1. A device for disposing excrement of a person lying face upward, comprising:
a cuplike body having a rim provided with a sealing member engageable with a body of the person to sealingly cover an anus region of the person such that a space for passing excrement is defined between said cuplike body and the person’s body;
a guide projection extending obliquely downward, in a direction opposite a direction faced by the lying person, from said cuplike body at a position facing the anus region of the person, said guide projection terminating at an opening; and
a flexible tube connected to said opening of said guide projection for discharging the excrement therethrough; and
wherein said cuplike body and said sealing member are configured so that said sealing member sealingly covers both the anus region and a pubic region of the person; and
wherein each of said cuplike body and said guide projection is made of an elastic material and a hollow tube of a hard material is provided in said guide projection to prevent said guide projection from flattening.
2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flexible tube is rotatably connected to said opening of said guide projection.
3. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cuplike body is made of an elastic material and said guide projection is made of a hard material.
4. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sealing member comprises an elastic ring portion extending from said rim of said cuplike body, and an elastic flange tapered to extend radially inward from a peripheral edge of said ring portion.
5. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flange of said sealing member has a flexible reinforcement element embedded around a circumference thereof for keeping said flange in a desired deformed state.
6. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said guide projection has an inner surface having a plurality of injection ports for injecting washing liquid therethrough to wash away the excrement.
7. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flexible tube has a smooth inner surface and a reinforcing wire provided on an outer surface or in the wall thereof.
8. A device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising connecting straps having first ends connected to the cuplike body, and adhesive sheets secured to second ends of said connecting straps, opposite the first ends, for sticking to the body of the person.
9. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cuplike body and said guide projection are constructed to form an elbow pipe curved so that when said sealing member is in engagement with the person’s body, said opening is oriented obliquely downward in a direction opposite a direction faced by the lying person.
10. A device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said flexible tube is rotatably connected to said opening of said elbow pipe.
11. A device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said sealing member for said elbow pipe comprises an elastic ring portion extending from said rim of said elbow pipe and an elastic flange tapered to extend radially inward from a peripheral edge end of said ring portion.
12. A device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said flange of said sealing member for said elbow pipe has a flexible reinforcement element embedded around a circumference thereof for keeping said flange in a desired deformed state.
13. A device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said elbow pipe has an inner surface having a plurality of injection ports for injecting washing liquid therethrough to wash the excrement.
14. A device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said flexible tube has a smooth inner surface and a reinforcing wire provided on an outer surface or in the wall thereof.
15. A device as claimed in claim 9, further comprising connecting straps having first ends connected to said elbow pipe, and adhesive sheets secured to second ends of the connecting straps, opposite the first ends, for sticking to the body of the person.
16. A device as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a cup having a rim provided with a sealing member engageable with the body of a person to sealingly cover the pubic region of the person and terminating at an opening; and
a flexible pipe connected to said opening of said cup for discharging urine of the person therethrough.
17. A device as claimed in claim 16, wherein said flexible pipe is rotatably connected to said opening of said cup.
18. A device as claimed in claim 16, wherein said sealing member for said cup has an elastic ring portion extending from said rim of said cup and an elastic flange tapered to extend radially inward from a peripheral edge of said ring portion.
19. A device as claimed in claim 16, wherein said flange of said sealing member for said cup has a flexible reinforcement element embedded around a circumference thereof for keeping said flange in a desired deformed state.
20. A device as claimed in claim 16, wherein said flexible pipe has a smooth inner surface and a reinforcing wire provided on an outer surface or in the wall thereof.
21. A device as claimed in claim 16, further comprising connecting straps having first ends connected to said cup, and adhesive sheets secured to the second ends of the connecting straps, opposite the first ends, for sticking to the body of the person.
22. A device as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a connector for removably connecting said elbow pipe and said cup.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for adjusting frequency of a surface acoustic wave device that includes a substrate including at least one of a lithium tantalate substrate, or a lithium niobate substrate or a lithium tetraborate substrate, the surface acoustic wave device further including an IDT electrode formed on the substrate that excites a pseudo-longitudinal leaky surface acoustic wave, the method comprising:
performing a frequency adjustment by adjusting a thickness of the substrate at a side opposite to, in a thickness direction, a side on which the IDT electrode is formed.
2. The method for adjusting frequency of a surface acoustic wave device according to claim 1, the performing including performing frequency adjustment by trimming with dry etching the side of the lithium tantalate substrate, the lithium niobate substrate, or the lithium tetraborate substrate opposite to, in the thickness direction, the side on which the IDT electrode is formed.
3. The method for adjusting the frequency of a surface acoustic wave device according to claim 1, further comprising:
performing a preliminary frequency adjustment prior to the frequency adjustment by trimming at least a surface of the right side of the lithium tantalate substrate, the lithium niobate substrate, or the lithium tetraborate substrate on which the IDT electrode is formed, or by trimming a surface of the IDT electrode.
4. A method for adjusting a frequency of a surface acoustic wave device, the method comprising:
disposing a surface acoustic wave device in a chamber into which etching gas is introduced, the surface acoustic wave device including a substrate including at least one of a lithium tantalate substrate, or a lithium niobate substrate or a lithium tetraborate substrate, the surface acoustic wave device further including an IDT electrode formed on the substrate that excites a pseudo-longitudinal leaky surface acoustic wave, the surface acoustic wave device having the substrate contained in a container; and
performing a frequency adjustment by etching a side of the substrate opposite to, in thickness direction, a side on which the IDT electrode is formed while measuring input and output characteristics of the surface acoustic wave device until a desired frequency is obtained.
5. The method for adjusting the frequency of a surface acoustic wave device according to claim 4, further comprising:
performing a preliminary frequency adjustment prior to the frequency adjustment by trimming at least a surface of a right side of the substrate on which the IDT electrode is formed, or by trimming of a surface of the IDT electrode.
6. A surface acoustic wave device, comprising:
a substrate including at least one of a lithium tantalate substrate, a lithium niobate substrate, and a lithium tetraborate substrate; and
an IDT electrode formed on the substrate that excites a psuedo-longitudinal leaky surface acoustic wave, frequency of the surface acoustic wave device being adjusted by the method for adjusting frequency according to claim 1.
7. An electronic device, comprising:
a substrate including at least one of a surface acoustic wave device usable as a filter;
a resonator; and
a surface acoustic wave device, frequency of the surface acoustic wave device being adjusted by the method for adjusting frequency according to claim 1.