Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a printer including: a body case; a platen roller configured to feed a print medium; and a printer cover being swingable relative to the body case and having an outer printer cover and an inner printer cover that are disposed to overlap each other. The inner printer cover is detachably attached to the outer printer cover, and is swingable relative to the body case, independently of the outer printer cover, when the inner printer cover is detached from the outer printer cover. The outer printer cover includes: a first holder configured to detachably hold both ends of a platen shaft of the platen roller when the inner printer cover is detached; and a second holder configured to detachably hold the platen roller when the inner printer cover is detached.

Abstract: A computer-readable medium configured to store instructions for marking one or more items by an object marking system having a conveyor assembly, a laser etching unit, a laser distance sensor, an inductive proximity sensor, and a controller, the instructions comprising delivering, via the conveyor assembly, a container having the one or more items stored therein, the conveyor assembly having a conveyor line and a conveyor drive, the conveyor line including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion defining a marking position of the one or more items; receiving the container on the second portion of the conveyor line; detecting, via the laser distance sensor, the one or more items by measuring a distance from and differentiating between a low surface and a high surface.

Abstract: A printer includes a base and a cover. The base includes front and rear walls, and first and second sidewalls. The cover is pivotally connected to the base. A receiving section extends within the base from the first sidewall to an interior end of the section. The receiving section receives sheets of paper. A paper feeding mechanism is disposed between the interior end and the second sidewall. The paper feeding mechanism is operable to feed paper from the receiving section in the longitudinal direction through the base. A print module is disposed within the base between the paper feeding mechanism and the second sidewall. The print module includes ink injectors operable to print on paper being fed past the injectors from the receiving section. A toner module is operable to provide ink to the injectors. A battery module is disposed between the receiving section and the rear wall.

Abstract: A metal detecting system using search-coil type sensor includes sensor modules that detect respective objects which move around the corresponding sensor modules, each sensor module having one or more sensors that include respective housings having respective inner spaces, respective cores formed to be inserted into the inner spaces of the housings, and respective coils which are each wound around a portion of an outer circumferential surface of each of the housings, the portion corresponding to a position of each of the cores; imaging units that image the respective objects that move around the corresponding sensor modules and image respective persons possessing the respective objects; impedance matching units that are connected to a plurality of the sensor modules, respectively, and perform impedance matching; and amplifiers that are connected to the impedance matching units, respectively, and amplify a fine current and voltage generated during approach of the objects to the sensor modules.

Abstract: Provided is a dielectric heating apparatus for heating a first ink and a second ink that adhere to a medium. The first ink contains carbon black, and the second ink does not contain carbon black. The dielectric heating apparatus includes: a first electrode unit as an electrode unit configured to heat the first ink and the second ink, the first electrode unit including a first electrode and a second electrode that face the medium; and a first voltage application unit configured to apply an AC voltage having a frequency of 300 MHz or more and 300 GHz or less to the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: The plurality of surface light emitting element array chips in the first row and the plurality of surface light emitting element array chips in the second row are arranged in a staggered manner along the main scanning direction, and a space between the plurality of surface light emitting element array chips in the first row and the plurality of surface light emitting element array chips in the second row is set so as not to be an integral multiple of an image resolution pitch in the sub-scanning direction.

Abstract: The present teachings disclose various embodiments of a printing system for printing substrate, in which the printing system can be housed in a gas enclosure, where the environment within the enclosure can be maintained as a controlled printing environment. A controlled environment of the present teachings can include control of the type of gas environment within the gas enclosure, the size and level particulate matter within the enclosure, control of the temperature within the enclosure and control of lighting. Various embodiments of a printing system of the present teachings can include a Y-axis motion system and a Z-axis moving plate that are configured to substantially decrease excess thermal load within the enclosure by, for example, eliminating or substantially minimizing the use of conventional electric motors.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for capacitive detection of an object, including: an electrode arrangement having a heating element as an electrode; a detection device providing a detection signal to a sensor electrode and capacitively detecting the presence of an object near the sensor electrode; a high-side switch connected between a heating power source having a first potential and the heating element; a low-side switch connected between the heating element and a second potential; and a gate controller closing the high-side switch and low-side switch in a heating mode and opening the high-side switch and low-side switch in a detection mode. A decoupling MOSFET is connected between the high-side switch and heating element. The gate controller closes the MOSFET in the heating mode and opens the MOSFET in the detection mode. During the detection mode, the decoupling circuit provides a third potential at a first node between the high-side switch and MOSFET.

Abstract: A chassis component (1, 38, 40) has a joint inner portion (2) and a structural component (3), where the joint inner portion (2) is fitted and able to move in an articulated manner in a joint holder (4). A measuring device (5) is configured to determine a relative position of the joint inner portion (2) with respect to the structural component (3) and includes a first measuring element (6) and a second measuring element (7). The first measuring element (6) is on the structural component (3) and the second measuring element (7) is on the joint inner portion (2). In one example, the joint inner portion (2) extends out of the joint holder (4) and the second measuring element (7) is attached on a section (8) of the joint inner portion (2) which is outside the joint holder (4).

Abstract: A recording device includes a pair of transport rollers for transporting a medium, a rotating body provided downstream of the pair of transport rollers in a transport path of the medium and configured to switch between a first state in which the medium being nipped by the pair of transport rollers is passed and a second state in which the the medium being nipped by the pair of transport rollers is not passed, and a recording portion performing recording on the medium by discharging a liquid, in which the pair of transport rollers includes a first toothed roller having a plurality of convex portions configured to make point contact with the medium and nipping the medium by the plurality of the convex portions, and, the pair of transport rollers is arranged only in a central region when the transport path is divided into three in a rotating shaft direction.

Abstract: A substrate can be positioned for coating by a deposition device. The deposition device can coat the substrate with photosensitive material. The coated substrate can be positioned for exposure to light from a light source. The light source can expose a portion of the coated substrate to light to produce printed information.

Abstract: A printhead in a digital printing includes an array of light sources for exposing a photosensitive medium moving past the printhead. Artifacts are reduced in a high-speed print mode by defining first and a second power level control values that differ by at least 20%. The light sources used to print odd-numbered image pixels are activated responsive to the first power level control value and the light sources used to print even-numbered image pixels are activated responsive to the second power level control value.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a roll sheet container that contains a roll sheet around which a recording sheet is wound; a first sheet guide that makes contact with a first surface of the recording sheet; a second sheet guide that makes contact with a second surface of the recording sheet; and a transport roller that transports the recording sheet. The first and second sheet guides are disposed so as to face each other to form a sheet route along which the recording sheet is to pass. The transport roller transports the recording sheet that passed along the sheet route. The second sheet guide includes: a projection that protrudes toward the roll sheet container; and a pushing section that extends from the projection along an outer circumference of the roll sheet and in a direction away from the first sheet guide.

Abstract: A device is provided for personalizing documents, which includes a personalization device for applying personalization information to a document to be personalized. In addition, the device has a conveying device which includes at least two movable document carrier devices, each of which is configured: to receive a document to be personalized at a transfer position of the device that is the same for all document carrier devices; to move the document received, into the operating region of the personalization device, for the purpose of being personalized; and to move the document received, after its personalization, back to the transfer position and to discharge it there. The conveying device is configured, during its operation, to convey each of the document carrier devices along a respective associated path curve in the shape of a closed loop between the transfer position, the operating region and, in turn, the transfer position.

Abstract: A cartridge includes: a cartridge case; a first supply portion including a heat-sensitive medium; and a second supply portion including an adhesive medium. The heat-sensitive medium includes a base material, a plurality of heat-sensitive layers, and at least one heat-insulating layer in a stacked state. The heat-sensitive layers include: a first heat-sensitive layer for producing a first color when heated above a first temperature; and a second heat-sensitive layer for producing a second color when heated above a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The cartridge case includes: an opening for exposing the heat-sensitive medium; and a guide part positioned downstream of the opening in a conveying direction of the heat-sensitive medium for guiding the heat-sensitive medium and the adhesive medium bonded to a surface of the heat-sensitive medium opposite the base material with respect to the plurality of heat-sensitive layers.

Abstract: A magnetic flux measurement apparatus and method for nondestructive thickness imaging of metallic objects. The apparatus can primarily be used for thickness imaging of concentric metallic pipes, such as inner tubing and outer casing pipes in downhole applications. The magnetic flux measurement apparatus includes a transducer that includes a magnetic field source, magnetic flux sensor rings and a magnetic flux guide lens both positioned in alignment with a lateral axis of the magnetic field source. The magnetic flux guide lens is made of ferromagnetic material with high magnetic permeability that can direct flux lines into a predetermined sensor area for higher sensitivity and signal to noise ratio.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a shaft insertable into a target area, and an electronic component configured to generate a signal. The electronic component may be on or within the shaft. The electronic device may also include at least one antenna on or within the shaft. The electronic device may also include a receiver operatively coupled to the antenna. The receiver may monitor an electrical characteristic of the antenna to identify an effect of an electromagnetic field on the electrical characteristic of the antenna. The electronic device may also include a processor communicatively coupled to the receiver. At least one of the receiver and the processor may predict an effect of the electromagnetic field on the signal generated by the electronic component, based at least in part on the effect of the electromagnetic field on the electrical characteristic of the antenna.

Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including: a medium support section that supports a medium before feeding; a feeding roller that sends out the medium; and an apparatus main body, in which the medium support section is configured to switch between a stored state of being stored in the apparatus main body and a protruding state, being a state where an upstream part in a feeding direction protrudes from a first side surface of the apparatus main body, in the protruding state of the medium support section, close to a second side surface, which is a side surface opposite to the first side surface, an assist roller that applies a sending force to the medium fed from the medium support section is provided upstream of the feeding roller in the feeding direction.

Abstract: An exposure head configured to expose a photoreceptor includes a substrate having a plurality of light emitting portions, a lens array having a plurality of lenses that condense light emitted from the light emitting portions onto the photoreceptor, and a holder that holds the substrate and the lens array. The holder has an opposing surface including an opening into which the lens array is inserted and facing the photoreceptor in an optical axis direction of the lens. The opposing surface has a contacting surface on which a cleaning rod cleaning a light exit surface of the lens array abuts. The holder includes a sealing agent that seals a gap between a side wall of the lens array and an edge of the opening along a longitudinal direction of the holder, and a groove formed in the opposing surface between the opening and the contacting surface. The sealing agent is applied between the groove and the side wall.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a linear regulator, a switching regulator, an acquisition unit configured to acquire measurement data by sensing a signal as a measurement target, and a control unit configured to selectively drive the linear regulator or the switching regulator, wherein the control unit is configured to select and drive the linear regulator in a first period in which the measurement data is acquired by the acquisition unit, and select and drive the switching regulator in a second period that is different from the first period.