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An exercise machine resistance adjustment system for providing an exerciser the ability to immediately adjust the resistance force by changing their body position on the movable carriage or end platforms. The exercise machine resistance adjustment system generally includes a frame, a carriage movably positioned on the frame, a spring connected to the carriage to apply a biasing force to the carriage, one or more left projections within the carriage adapted for a left hand of an exerciser to grasp, and one or more right projections within the carriage adapted for a right hand of an exerciser to grasp. The exerciser is able to efficiently adjust the amount of resistance force applied to the carriage by repositioning their hands (or feet) from a first set of projections at a first distance to a second set of projections at a second distance from the first end of the exercise machine.

An exercise machine resistance adjustment system for providing an exerciser the ability to immediately adjust the resistance force by changing their body position on the movable carriage or end platforms. The exercise machine resistance adjustment system generally includes a frame, a carriage movably positioned on the frame, a spring connected to the carriage to apply a biasing force to the carriage, one or more left projections within the carriage adapted for a left hand of an exerciser to grasp, and one or more right projections within the carriage adapted for a right hand of an exerciser to grasp. The exerciser is able to efficiently adjust the amount of resistance force applied to the carriage by repositioning their hands (or feet) from a first set of projections at a first distance to a second set of projections at a second distance from the first end of the exercise machine.

The invention relates to a conductive yarn, made by wrapping a yarn with a metal nano-wire and carbon nanomaterial, and a production method thereof. The method includes: soaking a yarn in metal nano-wire solution and evaporating and drying, or repeating the step, to obtain the metal nano-wire wrapped conductive yarn; or soaking the metal nano-wire wrapped yarn in carbon nanomaterial solution and evaporating and drying, or repeating the step several times, to obtain the conductive yarn wrapped with the metal nano-wire and the carbon nanomaterial material; or soaking a yarn in metal nano-wire and carbon nanomaterial mixed solution and evaporating and drying, or repeating the step several times, to obtain the conductive yarn wrapped with the carbon nanomaterial and the metal nano-wire. The production method is very simple, easy for industrialized production and applicable to production of textile electronic devise, and has very promising application prospect.

An exercise vest for upper body development is disclosed. The vest has a series of horizontal straps, adjustable in length, that encircle the vest and fasten in front to secure the vest on the person and provide upper body support. There are three elastic band assemblies to provide a complete range of upper body movements which involve all upper body muscle groups. Body development is achieved using the resistance of the elastic bands. A rear band is grasped by a handlebar and raised straight over the head. When not in use the handlebar is fixedly held above the shoulders by means of clips attached on each side of the vest. There are upper and lower side elastic band pairs which have hand grips for each hand. These elastic bands can be stretched up and down and forward and back as desired for a complete workout. The elastic bands are linearly adjustable by means of specially designed canisters containing winding spools that enable the lengths of the elastic bands to be altered in discrete increments. Each alteration of the length of an elastic band alters its resistance. The canisters also serve as the means to affix the bands to the vest.

A system for adjusting the resistance sensed by a user of a piece of exercise equipment. A pivotally mounted arm has at least one resistance magnet mounted thereto, and an adjustment actuator varies the proximity of the at least one resistance magnet to a resistance member of the piece of exercise equipment. The system provides a substantially linear relationship between the positional adjustment of the adjustment actuator and the resistance sensed by the user.

A task chair including a base, a seat supported by the base, and a pair of uprights connected to the base and extending upwardly from the seat. A pair of armrests are attached respectively to the uprights, and are selectively positionable along the uprights in a manner in which the height of the armrests along the uprights is adjustable. A backrest is also selectively positionable along the uprights, and the height of the backrest with respect to the seat may be adjusted by moving the backrest upwardly or downwardly along the uprights. The armrests and backrest each include mount sleeves telescopingly slidable along the uprights, each of the mount sleeves including a user-operable adjustment mechanism which includes a lever having a portion thereof selectively engagable with one of a series of holes along the uprights. The adjustment mechanisms of the mount sleeves of the armrests and the backrest are easily operated by a user to independently adjust the armrests and the backrest vertically along the uprights.

A training method and device for the lower body providing a mode of exercise that manifests as a functional, closed-kinetic-chain training of the gluteus maximus and the hamstrings in a natural sequential firing pattern. The device construction allows an upright stance so that during exercise the lower body mimics a stride action, as in walking. By combining this natural stride action with adjustable resistance elements in the device, a wide range of uses, from strength training to rehabilitation, are achieved. The device generally includes footplates that are movable in forward and backward directions and also can be simultaneously moved upward against resistance. The heel of the foot can simultaneously be raised with respect to the toe of the foot, also against resistance.

A nebuliser 1 particularly for home use comprises a housing 2 having an aerosol generator 3 mounted therein. The housing is closed by a hinged cap 4 and has an outlet 5 through which aerosol generated by the generator 3 is delivered. A suitable connector such as a mouthpiece 6 may be connected to the outlet 5. The housing 2 has a receiver for receiving a nebule 8. The receiver comprises a slot 7 which is sized and / or shaped to accommodate only a nebule 8 of predetermined shape and / or size. The nebuliser cap 4 has a nebule opening means which may be in the form of a puncture pin 10 projecting therefrom to pierce the nebule 8 when the cap is moved to the closed position. The pin 10 is hollow or splined to regulate flow from the nebule. The nebuliser 1 also has a switch means for enabling operation of the aerosol generator 3 when the nebule 8 is opened. The switch means comprises a microswitch 12 on the housing which is engageable by a trigger 13 on the cap 4 when the cap is moved to the closed position. Aerosol generated by the aerosol generator 3 is delivered into a chamber defined by the nebuliser housing 2. Air passes into the chamber through air inlets 30. The air entrains the aerosolised medicament and the entrained aerosolised medicament is delivered from the nebuliser through the outlet 5.

An exercise apparatus includes a frame, an arm supporting member, and a leg supporting member. A sensor is connected to at least one of the arm supporting member and the leg supporting member, and / or a resilient member is interconnected between the arm supporting member and either the leg supporting member or the frame. The sensor communicates with a user display and / or a resistance device to indicate the amounts of work performed by the arm supporting member and the leg supporting member, and / or to adjust resistance to movement of the leg supporting member as a function of user force applied against the arm supporting member. The resilient member encourages synchronization of the arm supporting member and the leg supporting member, while allowing some relative movement therebetween. A user interface displays data associated with exercise activity, including relative amounts of work performed by a user's arms and legs and / or performed during different phases of exercise, including discrete aerobic and anaerobic phases. The interface display and the level of resistance are preferably changed as part of the transition between phases.

Disclosed is a runoff rain gauge 100 which includes a collector tube 104, soil infiltration resistance medium 108, a runoff resistance flow element 113, a standard rain gauge 102, and runoff collection tube 114. Precipitation enters the collector tube 104 and is divided to flow into the infiltration medium 108 and runoff collection tube 114 via flow element 113. Total precipitation is read in standard rain gauge 102, runoff in tube 114, and soil infiltration in medium 108 is calculated by the difference between total precipitation and the runoff.

The invention discloses a synaptic transistor based on a two-dimensional semiconductor material and a preparation method of the synaptic transistor. The synaptic transistor comprises an insulating substrate, and a channel, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode which are arranged on the substrate, wherein the channel is a two-dimensional semiconductor material; the source electrode and the drain electrode are arranged at the two ends of the channel respectively and form an ohmic contact with the channel material; the gate electrode and an electrical interconnection system formed by the channel, the source electrode and the drain electrode are kept in electronic insulation; an organic electrolyte covers a channel region and most of the gate electrode and comprises an organic carrier capable of being electrically insulated and ions capable of being migrated, and effective ion control of the gate to the channel material is formed. According to the synaptic transistor based on the two-dimensional semiconductor material and the preparation method of the synaptic transistor, an ion attachment-intercalation mechanism is utilized, and the characteristics of large surface area and adjustable resistance value of the two-dimensional material are combined, so that the device shows long-term and short-term synaptic plasticity, and the two characteristics can change witheach other along with the change of a gate signal. Meanwhile, the device has good linearity and ultralow operational power consumption, and the implementation and large-scale integration application of a high-precision neuromorphic device are facilitated.

The invention provides a system for realizing signal driving of an EMCCD (Electron Multiplication Charge Couple Device) by a high-voltage operational amplifier, relating to a driving technology of a CCD (Charge Couple Device), and solving the problems which are difficult to realize by the existing driving method. In the invention, a high-speed and high-voltage driving signal is obtained by a gain-adjustable high-speed and high-voltage operational amplifying circuit and can be applied when the working frequency is high and the multiplier voltage is high; by directly adopting digital signal control, the circuit stability is high; by adopting a DC (Direct Current)-DC power supply for supplying power, the voltage of the power supply changes according to the amplitude change of an output signal, and the power consumption of the operational amplifier can be lowered when the amplitude of the output signal is lower; and a low-pass filter converts an amplitude-adjustable square wave generated by a digital-to-analog converter into a sine wave, and the sine wave is amplified by the high-speed and high-voltage operational amplifier so as to generate a high-speed and high-voltage driving signal. The amplitude of the output signal is changed through two paths of digital control signals so as to realize the digital control on the output signal, thereby ensuring that final high and low level values are in the allowable working range of the device.

A task chair is disclosed, including a base, a seat supported by the base, and a pair of uprights connected to the base and extending upwardly from the seat. A pair of armrests are attached respectively to the uprights, and are selectively positionable along the uprights in a manner in which the height of the armrests along the uprights is adjustable. A backrest is also selectively positionable along the uprights, and the height of the backrest with respect to the seat may be adjusted by moving the backrest upwardly or downwardly along the uprights. The armrests and backrest each include mount sleeves telescopingly slidable along the uprights, each of the mount sleeves including a user-operable adjustment mechanism which includes a lever having a portion thereof selectively engagable with one of a series of holes along the uprights. The adjustment mechanisms of the mount sleeves of the armrests and the backrest are easily operated by a user to independently adjust the armrests and the backrest vertically along the uprights.

The invention provides an active and passive limb rehabilitation training device. The training device comprises a base, a left upper limb mechanism, a right upper limb mechanism, a left lower limb mechanism and a right lower limb mechanism, wherein the left upper limb mechanism and the right upper limb mechanism are installed on the two sides of a double-upper-limb position adjusting mechanism fixed to the base respectively, the left lower limb mechanism and the right lower limb mechanism are installed on the two sides of a double-lower-limb position adjusting mechanism fixed to the base respectively, the two lower limb mechanisms are bilaterally symmetrical, and the two upper limb mechanisms are basically bilaterally symmetrical. A right rotating shaft is rotationally installed on a rightupper limb connecting frame of the right upper limb mechanism and is connected with a piston rod on one side of a right double-side rod outlet oil cylinder and a piston rod of a first right oil cylinder through a gear-rack and guide rail-slider mechanism, a piston rod on the other side of the right double-side rod outlet oil cylinder is connected with a piston rod of a third right oil cylinder, aright connecting plate of the right lower limb mechanism is connected with a second right foot connecting rod and a fourth right coil cylinder in a hinged mode, and a piston rod of the fourth right oil cylinder is connected with a right foot swing rod in a hinged mode. A right double-side rod outlet piston cylinder is connected with a left double-side rod outlet piston cylinder through a three-position four-way valve, the fourth right oil cylinder is connected with the first right oil cylinder through a three-position four-way valve, a fourth left oil cylinder is connected with a first left oil cylinder through a three-position four-way valve, a third right piston cylinder is connected with the atmosphere and an energy accumulator through a three-position four-way valve, and a third leftpiston cylinder is connected with a hydraulic pump and an oil tank through a three-position four-way valve.

A torsion suspension includes two longitudinal control arms having front ends and rear ends in travel direction and a torsion axle extending transversely to and interconnecting the longitudinal control arms. A bearing assembly swingably supports the front ends of the longitudinal control arms in relation to a vehicle body. Coupled to each the rear ends of the longitudinal control arms are transverse control arms for absorbing lateral forces.

The present invention relates to a therapeutic oral exercise apparatus for strengthening the tongue. The device is a water-filled unit comprised of clear tube with two bulbs on each end. The exerciser is activated in the mouth by pressing the pressurized bulb with the tongue against the hard palate. A floating indicator in the tube offers visual feedback and elevates as the tube is compressed. The device is adjustable in difficulty. The presenting invention is simple in design and operation. It has limited moving or articulating parts, requires no customization, is non-electrical, can be operated with one hand and is inexpensive to manufacture. The Tongue Press Oral Exerciser is an affordable means of strengthening swallowing and speech intelligibility.

A sidewalk tile with snow-removal function is stably obtained that is capable of being heated to a desired temperature, while at the same time sufficiently maintaining strength. A heat-generating concrete body is obtained by mixing particle-form (granular) or powder-form carbon material with un-hardened concrete at a specified ratio, and then pressing it with a high-pressure press at a pressure of approximately 980 kN to remove moisture and to form it into a tile shape. A pair of electrodes are embedded in end sections on both ends in the width direction of the heat-generating concrete body. The outer surfaces of the heat-generating concrete body are covered with an insulation-coating layer. One side and the circumference of the heat-generating concrete body are covered with un-hardened concrete and formed into a single tile shape by pressing with a high-pressure press to obtain a sidewalk tile with the snow-removal function.

The invention discloses a single-tower and double-circulation desulfurization and dust removal device and technology. The device comprises an absorption tower, wherein a tray orifice plate, coarse desulfurization sprayers, a gas redistribution and liquid collection layer, fine desulfurization sprayers and a cyclone demister are arranged in the adsorption tower and located above a flue gas inlet from bottom to top in sequence, the coarse desulfurization sprayers are communicated with a column bottom through a circulating pump, and the fine desulfurization sprayers are externally connected with a slurry feed pump; the gas redistribution and liquid collection layer comprises a liquid collection part and a gas redistribution part, the liquid collection part is fixed on the wall of the adsorption tower and covers a cross section of the adsorption tower completely, the gas redistribution part is located below the liquid collection part, the mounting height of the gas redistribution part is adjustable, the liquid collection part is communicated with an external pipeline, the gas redistribution part comprises a plurality of round pipes which are parallel to each other and are arranged horizontally, and a gas channel is formed by a gap between every two adjacent round pipes. The technology comprises a coarse desulfurization and dust removal stage and a fine desulfurization and dust removal stage, wherein by means of a Venturi bar layer at the fine desulfurization and dust removal stage, liquid-gas contact area can be increased and gas-liquid mass transfer rate is increased.

A high-strength capacitor (1) for high-voltage charges includes a body having a set of elements (2) arranged therein as well as a plurality of current out puts (3) connected to said elements. The set of elements includes serially connected peripheral (4) and inner (5) elements which include porous electrodes (6,7) with a volumetric collector, isolation separators (8,9) as well as an electron conducting collector (10). In order to equalize the voltage in a set of serially connected elements, the body includes electron conductors connected together by clamps and arranged in openings (13) formed in each separator. The sets further include a cover (14) separated from the body by an additional layer (15). The body is self-supporting. The porous electrodes are elastic.

An exercise apparatus includes a frame for residing on a horizontal surface, a pair of arm-supporting members for supporting the user's arms and a pair of leg-supporting members for supporting the user's legs. A linkage assembly couples the arm-supporting members and leg-supporting members to the frame and moves the arm-supporting members and leg-supporting members in closed paths relative to the frame in response to user forces applied to the arm-supporting members and leg-supporting members. The linkage assembly includes actuators for adjusting dimensions of the closed paths in response to control signal inputs. Sensors mounted on the linkage assembly generate force-indicating signals representing one or more of the user force. A user interface receives and processes the force-indicating signals and supplies the control signal inputs to the actuators, wherein a dimension of at least one of the closed paths is a function of at least one of the forces applied to the leg and arm-supporting members.

A multilayer capacitor comprises a multilayer body in which dielectric layers and inner electrodes are alternately laminated, and terminal electrodes formed on the multilayer body. The inner electrodes include first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes alternately arranged. The terminal electrodes include at least three terminal electrodes. The first inner electrodes are electrically connected to each other via a through-hole conductor. The second inner electrodes are electrically connected to each other via a through-hole conductor. At least two first inner electrodes in the first inner electrodes are electrically connected via a lead conductor to at least two respective terminal electrodes whose number is smaller than the total number of the terminal electrodes by at least 1 in the at least three terminal electrodes. At least one second inner electrode in the second inner electrodes is electrically connected via a lead conductor to the remainder of terminal electrodes other than the terminal electrodes electrically connected to the first inner electrodes via the lead conductor. An equivalent series resistance is set to a desirable value by adjusting the number of at least one species of the first and second inner electrodes electrically connected to the terminal electrodes via the lead conductors.

A semiconductor device is provided which has a semiconductor substrate. An active cell area having at least one active cell is formed in the semiconductor substrate, wherein at least sections of the active cell area are surrounded by an edge termination region. An integrated gate runner structure is arranged at least partially in the edge termination region and has at least one low electrical resistance portion and at least one high electrical resistance portion which are electrically connected in series with each other.

A swiveling seat comprises a seat bottom, a swivel mechanism and a swivel resistance system. The swivel mechanism allows the seat bottom to rotate at least partially around a first axis of rotation. The swivel resistance system may include a first member that rotates with the swivel mechanism, a second member that is fixedly positioned relative to the swiveling of the swivel mechanism and an operator adjustable resistance control that is operated by the vehicle operator to bias the second member into the first member so as to vary the resistance required to swivel the operator's seat.

A manipulation apparatus that generates a manipulation reaction force on a manipulation knob by energizing a coil disposed between a coil-side yoke and a magnet. A permanent magnet is disposed on a contact portion for a housing of a knob base on which the manipulation knob is mounted. An electromagnet is disposed on a support portion of the housing that supports the contact portion. The electromagnet is energized to generate a repulsive force between the support portion and the contact portion. This reduces a friction force exerted between the support portion and the contact portion.

The invention pertains to a firing mechanism for a small arm, particularly a rifle, with a trigger (2) that can be pivoted about a trigger axis (12), with a trigger rod (4) that is displaceably arranged within a housing (1) and serves for respectively retaining and releasing a prestressed firing pin (6), and with an articulated lever (3) that is arranged within the housing (1) such that it can be pivoted about a pivot axis (20) and is connected in an articulated fashion to the trigger rod (4), with said articulated lever being connected to the trigger (2) via the trigger rod (4). The resistance of the trigger can be easily changed without requiring significant constructive modifications if the articulated lever (3) that is connected in an articulated fashion to the trigger rod (4) has an upwardly protruding catch (22) that engages into a lower latching groove (19) on the trigger (2) in a cocked position of the firing mechanism, with the latching groove (19) being provided with an oblique stopping face (33) for a front edge (34) of the catch (22).

A multilayer capacitor includes a multilayer body in which dielectric layers and inner electrodes are alternately laminated, and terminal electrodes formed on the multilayer body. The inner electrodes include first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes alternately arranged. The terminal electrodes include at least three terminal electrodes. The first inner electrodes are electrically connected to each other via a through-hole conductor. The second inner electrodes are electrically connected to each other via a through-hole conductor. At least two first inner electrodes in the first inner electrodes are electrically connected via a lead conductor to at least two respective terminal electrodes whose number is smaller than the total number of the terminal electrodes by at least 1 in the at least three terminal electrodes. At least one second inner electrode in the second inner electrodes is electrically connected via a lead conductor to the remainder of terminal electrodes other than the terminal electrodes electrically connected to the first inner electrodes via the lead conductor. An equivalent series resistance is set to a desirable value by adjusting the number of at least one species of the first and second inner electrodes electrically connected to the terminal electrodes via the lead conductors.

The invention relates to a flexible heating fabric system. The flexible heating fabric system comprises flexible heating fabric and a temperature control system. The flexible heating fabric has a heating function by weaving metal wires in the fabric. The heating fabric is characterized in that the conductive metal wires or metal-coated yarns are distributed in the fabric in a warp and weft manner; the length of each weft conductive yarn can be controlled through a cycle count, and the interweaved point number of the warp and weft conductive yarns can be controlled by the number of parallel warp yarns. The temperature control system comprises a smartphone, a single-chip microcomputer system, a temperature sensor, an electronic microswitch and a bluetooth communication module, and is characterized in that the temperature data of the digital temperature sensor is directly read by a single-chip microcomputer but not by a temperature signal conditioning module; the electronic microswitch consists of a triode or silicon controlled. The heating fabric system can be used for realizing resistance adjustment, and has the advantages that the flexibility and the serviceability are good, the temperature is controllable, manufacturing is simple, and the like.

A golf practice and exercise device has an elevated arm from which an impact object is suspended for swinging movement. The object is positioned with a clubhead impact target in position for striking by the clubhead of a golf club swung by a golfer. The resistance to the impact of the golf club is adjustable. A sensor detects the magnitude and velocity of the striking force, and a display displays an indication as to how far a golf ball would have gone after being struck with a force and velocity of the detected magnitude.

A full body twisting exercise machine has a support frame comprising a lower layer portion and an upper layer portion, a bearing respectively installed at the lower and the upper layer portions, a revolving shaft disposed though both bearings, one end of the revolving shaft protruding from the upper layer portion and connected to a crank and having an extension bar, a free end of the extension bar having a connecting portion; a connecting rod, a driving rod and a handle, an aperture of the connecting rod pivoted to the connecting portion of the extension bar and secured to one end of the driving rod; another end of the driving rod connected to a handle; and a flywheel disposed between the lower layer portion and the upper layer portion and jacketing the revolving shaft, and the lower layer portion of the support frame having a damping device.