Abstract: According to one embodiment, a mammography apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire, as information on preliminary X-ray imaging for a breast of a subject, first information including at least one of an imaging condition, breast state information indicating a state of the breast, and/or information on the subject. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate an index for the breast based on the first information.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a frame having an opening, a cover for the opening, a drum unit, a belt unit and a pair of registration rollers. The drum unit has a plurality of photosensitive drums defining an axis and being juxtaposed in line in a direction orthogonal to the axis. The belt unit has a plurality of rollers and an endless belt mounted over the plurality of rollers. The drum unit is movable in a first direction and accessible through the opening. The pair of registration rollers nips the recording sheets to correct skew in the recording sheets and to convey each recording sheet toward the belt unit. The pair of registration rollers is disposed at a side opposite to the drum unit. The pair of registration rollers defining a nip point located at a position aligned with the belt unit.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a frame having an opening, a cover for the opening, a drum unit, a belt unit and a pair of registration rollers. The drum unit has a plurality of photosensitive drums defining an axis and being juxtaposed in line in a direction orthogonal to the axis. The belt unit has a plurality of rollers and an endless belt mounted over the plurality of rollers. The drum unit is movable in a first direction and accessible through the opening. The pair of registration rollers nips the recording sheets to correct skew in the recording sheets and to convey each recording sheet toward the belt unit. The pair of registration rollers is disposed at a side opposite to the drum unit. The pair of registration rollers defining a nip point located at a position aligned with the belt unit.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming device that forms images on recording sheets. The image forming device includes a frame having an opening, a cover movable for opening and closing the opening, a drum unit, a belt unit and a pair of registration rollers. The drum unit is disposed in the frame and having plurality of photosensitive drums each defining an axis, the plurality of photosensitive drums being juxtaposed in line in a direction orthogonal to the axis. The belt unit is accommodated in the frame and having a plurality of rollers and an endless belt mounted over the plurality of rollers under tension, the endless belt having a first running part running in a sheet conveying direction and in direct confrontation with each of the photosensitive drums, the first running part extending in a first direction, the drum unit being movable in the first direction and accessible through the opening.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a frame, a subunit detachably attached to the frame, a frame-side positioning portion, a subunit-side positioning portion, the subunit being positioned relative to the frame by making the subunit-side positioning portion contact the frame-side positioning portion, a contact regulating member attached to the frame movably between a location to contact the subunit before the subunit-side positioning portion comes into contact with the frame-side positioning portion in process of the subunit being attached to the frame from a detached state and a location to be kept from contacting the subunit, a pressing member attached to the frame movably between a position to press the subunit such that the subunit-side positioning portion is made contact the frame-side positioning portion and a position to be kept from pressing the subunit, and an interlocking member interlocking movements of the contact regulating member and the pressing member.

Abstract: There is provided an ink pack, which is provided with a film bag that has a sealed chamber therein and is formed of a flexible film member having a form of a bag, and a tap that has an ink flow channel therein and is welded to one edge of the flexible film member. In this structure, a film welding part, in which opposed inner surfaces of the flexible film member are welded to each other, is formed at least along the one edge of the flexible film member. A tap welding part, in which a side of the tap is welded to opposed inner surfaces of the flexible film member, is formed in the one edge of the flexible film member. Further, a welding width of a side of the film welding part adjacent to the tap welding part is larger than a welding width of a side of the tap welding part adjacent to the film welding part.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a frame, a subunit detachably attached to the frame, a frame-side positioning portion, a subunit-side positioning portion, the subunit being positioned relative to the frame by making the subunit-side positioning portion contact the frame-side positioning portion, a contact regulating member attached to the frame movably between a location to contact the subunit before the subunit-side positioning portion comes into contact with the frame-side positioning portion in process of the subunit being attached to the frame from a detached state and a location to be kept from contacting the subunit, a pressing member attached to the frame movably between a position to press the subunit such that the subunit-side positioning portion is made contact the frame-side positioning portion and a position to be kept from pressing the subunit, and an interlocking member interlocking movements of the contact regulating member and the pressing member.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming device that forms images on recording sheets. The image forming device includes a frame having an opening, a cover movable for opening and closing the opening, a drum unit, a belt unit and a pair of registration rollers. The drum unit is disposed in the frame and having plurality of photosensitive drums each defining an axis, the plurality of photosensitive drums being juxtaposed in line in a direction orthogonal to the axis. The belt unit is accommodated in the frame and having a plurality of rollers and an endless belt mounted over the plurality of rollers under tension, the endless belt having a first running part running in a sheet conveying direction and in direct confrontation with each of the photosensitive drums, the first running part extending in a first direction, the drum unit being movable in the first direction and accessible through the opening.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head that ejects ink onto a recording medium, a movable ink tank having an ink introducing opening, an ink storing space for storing ink introduced through the ink introducing opening, and an ink discharging opening for discharging the ink of the ink storing space into the inkjet head, and a carriage that supports the inkjet head and the movable ink tank and reciprocates in a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recording medium. The movable ink tank includes a partition wall extending in a direction perpendicular to a reciprocating direction of the carriage to divide the ink storing space into multiple rooms being in fluid communication with each other at upper portions thereof.

Abstract: An inkjet printer has an inkjet head, a carriage and a movable ink tank mounted, together with the inkjet head, on the carriage. The movable tank having an ink storing chamber which is divided in the horizontal direction, into a plurality of rooms. The plurality of rooms communicate with each other at upper portions which are above an upper end of at least one wall extending vertically. A horizontal cross-sectional area of at least one room, which is not provided with an ink introducing channel, within a predetermined vertical range from the upper end of the at least one wall is equal to or smaller than that of a room provided with the ink introducing channel.

Abstract: There is provided an ink pack, which is provided with a film bag that has a sealed chamber therein and is formed of a flexible film member having a form of a bag, and a tap that has an ink flow channel therein and is welded to one edge of the flexible film member. In this structure, a film welding part, in which opposed inner surfaces of the flexible film member are welded to each other, is formed at least along the one edge of the flexible film member. A tap welding part, in which a side of the tap is welded to opposed inner surfaces of the flexible film member, is formed in the one edge of the flexible film member. Further, a welding width of a side of the film welding part adjacent to the tap welding part is larger than a welding width of a side of the tap welding part adjacent to the film welding part.

Abstract: There is provided an ink pack, which is provided with an ink bag that accommodates ink, and a stopper attached to the ink bag to release the ink out of the ink bag. The ink pack is configured to satisfy a condition h/2?H<2h, where H represents a height of a releasing position, at which the ink in the ink bag is released out of the stopper, with respect to a mounting surface on which the ink bag is placed, and h represents a size of the ink bag measured in a vertical direction when the ink bag in an initial state is placed on a horizontal surface.

Abstract: In a color ink jet recording apparatus using ultraviolet cure ink, the time required for printing is shortened and color of the ink can be clearly represented without upsizing the ink jet recording apparatus. The color ink jet printer includes a carriage that can move in a main scanning direction while guided by X-axis guide bars, Y, M, C and K heads aligned in a sub scanning direction on the carriage, and two ultraviolet lamps that are disposed on both sides sandwiching the heads therebetween on the carriage and each have a sufficient length. With this structure, a printed portion of a recording medium formed by each of the Y, M, C and K heads is irradiated with ultraviolet light by the UV lamps at least once after every printing in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head that ejects ink onto a recording medium, a movable ink tank having an ink introducing opening, an ink storing space for storing ink introduced through the ink introducing opening, and an ink discharging opening for discharging the ink of the ink storing space into the inkjet head, and a carriage that supports the inkjet head and the movable ink tank and reciprocates in a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recording medium. The movable ink tank includes a partition wall extending in a direction perpendicular to a reciprocating direction of the carriage to divide the ink storing space into multiple rooms being in fluid communication with each other at upper portions thereof.

Abstract: An inkjet printer has an Inkjet head, a carriage and a movable ink tank mounted, together with the inkjet head, on the carriage. The movable tank having an ink storing chamber which is divided in the horizontal direction, into a plurality of rooms. The plurality of rooms communicate with each other at upper portions which are above an upper end of at least one wall extending vertically. A horizontal cross-sectional area of at least one room, which is not provided with an ink introducing channel, within a predetermined vertical range from the upper end of the at least one wall is equal to or smaller than that of a room provided with the ink introducing channel.

Abstract: In a color ink jet recording apparatus using ultraviolet cure ink, the time required for printing is shortened and color of the ink can be clearly represented without upsizing the ink jet recording apparatus. The color ink jet printer includes a carriage that can move in a main scanning direction while guided by X-axis guide bars, Y, M, C and K heads aligned in a sub scanning direction on the carriage, and two ultraviolet lamps that are disposed on both sides sandwiching the heads therebetween on the carriage and each have a sufficient length. With this structure, a printed portion of a recording medium formed by each of the Y, M, C and K heads is irradiated with ultraviolet light by the UV lamps at least once after every printing in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: An ink ejecting device in accordance with the invention regulates the ink ejecting velocity for each nozzle. A piezoelectric element thereof is made of piezoelectric materials, internal discrete electrodes and a common electrode. When a cut in the common electrode is formed above an ink chamber, the cut creates an area where an electric field is not generated. The extent of deformation of the piezoelectric element is reduced in that area, whereby the ink ejecting velocity from the ink chamber decreases. In this way, it is possible to regulate the ink ejecting velocity for each nozzle by providing the cut and adjusting the extent of deformation. Further, the size of the cut is in proportion to the deceleration of ink ejecting velocity. This cut in the common electrode is created exactly above the center of the ink chamber so that the deforming portion and non-deforming portion of the piezoelectric element are well balanced.

Abstract: A tank heater 10 has a DC heater 17b and an AC heater 17a, and a front heater has a DC heater 33x and a DC heater 33y. The DC heater 17b and the DC heater 33x are normal heaters which heat and keep the ink tank and the front panel at predetermined temperatures, respectively. On the other hand, the AC heater 17a and the DC heater 33y are heaters capable of heating up rapidly. When the printer is started up, all of the heaters start generating heat. In this way, the ink tank and front panel can reach required temperatures. Also, by circulating ink in the ink tank, whose temperature is higher than that of front panel, through front panel at a purging operation, the front panel takes less time to be warmed up. Therefore, a time duration required for a preparatory process can be shortened.

Abstract: A sheet shaped heating device attached on a contact surface of a mounting part of a hot melt type inkjet head for applying heat to the mounting part in order to heat hot melt ink in the hot melt type inkjet head, the sheet shaped heating device having: an insulating sheet having an attaching surface to be attached on the contact surface of the mounting part and a wiring surface located opposite to the attaching surface; and a heating element disposed on the wiring surface of the insulating sheet for generating heat, wherein at least one air passage passing through the insulating sheet is formed.