Abstract:
A beauty instrument capable of imparting a massaging effect to skin. A beauty instrument is configured such that a pair of balls is supported at the tip of a handle. The balls are positioned at a distance from each another, and are capable of rotating around respective axes thereof.
Abstract:
An exercise assisting tool includes a seating surface on which a user is seated, and a body portion having a bottom surface formed in a substantially spherical shape. A height H of the seating surface at a lowermost point is set in a range from 100 mm to 450 mm, and a regulator is further provided to suppress any slippage of buttocks of the user from the seating surface. The exercise assisting tool is structured so that the user seated on the seating surface is allowed to tilt the seating surface in all directions while having the bottom surface in contact with the ground surface.
Abstract:
In a level shift circuit, including two Nch transistors Tn1, Tn2 receiving a pair of complementary input signals and two Pch Transistors Tp1, Tp2 of which gate terminals are cross-coupled to each other, nodes A and B as the drains of the two Nch transistors Tn1, Tn2 operating in reverse to each other are connected together with a resistance Tp3. The resistance Tp3, constructed of a Pch transistor, is grounded at its gate to be in the normally ON state. For example, when the Nch transistors Tn1 and Tn2 go ON and OFF, respectively, a current initially flows from the high-potential node A through the resistance Tp3 to the low-potential node B, raising the potential at the low-potential node B. Thus, the potential rise at the node B is sped up compared with the case that only the Pch transistor Tp2 becoming ON contributes to the potential rise. This enables high-speed operation of the level shift circuit with a small number of elements.
Abstract:
A cleaning apparatus has a compressor (12), an electromagnetic valve (33) connected to the compressor (12), and first to third timers (27 to 29). The first timer (27) sets an open/close time and a close time for repeatedly opening and closing an electromagnetic valve (33). The second timer (28) sets a time for feeding compressed air into a pipe (35). The third timer (29) stops the operation of the second timer (28) until an activation inhibition time elapses from a point at which the pressure of the compressed air has reached a predetermined upper limit, and further permits the operation of the second timer (28) after the activation inhibition time elapses.
Abstract:
A reader comprises a feeding path for boarding pass to be inserted in various orientations, pairs of feeding rollers for transporting the boarding pass along the path, and four sensor units arranged along the path each for sensing a signal recorded on the boarding pass inserted in a particular orientation. The reader also comprises a demodulation unit for demodulating each signal sensed by the sensor units, a monitoring circuit for determining which one of the sensor units of has sensed the recorded signal, a switch circuit, for electrically connecting the demodulation unit to the sensor unit which the monitor circuit determines has sensed the recorded signal, and a read circuit for reading flight information by extracting a series of digital data from each demodulated signal output by the demodulation unit and converting the series of digital data into the parallel form in accordance with the particular orientation of the boarding pass facing the sensor unit which the monitor circuit determines has sensed the recorded signal.