Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a liquid supply member including a flow channel formation member in which flow channel groove portions having different lengths is formed each, a flexible member that seals an opening of each of the flow channel groove portions to form a liquid flow channel, a pressure reception portion formation plate that has an opening formed for each of the liquid flow channels, each of the openings overlapping the corresponding liquid flow channel formed, and valves each urged by a coil spring to close the corresponding liquid flow channel, the valve opening the channel against an urging force of the spring due to the positional change of a pressure reception portion as pressure inside the liquid flow channel changes, wherein the openings of the pressure reception portion formation plate have a uniform shape.

Abstract: At a transport pathway which transports recording paper, a passage flow path which can pass the recording paper and gas from the upstream side toward the downstream side in a transport direction is provided and also a reversing flow path portion which reverses the recording paper by passing the recording paper while twisting and rotating the recording paper with an axis line extending in the transport direction as a rotation center is provided at the passage flow path.

Abstract: A printer includes a reversal transportation path which transports a paper to which ink ejected from liquid ejecting heads has adhered toward a downstream side in the transportation direction. In the printer, the reversal transportation path is formed between a pair of guiding plates having a substantially circular arc shape along the transportation direction of the paper and opening holes which blow out wind toward the reversal transportation path from a blowing unit are provided on an inner guiding plate of the pair of the guiding plates, which is positioned at the center side of the circular arc shape.

Abstract: When a negative pressure is introduced into a closed space formed by a cap abutting to an ejecting head, the cap abuts to the ejecting head with a greater pressing force than that in a case where the negative pressure is not introduced into the closed space. Therefore, the cap can abut to the ejecting head with a weak pressing force during the time when the negative pressure is not introduced, it can be avoided that the cap abuts to the ejecting head with a significant pressing force over a long time, and collapse of the cap can be significantly suppressed.

Abstract: A recording method is provided for recording images based on image data on a recording area of a recording medium using a first color liquid and a second color liquid containing coloring material and a colorless liquid not containing the coloring material, the recording medium being transported along a predetermined transport direction, the method including: a consumption amount calculation step of calculating a consumption amount of the first color liquid consumed when recording the images based on the image data on the recording medium, the consumption amount being obtained by subtracting the content of the coloring material from a total consumption amount of the first color liquid, and the consumption amount being calculated for each unit area of the recording area of the recording medium.

Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a fluid ejecting head that ejects fluid onto a target; a passing-flow-path forming member that forms a passing flow path through which the target and gas can pass from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transportation direction on the downstream side of the fluid ejecting head in the target transportation direction; a first blower that blows gas toward the downstream side in the transportation direction onto a first surface of the target in the passing flow path immediately after the first surface receives fluid ejected from the fluid ejecting head; and a second blower that blows gas toward the downstream side in the transportation direction onto a second surface of the target in the passing flow path, the second surface being opposite the first surface.

Abstract: A method for recording an image based on image data in a recording region of a recording medium being transported in a predetermined transportation direction includes forming a first reference mark in a recordable region, including the recording region, of the recording medium using a first colored liquid containing a colorant; supplying an uncolored liquid containing no colorant uniformly over the entire recordable region of the recording medium; forming a second reference mark in the recordable region of the recording medium using a second colored liquid containing a colorant; detecting the amount of misalignment between the first reference mark and the second reference mark; calculating the total amount, excluding the content of the colorant, of first colored liquid to be used to record the image based on the image data on the recording medium for each unit area of the recording region of the recording medium.

Abstract: Provided is a recording apparatus comprising recording heads; a medium feeding unit; a position detecting unit; a drying section including an air generating unit and generates air, an air guiding portion, the drying section bringing the air guided by the air guiding portion into contact with the recording medium via an opening portion; a branching path which branches off over the range where the opening portion extends in the feeding direction, branches and guides part of the air flowing from the upstream side to the downstream side in the feeding direction in the air guiding portion of the drying section; an air releasing valve; and a control section which controls the opening or closing of the air releasing valve according to the position of the recording medium.

Abstract: A drying apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a target in a form of a cut sheet, on which a recording process has been performed through the attachment of liquid, from an upstream side to a downstream side of a transport direction. A drying unit performs a drying process on the transported target by blowing air toward a liquid attachment surface of the target. The drying unit is provided with a blowing port which allows air to blow toward an end portion of the target at the downstream side of the transport direction in a first direction from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport direction, and allows air to blow toward an end portion of the target at the upstream side of the transport direction in a second direction from the downstream side to the upstream side of the transport direction.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a target from an upstream side of a transport direction to a downstream side of the transport direction, a recording unit having a configuration in which at least one of a plurality of unit heads is deviated from another unit head in the transport direction, and performing a recording operation by attaching liquid to a target by each unit head, the unit heads allowing liquid ejecting nozzles to form nozzle arrays in a width direction of the target perpendicular to the transport direction, and a plurality of drying units having an arrangement identical to the arrangement of the unit heads in the transport direction and the width direction at a downstream side of the transport direction as compared with the recording unit, and drying the target.

Abstract: A harness type safety belt absorbs dropping shocks to a user who accidentally falls from an elevated position. If the user fails to apply a rope hook to a life line and falls from the elevated position, an air bag in a mounting body inflates to absorb the dropping shock to reduce the dropping impact applied to the user. If the user falls with the rope hook connected to the life line, the rope suspends the user. The body of the user is supported by a waist belt, shoulder belts and thigh belts. Therefore a tension applied by the rope to the body of the user is dispersed to each of the belts so the body of the user is stably supported.

Abstract: A recording method is provided for recording images based on image data on a recording area of a recording medium using a first color liquid and a second color liquid containing coloring material and a colorless liquid not containing the coloring material, the recording medium being transported along a predetermined transport direction, the method including: a consumption amount calculation step of calculating a consumption amount of the first color liquid consumed when recording the images based on the image data on the recording medium, the consumption amount being obtained by subtracting the content of the coloring material from a total consumption amount of the first color liquid, and the consumption amount being calculated for each unit area of the recording area of the recording medium.

Abstract: A method for recording an image based on image data in a recording region of a recording medium being transported in a predetermined transportation direction includes forming a first reference mark in a recordable region, including the recording region, of the recording medium using a first colored liquid containing a colorant; supplying an uncolored liquid containing no colorant uniformly over the entire recordable region of the recording medium; forming a second reference mark in the recordable region of the recording medium using a second colored liquid containing a colorant; detecting the amount of misalignment between the first reference mark and the second reference mark; calculating the total amount, excluding the content of the colorant, of first colored liquid to be used to record the image based on the image data on the recording medium for each unit area of the recording region of the recording medium.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a transport belt that transports a target, a record head that performs recording by adhering liquid to the target that is loaded on the transport belt so as to be transported, a heating unit that heats the transport belt so as to accelerate drying the liquid that is recorded on the target by the record head, and a cooling unit that forcedly cools a portion of the transport belt that is heated by the heating unit in a position located in the middle in moving the portion of the transport belt to a position corresponding to the record head.

Abstract: The present invention provides a harness type safety belt capable of absorbing a dropping shock to a user even if the user accidentally falls from an elevated position. According to the present invention, in such a case that a user A fails to apply a hook of a rope to a life line and the user A falls from an elevated position, an air bag 2 provided in a mounting body 1 is inflated. Therefore, the air bag 2 can absorb a dropping shock and the dropping impact applied to the user A can be reduced. In addition, in the case where the user A falls with the hook of the rope being connected to the life line, the user A is suspended by the rope. The body of the user A is supported by not only a waist part belt 1b but also shoulder part belts 1a and thigh part belts 1c. Therefore a tension applied from the rope to the body of the user can be dispersed to each of the belts 1a, 1b and 1c and the body of the user can be stably supported.

Abstract: When a character is lent from a first game device to a second game device, clocks of those two game devices are synchronized, a shared lending/borrowing expiration time is set, the use of the character is temporarily disabled in the first game device, and the use of the character is temporarily enabled in the second game device. Then, a character return timing is determined, based on a time of the clock and the lending/borrowing expiration time, in the respective game devices. In accordance with the determined timing, the use of the character is enabled in the first game device, and the use of the character is disabled in the second game device. Thus, it is possible to lend/borrow a character as an item in the real world without generating a copy thereof, and the lent character is sure to be returned at the expiration of a predetermined lending/borrowing period.

Abstract: When a character is lent from a first game device to a second game device, clocks of those two game devices are synchronized, a shared lending/borrowing expiration time is set, the use of the character is temporarily disabled in the first game device, and the use of the character is temporarily enabled in the second game device. Then, a character return timing is determined, based on a time of the clock and the lending/borrowing expiration time, in the respective game devices. In accordance with the determined timing, the use of the character is enabled in the first game device, and the use of the character is disabled in the second game device. Thus, it is possible to lend/borrow a character as an item in the real world without generating a copy thereof, and the lent character is sure to be returned at the expiration of a predetermined lending/borrowing period.

Abstract: While a heated glass sheet moves through a quenching section, the glass sheet is blown with air in the same portions so as to be quenched always in the same portions to provide on the glass surface rapidly cooled portions and uncooled portions. Thereby the residual strains on the glass surface are made different to prevent the generation of pieces or splines when the glass sheet is broken.