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20080276772 | MACHINE TOOL - According to one embodiment, a machine tool for machining a workpiece includes: a main spindle that holds the workpiece to rotate the workpiece around a axis; a tool that is configured to machine the workpiece by working together with the main spindle; a headstock that rotatably supports the main spindle and includes a leading-edge portion and a base-end portion; and a bed that supports the headstock by a sliding bearing at the leading-edge portion and rolling bearings at two points of the base-end portion so that the headstock is movable along an axial line of the main spindle, wherein the two points of the base-end portion are spaced apart from each other in a direction orthogonal to the axial line of the main spindle. | 11-13-2008 |
20090116915 | MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool includes: a main spindle adapted to be rotatable with a workpiece chucked thereby; a tool spindle capable of moving in directions of three axes perpendicular to each other and capable of pivoting about one of the axes, the axis being perpendicular to the main spindle; an automatic tool changer adapted to detachably attach a first tool and a chucking unit to the tool spindle, the first tool being used for machining the workpiece chucked by the main spindle, the chucking unit being used for chucking the workpiece; and a tool post having a second tool mounted thereon, the second tool being used for machining the workpiece chucked by the chucking unit attached to the tool spindle. | 05-07-2009 |
20090271017 | MACHINE TOOL AND ITS PROGRAM CONVERSION METHOD - In a machine tool which executes a plurality of programs simultaneously to perform machining, whether or not a precision machining operation period exists in each of the programs is analyzed before machining. If the precision machining operation period exists as a result of the analysis, the start timing and end timing of an ordered precision machining is recognized. Also, at least one of the speed, acceleration, and jerk of a general operation from start timing to end timing in a program for which the precision machining operation period is not specified is lowered. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a machine tool and its program conversion method, capable of performing precision machining with high precision without receiving an adverse effect from other operations, and capable of obtaining good machining efficiency. | 10-29-2009 |
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20090093175 | WATER JET PROPULSION BOAT - A water jet propulsion boat is constructed such that a fuel pressure detection device is free from a detection error or breakdown and a restart ability of an engine is protected against malfunction. A fuel tank is provided in a boat body of the water jet propulsion boat through vibration absorbing members. A fuel pump unit including a fuel pump is provided in the fuel tank. A fuel pressure sensor is provided in the fuel pump unit. An electric control device stops the fuel pump if the value detected by the fuel pressure sensor is out of the normal value range. Additionally, an electric control device stops operation of the fuel pump if the fall sensor detects the overturning of the boat body and if the detected value of the fuel pressure sensor is out of the normal value range. A regulator and a filter are provided to the fuel pump unit. | 04-09-2009 |
20090095061 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE OF FUEL PUMP - An abnormality detection device of a fuel pump reduces costs and prevents detection error or breakdown by making the fuel pressure sensor unnecessary. The abnormality detection device includes an abnormality detection circuit, a fuel pump driving voltage detection unit to detect the voltage value of an abnormality detection circuit, and a meter. The abnormality detection circuit is constituted by the circuit including a resistance disposed between a battery side of the fuel pump motor to drive the fuel pump and a ground side. If the voltage value detected by the fuel pump driving voltage detection unit is larger than the upper limit or lower than the lower limit of the normal range, the warning lamp of the meter flashes and a buzzer makes an alarm sound. The abnormality detection circuit is housed in the fuel pump module disposed in the fuel tank. | 04-16-2009 |
20090111338 | WATER JET PROPULSION BOAT - A water jet propulsion boat includes a fuel pump driven by an electric control unit and arranged to deliver fuel from a fuel tank to an engine via a fuel pipe, and a fuel pressure sensor arranged to detect a pressure of the fuel delivered to the engine by the fuel pump. When a magnitude of the fuel pressure detected by the fuel pressure sensor is less than a predetermined magnitude, the fuel pump is activated. On the other hand, when the magnitude of the fuel pressure detected by the fuel pressure sensor is equal to or greater than the predetermined magnitude, the fuel pump is deactivated. Also, when the fuel pressure detected by the fuel pressure sensor becomes equal to or less than an abnormal threshold value, either one or both of the fuel pump and the engine are deactivated. The water jet propulsion boat lowers power consumption, reduces battery size, extends battery life, and lowers costs. | 04-30-2009 |
20090240423 | MISFIRE DETECTING DEVICE FOR WATER JET PROPULSION WATERCRAFT - A misfire detecting device is provided for a water jet propulsion watercraft in which a propulsion unit operates through an operation of an engine to propel the water jet propulsion watercraft. The misfire detecting device includes injectors arranged to inject fuel into the engine under a fuel injection amount adjusting control implemented by an electric control device, ignition plugs arranged to ignite the fuel injected into the engine from the injectors to operate the engine, an oxygen sensor arranged to detect that a misfire occurs in the engine, a warning lamp and buzzer arranged to inform that the misfire occurs, etc. The misfire detecting device prevents the warning lamp and the buzzer from informing the warning if the misfire is caused through the control by the electric control device. Accordingly, the misfire detecting device for a water jet propulsion watercraft ensures that an operator cannot mistake a misfire caused under a control for a misfire caused due to an abnormality of an engine or other components thereof. | 09-24-2009 |
20090269995 | BOAT - A boat includes a connection structure that connects couplings via a transfer shaft on a rear end portion of a crankshaft extending rearward from an engine. The crankshaft and the transfer shaft are connected by screwing an external thread and a front internal thread, and the transfer shaft and the couplings are connected by screwing an external thread and an internal thread. There are provided an inner bolt that strengthens the connection between the external thread and the front internal thread, an end bolt that strengthens the connection between the transfer shaft and the couplings, and an outer nut that strengthens the connection between the crankshaft and the transfer shaft. The boat can prevent movement between the crankshaft and an intermediate member and between the intermediate member and a coupling both in a rotational direction and in an axial direction without causing an increase of processing time or processing cost. | 10-29-2009 |
20100261392 | WATER JET PROPULSION WATERCRAFT - A water jet propulsion watercraft includes a hull having a sealed engine room, an engine installed in the engine room, a jet propulsion unit arranged to be driven by the engine so as to suck in water from around the hull and jet the water, a saddle type seat disposed above the engine room, a first exhaust pipe, an exhaust pipe cooling unit, and a catalyst unit. The first exhaust pipe is attached to a side of the engine inside the engine room, extends rearward from the side of the engine, and is arranged to guide exhaust gas discharged from the engine. The exhaust pipe cooling unit is arranged to cool the first exhaust pipe. The catalyst unit is connected to the first exhaust pipe, is disposed inside the engine room so as to oppose a rear surface of the engine, and is arranged to promote reaction of components contained in the exhaust gas. | 10-14-2010 |
20100313857 | ENGINE WITH A CHARGING SYSTEM - An engine includes a charging system in which pressurized air is supplied to an intake side of the engine through an intake air passage. An induction passage branches and extends from the middle of the intake air passage and is provided with a control valve. The induction passage is in communication with an exhaust passage. The induction passage supplies secondary air to the exhaust passage through the control valve to treat the engine's exhaust gas. | 12-16-2010 |
20120096852 | ENGINE WITH A CHARGING SYSTEM - An engine has a charging system in which pressurized air is supplied to an intake side of the engine through an intake air passage. An induction passage branches and extends from the middle of the intake air passage and is provided with a control valve. The induction passage is in communication with an exhaust passage. The induction passage supplies secondary air to the exhaust passage through the control valve to treat the engine's exhaust gas. | 04-26-2012 |
20120214365 | WATER JET PROPULSION WATERCRAFT - A water jet propulsion watercraft includes a first exhaust pipe that is fixed to an engine and connected to an exhaust port of the engine. A damper section reduces vibrations from the engine. A catalytic converter unit is connected to the first exhaust pipe. The catalytic converter unit is attached to the engine through the damper section. A second exhaust pipe includes a first flexible pipe having a flexible quality and is connected to the catalytic converter unit. A water lock is fixed to a hull of the watercraft and connected to the second exhaust pipe. | 08-23-2012 |
20130023167 | WATER JET PROPULSION WATERCRAFT - A water jet propulsion watercraft includes a hull having a sealed engine room, an engine installed in the engine room, a jet propulsion unit arranged to be driven by the engine so as to suck in water from around the hull and jet the water, a saddle type seat disposed above the engine room, a first exhaust pipe, an exhaust pipe cooling unit, and a catalyst unit. The first exhaust pipe is attached to a side of the engine inside the engine room, extends rearward from the side of the engine, and is arranged to guide exhaust gas discharged from the engine. The exhaust pipe cooling unit is arranged to cool the first exhaust pipe. The catalyst unit is connected to the first exhaust pipe, is disposed inside the engine room so as to oppose a rear surface of the engine, and is arranged to promote reaction of components contained in the exhaust gas. | 01-24-2013 |
20140248810 | WATER JET PROPULSION WATERCRAFT - A water jet propulsion watercraft includes a hull having a sealed engine room, an engine installed in the engine room, a jet propulsion unit arranged to be driven by the engine so as to suck in water from around the hull and jet the water, a saddle type seat disposed above the engine room, a first exhaust pipe, an exhaust pipe cooling unit, and a catalyst unit. The first exhaust pipe is attached to a side of the engine inside the engine room, extends rearward from the side of the engine, and is arranged to guide exhaust gas discharged from the engine. The exhaust pipe cooling unit is arranged to cool the first exhaust pipe. The catalyst unit is connected to the first exhaust pipe, is disposed inside the engine room so as to oppose a rear surface of the engine, and is arranged to promote reaction of components contained in the exhaust gas. | 09-04-2014 |
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20110287548 | THERMAL DISTRIBUTION DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR CONFIRMING THERMAL DISTRIBUTION - Provided is a thermal distribution display including, on a support, a thermal distribution display layer which includes an organic polymer composite containing an electron-donating dye precursor and a polymer; at least an electron-accepting compound A represented by the following formula (1) and an electron-accepting compound B represented by the following formula (2); and a binder, wherein the content ratio (A:B) is from 95:5 to 50:50 on a mass basis, and the content of the electron-accepting compound A in the total amount of electron-accepting compounds is 40% by mass or greater: | 11-24-2011 |
20140166106 | SOLAR CELL BACK-SHEET AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - Provided is a solar cell backsheet including a polymer base material, and a colored layer that is disposed directly on the polymer base material, and that contains a binder having an acid value of 2 mg KOH/g to 10 mg KOH/g and a pigment at a content of 2.5 g/m | 06-19-2014 |
20150013766 | POLYESTER FILM, BACK SHEET FOR SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - The invention provides a polyester film including: a polyester substrate; and a layered portion that is disposed on at least one surface of the polyester substrate and has an elastic modulus of from 5 MPa to 800 MPa, a ratio of a peak intensity at 988 cm | 01-15-2015 |
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20100118349 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus acquires a print target image, scans an image on a sheet, recognizes reuse information in the image scanned from the sheet, generates reuse information after printing the print target image from the recognized reuse information and the acquired print target image, selects an area where the reuse information can be printed, in the acquired print target image, combines the reuse information with the selected area in the print target image, deletes the image on the sheet from which the image is scanned, and forms the combined image on the sheet from which the image is deleted, with a erasable image forming material. | 05-13-2010 |
20100119332 | SHEET FINISHING DEVICE - A sheet finishing device winds a paper tape at a stapling position on a sheet bundle and thus binds the sheet bundle. The sheet finishing device cuts a used sheet that is un-reusable for image formation to produce a paper tape for binding the sheet bundle. | 05-13-2010 |
20100194023 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, SHEET FINISHING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet finishing apparatus includes a bonding unit including a supply section configured to sequentially supply each of binding tapes, at one ends of which an adhesive is applied, to a conveyed sheet and a bonding section configured to bond a surface of the supplied binding tape, on which the adhesive is applied, to an end face of the conveyed sheet. | 08-05-2010 |
20100314823 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, FINISHING APPARATUS AND SHEET GUIDE METHOD - A sheet processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a spring member which supports a support leg provided on an end bottom of a finishing apparatus at a side of an image forming apparatus and is extendable in a height direction, a sheet feed port which is formed in the finishing apparatus to be opposite to a sheet discharge port of the image forming apparatus and has a width wider than a width of the sheet discharge port in the height direction, sheet discharge guides which are arranged to be opposite to each other at an exit of the sheet discharge port and sandwich a conveyance path of the sheet in the image forming apparatus, sheet feed guides which are arranged to be opposite to each other at an inlet of the sheet feed port and sandwich a conveyance path of the sheet in the finishing apparatus, electromagnets provided at ends of the sheet feed guides at a side of the sheet feed port, and magnetic members which are rotatably provided to ends of the sheet discharge guides at a side of the sheet discharge port and are attracted by the electromagnets. | 12-16-2010 |
20110031677 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS - A stapling apparatus includes: a processing tray; a paper discharge unit configured to discharge sheets on the processing tray; an aligning unit configured to align sheets manually inserted onto the processing tray from a paper discharge port of the paper discharge unit; and a stapler configured to staple the sheets manually inserted on the processing tray. | 02-10-2011 |
20110216338 | ALIGNMENT MECHANISM FOR SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND ALIGNMENT METHOD FOR THE SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a sheet finishing apparatus includes a supporting unit, a positioning unit, a socket mechanism, and a moving unit. The supporting unit supports a sheet fed from an image forming unit. The positioning unit has a contact surface which a side end of the sheet placed on the supporting unit is come into contact with. The socket mechanism projects from the contact surface of the positioning unit and is located above the supporting unit. The moving unit comes into contact with the upper surface of the sheet placed on the supporting unit and moves the sheet in the direction of the contact surface of the positioning unit. | 09-08-2011 |