Abstract: A thermal treatment apparatus includes: a hot plate on which a substrate is mounted and which is configured to heat the substrate; an upper cover configured to cover a treatment space above the hot plate and form an opening being a carry-in/out port for the substrate to/from the treatment space; an exhauster provided at a position opposite to the opening across the hot plate in plan view and configured to exhaust gas from the treatment space; a shutter configured to cover a lower portion of the opening; and a gas flow guide provided at a position spaced apart from the shutter, wherein the gas flow guide divides gas flowing into the treatment space due to the exhaust of gas by the exhauster from an upper portion of the opening whose lower portion is covered with the shutter, into an upper side and a lower side.

Abstract: Provided is a virtual input device that includes an input/output unit that acquires image data captured by a camera of a virtual reality display device and output display information to be displayed on a display of the virtual reality display device to the virtual reality display device, a video analysis unit that analyzes the image data to specify a position at which a virtual terminal is to be displayed, and a display information generation unit that generates the display information including the virtual terminal based on user information of a user wearing the virtual reality display device.

Abstract: A panel speaker includes: a panel; a vibration actuator that vibrates the panel, the vibration actuator having first and second oppositely-facing surfaces, the first surface facing the panel; a bracket that is located between the first surface of the vibration actuator and the panel; a spacer that is located adjacent to the second surface of the vibration actuator, the spacer occupying a first area that is encompassed by a second area occupied by the bracket when the panel speaker is viewed in a direction that is perpendicular to a plane of the second surface; and a screw that passes through the spacer, the vibration actuator, and the bracket to fasten the spacer, the vibration actuator, and the bracket to the panel. The vibration actuator, disposed between the bracket and the spacer, is fastened by the screw to the panel.

Abstract: The printer includes an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet and a media sensor which detects a characteristic of the sheet. If the characteristics of the sheet do not support automatic double-sided printing, the printer forms an image on the first side of the sheet and discharges the sheet to an FD sheet discharge portion or an FU sheet discharge portion. After discharging the sheet, the printer instructs a user to place the discharged sheet on a cassette or a manual feed tray. If the sheet having the image formed on the first side is placed on the cassette or the manual feed tray, the printer forms an image on a second side of the sheet.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that is capable of preventing discharged sheet adhesion while lowering degradation of productivity. A print unit prints an image on a sheet based on a print job. A fixing unit fixes the image primed on the sheet to the sheet. The sheet to which the image is fixed is discharged to a discharge tray. A counter counts discharged sheet number that is the number of sheets discharged to the discharge tray during a continuous print operation. A controller controls the print unit so as to lower productivity that is discharging sheet number per unit time in response to increase in the discharged sheet number counted by the counter and so as to recover the productivity in a case where the sheets discharged to the discharge tray are removed in a state where the productivity is lowered.

Abstract: Rack bar 10 for transmitting a steering operation to steered wheels while converting a rotational movement of a pinion shaft rotatably connected to a steering wheel into an axial movement, the rack bar being formed by conducting a die forging process on a material having an approximately circular cross section. A pair of face width-enlarged portions 15 is provided at both ends that rack teeth 14 have in face width direction. With this, it becomes possible to ensure face width dimension W of rack teeth 14 larger than outer shape S of a circular cross section of rack main body 13 (material), which results in an improvement of a contact gear ratio between the pinion teeth and the rack teeth.

Abstract: The printer includes an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet and a media sensor which detects a characteristic of the sheet. If the characteristics of the sheet do not support automatic double-sided printing, the printer forms an image on the first side of the sheet and discharges the sheet to an FD sheet discharge portion or an FU sheet discharge portion. After discharging the sheet, the printer instructs a user to place the discharged sheet on a cassette or a manual feed tray. If the sheet having the image formed on the first side is placed on the cassette or the manual feed tray, the printer forms an image on a second side of the sheet. In this manner, the printer can perform the double-sided printing even if the sheet does not support the automatic double-sided printing.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that is capable of preventing discharged sheet adhesion while lowering degradation of productivity. A print unit prints an image on a sheet based on a print job. A fixing unit fixes the image primed on the sheet to the sheet. The sheet to which the image is fixed is discharged to a discharge tray. A counter counts discharged sheet number that is the number of sheets discharged to the discharge tray during a continuous print operation. A controller controls the print unit so as to lower productivity that is discharging sheet number per unit time in response to increase in the discharged sheet number counted by the counter and so as to recover the productivity in a case where the sheets discharged to the discharge tray are removed in a state where the productivity is lowered.

Abstract: Rack bar 10 for transmitting a steering operation to steered wheels while converting a rotational movement of a pinion shaft rotatably connected to a steering wheel into an axial movement, the rack bar being formed by conducting a die forging process on a material having an approximately circular cross section. A pair of face width-enlarged portions 15 is provided at both ends that rack teeth 14 have in face width direction. With this, it becomes possible to ensure face width dimension W of rack teeth 14 larger than outer shape S of a circular cross section of rack main body 13 (material), which results in an improvement of a contact gear ratio between the pinion teeth and the rack teeth.

Abstract: Polymer Insulator which is characterized by a rode having on its outer surface an umbrella-like housing or insulator layer and having end portions which are formed so as to freely expand with at least one splitting groove; a fixture having a mounting hole in which the end portion of the rod is inserted and which has an inner surface tapering inwards against which the outer surface of said rod abuts in its expanded state; and a wedge fixed in said mounting hole, the wedge being inserted into a splitting groove formed in the end portion of the rod when the end portion of said rod is mounted into said mounting hole of said fixture, the top end of the wedge having an engaging portion which is held in the splitting groove thereby to cause the whole wedge to engage in the splitting grove.