Abstract: A fastener includes: a first leg part; a second leg part; a coupling part coupling one ends of the first leg part and the second leg part; a first head part and a second head part which are provided with a flange for engaging with a front-side edge of an attachment hole, and a pressing surface for a user to press, and which are provided to other ends of the first leg part and the second leg part; and a screw hole formed in the second head part, and into which a screw member is screwed. The first leg part includes a first engagement part capable of engaging with a rear-side edge of the attachment hole. The second leg part includes a second engagement part capable of engaging with the rear-side edge of the attachment hole.

Abstract: A fastener includes: a first leg part; a second leg part; a coupling part coupling one ends of the first leg part and the second leg part; a first head part and a second head part which are provided with a flange for engaging with a front-side edge of an attachment hole, and a pressing surface for a user to press, and which are provided to other ends of the first leg part and the second leg part; and a screw hole formed in the second head part, and into which a screw member is screwed. The first leg part includes a first engagement part capable of engaging with a rear-side edge of the attachment hole. The second leg part includes a second engagement part capable of engaging with the rear-side edge of the attachment hole.

Abstract: A member mounting structure joins together a first member which has a first mounting hole and a second member which has a second mounting hole. The member mounting structure is configured in such a manner that a pin has a shaft section and a radial protrusion section which protrudes in the radial direction from the shaft section. A clip, which is formed by punching and press-forming a metallic plate and which is used to grip the first member, has: a first plate section which has formed therein a first insertion hole into which the shaft section of the pin is inserted; a second plate section which faces the first plate section; and a connection section which connects the first plate section and the second plate section.

Abstract: A member mounting structure joins together a first member which has a first mounting hole and a second member which has a second mounting hole. The member mounting structure is configured in such a manner that a pin has a shaft section and a radial protrusion section which protrudes in the radial direction from the shaft section. A clip, which is formed by punching and press-forming a metallic plate and which is used to grip the first member, has: a first plate section which has formed therein a first insertion hole into which the shaft section of the pin is inserted; a second plate section which faces the first plate section; and a connection section which connects the first plate section and the second plate section.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an assembling structure including: a mounting member having a mounting seat; and a clip having a head and a leg. The head includes: a neck portion; and first and second flanges outwardly protrudes therefrom to sandwich the mounting seat therebetween, wherein the mounting seat includes: a hole having a diameter larger than that of the neck portion; a groove formed to communicate the hole with outside the mounting seat; and a projection protruding from a peripheral edge of the hole, wherein the second flange includes: an inner face radially-outwardly extending therefrom to gradually come close to the first flange; a top portion; and an outer face further extending to gradually separate from the first flange, and wherein the inner face abuts the projection in an assembled state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method where it is possible to concentrate the gene which is expressed only in small amount from a mixture of the gene being expressed in large amount and the gene being expressed only in small amount even when the gene being expressed in large amount is unknown.

Abstract: A clip has a head portion and a locking leg. The locking leg includes a shaft portion vertically extending from the head portion and a plurality of elastic locking legs which are arranged at given intervals at the outer periphery of the shaft portion. Upper ends of the elastic locking legs are connected to the lower surface of the head portion, and each of the elastic locking legs has two portions on two sides, respectively, of a lower end connected to connection ribs extending from the shaft portion. The outer periphery of the shaft portion except for the connection ribs is arranged within an inner side of an inner periphery of the elastic locking members, such that the locking leg can pass through a mounting hole of a panel without the outer periphery of the shaft portion contacting the inner periphery of the elastic locking members.

Abstract: A hole plug comprising: a main body part including a cover flange portion for covering an opening, an insertion portion extended from a central portion of a back surface of the cover flange portion to be inserted into the opening, and an engaging portion formed on an outer periphery of the insertion portion to be engaged with a back side peripheral edge of the opening; a thermo-softening resin member mounted on a peripheral edge of the cover flange portion and allowed to flow into a clearance between the cover flange portion and an opening peripheral edge of the plate-shaped member, thereby fixing them together; and an elastic flange portion extended in a skirt-like manner from the back surface of the cover flange portion toward the peripheral edge of the opening and elastically contactable with the peripheral edge of the opening of the plate-shaped member.

Abstract: An image forming device, including: rewritable memory that stores firmware composed of a plurality of modules; and a controller that performs print processing based on the firmware stored in the memory, wherein the image forming device is structured including a detachable, consumable unit having a storage unit that stores at least one of the modules; and when the storage unit in the consumable unit set in the image forming device has a module that defines control content unique to the consumable unit (hereinafter called the ‘unit unique module’), the controller overwrites the firmware in units of unit unique modules.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a controller section that executes image processing on data of an image to be outputted, and a printing execution unit that forms the image on a printing medium on the basis of the image-processed output data transferred from the controller section; the controller section including a color-material counting section that measures the quantities in which the respective color materials of the plurality of colors are consumed on the basis of the output data; and a determination section that acquires the measured values from the color-material counting section for each output unit, and determining that printing was conducted in color for the output unit when the measured values of the color materials other than the black color material have changed and that printing was conducted in monochrome for the output unit when the measured value of the black color material alone has changed.

Abstract: This attaching structure includes: a first part having a slot; a second part having an attaching hole; and a clip for connecting those parts, the clip including a first flange portion, a shank portion, a second flange portion for coming into elastic abutment against the back side of the slot, a third flange portion, and a leg portion to be retained in the attaching hole, wherein: the shank portion has sliding portions of a large arcuate shape, and stopper portions of a small arcuate shape; protrusions are disposed on the first part in the periphery of the side portions close to the stopper portions when the first flange portion intersects at a right angle with respect to the slot; and the protrusions engage with the first flange portion to stop the turning motion thereby to prevent the clip from coming out from the first part.

Abstract: An image It is formed as a patch image which includes a header image portion Ih of a solid image having a length of a circumferential length of a developing roller or more, and a gradation image portion Ig progressively varied in the tone level thereof from the maximum level to the minimum level. The densities of the patch image on an intermediate transfer belt are sampled. However, the sampling results contain errors resulting from noises or variations and hence, are subjected to a noise removal process, a periodical variation correction process and a reverse correction process. The results detected on the intermediate transfer belt do not always coincide with image densities (OD values) on a recording material. Therefore, the detection results are converted into the OD values, based on which tone characteristics of an apparatus is estimated. Then a tone correction table is updated in a manner to compensate for the tone characteristics.

Abstract: Provided is a clip whose locking leg can be inserted and locked without being buckled even when the position of a mounting hole is deviated and which provides a substantially uniform deflection rigidity over the entire periphery even when a lateral external force is applied to the locking leg in the mounted state.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an assembling structure including: a mounting member having a mounting seat; and a clip having a head and a leg. The head includes: a neck portion; and first and second flanges outwardly protrudes therefrom to sandwich the mounting seat therebetween, wherein the mounting seat includes: a hole having a diameter larger than that of the neck portion; a groove formed to communicate the hole with outside the mounting seat; and a projection protruding from a peripheral edge of the hole, wherein the second flange includes: an inner face radially-outwardly extending therefrom to gradually come close to the first flange; a top portion; and an outer face further extending to gradually separate from the first flange, and wherein the inner face abuts the projection in an assembled state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus adapted for a smooth mounting/dismounting of a process unit and for the reduction of wasteful power consumption is provided. Unless a new image signal is applied after completion of an image forming operation, the apparatus starts a clocking operation by an internal timer (Step S101). If the apparatus is left standstill for a predetermined length of time (Step S102), a sleep process (Step S103) is executed to shift the apparatus to a power save mode to consume less power. When an outside cover is opened (Step S105), on the other hand, the apparatus is shifted to a replacement operation mode (Step S106) in which only the rotation of a development rotary is permitted. However, if the apparatus is left with the outside cover opened (Step S108), the sleep process is executed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus adapted for a smooth mounting/dismounting of a process unit and for the reduction of wasteful power consumption is provided. Unless a new image signal is applied after completion of an image forming operation, the apparatus starts a clocking operation by an internal timer (Step S101). If the apparatus is left standstill for a predetermined length of time (Step S102), a sleep process (Step S103) is executed to shift the apparatus to a power save mode to consume less power. When an outside cover is opened (Step S105), on the other hand, the apparatus is shifted to a replacement operation mode (Step S106) in which only the rotation of a development rotary is permitted. However, if the apparatus is left with the outside cover opened (Step S108), the sleep process is executed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus adapted for a smooth mounting/dismounting of a process unit and for the reduction of wasteful power consumption is provided. Unless a new image signal is applied after completion of an image forming operation, the apparatus starts a clocking operation by an internal timer (Step S101). If the apparatus is left standstill for a predetermined length of time (Step S102), a sleep process (Step S103) is executed to shift the apparatus to a power save mode to consume less power. When an outside cover is opened (Step S105), on the other hand, the apparatus is shifted to a replacement operation mode (Step S106) in which only the rotation of a development rotary is permitted. However, if the apparatus is left with the outside cover opened (Step S108), the sleep process is executed.

Abstract: A hole plug comprising: a main body part including a cover flange portion for covering an opening, an insertion portion extended from a central portion of a back surface of the cover flange portion to be inserted into the opening, and an engaging portion formed on an outer periphery of the insertion portion to be engaged with a back side peripheral edge of the opening; a thermo-softening resin member mounted on a peripheral edge of the cover flange portion and allowed to flow into a clearance between the cover flange portion and an opening peripheral edge of the plate-shaped member, thereby fixing them together; and an elastic flange portion extended in a skirt-like manner from the back surface of the cover flange portion toward the peripheral edge of the opening and elastically contactable with the peripheral edge of the opening of the plate-shaped member.