Abstract: A connector has a plurality of holes formed in an insulating layer. Contacts inside these holes have contact parts at the top and bottom. Each contact has a base part, a pair of contact parts which extend up and down from the base part, a lip which is connected to the base part, and a latching part. Inside the holes of the insulation layer, there is a guide groove, which houses and retains the contact by the lip, and a stopper, which prevents the contact from slipping out by interfering with the latching part of the contact. The holes of the insulation layer house and retain the contacts while allowing for vertical movement of the contacts in the thickness direction of the insulation layer. The compression connection type connector can be aligned by a depositing device and also has a stable contact pressure.

Abstract: The waterproof relay connector for connecting a lead wire includes a connector housing having a lead wire insertion hole, and lead wire retaining means for retaining the lead wire inserted in the lead wire insertion hole, an elastic portion having a through hole extending along the lead wire insertion hole, and a terminal for connection to the lead wire are provided in the connector housing. The lead wire is passed through the through hole in the elastic portion, and a conductor of the lead wire is resiliently connected to the terminal, so that a seal is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the through hole in the elastic portion and an outer peripheral surface of a covering portion of the lead wire.

Abstract: A connector has a plurality of holes formed in an insulating layer. Contacts inside these holes have contact parts at the top and bottom. Each contact has a base part, a pair of contact parts which extend up and down from the base part, a lip which is connected to the base part, and a latching part. Inside the holes of the insulation layer, there is a guide groove, which houses and retains the contact by the lip, and a stopper, which prevents the contact from slipping out by interfering with the latching part of the contact. The holes of the insulation layer house and retain the contacts while allowing for vertical movement of the contacts in the thickness direction of the insulation layer. The compression connection type connector can be aligned by a depositing device and also has a stable contact pressure.

Abstract: A metal member-buried ceramics article which can uniformalize adsorption force or adsorption force and distribution of temperature in plane, decrease pollution of a semiconductor wafer, and suppress warping of the whole body is provided. This article has a three layer structure comprising, between an upper layer 2 and a lower layer 3 composed of an AlN sintered body in the form of plate, an intermediate connecting layer 4 having a thickness of 0.5 to 10 mm composed of a sintered body of defatted AlN powder and a metal electrode 5 in contact with the inner surface of the upper layer or lower layer or a metal electrode in contact with the inner surface of the upper layer and a metal electric resistor in contact with the inner surface of the lower layer sandwiched between them, and has means for suppressing a stress remaining in sintering the defatted AlN powder.

Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method according to the present invention suppress a variation in the density of ink in a supply channel and a print head without the need for useless recovery operations, thus always providing very reliable high-grade images. The ink jet printing apparatus carries out printing using a print head for ejecting ink. The apparatus includes a scanning unit for causing the print head to scan across a printing medium, a measuring unit for measuring a time from an end of a preceding printing operation until a start of a current printing operation, and a determining unit for determining whether or not a result of measurement executed by the measuring unit exceeds a predetermined value. The scanning unit causes the print head to carry out at least one idle scan before the start of a printing operation depending on a result of determination made by the determining unit.

Abstract: The waterproof relay connector for connecting a lead wire includes a connector housing having a lead wire insertion hole, and lead wire retaining means for retaining the lead wire inserted in the lead wire insertion hole, an elastic portion having a through hole extending along the lead wire insertion hole, and a terminal for connection to the lead wire are provided in the connector housing. The lead wire is passed through the through hole in the elastic portion, and a conductor of the lead wire is resiliently connected to the terminal, so that a seal is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the through hole in the elastic portion and an outer peripheral surface of a covering portion of the lead wire.

Abstract: A damper (1) has silicone-based unvulcanized rubber (4) interposed between a housing (2) and a shaft (3) which are disposed in such a manner as to be relatively rotatable about an axis (A) in (R) directions with respect to each other, and rotational energy between the housing (2) and the shaft (3) is absorbed through the deformation of the silicone-based unvulcanized rubber (4).

Abstract: A pull tab of a slide fastener slidle comprises a pull tab proper having a insert portion and a slider-attaching portion provided at a proximal end of the insert portion for attachment to the slider; and a cover made of flexible material and adapted to have the insert portion inserted thereinto. The insert portion includes a plurality of locking surface features for preventing the cover from being pulled off the insert portion.

Abstract: In a recording apparatus for effecting recording with a recording head on a recording medium, a temperature detector provided on a control circuit board of the recording apparatus detects a temperature at the board, and a timer measures a first activation time of electric power supply to the control circuit board for a control not involving a recording operation. The timing of reading the temperature detected by the temperature detector, as well as a correction value for the thus read value, are determined according to the first activation time measured by the timer.

Abstract: The object is to provide a pull tab in which core members having various decorative members are previously manufactured and any of the core members is selected corresponding to an order and injection molding is performed in such a manner that the core member can be seen through a resin. In the fabrication of a pull tab of a slide fastener slider a core member integrally connects, through an intermediate portion, a slider body coupling member for a connection to a slider body portion and a decorative member for a decoration, the intermediate portion has a common shape, the decorative member is connected to the intermediate portion to have a size within a certain range, and a resin through which a part of the intermediate portion and the decorative member can be seen is subjected to injection molding therearound.

Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method according to the present invention suppress a variation in the density of ink in a supply channel and a print head without the needs for useless recovery operations, thus always providing very reliable high-grade images. The ink jet printing apparatus carries out printing using a print head for ejecting ink. The apparatus includes scanning means for causing the print head to scan a printing medium, measuring means for measuring time from an end of a preceding printing operation till a start of a current printing operation, and determining means for determining whether or not a result of measurement executed by the measuring means exceeds a predetermined value. The scanning means causes the print head to carry out idle scan before the start of a printing operation depending on a result of determination made by the determining means.

Abstract: A CRT socket has reduced thickness but maintains favorable insulation without requiring a change in the construction of the neck of a CRT. The CRT socket arrays a plurality of signal and focusing contact sockets about a central hole. The ends of signal pins of a CRT and of the focusing contact sockets passing partly through an enlarged hole in a circuit board, whereby the height of the CRT socket is reduced.

Abstract: A CRT socket includes interfitting vertical walls between first and second focusing pins. The presence of low dielectric constant air between the interfitted walls prevents the occurrence of corona currents between the two focusing terminal pins of a double focus tube and between a focusing terminal pin and a surrounding insulating resin wall. As necessary, insulating walls that also have at least a double-wall construction are formed as the side walls of focusing terminal pin housings that separate the focusing terminal pins from the outside. A gap of at least 1.0 mm is left between the ends of the focusing terminal pins and the side walls and bottoms of focusing terminal pin housings in the base portion.

Abstract: A paper feed operation is performed by a width less than one pixel (½) in addition to an integer multiple number of pixels (n/2) with respect to a basic number of pixels inherent to an ink jet recording apparatus having a multi nozzle head having n nozzles. When a plurality of pixel recording operations are performed for a single pixel region, ink dots land within a distance less than one pixel unit (½). Thus, a variation in ink surface density on a recording sheet in an overlapping print operation is reduced, thereby efficiently increasing the image density, and preventing blurring by promoting absorption and evaporation of an ink to and from a paper sheet.

Abstract: A CRT socket has a partition wall for partitioning a focus contact storing chamber and a base insertion hole which has sufficient strength, while maintaining a creepage distance between a focus contact and a signal contact sufficient to avoid arcing. The focus contact is formed in a leaf shape. A partition wall on a side of the base portion is interposed utilizing a gap in which a pin-type focus contact is interposed between a base and a focus pin in a cathode ray tube. The outside face of a projecting portion is covered with the partition wall. Increased strength is obtained in the partition wall for partitioning the focus contact storing chamber and the base insertion hole. The creepage distance between the focus contact and the signal contact is lengthened by forcing charges to travel, not only over the surfaces, but also along overlapping surfaces.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus, using an ink-jet head for ejecting ink supplied from an ink tank for storing ink and performing recording by ejecting ink from the ink-jet head based on recording data, the ink-jet recording apparatus performing recording by receiving the recording data transferred from a host through a signal line in a state that the ink-jet recording apparatus is connected to the host by the signal line. The apparatus obtains information as to a remaining amount of ink stored in an ink tank and a used amount of the ink-jet head, and stores the information so-obtained. A controller processes recording data transferred from the host and controls recording by the ink-jet head. According to one aspect, the controller transfers information stored in the memory to the host through the signal line according to a command input through the signal line.

Abstract: A CRT socket has reduced thickness but maintains favorable insulation without requiring a change in the construction of the neck of a CRT. The CRT socket arrays a plurality of signal and focusing contact sockets about a central hole. The ends of signal pins of a CRT and of the focusing contact sockets passing partly through an enlarged hole in a circuit board, whereby the height of the CRT socket is reduced.

Abstract: A CRT socket includes interfitting vertical walls between first and second focusing pins. The presence of low dielectric constant air between the interfitted walls prevents the occurrence of corona currents between the two focusing terminal pins of a double focus tube and between a focusing terminal pin and a surrounding insulating resin wall. As necessary, insulating walls that also have at least a double-wall construction are formed as the side walls of focusing terminal pin housings that separate the focusing terminal pins from the outside. A gap of at least 1.0 mm is left between the ends of the focusing terminal pins and the side walls and bottoms of focusing terminal pin housings in the base portion.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus comprises a recording head having discharge ports to discharge ink; an ink tank containing ink to be supplied to the recording head; and device for performing predischarges to stabilize ink discharges from the recording head. In this apparatus, the recording head is provided with a discharge unit to discharge plural kinds of ink, and the device for performing predischarges operates predischarges from all the discharge ports, only from the discharges ports in the vicinity of each end of the discharging units, and from all the discharge ports in that order at least for predischarges from discharging unit having relatively thin ink. With such head and device for performing predischarges, it is possible to remove mixed ink after suction recovery with a lesser amount of ink consumption, and execute a high quality recording stably at all times.

Abstract: A paper feed operation is performed by a width less than one pixel (½) in addition to an integer multiple number of pixels (n/2) with respect to a basic number of pixels inherent to an ink jet recording apparatus having a multi nozzle head having n nozzles. When a plurality of tines of pixel recording operations are performed for a single pixel region, ink dots land at a distance less than one pixel (½) at the pixel density. Thus, a variation in ink surface density on a recording sheet in an overlapping print operation is reduced, thereby efficiently increasing the image density, and preventing blurring by promoting absorption and evaporation of an ink to and from a paper sheet.