Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a surface-layered part comprises: a main support that supports a surface layer member to be placed wider a base member; a pulling device arranged at a periphery of the main support, wherein the pulling device includes a pulling member that pulls an edge of the surface layer member outward with respect to the support member; a base member clamping device that fixedly clamps the surface layer member, having been pulled outward by the pulling member, against the main support via the base member placed over the surface layer member; and a relieving device that separates the pulling member from the edge of the surface layer member to allow the edge of the surface layer member to wrap around the edge of the base member by an elastic restoring force of the surface layer member, thereby integrating them.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus may be used for manufacturing a surface-layered part. The surface-layered part includes a base member assembled with a surface layer member, wherein a front side of the flat base member is covered with the surface layer member, and a wrapping portion formed at an edge of the surface layer member is fitted onto the edge of the base member. The apparatus includes a workpiece supporting table on which the base member and the surface layer member are placed, such that the surface layer member is layered on the base member. The apparatus further includes a push-to-fit device for pushing the wrapping portion formed at the edge of the surface layer member in a direction to fit the wrapping portion onto the edge of the base member from an opened position, in which the wrapping portion is positioned away from the edge of the base member.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a surface-layered part includes: a main support that supports a surface layer member to be placed under a base member; a pulling device arranged at a periphery of the main support, wherein the pulling device includes a pulling member that pulls an edge of the surface layer member outward with respect to the support member; a base member clamping device that fixedly clamps the surface layer member, having been pulled outward by the pulling member, against the main support via the base member placed over the surface layer member; and a relieving device that separates the pulling member from the edge of the surface layer member to allow the edge of the surface layer member to wrap around the edge of the base member by an elastic restoring force of the surface layer member, thereby integrating them.

Abstract: A message sending and reception optimizing method using a sender's end information processing apparatus disposed on a sender's end of a message and a recipient's end information processing apparatus disposed on a recipient's end of the message has a step of determining an optimum form of message sending and reception while considering convenience of a sender and/or a recipient by communicating predetermined information between the sender's end information processing apparatus and the recipient's end information processing apparatus before performance of the message sending and reception.

Abstract: The customer information utilization system of the present invention includes history acquisition units, history storage units, and history utilization units. The history acquisition units are arranged in each device belonging to users and acquire history information relating to the history of use of the devices. The history storage units collect history information relating to the history of use of each device belonging to the users by way of the history acquisition units and store the history information. When a product or service is to be provided or when an application is to be executed, the history utilization units use appropriate history information of the history information relating to the history of use of each device belonging to the users to produce customer information that is to be utilized in the product, service or application.