Abstract: An article supply device comprises a main body, a first type article accommodation unit or a second type article accommodation unit, an attachment unit capable of replacing the first type article accommodation unit and the second type article accommodation unit with each other, a first supply unit which supplies a first type article in the first type article accommodation unit, a first supply port formed in the main body, and, a second supply unit which includes a second supply port and supplies a second type article in the second type article accommodation unit, wherein the first supply unit supplies the first type article to the first supply port when the first type article accommodation unit is attached to the attachment unit, and the second supply unit supplies the second type article to the second supply port when the second type article accommodation unit is attached to the attachment unit.

Abstract: A contact pressure sensor including a semiconductor chip having opposite surfaces, at least one pressure sensing element provided in one of the opposite surfaces of the chip, a spacer member supporting the other surface of the chip, a substrate having a surface to which the spacer member is fixed, the one surface of the chip being pressed against an object which produces a pressure, so that the at least one sensing element detects the pressure produced by the object, a first connection terminal provided in the one surface of the chip, a second connection terminal provided in the surface of the substrate, and a flexible flat cable connecting between the first and second connection terminals, the flexible flat cable being bent into two portions one of which extends along a side surface of the spacer member and the other of which extends along the surface of the substrate.