Abstract: A steering truck for steering a wheel axle of a truck has a solid lubricant application device at a position facing a flange of a wheel on the outer side of the wheel axle in the direction of travel in a truck frame. A solid lubricant is applied to freely make contact with and move away from the flange and a spring impels the solid lubricant towards the flange. A stopper restrains the solid lubricant from approaching the flange, By utilizing a forward and backward movement of the wheel axle in the travel direction caused by steering, the solid lubricant 3 makes contact only on the outer rail side toward which the wheel approaches when passing through a curved section. No contact occurs on the inner rail side from which the wheel moves away when passing through a curved section and when traveling through a straight section.

Abstract: A tread surface cleaning system has a cleaning element mounted to a truck frame of a steering truck in a position facing a tread surface of a wheel. The cleaning element moves freely to come into contact with and to move away from the tread surface. A pressing-load application spring biases the cleaning element toward the tread surface and a stopper restrains the cleaning element from approaching the tread surface. A forward and backward movement of a wheel axle 2 in the travel direction caused by steering is used so that the cleaning element makes contact only on the inner rail side toward which the tread surface of the wheel approaches when passing through a curved section. The cleaning element does not make contact on the outer rail side from which the tread surface moves away when passing through a curved section and when traveling through a straight section.

Abstract: To prevent separation of a truck frame and a wheel axle and to continue supporting a vehicle, even if damage has occurred to a steering device of a steering truck in which front-back support of a steering axle is performed only by a steering mechanism. A railway vehicle steering truck 11 provided with an axle box suspension of a steering axle 2, which is designed to perform support in the front-back direction of an axle box 4 which rotatably supports the steering axle 2, by means of a steering device 3 having a steering link 2a which is rotatably connected to the axle box 4, and a connecting link 3c rotatably connected to a bolster 7, each of these being rotatably connected to a steering lever 3b which is rotatably connected to the a truck frame 6.

Abstract: In the event that a steering device is damaged, the damaged component is prevented from dropping onto a surface of a track or prevented from making contact with a surface of a track, even if a component to prevent dropping is not newly installed. A railway vehicle steering truck having a steering device 1 with a steering link 1b which is rotatably connected to an axle box 4 which supports a steering axle 2, and a connecting link 1c rotatably connected to a bolster 5, and these are each rotatably connected to a steering lever 1a which is rotatably connected to a truck frame 3. A length A1 or A2 from one center of rotation of the steering link 1b is shorter than a radius B of a wheel that has reached a wear limit.

Abstract: The present invention provides soft capsules comprising a capsule shell having a water activity lower than that of a capsule filling; and a production process of the soft capsules. The present invention makes it possible to prepare soft capsules without lowering the water activity of an active ingredient of a medicament or the like, which activity varies widely, depending on the active ingredient employed, leading to the provision of the soft capsules having original unimpaired properties or stability, and moreover, palatability and texture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for gelatin coating and a gelatin coating characterized by containing a gelatin (A) and an inositol phosphate (B) represented by a general formula: C6H12-n.(H2PO4)n (in the formula, n represents an integer from 1 to 6), and a preparation using the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides soft capsules comprising a capsule shell having a water activity lower than that of a capsule filling; and a production process of the soft capsules.

Abstract: The control system for a plant comprises a rectifier connected to a network. The rectifier has a unit for acquiring precise time, a unit for sampling the state quantity on the precise time to convert the state quantity into digital data and a unit for adding the precise time at each sampling timing to the digital data to transmit the digital data each having the precise time to the network. A breaker is connected to the network. The breaker has a unit for receiving, through the network, a control command thereto and a unit for transmitting an operating state thereof to the network. A control apparatus is connected to the network. The control apparatus has a unit for performing an operation process on the digital data transmitted through the communication network and the operating state of the breaker transmitted therethrough and a unit for transmitting the control command through the communication network to the breaker in response to a result of the control operation process of the performing unit.

Abstract: A densitometer using microwaves, which measures the density value of a to-be-measured substance in a to-be-measured liquid on the basis of a reception signal obtained by transmitting/receiving a microwave in/from the to-be-measured liquid by applicators, includes a clock source for generating a reference signal as a phase reference, an oscillator formed from a PLL circuit for generating a microwave having a frequency f in synchronism with the reference signal from the clock source, an oscillator formed from a PLL circuit for generating a microwave having a frequency f+&Dgr;f in synchronism with the reference signal from the clock source, a mixer for mixing the microwave from the oscillator, i.e.

Abstract: In a data transmission system, a plurality of control terminals or nodes used for plant control are connected to each other through a known LAN such as an ETHERNET, and a large number of control data are transmitted between the nodes at a high speed. When control data generated by each node is to be transmitted to another node, an ETHERNET frame is used as a transmission frame, and at least a plurality of blocked control data are stored on the ETHERNET frame. The control data is periodically transmitted in a multicast manner, each node includes a control data memory, and the control data is transmitted by using the memory.

Abstract: In a distance measuring apparatus, a plurality of line beams transmitted from a light source irradiate objects to form a plurality of images on the objects. Linear light sensors receive the plurality of images and generate a plurality of electric signals corresponding to the quantity of received light. A distance calculator portion carries out a product-sum operation using a predetermined function based on the plurality of electric signals, estimates a function to approximate a location of an image from a result of the product-sum operation, and calculates a distance to the object. Thus, the distance to the object can be measured at high speed and with high precision.

Abstract: A programmable controller includes a microprogram memory for holding a microinstruction, a code memory for holding each operation instruction for executing an operation as one word of instruction words having the same bit length, a data memory for holding the operation data, and an integrated central processing unit for executing the operation on the basis of the instructions from the code and data memories. The central processing unit includes a sequencer, a decoder, a program counter circuit, an instruction register circuit, a data memory control circuit, an address matching circuit, a control register circuit, a bit operation circuit, a register circuit, a fixed-point operation circuit, a floating-point operation circuit, and a multiplier circuit.

Abstract: A neuro-chip comprising a plurality of neuron operation circuits, a broadcast bus terminal for supplying data in parallel to the neuron operation circuits and receiving data in parallel therefrom, a program data bus connected to the neuron operation circuits, a program data bus terminal for supplying a common program externally input, to the neuron operation circuits through the program data bus, a ring bus connecting the neuron operation circuits, and a plurality of ring bus terminals connected to the ring bus, for transferring data among the neuron operation circuits.

Abstract: A multi-layered type neural network for a fuzzy reasoning in which an if-part of a fuzzy rule is expressed by a membership function and a then-part of the fuzzy rule is expressed by a linear expression, the network comprising an if-part neural network for receiving if-part variables of all the fuzzy rules and calculating if-part membership values of all the fuzzy rules, an intermediate neural network for calculating, as a truth value of the premise of each fuzzy rule, a product of the if-part membership values for all the if-part variables, and a then-part neural network for calculating a first sum of the truth values of the premise of all the fuzzy rules, a second sum of a product of the truth values of the premise of all the fuzzy rules and then-part outputs of all the fuzzy rules, and dividing the second sum by the first sum to obtain a quotient as an inferential result.

Abstract: A system of transmitting data and frame signals distinguishable from the data between a plurality of nodes linked in ring form. Each node comprising two transmitter circuits for simultaneously transmitting data and frame signals in opposite directions, respectively, two receiver circuits for receiving the data and the frame signals from opposite directions, respectively, a priority circuit for selecting the data first received from the two opposite directions, a frame circuit for detecting receipt of the frame signals and generating frame signals, and a control circuit for detecting data transmission faults and supervising data transmission of the system according to the location of the fault in the system, in response to the frame signals.

Abstract: A data processing device which may execute instructions in less time by suppressing the execution of certain instructions which may be unnecessary. The device includes a memory unit, a processing unit for carrying out logic and arithmetic operations and a bit accumulator for holding the result of the logic operation. For example, if the first input to an AND operation is zero, the remaining steps are unnecessary and may be suppressed.

Abstract: In a stored program type control system comprising a main memory device for storing data and an instruction word, an input/output device, and a central processing unit including a group of general registers and a program status word store, there are provided an instruction word system including a universal instruction word system, and a sequence instruction system containing a portion of the universal word system which control the content of a program status word, and selecting means responsive to an instruction word or an internal processing sequence at the time of interruption for selecting one or the other of the instruction word systems in accordance with data contained at a portion of the bits of the program status words indicates selection of either the universal status word system or the sequence instruction word system.

Abstract: A programmable logic controller with an input-output device for applying data indicating the status of external devices and controlling the devices. A main memory is provided for storing universal instructions and sequence instructions. An arithmetic operation control unit connected to the main memory repeatedly executes the universal and sequence instructions. A switch is provided for connecting the arithmetic operation control unit to a first read-only memory device for storing microinstructions used for executing universal instructions and to a second read-only memory device for storing microprograms used for executing sequence instructions. The switch provides arithmetic control over the sequence instructions microprogram and the universal instructions microprogram. The arithmetic operation control unit and a sequence control unit together execute sequence instructions in response from the microprogram instructions stored in the second read-only memory device.