Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a control section, a conveyance section, a recording head, a negative pressure applying section, a gap forming section, and a first voltage applying section. The conveyance section conveys a recording medium placed on a conveying surface. The negative pressure applying section applies negative pressure to holes in the conveying surface to suck the recording medium onto the conveying surface. The gap forming section forms a narrow gap, with the conveying surface, further upstream in a conveyance direction of the recording medium than the recording head. The gap forming section is composed of at least a part of a conductive portion. The first voltage applying section applies a voltage to the conductive portion. The control section controls the first voltage applying section to apply the voltage to the conductive portion while the inkjet recording apparatus performs a specific process.

Abstract: An inkjet printer has a mechanism to counter change in the tension of the recording medium to convey the recording medium with more precision. Such printer has a media conveyance mechanism that conveys a recording medium; an inkjet printhead that prints on the conveyed medium when the printhead is located at a position opposed to the media conveyance mechanism; a media supply mechanism that supplies the medium to the media conveyance mechanism; a lever that is positioned between the media conveyance and media supply mechanisms and that moves to compensate and thus counter internal tension changes in the recording medium resulting from operation of these mechanisms; a detector that detects the movement or position of the lever; and a control unit that controls the media supply operation based on output from the detector so that the lever is urged back to or maintained in a home position.

Abstract: To optimize an arrangement route for a tube arranged between an ink tank and a carriage, when arranging the ink tank outside an ink jet printer main body. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2 ejecting a liquid onto a recording medium from a liquid ejecting head mounted on a carriage; a liquid containing body 110 arranged inside the liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2; and a liquid supply tube 120 arranged between the liquid containing body 110 and the carriage, in which an inner space S is provided which is formed from the liquid ejecting head and a discharge port including a region where the recording medium is discharged, and the liquid containing body 110 is arranged in the inner space S.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance section, a first voltage applying section, and a second power supplying section. The recording head ejects ink onto a recording sheet. The conveyance section conveys the recording sheet to a position of image forming by the recording head. The first power supplying section applies a voltage to the recording sheet upstream of the recording head in a conveyance direction of the recording sheet. The second power supplying section includes a plate member located between the recording head and the first power supplying section and applies a voltage to the plate member that is of opposite polarity to the voltage applied by the first power supplying section.

Abstract: A method for setting a voltage applied to a head in an ink jet printer including the head that discharges ink according to an applied voltage includes a step of forming a test pattern on a medium by the ink discharged from the head, a step of measuring a film thickness of the test pattern, and a step of setting a voltage to be applied to the head based on the measured film thickness.

Abstract: A craftwork accessory may provide a portable and/or easy-to-use tool to help users' accurately and repeatedly apply stamp impressions and the like to items such as cardstock. The accessory may include a base portion, one or more elevated side portions and cover portion. The side portions may define a workspace for arranging the item. The cover portion may be movably attached to the base portion or a side portion, for example, by one or more hinges. In operation, the item and stamp may be aligned in the workspace and the cover portion may be pressed onto the stamp to stick the stamp to the cover portion. The cover may then be opened, the stamp may be inked, and the cover portion may be closed and pressed onto the item to stamp the item. The accessory may include alignment indicia on the base portion, side portions and/or cover portion to facilitate placement of the item and/or stamp.

Abstract: Provided is an imprinting apparatus including: a stamp disposed on an area of a film; a first roller and a second roller configured to rotatably support the film such that the stamp moves along a lengthwise direction of the film as the first roller and the second roller rotate; a substrate which has an area corresponding to an area of the stamp and including a resin-coated surface disposed on a surface of the substrate; and a transfer unit which transfers the substrate while maintaining the resin-coated surface of the substrate faces downward.

Abstract: A carbonless copy note pad includes a stack of note sheet sets. Each of note sheet sets includes first and second paper sheets, first and second adhesive layers, a color-developing coating layer, and a coarse particle coating layer. The color-developing coating layer is formed on at least one of the first and second paper sheets. The coarse particle coating layer is formed on a lower surface of the second paper sheet, and has a roughened surface to prevent a scribbling pressure applied to a writing surface of the first paper sheet of a topmost one of the note sheet sets from affecting a next one of the note sheet sets.

Abstract: A print pattern of a printing plate used in intaglio printing includes plural partition walls and a groove-shaped cell unit. The plural partition walls are continuously extended in a printing direction, and arranged at predetermined intervals in an orthogonal direction. The cell unit is formed between the partition walls adjacent to each other, and a printing paste (conductive paste) is retained in the cell unit. Plural printing direction walls that are arranged in a zigzag manner in the printing direction are coupled to each other by a coupling walls that are arranged in the printing direction walls adjacent to each other in the printing direction, thereby forming the partition wall.

Abstract: The present specification relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a blanket, a method for manufacturing a blanket, a blanket manufactured using the same, a reverse offset printing roll provided with the blanket, and a reverse offset printing apparatus including the same.

Abstract: Binding element that includes a metal spine (2) and a binding adhesive (12) in the form of a hotmelt adhesive, whereby a cover strip (7) of paper, plastic, metal foil or similar is provided on the inside (6) of the spine (2), that on the side oriented towards the inside (6) of the spine (2) is provided with an assembly adhesive (8) in the form of a hotmelt adhesive with a melting temperature that is higher than that of the binding adhesive (12), and with which the cover strip (7) is bonded to the inside (6) of the metal spine (2) to form a free lip (9) on each arm (4), whereby the lips (9) protrude from the metal spine (2) past the arms (4) towards the outside.

Abstract: A paper crafting kit containing pre-cut and pre-folded pieces of cardstock, enabling the paper crafter to assemble an oversized decorative paper envelope for greetings and special life events. The envelope may be configured to contain a booklet of tabs for well-wishers to compose personal messages, which can ultimately be used as a gift or keepsake.

Abstract: The invention relates to a security element, particularly for security labels, having a carrier substrate (1) which has on one surface a colour-shift effect structure consisting of a layer of metal clusters (2), a spacer layer (3) and a layer (6) that reflects electromagnetic waves, characterized in that the spacer layer (3) consists of two sub-layers (4, 5) of identical or different composition situated one on top of the other, wherein the first sub-layer (4) facing toward the cluster layer (2) exhibits greater adhesion to the cluster layer than to the second sub-layer (5), and the second sub-layer (5) facing toward the layer (6) that reflects electromagnetic waves exhibits greater adhesion to the layer (6) that reflects electromagnetic waves than to the first sub-layer (4).

Abstract: A system (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) for producing a security element (4), in particular a vignette for a windshield (6) of a means of transport, is specified. This comprises a carrier element (3) with a first and a second surface, wherein a first sub-element (1) of the security element (4) is arranged in a first area (31) of the first surface and a second sub-element (2) of the security element (4) is arranged in a second area (32) of the first surface separated from the first area (31) by a fold edge (33). These sub-elements (1, 2) can be made to overlap with the first sub-element (1) by folding of the carrier element (3) along the fold edge (33) and can be adhered by means of an adhesive (25) arranged on the side of the second sub-element (2) facing away from the carrier element (3). An individualization feature (14) can be attached to a side of the first (1) and/or the second (2) sub-element facing away from the carrier element (3).

Abstract: A method for supplying document sets (4) and inserting document sets into associated envelopes (2), in which the document sets (4) are supplied to an insert station (10) in a document material stream formed by a sequence of document sets (4) and the envelopes (2) are supplied to the insert station in an envelope material stream formed by a sequence of envelopes (2), said method being intended to allow the mail pieces consisting of the document sets (4) and the envelopes (2) to be collated with particularly high reliability and precision in a particularly simple manner.

Abstract: Panels having a decorative surface may include a substrate and a top layer, and the top layer may include a paper layer having a printed pattern. A method for manufacturing such panels may involve providing the paper layer with at least a portion of the printed pattern. Providing the portion of the printed pattern may involve depositing pigment containing inks on the paper layer using a digital inkjet printer. The pigments may be color pigments. The digital inkjet printer may include print heads with nozzles for firing the pigment containing ink onto the paper layer. The dry weight of the total volume of the pigment containing inks deposited on the paper layer and contained in the portion of the printed pattern may be lower than 15 grams per square meter.

Abstract: A decoration made from a plurality of colored objects arranged in a regular pattern on a colored substrate, individual colored objects discernable at arm's length, with the decoration recognizable at greater distance as corresponding to a digital image. The colored objects may be pushpins, and no colored objects are placed at positions where the substrate color is the desired color. Embodiments also include an apparatus to select a single pushpin from a container of pushpins, and an apparatus to orient a pushpin in preparation for insertion into the substrate.

Abstract: The invention is directed to wheel (1) comprising a rim (2) and a wheel center (3). The wheel center (3) comprises and insert (10) which at least comprises a front pad (11) and a rear pad (12) which are a distance aparat with respect to each other and which are at least partially embedded in a composute material (6).

Abstract: Provided is a tire including rims, beads each mounted so as to surround each of the rims, a side wall that is connected to the beads, a sub-tread that is formed on top of the side wall and is formed of a material having elasticity so as to have a changing curvature, and plural tread blocks that are arranged on the sub-tread such that the distances between the tread blocks change in accordance with the change in the curvature of the sub-tread.

Abstract: A wheel ramp is provided for use with a motorcycle stand. The wheel ramp includes a pair of side plates, each of which has a first side end and a second side end distal thereto. At least one of the side plates has a curved end about the first side end to secure onto a portion of the motorcycle stand. The wheel ramp includes a top plate secured between the pair of side plates and an adjustable height mechanism configured to adjust the height of the second end of the side plates and thus adjust the height of the top plate about the second end. The top plate when moved under the wheel of the motorcycle is movable to engage and lift the wheel of the motorcycle into and out of engagement with the motorcycle.

Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, in particular for vehicle tires, belts, straps and tubes is disclosed. The rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: 50 to 95 phr of at least one solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber which is amino-functionalized and has a styrene content of 0.1 to 12% by weight and which, when unvulcanized, has a glass transition temperature of ?75 to ?120° C. when measured by DSC, and 5 to 95 phr of at least one additional rubber and 20 to 150 phr of at least one carbon black.

Abstract: [Object] A pneumatic tire 2 that allows achievement of reduction of rolling resistance without taking influence on a mass into consideration, is provided. [Solution] A profile OL of the tire 2 includes a ground-contact surface 46 and a pair of side surfaces 48. In the profile OL, a zone from a point PB to a point PW is formed by three arcs. The arcs are a first arc, a second arc that extends almost outward from the first arc in the radial direction, and a third arc that extends almost outward from the second arc further in the radial direction. A ratio of a radius R2 of curvature of the second arc to a radius R1 of curvature of the first arc is greater than or equal to 1.45 and not greater than 3.26. A ratio of a radius R3 of curvature of the third arc to the radius R1 of curvature of the first arc is greater than or equal to 0.45 and not greater than 0.56. Each sidewall 8 of the tire 2 has a first recess 50a and a second recess 50b that are recessed inward from the side surface 48.

Abstract: A wheel assembly including a rigid wheel and a flexible tire. The rigid wheel includes a radially outer rim wall, a plurality of mounting elements, and a plurality of inflatable spacers between the mounting elements. The flexible tire may be mounted on the mounting elements of the rigid wheel such that portions of the flexible tire between the mounting elements are separated from the outer rim wall by spaces between the mounting elements and are configured to flex inwardly when subject to ground engaging pressure. The inflatable spacers limit the amount of inward flex of the inwardly flexible portions of the flexible tire.

Abstract: An airless tire includes a cylindrical tread ring, a hub and a spoke structure connecting the tread ring and hub. The spoke structure has a tread-side annular component, a hub-side annular component, and spoke plates radially extending from the hub-side to tread-side components, each spoke plate has thickness having first tapered-thickness region, second tapered-thickness region and minimum-thickness region such that the first region radially extending outward has the thickness gradually reducing from first position at which the hub-side component is bonded, the second region radially extending inward has the thickness gradually reducing from second position at which the tread-side component is bonded, and the minimum-thickness region has the minimum thickness between the first and second regions, and the first and second regions are formed such that each of tire radial lengths of the first and second regions is at least 0.05 times a tire radial length of a spoke plate.

Abstract: An airless tire has a wheel portion and a webbing extending from the wheel portion towards an axis of rotation of the airless tire. The diameter of an annular outer surface of the wheel portion varies along an axial direction of the airless tire.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a cap ply for a pneumatic tire. The cap ply includes a film layer, a coating layer configured to surround an outer surface of the film layer and a rubber topping layer configured to surround an outer surface of the coating layer.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure wherein the belt reinforcing structure is a composite belt structure having at least one radially inner spiral layer and at least one zigzag belt reinforcing structure located radially outward of said spiral layer. The zigzag belt width is preferably wider than the spiral layer.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire (1) includes a tread portion (2) having at least one heat-dissipating recess portion (9). The recess portion (9) includes an opening edge (10) and an inner wall portion (11). The opening edge (10) includes a linear first edge (10a) and second edge (10b) opposite each other. The inner wall portion (11) includes a first wall surface (11a) extending from the first edge (10a) to a bottom portion (9a) at the deepest position of the recess portion (9), and a second wall surface (11b) extending from the second edge (10b) to the bottom portion (9a). An inclination angle ([theta]1) of the first wall surface (11a) with respect to a first normal (12a) to a contact surface passing the first edge (10a) is greater than an inclination angle ([theta]2) of a second wall surface (22b) with respect to a second normal (23b) to the contact surface passing the second edge (21b).

Abstract: A tire for a two-wheeled motor vehicle has a tread (2) including: a center region (Cr); a pair of middle regions (Mr) located on both sides of the center region (Cr); and a pair of inner shoulder regions (Sr) located on both sides of the middle regions (Mr). The tread (2) has provided therein: inner tilted grooves (10) having outer ends (10e) provided within the middle regions (Mr); and outer tilted grooves (11) having inner ends (11i) provided within the middle regions (Mr). The groove area ratio of the center region (Cr) is from 34% to 39%, the groove area ratio of the middle regions (Mr) is from 14% to 19%, and the groove area ratio of the inner shoulder regions (Sr) is from 14% to 19%.

Abstract: A normal rim 48 includes a flange 54. The flange 54 forms an outer circumferential bent surface 60 that is bent with a radius Rr of curvature. A first reference line L1 represents a straight line that extends through a center point Pr of the radius Rr, and that is tilted by an angle of 45°. In a state where the tire is inflated to a normal internal pressure and is under 120% of a normal load, Te represents a thickness from an inner cavity surface to an outer surface of the clinch, Tf1 represents a thickness of a filler, Tc1 represents a thickness of the clinch, Ta1 represents a thickness obtained by the thickness Tf1 and the thickness Tc1 being added, and the thicknesses are measured along the first reference line L1, and a ratio (Ta1/Te) of the thickness Ta1 to the thickness Te is greater than 0.4.

Abstract: A method of inflating and deflating a tyre on a vehicle, said vehicle having a rotatable air passage connectable to a tyre and a non rotatable air passage through which air is conducted from a pressurised air supply. One of the passages has an associated sealing means for co-operating with a contact component associated with the other passage and wherein prior to inflation and deflation of the tyre, one of the passages is pressurised to ensure the integrity of the sealing means with the contact component.

Abstract: A vehicle tire includes a selectively actuated stud deployment system for increased traction. The studs are contained in cells in the surface of the tire and forced to deploy by pneumatic or fluid pressure. When the pressure is released, the studs retract.

Abstract: A truck comprises a tractor and a trailer hitched thereto. At least one tire is mounted on each end of each of the tractor's axles and at least one tire is mounted on each end of each of the trailer's axles. A sensor is associated with each tire. Each sensor acquires tire-condition data about its respective tire and transmits this tire-condition data to a proctor. The proctor can coordinate realtime tire-condition displays, facilitate flagging of tire-condition problem tires in a fleet yard, and/or allows large data downloads for historical evaluation.

Abstract: A pressure ratio between a setpoint tire pressure and an actual tire pressure for a tire of a vehicle is ascertained by the following steps: Ascertaining a wheel load which is acting on the tire. Ascertaining a dynamic tire radius of the tire. Ascertaining the pressure ratio as a function of the wheel load and the dynamic tire radius.

Abstract: A pressure deviation between a setpoint tire pressure and an actual tire pressure for a tire of a vehicle is determined by the following steps: Ascertaining a wheel load for the tire. Ascertaining a dynamic tire radius of the tire. Determining the pressure deviation as a function of the wheel load and the dynamic tire radius.

Abstract: Disclosed are a tire pressure estimating method and a tire pressure estimating device.

Abstract: A folding hitch assembly, system, and method includes two opposed sides plates and a vehicle shank secured partially between the two opposed sides plates and extends outward therefrom. A support ledge is secured between the two opposed side plates and a support bar is secured between the two opposed side plates in a position intermediate the pivot holes and the vehicle shank. An accessory shank is pivotable about a pivot point between a first position at least partially defined by engagement of the accessory shank with the support ledge and a second position at least partially defined by engagement of the accessory shank with the support ledge and a support bar, a first pair of retention holes are configured to receive a retention rod to lock the accessory shank in one of the first and second position.

Abstract: In the case of a trailer coupling for motor vehicles, including a cross member, which is connectable to a motor vehicle body, and a bearing unit, which carries a ball neck that at a first end is connected to the bearing unit and at a second end carries a coupling ball, and a holding base, which carries the bearing unit and is connected to the cross member, it is proposed according to the invention that the holding base should have a flange unit, for receiving the bearing unit, and two holding elements that project from the flange unit and in so doing run at a spacing from one another and act on the cross member.

Abstract: A buoyancy module (10) may include a buoyancy body (11) for a vehicle, in particular, a military vehicle (1) such as a watercraft, and a land driving unit (13) for operating the vehicle (1) as a land vehicle. A vehicle (1) may include a base module (20), for accommodating crew members, and a buoyancy module (10) which can be arranged on the base module for operating the vehicle (1) as a watercraft.

Abstract: An active damping system has an electrically controlled actuator including: a steering wheel angle sensor; a yaw rate sensor; a lateral acceleration sensor; a vertical acceleration sensor; a roll angle sensor; a control mode determining unit configured to receive the signals detected by the sensors, thereby determining a control mode; a control signal generating unit configured to generate a control signal depending upon the control mode determined by the control mode determining unit; an electric motor which is operated according to the control signal of the control signal generating unit; and a ball screw which is rotated in cooperation with a rotation shaft of the electric motor at one side, and is meshed with an axle of the vehicle at the other side to vary a distance between the vehicle body and the axle according to the rotation of the electric motor.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a system comprising: a source to generate a pulsed radiation pattern; a detector; a processor to process data from the detector when radiation is reflected by an object; a synchronization means interfacing between the detector and the source; wherein: the detector is synchronized with the source so that radiation to be processed is detected only during the pulses, the processor determines a characteristic of the object by determining displacement of detected spots with reference to predetermined positions, the source emits monochromatic light and the detector is equipped with a bandpass filter and optics arranged so as to modify an angle of incidence onto said filter to confine light to a predetermined range around a normal of said filter, said optics comprising an image-space telecentric lens.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a suspension strut for a motor vehicle with a vibration damper, with a supporting spring and with a height-adjustment device, with which the height of the vehicle body of the motor vehicle can be changed, and wherein the suspension strut has an auxiliary spring having a lower spring characteristic than the supporting spring, by means of which auxiliary spring a residual prestress can be produced in the supporting spring when the vibration damper is extended, and wherein the auxiliary spring is integrated in the height-adjustment device.

Abstract: A pressure damper includes: a cylinder containing fluid; a defining member disposed in the cylinder movably in an axial direction and configured to define a space in the cylinder into a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber that contain the fluid; a passage forming portion configured to form passages of the fluid that flows in accordance with a displacement of the defining member; first passages as defined herein; second passages as defined herein; a control member that opens and closes the first passages and the second passages so as to control flows of the fluid in the first passages and the second passages; and a load application member as defined herein.

Abstract: A stabilizer includes a stabilizer bar, left and right cylinders, a parallel pipe, a cross pipe, a parallel on-off valve, and a valve controller. The parallel on-off valve maintains communication between a left side first fluid room of the left cylinder and a right side first fluid room of the right cylinder and maintains communication between a left side second fluid room of the left cylinder and a right side second fluid room of the right cylinder by opening itself. The parallel on-off valve cuts off the communication by closing itself. The valve controller switches an opening/closing state of the parallel on-off valve based on a running state of a vehicle or an operation state of the vehicle by a driver.

Abstract: The invention provides a single radiator cooling system for use in hybrid electric vehicles, the system comprising a surface in thermal communication with electronics, and subcooled boiling fluid contacting the surface. The invention also provides a single radiator method for simultaneously cooling electronics and an internal combustion engine in a hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising separating a coolant fluid into a first portion and a second portion; directing the first portion to the electronics and the second portion to the internal combustion engine for a time sufficient to maintain the temperature of the electronics at or below 175° C.; combining the first and second portion to reestablish the coolant fluid; and treating the reestablished coolant fluid to the single radiator for a time sufficient to decrease the temperature of the reestablished coolant fluid to the temperature it had before separation.

Abstract: A motor vehicle comprises an HVAC system including a climate control circuit coupled to onboard sensors, a human-machine interface, and climate actuators. The actuators are responsive to respective command parameters generated by the control circuit in response to the sensors and the human-machine interface. A wireless communication system transmits vehicle HVAC data to and receives crowd data from a remote server. The control circuit initiates a request for crowd data via the communication system to the remote server, wherein the request includes peer parameters for identifying a vehicle environment. The control circuit receives a response via the communication system from the remote server. The response comprises crowd data and at least one weight indicating a confidence level associated with the crowd data. The control circuit generates at least one command parameter using a set of fuzzy rules responsive to the crowd data and the weight from the response.

Abstract: A register, wherein: a minimum gap, between a location of the operation knob further to the vehicle cabin side than a pivot axis of the first fin and the second fin main body, is narrower than that between the first fin and the second fin main body, and a leading end at the vehicle cabin side of the operation knob and a leading end at the vehicle cabin side of the second fin main body are set, such that positions in a direction along the tube axis of the retainer are aligned with each other in a restricted state, in which the leading end at the vehicle cabin side of the operation knob has pivoted to the opposite side to the second fin main body side, and the first fin is restricted from pivoting by the restricting mechanism.

Abstract: A safety system and a method configured to determine whether a passenger compartment of a vehicle is occupied whether the temperature of the passenger compartment is outside an acceptable temperature range, and to take a safety countermeasure if needed. An occupant is detected by sounds received by an audio transducer within the passenger compartment connected to an infotainment system. The temperature is detected by a temperature sensor connected to the heating, ventilation and air condition system of the vehicle. Example safety countermeasures include activating the horn, transmitting a wireless signal indicating that an unattended occupant is in the vehicle to a remote wireless receiver, and/or at least partially opening a vehicle window. A pair of high frequency speakers connected to the infotainment system may be used to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals so that an occupant may be detected using ultrasonic motion detection techniques.

Abstract: A method for a vehicle warning system for detecting the presence of occupants and identifying emergency situations within the vehicle. If the occupant is present and an emergency situation is identified, then the method notifies the proper authorities for help. The method includes first activating a plurality of environment sensing devices in response to an integrated pressure sensor recording a pressure reading greater than a pre-defined limit. Next, a plurality of environmental conditions is assessed through the monitoring of the environment sensing devices. Each of the environmental conditions is then compared against a corresponding criterion from a plurality of safety criteria in order to identify an emergency situation. If an emergency situation is identified, then an initial emergency notification is sent to a plurality of contacts, a signal for help. Otherwise, the method continues to monitor the environment sensing devices until the emergency situation is identified.

Abstract: An ejector-type refrigeration cycle includes a radiator radiating heat of refrigerant discharged from a compressor, an ejector depressurizing the refrigerant cooled in the radiator, a gas-liquid separator separating gas and liquid of the refrigerant flowing out of a diffuser portion of the ejector, an evaporator disposed in a refrigerant passage connecting the gas-liquid separator and a refrigerant suction port of the ejector, and an opening-closing valve switching between a first refrigerant flow path, in which an ejection refrigerant ejected from a nozzle portion of the ejector flows out of the diffuser portion, and a second refrigerant flow path, in which the ejection refrigerant flows out of the refrigerant suction port. When a rotation rate of the compressor is lower than or equal to a standard rotation rate, the first refrigerant flow path is switched to the second refrigerant flow path.