Author: claimsbot

1. An overhead throwing sweeping machine comprising a machine frame (1) for retaining the wheels (2), whose regions coming to bear on the floor to be cleaned lie in a supporting plane, and the other components of the sweeping machine,
a cylindrical sweeping roller (4) which is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and is retained on jointly adjustable pivoted arms and whose bristles located in the region of the sweeping area during cleaning operation move in the direction of the forward travel of the cleaning machine,
a tunnel wall (8) covering the front and the top region of the sweeping roller (4) and defining the brush tunnel, and
a dirt container (6) which is arranged behind the sweeping roller (4) and whose inlet opening faces the end of the brush tunnel and lies with its bottom edge (15) adjacent to the sweeping roller (4) and which, in its dirt-receiving position, is held by at least one displaceable supporting element (36) in a position supported relative to the sweeping roller (4),
wherein, to set the sweeping area, the pivoted arms of the sweeping roller (4) are pivoted by adjusting a cable control (20) and in the process the position of the at least one supporting element (36) is also changed, such that the setting of the sweeping area is combined with the setting of the optimum distance between sweeping roller (4) and tunnel wall (8) and with the setting of the optimum distance of the inlet opening of the dirt container (6) from the sweeping roller (4), characterized in that one of the pivoted arms of the sweeping roller (4) is a double-armed lever which, at its arm (7) remote from the longitudinal axis (4\u2032) of the sweeping roller (4), has a bearing surface (11) for the cable control (20), the one end of which is held in place when the sweeping roller (4) is lowered into the sweeping position and the other end of which is connected to an adjusting mechanism, such that the cable control (20) holds the pivoted arms in the position for the sweeping position of the sweeping roller (4) by engagement with the bearing surface (11), and
in that the at least one supporting element (36) is coupled to the adjusting mechanism, such that the adjustment of the latter both changes the effective length of the cable control (20) and correspondingly displaces the at least one supporting element (36).
2. An overhead throwing sweeping machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the cable control is a Bowden control (20, 21), the sleeve sections (21\u2032) of which are fixedly arranged close to the bearing surface (11) relative to the cable (20).
3. An overhead throwing sweeping machine according to claim 1 characterized in that the adjusting mechanism has a screw spindle (26) which is retained in a rotatable but axially non-displaceable manner and on which an adjusting nut (27) sits which is non-rotatable relative to the machine frame (1), and in that the cable control (20) is fixedly connected to the adjusting nut (27) sits which is non-rotatable relative to the machine frame (1), and in that the cable control (20) is fixedly connected to the adjusting nut (27) and a linkage (29, 34) is coupled to the latter for displacing the at least one supporting element (36).
4. An overhead throwing sweeping machine according to claim 3, characterized in that the screw spindle (26) is arranged essentially perpendicularly to the supporting plane.
5. An overhead throwing sweeping machine according to claim 4, characterized in that a handle element (26\u2032) for the manual rotation of the screw spindle (26) is provided at one end of the screw spindle (26).
6. An overhead throwing sweeping machine according to one of claims 3, characterized in that the at least one supporting element (36) has a curved supporting surface and is retained on the machine frame in a pivotable manner, and in that a push rod (34) acts on the at least one supporting element (36) and is coupled to the adjusting nut (27) via a pivoted lever (29).
7. An overhead throwing sweeping machine according to claim 6, characterized in that the at least one supporting element (36) is provided at a side region of the machine frame (1), and in that a further supporting element (37) rigidly coupled to said supporting element (36) and having a corresponding surface is arranged at the opposite side region of the machine frame (1).
8. An overhead throwing sweeping machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the one end of the cable control (20) is coupled to an actuating element (40), with which the cable control (20) can be adjusted between a position for sweeping operation and a position for travel operation, in which the sweeping roller (4), is lifted from the floor.
9. An overhead throwing sweeping machine according to claim 3, characterized in that the one end of the cable control (20) is coupled to an actuating element (40), with which the cable control (20) can be adjusted between a position for sweeping operation and a position for travel operation, in which the sweeping roller (4), is lifted from the floor.
10. An overhead throwing sweeping machine according to claim 6, characterized in that the one end of the cable control (20) is coupled to an actuating element (40), with which the cable control (20) can be adjusted between a position for sweeping operation and a position for travel operation, in which the sweeping roller (4), is lifted from the floor.

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 of obtaining the electrocardiograph (ECG) of a patient located in a turbulent electromagnetic environment, consisting of recovering an ECG signal from the patient with added noise near the cardiac region as the differential signal resulting from the signals delivered by two electrodes forming part of a first measurement loop, characterized in that it further consists of simultaneously recovering from the patient (1) in essentially identical turbulent conditions, a second measurement signal (S2) incorporating at least the noise, as a differential signal resulting from the signals delivered by two electrodes (5, 5) forming part of a second measurement loop (4) distinct from the first (2), then adding to or subtracting from the first noisy ECG signal (S1), in real time, said second measurement signal (S2) as a function of the polarity of the noise in said second signal relative to the noise in the noisy ECG signal (S1) and, finally, processing, converting, transmitting andor displaying in real time the resulting signal (SR) representing the ECG, which is essentially devoid of noise.
2. A method of acquisition according to claim 1 characterized in that the second measurement loop (4) is composed and arranged in such a way that, if it acquires a signal component representing the ECG that is in addition to or mixed with the noise signal, said signal component representing the ECG has an opposite polarity andor an inferior amplitude to the signal component representing the ECG obtained by the first measurement loop (2).
3. A method of acquisition according to either claim 1 or claim 2 characterized in that, in the case where a patient (1) is located inside a nuclear magnetic resonance imager or similar MRI analysis apparatus, the apparent dimensions for magnetic flux, in a plane (PP) perpendicular to the direction of the principal field (Bo) of the first and second measurement loops (2 and 4) formed by the connecting wires (2 and 4) of the respective electrodes (3, 3; 5, 5) and the materials (2, 4) extending between the two electrodes (3, 3 5, 5) of a single measurement loop (2; 4) are similar or even identical.
4. A method of acquisition according to any one of claims 1 through 3 characterized in that the first and second measurement loops (2 and 4) comprise a common electrode (3, 5).
5. A method of acquisition according to any one of claims 1 through 4 characterized in that the first and second measurement loops (2 and 4) passing through the electrodes are arranged essentially symmetrically relative to the median plane (PM) of the patient (1) perpendicular to the patient’s coronal plane (PC).
6. A method of acquisition according to claim 5 characterized in that the electrodes (3, 3; 5, 5), either separate or with a common electrode, of the two measurement loops (2 and 4) are arranged in alignment.
7. A method of acquisition according to any one of claims 1 through 4 characterized in that the three electrodes (3, 3; 5, 5) forming the two measurement loops (2 and 4) are arranged in a triangular configuration near the cardiac region in such a way that that the second measurement loop (4) obtains a signal component representing the ECG which has the opposite polarity and is essentially equal in amplitude to that of the signal component representing the ECG obtained by the first measurement loop (2).
8. A method of acquisition according to any one of claims 1 through 7 characterized in that the signal (SR) resulting from the addition or subtraction of the differential signals (S1 and S2) delivered by the two measurement loops (2 and 4) is processed by a pass-through filter (8), then used for frequency modulation of a carrier and finally, transmitted to an apparatus (11) equipped with a means for displaying the filtered ECG signal (SR), possibly after conversion into an optical signal.
9. A sampling apparatus for obtaining the ECG signal of a patient in real time, particularly a patient undergoing MRI examination, which apparatus can be connected to a display device; and in particular, an apparatus using the method according to any one of claims 1 through 8, characterized in that it consists principally of first, two modules (6, 6) for acquiring physiological signals (S1 and S2) furnished by two separate measurement loops (2 and 4), each comprising a pair or electrodes (3, 3; 5, 5) placed on the patient (1), at least one of said physiological signals (S1, S2) comprising a signal component representing the ECG; and second, of a module (7) which totals or differentiates the signals (S1 and S2) delivered by the two acquisition modules (6, 6) and finally, by the modules (8, 9, 10) which process, i.e., filter and convert, the signal (SR) delivered by said totaling or differentiating module (7).
10. A device according to claim 9 characterized in that all the modules (6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) are grouped within a protected housing (12) forming a Faraday cage which is connected to the electrodes (3, 3; 5, 5) by resistant, flexible connection wires (2, 4) and which is not in direct contact with the patient’s skin.
11. A device according to either of claims 9 and 10 characterized in that the two acquisition modules (6, 6) comprise a common electrode (3, 5).
12. A device according to any one of claims 9 through 11 characterized in that the different elements and portions forming said device consist essentially of non-magnetic materials, making it completely compatible for use in a magnetically sensitive, turbulent environment.

1. A beverage dispenser comprising:
a cup port provided at a front surface of a body;
a cup mount provided at an outside of the cup port;
a cup holder including a cup holding portion, an internal diameter of the cup holding portion slightly smaller than a maximum external diameter of a cup in an external form like an inverted truncated cone, a right-to-left space of an opening of the cup holding portion slightly larger than a minimum external diameter of the cup, the cup holder capable of holding the cup with the cup holding portion;
a holder mover capable of moving the cup holder at least forward and backward and upward and downward; and
cup carryout control means for operating the cup holder so that the holding portion holding the cup is advanced from an inside of the cup port to the outside thereof to locate the holding portion above the cup mount, the cup holding portion is lowered from an above position by a predetermined distance to place the cup on the cup mount in process of lowering, and the cup holding portion is retreated from a lowered position to the inside of the cup port to leave the cup on the cup mount.
2. The beverage dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising:
an object detection sensor for detecting whether or not there is an object on the cup mount;
extraneous material existence determining means for determining whether or not there is an extraneous material on the cup mount based on a detection signal of the object detection sensor before advancing the cup holding portion holding the cup from the inside of the cup port to the outside thereof; and
extraneous material warning means for, when determined that there is the extraneous material, giving a warning for prompting removal of the extraneous material.
3. The beverage dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising:
overload detecting means for detecting whether or not an overload ungenerable by normal operation is applied to the cup holder in process of lowering the cup holding portion to place the cup on the cup mount; and
overload warning means for, when determined that there is the overload, giving a warning for prompting removal of the overload.
4. The beverage dispenser according to claim 3, further comprising:
cup placement retrying means for, when determined that there is the overload, repeating an operation of elevating and lowering the cup holder a predetermined number of times until determining that there is no overload.
5. The beverage dispenser according to claim 3, wherein:
the holder mover has a motor for moving the cup holder upward and downward; and
the overload detecting means includes current detecting means for detecting a current passing through the motor on lowering the cup holder and current value comparing means for determining that there is the overload in the case where a variation when a detected current exceeds a predetermined reference current is a stipulated value or higher.
6. The beverage dispenser according to claim 5, further comprising:
reference current updating means for measuring and updating the reference current in predetermined timing.
7. The beverage dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising:
a door for opening and closing the cup port;
door opening and closing means capable of opening the door on advancing the cup holding portion holding the cup from the inside of the cup port to the outside thereof and closing the door on retreating the cup holding portion from the outside of the cup port to the inside thereof;
a closing detection sensor for detecting the closing of the door;
closing determining means for determining whether or not the door is normally closed based on a detection signal of the closing detection sensor on retreating the cup holding portion from the outside of the cup port to the inside thereof; and
door closing retrying means for, when determined that the closing is not normal, repeating an operation of advancing and retreating the cup holder predetermined number of times until determined to be normal.

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 base station, comprising:
a memory which stores data to be transmitted to a mobile device, which complies with multiple communication methods and performs a data communication with the base station; and
a processor which
switches, during transmission of the data stored in the memory with one communication method of the multiple communication methods, when a communication request with another communication method of the multiple communication methods is transmitted to the mobile device, a communication partner to another base station complying with the other communication method, and
determines whether to transfer an unsent data to the other base station based on a size relationship between a data transmission time to transmit the unsent data stored in the memory to the other base station and a communication time predicted based on a past communication history regarding a communication destination which transmits the communication request.
2. The base station according to claim 1, wherein when the communication partner is switched while the unsent data remains in the memory, the processor transfers the unsent data to the other base station when a communication with the other base station continues after a predetermined period of time elapses.
3. The base station according to claim 1, wherein the memory comprises a management table which stores a cell number to which the mobile device belongs for each event, and
wherein the processor determines based on a change of the cell number for the event whether the mobile device moves and suppresses the data transfer to the other base station when the mobile device moves.
4. A control method for controlling a base station, the control method comprising:
performing a data communication with a mobile device complying with multiple communication methods;
switching, during transmission of the data to the mobile device with one communication method of the multiple communication methods, when a switch request to another communication method of the multiple communication methods is transmitted to the mobile device, a communication partner to another base station complying with the other communication method; and
determining whether to transfer an unsent data to the other base station based on a size relationship between a data transmission time to transmit the unsent data stored in the memory to the mobile device from the other base station and a communication time predicted based on a past communication history regarding a communication destination which transmits the switch request.
5. The control method according to claim 4, comprising:
when the communication partner is switched to the other base station while the unsent data remains in the memory, transferring the unsent data to the other base station when a communication between the mobile device and the other base station continues after a predetermined period of time elapses.
6. A radio communication system, comprising:
a mobile device complying with multiple communication methods;
a first base station which performs a communication by a first communication method of the multiple communication methods; and
a second base station which performs the communication by a second communication method of the multiple communication methods;
wherein the mobile device, comprising:
a receiver which obtains location information;
a mobile device memory which stores the location information at a time of the communication with the first base station;
a mobile device processor which writes the location information, obtained from the location information obtaining unit at the time of the communication with the first base station, into the mobile device memory, determines whether the mobile device moves based on the location information when there is a switch request to the second communication method from the first base station, and transmits a movement determination report to the base station, and
wherein the first base station, comprising:
a base station memory which stores a block of data to be transmitted to the mobile device; and
when the switch request to the second communication method is transmitted to the mobile device during transmission of the data stored in the base station memory, a base station processor which switches a communication partner to the second base station and suppresses the transmission of the unsent data stored in the base station memory to the second base station when the movement determination report received from the mobile device indicates that the mobile device moves.
7. The radio communication system according to claim 6, wherein when the communication partner is switched to the second base station while the unsent data remains in the base station memory, the base station processor transfers the unsent data to the second base station when the communication between the mobile device and the second base station continues after a predetermined period of time elapses.
8. The radio communication system according to claim 6, wherein the base station memory comprises a management table which stores a cell number to which the mobile device belongs for each event, and
wherein the base station processor determines whether the mobile device moves based on a change of the cell number of the event and suppresses the data transfer to the second base station when the mobile device moves.