Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes: a fixing belt comprising a first metal heat generating layer; a pressing unit opposing to the outer circumference of the fixing belt; an induction-current generating coil presented near the circumferential surface of the fixing belt; a nip forming member present on the inner side of the fixing belt and configured to press the fixing belt against the pressing unit; and an auxiliary heat generating member present in a heating region by the induction-current generating coil on the inner side of the fixing belt, having a second metal heat generating layer, and extending to the outer side of the heating region by the induction-current generating coil.

Abstract: A phase amount added to a clock signal or a plurality of data signals for adjusting a phase relationship therebetween in a reception apparatus is changed, and, a result of the phase adjusting operation is stored when the phase amount added to the clock signal or the plurality of data signals is changed.

Abstract: A cation-exchange membrane for electrolysis which comprises a fluoropolymer having ion-exchange groups and a porous base. It is characterized by having, on the anode-side surface of the membrane, protrusions comprising a polymer having ion-exchange groups. It is further characterized in that: when the average value of the heights of the tops of the protrusions from the anode-side surface of the membrane is expressed as h (?m), then 20?h?150; when the density of the protrusions distributed is expressed as P (protrusions per cm2), then 50?P?1,200; when the average proportion of the areas of those bottom parts of the protrusions which are on the same level as the anode-side surface of the membrane to the area of the anode-side surface of the membrane is expressed as S (cm2/cm2), then 0.001?S?0.6; and when the average proportion of the areas of the top parts of the protrusions to the area of the anode-side surface of the membrane is expressed as T (cm2/cm2), then T?0.05.

Abstract: A heat roller of a fixing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention has a slidable metal belt on an outer side of an elastic roller. At the room temperature, the outer diameter of the elastic roller is smaller than the inner diameter of the metal belt. On the other hand, when the elastic roller is thermally expanded, the metal belt and the elastic roller fit onto each other in a state in which the metal belt fastens the elastic roller.

Abstract: A selection-signal generating circuit in an LSI being a transmission-side LSI, when a transmission error is detected on an A-side signal line and degeneration control is performed thereon, instructs a selector to select an input from an ECC generator in order to transmit data and ECC data for this data to be transmitted via the B-side signal line, via the A-side signal line. In this manner, the degenerated signal line is used to transmit the ECC data for transmission data to be transmitted via a signal line which is not degenerated.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a belt that has an endless shape, a roller that forms a nip with the belt, a support member that supports the belt interposed between the support member and the roller, a coil that generates a magnetic field for inducing current in the belt, an auxiliary heat generation member that generates heat with the current induced by the magnetic field in the loop of the belt, and a temperature sensor that is opposed to the auxiliary heat generation member with the belt interposed between the element and the auxiliary heat generation member and detects the temperature of an outer peripheral surface of the belt.

Abstract: A clock adjustment circuit delays a phase of a clock signal on the basis of a TAP value so as to output an adjusted clock signal. By synchronizing transmission data with the adjusted clock signal, reception data is generated. A data adjustment circuit delays the transmission data on the basis of a TAP2 value. By synchronizing the delayed transmission data with the adjusted clock signal, adjusted reception data is generated. A data adjustment control circuit generates the TAP2 value on the basis of a result of a comparison between the reception data and the adjusted reception data, and outputs to a clock adjustment control circuit an instruction to update the TAP value.

Abstract: A temperature equalizing roller includes a metal pipe, a heat pipe that is located inside the metal pipe and has a thermal expansion coefficient higher than that of the metal pipe, and a joining layer. The joining layer lies between an outer peripheral surface of the heat pipe and an inner peripheral surface of the metal pipe, joins the outer peripheral surface of the heat pipe and the inner peripheral surface of the metal pipe, and has a higher thermal conductivity than a thermal conductivity of air.

Abstract: A refill film for a waste disposal apparatus includes: a film annular body that is formed by a long tubular film folded so as to be compressed in an extending direction thereof; and a wrapping sheet that is made of a material capable of being cut, and wraps the film annular body while keeping a central hole of the film annular body open, and maintains the compressed state. Such a refill film is directly placed in a waste inlet of the waste disposal apparatus.

Abstract: A film accommodating cassette is detachably attached to a film attachment portion formed in an upper region of a waste disposal apparatus for accommodating a waste material, and includes only: a cylindrical tubular core that forms a waste inlet at its upper end; a lower flange that extends radially outward from a lower end of the tubular core; and an upper flange that extends radially outward from the upper end of the tubular core. The lower flange has a cassette-side latching portion that engages with the film attachment portion to couple the film accommodating cassette with the film attachment portion.

Abstract: A waste disposal apparatus includes a lid lock mechanism for locking a lid and an upper part of a waste accommodating main body together in a coupled state, and a main body lock mechanism for locking the upper part and a lower part of the waste accommodating main body together in a coupled state. The waste disposal apparatus further includes a lid unlock mechanism in which a direction of an operation of unlocking the lid lock mechanism is different from that of an operation of opening the lid, and a main body unlock mechanism in which a direction of an operation of unlocking the main body lock mechanism is different from that of an operation of opening the upper part of the waste accommodating main body.

Abstract: A waste disposal apparatus includes an open/close sealing mechanism that nips a film at a position between a film accommodating portion and a waste accommodating main body to seal a space below the nipped part of the film from a space above the nipped part of the film. The sealing mechanism has a sealing door capable of being opened and closed, and a sealing door receiving portion. Film nipping portions of the sealing door and the sealing door receiving portion include concavo-convex shapes that bend a vertical intermediate portion of a film portion to be nipped, laterally with respect to an imaginary straight line that connects upper and lower ends of the film portion to be nipped.

Abstract: A waste disposal apparatus includes: a waste accommodating main body that has a film attachment portion in its upper region, and stores a waste material that is placed therein; a film accommodating cassette having a cylindrical tubular core that forms a waste inlet at its upper end, a lower flange that extends radially outward from a lower end of the tubular core, and a cylindrical film that is positioned so as to surround the tubular core and is accommodated so as to be compressed in an axial direction of the tubular core; and a cassette coupling mechanism for detachably attaching the film accommodating cassette to the film attachment portion.

Abstract: A probe card includes a plurality of probes that contacts a plurality of electrodes provided in the semiconductor wafer and that inputs or outputs an electrical signal in or from the electrodes, a probe head that holds the probes, a substrate having a wiring which is provided near the surface of the substrate facing the probe head so as to be contactable with the probe head and is connected to the probes, a core layer formed of a material which is buried in the substrate and has a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than that of the substrate, and a connecting member that electrically connects at least some of the probes with an external device via the wiring.

Abstract: A probe card includes a flat wiring board having a wiring pattern corresponding to a circuit structure for generating a signal for a test, an interposer that is stacked on the wiring board and relays wirings of the wiring board, a space transformer that is stacked on the interposer and fastened thereto by an adhesive, transforms a space between the wirings relayed by the interposer, and leads the wirings out to a surface opposite a surface facing the interposer, and a probe head that is stacked on the space transformer and houses and holds a plurality of probes.

Abstract: A contact pin is accommodated in the housing body such that a first end portion of which is adapted to be subjected to soldering and is projected from an outer face of the housing body. A cover body including upper cover (17) and lower cover (18) is coupled to the housing body so as to cover the first end portion of the contact pin.

Abstract: A valve gate of an injection valve includes a center pin whose end portion is exposed to a cavity, a valve main body accommodating the center pin, a valve tip surrounding an outer circumferential portion of the end portion of the center pin and fixed at an inner circumferential portion of the valve main body, a sleeve pin provided so as to be slidable along the center pin, a reservoir portion formed between the valve main body and the sleeve pin and accommodating a molten resin, and a heater surrounding the reservoir portion, wherein the sleeve pin is displaceable between a position where an opened state is established and a position where a closed state is established, and an end portion of the heater facing the cavity is positioned closer to the cavity than an end portion of the reservoir portion facing the cavity when the closed state is established.

Abstract: A hot water storage tank (3) and a circulating path (12) coupled to the hot water storage tank (3) are provided. An operation is possible wherein low-temperature water, let out from a lower part of the hot water storage tank (3) and entering the circulating path (12), is heated and boiled up by a heat pump heating source for forwarding to an upper part of the hot water storage tank (3). A refrigerant circulating circuit of the heat pump heating source is provided with a defrost circuit (38) for supplying hot gas from a compressor (25) to an air heat exchanger (28). It is possible to perform a defrost operation for providing a supply of hot gas to the air heat exchanger (28), with a water circulation pump (13) of the circulating path (12) held in abeyance. The water circulation pump (13) is made active if the defrost operation has been continued for not less than a predetermined time period since the start thereof.

Abstract: A wiring substrate that allows wiring at a fine pitch and has a coefficient of thermal expansion close to the coefficient of thermal expansion of silicone, and a probe card that includes the wiring substrate are provided. To this end, there are provided a wiring substrate that includes a ceramic substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 3×10?6 to 5×10?6/° C. and one or more thin-film wiring sheets stacked on one surface of the ceramic substrate, and a probe head on which a plurality of conductive proves are arranged in accordance with wiring on the thin-film wiring sheet, which holds individual probes while preventing the probes from coming off and allowing both ends of each probe to be exposed, and which is stacked on the wiring substrate while one end of each probe is brought into contact with the thin-film wiring sheet.

Abstract: A fuser includes: a rotational member configured to rotate; a press member configured to press a recording medium at a nip between the rotational member; an induction-current generator configured to generate induction current in the rotational member; a heat insulator partially transparent to an infrared ray; an insulator driver configured to move the heat insulator to cover the press member; and a thermometer configured to receive the infrared ray emitted from the press member.