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A mini-environment apparatus includes a wafer transportation machine transporting a wafer, a wafer transportation room having the machine and passed by the wafer transported to a processing room, a circulating passage where a gas detoured from the transportation room flows, a blowing means forming a circulating current falling in the transportation room and rising in the passage, a current member arranged in a ceiling part of the transportation room and laminarizing the current and introducing this laminarized current into the transportation room, a particle removal filter arranged in either the ceiling part of the transportation room or the passage, and a chemical filter arranged in the passage detachably and separately from the removal filter. The chemical filter is arranged at a position lower than a lowest position where the wafer may pass through in the transportation room.

A stack sheet supplying apparatus has a sheet stacking unit, a supply roller for supplying a sheet by contacting with an uppermost sheet in a sheet stack resting on the sheet stacking unit, a lift / lower device for controlling lifting and lower of the supply roller, a drive for driving the lift / lower device, a detector for detecting the fact that the supply roller reaches a supply position after the supply roller is lowered, and a control for turning OFF the drive on the basis of a detected result of the detector.

A method for the allocation of passengers in an elevator group. The group has several elevator lobbies and multi-door elevators. Each passenger gives his / her destination floor by means of a call input device, so that the passenger's starting and destination floors are thereby defined.

The invention provides a control method for increasing low-temperature heating heat of a varied-frequency air conditioner. After an outdoor electronic control chip of the air conditioner receives an instruction to start an indoor low-temperature heating mode, the method comprises the following steps: step 1: the outdoor electronic control chip responses outdoor ambient temperature and environmentrelative humidity so that the air conditioner can enters into a corresponding low-temperature heating running state; and step 2: after the air conditioner enters into a low-temperature heating running state, a compressor runs for a corresponding heating time according to a designated heating frequency, then the air conditioner enters into a defrosting operation and an outdoor heat exchanger of the air conditioner can be defrosted through reversing a four-way valve in the air conditioner, wherein before the defrosting operation in the step 2 and in the entire process of defrosting operation, the operation frequency and time of the compressor can be changed on condition that the compressor of the air conditioner keeps running all the time. The method provided by the invention can response the changes of ambient temperature and relative humidity and can effectively improve low-temperature heating heat of the varied-frequency air conditioner.

A workpiece grasper and a workpiece transfer apparatus shorten the time that a processing facility must be stopped. A workpiece is transferred along a production line and processed in three or more processing facilities. A workpiece grasper grasps and places the workpiece to be transferred between the processing facilities. The workpiece grasper includes a rotation mechanism and two hands capable of grasping and placing the workpiece. The rotation mechanism rotates the two hands above a line along a transfer direction of the workpiece. The rotation mechanism changes the hands for grasping the workpiece from a processing facility and changes the hands for placing the grasped workpiece on a processing facility.

A wireless communication system. The system includes a wireless communication terminal, a base station to which the wireless communication terminal wirelessly connects at a time of starting communication with the specific communication party, another base station to which the wireless communication terminal newly connects after starting communication with the specific communication party and a transfer unit which transfers information transmitted from the specific communication party to the another base station.

The invention discloses a real-time message exchange platform and a distributed cluster establishment method. The platform includes an application server cluster and a data server cluster. The application server cluster and the data server cluster are in communication connection through a gigabit local-area network. The platform has the advantages that any quantity of loads (common / gateway) and load balances are supported so that expandability of a system is greatly strengthened; on-line-user supporting capacity of the system is greatly strengthened through service resources provided by a large quantity of nodes; system operation and maintenance cost is reduced by not limiting start sequence of the nodes; through dynamic cluster entrance and exit of the nodes and automatic reconstruction of a system cluster network, a system dynamic expansion capability is increased, system stop time is reduced and system operation and maintenance cost is reduced; and through distributed storage of data, supporting capability for large-capacity data and system-fault resistance capability of the system are improved.

A logical name of shared data is defined. A network system comprises a communication portion for exchanges of data with other control apparatuses; a link memory (15) for storing data shared through the network; an indirect reference table (16) for storing logical names and the pointers used to access data stored in the link memory; and a database (17) of variables in which logical names are associated with memory addresses in the indirect reference table storing the pointers of the logical names. A control execution portion (18) accesses the link memory through the indirect reference table based on a logical name so that there is no need to know the specific memory location. Specifically, the user program contains logical names and no addresses (pointers) storing data.

An overhead shuttle is controlled to support a bottom of an article while traveling. A transfer apparatus is controlled to hold the article from above the article, move the article between a position above the overhead shuttle and a position above stations provided on a side of a travel rail, and elevate and lower the article to transfer the article between the transfer apparatus and the station.

There is provided a hybrid turbocharger that allows easy and quick attachment / removal of a coupling attachment boss to which an end section of a coupling is attached, thereby reducing the amount of operation time required for an overhaul of the turbocharger. The hybrid turbocharger includes: a turbine section that is driven by exhaust gas introduced from an internal combustion engine; a compressor section that is driven by the turbine section to pressure-feed outside air into the internal combustion engine; and a power generator having a rotating shaft coupled to a rotating shaft of the turbine section and the compressor section via a coupling. A coupling attachment boss to which one end section of the coupling is coupled, intervenes and is fixed, via a boss fixing nut that screws onto a screw section formed on a tip end of one end section of the rotating shaft of the turbine section and the compressor section, between one end surface of a turbine rotor that constitutes the turbine section or one end surface of a compressor impeller that constitutes the compressor section, and the boss fixing nut.

There is provided a hybrid turbocharger that allows easy and quick attachment / removal of a coupling attachment boss to which an end section of a coupling is attached, thereby reducing the amount of operation time required for an overhaul of the turbocharger. The hybrid turbocharger includes: a turbine section that is driven by exhaust gas introduced from an internal combustion engine; a compressor section that is driven by the turbine section to pressure-feed outside air into the internal combustion engine; and a power generator having a rotating shaft coupled to a rotating shaft of the turbine section and the compressor section via a coupling. A coupling attachment boss to which one end section of the coupling is coupled, intervenes and is fixed, via a boss fixing nut that screws onto a screw section formed on a tip end of one end section of the rotating shaft of the turbine section and the compressor section, between one end surface of a turbine rotor that constitutes the turbine section or one end surface of a compressor impeller that constitutes the compressor section, and the boss fixing nut.

A system for wrapping loads includes a rotary platform and a moving machine according to a vertical direction, a wrapping head provided with at least one reel of film for covering a load associated to said moving machine, a support frame for at least two wrapping heads outside the vertical moving machine provided with a displacement device, the wrapping head includes a first removable attachment means to the support frame and a second removable attachment means to the moving machine, and a rotatable connection arranged between the wrapping head and the moving machine.

Brake mode switching signal production means detects the number of revolutions per unit time of a rotor according to a change in a positional relationship between motor windings of a plurality of phases and the rotor so as to output first and second brake mode switching signals for selecting either a short brake mode or a reverse brake mode for braking the rotation of the rotor based on the number of revolutions. Control means outputs an energization control signal for controlling energization of the motor windings of a plurality of phases in response to the first and second brake mode switching signals. Thus, it is possible to reduce the braking noise and the stopping time.

In order to reduce a period of time required for a database operation and maintenance job, provided is a database management method in a database management apparatus that manages a database stored in a storage apparatus including: executing load processing of storing data which is read from the storage apparatus in a memory; executing job processing by reading and writing the data which is stored in the memory; executing unload processing of writing the data which is stored in the memory in the storage apparatus; and executing maintenance processing for the database using the data which is stored in the memory at timing for executing at least one of the load processing and the unload processing.

To reduce a stop time of transportation of wafers which occurs when one stepper handles many kinds of products, before exposure of semiconductor wafers of a first cassette port 7a is completed, a process recipe for semiconductor wafers of a second cassette port 7b is obtained from a host computer 2, the progress of the exposure of the semiconductor wafers of the first cassette port 7a is detected via a sequencer 5, it is determined, based on the obtained process recipe, whether or not the semiconductor wafers of the second cassette port 7b can be transported to an exposure stage following the last semiconductor wafer of the first cassette port 7a, and a stepper 1 is caused to perform exposure in accordance with the determination result and the progress detection result.

The invention discloses a horizontal linear motor structure which comprises a machine shell, a bottom plate is connected to the lower portion of the machine shell. A stator assembly is connected abovethe bottom plate; a vibrator assembly is arranged in the machine shell. The oscillator assembly comprises a mass block, a pole piece and a magnetic steel assembly. Two opposite sides in the mass block are respectively connected with a magnetic steel assembly, two sides of the magnetic steel assembly are connected with pole pieces, the mass block is connected with the machine shell through springpieces, the stator assembly comprises a coil, an iron core and an FPC circuit board, the FPC circuit board is connected above the base plate, and the coil is arranged above the FPC circuit board. Theinvention further discloses an implementation method of the horizontal linear motor structure. The magnetic steel, the yoke and the pole piece in the oscillator assembly, and the iron core and the support frame in the stator assembly form a magnetic field loop, so that the magnetic field is reserved in an effective area as much as possible, the utilization rate of the magnetic field is increased,the driving force is improved, and the magnetic field leakage is reduced.

The invention discloses a motor driving circuit, a motor driving method and electronic equipment. The motor driving circuit comprises a drive module, a booster module, a signal input end and a signal output end, wherein the signal input end and the signal output end are connected with the drive module; the booster module is electrically connected with a power supply unit; the drive module comprises a digital-to-analogue conversion unit and an amplifying unit; the digital-to-analogue conversion unit is used for receiving a digital audio signal through the signal input end and converting the digital audio signal into an analogue signal; the amplifying unit is used for amplifying the analogue signal and transmitting the amplified analogue signal to a motor through the signal output end; the booster module is used for boosting input voltage provided by the power supply unit and outputting the boosted input voltage to the amplifying unit. Therefore, driving voltage output by the motor driving circuit can be increased, the start and stop time of the corresponding motor is shortened and the transient performance of the motor can be developed.

An object of the invention is to reduce stop time of a wind turbine generator caused by icing on a wind turbine blade in the wind turbine generator. The invention provides the wind turbine generator including an ice detecting unit for detecting an amount of icing on a wind turbine blade, wherein an operation mode is switched to a no-load operation mode with no power being generated in a case where the icing amount detected by the ice detecting unit exceeds a first predetermined value, and an icing amount is detected by the ice detecting unit in a state where the apparatus is operated in the no-load operation mode.

An overhead shuttle is controlled to support a bottom of an article while traveling. A transfer apparatus is controlled to hold the article from above the article, move the article between a position above the overhead shuttle and a position above stations provided on a side of a travel rail, and elevate and lower the article to transfer the article between the transfer apparatus and the station.

The invention provides a rotary cutting edge mounting structure for crusher and a crusher using such mounting structure, wherein the cutting edge portion is produced with a small size to improve the utilization ratio of resources, reduce the material cost of the cutting edge portion and allow the rotary cutting edge to be mounted on a rotor detachably conveniently. The crusher comprises a rotary rotor, a plurality of rotary cutting edges mounted on the surface of the rotor, and fixed cutting edges arranged on a housing to shear and crusher the crushed material between the rotary cutting edges, wherein the rotary cutting edge mounting structure for crusher comprises a plurality of mounting grooves processed on the surface of the rotor and provided with an even surface on bottoms thereof, wherein the rotary cutting edges are mounted on the inner side of the mounting grooves; the bottom surfaces of the rotary cutting edges are formed as even surfaces, and the rotary cutting edges are provided with a cutting edge portion for shearing and crushing the material to be crushed; the cutting edge portions are substantially triangle-shaped on front side faces formed as front sides thereof relative to the rotating direction of the rotary cutting edges.

In thermal cutting machines such as a plasma cutting machine and a laser cutting machine, a stop time involved in loading and unloading of a plate member on a table and replacement of bars is reduced. A grating pallet (13) with a large number of bars for placing a plate member (14) is removably assembled in a table (12). The plate member (14) is placed in advance on the grating pallet (14) in another place, then the grating pallet (13) having the pallet (14) is lifted by a crane, carried to above the table (12), and lowered on the table (12). As soon as cutting is completed, the grating pallet (13) on which a product and residual materials are placed is lifted by the crane to separate it from the table (12) and carried to another place, another grating pallet (13) on which another plate member (14) is placed is carried on to the table (12) by the crane, and cutting of the another plate member (14) is started. The stop time of a thermal cutting machine (10) is only a time to exchange the grating pallets (13).

The invention provides a coin processing device, comprising: a leading-out unit provided with a separating door separating and leading out coins thrown onto a leading-out rotating circular disc configured in a leading-out housing horizontally configured one by one; a sorting unit configured in a sorting housing horizontally configured, and provided with a plurality of transmission discs of coin receiving parts separated by separating disposing parts and formed at an outer circumferential edge part and transmitting inlets making the coins transmitted to the coin receiving part pass through; a coin channel connecting the separating door of the leading-out unit and the transmitting inlet of the sorting unit and horizontally configured; and a pair of transmission roller pair configured at an upstream side of the coin channel and a coin transmitting inlet direction of the transmitting inlet and used for clamping the transmitted coins and making the coins be on standby at a standby position, wherein, intermittent drive of the transmission discs is performed, when the coin receiving parts of the transmission discs are stopped at a coin transmitting inlet position relative to the transmitting inlets, rotate the transmission roller pair and transmit the coins on standby at the standby position to the coin receiving parts.

The invention discloses a refrigeration device. The refrigeration system has an energy saving operation mode performing: a first action in which a compressor (11) and an internal fan (16) are driven while the cooling capacity of an evaporator (14) is regulated; a second action in which, when the blow-off-side air temperature in a cold storage is kept at a set value in the first action, the cooling capacity of the evaporator (14) is increased to lower the blow-off-side air temperature to a lower limit temperature of a desired temperature range containing the set value and the compressor (11) and the internal fan (16) are then stopped; and a third action in which, when the blow-off-side air temperature after the second action rises to an upper limit temperature of the desired temperature range, the first action is restarted. Furthermore, the energy saving operation mode is configured so that when the suction-side air temperature in the cold storage after the second action rises to a limit value, the internal fan (16) is activated at a lower air flow rate than in the first action.

Traffic data while the system is in operation is collected for a certain time as a preprocess. Typical patterns are extracted from the collected traffic data. Next, stream programs are created for the individual typical patterns and stored for the future reference. Next, the IDs of alternative tasks for transition among different stream programs are stored. In actual system operation, the system measures traffic data regularly or at any time, compares the resultant patterns with the typical patterns, and selects a stream program corresponding to the closest typical pattern as the next phase. Program shutdown time when shifting from the stream program in the present phase to the next phase can be reduced by gradually shifting empty tasks in the present phase to the next stream program as alternative tasks in consideration of the cost of switching between tasks, the cost of transferring data among resources, and so on.

The invention provides a document feeding device, an image reading device and an image forming device equipped with same. The document feeding device includes: a document tray on which a document is loaded; a discharge tray to which the original document is discharged; a conveyance path which conveys a document on the original document tray to the discharge tray via a document reading position; adetection unit which is disposed in the conveyance path and detects a jam of the original document in the conveyance path; and an illumination device which illuminates the conveyance path in a state visible from the exterior when the detection unit has detected a jam of the original document. Thus, the case of the jam of the original document is informed to the user immediately, so that the the case of the jam of the original document will be regarded.

The invention provides a machining system and a robot system, and there is an advantage in machining efficiency that can be greatly improved by reducing waiting time of the robot and the machine toolfor the machine tool capable of achieving a high machining feed rate and high machining accuracy. There is provided a machining system (1) including: a machine tool (2) that moves a table (7) on whicha plurality of works (A), (B) are fixed, in a two-dimensional manner, to machine the one work (A) by driving a blade shaft in a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of the table (7); a robot (3) that is disposed at a position accessible to the table (7) of the machine tool (2) to apply processing to the other one work (B) fixed to the table (7); and a robot control unit (4) that controls the robot (3) so as to follow movement of the table (7) on the basis of position information on the table (7).

When the first time has elapsed after the operator operates a power switch to stop power supply, an image processing apparatus forcibly stops power supply. When stopping power supply, the image processing apparatus executes hibernation processing to retract, in a secondary storage device, the stored content of a main memory used as a work area by a CPU. When the hibernation processing will be completed within a target time necessary to complete the hibernation processing and end processing of the image processing apparatus before the first time elapses, the image processing apparatus executes the end processing of the image processing apparatus and stops power supply after completing the hibernation processing; otherwise, the image processing apparatus interrupts the hibernation processing, executes the end processing of the image processing apparatus, and stops power supply.

Regarding an information processing device forming a home network, a technology for more effectively updating a firmware is provided. Provided are a remote management means for communicating with a server device which stores software to be delivered, and a controlled device within a home network, and for managing applications; a service management program for managing services of the controlled device; a firmware management program for managing a firmware of the controlled device; a gateway firmware management program for managing a firmware of a gateway device; a gateway firmware updating program for rewriting the firmware of the gateway device; and a dependence relationship management program which, when a software is to be distributed, analyzes a dependence relationship aggregation table aggregating contents of a dependence relationship table which describes a software whereon the software to be distributed depends.

A brake device is described for braking the wheels of a vehicle. The brake device includes at least one brake master cylinder, a brake booster, a wheel brake, a return pump, using which a hydraulic fluid may be pumped back from the wheel brake in the direction of brake master cylinder. A sensor system for detecting an abrupt negative change in the friction coefficient of the roadway is provided. An arrangement is provided according to which the boost of the brake booster is set to a smaller value if a braking maneuver has been detected on a roadway having an abrupt negative change in the friction coefficient than in the case of a braking maneuver on a roadway without an abrupt negative change in the friction coefficient.