Abstract: There is provided a processing apparatus for forming a film with a plasma. The processing apparatus comprises: a processing container, having a ceramic sprayed coating on an inner wall on which an antenna that radiates microwaves is arranged, configured to accommodate a substrate; a mounting table configured to mount the substrate in the processing container; and a controller configured to perform a precoating process of coating a surface of the ceramic sprayed coating with a first carbon film with a plasma of a first carbon-containing gas at a first pressure and a film forming process of forming a second carbon film on the substrate with a plasma of a second carbon-containing gas at a second pressure.

Abstract: A coated and plated steel sheet or coated and plated steel strip including: a steel sheet or a steel strip; a plating layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the steel sheet or steel strip and containing zinc; a chemical conversion coating provided on the plating layer provided on one surface of the steel sheet or steel strip or provided on at least one of the plating layers provided on both surfaces of the steel sheet or steel strip; and a single-layer or multilayer coating film provided on the chemical conversion coating, in which the single-layer coating film in contact with the chemical conversion coating or the coating film, of the multilayer coating film, which is in contact with the chemical conversion coating, contains a cerium compound capable of being dissolved in an amount of 0.10 g or more with respect to 100 g of water at room temperature at a concentration of from 0.01 to 10.

Abstract: An impact tool includes a motor, a control unit, an output shaft, a transmission mechanism, and an impact detection unit. The transmission mechanism includes an impact mechanism. The impact mechanism applies impacting force to the output shaft while performing an impact operation. The impact detection unit determines, based on at least one of an excitation current (current measured value) to be supplied to the motor or a torque current (current measured value) to be supplied to the motor, whether or not the impact operation is being performed. The control unit places a limit on an increase in the number of revolutions of the motor before the impact detection unit detects the impact operation and removes the limit on the increase in the number of revolutions of the motor when the impact detection unit detects the impact operation.

Abstract: This battery unit is a battery unit including a battery pack that houses a battery cell, and a water-cooling medium flow path formed outside a bottom surface of the battery pack, in which the water-cooling medium flow path is made of a Zn-based plated steel sheet, an inorganic film or a resin film is formed as a chemical conversion coating film on a surface of the Zn-based plated steel sheet, and the inorganic film contains a Si-based component or a Zr-based component as a main component.

Abstract: Crystals of the compound represented by formula (1), a method for the production thereof, and a method for producing an antibody-drug conjugate using the crystals.

Abstract: Provided is a driver configured to be capable of filling gas suitable for a set pressure of a pressure chamber. This driver is provided with: a pressure chamber into which gas is filled; a striker moved in a first direction D1 by pressure of the pressure chamber to strike nails; and an electric motor and a pin wheel, which move the striker in a second direction opposite to the first direction to increase the pressure of the pressure chamber. A pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of the gas filled into the pressure chamber is dedicated for the driver, and the driver is provided with a mounting hole dedicated for the pressure regulator.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a structure evaluation system of an embodiment includes one or more sensors, a signal processing apparatus, and an evaluator. The plurality of sensors detect elastic waves generated from a structure. The signal processing apparatus calculates information on a frequency distribution by amplitude scale based on the plurality of elastic waves detected by each of the one or more sensors, and transmits the calculated information on the frequency distribution by amplitude scale in a wireless manner. The evaluator evaluates a state of deterioration of the structure based on the information on the frequency distribution by amplitude scale which is transmitted from the signal processing apparatus.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes: an insulating base film; and a plurality of wiring portions foamed on a surface of the base film. The wiring portions include a seed layer directly or indirectly layered on the surface of the base film and a metal layer layered on the seed layer. The base film has a wiring area including the plurality of wiring portions and a non-wiring area not including the wiring portions. The plurality of wiring portions include at least one outermost boundary wiring portion and a plurality of inner wiring portions. The outermost boundary wiring portion is formed on an outermost-side of the base film in the wiring area and at a boundary between the wiring area and the non-wiring area. An average thickness of the outermost boundary wiring portion is 40?m or more. An average width of the outermost boundary wiring portion is 30 ?m or more.

Abstract: A vacuum processing apparatus includes a decompressable process container; a supply port configured to supply, to the process container, an ionic liquid that absorbs an oxidizing gas; and a discharge port configured to discharge the ionic liquid supplied to the process container. A recess is provided at a joint portion between members constituting the process container. The supply port is configured to supply the ionic liquid to the recess, and the discharge port is configured to discharge the ionic liquid supplied to the recess.

Abstract: A driving tool includes: a striking unit striking a fastener by being actuated in a first direction; a rack on the striking unit; a wheel; and a second transmission portion on the wheel and capable of being engaged with and released from the rack. The striking unit can be actuated in a second direction when the second transmission portion is engaged with the rack, and the striking unit can be actuated in the first direction when the second transmission portion is released from the rack. The second transmission portion includes: a tooth portion arranged along a rotation direction of the wheel and turned in a predetermined direction to be engaged with and released from the rack; and a movable piece actuated in the predetermined direction to be engaged with the rack and actuated in a different direction from the predetermined direction to be released from the rack.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element that includes an anode body that has a porous structure, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, and a solid electrolyte layer that covers at least a part of the dielectric layer. The anode body contains a first group metal including at least one selected from the group consisting of tantalum, niobium, titanium, aluminum, and zirconium. The dielectric layer contains an oxide of the first group metal and a second group metal including at least one selected from the group consisting of iron, chromium, copper, silicon, molybdenum, sodium, and nickel. A ratio X of a total number of atoms of the second group metal to a total number of atoms of the first group metal in the dielectric layer is equal to or less than 100 ppm.

Abstract: A working tool with further improved fastener driving accuracy is realized. A driving tool includes a driver blade configured to strike a fastener and drive it into a driving surface, a blade guide configured to form an ejection path through which the fastener struck by the driver blade passes, and a probe that is movable in a top-bottom direction and contacts to the fastener ejected from the ejection path to guide the fastener. The blade guide is provided with a limiting portion configured to limit an upward movement amount of the probe such that the probe does not reach a predetermined position when the probe moves upward in a state in which a striking direction of the fastener is inclined by a predetermined angle or more with respect to the driving surface.

Abstract: A fuel injection control device according to an embodiment is a device for controlling fuel injection performed by a fuel injection device disposed in a cylinder of a two-stroke engine, comprising: a scavenging and exhaust gas state quantity acquisition part configured to acquire a parameter related to a state quantity of scavenging and exhaust gas in the cylinder; a swirl momentum calculation part configured to calculate a momentum of swirl generated in the cylinder on the basis of the parameter; and a fuel injection pressure calculation part configured to calculate an injection pressure of fuel from the fuel injection device corresponding to the momentum of swirl calculated by the swirl momentum calculation part.

Abstract: An opposed-piston engine includes: a cylinder; a one-side piston disposed inside the cylinder on one side in an axial direction; and an other-side piston disposed inside the cylinder on another side in the axial direction. Atop surface of the one-side piston has a one-side cavity recessed in a central portion. A top surface of the other-side piston has an other-side cavity recessed in a central portion. An outer peripheral edge of the one-side cavity is at least 0.1D1 away from an outer peripheral edge of the top surface of the one-side piston over the entire circumference, where D1 is a diameter of the top surface of the one-side piston. An outer peripheral edge of the other-side cavity is at least 0.1D2 away from an outer peripheral edge of the top surface of the other-side piston over the entire circumference, where D2 is a diameter of the top surface of the other-side piston.

Abstract: There is provided a driving machine capable of reducing a load applied to a guide member in a direction of a center axis. The driving machine drives a fastener into a workpiece. The driving machine includes a movable piston, a driver blade operating together with the piston and applying driving force to the fastener, a cylinder guiding operation of the piston, a holder provided in a housing and supporting the cylinder, and a vibration damping rubber interposed between the holder and the housing and receiving a load applied to the holder in an operational direction of the piston.

Abstract: A method for taking out paper sheets that is capable of accurately taking out paper sheets (for example, separator cards) stored in a paper sheet storage container one-by-one at low cost. In this paper sheet taking-out method, air is blown from the side of or below the paper sheet while it is in a spread state, so that the upper surface of the paper sheet is raised. In this state, sucking the upper surface of the paper sheet by a suction mechanism allows for taking out the paper sheet with high accuracy.

Abstract: A banknote handling system includes an unlocking system. The unlocking system includes a camera, a first mechanical arm to which one or a plurality of keys are affixed, and a controller that determines a position of a keyhole based on an image from the camera, and controls the first arm to insert one of the one or the plurality of keys into the keyhole and turn the inserted key for unlocking. In many examples, the unlocking system is configured to unlock a banknote cashbox.

Abstract: An opposed-piston engine according to an embodiment is a first fuel injection device configured to inject fuel from a circumferential wall surface of at least one cylinder into the cylinder, and a second fuel injection device disposed to be displaced in a circumferential direction so as to be opposite to the first fuel injection device across an axial center of the cylinder. Each of the first fuel injection device and the second fuel injection device includes a plurality of injection holes having different injection directions, in a cross-section orthogonal to the axial direction. A direction directed by a first downstream injection hole is configured to pass through a second injection region, and a direction directed by a second downstream injection hole is configured to pass through a first injection region.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for automatic handling of bank notes, gambling tickets, bills, or other types of paper notes. The disclosed devices, systems, and methods are directed to, or include, various robot arms, which may be articulated, that are configured to open a bill storage container, remove a bundle of bills, load the bundle on a bill conveying device, and load the bundle of bills in a bill storage case. The systems include one or more control devices to control the operations of the components that move the bill bundle.

Abstract: A paper sheet storage container capable of accurately taking out paper sheets one-by-one. A paper sheet group is held by a paper sheet placing table and holding members, while the paper sheet placing table is being biased upward by an elastic member so that the position of an uppermost paper sheet of the paper sheet group placed on the paper sheet placing table is substantially the same position as the positions of holes through which air flows. In this state, in the paper sheet storage container, air is blown from a side to the uppermost paper sheet of the paper sheet group placed on the paper sheet placing table thereby allowing the uppermost paper sheet to be brought into a state in which the vicinity of the center thereof has been raised.