Abstract: Provided are a printer and an issuing apparatus in which there is no risk of causing a jam even when a user blocks a discharge port of a printed sheet, and in which occurrence of sheet jam can be effectively prevented. In a printer or an issuing apparatus having the printer built-in, a send-out means (16) formed of a pair of rollers with which a sheet is sandwiched from thereabove and therebelow to be conveyed by a rotational force is provided upstream of a discharge port (14a) for discharging the printed sheet. One roller (16a) of the pair of rollers is attached so as to be free to rotate at a leading end of a rockable arm (16c) having a rotation center downstream of a conveyance path and is biased toward another roller (16b) by its own weight or a slight spring force, and a space is provided for allowing the roller to move in a direction in which the roller is spaced apart from the other roller and for tolerating a deflection of the sheet to be transferred.

Abstract: In order to provide a printer and an issuing apparatus for effectively preventing occurrence of jam even when a user picks a leading end of a printed sheet discharged from a discharge port, a leading end of a guide plate (15b) disposed below the discharge port for discharging the printed sheet is formed to be shorter than that of a guide plate (15a) disposed thereabove such that a space can be formed in which the sheet is allowed to deflect downward when advancement of the leading end of the printed sheet discharged from the discharge port (15) is interfered.

Abstract: In order to provide a printer and an issuing apparatus for effectively preventing a user from mistakenly inserting a card into a discharge port of tickets or the like without increasing the number of components, in the printer or the issuing apparatus having the printer built-in, an outlet of a discharge port (14a) for discharging a printed sheet is formed into a shape other than a linear shape, such as a corrugated shape or a “dogleg” shape when seen from a front thereof. Further, it is desirable that the discharge port be formed to be gradually reduced in opening area from an inlet side thereof to an outlet side thereof.

Abstract: In order to simultaneously deal with a plurality of roll sheets each having a different width, achieve increases in functionality and performance, and achieve reduction in cost so as to alleviate a burden on a user, provided is a thermal printer 1 including: a support member 13 for supporting a plurality of roll sheets P each having a different width; conveyor mechanisms 14 each including a conveyor roller 14a for drawing out or drawing back a recording sheet P1 from each of the roll sheets; a guide member for guiding the recording sheet drawn out thereof so as to be converged on a carry-out port; a thermal head including heating elements; a platen roller; a cutting member for cutting the recording sheet; a sensor for detecting whether or not the recording sheet has reached the platen roller; and a control portion 17 for controlling, based on a detection result from the sensor, rotational directions of the conveyor roller and the platen roller so that only a desired recording sheet is sent out from the guide

Abstract: An electronic device test apparatus for testing IC chips (IC) by pushing their input/output terminals (HB) against contact units of a test head, provided with an IC moving system (410) for picking up and moving an IC chip (IC) at the front surface where input/output terminals (HB) are led out, a first camera for capturing an image of the front surface of an IC chip (IC) before being picked up, a second camera for capturing an image of a back surface of an IC chip (IC) after being picked up, and an image processing system for calculating the position of input/output terminals (HB) of an IC chip (IC) picked up by the IC moving system (410) from the image information captured by the first camera and second camera and identifying the relative position of the IC chip (IC) picked up by the IC moving system (410) with respect to a contact unit based on the results of calculation, wherein the IC moving system (410) corrects the position of the IC chip based on the relative position of the input/output terminals (HB)

Abstract: A battery characteristic simulating apparatus is improved which is capable of supplying electric power for simulating a battery characteristic of a battery to a battery-driven type electronic appliance. The battery characteristic simulating apparatus is featured by that a voltage/current generating unit; a voltage/current measuring unit; a characteristic data acquiring unit; a storage unit; and a simulation signal producing unit are provided within the same housing of the battery characteristic simulating apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a printer for an electronic voting apparatus with which it becomes possible to smoothly convey a recording sheet, whose leading end is a free end, and achieve miniaturization and simplification. Fanfold paper (16) is placed on a bottom surface (7b) in a concave shape of a container (7) fitted to a casing (6a) of a printer (6) in a state where the fanfold paper (16) is curved along the bottom surface (7b) in the concave shape (7b). On the fanfold paper (16) supplied from the container (7) into the casing (6a), the contents of a vote inputted by a voter using a touch panel are printed by a recording head (9). Then, the fanfold paper (16) is conveyed by a platen roller (10) and enters into a gap (12c) of a window portion (12) through a guide (13). The voter in a voting booth confirms the printed contents (vote contents) through the window portion (12) and performs approval processing for the vote contents by operating the touch panel.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes data lines divided into groups of M data lines, where N is a natural number equal to or greater than three. Output lines are arranged in correspondence with the data lines and receive, during a predetermined period, output of a correction voltage having a predetermined voltage level and sequential data voltages for defining gray scale levels of the pixels. A time division circuit simultaneously supplies the correction voltage output to the output line to M data lines of each group of data lines, where M is a natural number equal to or greater than two and equal to or less than “N?1”.

Abstract: To attain an object of providing an insert for holding wide-ranging kinds of area array type electronic components and realizing certain connection between external terminals of an area array type electronic component and connection terminals of a socket, and an electronic component testing apparatus and an electronic component testing method using the same, a thin plate 163 for supporting an IC device 2 is positioned between an external terminal face 23 of the IC device 2 and a connection terminal face 42 of a socket 40, and a thickness of the thin plate 163 is made to be approximately equal to or less than a distance between a tip portion of the external terminals 22 and the external terminal face 23.

Abstract: An apparatus having a plurality of test units (520), a loading transport unit (510) transporting a plurality of electronic devices from a customer tray (4C) to a test tray (4T) before being loaded in a test unit, and a classifying transport unit (530) transporting a plurality of electronic devices from a test tray while classifying them to customer trays in accordance with test results, the loading transport unit being provided at least at a frontmost stage of a plurality of test units, the classifying transport unit being provided at least at a rearmost stage of the plurality of test units, the test tray being successively conveyed from the frontmost stage to the rearmost stage of the plurality of test units in the state carrying electronic devices and returned from the rearmost stage test unit to the frontmost stage test unit.

Abstract: Two electronic device holding portions 19 are formed on an insert to be attached to a test tray TST of an electronic device handling apparatus 1, and the two electronic device holding portions 19 are arranged at positions sandwiching a standard hole 20a used as a positional standard when aligning. When using an insert having a plurality of electronic device holding portions 19, the number of IC devices 2 to be held per a unit area on the test tray TST increases and the throughput improves. Also, when arranging the two electronic device holding portions 19 at positions sandwiching the standard hole 20a, both of the electronic device holding portions 19 can be close to the standard hole 20a, so that positional deviation of the IC devices 2 caused by thermal expansion or thermal contraction of the insert 16 can be suppressed and arising of contact mistakes caused by positional deviation is suppressed.

Abstract: A thermal activator has a heating device that heats a heat sensitive adhesive layer of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet to activate the adhesive layer. The adhesive sheet has a printable surface formed on one side of a sheet-like base and the heat sensitive adhesive layer formed on the other side thereof. A transporting device transports the heat sensitive adhesive sheet in a predetermined direction. A sheet material prevents a heat sensitive adhesive of the heat sensitive adhesive layer or a denatured product of the heat sensitive adhesive from adhering to the transporting device.

Abstract: Described herein is a fire-extinguishing method of a pool fire utilizing water mists, wherein the water mists are discharged so as to surround the flame base portion of a pool fire virtually without a gap, directed not to the burning surface and the flame base portion directly, but to any of positions of the flame center axis from a plurality of positions on the side of the burning surface, while water mists are being discharged toward the flame center axis above the flame base portion from a plurality of positions above the burning surface, so that the fire is extinguished.

Abstract: A cutting device includes a movable blade and a stationary blade opposed to the movable blade across a sheet-like object to be cut. The movable blade is formed into a concave shape retracted inwardly from opposite end portions toward a central portion thereof. The stationary blade is formed into a straight line in parallel to the cut surface of the object. An angle of each of portions of the cutting edge on sides of the opposite end portions with respect to a cut surface of the object to be cut is larger than an angle of each of portions of the cutting edge on both sides of the central portion with respect to the cut surface.

Abstract: The invention enhances gradation characteristics and realizes higher quality in a picture, in the context of subfield driving using a pixel provided therein with a memory. A method of driving an electro-optical device that divides a predetermined period of time into a plurality of subfields SF5 to SF17, performs gradational display with a combination of subfields SF corresponding to gradation data, and provides a memory storing gradation data that is provided in each of a plurality of pixels is disclosed. In the method, at least part of gradation data is written in a memory provided in each of pixels. Further, data written in the memory are repeatedly read several times based on gradation signals defining each of the subfields SF, and a voltage having time density corresponding to read data is repeatedly applied to the pixels to thereby perform gradational display in accordance with gradation data.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes pixel electrodes corresponding to intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines and specific to the pixels. A common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and A switching element that establishes conduction between the data line and the pixel electrode when a selection voltage is applied to the scanning line.

Abstract: An electronic device test apparatus for testing IC chips (IC) by pushing their input/output terminals (HB) against contact units of a test head, provided with an IC moving system (410) for picking up and moving an IC chip (IC) at the front surface where input/output terminals (HB) are led out, a first camera for capturing an image of the front surface of an IC chip (IC) before being picked up, a second camera for capturing an image of aback surface of an IC chip (IC) after being picked up, and an image processing system for calculating the position of input/output terminals (HB) of an IC chip (IC) picked up by the IC moving system (410) from the image information captured by the first camera and second camera and identifying the relative position of the IC chip (IC) picked up by the IC moving system (410) with respect to a contact unit based on the results of calculation, wherein the IC moving system (410) corrects the position of the IC chip based on the relative position of the input/output terminals (HB) o

Abstract: The invention enhances gradation characteristics and realizes higher quality in a picture, in the context of subfield driving using a pixel provided therein with a memory. A method of driving an electro-optical device that divides a predetermined period of time into a plurality of subfields SF5 to SF17, performs gradational display with a combination of subfields SF corresponding to gradation data, and provides a memory storing gradation data that is provided in each of a plurality of pixels is disclosed. In the method, at least part of gradation data is written in a memory provided in each of pixels. Further, data written in the memory are repeatedly read several times based on gradation signals defining each of the subfields SF, and a voltage having time density corresponding to read data is repeatedly applied to the pixels to thereby perform gradational display in accordance with gradation data.

Abstract: The invention reduces power consumption when, for example, a mobile personal computer is in a power-saving mode or when a cellular phone is in a wait mode, in an electro-optical apparatus, such as a liquid crystal display of the subfield drive type used as a display apparatus for various apparatuses. Three different settings “64”, “16” and “2” are enabled as the number of gray scale levels in an electro-optical apparatus, the number of subfields becoming smaller as the number of gray scale levels is reduced. When a large number of gray scale levels is not required (when in the power-saving mode, the wait mode, etc.), a low number of gray scale levels is set, so that the own capacitance of a liquid crystal layer and storage capacitance are charged and discharged less often.

Abstract: An electronic device test apparatus for testing IC chips (IC) by pushing their input/output terminals (HB) against contact units of a test head, provided with a test plate (110) compraised holders (113) for holding back surfaces of IC chips (IC) where no input/output terminals (HB) are led out with substantially smooth holding surfaces (114) larger than those back surfaces, and the test plate body (111) for holding the holders (113) in a manner rockable at the time of testing, the side surfaces (113b) of the holders (113) being guided by guide surfaces (153) provided in the vicinities of contact units (151) and the IC chips (IC) held by the holders (113) being pushed against contact pins of the contact units (151).