Abstract: A flavorant-containing sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a feeding apparatus configured to feed a gelled flavorant-containing sheet; a slit-forming portion configured to form one or more slits having a depth corresponding to an entirety or part of a thickness of the flavorant-containing sheet along a feed direction of the flavorant-containing sheet; and a drier configured to dry the flavorant-containing sheet in which the slits are formed.

Abstract: A method for controlling an extruder for kneading and extruding a powdery raw material fed into a casing by rotating a screw to form a kneaded product that is a source of granules. The control method includes a load measurement step that measures the thrust load of the rotating screw and a feed control step that controls the feed of the raw material into the casing based on the thrust load measured in the load measurement step.

Abstract: This application discloses a reciprocating compressor including: a piston rod extending along a predetermined central axis that crosses an opening formed in an end of a cylinder, the piston rod being coupled to a piston and a crank mechanism to convey driving force from the crank mechanism to the piston; a rear head penetrated by the piston rod, the rear head closing the opening of the cylinder; and a rod ring portion configured to prevent a gas in the cylinder from leaking out from a gap between the rear head and the piston rod. The piston rod includes an outer circumferential surface on which an annular groove portion surrounding the central axis of the piston rod is formed. The rod ring portion includes an inner circumferential portion inserted into the groove portion, and an outer circumferential portion in sliding contact with an inner circumferential surface of the rear head.

Abstract: The present application discloses a compressor including a crank shaft, a first reciprocation converter, a first cylinder body, a first pressurizing portion, a second reciprocation converter, which is connected to the crank shaft with a phase different by 180 degrees from the first reciprocation converter, a second cylinder body, a second pressurizing portion, and a connecting portion configured to interconnect the compression chambers. The compression chambers are arranged so that a timing at which the gas is discharged from a specific compression chamber among the compression chambers becomes the same as a timing at which the discharged gas is suctioned into another compression chamber at a higher side by one stage than the specific compression chamber.

Abstract: This application discloses a reciprocating compressor including: a piston rod extending along a predetermined central axis that crosses an opening formed in an end of a cylinder, the piston rod being coupled to a piston and a crank mechanism to convey driving force from the crank mechanism to the piston; a rear head penetrated by the piston rod, the rear head closing the opening of the cylinder; and a rod ring portion configured to prevent a gas in the cylinder from leaking out from a gap between the rear head and the piston rod. The piston rod includes an outer circumferential surface on which an annular groove portion surrounding the central axis of the piston rod is formed. The rod ring portion includes an inner circumferential portion inserted into the groove portion, and an outer circumferential portion in sliding contact with an inner circumferential surface of the rear head.

Abstract: The present application discloses a compressor including a crank shaft, a first reciprocation converter, a first cylinder body, a first pressurizing portion, a second reciprocation converter, which is connected to the crank shaft with a phase different by 180 degrees from the first reciprocation converter, a second cylinder body, a second pressurizing portion, and a connecting portion configured to interconnect the compression chambers. The compression chambers are arranged so that a timing at which the gas is discharged from a specific compression chamber among the compression chambers becomes the same as a timing at which the discharged gas is suctioned into another compression chamber at a higher side by one stage than the specific compression chamber.

Abstract: An electro-optic device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electro-optic layer which is interposed between the second substrate and the first substrate, and a first translucent film, a second translucent film, and a third translucent film which are disposed between the second substrate and the electro-optic layer and are sequentially formed from the second substrate, in which the refractive index of the second translucent film is larger than the refractive index of the second substrate, is smaller than the refractive index of the first translucent film, and is smaller than the third translucent film. A transmittance of incident light of the electro-optic device is intensified using refractive index matching, interference dimming, and anti-scattering.

Abstract: An electro-optic device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electro-optic layer which is interposed between the second substrate and the first substrate, and a first translucent film, a second translucent film, and a third translucent film which are disposed between the second substrate and the electro-optic layer and are sequentially formed from the second substrate, in which the refractive index of the second translucent film is larger than the refractive index of the second substrate, is smaller than the refractive index of the first translucent film, and is smaller than the third translucent film. A transmittance of incident light of the electro-optic device is intensified using refractive index matching, interference dimming, and anti-scattering.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a holding capacitor with a first electrode electrically connected to a transistor and a pixel electrode, a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode, and a multilayer dielectric film structure disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The multilayer dielectric film structure includes a low dielectric film and first and second high dielectric films. The first and second high dielectric films sandwich the low dielectric film from a first electrode side and a second electrode side, respectively. Both of the first and second high dielectric films have a permittivity that is higher than that of the low dielectric film.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a holding capacitor with a first electrode electrically connected to a transistor and a pixel electrode, a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode, and a multilayer dielectric film structure disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The multilayer dielectric film structure includes a low dielectric film and first and second high dielectric films. The first and second high dielectric films sandwich the low dielectric film from a first electrode side and a second electrode side, respectively. Both of the first and second high dielectric films have a permittivity that is higher than that of the low dielectric film.