Abstract: A portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing including a display panel, a connector, and an ultrasound probe. The connector connects the first housing and a lower edge portion of the second housing so that the second housing is rotatable to be overlapped on the first housing to fold the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus. The connector is provided at a position between a center of the first housing and a front side of the first housing. The second housing is rotatable towards a rear side of the first housing with a horizontal axis of the connector as a supporting axis to open the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus.

Abstract: A portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus is shown. The apparatus includes an ultrasound probe and a hinge. The ultrasound probe transmits and receives ultrasound. The hinge connects a first housing and a lower edge portion of a second housing including a display panel so that the second housing is overlapped on the first housing to fold the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus. The hinge is provided on an upper face of the first housing in a near side than a center. The second housing is rotated to a far side of the first housing with a horizontal axis of the hinge as a supporting axis to fold the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus.

Abstract: A portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus is shown. The apparatus includes an ultrasound probe and a hinge. The ultrasound probe transmits and receives ultrasound. The hinge connects a first housing and a lower edge portion of a second housing including a display panel so that the second housing is overlapped on the first housing to fold the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus. The hinge is provided on an upper face of the first housing in a near side than a center. The second housing is rotated to a far side of the first housing with a horizontal axis of the hinge as a supporting axis to fold the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus.

Abstract: A charging device has a charging member to charge an object, an applying unit to apply a voltage to the charging member for generating an electric discharge from the charging member, so that the object is discharged by the charging member, a detecting unit to detect an emission of light of the electric discharge, an output unit to output a detection result by the detecting unit, a cleaning unit to clean the charging member, and a controller to control the cleaning unit to clean the charging member when the detection result is out of a predetermined range.

Abstract: A charging device which includes a grid that has a curvature surface placed to face an outer circumferential surface of a photoconductive drum; a carrying member that carries the grid in a portion having a curvature to form the curvature surface of the grid; and position adjusting mechanisms that moves a position of the carrying member to adjust a position of the grid in a sub-scanning direction of the photoconductive drum, an imaging cartridge and an image forming apparatus having the same.

Abstract: A portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus is shown. The apparatus includes an ultrasound probe and a hinge. The ultrasound probe transmits and receives ultrasound. The hinge connects a first housing and a lower edge portion of a second housing including a display panel so that the second housing is overlapped on the first housing to fold the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus. The hinge is provided on an upper face of the first housing in a near side than a center. The second housing is rotated to a far side of the first housing with a horizontal axis of the hinge as a supporting axis to fold the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus.

Abstract: A charging device has a charging member to charge an object, an applying unit to apply a voltage to the charging member for generating an electric discharge from the charging member, so that the object is discharged by the charging member, a detecting unit to detect an emission of light of the electric discharge, an output unit to output a detection result by the detecting unit, a cleaning unit to clean the charging member, and a controller to control the cleaning unit to clean the charging member when the detection result is out of a predetermined range.

Abstract: A charging device which includes a grid that has a curvature surface placed to face an outer circumferential surface of a photoconductive drum; a carrying member that carries the grid in a portion having a curvature to form the curvature surface of the grid; and position adjusting mechanisms that moves a position of the carrying member to adjust a position of the grid in a sub-scanning direction of the photoconductive drum, an imaging cartridge and an image forming apparatus having the same.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, comprises an image forming section; a pair of fixing members coming in pressure contact with each other so as to form a nip portion and to fix a toner image on a sheet conveyed from the image forming section with the nip portion; an oscillating section to oscillate the fixing members in a width direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction; an inclining section to incline the fixing members to the width direction in parallel to a conveyance surface; and a control section to control the oscillating section and the inclining section such that when a sheet is passing through the nip portion, a direction of a one-sided oscillation shift of the sheet due to the oscillation of the fixing members is made opposite to that of a one-sided inclination shift of the sheet due to the inclination of the fixing members.

Abstract: A lubricant supplying device that supplies a lubricant to the surface of an image carrier has a cloud generating section that generates a cloud in which particles of the lubricant are mixed with air and a conveying section that classifies the particles of the lubricant present in the cloud generated by the cloud generating section into small particles with sizes smaller than a prescribed size and large particles with sizes larger than or equal to the prescribed size, and conveys the classified small particles toward the image carrier, and has a lubricant supplying member that holds a lubricant, a contacting member that contacts the lubricant supplying member and causes the lubricant carried by the lubricant supplying member to fly off in the direction of the image carrier, and a leveling member that contacts the image carrier and levels the adhered lubricant.

Abstract: A fixing device includes: a fixing member that touches an unfixed toner image formed on a sheet; a pressing member that causes the sheet to come in pressure contact with the fixing member; a pressing belt that is interposed between the fixing member and pressing member to rotate; a lubricant coating member that coats lubricant on an inner surface of the pressing belt; a pair of first blade members each that touches, through a counter method, an inner surface of both edge portions of the pressing belt in a width direction perpendicular to a rotating direction of the pressing belt, to scrape the lubricant; and a first lubricant guide member arranged from a tip of the first blade members to an inner side, receives the scraped lubricant, and guides the lubricant to the inner side to return to the inner surface of the pressing belt.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, comprises an image forming section; a pair of fixing members coming in pressure contact with each other so as to form a nip portion and to fix a toner image on a sheet conveyed from the image forming section with the nip portion; an oscillating section to oscillate the fixing members in a width direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction; an inclining section to incline the fixing members to the width direction in parallel to a conveyance surface; and a control section to control the oscillating section and the inclining section such that when a sheet is passing through the nip portion, a direction of a one-sided oscillation shift of the sheet due to the oscillation of the fixing members is made opposite to that of a one-sided inclination shift of the sheet due to the inclination of the fixing members.

Abstract: A fixing device includes: a fixing member that touches an unfixed toner image formed on a sheet; a pressing member that causes the sheet to come in pressure contact with the fixing member; a pressing belt that is interposed between the fixing member and pressing member to rotate; a lubricant coating member that coats lubricant on an inner surface of the pressing belt; a pair of first blade members each that touches, through a counter method, an inner surface of both edge portions of the pressing belt in a width direction perpendicular to a rotating direction of the pressing belt, to scrape the lubricant; and a first lubricant guide member arranged from a tip of the first blade members to an inner side, receives the scraped lubricant, and guides the lubricant to the inner side to return to the inner surface of the pressing belt.

Abstract: A fixing device, including: a rotatable heating roller including a heating source; and a pressure applying section including an endless fixing belt which is in pressure-contact with the heating roller and rotates with a rotation of the heating roller, wherein the pressure applying section further includes: a pressure applying member positioned to come into contact with an interior surface of the fixing belt and positioned to be inside both edges of the fixing belt to form a nipping portion between the fixing belt and the heating roller, by pressing the fixing belt against the heating roller; and a lubricant supplying member which supplies a lubricant onto the interior surface of the fixing belt, wherein the fixing device further includes a lubricant removing section including a scraping member to come into contact with the edge of the fixing belt to remove the lubricant.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus provided with a fixing unit, the fixing unit comprising: a fixing member having a heating member therein; a pressing member that presses against the fixing member, wherein an image supporting material carrying a toner image is grasped and conveyed by a nipping portion formed between the fixing member and the pressing member and the toner image is fixed by applying heat and pressure at the nipping portion; an air blowing section provided downstream of the nipping portion on a conveying path of the image supporting material; and an air flow path switching section that switches an air blow of the air blowing section in accordance with a size of the image supporting material for both ends of the conveying path and for both ends of the fixing member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a fixing section, including a heating member, a pressing member, in which the heating member and the pressing member are arranged to form a nipping section therebetween, and a belt member inserted through the nipping section for fixing a toner image on a recordig sheet by conveying the recording sheet through the nipping section; and a control section for controlling the fixing section and obtaining recording sheet information with respect to at least one of a plurality of conditions. The pressig member includes a plurality of pressing heads differing in shape and with respect to at least one of a plurality of characteristics, and the control section selects one of the plurality of pressing heads in accordance with the recording sheet information and controls the fixing section to press the recording sheet through the belt member with the selected one of the plurality of pressing heads.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising a fixing roller, an endless fixing belt engaged at least with the fixing roller, and a pressing roller opposite to the fixing roller with the endless fixing belt between them; wherein the image forming apparatus is equipped with a pressure changing member for changing the mean pressure on a second pressing area against which the pressing roller pressed the fixing roller via the fixing belt in the pressure area formed by the pressing roller.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus provided with a fixing unit, the fixing unit comprising: a fixing member having a heating member therein; a pressing member that presses against the fixing member, wherein an image supporting material carrying a toner image is grasped and conveyed by a nipping portion formed between the fixing member and the pressing member and the toner image is fixed by applying heat and pressure at the nipping portion; an air blowing section provided downstream of the nipping portion on a conveying path of the image supporting material; and an air flow path switching section that switches an air blow of the air blowing section in accordance with a size of the image supporting material for both ends of the conveying path and for both ends of the fixing member.

Abstract: A fixing device has a heating member; a pressure applying member; an urging member for urging the pressure applying member toward the heating member; and a changeover device to increase the urging power of the urging member so that the pressure applying member is brought in pressure contact with the heating member during a pressure contact condition and to reduce the urging power of the urging member so that the pressure applying member is separated from the heating member during a pressure released condition. The urging power of the urging member under the pressure released condition is lower than that under the pressure contact condition. The changeover device comprises a stop member to limit the pressure applying member to move toward the heating member so that the pressure applying member is separated away from the heating member by the stop member during the pressure released condition.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a fixing device of an image forming apparatus. The fixing device may include a first pressure applying roller, a second pressure applying roller which is pressed onto the first pressure applying roller, and a fixing belt which is entrained about the first pressure applying roller and is pressed onto the first pressure applying roller by the second pressure applying roller. When a transfer material carrying an unfixed image is inserted between the second pressure applying roller and the fixing belt, the unfixed image may be brought into contact with the fixing belt so that the unfixed image is heated and fixed on the transfer material. A frictional coefficient between the fixing belt and the first pressure applying roller may be set to be less than a frictional coefficient between the fixing belt and the transfer material.