Abstract: A delivery server includes a storage device configured to manage meter indication data for each gas meter, a reception unit configured to receive the meter indication data of the gas meter from a communication terminal, a calculation unit configured to calculate a gas bill for the current month based on the meter indication data, a determination unit configured to check an uncollected bill on the calculated gas bill for the current month and gas bills for previous months to determine whether or not a predetermined due date for payment has passed, and a processing unit configured to give a notification of gas cutoff or an instruction to disconnect gas supply, for each gas meter, based on a result of the determination.

Abstract: A server includes: an allocation unit that switches areas responsible for the respective meter readers based on an order for allocating a plurality of meter readers of a meter reader management unit and an order for allocating areas of an area management unit to allocate the switched area to the respective meter readers; and an instructing unit that instructs the allocated meter readers to read the corresponding areas.

Abstract: The present invention is a customer management system wherein a delivery server includes a storage device that manages a list that includes multiple customer data targeted for meter reading, and a receiver that receives cancellation data for a customer's gas contract. Moreover, the delivery server includes an update unit that, based on the cancellation data, deletes data for a cancelled customer from the multiple customer data included in the list to update the list. Furthermore, the delivery server includes a transmitter that transmits the updated list to communication terminals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an unsaturated acid and/or an unsaturated acid ester, containing a process A of reacting a compound (1) represented by the following formula (1) at a temperature of 0° C. to 350° C. in the presence of a Brønsted acid catalyst and/or a Lewis acid catalyst, to prepare a compound (2) represented by the following formula (2); in which each of R1, R2 and R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom or an alkyl group; each of R3 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a deuterium atom; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, or an alkyl group or an aryl group; and X represents a chlorine atom, a fluorine atom, a bromine atom, or an iodine atom.

Abstract: A delivery server includes: a reception unit configured to receive a set of meter indication data of a gas meter from a mobile terminal; an update unit configured to update a remaining gas amount with use of the set of meter indication date; a prediction unit configured to predict a prospective remaining gas amount in accordance with a prospective daily gas usage predicted based on a daily gas usage consumed in a period from a previous meter reading date to a current meter reading date and a rate of change in a past daily gas usage obtained based on sets of meter indication data of a supply facility in a predetermined past period; and a determination unit configured to determine a date on which the remaining gas amount reaches a predetermined value as a delivery date of a gas cylinder.

Abstract: In a safety operation for LP gas, a safety inspector selects an inspection slip and determines whether an inspection item is necessary depending on the facility. Therefore, mistakes and omissions in the inspection content occur, and problems occur, such as visiting the actual site again to perform re-inspection. Furthermore, inspection slips that were manually filled are taken back to his or her office to input into a PC. Therefore, problems occur such as increases in workload due to erroneous entry of data and data re-entry, and time lags until inspection results are reflected in the safety management system. By reading a two-dimensional code attached to the main body of LP gas supply facility and consumption facility, the inspection slip (inspection items) related to each safety operation is downloaded to a mobile terminal in real-time at the operating sites, and inspection results are aggregated on a server by data communication.

Abstract: The management levels of inspections for LP gas supply facility and consumption facility, and data for the periodic replacement of parts is not the same (for example, the management units are consumption units, facility units, and parts units, and when re-inspecting consumption facility the management units vary, including survey units). Therefore, collective management of deadlines is not possible. In the present safety management system, a request for the deadline expiration data of an LP gas safety task is received, consumption safety data and supply facility safety data, the legal term of which will expire within a fixed period, are acquired and this data is gathered and noted in ascending order according to the legal term expiration date of the LP gas safety task, after which deadline expiration data is generated.

Abstract: A system is provided for appropriately assigning LP gas cylinder deliveries to a limited and variable number of deliverymen. A total delivery count of a delivery base is assigned to respective deliverymen according to a rank of deliverymen. Postal codes are managed as the minimum unit of an area, and delivery data sorted by postal code is assigned to each deliveryman on the basis of the assigned delivery count. In this way, by dynamically dividing the delivery area of the delivery base into sub-areas made up of one or multiple postal codes, it is possible to conduct area management in accordance with the delivery capability of the deliverymen.

Abstract: A delivery server comprises: a reception unit configured to receive sets of meter indication data of a plurality of gas meters; a storage device configured to store the respective sets of meter indication data; a gas usage calculating unit configured to calculate a gas usage on a basis of comparison between corresponding sets of meter indication data; a first rate-of-change calculating unit configured to calculate a rate of change in a past gas usage consumed in each of a plurality of supply facilities on a basis of comparison between a plurality of gas usages in a time of earlier than a meter indication date of the received sets of meter indication data by a predetermined period of time; and a prediction unit configured to modify the gas usage in accordance with the rate of change and predict the modified gas usage as a prospective gas usage to be consumed.

Abstract: A system is provided for setting an appropriate delivery count rank expressing the delivery capability of a deliveryman. There is provided: a storage device that stores a delivery count rank for each deliveryman, a progress flag indicating whether or not each deliveryman is subject to a progress check, and a performance of each deliveryman in a designated period; and rank setting unit that calculates a total undelivered task count and an undelivered task rate on the basis of a total transmitted count and a total actual count included in the storage device, calculates a work attendance rate on the basis of a stipulated number of attendances and an actual number of attendances included in the storage device, and sets a delivery count rank for each deliveryman on the basis of the calculated total undelivered task count, undelivered task rate, work attendance rate, and a progress flag.

Abstract: The business of delivering LP gas cylinders involves the work of leveling scheduled delivery counts for a scheduled delivery day in a predetermined period based on delivery capabilities of deliverymen. However, it takes a lot of time because a delivery manager, a deliveryman or the like performs this work with direct data reference. The delivery management system causes to a computer to extract data from each data storage unit, calculate a total deliverable count that is the total of deliverable counts for each scheduled delivery day in the predetermined period, calculate a total scheduled delivery count, and calculate a leveled count for each scheduled delivery day in the predetermined period.

Abstract: A delivery server includes: a reception unit of receiving meter indication data of an existing gas meter and meter indication data of a new gas meter from a mobile terminal; a modification unit causing the new gas meter to be managed as a gas meter to be managed that is installed in a supply facility; and a meter reading processing unit performing a gas meter reading processing for the supply facility, when meter indication data of the new gas meter on a current meter indication date from the mobile terminal after gas meter replacement, on the basis of the received meter indication data, respective meter indication data of the new gas meter and the existing gas meter in the gas meter replacement, and meter indication data of the existing gas meter in the supply facility on a previous meter indication date of earlier than the gas meter replacement.

Abstract: Device for taking samples of liquid from a collection container, characterized in that it comprises a support for liquid sample collection containers; a support for a set of containers into which the sample of liquid will be deposited; a support for connection elements; a container handling mechanism; and a device for inserting the containers into which the sample of liquid will be deposited into the connection element.

Abstract: A distribution cost is reduced by a gas delivery system that delivers gas cylinders. The delivery system is configured to receives operation data including the number of delivered gas cylinders from the mobile terminals of a deliverymen; collect first delivery data and the operation data for all deliverymen, wherein the first delivery data includes the number of gas cylinders to be delivered by each deliveryman on a current day; calculate the number of cylinders in stock in a depository; collect second delivery data including the number of gas cylinders to be delivered by the deliveryman on a next day for the all deliverymen; subtract the number of gas cylinders in stock from the number of gas cylinders to be delivered on the next day; and generate depository delivery data that includes the number of gas cylinders to be transported to the depository by the next day.

Abstract: To connect a bus bar plate to a battery module, a plurality of recess portions provided on a plurality of holders so as to be spaced in the stacking direction are engaged with a plurality of projection portions provided on the bus bar plate to be spaced in the stacking direction. Since the lengths “a” of the plurality of projection portions are the same, and the plurality of recess portions are formed from a first recess portion having a length “a” and a second recess portion having a length “b” larger than the length “a,” the precision of positioning of the bus bar plate can be ensured by engagement between the projecting portion and the first recess portion, and even if the gap between the projecting portions or the recess portions is nonuniform, it is possible to assemble the bus bar plate onto the holder with high precision.

Abstract: To provide a fluorinated copolymer composition from which a molded product excellent in the heat resistance and the stress crack resistance can be produced with good productivity. A fluorinated copolymer composition comprising ETFE and copper oxide, wherein the ETFE has repeating units (A) based on ethylene, repeating units (B) based on tetrafluoroethylene and repeating units (C) based on another monomer, in a molar ratio of the repeating units (A) to the repeating units (B) of from 38/62 to 44/56, and contains the repeating units (C) in an amount of from 0.1 to 2.6 mol % in all the repeating units of the ETFE; the content of the copper oxide is from 0.2 to 10 ppm based on the ETFE; and the volume flow rate of the fluorinated copolymer composition at 297° C. is from 15 to 150 g/10 min.

Abstract: An electric vehicle is provided with an electric energy consumption calculating unit for calculating the electric energy consumption of a battery for supplying electric energy to a motor for traveling, a virtual gasoline consumption estimating unit for estimating the virtual gasoline consumption corresponding to the electric energy consumption, an electric energy fee calculating unit for calculating the electric energy fee corresponding to the electric energy consumption, a virtual gasoline fee calculating unit for calculating the virtual gasoline fee corresponding to the virtual gasoline consumption, and a fee comparison information output means for outputting information about the comparison between the electric energy fee and the virtual gasoline fee in the form of an image or a speech.

Abstract: Device for taking samples of liquid from a collection container, characterised in that it comprises a support for liquid sample collection containers; a support for a set of containers into which the sample of liquid will be deposited; a support for connection elements; a container handling mechanism; and a device for inserting the containers into which the sample of liquid will be deposited into the connection element.

Abstract: A propeller shaft PS1 comprises a front pipe member 10 and first and second yoke members 20 and 30, which are attached to both the ends of the front pipe member 10. The first yoke member 20 is attached by press-fitting a first yoke fitting portion 23 into the inner circumferential part at the left end of the front pipe member 10 until the front end of the front pipe member comes near a stopper portion 24. The second yoke member 30, which has no stopper portion, is attached by press-fitting a second yoke fitting portion 33 into the inner circumferential part at the right end of the front pipe member 10. When a compressive force greater than a predetermined force acts axially, while the first yoke fitting portion 23 is prevented from being further inserted by the stopper portion 24, the second yoke fitting portion 33 is press-fit further into the inner circumferential part of the front pipe member, which is thereby expanded and destroyed.

Abstract: A paper tube of a propeller tube 12 is made by winding a single faced corrugated fiberboard 16 in which a wavy corrugating medium 16b is fixed to one side of a flat linerboard 16a so that the corrugating medium 16b is oriented outwards, and the corrugating medium 16b contacts with an inner surface of the propeller tube 12, so as to enhance a vibration controlling function. When winding the single faced corrugated fiberboard 16, since the single faced corrugated fiberboard 16 cannot be wound in a direction oblique to a direction of ridges of the corrugating medium 16b, there are no fears that the shape of the single faced corrugated fiberboard 16 is collapsed to taper axially, thereby it becomes possible to prevent a reduction in vibration controlling function that would otherwise be caused due to a change in the shape of the paper tube.