Abstract: The present invention allows formation of a pattern on sheets of various sizes. A pattern producing device includes: a formation section configured to form a pattern by irradiating a pattern forming sheet with a light beam; a shaping table placed above the formation section, having a first opening to pass the light beam, and configured to mount the pattern forming sheet thereon; a column configured to attach the shaping table thereto; and an adapter located in the shaping table, partially closing the first opening, having a second opening to pass the light beam, and configured to mount the pattern forming sheet thereon.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vat with a simple structure while achieving good releasability. A vat for a three-dimensional manufacturing apparatus includes a bottom surface of polymethylpentene, the bottom surface being integrally formed with the vat as a single piece.

Abstract: An object of this invention to perform positioning between the obverse surface and the reverse surface of a sheet and shape a pattern on each of the two surfaces of the sheet. A pattern manufacturing apparatus includes a shaping base, a light beam irradiation window, an optical engine, a lifting head, a head feed mechanism, and a stepping motor. A pattern forming sheet is a sheet in which an admixture containing a conductive material and a photo-curing resin is applied to both of the obverse surface and the reverse surface. The pattern forming sheet is provided with at least one positioning reference hole.

Abstract: A platform is positioned accurately. There is provided a three-dimensional shaping apparatus for shaping a three-dimensional shaped object, including a material storage, a platform, a moving unit, and a shaping pad. The material storage stores a material of the three-dimensional shaped object. The platform is arranged facing the material storage. The moving unit moves the platform in a vertical direction. The shaping pad on which the three-dimensional shaped object is shaped is provided via an elastic member on a surface, facing the material storage, of the platform.

Abstract: A platform is positioned accurately. There is provided a three-dimensional shaping apparatus for shaping a three-dimensional shaped object, including a material storage that stores a material of the three-dimensional shaped object, a platform arranged facing the material storage, a moving unit that moves the platform in a vertical direction, a shaping pad that is provided on a surface, facing the material storage, of the platform, and on which the three-dimensional shaped object is shaped, a first detector that detects downward movement of the material storage, and a movement controller that controls, if the downward movement of the material storage is detected, the movement of the platform by the moving unit.

Abstract: An object of this invention to perform positioning between the obverse surface and the reverse surface of a sheet and shape a pattern on each of the two surfaces of the sheet. A pattern manufacturing apparatus includes a shaping base, a light beam irradiation window, an optical engine, a lifting head, a head feed mechanism, and a stepping motor. A pattern forming sheet is a sheet in which an admixture containing a conductive material and a photo-curing resin is applied to both of the obverse surface and the reverse surface. The pattern forming sheet is provided with at least one positioning reference hole.

Abstract: The present invention is capable of selectively reproducing an information signal from an optical disk with any of a plurality of types having different track pitches of recording tracks, that is, capable of selectively reproducing an information signal from an optical disk having a low or high recording density by determining the type of the optical disk, that is, determining whether a mounted optical disk is a low-recording-density optical disk or a high-recording-density optical disk. The present invention deliberately generates aberration in an optical beam by controlling a voltage applied to a liquid-crystal device in order to vary the diameter of the optical beam in accordance with the determined type of the optical disk.

Abstract: The present invention provides a recording and/or reproducing apparatus using a magneto-optical disc (3) as a recording medium, which includes a recording and/or reproducing mechanism (7) for recording and reproducing information signals to and from the magneto-optical disc (3) rotatably housed in a disc cartridge (2), a support base (19) which supports the recording and/or reproducing mechanism (7), and a impact drive mechanism (9) which causes the electromechanical-transduction element (25) to lengthen and shorten corresponding to driving pulses to shift the drive shaft (24) along the shaft direction thereof so as to cause the movable portion (27) to slide along the shaft direction of the drive shaft (24) together with the support base (19), and the recording and/or reproducing mechanism (7) and the impact drive mechanism (9) are arranged within a projection area of the openings (4a), (4b) of the disc cartridge (2) for exposing a part of the magneto-optical disc (3) to the outside from the inner to the oute

Abstract: The present invention provides a recording and/or reproducing apparatus using a magneto-optical disc (3) as a recording medium, which includes a recording and/or reproducing mechanism (7) for recording and reproducing information signals to and from the magneto-optical disc (3) rotatably housed in a disc cartridge (2), a support base (19) which supports the recording and/or reproducing mechanism (7), and a impact drive mechanism (9) which causes the electromechanical-transduction element (25) to lengthen and shorten corresponding to driving pulses to shift the drive shaft (24) along the shaft direction thereof so as to cause the movable portion (27) to slide along the shaft direction of the drive shaft (24) together with the support base (19), and the recording and/or reproducing mechanism (7) and the impact drive mechanism (9) are arranged within a projection area of the openings (4a), (4b) of the disc cartridge (2) for exposing a part of the magneto-optical disc (3) to the outside from the inner to the oute

Abstract: The present invention is capable of selectively reproducing an information signal from an optical disk with any of a plurality of types having different track pitches of recording tracks, that is, capable of selectively reproducing an information signal from an optical disk having a low or high recording density by determining the type of the optical disk, that is, determining whether a mounted optical disk is a low-recording-density optical disk or a high-recording-density optical disk. The present invention deliberately generates aberration in an optical beam by controlling a voltage applied to a liquid-crystal device in order to vary the diameter of the optical beam in accordance with the determined type of the optical disk.

Abstract: A position detecting apparatus comprising a magnet secured to a movable body (lens holder) which is movable along a shaft body when the shaft body is inserted, the magnet having polarity which is alternately magnetized at a predetermined interval, and a magneto-resistance effect element which is positioned and fixed so as to be confronted to the magnet at a predetermined gap interval by an MR holder with the shaft body being used as a securing position reference, and the magneto-resistance effect element serving to obtain a position detection signal for the movable body through variation of a resistance value thereof which is caused by magnetic field of the magnet through movement of the movable body.

Abstract: In an optical disc player or other apparatus in which a light beam is directed against a record medium surface for optically reading video or audio information recorded in a track on such surface; an optical scanning assembly is provided with an objective lens interposed in the path of the light beam with its optical axis coinciding substantially with such path therethrough, a lens holder including a first tubular member having the objective lens mounted therein and a second tubular member supporting the first member for rectilinear sliding movement relative thereto in a first direction parallel to the optical axis, a base member supporting the second tubular member of the lens holder for rectilinear sliding movement relative thereto in a second direction at right angles to the first direction, for example, in a direction across or along the track in which information is recorded, first and second coils mounted on the lens holder and being independently energizable, and permanent magnets for producing magneti

Abstract: A device for supporting and positioning the objective lens in an optical reading apparatus, such as, a video disc player, comprises a first pair of parallel leaf springs attached at one end thereof to a fixed support member for motion parallel to a record medium surface. A movable frame is attached to the other ends of the first springs, and a second pair of leaf springs movable perpendicularly to the record medium surface extend from the frame, the second springs being generally parallel to and between the first pair but with their faces perpendicular to those of the first pair. The objective lens is mounted at the free ends of the second pair of springs, and is movable electromagnetically in orthogonally related directions by means of coils and magnets associated with the objective lens and with the frame.