Abstract: To provide a cotton candy machine that is useful especially when using candy balls as a cotton candy material. A horizontal pedestal 28 is disposed at the upper end 11a of a rotary shaft 11. Threaded levers 30 are provided on the horizontal pedestal 28 eccentrically from the axis of the rotary shaft 11. The threaded levers 30 are passed through respective engagement holes 25a, 36a, 40a, 45a, 50a of a bobbin receiving pedestal 25, a bobbin 36, a melting plate 40, a lid member 45, and a protective cover member 50 so as to rigidly secure the bobbin receiving pedestal 25, the bobbin 36, the melting plate 40, the lid member 45, and the protective cover member 50 on top of each other.

Abstract: A side seal fixing unit 24, which is made up of a U-shaped pressing member 25 which presses and holds a side seal 20 against a lubricant application member 22, a pivot shaft 26 provided at one end portion of the pressing of the pressing member 25 along a height diection of a guide rail 10 and a support plate 27 which supports rotatably the pressing member 25 via the pivot shafty 26 is provided between an end cap 17 and the lubricant application member 22.

Abstract: To obtain a directional control valve superior in workability and maintenanceability by mounting a pilot valve, a printed circuit board and the like on a top surface of a main valve section efficiently so that easy disassembly and assembly are achieved. A valve adapter is mounted on a top surface of a housing of a main valve section with first screws, pilot valves are mounted on the valve adapter with second screws, a printed circuit board is disposed above the pilot valves, and is electrically connected thereto, a protective cover for covering the valve adapter, the pilot valves, and the printed circuit board is mounted airtightly to the top surface of the housing with third screws, a pilot supply flow channel is formed between the valve adapter and the housing, and relay holes for bringing the pilot valves into communication with pilot flow channel ports are provided on the valve adapter.

Abstract: A signal processing system comprises multiple signal processors, each having functional blocks. A control circuit selects one of the signal processors as a target processor, and configures an inspection circuit having equivalent functions to the target processor in a reconfigurable circuit, and retrieves input/output data from each functional block of the target processor to perform inspection on the functional block by using the configured inspection circuit and the input/output data to produce an inspection result. The functional block is replaced with a substitute circuit which forms part of the inspection circuit when the inspection result indicates that the functional block is faulty.

Abstract: In making a contact determination between an object and a display screen, a display apparatus of the present invention is capable of adjusting a region on which to make a contact determination in response to the displayed image in a liquid crystal panel, so that the influence by the displayed image can be suppressed. Moreover, for simplifying the contact determination process, the display apparatus sets solid a region in the picked-up image that is not a target of the contact determination, with a predetermined gradation value.

Abstract: A laser beam projecting device, comprising a laser light source for emitting a laser beam, a wavelength selecting film for allowing the laser beam from the laser light source to. pass, and a birefringent optical member arranged on an optical axis closer to an exit side than the wavelength selecting film, wherein the wavelength selecting film is tilted so that an incident angle of the laser beam is in a range of 45° to 80°.

Abstract: In an information presenting apparatus, information associated with each of one or more motion images stored in a storage apparatus is displayed at a location corresponding to a file production time in the form of a calendar view. A plurality of frames of representative images are extracted from each motion image in accordance with a specified frame extraction method. Thumbnail images of the respective extracted representative images are produced, and each thumbnail image is related to a playback position in the motion image. The resultant thumbnail images are managed as a set of motion image thumbnail images in accordance with a production time of the motion image. Information associated with each motion image is displayed at a location corresponding to the production time of the motion image in the form of the calendar view. Thumbnail images associated with each motion image are displayed in an expanded form in the order of time.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a metal thin-film magnetic layer formed on a non-magnetic substrate. The metal thin-film magnetic layer is formed so that the coercivity measured when a magnetic field is applied with an angle of intersection of 120° between the plane of the non-magnetic substrate and magnetic field lines of the magnetic field and the coercivity measured when the magnetic field is applied with the angle of intersection of 60° are both at least 160 kA/m.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a porous insulating film adhered to a surface of at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the porous insulating film including an inorganic oxide filler and a film binder, wherein the ratio R of actual volume to apparent volume of the separator is not less than 0.4 and not greater than 0.7, and wherein the ratio R and a porosity P of the porous insulating film satisfy the relational formula: ?0.10?R?P?0.30.

Abstract: An infrared sensor has a groove formed at a peripheral portion of an optical filter in a region opposed to a circumferential region of an opening of a package so as to be continuously located in the peripheral portion of the optical filter. The optical filter has a resistance of about 1 M?/cm or less. The package is mainly composed of a metal material. A conductive adhesive is used as an adhesive for joining the optical filter to the package. In a case where the optical filter has a filter body and a thin film made of an insulating material and provided on a surface of the filter body, the groove is formed to have a depth extending from the surface provided with the thin film made of the insulating material to the filter body.

Abstract: An organic silicon film is formed by carrying out chemical vapor deposition with organic silicon compound being used as a raw material gas. The organic silicon compound contains at least silicon, hydrogen and carbon as a constituent thereof, and contains two or more groups having unsaturated bond, per a molecule thereof. The organic silicon compound is used in mixture with a silicon hydride gas.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory cell is implemented in which the area of a row selection circuit is reduced and the effects of exposure, etching, and so on performed during manufacture are eliminated. The semiconductor memory device is provided with word line selection circuits connected with a row address signal line to select some desired word line according to an address input and dummy word line potential fixation circuits connected to word lines for dummy memory cells. As in the case of the word line selection circuits, the dummy word line potential fixation circuits each include a NAND gate NANDR(i) (i=?1, 0, m+1, or m+2) and an inverter INVR(i) (i=?1, 0, m+1, or m+2). The inputs of the dummy word line potential fixation circuits are connected with a row address signal line such that the word lines for the dummy memory cells are maintained in a non-selected state at all times.

Abstract: A COF flexible printed wiring board, used for a semiconductor device, contains an insulating layer, a wiring pattern formed of a conductor layer on one side of the insulating layer, on which a semiconductor chip is to be mounted, and a heat-resistant releasing layer, wherein the releasing layer is formed from a releasing agent and is provided on a surface of the insulating layer, which surface is opposite to the mounting side of the semiconductor chip, and the releasing layer and the insulating layer, as a whole, exhibit an optical transmittance of 50% or higher, excluding the area corresponding to the wiring pattern.

Abstract: The present application provides a taste-improving glycopeptide, a seasoning containing the same, and a food or drink containing the seasoning. The taste-improving glycopeptide of the present invention has a molecular weight of from 1,000 to 30,000 and is composed of a sugar chain and a peptide linked to each other.

Abstract: A paper note handling apparatus includes a pay-in and pay-out mouth through which a paper note is paid in or paid out, a conveyance for conveying the paper note, a discrimination part to discriminate authenticity and denomination of the conveyed paper note, a temporary hold part to temporarily hold the paper note, a storing part to store the paper note, and a shifter to shift a position of the paper note in a widthwise direction of conveyance. The shifter rotates in a direction inclined relative to a direction of conveyance of the paper note and comes into contact with the paper note to shift the position of the paper note in the widthwise direction of conveyance.

Abstract: A timepiece display apparatus causes a day hand to move reciprocally by means of center wheel, driven day wheel, cam, lever, and rack. These wheels, cam, lever, and rack can be easily arranged to fit the available space on the main plate of the movement, and the construction of the display apparatus can thus be simplified. Furthermore, locating the cam between the rotary shaft and rack of the lever portion enables arranging a plurality of parts more compactly than if the cam is disposed to a different location, and affords a simple assembly.

Abstract: A work subject material comprising a metal plate for use in punching and/or bending and, attached thereto, a surface protection sheet, characterized in that the surface protection sheet comprises a support base material and an adhesive layer superimposed on one surface of the support base material and that the surface protection sheet exhibits a coefficient (I) not more than 21.0, a coefficient (II) not less than 4.0 and a coefficient (III) not more than 1.5, which are calculated by the following formulae: (I) thickness of support base material (mm)×elongation at break of surface protection sheet (%); (II)=thickness of support base material (mm)×strength at break of surface protection sheet (N/20 mm); and (III)=coefficient (I)/coefficient (II).

Abstract: A mobile device, system, and method are directed towards enabling an integrated display of live views. The integrated live views are generated by employing social networking information, including moods of a person, avatars, status of a member's activities including whether they are in an IM session, or the like. Integrated live views may include a live contact list, a group view, a friend view, an activity oriented view, a list of content, or the like, based on the mobile user's social networking information. By providing the mobile user with integrated live views of their social network, the mobile user may be able communicate with other members within the mobile social networking context, to obtain, and respond to invites from a social network member, provide opportunities for activities to other members, to grow their social network, and to consume content that is displayed relative to their social network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain N-biaryl and N-arylheteroaryl 2-substituted piperazine derivatives of Formula (Ia) that are modulators of the 5HT2C receptor. Accordingly, compounds of the present invention are useful for the treatment of 5HT2C receptor associated diseases or disorders, such as, obesity, Alzheimer Disease, erectile dysfunction and related disorders.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a microscope has a first pulsed laser and a second pulsed laser arranged to irradiate a specimen. Coherent Raman scattering light emanated from the irradiated specimen is extracted, along with multiphoton excitation fluorescence and a second harmonic wave. One or more detectors detect the extracted coherent Raman scattering light, the extracted fluorescence, and the second harmonic wave. A single specimen can simultaneously be observed with respect to either parallel or selective observations of the two-photon excitation fluorescence, the second harmonic wave, and the coherent Raman scattered light.