Abstract: Addition of a specific sugar compound to an iron-containing protein composition solution can provide an excellent freezing and thawing stability and restrained precipitate productivity in a thawed solution of its frozen product and increase the efficiency in the use of the iron-containing protein useful for enrichment of iron in a food or drink, production of iron preparations.

Abstract: An engine control unit receives a print reservation command for plural pages prior to a print request command from a printer control unit. When the engine control unit received the print reservation command for the plural pages, it is judged whether or not a sheet feed operation of recording sheets can be performed. When it is judged that the recording sheets can be fed, the recording sheets are fed and transported to a predetermined position on a transportation path with a minimum constant interval corresponding to the sheet size by sheet feed rollers or transportation rollers, then printing operation is performed according to the print request command.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus, which is configured in a simple construction and at low cost, includes a first sheet stacking portion for temporarily stacking a sheet discharged thereon, an alignment member for aligning the sheet discharged on the first sheet stacking portion, a sheet processing member for performing a predetermined process on the sheet stacked on the first sheet stacking portion, and a second sheet stacking portion located substantially vertically below the first sheet stacking portion. The alignment member acts to cause the aligned sheet to drop to the second sheet stacking portion.

Abstract: There is disclosed an image forming apparatus comprising input means for inputting print data from the exterior, ID setting means for setting an ID for each page of the print data inputted by the input means, print condition designation means for designating the print condition, corresponding to the ID set by the ID setting means, print reservation means for reserving a print operation by storing the ID and the print condition in a print reservation memory, control means for causing the reserved print operation to be executed according to the content of the print reservation memory, and reservation cancellation means adapted, upon receiving an instruction to cancel a print reservation, to erase the corresponding ID and print condition from the print reservation memory, if a sheet corresponding to the designated ID in the print reservation memory is in a stand-by state for sheet feeding.

Abstract: There is disclosed an image forming apparatus comprising input means for inputting print data from the exterior, ID setting means for setting an ID for each page of the print data inputted by the input means, print condition designation means for designating the print condition, corresponding to the ID set by the ID setting means, print reservation means for reserving a print operation by storing the ID and the print condition in a print reservation memory, control means for causing the reserved print operation to be executed according to the content of the print reservation memory, and reservation cancellation means adapted, upon receiving an instruction to cancel a print reservation, to erase the corresponding ID and print condition from the print reservation memory, if a sheet corresponding to the designated ID in the print reservation memory is in a stand-by state for sheet feeding.

Abstract: A recording apparatus often has a timing to shift to a standby status if there is no residual paper in the apparatus, for example, when a power source is turned on, when the apparatus is recovered from a sleep mode, when a door is closed, when the power source is reset, or the like. When the residual paper is detected in the apparatus at such a timing, the apparatus is controlled to a proper wait status in order to discharge the residual paper and waits for an instruction from the outside. In response to the paper discharging instruction from the outside, a discharging operation of the residual paper is executed.

Abstract: A carbonate- and/or bicarbonate-iron-whey-proteolysate complex includes 1 to 1,000 atoms of iron and one or more molecules of carbonate and/or bicarbonate per one molecule of whey-protein as measured before whey proteolysis, and exhibits no specific iron taste. The carbonate- and/or bicarbonate-iron-whey proteolysate complex is used in drugs, foods, drinks, and animal feed for the purposes of an iron supplement for treatment and prevention of anemia.

Abstract: A three-dimensional acceleration sensor having a magnetic body including a mass point, mounted to a vibrator having three-dimensional freedom and an axis in line with a Z-axis within the orthogonal spatial coordinate axes of X, Y and Z. The acceleration sensor includes four or more detector elements including at least two positioned along the X-axis and at least two positioned along the Y-axis with their centers located along a concentric circle around the origin point of the coordinate axes. The sensor detects acceleration in a direction of the X-axis through a relative difference in output voltage between two of the detector elements positioned along the X-axis due to a variation of magnetic field intensity from the magnetic body, acceleration in a direction of the Y-axis through a relative difference in output voltage between two of the detector elements positioned along the Y-axis, and acceleration in a direction of the Z-axis through an aggregate sum of the output voltages of all the detector elements.

Abstract: A heater of a fixing unit of a recording apparatus is constructed by a main heater and a sub heater. When the apparatus is in a standby mode, each heater is first turned off. When a temperature of the fixing unit is equal to or lower than a heating start temperature of the sub heater, the sub heater is turned on. After that, when the temperature of the fixing unit reaches a heating stop temperature of the sub heater, the sub heater is turned off. After that, when the temperature of the fixing unit is equal to or lower than the heating start temperature, the main heater is turned on. After that, when it reaches the heating stop temperature of the main heater, the main heater is turned off. The above operations are repeated. In the recording mode, the order of the on/off periods in a control unit time of each heater is switched every period and the temperature control is executed, thereby reducing a flickering.

Abstract: A pair of female and male housings 22 and 23 are inserted respectively from a front 21a and a rear 21b of an attachment panel 21 and engage each other, a housing 22 on the front 21a is covered with a grommet 25, the housings 22 and 23 are connected by a bolt 26 inserted from the grommet 25, and a fastening piece 27e separated from a cover main body 27a and detachably engaging the cover main body 27a is attached thereto, whereby the grommet 25 is covered on a peripheral end face with a grommet cover 27 so as to fasten the grommet 27.

Abstract: A method of preparing low fat sausage having a juicy feeling is provided by adding heat-denatured whey protein and emulsified composition comprising heat-denatured whey protein and edible oil and fat to raw material meat for sausage.The invention also provides low fat sausage which has the same meat structure and juicy feeling as usual sausage comprising animal fat such as hog fat and the like.

Abstract: Provided is a water soluble processed whey protein powder produced by combining a partial heat-denatured whey protein with a non-denatured whey protein. The resulting processed whey protein powder is more soluble in water than the partial heat-denatured whey protein alone, and is capable of producing a gel that is stronger than that produced from partial heat-denatured whey protein alone. Furthermore, the resulting gel exhibits high water retention, superior elasticity and smooth consistency and is useful in the manufacture of food. Provided also are methods for producing the processed whey protein powder and the gel.

Abstract: A printer buffer unit is connectable to one or a plurality of host computers and one or a plurality of printers. The printer buffer unit has a unit for detecting a break of print job data sent from a host computer, and a unit for adding a job offset command at the time of the break in sending the print job data to a printer.

Abstract: A printer buffer unit is connectable to one or a plurality of host computers and one or a plurality of printers. The printer buffer unit has a unit for detecting a break of print job data sent from a host computer, and a unit for adding a job offset command at the time of the break in sending the print job data to a printer.

Abstract: Micellar whey protein obtained by the heat treatment of whey protein having undergone limited hydrolysis by a proteolytic enzyme and containing whey protein molecules having a micellar structure similar to that of casein micelles, the micellar whey protein being characterized in that:(1) the molecules are in the form of micelles of irregular shape having a molecular weight of not less than 1,000,000 and a molecular size of 30 to 500 nm;(2) the micellar whey protein is soluble in water and gives a milk-white solution; and(3) the micelles associate together in a solution having a pH in the acid range of 3 to 6 to form insoluble aggregates.This micellar whey protein is so stable that it does not undergo gelation even when heated in solution, and can hence be widely utilized in liquid drink compositions, processed foods and the like.

Abstract: An image fixing device for heating and fixing an unfixed image on a recording medium has a heater, a measuring device for measuring the electrical energization time of the heater per unit time, and a control for decreasing the quantity of the recording medium passing a fixing position per unit time when the measured time by the measuring device reaches a predetermined value.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a laser beam modulated on the basis of an information signal, which comprises a circuit for generating a first information signal, a circuit for generating a second information signal, independent of the first information signal, a circuit for driving a semiconductor laser on the basis of the first and the second information signals, wherein the driving circuit comprises first and second switching elements which operate supplementarily with each other, one of the first and second switching elements switches a drive current to the semiconductor laser, and wherein the first information signal is provided into a control terminal of the first switching element and the second information signal is provided into a control terminal of the second switching element.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image heating apparatus comprising a first heater, a second heater having a heat generating distribution different from that of the first heater, a heated member to be heated by the first heater and second heater, a temperature detection element for detecting a temperature of the heated member, and a power supply controlling means for controlling power supply to the first heater and second heater on the basis of a temperature detected by the temperature detection element. The power supply controlling means serves to stop the power supply to the first heater when the temperature detected by the temperature detection element reaches a first temperature, and to stop the power supply to the second heater when the temperature detected by the temperature detection element reaches a second temperature different from the first temperature.

Abstract: An apparatus using a semiconductor laser comprises a measuring unit for measuring a slope efficiency of the semiconductor laser; a determination unit for determining whether or not the measurement value reaches a specified value; and a notification unit for notifying the determination result of said determination unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet, a first conveying unit for conveying a sheet along a first conveying path toward the image forming unit, a second conveying unit for conveying a sheet along a second conveying path toward the image forming unit, a first detection unit for detecting the sheet remaining in the first conveying path, a second detection unit for detecting the sheet remaining in the second conveying path, and a control unit for discharging the sheets in the first and second conveying paths from the image forming apparatus by simultaneously driving the first and second conveying units whether or not the sheets in the first and second conveying paths are conveyed superposed in the image forming unit, in accordance with the detection of the remaining sheets by the first and second detection units, before the image forming unit starts image formation.