Abstract: To enable selective use of a sheet path for sheet inversion and a substantially linear sheet path for a recording medium of a high rigidity, thereby enabling to pass a recording medium of a large thickness or a high rigidity in a simple configuration without an increase in the dimension of the apparatus and in an attached state of a sheet inversion unit. A first sheet path extending from a 21 sheet conveying roller through a sheet inversion unit 2 and returning to the sheet conveying roller, and a second sheet path 131 extending substantially linearly at an upstream side of the sheet conveying roller are provided, a part of the first sheet path and the second sheet path is formed by a common sheet path, and a movable flap 104 for switching the sheet paths is provided in the shared sheet path.

Abstract: The recording paper is transported to a paper inversion unit in such a manner that, when recording of a first surface of a recording paper is performed, the recording paper is transported to a position where a rear end of the recording paper is released from a pair of sheet transport rollers, the sheet transport roller and a pinch roller are released at the position, the recording paper is transported in a direction opposite to the direction in the first surface recording to the pair of sheet transport rollers by a pair of sheet discharge rollers, the sheet transport roller is pressed against the pinch roller again, and the transport of the recording paper in the reverse direction is further continued.

Abstract: A recording medium is stably conveyed to a sheet feeding roller when sheet is supplied from an automatic sheet supplying section, and when the recording medium is conveyed to an automatic reversing section for reversing a sheet, stable conveyance is made possible without contaminating a recorded result without abutment of a recorded surface to a sheet passing path.

Abstract: A feeding device has a loading unit for allowing one of a plurality of recording media and a storage case having a plurality of recording media contained therein to be selectively loaded thereon, a feeding roller for feeding the recording media from the loading unit, and ribs for preventing the storage case from floating to restrict the position of the storage case relative to the feeding roller.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a therapeutic agent for effectively preventing or ameliorating diseases caused by dysfunction of NOS.

Abstract: A feeding device has a loading unit for allowing one of a plurality of recording media and a storage case having a plurality of recording media contained therein to be selectively loaded thereon, a feeding roller for feeding the recording media from the loading unit, and ribs for preventing the storage case from floating to restrict the position of the storage case relative to the feeding roller.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a pharmaceutical composition for effectively preventing or improving drug-induced renal injury. The present invention provides pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating drug-induced renal injury, comprising as an active ingredient a compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 each represents a hydrogen atom or taken together with each other represent a single bond, while R3 represents —CH(OH)CH(OH)CH3, —CH(OCOCH3)CH(OCOCH3)CH3, —CH3, —CH2OH or a phenyl group when R1 and R2 each represents a hydrogen atom, or —COCH(OH)CH3 when R1 and R2 together represent a single bond, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording material includes a heat generating element for controlling a temperature of a recording head, a driver for driving the heat generating element to generate heat, and control circuitry for controlling the driver to generate heat from the heat generating element with plural steps with a predetermined heat generating period, after completion of a recording operation by the recording head.

Abstract: There is an output apparatus which prints and outputs onto an ink ribbon in an electronic typewriter or the like. This output apparatus comprises: an output head to output a desired character through an ink ribbon; a cassette in which the ink ribbon is enclosed; a guide device to move the ink ribbon pulled out of the cassette in the direction having an angle of inclination with respect to the vertical direction; and a control unit to control the ink ribbon feed mechanism so as to stop the advance of the ink ribbon such that the length of ink ribbon pulled out of the cassette is made almost constant before and after the movement of the ink ribbon by the guide device. One motor is commonly used for print paper feed, ribbon feed, and ribbon lift up/down operations. The type wheel having a plurality of type elements is bilaterally rotated and its rotation amount is properly controlled to detect the home position of the wheel.

Abstract: A clamp for optical fiber couplers manufacturing apparatus comprises a slotted member having a slot into which optical fibers are inserted and having an opening outwardly winder from the slot so that the optical fibers are introduced into the slot, and a pushing member movably disposed adjacent the slot for pushing the optical fibers through the opening into the slot, wherein the slotted member is away from the pushing member when the fibers are not clamped, and the slotted member is fixed at a position where the slotted member clamps the fibers.

Abstract: An object is to provide a coating removing apparatus and method in which it is not necessary to adjust the distance between edges of two, upper and lower, blades. An apparatus for removing a coating from a coated linear material, in which the upper blade is arranged so as to be brought into contact with the coating layer of the coated linear material, by its own weight, with a width in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the coated linear material.

Abstract: In an optical fiber coupler fabricating process where couplers are successively formed by heating, elongating and cutting a plurality of long optical fibers, light is led into the first end of the fiber, reflected at the second end of the coupler, and the reflected light is monitored by photodetectors. In this manner, an exact splitting ratio can be obtained. Techniques for minimizing measuring errors caused by the inter-reflected-light interference, the inter-Rayleigh-scattering-light interference, and the interference between the reflected light and the Rayleigh scattering light, while exploiting the advantageous feature of the reflection monitor method that the fiber connection work for each fiber coupler fabrication is not required are disclosed.

Abstract: An object is to provide a coating removing apparatus and method in which it is not necessary to adjust the distance between edges of two, upper and lower, blades. An apparatus for removing a coating from a coated linear material, in which the upper blade is arranged so as to be brought into contact with the coating layer of the coated linear material, by its own weight, with a width in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the coated linear material.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical-coupler reinforcing member for fixing and reinforcing a fiber-coupler body and a method of performing the reinforcing. The reinforcing member includes heat-shrinkage tubes which are shrunk by heating, and a hollow protection pipe provided in the heat-shrinkage tubes. Cylindrical heat-fusible adhesive members are provided on opposite ends of the protection pipe, and heating is made such that a fusing portion of an optical-fiber coupler body is inserted through the reinforcing member so that the heat-fusible adhesive members and the heat-shrinkage tubes are shrunk by heating to thereby fix and reinforce the optical coupler body.

Abstract: In a typewriting apparatus in the invention, the carrier is driven by a stepping motor. Characters printed by this apparatus are divided into two groups, one for characters frequently used but requiring no higher printing position precision and the other for characters less frequently used but requiring higher printing position precision. Furthermore, each group can be printed in a normal printing mode or in a boldface printing mode. These four kinds of printing are executed by selecting their respective suitable pulse rates of the stepping motor.

Abstract: A reinforcing apparatus for an optical-fiber coupler is formed by placing fused optical fibers into a grooved U-shaped base structure. A cover which has a different longitudinal length than the base structure is centered on top of the U-shaped base structure. There exists an exposed groove section of the U-shaped base structure which lies on either side of the cover. An adhesive is inserted into these exposed groove sections so as to fix the reinforcing casing and the optical-fiber coupler to each other.

Abstract: A recording method and apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium includes elements and steps which recognize a recording width over which recording is to be effected and effecting recording on a recording medium at a movement velocity selected in conformity with the recognized recording width by first accelerating a recording unit along the conveyance path of the recording medium, then moving the recording unit along the conveyance path with a uniform velocity and then decelerating the recording unit, and by effecting recording when the recording unit moves at a constant velocity and when the recording unit is accelerating or decelerating.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus for recording to a recording medium comprises an ink sheet cassette to mount an ink sheet having an ink, a carriage to mount an ink sheet cassette, a platen to mount a recording medium, a recording head for transferring the ink of the ink sheet to the recording medium to thereby record to the recording medium, an alarm portion provided for the ink sheet in order to warn of the end of ink sheet in the cassette, and a sensor which is commonly used to detect both the size of recording medium set onto the platen and the alarm portion. The alarming portion is formed by adhering or printing a high reflectance material such as a metal foil to the end portion on the back surface of the ink sheet.

Abstract: A smoothness measuring device for measuring the smoothness of a surface to be measured has a light source for applying a light to the surface to be measured from an oblique direction thereto, a first detector for detecting the quantity light from the light source being reflected by the surface to be measured, a second detector for detecting the quantity of light from the light source being reflected by the surface to be measured, and a judging circuit for judging the smoothness of the surface to be measured on the basis of the results of the first and second detectors.

Abstract: There is disclosed an output apparatus which prints and outputs onto an ink ribbon in an electronic typewriter or the like. One motor is commonly used for print paper feed, ribbon feed, and ribbon lift up/down operations. The ribbon feed mechanism is controlled by the heteromorphic or noncircular rotary cam having grooves of different kinds of radii. The ink ribbon feed operation and the correction ribbon feed and lift up/down operations are also performed by the rotary cam. With this apparatus, the ink and correction ribbons can be efficiently used and the operation timing of the carriage can be accurately controlled.