Abstract: A connector (1) is constituted by a first member (10) and a second member (40). The first member (10) has a male connecting portion (11) at a first end and a screwing structure (26) at a second end. The male connecting portion (11) is inserted into a female connecting portion (41) of the second member (40). A first engagement structure (15) is provided on the first member (10), and a second engagement structure (45) is provided on the second member (40) so as to be able to abut against the first engagement structure (15) in the circumferential direction. When a rotational force of a predetermined value or greater is applied to the first member (10) in a tightening direction (R1) of the screwing structure (26), one of the first engagement structure (15) and the second engagement structure (45) is plastically deformed by the other, so that the first member (10) is then rotatable in both forward and reverse directions relative to the second member (40).

Abstract: A scavenging pump is utilized to draw oils from a catch tank that collects the oils supplied to components to an oil pan that reserves therein the oils. The scavenging pump includes gears to draw the oils, and a housing that stores therein the gears. An oil receiving portion capable of receiving the oils injected from the exterior is formed in an outer circumferential surface of the housing, and an oil introducing hole that introduces the oils injected to the oil receiving portion into the interior is opened at a position continuous from a lower part of the oil receiving portion and facing the gears.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section configured to form a toner image, a transfer portion configured to transfer the toner image onto a recording medium, and a fixing portion configured to fix the toner image on the recording medium, by heating the toner image. A vortex tube is configured to receive supply of compressed air generated by a compressor to generate cold air having a temperature that is less than a temperature of the compressed air, and warm air having a temperature that is greater than the temperature of the compressed air. A cooling portion is configured to receive a supply of the cold air generated by the vortex to cool the recording medium on which the toner image has been fixed by the fixing portion. Further, a member inside of the image forming apparatus is heated by the warm air generated by the vortex tube.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus, including: an image forming section configured to form a toner image; a transfer portion configured to transfer the toner image onto a recording medium; a fixing portion configured to fix the toner image on the recording medium by heating the toner image; a vortex tube, which is configured to receive a compressed air generated by a compressor to generate a cold air having a temperature lower than a temperature of the compressed air and a warm air having a temperature higher than the temperature of the compressed air; and a cooling portion, which is configured to receive supply of the cold air generated by the vortex tube to cool the recording medium on which the toner image has been fixed by the fixing portion, wherein a member inside the image forming apparatus is heated by the warm air generated by the vortex tube.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a duct discharging a heat in a vicinity of a heating unit to an outer side of the image forming apparatus, a stay, and a toner cartridge storing a toner being supplied to a developing unit. The stay is arranged to be positioned between the duct and the toner cartridge in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A discharge tray is arranged above a space in which a toner bottle is stored, and a sheet having passed a fixing unit is discharged onto the discharge tray. A cooling fan cools the sheet on which a toner image has been fixed in the fixing unit before the sheet is discharged onto the discharge tray. A duct introduces outer air from an exterior to the cooling fan. A tray-side hole portion is formed in a portion of the discharge tray. Further, a duct-side hole portion is formed in a portion of the duct, and the duct communicates with the space in which the toner bottle is stored through the tray-side hole portion and the duct-side hole portion.

Abstract: A discharge tray is arranged above a space in which a toner bottle is stored, and a sheet having passed a fixing unit is discharged onto the discharge tray. A cooling fan cools the sheet on which a toner image has been fixed in the fixing unit before the sheet is discharged onto the discharge tray. A duct introduces outer air from an exterior to the cooling fan. A tray-side hole portion is formed to a portion of the discharge tray. Further, a duct-side hole portion is formed to a portion of the duct, and the duct communicates with the space in which the toner bottle is stored through the tray-side hole portion and the duct-side hole portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a duct discharging a heat in a vicinity of a heating unit to an outer side of the image forming apparatus, a stay, and a toner cartridge storing a toner being supplied to a developing unit. The stay is arranged to be positioned between the duct and the toner cartridge in the vertical direction.

Abstract: [Problem] To catch excreta whether a person is sitting or supine and essentially independent of movements of the person's body. [Solution] The diaper unit is configured from: an outer diaper wrapper (2), which encloses an artificial gluteal block constructed from an elastic member and which is provided with a cover (20) on which hook end loop fasteners (26aa) are provided at least on the portion that faces a person's gluteal region when worn; and an inner diaper wrapper (3) provided with a main diaper body (30), which has an opening (36) at the section of the diaper for handling feces and which adheres to the outer diaper wrapper (2) by means of the hook and loop fasteners (26aa) of the outer diaper wrapper (2), and a fecal bag (40) the interior of which is water-absorbing and the exterior of which is waterproof, which is bonded to the opening (36) of the diaper body (30) and is accommodated in a hole in the outer diaper wrapper.

Abstract: A liquid medicine of the present invention comprising liquid having carbon dioxide dissolved therein, said liquid being administered by using means of liquid injection, and a method of treatment of the present invention using a liquid medicine comprising liquid having carbon dioxide dissolved therein, said liquid being administered by using means of liquid injection can reduce or eliminate tumors with few side effects. When the liquid medicine of the present invention comprising liquid having carbon dioxide dissolved therein, said liquid being administered by using means of liquid injection, and the method of treatment of the present invention using a liquid medicine comprising liquid having carbon dioxide dissolved therein, said liquid being administered by using means of liquid injection are used in combination with surgical therapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy of tumors, effects can be enhanced or side effects can be reduced compared with monotherapy or multidisciplinary therapy thereof.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection device includes a recording section, a moving section, and a driving signal supplying section. In the recording section, plural liquid droplet ejectors are arrayed, each liquid droplet ejector has a driving element, and ejects a liquid droplet onto a recording medium in response to a driving signal being supplied to the driving element. The moving section moves the recording section and the recording medium relative to one another in a direction intersecting the array direction of the liquid droplet ejectors. The driving signal supplying section generates, when plural types of liquid droplets having different droplet volumes are ejected onto the recording medium while the recording section and the recording medium are moved relatively, the driving signals such that, the smaller a droplet volume of a liquid droplet, the faster the ejection speed of the liquid droplet.

Abstract: A pattern forming process and a pattern forming apparatus comprising forming a liquid receptive particle layer on an intermediate transfer body in a specified area by using liquid receptive particles capable of receiving a recording liquid containing a recording material; applying a liquid droplet of the recording liquid on a specified position of liquid receptive particle layer according to specified data, trapping the recording material near the surface of the liquid receptive particle layer on the intermediate transfer body, and forming a pattern of the recording material near the surface of the liquid receptive particle layer; and removing the liquid receptive particle layer provided with the recording liquid from the intermediate transfer body so that the pattern may be positioned between the transfer object and the liquid receptive particle layer, and transferring the liquid receptive particle layer to the transfer object.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection device includes a recording section, a moving section, and a driving signal supplying section. In the recording section, plural liquid droplet ejectors are arrayed, each liquid droplet ejector has a driving element, and ejects a liquid droplet onto a recording medium in response to a driving signal being supplied to the driving element. The moving section moves the recording section and the recording medium relative to one another in a direction intersecting the array direction of the liquid droplet ejectors. The driving signal supplying section generates, when plural types of liquid droplets having different droplet volumes are ejected onto the recording medium while the recording section and the recording medium are moved relatively, the driving signals such that, the smaller a droplet volume of a liquid droplet, the faster the ejection speed of the liquid droplet.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus comprises: a plurality of light sources; a first condensing unit, arranged to contact a light emitting surface of each of the light sources, that condenses the lights emitted from the plurality of light sources; and a second condensing unit that condenses the lights from each of the light sources, which are emitted from the first condensing unit, wherein the first condensing unit is configured so that a center of curvature of an output surface, to emit the light from the light source, of the first condensing unit is positioned near the side of the second condensing unit rather than an arrangement position of the light source.

Abstract: The invention presents a pattern forming apparatus including: an intermediate transfer body; a particle supply unit, for forming a liquid receptive particle layer of a specified layer thickness by supplying liquid receptive particles, capable of receiving a recording liquid containing recording material and also capable of trapping the recording material at the surface thereof, onto the intermediate transfer body; a liquid droplet ejection unit for ejecting liquid droplets of the recording liquid on the liquid receptive particle layer on the basis of specified data, and forming a pattern of the recording material near the surface of the liquid receptive particle layer; and a transferring unit, for transferring the liquid receptive particle layer containing the recording liquid onto a transfer object, so that the pattern is placed between the transfer object (recording medium) and the liquid receptive particle layer.

Abstract: The purposes of the present invention are to provide a paving material which is easy to be handled, has less restriction on the conditions of execution of work, decomposes fast, and is superior in durability, and a method for construction of paved body using the paving material. The purposes are attained by providing a paving material and a method for construction of paved body using the same, said paving material comprises at least binder emulsion for pavement, non-water soluble epoxy resin, and amine compound(s) a hardener thereof, and is prepared by mixing these three ingredients at the time of the execution of work, at the scene of the execution of work. The purposes are also attained by providing binder emulsion for pavement comprising an amine compound(s) that is a hardener of epoxy resin and the amine compound comprises at least polyaminoamido.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus comprises: a plurality of light sources; a first condensing unit, arranged to contact a light emitting surface of each of the light sources, that condenses the lights emitted from the plurality of light sources; and a second condensing unit that condenses the lights from each of the light sources, which are emitted from the first condensing unit, wherein the first condensing unit is configured so that a center of curvature of an output surface, to emit the light from the light source, of the first condensing unit is positioned near the side of the second condensing unit rather than an arrangement position of the light source.

Abstract: A pattern forming process and a pattern forming apparatus comprising forming a liquid receptive particle layer on an intermediate transfer body in a specified area by using liquid receptive particles capable of receiving a recording liquid containing a recording material; applying a liquid droplet of the recording liquid on a specified position of liquid receptive particle layer according to specified data, trapping the recording material near the surface of the liquid receptive particle layer on the intermediate transfer body, and forming a pattern of the recording material near the surface of the liquid receptive particle layer; and removing the liquid receptive particle layer provided with the recording liquid from the intermediate transfer body so that the pattern may be positioned between the transfer object and the liquid receptive particle layer, and transferring the liquid receptive particle layer to the transfer object.