Abstract: A clip-type stretching apparatus includes a main link device, a sub-link device, a standard rail, a pitch setting rail, and drive sprockets, the main link device including a first clip support member having a clip, the sub-link device having the clip, the standard rail defining a circulation route of the clip, the pitch setting rail setting a pitch between the first clip support members by a distance from the standard rail, the drive sprockets engaged with a drive roller provided in a first shaft member of the first clip support member and causing the first clip support member to travel.

Abstract: A clip-type stretching apparatus includes a main link device, a sub-link device, a standard rail, a pitch setting rail, and drive sprockets, the main link device including a first clip support member having a clip, the sub-link device having the clip, the standard rail defining a circulation route of the clip, the pitch setting rail setting a pitch between the first clip support members by a distance from the standard rail, the drive sprockets engaged with a drive roller provided in a first shaft member of the first clip support member and causing the first clip support member to travel.

Abstract: A film stretching machine includes a clip chain for holding a lateral edge of a film and stretches the film while transporting the film with the clip chain holding the film and traveling, and includes an upper reference rail disposed at an upper side for guiding the clip chain; a lower reference rail disposed at a lower side for guiding the clip chain; a plurality of clips that constitutes the clip chain; an interval adjusting rail for adjusting intervals of the plurality of clips; and interval adjusting links that couple neighboring clips among the plurality of clips and contact with the interval adjusting rail to adjust the intervals of the plurality of clips. According to the film stretching machine, a stretch degree of a film can be adjusted with a simple configuration and little man-hours.

Abstract: A solid state lighting device includes a first solid state light-emitting element configured to emit first light having a first light emission spectrum having width smaller than 5 nm in a visible light wavelength region; a second solid state light-emitting element configured to emit second light having a second light emission spectrum having width smaller than 5 nm and a peak wavelength larger than a peak wavelength of the first light by 5 nm or more in the visible light wavelength region, and a plurality of first light-emitting elements for wavelength complement configured to respectively emit lights having light emission spectra having width smaller than 5 nm. A third light emission spectrum of third light, which is a set of the lights from the plurality of first light-emitting elements for complement, complements a region between the first light emission spectrum and the second light emission spectrum.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid state lighting device includes an irradiating section configured to emit laser light, a scattering section, and a wavelength conversion section. The scattering section has a principal plane provided to cross an optical axis of the laser light and includes a light scattering material that reflects the laser light made incident thereon and emits the laser light as scattered light. The wavelength conversion section absorbs the scattered light made incident from a first surface and emits wavelength-converted light having a wavelength larger than the wavelength of the laser light from a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface. The scattered light passes through the wavelength conversion section while being scattered and is emitted from the second surface.

Abstract: A film stretching machine includes a clip chain for holding a lateral edge of a film and stretches the film while transporting the film with the clip chain holding the film and traveling, and includes an upper reference rail disposed at an upper side for guiding the clip chain; a lower reference rail disposed at a lower side for guiding the clip chain; a plurality of clips that constitutes the clip chain; an interval adjusting rail for adjusting intervals of the plurality of clips; and interval adjusting links that couple neighboring clips among the plurality of clips and contact with the interval adjusting rail to adjust the intervals of the plurality of clips. According to the film stretching machine, a stretch degree of a film can be adjusted with a simple configuration and little man-hours.

Abstract: A battery 10A with leads has a low-profile external casing acting 11 as one of a pair of electrode terminals and a closure plate 12 acting as the other of the electrode terminals. The closure plate 12 hermetically seals an opening of the external casing 11 via an insulating gasket. A pair of lead plates 13 and 14 are each welded to a different one of the electrode terminals 11 and 12. One of the lead plates 13 and 14 is secured to a circuit board X. The lead plate 14 that is secured to the circuit board has a net-like structure.

Abstract: An abnormality in operation is detected by meticulously monitoring the operation of a monitored device that comprises a state machine. The state number, indicating the state the monitored device is currently in, is output from the device. The upper and lower limit values of current consumption is set for each state number. A monitoring circuit, using the upper and lower limit values for the present state number, judges the value of current consumption detected by a current detection circuit and detects whether there is abnormality in operation.

Abstract: A battery 10A with leads has a low-profile external casing acting 11 as one of a pair of electrode terminals and a closure plate 12 acting as the other of the electrode terminals. The closure plate 12 hermetically seals an opening of the external casing 11 via an insulating gasket. A pair of lead plates 13 and 14 are each welded to a different one of the electrode terminals 11 and 12. One of the lead plates 13 and 14 is secured to a circuit board X. The lead plate 14 that is secured to the circuit board has a net-like structure.

Abstract: In an optical transmission apparatus controlling an optical output portion by a working optical output controller and a protection optical output controller, the optical output controllers separately generate (inverted) preset value signals corresponding to a common output preset value provided from outside, and perform an analog addition of a common optical output monitoring signal and the preset value signal with an integrating circuit. An optical output portion generates an optical output signal which is an optical input signal controlled based on an output of the wired-OR of the optical output controllers, and generates the optical output monitoring signal corresponding to the optical output signal. When the optical output monitoring signal exceeds the preset value signals, the optical output controllers substantially control input terminals of the integrating circuits respectively to a ground potential by using control circuits.

Abstract: A data receiving apparatus capable of reducing bit errors caused by noise includes a threshold value calculation unit, a judgment timing output unit, a data judgment unit, and a majority-rule judgment unit. The threshold value calculation unit calculates a plurality of different threshold values to judge whether the status of a received signal is ‘1’ or ‘0’. The judgment timing output unit outputs a plurality of judgment timings in a one-bit section of the received signal. The data judgment unit compares the received signal with each of the threshold values at the judgment timings and judges whether the status of the received signal is ‘1’ or ‘0’. The majority-rule judgment unit decides, by majority rule, on the ‘1’ and ‘0’ statuses obtained by the data judgment unit in the one-bit section and outputs the majority of the ‘1’ and ‘0’ statuses as the signal status of the received signal.

Abstract: In an optical transmission apparatus controlling an optical output portion by a working optical output controller and a protection optical output controller, the optical output controllers separately generate (inverted) preset value signals corresponding to a common output preset value provided from outside, and perform an analog addition of a common optical output monitoring signal and the preset value signal with an integrating circuit. An optical output portion generates an optical output signal which is an optical input signal controlled based on an output of the wired-OR of the optical output controllers, and generates the optical output monitoring signal corresponding to the optical output signal. When the optical output monitoring signal exceeds the preset value signals, the optical output controllers substantially control input terminals of the integrating circuits respectively to a ground potential by using control circuits.

Abstract: A method for judging a service life of a primary battery is disclosed, in which, by using a battery pack having a built-in microcomputer, a primary lithium battery is discharged at a given time, a voltage of the primary lithium battery is measured at the time of discharge, and such measured voltage is compared with a specified reference voltage, so that when the measured voltage is less than the reference voltage, the primary lithium battery is judged to have reached the end of its service life. And, the given time is a periodic timing.

Abstract: An abnormality in operation is detected by meticulously monitoring the operation of a monitored device that comprises a state machine. The state number, indicating the state the monitored device is currently in, is output from the device. The upper and lower limit values of current consumption is set for each state number. A monitoring circuit, using the upper and lower limit values for the present state number, judges the value of current consumption detected by a current detection circuit and detects whether there is abnormality in operation.

Abstract: An optical transmission technique for a ring transmission system that can transmit time-division-multiplexed optical signals in dual directions. An optical transmitting apparatus comprises a data link reading section, a topology creating section, a data link writing section, a squelch table creating section, a squelch table, an RIP table creating section, an RIP table, a node recognizing section, an east-side receiving unit, an east-side transmitting unit, a west-side transmitting unit, and a west-side receiving unit. When a transmission route is switched at plural positions, the squelch table and the RIP table are automatically created as soon as a crossconnect is set. With minimum setting, the ring transmission system can be normally operated without increasing the number of setting items, the squelch table can be created at a high speed using existing hardware, and an alarm can be automatically transmitted from a secondary node until each table is created.

Abstract: A plant gene, Esr2, has been found which when overexpressed in plant cells results in cells which have cytokinin-independent cell growth. This feature allows the encoded protein ESR2 to be used as a selectable marker of transformed cells by growing the transformed cells on cytokinin-free media. It has also been found that overexpression of ESR2 in cells grown in the presence of cytokinins results in a higher regeneration of plants. This feature allows the gene to be used to obtain greater regeneration of plant cells.

Abstract: A line switching method and apparatus for switching multiplex transmission lines to select, for each of channels of transmission data transmitted in the lines, one of the lines in accordance with line alarm information in the transmission data of the channel, have a pointer value detection function, an alarm detection supervision function and a line switching function for time division multiplexed data of digital signals which are processed serially. The line switching apparatus includes a serial processing circuit provided for each line for detecting line alarm information of the channels by serial processing, and a line switching circuit for switching, for the channels, the lines in a time series relationship in response to the results of detection by the serial processing circuits.

Abstract: This invention relates to a rotational arc welding machine that gives a rotational circular motion to arc generated from an electrode. The machine supports rotatably an electrode (20) at a predetermined distance (d) from the center of a disc (25) which makes a rotational circular motion and at the same time supports said electrode at the upper part thereof as the supporting point therefor, causing the arc generated from said electrode to make a rotational circular motion by rotating said disc. Accordingly, in the said machine, even though the lower part of the electrode makes a circular motion, the electrode itself does not rotate; therefore, electricity can be directly supplied to the electrode.

Abstract: In order to improve the throughput of an a-point to multi-points information system having a master station for transmitting an a-point to multi-points frame and a plurality of slave stations for receiving the a-point to multi-points frame and to insure reliability of received information, the master station comprises a unit for detecting that the number of slave stations which are in abnormal receiving of an a-point to multi-points frame from the master station exceeds a predetermined value, and retransmits the a-point to multi-points frame received abnormally during the detection.