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An upper limb training apparatus for training upper limbs of a trainee, comprising: a frame; an operation rod supported by the frame such that the operation rod can tilt in all directions, the operation rod being operated by the trainee by hand; and a tilting operation force detecting mechanism arranged between the frame and the operation rod, the tilting operation force detecting mechanism characterized by a load member configured to be displaced and generating a predetermined elastic resistance force corresponding to a tilting amount regardless of a tilting direction in response to displacement of the load member when a tilting operation of the operation rod is performed, and a detection section configured to detect a tilting operation force applied to the operation rod due to the displacement of the load member, and the tilting direction of the operation rod and the load member includes at least one convolutional plate spring which is made by cutting out a metallic plate, and includes a central portion to which a lower end portion of the operation rod is arranged. a frame; an operation rod supported by the frame such that the operation rod can tilt in all directions, the operation rod being operated by the trainee by hand; and a tilting operation force detecting mechanism arranged between the frame and the operation rod, the tilting operation force detecting mechanism characterized by a load member configured to be displaced and generating a predetermined elastic resistance force corresponding to a tilting amount regardless of a tilting direction in response to displacement of the load member when a tilting operation of the operation rod is performed, and a detection section configured to detect a tilting operation force applied to the operation rod due to the displacement of the load member, and the tilting direction of the operation rod and the load member includes at least one convolutional plate spring which is made by cutting out a metallic plate, and includes a central portion to which a lower end portion of the operation rod is arranged.
A device for packaging at least a first and a second fluid comprising an arrangement consisting of a first container for containing a first fluid and a second container for containing a second fluid, - wherein the first container is substantially in the form of a tube, the first end of which is provided with a dispenser and the second end of which is designed to attach said second container to this second end and thus close said second end of the first container, - wherein the second container is substantially in the form of a tube, the first end of which is designed to be attached to the second end of the first container, said first end of the second container being closed by means of a tearable wall, and the second end of which is closed by means of a movable wall, said movable wall being designed to be displaced in the direction of said tearable wall to open said tearable wall and thus allow the first and second fluid to mix with each other, characterised in that the movable wall comprises an edge in the form of a flange designed to come into contact with the inner wall of the second container, during the movement of said movable wall in the direction of the first end of the second container, and thus ensure leaktightness between the movable wall and said inner wall of said second container. - wherein the first container is substantially in the form of a tube, the first end of which is provided with a dispenser and the second end of which is designed to attach said second container to this second end and thus close said second end of the first container, - wherein the second container is substantially in the form of a tube, the first end of which is designed to be attached to the second end of the first container, said first end of the second container being closed by means of a tearable wall, and the second end of which is closed by means of a movable wall, said movable wall being designed to be displaced in the direction of said tearable wall to open said tearable wall and thus allow the first and second fluid to mix with each other, characterised in that the movable wall comprises an edge in the form of a flange designed to come into contact with the inner wall of the second container, during the movement of said movable wall in the direction of the first end of the second container, and thus ensure leaktightness between the movable wall and said inner wall of said second container.
An array of at least two, preferably at least three, absorbent articles of different sizes, the articles having a wearer-facing side, a garment-facing side and an absorbent core comprising an absorbent material between the wearer-facing side and the garment-facing side, each absorbent article notionally having a longitudinal axis, a front region, a back region and an intermediate crotch region, each region having a third of the length of the article as measured along the longitudinal axis, wherein the absorbent core comprises a pair of channel-forming areas at least partially present in the crotch region of the article, wherein these channel-forming areas are symmetrically disposed on opposite side of the longitudinal axis and are concave towards the longitudinal axis, wherein each channel-forming area has a length and a height, characterized in that the length to height ratio (CL/CH) of the channel-forming areas increases with the size of the articles, characterized in that the absorbent material of each article is enclosed by a core wrap (16, 16') and the channel-forming areas are formed by attaching the top side of the core wrap to the bottom side of the core wrap along a core wrap bond, and wherein the channel-forming areas comprise an area substantially free of absorbent material which is surrounded by absorbent material and through which the core wrap bond is formed.
A method in a wireless local area network, WLAN, system the method comprising: allocating, by an access point, AP,, a plurality of resource units in a bandwidth, wherein the plurality of resource units include a basic tone unit, BTU, and a small tone unit, STU, wherein the STU includes a total of 26 tones, wherein 2 pilot tones for the STU are included in the total of 26 tones, wherein the BTU includes a plurality of tones being greater than the total of 26 tones, and wherein 4 pilot tones for the BTU are included in the plurality of tones, wherein a position of pilot tones of the BTU is defined based on [a x y b] on a frequency axis, wherein the BTU is divided by the AP into two STUs on the frequency axis such that a position of pilot tones of a first STU among the two STUs is defined based on [a x] and a position of pilot tones of a second STU among the two STU is defined based on [y b], where a, x, y, and b denote an index of tones in the frequency axis; signaling, by the AP, allocation locations of the plurality of resource units to the STA; and receiving, by a station, STA, the allocation locations of the plurality of resource units from the AP. allocating, by an access point, AP,, a plurality of resource units in a bandwidth, wherein the plurality of resource units include a basic tone unit, BTU, and a small tone unit, STU, wherein the STU includes a total of 26 tones, wherein 2 pilot tones for the STU are included in the total of 26 tones, wherein the BTU includes a plurality of tones being greater than the total of 26 tones, and wherein 4 pilot tones for the BTU are included in the plurality of tones, wherein a position of pilot tones of the BTU is defined based on [a x y b] on a frequency axis, wherein the BTU is divided by the AP into two STUs on the frequency axis such that a position of pilot tones of a first STU among the two STUs is defined based on [a x] and a position of pilot tones of a second STU among the two STU is defined based on [y b], where a, x, y, and b denote an index of tones in the frequency wherein the STU includes a total of 26 tones, wherein 2 pilot tones for the STU are included in the total of 26 tones, wherein the BTU includes a plurality of tones being greater than the total of 26 tones, and wherein 4 pilot tones for the BTU are included in the plurality of tones, wherein a position of pilot tones of the BTU is defined based on [a x y b] on a frequency axis, wherein the BTU is divided by the AP into two STUs on the frequency axis such that a position of pilot tones of a first STU among the two STUs is defined based on [a x] and a position of pilot tones of a second STU among the two STU is defined based on [y b], where a, x, y, and b denote an index of tones in the frequency axis; signaling, by the AP, allocation locations of the plurality of resource units to the STA; and receiving, by a station, STA, the allocation locations of the plurality of resource units from the AP.
Mop comprising a cleaning cloth and a base to which the cleaning cloth is to be retained, where said cleaning cloth to be retained on said mop base by coupling devices and said cleaning cloth having connecting tabs (9, 10) at the transverse ends for connecting to said mop base said connecting tabs comprise a lamina with an enlarged end, where said end enlargement (10 is thicker than the thickness of said lamina) of the free end of the tab, and where said mop base is configured to retain in a removable manner said cleaning cloth, and includes a pair of half-frames (1, 2), each hinged to a central connecting element of said base for a rotational movement of said half-frames (1, 2) between a flat position and a reclined position where said half-frames (1, 2) are brought closer together; on each of said half-frames near the free transverse side, opposite the side hinged to the central element, is hinged said coupling device, comprising a double lever, with a fulcrum axis parallel to the transverse edge, with a first lever facing the free end of the half-frame, held against the relative half-frame by elastic devices, to constitute the inlet and retention opening of the transverse end side of the cloth and the second lever, opposite the first lever, with respect to the fulcrum, spaced with respect to the outer surface of the half-frame, and which can be brought closer to the half-frame with a rotation movement with respect to the fulcrum which exceeds the elastic force of said elastic devices, and consequently to open wide the inlet mouth characterised by the fact that between the first arm of each lever and the corresponding outer surface of the half-frame there is a cavity that has a cross-section corresponding to the end enlargement of the transverse end of the cloth, which is configured with an end enlargement and that tapers into a lamina joining with the body of the cloth coming out of said cavity through an inlet mouth, defined with at least one retention wall either on the free end of the first arm of said lever and/or on the end of the free transverse side of a half-frame (1, 2); where when said first arm of said lever is pressed, by the action of the elastic devices, acting on the second arm of said lever, comes next to the outer surface of the half-frame (1, 2) closing the inlet mouth and keeping said cavity; where the cavity has, near the inlet mouth and facing the fulcrum of the hinging of said lever, a retention wall perpendicular to the tab that crosses said mouth that connects to the outer wall of the end enlargement of the transverse end of the cloth for the relative retention of the transverse side of the cloth.
A solar light concentrating system comprising a plurality of heliostats and a heat receiving unit in which a heating medium circulates, wherein said system is configured to reflect solar light off the plurality of heliostats to the heat receiving unit and to extract energy from the heating medium, characterized in that the heat receiving unit is formed by three-dimensionally combining a plurality of modules, in which all of the modules are trapezoid-shaped modules,wherein each of the trapezoid-shaped modules comprises an upper header (21 B), a lower header being shorter than the upper header (21 B), and a plurality of heat receiving tubes configured to connect the two headers (21 B, 22B) together, a solar light receiving face, a back face on an opposite side from the solar light receiving face, and heat insulating material or reflecting mirrors placed on the back face, wherein the heat receiving tubes are formed by successively altering their cross-sectional shapes in a way that makes each heat receiving tube shaped like a wedge that becomes narrower from its top toward its bottom in a front view, and like a wedge that becomes wider from its top toward its bottom in a side view, and wherein the heating medium is caused to circulate inside the modules.
An intake arrangement for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an intake manifold (1: 100) including an intake collector (2; 102) and a plurality of branch pipes (4A-4D; 104A-104D) connected with the intake collector (2; 102), the intake collector (2; 102) including an inlet opening (6; 109) through which an intake air flow is introduced into the intake collector (2; 102), a plurality of branch openings (7A-7D; 107A-107D), and a side wall extending in a longitudinal direction of the intake collector, the plurality of branch pipes (4A-4D; 104A-104D) being connected to the branch openings (7A-7D; 107A-107D) of the intake collector (2; 102), the plurality of branch pipes (4A-4D; 104A-104D) extending in substantially same direction, the plurality of branch openings (7A-7D; 107A-107D) being formed in the side wall of the intake collector and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the intake collector (2; 102) such that as a distance thereof from the inlet opening (6; 109) decreases, an amount of offset thereof from a reference streamline of the intake air flow extending through substantially a center of the inlet opening (6; 109) along the longitudinal direction of the intake collector (2; 102) increases. an intake manifold (1: 100) including an intake collector (2; 102) and a plurality of branch pipes (4A-4D; 104A-104D) connected with the intake collector (2; 102), the intake collector (2; 102) including an inlet opening (6; 109) through which an intake air flow is introduced into the intake collector (2; 102), a plurality of branch openings (7A-7D; 107A-107D), and a side wall extending in a longitudinal direction of the intake collector, the plurality of branch pipes (4A-4D; 104A-104D) being connected to the branch openings (7A-7D; 107A-107D) of the intake collector (2; 102), the plurality of branch pipes (4A-4D; 104A-104D) extending in substantially same direction, the plurality of branch openings (7A-7D; 107A-107D) being formed in the side wall of the intake collector and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the intake collector (2; 102) such that as a distance thereof from the inlet opening (6; 109) decreases, an amount of offset thereof from a reference streamline of the intake air flow extending through substantially a center of the inlet opening (6; 109) along the longitudinal direction of the intake collector (2; 102) increases.
A fastening device for a steering apparatus, that fastens a fastened member, comprising: an operating shaft that is inserted through the fastened member in a manner as to be pivotable about a central axial line; an operating lever that is fitted to the operating shaft in a manner as to be integrally pivotable with the operating shaft, and is operated so as to bring the operating shaft to pivot; a first cam that is supported by the operating shaft, and is brought to pivot by the operating lever; and a second cam that is supported by the operating shaft, and is cam-engaged with the first cam so as to push the fastened member, wherein: the first cam includes a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion that are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the central axial line such that the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion face each other in a radial direction; and the operating lever has a first hole into which the first projecting portion is fitted and a second hole into which the second projecting portion is fitted, characterized in that the second hole has a greater dimension in the radial direction than that of the second projecting portion. an operating shaft that is inserted through the fastened member in a manner as to be pivotable about a central axial line; an operating lever that is fitted to the operating shaft in a manner as to be integrally pivotable with the operating shaft, and is operated so as to bring the operating shaft to pivot; a first cam that is supported by the operating shaft, and is brought to pivot by the operating lever; and a second cam that is supported by the operating shaft, and is cam-engaged with the first cam so as to push the fastened member, wherein: the first cam includes a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion that are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the central axial line such that the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion face each other in a radial direction; and the operating lever has a first hole into which the first projecting portion is fitted and a second hole into which the second projecting portion is fitted, characterized in that the second hole has a greater dimension in the radial direction than that of the second projecting portion. the first cam includes a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion that are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the central axial line such that the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion face each other in a radial direction; and the operating lever has a first hole into which the first projecting portion is fitted and a second hole into which the second projecting portion is fitted, characterized in that the second hole has a greater dimension in the radial direction than that of the second projecting portion.
A heater comprising a body having a fluid inlet for receiving fluid to be heated, a fluid outlet for expelling the heated fluid and defining a fluid flow path between said fluid inlet and said fluid outlet, at least one heating device being located in said fluid flow path, wherein said fluid outlet comprises first and second outlet ports (14A, 14B), said body including an outlet section located between said at least one heating device and said first and second outlet ports (14A, 14B), said outlet section comprising a divider defining a respective outlet channel for directing fluid from said at least one heating device to a respective one of said first and second outlet ports (14A, 14B), characterised in that said heater includes a temperature sensor arranged to monitor the temperature in both of said respective outlet channels on either side of the divider, said heater further comprising a control device configured to control the operation of said at least one heating device in response to a temperature signal from said temperature sensor.
A power line communication system, comprising: a transmission unit configured to generate a data signal and to transmit the data signal through a power line supplying power including a current signal, the data signal using the current signal supplied through the power line as a carrier wave and representing status information of a load supplied with the power through the power line, wherein the transmission unit comprises: a current sensor configured to detect an amount of current being supplied to the load through the power line characterised by a signal generating unit configured to generate the data signal based on the amount of current detected by the current sensor; a switch configured to be turned on/off by the data signal generated by the signal generating unit; a resistor connected in series with the switch so that a current flows through the resistor when the switch is turned on, wherein the data signal is superimposed on the current signal according to the on/off state of the switch; and a reception unit configured to receive the data signal, which is generated by the transmission unit, through the power line. a transmission unit configured to generate a data signal and to transmit the data signal through a power line supplying power including a current signal, the data signal using the current signal supplied through the power line as a carrier wave and representing status information of a load supplied with the power through the power line, wherein the transmission unit comprises: a current sensor configured to detect an amount of current being supplied to the load through the power line characterised by a signal generating unit configured to generate the data signal based on the amount of current detected by the current sensor; a switch configured to be turned on/off by the data signal generated by the signal generating unit; a resistor connected in series with the switch so that a current flows through the resistor when the switch is turned on, wherein the data signal is superimposed on the current signal according to the on/off state of the switch; and a reception unit configured to receive the data signal, which is generated by the transmission unit, through the power line. a current sensor configured to detect an amount of current being supplied to the load through the power line characterised by a signal generating unit configured to generate the data signal based on the amount of current detected by the current sensor; a switch configured to be turned on/off by the data signal generated by the signal generating unit; a resistor connected in series with the switch so that a current flows through the resistor when the switch is turned on, wherein the data signal is superimposed on the current signal according to the on/off state of the switch; and a reception unit configured to receive the data signal, which is generated by the transmission unit, through the power line.
A charge-pump-based artificial lightning generator comprising: a first electrode; a first charging object spaced apart from the first electrode; a second charging object spaced apart from the first charging object in a direction opposite to the first electrode; a second electrode contacting the second charging object; and a grounding layer spaced apart from the first charging object by a certain distance to intermittently contact the first charging object. a first electrode; a first charging object spaced apart from the first electrode; a second charging object spaced apart from the first charging object in a direction opposite to the first electrode; a second electrode contacting the second charging object; and a grounding layer spaced apart from the first charging object by a certain distance to intermittently contact the first charging object.