1. A coupling device for an artificial model, comprising
a male joining part; and
a female joining part, being joined to the male joining part tightly; wherein, the male joining part further comprises:
a first base disk with a first hollow center;
a first front positioning plate with a second hollow center, having a central circular protrusion part;
a rear positioning lock plate with a third hollow center;
a plurality of first bolts, fastening the base disk, the front positioning plate and the rear positioning lock plate together; and
an insertion member, passing through the base disk, the front positioning plate, the rear positioning lock plate via the hollow centers;
and the female joining part further comprises;
a second base disk;
a second front positioning plate;
a second rear positioning lock plate; and
a plurality of second bolts, fastening the second base disk, the second front positioning plate and the second rear positioning lock plate tighter;
characterized in that the insertion member is composed of an insert head, a pin, an adjustment bolt, a first elastic body and a covering cap with the insert head having a conical shape and an elongated flat part at a bottom thereof; the pin is inserted into the insert head along a radial direction of the insert head and passing through an axis of the insert head to form a shape of cross; the second hollow center has a shape corresponding to the elongated flat part of the insert head such that the elongated flat part of the insert head can fit with the second hollow center after being inserted into the second hollow center with the adjustment bolt passing through the cap and the first elastic body before engaging with the bottom of the insert head; the second front positioning plate at a center thereof has a hollow part with a plurality of equidistant radial grooves and two opposite ones of the radial grooves are pierced with the pin; and a radial recess is disposed between two neighboring ones of the radial grooves respectively;
whereby, the male joining member and the female joining member can be joined to each other tightly and be inserted into each other for achieving a purpose of positioning.
2. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 1, wherein the insert head has a hollow part with internal screw threads and a fitting hole and another elastic body with a ball is disposed in the hollow part such that the insert head can be engaged to a screw rod and the pin has a recess and is inserted into the fitting hole with the ball being located in the recess to form a structure of at an lower section of the insert head having a second elastic body.
3. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 1, wherein each of the radial grooves of the second front positioning plate at an inner edge thereof has a guide chamfer.
4. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 1, insert head at a lower end of the elongated flat part thereof has a conical part disposed in the elastic body and the elastic body surrounds the adjustment bolt and is disposed between the first positioning plate and the cap in a state of biasing against the first positioning plate and the cap; whereby, after the first base disk being subjected to a foreign force to separate the female joining part, the first base disk can be pushed back to original position thereof along a taper of the conical part quickly because of an elastic force of the elastic body.
5. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 4, wherein the first positioning plate is provided with a plurality of posts to confine the elastic body and prevent the elastic body from slip.
6. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 1, wherein the first base disk and the second base disk at peripheries thereof have a respective upright rim facing to each other such that a clearance between the two base disks can be formed with more smooth contact.
7. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 1, wherein the first base disk and the second base disk at a side thereof have a recess respectively to receive the first front positioning plate and the second front positioning plate with each of the recesses having a flange to avoid hips of the artificial model at peripheries thereof being damaged due to frictional contact.
8. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second base disks have threaded holes with respect to the centers of the two base disks respectively for the base disks being attached to the hips of the artificial model.
9. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 8, wherein the threaded holes of the first and the second base disks are disposed equidistantly to allow the first and the second front positioning plates or the first and the second rear positioning lock plates being able to be arranged to have two adjusted cross orientations.
10. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second positioning plates at a side thereof respectively facing the threaded holes of the first and the second base disks have a jut out cone respectively and the threaded holes have a countersink corresponding to the jut out cone.
11. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 1, wherein the first front positioning plate at the rear side thereof has a locating recess to prevent the first elastic body from slipping.
12. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 1, wherein the first rear positioning lock plate and the second rear positioning lock plate are provided with an aperture and a hole respectively corresponding to a post and a threaded hole at the first base disk and the second base disk respectively for locating the first and the second rear positioning lock plates by way of the posts being inserted into the apertures and a bolt engaging the threaded holes respectively.
13. The coupling device for an artificial model according to claim 12, wherein the first base disk and the second base disk are provided with a recess facing the first rear positioning lock plate and the second rear positioning lock plate respectively and the rear positioning lock plate are provided with a hollow part corresponding to the post respectively for locating the rear positioning lock plates quickly.
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 multifunction printing (MFP) apparatus comprising:
a communication section which communicates with at least another MFP apparatus and a server via a network;
a storage section which stores data received via the communication section;
a control panel which inputs operation instructions to the MFP apparatus; and
a control section,
the control section controlling the following operations:
(i) organizing information for specifying customized data regarding a control panel in a form of a data file, and applying registration of the information to the server;
(ii) receiving a request for the customized data sent from another MFP apparatus based on the information registered in the server and sending the customized data to another MFP apparatus; and
(iii) sending a request for the customized data to another MFP apparatus based on the information of another MFP apparatus registered in the server, storing in the storage section the customized data received based on the request, and updating display of the control panel with the customized data.
2. The MFP apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section further performs control in such a manner that it informs the server that the customized data has been stored.
3. The MFP apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage section has a personal folder, and the control section performs control in such a manner that only an individual specified by a specific authentication is permitted to use the personal folder.
4. The MFP apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the specific authentication is made by the control section referring to a user management table based on an identification (ID) in an ID card.
5. The MFP apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control section, when storing data in the personal folder of the storage section, performs control in such a manner that it stores data together with at least one of a genre with a hierarchic structure related to classification, free words, and a presence or absence of charges.
6. The MFP apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the MFP apparatus receives payment of a specific registration fee in compensation for registration or pays specific charges when storing data transmitted front another MFP apparatus into the storage section.
7. The MFP apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data file includes at least various types of link information lists and, when the application for the registration is accepted by the server, delivers at least the various types of link information lists to another MFP apparatus via a network.
8. The MFP apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section performs control in such a manner that it adds additional information about classification, keywords, and conditions for exchange and distribution to the input operation instructions, and registers the additional information in the server.
9. The MFP apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section performs control in such a manner that it receives an encryption key and a decryption key from the server, transfers data encrypted using the encryption key to a specified address, or that it receives encrypted data transferred from another MFP apparatus, stores the encrypted data, and decrypts the encrypted data using the decryption key.
10. A multifunction printing (MFP) system, comprising:
an MFP apparatus; and
a server which manages the MFP apparatus,
wherein the MFP apparatus comprises:
communication means for communicating with at least another MFP apparatus and a server;
storage means for storing data received via the communication means;
a control panel which inputs operation instructions to the MFP apparatus; and
control means, for controlling the following operations:
(i) organizing information for specifying customized data regarding a control panel in a form of a data file, and applying registration of the information to the server;
(ii) receiving a request for the customized data sent from another MFP apparatus based on the information registered in the server and sending the customized data to another MFP apparatus; and
(iii) sending a request for the customized data to another MFP apparatus based on the information of another MFP apparatus registered in the server, storing in the storage means the customized data received based on the request, and updating display of the control panel with the customized data,
wherein the server comprises:
a communication section which communicates with the MFP apparatus via a network;
a storage section which stores various types of data; and
a control section which performs control in such a manner that it classifies the customized data at the MFP apparatus, accepts an application for registration of identification information, retrieves data fulfilling conditions for exchange related to conditions or distribution, informs the MFP apparatus of a list of the retrieved data, and starts data transfer using approval of a user of the MFP apparatus as an event.
11. The MFP system according to claim 10, wherein in the server, the control section performs control in such a manner that it authenticates operation about data a registration of which is applied for and registers the data when a result of the authentication has shown that a specific level has been exceeded.
12. The MFP system according to claim 10, wherein in the server, the control section performs control in such a manner that it demands specific charges from the MFP apparatus, when permitting the application for the registration made by the MFP apparatus.
13. The MFP system according to claim 10, wherein in the server, the control section performs control in such a manner that, when another MFP apparatus downloads the customized data held in an MFP apparatus, the control section demands charges for the download from the another MFP apparatus.
14. The MFP system according to claim 10, wherein in the server, the MFP apparatus performs control in such a manner that it transmits an encryption key to an MFP apparatus before starting exchange or distribution.
15. A method for controlling a multifunction printing (MFP) apparatus and a server, the method comprising causing the MFP apparatus to perform the following operations of:
(i) causing first communication means provided in the MFP apparatus to communicate with at least another MFP apparatus and the server;
(ii) causing first storage means provided in the MFP apparatus to store data received via the first communication means; and
(iii) causing first control means provided in the MFP apparatus to control the following operations:
(1) organizing information for specifying customized data regarding a control panel provided at the MFP apparatus to input operation instructions to the MFP, in a form of a data file, and applying registration of the information to the server;
(2) receiving a request for customized data sent from another MFP apparatus based on the information registered in the server and sending the customized data to another MFP apparatus; and
(3) sending a request for the customized data to another MFP apparatus based on the information of another MFP apparatus registered in the server, storing in the first storage means the customized data received based on the request, and updating display of the control panel with the customized data, and
the method also comprising causing the server to perform the following operations of:
(i) causing second communication means provided in the server to communicate with the MFP apparatus via the network;
(ii) causing second storage section provided in the server to store various types of data; and
(iii) causing second control means to perform control in such a manner that it classifies the data customized at the MFP apparatus, accepts an application for a registration of identification information, retrieves data fulfilling conditions for exchange related to conditions or distribution, informs the MFP apparatus of a list of the retrieved data fulfilling conditions for exchange related to conditions or distribution, and starts data transfer using approval of a user of the MFP apparatus as an event.
16. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the server, the second control section performs control in such a manner that it authenticates operation about data a registration of which is applied for and registers the data when a result of the authentication has shown that a specific level has been exceeded.
17. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the server, the second control section performs control in such a manner that it demands specific charges from the MFP apparatus, when permitting the application for the registration made by the MFP apparatus.
18. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the server, the second control section performs control in such a manner that, when another MFP apparatus downloads the customized data held in an MFP apparatus, the control section demands charges for the download from the another MFP apparatus.
19. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the server, the MFP apparatus performs control in such a manner that it transmits an encryption key to an MFP apparatus before starting exchange or distribution.