PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing structure of a cover of a shower head capable of surely/strongly fixing the cover even when it is difficult to provide a screw part for screwing the cover on the cover itself or the main body side without damaging the appearance of the shower head.

SOLUTION: In order to mount built-in parts such as a shower face 70 on the main body 2 of the shower h...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonograph which permits accurate image information to be generated by improving secondary harmonic distortion characteristics even during the input of a great amplitude signal.

SOLUTION: An amplitude correction circuit 5 has a diode 53, a diode 54 and positive and negative potential control power sources. The diode 53 and the diode 54 are connected b...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of suggesting a player to further exert a skill.

SOLUTION: This game machine rotates reels disposed with a plurality of symbols around their circumferential faces based on the detection of starting an operation and controls to stop the rotation of the reels based on the detection of a stop operation and the result of an internal lotter...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slot game with enhanced game amusement by allowing a player to execute the operation which can affect the result of the game.

SOLUTION: In the slot machine 1, symbols are stopped/displayed in a plurality of variable display parts 3A-3I, and a Chance symbol is fixedly displayed in a fixed display part 3J. The symbols stopped in the variable display parts 3A...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a token selector automatically connectable to or disconnectable electrically from a board such as a relay board in loading the token selector on or unloading it from the body cabinet.

SOLUTION: The token selector 100 is detachably disposed on the body cabinet 1a (for example, front door 2) to select whether tokens are proper or not. The token selector is electr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of securely preventing fraudulence intended for the malfunction of a token counter by using a fraudulent member (e.g. a flexible board).

SOLUTION: An object blocking member 200 is disposed at a position adjacent to a token detection sensor disposed in a token selector 100 in the Pachislot machine, so that a light emitting element of a ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of enhancing the pleasure of a player by adding interesting factors to the play in a big bonus (BB) operation state.

SOLUTION: In the game machine 1, the number of game rounds in an FT game state is computed in the BB operation state based on an FT addition table in which information for calculating the number of game rounds in the FT ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of enhancing the pleasure of a player by adding interesting factors to the play in a big bonus (BB) operation state.

SOLUTION: In the game machine 1, the number of rounds of unit games in an ST game state is computed in the BB operation state based on an ST addition table in which information for computing the number of game rounds to ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a blood collection holder which is adaptable to both one blood collection tube having an opening mounted with a film stopper and another blood collection tube having an opening mounted with a rubber stopper, and brings neither kick back caused by an elastic repulsive force of a rubber sleeve nor breakage of the film stopper to allow blood collection into the blo...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of enhancing the amusement of the play by changing a set value setting the probability of winning each winning combination.

SOLUTION: The game machine comprises a setting means for setting a set value to set the probability of winning each winning combination in stages, an operation data generating means for generating operation data o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of enhancing the amusement of the play by changing a set value setting the probability of winning each winning combination.

SOLUTION: The game machine comprises a setting means for setting the set value setting the probability of winning each winning combination in stages, a winning combination determining means for determining a winni...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of enhancing the amusement of the play by changing a set value setting the probability of winning each winning combination.

SOLUTION: The game machine comprises a setting means for setting a set value setting the probability of winning each winning combination in stages, a stopping/display means for stopping/displaying a plurality of v...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of enhancing the amusement of the play by changing a set value setting the probability of winning each winning combination.

SOLUTION: The game machine comprises a setting means for setting the set value setting the probability of winning each winning combination in stages, a winning combination determining means for determining a winni...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of enhancing the amusement of the play by changing the set value setting the probability of winning each winning combination.

SOLUTION: The game machine comprises a setting means for setting a set value setting the probability of winning each winning combination in stages, a stopping/display means for stopping/displaying a plurality of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable not only quickening the processing speed but narrowing the area in case the electrical signal showing the area beyond the boundary does not remove the area which influences the process of the electrical signal showing the area within the boundary.

SOLUTION: An object (130) to be imaged is positioned between an x-ray source (100) and an x-ray imaging apparatus...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a welding method for a steel sheet plated with Zn-Al-Mg-based alloy, which prevents the generation of embrittlement cracks of a molten metal, which are often generated in a weld heat-affected zone, by eliminating the adverse effect of an Mg element regardless of welding conditions, when constructing a structure by welding the steel sheet formed into an appropria...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a boring method for a large-diameter pipe capable of accurately boring a hole on the side face of the large-diameter pipe in a short time so that a nozzle is moved along a boring line while the distance (height) between the nozzle and the side face (outer surface) of the large-diameter pipe is kept at a constant level.

SOLUTION: In the method for boring the ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting method for a carcass member by which the dispersion in the cutting-in amounts of incisions is provided on the cut end section of the carcass member can be reduced, and in addition, which can reduce the manufacturing cost of a device, and to provide a device for practicing the method.

SOLUTION: Under a state in which cutting positions of the carcass...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To offer a concealment postcard which keeps uncut section of the unsealing perforation not fracturable even when sorted by the mail sorting apparatus, concealment paper not peelable off the postal card piece of paper itself even when handled during mail delivery, and the contents written in entry columns confidential and furthermore can easily be opened up by taking off th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball-point pen tip which is equipped with a backflow prevention mechanism, and which sufficiently exerts a backflow prevention function by holding a ball for the prevention of a backflow in the ball-point pen tip, without going through a cutting step.

SOLUTION: This ball-point pen tip 20 comprises: an inner protrusion part 40 which is provided by pressing ...