Abstract: The present invention relates to a building material design support system for supporting design of a building material capable of exhibiting a random texture pattern as a whole in a state in which the building materials are installed on a building portion and exhibiting continuity of the texture of adjacent building materials, such building material and a program for use in such building material design support system. More specifically, on a building material, first convex portions #A1L, #A1R, #A2L, #A2R to be arranged next to corresponding first convex portions of an adjacent building material have a prescribed texture common to every building materials, and the second convex portions have randomly arranged textures different from each other on every building material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a building material design support system for supporting design of a building material capable of exhibiting a random texture pattern as a whole in a state in which the building materials are installed on a building portion and exhibiting continuity of the texture of adjacent building materials, such building material and a program for use in such building material design support system. More specifically, on a building material, first convex portions #A1L, #A1R, #A2L, #A2R to be arranged next to corresponding first convex portions of an adjacent building material have a prescribed texture common to every building materials, and the second convex portions have randomly arranged textures different from each other on every building material.

Abstract: A parking brake apparatus includes: an operating handle including an operating pushbutton; a base bracket including a ratchet plate having a ratchet; a brake cable for actuating a brake when the operating handle is pulled along a longitudinal direction of the base bracket; and a shaft retained in the base bracket and having a base end part fixed to the operating handle and a nose part connected to the brake cable. The shaft includes a seizing and releasing mechanism connected to the brake cable and having a seizing pawl for seizing and releasing the ratchet, and a releasing mechanism connected to the operating handle and having a release pawl for reorienting the seizing pawl seizing the ratchet through the operating pushbutton to release the seizing pawl from the ratchet.

Abstract: A parking brake device which can not only better the safety, but also reduce the cost by simplifying the construction. A shock absorbing portion 35, 36 which resists an operating force in pulling a brake lever 30 toward the compartment and which is deformed by an impact force in the direction which is approximately opposite to the direction of pulling the brake lever 30 toward the compartment, absorbing the impact force is provided.

Abstract: A parking brake device which can not only better the safety, but also reduce the cost by simplifying the construction. A shock absorbing portion 35, 36 which resists an operating force in pulling a brake lever 30 toward the compartment and which is deformed by an impact force in the direction which is approximately opposite to the direction of pulling the brake lever 30 toward the compartment, absorbing the impact force is provided.

Abstract: In a method of painting a building board by a computer-controlled painting machine so that colored paint patterns are formed on a surface of the building board, data is previously set regarding a colored paint pattern to be applied to a peripheral portion of the building board and stored in a memory of a computer. The peripheral portion of the board is painted on the basis of the data stored in the memory so that the paint of the color whose data is stored in the memory is applied to the peripheral portion of the building board. Random data is originated by the computer regarding a random colored paint pattern to be applied to a portion of the building board other than the peripheral portion. The data is previously set regarding the colored paint pattern to be applied to the peripheral portion of the building board, while various paint patterns are formed of the surface of the building board by a random pattern forming function of the computer.