Abstract: A swing-type actuator having (a) a housing including a pair of yokes opposing each other and a permanent magnet attached to at least one of the yokes for defining a magnetic gap therebetween; (b) a swingable arm having one end to which a movable coil is fixed and the other end to which a function member is fixable, such that the movable coil is swingable in the magnetic gap; (c) a hold member formed from injection molded thermoplastic resin, which encompasss a periphery of the movable coil and is integrally fixed to the arm; and (d) a resin coating layer formed on surfaces of the movable coil and the hold member to minimize detachment of mold "flashes". Also, surfaces on the arm and adjacent ledge surfaces on the hold member are provided to promote alignment of the parts in the mold and thereby minimizes flash formation. The hold member also can include an integral rib inside the hollow coil and a stopper member to prevent inadvertent contact between lead wires and non-associated terminal pins during molding.

Abstract: The swing-type actuator includes (a) a housing comprising a pair of yokes opposing each other and a permanent magnet attached to at least one of the yokes, for defining a magnetic gap therebetween; (b) a swingable arm having one end to which a movable coil is fixed and the other end to which a function member can be attached such that a part of the movable coil is swingable in the magnetic gap; (c) at least one platelike projection having a through-hole and integrally projecting from the swingable arm adjacent movable coil; and (d) a hold member made of a thermoplastic resin and, for the portion encompassing the part of the coil movable through the magnetic gap, having substantially the same thickness as that part of the movable coil, the hold member being molded such that it encompases the outer periphery of the movable coil and embeds the projection, thereby fixing the movable coil to the arm.

Abstract: This invention concerns inspection of surface conditions to detect locations, sizes and nature of flaws, defects or stains not only on a flat surface but also on an undulating or stepped surface, and includes the steps of: scanning an inspecting surface of a specimen with a spot-like laser beam projected obliquely from a light source; detecting the height of the inspecting surface from a reflected image of the scanning light picked up by a TV camera located above the inspecting surface, to maintain the inspecting surface at a constant height; converging reflected and diffracted light from the inspecting surface toward a photo-detector having measuring points at the point of convergence and at a number of positions along a concentric circle around the point of convergence; measuring the energy of the reflected and diffracted light by photoelectric transducers connected to the respective measuring points; and displaying locations, sizes and nature of surface flaws, defects and stains of the specimen on a monito

Abstract: A swing-type actuator comprising (a) a housing comprising two yokes and permanent magnets attached to the yokes with their different magnetic poles opposing each other, a magnetic gap existing between the opposing permanent magnets; and (b) a swingable arm having one end to which a movable coil is fixed and the other end to which a function member is fixed, such that the movable coil is swingable in the magnetic gap, the movable coil being integrally fixed to the arm by a hold member made of a thermoplastic resin having a modulus of 10.sup.5 kg/cm.sup.2 or more.

Abstract: A replaceable blade type knife in which the blade is replaced at an intermediate point between opposite longitudinal ends of the case body so as to improve the operational efficiency and safety of the knife. The knife includes a restrictive arrangement for enabling dismounting of the sliding member from the guide grooves of the case body at a specific position within the guide stroke of the sliding member other than at the opposite ends of the guide stroke and for unreleasably restricting the sliding member in the guide grooves of the case body at positions other than the specific position so as to allow the sliding member to slide in the guide grooves of the case body, and thus, the knife has been made compact in size so as to be suitable for portable use, with a wide range of application to office works, handicraft, etc.