Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing leather, which not only significantly suppresses the occurrence of adhesive wrinkling and boarding/alighting wrinkling when used for an automobile seat, for example, but also exhibits appropriate flexibility.

Abstract: Recovery of air bag inflator metal cases. An inflator processing apparatus configured to process a gas-generating chemical-containing inflator for automobile air bags, by heating the inflator to a temperature not lower than an operating temperature of the chemical to facilitate recovery of the metal inflator case. In the apparatus, a protective metal partition wall is provided between an inner surface of a wall of an inflator-processing furnace and the chemical-containing inflator. This prevents damage to the refractory furnace wall, and also prevents melting of the metal inflator case, which could otherwise be occasioned by the chemical during thermal processing of the inflator containing the gas-generating chemical.

Abstract: A front-loading disk player includes a player assembly for playing a disk having been carried thereto; a front panel positioned in front of said player assembly and having a slot for receiving therein either one of a bare disk and a cartridge disk holding a recording disk therein; a cover section for blocking said slot having a through hole; and a lock unit for locking an operation of opening said slot. The lock unit includes a locking assembly for fixing the cover section at a position to close the slot and an unlocking rivet provided into the through hole. The unlocking rivet is configured to move in a same direction in which the cartridge disk is inserted in the slot so as to cause the locking assembly to be released from the cover section.

Abstract: There is provided a recording reproducing apparatus which is ready for use of recording media different in form and mode. The apparatus is comprised of a mounting member 5 in a rotatable manner toward a clamping position CL, another mounting member 6 arranged in the mounting member 5 in a rotatable manner, cam members 11, 12 for rotating the mounting member 5, and a cam block 32 for rotating the mounting member 6. The mounting member 5 mounts thereon a turn table 2 for clamping the recording medium, and an optical pickup 3, and the mounting member 6 mounts thereon another optical pickup 4. When an open recording medium DS is inserted, the mounting members 5, 6 are rotated to be horizontal to the clamping position CL, whereby the optical pickup 4 carries out recording or reproduction of information.

Abstract: A front-loading disk player is provided which can pull either a bare disk or a disk mounted in a cartridge into a housing so as to perform an operation of reproducing information thereon. A first carrier unit is moveable from a carrier path of the cartridge disk-in association with a carrier of the cartridge disk by a second carrier unit. A cover section has a second slot for only the bare disk therein. The first carrier unit includes a transfer unit for transferring the bare disk, and a holding unit provided on the transfer unit for holding the bare disk on the transfer unit.

Abstract: A front-loading disk player is provided which can pull either a bare disk or a disk mounted in a cartridge into a housing so as to perform an operation of reproducing information thereon. A first carrier unit is moveable from a carrier path of the cartridge disk in association with a carrier of the cartridge disk by a second carrier unit. A cover section has a second slot for only the bare disk therein. The first carrier unit includes a transfer unit for transferring the bare disk, and a holding unit provided on the transfer unit for holding the bare disk on the transfer unit.

Abstract: A front-loading disk player is provided which can pull either a bare disk or a disk mounted in a cartridge into a housing so as to perform an operation of reproducing information thereon. A first carrier unit is moveable from a carrier path of the cartridge disk in association with a carrier of the cartridge disk by a second carrier unit. A cover section has a second slot for only the bare disk therein. The first carrier unit includes a transfer unit for transferring the bare disk, and a holding unit provided on the transfer unit for holding the bare disk on the transfer unit.

Abstract: An optical record medium has an information record surface on which a plurality of circular arc tracks are arranged such that centers of the circular arc tracks are arranged in a straight line direction.

Abstract: A rotary type pickup apparatus adopting a light modulation system, is capable of over-writing and suitable for miniaturization. In the optical pickup apparatus constituted by a stationary optical part and a rotary optical part which comprises an objective lens and a light beam guiding device, a recording magnet and an initialization auxiliary magnet are provided in the rotary optical part, the recording magnet being disposed close to the objective lens and the initialization auxiliary magnet being positioned over a rotation circumference where the objective lens rotates. Further provided are a recording magnet and an initialization auxiliary magnet which are disposed so as to pinch a magnetooptical recording medium together with the objective lens, the initialization auxiliary magnet being positioned behind the recording magnet in a sending direction of an optical card.