Abstract: A shelf tag to be attached to a display shelf for displaying commercial products, includes: a commercial product name and a price of the commercial product and a dimensional value indicating a display position of the commercial product to be displayed in a row direction on the display shelf printed on the tag.

Abstract: A card issuing system that issues a shopping assisting card that provides support in purchasing an item includes a database that stores customer information including a language used by a customer as registered information, item information including items sold at a store as registered information, store information including an item recommended by the store among the items included in the item information as registered information, and format data registered corresponding to a plurality of languages and used for producing the shopping assisting card, a data extracting unit that extracts format data corresponding to the language used by the customer and the item recommended by the store from the database, a data producing unit that produces printing data for the shopping assisting card introducing the item recommended by the store in the language used by the customer based on the format data, and a printer that prints the shopping assisting card based on the printing data.

Abstract: A card issuing system that issues a shopping assisting card that provides support in purchasing an item includes a database that stores customer information including a language used by a customer as registered information, item information including items sold at a store as registered information, store information including an item recommended by the store among the items included in the item information as registered information, and format data registered corresponding to a plurality of languages and used for producing the shopping assisting card, a data extracting unit that extracts format data corresponding to the language used by the customer and the item recommended by the store from the database, a data producing unit that produces printing data for the shopping assisting card introducing the item recommended by the store in the language used by the customer based on the format data, and a printer that prints the shopping assisting card based on the printing data.

Abstract: A store management system has a merchandise information management apparatus which transmits merchandise information, a merchandise tag which is provided with a first display, and receives the merchandise information which is transmitted from the merchandise information management apparatus to the merchandise tag itself and displays the merchandise information, and a display apparatus for display rack which is provided with a second display, and has a function of receiving the merchandise information which is transmitted from the merchandise information management apparatus to the display apparatus itself and displaying the merchandise information, and checking the merchandise information which is displayed on the display apparatus itself and the merchandise information which is displayed on the merchandise tag by communicating with the merchandise tag.

Abstract: The present invention provides a movable defensive apparatus in which a dedicated source of power for driving a relatively heavy defensive wall and an installation space are not required, whereby entry of a mob, a runaway vehicle, and the like, can be prevented, the entry of rainwater, and the like, can also be prevented to some extent. The movable defensive apparatus includes a defensive wall (2) disposed in the vicinity of a doorway (O•I) of a site (G), such as a house, and an installation in the vicinity of a doorway (O•I), a window or the like, of a building for preventing rainwater and undesirable entry of objects, such as a mob or a runaway vehicle from entering the site (g) or a building. Also described is a piston cylinder unit (20, 20) which is operated by running water for driving the defensive wall (2) from a machine room (M•R) to a predetermined upper position along a guide device (10, 10).

Abstract: An information medium collecting unit receives and collects information media to be recycled. An inspection unit inspects the information media collected at the information medium collecting unit. An electronic-data recording unit transfers and records electronic data stored in a storage unit onto the information media that are determined to be recyclable as a result of the inspection. A product holding unit holds the information media on which the electronic data is recorded. A product discharging unit discharges the information media held in the product holding unit, in accordance with a distribution request. Since the information media collected at a vending machine are processed inside of the vending machine for recycling and are turned into products inside of the vending machine for direct sale, information media to be discarded are reduced and thus cost to customers to obtain information can be reduced.

Abstract: A guidance system for protecting a specific zone as a safety zone against flood water while protecting landscapes near the specific zone from deteriorization. According to the described flood water guidance system, a guidance plate (5, 5, . . . ) is positioned under underground in the vicinity (S′1, S′2, S″1) of an upstream side of a specific zone (SI, S2) containing property to be protected and where it is anticipated that flood water will flow, and when flood water is generated, or when there is a possibility that flood water may be generated, the guidance plate (5, 5, . . . ) is raised to a predetermined height above the surface of the earth, in order that a specific zone (S1, S2) is protected as a safety zone by diverting the flood water from the specific zone (S1, S2) by way of the raised guidance plate (5, 5, . . . ), and by guiding the flood water to a retarding basin, a drainage canal, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is an inexpensive money safe which is safe against fire and the like and which can easily be utilized when necessary. A basement (10) for accommodating a movable money safe (1) is accommodated in the basement (10), and upper surface of the movable money safe (1) is covered with a fireproof lid (15) which is the same color as that of the floor (12), and if the movable money safe (1) is driven into the room interior (11) for utilizing the movable cylinder unit (20) which is operated with water pressure of running water to drive the movable money safe (1) into the room interior (11).

Abstract: The present invention provides a movable water-protection apparatus capable of driving a water barrier plate manually or automatically when needed. The movable water-protection apparatus includes a water barrier plate (2, 50) for shutting out water, such as seawater, river water, and rainwater, likely to intrude into a basement (G) and a driving device for driving the water barrier plate (2, 50) upward from an underground position along a guide device (10) or a side plate (60). The water barrier plate (2, 50) is disposed in an underground space at an entrance of the basement (G). The driving device has a water pressure type piston/cylinder unit (20) to which service water is supplied.

Abstract: Information collecting means 9 collects provided information 27 which is added by a user operation to a container 1 storing electronic book data 26 in a storage unit 10 of a host computer 5. Editing means 11 edits the entirety or part of the collected provided information and adds the provided information to the electronic book data. Distribution means 15 adds the edited provided information to the electronic book data published by a publisher 6 and distributes the data.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a guidance method for protecting a specific zone as a safety zone against flood water also in case of emergency like a power failure without deteriorating landscapes near the specific zone. In the guidance method of flood water, a guidance plate (5, 5, . . . ) is laid under underground in the vicinity (S′1, S′2, S″1) of upstream side of a specific zone (S1, S2) where a general residence, a school, a public facility like a hospital or the like is built and where it is anticipated that the flood water flows, and when flood water is generated, or when there is a possibility that flood water may be generated, the guidance plate (5, 5, . . . ) is raised to a predetermined height of surface of the earth, a specific zone (S1, S2) is secured as a safety zone by diverting the flood water from the specific zone (S1, S2) by means of the raised guidance plate (5, 5, . . .

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive money safe which is safe against fire and the like and which can easily be utilized when necessary. A basement 10 for accommodating a movable money safe (1) is provided below a floor (12) constituting a room interior (11). If the movable money safe (1) is accommodated in the basement 10, an upper surface of the movable money safe (1) is covered with a fireproof lid (15) which is the same color as that of the floor (12), and if the movable money safe (1) is driven into the room interior (11) for utilizing the movable money safe (1), the lid (15) is also driven together. The room interior (11) is provided with a piston cylinder unit (20) which is operated with water pressure of running water to drive the movable money safe (1) into the room interior (11).

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a movable defensive apparatus in which power for driving a relatively heavy defensive wall and installation space are not required specially, entry of mob, runaway vehicle and the like can be prevented of course, and entry of rainwater and the like can also be prevented to some extent. The movable defensive apparatus comprising a defensive wall (2) disposed in the vicinity of a doorway (O•I) of a site (G) such as a house and an installation or in the vicinity of a doorway (O•I), a window or the like of a building for preventing rainwater and illegal object such as a mob and a runaway vehicle from entering the site (G) or the building; and a piston cylinder unit (20, 20) for driving the defensive wall (2) from a machine room (M•R) to an upper predetermined position along a guide device (10, 10). Running water (30, 31) is supped to the piston cylinder unit (20, 20).

Abstract: An information-medium collecting unit 2 receives and collects information media to be recycled. An inspection unit 3 inspects the information media collected at the information-medium collecting unit 2. An electronic-data recording unit 5 transfers and records electronic data 15 stored in a storage unit 9 onto the information media that are determined to be recyclable as a result of the inspection. A product holding unit 6 holds the information media on which the electronic data is recorded. A product discharging unit 7 discharges the information media held in the product holding unit 6, in accordance with a distribution request.

Abstract: A discrimination apparatus shows whether data can be viewed and listened to or not in a signal reproduced from a recording media. A determining unit judges whether the signal reproduced from the recording media in which broadcast signals recorded are digitally reproduced from digital broadcast including data signal after digital recording. A display control unit outputs a display control signal according to the judging result input from the determining unit. A display unit shows whether the data of data signal can be viewed and listened to or not depending on the display control signal.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus transmits copy generation management information to a second recording and reproducing apparatus connected thereto even when receiving, recording or reproducing a program not accompanied by video, e.g. an audio program of music only or a data program, sent from a broadcasting station. In the recording and reproducing apparatus, an elementary stream (ES) signal judging unit judges whether the video signal is contained in the received signal. When a video signal is not contained in the received signal, a video signal is generated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a movable water-protection apparatus capable of reliably driving a water barrier plate manually or automatically when needed, without an excessive driving power and installation space for the water barrier plate. Specifically, the movable water-protection apparatus includes a water barrier plate (2, 50) for shutting out water, such as seawater, river water, and rainwater, likely to intrude into a basement (G) and a driving device for driving the water barrier plate (2, 50) upward from an underground position along a guide device (10) or a side plate (60). The water barrier plate (2, 50) is disposed in an underground space at an entrance of the basement (G). The driving device has a water pressure type piston/cylinder unit (20) to which service water is supplied.

Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an outer raceway, an inner raceway, a plurality of rolling elements interposed between the outer raceway and the inner raceway, and a cage for holding the rolling elements away from each other at the same interval in a rolling direction of the rolling elements, the cage including a first layer subjected to a surface treatment of at least one of carbonitriding, phosphating, sulfonitriding and gas soft nitfriding, and a second layer formed of at least one of PTFE, MoS.sub.2, WS.sub.2, Ag and Sn when the first layer includes a treated surface subjected to the surface treatment of phosphating. The rolling bearing can stabilize the attitude of the rolling elements and retain the ease of grinding them. At the same time, the dynamic torque of the rolling elements can be minimized while insuring to prevent the rolling elements from falling away from the cage.