Author: claimsbot

1. A push back pallet storage system, comprising a plurality of side members and cross members arranged in several levels; a plurality of longitudinal I-shaped beams each configured from a single metal sheet and each having an upper flange portion and a lower flange portion connected by a vertical portion; a plurality of carriages for fitting pallets end movable lengthwise relative to said longitudinal beams, each of said movable carriages being formed as a substantially inverted U-shaped carriage provided with wings and surrounding a respective one of said I-shaped beams so that said upper flange portion of each of said I-shaped beams is located in a region of an upper closed portion of each of said carriages and said lower flange portion of each of said I-shaped beams is located in an area of a lower open portion of a respective one of said carriages; and a plurality of bearings running inwardly of a respective one of said inverted U-shaped carriages and on said lower flange portion at both sides of said vertical portion of a respective one of said I-shaped beams.
2. A push back pallet storage system as defined in claim 1, wherein said carriages include three pairs of rails movable relative to said longitudinal beams, each of said pairs of rails being arranged so that a rail of each of said pairs is placed at a level of height different from an adjoining one, wherein a pair of said rails provided in an outer portion of the system has a shortest height and a pair of said rails provided in an inner portion of the system has a greatest height.
3. A push back pallet storage system as defined in claim 1, wherein said carriages include rails, said bearings being fitted on aligned transverse shafts located in shaped portions projecting inwards of each wing of said rails, so that said bearings do not protrude from an entire width of said rails.
4. A push back pallet storage system as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said movable carriages is provided at an end with a rotatable pawl having a first end extending upwards and protrudable from said upper part of said carriage through a first opening and a second opposite end extending downwards and receivable into a second opening formed in said beam: and a shaft extending transversely inside said movable carriage and passing through said pawl at a point of said first end near said second end of said pawl, so that if no pallet is present on a pair of said movable carriages, said second end of said pawl remains inserted into said second opening of said beam by an own weight of said pawl preventing said carriage from being moved relative to a corresponding one of said beams, said carriage being released when a pallet rests on said first end of said pawl protruding from said upper portion of said carriage through said first opening.
5. A push back pallet storage system as defined in claim 4, wherein said pawl is provided at an initial end of each of said carriages where the pallets are fed into the system.
6. A push back pallet storage system, comprising a plurality of side members and cross members arranged in several levels; a plurality of A longitudinal I-shaped beams each configured from a single metal sheet and each having an upper flange portion and a lower flange portion; a plurality of carriages for fitting pallets and movable lengthwise relative to said longitudinal beams, each of said movable carriages being formed as a substantially inverted U-shaped carriage provided with wing; and surrounding a respective one of said I-shaped beams so that said upper flange portion of each of said I-shaped beams is located in a region of an upper closed portion of each of said carriages and said lower flange portion of each of said I-shaped beams is located in an area of a lower open portion of a respective one of said carriages; and a plurality of bearings running inwardly of a respective one of said U-shaped carriages and on said lower flange portion of a respective one of said I-shaped beams, wherein each of said movable carriages is provided at an end with a rotatable pawl having a first end extending upwards and protruding from said upper portion of said carriage through a first opening and a second opposite end extending downwards and receivable into a second opening formed in said beam; and a shaft extending transversely inside said movable carriage and passing through said pawl at a point of said first end near said second end of said pawl so that if no pallet is present on a pair of said movable carriages, said second end of said pawl remains inserted into said second opening of said beam by an own weight of said pawl preventing said carriage from being moved relative to a corresponding one of said beams, said carriage being released when a pallet rests on said first end of said pawl protruding from said upper portion of said carriage through said first opening, wherein said pawl is provided at an initial end of each of said carriages where the pallets are fed into the system.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. An image distribution apparatus comprising:
an image input part which receives image information from an image supply source;
an image storage medium which stores the image information inputted by said image supply source therein;
an operating information input part which inputs operating information including information for specifying a program to be distributed, information relating to a receiver terminal and information relating to a distribution line;
an image selectingprocessing circuit, when program image information specified by program specification information included in the image information stored in said image storage medium is suitable image information corresponding to said receiver terminal information, which selects and outputs said suitable image information, and, when the program image information specified by said program specification information included in the image information stored in said image storage medium is not suitable image information corresponding to said receiver terminal information, processes the program image information specified by said program specification information included in the image information stored in said image storage medium into the suitable image information and outputs said processed suitable image information; and
a distribution line selection circuit which selects a suitable distribution line corresponding to said distribution line information and outputs image information outputted from said image selectingprocessing circuit to said selected distribution line.
2. An image distribution apparatus comprising:
an image input part which receives a plurality of types of image information for a single program from an image supply source;
an image storage medium which stores the image information inputted to said image input part therein;
an operating information input part which inputs operating information including information for specifying a program to be distributed, information relating to a receiver terminal and information relating to a distribution line;
an image selection circuit which selects suitable image information of program image information specified by program specification information and corresponding to said receiver terminal information among said plurality of types of image information stored in said image storage medium and outputs said suitable image information; and
a distribution line selection circuit which selects a suitable distribution line corresponding to said distribution line information and outputs the image information outputted from said image selection circuit to said selected distribution line.
3. An image distribution apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said receiver terminal information includes type information relating to whether said receiver terminal is of a fixed or portable type, said plurality of types of image information include a plurality of types of advertisement image information, and said image selection circuit selects suitable advertisement image information corresponding to said type information from said plurality of types of advertisement image information stored in said image storage medium.
4. An image distribution apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said receiver terminal information includes information relating to a resolution and physical size of a display circuit of said receiver terminal, said plurality of types of image information include detailed text information and abstract text information, and said image selection circuit, on the basis of said resolution information and physical size information of said display circuit, selects any of said detailed text information and abstract text information stored in said image storage medium and outputs said selected information.
5. An image distribution apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said receiver terminal information includes type information relating to whether said receiver terminal is of a fixed or portable type, and said image selection circuit selects image information of a suitable reproduction time corresponding to said type information from the image information stored in said image storage medium.
6. An image distribution apparatus comprising:
an image input part which receives image information from an image supply source;
an image storage medium which stores the image information received in said image input part therein;
an operating information input part which inputs operating information including information for identifying a program to be distributed, information relating to a resolution and physical size of a display circuit of a receiver terminal, and information relating to a distribution line;
an image processing circuit which receives program image information specified by said program specification information from said image storage medium, and, when the resolution and physical size information of the display circuit indicates that a resolution of said display circuit is lower than a first predetermined value and a physical size of the display circuit is smaller than a second predetermined value, cuts out and outputs a part said received image information, and, when the resolution of said display circuit is higher than the first predetermined value and the physical size of the display circuit is larger than the second predetermined value, processes the received image information into image information by which a plurality of image information can be displayed on a single display screen and outputs said processed image information; and
a distribution line selection circuit which selects a suitable distribution line corresponding to said distribution line information and outputs image information outputted from said image processing circuit to said selected distribution line.
7. An image distribution apparatus comprising:
an image input part which receives image information including detailed text information from an image supply source;
an image storage medium which stores the image information inputted by said image input part therein;
an operating information input part which inputs operating information including information for specifying a program to be distributed, information relating to a resolution and physical size of a display circuit of a receiver terminal, and information relating to a distribution line;
an image processing circuit which receives program image information specified by the program specification information from said image storage medium, and, when information relating to a resolution and physical size of the display circuit of the receiver terminal indicates that the resolution of said display circuit is lower than a first predetermined value or the physical size of the display circuit is smaller than a second predetermined value, processes said detailed text information into abstract text information and outputs the abstract text information; and
a distribution line selection circuit which selects a suitable distribution line corresponding to said distribution line information and outputs image information outputted from said image processing circuit to said selected distribution line.
8. An image distribution apparatus comprising:
an image input part which receives image information from an image supply source;
an image storage medium which stores the image information inputted to said image input part therein;
an operating information input part which inputs information for specifying a program to be distributed, type information relating to whether a receiver terminal is of a fixed or portable type, and information relating to a distribution line;
an image processing circuit which receives program image information specified by said program specification information from said image storage medium, and, when said type information indicates that the receiver terminal is of the portable type, processes the received image information so as to shorten a reproduction time of the received image information and outputs the processed image information; and
a distribution line selection circuit which selects a suitable distribution line corresponding to said distribution line information and outputs image information outputted from said image processing circuit to said selected distribution line.
9. An image distribution apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
a storage, when program distribution is interrupted, which stores a break point at which the program distribution was interrupted for each user therein.
10. An image distribution apparatus as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:
a storage, when program distribution is interrupted, which stores a break point at which the program distribution was interrupted for each user therein.
11. An image distribution apparatus as set forth claim 1, wherein said operating information includes priorities of a plurality of programs desired by a user, and wherein, when program distribution is interrupted thereafter distribution of a program is again resumed, and when, with respect to the program being distributed at the time of the interruption and a program already distributed, the programs at the time of the resumption compared with programs at the time of the distribution, have newly-received contents, the program having said newly-received contents and a program not distributed yet are distributed according to the priorities.
12. An image distribution apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said operating information includes priorities of a plurality of programs desired by a user, and wherein, when program distribution is interrupted and thereafter when distribution of a program is again resumed, with respect to the program being distributed at the time of the interruption and a program already distributed, the programs at the time of the resumption are compared with the programs at the time of the distribution so that presence of newly-received contents as a result of the comparison causes the program having said newly-received contents and a program not distributed yet to be distributed according to the priorities.
13. A method for distributing image information in a computer having an input part, control part, storage part and output part, comprising:
an image input step of inputting a plurality of types of image information for a single program from an image supply source by said input part;
an image storage step of storing said inputted image information by said storage part;
an operating information input step of inputting operating information including information for specifying a program to be distributed, information relating to a receiver terminal and information relating to a distribution line by said input part;
a step of searching said storage part for said plurality of types of image information on the basis of said program specification information by said control part;
an image selection step of selecting suitable image information corresponding to said receiver terminal information from said plurality of types of the searched image information by said control part;
a distribution line selection step of selecting a suitable distribution line corresponding to said distribution line information by said control part; and
an image output step of outputting said selected image information to said selected distribution line by said output part.
14. A method as set forth in claim 13, wherein said receiver terminal information includes type information relating to whether said receiver terminal is of a fixed or portable type, said plurality of types of information include a plurality of advertisement image information, and said control part selects suitable advertisement image information corresponding to said type information from said plurality of types of advertisement image information in said image selection step.
15. A method as set forth in claim 13, wherein said storage part, when distribution of a program was interrupted, stores a break point at which the program distribution was interrupted for each user.
16. A method as set forth in claim 14, wherein said storage part, when distribution of a program was interrupted, stores a break point at which the program distribution was interrupted for each user.
17. A method for distribution image information in a computer having an input part, control part, storage part and output part, comprising:
an image input step of inputting image information from an image supply source by said input part;
an image storage step of storing said input image information by said storage part;
an operating information input step of inputting operating information including information for identifying a plurality of programs to be distributed and information relating to priorities for said plurality of programs by said input part; and
a distribution step of specifying programs to be distributed from said stored image information on the basis of said program specification information and distributing image information of said specified programs according to said priorities by said control part,
wherein, when program distribution is interrupted thereafter distribution of a program is again resumed, and when, with respect to the program being distributed at the time of the interruption and a program already distributed, the programs at the time of the resumption, compared with programs at the time of the distribution, have newly-received contents, the program having said newly-received contents and a program not distributed yet are distributed according to the priorities.
18. A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium for distributing image information, said computer program product comprising:
a code for inputting a plurality of types of image information for a single program from an image supply source;
a code for storing said plurality of types of input image information;
a code for inputting operating information including information for identifying a program to be distributed, information relating to a receiver terminal and information relating to a distribution line;
a code for selecting suitable program image information specified by said program specification information and corresponding to said receiver terminal information from said plurality of types of stored image information;
a code for selecting a suitable distribution line corresponding to said distribution line information; and
a code for outputting said selected image information to said selected distribution line.
19. A computer program produce as set forth in claim 18, wherein said receiver terminal information includes type information relating to whether the receiver terminal is of a fixed or portable type, said plurality of types of image information include a plurality of types of advertisement image information, and suitable advertisement image information corresponding to said type information is selected from said plurality of types of advertisement image information.
20. A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium for distributing image information, said computer program product comprising:
a code for inputting image information from an image supply source;
a code for storing said input image information;
a code for inputting operating information including information for identifying a plurality of programs to be distributed and priorities corresponding to said plurality of programs; and
a code for specifying programs to be distributed from said stored image information on the basis of said program specification information and distributing the image information of said specified programs according to said priorities,
wherein, when program distribution is interrupted thereafter distribution of a program is again resumed, and when, with respect to the program being distributed at the time of the interruption and a program already distributed, the programs at the time of the resumption, compared with programs at the time of the distribution, have newly-received contents, the program having said newly-received contents and a program not distributed yet are distributed according to the priorities.
21. An operating device capable of communicating with an image distribution apparatus for distributing stored image information from an image supply source to a fixed or portable type receiver terminal, comprising:
an operating information generation circuit which generats operating information including information relating to the receiver terminal which includes type information relating to whether the receiver terminal is of a fixed or portable type, and information relating to a distribution line; and
an operating information transmission circuit which transmits said generated operating information to said image distribution apparatus.
22. An operating device as set forth in claim 21, further comprising:
a card insert slot which inserts a card having a user ID previously stored therein; and
a card information reader which reads said user ID stored in said card inserted in said card insert slot,
wherein said operating information generation circuit includes the user ID read out from said card into the operating information, and said operating information transmission circuit transmits the operating information including the user ID to said image distribution apparatus.
23. An operating device as set forth in claim 21, further comprising:
a short-distance wireless communication circuit capable of wirelessly communicating with the card or portable terminal having the user ID previously stored therein at a short distance to receive the user ID from said card or portable terminal, and
wherein said operating information generation circuit includes the user ID in the operating information, and said operating information transmission circuit transmits the operating information including the user ID to said image distribution apparatus.
24. An operating device as set forth in claim 21, further comprising:
a storage, when distribution of a program was interrupted, which stores a break point indicative of a position at which the program received from said image distribution apparatus was interrupted.
25. An operating device as set forth in claim 22, further comprising:
a storage, when distribution of a program was interrupted, which stores a break point indicative of a position at which the program received from said image distribution apparatus was interrupted.
26. An operating device as set forth in claim 23, further comprising:
a storage, when distribution of a program was interrupted, which stores a break point indicative of a position at which the program received from said image distribution apparatus was interrupted.

1. An optical transmission apparatus communicable with a plurality of subscriber apparatuses, comprising:
a delay measurement instruction optical packet transmission part transmitting a delay measurement instruction optical packet;
a reception part receiving a delay measurement response optical packet returned from each of the plurality of subscriber apparatuses;
a delay measuring part detecting a response delay time from each subscriber apparatus based on reception timing of each of the delay measurement response optical packets;
a detection part detecting a received optical level of each of the delay measurement response optical packets received by the reception part; and
a state determination part determining a quality of an optical transmission state between the optical transmission apparatus and each subscriber apparatus based on the received optical level of the delay measurement response optical packet of each of the plurality of subscriber apparatuses.
2. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the delay measurement instruction optical packet transmission part transmits the delay measurement instruction optical packet including an identifier of the subscriber to be measured, and
the delay measuring part detects the response delay time from each subscriber based on the reception timing of the delay measurement response optical packet from the subscriber to be measured.
3. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a message transmission part that, as a result of the optical transmission state between the optical transmission apparatus and each subscriber determined by the state determination part, transmits a message to control an optical output level to subscribers having a received optical level below a desired level.
4. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the message includes an identifier of the subscriber to be controlled.
5. A subscriber apparatus connected to an optical transmission apparatus communicable with a plurality of subscriber apparatuses, comprising:
a delay measurement response interface part that receives a delay measurement instruction optical packet transmitted from the optical transmission apparatus to determine whether or not the delay measurement instruction optical packet is addressed to the subscriber apparatus and, if the delay measurement instruction optical packet is addressed to the subscriber apparatus, outputs a delay measurement response optical packet; and
an emission quantity control part controlling an optical output level of the delay measurement response optical packet when a message to control the optical output level is received after the delay measurement response optical packet is output.
6. The subscriber apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the delay measurement instruction optical packet and the message contain an identifier of the subscriber apparatus.
7. An optical communication system performing communication by means of an optical network, comprising:
an optical transmission apparatus comprising:
a delay measurement instruction optical packet transmission part transmitting a delay measurement instruction optical packet;
a reception part receiving a delay measurement response optical packet returned from each of a plurality of subscriber apparatuses;
a delay measuring part detecting a response delay time from each subscriber apparatus based on reception timing of each of the delay measurement response optical packets;
a detection part detecting a received optical level of each of the delay measurement response optical packets received by the reception part; and
a state determination part determining a quality of an optical transmission state between the optical transmission apparatus and each subscriber apparatus based on the received optical level of the delay measurement response optical packet of each of the plurality of subscriber apparatuses; and
a plurality of subscriber apparatuses, each subscriber apparatus comprising:
a delay measurement response interface part that receives a delay measurement instruction optical packet transmitted from the optical transmission apparatus to determine whether or not the delay measurement instruction optical packet is addressed to the subscriber apparatus and, if the delay measurement instruction optical packet is addressed to the subscriber apparatus, outputs a delay measurement response optical packet; and
an emission quantity control part controlling an optical output level of the delay measurement response optical packet when a message to control the optical output level is received after the delay measurement response optical packet is output.
8. The optical communication system according to claim 7, wherein
the optical transmission apparatus further comprises a message transmission part that, when the optical level of the delay measurement response optical packet is not within a range of desired levels, transmits a message to the applicable subscriber apparatus, and
when the state determination part recognizes that the optical level of the delay measurement response optical packet is not within the range of desired levels,
the message transmission part transmits an identifier of the applicable subscriber apparatus and a level adjustment message containing increasedecrease index value information to increasedecrease the optical output level of the delay measurement response optical packet so that the optical level of the delay measurement response optical packet enters a range of desired levels.
9. The optical communication system according to claim 8, wherein
when the message is received, the delay measurement response interface part in the subscriber apparatus controls the emission quantity control part based on the increasedecrease index value information to increasedecrease the optical output level and returns the delay measurement response optical packet after the optical output level is adjusted, and
when the state determination part of the transmission apparatus recognizes that the optical level of the delay measurement response optical packet received after the level adjustment message is transmitted is not within the range of desired levels,
the message transmission part transmits a replacement message containing a replacement instruction to replace a light-emitting device set up in the applicable subscriber apparatus.

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 suspended sleeping bag (1; 31) with a top and a bottom section (2, 3; 30) and with attaching elements at the head and foot ends (18, 20) that converge toward each other in the region of a gathering point (17, 19) at each of the head and the foot ends (18, 20), particularly in the form of ropes (4, 5), cords, tapes, pieces cut from a web of fabric, or another, tear-resistant material, for the purpose of attachment at two mutually spaced apart attachment points (46, 47), the bottom section (3; 30), unlike the top section (2), absorbing tensile forces in the longitudinal direction and conveying them to the attachment points (46, 47) along lines that converge in an approximately ray-like manner in the region of one or the other of the gathering or attachment points (17, 19), characterized in that
(a) the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag is so cut to shape and the length or cut shape of the attaching elements (4, 5) is so calculated that a line extending along the periphery of the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag from one gathering point (17, 19) to the other is shorter than a line extending (roughly) centrally along or through the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag between said points (17, 19); and
(b) the top section (2) of the sleeping bag is connected to the lateral edges of the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag.
2. The suspended sleeping bag (1; 31) as recited in claim 1, characterized in that a line extending along the periphery of the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag between one gathering point (17, 19) and the other is free of bends.
3. The suspended sleeping bag (1; 31) as recited in claim 1 wherein the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag is se cut to shape and the length of the attaching elements (4, 5) is such that between the periphery of the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag and the longitudinal center line thereof there is a line with no bends or undulations, extending along or through the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag from one gathering point (17, 19) to the other, which is at least the same length as all other lines extending along and through the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag between the gathering points (17, 19).
4. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 3, characterized in that a flat region (32) enclosed by the two generally mutually symmetrical, longest regions of the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag has a shape adapted to the human body.
5. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 4, characterized in that the flat region (32) adapted to the human body has longitudinal edges (33) that are at least regionally convex.
6. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 4 wherein a broadest point of the flat region (32) adapted to the human body is located substantially at the height of a sleeper’s shoulders and is shifted to the upper or head half of the suspended sleeping bag.
7. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 1, wherein the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag comprises, outside of the reclining area for a person at at least one of the head and foot ends (18, 20), a generally trapezoidally tapering cut shape of a tear-resistant material, whose broader main face is disposed on the region serving as a sleeping bag and whose narrower face is provided with an attaching means comprising at least one of a rope, hook and eye.
8. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 5, wherein the bottom section (30) of the sleeping bag, in the region of the periphery thereof, adjacent to each of the longitudinal edges (33) of the flat region (32) adapted to the human body, is connected to at least one marginal strip (39) whose peripheral boundary (42) follows a concave path.
9. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 8, wherein blanks for the marginal strips (39) are generally banana-shaped.
10. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 8 wherein two longitudinal edges (42, 43) of the marginal strip (39) of the bottom section (30) of the sleeping bag approach each other in their end regions.
11. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 9 wherein the blanks (29) for the marginal strips (39) of the bottom section (30) of the sleeping bag are separated from the blank for the flat region (32) thereof adapted to the human body, at least partially by means of cut-ins (41) extending in a longitudinal direction (40) of the blank (29) in the region of transverse ends (34) of the bottom section (30) of the sleeping bag.
12. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 4 wherein the top section (2) of the sleeping bag and all blanks therefore collectively have a contour that generally corresponds to the flat region (32) of the bottom section (30) of the sleeping bag.
13. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 4, wherein disposed in the region of the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag is an insulating pad (10).
14. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 13, and further comprising a pocket-shaped receptacle on an underside of the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag for receiving the insulating pad (10).
15. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 14, wherein the insulating pad (10) is removably attached to a load-bearing fabric.
16. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 15, wherein provided above the load-bearing fabric andor above the insulating pad (10) is a soft insert.
17. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 1, wherein the attaching elements (4, 5) are connected to the head andor foot end (18, 20) of the bottom section (3; 30) of the sleeping bag.
18. The suspended sleeping bag as recited in claim 1, wherein more than two attaching ropes (4, 5) are provided at at least one of the head and foot ends (18, 20).