Abstract: A switch device includes a plurality of communication ports; a switch unit configured to relay a frame, which has been transmitted from a function unit and to which information including an ID of a VLAN is added, to another function unit via a communication port; and a duplication unit configured to, when the diagnosis device is connected to another switch device, duplicate the frame to be relayed via a designated communication port among the plurality of communication ports, and generate a duplicate frame for diagnosis that is a frame obtained by adding, to a duplicate frame obtained through the duplication, specific information indicating that the duplicate frame for diagnosis should be transmitted to the diagnosis device. The switch unit outputs the duplicate frame for diagnosis generated by the duplication unit from a communication port corresponding to the other switch device.

Abstract: A rotary shaft and a seal mechanism are provided. The rotary shaft extends into outside air outside a case via a shaft hole provided in the case of a drive system. The seal mechanism prevents entry of foreign matter from the outside air into the shaft hole. The case includes a canopy portion and a recessed portion. The recessed portion is recessed coaxially with the canopy portion from an end face of the canopy portion in the direction of the axis. The seal mechanism includes a deflector and a seal member. The deflector is fixed to the rotary shaft in a liquid-tight manner, and extends into the recessed portion. The seal member is an elastic body. The seal member is fixed in the shaft hole in a liquid-tight manner, and is in sliding contact in a liquid-tight manner with the rotary shaft and the deflector.

Abstract: A rotary shaft and a seal mechanism are provided. The rotary shaft extends into outside air outside a case via a shaft hole provided in the case of a drive system. The seal mechanism prevents entry of foreign matter from the outside air into the shaft hole. The case includes a canopy portion and a recessed portion. The recessed portion is recessed coaxially with the canopy portion from an end face of the canopy portion in the direction of the axis. The seal mechanism includes a deflector and a seal member. The deflector is fixed to the rotary shaft in a liquid-tight manner, and extends into the recessed portion. The seal member is an elastic body. The seal member is fixed in the shaft hole in a liquid-tight manner, and is in sliding contact in a liquid-tight manner with the rotary shaft and the deflector.

Abstract: Laminates (A) that each have a catalyst layer and an electrolyte membrane are obtained either by disposing catalyst layers on one surface of each of a plurality of the electrolyte membranes, or by coating the catalyst layers with an electrolyte membrane forming composition. A membrane electrode assembly is then obtained either by layering the laminates (A) together with the electrode membrane sides facing each other, or by layering a laminate (A) and an electrolyte membrane (a) together such that one side of the electrolyte membrane (a) is in contact with the electrolyte membrane of the laminate (A) and then disposing a catalyst layer on the other side of the electrolyte membrane (a).

Abstract: An intermediate transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member, intermediate transfer member support members, and two frame members each including first and second positioning members each having a positioning portion. At least one of the frame members satisfies a condition L1:L2=2.85:x 0?x?1, where L1 is the length of a line segment connecting an intersection point to the positioning portion of one of the positioning members on a side opposite to a side toward which a line of action of a force applied by a second-transfer unit is inclined and L2 is the length of a line segment connecting the intersection point to the positioning portion of the other of the positioning members on the side toward which the line of action is inclined, the intersection point being an intersection of the line of action and a line segment connecting the positioning portions.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image to be formed on a recording medium. The image formed by the image forming unit has a size larger than a size of the recording medium that is transported, the image forming unit causing the image to adhere to the entire area of the recording medium. A width of the image in a direction substantially orthogonal to a transporting direction of the recording medium increases from a front end toward a rear end of the recording medium in the transporting direction of the recording medium.

Abstract: A developer-conveying apparatus is provided, the developer-conveying apparatus including: a conveying member that has a rotational axis rotatably set in a container and a blade formed around the rotational axis, the conveying member conveying a developer along the rotational axis by rotation; and a static eliminating member set in the container and eliminating static electricity of the developer in the container by being brought into contact with the developer.

Abstract: A powder container includes a housing including a container chamber, a rotation member extending in an axial direction, and a sealing member. The housing includes a first wall portion having a first hole into which an end portion of the rotation member is inserted. The rotation member includes a second wall facing a part of the first wall portion around the first hole with a distance therebetween. The sealing member has a second hole through which the rotation member extends, is interposed between the part of the first wall portion around the first hole and the second wall portion, and includes a foam member that is contractible and a pair of sheet members respectively contacting the part of the first wall portion around the first hole and the second wall portion and having a friction coefficient lower than the foam member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image to be formed on a recording medium. The image formed by the image forming unit has a size larger than a size of the recording medium that is transported, the image forming unit causing the image to adhere to the entire area of the recording medium. A width of the image in a direction substantially orthogonal to a transporting direction of the recording medium increases from a front end toward a rear end of the recording medium in the transporting direction of the recording medium.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member, intermediate transfer member support members, and two frame members each including first and second positioning members each having a positioning portion. At least one of the frame members satisfies a condition L1:L2=2.85:x 0?x?1, where L1 is the length of a line segment connecting an intersection point to the positioning portion of one of the positioning members on a side opposite to a side toward which a line of action of a force applied by a second-transfer unit is inclined and L2 is the length of a line segment connecting the intersection point to the positioning portion of the other of the positioning members on the side toward which the line of action is inclined, the intersection point being an intersection of the line of action and a line segment connecting the positioning portions.

Abstract: A compound synthesis method includes bonding a first compound to a substrate to form a first film. A second film is formed on the first film using an acid-transfer composition including (A) a polymer that includes a structural unit shown by a following formula (1) and a structural unit shown by a following formula (2), (B) a photoacid generator shown by a following formula (3), and (C) a sensitizer shown by a following formula (4). The second film is exposed to remove the protecting group from the first compound under an exposed area of the second film. An acid generated in the exposed area of the second film is transferred to the first film. The second film after being exposed is removed. A second compound is bonded to the first compound from which the protecting group has been removed.

Abstract: A flux composition includes an alditol (A) and a polymer (B) which has a repeating structural unit represented by Formula (1): (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and Z is a hydroxyl group, an oxo group, a carboxyl group, a formyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a mercapto group, a sulfo group, an oxazoline group, an imide group, a group having an amide structure, or a group having any of these groups). The flux composition allows substrates with bumps such as pillar bumps to be electrically connected to each other by reflowing of such bumps without causing any exposure of the bumps from the flux during reflowing, thus resulting in a satisfactory electrically connected structure.

Abstract: A photosensitive insulating resin composition capable of forming an interlayer insulating film, or planarized film, or surface protective film, or insulating film for high-density mount substrate excelling in properties, such as resolution, adherence, thermal impact, electrical insulation, patterning performance and elongation; a hardening product thereof; and a circuit board equipped with the hardening product. There is provided a positive photosensitive insulating resin composition comprising an alkali-soluble resin; a compound having a quinonediazido group; and crosslinked resin particles of a particulate copolymer whose 20 to 90 mol % constituent is derived from a hydroxylated and/or carboxylated monomer.

Abstract: A photosensitive insulating resin composition includes a block copolymer, a crosslinking agent, a photosensitive compound, and a solvent. The block copolymer includes a first structural unit shown by a following formula (1) and a second structural unit shown by a following formula (2), wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A compound synthesis method includes bonding a first compound to a substrate to form a first film. A second film is formed on the first film using an acid-transfer composition including (A) a polymer that includes a structural unit shown by a following formula (1) and a structural unit shown by a following formula (2), (B) a photoacid generator shown by a following formula (3), and (C) a sensitizer shown by a following formula (4). The second film is exposed to remove the protecting group from the first compound under an exposed are of the second film. An acid generated in the exposed area of the second film is transferred to the first film. The second film after being exposed is removed. A second compound is bonded to the first compound from which the protecting group has been removed.

Abstract: A powder container includes a housing including a container chamber, a rotation member extending in an axial direction, and a sealing member. The housing includes a first wall portion having a first hole into which an end portion of the rotation member is inserted. The rotation member includes a second wall facing a part of the first wall portion around the first hole with a distance therebetween. The sealing member has a second hole through which the rotation member extends, is interposed between the part of the first wall portion around the first hole and the second wall portion, and includes a foam member that is contractible and a pair of sheet members respectively contacting the part of the first wall portion around the first hole and the second wall portion and having a friction coefficient lower than the foam member.

Abstract: A photosensitive insulating resin composition includes a block copolymer, a crosslinking agent, a photosensitive compound, and a solvent. The block copolymer includes a first structural unit shown by a following formula (1) and a second structural unit shown by a following formula (2), wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A method is of producing a microarray substrate that includes a substrate, a partition that is formed on a surface of the substrate, and an area that is positioned over the substrate and defined by the partition. The method includes forming a first film on the substrate using a radiation-sensitive composition. The radiation-sensitive composition includes a coloring agent (A) including at least one of a violet pigment (a2) and a compound (a1) shown by a formula (1) in which each of R1 and R2 represents one of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and an amino group having 0 to 5 carbon atoms. The first film is patterned by lithography to form the partition.

Abstract: A photosensitive insulating resin composition capable of forming an interlayer insulating film, or planarized film, or surface protective film, or insulating film for high-density mount substrate excelling in properties, such as resolution, adherence, thermal impact, electrical insulation, patterning performance and elongation; a hardening product thereof; and a circuit board equipped with the hardening product. There is provided a positive photosensitive insulating resin composition comprising an alkali-soluble resin; a compound having a quinonediazido group; and crosslinked resin particles of a particulate copolymer whose 20 to 90 mol % constituent is derived from a hydroxylated and/or carboxylated monomer.

Abstract: A developer-conveying apparatus is provided, the developer-conveying apparatus including: a conveying member that has a rotational axis rotatably set in a container and a blade formed around the rotational axis, the conveying member conveying a developer along the rotational axis by rotation; and a static eliminating member set in the container and eliminating static electricity of the developer in the container by being brought into contact with the developer.