Abstract: A distributed antenna includes a strip member extending in a strip-like shape including a dielectric body of a plate shape having a first surface that is one surface of the dielectric body and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; a transmission line provided on the first surface, on the second surface, or between the first surface and the second surface; and a plurality of antenna elements electrically connected to the transmission line and disposed in a distributed manner on the first surface or on the second surface, or electrically connected to the transmission line and disposed in a distributed manner between the first surface and the second surface.

Abstract: A chucker with slits, capable of reducing the scale of a device with a simple configuration and allowing the degree of difficulty of medal passage to be adjusted properly and conveniently according to the situation of a game, and a medal game device using the chucker with slits, are provided. The medal game device according to the present invention is provided with a medal inserting portion into which a medal is inserted, and a winning prize port formed to be able to receive the inserted medal, and is configured so as to give a prescribed privilege to a player at least on the condition that the medal has entered the winning prize port.

Abstract: A chucker with slits, capable of reducing the scale of a device with a simple configuration and allowing the degree of difficulty of medal passage to be adjusted properly and conveniently according to the situation of a game, and a medal game device using the chucker with slits, are provided. The medal game device according to the present invention is provided with a medal inserting portion into which a medal is inserted, and a winning prize port formed to be able to receive the inserted medal, and is configured so as to give a prescribed privilege to a player at least on the condition that the medal has entered the winning prize port.

Abstract: A paper-web guide apparatus includes a guide member having a vibration guide surface which is curved about an axis and is adapted to guide the paper web toward a desired direction, and a vibration excitation unit for vibrating the guide member about the axis to thereby generate ultrasonic torsion vibration on the vibration guide surface. The vibration guide surface may be further displacable about the axis, and a displacement drive unit for displacing the curved vibration guide surface about the axis may be provided. When the vibration excitation unit is operated, the guide member is twisted about the axis and thus ultrasonic torsion vibration is generated on the curved vibration guide surface. As a result, antinodes and nodes of vibration appear on the curved vibration guide surface, whereby frictional resistance between the paper web and the curved guide surface decreases.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an orifice member used in a nozzle for ink-jet printing includes a first step of applying an adhesive onto one surface of a synthetic resin member; a second step of forming at least one through-opening in a metallic member such that the through-opening extends in a direction perpendicular to the direction of penetration of the through-opening; a third step of bonding together the metallic member having the through-opening and the synthetic resin member via the adhesive; and after the bonding step, a fourth step of forming a plurality of through-holes having substantially the same diameter in a portion of the synthetic resin member corresponding to the through-opening of the metallic member such that the through-holes are aligned at a substantially constant pitch along the through-opening of the metallic member and such that the through-holes do not deviate from an area corresponding to the through-opening.

Abstract: An object of the present invention to make it possible to bring precision-machined electrodes close to liquid filaments being injected through orifices, and manufacture a charging plate easily and at low cost. An unrounded edge on which a work surface on an upper surface intersects with one side surface is formed on a substrate made of non-conductive substance, and a plurality of electrodes are disposed, with the distal ends thereof aligned with the edges.

Abstract: A nozzle for ink-jet printing includes a manifold, a vibration element, and an orifice member. The manifold has an outside surface extending in the longitudinal direction of the manifold as well as a hollow space. The hollow space has an opening opened in the outside surface such that the opening extends along the longitudinal direction while maintaining a substantially constant width. The vibrating element is attached to at least one outside surface other than the outside surface in which the hollow space is opened. The orifice member is brought into contact and attached to the outside surface in which the hollow space is opened. The orifice member is composed of a metallic member provided in contact with the manifold, and a synthetic resin member bonded to the metallic member through use of adhesive. The metallic member has at least one through-opening at a position facing the opening of the hollow space of the manifold such that the through-opening communicates with the opening of the hollow space.

Abstract: A turning bar apparatus includes a stationary turning bar assuming the form of a hollow cylinder and adapted to change the running direction of a web looped therearound and a compressed-air supply unit for supplying compressed air into the hollow interior of the turning bar. A plurality of air outlet openings are formed through the wall of the turning bar and are arranged in rows and along the longitudinal direction of the turning bar. At least a single row of air outlet openings is arranged in an upstream portion of a web-looping region extending between an upstream end of the web-looping region and a circumferential center of the web-looping region. At least a single row of air outlet openings is arranged in a downstream portion of the web-looping region extending between the circumferential center of the web-looping region and a downstream end of the web-looping region.

Abstract: There is disclosed a simple and compact additional printing apparatus for a rotary press and a printing unit. The additional printing apparatus includes an ink jet printing device comprising an ink jetting nozzle section and unnecessary ink droplet deflection unit. The ink jetting nozzle section includes a plurality of orifices arranged in a row and ink droplet formation unit. The unnecessary ink droplet deflection unit corresponds to each of the orifices. The ink jet printing device is disposed at a predetermined position in proximity to a paper web pass at which position an additional image can be printed on paper web in alignment with an image printed by the printing cylinder.

Abstract: A copying and printing apparatus comprising an integral combination of an electronic copying device and a printing device in which, in the print mode, the image of an original is copied on a master sheet in the electronic copying device to be used as a printing master for producing the desired number of prints in the printing device, while in the copy mode, the image of an original is copied on copying sheets to produce the desired number of copies in the electronic copying device. A sheet delivery changeover mechanism is provided between the electronic copying device and the printing device to be selectively placed in the print position and copy position depending on the print mode or copy mode.

Abstract: A fast-setting .alpha.-cyanoacrylate-type adhesive composition having good storage stability comprising an .alpha.-cyanoacrylate and about 0.1 ppm or more of at least one macrocyclic polyether compound or an analogue thereof, such as 18-crown-6 or 15-crown-5.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising an .alpha.-cyanoacrylate and about 0.0001% by weight to about 20% by weight, based on the weight of the adhesive composition, of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of(1) polyethylene glycols having a degree of polymerization of at least 3, and(2) non-ionic surface active agents having a poly(ethyleneoxy) moiety therein with the poly(ethyleneoxy) moiety having a degree of polymerization of at least 3.