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20120105671 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processing device includes: a first interpolation unit that performs interpolation using pixel information of pixels having a color same as a color of a pixel of attention and present around the pixel of attention; a second interpolation unit that interpolates color information lost in the pixel of attention using color information of the pixels around the pixel of attention; a combining unit that combines outputs of the first and second interpolation units; a first filter that includes a first filter frequency characteristic and detects a first image of a first region; a second filter that includes a second filter frequency characteristic and detects a second image of a second region; and a combination-ratio generating unit that generates a value for determining a combination ratio of the outputs of the first and second interpolation units in the combining unit. | 05-03-2012 |
20140206162 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF POWER MOSFET USING A HARD MASK AS A STOP LAYER BETWEEN SEQUENTIAL CMP STEPS - A manufacturing method of a power MOSFET employs a hard mask film over a portion of the wafer surface as a polishing stopper, between two successive polishing steps. After embedded epitaxial growth is performed in a state where a hard mask film for forming trenches is present in at least a scribe region of a wafer, primary polishing is performed by using the hard mask film as a stopper, and secondary polishing is then performed after the hard mask film is removed. | 07-24-2014 |
20160079079 | Manufacturing Method of Power MOSFET Using a Hard Mask as a CMP Stop Layer Between Sequential CMP Steps - A manufacturing method of a power MOSFET employs a hard mask film over a portion of the wafer surface as a polishing stopper, between two successive polishing steps. After embedded epitaxial growth is performed in a state where a hard mask film for forming trenches is present in at least a scribe region of a wafer, primary polishing is performed by using the hard mask film as a stopper, and secondary polishing is then performed after the hard mask film is removed. | 03-17-2016 |
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20110045500 | CELL CULTURE METHOD AND SCREENING METHOD - Provided is a cell culture method whereby an in vivo function can be sustained over a long period of time and culture can be conducted using the minimum number of cells required. The cell culture method includes culturing undifferentiated cells in a layered state in a partitioned micro-space and obtains differentiated cells. When screening a pharmaceutical agent, undifferentiated cells capable of differentiating into liver cells, intestinal epithelial cells, nerve cells, myocardial cells and vascular endothelial cells are preferred. Particularly, in the prediction of pharmacokinetics or the like for humans, human cells are preferred. | 02-24-2011 |
20110207215 | CELL STORAGE METHOD AND CELL TRANSPORT METHOD - To provide a cell storage method to store living cells while maintaining the functions of the living cells. An aspect of the cell storage method is a method to store living cells ( | 08-25-2011 |
20110217725 | CELL CULTURE KIT, SCREENING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CELL CULTURE KIT - To provide a cell culture kit including cultured living cells of various donors, and a manufacturing method thereof. The cell culture kit includes a culture plate and living cells cultured thereon. The culture plate includes a plurality of microchambers ( | 09-08-2011 |
20130071932 | CULTURE METHOD FOR CAUSING DIFFERENTIATION OF PLURIPOTENT MAMMALIAN CELLS - Provided is a method that achieves control of embryoid body size and can induce differentiation in a state where the embryoid body size is controlled, by using a cell culture chamber having a plurality of microchambers formed therein. A culture method for causing differentiation of pluripotent mammalian cells uses a cell culture chamber ( | 03-21-2013 |
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20110076183 | Au-Ga-In Brazing Material - A brazing material which can be melted at a suitable temperature at which damage is not given to a device inside a package upon sealing, and besides the brazing material is not remelted, e.g., upon mounting to a board, and which has a low temperature difference between a liquid and a solid. The brazing material is made of a Au—Ga—In ternary alloy, wherein weight concentrations of the elements lie within a region of a polygon with a point A (Au: 90%. Ga: 10%, In: 0%), a point B (Au: 70%, Ga: 30%, In: 0%), a point C (Au: 60%. Ga: 0%. In: 40%) and a point D (Au: 80%, Ga: 0%. In: 20%) as vertexes. excluding lines on which In and Ga become 0%, in a Au—Ga—In ternary phase diagram. | 03-31-2011 |
20140356226 | Au-Ga-In BRAZING MATERIAL - A brazing material which can be melted at a suitable temperature at which damage is not given to a device inside a package upon sealing, and besides the brazing material is not remelted, e.g., upon mounting to a board, and which has a low temperature difference between a liquidus and a solidus. The brazing material is made of a Au—Ga—In ternary alloy, wherein weight concentrations of the elements lie within a region of a polygon with a point A (Au: 90%, Ga: 10%, In: 0%), a point B (Au: 70%, Ga: 30%, In: 0%), a point C (Au: 60%, Ga: 0%, In: 40%) and a point D (Au: 80%, Ga: 0%, In: 20%) as vertexes (excluding lines on which In and Ga become 0%), in a Au—Ga—In ternary phase diagram. | 12-04-2014 |
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20120017620 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes an expander-compressor unit ( | 01-26-2012 |
20140041829 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE - In a vehicle air conditioner, air in the first flow path flows sequentially through outside air intake opening ( | 02-13-2014 |
20150041553 | ONBOARD AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE, AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, AND VEHICLE - An onboard air conditioning device wherein the heating capability of air conditioning is improved, and gas is prevented from flowing into the vehicle interior even in the unlikely event that gas is produced by a battery. In this device, one end of an air flow channel is connected to an air conditioning unit for blowing temperature-regulated air into a vehicle interior, and the other end opens into the vehicle interior. The air flow channel draws air into the vehicle interior from the opening, the intake air is passed through a battery and heated by heat exchange, and the air is then sent to the air conditioning unit. The air conditioning unit sends the air from the air flow channel to a sensible heat exchanger, and after this air undergoes heat exchange with air taken in from another channel, the air is exhausted out of the vehicle interior. | 02-12-2015 |
20150059382 | VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS, COMPRESSION DEVICE, AND UNIT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING - This vehicle air-conditioning device has a compressor; an outside heat exchanger; a water-to-refrigerant heat exchanger; a heat release unit; a circulation means; and an air passage through which air is blown into a vehicle interior and in which the heat release unit is disposed midway, a send-out port for sending out the compressed refrigerant and an introduction port for introducing the refrigerant that has not been compressed being provided in the compressor, a first fit part that is fitted in the send-out port of the compressor, and a second fit part that is fitted in the introduction port of the compressor being provided in the water-to-refrigerant heat exchanger, and the compressor and the water-to-refrigerant heat exchanger being integrally joined by the first fit part and the second fit part being fitted. | 03-05-2015 |
20150338134 | HEAT PUMP DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A heat pump device for a vehicle, capable of effectively utilizing the heat of structural members. This heat pump device for a vehicle comprises: an electric compressor for compressing and discharging refrigerant; and a high-temperature water-refrigerant heat exchanger for conducting heat exchange between the high-temperature, high-pressure refrigerant discharged by the electric compressor and a first cooling liquid which is antifreeze; the high-temperature water-refrigerant heat exchanger surrounding and being in contact with the electric compressor so as to be capable of heat exchange with the electric compressor. | 11-26-2015 |
20160001634 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE - The vehicle air conditioning device has a first refrigeration cycle and second refrigeration cycle that have a portion of a refrigeration pathway in common, and form different heat pump cycles; a first water-refrigerant heat exchanger included in the first refrigeration cycle, exchanges heat between a low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant and the coolant of a heat-generating member of the vehicle, and vaporizes the refrigerant; a flow rate adjustment means that adjusts the flow rate of the coolant flowing through the heat-generating member and the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger; a detection means that detects a decline in the amount of refrigerant in the first refrigeration cycle due to the inflow of the refrigerant into the second refrigeration cycle; and a control means that, when a decline in the amount of refrigerant in the first refrigeration cycle has been detected, controls the flow rate adjustment means, reducing the flow rate of the coolant. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001635 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE, AND COMPONENT UNIT THEREOF - The vehicular air conditioning device is provided with: a first water-refrigerant heat exchanger that vaporizes refrigerant by exchanging heat between the refrigerant of low temperature and low pressure in a heat pump and a cooling fluid for the heat generating component of the vehicle; and a second water-refrigerant heat exchanger that condenses the refrigerant by exchanging heat between the refrigerant of high temperature and high pressure in the heat pump and a cooling fluid for heat transport. The vehicular air conditioning device is configured such that the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger is connected, in a cooling fluid circulable manner, to a heater core for providing heat to air supplied into the cabin. The first water-refrigerant heat exchanger is connected, in a cooling fluid circulable manner, to a passageway for cooling the heat generating component without passing through the heater core. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001636 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE - The vehicle air conditioning device is equipped with: a heater core that imparts heat to air flowing to the vehicle cabin interior by flowing a high temperature cooling liquid; a first water-refrigerant heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the cooling liquid and the high-temperature, high-pressure refrigerant in a heat pump, thus condensing the refrigerant; a flow rate adjustment means that adjusts the flow rate of the cooling liquid flowing through the heater core and the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger; and a control unit that performs air conditioning control. The control unit controls the flow rate adjustment means, and adopts a configuration that for a predetermined time period from the starting up of the heat pump, sets the flow rate of the cooling liquid to a second flow rate that is lower than a first flow rate during standard operating. | 01-07-2016 |
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20080225274 | Vibration detection device - A vibration detection device includes: a light source emitting a laser beam; an interferometer including a vibrating body and a reflecting body both capable of reflecting the laser beam, a polarizing beam splitter splitting a laser beam emitted from the light source into beams traveling along first and second optical paths, a first ¼ wave plate arranged between the polarizing beam splitter and the vibrating body in the first optical path, and a second ¼ wave plate arranged between the polarizing beam splitter and the reflecting body in the second optical path, the interferometer causing interference between a reflected beam reflected by the vibrating body and a reference beam reflected by the reflecting body to form a interference pattern; and a detection means quantizing the vibration of the vibrating body on the basis of the formed interference pattern to detect the vibration. | 09-18-2008 |
20090033946 | DISPLACEMENT MEASURING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a displacement measuring apparatus that includes a composite scale having a magnetic pattern and a diffraction grating each aligned in a direction of measuring axis, and a detector head moving in a direction of measuring axis relative to the composite scale. The detector head has a magnetic detection unit detecting a magnetic field exerted by the magnetic pattern to generate first reproduced signals, a light source irradiating the diffraction grating with light, and an optical detection unit detecting the light diffracted by the diffraction grating to generate second reproduced signals. In composite scale, the magnetic pattern and the diffraction grating are arranged such that a pitch of the first reproduced signals is larger than that of the second reproduced signals. | 02-05-2009 |
20090261233 | Displacement detecting device - A displacement detecting device includes a non-contact sensor having a light source, an objective lens focusing output light from the light source onto a measurement surface, and a light receiving element detecting displacement information based on a focal length of the objective lens by using reflected light from the measurement surface; a control unit adjusting the focal length based on the displacement information; a displacement-amount measuring unit having a linear scale attached to the objective lens with a link member therebetween and measuring an amount of displacement of the linear scale when the focal length is adjusted. A light adjustment member is disposed between the light source and the objective lens or between the objective lens and the light receiving element and has an aperture section transmitting the output and/or reflected light therethrough and a light blocking section that blocks a specific light component of the output and/or reflected light. | 10-22-2009 |
20140049252 | SCALE MEASURING DEVICE, METHOD FOR GENERATING POSITION INFORMATION, AND DEVICE WITH MULTI-AXIS STAGE - A scale device includes a scale main body having at least two incremental tracks, at least two or more incremental signal detection heads for detecting incremental signals from the incremental tracks, and an operation processing unit that generates, based upon detection outputs by the two or more incremental signal detection heads, relative positional information in a measuring direction of a measuring axis and parallel movement amount information in a direction orthogonal to the measuring direction. | 02-20-2014 |
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20090068826 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention includes the steps of: forming an device isolation region in a substrate to divide the device isolation region into a first and a second diffusion regions; forming a target film to be processed on the substrate; forming a hard mask layer and a first resist layer on the film to be processed; forming a first pattern on the first resist layer; etching the hard mask layer by using the first pattern as a mask; forming a second resist layer on the hard mask layer; forming a second pattern including a first space on the second resist layer for isolating the first pattern; forming a third pattern including a second space shrunk from the first space on the hard mask layer by carrying out size conversion etching by using the second pattern formed on the second resist layer as a mask; and etching the film to be processed by using the third pattern formed on the hard mask layer. | 03-12-2009 |
20100124819 | Method of manufacturing nonvolatile semiconductor memory device - A method of manufacturing a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, is achieved by forming a word gate on a gate insulating film which is formed on a wafer substrate; by forming charge accumulation films to cover a surface of the wafer substrate, side surfaces of the word gate and an upper surface of the word gate; by forming a conductive film to cover the charge accumulation film; and by forming control gates by etching the conductive film. The forming the control gates is achieved by setting an etching condition in which a bias power of 100 W to 1500 W is applied to a cathode electrode as a wafer stage on which the wafer substrate is arranged; and by performing anisotropic dry etching. | 05-20-2010 |
20120094497 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present method includes: forming a device isolation region in a substrate dividing the device isolation region into first and second diffusion regions; forming a target film to be processed on the substrate; forming a hard mask layer and a first resist layer on the film; forming a first pattern on the first resist layer; etching the hard mask layer using the first pattern as a mask; forming a second resist layer on the hard mask layer; forming a second pattern including a first space on the second resist layer isolating the first pattern; forming a third pattern including a second space shrunk from the first space on the hard mask layer by carrying out size conversion etching by using the second pattern formed on the second resist layer as a mask; and etching the film to be processed by using the third pattern formed on the hard mask layer. | 04-19-2012 |
20120276708 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method includes: forming an device isolation region in a substrate to divide the device isolation region into first and second diffusion regions; forming a target film on the substrate; forming a hard mask layer and a first resist layer on the film; forming a first pattern on the first resist layer; etching the hard mask layer by using the first pattern as a mask; forming a second resist layer on the hard mask layer; forming a second pattern including a first space on the second resist layer for isolating the first pattern; forming a third pattern including a second space shrunk from the first space on the hard mask layer by carrying out size conversion etching by using the second pattern formed on the second resist layer as a mask; and etching the film to be processed by using the third pattern formed on the hard mask layer. | 11-01-2012 |
20120276709 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method includes: forming an device isolation region in a substrate to divide the device isolation region into a first and a second diffusion regions; forming a target film on the substrate; forming a hard mask layer and a first resist layer on the film; forming a first pattern on the first resist layer; etching the hard mask layer using the first pattern as a mask; forming a second resist layer on the hard mask layer; forming a second pattern including a first space on the second resist layer for isolating the first pattern; forming a third pattern including a second space shrunk from the first space on the hard mask layer by carrying out size conversion etching by using the second pattern formed on the second resist layer as a mask; and etching the film to be processed by using the third pattern formed on the hard mask layer. | 11-01-2012 |
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20120236280 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure device includes at least one light emitting element that emits light in a normal direction of the substrate; at least one hologram element that is recorded on a recording layer arranged on the substrate to diffract light emitted from the light emitting element and condense the diffracted light on a condensing point on a normal line of the light emitting element; and at least one light inhibiting part that is arranged on a straight line that connects the light emitting element and the condensing point such that the light diffracted by the hologram element passes through the outside of the light inhibiting part and condenses at the condensing point, to inhibit transmission of zeroth-order light that goes straight toward the condensing point from the light emitting element without being diffracted by the hologram element. | 09-20-2012 |
20140052724 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT ITEM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a data acquisition unit that acquires content item data indicating a content item, an identification information generation unit that generates identification information of the content item on the basis of the content item data acquired by the data acquisition unit according to a predefined rule, and a browsing history extraction unit that extracts a browsing history of a user regarding the content item in correlation with the identification information of the content item generated by the identification information generation unit. | 02-20-2014 |
20140055626 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, AND MIRROR - A photographing device includes a display that displays a screen, a photographing unit that is arranged on the same plane as the display, and a mirror that is arranged so that at least a portion of the display is capable of being photographed by the photographing unit. | 02-27-2014 |
20140237423 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus includes a display control unit that controls browsing document data to be displayed, the browsing document data being configured by plural browsing object data items, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information, the position information being pointed by a pointing unit and indicating a position corresponding to the browsing document data displayed by the display control unit, a direction identification unit that identifies a direction pointed by the pointing unit, starting from the pointed position, based on a history of a motion by the pointing unit, and an attention data identification unit that identifies attention data indicating browsing object data that is focused, among the plural browsing object data items, based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit and a direction identified by the direction identification unit. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237427 | BROWSING DEVICE, BROWSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is a browsing device including a display unit that displays a content, an operation receiving unit that receives a user's operation, a history extraction unit that extracts an operation history regarding an operation that does not change the display of the content displayed on the display unit, and a calculation unit that calculates an interest level of the user with respect to the content, based on the operation history extracted by the history extraction unit. | 08-21-2014 |
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20080298698 | Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium storing program therefor - An image processing apparatus includes an image partitioning unit that partitions an image represented by input image information into image partitions, each containing plural pixels; a run coding unit that run-length encodes image partitions for which all pixels contained in any of the image partitions match with a pixel value in a predetermined position in another image partition; and an independently coding unit that encodes image partitions other than image partitions encoded by the run coding unit, so that the resulting codes are decoded independently for each image partition. | 12-04-2008 |
20100104204 | ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An encoding device includes a first memory that stores image data, plural second memories that are associated with plural target pixels in the image data, each second memory storing pixel data of one or more reference pixels near the associated target pixel thereof, a controller that causes each second memory to store pixel data of the one or more reference pixels near the associated target pixel thereof specified from the image data stored in the first memory, and plural encoders that perform encoding on each of the plural target pixels by estimating pixel data of each target pixel using pixel data of the one or more reference pixels near each respective target pixel stored in the plural second memories wherein the plural target pixels have different positions in a subscanning direction such that one target pixel does not overlap with another target pixel in a main scanning direction, and the total amount of data of all of the reference pixels used by the plural encoders is equal to or less than the amount of information of one line of image data stored in the first memory. | 04-29-2010 |
20120195510 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a separating unit, a first encoding unit, and a second encoding unit. The receiving unit receives information to be encoded. The separating unit separates the information received by the receiving unit into first information and second information on the basis of a predetermined condition. The first encoding unit encodes the first information using a first coding scheme. The second encoding unit encodes the second information using a second coding scheme that is different from the first coding scheme used by the first encoding unit. The first encoding unit encodes the first information using the first coding scheme that is more efficient than the second coding scheme used by the second encoding unit. The second encoding unit encodes the second information using the second coding scheme that is less efficient than the first coding scheme used by the first encoding unit. | 08-02-2012 |
20120243798 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an image receiving unit receiving an image, a conversion unit converting the received image, a separation unit separating the converted image into pixel synchronization information and pixel asynchronization information, a first encoding unit encoding the pixel synchronization information, a second encoding unit encoding the pixel asynchronization information, a first decoding unit decoding a code encoded by the first encoding unit to generate the pixel synchronization information, a second decoding unit decoding a code encoded by the second encoding unit to generate the pixel asynchronization information, a synthesis unit synthesizing the decoded pixel synchronization information with the decoded pixel asynchronization information on the basis of the pixel synchronization information, a reverse conversion unit performing a conversion process reverse to the conversion process of the conversion unit on the synthesized information, and an output unit outputting the image converted by the reverse conversion unit. | 09-27-2012 |
20160088301 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a quantization unit that further quantizes a quantized first code, and hence generates a second code; an inverse quantization unit that inversely quantizes the second code quantized by the quantization unit, and hence generates a third code; a calculating unit that calculates a difference between the first code and the second code; a first encoding unit that encodes the second code; and a second encoding unit that encodes the difference calculated by the calculating unit. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088315 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a first subdividing unit that subdivides an image, a second subdividing unit that subdivides an image subdivided by the first subdividing unit along an axis that is independent from an axis of subdivision by the first subdividing unit, a differential unit that generates a difference between an image subdivided by the second subdividing unit and an image stored in an image storage unit, and a coding unit that codes a difference image generated by the differential unit. | 03-24-2016 |
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20150217506 | Roller Pressing Device, Imprinting Device, and Roller Pressing Method - A roller-type depressing device, an imprint device and an imprint method utilizing the same which can depress an object like a die or a molding target by controlling the depressing force of a roller is provided. A roller-type depressing device to depress the object with a roller includes a pressure adjusting plate provided with the roller, a roller moving unit moving the roller relative to the object, a pressure adjusting unit holding the pressure adjusting plate in such a way that force produced by a pressure difference in fluid applied to both faces of the pressure adjusting plate acts on the roller, a pressure receiving stage receiving the pressure of the roller via the object, and a pressure adjuster adjusting the pressure difference in fluid applied to both faces of the pressure adjusting plate. | 08-06-2015 |
20150283754 | Roller-Type Pressurization Device, Imprinter, and Roller-Type Pressurization Method - A roller-type depressing device that can depress an object like a die or a molding target by controlling the pressure of a roller, an imprint device, and a method utilizing the same are provided. A roller-type depressing device depresses an object like a die or a molding target by a main roller, and includes a pressure adjusting plate, a roller moving unit that moves the main roller relative to the object, a pressure adjusting unit that holds the pressure adjusting plate so that force produced by a pressure difference in fluid applied to both faces of the pressure adjusting plate acts on the main roller, a pressure receiving stage receiving pressure of the main roller, a pressure adjuster that adjusts the pressure difference in fluid applied to both faces of the pressure adjusting plate, and a pressure equalizer that equalizes pressure applied to the object by the main roller. | 10-08-2015 |