PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately measure the position of the reflecting surface of a beam splitter, and further to regulate a position of the beam splitter with high accuracy, according to the measured position of the reflecting surface.

SOLUTION: The beam splitter has two prisms, joined to each other and has at least two unjoined surfaces which are in contact with a periphery of a joini...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain the size of an aperture part to the absolute minimum without having to increase the number of the aperture parts, even when a plurality of spaces exist in a finder case.

SOLUTION: The finder device has a lens holding member 3 for holding a movable lens for a finder; a visibility adjusting mechanism for adjusting the visibility, by moving the lens holding me...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming device which can reliably take countermeasures against static electricity without inviting an increase in cost of parts or a manufacturing man-hour even when the distance from a switch to a ground of the main body, and which has improved the design flexibility.

SOLUTION: As countermeasures against electrostatic discharges to a push switch 20...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a retroreflective sheet which is an encapsulated type retroreflective sheet capable of being manufactured in the same manner as the conventional encapsulated retroreflective type sheet and has improved whiteness.

SOLUTION: An encapsulated lens type retroreflective sheet is composed of at least a surface protective layer, glass spheres, a retaining layer whic...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an audio signal decompressing and compressing method and a device, capable of attaining excellent sound quality.

SOLUTION: An initial value of a signal comparison length of a first comparison period and a second comparison period, for detecting two similar waveforms which are similar in an audio signal, is set to the shortest detected wave length or more, a ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technique to customize to a system fit to a lens for each color.

SOLUTION: A method of microlens fabrication for use in a photosensor includes a stage for preparing a photodetector element array which is sensitive to light in a specific color domain, and a stage for depositing microlens material on the photodetector element array. The structure is coated wit...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stent delivery catheter which shows trackability performance equivalent to that of a delivery catheter without a mechanism of preventing stent movements and increases strength against a fall of the stent, and a balloon for a stent delivery catheter.

SOLUTION: The stent delivery catheter showing the trackability performance equivalent to that of the deliver...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a training machine by improving a conventional exercise bar to allow a training person to easily train the broadest muscle of back.

SOLUTION: The training machine 15 comprises a support frame 17 erected in a base frame 16; a movable arm 18 supported between upper ends of the support frame 17 in such a way as movable in the vertical direction; a load applying...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slot machine which enables the checking of the degree of reliability for the winning of a bonus prize by the variable display of symbols.

SOLUTION: The slot machine 10 is provided with a memory means for storing many pieces of symbol variable display start information on mechanical reels 3A-3E and an extraction means which extracts one piece out of the man...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slot machine which can wipe out a suspicion felt by players for the specified game by guaranteeing dividends regardless of the win or loss of the specified game.

SOLUTION: A CPU 106 of the slot machine 10 displays game images pertaining to the specified game on a display surface 31a of a liquid crystal display device 30 associated with the execution of the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a violent wave movement in a float chamber to be prevented from violently penetrating the internal space of a float to prevent a decrease in water level sensing precision during a sharing by the buoyancy reduction of the float regarding a water level sensor by the cup type float which is arranged in the front or the rear of a washing tub of a pulling-out type dis...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent impairment of the outside appearance of a beverage extracting machine and to prevent adhesion of dew condensation water to a liquid container.

SOLUTION: The beverage extracting machine extracts a beverage by heating water stored in a tank 11 and feeding the heated water to a basket 14. A holder 22 of the beverage extracting machine comprises a semicylindrica...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multiplayer game apparatus which can offer players easily understandable versatile games by making a ball roll in passing areas covered in a prescribed sequence between game terminals to put out game media to the game terminal at which the ball stops.

SOLUTION: As a result of the lottery for the winning number using a roulette device 3, when the ball 27 is...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a roulette game machine which improves expectations felt by players for games by shooting out a ball in a prescribed direction from a ball housing part to be moved to a second lottery area while carrying out lottery using two of first and second lottery areas.

SOLUTION: In the normal game using the first lottery area 101, when the number on which a player be...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely connect and easily disconnect a leg base and a leg post in a table having a top plate, the leg post supporting the top plate, and the leg base supporting the pier stud.

SOLUTION: A leveling pad body 14 and a leveling pad securing member 16 are fastened by securing bolts in a state the leg post 6 is sandwiched by the leg base body 14 and the leg base securing ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lock device securing a top plate to a predetermined location by engaging a lock member and a receiving portion, capable of surely securing the top plate to the predetermined location despite the wear of the receiving portion and easily canceling the engagement of the lock member and the receiving member.

SOLUTION: A first engaged face 70a, a first engaging...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an X-ray detecting device having high stability of supporting an X-ray detector; and radiographic equipment having the X-ray detecting device.

SOLUTION: This radiographic equipment is provided with an X-ray irradiation device and the X-ray detecting device facing thereto; the X-ray detecting device has a vertical first column 414, a second column 412 sheath-...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of detecting foreign matter stuck in the formation of a coating film, wherein the crack of the glass substrate or the damage of the tip of a slit nozzle due to the interference between the surface of the glass substrate and the tip of the slit nozzle which is caused by the foreign matters stuck on the surface of a stage or the rear surface of the glass ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filter box capable of improving filtration effects by effectively preventing channeling that is caused by monolayer filter materials in conventional filter boxes, inducing waste materials into the filter box, and avoiding waste materials from circulating to cause contamination when the filter box is removed.

SOLUTION: The filter box of the present inventio...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catalyst for manufacturing ethylene oxide with a particularly improved selectivity comprising at least silver (Ag), cesium (Cs), rhenium (Re) and a carrier in the catalyst for manufacturing ethylene oxide used for manufacturing ethylene oxide from ethylene.

SOLUTION: The catalyst for manufacturing ethylene oxide used for manufacturing ethylene oxide from e...