SHINMAYWA INDUSTRIES, LTD.

A rubber plug supply device 10 places a rotating body 40 in a first rotation position R 1 when it is detected by a sensor 25 that the orientation of a rubber plug 5 supplied is a first orientation, and places the rotating body 40 in a second rotation position R 2 when it is detected that the orientation of the rubber plug 5 is a second orientation, and then supplies the rubber plug 5 to a first accommodating portion 41 or a second accommodating portion 42 . The rubber plug supply device 10 moves the rotating body 40 to the second rotation position R 2 or the first rotation position R 1 after the rubber plug 5 is supplied to the first accommodating portion 41 or the second accommodating portion 42 . The rubber plug supply device 10 dispenses the rubber plug 5 accommodated in the first accommodating portion 41 through a rubber plug dispense port 41 b that communicates with a rubber plug supply port 41 a or dispenses the rubber plug 5 accommodated in the second accommodating portion 42 through a rubber plug supply/eject port 42 a.

Provided is a passenger boarding bridge that includes: a rotunda connected to a terminal building and supported in a horizontally rotatable manner; a tunnel unit whose proximal end is connected to the rotunda, the tunnel unit being extendable and retractable; a travel device that supports the tunnel unit and includes travel wheels, the travel device being configured such that a travel direction of forward travel of the travel wheels and a travel direction of backward travel of the travel wheels are changeable; a cab provided at a distal end of the tunnel unit, the cab being configured to be docked with an aircraft; and a determiner configured to, at a time before undocking the cab docked with the aircraft from the aircraft, perform determination whether or not the travel direction of the backward travel of the travel wheels at the time is a direction within a smooth undocking range.

A processing apparatus 200 for a multicore cable 1 processes the multicore cable 1 including a sheath 2 and cores 3 and 4 inserted in the sheath 2 , and includes: a slitter 21 that makes a slit along a circumferential direction; a puller 22 that moves at least one of a distal portion of the sheath 2 and a proximal portion of the sheath 2 in a longitudinal direction of the multicore cable 1 to thereby expose the core wires 3 and 4 , the distal portion being closer to a distal end of the multicore cable 1 than the slit, the proximal portion being closer to a proximal end of the multicore cable 1 than the slit; a detector 31 that detects a position of a specific core 3 of the cores 3 and 4 in a circumferential direction of the multicore cable 1 ; and a rotator 32 a that rotates the multicore cable 1 based on the detected position of the specific core 3 in the circumferential direction to thereby move the specific core 3 to a predetermined position in the circumferential direction.

An object of the present invention is to provide a crank-type pressing device that is able to successfully support a rotator and is allowed to be reduced in size. A crank-type pressing device ( 1 ) includes: a rotator ( 15 ) that rotates around a first rotation axis (C 1 ) upon receiving a driving force from a motor ( 10 ); a bearing ( 16 ) supporting the rotator ( 15 ) such that the rotator ( 15 ) is rotatable; a link mechanism ( 20 ) including a first pin ( 21 ) connected to an eccentric hole ( 14 a ) of the rotator ( 15 ); and a pressing member ( 18 ) connected to a second pin ( 22 ) of the link mechanism ( 20 ). The bearing ( 16 ) and the eccentric hole ( 14 a ) are disposed on a pressing axis (V) perpendicular to the first rotation axis (C 1 ).

A rubber plug holding device 30 includes a plurality of first clamp members 31 located around a predetermined central line CL so as to form a space S 1 inner thereto in which a cylindrical rubber plug 5 is allowed to be located; a first support member 32 supporting the first clamp members 31 ; and a first actuator 33 driving the first clamp members 31 . The plurality of first clamp members 31 include three or more first rubber plug contact portions 31 e 1 , which are on the space S 1 inner thereto and are to be in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the rubber plug 5 . The first support member 32 supports the first clamp members 31 such that the first rubber plug contact portions 31 e 1 get closer to, or farther from, the central line CL. The first actuator 33 drives the first clamp members 31 such that the first rubber plug contact portions 31 e 1 get closer to, or farther from, the central line CL.

Airport ground support equipment includes: a support equipment body configured to come close to a stopped aircraft from a standby position and enable a person and/or an article to move between the support equipment body and the aircraft; an aircraft type determiner that captures an image of the aircraft when the support equipment body is at the standby position and that determines an aircraft type of the aircraft based on the captured image; a camera that is mounted to the support equipment body and captures an image of a nose gear of the aircraft stopped on an apron when the support equipment body is at the standby position; and a stop discrepancy calculator that detects a stop position of the nose gear based on the image captured by the camera and calculates a discrepancy from a regular stop position that is set in advance corresponding to the determined aircraft type.

A passenger boarding bridge is capable of avoiding docking by backward travel of travel wheels. The passenger boarding bridge includes: a rotunda connected to a terminal building and supported to be rotatable horizontally; a tunnel unit, whose proximal end is connected to the rotunda, that is extendable and retractable; a cab provided at a distal end of the tunnel unit and configured to be docked with an aircraft; travel wheels supporting the tunnel unit and configured to travel forward and backward in changeable directions; an operating device that is operated to input an operation command to the travel wheels; and a determiner configured to repeatedly perform determination whether or not the current direction of the forward travel of the travel wheels is within a predetermined range during a period from when the cab starts being moved from a predetermined position until the cab is docked with the aircraft.

A multi-core cable untwisting device for simultaneously pulling out a sheath while correcting kinks in electric wires, wherein an object is to be able to correct kinks more desirably than with conventional techniques. A multi-core cable untwisting device ( 1 ) includes: a retention clamp ( 11 ) configured to retain a non-tip portion ( 5 B) of a sheath ( 5 ); a gripping clamp ( 26 ) configured to grip a sheath tip portion ( 5 A); a pull-out device ( 30 ) configured to pull out the sheath tip portion ( 5 A) by moving the gripping clamp ( 26 ); a rotating device ( 40 ) configured to rotate the gripping clamp ( 26 ); and a control device ( 50 ) configured to control the pull-out device ( 30 ) and the rotating device ( 40 ). The control device ( 50 ) is configured to perform a first control of pulling out the sheath tip portion ( 5 A) without rotating the sheath tip portion ( 5 A), and a second control of pulling out the sheath tip portion ( 5 A) while rotating the sheath tip portion ( 5 A).

An electric wire processing apparatus ( 1 ) includes: a clamp ( 3 R) to grip and convey an electric wire ( 5 ); an upper tray ( 21 ) disposed under a movement path ( 51 t ) for a first end ( 51 ) of the electric wire ( 5 ); a nonconforming item tray ( 23 ) disposed under the movement path ( 51 t ) and laterally of the upper tray ( 21 ); a shared tray ( 24 ) disposed toward a second end ( 52 ) of the electric wire ( 5 ) relative to the upper tray ( 21 ) and the nonconforming item tray ( 23 ); a conforming/nonconforming determiner ( 14 ) to determine whether the electric wire ( 5 ) has been processed successfully; and a controller ( 9 ) to cause, upon determination by the conforming/nonconforming determiner ( 14 ) that the electric wire is a conforming item, the clamp ( 3 R) to release its grip on the first end ( 51 ) of the electric wire ( 5 ) when the first end ( 51 ) is located over the upper tray ( 21 ), and to cause, upon determination by the conforming/nonconforming determiner ( 14 ) that the electric wire is a nonconforming item, the clamp ( 3 R) to release its grip on the first end ( 51 ) of the electric wire ( 5 ) when the first end ( 51 ) is located over the nonconforming item tray ( 23 ).

A detection system includes: a passenger boarding bridge connected to a terminal building; a camera on the passenger boarding bridge; and an image processor that detects an entrance of an aircraft from a captured image captured by the camera. The image processor includes: a search area image generator that generates a search area image by demarcating a predetermined area including part of the captured image; and a search performer that performs a search to determine whether or not the entrance is present within the search area image. The search area image generator shifts the predetermined area on the captured image from one side toward the other side of the aircraft in a direction of an aircraft axis of the aircraft to sequentially generate the search area image. The search performer repeatedly performs the search while changing the search area image by using multiple search area images that are sequentially generated.