Abstract: A device enabling an inspector to inspect a surface of a photomask etc. without holding the photomask manually, and enabling him/her not to lose his/her sight of any defect of the surface even if the surface is tilted. The device includes a hemispherical support, with its open side upward, which is supported so as to slidably move along a spherical surface with a point S as its center, an X-Y stage which is fixed onto the hemispherical support, a rotation unit which is mounted onto the X-Y stage, a support plate which is supported onto the rotation unit, a lighting device which lights up a part of a photomask, on the support plate, corresponding to the spot S and its vicinity. The support plate can be tilted about the spot S.

Abstract: In a device for automatic tying of packages, the raising of an arm and insertion of a package to be tied, followed by lowering of the arm, automatically draws from a reel the requisite quantity of twist-tape, cuts the tape away from the reel and ties the twist-tape into a knot. The twist-tape is the paper or vinyl tie having a soft wire sandwiched between two layers of the paper or vinyl material.