An inspection device includes: an illumination device; an imaging device that includes: an optical system that corrects a field curvature; an imaging element that takes an image via the optical system; and a mirror that reflects an incident light from the inspection object toward the optical system; and an inspection controller that: judges whether a quality of the inspection object is good or poor based on image data; and controls the imaging device to take an image of a first inspection area at a first timing when the first inspection area is located within a first focusing range, in which the first inspection area is focusable without the mirror, and to take an image of a second inspection area at a second timing when the second inspection area is located within a second focusing range, in which the second inspection area is focusable via the mirror.
H04N 23/58 - Means for changing the camera field of view without moving the camera body, e.g. nutating or panning of optics or image sensors
B65B 11/52 - Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-packaging
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
B65B 61/04 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages
B65B 43/08 - Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material
B65B 7/28 - Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
A four-way valve includes a body and a valve component. The body includes a valve chamber and first to fourth communication channels which communicate with the valve chamber at positions arranged in sequence in a predefined rotational direction and cause the valve chamber to communicate with an outside. The valve component is rotatable in the predefined rotational direction and switches the four-way valve to be in at least one of: a first state in which the first and second communication channels communicate with the first region and the third and fourth communication channels communicate with the third region; and a second state in which the second communication channel communicates with the first region, the third communication channel communicates with the second region, and the first and fourth communication channels communicate with the third region.
F16K 11/085 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves; Arrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only taps or cocks with cylindrical plug
G05D 23/13 - Control of temperature without auxiliary power by varying the mixing ratio of two fluids having different temperatures
F16K 31/04 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a motor
F16K 27/06 - Construction of housings; Use of materials therefor of taps or cocks
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FLUID CONTROL VALVE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
A fluid control valve includes a diaphragm assembly including a shaft member joined to an end of a drive shaft on the side near an annular valve seat, a membrane member made of perfluoro alkoxy alkane and located in surface contact with the end face of the shaft member on the opposite side to the end joined to the drive shaft, and a weld part formed by laser welding at the interface between the shaft member and the membrane member to join the shaft member and the membrane member. The shaft member is made of fluorine resin with carbon-based additive dispersed.
F16K 7/17 - Diaphragm cut-off apparatus, e.g. with a member deformed, but not moved bodily, to close the passage with flat, dished, or bowl-shaped diaphragm arranged to be deformed against a flat seat the diaphragm being actuated by fluid pressure
F16K 31/122 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid the fluid acting on a piston
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: an optical system including an optical device that splits an incident light, irradiates a measurement object with a measurement light, irradiates a reference plane with a reference light, and combines at least part of the reflected measurement light with at least part of the reflected reference light to emit a combined light; a first light emitter that emits a first light that has a first wavelength; a second light emitter that emits a second light that has a second wavelength; a first imaging device that takes an image of an output light output from the optical device in which the first light enters; a second imaging device that takes an image of an output light output from the optical device in which the second light enters; and a control device that executes three-dimensional measurement of the measurement object.
A pulse shot-type flow rate control device including first and second shutoff valves, a tank, a pressure sensor, and a controller is caused to perform two or more processes. In each process, the controller repeats pulse shots of alternately causing the first shutoff valve and the second shutoff valve to open and close, changes a way of the pulse shots based on a pressure difference between the pressure after filling and the pressure after discharge, and controls a volume flow rate. In each process, the controller stores, as an optimal filling time, a filling time when the volume flow rate is controlled to a target flow rate, and opens and closes the first shutoff valve by using the optimal filling time in a first pulse shot in the next process.
G05D 7/06 - Control of flow characterised by the use of electric means
G01F 3/38 - Measuring the volume flow of fluids or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through the meter in successive and more or less isolated quantities, the meter being driven by the flow with stationary measuring chambers having constant volume during measurement having only one measuring chamber
G01F 15/00 - MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME - Details of, or accessories for, apparatus of groups insofar as such details or appliances are not adapted to particular types of such apparatus
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: a light emitter; an optical system that splits an incident light, irradiates a measurement object with an object light and irradiates a reference plane with a reference light, and recombines the object and reference lights and emits a combined light; an imaging device that takes an image of a light emitted from the optical system; a storage device that stores transmission axis absolute angle data each obtained by a previous actual measurement of an absolute angle of a transmission axis of each polarizer; and a control device that calculates a phase difference between the reference and object lights based on luminance data of each pixel in luminance image data and the transmission axis absolute angle data of each polarizer corresponding to the pixel, and measures a height of the measurement object at the measurement position.
An electromagnetic valve manifold includes spacers and pressure reducing valves. Each spacer includes an attachment surface to which a body of the pressure reducing valve is attached. The body includes a first surface, a second surface, and a connecting surface, which connects the first and second surfaces to each other. A pressure gauge is provided on the connecting surface. The width of the body is smaller than the size of the pressure gauge in the width direction of the body. The bodies include one or more first bodies and one or more second bodies. The first surface of each first body is attached to the attachment surface. The second surface of each second body is attached to the attachment surface of one of the spacers different from the spacer to which the first body is attached. The first bodies and the second bodies are arranged alternately in the arrangement direction.
A solder printing inspection device includes: an illumination device that irradiates, with a predetermined light, a printed circuit board on which a solder paste is printed; an imaging device that takes an image of the printed circuit board irradiated with the predetermined light and obtains image data; and a control device that: based on the image data, obtain three-dimensional measurement data of the solder paste printed on the printed circuit board, based on the three-dimensional measurement data, extracts upper portion shape data of an upper portion of the solder paste, the upper portion having a height equal to or higher than a predetermined height, and compares the upper portion shape data with a predetermined criterion and determines whether a quality of a three-dimensional shape of the upper portion of the solder paste is good or poor.
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: an irradiator that emits a predetermined light; an optical system that splits the predetermined light into two lights, irradiates a measurement object with a measurement light and irradiates a reference plane with a reference light, and emits a combined light; an imaging device that takes an image of the combined light and obtains an interference fringe image; an objective lens for the measurement light that directs the measurement light toward the measurement object; an objective lens for the reference light that directs the reference light toward the reference plane; an imaging lens that forms an image of the combined light on the imaging device; and a control device that executes three-dimensional measurement of a measurement area on the measurement object based on the interference fringe image.
G01B 11/24 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
G01B 9/023 - Interferometers using holographic techniques for contour producing
G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
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INSPECTION DEVICE, BLISTER PACKING MACHINE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BLISTER PACK
An inspection device inspects a formation state of a pocket portion formed in a container film of a blister pack and includes: an illumination device that irradiates a container film including the pocket portion with a predetermined electromagnetic wave; an imaging device that takes an image of at least the electromagnetic wave transmitted through a bottom portion of the pocket portion and obtains image data; a control device that extracts, based on the image data, shading pattern data corresponding to a shading pattern occurring in the bottom portion of the pocket portion by irradiation with the electromagnetic wave; a storage that stores a neural network and a model, the model being generated by learning of the neural network using, as learning data, only shading pattern data of a pocket portion without any formation defect among the extracted shading pattern data.
H04N 23/56 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof provided with illuminating means
B65B 11/52 - Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-packaging
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
A substrate foreign matter inspection device includes: an image data obtaining device that obtains image data of a target inspection area in the printed circuit board including a printed portion of the solder paste; a storage that stores a neural network and a model, the model being generated by learning of the neural network that includes an encoding portion and a decoding portion by using, as learning data, only image data of the target inspection area that do not include any foreign matter; and a control device that obtains reconfigured image data by inputting original image data obtained by the image data obtaining device into the model, compares the original image data with the reconfigured image data, and determines whether any foreign matter is present or absent on the printed circuit board based on a result of comparison with the reconfigured image data.
An electromagnetic valve manifold includes an electromagnetic valve and a manifold base. The electromagnetic valve includes a manual shaft. The manual shaft is configured to be manually operated to be switched between a first switching position, in which the manual shaft allows movement of the valve member relative to the valve hole, and a second switching position in which the manual shaft restricts movement of the valve member relative to the valve hole. The manual shaft includes a projection that is projected into and retracted from the valve hole. The valve member includes at least one recess in an outer surface of the valve member. The manual shaft is configured such that, in a state in which the manual shaft is located in the second switching position, the projection is projected into the valve hole and engaged with the recess, so as to restrict movement of the valve member.
F16K 11/07 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves; Arrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves with linearly sliding closure members with cylindrical slides
F16K 35/06 - Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation using a removable actuating or locking member, e.g. a key
An electromagnetic valve manifold includes an electromagnetic valve including an output port, a manifold base including an output passage, and a spacer arranged between the manifold base and the electromagnetic valve. The spacer includes a spacer block including a shaft hole and a manual shaft accommodated in the shaft hole. The spacer block includes an output connecting passage that is connected to the shaft hole and connects the output passage and the output port to each other. The manual shaft is configured to be manually operated to be switched between a first switching position, in which the manual shaft allows for connection between the output passage and the output port through the output connecting passage, and a second switching position, in which the manual shaft blocks the connection between the output passage and the output port through the output connecting passage.
F16K 11/07 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves; Arrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves with linearly sliding closure members with cylindrical slides
F16K 35/06 - Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation using a removable actuating or locking member, e.g. a key
F16K 31/06 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a magnet
F16K 11/20 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves; Arrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with two or more closure members not moving as a unit operated by separate actuating members
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Pulse shot-type flow rate control device, pulse shot-type flow rate control method, and program
A pulse shot-type flow rate control device including first and second shutoff valves, a tank, a pressure sensor, and a controller is caused to perform two or more processes. In each process, the controller repeats pulse shots of alternately causing the first shutoff valve and the second shutoff valve to open and close, changes a way of the pulse shots based on a pressure difference between the pressure after filling and the pressure after discharge, and controls a volume flow rate. In each process, the controller stores, as an optimal filling time, a filling time when the volume flow rate is controlled to a target flow rate, and opens and closes the first shutoff valve by using the optimal filling time in a first pulse shot in the next process.
G05D 7/06 - Control of flow characterised by the use of electric means
H01L 21/67 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components
15.
SCREEN MASK INSPECTION DEVICE, SOLDER PRINTING INSPECTION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SCREEN MASK
A screen mask inspection device inspects a screen mask including a screen opening that forms a printing pattern, and includes: an inspection control device that detects solder position information of a solder paste printed on a substrate via the screen opening, and based on the solder position information, determines whether a quality of printing using the screen mask is good or bad, the solder position information being based on an amount of positional misalignment of the solder paste actually printed on the substrate relative to a predetermined reference position.
H05K 3/34 - Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits by soldering
An arm-type assistance device includes a pillar, a first support portion, a first arm, a second support portion, a second arm, a third arm, an operating unit, and a cargo holding unit. The first arm includes a first member, a first air cylinder, and a second member. The first support portion, the first member, the second support portion, and the second member form a parallel linkage. The parallel linkage is assisted by the first air cylinder. The arm-type assistance device further includes a controller that is configured to control pressure of first air cylinder. The third arm includes a second air cylinder. The controller controls pressure of the second air cylinder. A dimension in an axial direction of the second arm is greater than a dimension in an axial direction of the first arm.
A pipe welding structure includes: a channel plate that includes a fluid channel; through-hole plates stacked on the channel plate, each of the through-hole plates having through holes that communicate with each other and forming a combined through hole; and a pipe inserted into the combined through hole and welded to one of the through-hole plates disposed farthest from the channel plate, the pipe internally including a pipe channel that connects to the fluid channel.
A micromixer includes: a first channel plate where a first channel and a plurality of first branch channels are each formed by a non-through groove in a front surface, and a first confluence channel is formed by a non-through groove in a rear surface, and includes a first communication channel that communicates the first branch channels with the first confluence channel; a first lid plate that covers the front surface; a second channel plate where a second confluence channel is formed by a non-through groove in the front surface, and a second channel and a plurality of second branch each formed by a non-through groove in the rear surface, and includes a second communication channel that communicates the second branch channels with the second confluence channel; and a second lid plate that covers the rear surface of the second channel plate.
B01F 33/301 - Micromixers using specific means for arranging the streams to be mixed, e.g. channel geometries or dispositions
B01F 33/3039 - Micromixers with mixing achieved by diffusion between layers
B01F 25/422 - Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions by moving the components in a convoluted or labyrinthine path between stacked plates, e.g. grooved or perforated plates
B01F 35/00 - Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
B01F 35/42 - Clamping or holding arrangements for mounting receptacles on mixing devices
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INSPECTION DEVICE, PACKAGING SHEET MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND INSPECTION METHOD
An inspection device includes: an irradiator that radiates, before content is placed into the pocket, ultraviolet light toward one face of the container film; imaging devices that take images of the container film from another face side of the container film; and a processor that determines, based on the images, whether the pocket includes a pinhole, at least two of the imaging devices being each disposed on respective sides of the container film in a width direction such that the pocket is placed between the two imaging devices, and while the container film is being conveyed along a conveyance path, the two imaging devices take images of the pocket at a timing when the pocket is located at an upstream-side position, a middle-side position, and a downstream-side position of the conveyance path.
A solenoid unit of an electromagnetic valve includes a coil, a bobbin, a fixed iron core, a movable iron core, an urging spring, a magnetic frame, and a molded plastic part. The magnetic frame includes a frame end wall, two frame arms, and an internal thread hole, to which the fixed iron core is threaded. A tubular projection protrudes from an end face of the frame end wall that is on a side opposite to the bobbin. The projection forms part of the internal thread hole. The molded plastic part includes a molded end wall, which covers the frame end wall, and a molded peripheral wall. The molded end wall includes a connecting hole that is continuous with the internal thread hole. The connecting hole includes a groove in an inner circumferential surface. The groove extends along an outer circumferential surface of the projection.
This manufacturing method for a fluid control apparatus, in which the flow of a fluid is controlled by bringing a diaphragm valve element into contact with or separating the same from a valve seat, is characterized in that: the diaphragm valve element is a joint body of a seat member making contact with the valve seat and a body member; the joint body is formed by cutting a material joint body obtained by depositing a seat member material which is a material for the seat member and a body member material which is a material for the body member, and the deposition is performed over a wider range than a contact surface between the seat member and the body member of the joint body, on the contact surface between the seat member material and the body member material of the material joint body.
A heat exchange system is arranged between a chiller device and a temperature control member, and is provided with: supply line for supplying a refrigerant from the chiller device to the temperature control member; a return line for returning the refrigerant from the temperature control member to the chiller device; a bypass line for bypassing the supply line and the return line; a latent heat storage member arranged closer to the chiller device relative to a first connection point connecting the return line and the bypass line; and a flow distribution unit that is arranged at a second connection point connecting the outgoing line and the bypass line, and that is for adjusting a ratio for distributing refrigerant to the temperature control member and the bypass line.
A blister packing machine includes: a conveyor that conveys a belt-like container film having a pocket portion forming area and an expected mounting part; a preheating device that preheats the container film conveyed by the conveyor; a pocket portion forming device that forms a pocket portion in the container film softened by the preheating device; and a tension applier that applies a tension along a width direction of the container film to at least the pocket portion forming area. The pocket portion forming device forms the pocket portion while the tension applier applies the tension to the container film, the container film has an edge area between an edge in the width direction and the expected mounting part, and the tension applier includes a projection that applies the tension to the container film by pressing the edge area to form a protruding portion in the container film.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
B65B 47/08 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of fluid pressure
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
A butterfly valve has a rod connected to a DD motor and disposed along a direction orthogonal to a flow path, and a butterfly valve body that is linked to the rod and that opens and closes the flow path due to the rod being rotated by the DD motor, wherein a linking body center of gravity, which is the center of gravity of a rotating liking body having at least the rod and the butterfly valve body as constituent members, is positioned on an axial line of a rotating shaft of the DD motor.
F16K 1/22 - Lift valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces with pivoted closure members with pivoted discs or flaps with axis of rotation crossing the valve member, e.g. butterfly valves
F16K 31/04 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a motor
F16K 37/00 - Special means in or on valves or other cut-off apparatus for indicating or recording operation thereof, or for enabling an alarm to be given
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Three-dimensional measurement device and three-dimensional measurement method
A three-dimensional measurement device performs three-dimensional measurement of a measured object using a phase shift method. The three-dimensional measurement device includes: an irradiator that irradiates the measured object with a predetermined light pattern having a light intensity distribution in a fringe shape; a control device that shifts a phase of the light pattern radiated from the irradiator in N different ways, where N is a natural number of not less than 3; and an imaging device that takes an image of the measured object irradiated with the light pattern. The control device executes three-dimensional measurement of the measured object by the phase shift method based on N different image data taken under the light pattern having the phase shifted in the N different ways.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
26.
Three-dimensional measurement apparatus and three-dimensional measurement method
A three-dimensional measurement apparatus measures measurement targets placed in a target measurement area on a measurement object. The apparatus includes: a measurement module that: is positioned with respect to the target measurement area, and includes: a first irradiator that irradiates the target measurement area with predetermined light for height measurement; a second irradiator that irradiates the target measurement area with predetermined patterned light for three-dimensional measurement; and an imaging device that takes an image of the target measurement area; and a control device that moves the measurement module in a height direction and successively positions the measurement module at a predetermined height position determined by mapping, and performs, based on image data taken by irradiating the target measurement area with predetermined patterned light, three-dimensional measurement to the measurement targets at the predetermined height position.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
G01B 11/06 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness for measuring thickness
G01N 21/956 - Inspecting patterns on the surface of objects
H05K 13/08 - Monitoring manufacture of assemblages
G01B 11/00 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
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Inspection device, packaging machine, and package inspection method
An inspection device includes: an electromagnetic wave irradiator that irradiates, with a predetermined electromagnetic wave from a first film side, the package that is conveyed along a predetermined direction and that has the spaces at a plurality of positions in a width direction; an imaging device that is disposed opposed to the electromagnetic wave irradiator across the package, includes an electromagnetic wave detector including a plurality of detection elements that is arrayed along the width direction and that detects the electromagnetic wave radiated from the electromagnetic wave irradiator and transmitted through the package, and sequentially outputs an obtained electromagnetic wave transmission image every time the package is conveyed by a predetermined amount; and an image processing device that processes an image signal output from the imaging device.
G01N 23/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and forming images of the material
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
G01N 23/083 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and measuring the absorption the radiation being X-rays
An inspection device includes: X-ray irradiators that irradiates, with a predetermined X-ray from a first film-side, inspection ranges that respectively correspond to positions of packaging sheets to be separated from the packaging film; an imaging device that is disposed on a second film-side and opposed to the X-ray irradiators across the packaging film, that comprises an X-ray detector comprising detection elements arrayed along the film width direction and detecting the X-ray transmitted through the packaging film, and that successively outputs X-ray transmission image data obtained every time the packaging film is conveyed by a predetermined amount; and a controller that inspects the packaging sheet based on the X-ray transmission image data obtained by the imaging device,
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
G01N 23/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and forming images of the material
G01N 23/18 - Investigating the presence of defects or foreign matter
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
A powder feeder according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a powder feeding device that feeds powder from a feeder to a nozzle. The powder feeding device includes a cartridge configured to store the powder in an airtight condition, and includes the feeder. The cartridge includes a port from which the powder is stored and withdrawn, and an open/close valve for opening and closing the port. The feeder includes a connection portion to which the cartridge is removably connected, a supply port configured to supply the powder in the cartridge connected to the connection portion into the feeder, and an opening/closing valve for opening and closing the supply port. The feeder is configured to insert the powder supplied from the supply port to the feeder into the nozzle, and the cartridge and the feeder are configured to form an enclosed space between the port and the supply port in response to the cartridge being connected to the connection portion.
B05B 7/14 - Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas designed for spraying particulate materials
B05B 7/22 - Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas incorporating means for heating the material to be sprayed electrically, e.g. by arc
B65G 53/66 - Use of indicator or control devices, e.g. for controlling gas pressure, for controlling proportions of material and gas, for indicating or preventing jamming of material
Passage forming blocks of a first pilot valve and a second pilot valve each include a supply passage, which opens in a first surface and a second surface and is connected to a valve chamber, a first output passage, which opens in the first surface and are connected to the valve chamber, and a second output passage, which opens in the first surface. Further, the passage forming blocks each include an output passage connecting recess. The output passage connecting recess is provided in a section of the second surface that overlaps with an opening region of the first output passage, which opens in the first surface, and is connected to the second output passage. The first output passage of the first pilot valve is connected to the second output passage of the second pilot valve via the output passage connecting recess of the second pilot valve.
F16K 31/42 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid by means of electrically-actuated members in the supply or discharge conduits of the fluid motor
F16K 11/07 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves; Arrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves with linearly sliding closure members with cylindrical slides
F16K 27/00 - Construction of housings; Use of materials therefor
F16K 31/06 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a magnet
F16K 11/065 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves; Arrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves with linearly sliding closure members
F16K 17/04 - Safety valves; Equalising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
A butterfly valve to be placed on a pipe between a vacuum chamber provided with a pressure sensor and a vacuum pump is configured to control the pressure in the vacuum chamber. The butterfly valve includes a servo motor, a butterfly valve element to be rotated about a rod connected to the servo motor in an opening or closing direction, and a control unit to adjust an opening degree of the butterfly valve element based on a pressure value of the vacuum chamber detected by the pressure sensor. The control unit is provided with an abnormal vibration detection program configured to whether or not abnormal vibration is occurring in the servo motor based on a variation amount of the opening degree of the butterfly valve element within a monitoring time while at least the pressure value of the vacuum chamber is stable.
F16K 31/04 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a motor
F16K 1/22 - Lift valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces with pivoted closure members with pivoted discs or flaps with axis of rotation crossing the valve member, e.g. butterfly valves
F16K 37/00 - Special means in or on valves or other cut-off apparatus for indicating or recording operation thereof, or for enabling an alarm to be given
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Inspection apparatus, PTP packaging machine, and method for manufacturing PTP sheet
An inspection device includes: an illumination device that irradiates an object with near infrared light; a spectroscope that disperses reflected light from the object irradiated with the near infrared light; an imaging device that takes a spectroscopic image of the reflected light dispersed by the spectroscope; and a processor. The processor: obtains spectral data at a plurality of points on the object based on the spectroscopic image obtained by the imaging device; selects, as typical spectral data representing the object from among the spectral data at the plurality of points, one of: spectral data in which a luminance value in a predetermined wavelength is a median value; and spectral data in which a summation of luminance values in a predetermined wavelength range is a median value; and performs a predetermined analysis for the object based on the typical spectral data and detects a different type of object.
G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light
G01N 21/88 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination
G01N 21/17 - Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties of the material investigated
Parts of a first coupling and a second coupling that protrude from manifold blocks each have the shape of an elongated tube. When the first coupling and the second coupling are viewed in the axial direction, the traverse direction of the first coupling and the second coupling agree with the arrangement direction of manifold blocks. A part of the tube insertion hole is a small diameter hole, which is a stadium-shaped hole. When the first coupling and the second coupling are viewed in the axial direction, the traverse direction of the small diameter hole agrees with the traverse direction of the first coupling and the second coupling.
F16L 39/00 - Joints or fittings for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies
F16L 37/091 - Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection between abutting or axially-overlapping ends is maintained by locking members combined with automatic locking by means of a ring provided with teeth or fingers
F16K 27/00 - Construction of housings; Use of materials therefor
F16L 41/02 - Branch units, e.g. made in one piece, welded, riveted
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Blister packaging machine and method for manufacturing blister pack
A blister packaging machine manufactures a blister pack including a pocket portion formed in a container film of a belt-like shape and a cover film that closes the pocket portion. The blister packaging machine includes: a conveyor that conveys the container film; a preheater that preheats the container film conveyed by the conveyor; a pocket portion former that forms the pocket portion in the container film softened by the preheater; and a support belt that moves in synchronism with the container film conveyed by the conveyor while supporting a part of the container film other than the pocket portion or a part of the container film other than an area where the pocket portion is to be formed, in at least a location from the preheater to a position downstream of the pocket portion former.
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 47/04 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of mechanical pressure
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Non-sealed butterfly valve and method for producing the same
In a non-sealed butterfly valve, a butterfly valve element includes a downstream end face that faces a downstream side of a flow passage during valve closing and a maximum outer diameter portion that makes a gap with a minimum distance. The butterfly valve element includes a first chamfered portion that reduces the diameter of the butterfly valve element from the maximum outer diameter portion to the downstream end face over the entire circumference. The first chamfered portion has a taper angle of 5° or less relative to the thickness direction of the butterfly valve element. The first chamfered portion and the downstream end face intersect each other at a ridge line that falls within an imaginary circle that is centered on the central axis of the butterfly valve element and passes the maximum outer diameter portion.
F16K 1/22 - Lift valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces with pivoted closure members with pivoted discs or flaps with axis of rotation crossing the valve member, e.g. butterfly valves
F16K 51/02 - Other details not peculiar to particular types of valves or cut-off apparatus specially adapted for high-vacuum installations
A butterfly valve includes a drive unit and a valve unit that are coupled to each other. The drive unit includes a hollow part in which a rod is inserted between a DD motor and an end portion of the drive unit on a coupling side to the valve unit. In the hollow part, a cylindrical magnetic member is placed coaxially with the rod to cover the outer peripheral surface of the rod. A magnetic fluid is filled in a void between the outer peripheral surface of the magnetic member and the inner peripheral surface of the hollow part. The rod is made of a non-magnetic corrosion-resistant alloy.
An inspection device includes: an illumination device that irradiates an object with near-infrared light; a spectroscope that disperses reflected light from the object irradiated with the near-infrared light; an imaging device that takes a spectroscopic image of the reflected light dispersed by the spectroscope; and a processor. The processor obtains spectral data at a plurality of points on the object based on the spectroscopic image obtained by the imaging device, selects, from among the spectral data at the plurality of points, a group having a highest density of luminance values of a predetermined wavelength component as a dense spectral data group, and performs a predetermined analysis for the object based on the dense spectral data group and detects a different type of object.
G01N 21/90 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in a container or its contents
B65B 1/02 - Machines characterised by the incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
B65B 1/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65B 47/04 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of mechanical pressure
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
G01N 21/88 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination
A regulator performing fluid control includes an annular protruding portion having a valve seat on its leading end and an annular diameter-decreasing surface formed by decreasing an inner diameter of the annular protruding portion toward a valve hole. The regulator includes a valve element provided with a contact surface to be in contact with the valve seat and a columnar step portion provided on an inner peripheral side of the valve seat protruding from the contact surface toward the valve hole, the step portion having a diameter larger than an inner diameter of the valve hole and being coaxially formed with the valve hole. An annular ridge is formed by an outer peripheral surface of the step portion intersecting an end face of the step portion on the valve-hole side with the annular diameter-decreasing surface to constitute a passage narrowing portion.
F16K 7/16 - Diaphragm cut-off apparatus, e.g. with a member deformed, but not moved bodily, to close the passage with flat, dished, or bowl-shaped diaphragm arranged to be deformed against a flat seat the diaphragm being mechanically actuated, e.g. by screw-spindle or cam
F16K 31/06 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a magnet
F16K 1/54 - Arrangements for modifying the way in which the rate of flow varies during the actuation of the valve
G05D 7/06 - Control of flow characterised by the use of electric means
F16K 31/126 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid the fluid acting on a diaphragm, bellows, or the like
F16K 31/12 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid
F16K 41/10 - Spindle sealings with diaphragm, e.g. shaped as bellows or tube
F16K 17/30 - Excess-flow valves actuated by the difference of pressure between two places in the flow line acting directly on the cutting-off member operating in one direction only spring-loaded
F16K 27/02 - Construction of housings; Use of materials therefor of lift valves
F16K 17/02 - Safety valves; Equalising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side
A manufacturing device is used for manufacturing a package including a resin sheet and a predetermined work wrapped with the resin sheet. The manufacturing device includes: a sealing unit that thermally welds overlapping parts of the sheet; and an inspection device that inspects a sealing quality of the sealed portion thermally welded by the sealing unit. The sealing unit makes, by the thermal welding, a thickness of the sealed portion after the thermal welding smaller than a total thickness of the overlapping parts prior to the thermal welding. The inspection device obtains thickness information on the thickness of the sealed portion and determines the sealing quality of the sealed portion based on the thickness information.
B65B 51/10 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
G01N 21/90 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in a container or its contents
B29C 65/02 - Joining of preformed parts; Apparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure
42.
Cooling system that comprises multiple cooling apparatus and reduces power consumption
A cooling system includes: a first cooling apparatus electrically driven to supply a first heat transfer medium cooled to a first set temperature or lower; a plurality of second cooling apparatuses each of which includes a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the first heat transfer medium supplied from the first cooling apparatus and a second heat transfer medium, and is electrically driven to supply a third heat transfer medium cooled to a second set temperature or lower, the second set temperature being changed individually with lapse of time; and a processor that obtains second set temperatures of the second cooling apparatuses and sets the first set temperature based on the obtained second set temperatures.
F25B 49/02 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for compression type machines, plants or systems
F25B 31/02 - Compressor arrangements of motor-compressor units
F25B 41/20 - Disposition of valves, e.g. of on-off valves or flow control valves
F25B 7/00 - Compression machines, plants or systems, with cascade operation, i.e. with two or more circuits, the heat from the condenser of one circuit being absorbed by the evaporator of the next circuit
A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target to a target temperature that changes with lapse of time. The system includes: a first adjustment apparatus that includes a first tank that stores a first heat transfer medium, adjusts the temperature of the first heat transfer medium to a first set temperature, and supplies the temperature-adjusted first heat transfer medium; a first circulation circuit through which the first heat transfer medium flows from the first adjustment apparatus to a first flow-through path and returns to the first adjustment apparatus; an adjustment section that adjusts an amount of heat supplied from the first flow-through path to the control target; a memory that stores a relation between the lapse of time and the target temperature; and a controller.
F25D 29/00 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
F25D 17/02 - Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating liquids, e.g. brine
44.
Temperature control system and integrated temperature control system
A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target. The system includes: a first circulation circuit through which a first heat transfer medium circulates; a second circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and through which a second heat transfer medium circulates; and a third circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit and through which a third heat transfer medium circulates. The third heat transfer medium has a usable temperature range wider than usable temperature ranges of the first heat transfer medium and the second heat transfer medium.
An arm-type support device includes a first frame, a second frame, a first arm member, a second arm member, and an actuator. The actuator includes a driving unit, an actuating rod, and a link member. The first arm member, the second arm member, the first frame, and the second frame form a parallel link. The first arm member is hollow and accommodates the actuator and the second arm member.
A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target. The system includes: a first circulation circuit through which a first heat transfer medium circulates; a second circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and through which a second heat transfer medium circulates; and a third circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit and through which a third heat transfer medium circulates. The third heat transfer medium has a usable temperature range wider than usable temperature ranges of the first heat transfer medium and the second heat transfer medium.
F28F 27/02 - Control arrangements or safety devices specially adapted for heat-exchange or heat-transfer apparatus for controlling the distribution of heat-exchange media between different channels
F28D 20/00 - Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups or
F28D 20/02 - Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups or using latent heat
F28D 21/00 - Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups
H01L 21/67 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components
A flow path switching valve includes (a) a valve body in a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped having a predetermined surface and an opposite surface, the valve body including an open flow passage having an opening on the predetermined surface, (b) a main body including a plurality of ports having a respective opening on a facing surface thereof facing the predetermined surface, and a plurality of connection flow passages each connected to respective one of the plurality of ports, (c) a pair of plate springs attached to opposite ends of the valve body to support the valve body with a predetermined gap formed between the predetermined surface and the facing surface, the plate springs applying elastic force to the valve body in accordance with an amount of movement of the valve body in a predetermined direction, and (d) an actuator for reciprocating the valve body in the predetermined direction.
F16K 31/06 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a magnet
F16K 3/18 - Gate valves or sliding valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closing members having a sliding movement along the seat for opening and closing with flat sealing faces; Packings therefor with special arrangements for separating the sealing faces or for pressing them together by movement of the closure members
F16K 11/065 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves; Arrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves with linearly sliding closure members
In this vortex flowmeter provided with a vortex generator and a flow rate measuring unit the flow rate measurement unit includes a piezoelectric element and a piezoelectric element case. The piezoelectric element case includes: a fitted part fitted in the body case; a pressure receiving part protruding out from a distal end face of the fitted part and placed in a body passage; a hollow portion formed along the axial direction of the piezoelectric element case in the fitted part to separate the fitted part and the pressure receiving part; and a slit formed inside of the pressure receiving part and configured to accommodate the piezoelectric element.
G01F 1/32 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by detection of dynamic effects of the flow using swirl flowmeters
In this vortex flowmeter provided with a vortex generator and a flow rate measuring unit, a seal member is mounted on a temperature sensing element including a temperature sensor adhered with an adhesive to a metal temperature sensing case. The temperature sensing element is inserted into a first insertion hole formed in a body case so as to communicate with a body passage. A distal end surface of the temperature sensing element is arranged in either a position where the distal end surface is flush with the passage surface of the body passage formed in the body case or a position more outside than the passage surface in the radial direction of the body passage.
G01F 15/02 - Compensating or correcting for variations in pressure, density, or temperature
G01F 1/32 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by detection of dynamic effects of the flow using swirl flowmeters
An inspection device is used in manufacture of a PTP sheet that comprises a container film including a pocket portion in which a content is placed and a cover film closing the pocket portion. The inspection device includes: an illumination device that emits near infrared light; a light shield that is placed between the illumination device and the container film and prevents the near infrared light from entering the container film; a through hole in the light shield that allows the near infrared light to pass through; a spectroscope that disperses reflected light from the content; an imaging device that images an optical spectrum of the reflected light and obtains spectroscopic image data; and a controller that: obtains spectral data of the content based on the spectroscopic image data; and performs a predetermined inspection with regard to the content based on the spectral data of the content.
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light
G01N 21/90 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in a container or its contents
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
G01N 21/3563 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for analysing solids; Preparation of samples therefor
G01N 21/84 - Systems specially adapted for particular applications
B65B 61/26 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for marking or coding completed packages
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Inspection device, PTP packaging machine and inspection method
An inspection device used in manufacture of a Press Through Package (PTP) sheet includes a container film including a pocket portion in which a content is placed and a cover film closing the pocket portion. The inspection device includes: an illumination device that irradiates the content with near-infrared light; a spectroscope that disperses reflected light from the content irradiated with the near-infrared light; an imaging device that takes an image of an optical spectrum of the reflected light dispersed by the spectroscope and acquires spectroscopic image data; and a controller that obtains spectral data of the content based on the spectroscopic image data, executes an inspection of the content based on the spectral data of the content, and executes good or poor quality judgment of the content.
G01N 21/3563 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for analysing solids; Preparation of samples therefor
B65B 11/52 - Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-packaging
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
G01N 21/94 - Investigating contamination, e.g. dust
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
A61J 3/06 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of pills, lozenges or dragees
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
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INSPECTION DEVICE, PTP PACKAGING MACHINE AND INSPECTION METHOD
An inspection device performs an inspection in manufacture of a Press Through Package (PTP) sheet, and includes: an illumination device; a spectroscope that disperses reflected light from the PTP sheet; an imaging device that takes an image of an optical spectrum of the disperses light and acquires spectroscopic image data; and a controller. Before the inspection is performed, the controller grasps disturbance data that is one of either spectral data of a predetermined content placed in the pocket portion and attributed to ambient light, or approximate spectral data approximate to the spectral data of the predetermined content attributed to the ambient light, and corrects either spectral data of the content as an inspection object obtained based on the spectroscopic image data acquired by the imaging device, or a reference value used for determining the spectral data of the content as the inspection object.
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
G01N 21/27 - Colour; Spectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
G01N 21/35 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light
G01N 21/892 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in moving material, e.g. paper, textiles characterised by the flaw, defect or object feature examined
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
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INSPECTION DEVICE, PTP PACKAGING MACHINE AND CALIBRATION METHOD OF INSPECTION DEVICE
An inspection device includes: an illumination device that irradiates standard and inspection objects with near-infrared light; a spectroscope that disperses reflected light; an imaging device that takes images of first and second optical spectrums of the reflected light dispersed by the spectroscope to obtain standard spectroscopic image data and inspection spectroscopic image data; and a processor. The processor executes a predetermined arithmetic operation with regard to at least one of (i) each pixel row of the standard spectroscopic image data perpendicular to a wavelength dispersion direction and (ii) each pixel column of the standard spectroscopic image data parallel to the wavelength dispersion direction. The processor, based on luminance values of pixels belonging to the pixel row or column, determines a characteristic of the pixel row and grasps a wavelength sensitivity characteristic of the imaging element under the near-infrared light emitted from the illumination device.
G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light
G01N 21/3563 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for analysing solids; Preparation of samples therefor
B65B 5/02 - Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
A flow rate ratio control valve includes a pair of plate springs, each of which applies elastic force in a predetermined direction in accordance with the amount of deformation, a valve body supported by the pair of plate springs to be movable in the predetermined direction, a drive unit which drives the valve body in the predetermined direction in a non-contact state by means of electromagnetic force applied to a region between the pair of plate springs in the predetermined direction, a container in which the plate springs and the valve body are contained, and a damper which is attached to the valve body, defines a sectioned predetermined space in cooperation with an inner surface of the container, and forms a predetermined gap between the damper and the inner surface, the predetermined gap establishing communication in the predetermined direction between the predetermined space and the exterior of the predetermined space.
F16K 31/06 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a magnet
F16K 3/02 - Gate valves or sliding valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closing members having a sliding movement along the seat for opening and closing with flat sealing faces; Packings therefor
F16K 3/26 - Gate valves or sliding valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closing members having a sliding movement along the seat for opening and closing with sealing faces shaped as surfaces of solids of revolution with cylindrical valve members with fluid passages in the valve member
F16K 17/04 - Safety valves; Equalising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
F16K 47/02 - Means in valves for absorbing fluid energy for preventing water-hammer or noise
A gas supply unit is configured such that when a first gas whose temperature has been controlled at a first temperature is supplied to a chamber through an upper device and then a second gas which starts a chemical reaction at a reaction start temperature lower than the first temperature is supplied to the chamber through the upper device, before cleaning gas is supplied to the chamber through the defined between a base plate and the upper device to cool the upper device down to the reaction start temperature or lower.
C23C 16/455 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition (CVD) processes characterised by the method of coating characterised by the method used for introducing gases into the reaction chamber or for modifying gas flows in the reaction chamber
H01L 23/34 - Arrangements for cooling, heating, ventilating or temperature compensation
B05D 3/04 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by exposure to gases
C23C 16/44 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition (CVD) processes characterised by the method of coating
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: an optical system that splits incident light into two lights, radiates one of the two lights as measurement light to a measured object and the other of the two lights as reference light to a reference surface, and recombines the two lights into combined light to emit the combined light; a light emitter that emits predetermined light entering the predetermined optical system; an imaging system that takes an image of output light emitted from the optical system; and an image processor that performs three-dimensional measurement of a predetermined measurement area of the measured object based on an interference fringe image obtained by the imaging system. The image processor obtains intensity image data at a predetermined position along an optical axis direction at each coordinate position in the measurement area by reconstruction based on an interference fringe image of the measurement area.
A vacuum pressure proportional control valve placed on a pipe connecting between a reaction vessel and a vacuum pump to control the vacuum pressure in the reaction vessel includes a cylinder provided with a piston chamber, a piston housed in the piston chamber so as to make reciprocal linear movement, a valve seat surface, and a valve element which contacts with or separates from the valve seat surface according to the movement of the piston. A stopper member is provided in the cylinder so that a leading end portion of the stopper member is placed in the piston chamber. The stopper member is configured to move the piston back and forth in a moving direction of the piston by use of an adjusting unit to thereby adjust the position of the leading end portion.
F16K 31/122 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid the fluid acting on a piston
F16K 51/02 - Other details not peculiar to particular types of valves or cut-off apparatus specially adapted for high-vacuum installations
F04C 14/18 - Control of, monitoring of, or safety arrangements for, machines, pumps or pumping installations characterised by varying the volume of the working chamber
F16K 27/07 - Construction of housings; Use of materials therefor of cutting-off parts of tanks, e.g. tank-cars
F16K 27/00 - Construction of housings; Use of materials therefor
F04C 13/00 - Adaptations of machines or pumps for special use, e.g. for extremely high pressures
F16K 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
A combination valve includes a valve seat, a diaphragm valve element, a pilot system to automatically bring the diaphragm valve element into or out of contact with the valve seat by use of air pressure, and a manual system to hold the diaphragm valve element in contact with the valve seat even while air pressure is supplied. In the combination valve, a piston rod is provided such that, when the handle is turned to move the manual stem in a seating direction while the diaphragm valve element and the valve seat are separated from each other, the piston rod moves in the seating direction relative to a first piston and a second piston that are pushed by the air pressure in a separating direction.
F16K 31/143 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid for mounting on, or in combination with, hand-actuated valves the fluid acting on a piston
A spool valve includes: a cylindrical tubular sleeve that extends in an axial direction and comprises a first port and a second port separated from each other in the axial direction, and a cylindrical columnar spool that extends in the axial direction and comprises a diameter reduced portion. The cylindrical columnar spool moves in the axial direction through the sleeve and opens and closes the first port to cause the first port to or not to communicate with the second port, and the first port has a first through hole having a first width in a circumferential direction of the sleeve, and a second through hole having a second width different from the first width in the circumferential direction.
F16K 3/34 - Arrangements for modifying the way in which the rate of flow varies during the actuation of the valve
F16K 11/07 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves; Arrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves with linearly sliding closure members with cylindrical slides
F16K 3/26 - Gate valves or sliding valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closing members having a sliding movement along the seat for opening and closing with sealing faces shaped as surfaces of solids of revolution with cylindrical valve members with fluid passages in the valve member
F16K 27/00 - Construction of housings; Use of materials therefor
A manual valve provided with a valve body and a handle includes a lock mechanism to which a lock is attachable. The lock mechanism includes a movable member provided with first and second plate portions, and a support rod pivotally supporting the movable member. The movable member includes a mating hole engageable with only the handle placed in a fully-closed position. The movable member is guided along a guide hole through which the support rod is inserted to move between a locking position where the mating hole is engaged with the handle to lock the handle and an unlocking position where the mating hole is not engaged with the handle to allow rotation of the handle.
An appearance inspection device includes: a transparent conveyance body having a surface and a rear face and conveyed in a predetermined direction; an illumination device that irradiates with predetermined light an inspection area through which a plurality of objects pass, wherein the objects are arranged at predetermined intervals on a first face that is one of the surface and the rear face; a plurality of imaging devices each of which takes, along a predetermined direction, an image of part of side faces of the objects located in the inspection area, wherein the predetermined direction is inclined to both the surface and the rear face; and a processor that inspects an appearance of the side faces of the objects based on image data obtained by the imaging device.
An appearance inspection device includes: a conveyance body having a surface and a rear face and conveyed in a predetermined direction; an illumination device that irradiates with predetermined light an inspection area through which a plurality of objects pass, wherein the objects are arranged at predetermined intervals on a first face that is one of the surface and the rear face; a plurality of imaging devices each of which takes, along a predetermined direction, an image of part of side faces of the objects located in the inspection area, wherein the predetermined direction is inclined to both the surface and the rear face; and a processor that inspects an appearance of the side faces of the objects based on image data obtained by the imaging device.
A blister packaging machine includes: a pocket portion forming unit that forms a pocket portion having a bottom portion and a side portion, in a belt-like container film, and adjusts balance between a thickness of the bottom portion and a thickness of the side portion; an illumination device that is disposed on a downstream side of the pocket portion forming unit, and irradiates the pocket portion with an electromagnetic radiation; an imaging device that is disposed on a side opposite to the illumination device across the container film, and obtains transmitted image data based on the electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the pocket portion; a side portion state detector that detects a state of the thickness of the side portion based on the transmitted image data; and a controller that controls an operation of the pocket portion forming unit.
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B29C 51/10 - Forming by pressure difference, e.g. vacuum
B65B 47/08 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of fluid pressure
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
An electromagnetic valve has a solenoid, which includes a coil, a plunger, a fixed core, and a plunger spring. The fixed core is E-shaped and has a base, a first outer leg, a second outer leg, and a central leg. The first outer leg, the second outer leg, and the central leg extend from the base. The first outer leg has a first outer attraction surface configured to attract the plunger. The second outer leg has a second outer attraction surface configured to attract the plunger. The central leg has a central attraction surface configured to attract the plunger. The central attraction surface is larger in area than each of the first and second outer attraction surfaces.
An actuator-operation detecting apparatus is configured to check the operating state of a piston of an actuator. The actuator includes a double-acting cylinder, the piston that partitions the cylinder into a first pressure acting chamber and a second pressure acting chamber, and a rod connected to an end face of the piston facing the second pressure acting chamber. The actuator-operation detecting apparatus includes a first pressure detector to detect the pressure in the first pressure acting chamber, a second pressure detector to detect the pressure in the second pressure acting chamber, a differential amplifier circuit to calculate a thrust force acting on the piston based on the pressures detected by the first and second pressure detectors and the pressure-receiving area of the piston, and a microcomputer to monitor the operation of the piston based on the thrust force.
F15B 19/00 - Testing fluid-pressure actuator systems or apparatus, so far as not provided for elsewhere
F15B 11/10 - Servomotor systems without provision for follow-up action with only one servomotor in which the servomotor position is a function of the pressure
F15B 15/28 - Means for indicating the position, e.g. end of stroke
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Inspection device, PTP packaging machine and PTP sheet manufacturing method
An inspection device includes: an irradiator that irradiates an object with near-infrared light; a spectroscope that disperses reflected light from the irradiated object; an imaging device that takes a spectroscopic image of the reflected light; a processor that: obtains spectral data of a plurality of points on the object, based on the spectroscopic image; defines a group of similar spectral data from among the spectral data of the plurality of points; extracts a group having a largest number of spectral data from the defined group; calculates an average of the spectral data of the extracted group; and detects a type of the object using a predetermined analysis of the object, based on the average.
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
B65B 47/04 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of mechanical pressure
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
G01N 21/27 - Colour; Spectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light
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Inspection device, PTP packaging machine and PTP sheet manufacturing method
An inspection device includes: an irradiator that irradiates an object with near-infrared light; a spectroscope that has a slit where reflected light enters and that disperses the reflected light into wavelength component lights; an imaging device that comprises an imaging element that takes a spectroscopic image of the wavelength component lights; and a processor that: obtains spectral data based on the spectroscopic image; and detects a type of the object using a predetermined analysis based on the spectral data. Each of the wavelength component lights is a single wavelength light, the inspection device satisfies L≥2P, where L is a width of each of the wavelength component lights in a wavelength dispersion direction on a light receiving surface of the imaging element and P is a width of a pixel in the wavelength dispersion direction on the light receiving surface.
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65D 75/36 - Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages
G01N 21/3563 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for analysing solids; Preparation of samples therefor
G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
The present invention provides a checking tool for a tube coupler with which it is possible to visually check an attachment state of the tube coupler. A checking tool 10 for a tube coupler according to the present invention is a checking tool configured to be attached to a tube coupler 30, the tube coupler being formed of a first coupling piece 31 and a second coupling piece 35 hingedly connected to each other so as to be able to be opened and closed, being configured to couple tubes to each other with use of the first coupling piece and the second coupling piece, and having hook pieces 33 and 37 that are provided protruding from outer circumferential surfaces of the first coupling piece and the second coupling piece. The checking tool includes a pair of longitudinal frames 11 that conform to an outer circumferential surface of the tube coupler, a first lateral frame 12 that connects end portions at one end of the pair of longitudinal frames to each other, a second lateral frame 16 that connects end portions at the other end of the pair of longitudinal frames to each other, a first claw piece 13 that is provided protruding from the first lateral frame toward the second lateral frame, and a second claw piece 17 that is provided protruding from the second lateral frame toward the first lateral frame.
A component mounting system includes: a component mounting machine that mounts an electronic component having a predetermined electrode portion on a solder printed on a substrate, the electronic component being fixed to the substrate with a thermosetting adhesive; and an adhesive inspection device. The component mounting machine: sets, with regard to the electronic component to be fixed with the adhesive that cures at a temperature lower than a melting temperature of the solder, a target mounting height along a height direction perpendicular to a face of the substrate on which the adhesive is applied; and mounts the electronic component at the target mounting height. The target mounting height is: an ideal mounting height based on design data; or a height lower than the ideal mounting height by a value that corresponds to a sinking of the electronic component as a result of melting of the solder.
B23K 31/00 - Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups
H05K 13/08 - Monitoring manufacture of assemblages
B23K 31/02 - Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups relating to soldering or welding
G01B 11/06 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness for measuring thickness
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined
H05K 3/34 - Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits by soldering
An electromagnetic valve manifold includes a manifold base including passages, a pilot electromagnetic valve including a valve body mounted on a mounting surface of the manifold base, a gasket arranged between the mounting surface and the valve body, and a check valve. The valve body includes an electromagnetic valve-side pilot fluid discharge passage. The manifold base includes a base-side pilot fluid discharge passage that opens in the mounting surface and communicates with the electromagnetic valve-side pilot fluid discharge passage. The check valve is configured to prevent fluid from flowing from the base-side pilot fluid discharge passage to the electromagnetic valve-side pilot fluid discharge passage. The check valve is integrated with the gasket.
F16K 31/06 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a magnet
F16K 43/00 - Auxiliary closure means in valves, which in case of repair, e.g. rewashering, of the valve, can take over the function of the normal closure means; Devices for temporary replacement of parts of valves for the same purpose
F16K 24/02 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures the enclosure being itself a valve, tap, or cock
F16K 15/18 - Check valves with actuating mechanism; Combined check valves and actuated valves
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: a projector that includes: a light source that emits predetermined light; and a reflective optical modulator that converts the predetermined light into a predetermined striped pattern, wherein the projector projects the predetermined striped pattern onto a measurement object at a predetermined number of frames per unit time; an imaging device that takes an image of the measurement object projected with the predetermined striped pattern; a processor that: controls the projector and the imaging device to sequentially project a plurality of different ones of the predetermined striped pattern and take images of the plurality of different ones of the predetermined striped pattern to obtain a plurality of image data having different light intensity distributions; and executes three-dimensional measurement of the measurement object based on the plurality of image data.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
G01N 21/88 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination
G01N 21/956 - Inspecting patterns on the surface of objects
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Substrate inspection device that inspects application quality of adhesive
A substrate inspection device that is placed on an upstream side of a component mounting machine that mounts an electronic component on solder that is printed on a substrate by a solder printing machine, and that inspects the solder and a thermosetting adhesive applied on the substrate, the substrate inspection device including: an irradiator that irradiates the solder and the adhesive with light; an imaging device that takes an image of the irradiated solder and the irradiated adhesive; and a processor that: generates actual solder position information of a solder group that the electronic component is mounted on based on the image, wherein the solder group includes two or more solders; generates, based on design data or manufacturing data, ideal solder inspection reference information indicating a reference inspection position and/or a reference inspection range of the solder included in the solder group.
H05K 3/34 - Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits by soldering
A solder printing inspection device that is placed on an upstream side of a component mounting machine that mounts an electronic component on solder that is printed on a substrate by a solder printing machine, and that inspects the solder on the substrate on which a thermosetting adhesive is applied, the solder printing inspection device including: an irradiator that irradiates the solder with light; an imaging device that takes an image of the irradiated solder; a processor that: generates actual solder position information of a solder group that the electronic component is mounted on based on the image, wherein the solder group includes two or more solders; generates, based on design data or manufacturing data, ideal solder inspection reference information indicating a reference inspection position and/or a reference inspection range of the solder included in the solder group; outputs mounting position adjustment information to the component mounting machine.
H05K 3/00 - Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
B23K 1/00 - Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
B23K 3/00 - Tools, devices, or special appurtenances for soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering, not specially adapted for particular methods
H05K 3/34 - Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits by soldering
G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
The present invention provides a clamping jig for tube connection with which it is possible to clamp tubes even in a small and narrow space. A clamping jig for tube connection 10 according to the present invention is a clamping jig for tube connection that clamps joint-equipped tubes 60, each tube including a protruding collar portion 63 at a position rearward of its leading end. The clamping jig for tube connection includes: a first member 20 that includes a first clamping portion 21 that is provided at a leading end thereof and to which one of the tubes is fitted, and a first gripping portion 23 formed at a base end thereof, a second member 30 that includes a second clamping portion 31 that is provided at a leading end thereof and to which the other tube is fitted, and a base end thereof being pivotally supported at the base end of the first member by a pivoting portion 27; a support rod 25 that extends from the first member through the second member; and a lever member 40 in which a leading end thereof is pivotally supported by a support portion 26 provided in the support rod, and a lever gripping portion 41 is formed at a base end thereof, the lever member 40 enabling swinging of the lever gripping portion in a direction of the base end of the second member, and the lever member 40 including a pressing portion 42 that presses the second member on the base end side relative to the support portion.
B25B 27/10 - Hand tools or bench devices, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for for connecting objects by press fit or detaching same inserting fittings into hoses
F16L 23/036 - Flanged joints the flanges being connected by members tensioned axially characterised by the tensioning members, e.g. specially adapted bolts or C-clamps
B25B 5/16 - Clamps - Details, e.g. jaws, jaw attachments
B29C 65/78 - Means for handling the parts to be joined, e.g. for making containers or hollow articles
B25B 5/12 - Arrangements for positively actuating jaws using toggle links
B25B 27/16 - Hand tools or bench devices, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for for assembling objects other than by press fit or detaching same abutted flanges
B25B 5/08 - Arrangements for positively actuating jaws using cams
In a connected-part seal structure configured to couple a first connected part and a second connected part through a seal member, the taper angles of first and second inner pressure-contact tapered parts provided in the seal member are smaller than the taper angles of first and second inner tapered parts provided in the first and second connected parts. Thus, a pressure-contact force of first and second inside tapered pressure-contact allowances are larger as the inside tapered pressure-contact allowances are located closer to base end parts of first and second annular protrusions.
F16J 15/10 - Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with non-metallic packing
F16J 15/06 - Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces
F16J 15/34 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with slip-ring pressed against a more or less radial face on one member
F16L 47/06 - Connecting arrangements or other fittings specially adapted to be made of plastics or to be used with pipes made of plastics with sleeve or socket formed by or in the pipe end
F16L 23/02 - Flanged joints the flanges being connected by members tensioned axially
An inspection device for inspecting an inspection object of a PTP sheet including a pocket portion formed in a container film, and a cover film mounted to the container film to close the pocket portion, or a portion of a PTP film forming the PTP sheet, includes: an irradiator that irradiates the inspection object with a predetermined light; an imaging device that takes an inspection image of the irradiated inspection object and a peripheral portion of the inspection object; and a processor that: determines whether the inspection object is defective or non-defective based on inspection image data of the inspection object taken from the inspection image. The inspection image data includes data of respective pixels corresponding to an inspection target area subjected to the defective/non-defective determination, and data of respective pixels corresponding to a non-inspection target area that excludes the inspection target area.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
G01N 21/84 - Systems specially adapted for particular applications
G01N 21/85 - Investigating moving fluids or granular solids
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
G01N 21/892 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in moving material, e.g. paper, textiles characterised by the flaw, defect or object feature examined
G01N 21/27 - Colour; Spectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light
A flowmeter including a sensor passage disposed with a sensor chip for measuring a flow rate and an orifice passage as a bypass passage placed with respect to the sensor passage is provided. The orifice passage has a passage diameter which is smaller than a passage diameter of an inflow passage, a distribution orifice is placed on an inlet side of the sensor passage, and the orifice passage and the distribution orifice are configured such that changing trends in an effective sectional area becomes same in a graph including a vertical axis indicating the effective sectional area and a lateral axis indicating a fluid pressure of a fluid.
G01F 1/00 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
G01F 1/68 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using thermal effects
G01F 15/10 - Preventing damage by freezing or excess pressure or insufficient pressure
An inspection device for inspecting an inspection object portion in a PTP sheet, the inspection device including: an irradiator that irradiates the inspection object portion with light; an imaging device that takes an image of the inspection object portion irradiated with the light; a processor that detects a defect in the inspection object portion from the taken image by using a predetermined luminance threshold value, and determines whether the inspection object portion is non-defective; a verification image generating circuit that generates a verification image in which a virtual defective image is placed in a non-defective image; and a threshold value verifier that causes the processor to determine whether the inspection object portion is non-defective or defective by using the verification image, in place of the image taken by the imaging device, and to verify the luminance threshold value based on a determination result by the processor.
B32B 3/26 - Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products essentially having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids
B32B 15/082 - Layered products essentially comprising metal comprising metal as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin comprising acrylic resins
B32B 15/085 - Layered products essentially comprising metal comprising metal as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin comprising polyolefins
B32B 15/20 - Layered products essentially comprising metal comprising aluminium or copper
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
G01N 21/892 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in moving material, e.g. paper, textiles characterised by the flaw, defect or object feature examined
A poppet switch valve device includes a valve body, a first valve rod including a first valve member, a second valve rod including a second valve member, and a solenoid. When a jig engages with an engagement portion of the first valve rod and rotates the first valve rod so that an internally-threaded hole formed in the first valve rod engages with and moves forward and backward relative to an external thread formed on an outer circumferential surface of the second valve rod, the first valve rod is moved relative to the second valve rod in the axial direction. The poppet switch valve device further includes a restriction portion configured to restrict movement of the first valve rod relative to the second valve rod in the axial direction after the first valve rod is moved relative to the second valve rod in the axial direction using the jig.
F16K 11/07 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves; Arrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves with linearly sliding closure members with cylindrical slides
F15B 13/04 - Fluid distribution or supply devices characterised by their adaptation to the control of servomotors for use with a single servomotor
F16K 31/06 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a magnet
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Fluid control valve and fluid control valve manufacturing method
A fluid control valve and manufacturing method thereof, wherein, when a pressing force acts on the engagement surface between a diaphragm member and a valve seat-contacting member, the valve seat-contacting member is not displaced and no gap is formed. The diaphragm member made of a first fluorine-based resin material is provided with a diaphragm membrane and a rod-shaped part in the center of the diaphragm membrane. The valve seat-contacting member made of an injection-moldable second fluorine-based resin material is provided with a ring-shaped sealing surface and a recess on the opposite side from the ring-shaped sealing surface. The rod-shaped part is partly fitted into the recess. A ring-shaped recessed is formed on outer circumference of a portion of the rod-shaped part. A small diameter recess is formed on the inner circumference of the recess. The ring-shaped recess section and the small diameter recess adhere closely to form the engagement surface.
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: an optical system that splits incident light into two lights and radiates lights to a measurement object and to a reference surface, and recombines the two lights to emit combined light; a first irradiator that emits first light including first polarized light and entering a first surface; a second irradiator that emits second light including second polarized light and entering a second surface; a first imaging system to which the first output light enters wherein the first output light is emitted from the first surface when the first light enters the first surface; a second imaging system to which the second output light enters wherein the second output light is emitted from the second surface when the second light enters the second surface; and an image processor that performs three-dimensional measurement based on interference fringe images obtained by the first and second imaging systems.
A measurement device includes: an optical system that splits incident light into two lights to emit one light as measurement light to a measurement object and the other light as reference light to a reference surface, and recombines the two lights to emit combined light; a light emitter that emits light entering the optical system; an imaging system that takes an image of output light emitted from the optical system; and a processor that executes measurement with regard to a predetermined measurement area of the measurement object, based on an interference fringe image taken by the imaging system, wherein the processor: obtains complex amplitude data at a predetermined position in an optical axis direction at predetermined intervals in at least a predetermined range in the optical axis direction, with regard to a specific area set in advance in the measurement area based on the interference fringe image.
G01B 11/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
G01B 11/14 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced apertures
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
A substrate position detection device includes: an irradiator that irradiates a predetermined range of a substrate with a predetermined light; an imager that takes an image of the predetermined range of the substrate irradiated with the predetermined light; a moving mechanism that causes a relative movement of the imager and the substrate; and a controller that: detects a position of the substrate by sequentially executing to a plurality of recognition objects on the substrate: a moving process of relatively moving the imager to a position corresponding to a predetermined recognition object among the plurality of recognition objects on the substrate; an imaging process of taking an image of the predetermined recognition object under a predetermined imaging condition; and a recognition process of recognizing the predetermined recognition object based on image data obtained by the imaging process.
A covered container manufacturing device for manufacturing a resin covered container that includes: a container main body; an outer cover portion that opens and closes the container main body; and a hinge portion that couples the container main body with the outer cover portion, and wherein the container main body, the outer cover portion and the hinge portion are integrally formed, the covered container manufacturing device including: an angle regulator that regulates a relative angle of the outer cover portion with respect to the container main body to a predetermined angle of less than 180 degrees, wherein the angle regulator comprises: a heater that comprises a heating portion that generates heat and heats the hinge portion; and a bender that bends the outer cover portion relative to the container main body at the heated hinge portion, wherein the heater heats inside of the hinge portion.
B65B 7/26 - Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by closing hinged lids
B65B 5/02 - Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
B65B 47/04 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of mechanical pressure
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
A blister packaging machine that manufactures a blister pack, wherein the blister pack comprises: a lidded container that includes a container main body and an outer lid portion; and an inner cover film attached to close the opening of the container main body, the blister packaging machine comprising: a conveyor; a molding device that executes a molding process to a strip-shaped container film and form a lidded container-corresponding part corresponding to the lidded container; a placing device that is disposed downstream of the molding device and places the article in a container part; a sealing device that is disposed downstream of the placing device and attaches the inner cover film to close an opening of the container part; and a punching device that is disposed downstream of the sealing device and punches out the lidded container-corresponding part along with the inner cover film to produce the blister pack.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 47/02 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
B65B 47/04 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of mechanical pressure
B65B 7/16 - Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
B65D 51/20 - Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
B65D 75/36 - Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages
B65D 43/16 - Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
B65B 43/16 - Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by grippers
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
A fluid control valve for controlling high-temperature fluid includes: a valve body including a valve chamber communicating with first and second flow passages, and a valve seat provided in the valve chamber; a metal diaphragm that contacts with and separates from the valve seat; a stem that moves the metal diaphragm up and down; and an actuator that drives the stem. The first flow passage includes a first orifice having a diameter set to 50% or less of a diameter of the second flow passage. Alternatively, the second flow passage includes a second orifice having a diameter set to 50% or less of the diameter of the second flow passage. The diameter of the second flow passage is calculated by converting a cylindrical flow passage area defined between the valve seat and the metal diaphragm when separated from the valve seat into a diameter of a circular flow passage.
F16K 7/17 - Diaphragm cut-off apparatus, e.g. with a member deformed, but not moved bodily, to close the passage with flat, dished, or bowl-shaped diaphragm arranged to be deformed against a flat seat the diaphragm being actuated by fluid pressure
F16K 47/08 - Means in valves for absorbing fluid energy for decreasing pressure and having a throttling member separate from the closure member
F16K 31/143 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid for mounting on, or in combination with, hand-actuated valves the fluid acting on a piston
F16K 31/122 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid the fluid acting on a piston
F16K 7/16 - Diaphragm cut-off apparatus, e.g. with a member deformed, but not moved bodily, to close the passage with flat, dished, or bowl-shaped diaphragm arranged to be deformed against a flat seat the diaphragm being mechanically actuated, e.g. by screw-spindle or cam
A solder printing inspection device that inspects a printing state of solder paste printed on a substrate having a through hole into which a lead terminal of an insertion component is inserted, the solder printing inspection device including: a non-printing face side illuminator that irradiates an inspection range on a non-printing face side with a predetermined light, wherein the non-printing face side is opposite to a printing face side, out of a surface and a rear face of the substrate; a non-printing face side camera that takes an image of the inspection range on the non-printing face side of the substrate irradiated with the predetermined light; and a controller that executes inspection with regard to the solder paste in the inspection range, based on image data with regard to the inspection range on the non-printing face side of the substrate taken by the non-printing face side camera.
G01N 21/956 - Inspecting patterns on the surface of objects
H05K 13/08 - Monitoring manufacture of assemblages
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
G01N 21/88 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: an optical system that splits incident light into two lights, radiates one of the two lights as measurement light to a measurement object and the other as reference light to a reference surface, and recombines the two lights to emit combined light; a first irradiation unit that emits first light entering the optical system; a second irradiation unit that emits second light entering the optical system; a first imaging unit into which output light that is obtained from the first light and is emitted from the optical system enters; a second imaging unit into which output light that is obtained from the second light and is emitted from the optical system enters; and an image processor that executes three-dimensional measurement of the measurement object, based on interference fringe images taken by the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit.
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: an illuminator that irradiates a measured object with a predetermined light; an imaging device that comprises: an imaging sensor displaceable at least in a vertical direction; and a both-sided telecentric optical system that causes the imaging sensor to form an image of a predetermined area on the measured object irradiated with the predetermined light; a conveyor that moves the illuminator and the imaging device relative to the measured object; and a controller that: executes three-dimensional measurement of a predetermined measurement object on the measured object, based on the taken image; measures a height of the predetermined area at least at a time prior to imaging of the predetermined area under the predetermined light; and changes a height position of the imaging sensor based on a measurement result to adjust an interval between the predetermined area and the imaging sensor to a predetermined distance.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
H05K 3/34 - Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits by soldering
G01B 11/24 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures
G01B 11/06 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness for measuring thickness
G01B 11/16 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. optical strain gauge
99.
Flow path switching valve and manufacturing method therefor
The flow path switching valve includes (a) a valve body having an open flow path which opens on a predetermined surface over a predetermined length in a predetermined direction, (b) a main body having a plurality of ports which open on a facing surface facing the predetermined surface at an interval shorter than the predetermined length in the predetermined direction, and a plurality of connection flow paths connected to the plurality of ports, (c) plate springs attached on both ends of the valve body in the predetermined direction so as to support the valve body such that a predetermined gap is formed between the predetermined surface and the facing surface, the plate springs applying elastic force onto the valve body according to a movement amount of the valve body in the predetermined direction, and (d) an actuator which drives the valve body back and forth in the predetermined direction.
F16K 3/18 - Gate valves or sliding valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closing members having a sliding movement along the seat for opening and closing with flat sealing faces; Packings therefor with special arrangements for separating the sealing faces or for pressing them together by movement of the closure members
F16K 31/06 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a magnet
F16K 11/065 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves; Arrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves with linearly sliding closure members
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: a projector including: a light source that emits a predetermined light; a grid that converts the light from the light source into a predetermined striped pattern; and a driver that moves the grid, and the projector projecting the striped pattern onto a measurement object; an imaging device that takes an image of the measurement object on which the striped pattern is projected; and a controller that: controls the projector and the imaging device to obtain a plurality of image data having different light intensity distributions; executes three-dimensional measurement of the measurement object by phase shifting based on the image data having different light intensity distributions; and obtains each of the image data among the image data having different light intensity distributions.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
G01B 11/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
G06T 7/55 - Depth or shape recovery from multiple images
G06T 7/521 - Depth or shape recovery from the projection of structured light
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