Abstract: A spread illuminating apparatus is provided which includes: a light conductive plate having a light entrance surface and a light exit surface; a plurality of LEDs disposed at the light entrance surface of the light conductive plate; a light reflecting sheet disposed at the light exit surface so as to cover a portion of the light conductive plat located close to the side surface and also the LEDs, and a plurality of light diffusing portions disposed at the light reflecting sheet so as to cover respective LEDs. Lights leaking from the LEDs are diffused by the light diffusing portions thus preventing the brightness variation at the areas closed to the LEDs, and the leakage lights are reflected by the light reflecting sheet into the light conductive plate so as to be efficiently utilized thus achieving an enhanced brightness across the light exit surface of the light conductive plate.

Abstract: At least one out of two substrates constituting a liquid crystal display device is formed from a plastic substrate. When attaching the plastic substrate to an opposing substrate that is disposed to face the plastic substrate, the plastic substrate and the support substrate are attached to each other without interposing an adhesive therebetween. That is, the plastic substrate is pressed against and attached to the support substrate under vacuum conditions. This prevents air from entering between the plastic substrate and the support substrate. Accordingly, the plastic substrate is able to maintain its flatness and therefore, the two substrates are spaced a uniform distance apart from each other, i.e., fabricated to maintain a constant cell gap therebetween as desired even after the plastic substrate and the opposing substrate are attached to each other via the sealing material.

Abstract: A producing method of a liquid crystal display panel includes steps (a) to (e). The Step (a) is fixing a counter substrate on a fixing table, wherein the counter substrate includes a plurality of counter portions each of which includes a plurality of counter electrodes. The Step (b) is dividing the counter substrate into the plurality of counter portions. The Step (c) is putting a liquid crystal material on the each of plurality of counter portions. The Step (d) is attaching a device substrate and the counter substrate together, wherein the device substrate includes a plurality of device portions each of which includes a plurality of switching devices. The Step (e) is dividing the device substrate into the plurality of device portions. The each of plurality of device portions is attached to a corresponding one of the each of plurality of counter portions.

Abstract: A rubbing device for alignment-treating an alignment layer on a substrate of a liquid crystal display, and the liquid crystal display in which the alignment layer on the substrate is rubbed by using the rubbing device. The rubbing device comprises a rubbing roller having a roller base and a rubbing cloth stuck on the outer surface of the roller base. The rubbing cloth has a plurality of slits formed parallel along the longitudinal direction of the roller base. The rubbing cloth may also comprises a plurality of separate rubbing cloth members which are stuck on the roller base via gaps therebetween and each of which has at least one slit formed parallel along the longitudinal direction of the roller base.

Abstract: At least one out of two substrates constituting a liquid crystal display device is formed from a plastic substrate. When attaching the plastic substrate to an opposing substrate that is disposed to face the plastic substrate, the plastic substrate and the support substrate are attached to each other without interposing an adhesive therebetween. That is, the plastic substrate is pressed against and attached to the support substrate under vacuum conditions. This prevents air from entering between the plastic substrate and the support substrate. Accordingly, the plastic substrate is able to maintain its flatness and therefore, the two substrates are spaced a uniform distance apart from each other, i.e., fabricated to maintain a constant cell gap therebetween as desired even after the plastic substrate and the opposing substrate are attached to each other via the sealing material.

Abstract: A producing method of a liquid crystal display panel includes steps (a) to (e). The Step (a) is fixing a counter substrate on a fixing table, wherein the counter substrate includes a plurality of counter portions each of which includes a plurality of counter electrodes. The Step (b) is dividing the counter substrate into the plurality of counter portions. The Step (c) is putting a liquid crystal material on the each of plurality of counter portions. The Step (d) is attaching a device substrate and the counter substrate together, wherein the device substrate includes a plurality of device portions each of which includes a plurality of switching devices. The Step (e) is dividing the device substrate into the plurality of device portions. The each of plurality of device portions is attached to a corresponding one of the each of plurality of counter portions.

Abstract: A rubbing device for alignment-treating an alignment layer on a substrate of a liquid crystal display, and the liquid crystal display in which the alignment layer on the substrate is rubbed by using the rubbing device. The rubbing device comprises a rubbing roller having a roller base and a rubbing cloth stuck on the outer surface of the roller base. The rubbing cloth has a plurality of slits formed parallel along the longitudinal direction of the roller base. The rubbing cloth may also comprises a plurality of separate rubbing cloth members which are stuck on the roller base via gaps therebetween and each of which has at least one slit formed parallel along the longitudinal direction of the roller base.

Abstract: Featured is a sheet feed unit including a first transport path in which is transported a first sheet, a second transport path and a protrusion. A second sheet is transported in the second transport path and guided at a prescribed angle relative to the first transport path. The protrusion is located or fixed at a confluence of the first transport path and the second transport path. The protrusion also has a guide surface that is placed to allow the second sheet to be guided along the first transport path.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an image forming apparatus in which discharged sheets can be easily distinguished, and which has a reduced number of parts and can be economically produced. The apparatus has: a discharge tray unit which receives a sheet on which an image is formed; a fifth conveying path which guides a sheet from an image forming section to the discharge tray unit so as to place the sheet on the discharge tray unit with downward directing the image forming face; a first conveying path which guides the sheet from the image forming section to the discharge tray unit so as to place the sheet on the discharge tray unit with reversing the sheet to a direction opposite to the direction of the image forming face; and switching means for switching over the fifth conveying path and the first conveying path.

Abstract: An image-forming device according to the present invention has an image formation unit, a sheet postprocessing device made up of a postprocessing tray and at least a stapler, discharge rollers which discharge sheets of recording paper stacked in the postprocessing tray, and a discharge tray which receives the sheets discharged by the discharge rollers. The postprocessing tray is provided above the image formation unit, and the discharge tray is provided so that the surface on which the discharged sheets are stacked is lower than the postprocessing tray. With this structure, the image-forming device can be made compact in width, and operability, such as the ease of checking and removing the sheets stacked in the discharge tray, can be improved.

Abstract: A floating type of magnetic head is provided for carrying out a winding work without bending a lead line to enhance the working efficiency and for avoiding any damage of lead line. A cutaway which is in communication with a groove and extends toward a leading side is formed on a trailing side of a first slider body. Since a bottom of the groove is retreated toward the leading side, the lead line is advanced to the trailing side and drawn out of the trailing side without bending while winding process. Since the lead line is drawn out to the first rail side, the lead line may be folded back to the trailing side hole and the hollow portion, and may be drawn out of the hollow portion under the straight condition without bending the lead line. The lead line is not necessary to be bent. The working efficiency may be enhanced. It is possible to restrain the generation of twists or kinks and to avoid any fear of a breakdown or a damage of the lead line.

Abstract: A document-exposing and -scanning apparatus designed so that air is blown to act on air-receiving surfaces of an exposing and scanning device through an air duct device placed opposite thereto, to subject the exposing and scanning device to low-friction reciprocating motion in a levitated state, while directing the blown air to the optical scanning section to cool the entire document-exposing and -scanning apparatus.

Abstract: On one end of a first slider member 2A, a first hole 10 and a second hole 11 for coils 30, 31 are provided. The first slider member 2A further includes first and second poles 12,13 to wind the coils 30, 31 together with the magnetic head core 6. A second slider member 2B is provided having a groove 14 for accommodating the coils 30, 31. Thereby, the poles 12,13 contribute to bridge the groove 14 and reinforce the side portion of the second slider member 2B which is weakened by the groove 14.This increases the strength of the apparatus.

Abstract: A sheet postprocessing apparatus installed in a copy machine includes a sheet pressing arm for pressing sheets on a sheet receiver from above towards the sheet receiver. When a stapling operation is carried out on the sheets stored on the sheet receiver, the sheets are fixed by the sheet pressing arm. The stable further process after copying can be carried out, thereby making the quality of the bundle of sheets which has undergone the stapling operation stabilize.