Abstract: A liquid state detection sensor includes: an electrode part, the electrode part having a pair of electrodes provided so as to be opposed to each other; a voltage value acquisition time period setting unit configured to set a voltage value acquisition time period, the voltage value acquisition time period being a length of a time period during which an inter-electrode voltage value of the pair of electrodes of the electrode part is acquired; a voltage value acquisition unit configured to acquire the inter-electrode voltage value in the voltage value acquisition time period; and an electrical conductivity calculation unit configured to calculate an electrical conductivity of the liquid on the basis of, among the inter-electrode voltage value acquired by the voltage value acquisition unit, the inter-electrode voltage value acquired after a predetermined time period has elapsed since a start of the voltage value acquisition time period.

Abstract: A fluid state detection sensor includes: an electrical conductivity calculation unit having an electrical conductivity calculation part configured to calculate an electrical conductivity of a fluid from a voltage value acquired in a first voltage acquisition part; and a relative dielectric constant calculation unit having a relative dielectric constant calculation part configured to calculate a relative dielectric constant of the fluid from a voltage value acquired in a second voltage acquisition part, wherein the first voltage acquisition part acquires an inter-electrode voltage value after a predetermined time period after a switching part above a connection target of a pair of electrodes to the electrical conductivity calculation unit, and the second voltage acquisition part acquires the inter-electrode voltage value after the predetermined time period after the switching part switched the connection target of the pair of electrodes to the relative dielectric constant calculation unit.

Abstract: A fluid-property detection device includes a housing attached to the external device, the housing being configured to hold the outer electrode and the inner electrode, an outer insulating member provided between the housing and the outer electrode, the outer insulating member being configured to insulate between the housing and the outer electrode, and an inner insulating member provided between the outer electrode and the inner electrode, the inner insulating member being configured to insulate between the outer electrode and the inner electrode, being configured to insulate between the housing and the inner electrode. The outer electrode and the inner electrode respectively have tip end portions, the tip end portions projecting out from the housing and being configured to expose to the detection target fluid contained in the external device.

Abstract: A fluid-property detection device includes a first electrode, a second electrode provided so as to face the first electrode, and an insulating member provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, the insulating member being configured to insulate between the first electrode and the second electrode. The insulating member is provided with a reduced-thickness portion for forming a hollow portion between the first electrode and the second electrode in a region in which the first electrode and the second electrode are not exposed to the detection target fluid.

Abstract: A fluid-property detection device includes a housing attached to the external device, the housing being configured to hold the outer electrode and the inner electrode, an outer insulating member provided between the housing and the outer electrode, the outer insulating member being configured to insulate between the housing and the outer electrode, and an inner insulating member provided between the outer electrode and the inner electrode, the inner insulating member being configured to insulate between the outer electrode and the inner electrode, being configured to insulate between the housing and the inner electrode. The outer electrode and the inner electrode respectively have tip end portions, the tip end portions projecting out from the housing and being configured to expose to the detection target fluid contained in the external device.

Abstract: A fluid-property detection device includes a first electrode, a second electrode provided so as to face the first electrode, and an insulating member provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, the insulating member being configured to insulate between the first electrode and the second electrode. The insulating member is provided with a reduced-thickness portion for forming a hollow portion between the first electrode and the second electrode in a region in which the first electrode and the second electrode are not exposed to the detection target fluid.

Abstract: An opening for allowing an object of paying of respects to be moved therethrough is formed in a wall. An inside support position for an object of paying of respects to be supported at is set at a position that is in the internal area and across from the opening and in a range over which the transport device is capable of moving an object of paying of respects. A support portion configured to support an object of paying of respects is also configured to be moved, through the opening, between the inside support position and an outside support position for an object of paying of respects to be supported at such that at least a portion of the object of paying of respects is located outside the internal area.

Abstract: A support portion on which an object of paying of respects transported by the transport device is placed is provided at the support position. The support portion includes one or more restriction members configured to restrict movement of an object of paying of respects toward the first side by contacting the object of paying of respects from the first side, and one or more guide portions configured to move an object of paying of respects toward the first side to a contact position at which the object of paying of respects contacts the one or more restriction members or to a position located more toward the second side relative to the contact position.

Abstract: A storage facility for objects of paying of respects includes a partition wall located to partition off the support position from a respects-paying position for a person visiting to pay respects, a window member including a variable-light-transmittance member whose light transmittance is adjustable, an illuminating device for which an amount of light emitted thereby is adjustable, and a controller. A window for allowing the person visiting to pay respects to view an object of paying of respects is formed in an area, of the partition wall, toward which the object of paying of respects faces when supported in the support position. The window is provided with a window member. And the illuminating device is so positioned that light therefrom reaches the object of paying of respects supported in the support position.

Abstract: A plurality of storage sections include one or more reference storage sections each of which is defined to be a storage section that has an occupiable area at least a portion of which extends over a same positional range along the first direction as a portion of an occupiable area in the support position. A transport device includes a projecting and retracting mechanism configured to project and retract along the first direction a holding member configured to hold an object of paying of respects, and is configured to move the holding member toward a partition wall side along the first direction when moving an object of paying of respects to a reference storage section or to the support position by means of the projecting and retracting mechanism.

Abstract: A storage facility for objects of paying of respects includes a cleaning device which utilizes a dust removing member to remove dust from an outer surface of an object of paying of respects. The dust removing member is provided at a position that allows the dust removing member to act on an outer surface of an object of paying of respects that is being moved in a transport direction through transport operation by the transport system such that the dust removing member is in relative motion, in a direction opposite to the transport direction, with respect to the object of paying of respects as the object of paying of respects is moved in the transport direction.

Abstract: A sensor provides further detailed judgment with respect to the state of a fluid used in a device. The sensor includes a characteristics acquisition unit, a time measurement unit, and a state judgment unit. The characteristics acquisition unit acquires the dielectric constant and the conductivity of the fluid. The time measurement unit measures the time that elapses from the time point at which the fluid was charged to the device. The state judgment unit judges the state of the fluid based on the dielectric constant and the conductivity acquired by the characteristics acquisition unit and the time measured by the time measurement unit.

Abstract: A sensor appropriately detects the state of a fluid while reducing the effects of fluid temperature on fluid characteristics. The sensor includes a characteristics acquisition unit, a temperature measurement unit, a storage unit, and a correction unit. The characteristics acquisition unit acquires a characteristic value for an in-device fluid. The temperature measurement unit measures the in-device fluid temperature when the characteristics acquisition unit acquires the characteristic value. The storage unit stores a database registering an association between a pre-acquired characteristic of the in-device fluid and the in-device fluid temperature measured when the characteristic of the in-device fluid was pre-acquired. The correction unit corrects the characteristic value of the in-device fluid acquired by the characteristics acquisition unit based on the in-device fluid temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit and the database.

Abstract: A fluid state detection system that enables the state of a fluid to be readily detected is provided. A fluid state detection system for detecting the state of a fluid in a container includes a measurement window formed in a wall of the container, and a fluid state detection apparatus for detecting the state of the fluid. The fluid state detection apparatus includes a transmission unit, a receiving unit, and a detection unit. The transmission unit emits electromagnetic waves via the measurement window toward the fluid. The receiving unit receives reflected waves, transmitted waves, or re-radiated scattered waves of the electromagnetic waves emitted from the transmission unit via the measurement window toward the fluid. The detection unit detects the state of the fluid based on the electromagnetic waves emitted from the transmission unit and the electromagnetic waves received by the receiving unit.

Abstract: A sensor that detects the state of a fluid more appropriately includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first opposing-side resin portion, and a second opposing-side resin portion. The first and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other. The first opposing-side resin portion covers an area of a peripheral face of the first electrode, the area opposing the second electrode. The second opposing-side resin portion covers an area of a peripheral face of the second electrode, the area opposing the first electrode.

Abstract: A storage facility for objects of paying of respects includes a partition wall located to partition off the support position from a respects-paying position for a person visiting to pay respects, a window member including a variable-light-transmittance member whose light transmittance is adjustable, an illuminating device for which an amount of light emitted thereby is adjustable, and a controller. A window for allowing the person visiting to pay respects to view an object of paying of respects is formed in an area, of the partition wall, toward which the object of paying of respects faces when supported in the support position. The window is provided with a window member. And the illuminating device is so positioned that light therefrom reaches the object of paying of respects supported in the support position.

Abstract: A support portion on which an object of paying of respects transported by the transport device is placed is provided at the support position. The support portion includes one or more restriction members configured to restrict movement of an object of paying of respects toward the first side by contacting the object of paying of respects from the first side, and one or more guide portions configured to move an object of paying of respects toward the first side to a contact position at which the object of paying of respects contacts the one or more restriction members or to a position located more toward the second side relative to the contact position.

Abstract: An opening for allowing an object of paying of respects to be moved therethrough is formed in a wall. An inside support position for an object of paying of respects to be supported at is set at a position that is in the internal area and across from the opening and in a range over which the transport device is capable of moving an object of paying of respects. A support portion configured to support an object of paying of respects is also configured to be moved, through the opening, between the inside support position and an outside support position for an object of paying of respects to be supported at such that at least a portion of the object of paying of respects is located outside the internal area.

Abstract: A storage facility for objects of paying of respects includes a cleaning device which utilizes a dust removing member to remove dust from an outer surface of an object of paying of respects. The dust removing member is provided at a position that allows the dust removing member to act on an outer surface of an object of paying of respects that is being moved in a transport direction through transport operation by the transport system such that the dust removing member is in relative motion, in a direction opposite to the transport direction, with respect to the object of paying of respects as the object of paying of respects is moved in the transport direction.

Abstract: A plurality of storage sections include one or more reference storage sections each of which is defined to be a storage section that has an occupiable area at least a portion of which extends over a same positional range along the first direction as a portion of an occupiable area in the support position. A transport device includes a projecting and retracting mechanism configured to project and retract along the first direction a holding member configured to hold an object of paying of respects, and is configured to move the holding member toward a partition wall side along the first direction when moving an object of paying of respects to a reference storage section or to the support position by means of the projecting and retracting mechanism.