Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Disclosed is a new blood circuit detaching apparatus capable of detaching blood circuits under dialysis treatment from a dialyzer swiftly and safely during an emergency such as a fire or earthquake. The apparatus (2) for detaching dialyzing artery and vein plastic tubes blood circuits (1A) and (1B) from a dialyzer during an emergency, includes dialyzer side clamping portions (2A) and patient side clamping portions (2B) for clamping mounted blood circuits (1A) and (1B), circuit cutting portions (2C) arranged between the two clamping portions (2A) and (2B), and a pivotally moving cam mechanism for operating the dialyzer side clamping portions (2A), the patient side clamping portions (2B) and the circuit cutting portions (2C).

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a blower that improves the P-Q characteristic and reduces noise. An apparatus according to the present invention 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A bearing comprising different materials having oil-filled pores in them has a relief space in the middle section which is not provided by machining. The materials are different, have different characteristics, and bear different portions of load the bearing supports, resulting in longer bearing life and reduced noise. Materials 1 and 2 are separately formed and sintered in such a way that material 1 has smaller pores in it and can support higher load, material 2 has larger pores in it and can support lower load, and an end portion of each material is stepped so that material 1 can be partially inserted into material 2 and a relief space is provided on the inner periphery of material 1. The materials 1 and 2 are then joined together into one piece, and the one piece is placed in a sizing die and pressed. The sized one piece is a strong one-piece bearing having an accurate inside diameter and good concentric alignment.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: An improved porous bearing and a motor which is provided with the porous bearing in which the friction losses and reflection of shaft are reduced, noises caused by the vibrations are avoided with low cogging or low jitter, and in addition, the manufacturing process is simplified to obtain long-life products at low cost. The number (C) of grooves of the porous bearing meets at least one of the following equations:nA+mB-C.noteq.0, nA-C.noteq.0 and mB-C.noteq.0wherein A is the number of magnetic poles of the motor magnet, B is the number of the slots of the armature, and n and m are integers, respectively.

Abstract: A bearing comprising different materials having oil-filled pores in them has a relief space in the middle section which is not provided by machining. The materials are different, have different characteristics, and bear different portions of load the bearing supports, resulting in longer bearing life and reduced noise. Materials 1 and 2 are separately formed and sintered in such a way that material 1 has smaller pores in it and can support higher load, material 2 has larger pores in it and can support lower load, and an end portion of each material is stepped so that material 1 can be partially inserted into material 2 and a relief space is provided on the inner periphery of material 1. The materials 1 and 2 are then joined together into one piece, and the one piece is placed in a sizing die and pressed. The sized one piece is a strong one-piece bearing having an accurate inside diameter and good concentric alignment.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic thrust porous bearing having excellent sliding characteristics under the use conditions of not only radial load but also thrust load, which bearing is approximately cylindrical in configuration and receives thrust load on its axial end face and is characterized in that the bearing includes protruded portions disposed radially relative to its center, tapered portions formed on at least one side of the protruded portions, and depressed portions defined by the bottom part of the tapered portions in at least three positions in the thrust receiving axial end face, and the bearing further includes grooves in the inner peripheral surface at the positions corresponding to the depressed portions.

Abstract: An improved porous bearing and a motor which is provided with the porous bearing in which the friction losses and reflection of shaft are reduced, noises caused by the vibrations are avoided with low cogging or low jitter, and in addition, the manufacturing process is simplified to obtain long-life products at low cost. The number (C) of grooves of the porous bearing meets at least one of the following equations:nA+mB-C.noteq.0, nA-C.noteq.0 and mB-C.noteq.0wherein A is the number of magnetic poles of the motor magnet, B is the number of the slots of the armature, and n and m are integers, respectively.

Abstract: Agents containing polyaniline of one or more specified kinds shown by Formulas (1)-(4) given below can generate active oxygen efficiently and economically when contacted with a liquid having oxygen dissolved therein: ##STR1## where A is a negative ion, n is an integer between 2 and 5000, x and y are numbers such that x+y=1 and 0.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.5.

Abstract: An air moving device for improving P-Q characteristics and noise by suppressing the production of vortices. An annular wall spaced from blade tips, is formed of a plurality of annular plates and spacers with a slit defined between adjacent annular plates. The width of each slit is set to satisfy the formula W.ltoreq.(.nu..multidot.R.sub.ec /v) where .nu. is the kinematic viscosity of air, v is the peripheral speed of the blade tips, W is the width of the slits and R.sub.ec is the critical Reynold's number. Thus, as a fan is rotated, air is drawn in a laminar flow through the slits to the inner periphery of the annular wall. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the separation of air flow on the suction side of blade surfaces and the production of vortices, thus improving the air moving state.

Abstract: A Colpitts voltage-controlled oscillator is provided with a variable capacitance section 11 connected in parallel to a resonator 12, which is the inductance element of an inductance section 1. Variable capacitance section 11 is provided with varactors X1 and X2 having differing voltage/capacitance ratios. A fixed control voltage Vc is applied to the commonly connected cathodes of varactors X1 and X2. A control voltage Va which produces a reverse bias voltage (Vc-Va) is applied to the anode of varactor X1, and a control voltage Vb which produces a reverse bias voltage (Vc-Vb) independent of control voltage Va is applied to the anode of varactor X2. When control voltage Va is fixed, control voltage Vb is made the frequency control signal, and when control voltage Vb is fixed, control voltage Va is made the frequency control signal.

Abstract: In a TDMA cellular communication network, one of the cell sites is a reference station for establishing a time reference in response to a timing signal from a mobile switching office, and each of the other cell sites is a subordinate station. Each subordinate station establishes a time slot in response to the timing signal from the mobile switching system and receives a signal from a mobile station located in the area of the reference station for detecting a time lapse between the time slot and the signal from the mobile station. A delay time is introduced to the time slot according to the time lapse so that the time slot is synchronized to the time reference of the reference station. In a second embodiment, each subordinate station transmits a signal indicative of the detected time lapse to the mobile switching system, where a delay time value is derived from those signals received from a chain of subordinate stations and returned to each subordinate station for performing the time slot adjustment.

Abstract: A multiplex audio signal from an exchange apparatus is demultiplexed by a first multiplexer/demultiplexer into demultiplexed signals that are supplied to a first switch circuit which switches between transmission paths to apply the demultiplexed signals to a plurality of audio coding circuits. Certain output signals from the audio coding circuits are supplied to a second switch circuit, time-division-multiplexed, and applied to the first switch circuit. The multiplexed signal is outputted from the first switch circuit for transmission in a given time slot over a radio communication path.

Abstract: 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.