Abstract: A hose includes at least an inner-layer tubular member, an intermediate layer, and an outer-layer tubular member. Both the inner-layer tubular member and the outer-layer tubular member are made of plastics. The intermediate layer is formed by wrapping a net. An outer surface of the intermediate layer is provided with a helical structure made of plastics and the outer-layer tubular member encloses the helical structure. The helical structure has a mechanical strength greater than the outer-layer tubular member. Since both the helical structure and the outer-layer tubular member are similarly made of plastics, the bonding strength therebetween can be enhanced. When the hose is subjected to bending, the helical structure helps to prevent the hose from being compressed and deformed, thereby maintaining the inside diameter of the hose to ensure smooth flow of liquid or gas through the hose.

Abstract: A task chair, including a backrest assembly and a seat assembly pivotally coupled both to one another and to side portions of a fixed yoke member for synchronized movement, in which the seat of the seat assembly moves upwardly and forwardly concurrently with recline of the backrest of the backrest assembly. The chair further includes a tension assembly including an elongate tension member, such as a leaf spring, secured at one end thereof to the yoke member, and a contact member, such as a contact roller, adjustably mounted to the seat assembly. The contact member engages the tension member such that the tension member resists recline of the backrest assembly and concurrent movement of the seat assembly from their initial positions, and also provides a restoring force which tends to move the backrest to its initial upright position and the seat to its initial rearward and lowered position.

Abstract: A hose reel assembly that includes a hose support assembly and a pivot assembly. The pivot assembly has a first component and a second component. The first component and the second component structured to be rotatably coupled together with a generally vertical axis of rotation. The pivot assembly first component is disposed on the hose support assembly and the pivot assembly second component is disposed on the base assembly. Thus, the hose support assembly is rotatably coupled to the base assembly and structured to rotate about a vertical axis.

Abstract: A backrest depth adjustment mechanism which allows adjustment of the backrest assembly in a front-to-back manner with respect to the seat. The backrest assembly generally includes a backrest frame supporting the backrest. The backrest frame includes opposite end portions, and at least one of the end portions includes a backrest depth adjustment mechanism. The backrest depth adjustment mechanism includes a stationary portion and a movable portion, wherein the movable portion is movable with respect to the stationary portion. An actuator mechanism allows the user to actuate the backrest depth adjustment mechanism to move the backrest to a desired depth position.

Abstract: A task chair, including a backrest assembly and a seat assembly pivotally coupled both to one another and to side portions of a fixed yoke member for synchronized movement, in which the seat of the seat assembly moves upwardly and forwardly concurrently with recline of the backrest of the backrest assembly. The chair further includes a tension assembly including an elongate tension member, such as a leaf spring, secured at one end thereof to the yoke member, and a contact member, such as a contact roller, adjustably mounted to the seat assembly. The contact member engages the tension member such that the tension member resists recline of the backrest assembly and concurrent movement of the seat assembly from their initial positions, and also provides a restoring force which tends to move the backrest to its initial upright position and the seat to its initial rearward and lowered position.

Abstract: A task chair including a seat support structure, a backrest frame attached to the seat support structure, and a backrest supported by the backrest frame. The backrest includes a back support surface which may ergonomically conform to a seated user when the user shifts positions while sitting in the chair. The back support surface includes rigid and flexible portions connected to one another, the flexible portions allowing resilient flexing of the back support surface to create conformance zones which dynamically support the back of a seated user in an ergonomic manner.

Abstract: A pulse shaping filter for shaping pulses received at a specified data rate is disclosed. The filter has a desired impulse response associated with a plurality of sampled values. The filter includes a sampling circuit responsive to the input pulses, such that each pulse is sampled at a desired sampling rate. A delay circuit provides a plurality of delayed versions of the sampled pulse, wherein said sampled pulse propogate through said delay circuit at a unit delay time substantially equal to the period of the desired sampling rate. A plurality of resistors are coupled to the delay circuit, each resistor providing a weighing coefficient by which the delayed versions of the sampled pulses are multiplied to provide a plurality of weighed delayed pulses. A summing circuit is adapted to add all said weighed delayed pulses to provide shaped pulses.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) transmitter within a common communication channel is disclosed. The carrier frequency for each separate channel is adjusted for minimizing intermodulation interference. The system randomly allocates each separate channel within the available bandwidth to provide an initial set of separate channel allocation and corresponding carrier frequencies. Thereafter carrier to intermodulation ratio (C/IM) on each channel is measured and the worst channel with the lowest carrier to intermodulation ratio (C/IM) is removed. The system then repeatedly inserts a channel in available unoccupied bandwidth to produce the largest minimum carrier to intermodulation ratio (C/IM). The deletion and insertion continues until no improvement in minimum carrier to intermodulation ratio (C/IM) can be achieved for said random allocation of separate channels.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for automatic elimination of frequency instabilities in a receiver frequency converter. Such instabilities result from temperature variations and mechanical vibrations of the local oscillator of a first stage converter. A marker signal is introduced into the first stage down converter mixer and is subjected to the same variations in frequency conversion as is the received signal from an antenna. Intermediate down converted received signals and an intermediate down converted marker signal are received by a second stage converter where such signals are applied to a mixer, the output of which is free of frequency variations introduced by the local oscillator of the first stage converter.

Abstract: A tracking loop having an enhanced ability to acquire a carrier signal and to remain locked on the carrier signal when the carrier frequency changes. The loop includes a nonlinear amplitude filter between the phase detector and the loop filter. The nonlinear amplitude filter receives the error signal e produced by the phase detector, and produces a modified error signal N for input to the loop filter. The nonlinear amplitude filter is designed such that N is an odd function of e, such that the derivative of N with respect to e is a constant k for comparatively small values of e, and such that the magnitude of N is greater than the product of k times the magnitude of e for relatively large values of e.