Abstract: A medium transport device includes a belt unit and a first support section and a second support section configured to pivotably support the belt unit, wherein the first support section includes a first frame and a second frame that is a flame configured to detach from and attach to the first frame, and configured to pivotably support the belt unit and a direction in the width direction from a the center of a transport belt toward the first support section is an outer direction, the second frame is positioned in the outer direction with respect to the first frame.

Abstract: A punching device, includes a die configured to support a paper sheet and a punch unit configured to perform a punch process, wherein the punch unit includes a pressing section, a punch that has a conical shaped tip end section and that is configured to move up and down, and a punch guide hole configured to accommodate the punch and to guide the punch in up and down movement and the die includes a hole section provided in a portion facing the punch and through which the punch is passable, a die blade provided at an upper end periphery of the hole section and configured to cut the sheet in cooperation with the punch, and after the sheet is pressed by the die and the pressing section, the punch process is performed by lowering the punch while bringing the tip end section into contact with the paper.

Abstract: In a recovery control method for a secondary battery that includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a solid electrolyte, and a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material containing at least a lithium metal or a lithium alloy, and is fastened from an outside, the recovery control method includes: measuring cell resistance of the secondary battery; calculating a recovery limit resistance value indicating an upper limit value of resistance that ensures recovering the secondary battery from a depth of charge/discharge of the secondary battery, a cell temperature of the secondary battery, and a pressure applied to the secondary battery; and inhibiting charging/discharging the secondary battery and executing recovery control that recovers the secondary battery when a resistance value of the cell resistance is equal to or less than the recovery limit resistance value.

Abstract: In a recovery control method for a secondary battery that includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a solid electrolyte, and a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material containing at least a lithium metal or a lithium alloy, and is fastened from an outside, the recovery control method includes: measuring cell resistance of the secondary battery; calculating a recovery limit resistance value indicating an upper limit value of resistance that ensures recovering the secondary battery from a depth of charge/discharge of the secondary battery, a cell temperature of the secondary battery, and a pressure applied to the secondary battery; and inhibiting charging/discharging the secondary battery and executing recovery control that recovers the secondary battery when a resistance value of the cell resistance is equal to or less than the recovery limit resistance value.

Abstract: A post-processing unit includes a punch unit that punches a paper on which recording is performed by a recording unit that discharges ink, and a controller that controls a punching operation of the punch unit. The controller sets at least one of the number of punching and a punching speed per paper in the punch unit based on setting information of at least one of recording information and environmental information in the recording unit.

Abstract: A discharging device includes: a pair of medium supporting portions that are provided so as to face each other in a width direction intersecting a transporting direction in which a medium is transported and that support the medium that is transported; and a stacking portion that is provided vertically below the pair of medium supporting portions and on which the medium that drops from the pair of medium supporting portions is stacked, each of the pair of medium supporting portions is configured to move in the width direction, the pair of medium supporting portions are configured to be arranged, after the medium is dropped onto the stacking portion, at positions at which a distance in the width direction becomes a predetermined distance, and the predetermined distance varies in accordance with a width of the medium stacked on the stacking portion.

Abstract: A discharging device includes: a pair of medium supporting portions that are provided so as to face each other in a width direction intersecting a transporting direction in which a medium is transported and that support the medium that is transported; and a stacking portion that is provided vertically below the pair of medium supporting portions and on which the medium that drops from the pair of medium supporting portions is stacked, each of the pair of medium supporting portions is configured to move in the width direction, the pair of medium supporting portions are configured to be arranged, after the medium is dropped onto the stacking portion, at positions at which a distance in the width direction becomes a predetermined distance, and the predetermined distance varies in accordance with a width of the medium stacked on the stacking portion.

Abstract: A lead-in path through which a sheet is led in; a first branch path and a second branch path which branch from the lead-in path; a first switchback path which extends from the first branch path; a second switchback path which extends from the second branch path; a first joining path and a second joining path through which the switched-back sheet is transported; and a lead-out path which extends from a joining point at which the first joining path and the second joining path join with each other, are provided. The lead-out path passes through between the first switchback path and the second switchback path. A first connection point at which the first switchback path and the first joining path are connected to each other is disposed above a second connection point at which the second switchback path and the second joining path are connected to each other.

Abstract: A fuel cell internal state detection system includes estimation object state quantity setting unit for setting a suitable estimation object state quantity as an index of an internal state, an impedance value acquisition unit configured to obtain an impedance value of a fuel cell, an impedance usability judging unit configured to judge whether or not the obtained impedance value is usable for the calculation of the estimation object state quantity, estimation object state quantity calculation unit for calculating the estimation object state quantity set by the estimation object state quantity setting unit on the basis of the obtained impedance value when the impedance value is judged to be usable for the calculation of the estimation object state quantity by the impedance usability judging unit, and an unusable-scene process execution unit configured to perform an unusable-scene process when the impedance value is judged not to be usable for the calculation of the estimation object state quantity by the impeda

Abstract: A state detection device for fuel cell includes a supposed high-frequency impedance value setting unit configured to set a supposed high-frequency impedance value on the basis of an impedance measurement value belonging to an arc region of an impedance curve of the fuel cell, an actually measured high-frequency impedance value calculation unit configured to obtain an actually measured high-frequency impedance value on the basis of an impedance measurement value belonging to a non-arc region of the impedance curve of the fuel cell, and an ionomer resistance estimation unit configured to estimate a value obtained by subtracting the actually measured high-frequency impedance value from the supposed high-frequency impedance value as an ionomer resistance value.

Abstract: A lead-in path through which a sheet is led in; a first branch path and a second branch path which branch from the lead-in path; a first switchback path which extends from the first branch path; a second switchback path which extends from the second branch path; a first joining path and a second joining path through which the switched-back sheet is transported; and a lead-out path which extends from a joining point at which the first joining path and the second joining path join with each other, are provided. The lead-out path passes through between the first switchback path and the second switchback path. A first connection point at which the first switchback path and the first joining path are connected to each other is disposed above a second connection point at which the second switchback path and the second joining path are connected to each other.

Abstract: A control device of fuel cell system includes an anode gas circulation flow rate control unit configured to control the anode gas circulation flow rate on the basis of the wet/dry state of the electrolyte membrane detected by the wet/dry state detecting unit, a priority setting unit configured to set priority levels of a normal manipulation to a plurality of physical quantities manipulated by the wet/dry state control unit, and the anode gas circulation flow rate control unit includes an anode gas circulation flow rate limiting unit configured to limit a change rate per unit time of the anode gas circulation flow rate during a transient operation for changing the wet/dry state of the electrolyte membrane, and a control quantity compensating unit configured to, if the change rate is limited, compensate an insufficiency in a control quantity of the wet/dry state due to the limitation of the anode gas circulation flow rate, the compensation being carried out by manipulating a physical quantity with a lower prior

Abstract: A fuel cell has a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, catalyst layers disposed on both sides of the electrolyte membrane, and three or more layers of porous bodies disposed on a front surface side of the catalyst layer, a frame body surrounding an outer periphery of the electrolyte membrane, and a separator that partitions and forms a gas passage between the membrane electrode assembly and the separator. Extended portions are provided at an outer edge of a first porous body adjacent to the separator among the three layers of the porous bodies, and at an outer edge of a second porous body adjacent to the first porous body, respectively, so as to extend to be superimposed over the frame body. The extended portions of the first and second porous bodies intervene between the frame body and the separator.

Abstract: A printing apparatus capable of closing a pivotable discharge portion with respect to a body.

Abstract: A lead-in path through which a sheet is led in; a first branch path and a second branch path which branch from the lead-in path; a first switchback path which extends from the first branch path; a second switchback path which extends from the second branch path; a first joining path and a second joining path through which the switched-back sheet is transported; and a lead-out path which extends from a joining point at which the first joining path and the second joining path join with each other, are provided. The lead-out path passes through between the first switchback path and the second switchback path. A first connection point at which the first switchback path and the first joining path are connected to each other is disposed above a second connection point at which the second switchback path and the second joining path are connected to each other.

Abstract: A printer includes a printing unit, a casing, a scanner unit disposed in an upper portion of the casing, and a discharge unit that, below the scanner unit, is connected to the casing pivotably between a closed position and an open position and that a sheet of paper is discharged to. The discharge unit includes a placement surface for the sheet and a medium support unit capable of supporting the sheet from below while in a state of being protruded from the placement surface. The medium support unit is displaceable between a maximum protruded position and a minimum protruded position. When the amount of protrusion of the medium support unit from the placement surface when the discharge unit is in the open position is less than the amount of protrusion of the medium support unit in the maximum protruded position from the placement surface.

Abstract: A printing apparatus capable of closing a pivotable discharge portion with respect to a body.

Abstract: A state detection device for fuel cell includes a supposed high-frequency impedance value setting unit configured to set a supposed high-frequency impedance value on the basis of an impedance measurement value belonging to an arc region of an impedance curve of the fuel cell, an actually measured high-frequency impedance value calculation unit configured to obtain an actually measured high-frequency impedance value on the basis of an impedance measurement value belonging to a non-arc region of the impedance curve of the fuel cell, and an ionomer resistance estimation unit configured to estimate a value obtained by subtracting the actually measured high-frequency impedance value from the supposed high-frequency impedance value as an ionomer resistance value.

Abstract: A fuel cell internal state detection system includes estimation object state quantity setting unit for setting a suitable estimation object state quantity as an index of an internal state, an impedance value acquisition unit configured to obtain an impedance value of a fuel cell, an impedance usability judging unit configured to judge whether or not the obtained impedance value is usable for the calculation of the estimation object state quantity, estimation object state quantity calculation unit for calculating the estimation object state quantity set by the estimation object state quantity setting unit on the basis of the obtained impedance value when the impedance value is judged to be usable for the calculation of the estimation object state quantity by the impedance usability judging unit, and an unusable-scene process execution unit configured to perform an unusable-scene process when the impedance value is judged not to be usable for the calculation of the estimation object state quantity by the impeda

Abstract: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, a frame arranged on an outer periphery portion of the membrane electrode assembly, and a separator defining a gas flow channel between the separator and the membrane electrode assembly and between the separator and the frame. A diffuser portion which is a part of the gas flow channel, is formed between the separator and the frame. An electrode layer includes a metal porous body which is an electrode surface layer and has gas permeability. The metal porous body has at an end portion thereof, an extension part covering a region corresponding to the diffuser portion of the frame.