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20090314312 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD - A cleaning apparatus for cleaning an object to be cleaned by allowing a cleaning medium caused to fly by an air flow to collide with the object to be cleaned is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tank in which the cleaning medium is caused to fly by the air flow and which has an opening to allow the object to be cleaned to pass through; a cleaning medium accelerating part provided at a bottom part of the cleaning tank and to inject the air flow to cause the cleaning medium to fly; a hollow elongated member having substantially the same inner diameter as a diameter of the opening, connected outside the opening, and configured to form a movement path for the object to be cleaned; and a cleaning medium returning part to return the cleaning medium stagnant in the hollow elongated member into the cleaning tank. | 12-24-2009 |
20100307535 | CLEANING DEVICE AND CLEANING METHOD - A cleaning device ( | 12-09-2010 |
20110067731 | CLEANING DEVICE AND CLEANING METHOD - A cleaning device for removing a deposit adhering to an object to be cleaned is disclosed. The cleaning device includes a cleaning chamber forming a space for housing multiple cleaning media shaped like flakes; a circulating air-flow generating unit configured to generate a circulating air flow to cause the cleaning media to fly and repeatedly collide with the object in the cleaning chamber and thereby to remove the deposit adhering to the object; and a cleaning medium recycling unit configured to suction and remove the deposit adhering to the cleaning media that have collided with the object and thereby to recycle the cleaning media. The pencil hardness of the cleaning media is greater than the pencil hardness of the deposit. | 03-24-2011 |
20120117749 | DRY-TYPE CLEANING CHASSIS AND DRY-TYPE CLEANING DEVICE - A dry-type cleaning chassis includes a chassis part including an opening part in contact with a cleaning target, an air inlet duct provided to blow external air into the internal space; a suction port provided for generating a circulating air flow in the internal space by suctioning air having been introduced into the internal space via the air inlet duct; a porous unit configured to pass objects removed from the cleaning target to a suction port side; and a path limiting member formed of a cylindrical shape extended in an axis center direction of the circulating air flow and configured so that an inside of the cylindrical shape is in communication with the suction port as a suction path. | 05-17-2012 |
20120216363 | DRY TYPE CLEANING CASE AND DRY TYPE CLEANING DEVICE - A dry type cleaning case cleans a cleaning object by causing a cleaning medium to fly by an airflow and contact the cleaning object. The dry type cleaning case includes an internal space in which the cleaning medium is caused to fly; an opening that comes in contact with the cleaning object so that the cleaning medium collides with the cleaning object; a ventilation path through which air from outside is passed to the internal space; a suction opening configured to generate a revolving airflow in the internal space by suctioning the air that is guided into the internal space through the ventilation path; a porous unit configured to pass removed matter that is removed from the cleaning object to a side of the suction opening; and a humidifying unit configured to increase humidity in an area where the cleaning medium flies. | 08-30-2012 |
20120225613 | APPARATUS AND MEDIUM FOR DRY CLEANING - A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tank having a space to contain flexible flake cleaning media, a cleaning target object holding unit holding a cleaning target object having adherent substances inside the cleaning tank, a gas flow generator unit generating a gas flow to move the cleaning media toward the cleaning target object such that the cleaning media contact the cleaning target object to remove the adherent substances from the cleaning target object, and an adherent substance collection unit moving the gas flow to collect the adherent substances removed from the cleaning target. A surface of the cleaning medium includes abrasive grains to remove the adherent substances from the cleaning target object by causing the surface of the cleaning medium having the abrasive grains to slide on the cleaning target object while the surface of the cleaning medium having the abrasive grains is in contact with the cleaning target object. | 09-06-2012 |
20130118525 | DRY CLEANING HOUSING, DRY CLEANING DEVICE, AND DRY CLEANING METHOD - A dry cleaning housing causes a cleaning medium to be scattered by an airflow and brings the cleaning medium into contact with a cleaning object to clean the cleaning object. The dry cleaning housing includes an internal space where the cleaning medium is scattered; an opening configured to be brought into contact with the cleaning object to cause the cleaning medium to collide with the cleaning object; a ventilation path configured to supply air from an outside to the internal space; a suction port configured to suction the air introduced into the internal space via the ventilation path to generate a rotating airflow inside the internal space; and a porous unit configured to allow a substance eliminated from the cleaning object to pass through. | 05-16-2013 |
20130180552 | DRY TYPE CLEANING HOUSING AND DRY TYPE CLEANING APPARATUS - A dry type cleaning housing which causes a cleaning medium to fly with an air flow and places the cleaning medium on a cleaning object to clean the cleaning object is disclosed. The dry type cleaning housing includes an inner space which causes the cleaning medium to fly; an opening which abuts the cleaning medium against the cleaning object to collide the cleaning medium with the cleaning object; a ventilation path which passes air from outside into the inner space; a suction opening which suctions the air introduced into the inner space via the ventilation path to generate a revolving air flow in the inner space; a porous unit which passes removed matter removed from the cleaning object to the suction opening side; and a revolving air flow adjusting unit which arbitrarily reduces or stops the revolving air flow. | 07-18-2013 |
20130192018 | DRY TYPE CLEANING CASE AND DRY TYPE CLEANING DEVICE - A dry type cleaning case is for cleaning an object with a medium that flies by a revolving airflow. The dry type cleaning case includes a case unit and a leakage prevention unit. The case unit includes a space in which the medium flies, an opening that contacts the object so that the medium collides with the object, a ventilation path through which air flows into the space from outside, a suction opening that suctions the air that has been guided into the space through the ventilation path, to generate the revolving airflow in the space, and a porous unit through which a substance removed from the object is passed to the suction opening. The leakage prevention unit prevents the medium from leaking outside through the opening from the space, by causing outer air to flow in when the case unit is separated from the object. | 08-01-2013 |
20130326840 | DRY-TYPE CLEANING CHASSIS, DRY-TYPE CLEANING DEVICE, AND DRY-TYPE CLEANING SYSTEM - A dry-type cleaning chassis for cleaning a cleaning target by colliding the cleaning media with the cleaning target, the cleaning media being blown by an air flow includes an internal space where the cleaning media are to fly; an opening part being in contact with the cleaning target so that the cleaning media collide with the cleaning target; an air inlet duct introducing external air into the internal space; a suction port generating a first air flow caused by a circulating air flow in the internal space by suctioning the introduced external air; an injection port generating at least a second air flow increasing a speed of the cleaning media flown by the circulating air flow; and a porous unit passing objects removed from the cleaning target to a suction port side. | 12-12-2013 |
20140020713 | DRY-TYPE CLEANING CHASSIS, DRY-TYPE CLEANING DEVICE, AND DRY-TYPE CLEANING METHOD - A dry-type cleaning chassis includes an internal space in which cleaning media are flown, an opening part configured to be in contact with a cleaning object, an air inlet duct configured to introduce external air into the internal space, a suction port that vacuums the air introduced into the internal space from the air inlet duct and causes a circulating air flow to be generated in the internal space, a flow path limiting member that regulates a circulating axis of the circulating air flow within the internal space, a cleaning media discharge outlet that is in communication with an exterior of a circulating flow path of the circulating air flow and is configured to discharge the cleaning media from the circulating flow path to the exterior, and a cleaning media guide member that guides the cleaning media to the cleaning media discharge outlet. | 01-23-2014 |
20140366307 | DRY CLEANING DEVICE - Disclosed is a dry cleaning device including a first cleaning unit that performs cleaning by generating a rotational air current inside a first housing having a first opening and by colliding cleaning media with a to-be-cleaned object that is attached to the first opening, the first cleaning unit being disposed at a first surface of the to-be-cleaned object; and a second cleaning unit that performs the cleaning by generating a second rotational air current inside a second housing having a second opening and by colliding second cleaning media with the to-be-cleaned object that is attached to the second opening, the second cleaning unit being disposed on a second surface of the to-be-cleaned object, so that the first opening and the second opening are facing each other, wherein the cleaning is performed from the first surface and second surfaces of the to-be-cleaned object. | 12-18-2014 |
20150101143 | DRY CLEANING CASING, DRY CLEANING APPARATUS AND ATTACHMENT METHOD OF SCREEN PLATE - A dry cleaning casing of a dry cleaning apparatus includes a casing body including an internal space for flying a cleaning member, an opening to which a cleaning target is contacted to collide the cleaning member to the cleaning target, and an air introduction route to introduce external air to the internal space, by sucking air from the internal space while the opening is closed by the cleaning target, to generate rotating air flow for flying the cleaning member; a flow restriction member to define a rotation axis of the rotating air flow in the internal space; and a screen plate made of a porous plate to block movement of the cleaning member while passing through substance removed from the cleaning target. | 04-16-2015 |
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20100046985 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR HAVING UNDERCOAT LAYER - An electrophotographic photoreceptor, comprising an electroconductive substrate, an undercoat layer comprising a binder resin and metal oxide particles having a refractive index of at least 2.0 formed on the electroconductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer, wherein a ratio of a specular reflection of the undercoat layer calculated as a thickness of 2 μm to a light having a wavelength of 480 nm, to the specular reflection of the electroconductive substrate to a light having a wavelength of 480 nm, is at least 50%. | 02-25-2010 |
20100054810 | COATING FLUID FOR FORMING UNDERCOAT LAYER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR HAVING UNDERCOAT LAYER FORMED BY APPLYING SAID COATING FLUID - To provide a coating fluid for forming an undercoat layer having high stability, a high quality and long-life electrophotographic photoreceptor capable of forming a high quality image in various environments, with which image defects such as black spots or color spots hardly occur, an image forming apparatus using such a photoreceptor, and an electrophotographic cartridge using such a photoreceptor. | 03-04-2010 |
20110280622 | COATING FLUID FOR FORMING UNDERCOAT LAYER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR HAVING UNDERCOAT LAYER FORMED BY APPLYING SAID COATING FLUID - To provide a coating fluid for forming an undercoat layer having high stability, a high quality and long-life electrophotographic photoreceptor capable of forming a high quality image in various environments, with which image defects such as black spots or color spots hardly occur, an image forming apparatus using such a photoreceptor, and an electrophotographic cartridge using such a photoreceptor. | 11-17-2011 |
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20140112876 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT ABSORBER AND COSMETIC MATERIAL USING THE SAME - There are provided: an ultraviolet light absorber that has a sufficient UV-A and UV-B shielding effect, can be colored naturally to suit the color of the skin when applied to the skin, and can be favorably applied even to races with dark skin colors; and a cosmetic material using such an ultraviolet light absorber. The ultraviolet light absorber is one produced by substituting, at 10% or less, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Hf, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, La, and In into either A or B, or both of them, in a compound expressed by a general formula ABO | 04-24-2014 |
20150152547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT-RESISTANT COMPOSITE MATERIAL - By using chemical vapor deposition or chemical vapor infiltration, silicon carbide is deposited on a preform | 06-04-2015 |
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20150173693 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND ARM CONTROL METHOD - An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a calculating unit and a control unit. The calculating unit that calculates an angle between a specified position specified in an ultrasonic image generated through transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves by an ultrasound probe and a predetermined position in a radiographic space where a subject is radiographed based on information on a relative position between the radiographic space and a scanning space where the subject is scanned by the ultrasound probe. The control unit that controls an arm to move so that the subject is radiographed at the angle calculated by the calculating unit. | 06-25-2015 |
20150173698 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a determination unit and a display control unit. The determination unit that determines whether an X-ray image serving as a first image is to be displayed as a moving image or a still image and a second image is to be displayed as a moving image or a still image according to display states of the images. The display control unit that controls a display unit to display thereon at least any one of superimposed images of a combination of a moving image and a moving image, a combination of a moving image and a still image, and a combination of a still image and a moving image of the X-ray image and the second image, according to the determination made by the determination unit. | 06-25-2015 |
20150193931 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND REGISTRATION METHOD - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquiring unit and a determination unit. The acquiring unit acquires information of a relative position between a radiographic space where a subject is radiographed by an X-ray diagnosis apparatus and a scanning space where the subject is scanned by an ultrasound probe. The determination unit determines a position almost the same as the position scanned by the ultrasound probe in the radiographic space, according to the information of the relative position acquired by the acquiring unit. The acquiring unit acquires the information of the relative position based on an X-ray image radiographed by the X-ray diagnosis apparatus. | 07-09-2015 |
20150193932 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a first aligning unit, an output unit, a second aligning unit, and a display unit. The first aligning unit aligns first three-dimensional medical image data with second three-dimensional medical image data. The output unit outputs, as output data, data obtained by adding alignment information to the first three-dimensional medical image data and to the second three-dimensional medical image data or synthetic data obtained by aligning and synthesizing the first three-dimensional medical image data with the second three-dimensional medical image data. The second aligning unit receives the output data and aligns the second three-dimensional medical image data with one or a plurality of pieces of X-ray image data. The display unit displays image data obtained by aligning the first three-dimensional medical image data with X-ray image data based on an alignment result. | 07-09-2015 |
20150193962 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system according to an embodiment includes an input unit, an output unit, an acquiring unit, and a display unit. The input unit receives setting of a landmark in first medical image data obtained by capturing a certain tissue of a subject. The output unit outputs data including information of the position of the landmark in the first medical image data as output data. The acquiring unit receives the output data and acquires, based on one or a plurality of pieces of second medical image data obtained by capturing the certain tissue of the subject and the position of the landmark, three-dimensional position information of the landmark in a three-dimensional capturing space of the second medical image data. The display unit displays image data obtained by superimposing the first medical image data on the second medical image data, based on the three-dimensional position information. | 07-09-2015 |
20150253865 | GESTURE DETECTION SUPPORTING SYSTEM FOR X-RAY DIAGNOSIS - According to one embodiment, a gesture detection supporting system for an X-ray diagnosis includes memory circuitry, a sensor, processing circuitry and an attaching instrument. The memory circuitry stores an operation content of an X-ray diagnostic apparatus. The operation content is related to a gesture by a user. The sensor senses a gesture. The processing circuitry detects the gesture, based on an output from the sensor; acquire the operation content of the X-ray diagnostic apparatus, from the memory circuitry, based on a detection result of the gesture; and output operation information to the X-ray diagnostic apparatus, based on the operation content. The attaching instrument attaches the sensor to a ceiling of an examination room, an arm for driving an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector, an intravenous drip stand, an injector of a contrast agent, an X-ray protective board and/or a display for displaying an X-ray image. | 09-10-2015 |
20150359497 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes a display, a holding device, bed device, a gesture detecting device and a processing circuitry. The holding device includes an X-ray irradiator, an X-ray detector, and a supporter that supports the X-ray irradiator and the X-ray detector. The bed device is available to place an object on. The gesture detecting device recognizes a gesture of a person. The processing circuitry identifies a state of the X-ray diagnostic apparatus based on at least one of the display, the X-ray irradiator, the X-ray detector, the holding device and the bed device, determines an operation detail based on a combination of the identified state and the recognized gesture, and operates at least one of the display, the holding device, the bed device, a speaker and a room light according to the determined operation detail. | 12-17-2015 |
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20140319056 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING POTABLE WATER AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - It is to provide a process for manufacturing potable water from a liquid to be treated, such as seawater by using forward osmosis membrane, wherein the solution after the separation of water from dilute draw solution diluted by the migration of water from the liquid to be treated, is stably regenerated and reutilized and an apparatus therefor, and the process and apparatus are a process for manufacturing potable water which comprises, a forward osmosis step wherein a liquid of which solvent is water is allowed to contact with a draw solution produced by dissolving a prescribed amount of a volatile material in water through a semi-permeable membrane, and water in said liquid is allowed to migrate to said draw solution through said semi-permeable membrane, a distillation step wherein a dilute draw solution having been diluted with water which was produced in said step is adjusted to a prescribed temperature, and then is delivered to a distillation column where gas comprising the volatile material and water vapor is discharged from the top of the column and potable water is discharged from the bottom of the column, and a cooling • regeneration step wherein said draw solution is regenerated by cooling said gas and an apparatus therefor. | 10-30-2014 |
20150034556 | Method and Apparatus for Treating Accompanied Water from A Well - A method and apparatus for removing soluble silica efficiently from accompanied water, produced from wells containing calcium ion, soluble silica, and sulfate ion, and not clogging a reverse osmosis membrane in the reverse osmosis membrane treatment process after that, includes adding a magnesium salt to mix with the accompanied water under alkaline conditions to produce insoluble silica and calcium sulfate. A microfiltration (MF) membrane treatment process includes treating a first reaction solution obtained in said magnesium salt adding process, with a microfiltration membrane to separate insolubilized silica and calcium sulfate by filtration. An acid adding process includes adding an acid to and mixing with filtrate obtained in the MF membrane treatment process to render a pH value of the filtrate on the range from 5 to 9 and a negative Langeliar saturation index. A reverse osmosis membrane treatment process includes treating a second reaction solution, obtained in the acid adding process, with a reverse osmosis membrane to obtain fresh water and membrane concentrates. | 02-05-2015 |
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20120242001 | MOLDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INSERT MOLDED ARTICLE - A molding apparatus includes a mold having a long cavity; a pinching member that holds a long metal plate having a pair of longitudinal ends, a pair of lateral ends and a pair of surfaces forming a plate shape by pinching the long metal member, the long metal plate being inserted into the cavity such that the longitudinal direction of the long metal plate is directed to a longitudinal direction of the cavity and the long metal plate is positioned at a position offset from a center of the cross-section of the circumferential surface; and an inlet for pouring a resin material into a space defined between the mold and the pinching member, wherein a shape of the space is such that the amounts of the resin material to be poured around the each side of the pair of surfaces of the long metal plate are equivalent. | 09-27-2012 |
20120243920 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heat source, a roller being heated by the heat source, an endless belt that contacts the roller and rotates along with a rotation of the roller, a guiding portion that includes a first resin member being disposed inside the endless belt and guiding a rotation of the endless belt, a pressing portion that includes a second resin member being disposed inside the endless belt and pressing the endless belt on the roller, and a plate member that includes an elongated metal member of which the longitudinal direction is arranged to be parallel to a rotation axis of the roller, a first end and a second end of the elongated metal member in the transverse direction being unified with the first resin member and the second resin member, respectively, wherein the elongated metal member has a part facing the inner surface of the endless belt. | 09-27-2012 |
20120243921 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heat source, a roller heated by the heat source; an endless belt rotating with the roller; a plate member arranged inside the endless belt; a pressing member attached to one end of the plate member in a lateral direction of the plate member such that a longitudinal direction of the pressing member runs along the longitudinal direction of the plate member, and pressing the endless belt against the roller; and a guide portion including a long member, and attached to the other end of the plate member in a lateral direction of the plate member such that a longitudinal direction of the long member runs along the longitudinal direction of the plate member, and each of the plural ribs fixed to only one of the pressing member and the long member and extending toward another one of the pressing portion and the long member. | 09-27-2012 |
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20100156786 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus capable of transmitting a signal corresponding to an operation of a user to a control apparatus capable of switching display among a plurality of display screens, includes a first detection section, a second detection section, and a mode switch section. The first detection section detects analog information on a movement of the input apparatus made by the user. The second detection section detects digital information input by the user. The mode switch section makes a switch between a first mode for transmitting to the control apparatus a first signal that is based on the analog information detected by the first detection means and a second mode for transmitting to the control apparatus a second signal that is based on the digital information detected by the second detection means, in association with the display screen displayed on the control apparatus. | 06-24-2010 |
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20150220165 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus capable of transmitting a signal corresponding to an operation of a user to a control apparatus capable of switching display among a plurality of display screens, includes a first detection section, a second detection section, and a mode switch section. The first detection section detects analog information on a movement of the input apparatus made by the user. The second detection section detects digital information input by the user. The mode switch section makes a switch between a first mode for transmitting to the control apparatus a first signal that is based on the analog information detected by the first detection means and a second mode for transmitting to the control apparatus a second signal that is based on the digital information detected by the second detection means, in association with the display screen displayed on the control apparatus. | 08-06-2015 |