Abstract: A label printer according to an embodiment includes a support unit that supports a roll of a backless label paper; a conveying unit that conveys and reverse conveys the backless label paper along a conveying path; a printing unit positioned on the conveying path and including a print head that prints on a surface of the backless label paper; a cutting unit, positioned on the conveying path downstream of the printing unit in a conveying direction, that cuts the backless label paper; and a control unit that controls the conveying unit to reverse convey the backless label paper in a reverse conveying direction after the cutting unit cuts the backless label paper sheet so that a tip of the backless label paper is stopped at a predetermined position downstream from the print head in the conveying direction.

Abstract: An organic photoreceptor including a photosensitive layer disposed on an electrically conductive substrate; and a protective layer disposed on the photosensitive layer, wherein the protective layer includes a cured product of a multifunctional acrylic oligomer including a urethane group and a multifunctional curable compound including a dendrimeric structure.

Abstract: A boost converter includes an input, an output, a startup circuit, a first switch, a comparator circuit, a switching circuit, a control circuit, a converter circuit, and a switch control circuit. The startup circuit boosts an input voltage up to a first output voltage. The comparator circuit outputs a first signal corresponding to the difference between the output voltage and a first reference voltage. The switching circuit outputs a second voltage based on the first signal. The control circuit outputs a second signal corresponding to the difference between the output voltage and a second reference voltage. The converter circuit boosts the input voltage based on the second signal, and outputs the output voltage. The switch control circuit generates a third signal based on the second signal, and outputs the third signal to the first switch.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter including an input, an output, a conversion circuit, and a switch control circuit. The input inputs input voltage. The output outputs output voltage. The conversion circuit a plurality of semiconductor switches, and converts the input voltage to the output voltage by switching operation of one or more semiconductor switches of the plurality of semiconductor switches. The switch control circuit selects one or more semiconductor switches performing the switching operation from the plurality of semiconductor switches based on the input voltage and a predetermined lookup table, and controls the switching operation of the one or more semiconductor switches.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a thermoplastic resin composition which exhibits excellent rigidity, while having excellent impact strength characteristics; and a method for producing the thermoplastic resin composition. This thermoplastic resin composition, wherein a polyolefin resin contains a polyamide resin that is dispersed therein, is characterized in that: the thermoplastic resin composition is obtained by melting and kneading a polyolefin resin and a mixed resin that is obtained by melting and kneading a polyamide resin and a compatibilizer; and the compatibilizer is a modified elastomer that is obtained by providing an elastomer (such as an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer or a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer) with a reactive group that is reactive with the polyamide resin.

Abstract: A trunnion ball valve includes a ball provided inside a body main unit in a freely rotatable manner; and a seal mechanism provided on positions on both sides of the ball so as to be in seal contact with the ball, the seal mechanism including: a seat retainer having a sealing surface that is to be in seal contact with a ball surface of the ball; a spring member provided for applying elastic force on a sealing surface side; and a sealing member provided on an outer surface of the seat retainer.

Abstract: The film cooling structure includes: a wall surface along which a heating medium flows; and at least one pair of film cooling holes that open at the wall surface and that blow a cooling medium. The pair of film cooling holes are arranged to be adjacent to each other in a main flow direction of the heating medium. In addition, perforation directions of the pair of film cooling holes are set such that directions of swirls of the cooling medium formed by blowing are opposite to each other, a swirl of the cooling medium on a downstream side in the main flow direction is mixed and merged with another swirl of the cooling medium on an upstream side in the main flow direction, and the merged cooling medium flows along the wall surface in a direction intersecting with the main flow direction.

Abstract: An organic photoconductor including an electrically conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer disposed on the electrically conductive substrate, and a protection layer disposed on the photosensitive layer, wherein the protection layer includes a polymer composition and a plurality of electrically conductive metal oxide particles, and wherein the polymer composition is a product of a curing reaction with a multifunctional spherical dendrimer, a first multifunctional acryl compound having a urethane bond, and a second multifunctional acryl compound having a silicon-containing group and a fluorine-containing group.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a first unit that is provided with a first display unit, a transmitter unit, and a receiver unit, a second unit that is detachably attached to the first unit and that is provided with a second display unit; an input unit; a communication unit that transmits a voice signal from the transmitter unit to a communication partner and that inputs to the receiver unit a voice signal from the communication partner; a detection unit that detects whether the first and second unit are in a separated state; and a control unit that executes an application, displays images that correspond to the execution of the application on the first and second display units, and when voice call is to be carried out, and moreover, when the detection result indicates that the first and second unit are in the separated state, displays images on the second display unit.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition contains a polyamide resin that is dispersed therein, is characterized in that the thermoplastic resin composition is obtained by melting and kneading a polyolefin resin and a mixed resin obtained by melting and kneading a polyamide resin and a compatibilizer; and the compatibilizer is a modified elastomer that is obtained by providing an elastomer (such as an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer or a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer) with a reactive group that is reactive with the polyamide resin. Also, a thermoplastic resin composition is obtained by melting and kneading from 1% by mass to 80% by mass (inclusive) of a plant-derived polyamide resin such as polyamide 11, from 5% by mass to 75% by mass (inclusive) of a polyolefin resin and from 1% by mass to 30% by mass (inclusive) of a compatibilizer that is an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer that is modified with an acid.

Abstract: A high-pressure trunnion ball valve which is particularly suitable for a high-pressure fluid, the high-pressure trunnion ball valve is composed of a ball (10) rotatably provided in a body (3) having a lid member (2), a seat retainer (11) seal-connected to the ball, a spring member (12) applying an elastic force to the seat retainer to a seal side, and a seal member (13) attached to an outer circumferential face of the seat retainer. An upper stem (50) and a lower stem (51) having the same diameter are provided on an upper side and a lower side of the ball in an extending manner, respectively, to constitute a ball member (52), shaft-attaching seal mechanisms (20) having the same structure are attached to the upper and lower stems at symmetrical positions regarding the ball to achieve a balance structure, thereby avoiding thrust loads.

Abstract: An electroconductive stack body having on at least one side surface of a substrate an electroconductive layer that has a network structure that is made by a linear structural body, wherein, an opening portion that satisfies Expression (1) in an opening area of an opening portion that is formed by the network structure, average value A of the opening area is less than or equal to 20 ?m2 and variation deviation ?of the opening area defined by Expression (2) is less than or equal to 26 ?m2: X<Xmax ×0.9 ??Expression (1) ?={?(X?A)2)/N}0.5 (wherein for ?, i=1 to N) ??Expression (2) wherein in the expressions, X represents each of the opening areas of the opening portions that satisfy Expression (1), Xmax represents the maximum value of each opening area, A represents the average value of the opening areas X, and N represents the total number of the opening portions that satisfy Expression (1).

Abstract: An organic photoconductor including an electrically conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer disposed on the electrically conductive substrate, and a protection layer disposed on the photosensitive layer, wherein the protection layer includes a polymer composition and a plurality of electrically conductive metal oxide particles, and wherein the polymer composition is a product of a curing reaction with a multifunctional spherical dendrimer, a first multifunctional acryl compound having a urethane bond, and a second multifunctional acryl compound having a silicon-containing group and a fluorine-containing group.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent rigidity and impact strength and a method for producing the same. The thermoplastic resin composition is obtained by mixing a polyolefin resin (such as a polypropylene resin), a polyamide resin (such as nylon 11 resin), and a compatibilizer (such as maleic anhydride-modified EPR, maleic anhydride-modified EBR). The thermoplastic resin composition is characterized in having a resin phase separate structure as observed under an electron microscope, wherein the resin phase separate structure consists of a continuous phase and a disperse phase which is dispersed in the continuous phase, there is a microdisperse phase in the disperse phase, and the average diameter of the microdisperse phase is 5 to 1,200 nm.

Abstract: A watchdog timer circuit for use in microcomputer monitor systems is disclosed. This circuit includes a timer circuit responsive to receipt of a count clock signal for counting it up, and a timer control circuit which loads an externally inputted data signal (stn) in sync with a timer refresh instruction (prun) and holds therein a sequentially loaded latest multi-bit data signal as reference data. When the reference data agrees with a predefined pattern and simultaneously another prespecified condition is met, the timer control circuit interrupts the clock signal counting operation of the timer circuit. During interruption of the counting operation, when the reference data does not agree with the predefined pattern or when the above-stated another prespecified condition becomes unsatisfied, the control circuit allows the timer circuit to restart the clock signal counting operation.

Abstract: A method for producing a narrow molecular weight distribution polyalkylene glycol derivative having an amino group at an end is provided and allows for polymerization of ethylene oxide under mild conditions with suppressed occurrence of diol polymer impurities includes at least the steps of polymerizing ethylene oxide by using a compound represented by the following general formula (2) and converting a polymer end to R3: wherein R1 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R2 represents a linear or branched divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R3 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; M represents sodium or potassium; m represents an integer of 1 to 5; n represents an integer of 1 to 450; and k represents an integer of 1 to 5.

Abstract: The present invention provides an outdoor unit including: a housing; an air blower that is disposed at an upper part of the housing to supply air from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing; a heat exchanger that is disposed on a side of the housing; and electric components that are disposed on a side of the housing. A rotational axis of the air blower is inclined towards the heat exchanger side relative to the vertical direction of the housing, and an end of the air blower on a sucking side is disposed at a position overlapped with the electric components in the height direction.

Abstract: A resin composition has a first resin, a second resin incompatible with the first, and a modified elastomer having a reactive group capable of reacting with the first resin. The resin composition has a co-continuous phase structure including continuous phases A and B respectively formed of the first and second resins, dispersed domains a and b respectively distributed in the continuous phases A and B, and finely dispersed subdomains a? and b? respectively distributed in the dispersed domains a and b. The dispersed domain a includes a dispersed domain formed of at least one of the second resin and a first resin, modified elastomer reaction product, the dispersed domain b at least one of the first resin and the reaction product, and the finely dispersed subdomains a? and b? each independently at least one of the first resin, the second resin, the modified elastomer, and the reaction product.

Abstract: A trunnion ball valve for high pressure and a hydrogen station are provided, which achieves low torque during operation, and whose durability is improved to maintain sealing ability for a long period of time. In a trunnion ball valve including a ball provided inside a body main unit in a freely rotatable manner; and a seal mechanism provided on positions on both sides of the ball so as to be in seal contact with the ball, the seal mechanism including: a seat retainer having a sealing surface that is to be in seal contact with a ball surface of the ball; a spring member provided for applying elastic force on the sealing surface side; and a sealing member provided on an outer surface of the seat retainer, at least both of the sealing surface and the ball surface has a coating layer of diamond-like carbon provided thereon, so as to exhibit sliding ability and sealing performance.

Abstract: A watchdog timer circuit for use in microcomputer monitor systems is disclosed. This circuit includes a timer circuit responsive to receipt of a count clock signal for counting it up, and a timer control circuit which loads an externally inputted data signal (stn) in sync with a timer refresh instruction (prun) and holds therein a sequentially loaded latest multi-bit data signal as reference data. When the reference data agrees with a predefined pattern and simultaneously another prespecified condition is met, the timer control circuit interrupts the clock signal counting operation of the timer circuit. During interruption of the counting operation, when the reference data does not agree with the predefined pattern or when the above-stated another prespecified condition becomes unsatisfied, the control circuit allows the timer circuit to restart the clock signal counting operation.