Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes, an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a sheet using printing toner and apply powder adhesive on the sheet, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet and the powder adhesive applied on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image and the powder adhesive to the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to bond the sheet with the powder adhesive by reheating the sheet having been heated by the fixing portion. The bonding portion is arranged above the image forming portion.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a placement unit that is provided on an upper surface of a housing and on which a document is placed, an imaging unit that images the placement unit from above, a light emitting device that causes at least a part of the placement unit to emit light, and a processor configured to: control the light emitting device not to emit light, in a case where it is detected that the document is placed on the placement unit.

Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, and a coil mounted on the stator core and having an insulating film, at least a part of the insulating film being coated with a protective paint, wherein a concave section is formed in a surface of the insulating film, and the protective paint is present in the concave section. The insulating film has hollow capsules formed therein.

Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, and a coil mounted on the stator core and having an insulating film, at least a part of the insulating film being coated with a protective paint, wherein a concave section is formed in a surface of the insulating film, and the protective paint is present in the concave section. The insulating film has hollow capsules formed therein.

Abstract: A stator includes a stator core provided with a slot, and a conductive wire disposed in the slot. The conductive wire has a rectangular conductor, and a coating film coated on a surface of the rectangular conductor, a varnish configured to fix a surface of the coating film and an inner surface of the slot is filled between the surface of the coating film and the inner surface of the slot, and the surface of the coating is provided with a recessed part-forming region in which a recessed part into which the varnish enters is formed.

Abstract: A seat cover including a reference portion on a design surface of the seat cover, and a linear stitch portion disposed in parallel with the reference portion and including a first stitch portion including a first thread material and a second stitch portion including a second thread material and disposed away from the reference portion than the first stitch portion, wherein the first thread material includes a plurality of seams which intermittently appear on the design surface side, and the second thread material includes a plurality of seams which intermittently appear on the design surface side, and wherein, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the stitch portion, at least a portion of a seam of one of the first thread material and the second thread material is disposed between adjacent seams of another of the first thread material and the second thread material.

Abstract: A seat cover including a reference portion on a design surface of the seat cover, and a linear stitch portion disposed in parallel with the reference portion and including a first stitch portion including a first thread material and a second stitch portion including a second thread material and disposed away from the reference portion than the first stitch portion, wherein the first thread material includes a plurality of seams which intermittently appear on the design surface side, and the second thread material includes a plurality of seams which intermittently appear on the design surface side, and wherein, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the stitch portion, at least a portion of a seam of one of the first thread material and the second thread material is disposed between adjacent seams of another of the first thread material and the second thread material.

Abstract: A biological state-evaluating apparatus evaluates the biological state to be evaluated, based on generated evaluation function and the previously acquired metabolite concentration data to be evaluated. In the apparatus, a candidate evaluation function-generating unit generates a candidate evaluation function that is a candidate of the evaluation function from the biological state information according to a particular function-generating method. A candidate evaluation function-verifying unit verifies the candidate evaluation function prepared according to a particular verification method. A variable-selecting unit selects the combination of the metabolite concentration data contained in the biological state information to be used in preparing the candidate evaluation function by selecting a variable of the candidate evaluation function from the verification results according to a particular variable selection method.

Abstract: A process for producing a honeycomb structure includes: a mixing step where forming raw materials including a ceramic raw material are mixed to obtain a forming blended material, a kneading step where the forming blended material is kneaded to obtain kneaded clay, a forming step where the kneaded clay is formed into a honeycomb shape to obtain a honeycomb formed article, and a firing step where the honeycomb formed article is fired to obtain a honeycomb structure. The ceramic raw material is a cordierite forming raw material, and a magnetic powder contained in the kneaded clay is at a ratio of 400 ppm or less with respect to solid content conversion mass of the whole kneaded clay. There is provided a honeycomb structure capable of improving trapping efficiency, in particular, initial trapping efficiency by reducing the number of coarse pores in the partition walls.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes: a honeycomb structural portion having porous partition walls functioning as fluid passages and separating and forming a plurality of cells extending from one end face to the other end face. The partition walls and the outer peripheral wall contain silicon carbide particles as a framework and silicon as a binder for binding the silicon carbide particles. The honeycomb structure has a partition walls thickness of 50 to 200 ?m, a cell density of 40 to 150 cells/cm2, and an average particle diameter of the silicon carbide as a framework of 3 to 40 ?m. The honeycomb structural portion has a volume resistivity of 1 to 40 ?cm at 400° C., and the volume resistivity of the electrode portion at 400° C. is not more than 40% of the volume resistivity of the honeycomb structural portion at 400° C.

Abstract: There is provided a ceramic honeycomb structure usable as a catalyst substrate and being improved warm-up properties and thermal insulation properties, and being excellent in exhaust gas purification performance; by employing larger heat capacity and larger thermal conductivity compared with a material of the partition walls in at least one of insides and surfaces of the respective partition walls.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cordierite-based honeycomb structure, comprising: adding an alumina source material, a silica source material and a magnesia source material to obtain a cordierite forming material; obtaining a clay by use of the resultant cordierite forming material; extruding the resultant clay into a honeycomb shape to obtain a formed honeycomb body; drying the resultant formed honeycomb body to obtain a dried honeycomb body; and firing the resultant dried honeycomb body to manufacture the cordierite-based honeycomb structure, wherein a first alumina source material having a degree of circularity of 0.70 or more and an average particle diameter of 1 to 10 ?m is added as at least the alumina source material in an amount of 10 mass % or more with respect to the total mass of the cordierite forming material to obtain the cordierite forming material.

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure comprising: a coating material adjustment step for obtaining a coating material by mixing at least water with a ceramic powder aggregate having only one peak in a particle size distribution, an average particle size of 23 to 39 ?m, and a particle size distribution width of 15 to 33, a coating material application step for applying the coating material to cover the outer periphery of a honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells separated by porous ceramic partition walls, and a coating material heat-drying step for forming an outer wall by heat-drying the coating material after the coating material application step. By the method, the outer periphery is covered with a coating material to form an outer wall to hardly generate, for example, crack generation and peeling upon drying the outer wall, and the coating material is provided.

Abstract: The honeycomb structure is provided with a honeycomb structural section, a pair of lateral electrodes on the side face of the honeycomb structural section, and at least one intermediate layer between the honeycomb structural section and the lateral electrodes. The honeycomb structural section has silicon carbide particles having an average particle diameter of 3 to 40 ?m and silicon, and the ratio (Si/SiC) of silicon (Si) to silicon carbide (SiC) is 10/90 to 40/60. The lateral electrodes have an average particle diameter of the silicon carbide particles of 10 to 70 ?m and a Si/SiC ratio of 20/80 to 50/50. The intermediate layer has an average particle diameter of silicon carbide particles and Si/SiC between those of the honeycomb structural section and those of the lateral electrodes. The electric resistance between the lateral electrodes of the honeycomb structural section is 2 to 100?.

Abstract: There is disclosed a honeycomb structure including a honeycomb structure section including: porous partition walls to divide and form a plurality of cells which extend from one end surface to the other end surface and become through channels of a fluid; and an outer peripheral wall positioned in an outermost periphery. The partition walls and the outer peripheral wall contain silicon carbide particles as an aggregate, and silicon as a binder to bind the silicon carbide particles, thicknesses of the partition walls are from 50 to 200 ?m, a cell density is from 50 to 150 cells/cm2, an average particle diameter of silicon carbide as the aggregate is from 3 to 40 ?m, and a volume resistivity at 400° C. is from 1 to 40 ?cm.

Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure, comprising: forming kneaded clay containing a cordierite forming raw material formed by mixing talc having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 40 ?m, kaolin having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 20 ?m, an alumina source raw material having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 10 ?m, and a silica having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 20 ?m, a binder, a surface active agent, water, and a hygroscopic resin having an average particle diameter of two to 200 ?m after water absorption and a water absorption magnification of two to 100 magnifications into honeycomb shape to fabricate a honeycomb formed body; and firing the honeycomb formed body to obtain a honeycomb structure whose porosity is less than 40%.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure 10 of the present invention is provided with porous partition walls 12 made of a ceramic material containing cordierite as a main crystal phase and separating and forming a plurality of cells 14 functioning as fluid passages. The partition walls 12 contain sodium at 0.08 to 0.15 mass % in terms of sodium oxide. A honeycomb structure having a large average pore size can be provided.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter including partition walls having a porous partition wall base material and a surface layer provided on only inflow side or both inflow and outflow sides of the partition wall base material, and satisfying the following conditions capable of using as a DPF. The surface layer has a peak pore diameter of from 0.3 ?m to 20 ?m (exclusive) being equal to or smaller than the average pore diameter of the base material; the porosity of from 60% to 95% (exclusive) when measured by mercury porosimetry being larger than that of the base material; and the thickness L1 of from 0.5% to 30% (exclusive) of the partition wall thickness L2; and mass per filtration area of from 0.01 mg/cm2 to 6 mg/cm2 (exclusive). The base material has an average pore diameter of from 10 ?m to 60 ?m (exclusive) and a porosity of from 40% to 65% (exclusive).

Abstract: A method of producing a honeycomb structure includes producing a honeycomb structure using methyl cellulose as at least part of a binder, the methyl cellulose having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 4,000,000 to 5,000,000, and having an integral molecular weight distribution value of components having a molecular weight of 100,000 or less in the integral molecular weight distribution curve of 15 or less.

Abstract: A method for producing an aluminum titanate ceramic, which comprises subjecting, to forming, a raw material for aluminum titanate formation, containing Na2O-containing ?-alumina particles, to obtain a formed body and then firing the body, wherein the ?-alumina particles has such a crystal structure that the ratio of the average value of the average length in axis a direction and the average length in axis b direction, to the average length H in axis c direction is 3 or more.