Abstract: A surgical instrument for fastening together opposing portions of a body organ. The instrument comprises a first support for supporting the first opposing portion of the body organ, a second support opposing the first support, for supporting the second opposing portion of the body organ, and a displacement-preventing member connected to the first or second support for preventing the supports from displacing relative to each other. The member comprises a pin protruding from one of the supports and a hole formed in the other of the supports. The pin is made of thermoplastic resin. When heated, the pins is softened and deformed, whereby the first and second supports are secured to each other, fastening together the opposing portions of the body organ.

Abstract: A reel leg fixing device is made up of a tubular main body 3 provided with a first reel leg receive portion 2 and fittable loosely onto a rod 1, a support portion 4 disposed on one side portion of the tubular main body 3 and extended in the longitudinal direction of the rod 1, a partially cylindrical engaging receive portion 6' fitted loosely onto the rod 1, and a fastening tubular member 8' fitted loosely onto the rod 1, provided with a second reel leg receive portion 7 and fittable with the engaging receive portion 6'. The fastening tubular member 8' is designed to fasten the engaging receive portion 6' onto the rod 1 to adjust the fixing position of the reel leg and to fix the reel leg to the rod positively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a line introduction portion for an inter-line fishing rod. A line introducing hole is located within a range between a point distanced forward about 1/3 of the entire rod length L from the bottom end of the rod tube and another point distanced rearward about 1/3 of the entire rod length from the tip top. When a plurality of interline fishing rod is manufactured as series, the locations where the line introducing holes of the fishing rods of the soft type, the forward-bent type, the long type, and the small standard weight type are formed are respectively set closer to the butts of the fishing rods than those of the line introducing holes of the fishing rods of the hard bending type, the forward-bent type, the short type, and the large standard weight type. Series of inter-line fishing rods with easy handling and increased casting distance can be provided.

Abstract: A surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues, comprises an insertion section extending from an operation section for insertion into a body cavity, stapling member connected to a distal end of the insertion section, for treating body tissues with a high-frequency current within a body cavity. The stapling member includes an anvil and a cartridge between which the tissues are sandwiched, and a cutter. Staples are applied to the anvil from the cartridge for stapling the tissues and the cutter cuts the tissue while it applies a high-frequency current thereto.

Abstract: A trocar comprises an obturator having a piercing tip, and a cannula for forming a passage in tissue that is punched by the piercing tip. The cannula is formed from a flexible tube or a coil tube and transforms and libitum in accordance with the shape of the surgical tool that is to be inserted into the body cavity through the cannula. Therefore, the trocar of the invention allows insertion of a surgical tool curved in a circular arc into the body cavity without requiring no enlargement of the inside diameter of the cannula.

Abstract: A surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues, which comprises a staple-applying section containing a plurality of staples, a staple pusher incorporated in the staple-applying section, for applying the staples, an anvil section for deforming the staples, thereby to staple the body tissues together, an operation section for operating the staple pusher and the anvil section, an observation window located near the anvil section, and an ocular section for displaying images supplied from the observation window.

Abstract: A reel leg fixing device is made up of a tubular main body 3 provided with a first reel leg receive portion 2 and fittable loosely onto a rod 1, a support portion 4 disposed on one side portion of the tubular main body 3 and extended in the longitudinal direction of the rod 1, a partially cylindrical engaging receive portion 6' fitted loosely onto the rod 1, and a fastening tubular member 8' fitted loosely onto the rod 1, provided with a second reel leg receive portion 7 and fittable with the engaging receive portion 6'. The fastening tubular member 8' is designed to fasten the engaging receive portion 6' onto the rod 1 to adjust the fixing position of the reel leg and to fix the reel leg to the rod positively.

Abstract: A surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues, comprises an insertion section extending from an operation section for insertion into a body cavity, stapling member connected to a distal end of the insertion section, for treating body tissues with a high-frequency current within a body cavity. The stapling member includes an anvil and a cartridge between which the tissues are sandwiched, and a cutter. Staples are applied to the anvil from the cartridge for stapling the tissues and the cutter cuts the tissue while it applies a high-frequency current thereto.

Abstract: An access control apparatus for use with a disc drive having a head provided for movement with respect to tracks on a disc to produce a reproduced signal containing a data signal. The access control apparatus includes a drive device for moving the head in a direction radially of the disc to perform rapid access from one track to a desired track. A traverse detector is provided for producing traverse detection pulses in response to the data signal. The traverse detector includes a trigger signal generator responsive to the data signal for producing trigger pulses for respective cycles of the data signal having a magnitude greater than a predetermined value and a timer responsive to each of the trigger pulses for changing to a first state. The timer returns to a second state a predetermined time afer each the trigger pulse occurs. A counter counts the traverse detection pulses to accumulate a count corresponding to the number of tracks traversed by the head.

Abstract: A disc reproducing apparatus of the type having information prerecorded in the form of pits or other discrete indicia on tracks on a rotating record wherein the track access time of the information playback transducer can be increased by simultaneously increasing the rotational speed of the record from the speed normally employed during playback of the recorded information and selectively filtering out the pit component at a lower time constant when the record is rotated at such higher speed.

Abstract: An optical disc player comprising a preliminary focus control circuit for repeatedly effecting preliminary focus control to bring a focusing control circuit arrangement for a beam of light falling on a disc into a mode of focus control operation, and detecting means for detecting an abnormal operation in the preliminary focus control, wherein an instance in which the disc is improperly loaded with the beam of light falling on a non-information-recorded surface thereof can be detected on the basis of an output signal from the detecting means.

Abstract: A low-frequency component of a tracking error signal is supplied to a linear motor employed as a feed motor for controlling relative movement of a disk and pickup in the radial direction of the disk. This prevents a spurious sliding movement of the pickup during a track jump, even if the disk and the player apparatus with which it cooperates are inclined with respect to a horizontal plane.

Abstract: A disc player for reproducing an information signal from a rotating disc having record tracks defined by successive turns of a spiral signal path in which the information signal is recorded, which is adapted to perform a small scale track jump operation for rapidly moving the reading position determined by a pick-up device in the direction transverse to the spiral signal path on the disc to a relatively short distance repeatedly in the fast forwarding or fast reversing mode and is so arranged that the number of times of the small scale track jump operation performed repeatedly for a certain period in the fast reversing mode is larger than the number of times of the small scale track jump operation performed repeatedly for the same certain period in the fast forwarding mode, whereby the substantial moving distance measured along the spiral signal path in respect of the reading position by the pick-up device moved for the certain period in the fast forwarding mode coincides with or closes to the substantial mov

Abstract: In an optical reproducing apparatus including an optical pickup device directing a light beam at a record medium surface and having at least one photodetector which produces a focus error signal in accordance with the state of focus of the light beam in respect to the record medium surface, and a focus control device responsive to a drive signal for controlling the focus of the light beam in respect to the record medium surface; there are provided a signal generator for producing a preliminary focusing signal which initially varies rapidly toward a first predetermined level of one polarity and then varies relatively slowly toward a second predetermined level of opposite polarity; a detecting device for detecting a zero crossover point of the focus error signal and producing an output signal which varies from a first level to a second level when the zero crossover point is detected; and switching circuitry for supplying the preliminary focusing signal to the focus control device as the drive signal for the lat

Abstract: A device for rapidly moving an optical pick-up device in an optical reproducing apparatus to a desired position on a record disc having a plurality of record tracks with an information signal recorded therein, includes a tracking error signal generating circuit for producing a tracking error signal corresponding to deviation of the pick-up device from the center of each record track; a drive device for moving the pick-up device in a direction transverse to the record tracks; and a track jump signal forming circuit for producing a track jump signal comprised of a drive signal followed by a brake signal, in response to the tracking error signal, the drive signal having a duration corresponding to the number of tracks traversed by the pick-up device and the brake signal having a duration corresponding to the speed of movement of the optical pick-up device in traversing the tracks, and for supplying the track jump signal to the drive device to control the latter to rapidly move the optical pick-up device in a dir

Abstract: A record player is described having a turntable which is rotated by a pulsed motor energized from a motor drive circuit. The motor driving circuit includes a negative feedback servo loop which includes means for detecting vibration of the arm. Means is further provided for generating an output in response to the vibration of said tone arm. A high-pass filter is provided having a cut-off frequency which is the same or lower than the resonance frequency of the tone arm. The motor is controlled by an output of the servo loop in proportion to an accelerated velocity of the tone arm when said tone arm is vibrating at less than the cut-off frequency.

Abstract: Apparatus for adjusting and displaying the stylus pressure exerted on a record disc by a stylus carried by a tone arm in a record playing device comprises a vertical drive motor for bi-directionally driving the tone arm in the vertical direction, an adjusting circuit, such as an adjustable resistor, producing a control signal whose level is determinative of the stylus pressure, an energizing circuit responsive to the control signal for energizing the vertical drive motor in accordance with the level of the control signal, thereby establishing the stylus pressure, and a display device, such as a digital display, responding to the control signal for providing a visual display of the stylus pressure as determined by the level of the control signal.