Abstract: A wearable airbag device includes a wearable member and an airbag held by the wearable member and inflatable with an inflation gas fed from a gas generator. The airbag includes a bag body that forms an outer shell of the airbag which includes an inner wall adapted to face the wearer when worn and an outer wall opposite to the inner wall, the bag body including one or more protecting inflatable portions for covering and protecting one or more targeted body parts respectively, and an inner bag that is disposed inside the bag body and configured to be inflated with the inflation gas from the gas generator. The inner bag includes one or more supply ports for forwarding the inflation gas to the bag body. Each of the supply ports is configured to emit the inflation gas toward one of the protecting inflatable portions and toward the outer wall.

Abstract: A wearable airbag device adapted to be worn by a wearer is disclosed, including a gas generator that is configured to be actuated at fall of the wearer, an airbag that includes a plurality of inflatable portions that are partitioned from one another, the plurality of inflatable portions each including an gas inlet port and being configured to be inflated with an inflation gas fed from the gas generator via the gas inlet port for protecting a targeted body part of the wearer, and a gas switching mechanism that is disposed in a pathway of the inflation gas from the gas generator toward the plurality of inflatable portions, the gas switching mechanism being configured to switch a destination of the inflation gas emitted from the gas generator over to only one inflatable portion disposed in a falling direction of the wearer out of the plurality of inflatable portions.

Abstract: The transplant fish production method includes selecting a donor fish species, selecting first and second fish species which are a combination that could be sterile, producing a hybrid fish species of the selected first fish species and second fish species, and transplanting reproductive cells of the donor fish species into the produced hybrid fish species.

Abstract: The transplant fish production method includes selecting a donor fish species, selecting first and second fish species which are a combination that could be sterile, producing a hybrid fish species of the selected first fish species and second fish species, and transplanting reproductive cells of the donor fish species into the produced hybrid fish species.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a technology capable of planting seedlings in soil in planting ground such as dry land and allowing the seedling to root securely and grow without artificially supplying water continuously. Not only is a seedling fixed inside an upper opening portion of a tube having a length to a deep water-containing layer in the planting ground but also a growing medium is put inside the tube at a hardness that allows the root of the seedling to grow long downward, and the root of the seedling is allowed to grow below the tube, thereby obtaining the seedling having a long root. A vertical hole having approximately the same diameter as that of the tube is dug in the ground of the planting ground until reaching a soil layer having water quality and water quantity necessary for growth of plant, the seedling having the long root is buried in the vertical hole together with the tube, thereby planting the seedling in the planting ground.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a technology capable of planting seedlings smoothly in actual soil in planting ground such as dry land and allowing the seedling to root securely and grow without artificially supplying water continuously. Not only is a seedling fixed inside an upper opening portion of a tube having a length reachable to a deep water-containing layer in the planting ground but also a raising medium is put inside the tube at a hardness that allows the root of the seedling to grow long downward, and the root of the seedling is allowed to grow below the tube, thereby obtaining the seedling having a long root. A vertical hole having approximately the same diameter as that of the tube is dug in the ground of the planting ground until reaching a soil layer having water quality and water quantity necessary for growth of plant, the seedling having the long root is buried in the vertical hole together with the tube, thereby planting the seedling in the planting ground.

Abstract: A flange 52b is provided on a plate by bending the plate, the flange being substantially orthogonal to the plate, and a recessed portion, where the flange is missing, is provided between two flanges. A flange 62c is provided by bending another plate, and a raised portion is provided which protrudes from a parallel side 62b to flange 62c at an end portion of flange 62c. An end portion of flange 52c and end portion of flange 62c are abutted, and end portion of plate 60 is abutted to an outer side of the circular arc portion of flange 52b from the plate. The raised portion is abutted to the recessed portion, and respective abutted portions are welded. Where two plates in which a flange is provided by bending the plate are intended to be welded, the occurrence of a space in a welding portion can be prevented.

Abstract: A composite panel having a non-adhesion portion is mounted on a stationary table and a bending table and is fixed thereto by vacuum adsorption pads. An upper portion bending table is mounted on a face sheet providing the non-adhesion portion. The face sheet is secured using the vacuum adsorption pad on the bending table. The bending table is rotated, so that the face sheet is bent. The center core member is cut with a V-shape. An adhesion agent is coated. Next, by rotating the lower bending table, the other face sheet and the center core member are bent so that the core member is adhered to the upper face sheet. Without causing a gap between a face sheet and a center core member and a partial contact, an integral bending processing of a flat sheet shape composite panel can be realized. In addition to this, to assurance adequate strength in a bending processing portion of the composite panel, it is unnecessary to provide a separate member and the like.

Abstract: In a state in which a material (blank) cut in a predetermined shape is mounted on a die and the bottom of the material is supported by a seat, the material is pressed by a tool from above and the tool is moved along the die so that the material is incrementally formed. The bottom of the material is fixed, so that the material is not inclined and can be formed in a predetermined shape. A circular arc portion of a flange is processed in a state in which it is clamped by the female die and the tool, so that the circular arc portion of the flange is not spread outside and the perpendicularity between the flange of the circular arc portion and the bottom can be increased.

Abstract: A composite panel of an element member in which a non-adhesion portion is mounted on a stationary table and a bending table and fixed by vacuum adsorption pads. An upper portion bending table is mounted on a face sheet of the non-adhesion portion. The face sheet is adsorbed according to the vacuum adsorption pad on the bending table. The bending table is rotated, then the face sheet is bent. A center core member is cut with a V shape. An adhesion agent is coated. Next, by rotating the bending table a face sheet is bent and the center core member is adhered to the face sheet. Without causes of a gap between a face sheet and a center core member and a partial contact, an integral bending processing of a flat sheet shape composite panel can be realized. In addition to this, in a strength assurance in a bending processing portion of the composite panel, it is unnecessary to provide a separate member and the like.

Abstract: To a plate 50, a flange 52b provided by bending the plate, a flange 52 being orthogonal substantially to the flange 52b and provided bending the plate, and a recessed portion except for a flange between two flanges are provided. To a plate 60, a flange 62c provided by bending the plate, a raised portion protruded from a parallel side 62b to a flange 62c at an end portion in a longitudinal direction of the flange 62c and a vicinity of the end portion are provided. An end portion in a longitudinal direction of the flange 52c and the end portion in the longitudinal direction of the flange 62c are abutted and further an end portion of the plate 60 is abutted to an outer side of a circular arc portion of the flange 52b from the plate. The raised portion is inserted and abutted to the recessed portion and the respective abutted portions are welded. In a case where two plates in which a flange is provided by bending the plate are intended to a welding, an occurrence of a space in a welding portion can be prevented.

Abstract: In a state that the material (blank) cut in a predetermined shape is mounted on a die and the bottom of the material is supported by the seat, the material is pressed by the tool from above and moved along the die and the material is incrementally formed. The bottom of the material is fixed by the material, so that the material is not inclined and can be formed in a predetermined shape. The circular arc portion of the flange is processed in a state that it is clamped by the female die and the tool, so that the circular arc portion of the flange is not spread outside and the perpendicularity between the flange of the circular arc portion and the bottom can be increased.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the decomposition of a polyester which can accelerate the reaction for decomposing the polyester to form monomers serving as raw materials or raw material derivatives. This process for the decomposition of a polyester is characterized in that the polyester is decomposed by solvolysis with methanol to form a dimethyl carboxylate and a dihydroxy compound, and these decomposition products are added to and mixed with a melt of the polyester for the purpose of decomposing the polyester by solvolysis.

Abstract: An image communication apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus has: a receiving device for receiving coded data, a decoder for decoding the coded data received by the receiving device and for conducting an operation for detecting a transmission error in each of plural data lines based on the decoded data; a controller for controlling the operation of the decoder and for generating data to be recorded by conducting decoding of the coded data while removing the coded data of the lines in which a transmission error has been detected; and a recording device for recording an image on a recording sheet in accordance with the data decoded by the controller. The decoding and transmission error detection operation performed by the decoder are conducted in parallel with the decoding operation performed by the controller. The control means operates to cause the decoder to execute its own decoding operation preferentially to the decoding operation for generating the data to be recorded.

Abstract: An image communicating apparatus comprises: a discriminating circuit to discriminate a predetermined procedure signal; a detecting circuit to detect a predetermined operation of a telephone; and an instructing circuit to instruct the execution of an image communication in accordance with either later one of the discrimination of the predetermined procedure signal by the discriminating circuit and the detection of the predetermined operation by the detecting circuit. When a predetermined frequency signal is received a predetermined number of times, the predetermined procedure signal is discriminated.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a printer for recording a received image on a sheet, a sorter for sorting the sheet by stacking the sheet recorded by the printer in one of a plurality of bins, a determination unit for determining a bin in which the sheet is to be stacked, a discrimination unit for discriminating if the sheet can be stacked in the determined bin, a memory for storing the received image when the discrimination unit discriminates that the bin determined by the determination unit cannot stack the sheet, and a second memory for storing bin information indicating the bin determined by the determination unit in correspondence with the image stored in the memory.

Abstract: An image communication apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus has: a receiving device for receiving coded data, a decoder for decoding the coded data received by the receiving device and for conducting an operation for detecting a transmission error in each of plural data lines based on the decoded data; a controller for controlling the operation of the decoder and for generating data to be recorded by conducting decoding of the coded data while removing the coded data of the lines in which a transmission error has been detected; and a recording device for recording an image on a recording sheet in accordance with the data decoded by the controller. The decoding and transmission error detection operation performed by the decoder are conducted in parallel with the decoding operation performed by the controller. The control means operates to cause the decoder to execute its own decoding operation preferentially to the decoding operation for generating the data to be recorded.

Abstract: A recording apparatus according to the present invention comprises a recording unit to record images on a recording sheet, and a photosensor which detects the density of the recording surface of a recording sheet. The apparatus records with the recording unit a given pattern on a given position on the recording sheet subsequent to the termination of image recording by the recording unit. A CPU is provided in order to judge the operating state of the recording unit in accordance with the result of the detection by the photosensor as to the pattern density, thus making it possible to automatically and accurately judge whether the image data are normally recorded. In particular, the CPU, using the output of the photosensor, determines whether the given pattern was recorded satisfactorily. If so, it is assumed that the image data was also recorded satisfactorily.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus which (1) sends a predetermined dial signal to a telephone line and (2) calls an attached telephone set. The predetermined dial signal is sent at a predetermined time, and the call to the attached telephone set is made after the predetermined dial signal has been sent to the telephone line.