Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Masakatu Fujiwara

Yasuyuki Tsuchida

Yoshifumi Miyazaki

Hirofumi Matsumoto

Takeshi Miyamoto

Hiroshi Kuzuhara

Toshiya Morimoto

A food processor comprises a motor for rotating a rotor, a read-only memory (902) and a key input portion (600). In the read-only memory, a plurality of processing data are stored in advance. Each of the processing data includes a plurality of data groups consisting of speed data for determining the rotational speed of the motor and time data for determining the operation time of the motor. By operation of the key input portion (600), an arbitrary processing data is selected out of the plurality of processing data and the data groups included in the selected processing data are outputted successively from the read-only memory (902). According to these data groups, operation of the motor is controlled so that food is automatically processed.

Food processor

An electrically operated transmission gear system for a bicycle includes a plurality of transmission gears selectively drivable by an endless chain trained around a pedal-driven crank gear, a reversible motor, a takeup reel drivable thereby, and a wire connected at one end to the takeup reel and at the other end to a chain guide for shifting the endless chain into driving mesh with one of the transmission gears at a time. The transmission gear system also includes means for measuring the speed of travel of the bicycle and/or the speed of rotation of the crank gear, means for detecting a transmission ear with which the endless chain is in driving mesh, and an arithmetic unit for deriving a proper speed range from one of the measuring and detecting means and for comparing an output from the other means with the proper speed range as derived to determine whether the transmission gear held in mesh wish the endless chain is proper or not, whereby gear-shifting for the bicycle can properly controlled.

Electrically operated transmission gear system for bicycles

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Kasai, Japan

Masakatu Fujiwara