Abstract: An article transport facility includes an article transport vehicle, a storage rack configured to store articles, and a for-rack transport device. The article transport vehicle is configured to travel along one or more rails suspended from, and supported by, a ceiling. The storage rack is suspended from, and supported by, the ceiling. The for-rack transport device is located on an opposite side from the one or more rails with respect to the storage rack.

Abstract: An article transport facility includes a transport device which has a connecting portion connected to the storage device, and which is configured to transport an article. The connecting portion is located on the first side with respect to the first path whereas a subject path is located on the second side with respect to the first path. The transporting path of an article by the transport device is so located to cross the first path in plan view and to extend at least from the connecting portion and to the second side with respect to the first path. A first transfer portion to or from which an article is transferred by a transport vehicle traveling along the subject path is set in a portion of the transporting path that is located on the second side with respect to the first path.

Abstract: The emergency shutoff device is provided with a casing (21) in which inflow ports (22) through which control oil flows into a space (A1) provided therein and a plurality of outflow ports (23) through which the control oil flows outside of the space (A1) are formed; and a switching unit (24) configured to slide along an inner circumferential surface of the casing (21) in which the space (A1) is formed, to change its position relative to the plurality of outflow ports (23), and thus to switch a circulation state of the control oil in the space (A1). The switching unit (24) switches the circulation state between the first circulation state in which the control oil is circulated from a first inflow port (221) to a first outflow port (231) and the third circulation state in which an open and closed state of a test outflow port (236) is switched while the control oil is being circulated from the first inflow port (221) to the first outflow port (231).

Abstract: An article transport facility includes a transport device which has a connecting portion connected to the storage device, and which is configured to transport an article. The connecting portion is located on the first side with respect to the first path whereas a subject path is located on the second side with respect to the first path. The transporting path of an article by the transport device is so located to cross the first path in plan view and to extend at least from the connecting portion and to the second side with respect to the first path. A first transfer portion to or from which an article is transferred by a transport vehicle traveling along the subject path is set in a portion of the transporting path that is located on the second side with respect to the first path.

Abstract: An article transport facility includes an article transport vehicle, a storage rack configured to store articles, and a for-rack transport device. The article transport vehicle is configured to travel along one or more rails suspended from, and supported by, a ceiling. The storage rack is suspended from, and supported by, the ceiling. The for-rack transport device is located on an opposite side from the one or more rails with respect to the storage rack.

Abstract: The emergency shutoff device is provided with a casing (21) in which inflow ports (22) through which control oil flows into a space (A1) provided therein and a plurality of outflow ports (23) through which the control oil flows outside of the space (A1) are formed; and a switching unit (24) configured to slide along an inner circumferential surface of the casing (21) in which the space (A1) is formed, to change its position relative to the plurality of outflow ports (23), and thus to switch a circulation state of the control oil in the space (A1). The switching unit (24) switches the circulation state between the first circulation state in which the control oil is circulated from a first inflow port (221) to a first outflow port (231) and the third circulation state in which an open and closed state of a test outflow port (236) is switched while the control oil is being circulated from the first inflow port (221) to the first outflow port (231).

Abstract: The invention provides an input apparatus An input apparatus according to the present invention includes: an operating member, operable to move in at least X and ?X directions from a neutral position; first and second magnets, being arranged with spacing along an X and ?X direction and having opposite magnetic polarities to each other, wherein when the operating member moves in either one of the two directions, the first and second magnets moves in the same direction as the operating member; and a first magnetic sensor, provided at a position displaced from a middle point between the two magnets when the operating member is located in the neutral position, the position being equidistant from the two magnets. When the operating member moves in one of the two directions, the first magnetic sensor outputs a signal in accordance with the magnetic polarity of one of the first and second magnets.

Abstract: The operation unit includes a shaft that receives by its one end a pressing force applied through a pressing operation by a finger/thumb, a rotating body that rotates about the shaft according to an operation by the finger/thumb within a movable range of the finger/thumb, a first sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft, a second sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in a direction other than the axial direction of the shaft, and a third sensor that detects a rotating state of the rotating body.

Abstract: The invention provides an input apparatus An input apparatus according to the present invention includes: an operating member, operable to move in at least X and ?X directions from a neutral position; first and second magnets, being arranged with spacing along an X and ?X direction and having opposite magnetic polarities to each other, wherein when the operating member moves in either one of the two directions, the first and second magnets moves in the same direction as the operating member; and a first magnetic sensor, provided at a position displaced from a middle point between the two magnets when the operating member is located in the neutral position, the position being equidistant from the two magnets. When the operating member moves in one of the two directions, the first magnetic sensor outputs a signal in accordance with the magnetic polarity of one of the first and second magnets.

Abstract: A slide switch that can be reduced in thickness comprises a casing C including a sliding-operation detecting section for detecting an operation of a slider 5 in a direction of sliding operation and a depressing-operation detecting section for detecting an operation of the slider 5 in a depressing direction. The casing C is provided with side walls 22 arranged at sides of a square and a bottom wall 21. The bottom wall 21 is constituted with a print-circuit board forming electrodes using a print-wiring technique.

Abstract: A slide switch having a reduced number of parts and formed thin. The slide switch includes a case having first electrode pairs and a second electrode pair arranged in a bottom thereof, a slide member slidably mounted in the case, and a biasing member for biasing the slide member. The biasing member has projections formed on one surface of a floor thereof, and each having a back wall portion, and a first electric conductor disposed opposite the back wall portion. When the slide member is operated in the direction of one of the projections against a biasing force, the projection is elastically deformed whereby the electrodes of the first electrode pair become conductive through the first electric conductor. When the slide member in a neutral position is pressed in the direction of the floor, the electrodes of the second electrode pair become conductive through the second electric conductor.

Abstract: A slide switch having a reduced number of parts and formed thin is provided. The slide switch includes a case 1 having first electrode pairs 1A and a second electrode pair 1C arranged in a bottom 1F thereof, a slide member 5 slidably mounted in the case 1, and a biasing member 3 for biasing the slide member 5. The biasing member 3 has projections 3P formed on one surface of a floor 3F thereof, and each having a back wall portion 3B, and a first electric conductor 3A disposed opposite the back wall portion 3B. When the slide member 5 is operated in the direction of one of the projections against a biasing force, the projection 3P is elastically deformed whereby the electrodes of the first electrode pair 1A become conductive through the first electric conductor 3A. When the slide member 5 in a neutral position is pressed in the direction of the floor 3F, the electrodes of the second electrode pair 1C become conductive through said second electric conductor 2.

Abstract: A slide switch includes a case member; a slide member movable within a planar range of movement, conducting elements formed between the case member and the slide member, and an elastic member for holding the slide member in a neutral position where the conducting elements are non-conductive. The elastic member is an integral unit having a holding portion engaged with the slide member, and projecting portions extending from the holding portion along the planar range of movement toward inner walls of the case member. The conducting elements include contacts arranged on the inner wall of the case member, and conductors arranged on the holding portion of the elastic member. The conductors of the elastic member are movable into contact with the contacts of the case member by an external force for moving the slide member away from the neutral position against a biasing force of the elastic member, and separable from the contacts by the biasing force of the elastic member when the external force is removed.

Abstract: A pattern sheet 1 made of a flexible synthetic resin film forms, as a single-piece structure, a strain sensor support portion 11 having on the back thereof four resistance films 14 arranged equidistantly about a hole 17 and a wire lead-out portion 12 having formed thereon wires for the resistance films 14 and leads 15; an actuation panel 2 made of a square thin sheet of resilient metal has an actuation-deformable portion 21 with its four corner portions downturned to form step-shaped fixing pieces 22; a joystick 3 is press-fitted in a centrally-disposed hole 23 of the actuation panel 2; the strain sensor support portion 11 is adhesive bonded to the actuation-deformable portion 21 with edges 17 of the support portion 11 held in line contact with the fixing pieces 22; and the fixing pieces 22 are adhesive bonded or welded to a mounting plate 4.

Abstract: A keyboard is severed along a boundary line between adjacent keytops located generally in the center of the length into keyboard parts (2, 3). An elongated cover plate (11) is pivotally attached on one side edge thereof to the lower portion of the severed face of one (2) of the divided keyboard parts, the cover plate (11) having opposed brackets (12) bent and extending in the same direction from the opposite ends thereof and opposed slide pins (19) provided one on each of the brackets toward the other side edge of the cover plate opposite from the severed face, the slide pins (19) being slidably received in corresponding elongated grooves (16) formed in the front and rear outside surfaces of the other divided keyboard part (3), and pins (17, 18) provided on the front and rear side panels of each of the divided keyboard parts being slidably and loosely fitted in elongated slots in moving links (13).

Abstract: A slide switch includes a case member; a slide member movable within a planar range of movement, conducting elements formed between the case member and the slide member, and an elastic member for holding the slide member in a neutral position where the conducting elements are non-conductive. The elastic member is an integral unit having a holding portion engaged with the slide member, and projecting portions extending from the holding portion along the planar range of movement toward inner walls of the case member. The conducting elements include contacts arranged on the inner wall of the case member, and conductors arranged on the holding portion of the elastic member. The conductors of the elastic member are movable into contact with the contacts of the case member by an external force for moving the slide member away from the neutral position against a biasing force of the elastic member, and separable from the contacts by the biasing force of the elastic member when the external force is removed.

Abstract: A keyboard is severed along a boundary line between adjacent keytops located generally in the center of the length into keyboard parts 2, 3. An elongated cover plate 11 is pivotally attached on one side edge thereof to the lower portion of the severed face of one 2 of the divided keyboard parts, the cover plate 11 having opposed brackets 12 bent and extending in the same direction from the opposite ends thereof and opposed slide pins 19 provided one on each of the brackets toward the other side edge of the cover plate opposite from the severed face, the slide pins 19 being slidably received in corresponding elongated grooves 16 formed in the front and rear outside surfaces of the other divided keyboard part 3, and pins 17, 18 provided on the front and rear side panels of each of the divided keyboard parts being slidably and loosely fitted in elongated slots in moving links 13.