Abstract: A TMCC carrier is demodulated from a received OFDM signal having a TMCC carrier. A relative carrier position of the demodulated TMCC carrier is detected. A carrier shift amount is detected from the detected relative carrier position of the TMCC carrier and a normal TMCC carrier position. The received OFDM signal is corrected for the carrier frequency shift based on the detected carrier shift amount.

Abstract: A plurality of vessel receptacles and load cells are mounted along the outer periphery of a revolving body at an equal circumferential spacing. A filling device is disposed above each of the vessel receptacles. In a first operational mode for filling the receptacles, the tare of each vessel which is supplied onto one of the vessel receptacles is measured and such data is fed to a controller which determines and stores a mean value of measured tares. Subsequently, the operation is switched to a second operational mode for a filling operation. In the second operational mode, no measurement of the tare is made, and the mean value is regarded as representing the tare of supplied vessels for purposes of a filling operation. After a given time interval or after a given number of vessels have been filled, the operation is again switched to the first operational mode where the mean value is again measured. If the new mean value is different from the previous mean value, the stored mean value is rewritten.

Abstract: A data transmission system for transmitting data from a transmitter to a receiver located away therefrom. The transmitter includes circuitry for transmitting together a main signal having a carrier modulated with main data to be transmitted and as well as a sub-signal to be used in frequency conversion and generated by modulating a carrier of a predetermined frequency out of a frequency band of the main signal. The receiver includes circuitry for receiving a receive signal from the transmitter and extracting the sub-signal therefrom and also includes circuitry for generating a signal to be used as a reference at the time of converting the receive signal to a signal having a predetermined frequency on the basis of the extracted sub-signal.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus and a receiving method for receiving a signal modulated by a multi-carrier modulation scheme for transmitting the information code using a plurality of carriers. The signal contains data carriers and regularly-inserted pilot carriers fixed in amplitude and phase. The cross-correlation between the received signals with the data carriers distant to such an extent as to eliminate the correlation with each other is calculated, and based on the result of the cross-correlating operation by the correlating operation unit, the signal correlation component as related to the pilot carriers is extracted.

Abstract: A plurality of vessel receptacles 16 and load cells 18 are mounted along the outer periphery of a revolving body 14 at an equal circumferential spacing. Filling means 24 is disposed above each of the vessel receptacles 16. For an operation in a first operational mode, the tare of a vessel 4 which is supplied from the outside onto one of the vessel receptacle 16 is measured and such data is fed to a controller 20 which determines a mean value of measured tares and store it. Subsequently, the operation is switched to a second operational mode for purpose of a filling operation. In the second operational mode, no measurement of the tare is made, and the mean value is regarded as representing the tare of supplied vessels for purpose of a filling operation. After a given time interval or after a given number of vessels have been filled, the operation is again switched to the first operational mode where the mean value is again measured.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus and a receiving method for receiving a signal modulated by a multi-carrier modulation scheme for transmitting the information code using a plurality of carriers. The signal contains data carriers and regularly-inserted pilot carriers fixed in amplitude and phase. The cross-correlation between the received signals with the data carriers distant to such an extent as to eliminate the correlation with each other is calculated, and based on the result of the cross-correlating operation by the correlating operation unit, the signal correlation component as related to the pilot carriers is extracted.

Abstract: A vessel conveying system includes a dryer disposed within a first sterile chamber. If a vessel stays within the dryer for a prolonged length of time, it will be deformed under heat. Accordingly, the vessel is removed by a reject wheel and dropped onto a discharge chute disposed below. A downstream portion of the discharge chute is surrounded by a second sterile chamber, which is separate from the first mentioned sterile chamber, A glove mounted on the wall of the second chamber enables access to the discharge chute while maintaining the chute in a sterile condition. A door is mounted on the wall of the second chamber, and the rejected vessel is discharged through the door. The sterile chambers are disposed within a processing chamber. The pressure within the first chamber is controlled to be higher than the pressure (atmospheric pressure) within the processing chamber and the pressure within the second chamber is controlled to be lower than the atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: Resin vessels 10 are conveyed on a air conveyor 2 while they are supported at a point below a flange 10b, and are conveyed into a drier 8 which is disposed within a sterile chamber 14 through an inlet wheel 24. The drier carries resilient grippers 11 including a pair of arms which are urged toward each other by a spring to hold a vessel sandwiched therebetween. A vessel is dried up while it is rotatively conveyed as gripped by the resilient grippers, and is then returned to the air conveyor 2 through an outlet wheel 26. A reject wheel 28 is disposed upstream of the outlet wheel and includes unlockable grippers 130 which grips the vessel at a point above the flange for taking out the vessel from the drier. A reject arm 46 is disposed downstream of the reject wheel and is movable into and from a conveying path of vessels within the drier. The reject arm causes a vessel which the reject wheel failed to grasp to be dropped onto a discharge chute 30.

Abstract: A drier 8 is disposed within a sterile chamber 14. If a vessel 10 stays within the drier for a prolonged length of time, it will be deformed under heat, and accordingly, it is taken out by a reject wheel 28 and dropped onto a discharge chute 30 which is disposed below it. A downstream portion of the discharge chute is surrounded by a second sterile chamber 36 which is separate from the first mentioned sterile chamber, and a glove 38 mounted on the wall of the chamber 36 allows an access to the discharge chute while maintaining the chute in a sterile condition. A door 40 which can be opened and closed is mounted on the wall 36a of the second chamber, and the rejected vessel is discharged through the door which is then opened. Chambers 14 and 36 are disposed within a processing chamber 4.

Abstract: Resin vessels 10 are conveyed on a air conveyor 2 while they are supported at a point below a flange lob, and are conveyed into a drier 8 which is disposed within a sterile chamber 14 through an inlet wheel 24. The drier carries resilient gripper means 11 including a pair of arms which are urged toward each other by a spring to hold a vessel sandwiched therebetween. A vessel is dried up while it is rotatively conveyed as gripped by the resilient gripper means, and is then returned to the air conveyor 2 through an outlet wheel 26. A reject wheel 28 is disposed upstream of the outlet wheel and includes unlockable gripper means 130 which grips the vessel at a point above the flange for taking out the vessel from the drier. A reject arm 46 is disposed downstream of the reject wheel and is movable into and from a conveying path of vessels within the drier. The reject arm causes a vessel which the reject wheel failed to grasp to be dropped onto a discharge chute 30.

Abstract: A weight filler 6 is provided which allows a bottle 16 to be conveyed while gripping its neck 16a. Load cell 58 is mounted around the outer periphery of a revolving body 54 in order to detect a vertical load. A horizontal rod or load applicator 64 projects radially outward from the load cell 58. A gripper 50 which grips the bottle 16 under the resilience of tension springs 82 is mounted on the free end 64a of the rod 64. As the bottle 16 is urged into the gripper 50 in a direction opposite from the direction in which, the rod 64 projects, the gripper 50 is once opened against the tension springs 82 and then closed to grip the neck 16a of the bottle 16. A filling nozzle 52 is disposed above the bottle 16 which is gripped by the gripper 50, and fills the bottle 16 with liquid. During the filling operation, the load cell 58 detects a load applied, thus allowing a filling of a given amount in accordance with the detection.

Abstract: A resin bottle 16 has an opening at its top end in which a thread 16a is formed, and also has a neck including a cylindrical portion 16b and a flange 16c which are disposed below the opening. An intermediate wheel 8 is disposed between a filler 6 which fills the resin bottle 16 and a capper 10 which caps the filled bottle 16. The intermediate wheel 8 is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced grippers 22 each gripping the cylindrical portion 16b of the resin bottle 16, and rotatively conveys the bottle while it is suspended by gripping the neck of the resin bottle. A support 32 is disposed above each gripper 22 for abutment against the opening of the resin bottle 16, whereby in the event the bottom of the bottle 16 is swung radially outward, the opening which is located above the cylindrical portion 16b that is gripped by the gripper 22 is urged by the support 32 from the radial inside, thus allowing the bottle to be maintained in its upright position.