摘要:
A knee-ankle-foot orthosis in accordance with the present invention can smoothly shift from the stance phase to the swing phase thereof. Namely, the knee-ankle-foot orthosis capable of securely locking a patient's knee in a desired angular position thereof with a load of his body weight, and immediately shifting his knee to the unlocked state without requiring any extra motion when the load disappears is provided.As shown in FIG. 1, the speed of the rotation of a knee axis gear 23 adapted to transmit the rotation of a knee axis 21 is increased by eight times with a speed increasing gear train 25, and is transmitted to a brake drum 41. A wire 31 wound around the brake drum 41 is connected to first and second levers 27 and 28 as load detecting members. When a foot holding portion 18 contacts the ground and the first lever 27 is stepped down, the wire 31 is pulled downwardly with a load of his body weight, whereby brakes are applied. The brake torque is increased by eight times, and is transmitted to the knee axis 21. Consequently, even with a small force due to the load of his body weight, the knee-ankle-foot orthosis can be securely locked with a braking method to prevent giving way thereof. In addition, since the braking method is used, shifting to the unlocked state can be smoothly achieved.
摘要:
A blower with improved P-Q characteristic provides a reduction in noise by sucking air inside through slits provided in an annular wall, wherein the blade thickness near a blade end s is progressively reduced toward the front end, and the location F of the maximum thickness gradually moves back toward a blade trailing edge side u2 so as to make the blade advance angle near the front end larger than in other locations. In addition, the width of a slit is made wider in sections near a spacer than in other sections. Alternatively, notches are provided in the outer perimeter of annular plates near the spacers so as to reduce the radial length of the annular plates. This arrangement improves the P-Q characteristic and reduce noise.
摘要:
Improvement is made to the shape of blades of a fan assembly for sucking air into an annular wall through slits in the wall, in order to increase the aerodynamic performance and energy efficiency. In the fan assembly for sucking air in through slits provided in an annular wall (2), the blade tips of an axial fan (21) are bent in the rotating direction to smoothly take in air flowing in through the slits. The axial fan is formed so that the blades except the tips thereof are in a shape of a radial or a rearward tilting blade. The angle formed by the blade forward tilting angle near the blade tip of the axial fan and the slit angle is between −5 and 15°, and the blade tip is bent in the wind blowout direction. This configuration improves the P-Q characteristic, reduces noise and improves energy efficiency.
摘要:
The present apparatus provides a blower that improves the P-Q characteristic and reduces noise. The apparatus is a blower that sucks air inside through slits (6) provided in an annular wall (2), wherein the blade thickness near a blade end s is progressively reduced toward the front end, and the location F of the maximum thickness gradually moves back toward a blade trailing edge side u2 so as to make the blade advance angle near the front end larger than in other locations. In addition, the width of a slit is made wider in sections near a spacer than in other sections. Alternatively, notches are provided in the outer perimeter of annular plates near the spacers so as to reduce the radial length of the annular plates. This arrangement improves the P-Q characteristic and reduces noise.
摘要:
An inexpensive bearing unit having a high rotational accuracy and a high reliability is provided for use in information and video-acoustic equipments. In the case of an oil-impregnated sintered bearing (1) in which an inner surface (2) sliding together with a shaft is formed on the bearing body (1) made of a porous sintered alloy, a plurality of concavities (4) are transferred to a tapered portion of the bearing inner surface (2) by forming a part or the whole of the inner surface (2) into a tapered shape or a tapered-like shape at the time of molding a green compact of the sintered alloy and press-fitting a pin (5) formed with protrusions (6) in the subsequent process and moreover, concavities (7) in which the shaft sliding surface is closed are formed by sizing the tapered portion straight at the time of sizing. Because the concavities (7) making a superior dynamic-pressure effect can be formed in a simple process, it is possible to provide an inexpensive bearing unit having a high rotational accuracy.
摘要:
In a communications system, a base station has a memory for storing interval control values representative of time-varying traffic pattern of the communications system. A time-keeping circuit recalls a stored interval control value from the memory according to different time of day and a battery-saving command signal is sent from the base station at variable intervals as a function of the value recalled from the memory. Power supplies of a remote station are interrupted for a constant brief interval in response to the battery-saving signal, so that the remote station is powered for a shorter interval during a light traffic period and for a longer interval during a heavy traffic period. In a preferred embodiment, traffic data is automatically collected from the communications system and the stored interval control values are updated according to the collected traffic data.
摘要:
A hydraulic reaction force apparatus of a power steering device includes an input shaft, an output shaft, the input and output shafts being connected with each other to be pivotal through a predetermined angle, reaction force arms connected integrally with the input shaft and projecting radially therefrom, a pair of output shaft guide holes sandwiching each reaction force arm and disposed to oppose each other in a direction perpendicular to the reaction force arms, reaction force plungers slidably disposed in the guide holes, and a reaction force mechanism for biasing the reaction force plungers against the reaction force arms by a reaction force applied to the reaction plungers and related to running conditions. Each reaction force plunger includes a metal cylindrical member having a hollow portion open at a side opposite to that of the reaction force arms and a damping member mounted in the cylindrical member.
摘要:
Fruits or vegetables are peeled by immersing a fruit or vegetable in an aqueous solution of an alkali to which is added (a) at least one member selected from polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters and sucrose fatty acid esters having an HLB value higher than 9 and (b) at least one member selected from glycerin fatty acid esters, sorbitan fatty acid esters, propylene glycol fatty acid esters and sucrose fatty acid esters having an HLB not higher than 9.
摘要:
The present invention provides a blower that improves the P-Q characteristic and reduces noise. The apparatus is a blower that sucks air inside through slits (6) provided in an annular wall (2), wherein the blade thickness near a blade end s is progressively reduced toward the front end, and the location F of the maximum thickness gradually moves back toward a blade trailing edge side u2 so as to make the blade advance angle near the front end larger than in other locations. In addition, the width of a slit is made wider in sections near a spacer than in other sections. Alternatively, notches are provided in the outer perimeter of annular plates near the spacers so as to reduce the radial length of the annular plates. This arrangement improves the P-Q characteristic and reduces noise.
摘要:
A voltage-controlled oscillator generates an oscillation signal having a frequency corresponding to a control signal. A phase comparator detects a phase difference between a reference signal and a frequency-divided signal derived from the oscillation signal and generates a phase difference signal. A control circuit, which comprises an A/D converter, a high-speed processor, and a D/A converter, generates a control voltage so as to reduce a time-dependent change in the phase difference signal to synchronize the oscillation signal with the reference signal. When the synchronization of the oscillation signal with the reference signal is completed, the control circuit secures a control voltage at the time time-dependent change in the phase difference signal becomes equal to or smaller than a phase difference stored in a flash ROM.