Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in a first direction toward a recording head for ejecting a liquid, a tank including a containing chamber containing the liquid to be supplied to the recording head, and an injection port through which the liquid is injected into the containing chamber, the tank being disposed downstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction, a rotatable lever that holds a tank cap for closing the injection port, and a cover that rotates about a rotation shaft between an open position for exposing the lever and a closed position for covering the lever, the rotation shaft being disposed upstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction. The cover includes a sliding portion that is provided on a surface facing the lever and comes into contact with the lever while the cover is rotating toward the closed position.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a tank including a chamber configured to store liquid to be supplied to a recording head that ejects the liquid and a filling port from which the liquid is injected into the chamber, and an injection auxiliary member configured to assist injecting of the liquid into the chamber from the filling port, the injection auxiliary member including a first and a second flow channels each defined by a first or a second upper end portion that opens toward outside of the tank and a first or a second lower end portion that opens toward inside of the tank, wherein the second flow channel has an expansion portion arranged in a middle portion between the second upper end portion and the second lower end portion and configured to form a step to expand a cross-sectional area.

Abstract: An input using a pointing device is acquired, and it is determined whether the input using the pointing device is an operation of moving an input position. If it has been determined in the determination of the operation that the input using the pointing device is the operation of moving the input position, an operation direction of the operation of moving the input position is determined. If the determined operation direction corresponds to any one of a plurality of directions determined in advance, a predetermined display target is moved in a direction based on the operation direction, thereby causing the predetermined display target to appear on a display screen. If it has been determined that the operation direction corresponds to any one of the plurality of directions, a common display target is caused to appear, regardless of which one of the plurality of directions the operation direction corresponds to.

Abstract: An example system includes a contactless communication part that performs contactless communication with a data storage medium having a contactless communication function; a data writing part that writes data to the data storage medium by the contactless communication part; a storage part that stores the data written by the data writing part; and a data determination part that determines whether the data stored in the data storage medium and the data stored in the storage part have a predetermined relationship with each other or not. When the data determination part determines that both of the data do not have the predetermined relationship with each other, the data writing part overwrites the data stored in the data storage medium with the data stored in the storage part.

Abstract: An example system includes: a contactless communication part that performs contactless communication with a data storage medium having a contactless communication function; a data writing part that writes data to the data storage medium by the contactless communication part; a storage part that stores the data written by the data writing part; and a corruption determination part that determines whether the data stored in the data storage medium is corrupted or not. When the corruption determination part determines that the data is corrupted, the data writing part writes the data stored in the storage part, to the data storage medium.

Abstract: An input using a pointing device is acquired, and it is determined whether the input using the pointing device is an operation of moving an input position. If it has been determined in the determination of the operation that the input using the pointing device is the operation of moving the input position, an operation direction of the operation of moving the input position is determined. If the determined operation direction corresponds to any one of a plurality of directions determined in advance, a predetermined display target is moved in a direction based on the operation direction, thereby causing the predetermined display target to appear on a display screen. If it has been determined that the operation direction corresponds to any one of the plurality of directions, a common display target is caused to appear, regardless of which one of the plurality of directions the operation direction corresponds to.

Abstract: An example system includes a contactless communication part that performs contactless communication with a data storage medium having a contactless communication function; a data writing part that writes data to the data storage medium by the contactless communication part; a storage part that stores the data written by the data writing part; and a data determination part that determines whether the data stored in the data storage medium and the data stored in the storage part have a predetermined relationship with each other or not. When the data determination part determines that both of the data do not have the predetermined relationship with each other, the data writing part overwrites the data stored in the data storage medium with the data stored in the storage part.

Abstract: An example system includes: a contactless communication part that performs contactless communication with a data storage medium having a contactless communication function; a data writing part that writes data to the data storage medium by the contactless communication part; a storage part that stores the data written by the data writing part; and a corruption determination part that determines whether the data stored in the data storage medium is corrupted or not. When the corruption determination part determines that the data is corrupted, the data writing part writes the data stored in the storage part, to the data storage medium.

Abstract: A ceramic circuit substrate includes an insulating layer fabricated of a ceramic, a first surface conductor layer fabricated on a surface of the insulating layer and embedded in the insulating layer except at least its surface, and a second surface conductor layer fabricated to be stacked on the first surface conductor layer.

Abstract: A low-temperature fired ceramic circuit substrate fired at a temperature ranging between 800.degree. and 1,000.degree. C. includes a plurality of insulating layers each formed of a low-temperature fired ceramic, an Ag conductor layer formed internally of the substrate, an Au conductor layer formed on a surface of the substrate, and an Ag-Pd layer formed between the Ag and the Au conductor layers, the Ag-Pd layer being composed of 100 parts metal composition consisting of 70 to 95 parts Ag and 5 to 30 part Pd by weight, and 2 to 10 parts lead borosilicate glass by weight. As the result of the above composition of the ceramic circuit substrate, its fabrication process can be simplified, and a defect rate in a connection between the Ag and Au layers after repeated firing is rendered approximately zero, which ensures high reliability for the connection.

Abstract: A ceramic circuit substrate providing a circuit pattern with a fine line as well as high accuracy for positioning the circuit pattern and a method of producing the ceramic circuit substrate. An alumina layer that is green containing an alumina that is not sintered at a temperature ranging from 800.degree. to 1000.degree. C. is applied on a surface of a ceramic green sheet containing glass and then fired at a temperature ranging from 800.degree. to 1000.degree. C. The ceramic green sheet is sintered into a sintered ceramic substrate. A porous alumina layer is formed on a surface of the sintered ceramic substrate. The glass contained in the sintered ceramic substrate is caused to flow to the inside of the porous alumina layer so that the part of the porous alumina layer filled with the glass is bonded to the sintered ceramic substrate.

Abstract: A low-temperature fired ceramic circuit substrate fired at a temperature ranging between 800.degree. and 1,000.degree. C. includes a plurality of insulating layers each formed of a low-temperature fired ceramic, an Ag conductor layer formed internally of the substrate, an Au conductor layer formed on a surface of the substrate, and an Ag--Pd layer formed between the Ag and the Au conductor layers, the Ag--Pd layer being composed of 100 parts metal composition consisting of 70 to 95 parts Ag and 5 to 30 part Pd by weight, and 2 to 10 parts lead borosilicate glass by weight. As the result of the above composition of the ceramic circuit substrate, its fabrication process can be simplified, and a defect rate in a connection between the Ag and Au layers after repeated firing is rendered approximately zero, which ensures high reliability for the connection.

Abstract: A ceramic circuit board comprises a ceramic substrate having a glaze film formed thereon, the glaze film being overlaid with a functional thin film such as a ferromagnetic film serving as a magnetic sensor, for example. The ceramic substrate is made of a low-firing ceramic material such as a glass ceramic material which can be sintered at a temperature below 1000.degree. C. by co-firing with the glaze film. Preferably, the ceramic substrate has a recess on its top surface, and the glaze film is embedded in the recess such that the difference in level between the ceramic substrate and the glaze film is 20 .mu.m or less.

Abstract: A process for producing circuit substrate is prepared by preparing at least one ceramic greensheet containing glass and sinterable at a low temperature for forming the circuit substrate, and at least one unsintered transfer sheet unsinterable at a sintering temperature of the ceramic greensheet, printing a wiring pattern on the unsintered transfer sheet, stacking the unsintered transfer sheet on the ceramic greensheet to form a laminated body and thermocompressing the laminated body to form a compressed body, firing the compressed body at a sintering temperature of the ceramic greensheet to form a ceramic substrate, thereby preparing a fired body by transferring the wiring pattern on the unsintered transfer sheet to the ceramic substrate, and removing the unsintered transfer sheet from the fired body to prepare a circuit substrate.

Abstract: A ceramic circuit substrate is fabricated by preparing ceramic greensheets for the fabrication of the ceramic circuit substrate, and unsintered ceramic sheets unsinterable at a sintering temperature of said ceramic greensheets, forming via holes in said ceramic greensheets and filling the via holes with via hole conductor paste, printing conductive patterns on the ceramic greensheets, stacking and laminating the ceramic greensheets to prepare a laminated body, placing said unsintered ceramic sheets on the uppermost layer and-on the lowermost layer of the laminated body, bonding the sheets together by thermocompression to prepare a compressed body, firing the compressed body at the sintering temperature of ceramic greensheets, and removing the unsintered ceramic greensheets, wherein said via hole conductors are only in connection with the conductive patterns at the upper and/or lower ends of each via hole conductor.