Abstract: An element substrate used in a liquid discharge head that discharges liquid to a recording material includes a substrate, an energy generating element that generates energy used to discharge the liquid, circuit wiring that has an electrode portion for external electrical connection and that drives the energy generating element, and that is implemented on the substrate, a first protective film layer that has an opening portion for exposing the electrode portion and that covers the circuit wiring, an electroplating ground layer formed on the electrode portion, and an electroplated bump layer made of a metal material formed on the electroplating ground layer. A bent portion is formed in the first protective film layer by the first protective film layer covering a protruding portion that the circuit wiring has. A second protective film layer is formed on the first protective film layer and covers the bent portion.

Abstract: This invention provides a metal laminate that maintains functionality such as radiation performance and is excellent in dimensional accuracy after press work. Such metal laminate is a roll-bonded laminate composed of 2 or more metal layers, which exhibits a ratio ?/T of the standard deviation ? of thickness T1 of the outermost layer to thickness T of the roll-bonded laminate of 0% of 4.0%, the thickness T of 2 mm or less, and the deviation of the thickness T of 4.0% or less.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes at least one nozzle unit configured to eject a processing liquid to a substrate. The at least one nozzle unit includes a conductive part for voltage application configured to be brought into contact with the processing liquid, and a voltage detection part or a current detection part configured to be brought into contact with the processing liquid. A non-conductive part is interposed between the conductive part for voltage application and the voltage detection part or between the conductive part for voltage application and the current detection part. A voltage application part is connected to the conductive part for voltage application, and a voltage detector is installed in the voltage detection part or a current detector is installed in the current detection part.

Abstract: An adhesive composition which contains a vinyl polymer and an acrylic adhesive polymer, and wherein: the vinyl polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of from 60° C. to 200° C. (inclusive) and a number-average molecular weight of from 500 to 10,000; and the vinyl polymer is contained in an amount of from 0.5 part by mass to 60 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the acrylic adhesive polymer. If this adhesive composition is applied to a separator and then dried, thereby obtaining an adhesive layer, a first Tg that is the glass transition temperature of the entire adhesive layer is from ?80° C. to 10° C., and a second Tg that is the glass transition temperature calculated from a surface layer portion of the adhesive layer as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 40° C. or higher, and is higher than the first Tg by 30° C. or more.

Abstract: This invention provides a roll-bonded laminate composed of a hard copper layer and a stainless steel layer, which is sufficient both in radiation performance and strength. A roll-bonded laminate 1A is composed of a copper layer 10A and a stainless steel layer 20A, in which thickness of the roll-bonded laminate 1A is 0.02 mm to 0.4 mm, hardness of the copper layer 10A is 70 Hv or higher, and 180° peel strength of the roll-bonded laminate 1A is 6 N/20 mm or more.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a recording element substrate. The recording element substrate includes a recording element, a circuit wiring driving the recording element to eject liquid, a protective film, an electrode area, a plating bump, and a resin film having elastic properties. The electrode area electrically connects the circuit wiring to an external circuit through an opening in the protective film. The protective film covers the circuit wiring in an outer adjacent region to the opening to define a step in the protective film. The protective film protects the circuit wiring against the liquid. The plating bump is electrically connected to the electrode area. The resin film covers the step and extends from an inner peripheral region of the opening onto the protective film beyond an edge of the opening. The plating bump includes a part projecting from the electrode area onto an upper surface of the resin film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine that can achieve a balance between a profit given to a player and a profit of a gaming facility. The gaming machine is provided with: a display that displays a game result by scrolling a video reel including a plurality of symbols and then rearranging the plurality of symbols; and a controller that executes a base game and a plurality of chance games that require betting, and a plurality of free games that require no betting.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine that can allow active participation in a game without loss of interest even in the midst of a free game. The present invention includes: an operation reception device that receives an operation by a player; a display that scrolls a video reel on which a plurality of symbols are aligned, and then display a game result by rearranging the plurality of symbols; and a controller that executes a base game and a plurality of chance games that require betting, and a plurality of free games that require no betting. The controller executes, during execution of a free game, a skill game in which a video reel being scrolled is stopped in accordance with an operation by a player on the operation reception device.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes an ejection-port formed member including liquid ejection ports, a substrate including liquid supply ports for supplying liquid to the ejection ports and a partition between the liquid supply ports, and a substrate supporting member. The liquid supply ports extend along the longitudinal direction of the substrate when viewed from a position facing the main surface of the substrate. The liquid supply ports are arrayed along the lateral direction of the substrate when viewed from the position facing the main surface. The partition includes a non-contact portion that is not in contact with the supporting member and a contact portion that is in contact with the supporting member. Of the liquid supply ports, adjacent liquid supply ports communicate with each other in the lateral direction through a gap between the non-contact portion and the supporting member, and liquid flows through the gap.

Abstract: A communication device includes a zoom lens that collects signal light.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes discharging a processing liquid to a substrate, and discharging a mixed fluid that is produced by mixing a processing liquid and a purified water in a vapor state or a mist state thereof to a substrate where a processing liquid is discharged.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a fluid supply unit that supplies a fluid that includes a pressurized vapor or mist of a purified water, a processing liquid supply unit that supplies a processing liquid that includes at least sulfuric acid, and a nozzle that includes a first discharge port that discharges a fluid that is supplied from the fluid supply unit, a second discharge port that discharges a processing liquid that is supplied from the processing liquid supply unit, and a guiding route that is communicated with the first discharge port and the second discharge port and guides a mixed fluid of a fluid that is discharged from the first discharge port and a processing liquid that is discharged from the second discharge port, where a cross-sectional area of the guiding route is greater than a cross-sectional area of the first discharge port.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a liquid ejection head, and the manufacturing method includes steps of: providing an ejection orifice forming member on one surface of a wafer, in which an energy-generating element is provided on the one surface of the wafer; forming a recess on the other surface of the wafer; and dicing the wafer along a plurality of dicing lines. The plurality of dicing lines include a dicing line extending in one direction and a dicing line extending in a direction crossing the one direction, and the recess is formed on each of positions overlapping the dicing lines except for an intersection part where the dicing line extending in the one direction intersects the dicing line extending in the direction crossing the one direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus performs primary transfer of single-color toner image onto an intermediate transfer belt and performs secondary transfer of the toner image onto a sheet, and includes: single image forming unit forming the single-color toner image; single toner supply bottle containing replenishment toner; and first and second support members supporting the belt. The image forming unit is closer to the first member than the second member in a belt rotation direction. The bottle includes: single bottle body; and supply unit near one end of the body in the rotation direction. The other end is (i) closer to the second member than the one end is in the rotation direction and (ii) distant from the image forming unit in a support member direction from the first member toward the second member by one to three times a length of the image forming unit in the support member direction.

Abstract: A communication device includes a zoom lens that collects signal light.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid storage container that allows for a simplified structure and a reduction in the size and the cost of a printing apparatus. To this end, the liquid storage container includes: two liquid chambers partitioned from each other; a flow path through which liquid can move between the liquid chambers; a valve configured to open and close the flow path; a refilling port that is configured to be opened and closed and through which a liquid chamber can be refilled with the liquid; and a pressure adjustment mechanism that is provided in a liquid chamber configured not to be refilled with the liquid through the refilling port and that adjusts a pressure in the printing head.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes at least one nozzle unit configured to eject a processing liquid to a substrate. The at least one nozzle unit includes a conductive part for voltage application configured to be brought into contact with the processing liquid, and a voltage detection part or a current detection part configured to be brought into contact with the processing liquid. A non-conductive part is interposed between the conductive part for voltage application and the voltage detection part or between the conductive part for voltage application and the current detection part. A voltage application part is connected to the conductive part for voltage application, and a voltage detector is installed in the voltage detection part or a current detector is installed in the current detection part.

Abstract: This invention provides a roll-bonded laminate composed of a hard copper layer and a stainless steel layer, which is sufficient both in radiation performance and strength. A roll-bonded laminate 1A is composed of a copper layer 10A and a stainless steel layer 20A, in which thickness of the roll-bonded laminate 1A is 0.02 mm to 0.4 mm, hardness of the copper layer 10A is 70 Hv or higher, and 180° peel strength of the roll-bonded laminate 1A is 6 N/20 mm or more.

Abstract: There is provided an ink container for storing ink inside thereof. A replenishing opening refills the inside with ink. A moving member is disposed in the inside below the replenishing opening in the vertical direction. The moving member moves up and down in the vertical direction with a level of a liquid surface of the ink, stored inside, which moves up and down in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head having high reliability can be manufactured such that the occurrence of cracks in the print element substrate can be suppressed. The supply port of the print element substrate has an opening, the opening width of which at each end portion in the longitudinal direction is narrower than the opening width at the center portion in the longitudinal direction.