Abstract: A paper sheet detection device includes: an optical sensor that includes a light-emitting portion that emits light, and a light-receiving portion that receives the emitted light; a storage portion that stores a first threshold value used for determining whether or not a paper sheet is present in a path of the emitted light, a target light-receiving level set as a target value of a level of the light received by the light-receiving portion in a state where the paper sheet is not present, and a second threshold value that is set to a value that is greater than the first threshold value and less than the target light-receiving level; an estimating portion that determines whether the level of the light received by the light-receiving portion is equal to or greater than the first threshold value and less than the second threshold value, and that estimates whether or not the paper sheet is present; and a light amount adjusting portion that adjusts an amount of the light emitted by the light-emitting portion so that

Abstract: An internal combustion engine exhaust purification device includes a filter which is disposed in an exhaust path and collects particulate matter in exhaust gas, an injection valve which is disposed upstream of the filter in the exhaust path and injects fuel into the exhaust path, a fuel pump which supplies a fuel to the injection valve, a shut-off valve which is interposed between the fuel pump and the injection valve, and selectively shuts off a fuel supply from the fuel pump to the injection valve, and a control unit which controls the injection valve and the shut-off valve. The control unit closes the shut-off valve when the control unit detects an opened adherence failure of the injection valve and detects an abnormal temperature rise of the filter during regeneration of the filter.

Abstract: This blowby gas discharging device is provided with a heating chamber 24 which is interposed midway along a blowby gas pipeline, is formed in a flywheel housing 10 of an internal combustion engine, and heats blowby gas. The internal combustion engine is provided with a power transmission mechanism 13 for transmitting power from a crankshaft 6 to a camshaft 7, and a mechanism chamber 14 accommodating the power transmission mechanism. The heating chamber is adjacent to the mechanism chamber across a separating wall 41, and a retaining portion 60 for causing oil inside the mechanism chamber to be retained is provided in the separating wall.

Abstract: A paper sheet detection device includes: an optical sensor that includes a light-emitting portion that emits light, and a light-receiving portion that receives the emitted light; a storage portion that stores a first threshold value used for determining whether or not a paper sheet is present in a path of the emitted light, a target light-receiving level set as a target value of a level of the light received by the light-receiving portion in a state where the paper sheet is not present, and a second threshold value that is set to a value that is greater than the first threshold value and less than the target light-receiving level; an estimating portion that determines whether the level of the light received by the light-receiving portion is equal to or greater than the first threshold value and less than the second threshold value, and that estimates whether or not the paper sheet is present; and a light amount adjusting portion that adjusts an amount of the light emitted by the light-emitting portion so that

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that performs printing on a print medium with a sheet shape, a medium feeding unit and a medium winding unit that conveys the print medium in a predetermined conveyance direction, a controller that controls the printing unit, the medium feeding unit, and the medium winding unit, and a shaft that winds the printed print medium. The controller includes a cutting position determination unit that determines a cutting position to cut and separate the print medium in the width direction upstream by a predetermined length from the end of the image of the first print surface in the conveyance direction, and the cutting position determination unit determines the cutting position so as to cut upstream from the end with an increase in the circumferential length of the print medium wound around the shaft.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gripping mechanism capable of stably gripping transportation articles of various sizes. A gripping mechanism 10 is attached to a mobile body to grip and convey a transportation article. The gripping mechanism 10 includes a pinion 20 provided so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis AX, and a first arm 12 and a second arm 14 disposed with the rotation axis being the center thereof so as to be separated from the rotation axis by the same distance in order to grip the transportation article. When the pinion 20 rotates in a predetermined direction, the first arm 12 and the second arm 14 move toward the rotation axis AX.

Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine housing that has a bypass passage defined therein. The bypass passage connects a section of an exhaust passage on the upstream side of a turbine wheel to a section of the exhaust passage on the downstream side of the turbine wheel. A wastegate, which selectively opens and closes the bypass passage, is attached to the turbine housing. A valve seat for the wastegate is provided at an open edge of the bypass passage in the inner wall surface of the turbine housing. An abradable portion, which is a deformable portion, is adhered to the valve member of the wastegate. The abradable portion is configured to be deformed in accordance with the shape of the valve seat by contacting the valve seat when the bypass passage is shifted from the open state to the fully closed state.

Abstract: This blowby gas discharging device is provided with a heating chamber 24 which is interposed midway along a blowby gas pipeline, is formed in a flywheel housing 10 of an internal combustion engine, and heats blowby gas. The internal combustion engine is provided with a power transmission mechanism 13 for transmitting power from a crankshaft 6 to a camshaft 7, and a mechanism chamber 14 accommodating the power transmission mechanism. The heating chamber is adjacent to the mechanism chamber across a separating wall 41, and a retaining portion 60 for causing oil inside the mechanism chamber to be retained is provided in the separating wall.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a transmission unit, a transmission controller, and an acceptance unit. The transmission unit transmits an identifier of a network to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs, without designating a destination. The transmission controller controls the transmission unit such that the identifier is presented in a different manner on a terminal that has received the identifier if movement of a person detected around the wireless communication apparatus is predetermined movement. The acceptance unit accepts a connection request using the identifier from the terminal.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine exhaust purification device includes a filter which is disposed in an exhaust path and collects particulate matter in exhaust gas, an injection valve which is disposed upstream of the filter in the exhaust path and injects fuel into the exhaust path, a fuel pump which supplies a fuel to the injection valve, a shut-off valve which is interposed between the fuel pump and the injection valve, and selectively shuts off a fuel supply from the fuel pump to the injection valve, and a control unit which controls the injection valve and the shut-off valve. The control unit closes the shut-off valve when the control unit detects an opened adherence failure of the injection valve and detects an abnormal temperature rise of the filter during regeneration of the filter.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that performs printing on a print medium with a sheet shape, a medium feeding unit and a medium winding unit that conveys the print medium in a predetermined conveyance direction, a controller that controls the printing unit, the medium feeding unit, and the medium winding unit, and a shaft that winds the printed print medium. The controller includes a cutting position determination unit that determines a cutting position to cut and separate the print medium in the width direction upstream by a predetermined length from the end of the image of the first print surface in the conveyance direction, and the cutting position determination unit determines the cutting position so as to cut upstream from the end with an increase in the circumferential length of the print medium wound around the shaft.

Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine housing that has a bypass passage defined therein. The bypass passage connects a section of an exhaust passage on the upstream side of a turbine wheel to a section of the exhaust passage on the downstream side of the turbine wheel. A wastegate, which selectively opens and closes the bypass passage, is attached to the turbine housing. A valve seat for the wastegate is provided at an open edge of the bypass passage in the inner wall surface of the turbine housing. An abradable portion, which is a deformable portion, is adhered to the valve member of the wastegate. The abradable portion is configured to be deformed in accordance with the shape of the valve seat by contacting the valve seat when the bypass passage is shifted from the open state to the fully closed state.

Abstract: A wastegate valve of a turbocharger includes a swing arm that includes a shaft and a lever including an insertion hole, a valve body including a valve shaft inserted into the insertion hole and a valve plate arranged on an end of the valve shaft, a support plate fixed to a portion of the valve shaft protruding out of the insertion hole, and an elastic member arranged between the support plate and the lever or the lever and the valve plate. The elastic member includes a ring, claws curved toward a first side in an axial direction of the ring, and a projection projecting from the ring toward the first side. The projection length of the projection is smaller than a distance obtained by subtracting the thickness of the lever from the distance between the valve plate and the support plate in the axial direction of the valve shaft.

Abstract: A wastegate valve of a turbocharger includes a swing arm that includes a shaft and a lever including an insertion hole, a valve body including a valve shaft inserted into the insertion hole and a valve plate arranged on an end of the valve shaft, a support plate fixed to a portion of the valve shaft protruding out of the insertion hole, and an elastic member arranged between the support plate and the lever or the lever and the valve plate. The elastic member includes a ring, claws curved toward a first side in an axial direction of the ring, and a projection projecting from the ring toward the first side. The projection length of the projection is smaller than a distance obtained by subtracting the thickness of the lever from the distance between the valve plate and the support plate in the axial direction of the valve shaft.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a transmission unit, a transmission controller, and an acceptance unit. The transmission unit transmits an identifier of a network to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs, without designating a destination. The transmission controller controls the transmission unit such that the identifier is presented in a different manner on a terminal that has received the identifier if movement of a person detected around the wireless communication apparatus is predetermined movement. The acceptance unit accepts a connection request using the identifier from the terminal.

Abstract: A supercharger includes: a turbine housing including a bypass passage configured to cause an exhaust gas to flow so as to detour around a turbine wheel; and a wastegate valve configured to controlling an amount of the exhaust gas flowing through the bypass passage. The wastegate valve includes a valve body including a valve plate and a valve stem, a support portion having a support hole, a shaft, and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the shaft. The valve body is assembled to the support portion in a state where the valve stem is passed through the support hole, and rotates along with rotation of the shaft. In an axial direction, a clearance between the valve stem and the support plate in an axial direction of the shaft is smaller than a clearance between the valve stem and the support plate in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to the axial direction.

Abstract: Problem In an air intake structure for an internal combustion engine 1 where a compressor impeller 22 of a turbocharger 20 is disposed in an air intake passage (4) of the internal combustion engine 1, not to prevent an ice clump 15 from appearing on an inner wall surface of the air intake passage (4), but prevents this ice clump 15 from colliding with the compressor impeller 22, especially, a vane 22a of the compressor impeller 22 when the ice clump 15 formed on the inner wall surface of the air intake passage (4) peels off. Solution A capture member 30 is provided upstream side with respect to the compressor impeller 22 in the air intake passage (4). The capture member 30 is configured to capture an ice clump 15 formed at an inner wall surface of the air intake passage (4) when the ice clump 15 peels off.

Abstract: An application management apparatus includes an output unit that outputs an application contained in a server to an image processing device connected to the apparatus if the application contained in the server is a first application that is not contained in the image processing device or if the application contained in the server is a second application that is contained in the image processing device but is of a version different from that stored in a storage unit of the image processing device, and that acquires the application from the server and outputs the acquired application to the image processing device if the application contained in the server is not stored in the storage unit of the image processing device.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first communication unit that wireless-communicates with a terminal apparatus, a second communication unit that is different from the first communication unit and wireless-communicates with the terminal apparatus, a transmitting unit that receives from the terminal apparatus via the second communication unit a suspend instruction to suspend an operation to perform a print instruction that instructs a document to be printed, and suspends the operation to perform the print instruction, and transmits to the terminal apparatus via the first communication unit the print instruction with the operation thereof suspended, and a receiving unit that receives from the terminal apparatus via the second communication unit a resume instruction to resume the operation to perform the print instruction, and receives the print instruction from the terminal apparatus via the first communication unit.

Abstract: A turbocharger includes a drive shaft to transmit a driving force of an actuator to a mechanism in the turbo housing, and a bush to rotatably support the drive shaft, wherein a seal is provided at an end portion on the open-air side of the bush. The seal includes a seal body made of resin and a metallic spring fitted into a recessed portion of the seal body, wherein an internal lip portion of the seal body is pressed by the elastic force of the spring to the outer circumferential surface of the drive shaft. Further, an end surface that is contactable with a member (drive link) disposed on the open-air side of the drive shaft is formed in the seal body.