Abstract: A medium convey apparatus including: a convey mechanism including an endless belt having a medium-placed face; and a first adsorbing mechanism which includes first and second electrodes each facing a face of the convey mechanism opposite to the medium-placed face, and which adsorbs a recording medium to the medium-placed face by applying a specific voltage to between the first and second electrodes; wherein a surface layer member covers the first and second electrodes; and wherein at least one of the endless belt and the surface layer member has at least an area facing the first and second electrodes, wherein the area is formed of a resin material containing an ion conductive resistivity control material, and wherein a volume resistivity of the resin material ranges from 1010 to 1014 ?·cm when the specific voltage is applied in an environment at a temperature of 22.5° C. and a relative humidity of 50%.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus includes an illumination device including a surface light source, a detector configured to detect a light intensity distribution formed on a light-receiving surface by reflected light, and a processor configured to obtain the reflection characteristic based on first data of the light intensity distribution detected by the detector. The processor is configured to estimate, based on the first data, second data of a light intensity distribution formed by specular reflected light and third data of a light intensity distribution formed by diffuse reflected light in a case where a point light source is disposed at each position in a light-emitting region of the surface light source, and to estimate, based on the second data and the third data, a light intensity distribution formed by reflected light from the surface.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method capable of effectively suppressing deformation when a honeycomb formed body formed by horizontal extrusion is supported by a cradle, and supporting even a large honeycomb formed body so that cell wall buckling hardly occur and a high shape accuracy is kept, wherein the lowermost end of a supporting surface of the cradle is located below the lowermost end of the honeycomb formed body immediately after extruded through the die during the horizontal movement, and a distance in a vertical direction between the lowermost end of the honeycomb formed body immediately after extruded through the die and the lowermost end of the supporting surface of the cradle is from 5 to 15 mm during the horizontal movement when a honeycomb formed body extruded through a die in a horizontal direction by extrusion is supported by a cradle.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports, along a transport path, a medium having a recording base material whose one surface is a recording layer for an image and whose other surface is an adhesive layer and a separating base material that covers the adhesive layer; a recording unit that records an image onto the medium; a heating unit that fixes the recorded image onto the medium; and a humidifying unit that humidifies the medium.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a platen in which first suction holes passing through from a medium support surface to a rear surface are formed; first pressure chambers provided to communicate with the first suction holes; a second pressure chamber disposed on the side opposite to the platen and communicating with the first pressure chambers; a wall section which is disposed between the first pressure chambers and the second pressure chamber and in which second suction holes each making the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber communicate with each other are formed; a suction mechanism which suctions rolled paper on the medium support surface through the first and second suction holes; and a slide plate movable in a parallel fashion along the wall section and provided with blocking portions having different lengths in a direction of parallel movement and capable of blocking the second suction holes.

Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a pair of guide rails that movably supports a carriage and an abnormal portion detecting sensor that has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for receiving a light beam emitted from the light emitting portion, in which the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion are mounted on the carriage via a sensor mounting member.

Abstract: A recording apparatus, including: a recording head; a conveying member for conveying a recording medium in a conveyance direction; a wiper whose distal end is to come into contact with and separate away from the surface; a wiper driving mechanism for driving the wiper to conduct a wiping operation in which the distal end is brought into contact with the surface and the wiper is moved relative to the surface in an intersecting direction that intersects the conveyance direction for wiping the surface; a retainer for giving, to the conveying member, a retaining force for preventing a movement of the conveying member in the intersecting direction; and a controller for controlling the retainer to give the retaining force to the conveying member and for controlling the driving mechanism to conduct the wiping operation, in a state in which the movement of the conveying member in the conveyance direction is halted.

Abstract: A contour of an outer diameter dimension of a dried ceramic honeycomb body is measured in a first measuring portion Q1 and a second measuring portion Q2 of the surface of an outer wall of the dried ceramic honeycomb body; a total of absolute values of differences between respective values of four contours C1x, C1y, C2x and C1y measured at a first measurement point P1x and a second measurement point P1y of the first measuring portion Q1 and a third measurement point P2x and a fourth measurement point P2y of the second measuring portion Q2 is obtained; and one end surface and the other end surface are subjected to finishing step in a state where four measurement points of the outer wall, at which the total of the absolute values is minimum, are fixed by a first fixture and a second fixture.

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure capable of enhancing production efficiency by reducing a need for offline inspection; and including a shape verification step A of measuring an outer shape of a ceramic honeycomb dried body 50 having partition walls 51 defining cells 52 extending from one end face 61 to another end face 62, to remove the ceramic honeycomb dried body 50 which does not satisfy specified conditions; a finishing step B of subjecting the ceramic honeycomb dried body 50 satisfying the specified conditions to finish processing so that a length in a direction L from one end face to another end face becomes a finished size, to obtain a finished ceramic honeycomb dried body 70; and a firing step C of firing the finished ceramic honeycomb dried body 70 to obtain the ceramic honeycomb structure 100.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus may include a conveying device configured to move a conveying belt including a conveying surface to convey a recording medium. The ink jet recording apparatus may include a recording head configured to discharge ink onto the recording medium. The ink jet recording apparatus may include an attraction device including first and second electrodes facing a surface opposite the conveying surface and configured to apply a voltage between the first and second electrodes. The ink jet recording apparatus may include a contact member which comes into contact with the conveying surface. The first and second electrodes may be disposed at a distance from each other in the width direction of the conveying belt. A contacting area of the conveying surface with which the contact member comes into contact may not extend over the first and second electrodes in the width direction.

Abstract: An interferometer of the present invention includes a PBS2 which splits light into reference light and measurement light, a reference mirror which reflects the reference light entering the reference mirror from a first direction, a measurement mirror which reflects the measurement light entering the measurement mirror from a second direction, a lens system which reflected lights from the reference mirror and the measurement light enter, a reflective device which reflects light from the lens system, and a light receiving device which receives multiplexed light, wherein the reference mirror and the measurement mirror are in a conjugate relation with respect to the reflective device, and at least one of the reference mirror and the measurement mirror is tilted so that its normal direction differs from the first and the second direction.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a recording portion; a conveying member having a surface opposed to the recording portion and which conveys the recording medium in a conveying direction; a wiper having an end portion which is contactable with the surface of the conveying member and which removes a foreign matter on the surface of the conveying member; and a wiping operation executing portion which executes a wiping operation in which at least one of the wiper and the conveying member is driven such that, after the end portion of the wiper distant from the surface of the conveying member comes into contact with a clean area of the surface of the conveying member, the end portion of the wiper reaches outside of the clean area.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus including: a head; a conveying member having a support face and configured to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction; a first wiper extending in a direction intersecting the conveying direction; a second wiper extending at least in the conveying direction; a first-wiping driving portion configured to drive the first wiper and the conveying member to perform a first wiping operation; and a second-wiping driving portion configured to drive the second wiper and the conveying member to perform a second wiping operation; and a controller; wherein the controller controls the first-wiping driving portion and the second-wiping driving portion to perform a first cleaning operation including the first wiping operation and the second wiping operation; and wherein the controller controls the second-wiping driving portion such that the second wiper wipes foreign materials remaining on the support face when the first wiper is released from the support face in the first wiping operat

Abstract: A recording apparatus including: a recording portion configured to record an image on a recording medium; an annular conveyance member having a face opposed to the recording portion, the face being capable of moving in a circumferential direction of the annular conveyance member while supporting the recording medium to convey the recording medium; and a first wiper configured to wipe the face by moving relative to the face, while contacting the face, in an intersecting direction that intersects the circumferential direction, wherein the face has a first area as a part of the face, the first area being an area at least a part of which is wiped by the first wiper, the first area having a grinding mark extending in the intersecting direction.

Abstract: An interferometer of the present invention includes a PBS2 which splits light into reference light and measurement light, a reference mirror 4a which reflects the reference light entering the reference mirror from a first direction, a measurement mirror 4b which reflects the measurement light entering the measurement mirror from a second direction, a lens system 6 which reflected lights from the reference mirror 4a and the measurement light 4b enter, a reflective device 5 which reflects light from the lens system 6, and a light receiving device 16 which receives multiplexed light, wherein the reference mirror 4a and the measurement mirror 4b are in a conjugate relation with respect to the reflective device 5, and at least one of the reference mirror 4a and the measurement mirror 4b is tilted so that its normal direction differs from the first and the second direction.

Abstract: An interferometer of the present invention includes a PBS2 which splits light into reference light and measurement light, a reference mirror which reflects the reference light entering the reference mirror from a first direction, a measurement mirror which reflects the measurement light entering the measurement mirror from a second direction, a lens system which reflected lights from the reference mirror and the measurement light enter, a reflective device which reflects light from the lens system, and a light receiving device which receives multiplexed light, wherein the reference mirror and the measurement mirror are in a conjugate relation with respect to the reflective device, and at least one of the reference mirror and the measurement mirror is tilted so that its normal direction differs from the first and the second direction.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes at least one inkjet head having an ejection surface, a feeding mechanism which includes a feed member having a feed surface that is opposed to the ejection surface and which drives the feed member to feed a recording medium on the feed surface in a feeding direction, a wiper blade which removes ink that is adhered to the feed surface by contacting the feed surface, a judging portion which judges whether cleaning of the feed surface is necessary, and a controller which controls the at least one inkjet head and the feeding mechanism, in a case where the judging portion judges that the cleaning of the feed surface is necessary, to perform a first operation in which ink is ejected to the feed surface and a second operation in which the feed member is driven.

Abstract: A medium feeding apparatus including: a feeding mechanism including a feeding member and configured to feed the recording medium; an adsorbing unit including first and second electrodes facing the feeding member and configured to adsorb the recording medium to the feeding member; first and second surface layer members respectively having higher volume resistivities than the first and second electrodes and respectively stacked on the first and second electrodes; and first and second low resistance members respectively having lower volume resistivities than the first and second surface layer members and respectively fixed to the first and second surface layer members at positions between the respective first and second surface layer members and the feeding member, wherein the first low resistance member and the second low resistance member are distant from each other.

Abstract: A recording apparatus, includes: a record head having an image formation surface which forms an image on a recording medium; a conveyance belt which conveys the recording medium to a position to face the image formation surface; a media attracting platen having a pair of electrodes, which is disposed in such a manner that the conveyance belt is sandwiched between the media attracting platen and the image formation surface; a voltage supply unit which applies a voltage to the pair of electrodes so as to attract the recording medium to the conveyance belt; and a transport unit which moves at least one of the conveyance belt and the media attracting platen so that a spacing distance between the conveyance belt and the media attracting platen is selectively switched between a first distance and a second distance longer than the first distance.

Abstract: A drying apparatus provided with a heating portion which includes two nipping members and which is configured to heat a recording medium being nipped by and between the two nipping members, wherein one of the two nipping members is disposed in opposition to the other of the two nipping members, and includes an air-permeable elastic member, and a liquid-repellant film which covers a surface of the elastic member in opposition to the above-indicated other nipping member and which has a plurality of through-holes formed therethrough.