Abstract: Provided herein is a tape processing apparatus having: a tape cutting device which slides a cutter holder having a cutter blade attached therein in a reciprocating sliding directions and cuts a tape by a forward sliding movement thereof; and a tape ejecting device which faces to a tape ejecting path from the tape cutting device to a tape ejecting slot and eject a tape piece of the tape forcibly from the tape ejecting slot by contacting in rotation with the cut tape piece; wherein the tape ejecting device having: an ejecting roller which contacts in rotation with the tape piece; and a power conversion mechanism which is placed between the ejecting roller and the cutter holder, converts a backward sliding movement of the cutter holder to a rotational movement for the ejecting roller, and transmits the rotational movement to the ejecting roller.

Abstract: A carrier transport system transports a plurality of carriers by a transport conveyor into a heating furnace, advances a comb-shaped carrier stopper having a plurality of protrusions toward the carriers, moves the carriers by the transport conveyor in a transport direction to engage cutout grooves, provided respectively for the carriers, with the protrusions of the carrier stopper to thereby position the carriers at a time. The carrier transport system advances the carrier stopper toward the carriers to insert distal ends of the protrusions of the carrier stopper into insertion holes, and then determines, on the basis of a moved distance X of the carrier stopper, whether the carriers are properly positioned.

Abstract: In a cooling method of a carrying section including a conveyor for carrying an inverter component, a heating furnace covering a part of the carrying conveyor and heating the inverter component, and a mechanism for cooling the carrying conveyor and cooling the carrying conveyor by means of the cooling mechanism, the conveyor for carrying the inverter component is provided with a roller for carrying the inverter component by touching it, a roller cooling member surrounding the outer periphery of the carrying roller and having an opening for projecting a part of the outer periphery of the carrying roller is provided as the cooling mechanism, and the carrying roller heated by the heat of the heating furnace is cooled by the roller cooling member.

Abstract: An object is heated to a preheating temperature in an atmosphere of a reducing gas under the atmospheric pressure while adjusting the setting of the emissivity of a non-contact temperature measuring part and regulating the temperature of the object according to the measured value measured by a contact temperature measuring part. The pressure of the atmosphere is reduced. The object is further heated to a heating temperature under a lowered pressure while regulating the temperature of the object according to the measured value measured by the non-contact temperature measuring part whose setting of the emissivity is adjusted during the heating process to the preheating temperature. The pressure of the atmosphere is increased back to the atmospheric pressure while maintaining the heating temperature of the object. The temperature of the object is decreased under the atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A conveyance section positioning method has carrier pallets (40) on which workpieces are fixed, a conveyer (20), a heating furnace (13) for heating the workpieces, and a positioning mechanism for positioning the carrier pallets (40), and the method stops the carrier pallets (40) at predetermined positions. The heating furnace (13) has halogen heaters (30) for heating the workpieces. The carrier pallets (40) each have projections (41) and output grooves (42). Comb tooth-shaped stopper projections (35a) engaging with the projections (41) are formed on a carrier stopper (35). When the carrier stopper (35) is moved forward, the stopper projections (35a) and the projections (41) are engaged with each other. In this one operation, the carrier pallets (40) are positioned at places corresponding to the halogen heaters (30), and then the workpieces are heated.

Abstract: The present invention provides technology that uniformly heats and melts a plurality of solder material arranged in a plurality of locations on a board, and uniformly solders a plurality of parts to the board that are arranged in a plurality of locations on the board. A soldering apparatus includes an induction coil having a length in the longitudinal direction that is longer than the length of the board. An inner space having a size sufficient to arrange the board therein is maintained inside the induction coil. The board supporting the parts and the solder material will be positioned in the approximate center of the inner space of the induction coil. An alternating current will flow through the induction coil in this state. An alternating magnetic field will be generated in the inner space of the induction coil. Magnetic fluxes will substantially uniformly pass through the inner space of the induction coil along the longitudinal direction of the induction coil.

Abstract: A hydrogen vacuum furnace (100) is provided with a process chamber (1) wherein a subject (10) to be heated is stored; a heating chamber (2) wherein a heater lamp (25) is stored; and a crystal board (3) for separating the subject (10) and the heater lamp (25) one from the other. In the hydrogen vacuum furnace (100), the subject (10) is heated by a radiant ray applied from the heater lamp (25). The process chamber (1) and the heating chamber (2) are provided with gas feed ports (11, 21) and exhaust ports (12, 22), respectively, for feeding and exhausting a gas. When the subject (10) is being heated, atmospheric pressure in each chamber is adjusted so that the heating chamber (2) is under positive pressure to the process chamber (1) by feeding or exhausting the gas.

Abstract: Provided herein is a printer, including a printing head that executes printing in units of columns of dots; a feed roller that feeds a print medium in synchrony with driving of the printing head; a motor that constitutes a drive source for the feed roller; a memory section that memorizes a predicted idling amount, which is the amount of idling predicted to occur when motor drive starts; and a drive control section that controls driving of the printing head and the motor, wherein when printing operation is halted and restarted, the drive control section drives the motor by a first idling amount that is smaller than the predicted idling amount, implements printing based on data for a first dot column to be printed at printing restart, further drives the motor by a subtraction amount that equals the predicted idling amount minus the first idling amount, and then starts printing from first dot column data.

Abstract: Provided herein is a feed drive device for a printer including: a feed roller that feeds a print medium in synchronization with drive of a print head; a motor constituting a driving source of the feed roller; a roller reduction gear train that transmits power from the motor to the feed roller; and a reverse rotation preventing mechanism that is incorporated in an input side of the roller reduction gear train and prevents reverse rotation of the feed roller; the reverse rotation preventing mechanism being operated by reverse rotational power of the feed roller reversely input to the roller reduction gear train to prevent reverse rotation of a first gear disposed in an input side of the roller reduction gear train.

Abstract: Provided herein is a tape processing apparatus having: a tape cutting device which slides a cutter holder having a cutter blade attached therein in a reciprocating sliding directions and cuts a tape by a forward sliding movement thereof; and a tape ejecting device which faces to a tape ejecting path from the tape cutting device to a tape ejecting slot and eject a tape piece of the tape forcibly from the tape ejecting slot by contacting in rotation with the cut tape piece; wherein the tape ejecting device having: an ejecting roller which contacts in rotation with the tape piece; and a power conversion mechanism which is placed between the ejecting roller and the cutter holder, converts a backward sliding movement of the cutter holder to a rotational movement for the ejecting roller, and transmits the rotational movement to the ejecting roller.

Abstract: The present invention provides technology that uniformly heats and melts a plurality of solder material arranged in a plurality of locations on a board, and uniformly solders a plurality of parts to the board that are arranged in a plurality of locations on the board. A soldering apparatus includes an induction coil having a length in the longitudinal direction that is longer than the length of the board. An inner space having a size sufficient to arrange the board therein is maintained inside the induction coil. The board supporting the parts and the solder material will be positioned in the approximate center of the inner space of the induction coil. An alternating current will flow through the induction coil in this state. An alternating magnetic field will be generated in the inner space of the induction coil. Magnetic fluxes will substantially uniformly pass through the inner space of the induction coil along the longitudinal direction of the induction coil.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a chamber, the chamber including first and second glass substrates and an enclosure arranged between the substrates or an enclosure and at least one spacer arranged between the substrates. The apparatus includes a pair of heating plates, having heaters therein, for holding the glass substrates, a temperature controller for controlling the temperature of the heaters, a position alignment device for moving at least one of the pair of heating plates in X-, Y-, and .theta.

Abstract: Fixed electrodes (A through F) are formed by means of a structural layer that has been provided on fixed bodies (7.sub.1 through 7.sub.4) of a silicon micro-machined substrate and a movable electrode (G) is formed by a movable body attached to fixed bodies (5.sub.1 through 5.sub.4) by flexible members (6.sub.1 through 6.sub.4). Variable capacitors of the parallel plate-type are formed by the movable electrode (G) and the fixed electrodes (A through F). When the movable electrode (G) has been vibrated, the Coriolis force incident to rotation or the force incident to acceleration are added to the movable electrode (G), with a result that the charge of the various variable capacitors change. By detecting the change in charge, both angular velocity and acceleration can be obtained. By providing another variable capacitor formed by a mass portion (H) by a movable body and the substrate, acceleration components in the directions of three axes can be detected.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an image display apparatus, which has a first substrate on which an electron emission element is arranged, a second substrate on which a phosphor that forms an image upon irradiation of an electron emitted by the electron emission element is arranged, and an enclosure which is bonded to the first and second substrates to hold a gap between the first and second substrates, has the steps of applying a bonding agent to bonding portions between the first and second substrates, and the enclosure, heating to a temperature equal to or more than the softening temperature of the bonding agent, detecting the solidification state of the bonding agent, performing position alignment between the first and second substrates during the interval after the bonding agent softens until the bonding agent solidifies, bonding the first and second substrates via the enclosure by compressing the first substrate and/or the second substrate, and releasing the compression force to the first substrate and/or the