Abstract: A recording medium convey apparatus including a rotary member rotated while contacting with a recorded surface of a recording medium on which the recording was effected by using ink, and a cleaner for removing the ink transferred to the rotary member from the recorded surface of the recording medium, and wherein a contact position where said rotary member and said cleaner means in an axial direction, and at least one of said rotary member and said cleaner means is fixed to be inclined with respect to a rotation device.

Abstract: A printing apparatus and method can maintain an appropriate spacing between a print head and the overall printing surface of printing media of a wide range of thicknesses, with a platen mechanism that allows the printing medium to move in parallel displacement, namely both in a direction downstream along the advance of the printing medium and in a direction away from the print head.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus using an ink jet recording head for recording by discharging ink onto a recording medium arranged in a recording area includes a device for feeding the recording medium. The feeding device is arranged along the recording area and is provided with a mechanism to provide an irregular configuration of the recording medium in the direction intersecting the feeding direction thereof. This minimizes each individual cockling that may take place due to the permeation of ink into the recording medium when images are recorded thereon by the ink jet recording apparatus, and also, orientates the cockling downward reliably in order to prevent the recording medium from being in contact with the recording head to obtain a good quality of recorded images.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus has an ink recording region and an electrostatic attraction device. The ink recording region is located at a position spaced from an ink jet recording head. The electrostatic attraction is arranged at an opposite side to a surface of a recording medium to be recorded, in the ink recording region. The has a plurality of first regions and second regions which are alternately distributed. The first regions electrostatically attract the recording medium in the ink recording region relatively strongly and the second regions attract the recording medium relatively weakly. The electrostatic attraction serves to minimize the effects of cockling and that assures stable, high quality recording.

Abstract: A sheet transport apparatus includes a device for generating an electrostatic attraction force for attracting a sheet member to a surface of a transport belt disposed close to another surface of the transport belt opposite to the surface that contacts the sheet member. The apparatus is arranged to reduce a drive load on the transport belt caused by the electrostatic attraction force. To achieve this effect, at least one of a surface of the electrostatic attraction force generating device contacting the transport belt and a surface of the transport belt contacting the electrostatic attraction force generating device is roughened. Alternatively, an electrostatic attraction force generated at at least one particular portion of the transport belt by the electrostatic attraction force generating device is smaller than an electrostatic attraction force generated at another portion of the transport belt.

Abstract: An electric vehicle has a transmission for transmitting a drive force from an electric motor to drive road wheels. The electric motor is controlled to produce a drive force depending on an amount of accelerator control. A target rotational speed is set for the electric motor depending on the amount of accelerator control. The transmission is controlled to rotate the electric motor at the target rotational speed. The target rotational speed is set as a rotational speed at which an energy efficiency of the electric motor is maximum at each of plural amounts of accelerator control below at least a predetermined amount of accelerator control.

Abstract: A cooling system for a two-stroke engine including a water jacketed cylinder having cooling passages located beneath the exhaust port and beneath the transfer ports in the cylinder wall. Liquid coolant flows upwardly from the crankcase structure into the cylinder wall cooling jacket and finally upwardly into the head.

Abstract: The clutch includes a clutch pressure plate having central through-holes for guiding coolant oil toward friction discs and a clutch case having an inner wall confronting the through-holes and an oil guide rib projecting therefrom. The misted coolant oil splashed by rotation of a clutch outer member is collected by the oil guide rib so that the oil is directed to the clutch discs through the through-holes to thereby enhance the cooling effect for the clutch discs.

Abstract: Engines having multiples of two and three cylinders which are arranged in V configurations. These engines employ nonaligned crankpins and arbitrary included angles between cylinders. Through appropriate relationships between crankpins and the weight, residual linear inertial forces are substantially eliminated.