Abstract: A transport device includes: a first rotating body including a shaft portion, a cylindrical portion on an outer periphery of the shaft portion, and a recessed portion in an outer surface of the cylindrical portion; a second rotating body capable of moving from the first rotating body while contacting an outer surface of the first rotating body and nipping a recording medium; a transport unit that includes a holding portion that holds the recording medium, and that transports the recording medium by moving the holding portion in a rotation direction of the first rotating body while the holding portion is disposed in the recessed portion; and a moving mechanism including a cam portion on a side of the cylindrical portion and a contact portion connected to the second rotating body and that comes into contact with the cam portion to separate the second rotating body from the first rotating body.

Abstract: A fixing device includes: a first roller on which an elastic layer is formed; and a second roller that forms a clamping portion at which a recording medium is clamped between the first roller and the second roller, a groove extending in an axial direction being formed in an outer peripheral surface of the second roller, and the second roller not including an elastic layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is an active material including a niobium titanium-containing oxide phase and a carbon coating layer. The niobium titanium-containing oxide phase contains a niobium titanium-containing oxide having a monoclinic structure and Na, and a Na content therein is 0 ppm or more and 100 ppm or less. The carbon coating layer coats at least a part of the niobium titanium-containing oxide phase, and contains 0.001% or more of carboxyl group.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes an electrode group, including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. The separator includes at least one metal-element containing portion containing a metal element. The at least one metal-element containing portion is provided on a surface of the separator in contact with the negative electrode. The at least one metal-element containing portion contains at least one selected from a group consisting of a metal, a metallic oxide, and a metallic fluoride. An area of the at least one metal-element containing portion is in a range of 0.3 mm2 to 3.2 mm2.

Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional hardness distribution measurement method with better measurement accuracy. The method is a three-dimensional hardness distribution measurement method including and repeating: cutting evenly a surface of a member to be measured; imaging the surface having been cut; and pushing an indenter for a hardness test into a plurality of points on the surface having been imaged. In the method, a cutting depth of the surface is controlled, in the cutting, to a predetermined constant amount, and indentation depths of the indenter at the plurality of points are controlled, in the pushing, to a predetermined constant amount.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electric display device turning base capable of stabilizing and turning a direction of a thin-screen display device. This display device turning base is provided with a first base portion; a mounting and fixing portion; a pair of arc guide rails installed in the mounting and fixing portion in such a manner that a center point of an arc thereof is arranged on a horizontal line passing through a gravity center of the thin-screen display device mounted and fixed to the mounting and fixing portion and extending in a left and right direction; a support roller for supporting the arc guide rails turnably around the horizontal line in a state that the center point of the arc guide rails is arranged on the horizontal line, the support roller being rotatably installed in the first base portion in a standing manner; and an electric drive mechanism for turning the arc guide rails around the horizontal line.

Abstract: The invention provides a rotating table for a display device which can rotate around the horizontal shaft by a manual operation in addition to a small motor drive. A rotating table for a display device includes a rotating member arranged so as to be rotatable around a horizontal shaft, and in which the display device is arranged, a balancing device balancing with a gravity moment around the horizontal shaft in the display device, and a first motor-driven rotating mechanism rotating the rotating member around the horizontal shaft, and the first motor-driven rotating mechanism includes gear trains converting a rotation of an electric motor into a rotation of the rotating member, and a rotation allowing device allowing a rotation of the gear trains only in a case of a rotation having a torque not less than a predetermined torque with respect to the rotation from the rotating member side.

Abstract: The invention provides a rotating table for a display device which can rotate around the horizontal shaft by a manual operation in addition to a small motor drive. A rotating table for a display device includes a rotating member arranged so as to be rotatable around a horizontal shaft, and in which the display device is arranged, a balancing device balancing with a gravity moment around the horizontal shaft in the display device, and a first motor-driven rotating mechanism rotating the rotating member around the horizontal shaft, and the first motor-driven rotating mechanism includes gear trains converting a rotation of an electric motor into a rotation of the rotating member, and a rotation allowing device allowing a rotation of the gear trains only in a case of a rotation having a torque not less than a predetermined torque with respect to the rotation from the rotating member side.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electric display device turning base capable of stabilizing and turning a direction of a thin-screen display device. This display device turning base is provided with a first base portion; a mounting and fixing portion; a pair of arc guide rails installed in the mounting and fixing portion in such a manner that a center point of an arc thereof is arranged on a horizontal line passing through a gravity center of the thin-screen display device mounted and fixed to the mounting and fixing portion and extending in a left and right direction; a support roller for supporting the arc guide rails turnably around the horizontal line in a state that the center point of the arc guide rails is arranged on the horizontal line, the support roller being rotatably installed in the first base portion in a standing manner; and an electric drive mechanism for turning the arc guide rails around the horizontal line.

Abstract: An automatic music selecting system is provided which can select a piece of music more suitable for an occupant of a mobile unit. It includes a music data storing section that stores music data corresponding to a plurality of pieces of music; a navigation system for detecting the current position of the mobile unit; a first keyword generating section for generating a first keyword in response to current position information indicating the current position detected by the navigation system; sensors for detecting environment of the mobile unit; a second keyword generating section for generating a second keyword in response to the environment information indicating the environment detected by the sensors, a music selecting section for selecting a piece of music in response to the first keyword and second keyword; and a reproducing section for reading the selected music data from the music data storing section to reproduce.

Abstract: An automatic music selecting system is provided which can select a piece of music more suitable for an occupant of a mobile unit. It includes a music data storing section that stores music data corresponding to a plurality of pieces of music; a navigation system for detecting the current position of the mobile unit; a first keyword generating section for generating a first keyword in response to current position information indicating the current position detected by the navigation system; sensors for detecting environment of the mobile unit; a second keyword generating section for generating a second keyword in response to the environment information indicating the environment detected by the sensors, a music selecting section for selecting a piece of music in response to the first keyword and second keyword; and a reproducing section for reading the selected music data from the music data storing section to reproduce.

Abstract: In a disk unit for recording and reproducing information to and from a disk-like recording medium, a disk loading device includes a slot into which a disk-like recording medium is inserted; a retaining member that retains the disk-like recording medium inserted from the slot; a moving member that moves the retaining member so as to retract the disk-like recording medium in a disk insert direction during insertion and expel the disk-like recording medium in a disk eject direction during ejection; a drive mechanism that drives the moving member in the insert direction and the eject direction; and a manual drive member that, when pressed, slidingly engages the drive mechanism and drives the drive mechanism in the eject direction.

Abstract: A disk loading device includes a slot into which a disk-like recording medium is inserted, a retaining member that retains the disk-like recording medium inserted from the slot, a moving member that moves the retaining member so as to retract the disk-like recording medium in a disk insert direction during insertion and expel the disk-like recording medium in a disk eject direction during ejection, and a drive mechanism that, after the disk-like recording medium has moved to an eject position, drives the moving member from the eject position further in the eject direction so as to bring the retaining member adjacent to the slot as the disk-like recording medium is withdrawn from the slot.

Abstract: An optical axis angle adjusting device is provided, which can adjust the optical axis angle, which can prevent sound skipping or noise in the image of the optical reproduction device even when the disk has certain surface undulation. In the adjusting device, an adjustment disk 10 is inclined relative to the turn table. Rotation phases of the disk are detected, and incident angle is detected at the respective rotation phases. The optical axis angle is adjusted so that the incident angles at the respective phases are identical with each other. Because the disk is inclined, the incident angle can be detected accurately, and the optical axis adjustment can be achieved accurately.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus of the present invention has an electric fan in a casing. This electric fan generates air current between circuit substrates. The air current passes through the left-side gaps between the circuit substrates, and reaches the backside face of the electronic apparatus. The air current then passes through a power source substrate attached to a backside panel, and moves to the right. The air current then moves along the right-side inner surface and returns to the front side. The returned air is guided by a plurality of inner fins and then supplied to the electric fan. The heat generated in the casing is cooled by the air current circulating in the casing, and then conducted to the entire inner wall of the casing. The heat of the casing is then released into the atmospheric air through radiation fins arranged on the front face of the casing, the left and right side faces of the casing, and the front face of an open-close cover.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus of the present invention has an electric fan in a casing. This electric fan generates air current between circuit substrates. The air current passes through the left-side gaps between the circuit substrates, and reaches the backside face of the electronic apparatus. The air current then passes through a power source substrate attached to a backside panel, and moves to the right. The air current then moves along the right-side inner surface and returns to the front side. The returned air is guided by a plurality of inner fins and then supplied to the electric fan. The heat generated in the casing is cooled by the air current circulating in the casing, and then conducted to the entire inner wall of the casing. The heat of the casing is then released into the atmospheric air through radiation fins arranged on the front face of the casing, the left and right side faces of the casing, and the front face of an open-close cover.

Abstract: An optical axis angle adjusting device is provided, which can adjust the optical axis angle, which can prevent sound skipping or noise in the image of the optical reproduction device even when the disk has certain surface undulation. In the adjusting device, an adjustment disk 10 is inclined relative to the turn table. Rotation phases of the disk are detected, and incident angle is detected at the respective rotation phases. The optical axis angle is adjusted so that the incident angles at the respective phases are identical with each other. Because the disk is inclined, the incident angle can be detected accurately, and the optical axis adjustment can be achieved accurately.

Abstract: An optical axis angle adjusting device is provided, which can adjust the optical axis angle, which can prevent sound skipping or noise in the image of the optical reproduction device even when the disk has certain surface undulation. In the adjusting device, an adjustment disk 10 is inclined relative to the turn table. Rotation phases of the disk are detected, and incident angle is detected at the respective rotation phases. The optical axis angle is adjusted so that the incident angles at the respective phases are identical with each other. Because the disk is inclined, the incident angle can be detected accurately, and the optical axis adjustment can be achieved accurately.

Abstract: An omnidirectional vibration damping system comprising a pair of dampers of identical make mounted between a carrier rigidly carrying an electronic instrument or like object of protection and a rigid support therefore, the dampers being positioned in axial alignment with each other in positions of symmetry with respect to the center of mass of the object. The carriers have webs laid parallel to a pair of opposed bearing surfaces of the support, each web having formed thereon a hollow boss extending at right angles therefrom. Each damper has a nut extending with clearance through the hollow boss of one carrier and having one end held fast against the bearing surface of the support by receiving a bolt from outside the support. Formed on the other end of the nut is a flange laid parallel to the bearing surface and farther away therefrom than the carrier web.