Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier having an endless circumferential surface on which a latent image is formed due to an electrostatic potential difference; a developing device that attaches a toner to the image carrier to form a toner image; an endless intermediate transfer belt that is entrained around a plurality of roll members and moves circumferentially, and contacts the image carrier to transfer the toner image to the intermediate transfer belt; a transferring device that further transfers the toner image that has been transferred to the intermediate transfer belt, to a recording sheet; and a load applying member that cooperates with one of the roll members placed inside the intermediate transfer belt, to nip the intermediate transfer belt to apply a load to the intermediate transfer belt, the load applying member contacting a non-image region of the intermediate transfer belt.

Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a recording apparatus, which includes a sensor having a plurality of light-emitting elements and a plurality of light-receiving elements. The sensor can be configured to perform a detection operation. The detection operation includes at least two of an operation for detecting an edge of a recording medium, an operation for detecting a distance between a recording head and the recording medium, an operation for detecting the density of an image formed on the recording medium, and an operation for detecting the kind of the recording medium.

Abstract: A radiofrequency electric current ablation catheter comprising a tip electrode, a means for detecting temperature of the tip electrode, a catheter shaft and a portion for operation at proximal end, wherein the tip electrode has a shape formed by connecting three or more spherical or approximately spherical surfaces having centers on the same straight line to each other with a curved surface. The catheter has the tip electrode which has a small diameter, is brought into excellent contact with organisms, can provide a great output power and is easily cooled with the circulating blood stream.

Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a sensor for measuring the distance between the sensor and a measuring surface, which includes a light-emitting element and a plurality of light-receiving elements. The light-receiving elements are arranged so that the light axes thereof do not cross one another.

Abstract: An MBS control apparatus classifies MBS contents into a plurality of types, manages information in which an MBS identifier, a base station, and a gateway apparatus are associated with each other, and sends MBS zone configuration information including the information to the gateway apparatus. The gateway apparatus transfers the MBS zone configuration information to a base station. The base station obtains connection identification information corresponding to the MBS zone identifier for each of the types and sends it to a terminal. The terminal performs a communication with the base station based on a type of MBS contents and the connection identification information.

Abstract: A warpage leveling unit includes a surface roughening member that is provided to oppose to a side end portion of an image carrier which has an endless-belt-shape, is entrained around a plurality of rollers, and carries an image on a surface of the image carrier, wherein the surface roughening member comes into contact with a surface of the side end portion which is warped.

Abstract: A medical apparatus for insertion into a body cavity which comprises an elastic linear body and delivers the distal tip to the predesignated object portion in a living organ, wherein the elastic linear body comprises a plurality of curved portions between the proximal end and the distal end, and at least one pair of adjacent curved portions are present on different planes which intersect each other. The apparatus can spontaneously control the direction thereof, and the distal tip can be delivered to the predesignated object portion in a living organ accurately and easily by pushing the apparatus into a body cavity.

Abstract: A radio receiving apparatus includes two receiving antennas, two upstream RF amplifiers, a SAW filter having two input IDTs and an output IDT, a downstream RF amplifier, and a detector circuit. The antennas are connected to the respective input IDTs via the respective upstream RF amplifiers. The detector circuit is connected via the downstream RF amplifier to the output IDT, which receives a signal from each of the two input IDTs. The distances from the center of the output IDT to the centers of the input IDTs differ from one another. The SAW filter functions as two band-pass filters, two delay circuits connected to the respective band-pass filters, and a combiner circuit for combining the outputs from the delay circuits.

Abstract: A radiofrequency electric current ablation catheter comprising a tip electrode, a means for detecting temperature of the tip electrode, a catheter shaft and a portion for operation at proximal end, wherein the tip electrode has a shape formed by connecting three or more spherical or approximately spherical surfaces having centers on the same straight line to each other with a curved surface. The catheter has the tip electrode which has a small diameter, is brought into excellent contact with organisms, can provide a great output power and is easily cooled with the circulating blood stream.

Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a sensor for measuring the distance between the sensor and a measuring surface, which includes a light-emitting element and a plurality of light-receiving elements. The light-receiving elements are arranged so that the light axes thereof do not cross one another.

Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a recording apparatus, which includes a sensor having a plurality of light-emitting elements and a plurality of light-receiving elements. The sensor can be configured to perform a detection operation. The detection operation includes at least two of an operation for detecting an edge of a recording medium, an operation for detecting a distance between a recording head and the recording medium, an operation for detecting the density of an image formed on the recording medium, and an operation for detecting the kind of the recording medium.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus registers both sides of sheets with great precision in a sheet transportation direction in both-side image formation. The image forming apparatus includes: photoconductive drums holding toner images; an intermediate transfer belt temporarily holding the toner images; a secondary transfer roll that transfers the toner images to a sheet in a transfer unit; a registration roll rotating toward the transfer unit being in sheet feeding timing; a fixing unit fixing the toner images transferred to a first side of the sheet; reversion transportation paths reversing the sheet and again transporting the sheet to the transfer unit; a first sensor detecting the image of the first side of the sheet; and a second sensor that detects the toner images held in the intermediate transfer belt.

Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel was produced by the melting method. The ferritic stainless steel was worked to the shape of a medical device for living soft tissue to obtain a medical device body. The medical device body was brought into contact with gas including nitrogen at a 800° C. treatment temperature or more to make the ferritic stainless steel forming the medical device body absorb the nitrogen and transform at least part of the ferritic stainless steel to austenite.

Abstract: Image formation condition is available, which hardly causes imperfections of the image quality. A full-color image formation system selects plural secondary transfer conditions in a secondary transfer unit within a specific range, forms test charts according to each of the secondary transfer conditions selected, and prints them out. A user checks by viewing the test charts printed on each recording sheet, and selects a page number of the sheet where the user evaluated an image quality as the best; and the image formation system sets the secondary transfer condition for the sheet as a standard secondary transfer condition thereafter.

Abstract: The present invention enables registration adjustments during actual use of an image forming apparatus. A test pattern is formed on a sheet in a full-color image forming apparatus and the test pattern formed on the sheet is read in an image read unit. From the result of reading the test pattern, misregistrations of vertical and horizontal scaling factors, parallelism, squareness, skew, side registration, and lead registration in the test pattern are determined, and mounting positions, drive timings, drive speeds, and the like of constituent members are adjusted.

Abstract: A balloon catheter comprises a connecting member, a catheter shaft, a balloon and a heat-generating member contacting a fluid in the balloon or in a distal portion of the catheter shaft. A medical apparatus have the balloon catheter. In a method for treating a living organ, a low temperature fluid is introduced and flows through the balloon, energy is introduced into the catheter shaft, is converted into heat by the heat-generating member and heats the fluid, and a living organ is heated and cooled for a medical treatment. A portion of disease is heated from 35˜40° C. to 60˜80° C. within 30 seconds, expanded by applying a pressure of 500 kPa or smaller to the balloon, and cooled to 45° C. or lower within 40 seconds. A living organ can be heated and cooled within a very short time to cure a diseased tissue. A blood vessel can be expanded without damages.

Abstract: When the total number of transmission request time slots from a base station and a subscriber station exceeds the the radio line, the ratio of the number of communication time slots against the total number of transmission request times slots from the base station and the subscriber station is calculated and the number of time slots allocated for each subscriber station is determined by a product of a total number and ratio of the transmission request time slots from the subscriber station.

Abstract: In a TDMA communication system in which a base station communicates with a plurality of subscriber stations, communication time slots used in a wireless communication are allocated/arranged while avoiding an occurrence of interference. In the case that interference (51) occurs in a communication time slot (411) of a line (71) through which the communication is made from a subscriber station (21) to a base station (1), interference information is registered into an interference time slot database (101) of the base station (1). When the communication time slots are reallocated and rearranged, a TDMA control unit of the base station (1) executes the communication time slot reallocation/rearrangement by referring to information registered in the interference time slot database (101), so that the occurrence of interference is avoided.

Abstract: The invention provides a double-faced image formation system that prevents transfer and adhesion of a lubricant to an image retaining conveyer and an intermediate transfer part. The system is provided with, on a return path for reversing and conveying a sheet having toner images fixed on one side thereof, a front face electrifying unit and a rear face electrifying unit. Oil adhered on the rear face of the sheet in a fixation unit by the rear face electrifying unit is electrified to a negative polarity, and the oil adhered on the rear face is made impossible to transfer to an intermediate transfer belt. The oil adhered on the front face of the sheet in the fixation unit by the front face electrifying unit is electrified to a positive polarity, and the oil adhered on the front face is made impossible to transfer to a secondary transfer conveyance belt.

Abstract: In a radio communication system in which multiple access is carried out between a base station and a plurality of subscriber stations by a TDMA communication method, occurrence of the interference in the R channels through which the subscriber stations (21 to 24) issue a call request to the base station (1) can be detected precisely, and time slot arrangement of the R channels is changed by detecting the interference to thus avoid the interference.