Abstract: An ink tank cartridge is provided removably mountable onto an ink supply needle of the ink-jet type recording apparatus body. The cartridge has a housing provided with an ink supply port extending through and projecting from a wall of the housing and into the chamber of the housing. A porous member having ink impregnated thereon is positioned inside the chamber of the housing abutting against the ink supply port. A filter is mounted on the inner end opening of the ink supply port. The ink tank cartridge is further provided with a packing member for resiliently abutting against the outer periphery of the ink supply needle and is positioned adjacent one end of the ink supply port. The outer opening of the ink supply port is sealed with a sealing member through which the ink supply needle penetrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved device and method for flossing teeth. The device has a handle portion and a finger portion. The finger portion is inserted into an individual's mouth, and the handle portion is used for holding the dental flossing device. In a first embodiment, the dental flossing device has two apertures spaced along the finger portion. The flossing material is threaded through the first aperture and then the second aperture. The user can also wrap the floss around the finger portion of the stick member to increase the friction between the floss and the stick member to facilitate flossing. A user presses one end of the flossing material against the device to keep the flossing material taut. The other end of the flossing material, extending from an aperture at the distal end of the device, is held by the user's fingers or is wrapped around a finger, depending on the individual's personal technique.

Abstract: A residual recording material amount detector for a laser printer of the present invention is provided with a continuous dot number detecting device for counting a number of continuous video signals for modulating a laser light source, a toner consumption data storage device for storing a toner consumption per number of continuous dots, and an integrated toner consumption storage device implemented by a nonvolatile memory for storing an integrated value of toner consumptions at the time of forming a series of dots calculated by the continuous dot number detecting device and the toner consumption data storage device. According to the residual recording material amount detector for the laser printer of the present invention, the toner consumption can be detected correctly irrespective of the kind of data to be printed.

Abstract: A structure for mounting a rotary member is provided including employing a pair of opposed spaced sheet members. First and second supporting structures are respectively formed at opposed locations on the sheet members, the supporting structures each being one of a projecting part and a barring part. The rotary member is formed with one of an axial shaft or an axial bore on each side thereof for engagement with and support by a corresponding opposed pair of supporting structures. The support structures may be either projecting parts, or barring parts. An image forming apparatus is also provided employing this improved structure for mounting a rotary member. The support structures are formed on frame portions of the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An aquarium filter for removing chemical and physical waste from an aquarium. The filter includes a fluidized bed of particles, such as sand, for removing ammonia from the water. The filter can also include a physical trap for solid material and activated charcoal for removing organic material from the aquarium water. The filter can be constructed in an aesthetically desirable manner and can be convenient to maintain.

Abstract: A self-aligning ring for receipt within the ink supply port of an ink cartridge is provided. The ring includes, on the side thereof facing the interior of the ink cartridge, a first annular seal member whose inner diameter is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of an ink supply needle of a recording head, and on the side thereof facing the exterior of the ink cartridge, the ring includes a second annular seal member whose outer diameter is slightly larger than the inner diameter of the ink supply port. The seal members are connected by a thin flexible connecting member. If the ink supply needle is not positioned precisely coaxial with respect to the ink supply port, or even if the ink supply needle is not positioned precisely perpendicular to a recording head, the first annular seal member is displaced to conform with the ink supply needle position by deforming only the thin connecting member, and is hermetically fitted to the ink supply needle. Thus, ink is prevented from leaking from this seal.

Abstract: A plastic laminate includes an acrylic sheet and layer of paint disposed thereon. A polyester sheet has a layer of adhesive disposed thereon. The adhesive layer is bonded directly to the paint layer. The laminate is formed by applying the paint layer to the acrylic sheet and thoroughly drying the paint layer. The polyester sheet is heated to a temperature to melt the hot melt adhesive and the heated adhesive is applied to the paint layer under pressure while the paint layer is being cooled. The entire laminate is then also cooled to room temperature under pressure.

Abstract: An ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head for actuating wires with ink attached to tip ends thereof into contact with a sheet of print paper to transfer ink to the sheet, thereby forming ink dots thereon. The ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head includes a wire guide member having a wire guide hole for guiding the tip end of the wire, and an ink tank containing an ink absorbing body therein and having an ink supply port in which a portion of the wire guide member is inserted. The wire guide member has a capillary ink path communicating with a side of the wire and supplied with ink from the ink absorbing body.

Abstract: An inorganic coating film having improved water repellency is provided. The improved surface is provided by treating an inorganic coating film with a material that is reached or adsorbed on the surface of the inorganic coat to increase water repellency. The inorganic coating to be treated may be a silicon dioxide film. The materials used to treat the film include: (1) halogenated silane compounds; (2) silane compounds having a structure including at least one bond selected from Si--H, Si--OH, Si--OR, Si--SH and Si--SR, wherein R is an organic group; (3) silane compounds having a structure including at least one of ##STR1## wherein R1, R2 and R3 are hydrogen or an organic group and (4) reactive organic compounds having a fluorine substituting group, hydrogen fluoride or a metal fluoride.

Abstract: A device (10), and a method for forming such a device (10), for a fluid system for a vehicle, comprises first and second members (12, 13). The first member (12) is adapted for direct mounting on the chassis or engine of a vehicle (11); the second member (13) defines at least part of a leak tight fluid chamber (15) of the device (10). The first member (12) is of a thermoset material suitable for withstanding operating conditions and loads associated with direct mounting of the device (10) on the chassis or engine (11), and the second member (13) is of a thermoplastic material suitable for welding to ensure leaktightness of a fluid chamber (15). The second member (13) is interlocked with the first member (12) during moulding thereof.

Abstract: A glove is provided for use by a wearer playing golf, the glove to be worn on the wearer's leading hand for maintaining a consistent and secure interlocking grip without slippage and without irritation or chafing of the following hand pinky finger or the leading hand index and middle fingers. The glove comprises a palm portion, a top hand portion, and a plurality of finger coverings including at least a leading hand index finger covering, a leading hand middle finger covering and a following hand pinky finger covering. A following hand finger covering is disposed between the adjacent finger covering of the leading hand glove.

Abstract: Inorganic membranes such as zeolite membranes or other molecular sieve membranes can be provided by using siliconee, polymer material as starting material. A thin film zeolite membrane or a thin film membrane formed of interlocking zeolite crystals can be provided. Water soluble or water insoluble silicones can be treated in a basic solution under conditions and with an appropriate structure directing template, suitable aluminum content and at a temperature that is appropriate for growing a desired inorganic crystal framework. Heteroatoms can be included in the crystalline framework.

Abstract: Apparatus for performing analog multiplication of a first value by a second value, including: 1) a variable capacitor whose capacitance represents the first value and 2) a second value voltage receiver, serially connected to the variable capacitor, wherein the second value voltage represents the second value, wherein a voltage level of the variable capacitor resulting from the provision of the second value voltage to the second value voltage receiver represents the multiplication of the first and second values.

Abstract: A serial printer for printing on a recording medium which includes a platen, a carriage and a recording medium discharge section. The platen serves as a recording medium insert member and is rotated by a motor. A carriage shuttles in parallel with the platen and includes a recording head and a paper holder attached thereto. The sheet discharge section is arranged on a downstream side of the carriage and is provided for guiding the recording medium to a sheet discharge outlet. The printer further includes a carriage controller for moving the carriage towards the center of the recording medium and stopping the carriage proximate the center of the recording medium, while decelerating the carriage before the center of the recording medium, when the recording medium is forwarded for printing until the recording medium reaches a sheet discharge section from a predetermined position on the downstream side of the paper holder.

Abstract: An ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head for actuating wires with ink attached to tip ends thereof into contact with a sheet of print paper to transfer ink to the sheet, thereby forming ink dots thereon. The ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head includes a wire guide member having a wire guide hole for guiding the tip end of the wire, and an ink tank containing an ink absorbing body therein and having an ink supply port in which a portion of the wire guide member is inserted. The wire guide member has a capillary ink path communicating with a side of the wire and supplied with ink from the ink absorbing body.