Abstract: A fixing section for use in an image forming apparatus, is provided with a heating member, a pressing member in which the heating member and the pressing member are arranged to form a nipping section therebetween and a belt member inserted through the nipping section and for fixing the toner image on the recording sheet by conveying the recording sheet through the nipping section; and a control section for obtaining recording sheet information regarding at least characteristics and a size and for controlling the fixing section. The pressing member comprises plural pressing heads differing in at least one of a physical characteristics and a shape from each others and the control section select one head of the plural pressing heads in accordance with the recording sheet information and control the fixing section to press the recording sheet through the belt member with the selected one head.

Abstract: Purpose: To find out conditions for using a fucoidan-based polysaccharide composite extracted from sprouts of wakame as a mixture in order to extensively utilize the excellent function as bioprotective accelerator and immunostimulator possessed thereby for maintenance of health in human life. Solution: A fucoidan-based health food having the effect of inhibiting hyperglycemia and keeping blood sugar low is obtained by mixing an Agaricus powder to a mixture consisting of 1-90% of a fucoidan fraction extraction-fractionated from sprouts of wakame and the remainder of a fucoidan fraction extraction-fractionated from Okinawa Tinocladia crassa. A preferable formula composition thereof comprises the Agaricus powder mixed to a mixture of consisting of 15-35% by mass of a fucoidan fraction extraction-fractionated from sprouts of wakame and 85-65% by mass of a fucoidan fraction extraction-fractionated from Okinawa Tinocladia crassa in a content of 10-20% by mass based on the whole amount of the mixture.

Abstract: A heat fixing device for heat fixing a toner image to a receiving medium having a pair of fixing belts in an endless form; a pair of rotary members individually disposed on a respective inside circumference of the fixing belts and pressed against each other via the fixing belts; a pair of fixing members individually disposed on the respective inside circumference of the fixing belts and pressed against each other via the fixing belts; and a heating element for heating at least one of the fixing belts, wherein the fixing belts contact the rotary members and the fixing members only at a respective portion thereof via which the respective pair of rotary members and fixing members are pressed against each other.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a novel water discharging apparatus capable of rapidly enhancing an outer appearance and a cleaning property and enjoying a plurality of water discharging configurations.

Abstract: An induction heating device for inductively heating an object to be heated which is formed of conductive material has a holder. The device also has a coil for inductively heating the object. The coil is supported by the holder. The coil is composed of a plurality of turns of conductor forming a layer, which is positioned along the object. Between conductor sections of the coil through which electric currents respectively flow in the same direction is formed a gap through which temperature of the object is detected. The device is capable of accurately detecting the temperature of heating region of the object, at low cost, and capable of increasing stability and safety in control of the temperature.

Abstract: An induction heating device for inductively heating an object to be heated which is formed of conductive material has a holder. The holder is positioned outside the object. The device has an exciting coil for inductively heating the object. The exciting coil is supported by the holder. The exciting coil is composed of a plurality of turns of conductor forming a layer, which is positioned along the object. The device also has a demagnetizing coil which is positioned along the layer of the exciting coil. In the demagnetizing coil, a back electromotive force is induced in accordance with a magnetic field produced by the exciting coil, so as to cancel the magnetic field. Stability in the temperature control for the object such as a heating roller can be improved by effective function of the demagnetizing coil. The device can be miniaturized and configured at low cost.

Abstract: A heat fixing device for heat fixing a toner image to a receiving medium comprises: a pair of fixing belts in an endless form; a pair of rotary members individually disposed on a respective inside circumference of the fixing belts and pressed against each other via the fixing belts; a pair of fixing members individually disposed on the respective inside circumference of the fixing belts and pressed against each other via the fixing belts; and a heating element for heating at least one of the fixing belts, wherein the fixing belts contact the rotary members and the fixing members only at a respective portion thereof via which the respective pair of rotary members and fixing members are pressed against each other.

Abstract: A remedy for diabetes mellitus characterized in that it contains L-arabinose and sucrose (sugar or a sugar-containing food or beverage) as effective ingredients. A food or beverage for improvement of diabetes mellitus characterized in that it contains L-arabinose and sucrose (sugar or a sugar-containing food or beverage) as effective ingredients. A method for using L-arabinose characterized in that, for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, L-arabinose is taken together with or prior to ingestion of sucrose (sugar or sugar-containing food or beverage).

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator comprises: a magnet; a pole piece mounted to the magnet; a yoke facing the pole piece; a coil base having a vibration coil; leaf springs for supporting the coil base and a weight; a case for enclosing them; a cover for covering one side of the case; and a diaphragm having a voice coil, wherein the arms of the coil base are inserted through notches formed in the yoke, and the vibration coil and the voice coil is disposed in a gap in which the pole piece and the yoke face each other. The weight vibrates by the application of a low-frequency current to the vibration coil, and the diaphragm vibrates by the application of a high-frequency current to the voice coil.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator comprises: a magnet; a pole piece mounted to the magnet; a yoke facing the pole piece; a coil base having a vibration coil; leaf springs for supporting the coil base and a weight; a case for enclosing them; a cover for covering one side of the case; and a diaphragm having a voice coil, wherein the arms of the coil base are inserted through notches formed in the yoke, and the vibration coil and the voice coil is disposed in a gap in which the pole piece and the yoke face each other. The weight vibrates by the application of a low-frequency current to the vibration coil, and the diaphragm vibrates by the application of a high-frequency current to the voice coil.

Abstract: The invention provides a pump with a pulsation suppression device which can further enhance the effect of suppressing pulsation. According to the invention, in one side portion of a pump head wall 1 having inflow and outflow passages 2 and 3, a first bellows 7 which is driven so as to extend and contract by an air cylinder portion 14, and check valves 16a and 16b which alternately open and close a pump working chamber 9a formed in the first bellows 7 are disposed to constitute a reciprocal pump portion 4. In the other side portion of the pump head wall 1, a pulsation suppressing portion 5 is configured so as to have a second bellows 18 that is extendable and contractible, and that forms: a liquid chamber 20a which can temporarily store liquid that is to be discharged from the pump portion 4; and an air chamber 20b which is isolated from the liquid chamber 20a.

Abstract: A synthetic resin-made fastening-limiting device employed for limiting a fastening force of a fastening member in case of fastening a connection portion between a pipe receiving port of the joint and a pipe by means of the fastening member. In the fastening-limiting device, an appropriate sealing property of the pipe connection portion and a screw amount of the fastening member required in trying to preventing the pipe from slipping off can be surely determined. Furthermore, the operator can recognize easily the appropriate screw amount of the fastening member by a sound and a touch. This fastening-limiting device has a ring portion fittable onto the pipe receiving port of the joint A and a protrusion disposed on the ring portion. On a side of one end in an axial direction of the ring portion, a first abutting portion is formed. On a side of the other end in an axial direction of the ring portion, a second abutting portion is formed.

Abstract: In the inner ring press-insertion jig for a pipe joint made of resin according to the invention, a diameter-increasing ring member in which the outer diameter can be changed to the maximum outer diameter and to the minimum outer diameter by axial movement is fitted onto a front small-diameter portion of a holder which insertingly holds a sleeve-like inner ring. A fixing structure which, under a state where the outer diameter of the diameter-increasing ring member is changed to the maximum outer diameter, positionally fixes the diameter-increasing ring member is formed between the diameter-increasing ring member and the holder in a manner that the fixation can be canceled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger applied for an IC production line or the like, wherein, on plural independent tube holding holes 20 formed on holding plates 20, ends of resin tubes are arranged, and a predetermined length range &agr; of the each resin tube is integrally fused into the each holding plate inside the tube holding holes. Each fusing portion for fusing the plural resin tubes into the holding plates has a non-contacted congestion structure wherein the resin tubes are not mutually contacted, thereby increasing reliability on connecting the fusing portion, and meanwhile, facilitating miniaturization of the heat exchanger by increasing heat-exchange efficiency and elements such as the resin tubes and the holding plates may be made of a fluororesin.

Abstract: A selenium photoconductor has a charge transport layer and a charge generation layer formed on a conductive substrate. Both the charge generation layer and the charge transport layer are made from a selenium-arsenic alloy, with the charge generation layer having a concentration of arsenic greater than the concentration of arsenic in the charge transport layer. This concentration distribution results in a photoconductor having excellent charge-generation efficiency and mobility. In an alternate embodiment, a halogen is doped into the charge generation layer and charge transport layer. The resulting photoconductor is useful in large-scale, high speed printing operations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fastening-limiting device for a fastening member which fastens a pipe inserted into a pipe receiving port on the side of a joint. The fastening-limiting device has a ring portion which is fittable onto the outside of the pipe receiving port. A beam portion is formed on the ring portion. A protrusion is formed on the beam portion. A first abutting portion which is to abut against a reference face on the side of the joint is formed on one end of the ring portion. A second abutting portion which is to abut against a confronting portion of the fastening member is formed on the other end of the ring portion. A gap between the first and second abutting portions and is equal to the gap between the reference face and the confronting portion at the time when the fastening member exerts a sealing property and a function of preventing slipping-off.

Abstract: There is disclosed a photoconductor for use in an electrophotographic apparatus. The photoconductor includes a conductive substrate and a photoconductive layer formed on the conductive substrate. The photoconductive layer includes an As.sub.2 Se.sub.3 alloy containing 36% to 40% by weight of As and doped with 1,000 to 20,000 parts per million of iodine. A method of manufacturing a photoconductor is also disclosed, which includes forming a photoconductive layer by vapor deposition on a conductive substrate and thermally treating the photoconductive layer at a temperature between 100 and 200 degrees Celsius for a period between 30 and 80 minutes. Advantageously, the photoconductor of the present invention is able to provide high quality images at high printing speeds.

Abstract: There is disclosed a photoconductor for use in an electrophotographic apparatus. The photoconductor includes a conductive substrate and a photoconductive layer formed on the conductive substrate. The photoconductive layer includes an As.sub.2 Se.sub.3 alloy containing 36% to 40% by weight of As and doped with 1,000 to 20,000 parts per million of iodine. A method of manufacturing a photoconductor is also disclosed, which includes forming a photoconductive layer by vapor deposition on a conductive substrate and thermally treating the photoconductive layer at a temperature between 100 and 200 degrees Celsius for a period between 30 and 80 minutes. Advantageously, the photoconductor of the present invention is able to provide high quality images at high printing speeds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pulsation suppression device which is interposingly used in a liquid transporting pipe through which a chemical liquid such as a surface washing liquid for washing an IC is transported by a reciprocal pump. The pulsation suppression device of the present invention has: a bellows which partitions the interior of the device body having a sealed container-like shape, into a liquid chamber and an gas chamber; an operating rod which is reciprocated in interlock relationship with the bellows; and an extension and contraction restricting mechanism which, when the bellows extends to a predetermined value, is contacted in parallel with a closed end face of the bellows, thereby restricting further extension of the bellows. Furthermore, the pulsation suppression device of the present invention has a guide for making the reciprocal operation of the operating rod coincident with the extension and contraction directions of the bellows. The guide is made of a low-friction resin material.

Abstract: According to the invention, the temperature and flow rate of cooling water for removing the heat of absorption are controlled artificially according to the cold output of load water by utilizing heated cooling water after the removal of the heat of absorption or heat source water, etc. According to the invention, a coolant tank and a load heat exchanger unit are provided as separate units. A load carrier is provided for cooling the load while partly evaporating the coolant through heat exchange between liquid coolant supplied from the coolant supplied from the coolant tank through a pump and the load. Mixture fluid of liquid coolant and vapor coolant after the heat exchange in the load cooler are returned to the coolant tank for separation of gas and liquid. Because the coolant tank and the load cooler are provided separately, the heat exchange with the load is performed by utilizing the latent heat of evaporation of coolant independently of possible temperature variations in the coolant tank.