Abstract: The present invention provides a management method that manages a plurality of worksites, comprising: acknowledging a work status of each worksite per work type based on information obtained from a plurality of types of work machines at each worksite; comparing the work status with a plan, and managing a progress status of each worksite per work type; specifying, based on the progress status, a work type of a worksite for which the work status has been delayed relative to the plan; and making, with regard to a work machine and a worker for the work type with the delay, a request for dispatch to the worksite with the delay to another worksite.

Abstract: This vibration actuator has a movable body having a coil, a fixed body having magnets, and a shaft part that rotatably supports the movable body, wherein the movable body reciprocally and rotationally vibrates around the shaft part with respect to the fixed body through the interaction of the coil and the magnets. The magnets are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the shaft part and each have two magnetic poles that face the movable body in the coil axial direction of the coil, the shaft part supports the movable body at a position shifted from the center position of the movable body in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the shaft part, and the coil axis of the coil of the movable body is located at a position facing a switching position of the magnetic pole of the magnet.

Abstract: An endoscope objective optical system includes in order from an object side, a front group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a rear group having a positive refractive power. The front group includes a negative lens which nearest to object, a rear group includes a positive lens which is nearest to image, and the endoscope objective optical system satisfies following conditional expressions (1??), (2) and (3??). ?15.0<ff/f1<?4.2??(1??) ?1.70<f1/f<?0.95??(2) 0.6<g1/g2<1.20??(3??) where, ff denotes a focal length of the positive lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the negative lens, f denotes a focal length of the overall endoscope objective optical system, g1 denotes a focal length of the front group, and g2 denotes a focal length of the rear group.

Abstract: A heater includes an irradiator configured to irradiate a heating object including a liquid attachment region, onto which a liquid is applied, with an active energy ray, and circuitry configured to control an output of the active energy ray emitted from the irradiator to an edge portion in the liquid attachment region of the heating object to be larger than an output of the active energy ray emitted from the irradiator to a non-edge portion in the liquid attachment region excluding the edge portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyer configured to convey a recording medium on which a mark is formed; an image reader configured to read an image formed on the recording medium while the recording medium is being conveyed; a detector configured to detected a value corresponding to a conveyance amount of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer and output the detected value; and a processor and a memory that stores program instructions causing the processor to calculate a position of the mark on the recording medium with respect to a conveyance direction of the recording medium based on respective detected values output from the detector when an edge of the recording medium and the mark are read by the image reader.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a first liquid that generates heat in an absorption wavelength region of an active energy ray, a first discharger configured to discharge the first liquid, a second liquid that starts polymerization in the absorption wavelength region of the active energy ray, a second discharger configured to discharge the second liquid, and an irradiator configured to irradiate the first liquid and the second liquid with the active energy ray.

Abstract: A mower comprises: a cutter housing having an inner hole in which an output shaft of a motor is inserted; and a motor cover provided above the cutter housing with a space therebetween, the motor cover covering the motor. Cooling air leadout openings for leading cooling air in the motor cover to the outside are formed in the motor cover, the cooling air leadout openings being positioned inward of a peripheral wall part of the motor cover and outward of the inner hole of the cutter housing.

Abstract: A conveying device includes a conveyor, a detector, and circuitry. The conveyor conveys a recording medium in a conveyance direction. The detector detects a skew amount and a shift amount of a posture of the recording medium to be sent to the conveyor and detects, in parallel, end positions of the recording medium in a width direction of the recording medium intersecting with the conveyance direction, at at least three different points in the conveyance direction on one end of the recording medium in the width direction. The circuitry controls an operation of the conveyor and causes the detector to detect a corner folded portion of the recording medium based on the end positions of the recording medium in the width direction detected at the at least three different points.

Abstract: A sheet heater includes a first conveyance belt configured to convey a sheet on which a liquid has been discharged in a conveyance direction, a heating unit facing the first conveyance belt, the heating unit configured to heat the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance belt, and a second conveyance belt disposed upstream of the first conveyance belt in the conveyance direction, the second conveyance belt configured to convey the sheet to the first conveyance belt. A surface temperature of the second conveyance belt is lower than a surface temperature of the first conveyance belt when the first conveyance belt and the second conveyance belt convey the sheet.

Abstract: A heating device includes a conveyor configured to convey a sheet, the sheet having a first surface on which a liquid is applied and a second surface contacting the conveyor, a first heater facing the first surface opposite to the second surface of the sheet, the first heater configured to heat the sheet, and a second heater configured to heat the conveyor.

Abstract: A sheet conveyor includes an endless conveyance belt configured to rotate to convey a sheet, a belt heater configured to heat the conveyance belt; and circuitry configured to control the conveyance belt to rotate. The conveyance belt has a belt joint joining both ends of a sheet member to form the conveyance belt, and the circuitry controls the conveyance belt to rotate to receive the sheet in an area of the conveyance belt other than the belt joint of the conveyance belt.

Abstract: To provide a shaft seal that is capable of decreasing rotational torque and realizing superior sealing performance. A shaft seal 1 having a ring shape adheres to an outer peripheral surface of a rotational shaft 6 and thereby seals sealed fluid. The shaft seal 1 partitions a gap between the rotational shaft 6 and a housing 7 to which the shaft seal 1 is mounted, into a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side. The shaft seal 1 is an injection-molded body having a generally U-shape in a sectional view about an axial direction. The shaft seal 1 has a seal lip part 2 that is configured to extend to the high-pressure side and slide on the rotational shaft 6, and an outer lip part 3 that is disposed at an outer diametrical side relative to the seal lip part 2. An inclined angle ? of the seal lip part 2 relative to the outer peripheral surface of the rotational shaft 6 is 5-20 degrees. The length L2 of the seal lip part 2 in the sectional view about the axial direction of the shaft seal 1 is 2.0-6.5 mm.

Abstract: A heating device includes a conveyor configured to convey a sheet, the sheet having a first surface on which a liquid is applied and a second surface contacting the conveyor, a first heater facing the first surface opposite to the second surface of the sheet, the first heater configured to heat the sheet, and a second heater configured to heat the conveyor.

Abstract: A heater includes an irradiator configured to irradiate a heating object including a liquid attachment region, onto which a liquid is applied, with an active energy ray, and circuitry configured to control an output of the active energy ray emitted from the irradiator to an edge portion in the liquid attachment region of the heating object to be larger than an output of the active energy ray emitted from the irradiator to a non-edge portion in the liquid attachment region excluding the edge portion.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a first liquid that generates heat in an absorption wavelength region of an active energy ray, a first discharger configured to discharge the first liquid, a second liquid that starts polymerization in the absorption wavelength region of the active energy ray, a second discharger configured to discharge the second liquid, and an irradiator configured to irradiate the first liquid and the second liquid with the active energy ray.

Abstract: A prime mover of a mower that is a work machine comprises: a motor having a motor rotation shaft extended along a substantially vertical direction, and a motor housing disposed coaxially with the motor rotation shaft; a centrifugal fan disposed above the motor; and a motor cover that accommodates the motor and the centrifugal fan so as to extend to the upper end of a side part of the centrifugal fan. A cooling air inlet is formed in the motor housing, the centrifugal fan having a base part provided above the cooling air inlet, and the outer diameter of the base part being greater than the outer diameter of the cooling air inlet.

Abstract: To enable the rotational speed of the cutter blade to be set variably and to allow the operation therefor to be performed with ease and accuracy, multiple switches (74, 76) for setting the rotational speed of the cutter blade electric motor (6) to mutually different rotational speeds, and multiple operation buttons (78, 80) provided for the respective switches (74, 76) are included on a handle (20), wherein the operation buttons (78, 80) have operation parts (78A, 80A) provided with mutually different sizes.

Abstract: A sheet conveyor includes an endless conveyance belt configured to rotate to convey a sheet, a belt heater configured to heat the conveyance belt; and circuitry configured to control the conveyance belt to rotate. The conveyance belt has a belt joint joining both ends of a sheet member to form the conveyance belt, and the circuitry controls the conveyance belt to rotate to receive the sheet in an area of the conveyance belt other than the belt joint of the conveyance belt.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyer configured to convey a recording medium on which a mark is formed; an image reader configured to read an image formed on the recording medium while the recording medium is being conveyed; a detector configured to detected a value corresponding to a conveyance amount of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer and output the detected value; and a processor and a memory that stores program instructions causing the processor to calculate a position of the mark on the recording medium with respect to a conveyance direction of the recording medium based on respective detected values output from the detector when an edge of the recording medium and the mark are read by the image reader.

Abstract: A heating device includes a heat irradiator configured to heat a sheet on which a liquid is applied and is conveyed in a conveyance direction, an ultraviolet irradiator on a downstream of the heat irradiator in the conveyance direction, the ultraviolet irradiator configured to heat a portion of the sheet, and a circuitry configured to control an output of the heat irradiator and an output of the ultraviolet irradiator based on a thickness of the sheet.