Abstract: An image processing apparatus ejects the sheet to witch image processing unit perform to an ejection tray or a staple stacker by a pair of ejection rollers and the like. A sheet path for guiding the sheet to the ejection rollers is opened and closed in conjunction with slide movement of the ejection tray when the ejection tray is attached to a main body of the apparatus, and the sheet path is opened and closed in conjunction with the slide movement of a staple stacker when the staple stacker is attached to the main body of the apparatus.

Abstract: With a dial for a timepiece comprising a decoration member 21 having a plurality of through holes 22 formed vertically on a luminescent member 10, the cross-sectional area of lower-side holes 24 of the decoration member 21 is formed to be larger than that of upper-side holes 23. Therefore, even if a substrate is thick, the diameter of the upper-side holes 23 of the through holes 22 can be formed to be small sufficiently. Moreover, compared to a dial size 20 for a timepiece wherein the decoration member 21 is placed on the luminescent member 10, the diameter of the through holes 22 of the decoration member 21 is small. Thus, it is possible to take in enough light from the luminescent member 10 through the lower-side holes 24 to ensure the sufficient amount of light through the through holes 22. It is possible to obtain sufficient illuminance for the dial.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable member contactable to a recording material carrying an image; a regulating member for regulating a movement of rotatable member in the direction of a generating line of rotatable member; wherein the regulating member is fixed so as not to rotate and has a surface opposed to an outer surface of an end portion of the rotatable member.

Abstract: A dial for timepiece is provided which includes a decoration member having a through hole, and a luminescent member disposed under the decoration member. A first surface processed layer is provided on an upper surface of the decoration member, and a second surface processed layer having a light-transmissive property is provided on an upper surface of the luminescent member. When the luminescent member is turned on, light emitted from the luminescent member is transmitted through the second surface processed layer and passes through the through hole of the decoration member. Because the transmitted light illuminates the upper surface side of the decoration member partially in accordance with the through hole, the dial is visible even in a dark place. In addition, decoration effects can be achieved by both the first surface processed layer and the second surface processed layer in accordance with the through hole.

Abstract: With a dial for a timepiece comprising a decoration member 21 having a plurality of through holes 22 formed vertically on a luminescent member 10, the cross-sectional area of lower-side holes 24 of the decoration member 21 is formed to be larger than that of upper-side holes 23. Therefore, even if a substrate is thick, the diameter of the upper-side holes 23 of the through holes 22 can be formed to be small sufficiently. Moreover, compared to a dial size 20 for a timepiece wherein the decoration member 21 is placed on the luminescent member 10, the diameter of the through holes 22 of the decoration member 21 is small. Thus, it is possible to take in enough light from the luminescent member 10 through the lower-side holes 24 to ensure the sufficient amount of light through the through holes 22. It is possible to obtain sufficient illuminance for the dial.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable member contactable to a recording material carrying an image; a regulating member for regulating a movement of rotatable member in the direction of a generating line of rotatable member; wherein the regulating member is fixed so as not to rotate and has a surface opposed to an outer surface of an end portion of the rotatable member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet containing cassette detachably mounted on a main body of an image forming apparatus to contain sheets to be supplied by a sheet supply means provided in the apparatus body, the cassette comprising a frame member, a sheet supporting member disposed within the frame member and adapted to support the sheets to be supplied by the sheet supply means, and a separation sheet provided on the sheet supporting member in an opposed relation to the sheet supply means. Character and/or a sketch are described on the separation sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet supplying apparatus comprising a sheet supporting means for supporting a sheet, a sheet supply means supported to contact with and separate from the sheet supported by the sheet supporting means and adapted to feed out the sheet by contacting with the sheet, a first biasing means for biasing the sheet supporting means toward the sheet supply means, and a second biasing means for biasing the sheet supply means toward the sheet supported by the sheet supporting means.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus comprising a pair of rotary drive shafts disposed in parallel with each other and rotated in the same direction, a sheet feed roller provided on one of the rotary drive shafts, and a reverse rotation roller provided on the other rotary drive shaft and urged against the sheet feed roller, and wherein sheets are separated and fed one by one between the sheet feed roller and the reverse rotation roller, and further wherein at least one of the sheet feed roller and the reverse rotation roller is provided with a through hole through which the rotary drive shaft passes, and the through hole has an intermediate portion through which the rotary drive shaft passes, and an escape portion provided at an end and adapted to permit inclination of the rotary drive shaft to maintain parallelism between one roller and the other roller if the rotary drive shaft is inclined.

Abstract: In an obliquely traveling sheet correcting device with a simple arrangement capable of reducing the cost and size thereof and enhancing an obliquely traveling sheet correcting accuracy. Stopping members 15 are turnably disposed to the rotary shaft 18 of free conveyer rollers 13 constituting a pair of conveyer roller 13, 14, the leading edge of a sheet S conveyed by a pair of conveyer rollers 5 is stopped by being abutted against the collision surfaces 20a of the stopping members 15, the stopping members 15 are turned and retracted when the sheet forms a predetermined loop to permit the sheet S to pass therethrough. There is also provided an image forming apparatus provided with the obliquely traveling sheet correcting device.

Abstract: A drive transmitting device having a partly untoothed gear partly having an untoothed portion, and a driven gear capable of meshing which the partly untoothed gear, and transmitting rotation from the partly untoothed gear to the driven gear is characterized in that in the partly untoothed gear, of a predetermined number of continuous teeth positioned on a side on which the partly untoothed gear starts to mesh which the driven gear when it rotates from a state in which the untoothed portion and the driven gear are opposed to each other, the odd teeth from the untoothed portion side are formed with odd tooth inclined surfaces cut away from the tooth top of the front tooth surface in the direction of rotation of the partly untoothed gear toward the root of the rear tooth surface, and the even teeth are formed with even tooth inclined surfaces cut away from the root of the front tooth surface in the direction of rotation toward the tooth top of the rear tooth surface.

Abstract: In an air conditioning apparatus, the refrigerant discharged from a compressor of an outdoor unit is passed through an outdoor heat exchanger, the refrigerant having passed through the outdoor heat exchanger is passed through an indoor heat exchanger of an ambient air-conditioning unit and the refrigerant having passed through the indoor heat exchanger is returned to the compressor to cool the whole space in the room. At the same time, the refrigerant discharged from the compressor is passed through the outdoor heat exchanger, the refrigerant having passed through the outdoor heat exchanger is passed through indoor heat exchangers of a plurality of personal air-conditioning units and the refrigerant having passed through the indoor heat exchangers is returned to the compressor to separately cool the discrete spaces in the room.

Abstract: Two or more indoor units are provided on ceiling and floor of a room. Each of the indoor units has an air heat exchanger for cooling indoor air, and a drain pan for catching drainage produced by the air heat exchanger. A drain pipe is provided in the ceiling and under the floor. The, drainage in each of the drain pans flows into the drainage pipe. The drain in the drain pipe is carried and discharged outdoor by a drain carrying unit.

Abstract: An adjusting mechanism includes two louvers rotatably provided in an air supply opening of an air conditioner. The louvers have rotating axes parallel to each other, and coupling pins. A coupling arm for rotating the louvers to be interlocked with each other to change inclinations of the louvers is provided. The coupling arm has holes in which the corresponding coupling pins are rotatably inserted. One of the holes is an elongate hole extending along the coupling arm. The coupling pin inserted into the elongate hole is slidable along the elongate hole, thereby allowing independent change of the inclination of one of the louvers.