Abstract: An information processing apparatus erases, on the basis of a chained state of a plurality of pieces arranged on a game field, the pieces in the chained state. The arrangement of the pieces in the game field is controlled such that, in a predetermined region on the game field, an odd number of pieces and an even number of pieces are alternately arranged on imaginary lines in an advancing direction on the game field. For example, the information processing apparatus erases a serial piece group formed as a chain by determining, starting from operation for any one piece on the imaginary line corresponding to a frontmost row among the imaginary lines, whether a piece of a same kind as the one piece is present in left and right pieces adjacent to the one piece present on a next imaginary line in the advancing direction from the operated one piece.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus erases, on the basis of a chained state of a plurality of pieces arranged on a game field, the pieces in the chained state. The arrangement of the pieces in the game field is controlled such that, in a predetermined region on the game field, an odd number of pieces and an even number of pieces are alternately arranged on imaginary lines in an advancing direction on the game field. For example, the information processing apparatus erases a serial piece group formed as a chain by determining, starting from operation for any one piece on the imaginary line corresponding to a frontmost row among the imaginary lines, whether a piece of a same kind as the one piece is present in left and right pieces adjacent to the one piece present on a next imaginary line in the advancing direction from the operated one piece.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, when the CMOS imaging element is out of control, the soft reset and the device reset which partially initialize the CMOS imaging element are sequentially performed before the CMOS imaging element is reset by stopping the power supply where it takes long before the CMOS imaging element is restored. Thus, when the CMOS imaging element is restored to a normal state by one of the reset steps, the time to restore the CMOS imaging element can be substantially reduced.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, when the CMOS imaging element is out of control, the soft reset and the device reset which partially initialize the CMOS imaging element are sequentially performed before the CMOS imaging element is reset by stopping the power supply where it takes long before the CMOS imaging element is restored. Thus, when the CMOS imaging element is restored to a normal state by one of the reset steps, the time to restore the CMOS imaging element can be substantially reduced.

Abstract: An inventive power generating apparatus includes: a rotator 1 in which liquid is enclosed; two or more actuators 3 provided at equal intervals around the periphery of the rotator 1; and a guide rail 41 on which rollers 11 are rolled. A vacuum is produced within a cylinder 7 of at least one of the actuators located at an upper part of the rotator 1 such that a pressure difference between the resulting vacuum pressure and atmospheric pressure acts upon a piston of the actuator 3, and the rollers 11 of the actuator 3 are engaged with the guide rail 41, thus providing torque to the rotator 1.

Abstract: There is provided a value data management method for managing a first value data acquired by each of users and having value exchangeable for specific merchandise, comprising: reading second value data from a first information storage medium and user identification data from a second information storage medium; and updating the first value data acquired by the user corresponding to the user identification data read from the second information storage medium, based on the second value data read from the first information storage medium.

Abstract: By applying balance between atmospheric pressure and gravity, Torricelli's vacuum is formed, and by utilizing the vacuum, power is generated. When an operating tube directs to nearly the right above, because of the weight of a liquid on the inside of the operating tube, Torricelli's vacuum is formed under a piston, and by this vacuum, the piston is lowered to rotate an operating crankshaft. Then, linking to the rotation of the operating crankshaft, the operating tube inclines, causing the piston to be pushedly returned to the original position by the liquid. In this state, the operating tube is returned to the above-described position. A plurality of operating tubes which are balanced in gravity by a balance weighing means repeat this operation in different phases, thus causing the operating crank to continuously rotate.

Abstract: By applying balance between atmospheric pressure and gravity, Torricelli's vacuum is formed and by utilizing the vacuum, power is generated. When the operating tube directs to nearly the right above, because of weight of the liquid in the inside of the operating tube, Torricelli's vacuum is formed under the piston, and by this vacuum, the piston is lowered to rotate the operating crank shaft. Then, linking to the rotation of the operating crank shaft, the operating tube inclines, then the piston is pushedly returned to the original position by the liquid, and in this state the operating tube is returned to the afore-described position. A plurality of operating tubes which are balanced in gravity by the balance weighing mechanism repeat the afore-described operation in different phases.

Abstract: A tubular belt conveyor in which an endless belt is wound round drive and driven rollers such that an object to be conveyed can be wrapped in the belt and conveyed in the wrapped-in state, comprises supporting frames with a plurality of holding rollers, horizontal rollers, each being adapted to support the bottom of the belt and pivoted on a bracket which is attached to a coupling member of the supporting frame in such a manner that the orientation thereof can be varied, and vertical rollers, each being adapted to support a curved inner peripheral side portion of the belt adjacent to the horizontal roller and pivoted on a bracket in such a manner that the orientation thereof can be varied, whereby the sagging of the belt can be surely prevented, the twisting of the belt can be readily corrected, and the number of holding rollers can be reduced.

Abstract: An hour chime clock has an hour-indicating hand and a plurality of display units disposed circumferentially around the hour-indicating hand at different hour positions. The display units are displaceable between two positions to display either an ornament or an hour numeral. At each hour, a melody chimes and the display units undergo a predetermined pattern of movements. After chiming the hour, the display unit at the present hour position is placed in a different display state from the display state of all the other display units.

Abstract: A tubular belt conveyor for carrying granulated materials, materials, etc., in which an endless belt is rolled up into a tube thereby to carry the materials in a wrapped condition is guided through a plurality of belt-retaining rollers mounted to each of supporting frames disposed along the length of the endless belt. The plurality of belt-retaining rollers includes a smooth rollers and at least one circumferentially multi-grooved friction roller at a position of greatest pressure contact with the belt, thereby preventing the belt from being twisted during the operation. The high friction roller is generally positioned at the bottom of the loaded belt in regions of no path direction changes but may be positioned at the top on an unladen belt, or at a point intermediate the top and bottom where the belt undergoes directional changes and the resultant force is directed other than straight down.

Abstract: A cross flow type cooling fan device installed in the internal part of electric appliances which need cooling such as audio-amplifiers, microcomputers, word processors, copying machine, etc. The cross flow type cooling fan device is characterized in that an impeller (107) with air blowing slits formed around a hollow area in the center of a cylindrical body is rotatably supported by supporting frames (109, 110) at the ends thereof through supporting shafts (111, 112), a field magnet (121) is mounted either on a rotary side formed by the impeller (107) or the supporting shafts (111, 112) or on a stationary side formed by the supporting frames (109, 110), and an armature winding (124) is mounted confronting the aforesaid magnet for the motor, so that a rotary driving section of the impeller is constructed resulting in a cooling fan device of considerably reduced size.

Abstract: A tubular belt conveyor can transport powdered or granular material without leakage. To roll up a flat belt into a tubular shape, a belt guiding device is provided in the vicinity of a front or a rear end roller. The belt guiding device comprises a base plate and a plurality of guide frames provided on the base plate. In the guide frame, a plurality of guide rollers are arranged like a circle through which the belt to be rolled up passes. The diameter of the circle formed by the guide rollers increases gradually towards the front or the rear end roller to prevent the belt from slacking so that smooth running may be assured.

Abstract: A transporting belt is partially held by a holding belt. The holding belt is rolled up into a tubular shape through which both of the forward and return paths of the transporting belt passes. Both of the belts are supported by a plurality of shape-maintaining frames each of which comprises a plurality of shape-maintaining rollers arranged like a circle. The holding belt is provided at a horizontal or vertical curved portion so that the transporting belt may travel smoothly and may not be exposed to the weather.

Abstract: A tubular belt conveyor can convey powdered or granular material without leakage continuously. The belt conveyor comprises a forward path and a return path and is opened into flattened shapes which are wound around a driving and a follower roller at both ends. The forward and return paths are on the same vertical plane in the vicinity of the driving and follower rollers and are in the same substantially horizontal plane therebetween so as to simplify foundation, maintenance and inspection.

Abstract: A tubular belt conveyor is supported by a plurality of support frames, some of which comprise a fixed roller and a pressing roller which is biased by compression springs to get close and away with respect to the fixed roller. Between the two rollers, narrow space is formed through which the forward belt is elliptically deformed so that the conveyed materials may be compressed. Particularly, with a steep slope, the materials thus solidified by the rollers can be easily carried by the tubular belt conveyor without slipping down.

Abstract: A mobile pipe conveyor system which is capable of bending smoothly and freely both in horizontal and vertical within a certain range to be moved and/or laid in zigzag without dropping transported materials in contrast to the conventional flat-belt conveyor, and a method for reclaiming and leveling grounds utilizing said mobile pipe conveyor system arranged between a swiveling conveyor and a base point inside or outside of a land to be reclaimed, the entire pipe conveyor system together with the swiveling conveyor being pulled by one or more bulldozers and easily moved about the base point without adjusting l/e zigzag movement and/or laying, so that reclaiming and leveling works on a large scale can be completed in a short time.

Abstract: A tubular belt conveyor having an endless belt shaped substantially to a long tube by applying its elasticity for carrying materials by packing up them therein. The belt conveyor is provided with a belt rolling structure comprising a pressing roller which presses an end portion of the belt to inner downward direction, and the belt conveyor is further provided with three rolling-up rollers which support and press the tubular belt so that it may be smoothly rolled up.

Abstract: A method and device for preventing a flexible tubular belt from twisting for use in a tubular belt conveyer are disclosed. A flexible tubular belt is extended between first and second rollers, positioned at a certain distance away from each other, on which the tubular belt is opened, and the belt moving between the two rollers in the tubular form is supported by sets of support rollers which are radially arranged around the peripheries of the belt in contact therewith and are rotatably mounted to support frames. Twisting of the belt is prevented by means which varies an angle of a correction roller extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the belt in contact therewith. The correction rollers may be disposed in contact with the bottom and/or sides of the belt.