MICROORGANISM INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220283086A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17637363

    申请日:2020-07-20

    IPC分类号: G01N21/64 G01N1/31

    摘要: An inspection apparatus includes a stirring/mixing means for stirring and mixing a sample solution in a batch-type sample container, an excitation light source including a light source that irradiates an irradiation plane of the sample container in the vertical direction, a light-receiving means arranged on the lateral face side of the sample container, and a control means for calculating the number of microorganisms contained in a sample in the sample solution.

    Wireless communication apparatus that manages process in factory, and process management method

    公开(公告)号:US11194315B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16760937

    申请日:2018-11-27

    摘要: The present invention is directed to managing a process in a factory while employing a communication method suitable to various kinds of data that should be transmitted. A wireless communication apparatus configured to manage a process in a factory includes an interface connected to a device and usable to receive data from the device, a first wireless communication portion, a second wireless communication portion, and a controller configured to, to wirelessly transmit the data received via the interface, select one of the first wireless communication portion and the second wireless communication portion according to this data. The first wireless communication portion is configured to carry out communication at a higher speed and with a larger capacity than the second wireless communication portion. The second wireless communication portion is configured to carry out more reliable communication than the first wireless communication portion.

    OPERATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR GRAIN PROCESSING FACILITY, AND AUTOMATIC OPERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR SATELLITE FACILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20210283618A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US16319567

    申请日:2017-07-19

    摘要: A satellite facility is operated in a unmanned manner even in a grain processing facility (a common grain drying and preparing facility, a rice milling factory, a food factory or the like, for example) where the characteristics of starting materials vary with time. An operation assistance system for a grain processing facility includes: a database configured to store, in a correlated manner, a first characteristic of a first grain delivered to a model facility, a first operational parameter of the model facility used in processing the first grain in the model facility, and an index value actually measured with respect to taste of the first grain after being processed in the model facility; a reception portion configured to receive a second characteristic of a second grain delivered to a satellite facility; a calculation portion configured to calculate, based on the received second characteristic and information accumulated in the database, a second operational parameter to be used in processing the second grain in the satellite facility; and a providing portion configured to provide the calculated second operational parameter to the satellite facility via a network.

    Method and apparatus for controlling milling roll machine

    公开(公告)号:US11020748B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-01

    申请号:US16323792

    申请日:2017-08-08

    摘要: A method and an apparatus for controlling a milling roll machine capable of accurately monitoring a surface temperature of a roll and preventing a high temperature abnormality occurring on a roll surface from being overlooked are provided A temperature sensor S that monitors surface temperatures of a pair of rolls 4 and 5 and a temperature of a milled product after passing through the rolls is provided in the vicinity of the pair of rolls 4 and 5, and opening/closing control of the gap between the rolls 4 and 5 or flow rate control of the raw material stock is performed according to the surface temperatures of the rolls and the temperature of the milled product after passing through the rolls detected by the temperature sensor S.

    MICROORGANISM TESTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20200087611A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:US16467671

    申请日:2017-11-24

    摘要: A method and apparatus for detecting microorganisms in ballast water, the apparatus including: an excitation light source provided with light sources for emitting excitation light to irradiate an irradiated surface of sample solution continuously; photodetector detecting light of fluorescence emission caused by excitation light from the excitation light source control means converting the light detected by the photodetector to an electrical signal to detect and count number of light emissions, and estimating the number of microorganisms included in a sample within the sample container from the number of light emissions; and an operation unit electrically connected to the control means. The excitation light source uses two different kinds of excitation light sources including a light source emitting light with a wavelength region causing phytoplankton to emit chlorophyll fluorescence and a light source emitting light with a wavelength region causing microorganisms stained by the fluorescent staining reagent to emit fluorescence.

    PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, ABNORMALITY DETECTION CIRCUIT, AND PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20190353276A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-21

    申请号:US16479013

    申请日:2017-12-25

    摘要: The piezoelectric actuator includes a piezoelectric element; a power supply applying a voltage to the piezoelectric element; a drive circuit that applies a voltage from the power supply to the piezoelectric element by a pulse charge signal and a discharge signal to charge, and discharges the charge charged in the piezoelectric element to drive the piezoelectric element; an abnormality detection circuit that detects an abnormality due to insulation failure of the piezoelectric element, and a control unit that determines whether or not the piezoelectric element is normal based on an abnormality detection signal. The abnormality detection circuit outputs the abnormality detection signal that detects a time corresponding to a period from when a current starts to flow to the piezoelectric element during charging to when a current stops to flow, and it is determined that the piezoelectric element is abnormal when the time is equal to or more than a set time.

    Retort rice meal producing system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09854825B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-02

    申请号:US14110918

    申请日:2011-04-15

    CPC分类号: A23L7/1965 A23L7/10 A47J27/04

    摘要: A retort rice meal producing system includes a pressurized steamer mechanism performing a steam heating process on raw rice under pressurizing, a steamed-rice single granulation mechanism removing surface-layer moisture from the steamed rice processed for single granulation as being conveyed by a conveyer, a quantitative filling mechanism of measuring the steamed rice subjected to single granulation for each pack and filling a container with the steamed rice, a packing mechanism further filling the steamed-rice-filled container filled with the steamed rice with at least an amount of a liquid such as a rice-cooking liquid required for soaking and moisture absorption and air for allocating a head space, and sealing the container, a soaking/moisture-absorbing mechanism reversing a package of the sealed container a plurality of times and causing the rice-cooking liquid to be absorbed into the steamed rice, and a retort sterilizing apparatus.