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In a method and apparatus for charging a gas into a gas compartment portion (6) of a bag (1), after a pre-heating step which is performed in stop position (IV) so that the gas compartment portion of the bag is heated by a heated gas-blowing nozzle (27), a preliminary gas injection step for injecting gas into the gas compartment portion is performed by a gas blowing nozzle (28) and a receiving member (29) in stop position (V). Then, a gas filling step is carried out in stop position (VI) by gas injection nozzles (23, 24), and the incision (9) in the gas compartment portion is sealed in stop position (VII). In the following pre-heating step, the front and rear film sheets (7, 8) of the gas compartment portion are softened, and in the preliminary gas injection step, the film sheets are separated and their adhesion is eliminated.

An image forming apparatus includes a color toner image forming portion for forming a toner image with a color toner on a recording material; a clear toner image forming portion for forming a toner image with a clear toner on the recording material, wherein the clear toner has a melt viscosity, at a fixing temperature, higher than that of the color toner; a fixing device for fixing the toner image formed on the recording material; an obtaining portion for obtaining information on an area in which designated glossiness is partly increased, partly decreased, or partly increased and decreased; and a control device for determining the order of formation of the toner image with the color toner and the toner image with the clear toner on the recording material depending on the information obtained by the obtaining portion.

A method is provided for using a film formation apparatus including a process container having an inner surface, which contains as a main component a material selected from the group consisting of quartz and silicon carbide. The method includes performing a film formation process to form a silicon nitride film on a product target substrate inside the process container, and then, unloading the product target substrate from the process container. Thereafter, the method includes supplying an oxidizing gas into the process container with no product target substrate accommodated therein, thereby performing an oxidation process to change by-product films deposited on the inner surface of the process container into a composition richer in oxygen than nitrogen, at a part of the by-product films from a surface thereof to a predetermined depth.

In a manufacturing apparatus of printed wiring board an aperture of a nozzle pipe located in a central position is larger than that at both sides, or the aperture of the piping to the nozzle pipe in the central position is larger than that of the piping at both sides. The mutual interval is narrower with the central nozzle pipes. The interval of the individual nozzle pipes is variable, and is also variable in the vertical direction. A pressure-proof flexible tube is provided between each nozzle pipe and the pump, and the interval of the individual nozzle pipes is variable, and is also variable in the vertical direction. Further, the spray pressure, oscillating angle, and oscillating speed can be set individually in each nozzle pipe, and such setting can be automated.

The image recording apparatus includes an image allocating section allocating the plural images with respect to each recording medium, an image recording section recording the plural images on each recording medium, a cutting section cutting the one recording medium on which the plural images are recorded into the plural prints, a arranging section unifying the plural prints in a single line, a sort transporting section accumulating the plural prints, a discharge control section acquiring at least status information of the arranging section, and controls operations of the cutting section, the arranging section, and the sort transporting section, and an entire control section performing adjustment of allocating operations, or controls the operation of the arranging section, based upon at least one of an appointed delivery date of the plural prints and the status information.

An exhaust system includes an exhaust pipe. The exhaust pipe includes an outer pipe and an inner pipe. A first through-hole and a second through-hole are provided in a peripheral surface of the outer pipe and a peripheral surface of the inner pipe, respectively, to receive an exhaust gas detector. Third through-holes are provided in the peripheral surface of the outer pipe, at a different position than that of the first through-hole. Since the third through-holes are provided in the outer pipe, a liquid can be drained promptly from a space between the outer pipe and inner pipe. Exhaust gas can be prevented from being discharged to the atmosphere by sealing the third through-holes.

An image forming apparatus that can provide a quality image in a stable manner without lowering the productivity. A reference image forming unit forms reference images on a transfer member. A plurality of sensing units detect densities of the formed reference images. A control unit adjusts respective output values from the plurality of sensing units according to a difference between the output values from the plurality of sensing units. The control unit performs error processing according to the difference between the output values from the plurality of sensing units when the control unit adjusts the output values from the plurality of sensing units.

Provided are a film formation apparatus and a film formation method which may control with accuracy the thickness of a thin film formed on the film formation object. A film formation apparatus includes a moving part (film formation source unit) for moving a film formation source between a predetermined film formation waiting position and a predetermined film forming position is provided, and the moving part holds a quartz oscillator for measurement and a quartz oscillator for calibration so that their relative positions with respect to the film formation source are maintained. And a calibration step for calibrating a monitored value of the quartz oscillator for measurement, using a monitored value of the quartz oscillator for calibration, is performed in a middle of the film forming step of forming the film on the film formation object.

An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a recording medium; a slip sheet inserter that inserts a slip sheet; and a hardware processor capable of controlling image formation, slip sheet insertion and post-processing, wherein the hardware processor acquires a read image obtained by reading the recording medium on which the image is formed and determines whether an abnormality is present in the image on the recording medium based on the read image, and when detecting the abnormality in the image on the recording medium of a page to which bundle post-processing to bundle recording media as one bundle is applied, the hardware processor performs control to discharge the slip sheet after producing a bundle including the recording medium by the bundle post-processing without inserting the slip sheet.

An image forming apparatus that can provide a quality image in a stable manner without lowering the productivity. A reference image forming unit forms reference images on a transfer member. A plurality of sensing units detect densities of the formed reference images. A control unit adjusts respective output values from the plurality of sensing units according to a difference between the output values from the plurality of sensing units. The control unit performs error processing according to the difference between the output values from the plurality of sensing units when the control unit adjusts the output values from the plurality of sensing units.

A die bonding method and apparatus that performs bonding position detection and bonding inspection without lowering the productivity, in which after a bonding head has bonded a semiconductor chip to an island, the bonding head is moved to a wafer to pick up a semiconductor chip and is returned to the island; and during this period, an island used for bonding inspection (that is the island on which bonding has just been performed) and an island used for position detection (that is the island on which bonding is to be done next) are imaged by a camera in the same visual field, and inspection of the bonding conditions of the island used for inspection and detection of the position of the island used for position detection are performed based on the acquired image data.

A method is provided for using a film formation apparatus including a process container having an inner surface, which contains as a main component a material selected from the group consisting of quartz and silicon carbide. The method includes performing a film formation process to form a silicon nitride film on a product target substrate inside the process container, and then, unloading the product target substrate from the process container. Thereafter, the method includes supplying an oxidizing gas into the process container with no product target substrate accommodated therein, thereby performing an oxidation process to change by-product films deposited on the inner surface of the process container into a composition richer in oxygen than nitrogen, at a part of the by-product films from a surface thereof to a predetermined depth.

A machine controller intercommunicates with, and issues machining program commands to, a plurality of peripherals. The controller receives work status information on the peripherals, calculates the total power consumption by the plurality of peripherals based on the received information, and decides the work start timing for the peripherals such that the total does not reach a preset upper limit.

A process for producing a substrate for a liquid ejection head, including a step of forming a liquid supply port passing through a silicon substrate by dry etching, the step being a step of sequentially repeating the steps of (1) forming an etching protection film on the silicon substrate, (2) removing a bottom portion of the etching protection film, and (3) etching the silicon substrate, wherein a sheath formed in the step (2) is thicker than a sheath formed in the step (3).

Provided is a mutant polyhydroxyalkanoate synthetase having an amino acid sequence which has 85% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and which contains a mutation of substitution of at least one of the amino acids at the 27th to 33rd, 39th, 56th, 106th, 129th, 144th, 165th, 170th and 172nd to 187th positions from the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 with another amino acid.

A sheet folding processing apparatus performs folding processing on continuously conveyed sheets without lowering productivity. A sheet folding processing apparatus includes a conveyance roller pair, a folding roller pair forming a plurality of fold lines by bending a sheet conveyed from the conveyance roller pair in Z-shape, an additional folding roller and a lower folding guide arranged downstream of the folding roller pair to face each other and pressing the fold line of the sheet in corporation with each other, and a controller controlling operation of the above. The controller controls the folding roller pair to convey the sheet with the fold line downstream in a conveyance direction until the fold line passes through the additional folding position by a predetermined conveyance amount, to return the sheet upstream by reversely rotating the folding roller pair, and to position the fold line to the additional folding position for additional folding processing.

A process for producing a substrate for a liquid ejection head, including a step of forming a liquid supply port passing through a silicon substrate by dry etching, the step being a step of sequentially repeating the steps of (1) forming an etching protection film on the silicon substrate, (2) removing a bottom portion of the etching protection film, and (3) etching the silicon substrate, wherein a sheath formed in the step (2) is thicker than a sheath formed in the step (3).

A substrate processing method includes a first process (step S12 to step S16) of forming a first resist pattern by exposing a substrate having thereon a first resist film to lights, developing the exposed substrate and cleaning the developed substrate; and a second process (step S17 to step S20) of forming a second resist pattern by forming a second resist film on the substrate having thereon the first resist pattern, exposing the substrate having thereon the second resist film to lights, and developing the exposed substrate. A first processing condition is determined based on first data showing a relationship between a first processing condition under which a cleaning process is performed on the substrate in the first process (step S16) and a line width of the second resist pattern, and the first process (step S16) is performed on the substrate under the determined first processing condition.

Provided are a film formation apparatus and a film formation method which may control with accuracy the thickness of a thin film formed on the film formation object. A film formation apparatus includes a moving part (film formation source unit) for moving a film formation source between a predetermined film formation waiting position and a predetermined film forming position is provided, and the moving part holds a quartz oscillator for measurement and a quartz oscillator for calibration so that their relative positions with respect to the film formation source are maintained. And a calibration step for calibrating a monitored value of the quartz oscillator for measurement, using a monitored value of the quartz oscillator for calibration, is performed in a middle of the film forming step of forming the film on the film formation object.

A sheet folding processing apparatus performs folding processing on continuously conveyed sheets without lowering productivity. A sheet folding processing apparatus includes a conveyance roller pair, a folding roller pair forming a plurality of fold lines by bending a sheet conveyed from the conveyance roller pair in Z-shape, an additional folding roller and a lower folding guide arranged downstream of the folding roller pair to face each other and pressing the fold line of the sheet in corporation with each other, and a controller controlling operation of the above. The controller controls the folding roller pair to convey the sheet with the fold line downstream in a conveyance direction until the fold line passes through the additional folding position by a predetermined conveyance amount, to return the sheet upstream by reversely rotating the folding roller pair, and to position the fold line to the additional folding position for additional folding processing.

An image data output unit including an output-side processing section for performing a plurality of processing operations on image data, and an imaging unit including an imaging-side processing section for performing a given processing operation on image data outputted from the image data output unit and an imaging operation section for performing an imaging operation based on the image data outputted from the imaging-side processing section are provided. An amount of data to be transferred per unit time of processed image data that will result when the processing operations are performed on the image data at the output-side processing section is compared with a transferable amount of data transmission per unit time between the image data output unit and the imaging unit, and each of the processing operations is allocated to the output-side processing section or the imaging-side processing section based on the result of the comparison.

A slidable rubber material that has an amino-modified interfacial layer that does not affect the compression set. Although the slidable rubber material includes a rubber component such as a butyl rubber or halogenated butyl rubber etc. having the low-compression set, which contains a vulcanization agent such as a nitrogen / sulfur compound or a vulcanizing auxiliary agent, the rubber part is coated with a silicone rubber layer. The slidable rubber material exhibits a slidability and resists the detachment or elution of fine particles from the coating layer. A rubber component and a vulcanization agent; an interfacial modification layer that coats the rubber part and an amino-modified silicone compound is incorporated with surface molecules of the rubber part; and a layer that coats the interfacial modification and contains solid fine particles, an addition-type or condensation-type silicone rubber in which the particles are dispersed, and a curing catalyst for silicone rubber.