Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including a sensor unit for measuring a moving state of a sheet by optically detecting a surface of the sheet conveyed by a conveying unit. The sensor unit measures and compares the moving states of the sheet at a first measurement position and a second measurement position which are distinct from each other in a main scanning direction, to thereby obtain information on a skew state of a skew component of the moving sheet.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a plurality of image sensors imaging a sheet to be conveyed, and a direct sensor unit performing the signal processing of the outputs of the image sensors to detect the movement of the sheet. Here, the plurality of image sensors are provided on the carriage at least at two positions with at least the recording element array diagonally put between the two positions. The plurality of image sensors can image the sheet at two positions separated in a main scan direction and a sub-scan direction.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means for improving the affinity of an in vivo embedded material such as an artificial blood vessel or an artificial dura mater with a tissue adhesive, so as to quickly prevent the leakage of the blood or spinal fluid. The present invention provides a polymeric material used in combination with a tissue adhesive, which comprises carbon or silicon as a constitutional element, and at least a portion of the surface of which is modified by ion bombardment.

Abstract: When the magnitude |?| of a steering angular velocity ? is equal to or greater than a determination angular velocity ?th, an electric motor is estimated to be in a predetermined power use state, and a restriction determination threshold Vonth is set to a first voltage value V1 (S24). When the magnitude |?| of the steering angular velocity ? is less than the determination angular velocity ?th, the restriction determination threshold Vonth is set to a second voltage value V2 (>V1) (S25). When a state in which a power supply voltage Vx is lower than the restriction determination threshold Vonth continues for a predetermined time t1 (S30: Yes), a power use restriction instruction is output to specific vehicle electrical loads. Thus, power restriction is properly imposed on the vehicle electrical loads, whereby a delay in control of the electric motor is prevented, and excessive imposition of power restriction is prevented.

Abstract: A printing apparatus including a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet in a predetermined direction, a printing unit configured to print an image on the sheet, a direct sensor having an image pickup device configured to image the sheet, which is used to sense movement of the sheet by signal processing of an output from the image pickup device, a movement mechanism configured to move the image pickup device in a direction including a component of the predetermined direction, and a control unit configured to control the conveyance mechanism, the printing unit, and the movement mechanism.

Abstract: A production method for an electroacoustic transducer diaphragm includes producing an adhered sheet by adhering a sheet member on a surface of a wooden sheet having a thickness of from 0.01 mm to 3 mm, and the sheet member being made of a material different from the wooden sheet, immersing the adhered sheet into one of a solution including 0.01-1 wt % of a penetrating agent and a solution including 0.01-1 wt % of penetrating agent and 0.01-20 wt % of a wetting agent, and molding the adhered sheet obtained by the immersing step so that the immersed adhered sheet has a predetermined shape of the electroacoustic transducer diaphragm.

Abstract: An electromagnetic switch is provided which is equipped with a built-in electronic control circuit working to control energization of an exciting coil. The electronic control circuit is disposed within a chamber defined by a magnetic plate to be separate from a contact chamber. In other words, the electronic control circuit is disposed between the magnetic plate and the exciting coil, thereby avoiding the adhesion of conductive dusts, as arising from the wear of contacts, to the surface of the electronic control circuit. This results in decreases in electric insulation and short-circuit of the electronic control circuit and also eliminates the need for additional special parts to electrically insulate and shield the electronic control circuit, thus permitting the electromagnetic switch to be reduced in size and produced at a decreased const.

Abstract: In the image reading and recording apparatus, a separating and feeding unit, a paper end detecting unit, a reading unit, a conveying unit, and a recording unit are arranged in this order from the upstream of the conveying direction. The separating and feeding unit has a switching unit for selectively switching between a separating function of separating the uppermost one of stacked sheets and a feeding function of feeding each separated sheet at a predetermined speed. After a sheet is separated, switching from the separating function to the feeding function is carried out before the paper end detecting unit detects the top end of the sheet.

Abstract: A copper smelting method includes: supplying an oxygen-enriched gas, a solvent, and a copper concentrate into a furnace, while not supplying a coke material; and supplying pig iron to slag that is generated in the furnace.

Abstract: A shield harness manufacturing device includes a sheet feeder, a conductor-winding mold, an insulator-winding mold, and a control unit. The conductor-winding mold winds an ALS sheet as an electrically conductive sheet around a wire bundle including at least one covered wire and at least one drain wire. The insulator-winding mold folds a PET sheet as an electrically insulating sheet into two halves and then wraps the ALS-wound wire bundle in the PET sheet over the entire length of the wire bundle. The sheet feeder feeds the ALS sheet into the conductor-winding mold through which the covered wire and the drain wire are passed. The ALS sheet is wound around the covered wire and the drain wire over the entire length of the wires. Thereafter, the ALS-wound wire bundle is inserted into the insulator-winding mold and the sheet feeder feeds the PET sheet into the insulator-winding mold.

Abstract: There is provided a disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus including: a disk mounting part; a clamp member holding a disk-shaped recording medium between the clamp member and the disk mounting part; and a support member movably supporting the clamp member. One of the disk mounting part and the clamp member has a magnet and the other has an attractable member attracted to the magnet. A rotating member is rotatably supported by the support member and a rotary elevating mechanism moves the rotating member up and down at a predetermined height by rotating the member. The clamp member is allowed to approach the disk mounting part by attracting the attractable member by a magnetic force of the magnet or to depart from the disk mounting part against a magnetic force of the magnet.

Abstract: The typical configuration of an image processing apparatus includes a document stacking means on which documents are stacked, a recording medium stacking means on which recording medium are stacked, and a feeding roller for feeding documents or recording medium from the document stacking means or the recording medium stacking means. The feeding roller is located above the recording medium stacking means, and at least the lower end of the recording medium stacking means is movable in the direction approaching or moving away from the feeding roller. The document stacking means is attached above and substantially parallel to the recording medium stacking means, at a predetermined interval. Further, the document stacking means does not have a support portion at a location corresponding to the feeding roller, and is moved as the recording medium stacking means is moved.

Abstract: An original stacking plate for supporting and stacking an original is rotatably attached to an ASF base. A fulcrum position of the original stacking plate is provided with a rotational center on the upstream side in the sheet feeding direction from a fulcrum position of a pressing plate while keeping a predetermined distance from a base surface of the ASF base. Therefore, a rotational angle of the original stacking plate in association with the vertical motion of the pressing plate when the original and recording paper have been set is smaller than that of the pressing plate.

Abstract: A water-cooling jacket structure 10 for an inspection hole of a flash furnace 1 is arranged at the periphery of a concentrate burner 7 to inspect and clean the inside of the furnace and the concentrate burner 7, and formed in a cylindrical shape by combining a plurality of jacket plates 11, 12, 13, 14 cast internally with cooling tubes 21, 22, 23, 24 for circulating cooling-water, and configured to adjust its cooling capacity and amount of cooling-water by circulating cooling-water to a single or multiple systems of the respective cooling-water systems of each jacket 11, 12, 13, 14 depending on the heat-load of the flash furnace 1.

Abstract: A preparation method using as an intermediate 6-(halomethyl)-1,2-benzisoxazol-3(2H)-one derivative represented by general formula wherein R5 is a methyl group that is substituted with one or more optionally substituted phenyl groups, or an optionally substituted oxygen-containing heterocyclic group; X represents a halogen atom, can be used as a method for safely and easily preparing 3-{5-[4-(cyclopentyloxy)-2-hydroxybenzoyl]-2-[(3-hydroxy-1,2-benzisoxazol-6-yl)methoxy]phenyl}propionic acid, which is useful as an antirheumatic agent, with a high yield.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a document loading unit in which a document sheet is loaded, a recording-sheet loading unit in which a recording sheet is loaded, a supply roller that supplies the document sheet or the recording sheet from the document loading unit or the recording-sheet loading unit, a separator that separates the document sheet or the recording sheet in cooperation with the supply roller, a feeding path through which both the document sheet and the recording sheet pass, a reading unit that reads an image on the document sheet, and a recording unit that records an image on the recording sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a taphole cooling structure allowing prevention of wear and deformation of peripheral bricks of the taphole and maintaining stable operation of the furnace in high copper matte grade operations and high load operations. The taphole cooling structure is provided with a hollow jacket body to be inserted into an opening penetrated on a furnace wall, wherein a water passage is installed in the internal of the jacket body for circulating cooling water while a flange made of the same material as the furnace wall is provided on the periphery of said jacket body to be weldingly connected to the said furnace wall, wherein a refractory material is filled within a hollow of the said hollow jacket body and perforated with a taphole for draining solutions from the furnace body.

Abstract: In the operation, a flux mainly composed of silica ore and a non-ferrous metal-ore raw-material are charged into a smelting furnace via a conveying system. In order to increase the production amount of the metal, the flux is conveyed and treated through a first system, in which the flux is crushed in a ball mill and dried in the ball mill while hot air is blown into the ball mill, and the crushed and dried flux is conveyed directly before the smelting furnace. In the drier of copper concentrate, the flux is not dried at all.

Abstract: A Process for production of 1-(3-(2-(1-benzothiophen-5-yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or salts thereof which comprises using as a starting compound as a (phenylthio)acetic acid derivative or salts thereof represented by the general formula: wherein X1 represents a halogen atom, is useful as a safe process for mass production of 1-(3-(2-(1-benzothiophen-5-yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or salts thereof which is useful as a remedy for disease of central and peripheral nerve.

Abstract: To provide a mobile terminal having a broadcast receiving function, wherein even when reception of an incoming call or start of a call interrupts playback of a broadcast being received, all remaining contents of the broadcast including an interrupted part can be played back after the call has ended. Upon receiving notification of call start from a broadcast control unit 112, a recording/playback unit 113 interrupts outputting a TV broadcast being received to a speaker 105 and a display 106, and records audio data and video data in units of frames of the broadcast in a storage unit 114. Upon receiving notification of call end from the broadcast control unit 112, the recording/playback unit 113 continues recording the data in the storage unit 114, reads the data recorded in the storage unit 114 from an interrupted part thereof, and outputs these data to the speaker 105 and the display 106.