Abstract: In a bed (home care equipment) 1, based on the switch operation, respective drive units of a head unit 12, a leg unit 13, and a height adjustment unit 14 are actuated by motor units 15a to 15c and actuator units 16a to 16c. The actuation state of the respective drive units are detected by the sensor units 17a to 17c, and a respective-unit-operation control means 21 figures out the actuation state of the drive units based on a detection signal, and stores the performance history of the drive units in the operation history storage unit 22 as operation history information. The operation history information in the operation history storage unit 22 is transmitted to a host computer 4 by a communication unit 7. The host computer 4 processes the received operation history information to data which can be displayed by the animation display, graph display, and accumulated time period display, and transmits thus processed data to a computer 5 etc. which is connected to the host computer 4 through the Internet line.

Abstract: A compressor which can be easily assembled and can prevent damage of seal members is presented. Its assembling method includes of (a) a step of feeding a front casing having a first inner circumference, a second inner circumference, an opening, a bottom, and a side wall, compression units having a first fitting portion and a first seal groove, and a rear cover having a second fitting portion and a second seal groove, (b) a step of installing a first seal member in the fist seal groove, (c) a step of installing s second seal member in the second seal groove, (e) a step of installing the fixed scroll on the front casing, while fitting the first fitting portion to the first inner circumference, and (f) a step of installing the rear cover to the front casing so as to cover the opening, while fitting the second fitting portion to the second inner circumference.