Abstract: There is provided a mold for a tape-shaped optical recording medium with which precise cutting can be performed along a cutting guide groove, the mold forming a recording groove in a tape-shaped optical recording medium, and having a plurality of recording and reproduction bumps that form a recording and reproduction groove, and a guide whose shape is different from that of the recording and reproduction bumps.

Abstract: The present invention provides an operating dial low in cost and of superior durability and reliability with a high rotary angle detection accuracy. An operating dial operated by rotation, comprising a printed circuit board 10 having an electric circuit; a drive electrode 13 provided on said printed circuit board 10; a plurality of detecting electrodes 12 provided around said drive electrode 13 on said printed circuit board 10; a ring electrode 101 disposed in opposition to said drive electrode 13 across a gap, such that the ring electrode 101 has at least one projection 102 projecting outward to oppose one of said plurality of detecting electrodes 12 across a gap; and a dial made of an electrically insulating material, rotatable and integral with said ring electrode 101.

Abstract: A toilet seat device includes a base portion, a toilet seat extending from the base portion in a forward direction, a connecting member fixed at a toilet bowl, at least one hinge member supporting the base portion and the toilet seat, the at least one hinge member lifting up and down the base portion and the toilet seat between the first condition and the second condition, the first condition at which the base portion and the toilet seat are positioned at the toilet bowl substantially in a close contact relation with the toilet bowl, and the second condition at which the base portion and the toilet seat are positioned separately relative to the toilet bowl, and a housing space defined at a bottom surface portion of the base portion and for housing the hinge member therein. The hinge member is housed in the housing space under the first condition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sanitary cleansing device includes a casing to be attached onto a rear portion of a toilet bowl, a toilet seat rotatably connected to the casing, a toilet lid rotatably connected to the casing for selectively covering the toilet seat, a first human detection sensor placed at a position in the casing such that the first human detection is made free from recognizing the toilet lid which is in its closed state, a second human detection sensor placed at a position in the casing such that the second human detection is made free from recognizing the toilet seat when the toilet seat is in its opened state and the toilet lid is in its opened state, and an automatic open/close mechanism opening/closing at least one of the toilet lid and the toilet seat upon receipt of a signal from either of the first human detection sensor and the second human detection sensor.

Abstract: A toilet seat device includes a base portion, a toilet seat extending from the base portion in a forward direction, a connecting member fixed at a toilet bowl, at least one hinge member supporting the base portion and the toilet seat, the at least one hinge member lifting up and down the base portion and the toilet seat between the first condition and the second condition, the first condition at which the base portion and the toilet seat are positioned at the toilet bowl substantially in a close contact relation with the toilet bowl, and the second condition at which the base portion and the toilet seat are positioned separately relative to the toilet bowl, and a housing space defined at a bottom surface portion of the base portion and for housing the hinge member therein. The hinge member is housed in the housing space under the first condition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sanitary cleansing device includes a casing to be attached onto a rear portion of a toilet bowl, a toilet seat rotatably connected to the casing, a toilet lid rotatably connected to the casing for selectively covering the toilet seat, a first human detection sensor placed at a position in the casing such that the first human detection is made free from recognizing the toilet lid which is in its closed state, a second human detection sensor placed at a position in the casing such that the second human detection is made free from recognizing the toilet seat when the toilet seat is in its opened state and the toilet lid is in its opened state, and an automatic open/close mechanism opening/closing at least one of the toilet lid and the toilet seat upon receipt of a signal from either of the first human detection sensor and the second human detection sensor.

Abstract: A sanitary washing device cleans a nozzle pipe thereof automatically. The sanitary washing device includes a changeover valve supplying a warm water to a nozzle pipe, a nozzle pipe selectively accommodated in a cylinder, and an ejecting outlet provided on the end portion of the nozzle pipe to spray warm water in order to wash a portion of the user sitting on a toilet bowl. The nozzle pipe is retracted in order to be accommodated in the cylinder again when the warm water supply through the changeover valve is stopped. A nozzle pipe washer is positioned to spray washing water onto the nozzle pipe. By controlling the changeover valve, a nozzle pipe washer ejecting outlet sprays the warm water onto the nozzle pipe in accordance with the movement of the nozzle pipe.

Abstract: A sanitary washing device cleans a nozzle pipe thereof automatically. The sanitary washing device includes a changeover valve supplying a warm water to a nozzle pipe, a nozzle pipe selectively accommodated in a cylinder, and an ejecting outlet provided on the end portion of the nozzle pipe to spray warm water in order to wash a portion of the user sitting on a toilet bowl. The nozzle pipe is retracted in order to be accommodated in the cylinder again when the warm water supply through the changeover valve is stopped. A nozzle pipe washer is positioned to spray washing water onto the nozzle pipe. By controlling the changeover valve, a nozzle pipe washer ejecting outlet sprays the warm water onto the nozzle pipe in accordance with the movement of the nozzle pipe.