Abstract: To provide a boiler capable of realizing a reduction in O2, a reduction in NOx, and a reduction in CO. The present invention provides a boiler including: a premixed gas burner, and water tubes in close proximity to the premixed gas burner, characterized in that the premixed gas burner ejects a premixed gas toward the water tubes at a predetermined angle; and the boiler further includes a fuel supply portion capable of supplying at least one of a gas fuel and a premixed gas provided at a position on a downstream side of and spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the premixed gas burner.

Abstract: A double-wrap band brake assembly to be used for braking a rotating member fitted in a double-wrap brake band, which double-wrap brake band comprises an annular middle band with a friction surface formed on the inner periphery thereof, a pair of annular outer bands which are coupled to the middle band in a state that the respective free ends thereof are opposed to the free end of the middle band, and which respectively have friction surfaces on the inner peripheries, an anchor bracket secured to the working end of either one of the middle band and the outer bands and latched to the main body casing, and an apply bracket secured to the working end of the other of the middle band and the outer bands for receiving a force in the direction of constriction of the middle band and the outer bands from an actuator.

Abstract: A repeating installation includes transmission speed detection units which detect respective transmission speeds of a plurality of transmission lines connected to a plurality of communication apparatuses, a transmission speed determination unit which determines the slowest transmission speed among the detected transmission speeds of respective transmission lines as a reference transmission speed, a transmission speed adjusting unit which adjusts a transmission speed of a transmission line, whose detected transmission speed is faster than the reference transmission speed, so as to become a speed equal to or slower than the reference transmission speed, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image capturing apparatus capable of easily finding an unsatisfactory point peculiar to a group picture at the time of taking a group picture and capable of taking a group picture with which all of subjects to be photographed are satisfied.

Abstract: A digital camera has an operation portion including at least one main operation member and provided on the back surface of a camera body, and a slide portion including a main display device and provided on the back surface of the camera body. The slide portion is sidable between a housed position that covers the operation portion and an image capturing position that exposes the operation portion on the camera body.

Abstract: ?-Ketol unsaturated fatty acid derivatives represented by the following formula (1), ?-ketol unsaturated fatty acid amide derivatives represented by the following formula (6), and plant growth regulators containing, as the active ingredient, at least one of these derivatives: wherein R1 represents linear C1-5 alkyl; R2 represents hydrogen, etc.; R3 represents hydrogen, etc.; R4 represents hydrogen, etc.; R5 represents hydrogen, etc.; n is an integer from 3 to 15; and the carbon atoms at the A- and B-positions may be in either (R)- or (S)-configuration; and wherein R7 represents C1-17 alkyl, etc; R8 represents hydrogen, etc.; R9 represents ?-ketolalkylene; and R10 represents specific divalent linear hydrocarbyl.

Abstract: The present invention provides a TV terminal embedded communication apparatus, which has a shape compliant with predetermined existing standard dimensions of a type of TV terminal set on a wall surface, including a TV antenna terminal connectable to a TV antenna terminal of an existing TV terminal connected to a coaxial cable connected to a TV antenna, a communication connector terminal, a coaxial communication processing function section connected to the TV antenna terminal and having a coaxial communication function, a connector communication processing function section connected to the communication connector terminal and having a communication connector communication processing function and a data transfer function section that transfers data between the coaxial communication processing function section and the connector communication processing function section, and can construct a high-speed home network without removing the existing TV antenna terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an air conditioning system that can appropriately adjust humidity. The air conditioning system is an air conditioning system that comprises a plurality of indoor units that jointly air conditions a same space, comprising a first indoor unit and a second indoor unit. The first indoor unit comprises a first indoor heat exchanger that adjusts the temperature in the space. The second indoor unit comprises a second indoor heat exchanger and a humidifying element. The second indoor heat exchanger adjusts the temperature in the space. The humidifying element adjusts the humidity in the space. Further, the air conditioning system, during humidity adjustment, adjusts the humidity in the space by the humidifying element with greater priority than adjusting the temperature in the space by the second indoor heat exchanger.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to determine nov 1 means of activating plants: more particularly, means of controlling plant growth, such as means of promoting growth, means of controlling dormancy, means of imparting tolerance against stress for plants (dryness, high or low temperatures, osmotic pressure, etc.), and means of preventing aging. The present inventors have found that the above object can be achieved by providing plant activators containing, as an active ingredient, C4-C24, ketol fatty acids, in particular, 9-hydroxy-10-oxo-12 (Z),15(Z)-octadecadienoic acid.

Abstract: A communication system includes communication devices; a switch device having coaxial terminal units to which the communication device are connected, a switch unit of entirely or individually connecting the coaxial terminal units, and a switch control unit of controlling the connection status of the switch unit; and a transmittal right control device. The transmittal right control device is connected to the terminal, and manages the connection status of the switch unit, receives from the communication devices requests for time for communication with other communication devices, determines assignment of time for communications between the communication devices, notifies the communication devices of the assignment, and instructs the switch control unit not to make signals interfere among the communication devices in different combinations for communications in the same time period.

Abstract: A camera has a lens barrier which can move between a closed position where a taking lens is covered and an opened position where the taking lens is exposed, and the on/off state of a power source is switched interlockingly with the open/close state of the lens barrier. A housing for housing the camera has a barrier driving lever for driving the lens barrier. At the time of attaching the housing, the tip of the barrier driving lever is retained by a finger retaining part of the camera to move the lens barrier to the opened position. As a result, attachment of the housing in a power-off state made by the lens barrier can be prevented.

Abstract: If trouble or the like occurs in a central device or repeater in an Internet system, and the device becomes unable to operate normally, a link between each terminal and the central device may become invalid, and communication between terminals may become impossible.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to determine novel means of activating plants; more particularly, means or controlling plant growth, such as means of promoting growth, means of controlling dormancy, means of imparting tolerance against stress for plants (dryness, high or low temperatures, osmotic pressure, etc.), and means of preventing aging. The present inventors have found that the above object can be achieved by providing plant activators containing, as an active ingredient, C4-C24 ketol fatty acids, in particular, 9-hydroxy-10-oxo-12(Z),15(Z)-octadecadienoic acid.

Abstract: Retroreflective sheeting including a retroreflective base having a light-incident layer on its light-incident side and a fluorine-containing resin film having a total light transmittance of 80% or more which is provided on the light-incident layer by an adhesive layer, a printed layer made of discontinuous printed parts is provided between the film and the adhesive layer. The printed layer does not cause the film to separate.

Abstract: A pretreatment apparatus for performing pretreatment before a painting process includes a treatment tank to be filled with a treatment liquid for degreasing and chemical conversion. A circuit section forms a circulation path for circulating the treatment liquid from the treatment tank to the treatment tank. A purifying section removes dust, chemical sludge and oil from the treatment liquid circulated to the treatment tank through the circulation path.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a processing system and a processing method which do not require the selection of processing recipes by operators and can provide high throughputs. The processing system for processing an object group of one object-to-be-processed, or two or more objects-to-be-processed in a processing vessel with a processing liquid, comprises a plurality of processing vessel groups M1, M2, M3 each of at least one or more processing vessels, which can perform the same processing; transportation apparatus 22 for transporting object groups WS to the plurality of processing vessel groups; and a control unit 45 for selecting the processing vessel groups M1, M2, M3 for the object groups WS to be transported to, the control unit 45 having an applying function of applying processing recipes for the respective object groups and a selecting function of selecting the processing vessel groups for executing the respective applied processing recipes in a prescribed sequence.

Abstract: The present invention provides a culture container and a cap for a container having a ventilation filter medium or a medium similar thereto that can exchange carbon dioxide gas in the culture container with atmospheric air, and prevent the contamination of sterilized culture medium inside the culture container with fungi, mites, and the like. A culture bottle includes a bottle unit, and a cap that is mounted on an opening. The cap includes a cap unit, and a ventilation filter medium. A hole is provided in the cap unit. The ventilation filter medium includes a plurality of micropores having a pore diameter between 0.1 and 50 micrometers, and is mounted on the hole.

Abstract: The present invention allows an optimal quantity of refrigerant to be quickly and easily charged into the refrigeration device. In a refrigeration device that includes a refrigerant cycle circuit (A) connecting an outdoor unit (X) and indoor units (Y) via refrigerant lines (6), (7), a refrigerant charging device (10) that charges refrigerant to the refrigerant cycle circuit (A) in the cooling operational state is detachably connected to the liquid side refrigerant line (6) (the high pressure liquid line during cooling operations) that links the outdoor unit (X) with the indoor units (Y). In this way, when the refrigerant charging device (10) and the liquid line refrigerant line (6) are linked together and the refrigerant cycle circuit (A) is in the cooling operational state, refrigerant charging can be carried out from the refrigerant charging device (10) to the refrigerant cycle circuit (A) via the liquid side refrigerant line (6) (the high pressure liquid line).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a filter medium that has a PF value that exceeds 32, the PF value calculated from the pressure loss and the collection efficiency of the filter medium according to the following formula:

Abstract: A double-wrap band brake assembly to be used for braking a rotating member fitted in a double-wrap brake band, which double-wrap brake band comprises an annular middle band with a friction surface formed on the inner periphery thereof, a pair of annular outer bands which are coupled to the middle band in a state that the respective free ends thereof are opposed to the free end of the middle band, and which respectively have friction surfaces on the inner peripheries, an anchor bracket secured to the working end of either one of the middle band and the outer bands and latched to the main body casing, and an apply bracket secured to the working end of the other of the middle band and the outer bands for receiving a force in the direction of constriction of the middle band and the outer bands from an actuator.