Abstract: A poultry tenderloin extraction apparatus is provided and includes: a fixing jig being moved while holding a poultry carcass; a poultry tenderloin extraction body section disposed on each of left and right sides with respect to a conveying direction of the fixing jig; and a first moving unit and a second moving unit, for moving the poultry tenderloin extraction body section toward/away from the moving fixing jig, respectively. The poultry tenderloin extraction body section includes a clamping device having: a clamping lower plate and a clamping upper plate for clamping the poultry tenderloin therebetween when the poultry tenderloin extraction body section moves toward the fixing jig. The poultry tenderloin is separated from the poultry carcass by a movement of the fixing jig toward a front side in the conveying direction and a movement of the poultry tenderloin extraction body section away from the fixing jig by the second moving unit.

Abstract: A shoulder incision-making apparatus for a poultry carcass according to the present invention is for cutting a shoulder joint section of a poultry carcass, and includes: a fixing jig on which a poultry carcass which is eviscerated and which has leg parts removed is to be placed and fixed; a conveyer forming a conveyance path of the fixing jig and configured to convey the fixing jig along the conveyance path; a first cutter disposed in the conveyance path; and a second cutter disposed in the conveyance path at a downstream side of the first cutter in a conveying direction. The first cutter is configured to make an incision on the shoulder joint section of the poultry carcass, and the second cutter is configured to be inserted into the incision to cut the shoulder joint section.

Abstract: A shoulder-blade incision-making apparatus is provided and includes: a fixing jig on which the poultry carcass which is eviscerated and which has leg parts removed is to be placed and fixed; a fixing jig conveyer forming a conveyance path of the fixing jig and convey the fixing jig along the conveyance path; a first separating member disposed above the conveyance path movably upward and downward; and a first driving device for moving the first separating member in an upward and downward direction. The first driving device is operated to move downward the first separating member and move the first separating member along a surface of the shoulder blade of the poultry carcass in accordance with a timing when the poultry carcass fixed to the fixing jig reaches a meat-separation position below the first separating member, therefore the meat portion attached to the shoulder blade is separated from the shoulder blade.

Abstract: An activated clay for treating aromatic hydrocarbons, containing montmorillonite in an amount of not less than 34% by mass, having an SiO2/Al2O3 mol ratio in a range of 3.8 to 8.0, and desorbing ammonia in an amount in a range of 0.11 to 0.20 mmols/g as measured by the ammonia TPD method with the heat of adsorption in a range of 128 to 148 kJ/mol. The activated clay comprises an acid-treated product of smectite clay, imposes no limitation on the area where the starting clay is produced, and features long catalytic life free of dispersion in the properties.

Abstract: A linear actuator that is configured to be extended/contracted by relatively displacing a first tube and a second tube in an axial direction, includes a rod that is provided inside the first tube, a plurality of permanent magnets that are held in the rod so as to be arranged in the axial direction; a stopper that is provided on a tip-end portion of the rod, a coil that is provided inside the second tube so as to face the permanent magnets, and a stopper receiving portion that is provided on the second tube so as to face the stopper, wherein the relative displacement between the first tube and the second tube in the extension direction is restricted by bringing an extension-direction-side end surface of the stopper into contact with the stopper receiving portion at a fully extended position.

Abstract: A linear actuator that is configured such that a first tube and a second tube are relatively displaced in an axial direction, includes a rod that is provided in the first tube and whose one end is fixed to an end portion of the first tube, a plurality of permanent magnets that are held by the rod so as to be arranged in the axial direction, and a tubular coil holder that is provided in the second tube and holds a coil that faces the permanent magnets, wherein the first tube has a first linear guide portion with a cylindrical surface that extends in the axial direction around the coil holder, and the second tube has a second linear guide portion with a cylindrical surface that is faced to the first linear guide portion without a gap therebetween so as to be slidably fitted therewith.

Abstract: A linear motor has a tubular body and a rod that penetrates the tubular body in an axial direction, and is configured to displace the tubular body and the rod relative to each other in the axial direction. The linear motor includes: 12n+1 (where n is a positive integer) teeth arranged in the axial direction so as to project from an inner peripheral surface of the tubular body; 12n slots respectively formed between adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth; 12n coils respectively disposed in the slots; and a plurality of permanent magnets held in the rod so as to be arranged in the axial direction. The respective coils are formed by being wound around an axis of the rod in an identical direction, and the number of permanent magnets positioned in the tubular body is set to 8n.

Abstract: An electronic file sending method is provided to securely and easily send en electronic file to a receiver. A receiving apparatus receives from a sending apparatus an electronic mail including an encrypted electronic file. The sending apparatus uses a public key of a management server to encrypt a decryption password that is necessary to decrypt the encrypted electronic file and sends the encrypted decryption password to the management server. In association with a file identifier of the electronic file, the management server stores the decryption password and an electronic mail address of a correct receiver, who is a receiver of the receiving apparatus. The receiving apparatus sends to the management server the file identifier of the electronic file and the electronic mail address of the receiver. The management server uses a public key of the receiving apparatus to encrypt the password and sends the encrypted password to the receiving apparatus.

Abstract: A linear motor that displaces a tubular body and a rod relative to each other in an axial direction includes teeth arranged in the axial direction so as to project from an inner peripheral surface of the tubular body, slots formed between adjacent teeth, coils disposed in the slots, and permanent magnets provided in the rod and arranged in the axial direction. The coils are constituted by one or more first phase coils, one or more second phase coils, and one or more third phase coils. The first, second, and third phase coils are provided in the axial direction such that the first phase coil and the second phase coil are disposed at respective ends the tubular body. A total number of coil windings of the third phase coils is set to be smaller than a total number of coil windings of the first phase coils and a total number of coil windings of the second phase coils.

Abstract: A linear motor includes a tubular yoke and a rod that penetrates the yoke in an axial direction, and is configured to displace the yoke and the rod relative to each other in the axial direction. The linear motor includes a plurality of teeth arranged in the axial direction so as to project in a radial direction from an inner peripheral surface of the yoke, slots formed between adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth, coils disposed respectively in the slots, and a plurality of permanent magnets held in the rod so as to be arranged in the axial direction. At least one of two slots positioned on outermost sides in the axial direction is configured such that a slow width thereof is narrower than the slot width of the remaining slots.

Abstract: A linear motor includes: an annular yoke; a rod that penetrates the yoke in a yoke axis direction; a plurality of teeth disposed at equal intervals in the yoke axis direction so as to project from an inner peripheral surface of the yoke; slots respectively formed between adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth, a plurality of coils respectively disposed in the slots, and permanent magnets arranged and held in the rod in the yoke axis direction. The yoke is configured so that the slots are disposed repeatedly by a reference number determined in accordance with the number of phases of an alternating current passed through the coils, and a width adjusting unit configured to adjust a tooth width is provided in an Nth tooth from a yoke end, the Nth tooth being determined by Equation (1).

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising the steps of providing a matrix substrate having a main surface with plural device areas formed thereon, fixing plural semiconductor chips to the plural device areas respectively, then sealing the plural semiconductor chips all together with resin to form a block sealing member, dividing the block sealing member and the matrix substrate for each of the device areas by dicing, thereafter rubbing a surface of each of the diced sealing member portions with a brush, then storing semiconductor devices formed by the dicing once into pockets respectively of a tray, and conveying the semiconductor devices each individually from the tray. Since the substrate dividing work after block molding is performed by dicing while vacuum-chucking the surface of the block sealing member, the substrate division can be done without imposing any stress on an external terminal mounting surface of the matrix substrate.

Abstract: It is difficult to prevent virus infection, information leakage or the like for example when a user carelessly manipulates a file. An electronic file manipulating section that obtains an instruction about manipulation of an electronic file; a remote manipulation section that establishes a communication path enabling remote manipulation with an execution environment in which manipulation of the electronic file is to be executed, and transmits an execution instruction to instruct the execution environment to execute manipulation of the electronic file thereon to the execution environment via the communication path enabling remote manipulation; and an electronic file transmitting section that transmits the electronic file to the execution environment in response to the instruction are included.

Abstract: An access control apparatus comprises a control unit that, based on predetermined access control information, restricts access to an electronic file by software that is permitted to access or prohibited from accessing the electronic file. An access control system comprises: an access control apparatus that has a control unit that, based on predetermined access control information, restricts access to an electronic file by software that is permitted to access or prohibited from accessing the electronic file; and a management apparatus that is provided outside the access control apparatus, and provides, to the access control apparatus, at least one of the predetermined access control information and a judgment result based on the predetermined access control information.

Abstract: A QFP has a die pad on which a semiconductor chip is mounted, a plurality of inner parts disposed around the die pad, a plurality of outer parts respectively connected with the plurality of inner parts, a plurality of wires electrically connect the bonding pads of the semiconductor chip and the plurality of inner parts, and a sealing body that seals the semiconductor chip. Moreover, the thickness of the semiconductor chip is larger than a thickness from a lower surface of the die pad to a lower surface of the sealing body, and a distance from the lower surface of the sealing body to a tip portion of each of the plurality of outer parts is larger than a thickness of the sealing body from a main surface of the semiconductor chip to an upper surface of the sealing body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a feed for a farmed fish, which contains an animal raw material, a part or the whole of which has been substituted with a plant raw material, and/or a plant raw material as a protein source, and can prevent a decrease in growth efficiency and feed efficiency for fishes, a method for promoting the growth of a farmed fish using the feed for a farmed fish, and an additive for a feed for preparing the feed for a farmed fish. The present invention relates to a feed for a farmed fish, which contains an animal raw material, a part or the whole of which has been substituted with a plant raw material, and/or a plant raw material as a protein source, and is characterized by containing at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of alanine, glutamic acid, glutamine, proline, ornithine, citrulline, and arginine.

Abstract: An activated clay for treating aromatic hydrocarbons, containing montmorillonite in an amount of not less than 34% by mass, having an SiO2/Al2O3 mol ratio in a range of 3.8 to 8.0, and desorbing ammonia in an amount in a range of 0.11 to 0.20 mmols/g as measured by the ammonia TPD method with the heat of adsorption in a range of 128 to 148 kJ/mol. The activated clay comprises an acid-treated product of smectite clay, imposes no limitation on the area where the starting clay is produced, and features long catalytic life free of dispersion in the properties.