Abstract: A gaming environment is described. If a first specific symbol (for example LION symbol 45A) and a second specific symbol (for example, MEAT symbol 45B) are adjacently displayed, the second specific symbol is changed to the first specific symbol. And then, if a combination of the displayed symbols is any of winning combinations, an award corresponding to realized winning combination is provided to a player.

Abstract: A diaphragm blade includes a light-shielding, thin-plate blade base made of laser absorptive resin to regulate an aperture, and a first shaft portion made of laser transmissive resin and provided on one surface of the blade base. The first shaft portion includes a cylindrical member which is welded to the protruding weld portion, a protruding weld portion integrally formed with the blade base, and a recess formed at the back side of the protruding weld portion. The cylindrical member has a first recess defined at one end thereof near the blade base and coming into contact with the protruding weld portion, and a second recess defined at the other end. A contact surface of the protruding weld portion is melted with laser beam transmitted through the cylindrical member, whereby the protruding weld portion is welded to the cylindrical member.

Abstract: An actuator maintains high efficiency, can react to an increase in pole, has a high part fit, and can be manufactured at low cost while it is thinned. The actuator includes a magnet which is formed in a ring shape, in which at least one surface perpendicular to a central axis thereof is divided in a peripheral direction and alternately plane-magnetized in different poles; a stator including a plurality of magnetic pole teeth opposed to the magnetized surface of the magnet; a rotor, which is held to be rotatable about a rotational axis as a center, includes a disk portion whose surface perpendicular to the rotational axis is bonded to the magnet, and is made of a soft magnetic material; and a coil, which is located on substantially the same surface as that of the magnet, is fixed to the stator, and excites the stator and the disk portion.

Abstract: An actuator maintains high efficiency, can react to an increase in pole, has a high part fit, and can be manufactured at low cost while it is thinned. The actuator includes: a magnet which is formed in a ring shape, in which at least one surface perpendicular to a central axis thereof is divided in a peripheral direction and alternately plane-magnetized in different poles; a stator including a plurality of magnetic pole teeth opposed to the magnetized surface of the magnet; a rotor, which is held to be rotatable about a rotational axis as a center, includes a disk portion whose surface perpendicular to the rotational axis is bonded to the magnet, and is made of a soft magnetic material; and a coil, which is located on substantially the same surface as that of the magnet, is fixed to the stator, and excites the stator and the disk portion.

Abstract: A device is provided having one or more light quantity controlling members that move into, and out of, an opening portion through which light passes and which is formed by at least a portion of inner diameter sides of a first stator and a second stator, thus controlling the amount of light passing therethrough. The one or more light quantity controlling members are disposed between the magnet and the second stator.

Abstract: An actuator maintains high efficiency, can react to an increase in pole, has a high part fit, and can be manufactured at low cost while it is thinned. The actuator includes a magnet which is formed in a ring shape, in which at least one surface perpendicular to a central axis thereof is divided in a peripheral direction and alternately plane-magnetized in different poles; a stator including a plurality of magnetic pole teeth opposed to the magnetized surface of the magnet; a rotor, which is held to be rotatable about a rotational axis as a center, includes a disk portion whose surface perpendicular to the rotational axis is bonded to the magnet, and is made of a soft magnetic material; and a coil, which is located on substantially the same surface as that of the magnet, is fixed to the stator, and excites the stator and the disk portion.

Abstract: A plurality of handpieces used to perform an operation is connected to a main operation apparatus, which generates a driving signal, through connectors formed on the main apparatus. When an operator holds a handpiece he/she wants to use, an output line over which the driving signal is transmitted is routed to the held handpiece owing to an output of a sensor that detects a change in capacitance stemming from the hold. The operator therefore need not manually set a mode in which the driving signal is applied to the handpiece he/she wants to use. Moreover, a port number assigned to a port to which the output line is routed is indicated on a display device. The operator can readily identify the usable handpiece.

Abstract: To provide an actuator which maintains high efficiency, can react to an increase in pole, has a high part fit, and can be manufactured at low cost while it is thinned. The actuator includes: a magnet which is formed in a ring shape, in which at least one surface perpendicular to a central axis thereof is divided in a peripheral direction and alternately plane-magnetized in different poles; a stator including a plurality of magnetic pole teeth opposed to the magnetized surface of the magnet; a rotor which is held to be rotatable about a rotational axis as a center, includes a disk portion whose surface perpendicular to the rotational axis is bonded to the magnet, and made of a soft magnetic material; and a coil which is located on substantially the same surface as that of the magnet, fixed to the stator, and excites the stator and the disk portion.

Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment appliance includes a handpiece with a built-in ultrasonic transducer, and an elongated probe extending forward from the handpiece and connected to the ultrasonic transducer in order to propagate ultrasonic vibrations. The ultrasonic treatment appliance further comprises a distal probe part formed as an integral part of or independently of the probe at the distal end of the probe, and a clamping portion opposed to the distal probe part so that the clamping portion can open or close freely, the clamping portion being freely attachable thereto or detachable therefrom.

Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a rotatable rotor with a ring shape, a first magnetic pole portion, a second magnetic pole portion, and a coil for magnetically exciting the first magnetic pole portion and the second magnetic pole portion. The rotor has magnet portions which are divided along a circumferential direction and differently magnetized. The first magnetic pole portion is formed extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotor, and faces a face of the magnet portion perpendicular to the rotational axis. The second magnetic pole portion sandwiches the magnet portion between the second magnetic pole portion and the first magnetic pole portion, and faces another face of the magnet portion perpendicular to the rotational axis. The coil is disposed radially of the rotor. The condition of ?0.333X+0.

Abstract: A device is provided having one or more light quantity controlling members that move into, and out of, an opening portion through which light passes and which is formed by at least a portion of inner diameter sides of a first stator and a second stator, thus controlling the amount of light passing therethrough. The one or more light quantity controlling members are disposed between the magnet and the second stator.

Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a rotatable rotor with a ring shape, a first magnetic pole portion, a second magnetic pole portion, and a coil for magnetically exciting the first magnetic pole portion and the second magnetic pole portion. The rotor has magnet portions which are divided along a circumferential direction and differently magnetized. The coil is disposed radially of the rotor. The condition of −0.333X+0.7>Y is satisfied where Y is a ratio of a central angle of each first magnetic pole portion relative to a central angle of each magnetized pole in the magnet portion, and X is a ratio of an outer circumferential length of each magnetized pole in the magnet portion relative to a thickness of the magnet portion in a direction of the rotational axis.

Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a rotatable rotor with a ring shape, a first magnetic pole portion, a second magnetic pole portion, and a coil for magnetically exciting the first magnetic pole portion and the second magnetic pole portion. The rotor has magnet portions which are divided along a circumferential direction and differently magnetized. The first magnetic pole portion is formed extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotor, and faces a face of the magnet portion perpendicular to the rotational axis. The second magnetic pole portion sandwiches the magnet portion between the second magnetic pole portion and the first magnetic pole portion, and faces another face of the magnet portion perpendicular to the rotational axis. The coil is disposed radially of the rotor. The condition of −0.333X+0.

Abstract: A plurality of handpieces used to perform an operation is connected to a main operation apparatus, which generates a driving signal, through connectors formed on the main apparatus. When an operator holds a handpiece he/she wants to use, an output line over which the driving signal is transmitted is routed to the held handpiece owing to an output of a sensor that detects a change in capacitance stemming from the hold. The operator therefore need not manually set a mode in which the driving signal is applied to the handpiece he/she wants to use. Moreover, a port number assigned to a port to which the output line is routed is indicated on a display device. The operator can readily identify the usable handpiece.

Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a rotatable rotor with a ring shape, a first magnetic pole portion, a second magnetic pole portion, and a coil for magnetically exciting the first magnetic pole portion and the second magnetic pole portion. The rotor has magnet portions which are divided along a circumferential direction and differently magnetized. The first magnetic pole portion is formed extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotor, and faces a face of the magnet portion perpendicular to the rotational axis. The second magnetic pole portion sandwiches the magnet portion between the second magnetic pole portion and the first magnetic pole portion, and faces another face of the magnet portion perpendicular to the rotational axis. The coil is disposed radially of the rotor. The condition of −0.333X+0.

Abstract: A plurality of handpieces used to perform an operation is connected to a main operation apparatus, which generates a driving signal, through connectors formed on the main apparatus. When an operator holds a handpiece he/she wants to use, an output line over which the driving signal is transmitted is routed to the held handpiece owing to an output of a sensor that detects a change in capacitance stemming from the hold. The operator therefore need not manually set a mode in which the driving signal is applied to the handpiece he/she wants to use. Moreover, a port number assigned to a port to which the output line is routed is indicated on a display device. The operator can readily identify the usable handpiece.

Abstract: An ultrasonic coagulating/cutting apparatus is provided which includes a switching member for switching the force to hold an organism tissue between a jaw and a probe during operation for opening or closing the jaw.

Abstract: In order to accurately perform correction of focal distance and color of film before pre-scanning, the image at the generally center area of the first frame of film is read in a first pre-scan, auto-focusing and judgment between negative/positive is made, exposure parameters are set in a second pre-scanning, and the image is read in main scanning.

Abstract: A hand-piece comprises an arm main body which moves relative to a grip section, and an arm section having a clamp member openable and closable with respect to a probe section. As a result of movement of the arm main body relative to the grip section, the clamp member is shifted between a closure position in which the clamp member cooperates with the probe section to hold living tissue between the clamp member and the probe section, and an open position in which the clamp member is separated from the probe section to release the living tissue.

Abstract: A recording apparatus capable of securing the positional precision and flatness of a recording medium for the execution of high quality recording with the provision of the air passages which can adsorb the recording medium efficiently to the platen even if the recording medium is curled so as not to allow the adsorbing power to be reduced even when the opening of the platen is covered only partly by the recording medium.