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Nissan Motor Company Limited

Kaneka Corporation

Teijin Limited

Kumamoto Technology and Industry Foundation

National University Corporation Kumamoto University

Sakurai Hiroshi

Kim Yong Chul

Kawamura Yoshihito

Noda Masafumi

Sakashita Takaaki

Umeda Nobuyoshi

Naito Takeshi

Taniguchi Shuhei

Ono Tsubasa

A system for transferring an image to an article and includes a base for supporting the article, an article conveyor for sequentially moving articles onto and off of the base in a given direction between an entrance end and an exit end, a roller disposed adjacent to the base, an image conveyor for sequentially moving transferrable images into a position between the base and the roller, a transfer mechanism for producing relative movement between the base and the roller such that an image and an article are pressed together therebetween, a primary heater for transferring heat to a first surface portion of said roller located opposite to the base, and an auxiliary heater for transferring heat to a second surface portion of the roller end located between the first surface portion and the exit end of said base.

Thermo-transfer printing equipment

A hydraulic clamping apparatus including a base, a first support means for supporting a first mold and retained by the base and a second support means for supporting a second mold and retained by the base means, the second support means being movable relative to the base means along a path so as to move the second mold into engagement with the first mold. A first hydraulic actuator comprises a first cylinder, a first piston retained thereby, and a rod coupled between the first piston and the second support means. The first actuator is operable to produce reciprocating first strokes of the rod along the path. A second hydraulic actuator comprises a second cylinder and a ram piston shaped and arranged so as to permit with respect thereto relative movement along the path of the second support means. The ram piston has a diameter substantially greater than the first piston and is movable along the path in reciprocating second strokes substantially shorter than the first strokes. In addition, the second cylinder comprises large and small diameter portions retaining, respectively, a large diameter portion of the ram piston and a small diameter portion thereof and the ram piston defines an opening that is axially aligned with and receives the rod which is connected to an engagement portion of the second support means. The second actuator further comprises a first annular seal between the large diameter portions of the second cylinder and the ram piston and a second annular seal between the small diameter portions thereof. Finally, a clutch mechanism is operable to engage the ram piston with the engagement portion of the second support means so as to produce movement thereof in response to said second strokes.

Hydraulic clamping apparatus for an injection molding machine

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Tokyo, Japan

Sakurai Hiroshi