Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound bronchoscope capable of preventing a non-coaxial cable from being disconnected and improving a degree of freedom of wirings. An ultrasound bronchoscope includes a distal end part having an ultrasound transducer array, a bending part that is coupled to a proximal end of the distal end part and is bendable in two directions, a flexible part that is coupled to a proximal end of the bending part, a cable that is inserted into the flexible part and the bending part, and a flexible substrate that electrically connects a plurality of ultrasound transducers and the cable, and is disposed over the distal end part, the bending part, and a part of the flexible part.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic endoscope with which it is possible to prevent damage to an imaging element even in a case where voltage from an external power supply is directly applied.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic endoscope with which it is possible to improve a brush cleanability of a communication path. A distal end portion (44) of an ultrasonic endoscope (10) includes: a balloon attachment portion (152) for attachably and detachably attaching a balloon (60) to the distal end portion (44), the balloon attachment portion (152) including a first balloon groove (154) that is provided over an outer periphery of the distal end portion at least on a proximal end side of an ultrasound oscillator (92); and a communication path (90) for supply or suction of a fluid with respect to an inner space of the balloon (60). An entrance and exit way (91) of the communication path (90) is formed to be diagonally inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of an insertion portion (12).

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound endoscope capable of achieving both improvement of the kink resistance of a forceps tube in a bending part and improvement of electromagnetic wave shieldability in a distal end hard part. A forceps tube is configured such that a metal element wire is wound around a tube bending part that is disposed inside a bending part, and a tube distal end part including an opening portion facing region facing an opening portion of a shield ring is formed of a material that is hardly influenced by electromagnetic waves. The tube distal end part is configured of only the forceps tube. That is, the metal element wire that is influenced by electromagnetic waves is not wound around the tube distal end part, and resin, such as fluororubber or silicon rubber, to be hardly influenced by electromagnetic waves is exposed from the opening portion facing region.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound bronchoscope capable of preventing a non-coaxial cable from being disconnected and improving a degree of freedom of wirings. An ultrasound bronchoscope includes a distal end part having an ultrasound transducer array, a bending part that is coupled to a proximal end of the distal end part and is bendable in two directions, a flexible part that is coupled to a proximal end of the bending part, a cable that is inserted into the flexible part and the bending part, and a flexible substrate that electrically connects a plurality of ultrasound transducers and the cable, and is disposed over the distal end part, the bending part, and a part of the flexible part.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound endoscope capable of preventing a non-coaxial cable from being disconnected and improving a degree of freedom of wirings. An ultrasound endoscope includes a first cable that electrically connects a substrate electrically connected to a plurality of ultrasound transducers and a relay substrate, the first cable includes a plurality of first non-coaxial cables, a plurality of first electrical bonded portions are formed by signal wires of a first cable bundle of the first non-coaxial cables and electrode pads of the substrate, a plurality of second electrical bonded portions are formed by the signal wires of the first cable bundle and first cable-side electrode pads of the relay substrate, and a plurality of first electrical bonded portions and a plurality of second electrical bonded portions are collectively disposed for each first cable bundle.

Abstract: A nozzle face cleaning device and an image recording device includes: a wiping member; cleaning liquid adding means which adds a cleaning liquid to the wiping member; pressing means that brings the wiping member to which the cleaning liquid has been added, into pressure-contact with a nozzle face; and wiping means which makes the wiping member and an ejection head relatively move, and wipes the nozzle face. A cleaning liquid supply flow channel is opened to the air in a connected portion of the cleaning liquid supply flow channel and a cleaning liquid adding nozzle.

Abstract: A nozzle face cleaning device and an image recording device includes: a wiping member; cleaning liquid adding means which adds a cleaning liquid to the wiping member; pressing means that brings the wiping member to which the cleaning liquid has been added, into pressure-contact with a nozzle face; and wiping means which makes the wiping member and an ejection head relatively move, and wipes the nozzle face. A cleaning liquid supply flow channel is opened to the air in a connected portion of the cleaning liquid supply flow channel and a cleaning liquid adding nozzle.

Abstract: A head cleaning apparatus is configured to move relatively along a nozzle surface of a droplet ejection head to clean the nozzle surface. The head cleaning apparatus includes: a web configured to wipe the nozzle surface; a web driving unit configured to cause the web to travel; a pair of rigid body pressing members configured to press both end portions of the web in a width direction to the nozzle surface; an elastic body pressing member provided between the pair of rigid body pressing members and provided to further protrude to a nozzle surface side than the pair of rigid body pressing members, the elastic body pressing member being configured to press a center portion of the web in the width direction to the nozzle surface; and a support member configured to support the pair of rigid body pressing members and the elastic body pressing member.

Abstract: A head cleaning apparatus is configured to move relatively along a nozzle surface of a droplet ejection head to clean the nozzle surface. The head cleaning apparatus includes: a web configured to wipe the nozzle surface; a web driving unit configured to cause the web to travel; a pair of rigid body pressing members configured to press both end portions of the web in a width direction to the nozzle surface; an elastic body pressing member provided between the pair of rigid body pressing members and provided to further protrude to a nozzle surface side than the pair of rigid body pressing members, the elastic body pressing member being configured to press a center portion of the web in the width direction to the nozzle surface; and a support member configured to support the pair of rigid body pressing members and the elastic body pressing member.

Abstract: The slit mechanism of an image recording apparatus includes slitter units, each including a pair of slitters, for slitting margins on a periphery of each of one or more images recorded on an image recording medium side by side along a width direction in a conveying direction by utilizing a conveying force of the recording medium, a guide unit for guiding a scrap that is cut off when the recording medium is slit by a slitter of the slitter unit and a slitter moving unit for moving the slitter and the guide unit in synchronization in the width direction of the recording medium between a slitting position at which the recording medium is slit into a predetermined width corresponding to the predetermined print size and a position outside the recording medium in the width direction. The guide unit is disposed only at a position where the scrap is cut off by slitting the margins of the recording medium with the slitter.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a surface treatment unit for performing surface treatment using a belt on a surface of a recording sheet, a discriminating unit for detecting whether the sheet exists in the treatment unit and discriminating whether the sheet is the surface-treatable recording sheet, a site identifying unit for detecting occurrence of abnormality and identifying an abnormality occurrence site and a control unit for controlling, when the occurrence of the abnormality has been detected, driving of the treatment unit, driving of an upstream unit on an upstream side of the treatment unit, and driving of a downstream unit on a downstream side thereof, in accordance with the identified site, a result of the detection of whether the sheet exists in the treatment unit, and a result of the discrimination of whether the sheet is the surface-treatable recording sheet.

Abstract: An apparatus for conveying sheets having various widths. The apparatus includes a hollow drum having a plurality of holes disposed on the outer circumferential surface thereof, a suction device for sucking air through the plurality of holes toward an interior of the drum, and a plurality of conveying belts wound on the hollow drum and adapted to be conveyed around the drum and in sliding contact therewith. The conveying belts are spaced apart from one another in the widthwise direction of the sheets so as to define gaps therebetween. Additionally, a plurality of spaced apart pressing belts are alternatingly disposed with respect to the conveying belts such that the pressing belts oppose the gaps between. In this manner, the widthwise ends of the sheets are contacted by the inside edges of a pair of conveying belts so as to convey the sheets in the proper direction.