Abstract: In the image forming apparatus, a controller applies a collection voltage to a cleaning roller by a voltage application part in image formation process. After making a toner image formed on an outer circumferential surface of an image carrier and transferred to a transfer-objective member, the controller predicts a toner charging level of after-transfer remaining toner which results after the transfer of the toner image, and changes at least either one of absolute value or polarity of the collection voltage applied to the cleaning roller in response to the toner charging level.

Abstract: A carriage includes an optical system that detects reflected light from an image reading position on a document. A carriage controller controls, when the image of the document is to be read, movement of the carriage through a drive device, on the basis of the position of the carriage with respect to a predetermined reference position. A carriage travel measurer performs measurement about the movement of the carriage, and generates a measurement value. A reset decider decides whether the position of the carriage recognized by the carriage controller has to be reset, on the basis of the measurement value. When it is decided that the position of the carriage has to be reset, the carriage controller detects the reference position, and resets the position of the carriage.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a first device having a first metal structure, a first metal element, and a first transistor. The first metal structure may include first and second surfaces, that are flat and opposite facing. The first metal element may include first and second surfaces that are flat and opposite facing. The first transistor may include first and second terminals between which 1 amp or more of electrical current is transmitted when the first transistor is activated, wherein the first and second terminals may include first and second surfaces, respectively, that are substantially flat and opposite facing. The second surface of the first metal structure can be electrically and thermally connected to a bus bar. The first and second surfaces of the first and second terminals, respectively, may be sintered to the first and second surfaces, respectively, of the first metal structure and the first metal element, respectively.

Abstract: The present application discloses footwear comprising a body structure in which at least upper is made of one continuous folded composite material comprised of layered sheets of material.

Abstract: A sputter measurement system includes: a camera that captures an image of an observation region including a molten portion that is melted during welding; a telecentric lens disposed between the molten portion and the camera; and a controller that measures a size of a sputter flying from a molten portion based on an image captured by the camera.

Abstract: A pre-pack assembly for use with an air gun and for use with a magazine that is removably insertable into the air gun, the pre-pack assembly includes a pre-pack that contains a gas canister, wherein inserting the pre-pack into the chamber of the magazine fluidly connects the gas canister with the magazine.

Abstract: A seal member has a first seal layer which is opposite a container main body; and a second seal layer which is opposite a cap member and the compression slip resistance ? [N] of the first seal layer, the compression rate k [%] of the first seal layer, the thickness T1 [mm] of the first seal layer, the compression residual strain ?1[%] of the first seal layer, the thickness T2 [mm] of the second seal layer, the compression residual strain ?2[%] of the second seal layer, the thickness Tn [mm] of the seal layer other than the first seal layer and the second seal layer and the compression residual strain ?n [%] of the seal layer other than the first seal layer and the second seal layer satisfy 0<?/k<0.3 and 0.04<T2?2/(T1?1+T2?2+ . . . Tn?n)<0.48.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an apparatus main body; an intermediate transfer unit; and an image-bearing-member unit. the intermediate transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt, a frame, a drive roller, a tension roller, a transfer roller that is movable between a transfer position and a retractive position. The frame includes a first protrusion. The image-bearing-member unit includes an image bearing member, and a first regulating guide that extends in an axial direction of the image bearing member, and that faces the first protrusion in the upper-and-lower direction. The intermediate transfer belt and the image bearing member face each other with a predetermined length therebetween under a state in which the first protrusion and the first regulating guide are held in contact with each other, and in which the transfer roller has come to the retractive position.

Abstract: An image forming system 100 includes a terminal 10, an image forming apparatus 20, and a network repeater 30. The image forming apparatus 20 includes a writer 24 that writes identification information of the network repeater 30 to a wireless communication tag 22. The terminal 10 includes a display device 12 that presents the identification information read from the wireless communication tag 22, a terminal's communication device 16 that is allowed to connect to and communicate with the image forming apparatus 20, and a transmitter 14 that transmits, to the image forming apparatus 20, the identification information selected by a user and an encryption key entered by the user. The image forming apparatus 20 configures a connection with the network repeater 30 based on the identification information and the encryption key transmitted from the terminal 10.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described herein for determining a drug shortage in an electronic environment. The present invention is configured to identify at least one drug identifier; identify at least one route type for the at least one drug resource identifier; determine at least one feature type associated with the at least one drug identifier, wherein each feature type comprises at least one attribute; generate a shortage score for the drug identifier; apply a post-score change to the shortage score, wherein the post-score change is based on at least one supplemental feature; and generate a drug shortage score based on the post-score change applied to the shortage score.

Abstract: A household appliance includes a cabinet, a door, and a handle. The cabinet includes a plurality of panels and defines an internal chamber therein. The door includes a front panel and an interior panel, the front panel and the interior panel defining a door cavity between the front panel and the interior panel. The front panel may include a handle cavity edge. The front panel can define a handle cavity at the handle cavity edge. The handle cavity edge may include a plurality of flanges angled into the door cavity. The handle may be disposed in the handle cavity and may include an outer surface and an inner surface. The handle further may include a plurality of snaps located on a periphery of the inner surface. The snaps may be lodged against corresponding flanges and may attach the handle to the front panel of the door.

Abstract: A lead-free solder alloy comprising: from 1 to 9 wt. % copper, at least one of: from greater than 0 to 1 wt. % nickel, from greater than 0 to 10 wt. % germanium, from greater than 0 to 10 wt. % manganese, from greater than 0 to 10 wt. % aluminium, from greater than 0 to 10 wt. % silicon, from greater than 0 to 9 wt. % bismuth, from greater than 0 to 5 wt. % indium, from greater than 0 to 1 wt. % titanium, from greater than 0 to 2 wt. % lanthanum, from greater than 0 to 2 wt. % neodymium, optionally one or more of: up to 1 wt. % for: chromium, gallium, cobalt, iron, phosphorous, gold, tellurium, selenium, calcium, vanadium, molybdenum, platinum, magnesium; up to 5 wt. % silver, up to 1 wt. % zinc, up to 2 wt. % rare earth metals, excluding lanthanum and neodymium, and the balance tin together with any unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing frame, an image forming unit, a registration unit, and an exposure unit. The housing frame forms a skeleton of a housing. The image forming unit has a photoconductor drum. The registration unit performs skew correction of a sheet. The exposure unit exposes the photoconductor drum. In the image forming apparatus, the registration unit and the exposure unit are adjacent within the housing frame. The registration unit is attached to the housing frame via a pair of flat plates. The registration unit is supported by a plurality of elastic pieces bent up from the pair of flat plates.

Abstract: An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a plurality of chamber walls, a cooking plate, a debris trap, and a bottom heating element. The plurality of chamber walls may be mounted within the cabinet. The plurality of chamber walls may define an oven chamber. The plurality of chamber walls may include a back wall, a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom wall. The cooking plate may define a cooking surface in the oven chamber between the bottom wall and the top wall. The debris trap may be disposed against the cooking plate. The debris trap may define a recessed trough horizontally spaced apart from the cooking surface and disposed therebelow. The bottom heating element may be mounted above the bottom wall to heat the cooking surface within the oven chamber.

Abstract: Washing machine appliances and methods of operating the same are provided. Such methods may include, and/or appliances may be configured for, receiving a command to commence an operating cycle of the washing machine appliance and filling the wash tub with wash liquid from a fluid circulation system configured for providing fluid to the wash tub via an inlet of the fluid circulation system in response to the command. Methods may further include and/or appliances may be configured for, obtaining one or more images of the inlet of the fluid circulation system during the fill step using a camera mounted within the cabinet. The camera is positioned and oriented with the inlet within a field of vision of the camera. Based on the one or more images, a determination is made whether a water pressure provided to the fluid circulation system is above a predetermined minimum water pressure.

Abstract: A single-package air conditioner unit may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, an indoor air conduit, and an internal shield. The indoor fan may be held within a fan cowl defining a cowl outlet. The indoor air conduit may be mounted to the fan cowl and extend upward from the cowl outlet to an indoor outlet defined through the housing to guide air from the indoor fan. The indoor air conduit and the fan cowl may separate at least a portion of the indoor portion from the outdoor portion. The internal shield may be disposed within the outdoor portion rearward from the indoor air conduit and the fan cowl. The internal shield may extend between an upper edge and a lower edge. The lower edge may be disposed between the downward bottom end and the cowl outlet relative to a vertical direction.

Abstract: The inbred rice line designated DG263L is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of inbred rice line designated DG263L, the plants of inbred rice line designated DG263L, plant parts of inbred rice line designated DG263L, and methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing rice DG263L with itself or with another rice variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a rice plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic rice plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to rice cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from inbred rice line designated DG263L, methods for producing other rice cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from inbred rice line designated DG263L, and the rice plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid rice seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing DG263L with another rice cultivar.

Abstract: A cooktop appliance defining a reference center and a radial direction extending from the reference center, a circumferential direction extending relative to the reference center, and a vertical direction extending orthogonal to the radial direction is provided. The cooktop appliance includes a ceramic-glass plate, a heating assembly positioned below the ceramic-glass plate, and a programmed magnet centered at the reference center. The programmed magnet is configured to generate a magnetic force along the radial direction.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for the selection of nucleic acid processing and other enzymes, and more specifically for the selection of DNA polymerases and other enzymes with desired properties employing the directed evolution of enzymes by plasmid tagging in droplets.