Abstract: According to one embodiment, a supervisory circuit includes a trigger determination circuit and a trigger table. The trigger determination circuit receives signal processing signals outputted from a plurality of signal processing circuits as trigger signals, determines whether processing operations by the signal processing circuits are executed in a predetermined order, and outputs an interrupt signal when detecting a trigger signal out of setting. The trigger table is provided with trigger-specific tables corresponding to the respective signal processing circuits, reads a trigger setting to occur next based on a trigger determined as being correct by the trigger determination circuit, and outputs a table read signal to the trigger determination circuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a defoamer oil compound that contains an organopolysiloxane (A), a fine silica powder (B), and a group (C) that is represented by the organopolysiloxanes of formulas (I) and/or (II) (in the formulas, c, d, and e are each an integer of 0 or more, and at least one of X1 to X3 is the group represented by formula (i)). The component (C) is used as a surface treatment agent for the component (B). The present invention makes it possible to obtain a silicone-based defoamer composition that imparts good initial defoaming properties even in an alkaline foaming liquid, that exhibits very little loss in performance over time, and that has excellent defoaming performance.

Abstract: A rotating device includes a body having a bottom wall extending in one direction; a holding object including a rotating portion extending in the one direction and a supporting portion supporting the rotating portion at one end of the rotating portion in the one direction such that the rotating portion is rotatable on an axis extending in the one direction, the holding object being provided on the bottom wall; a first holding portion provided on the body and holding the supporting portion of the holding object at one end of the supporting portion in the one direction; a second holding portion provided on the body and holding the supporting portion of the holding object at an other end of the supporting portion in the one direction; and a transmitting portion provided on the body and transmitting a rotational force to the rotating portion of the holding object.

Abstract: A container includes a container body, an opening/closing member, and a suppressing portion. The container body has a circumferential surface and has an opening in the circumferential surface through which powder contained in the container body is discharged to outside of the container body. The opening/closing member has an inner circumferential surface. The opening/closing member is mounted to the container body, and is moved, when the container body is relatively rotated to one side in a circumferential direction of the container body, from a closed position to an open position The opening/closing member is moved, when the container body is relatively rotated to another side in the circumferential direction, from the open position to the closed position. The suppressing portion is formed in the inner circumferential surface of the opening/closing member. The suppressing portion suppresses leakage of the powder from the opening/closing member to outside of the opening/closing member.

Abstract: A container mounting structure includes a container, a container mounting portion, and a regulating section. The container has an opening, extends in one direction, and contains powder. When the container disposed at a predetermined temporarily placed position is rotated in a circumferential direction of the container, the container is mounted to the container mounting portion and the opening of the container is, with the container mounting portion, caused to be exposed. The regulating section regulates the rotation of the container in the circumferential direction in a case where the container is disposed at a position deviated from the temporarily placed position.

Abstract: A container mounting structure includes a container and a container mounting portion. The container extends in one direction and contains powder. The container is mounted to the container mounting portion by rotating the container disposed at a temporarily placed position in a circumferential direction of the container. In a state in which the container is mounted to the container mounting portion, the container mounting structure has contact sections where the container is in contact with the container mounting portion in a radial direction of the container. Each of the contact sections is disposed at corresponding one of at least three different positions in the circumferential direction. The container is in contact with the container mounting portion from inside in the radial direction at one subset of the contact sections and from outside in the radial direction at another subset of the contact sections.

Abstract: A rotating device includes a body having a bottom wall extending in one direction; a holding object including a rotating portion extending in the one direction and a supporting portion supporting the rotating portion at one end of the rotating portion in the one direction such that the rotating portion is rotatable on an axis extending in the one direction, the holding object being provided on the bottom wall; a first holding portion provided on the body and holding the supporting portion of the holding object at one end of the supporting portion in the one direction; a second holding portion provided on the body and holding the supporting portion of the holding object at an other end of the supporting portion in the one direction; and a transmitting portion provided on the body and transmitting a rotational force to the rotating portion of the holding object.

Abstract: A container includes a container body, an opening/closing member, and a suppressing portion. The container body has a circumferential surface, and has an opening in the circumferential surface through which powder contained in the container body is discharged to outside of the container body. The opening/closing member has an inner circumferential surface. The opening/closing member is mounted to the container body, and is moved, when the container body is relatively rotated to one side in a circumferential direction of the container body, from a closed position to an open position. The opening/closing member is moved, when the container body is relatively rotated to another side in the circumferential direction, from the open position to the closed position. The suppressing portion is formed in the inner circumferential surface of the opening/closing member. The suppressing portion suppresses leakage of the powder from the opening/closing member to outside of the opening/closing member.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an organopolysiloxane emulsion composition which contains an organopolysiloxane having a trialkyl group at a terminal thereof and having a viscosity of 50,000 mm2/s or more at 25° C., within a shorter time compared with the conventional methods. A method for producing an emulsion composition which contains an organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of 50,000 mm2/s or more at 25° C. and capped with a trialkylsilyl group, said method comprising: (I) emulsifying a mixture comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane, (B) a nonionic surfactant, (C) an anionic surfactant, (D-1) an acidic compound and (E-1) water to prepare an emulsion composition; (II) adding (D-2) an acidic compound and (E-2) water to the emulsion composition to perform emulsion polymerization; and (III) adding 0.001 part by mass or more of (F) a compound to the resultant product to perform emulsion polymerization again.

Abstract: A cartridge support unit includes a housing, a toner cartridge, a guide member, a shutter body, and at least one snap fit portion. The housing has an opening. The toner cartridge has a cylindrical shape, has an outer circumferential surface, and is removably mounted in the housing. The guide member has portions and is provided at such a position in the housing that the opening is interposed between the portions of the guide member. The shutter body slides against the guide member from a closed position where the shutter body covers the opening to an open position where the shutter body exposes the opening. The at least one snap fit portion extends from the shutter body and has a protrusion. The protrusion is pushed by the outer circumferential surface of the toner cartridge so as release a lock state at the closed position.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an encoder system includes an encoder and an interface. The encoder detects the position and speed of a motor, and generates A-, B- and Z-phase signals. The interface includes an AB waveform recognition circuitry to recognize a waveform of an AB phase, a Z waveform recognition circuitry to recognize a period of an enable state of a Z phase, a starting point storage device to store a value of the AB phase when the Z phase changes and stores an AB-phase change pattern, a starting point recognition circuitry to generate an interrupt signal, and a rotation angle counter to start a new count of the rotation angle of the motor.

Abstract: A cartridge support unit includes a housing, a toner cartridge, a guide member, a shutter body, and at least one snap fit portion. The housing has an opening. The toner cartridge has a cylindrical shape, has an outer circumferential surface, and is removably mounted in the housing. The guide member has portions and is provided at such a position in the housing that the opening is interposed between the portions of the guide member. The shutter body slides against the guide member from a closed position where the shutter body covers the opening to an open position where the shutter body exposes the opening. The at least one snap fit portion extends from the shutter body and has a protrusion. The protrusion is pushed by the outer circumferential surface of the toner cartridge so as release a lock state at the closed position.

Abstract: A silicone emulsion composition capable of being formed into a coating film, which contains: (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane containing, per molecule, at least two groups each capable of binding to a silicon atom, wherein the at least two groups are independently selected from a hydroxyl group and an alkoxy group; (B) 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a surfactant; (C) 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of at least one substance selected from cellulose and a cellulose derivative; (D) 0.5 to 50 parts by mass of colloidal silica; and (E) 50 to 1,000 parts by mass of water.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a shared FIFO device includes a write pointer control circuit, a read pointer control circuit, a write pointer selection circuit, a read pointer selection circuit, a selection circuit, and a memory array. The shared FIFO device performs FIFO access through n transfer routes (where n is an integer of 2 or greater).

Abstract: A production method for an organopolysiloxane emulsion composition, wherein (I) an emulsion composition is prepared by emulsifying an organopolysiloxane (A) that is represented by formula (2), or that is a mixture of organopolysiloxanes represented by formulas (1) and (2), and that has an octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane content of 1000 ppm or less (R1 and R2 are H or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, n is a number that makes the viscosity of the organopolysiloxane 200-100,000 mm2/s, and a, b, c, and d satisfy the expressions a?3, b?5, c+d?1, 10?a+b+c+d?1,000), a surfactant (B), and water (C-1), and wherein (II) water (C-2) is added as needed and then emulsion polymerization is performed in the presence of an acid catalyst (D). The organopolysiloxane generated has a 15 mass % toluene solution viscosity of 200 mPa·s or higher at 25° C., has an octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane content of 3000 ppm or less, and has a branched structure that has a particle size of 1 ?m or less.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a supervisory circuit includes a trigger determination circuit and a trigger table. The trigger determination circuit receives signal processing signals outputted from a plurality of signal processing circuits as trigger signals, determines whether processing operations by the signal processing circuits are executed in a predetermined order, and outputs an interrupt signal when detecting a trigger signal out of setting. The trigger table is provided with trigger-specific tables corresponding to the respective signal processing circuits, reads a trigger setting to occur next based on a trigger determined as being correct by the trigger determination circuit, and outputs a table read signal to the trigger determination circuit.

Abstract: A fuser includes: a heater; a rotation body which is heated by the heater; an endless belt; an elastic pad which is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt to form a nip portion with the endless belt intervening between the elastic pad and the rotation body; and a wall surrounded by the endless belt and disposed upstream of the elastic pad in a moving direction of the endless belt at the nip portion. The wall has a facing surface facing the elastic pad in the moving direction. The facing surface includes: contact portions positioned at both ends in a width direction of the endless belt and in contact with the elastic pad; and a center portion positioned between the contact portions in the width direction, at an upstream side of the contact portions in the moving direction.

Abstract: A roller device includes a first roller; a second roller that rotates around a rotation axis extending in a first direction and that is disposed upstream of the first roller in a second direction; a bearing that supports the second roller and includes a projection; an urging unit that urges the bearing in the second direction; and a passage member having a gap that defines first and second passages that respectively extend in the first and second directions and supporting the bearing. The projection is inserted in the gap. The bearing is movable in the first and second directions. The first and second rollers are apart from each other when the projection is in the first passage. The bearing is moved in the second direction so that the first and second rollers are pressed against each other when the projection is in the second passage.

Abstract: A fuser includes: a heater; a rotation body which is heated by the heater; an endless belt; an elastic pad which is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt to form a nip portion with the endless belt intervening between the elastic pad and the rotation body; and a wall surrounded by the endless belt and disposed upstream of the elastic pad in a moving direction of the endless belt at the nip portion. The wall has a facing surface facing the elastic pad in the moving direction. The facing surface includes: contact portions positioned at both ends in a width direction of the endless belt and in contact with the elastic pad; and a center portion positioned between the contact portions in the width direction, at an upstream side of the contact portions in the moving direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a defoamer oil compound that contains an organopolysiloxane (A), a fine silica powder (B), and a group (C) that is represented by the organopolysiloxanes of formulas (I) and/or (II) (in the formulas, c, d, and e are each an integer of 0 or more, and at least one of X1 to X3 is the group represented by formula (i)). The component (C) is used as a surface treatment agent for the component (B). The present invention makes it possible to obtain a silicone-based defoamer composition that imparts good initial defoaming properties even in an alkaline foaming liquid, that exhibits very little loss in performance over time, and that has excellent defoaming performance.