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20080258566 | Actuator and electric toothbrush using the same - An actuator includes a shaft supported in such a manner as to make axial reciprocating movement or rotational reciprocating movement around longitudinal axis thereof, and an electricity conducting member for making contact with the shaft at a plurality of points on a circumferential surface of the shaft used as an electricity conducting path leading to other members. Further, an electric toothbrush includes the actuator as a drive power source for a brush body, and the brush body is adapted to be supplied with an electric current through the shaft. | 10-23-2008 |
20100175262 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver includes a grip unit capable of being held in one hand, a head unit supported above the grip unit, a blade section provided in the head unit and having an outer blade and an inner blade for shaving, and a connecting section provided at a top of the grip unit and protruded toward a rear face side of the grip unit. The head unit is provided on the connecting section. According to the electric shaver, the grip unit can be held firmly in one hand and the blade section can be pressed onto a skin firmly. | 07-15-2010 |
20100175263 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver includes a rod-shaped body part, a head part, and a link mechanism. The head part projects from one end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the body part and is swingably attached to the body part with a support base between the body part and the head part. The head part includes a shaving portion and a drive mechanism. The shaving portion is formed to be elongated in a direction orthogonal to a projecting direction of the head part and has paired blades configured to operate relative to each other. The drive mechanism is configured to drive at least one of the paired blades. The link mechanism includes two link arms each connected to the support base and the head part respectively at connecting axes parallel to a longitudinal direction of the shaving portion. The link mechanism is configured to support the head part on the support base swingably. The two link arms are disposed asymmetrically with respect to a straight line passing on a center of gravity of the head part and extending parallel with the projecting direction of the head part, when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the shaving portion. | 07-15-2010 |
20100175264 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver includes a rod-shaped body part, a head part, and an interposer. The head part projects from one end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the body part and swingably attached to the body part. The head part includes a shaving portion and a drive mechanism. The shaving portion is formed to be elongated in a direction orthogonal to a projecting direction of the head part and has paired blades configured to operate relative to each other. The drive mechanism is configured to drive at least one of the paired blades. The interposer is configured to support the head part swingably about a first swing axis parallel with a longitudinal direction of the shaving portion, and to be supported on the body part swingably about a second swing axis orthogonal to the projecting direction of the head part and orthogonal to the first swing axis. The second swing axis is located farther away from a tip portion, in the projecting direction, of a contact surface of the shaving portion to be brought into contact with a shaving area, than the first swing axis is. | 07-15-2010 |
20100180446 | BLADE OF RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER - A blade of a reciprocating electric shaver includes a newly provided guide frame ( | 07-22-2010 |
20100325893 | INNER EDGE OF RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER - An inner edge of a reciprocating electric shaver includes an inner edge body, and an inner edge joint that supports the inner edge body, the inner edge body having a plurality of edge pieces which have an inverse U shape, slide along an inner surface of an outer edge, and cut beard. Then, in the inner edge joint, there are provided: a plurality of vibration plates which is connected to any of the plurality of edge pieces, and generates a shaving sound at a time of cutting the beard; and a support portion that supports the respective vibration plates, and the support portion is adapted to support a single point of each of the vibration plates. | 12-30-2010 |
20110179648 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver includes: a main body; an outer blade provided to an end of the main body and having a blade hole defined by a bar; and an inner blade provided inward of the outer blade and configured to reciprocate in a longitudinal direction of the outer blade to cut hair in the blade hole with the outer blade. The bar has a hair raising portion coming in contact with hair upon movement of the outer blade on a skin surface to raise hair up from the skin surface. A contact pressure on the skin surface to be exerted by the outer blade in a first portion of the outer blade is greater than that in a second portion of the outer blade. Hair raising performance in raising hair up from the skin surface in the first portion is smaller than hair raising performance in the second portion. | 07-28-2011 |
20110232097 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver | 09-29-2011 |
20110232098 | ELECTRIC SHAVER | 09-29-2011 |
20120074796 | LINEAR OSCILLATORY ACTUATOR - A linear oscillatory actuator includes a magnetic pole forming portion that includes an electromagnet and a base, magnetic blocks each of which includes a magnet attracted or repelled by the electromagnet to reciprocate, elastic suspensions for supporting the magnetic blocks, and at least one coupling spring portion that couples the magnetic blocks reciprocatably. Each of the elastic suspension includes upper and lower extending portions, and elastic planar portions integrally provided between the upper extending portions and the lower extending portions, respectively. Depressed portions are formed at continuous portions between the upper extending portions and the elastic planar portions, respectively, and each of the depressed portions is depressed toward the magnetic blocks. While the magnetic blocks reciprocate, Stress concentration on the continuous portions can be mitigated by the depressed portions. Therefore, the elastic planar portions can be prevented from being damaged without becoming large in size. | 03-29-2012 |
20130074344 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver includes a rod-shaped body part, a head part, and a link mechanism. The head part projects from one end portion of the body part and is swingably attached to the body part with a support base between the body part and the head part. The head part includes a shaving portion and a drive mechanism. The shaving portion is elongated in a direction orthogonal to a projecting direction of the head part and has paired blades configured to operate relative to each other. The drive mechanism is configured to drive at least one of the paired blades. The link mechanism includes two link arms each connected to the support base and the head part respectively at connecting axes parallel to a longitudinal direction of the shaving portion. The link mechanism is configured to support the head part on the support base swingably. | 03-28-2013 |
20140165406 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver includes a rod-shaped body part, a head part, and an interposer. The head part projects from one end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the body part and swingably attached to the body part. The head part includes a shaving portion and a drive mechanism. The interposer is configured to support the head part swingably about a first swing axis parallel with a longitudinal direction of the shaving portion, and to be supported on the body part swingably about a second swing axis orthogonal to the projecting direction of the head part and orthogonal to the first swing axis. | 06-19-2014 |
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20090025997 | Hydraulic Drive Vehicle with Cooling System - A hydraulic drive vehicle comprises a vehicle frame, a bonnet, a prime mover, a hydraulic transaxle, a seat, a reservoir tank, and a cooling fan and a cooling duct. The bonnet is supported on one of front and rear portions of the vehicle frame, and provided therein with a first space. The prime mover is disposed in the first space. The hydraulic transaxle is driven by the prime mover. The seat is supported on the other of the front and rear portions of the vehicle frame, and is provided therebelow with a second space. The reservoir tank is fluidly connected to the hydraulic transaxle. The cooling fan is driven by the prime mover. The cooling duct is disposed in the second space. The cooling fan and the reservoir tank are disposed in the cooling duct so that the cooling fan cools the reservoir tank. A hydraulic pump for driving the hydraulic transaxle is disposed in the cooling duct so as to be cooled by the cooling fan. | 01-29-2009 |
20100193063 | PIPE PROVIDED WITH CORROSION PREVENTION LAYER ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ALLOY WIRES TO BE USED FOR CORROSION PREVENTION OF OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE PIPE - Disclosed is a pipe made of an iron-base material, having a corrosion prevention layer formed on the surface thereof. The corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Alternatively, the corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn—Mg sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass, Mg in a content of more than 0.01% by mass and less than 5% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Preferably, the sprayed coating of the corrosion prevention layer includes at least any one of Ti, Co, Ni and P, and the content of each of these elements is more than 0.001% by mass and less than 3% by mass. | 08-05-2010 |
20110278835 | PIPE JOINT - An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part. | 11-17-2011 |
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20080307654 | Electric Razor - An electric razor includes an actuator, an outer cutter and an inner cutter. The actuator has a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The outer cutter and the inner cutter are respectively supported at the first vibrator and the second vibrator so that the cutters can slide against each other. The actuator vibrates the first vibrator and the second vibrator so that the vibrators slide in reciprocation toward opposite directions to each other. Even though vibration of the first vibrator is interrupted by external force through the outer cutter, the second vibrator relatively vibrates so as to slide in reciprocation with respect to the first vibrator and therefore it is easy to meet specified shaving performance. | 12-18-2008 |
20100115718 | ELECTRIC-ELECTRONIC TOOTHBRUSH - An electric-electronic toothbrush carries a brush driven to vibrate, and arranged to flow an electric current into a user's oral cavity for promoting removal of tooth plaque. The electric-electronic toothbrush has a shaft driven to vibrate along and/or about an axis of the shaft, and a battery supplying the electric current. The shaft is electrically conductive to flow the electric current into a brush electrode of a brush head. The shaft is electrically connected to the battery by way of an extendible electrically conductive coupler within the handle. The electrically conductive coupler has its one end secured to the shaft, and the other end to an electrically conductive member connected to one of poles of the battery, so as to absorb the vibration of the shaft. The handle is provided on its outer peripheral surface with a touch electrode. The electric-electronic toothbrush is arranged to give predetermined electric potentials respectively to the brush electrode and the touch electrode, so as to flow a microelectric current onto the tooth surface for removal of tooth plaque during user's tooth brushing due to vibration of a brush. | 05-13-2010 |
20100180448 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - In an electric shaver moving inner blades reciprocally and linearly, outer blades which are elongated in longitudinal direction are respectively held on outer blade frames and the outer blade frames are further held in floatable in floating direction on a frame holder. An outer blade mounting base has a pair of protrusions formed at positions near to both ends thereof in the longitudinal direction to protrude in the floating direction and the frame holder has a pair of end walls arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction and a pair of engaging rims formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction. The engaging rims enclose the protrusions so as to position the frame holder to the outer blade mounting base when the frame holder is attached to the outer blade mounting base. | 07-22-2010 |
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20080210482 | Hydraulic Drive Vehicle with Cooling System - A hydraulic drive vehicle comprises a vehicle frame, a bonnet, a prime mover, a hydraulic transaxle, a seat, a reservoir tank, and a cooling fan and a cooling duct. The bonnet is supported on one of front and rear portions of the vehicle frame, and provided therein with a first space. The prime mover is disposed in the first space. The hydraulic transaxle is driven by the prime mover. The seat is supported on the other of the front and rear portions of the vehicle frame, and is provided therebelow with a second space. The reservoir tank is fluidly connected to the hydraulic transaxle. The cooling fan is driven by the prime mover. The cooling duct is disposed in the second space. The cooling fan and the reservoir tank are disposed in the cooling duct so that the cooling fan cools the reservoir tank. A hydraulic pump for driving the hydraulic transaxle is disposed in the cooling duct so as to be cooled by the cooling fan. | 09-04-2008 |
20090098961 | Internal Combustion Engine, Vehicle Power Transmission System and Lawn Tractor Equipped With Them - An internal combustion engine comprises: a crankshaft; an oil pan; and an output shaft supported by the oil pan. The output shaft is disposed perpendicular to the crankshaft, and is drivingly connected to the crankshaft. | 04-16-2009 |
20090126328 | Working Vehicle With Front-Mount Mower - The working vehicle with front-mount mower according to the present invention makes it possible to secure, in the center in a vehicle widthwise direction, a free space used for positioning a discharge duct without being affected by a pump-side transmission mechanism that transmits rotational power from a driving power source to a hydraulic pump main body and a PTO-side transmission mechanism that transmits rotational power from the driving power source to a mower. Accordingly, it is possible to improve design freedom of the discharge duct, thereby eliminating the use of or downsizing a blower, which has been vital in the conventional techniques. | 05-21-2009 |
20090260354 | Axle Driving Apparatus - An axle driving apparatus in which a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor which constitute a hydrostatic transmission are disposed on a center section. In a horizontal portion of the center section are provided a pair of linear oil passages in parallel to each other. A pair of arcuate ports are provided on a pump mounting surface formed on the horizontal portion of the center section. The pair of arcuate ports are substantially perpendicular with respect to the direction in which the oil passages extend. The axis of slanting movement of a movable swash plate of the hydraulic pump extends laterally of the vehicle body on which the axle driving apparatus is provided. The rotating direction of an arm provided on a control shaft for slantingly operating the movable swash plate is coincident with the operating direction of a control rod connected with a speed changing member. Thus, the link mechanism for connecting the speed changing member and the control arm for the movable swash plate is simplified. | 10-22-2009 |
20140230948 | PIPE PROVIDED WITH CORROSION PREVENTION LAYER ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ALLOY WIRES USED FOR THE CORROSION PREVENTION LAYER - Disclosed is a pipe made of an iron-base material, having a corrosion prevention layer formed on the surface thereof. The corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Alternatively, the corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn—Mg sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass, Mg in a content of more than 0.01% by mass and less than 5% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Preferably, the sprayed coating of the corrosion prevention layer includes at least any one of Ti, Co, Ni and P, and the content of each of these elements is more than 0.001% by mass and less than 3% by mass. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234158 | PIPE PROVIDED WITH CORROSION PREVENTION LAYER ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ALLOY WIRES USED FOR THE CORROSION PREVENTION LAYER - Disclosed is a pipe made of an iron-base material, having a corrosion prevention layer formed on the surface thereof. The corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Alternatively, the corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn—Mg sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass, Mg in a content of more than 0.01% by mass and less than 5% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Preferably, the sprayed coating of the corrosion prevention layer includes at least any one of Ti, Co, Ni and P, and the content of each of these elements is more than 0.001% by mass and less than 3% by mass. | 08-21-2014 |
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20090252380 | MOVING OBJECT TRAJECTORY ESTIMATING DEVICE - A moving object trajectory estimating device has: a surrounding information acquisition part that acquires information on surroundings of a moving object; a trajectory estimating part that specifies another moving object around the moving object based on the acquired surrounding information and estimates a trajectory of the specified moving object; and a recognition information acquisition part that acquires recognition information on a recognizable area of the specified moving object, and the trajectory estimating part estimates a trajectory of the specified moving object, based on the acquired recognition information of the specified moving object. | 10-08-2009 |
20110235864 | MOVING OBJECT TRAJECTORY ESTIMATING DEVICE - A moving object trajectory estimating device has: a surrounding information acquisition part that acquires information on surroundings of a moving object; a trajectory estimating part that specifies another moving object around the moving object based on the acquired surrounding information and estimates a trajectory of the specified moving object; and a recognition information acquisition part that acquires recognition information on a recognizable area of the specified moving object, and the trajectory estimating part estimates a trajectory of the specified moving object, based on the acquired recognition information of the specified moving object. | 09-29-2011 |
20150262365 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes an imaging device and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit includes a first extraction unit, a disparity calculation unit, a second extraction unit, and an object determination unit. The first extraction unit extracts a main area based on image data captured by the imaging device, the main area being an image area including a candidate for a target. The second extraction unit extracts a candidate area from the main area based on the disparity. The object determination unit determines whether an image of the candidate area is an image of the target. An extraction of the candidate area from a lower part area is restricted more strictly than that from an upper part area. The lower part area is provided below a predetermined position in the main area. The upper part area is provided above the predetermined position in the main area. | 09-17-2015 |
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20110163617 | Oil Immersed Solenoid - An oil immersed solenoid capable of easily and quickly removing air and air bubbles in oil in a space accommodating a movable core and preventing the air and the like from accumulating in the space. In an oil immersed solenoid in which a movable core is accommodated in a space of a tubular second guide so as to be movable in an axial direction of the second guide and the movable core is pulled by a fixed magnetic pole portion provided to be spaced apart from a tip end portion of the second guide, an air accumulation preventing portion is provided between the tip end portion of the second guide and a convex portion of a rear end portion of the fixed magnetic pole portion, and the second guide is made of a magnetic material and the air accumulation preventing portion is made of a non-magnetic material. | 07-07-2011 |
20110168933 | Adjusting Screw Structure of Oil Immersed Solenoid and Oil Immersed Solenoid Including the Same - An adjusting screw structure of an oil immersed solenoid comprises a movable core provided in a first space of a main body case to be movable in an axial direction. The core is biased by an adjusting spring to be pulled by a fixed magnetic pole portion. An adjusting screw capable of adjusting biasing force of the adjusting spring is included. The adjusting screw structure includes an air-bleeding plug configured to detachably attach to and seal an opening end portion of a rear case, which communicates with the first space. The air-bleeding plug includes an internal screw portion that threadedly engages the adjustable screw. A detachable mechanism is configured to attach the air-bleeding plug to the opening end portion, locating the air-bleeding plug at a predetermined attachment position in a movement direction of the adjusting screw. Thus, air in a solenoid can be removed without causing a biasing force error. | 07-14-2011 |
20150179326 | OIL-IMMERSED SOLENOID - An oil-immersed solenoid is provided with a casing including a base, a cylinder, and a flange in an integral manner, a fixed magnetic pole, a plunger having an armature, a guide pipe, a coil unit including a bobbin around which a coil is wound, and a cover, the fixed magnetic pole is integrated with the casing, and in the state where the plunger, the guide pipe, the coil unit, and the cover are attached in the cylinder of the casing, a front end of the cylinder is swaged, thereby holding the plunger, the guide pipe, the coil unit, and the cover in the casing. | 06-25-2015 |
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20120317815 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - Second hair lifting frames provided on the rear side in the traveling direction is arranged closer to a top than first hair lifting frames provided on the front side in the traveling direction. Accordingly, the differences in hair lifting ability between the first hair lifting frames and the second hair lifting frames can be reduced so as to lift body hair up more efficiently. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324732 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - Hair lifting frames are provided in a range between a top of a first outer blade located on one side in the traveling direction and a top of a second outer blade located on the other side in the traveling direction in the use of a shaver main body (an electric shaver). Accordingly, the hair lifting frames can efficiently lift body hair up, and at the same time, an influence (damage) on a skin surface can be prevented. | 12-27-2012 |
20130081278 | HAIR REMOVER - A hair remover comprises a main unit having a gripper, a head unit having a blade for removing hair, and a drive unit for driving said blade. The hair remover further comprises a rotating mechanical section and a rotating mechanical section. Said rotating mechanical section has a turn plate which is configured to rotate with respect to said main unit. Said main unit supports rotatably said head unit through said turn plate. Said swinging mechanical section is configured to swing said head unit with respect to said turn plate. | 04-04-2013 |
20130091709 | HAIR REMOVER - A hair remover comprising: a main unit having a gripper; a head unit having a blade for removing body hair; and a drive unit for driving said blade. Said main unit is provided in one end with an extension portion configured to support said head unit, an extending direction of said extension portion from said one end being defined as an extension direction. Said hair remover is configured to have a first state where the longitudinal direction of said head unit is parallel to the extension direction and a second state where the longitudinal direction of said head unit is perpendicular to the extension direction. Said hair remover is configured so that outer periphery of said head unit is located so as to be flush with or is located within outer periphery of said main unit when viewed from the extension direction. | 04-18-2013 |
20150328786 | SLIT BLADE BLOCK AND ELECTRIC RAZOR - A slit blade block is provided with a slit outer blade, a comb component, and an outer blade connector to which the slit outer blade is fixed. The comb component is sandwiched between and held by the slit outer blade and the outer blade connector when the slit outer blade is fixed to the slit connector. | 11-19-2015 |
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20130081277 | HAIR REMOVER - Hair remover comprises main unit having gripper, head unit having blade for removing hair, and drive unit for driving blade. Direction of extension portion extended from one end is defined as extension direction. Direction in head unit along hair removing direction of blade is defined as first direction. Direction in head unit perpendicular to first direction is defined as second direction. Hair remover comprises rotating mechanical section having rotation center of which axis is perpendicular to extension direction, enabling head unit to rotate around rotation center with respect to main unit, and thereby switching between a state where second direction of head unit is parallel to extension direction and a state where second direction of head unit is perpendicular to extension direction. Drive unit comprises driving source and drive transmission unit transferring a driving force of driving source to head unit in said states. | 04-04-2013 |
20130098386 | HAIR SHAPING DEVICE - A hair shaping device comprises a main unit having a gripper, a head having a rod-shaped heating unit, and a drive unit configured to rotate said head around an axis of said heating unit, and wherein said head is provided, in an outer periphery of said heading unit, with a comb, and wherein said comb comprises a comb section, and said comb section is formed so as to slope, over the entire circumference of said comb, toward an axial direction of said heating unit with respect to a circumferential direction of said comb and to intersect with the axial direction of said heating unit. | 04-25-2013 |