Abstract: A massaging machine includes massaging balls, a pair of ball supporting members supporting the massaging balls, two rotary shafts such as a massaging shaft and a pounding shaft for driving the ball supporting members so as to cause the massaging balls to undergo two different treatment actions such as massaging and pounding, a single shaft holder for holding these two rotary shafts parallel to each other, connecting mechanisms connected to both end parts of these two shafts for connecting and operating together the two shafts and the ball supporting members, motors for operating these two shafts independently and motion communicating mechanisms for communicating driving power of the motors to the two rotary shafts. The shaft holder is disposed entirely between the pair of ball supporting means and includes parts that support the motors.

Abstract: A massaging machine has massaging balls, ball supporting arms for supporting these massaging balls, a first rotary shaft and a second rotary shaft that have mutually parallel axes of rotation at different heights, an eccentric part on the first shaft that is eccentric with respect to its axis of rotation, a sloped part on the second shaft that is sloped with respect to its axis of rotation, a support arm with one end part attached to the ball supporting arm and the other end part attached to the sloped part, and a link that connects the eccentric part with the support arm. The support arm has a bearing with a spherical surface. The link has a spherically shaped end part that engages with the bearing. The ball supporting arms are attached to the support arm at a height between the heights of the first and second rotary shafts.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer includes a body 10 and a cuff 20 which is integrally attached to the body 10 and wrapped around the wrist. The body 10 is attached to the cuff 20 such that the body is located on the thumb side of the arm L when the sphygmomanometer is fitted on the wrist. Consequently, a precise blood pressure measurement and precise blood pressure fluctuation can be obtained without restriction on the location where the blood pressure measurement is conducted.

Abstract: An IC socket adapted to establish an electrical connection between an IC package and a printed board includes a socket body having a mount portion on which the IC package is mounted, a number of contact pins disposed on the socket body in substantially equally adjacent arrangement, each of the contact pins having one end to be connected to a terminal of the IC package and another end to be connected to the printed board, and an interval widening member provided for the socket body for widening a pitch interval between the other ends of adjacent contact pins so as to provide a predetermined distance therebetween.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer includes a body 10 and a cuff 20 which is integrally attached to the body 10 and wrapped around the wrist. The body 10 is attached to the cuff 20 such that the body is located on the thumb side of the arm L when the sphygmomanometer is fitted on the wrist. Consequently, a precise blood pressure measurement and precise blood pressure fluctuation can be obtained without restriction on the location where the blood pressure measurement is conducted.

Abstract: In a socket for an IC package as an electrical part, the IC package is mounted on a mount surface of a top plate mounted on a socket body of the socket. A number of contact pins are arranged to the socket body to be contacted to or separated from solder balls of the IC package. A slide plate is disposed to the socket body so as to be movable with respect to the socket body. Each of the contact pins has a pair of elastic pieces formed at front end portions thereof with a pair of contact portions, each of the paired contact portions of the paired elastic pieces being opened or closed in accordance with the movement of the slide plate so as to clamp the solder balls of the IC package thereby electrically being connected thereto. A pre-load plate is located to press a middle portion of the elastic piece of the contact pin arranged to the socket body so as to elastically deform the middle portion thereof along a direction in that the paired contact portions are close to each other.

Abstract: An IC socket adapted to establish an electrical connection between an IC package and a printed board includes a socket body having a mount portion on which the IC package is mounted, a number of contact pins disposed on the socket body in substantially equally adjacent arrangement, each of the contact pins having one end to be connected to a terminal of the IC package and another end to be connected to the printed board, and an interval widening member provided for the socket body for widening a pitch interval between the other ends of adjacent contact pins so as to provide a predetermined distance therebetween.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer includes a body 10 and a cuff 20 which is integrally attached to the body 10 and wrapped around the wrist. The body 10 is attached to the cuff 20 such that the body is located on the thumb side of the arm L when the sphygmomanometer is fitted on the wrist. Consequently, a precise blood pressure measurement and precise blood pressure fluctuation can be obtained without restriction on the location where the blood pressure measurement is conducted.

Abstract: A blood pressure monitor includes a cuff to be worn on a living body portion provided with an air component for inflating and deflating said cuff, and a main body detachably mounted on the cuff provided with an electrical component, in which the main body is electrically connected with the cuff by wire or wireless.

Abstract: An IC socket adapted to establish an electrical connection between an IC package and a printed board includes a socket body having a mount portion on which the IC package is mounted, a number of contact pins disposed on the socket body in substantially equally adjacent arrangement, each of the contact pins having one end to be connected to a terminal of the IC package and another end to be connected to the printed board, and an interval widening member provided for the socket body for widening a pitch interval between the other ends of adjacent contact pins so as to provide a predetermined distance therebetween.

Abstract: A socket for an electrical part comprises a socket body provided with a mount portion on which an electrical part such as IC package is mounted, a plurality of contact pins mounted to the socket body to be separated from and contacted to terminals such as IC leads of the electrical part and an upper operation member disposed to the socket body to be vertically movable. The contact pins each comprises a stationary contact piece to be contacted to a lower surface of the terminal and a movable contact piece to be contacted to an upper surface of the terminal so as to clamp the terminal therebetween in a manner that when the upper operation member is moved vertically, the movable contact piece is deformed to be separated from and contacted to the terminal.

Abstract: In an electrical connector, in which when an upper operation member 17 is vertically moved, a movable plate 14 is horizontally moved through an X-shaped link 18 to thereby displace a contact pin to separate the contact pin from and contact it to a terminal of one of electrical parts, a plurality of X-shaped links 18 are disposed with space at positions corresponding to side surface portions along the horizontally moving direction of the movable plate 14, lower end portions 23b of one link members 23 are pivotally connected to a socket body 13 and lower end portions 25a of another link members 25 are pivotally connected to the movable plate 14, upper end portions 25b of another link members 25 are pivotally connected to the supper operation member 17 and upper end portions 23c of one link members 23 are connected to the upper operation member 17 to be relatively movable in the horizontal direction thereof.

Abstract: A method for continuous casting of steel comprises the steps of feeding molten steel to cooling device for cooling molten steel by use of feeding device for feeding molten steel; cooling fed molten steel by the cooling device; generating a high-frequency magnetic field near a zone where the feeding device, the cooling device and molten steel contact each other; and converging the high-frequency magnetic field on the zone where the feeding device, the cooling device and molten steel contact each other. Further, an apparatus for continuous casting of steel comprises feeding device for feeding molten steel; cooling device for cooling molten steel fed by the feeding device; generating device for generating a high-frequency magnetic field near a zone where the feeding device, the cooling device and molten steel contact each other; and converging device for converging the magnetic field on the zone where the feeding device, the cooling device and molten steel contact each other.

Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a pipe unit in the form of a block-like member, the pipe unit comprising: control components, like a four port valve, a two port valve and a check valve, of the refrigerating cycle, which are incorporated in the block-like member; refrigerant passages which are formed in the block-like member to lead to the control components; and connecting ports which are formed in the block-like member to be connected to essential components, like a compressor, and an indoor and an outdoor heat exchanger, of the refrigerating cycle.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuous casting of molten steel comprises a continuous casting mold; an electromagnetic stirring coil, which rotates and fluidizes molten steel inside the mold and which is installed outside the mold; and a screen of ferromagnetic substance positioned between the mold and the electromagnetic stirring coil at a height including a level of meniscus. A method for continuous casting of molten steel comprises the steps of pouring molten steel into a continuous casting mold; applying an electromagnetic force to the molten steel in the mold by means of an electromagnetic coil installed outside the continuous casting mold; and shielding said electromagnetic force by means of a screen of ferromagnetic substance installed between the mold and electromagnetic coil at a height including a level of meniscus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of efficiently and stably manufacturing a high-purity metal powder of a desired particle size, which is used for powder metallurgy or the like, by generating arc 18 between electrodes 12 and 13 to melt the distal end portions of the electrodes, causing droplets 19 of the molten metal to drop onto rotating disk 14, scattering the dropped droplets by a centrifugal force, thereby cooling the droplets, and an apparatus for the same.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing alloy comprising: allowing a consumable electrode consisting a single metal element to form a pair of electrodes which have the same element, to set plurality of the pair so that an electrode metal element of each of the plurality of the pair may be different from one another; generating arc between the electrodes in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, to allow the consumable electrodes to be melted at their top ends; and allowing molten drops produced by the melting to go down into a mold to form molten metal, and the molten metal to be cast into alloy consisting of two metal elements. Two pairs consisting of the consumable electrodes allow the two consumable electrodes to be set on an axis, with a predetermined distance between their top ends, on horizontal plane above the mold.The two pairs of the consumable electrodes are alternated by three pairs of the consumable electrodes when alloy consisting of three metal elements.

Abstract: A process of extrusion molding plasticized vulcanizable or cross-linkable rubber or synthetic resin materials, comprising the steps of heating said materials to an elevated temperature in a short time immediately before a molding die and vulcanizing or cross-linking the materials in the manner of maintaining said elevated temperature substantially while the materials are passing through the die or for a while after they have passed through the die, thereby obtaining mold goods.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for preparing glassy fibers having protuberances studded on the surface of the fiber, characterized in that each protuberance comprises an unmelted component of the starting materials and is formed on the surface of the fiber by fiberizing the partially unmelted starting materials by a spinner or blowing technique.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a method of making inorganic vitreous fibers having small protrusions, such that the fiber produces a high strength reinforced molded product. The fibers are formed by introducing high melting constituents such as glass fiber, rock wool, ceramic fiber, silica particles, alumina particles, zirconia particles or mullite particles to molten inorganic material such that the constituents when flung from a ratary device are incorporated into the molten inorganic material.