Abstract: In a connector (1) having a slider (4) movable in a predetermined direction (A1) with respect to a housing (2) to carry a card (11) to a particular position faced to a contact (3), the slider has a pressing part (4a) which is non-flat and elastically deformed to cause restring force while the card is carried towards the particular position. When the card is placed at the particular position, the pressing part presses the card towards the contact by the restoring force. It is preferable that the slider has a butting part (4c) to be brought into contact with a front end of the card and a locking part (4b) to be engaged with a rear end of the card. The pressing part may be formed into a plate-like shape with a protruding part (4e) formed at an intermediate portion in the predetermined direction to protrude towards the card.

Abstract: In a card connector for use in connection of a card, a guide portion connected to a connector body. The guide portion is adapted to guide movement of the card with respect to the connector body. A selecting portion is connected to the guide portion and has an engaging portion. When the card has a predetermined thickness, the selecting portion is elastically deformed by contact with the card to allow further movement of the card. When the card is thinner than the predetermined thickness, the engaging portion is engaged with the card to inhibit further movement of the card.

Abstract: In a card connector including a fixed portion adapted to receive a card, a conductive contact is coupled to the fixed portion and adapted to be connected to the card received in the fixed portion. An eject mechanism is coupled to the fixed portion and adapted to eject the card from the fixed portion in an ejecting direction. A braking mechanism is coupled to the eject mechanism and adapted to supply a controlled braking force to the eject mechanism. The controlled braking force is variable in an ejecting process of the card.

Abstract: A housing (1) is provided with an eject lever (3) for ejecting a card (10). The eject lever holds a locking member (4) to be swingable around a support shaft (13). The housing is provided with a cam portion (7). The locking member is provided with a cam follower portion (14) to be engaged with the cam portion and a locking portion (15) for locking the card to inhibit the release of the card. When the eject lever is made to perform sliding movement, the cam portion and the cam follower portion cooperate to swing the locking member so that the card is locked and unlocked by the locking portion.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium includes a conveying belt for supporting and conveying the recording medium, and a recording head for recording the image by jetting ink onto the recording medium. The apparatus further includes a plurality of cleaning rollers for cleaning the conveying belt, the cleaning rollers being in pressure-contact with the conveying belt, and a plurality of cleaning liquid baths for respectively storing cleaning liquid to be used to remove dirt deposited on the respective cleaning rollers and for dipping the respective cleaning rollers into the cleaning liquid. The apparatus uses liquid waste as cleaning liquid in a cleaning liquid bath on an upstream side of the conveying belt, the liquid waste having become unable to be used in a cleaning liquid bath on a downstream side of the conveying belt any longer as cleaning liquid.

Abstract: There is provided an inkjet recording apparatus having a cleaning device, which can securely remove ink on a conveying belt having no negative effects on conveyance accuracy. The inkjet recording apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium includes a conveying belt for supporting and conveying a recording medium, a recording head for forming an image by jetting ink onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveying belts, and a cleaning device having a cleaning roller provided in pressure-contact with the conveying belt and driven to rotate in the same direction as the conveying direction of the conveying belt, wherein, the cleaning roller is set to rotate at a surface linear speed thereof lower than a conveying speed of the conveying belt.

Abstract: In a card connector for connection to a card, a housing is provided therein with a contact for contacting the card. For ejecting the card from the card connector, an ejecting mechanism includes an ejecting bar coupled to the housing and movable in directions of insertion and ejection of the card. For controlling an operation of the ejecting bar, a cam mechanism is coupled to the ejecting bar. The ejecting bare is constantly biased by an elastic member towards direction of the ejection of the card. The ejecting bar has a retaining portion for retaining the card. The ejecting bar moves along with the card with the retaining portion retaining the card when the ejecting bar is operated to eject the card from the card connector.

Abstract: A method of forming an ink-jet image, comprising the steps of: ejecting droplets of an ink onto an ink-jet recording media which includes a support having thereon an outermost layer containing a thermoplastic resin; and then applying pressure onto the outermost layer with a pressing apparatus so that a thickness of the outermost layer after applying pressure is 50 to 80% of the outermost layer before being applied pressure.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulator to be mounted to a substrate, a conductive cover member coupled to the insulator, and a conductive holddown held by the insulator to connect the cover member and a ground conductor portion formed on the substrate. The cover member has first and second cover contacting portions. The holddown has a holddown contacting portion extending to face an outer surface of a side wall portion of the insulator. The holddown contacting portion is clamped between the first and the second cover contacting portions in a direction along the outer surface of the side wall portion.

Abstract: A conductive contact (1) is coupled to an insulator (7) for receiving a first object to be movable in a first direction (X). The contact has a frame portion (1c) which defines an opening (1e) extending in the first direction and a second direction (Y) perpendicular to the first direction and which is fixed to the insulator. A spring portion (1b) extends from the frame portion to face the opening in a third direction (Z) perpendicular to the first and the second directions. The spring portion has a contacting portion (1a) to be brought into contact with the first object. A terminal portion (1d) extends outward from the frame portion to be brought into contact with a second object. The terminal portion has a portion extending in the second direction and exposed from the insulator.

Abstract: In a connector including an insulator (21), a conductive contact (11) held by the insulator, and a cover (31) openable and closable for bring the card into press contact with the contact, the insulator has a holding portion (21) formed at its one end to hold one end portion of the card. On the other hand, the cover has an acting portion (33, 33a) to be engaged with the other end portion of the card to press the card towards the contact when the cover is closed. The card is mounted so as to face a principal surface (21a) of the insulator and brought into contact with a contacting portion (13) of the contact protruding on the principal surface of the insulator. The cover has a pivot portion to be rotatably engaged with the other end of the insulator.

Abstract: In a connector for a small circuit board, contacting means is formed independently of elastic means that provides contact pressure on the small circuit board when the edge portion of the small circuit board is fitted to the connector. The contacting means comprises for example an insulator film and electrical contacts corresponding to terminals of the plate object. The insulator has first and second surfaces and the electrical contacts are formed on the first surface. The elastic means is for example arranged within a housing of the connector. Within the housing, the second surface of the insulator is fixed on the elastic means, so that the electrical contacts are also arranged on the elastic means via the insulator film. When the edge portion of the small circuit board is accommodated within the housing, the elastic means gives the contact pressure to the edge portion of the small circuit board so that the electrical contacts are connected with the terminals of the small circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulator (10) having an upper surface (13) and a plurality of contacts (20) each having a contact portion (21). The contacts (20) are held by the insulator (10) so that the contact portions (21) project from the upper surface (13) of the insulator (10). Each contact (20) further comprises first to third guide portions (23, 22, 24) which extend downwardly and diagonally across the upper surface (13) of the insulator (10) in different directions. Terminating ends (23a, 22a, 24a) of the first to the third guide portions (23, 22, 24) are laid below the upper surface (13) of the insulator (10).

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus for providing a high-quality image wherein a recording medium is thoroughly sucked by a conveyance belt and is accurately conveyed, thereby saving much time and effort. A conveyance belt 7 for supporting and conveying a recording medium 4 is provided, and an electrostatic generator 10 is installed to generate electrostatic force for sucking the recording medium 4 and to supply electrostatic force to the conveyance belt 7, wherein the conveyance belt 7 is designed in such a way that at least the recording medium contact surface is adhesive.

Abstract: A firing container for silicon nitride ceramics, which is a hermetically sealed container having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, characterized in that the interior of the hermetically sealed container is partitioned by a gas supply chamber partition plate into a gas supply chamber communicating with the gas inlet, and a firing chamber to accommodate an object to be heat-treated and communicating with the gas outlet, and the gas supply chamber partition plate has vent holes selectively formed in the vicinity of its periphery.

Abstract: A method for producing a silicon nitride honeycomb filter, which comprises heat-treating in a nitrogen atmosphere a honeycomb green body comprising metal silicon particles and a pore-forming agent to convert metal silicon substantially to silicon nitride, wherein the metal silicon particles have a purity of at least 97 mass % and contain at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ca, Mg, Cu, Cr and Ti in a total amount of from 0.1 to 1 mass %.

Abstract: In a connector used for connecting a connection object which is movable in a first direction (A1), an insulator (11) has a main surface (13) spreading in the first direction and a second direction (A2) perpendicular thereto. Each of conductive contacts (31) is retained by the insulator and has a contact portion (37) protruding outward from the main surface of the insulator in a third direction (A3) perpendicular to the first and second directions. The contact portion is elastically supported by a spring portion so as to be movable toward the inside of the insulator in the third direction. Extended portions (37a) extend from the contact portion into the inside of the insulator, each extending in a direction crossing the first and third directions in a plane spreading in the first and third directions. Further, the insulator has guide surfaces (21a) for guiding movement of the extended portions in the third direction.

Abstract: In a card connector for use in connection of a card, a guide portion connected to a connector body. The guide portion is adapted to guide movement of the card with respect to the connector body. A selecting portion is connected to the guide portion and has an engaging portion. When the card has a predetermined thickness, the selecting portion is elastically deformed by contact with the card to allow further movement of the card. When the card is thinner than the predetermined thickness, the engaging portion is engaged with the card to inhibit further movement of the card.

Abstract: A housing (1) is provided with an eject lever (3) for ejecting a card (10). The eject lever holds a locking member (4) to be swingable around a support shaft (13). The housing is provided with a cam portion (7). The locking member is provided with a cam follower portion (14) to be engaged with the cam portion and a locking portion (15) for locking the card to inhibit the release of the card. When the eject lever is made to perform sliding movement, the cam portion and the cam follower portion cooperate to swing the locking member so that the card is locked and unlocked by the locking portion.

Abstract: There is provided a card socket having a simple construction capable of preventing erroneous insertion of a smaller card than a predetermined one. An erroneous card insertion-preventing member has a fixed portion fixed to the housing, an elastic portion coupled to the fixed portion, and a stopper coupled to the elastic portion. The elastic portion is elastically deformed when a predetermined card is inserted so as to be pushed out of a card insertion path, but not elastically deformed when a card having a smaller size than the predetermined one is inserted so as to remain on the path. The predetermined card can be inserted deeply due to the stopper being moved out of the path in accordance with the deformation of the elastic portion, whereas the card having the smaller size is blocked by the stopper.