Bridgestone Tire Company Limited

Fujitsu Corporation

Yuji Fukuda

Shinichi Kajigaya

Shigeo Ueda

An apparatus for developing a resist film coated on a rotatable base plate, comprising means for supporting and rotating the base plate and nozzle means for feeding a developer onto the resist film. The nozzle means comprises a nozzle arm extending over the base plate and having a plurality of nozzles arranged along the length of the nozzle arm. Disclosed also is a method for developing a resist film coated on a rotatable base plate with a developer fed from a plurality of nozzles arranged on a nozzle arm along the length of the nozzle arm. The method comprises feeding the developer from th respective nozzles onto the resist film while rotating the base plate and while scanning the nozzle arm over the resist film.

Method and apparatus for developing resist film including a movable

A hollow marine fender comprising a hollow cylindrical body formed of elastic rubber material. At least one end portion of a center surface of the hollow cylindrical body diverge toward the end thereof to form a horn-shaped portion.

Hollow marine fender

An apparatus for restraining and berthing a floating body or vessel on a water surface at a quay wall, comprises a driving subsystem, a movable member driven by the driving subsystem and forwardly and backwardly guided by guide members, and an elastic end piece such as a marine fender secured to the movable member and projecting away from the quay wall. The apparatus according to the invention can exactly move the end piece to a desired position for restraining the floating body and can utilize precompressive forces arising in the end piece, thereby accommodating tolerances or unintensional errors of the quay wall in construction and absorbing rocking energy of the floating body to hold it firmly in place in a harbor. The apparatus according to the invention retracts its elastic piece in a rest or inoperative position and extends it in an operative position to be in contact with a floating body such as a ship or boat to serve as a marine fender.

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Yokohama, Japan

Yuji Fukuda