Abstract: A cutting tool includes a portion made of a high hardness material. The portion includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge. The rake face is divided into a region A along the cutting edge and a region B excluding the region A of the rake face, a surface roughness of the region A is smaller than a surface roughness of the region B, and the region B is deepened with respect to a position of the region A.

Abstract: A probe apparatus of inspecting electrical characteristics of a power device having electrodes on both sides of a substrate at wafer level can reduce and uniformize a contact resistance between the electrode on a rear surface of the substrate and a mounting surface conductor of a chuck top. In the probe apparatus, an attracting device supports a semiconductor wafer W on the chuck top 12, and has many vertical fine holes in a pattern (diameter ? and pitch p) that satisfies the condition of ?<p?2?. For example, the diameter ? is about 0.25 mm, and the pitch p is about 0.5 mm.

Abstract: A probe apparatus includes a plurality of prober chamber arranged in a straight line; and a loader chamber having a substrate transfer mechanism that takes out a test target substrate from a container provided in an upper area of the prober chamber, lowers the test target substrate to a height corresponding to a loading/unloading port of the prober chamber, moves in front of a row of the prober chambers in parallel to the row of the prober chambers and transfers the test target substrate into the prober chamber. A reading mechanism for reading information recorded on the test target substrate held on the substrate transfer mechanism is installed at a horizontal moving mechanism that moves the substrate transfer mechanism in front of the row of the prober chambers in parallel to the row of the prober chambers.

Abstract: An automatic bread making machine (1) according to the present invention includes: a bread container (50) into which bread-making ingredients are put; a baking chamber (40) which is provided within a main body (10) and which receives the bread container (50); a blade rotation shaft (52) which is provided in a bottom portion of the bread container (50); a grinding blade (54) which is attached to the blade rotation shaft (52) such that the grinding blade (54) cannot be rotated; a dome-shaped cover (70) which has a kneading blade (72) on an outer surface and which is attached to the blade rotation shaft (52) so as to cover the grinding blade (54); motors (60) and (64) which are provided within the main body (10) and which provides a rotation force to the blade rotation shaft (52); and a clutch (76) which switches whether to transmit the rotation force of the blade rotation shaft (52) to the cover (70).

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic bread making machine (1) equipped with a bread container (50) into which bread making materials are placed, a baking chamber (40) that is disposed within a main body (10) and that receives the bread container (50), a blade rotation shaft (52) that is disposed on the bottom of the bread container (50), a grinding blade (54) and a mixing blade (72) that are disposed so as to be rotatable by the rotation of the blade rotation shaft (52), and a motor (60) that is disposed within the body (10) and that provides rotating power to the blade rotation shaft (52). Grinding is performed with the grinding blade (54) when the blade rotation shaft (52) is rotated in one direction, and mixing is performed with the mixing blade (72) when the blade rotation shaft (52) is rotated in the opposite direction to the aforementioned direction.

Abstract: The disclosed automatic bread-maker (1) is provided with a bread container (50) into which the bread-making starting materials are introduced, a baking chamber (40) that is provided within a main body (10) and that accepts the bread container (50), a blade-rotating axle (52) provided at the bottom of the bread container (50), a pulverizing blade (54) mounted on the blade-rotating axle (52), a kneading blade (70) disposed above the pulverizing blade (54), and a motor (60) that applies torque to the blade-rotating axle (52). A depression (44) is formed on the bottom of the bread container (50) so as to surround the blade-rotating axle (52), and the pulverizing blade (54) rotates within the depression (55).

Abstract: A mounting device includes a vertically movable mounting table for mounting thereon a target object and a rotational driving mechanism for rotating the mounting table within a predetermined angle. The mounting table is vertically raised and rotated by the rotational driving mechanism. The rotational driving mechanism includes a driving shaft extending in a tangential direction of the mounting table and a moving body moving in the tangential direction via the driving shaft. A first cam follower is attached in perpendicular to the moving body and a second cam follower is extending horizontally from an outer circumferential surface of the mounting table so as to be in contact with the first cam follower. Also, a resilient member connecting the mounting table and the moving body brings the first cam follower and the second cam follower into elastic contact with each other.

Abstract: Two resin films each provided with an orally administrable edible agent layer are joined so that administrable agent layers face each other, drawn into a nip between a pair of press rolls, pressurized at back surfaces to bond the administrable agent layers together, and conveyed in a direction substantially conforming to a tangential direction at a pressurization zone of the press rolls. A delamination roll disposed in the conveying direction is used to draw only one of the two resin films sandwiching the bonded plural administrable agent layers in a direction different from the conveying direction, while continuously conveying the other resin film retaining the plural administrable agent layers in the conveying direction. This allows only one of the joined two resin films to be delaminated. The obtained pressure bonded product, that is, an orally administrable edible agent of laminate film form can be punched out into predetermined shapes.

Abstract: A mounting device provided on a horizontally movable stage mechanism, includes a mounting table for mounting thereon a target object, a cylindrical elevation body, having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the mounting table, for supporting the mounting table, a plurality of elevation guide rails provided on an outer peripheral surface of the elevation body so as to be spaced from each other at substantially regular intervals in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of support members each having a vertical plate to which engaging bodies engaged with the elevation guide rails are fixed. Further, a plurality of reinforcing parts are vertically provided on the outer peripheral surface of the elevation body so as to be spaced from each other at substantially regular intervals in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A probe apparatus includes a plurality of prober chamber arranged in a straight line; and a loader chamber having a substrate transfer mechanism that takes out a test target substrate from a container provided in an upper area of the prober chamber, lowers the test target substrate to a height corresponding to a loading/unloading port of the prober chamber, moves in front of a row of the prober chambers in parallel to the row of the prober chambers and transfers the test target substrate into the prober chamber. A reading mechanism for reading information recorded on the test target substrate held on the substrate transfer mechanism is installed at a horizontal moving mechanism that moves the substrate transfer mechanism in front of the row of the prober chambers in parallel to the row of the prober chambers.

Abstract: A probe apparatus includes a first stage, a second stage, a third stage and an image pickup. A Z position measuring unit measures a Z direction position of the mounting table and has a Z scale extending in the Z direction and a reading unit for reading the Z scale. A computation unit obtains a calculated contact position between the probes and the electrode pads of the substrate to be inspected based on images picked up by the image pickup with respect to a coordinate position on coordinates of a driving system which includes a Z direction position and X and Y direction positions measured by a measuring unit for measuring X and Y direction positions of the mounting table. A correcting unit corrects the Z direction position of the contact position based on the change amount thereof for a next contact operation.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic bread maker which sequentially performs a mixing/kneading process, a fermentation process, and a baking process, the automatic bread maker including: a bread container used for accommodating breadmaking materials; a baking chamber which is provided inside a body and receives the bread container; a grinding blade which is capable of being put in and taken out of the bread container in the baking chamber; and a grinding motor provided for rotating the grinding blade.

Abstract: A prove apparatus includes a first and a second loading port for mounting therein two carriers facing each other, a wafer transfer mechanism having a rotation center between the loading ports, and a first and a second inspection unit being symmetrical to each other and disposed in accordance with the arrangement of the loading ports. In this configuration, wafers are directly transferred between the carrier and a wafer chuck of the inspection unit by the wafer transfer mechanism. The wafer transfer mechanism has three arms for unloading two wafers from the carrier. The prove apparatus has a compact size and achieves a high throughput.

Abstract: A probe apparatus includes a first stage, a second stage, a third stage and an image pickup. A Z position measuring unit measures a Z direction position of the mounting table and has a Z scale extending in the Z direction and a reading unit for reading the Z scale. A computation unit obtains a calculated contact position between the probes and the electrode pads of the substrate to be inspected based on images picked up by the image pickup with respect to a coordinate position on coordinates of a driving system which includes a Z direction position and X and Y direction positions measured by a measuring unit for measuring X and Y direction positions of the mounting table. A correcting unit corrects the Z direction position of the contact position based on the change amount thereof for a next contact operation.

Abstract: A prove apparatus includes a first and a second loading port for mounting therein two carriers facing each other, a wafer transfer mechanism having a rotation center between the loading ports, and a first and a second inspection unit being symmetrical to each other and disposed in accordance with the arrangement of the loading ports. In this configuration, wafers are directly transferred between the carrier and a wafer chuck of the inspection unit by the wafer transfer mechanism. The wafer transfer mechanism has three arms for unloading two wafers from the carrier. The prove apparatus has a compact size and achieves a high throughput.

Abstract: A mounting device includes a vertically movable mounting table for mounting thereon a target object and a rotational driving mechanism for rotating the mounting table within a predetermined angle. The mounting table is vertically raised and rotated by the rotational driving mechanism. The rotational driving mechanism includes a driving shaft extending in a tangential direction of the mounting table and a moving body moving in the tangential direction via the driving shaft. A first cam follower is attached in perpendicular to the moving body and a second cam follower is extending horizontally from an outer circumferential surface of the mounting table so as to be in contact with the first cam follower. Also, a resilient member connecting the mounting table and the moving body brings the first cam follower and the second cam follower into elastic contact with each other.

Abstract: A mounting device provided on a horizontally movable stage mechanism, includes a mounting table for mounting thereon a target object, a cylindrical elevation body, having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the mounting table, for supporting the mounting table, a plurality of elevation guide rails provided on an outer peripheral surface of the elevation body so as to be spaced from each other at substantially regular intervals in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of support members each having a vertical plate to which engaging bodies engaged with the elevation guide rails are fixed. Further, a plurality of reinforcing parts are vertically provided on the outer peripheral surface of the elevation body so as to be spaced from each other at substantially regular intervals in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: An amplification device for a small detection signal has an amplification factor that is variable and also high accuracy offset cancellation. A first switching element selectively connects a normal phase input terminal of an operational amplifier either to a reference potential or to an output terminal of a sensor. An inverse phase input terminal is connected to the reference potential. A capacitor is connected to an output terminal of the operational amplifier and to an output buffer, a second switching element is arranged to selectively connect the capacitor to the reference potential. Resistors are selectively short circuited by switching elements to vary the amplification factor of the operational amplifier.

Abstract: Two resin films each provided with an orally administrable edible agent layer are joined so that administrable agent layers face each other, drawn into a nip between a pair of press rolls, pressurized at back surfaces to bond the administrable agent layers together, and conveyed in a direction substantially conforming to a tangential direction at a pressurization zone of the press rolls. A delamination roll disposed in the conveying direction is used to draw only one of the two resin films sandwiching the bonded plural administrable agent layers in a direction different from the conveying direction, while continuously conveying the other resin film retaining the plural administrable agent layers in the conveying direction. This allows only one of the joined two resin films to be delaminated. The obtained pressure bonded product, that is, an orally administrable edible agent of laminate film form can be punched out into predetermined shapes.

Abstract: An amplification device of a small detection signal with a multi-element sensor is provided wherein the amplification factor of the operational amplifier can be made variable and also high accuracy offset cancellation and the reduction of noise in low frequency range is possible. A first switching element 31 selectively connects the normal phase input terminal 14 of the operational amplifier 12 either to the reference potential 60 or to the output terminal 2a-2n of the sensor element 1a-1n. The inverse phase input terminal 15 is connected to the reference potential 60 through the resistor 41 and at the same time to the output terminal 16 through the resistor 42, 43. Also one terminal 52 of the capacitor 51 is connected to the output terminal 16 of the operational amplifier 12, the other terminal 53, is connected to the output buffer 13, a second switching element 32 is arranged to selectively connect the terminal 53 to the reference potential 60.