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機械工学

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問1
There are known small electronic devices such as camcorders, transceivers,
and the like, which use batteries such as primary or rechargeable batteries
for the electrical power source thereof.
obtained, and convenient for the user.

Such batteries are easily

However, few users are fully awarethat battery life is greatly influenced by temperature.

Accordingly,

there has been a problem in that users using small electronic devices incold situations, such as on ski slopes or when snow trekking, may mistakenly
deduce that the markedly short battery life is a device malfunction.
Actually, battery life in a low-temperature environment of 0˚C or lower may
be half that at room temperature around 20˚C. The difference in battery
life of a AA battery between temperature environments of 25˚C and 10˚C isaround 1/2 to 1/4.
To solve this problem, there has been proposed such a battery, where atemperature property display member, formed of a temperature-sensitive
material which changes color according to temperature, is provided on thepackaging in which the battery is shipped.

This is intended to allow theuser to recognize the temperature at which the battery is being used by
the color of the temperature property display member, thus presenting theuser with a display of battery life according to temperature, andfacilitating improvement in user convenience.

問2Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an intermediate member 120 to which acollimator lens is fixed by adhesion.

The intermediate member 120

according to the First Embodiment has provided on the front and rear faces
thereof recesses 121a and 121b corresponding to the form of the collimatorlens, to serve as adhesion seats.

Through holes 124 in which screws areinserted are provided near the edges of the intermediate member 120 in themain scanning direction, so as to be symmetrically situated across an
optical axis direction line passing through the middle of the intermediate
member 120 in the main scanning direction.

This arrangement allows theintermediate member 120 to be simply flipped 180 degrees on the opticalaxis as to the housing when reusing the optical scanning device, and therecess 121b on the rear side thereof can be used as a new adhesion seat.
The recesses 121a and 121b preferably have the surfaces thereof formed
unevenly, so that the surface area is greater than the surface area of thecircumferential face of the collimator lens.

This arrangement where thesurface area of the recesses 121a and 121b is increased allows adhesive
to be retained in the recesses 121a and 121b, suppressing adhesion thereof
to the collimator lens.

問３．
What is claimed is:1.

A linkage mechanism used for an umbrella frame structure,comprising:an umbrella shaft (1) that includes a ferrule at one end and a grip
at another end;
a fixed ring (5) fixed to the end of the umbrella shaft (1) at aside of the ferrule;
umbrella ribs (6, 7, 4) radially fixed to the fixed ring (5);a moving ring (2) configured to move in an axial direction of theumbrella shaft (1); anda spreader (3) that couples the moving ring (2) and the umbrellarib (6, 7, 4) together, wherein
the umbrella ribs (6, 7, 4) include a plurality of connecting ribs(6), a plurality of drive rods (7), and a plurality of main ribs (4), theconnecting ribs (6) each including one end turnably attached to a peripheryof the fixed ring (5), the drive rods (7) each including one end turnably
attached to an end portion of the connecting rib (6) at an opposite sideof the fixed ring (5), the main ribs (4) each including a middle portionin an axial direction of the main rib (4), the middle portion being turnably
attached to an end portion of the drive rod (7) at an opposite side of theconnecting rib (6), andthe spreader (3) includes one end and another end, the one end being
turnably attached to a periphery of the moving ring (2), the other end being
turnably attached to an end portion of the main rib (4) at the fixed ring(5) side, the spreader (3) being journaled at an intersection point between
the spreader (3) and the connecting rib (6).