Abstract: A liquid container includes a lever having one end supported to an outer wall of a housing containing a liquid therein and the other end as a free end, the lever being elastically deformable. The liquid container further includes a projection provided in an area of the housing which is opposite to and away from the supported one end of the lever, the projection covering at least a part of a space between the free end of the lever and the housing in the above area. By virtue of the projection, the lever can be protected against accidental external forces. In a cap-equipped liquid container, a straight line connecting a projected end of the projection of the liquid container and a distal end of a tab of a cap is set to cross a movable range of the lever provided on the liquid container in which the lever is allowed to angularly move with elastic deformation thereof.

Abstract: A liquid container includes a lever having one end supported to an outer wall of a housing containing a liquid therein and the other end as a free end, the lever being elastically deformable. The liquid container further includes a projection provided in an area of the housing which is opposite to and away from the supported one end of the lever, the projection covering at least a part of a space between the free end of the lever and the housing in the above area. By virtue of the projection, the lever can be protected against accidental external forces. In a cap-equipped liquid container, a straight line connecting a projected end of the projection of the liquid container and a distal end of a tab of a cap is set to cross a movable range of the lever provided on the liquid container in which the lever is allowed to angularly move with elastic deformation thereof.

Abstract: A liquid container includes a lever having one end supported to an outer wall of a housing containing a liquid therein and the other end as a free end, the lever being elastically deformable. The liquid container further includes a projection provided in an area of the housing which is opposite to and away from the supported one end of the lever, the projection covering at least a part of a space between the free end of the lever and the housing in the above area. By virtue of the projection, the lever can be protected against accidental external forces. In a cap-equipped liquid container, a straight line connecting a projected end of the projection of the liquid container and a distal end of a tab of a cap is set to cross a movable range of the lever provided on the liquid container in which the lever is allowed to angularly move with elastic deformation thereof.

Abstract: A spread PN code signal receiver having a delay locked loop (DLL) circuit in an IF or RF stage characterized in that correlation outputs to be used for the DLL circuit control are (1) a correlation output between (a) a PN code advanced in phase with respect to the received signal and (b) the received signal and (2) a correlation output between (a) a PN code delayed in phase with respect to the received signal and (b) the received signal. The correlation outputs are used to detect the lock/unlock signal in the DLL circuit. In particular, AND logic for these two correlation outputs is employed to generate the lock/unlock signal only when the DLL circuit is perfectly synchronized in phase with the received signal. With this feature, a lock state can not de detected unitl a stable lock state is obtained.

Abstract: The correlation between a PN code pattern of the synchronization preamble data of an incoming spread spectrum signal and a reference PN code pattern generated on the reception side is detected by using an SAW convolver. The gate length of the SAW convolver is shorter than the preamble data length. However, an apparatus which can obtain the true correlation output by calculating the logical multiplication of the correlation output from the SAW convolver and the validation pulse is constituted.

Abstract: A receiver in a spread spectrum communication system includes: a noise detector for detecting noises of a spread spectrum input signal; an initial synchronization circuit including a correlator for detecting a correlation of the spread spectrum input signal, a detector circuit for detecting an output of the correlator, and a comparator for receiving an output of the detector circuit and outputting a correlation detection signal; a synchronization holding circuit for receiving the correlation detection signal to perform synchronization holding and outputting a synchronization holding signal during the synchronization holding; and a control circuit for detecting if the synchronization holding signal is outputted within a predetermined period, and if not, controlling a reference voltage to be supplied to the comparator in accordance with the noise detection output of the noise detecting means.

Abstract: A synchronization pulse generator in a spectrum spread communication system includes first and second envelope detectors for subjecting a correlation output of a spectrum spread signal to envelope detection; a threshold value generator for generating a threshold value having a level corresponding to an output from the second envelope detector; and a comparator for comparing an output level of the first envelope detector with a threshold value generated by the threshold value generator, and outputting an initial synchronization pulse.