Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A plate inserting apparatus comprising:
plate holding means for holding a plate to which an elastic restoration force is applied; and
releasing means for releasing the plate held by said plate holding means, wherein
the plate released by said releasing means is inserted into a plate fixing unit provided in a plate cylinder by the elastic restoration force thereof.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plate holding means holds a front end and rear end of the plate as the plate is in a flexed state.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plate holding means comprises
a plate holder for holding the front end of the plate with suction air supplied from a suction air source, and
a locking portion for locking the rear end of the plate.
4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said releasing means releases the held front end of the plate by disconnecting supply of the suction air to said plate holder.
5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
said plate holder is supported to be movable between a wait position and an inserting position for inserting the plate into said plate fixing unit, and
said releasing means releases the held plate when said plate holder moves to the inserting position while supporting the front end of the plate.
6. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein
said apparatus further comprises
a first rotary member which is rotatably supported by said plate holder and comes close to said plate fixing unit when said plate holder moves to the inserting position,
a second rotary member supported to be rotatable and movable, and
moving means for moving said second rotary member in a direction to come close to said first rotary member when said plate holder moves to the inserting position, and
said first and second rotary members clamp the plate when inserting the plate into said plate fixing unit.
7. An apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising
a cover having a window to cover a front surface of a plate cylinder,
a swing plate to which said plate holder is fixed and which is swingably supported at an upper end of said window, said plate holder being located at the wait position when said swing plate covers said window, and at the inserting position when said swing plate comes close to the plate by a swing motion, and
a press roller for pressing the plate against an outer surface of said plate cylinder when inserting the plate.
8. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein
said apparatus further comprises a swing lever for rotatably supporting said press roller at a distal end thereof,
said first rotary member is rotatably supported at the distal end of said swing lever,
said second rotary member is rotatably supported by said swing lever through a support member, and
along with a swing motion of said swing lever, when said second rotary member moves in a direction to come close to said first rotary member, the front end of the plate held by said plate holder is clamped between said first and second rotary members.
9. An apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a positioning pin which engages with the front end of the plate, when said plate holder is at the wait position, to position the plate.
10. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein
said apparatus further comprises a cover having said positioning pin to cover a front surface of a plate cylinder, and
said positioning pin disengages from the front end of the plate when said plate holder moves to the inserting position.
11. An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a guide member which, in a wait mode, supports a portion between the front and rear ends of the plate held in a flexed state and, in a plate insertion mode, guides the plate which moves by the elastic restoration force thereof toward said plate fixing unit.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A transformer comprising a primary and a secondary coil wherein the secondary coil provides an outer secondary flux path route which isolates the primary coil from secondary coil BEMF induced flux, further comprising a secondary coil current delay wherein the induced flux predominates below a critical minimum frequency \u03c9c resulting in a single sinusoidal wave in the equivalent circuit and wherein further, above \u03c9c, the coil produces an AC pulse at the primary current sine wave crest TDC wherein the value of \u03c9e is achieved through tuning, wherein said delay further comprises a 90 degree secondary current delay in which the secondary current waits until the primary current has peaked at TDC \u201cof the flux\u201d (\u2018top dead center\u2019 or \u2018TDC\u2019) discharging flux.
2. The transformer of claim 1 wherein the secondary coils each provide the required on load flux magnitude increase needed to deliver sustained power to the load.
3. The transformer of claim 1 further comprising a split secondary coil wherein secondary induced flux is isolated from the primary core and wherein magnetic flux passing through the primary and secondary coils are different.
4. The transformer of claim 2 wherein the primary coil is placed on a central leg and two secondaries coils are wound around two side legs.
5. The transformer of claim 4 wherein the secondary coils are magnetically connected to the primary with a coupling coefficient on no load of substantially 1 but isolated from the primary on load with a coupling coefficient of substantially 0.
6. The transformer of claim 2 wherein the primary is evenly distributed between the two secondary coils and no-load voltages are induced in each secondary coil.
7. The transformer of claim 1 wherein the BiTT consumes mostly reactive power in the primary while delivering real power to the loads.
8. The transformer of claim 4 wherein a ring-shaped toroidal core provides the alternate flux path joining the two secondaries.
9. The transformer of claim 1 wherein Mutual and Non-Mutual Coupling Coefficients are both symmetric and non-symmetric.
10. The transformer of claim 9 wherein Mutual coupling of Primary to Secondary 1 is approximately \u02dc0.5, Primary to Secondary 2 is approximately \u02dc0.5, Secondary 1 to secondary 2 is approximately 1 and Secondary 2 to secondary is approximately 1; and
wherein further Non-mutual coupling of Secondary 1 to Primary is approximately 0 and of Secondary 2 to Primary is approximately 0.
11. The transformer of claim 1 wherein said delay is brought about by electrodynamic means.
12. The transformer of claim 11 wherein said electrodynamic means comprise a wire-current wave electrostatically storing energy in the space between adjacent coil turns.
13. The transformer of claim 12 wherein said space further comprises dielectric material.
14. The transformer of claim 13 wherein said dielectric material further comprises wire insulation.
15. The transformer of claim 11 wherein said delay produces a constructively-interfering phase-shifted current between adjacent coil turns.

1. A packaging system for packaging a unique object with a product, said packaging system comprising:
an insertion device for inserting said unique object into a flow of said product;
a sensor attached to said packaging system for detecting a unique object to be inserted by said insertion device wherein responsive to said sensor detecting said unique object a signal is generated for use by said packaging system;
a packaging device positioned downstream from said insertion device for packaging said unique object with said product in a container;
a foreign matter detector between said packaging device and said insertion device for detecting foreign matter in said product; and
a controller connected to said sensor and said foreign matter detector for deactivating said foreign matter detector after said sensor detects said unique object such that said foreign matter detector is deactivated while said unique object passes through said foreign matter detector and is reactivated after said unique object passes through said foreign matter detector.
2. The packaging system of claim 1 wherein said unique object is a conductive object that triggers said foreign matter detector if said conductive object passes through said foreign matter detector while said foreign matter detector is activated.
3. The packaging system of claim 2 wherein said conductive object comprises a prize and a metallized label packaged together in a coupon pouch in a bandolier.
4. The packaging system of claim 1 wherein said insertion device comprises a coupon inserter adapted for separating and inserting coupons from a bandolier of coupons wherein said unique object is randomly packaged in said bandolier of coupons.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a counter for counting a plurality of said unique objects as they are inserted into said packaging system wherein said counter is incremented as each said unique object is inserted.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said sensor is a sensor chosen from the group consisting of a capacitive proximity sensor, an inductive proximity sensor, a thickness sensor, a stiffness sensor, a color sensor, a reflectivity sensor, a transmissivity sensor, an odor sensor, and a chemical sensor.
7. A consumables packaging system for packaging a unique object of a plurality of objects with a product, said packaging system comprising:
an insertion device for inserting said unique object into a flow of said product;
a sensor attached to said packaging system for detecting said unique object to be inserted by said insertion device wherein responsive to said sensor detecting said unique object a signal is generated for use by said packaging system, wherein said sensor distinguishes said unique object from other objects in said plurality of objects such that said signal is only generated when said unique object passes by said sensor; and
a packaging device positioned downstream from said insertion device for packaging said unique object with said product in a container.
8. The consumables packaging system of claim 7 wherein said sensor comprises a capacitive proximity sensor capable of sensing a metallized label attached to said unique object.
9. The consumables packaging system of claim 7 further comprising:
a foreign matter detector between said packaging device and said insertion device for detecting foreign matter in said product; and
a controller connected to said sensor and said foreign matter detector for deactivating said foreign matter detector after said sensor detects said unique object such that said foreign matter detector is deactivated while said unique object passes through said foreign matter detector and is reactivated after said unique object passes through said foreign matter detector.
10. The consumables packaging system of claim 9 wherein said unique object is a conductive object that triggers said foreign matter detector if said conductive object passes through said foreign matter detector while said foreign matter detector is activated.
11. The consumables packaging system of claim 10 wherein said conductive object comprises a prize and a metallized label packaged together in a coupon pouch in a bandolier.
12. The consumables packaging system of claim 7 wherein said insertion device comprises a coupon inserter adapted for separating and inserting coupons from a bandolier of coupons wherein said unique object is randomly packaged in said bandolier of coupons.
13. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising a counter for counting a plurality of said unique objects as they are inserted into said packaging system wherein said counter is incremented as each said unique object is inserted.
14. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said sensor is a sensor chosen from the group consisting of a capacitive proximity sensor, an inductive proximity sensor, a thickness sensor, a stiffness sensor, a color sensor, a reflectivity sensor, a transmissivity sensor, an odor sensor, and a chemical sensor.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A rim wheel comprising:
three or more sub-air chambers which are formed between a rim and a plurality of cap members disposed outwardly in a radial direction of the rim, by no less than three sealed diaphragms which divides one sub-air chamber into three or more sub-air chambers, the one sub-air chamber being defined by the rim and the cap members, the sub-air chambers being discontinued in a rim circumferential direction, and the sealed diaphragms being separated from each other at predetermined intervals in the rim circumferential direction;
a concave well portion which is provided at at least one of the rim and the cap members, and has a bottom portion positioned radially inward of a bead seat; and
a communicating portion which is provided at each of the cap members thus allowing a tire main air chamber and the sub-air chambers to communicate with each other,
characterized in that a Helmholtz resonance noise absorber is constituted by the sub-air chambers and the communicating portion, which satisfy the following equation:
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f0: resonance frequency (Hz)
V: a volume of sub-air chambers (cm3)
S: a total cross-sectional area of communicating portions (cm2)
L: a length of a communicating portion (cm)
N: the number of communicating portionsair chamber
R: a wheel diameter (inch).
2. The rim wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that the cap members are kept in close contact with each other, the cap members and the rim are kept in close contact with each other, and the sub-air chambers and the tire main air chamber are made to communicate with each other, simply through holes as the communicating portions formed at each of the cap members.
3. The rim wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that, in a tire axial direction, a length of a gap between a position closest to a tire axial center of the communicating portion and an inner surface of the sub-air chamber at a rim wheel side is equal to or more than 5 mm.
4. The rim wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that the communicating portion is formed at a position separated in a tire circumferential direction by 30 mm or more from the sealed diaphragms corresponding to both ends of the sub-air chamber, and separated in a tire widthwise direction by 15 mm or more from the side walls corresponding to both ends of the sub-air chamber.
5. The rim wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that three holes or more that function as the communicating portions are formed at each of the cap members.
6. The rim wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that both end edge portions in the rim circumferential direction of the cap member are inclined surfaces inclining in the same direction, and one inclined surface on one cap member and one inclined surface of another adjacent cap member, which surfaces are adjacent to each other in the rim circumferential direction, are kept into close contact with one another.
7. The rim wheel according to claim 1, comprising:
a first step portion, which is parallel to an outer circumferential surface of the cap member, formed at one end edge side of the cap member in the rim circumferential direction, positioned inwardly in a rim radial direction of the outer circumferential surface, and faces outwardly in the rim radial direction, and a second step portion, which is in parallel to an inner circumferential surface of the cap member, formed at the other end edge side of the cap member in the rim circumferential direction, positioned outwardly in a rim radial direction of the inner circumferential surface, and faces inwardly in the rim radial direction,
characterized in that at least portions of the first step portion and the second step portion of each of the cap members adjacent to each other in the rim circumferential direction are kept in close contact with one another in the rim widthwise direction.
8. A tire rim assembly in which a tire is attached to the rim wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that a total volume of the sub-air chambers is equal to or more than 2% and equal to or less than 25% of a tire main air chamber.
9. The tire rim assembly according to claim 8, characterized in that a compression rate of the tire is equal to or less than 60%.
10. The tire rim assembly according to claim 8, characterized in that the tire has a belt reinforcing layer to be spirally wrapped around and the belt reinforcing layer uses an organic fiber whose tensile modulus of elasticity is equal to or more than 6 GPa.