Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image bearing body, a developing roller, a housing, and a gap adjusting member. The image bearing body includes a first rotating shaft and includes a first surface on which a latent image is formed. The developing roller includes a second rotating shaft, includes a second surface, includes a bearing, and supplies a developer to the latent image and develops the latent image. The housing rotatably supports the second rotating shaft. The gap adjusting member includes a shaft hole for rotatably receiving one end of the first rotating shaft and includes a cam surface. The gap adjusting member is turned around the first rotating shaft and is fixed to the housing in a turning position where a gap is uniform in a direction of the second rotating shaft of the developing roller.

Abstract: A printing device includes: a medium support unit including a support surface configured to support at least a printing region of a medium; a medium accommodating unit configured to accommodate a region of the medium not supported by the support surface; a head configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium supported by the support surface; a first head moving unit configured to move the head in a first direction parallel to the support surface; a second head moving unit configured to move the head in a second direction that is parallel to the support surface and intersects the first direction; a maintenance unit performs maintenance of the head; and a maintenance cover configured to cover a side of the maintenance unit in the third direction configured to face the head in the maintenance unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a head that faces a medium supported by a medium support unit and ejects a liquid, an interference object sensor including a detector that detects an interference object with the head, and a cover that can switch the detector to a shielded state and to an exposed state.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a housing, a medium support unit having a support surface supporting a medium, and a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium supported by the support surface. The housing accommodates the medium support unit and the printing unit. The medium support unit includes a position adjustment unit configured to adjust a position of the support surface in an intersecting direction intersecting the support surface. The position adjustment unit can move the support surface from outside the movement range to within the movement range when the printing is not being performed by the printing unit and the head is disposed at a retracted position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image bearing body, a developing roller, a housing, and a gap adjusting member. The image bearing body includes a first rotating shaft and includes a first surface on which a latent image is formed. The developing roller includes a second rotating shaft, includes a second surface, includes a bearing, and supplies a developer to the latent image and develops the latent image. The housing rotatably supports the second rotating shaft. The gap adjusting member includes a shaft hole for rotatably receiving one end of the first rotating shaft and includes a cam surface. The gap adjusting member is turned around the first rotating shaft and is fixed to the housing in a turning position where a gap is uniform in a direction of the second rotating shaft of the developing roller.

Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to record on a medium, a transportation unit configured to transport the medium, a driving member, a plurality of gears configured to transmit a driving force of the driving member, and a sound absorber having an opening and a hollow space in communication with the opening. The sound absorber is located between a side end of the medium being transported by the transportation unit and the plurality of gears.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a forming unit, a generation unit, a storage unit, a correction unit, and a changing unit. The forming unit forms an image. The generation unit generates correction data for correcting density unevenness for each of a plurality of regions divided in a main scanning direction of an image formed by the forming unit. The storage unit stores the correction data generated by the generation unit. The correction unit corrects a density of an image to be formed by the forming unit for each of the plurality of regions based on the correction data stored by the storage unit. The changing unit changes an image formation density by the forming unit with a uniform amount of change for the plurality of regions after the correction data is generated by the generation unit.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer. The negative electrode mixture layer is formed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode mixture layer includes graphite particles, inorganic filler particles, lithium titanate particles, and a water-based binder. The inorganic filler particles have an average primary particle size that is ½ or less of an average primary particle size of the graphite particles. The lithium titanate particles have an average primary particle size of 1 ?m or less. A ratio of an average primary particle size of the lithium titanate particles with respect to an average primary particle size of the inorganic filler particles is one or less.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium mounting section on which a medium is to be mounted, a reverse-feeding path for reversing the medium that has been fed from the medium mounting section, a recording unit configured to perform recording onto the medium that has been reversed by the reverse-feeding path, and a reverse-discharging path for reversing the medium on which recording has been performed by the recording unit and for discharge the medium to a discharge section configured to discharge the medium, in which when viewed in a medium width direction intersecting a medium transport direction, a path section for reversing the medium in the reverse-feeding path and a path section for reversing the medium in the reverse-discharging path have portions overlapping each other in the vertical direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a developer layer regulating member including: a magnetic material extending in an axis direction of a developing roller; a non-magnetic material facing the magnetic material; and first and second spot weld rows that bond the magnetic material to the non-magnetic material. The magnetic material includes a first end located near the developing roller and a second end located on an opposite side of the first end. The first spot weld row extends in the axis direction of the developing roller between the first and second ends of the magnetic material. The second spot weld row extends in the axis direction of the developing roller between the first spot weld row and the second end of the magnetic material.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode, a separator, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and a negative electrode. The separator is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The first intermediate layer is arranged between the separator and the negative electrode. The second intermediate layer is arranged between the first intermediate layer and the negative electrode. The first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer are each a porous layer. The first intermediate layer contains at least a metal organic framework. The second intermediate layer is electrically insulating.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a flat wound electrode body that includes a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet, and a separator sheet, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The wound electrode body includes a filling layer containing a thermal polymerization product of a resin having electrolyte solution swellability between the negative electrode sheet and the separator sheet.

Abstract: A negative electrode material includes at least a graphite particle and a first metal oxide. The graphite particle includes at least one open pore. The graphite particle has a porosity not lower than 13% and not higher than 66%. The first metal oxide adheres to an inner wall of the open pore. The first metal oxide is lithium ion conductive and electron conductive. The first metal oxide is not smaller than 0.5 part by mass and not greater than 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of graphite particle.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer. The negative electrode mixture layer is formed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode mixture layer includes graphite particles, inorganic filler particles, lithium titanate particles, and a water-based binder. The inorganic filler particles have an average primary particle size that is ½ or less of an average primary particle size of the graphite particles. The lithium titanate particles have an average primary particle size of 1 ?m or less. A ratio of an average primary particle size of the lithium titanate particles with respect to an average primary particle size of the inorganic filler particles is one or less.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer. The negative electrode mixture layer is formed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode mixture layer includes graphite particles, inorganic filler particles, lithium titanate particles, and a water-based binder. The inorganic filler particles have an average primary particle size that is ½ or less of an average primary particle size of the graphite particles. The lithium titanate particles have an average primary particle size of 1 ?m or less. A ratio of an average primary particle size of the lithium titanate particles with respect to an average primary particle size of the inorganic filler particles is one or less.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode, a separator, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and a negative electrode. The separator is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The first intermediate layer is arranged between the separator and the negative electrode. The second intermediate layer is arranged between the first intermediate layer and the negative electrode. The first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer are each a porous layer. The first intermediate layer contains at least a metal organic framework. The second intermediate layer is electrically insulating.

Abstract: A medium transport device includes a first transport route for discharging a medium processed by a processing unit to an outer side of a housing in which the processing unit is provided, and a second transport route for discharging a medium processed by the processing unit to the outer side of the housing. The housing has an openable/closeable or detachable cover, and at least one of the first transport route and a route forming member constituting the first transport route and at least one of the second transport route and a route forming member constituting the second transport route to be exposed by opening or detaching of the cover.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode, a separator, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and a negative electrode. The separator is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The first intermediate layer is arranged between the separator and the negative electrode. The second intermediate layer is arranged between the first intermediate layer and the negative electrode. The first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer are each a porous layer. The first intermediate layer contains at least a metal organic framework. The second intermediate layer is electrically insulating.

Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to record on a medium, a transportation unit configured to transport the medium, a driving member, a plurality of gears configured to transmit a driving force of the driving member, and a sound absorber having an opening and a hollow space in communication with the opening. The sound absorber is located between a side end of the medium being transported by the transportation unit and the plurality of gears.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a toner cartridge used in an image forming apparatus including a processor which forms a toner pattern image on a photoconductive member, transfers the toner pattern image on a medium, and changes an image forming condition based on a detection result obtained by optically detecting the toner pattern image transferred onto the medium, the toner cartridge including: a toner accommodating container accommodating a toner, and a memory. The memory stores reference data which is determined according to toner characteristics in the toner accommodating container, and is used for applying a reference value for an optical detection result of a toner pattern formed by the toner on the medium.