Abstract: A remote monitoring apparatus includes a camera for producing a video signal from a picture of a remote site location being monitored, an image processor for outputting an image signal through an image processing process for the video signal, a microphone for producing a sound signal from a sound at the location, a temperature sensor for outputting a detection signal when a temperature change higher than a predetermined level is detected at the location, a gas sensor for outputting a detection signal when a concentration of oxygen gas smaller than a predetermined first level or a concentration of hydrogen gas greater than a predetermined second level is detected in the location, a converter for outputting digital signals by converting the image signal, the sound signal and the detection signals, and a radio transmitter for transmitting the digital signals of the converter to a radio receiver of a control equipment via radio transmission.

Abstract: A fully automatic coffee maker comprises a roasting portion which heats raw coffee beans placed therein by heating means so as to roast the raw coffee beans, a grinding portion which grinds the roasted coffee beans which have been roasted in the roasting portion, a transferring portion which is connected between the roasting portion and the grinding portion and automatically transfers the roasted coffee beans from the roasting portion to the grinding portion after the raw coffee beans have been roasted, and an extracting portion which extracts the coffee from the ground coffee beans loaded therein from the grinding portion.