Essential Historical Materials for Science and Technology
Registration in fiscal year 2026
2026 Booklet
| Registration
Number |
Name (Model, etc.)
|
Registration
Category |
Location
/ Year Manufactured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number 396 | Three Machines that Represent the Evolutionary Progress of Glove Knitting Technology in Japan
(1) Continuous five-finger glove knitting machine with elastic yarn insertion device (2) Automated glove knitting machine (square fingertip type) (3) SFG® fully automatic seamless glove knitting machine - Three Generations of Glove Knitting Machines Leading to the Development of WHOLEGARMENT® Technology - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(603.4 KB) |
Category 1 | －Wakayama-shi, Wakayama
－(1) 1955 [1948 (Continuous five-finger glove knitting machine), 1955 (Elastic yarn insertion device)] (2) 1964 (3) 1970 |
| Number 397 | Pattern Wheel Type Single Knit Jacquard Circular Knitting Machine (PFW) - Japan's first large-diameter circular knitting machine using a pattern wheel system that combines safety and high-speed rotation - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(663.7 KB) |
Category 1 | －Kobe-shi, Hyogo
－1962 |
| Number 398 | SlideNeedle®
- The four-needle-bed WHOLEGARMENT® flat knitting machine and the revolutionary versatile knitting needle that expanded knitting possibilities - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(334.9 KB) |
Category 1 | －Wakayama-shi, Wakayama
－1997 |
| Number 399 | WHOLEGARMENT® Knitting Machine MACH2X
- Unprecedented four-needle-bed seam-free flat knitting machine - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(763.6 KB) |
Category 1 | －Wakayama-shi, Wakayama
－2007 |
| Number 400 | HarmonicDrive® R Series
- The strain wave gearing that propelled the rise of industrial robots - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(79.0 KB) |
Category 1 | －Azumino-shi, Nagano
－Recreated in 2025 based on drawings made in 1982 and 1989 |
| Number 401 | Precision Reduction Gear RV Series RV‑135
- Gear reducers powering industrial robots around the world - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(320.8 KB) |
Category 1 | －Tsu-shi, Mie
－1985 |
| Number 402 | HAL-3
- Paving the way for the practical application of devices that improve motor function using human bio-electrical signals - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(119.4 KB) |
Category 2 | －Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki
－2001 |
| Number 403 | Column Type Electric Power Steering (C‑EPS)
- The world's first electric power steering for kei cars - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(644.2 KB) |
Category 1 | －Kariya-shi, Aichi
－1988 |
| Number 404 | Electric Power-Assisted Rack-and-Pinion Steering (EPS) for Standard-Size Passenger Cars, as Installed in the First-Generation NSX - World's first electric power steering for standard-size passenger cars - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(320.2 KB) |
Category 1 | －Haga-machi, Tochigi
－1990 |
| Number 405 | Manufacturing Equipment for Vacuum Double-Walled Glass Inner Bottles
(1) Bottom-sealed bottle production line (2) Double-ended bottle production line - The glass inner bottle production line that shaped Japan's vacuum flask culture - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(318.0 KB) |
Category 2 | －Osaka-shi, Osaka
－(1) 1965, (2) 1983 |
| Number 406 | PNB Air Pump Jug with Lever
- Contributing to the popularization of Air Pump Jugs through smooth operation achieved by a new mechanism - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(291.4 KB) |
Category 1 | －Kadoma-shi, Osaka
－1985 |
| Number 407 | Air Pot Without a Stopper “Mie-ru” AAB
- The revolution in stoppers for air pot that eliminated the need to remove and reattach - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(217.4 KB) |
Category 1 | －Osaka-shi, Osaka
－1987 |
| Number 408 | ACT-STAINLESS POT
- The first stainless steel high vacuum insulated bottle in Japan - PDF file download（PDF）（リンクを新しいタブで開きます）(194.8 KB) |
Category 1 | －Minato-ku, Tokyo
－1978 |