Abstract: A vibration damping device which is able to damp vibration of a rotating body in a high-speed range and to certainly accelerate the rotating body to the high-speed range is provided. A vibration damping device 1 damping vibration of a rotating body 100 includes an automatic balancer 2 which is configured to cancel out imbalance of the rotating body 100 when the rotating body rotates 100; a liquid damper 4 which is coaxially rotatable with the rotating body 100 and includes a collision member 23 provided in a casing 20 in which liquid 22 is sealed, the liquid colliding with the collision member 23 when the liquid 22 moves in a circumferential direction; and a relative rotation unit 5 which is configured to cause the liquid damper 4 to rotate relative to the rotating body 100.

Abstract: A liquid damper system for restraining vibrations generated in a rotating body includes: a liquid damper which is coaxially rotatable with the rotating body and includes a collision member, the collision member being provided in a casing in which liquid is enclosed and the liquid colliding with the collision member when moving in the circumferential direction; and a relative rotation unit configured to cause the liquid damper to rotate relative to the rotating body. Vibrations of a rotating body are effectively suppressed when a rotating body steadily rotates at a main resonance frequency, in the liquid damper system.

Abstract: A vibration damping device which is able to damp vibration of a rotating body in a high-speed range and to certainly accelerate the rotating body to the high-speed range is provided. A vibration damping device 1 damping vibration of a rotating body 100 includes an automatic balancer 2 which is configured to cancel out imbalance of the rotating body 100 when the rotating body rotates 100; a liquid damper 4 which is coaxially rotatable with the rotating body 100 and includes a collision member 23 provided in a casing 20 in which liquid 22 is sealed, the liquid colliding with the collision member 23 when the liquid 22 moves in a circumferential direction; and a relative rotation unit 5 which is configured to cause the liquid damper 4 to rotate relative to the rotating body 100.

Abstract: In a gas fuel supply regulator, a valve lever a base end of which is firmly fixed to a valve body by a pin arranged on a side of a valve seat of a valve, a rear surface at a leading end of which is supported by a control pressure set spring, and on a surface of which a rod holding recessed part that holds a rod of a diaphragm is formed is slidably arranged, a valve body is opened by fuel of before pressure reduction which fuel is introduced from a fuel inlet to a pressure regulation chamber through the valve, the valve lever is slid, the diaphragm is operated through a coupling mechanism between the rod holding recessed part of the valve lever and the rod of the diaphragm, and pressure of the fuel in the pressure regulation chamber is reduced.

Abstract: A supporting member supporting a valve body includes a supporting member body having a semispherical bottom portion that makes contact with the top face of the valve body and a securing recess that is provided in the center and at a predetermined axial location to adjoin a through hole provided in the valve body, and a securing member including an engaging portion that has a form of a shaft having a predetermined diameter made of an elastic material and protrudes from a proximal end and a securing projection that swells out from a predetermined axial location of the shaft portion to fit into a securing recess provided in a through hole in the supporting member body.

Abstract: A liquid damper system for restraining vibrations generated in a rotating body includes: a liquid damper which is coaxially rotatable with the rotating body and includes a collision member, the collision member being provided in a casing in which liquid is enclosed and the liquid colliding with the collision member when moving in the circumferential direction; and a relative rotation unit configured to cause the liquid damper to rotate relative to the rotating body. Vibrations of a rotating body are effectively suppressed when a rotating body steadily rotates at a main resonance frequency, in the liquid damper system.

Abstract: A pressure regulating chamber and an atmospheric pressure chamber are divided with a diaphragm, a pressure regulating lever connected to the diaphragm through a diaphragm pin is included in the pressure regulating chamber, and a valve element provided in a tip end side of the pressure regulating lever regulates a fuel in the pressure regulating chamber to have a predetermined pressure near an atmospheric pressure and sends the fuel while opening or closing a fuel introduction port, as the pressure regulating lever swings following displacement of the diaphragm. Connection on the pressure regulating lever side or connection on the diaphragm side, of the diaphragm pin, is separable within a predetermined range in the atmospheric pressure chamber direction. The diaphragm pin is separated to cancel the connection between the diaphragm and the pressure regulating lever when at least the pressure regulating chamber has a positive pressure of a predetermined level or more.

Abstract: A supporting member supporting a valve body includes a supporting member body having a semispherical bottom portion that makes contact with the top face of the valve body and a securing recess that is provided in the center and at a predetermined axial location to adjoin a through hole provided in the valve body, and a securing member including an engaging portion that has a form of a shaft having a predetermined diameter made of an elastic material and protrudes from a proximal end and a securing projection that swells out from a predetermined axial location of the shaft portion to fit into a securing recess provided in a through hole in the supporting member body.

Abstract: In the lighting control device according to the exemplary embodiment, the detection section detects the presence or absence of a person in a lighting area and a movement speed of a person, based on an image data of the lighting area that is lighted by a light source of a plurality of lighting apparatuses and is acquired from an imaging device. A decision section decides whether each of division areas is a stay area or a non-stay area based on the movement speed of a person detected by the detection section. A lighting control section performs different lighting controls on the lighting apparatus of the division area decided as the stay area by the decision section and the lighting apparatus of the division area decided as the non-stay area.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an illumination control system includes a luminaire, plural monitoring cameras and a central control device. The central control device receives monitoring images that include one monitoring image picked up by each of the plural monitoring cameras. The central control device integrates the monitoring images and generates one integrated image. The central control device sets a monitoring part in the integrated image The central control device allocates the monitoring part that is set in the integrated image in a non-overlapping manner and sets each of the allocated monitoring parts in a respective one of the monitoring images. The central control device controls the luminaire based on a result of detection processing in the allocated monitoring parts.

Abstract: In the lighting control device according to the exemplary embodiment, the detection section detects the presence or absence of a person in a lighting area and a movement speed of a person, based on an image data of the lighting area that is lighted by a light source of a plurality of lighting apparatuses and is acquired from an imaging device. A decision section decides whether each of division areas is a stay area or a non-stay area based on the movement speed of a person detected by the detection section. A lighting control section performs different lighting controls on the lighting apparatus of the division area decided as the stay area by the decision section and the lighting apparatus of the division area decided as the non-stay area.

Abstract: A device for damping runout vibration of a rotating shaft system at least including a rotating shaft and a rotating body rotatably supported by the shaft. A ring (24) is provided outside a bearing (23) fitted on a rotating shaft with a clearance between the ring and an outer ring of the bearing. A vibration damping mechanism includes, in order to suppress runout vibration of a rotating shaft system from the radially outside of the ring (24), a blade spring (25) compressed by a preload and a stopper (26) for setting an operation limit of the blade spring.

Abstract: A device for damping runout vibration of a rotating shaft system at least including a rotating shaft and a rotating body rotatably supported by the shaft. A ring (24) is provided outside a bearing (23) fitted on a rotating shaft with a clearance between the ring and an outer ring of the bearing. A vibration damping mechanism includes, in order to suppress runout vibration of a rotating shaft system from the radially outside of the ring (24), a blade spring (25) compressed by a preload and a stopper (26) for setting an operation limit of the blade spring.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a material rice is heated at high temperature for a short period so that gelatinized and pasty layer is formed at the surface of rice grains and the resulting material rice having the formed pasty layer is heated in an aqueous liquid at 75 to 98° C. (temperature of the material) for 30 seconds to 20 minutes and then subjected to air-drying and/or drying under reduced pressure whereupon it is now possible to manufacture dried water-absorbed rice having water content of less than 43% to 10%; the dried water-absorbed rice according to the present invention has a rearranged starch grain group of starch grains due to heat variation in its central area and, when cooked by heating, it is able to strongly generate nice smell of freshly cooked rice.

Abstract: A polyethylene resin composition comprising 15 to 90% by weight of a polyethylene resin composition (A) and 85 to 10% by weight of a polyolefin resin composition (B), wherein the polyethylene resin composition (A) comprises ultra-high-molecular weight polyethylene (component (a-1)) having an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] of 10 to 40 dl/g and low-molecular weight to high-molecular weight polyethylene (component (a-2)) having an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] of 0.1 to 5 dl/g, the amount of said component (a-1) being more than 35% by weight and not more than 90% by weight, the amount of said component (a-2) being not less than 10% by weight and less than 65% by weight, each amount being based on the total amount of the component (a-1) and the component (a-2), and the polyethylene resin composition (A) has a density of 930 to 980 kg/m3 and an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] of 5 to 35 dl/g.

Abstract: A method for making hydrated rice by preparing in a first stage a hydrated rice of a water content of 38 to 115 parts by weight of water to 100 parts by weight of rice, using hot water, steam and/or steam under pressure, subjecting the resulting hydrated rice to refrigeration or/and freezing, and making the rice further absorb water at a second stage, whereby the total water absorption is 72 to 130 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of water. The rice grains of the highly hydrated rice are ungelatinized.When attempting to prepare a highly hydrated rice, a certain degree of gelatinization of the surface conventionally cannot be avoided, so that the taste is deteriorated and the occurrence of gelatinization makes the handling difficult.The highly water absorbed rice of the present invention, even after being cooked and heated, has a hard surface and soft interior, providing a delicious taste, so that the rice turns into tasty boiled rice. If freeze dried, the rice turns into excellent instant rice.

Abstract: The present invention relates to highly water absorbed rice produced by a process comprising a first step of turning immersed rice into water absorbed rice at a water content of 42 to 72 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of rice by using hot water no less than 65.degree. C. and/or steam or pressurized steam, a second step of immersing the resulting water absorbed rice into cold water at 0.degree. to 25.degree. C., preferably 5.degree. to 15.degree. C. while the rice is in the state where the temperature of the rice is nearly maintained at the temperature of the hot water, and/or steam and the like for use in the above heating of the rice, to generate water absorbed rice at a water content of 50 to 85 parts by weight of water to 100 parts by weight of raw rice, and a third step of charging the water absorbed rice into warm water at 25.degree. to 60.degree. C., preferably 30.degree. to 55.degree. C. to adjust the water content to 75 to 110 parts by weight of water to 100 parts by weight of raw rice.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for selectively increasing the fuel supply to an internal combustion engine suitable for use in outboard motors and the like in response to sensed operating conditions of the engine, such as engine start-up, engine acceleration, and engine knocking. A series of engine operating condition sensors, such as an engine temperature sensor, an engine throttle opening sensor, an engine crank angle sensor, and an engine knocking sensor, detects the occurrence of engine start-up, engine acceleration, or engine knocking and sends a signal to a micro-computer to operate an electromagnetic pump and electromagnetic control valve to supply an additional amount of fuel to the fuel supply passage of the engine.

Abstract: When arranging a plurality of sheets side by side in predetermined pattern on a sheet receiving member, the sheets are fed to a receiving position one by one, and are picked up one by one by a suction cup on a rotatable arm member. The rotatable arm member is rotated to bring each sheet picked up by the suction cup to a delivery position, and the sheet is placed on the part of the sheet receiving member positioned in the delivery position while the sheet receiving member is moved, in synchronization with rotation of the rotatable arm member, along a predetermined path corresponding to said predetermined pattern so that a new part of the sheet receiving member is brought to the delivery position each time the sheet receiving member is moved. This method is applicable to a process for making chemical analysis slides.

Abstract: An apparatus for adhering ribbons to a cartridge shell plate comprises a conveyor for continuously conveying thin sheets disposed side by side, a pressure adherence unit for pushing two ribbon webs coated with an adhesive against edge portions of the thin sheets which are being conveyed, and a ribbon cutting mechanism for circulating cutter units beside the thin sheets in the direction of conveyance of the thin sheets in synchronization therewith, and swinging cutters of the cutter units to cut the ribbon webs between adjacent thin sheets. The cartridge shell plate is made by intermittently conveying thin sheets, which have been cut in a size equal to the developed length and width dimensions of the cartridge shell plate, by a conveyor, and cutting four corner portions of the thin sheet and then bending the thin sheet into a shiplike cross-sectional shape at a cutting process station and a bending process station disposed along the conveyor.