Abstract: An electrode structure includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged separately from each other; and a plurality of dielectric layers laminated in a first direction with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes, in which the plurality of dielectric layers includes: a first dielectric layer that spreads over the plurality of pixel electrodes in a direction intersecting with the first direction; and a second dielectric layer that includes dielectric material having a refractive index higher than that of the first dielectric layer, sandwiches the first dielectric layer together with the plurality of pixel electrodes, and has a slit at a position overlapping space between pixel electrodes adjacent when viewed from the first direction.

Abstract: Provided is an obturator that includes a shaft that is inserted into a cannula and of which a distal end is sharp-pointed in a needle-like shape to be stuck into a body wall, a grip to which a proximal end of the shaft is attached and that is gripped by an operator, and at least two recessed portions that are formed at the grip and on which fingers of the operator are hooked.

Abstract: A magnetic bearing apparatus capable of correcting inclination of a rotating element with a small magnetic attractive force and capable of stably supporting the rotating element is disclosed. The magnetic bearing apparatus includes: a non-magnetic ring made of non-magnetic material; and at least three axial magnetic poles arranged along a circumferential direction of the non-magnetic ring. Each axial magnetic pole has an arc-shaped coil and a coil housing that accommodates the coil therein. The at least three axial magnetic poles are fixed to the non-magnetic ring.

Abstract: A beverage container according to the present invention includes a bottom wall portion, and a side wall portion extending upward from a circumferential edge of the bottom wall portion, and due to an outer diameter of the bottom wall portion being formed smaller than an outer diameter of the side wall portion, a annular stepped portion is formed at a lower end of the side wall portion, a plurality of recessed portions and a plurality of protruding portions that are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction are formed on the stepped portion, and a width of the stepped portion is larger than a width of an upper end of the side wall portion at at least portions where the recessed portions are formed.

Abstract: An operation switch that is housed in a housing recess of a switch disposition surface located in an operation part main body and between a bending operation knob disposition surface and a universal cable connection surface and that is configured to swing in a longitudinal axis direction is provided, and in a case where the endoscope operation part is viewed from a side facing the switch disposition surface, a position of a top portion of the operation switch in the longitudinal axis direction is located upward of a center position of a universal cable connection portion in a state in which the operation switch is not operated.

Abstract: To compound antibacterial and antiviral ingredients including stearyldiethanolamine in resin molded bodies with high uniformity and stability beyond the limits of conventional technology. The object can be accomplished by a resin molded body comprising a polymer resin, and stearyldiethanolamine and palmityldiethanolamine, wherein the content of palmityldiethanolamine is 2 to 25 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the sum of the stearyldiethanolamine and the palmityldiethanolamine, and the polymer resin comprises a polyolefin or a polyamide.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a conveyance portion configured to convey a first medium; a first imaging portion; a first reading processing portion configured to cause the first imaging portion to read a first image of a first reading surface of the first medium conveyed by the conveyance portion; a second imaging portion; a second reading processing portion configured to cause the second imaging portion to read a second image of the second reading surface of the second medium by scanning while the second imaging portion is being moved along a second reading surface of a second medium placed on a medium placement surface; a reading control portion configured to control the first reading processing portion and the second reading processing portion to operate in parallel with each other; and a synthesis processing portion configured to generate a synthesized image by synthesizing the first image and the second image.

Abstract: The present invention is an attachment configured to be attached to a hot-water supply faucet including a nozzle portion that has a discharge outlet that is open downward, and a press button that is disposed below the discharge outlet and horizontally rearward of the discharge outlet, with hot water being discharged from the discharge outlet when the press button is pressed rearward, the attachment including: an attachment body; and a fixing means for fixing the attachment body to the hot-water supply faucet, wherein the attachment body includes: a fulcrum portion that is attachable to the nozzle portion; a body portion extending downward from the fulcrum portion; and a support portion that is attached to a lower end portion of the body portion, wherein the body portion is formed so as to extend downward past a front surface of the press button, and when the support portion is pressed by a vessel into which hot water is to be poured, the attachment body is configured to pivot and press the press button with t

Abstract: In order to solve a problem in conventional dish collecting apparatuses that it is not possible for conventional plate collecting apparatuses to determine and collect multiple types of dishes with different shapes, a dish collecting apparatus for causing a dish that passes through a collecting slot to be collected in a dish collecting portion in restaurants includes: a determining part that determines whether a first-type dish has passed through the collecting slot or a second-type dish whose shape is different from that of the first-type dish has passed through the collecting slot; and a processing unit that performs predetermined processing according to a determination result of the determining part. Accordingly, it is possible to determine multiple types of dishes with different shapes that pass through the collecting slot.

Abstract: A first food and/or beverage item provision system according to the present invention is a food and/or beverage item provision system for providing food and/or beverage items to a customer in a restaurant including a plurality of seats for customers, the system including: an entrance accepting unit configured to accept a seat-waiting request from a customer and store the request as acceptance information; a vacant seat processing unit configured to set any seat among the plurality of seats that has become vacant, as a vacant seat in association with seat information relating to the seat; a seat setting unit configured to associate the seat-waiting information with seat information relating to a vacant seat in a predetermined order under a predetermined condition when any seat among the seats for customers has been set as the vacant seat by the vacant seat processing unit; and a start setting unit configured to record eating and/or drinking start information that indicates start of eating and/or drinking in as

Abstract: The present invention provides a housing body that is to house a container on which a food and/or beverage item is to be placed and that is to be transported along a transport path, the housing body including: a placement table having a placement position where the container is to be placed; a lid body that is attached to the placement table so as to be openable and closable; an opening/closing mechanism for causing the lid body to transition to a closed state when the container is placed at the placement position of the placement table, and causing the lid body to transition to an open state when the container is moved away from the placement position; and an operation portion for moving the container away from the placement position.

Abstract: There are provided an operation unit that allows a practitioner to easily ascertain a vertical direction of an observation image output from an image pickup unit and displayed on a monitor and an endoscope including the operation unit. An operation unit is connected to a proximal end side of an insertion unit of an endoscope, and the insertion unit is provided with an optical system and an image pickup unit picking up an image of light passing through the optical system.

Abstract: There is provided an endoscope of which operability in changing a visual field direction can be improved. A grip part includes a first flat surface portion that is formed on a part of an outer surface of the grip part and that is parallel to a direction of an insertion axis, a knob includes a finger placing portion and a pair of finger rest portions, and the finger placing portion is provided at a position facing the first flat surface portion in the direction of the insertion axis in a case where the knob is positioned at a reference position used as a reference of a position relative to the grip part in the direction around the axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a food and/or beverage item counting device to be provided in a food and/or beverage item provision system including a transport path that passes along a customer table to transport carriers each configured to allow a food and/or beverage item to be placed thereon, the food and/or beverage item counting device including: a first information acquiring unit disposed upstream of the table and configured to acquire information relating to each of the carriers on the transport path; a second information acquiring unit disposed downstream of the table and configured to acquire information relating to each of the carriers on the transport path; and a first calculating unit configured to calculate the number of the food and/or beverage items taken out from the transport path to the table, wherein each of the carriers is provided with identification information for identifying the carrier.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a conveyance portion configured to convey a first medium; a first imaging portion; a first reading processing portion configured to cause the first imaging portion to read a first image of a first reading surface of the first medium conveyed by the conveyance portion; a second imaging portion; a second reading processing portion configured to cause the second imaging portion to read a second image of the second reading surface of the second medium by scanning while the second imaging portion is being moved along a second reading surface of a second medium placed on a medium placement surface; a reading control portion configured to control the first reading processing portion and the second reading processing portion to operate in parallel with each other; and a synthesis processing portion configured to generate a synthesized image by synthesizing the first image and the second image.