Abstract: A filter for an electric dust collector includes: a conductive filter frame for surrounding a passage of airflow along a transverse plane that traverses the passage by being supported by a casing of the electric duct collector; and a mesh sheet arranged along the transverse plane, coupled to the filter frame, and having a conductive material at least partially on a surface of the mesh sheet, the conductive material being connected to the filter frame.

Abstract: A bicycle drive unit includes a housing, a motor, a crank axle, and at least one fin member. The motor is disposed within the housing. The crank axle is rotatably supported relative to the housing about a first rotational axis. The fin member is rotatably arranged relative to the housing. The fin member is operatively coupled to the crank axle to rotate and to generate an air flow within the housing in response to rotation of the crank axle.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided with a silicon layer, an upper surface side aluminum layer containing silicon and an insulation film. The upper surface side aluminum layer contacts and is layered on a part of a surface of the silicon layer. The insulation film contacts and is layered on another part of the surface of the silicon layer. The insulation film is adjacent to and contacts the upper surface side aluminum layer. The insulation film includes an insulation film body and a plurality of first nodule segregated portions projecting from the insulation film body toward the upper surface side aluminum layer as seen along a vertical direction relative to the surface of the silicon layer. A corner is formed by a side surface of the insulation film body and a side surface of each of the first nodule segregated portions as seen along the vertical direction.

Abstract: To provide a urinal apparatus, including: a water supplying device configured to supply water to a bowl section of a urinal; a trap section provided in a lower part of the bowl section and configured so that urine and water flow into the trap section; and a water sprinkling device configured to sprinkle water droplets to a region inside the bowl section, the region being located between the trap section and position of a nose of a user facing the bowl section, timing of sprinkling the water droplets by the water sprinkling device being different from timing of supplying water by the water supplying device.

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition for an aqueous ballpoint pen making it possible to draw sharp and fine lines which are less likely to be blurred at an initial part of writing and are written smoothly and which are clear at stop, jump and sweep parts to provide beautiful characters. The ink composition for an aqueous ballpoint pen contains at least water and a colorant and having a dilatant fluid characteristic in at least a part of a region of a shear rate of 1 to 383 s?1 (25° C.).

Abstract: A fastener applying apparatus includes: an insertion mechanism for inserting a fastener into a fastener hole in an object to be fastened; a support mechanism for supporting the insertion mechanism; and a fastener conveying device for conveying the fastener to the insertion mechanism. The insertion mechanism includes a holding portion for holding a shank portion of the fastener. The fastener conveying device includes a gripping portion for gripping the fastener in a axial direction of the fastener.

Abstract: A toner supply roller (1) is produced by preparing a rubber composition which contains at least a rubber component including at least an epichlorohydrin rubber and a styrene butadiene rubber, a crosslinking component and a foaming component and, while extruding the rubber composition into a tubular body, continuously foaming and crosslinking the rubber composition of the tubular body by a continuous crosslinking apparatus including a microwave crosslinking device and a hot air crosslinking device.

Abstract: A toner has toner particles containing a binder resin that comprises a block polymer as a main component, obtained by chemically bonding a crystalline polyester resin with an amorphous polyurethane resin, wherein the binder resin has a specific content of a crystalline polyester resin component, and has a concentration of ester bonds derived from the crystalline polyester resin component of not more than 5.2 mmol/g, and The maximum value EMAX of the flexural elasticity modulus E in a three-point bending test on the toner and the strain energy u for the toner satisfy specific values.

Abstract: An actuator of a compressor includes a partitioning body, which is rotatable integrally with a drive shaft and loosely fitted to the drive shaft in the swash plate chamber, a movable body, which is coupled to a swash plate and movable relative to the partitioning body along the axis of the drive shaft, and a control pressure chamber, the pressure of which moves the movable body. A control mechanism changes the pressure of the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. A link mechanism shifts a top dead center of a first head of a piston over a longer distance than a top dead center of a second head of the piston when the inclination angle of the swash plate changes. The actuator is located at the same side as the first cylinder bore, which accommodates the first head, as viewed from the swash plate.

Abstract: A chemical supply system comprises: a first container and a second container for storing a chemical solution; a first pump, located on a first pipe connecting the first and second containers, for directing the solution stored in the first container to the second container; and a first filter, located in the first pipe, for filtering the solution flowing through the first pipe from the first container toward the second container. The system further includes: a second pipe for connecting the first container and the second container; and a second pump, located on the second pipe, for directing the solution stored in the second container to the first container.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes: an opposite roller switching mechanism which switches an opposite roller forming a transfer nip to a second opposite roller of which the outer diameter is different from the outer diameter of a first opposite roller; a paper type information acquirer which acquires the type information of a recording medium used; and a controller which controls the opposite roller switching mechanism based on the type information acquired from the paper type information acquirer.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computer-implemented devices, systems, and methods that determine a position of a terminal device within a communications environment. In one embodiment, a positioning device may include a memory and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to change a variable to be transmitted to a user device, to store the changed variable in the memory, and to output a first signal indicating that the user device is present in a predetermined area, based on a first variable received from the user device and the changed variable stored in the memory.

Abstract: A variable displacement swash compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, pistons, a conversion mechanism, an actuator, and a control mechanism. The housing includes a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and cylinder bores. The control mechanism controls the actuator. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. At least one of the suction chamber and the swash plate chamber is a low pressure chamber. The control mechanism includes a control passage, which connects the control pressure chamber, the low pressure chamber, and the discharge chamber, and a control valve, which adjusts the open degree of the control passage. The control passage is partially formed in the drive shaft. The movable body increases the inclination angle of the swash plate when the pressure of the control pressure chamber increases.

Abstract: [Solution] A polypropylene resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of basic components including a polypropylene resin (A) including a propylene polymer, the propylene polymer having a MFR of 10 to 300 g/10 min and containing 98 mol % or more of structural units derived from propylene, an ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (B) having an ethylene content of 65 to 90 mol %, and optionally an inorganic filler (E); 0.2 to 1 part by weight of a fatty acid amide (C); and 0.2 to 1 part by weight of a surfactant (D). [Effect] The polypropylene resin compositions of the invention have excellent shaping properties such as injection molding properties and can give shaped articles which exhibit excellent properties such as rigidity and impact resistance and which are effectively prevented from deteriorations in surface properties due to friction with soft substances such as rubbers (namely, have excellent kicking scuff resistance), thus finding suitable applications in automobile interior and exterior parts.

Abstract: A very long instruction word (VLIW) processor performs efficient processing including extended bits operations, such as processing performed in response to instructions commonly used in image processing, image recognition, and other processing, while preventing scaling up of the circuit. The VLIW processor includes an instruction control unit, a register file unit, and an instruction execution unit. The instruction execution unit includes a plurality of slots, and a state register arranged between the second slot and the third slot to transfer N-bit data between the second and third slots. The VLIW processor stores data output from the third slot into the state register and uses the data, and thus achieves efficient processing including bit-expanded operations, such as processing performed in response to instructions commonly used in image processing, image recognition, and other processing, while preventing scaling up of the circuit.

Abstract: In a metal resin composite body (100) of the present invention, a resin member (101) and a metal member (102) are joined, and the metal resin composite body (100) is obtained by joining the resin member (101) and the metal member (102). The resin member (101) is formed of a thermosetting resin composition (P) including a thermosetting resin (A) as a resin component. In the metal member (102), glossiness of a joining surface (103) joining to at least the resin member (101) is greater than or equal to 0.1 and less than or equal to 30. Here, the glossiness indicates a value of a measurement angle of 60° which is measured on the basis of ASTM-D523.

Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a stack body formed by stacking a plurality of fuel cells together in a stacking direction. A second end plate is provided at one end of the stack body in the stacking direction. A pair of coolant supply passages are provided at upper and lower positions of the second end plate for allowing a coolant to flow into the fuel cells. A coolant supply manifold member is attached to the second end plate, and an insulating plate is provided between the second end plate and the coolant supply manifold member.

Abstract: A fastening the control system of composite members includes a shape data acquiring section configured to acquire shape data showing a measurement value of a shape of a fastener hole formed in a workpiece containing the composite members. A suitable fastener determining section is configured to determine as a suitable fastener size, a size of a fastener suitable for the fastener hole based on the shape data, and generate suitable fastener data showing the suitable fastener size.

Abstract: A urinal having the bowl surface formed by only the front face portion in an upper region which does not have any forwardly projecting plate-like side walls at opposite sides thereof as in the conventional urinal. Flush water cleans a wider part of the bowl surface than in the prior art as well as reduce an area of the bowl surface that is not cleaned and provide an improved cleanliness and sanitation of the bowl surface. The urinal includes: a bowl surface being arranged so as to situate between a line segment connecting the left and right side edges and an arcuate segment of a circle having a diameter corresponding to the line segment, as viewed in the horizontal section through the flush water discharging device.

Abstract: An image display device includes an image forming unit and a light guide unit. The light guide unit includes a light guide plate and a housing member. The light guide plate is configured to guide light of an image formed in the image forming unit. The housing member is configured to house the light guide plate. The housing member includes a first cover member, a second cover member, and an attachment member. The second cover member is attached to the first cover member. The attachment member is configured to attach the light guide plate to a housing unit that is surrounded by the first cover member and the second cover member.