream from the cushioning sheet forming unit, an article storage space forming unit is provided for forming an article storage space by folding the cushioning sheet along a longitudinal centerline. A sheet adhering unit adheres the overlapped cushioning sheets. An article disposing unit inserts the article to be packaged into the article storage space, and an air filling unit fills the small sacs with air. Sequential performance of the above steps achieves efficient manufacturing of cushioning package.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a cushioning package containing an article to be packaged. The apparatus includes a cushioning sheet forming unit to form a cushioning sheet by heat-sealing flexible elongated resin sheets which are continuously fed in a longitudinal direction and placed one on another in advance in a width direction of the sheet, the cushioning sheet including small sacs. Downstream from the cushioning sheet forming unit, an article storage space forming unit is provided for forming an article storage space by folding the cushioning sheet along a longitudinal centerline. A sheet adhering unit adheres the overlapped cushioning sheets. An article disposing unit inserts the article to be packaged into the article storage space, and an air filling unit fills the small sacs with air. Sequential performance of the above steps achieves efficient manufacturing of cushioning package.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a cushioning package containing an article to be packaged, characterized by comprising an article storage space forming unit 3 that forms an article storage space 1c by overlapping a cushioning sheet 1 that includes small cells 11 that inflates with air filled therein, a sheet adhering unit that adheres the overlapped cushioning sheet 1 together and closes an article storage opening 1d, an article disposing unit that disposes an article C to be packaged in the article storage space 1c, and an air-filling unit that fills air in the small cells 11.