PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for improving the image quality of an X-ray image of a patient in a dual energy X-ray imaging system. SOLUTION: A cardiac cycle monitor 140 monitors the cardiac cycle of a patient 110 and detects a cardiac trigger. Once the cardiac trigger has been detected, an X-ray emitter 120 irradiates the patient 110 with high energy X-ray and low energy ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce defective molding of a side wall part. SOLUTION: A mold 1 for vulcanizing a tire comprises a side plate 2 having a side wall molding surface 4 for molding the side wall part S of the tire T. The plate 2 has a side plate body 2a, and an engaging piece 2b engaged with the body 2a. A method for manufacturing the tire comprises the step of forming the side wall forming ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus and an imaging method suitable for the practical use, capable of preventing position displacement of an image formed on both sides of a recording paper to the maximum extent with a high reliability. SOLUTION: Position displacement of the image V1 formed on the front surface P1 of the copying paper P and the image V2 formed on the rear surface P...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a yarn setting method to a take-up tube in an automatic winder for smoothly and speedily conducting yarn setting work from a supply yarn wound body to the take-up tube without adding a special device, and an automatic winder. SOLUTION: A number of take-up units 2 each comprising a bobbin yarn catching guide member 22 to catch yarn of the supply yarn wound body 5 to...

A sunshade includes a supporting rod, a canopy support frame, and a canopy. An adjusting sleeve is slidably mounted around the supporting rod. A holding sleeve is pivotally connected to an upper end of the supporting rod. An arcuate tube is slidably extended through the holding sleeve. An elbow is mounted to a first end of the arcuate tube and a reel is mounted to a second end of the arcuate tube....

A green tire manufactured on a toroidal support is closed in a vulcanization mould. Steam or another fluid under pressure is infed to a diffusion gap which is formed, following an expansion of the tire, between the inner surface of the latter and the outer surface of the toroidal support. Tire expansion is compensated for, by axially moving the beads away from the toroidal support, thereby elimina...

Improvements for in-mold polyurethane foam and/or resin products and the ability to provide surface coatings of such products exhibiting bright coloration and reduced colorant migration through utilization of easy-to-use polymeric colorants in simplified and environmentally friendly processing methods are disclosed. The inventive surface coating formulations include polyurethane-reactive polymeric...

A blown foamed film of polyester resin, obtained by blow-molding a foamed tubular sheet at the outlet of a foaming extruder.

A device for crizzle detection, provided with a means for rotating a glass container placed at an inspection position, a data collecting means which has N light projectors and M light receivers arranged on a generally semispherical mointing jig around the mouth or thread of the glass container and which is adapted to collect NxM pieces of data for each scan over the glass container, a means for re...

A holder-ring for an earphone plug is provided. The holder-ring has a main cylindrical body. A flange is integrally formed at the upper end and extends outward and downward therefrom. The flange is spaced from the outer surface of the main cylindrical body by a predetermined distance so that a space opened at its lower end is provided therebetween. The flange has at its upper end a plurality of sm...

A control apparatus and method for an autonomous traveling vehicle having a teaching mode in which a vehicle position and a vehicle azimuth in respective points on a running path are memorized and a play-back mode in which the vehicle is operated autonomously based on the vehicle position and vehicle azimuth memorized in the teaching mode comprises a virtual traction point establishing means for e...

A disk cache device for secure writing comprising a backup power supply source (62) for supplying backup power for a given duration to a computer system fed by two main electric power supply devices (60, 61) and comprising at least one hard disk drive (1a, 1b, 1c), and a host system (3). All of the disk drives (1a, 1b, 1c) are linked by a bus (2) to a connection (30) of the host system (3) (host b...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coupling structural body which enables us not only to safely and easily separate two members of different materials for the collection by type but also to easily install it on a cosmetic container, and a cosmetic container provided with it. SOLUTION: This cosmetic container is provided with a coupling structural body 10 for attaching a mirror 4 to a lid 3 made of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robot cleaner capable of performing connection by an external charging device efficiently and a method for connection to the external charging device. SOLUTION: The cleaner includes driving parts 15 e, f and g for driving a plurality of rings 15a, b, c and d, a single camera 13 installed on a main body so as to pick up the image of an external environment, and a ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robot cleaner, a robot cleaning system and a method for controlling the same by which instructed work can be performed efficiently by precisely recognizing the present position of the cleaner so as to easily correct a traveling track. SOLUTION: The robot cleaner for performing the work communicating with an external device by radio is provided with a driving part...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robot cleaning system using a mobile communication network by which a cleaning robot can be controlled from a remote place a mobile communication network. SOLUTION: The system is provided with a cleaning robot which converts video data photographed through a mounted camera to a mobile communication signal to transmit it and cleans a room moving there automaticall...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mold with which low shaping (or no shaping) manufacturing is possible and which does not receive a limit, and to provide a process therefor. SOLUTION: The mold molds a tread 11 and a tire having a tread, the tread including a running surface 12, lateral surfaces 13, axial recesses 15 opening axially on to at least one of the lateral surfaces. The process comprise...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a white biaxially oriented film which has at least one function of ultraviolet resistance, yellowing resistance, flame retardation, sealability, etc., can be produced easily at low production costs, and is excellent in drawability, optical properties and mechanical properties. SOLUTION: In the white biaxially oriented film 10-500 &mu m in thickness formed from a re...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a traverse device in which breakage of a traverse drive shaft or the like due to a disadvantageous load generated on the side of a traverse frame is eliminated. SOLUTION: A traverse engagement body 33 engaged with the traverse drive shaft 32 to be driven along its axial line direction, and the traverse frame 34 are formed as separate bodies. A gap S1 to insulate th...

A device for hanging a pair of spectacles on a garment is disclosed. The device consists of a specifically designed hanging means, which is formed on a garment and is used for allowing a user to easily, conveniently and safely hang spectacles on the garment when taking off the spectacles. The spectacle hanging means is formed at one or more of the neck, breast, pocket, and button-down ope...