Author: claimsbot

1. A joint exerciser comprising a support adapted to receive the lower leg and foot of a patient, a frame having an incline and a carriage permitting movement of the support on the incline, the support comprising substantially orthogonal supporting surfaces respectively for the foot and for the lower leg, and said supporting surfaces being each adapted for independent support by said carriage.
2. An exerciser according to claim 1 wherein said carriage is alternatively attachable to the underside of said supporting surfaces.
3. An exerciser according to claim 2 wherein said carriage comprises an axle adapted for snap-fitting engagement with a respective supporting surface.
4. An exerciser according to claim 1 wherein said incline comprises space parallel tubes, and said carriage comprises rolling elements having grooves engageable with and guided by said tubes.
5. An exerciser according to claim 4 wherein said carriage comprises a symmetrical cranked axle having wheels at the respective ends thereof.
6. An exerciser according to claim 1 wherein said frame comprises a continuous cranked tube.
7. An exerciser according to claim 1 wherein said frame comprises telescope tubular members, and said incline is adjustable by relative movement of said members.
8. An exerciser according to claim 1 wherein the supporting surface for the lower leg comprises a lower portion for supporting the lower portion of the lower leg and an upper portion for supporting the upper portion of the lower leg, the upper portion and lower portion being attached for relative sliding movement in the length direction of the leg.
9. An exerciser according to claim 8 wherein said upper portion includes a plurality of forks engageable in respective close fitting recesses of said lower portion.
10. An exerciser according to claim 1 and further including a fence attachable to said frame and defining travel stops for said carriage.
11. An exerciser according to claim 10 wherein said fence surrounds said carriage sufficiently to prevent disengagement from said incline.

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. An electrostatic speaker, comprising:
a vibrating film;
an electrode portion disposed on a surface of the vibrating film and joined with the vibrating film; and
a conductive backplate spaced a distance from the electrode portion, the conductive backplate forming a plurality of holes, the vibrating film being deformed and vibrated to generate and release sound through the holes due to a variation of an electric field generated between the conductive backplate and the electrode portion, wherein the conductive backplate is covered by a polymer layer serving as a protective film.
2. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein the vibrating film is an electret film.
3. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein the polymer layer is selected from a group consisting of a thermosetting polymer and a thermoplastic polymer.
4. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein the polymer layer contains elements selected from a group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, silicon, sulfur, phosphor, and halogen.
5. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein the polymer layer comprises a compound having an unsaturated bond.
6. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein the polymer layer is selected from a group consisting of a foam polymer and a porous polymer.
7. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein the polymer layer is selected from a group consisting of an aliphatic polymer, an aromatic polymer, a polymer having an aromatic ring, and their mixtures.
8. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein the polymer layer is in a form selected from a group consisting of coating, wax, and adhesive.
9. The electrostatic speaker of claim 8, wherein at least one of the coating, the wax, and the adhesive comprises an additive agent.
10. The electrostatic speaker of claim 9, wherein the additive agent is selected from a group consisting of an antioxidant, a colorant, an UV absorber, a fire retardant, a fungicide, a silicon oil, an antimicrobial, a dispersant, an anti-foam agent, a coupling agent, a leveling agent, a plasticizer, an anti-sagging agent, a lubricating agent, a thickener, and an inorganic filler.
11. The electrostatic speaker of claim 8, wherein the polymer layer is a polymer selected from a group consisting of a rubber, a polyurethane (PU), an acrylic resin, a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), an epoxy resin, a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), a synthetic resin, and their mixtures.
12. The electrostatic speaker of claim 8, wherein the polymer layer is a polymer selected from a group consisting of a solvent type and a water type.
13. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein the polymer layer is a multi-layer structure and each layer is made of a polymeric material.
14. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the polymer layer is less than 200 micrometers.
15. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein the conductive backplate is a mesh selected from a metal mesh, a metal-coated plastic mesh, a metal-coated rubber mesh, a plate having conductive nanotubes, and a composite mesh or a mix-woven mesh manufactured therefrom.
16. The electrostatic speaker of claim 15, wherein a number of holes of the mesh is between 20 and 2000.
17. The electrostatic speaker of claim 1, wherein the holes have different sizes of aperture.
18. An electrostatic speaker, comprising:
a first vibrating film and a second vibrating film;
an electrode portion joined with the first vibrating film and the second vibrating film; and
a first conductive backplate and a second conductive backplate, disposed at opposite sides of the electrode portion and respectively spaced from the electrode portion by a distance, each of the two conductive backplates forming a plurality of holes, the first vibrating film and the second vibrating film being deformed and vibrated to generate and release sound through the holes due to a variation of an electric field generated between the electrode portion and the two conductive backplates, wherein each of the two conductive backplates is covered by a polymer layer serving as a protective film.
19. A conductive backplate of an electrostatic speaker, the conductive backplate having a plurality of holes, a sound being released through the holes, wherein the conductive backplate is covered by a polymer layer serving as a protective film.

1. A process for applying a particle material to a assembly platform for the creation of a three dimensional rapid prototype, comprising the steps of:
a. applying the particle material to the assembly platform, for the creation of a three dimensional rapid prototype by a layer by layer deposition method, in advance of a moving blade that is mounted on an end of an arm;
b. moving the blade, the blade including:
1) a front edge and
2) a rear edge essentially aligned vertically with respect to the front edge, the edges facing a surface to be coated rounded by radii,

wherein the moving blade creates a zone that includes:
1) a homogenization zone in front of the blade,
2) a compression zone between the front radius of the blade and the assembly platform, and
3) a smoothing zone between the front and rear radii of the blade and the assembly platform;

c. vibrating the blade in an oscillating rotary motion about an axis in which the blade is rotatably mounted,
wherein the vibration of the blade causing the particles to be fluidized and creating a roll of the particles in front of the blade, further wherein a proportion of the particle material is drawn through the compression zone during the movement over the assembly platform and during reversal of the blade providing an even layer of particle material on the assembly platform;
d. passing the blade over the assembly platform;
e. lowering the assembly platform; and
f. repeating steps a-e until the three dimensional rapid prototype is complete.
2. A process according to claim 1, wherein particle material is sand that is applied in excess measure to the assembly platform to be coated.
3. A process according to claim 2, wherein the rotary motion of the blade includes motion generally in the same direction as the blade passes over the assembly platform.
4. A process according to claim 1 wherein the rotary motion of the blade includes motion generally in the same direction as the blade passes over the assembly platform.
5. The process of claim 1, wherein the process includes the step of applying a hardener to selective area on each layer thickness before applying a next layer of the particle material to the assembly platform.
6. The process of claim 1, wherein the particle material includes a bonding agent.
7. A process according to claim 1, wherein the moving blade is essentially aligned orthogonally with respect to the assembly to be coated and is adapted to move linearly with respect to the platform.
8. A process according to claim 7, wherein the arm and the blade are driven by at least one electric motor whose eccentricity causes the moving blade to vibrate.
9. A process according to claim 1, wherein the particle material consists essentially of sand.
10. A process for applying a particle material to an assembly platform for the creation of a three dimensional rapid prototype, comprising the steps of:
a. applying the particle material to the assembly platform, for the creation of a three dimensional rapid prototype by a layer by layer deposition method, in advance of a moving blade;
b. providing a moving blade mounted on an arm, the moving blade including:
1) a front edge and
2) a rear edge essentially aligned vertically with respect to the front edge, the edges facing a surface to be coated rounded by radii,

wherein the moving blade creates a zone that includes:
1) a homogenization zone in front of the blade,
2) a compression zone between the front radius of the blade and the assembly platform, and
3) a smoothing zone between the front and rear radii of the blade and the assembly platform;

c. advancing the moving blade across the assembly platform;
d. swinging the blade forward, in a rotary motion, about an axis in which the blade is rotatably mounted,
wherein the swinging of the blade causes the particles to be fluidized;
e. creating a roll of the particles in the homogenization zone by the rotary motion of the blade and a forward movement of the blade across the assembly platform;
f. swinging the blade backwards in a rotary motion about the axis;
g. drawing a proportion of the particle material from the roll through a gap formed between at least one of the radii of the blade and a surface of the assembly platform to be coated;
h. compressing and applying the particle material to the surface of the assembly platform to be coated in the compression zone;
i. smoothing the particles in the smoothing zone during both the forward and backwards swinging steps providing an even layer of particle material on the assembly platform;
j. lowering the assembly platform; and
k. repeating steps a-j until the three dimensional rapid prototype is complete.
11. The process according to claim 10, wherein the three dimensional rapid prototype is a casting pattern.

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 disk control system that receives a process command for writing or reading of data from an information processing device, and performs a write or read process of data with respect to a logical device corresponding to a logical unit specified by that process command, comprising:
means for managing, as units, logical devices, which are logical storage regions that have been set in a storage region provided by a disk drive;
means for storing a correspondence between said logical devices and logical units, which are storage regions that have been set logically;
means for assigning, when a process command has been received for a logical unit to which no logical device has been assigned, a logical device to that logical unit and performing processing with regard to that logical device; and
means for responding to said information processing device, when a process command that does not cause a process with regard to a logical device has been received from said information processing device, by performing a process corresponding to that process command without performing said assignment.
2. A control method for a disk control system that manages, as units, logical devices, which are logical storage regions that have been set in a storage region provided by a disk drive, that stores a correspondence between said logical devices and logical units, which are storage regions that have been set logically, that receives a process command that has been sent from an information processing device, and that performs processing with respect to a logical device corresponding to the logical unit specified by that process command, the control method comprising:
a first step of receiving a process command for a logical unit to which no logical device has been assigned;
a second step of assigning to that logical unit a logical device, when in said first step a process command has been received for a logical unit to which no logical device has been assigned; and
a third step of performing said process command with regard to the logical device that has been assigned in said second step.