Abstract: A method of simulated animation for video images is disclosed. The method squiggles the features of the images by displaying a number of slightly different images in rapid succession. These slightly different images are generated automatically by a computer in accordance with a set of pre-stored editing routines. To simulate animation of an image, a set of duplicate images is created. These duplicate images are then modified by computer application of pre-stored editing routines, such that small variations result between the duplicate images. The edited duplicate images are then arranged for display in succession. To create an animated sequence comprising a plurality of multi-frame scenes, a plurality of scenes are created from a still image by modifying a set of duplicate still images by computer application of pre-stored editing routines, such that small variations result between the duplicate still images.

Abstract: The present invention provides a one-way heat fixing device for developers in which thermal energy from the fixing roller is provided to the unfixed developer on a recording medium. The fixing device includes a fixing roller, which is heated to and maintained at a predetermined temperature, and a pressing roller, which maintains contact with the fixing roller. Recording media carrying an unfixed developer thereon are contacted between the fixing roller and the pressing roller so that at the moment of fixing the developer, the magnitude of thermal energy (Qh) to be fed from the fixing roller to the developer and the recording medium, and the magnitude of thermal energy (Qp) to be fed from the pressing roller to the developer and the recording medium is defined by the following formula: Qp/Qh≦0.

Abstract: A jack type connector 1, 21 includes: a retainer 2, 22 holding a converter 10, 30 and a first 11a, 11b, 11c, 31a, 31b, 31c and second 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 terminals; and a plurality of ribs 4, 24 projecting from a peripheral portion of the retainer; wherein the retainer is fitted in a cutaway portion formed in a printed board 12 and having a configuration conformal to a profile of the retainer 2, 22 with the ribs 4, 24 abutting against the surface of the printed board 12 for engagement with the printed board.