Abstract: A lead wire of a voice coil is wired along the surface of a diaphragm. The lead wire is bent toward a reverse side of the diaphragm at a peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm. The lead wire is led to the interior of a frame. An external terminal is provided to extend from outside to inside the frame. In addition, a connecting portion for connecting the lead wire and the external terminal is provided inside the frame. The connecting portion is prevented from coming into contact with another part and becoming short-circuited.

Abstract: A transfer apparatus can uniformize the charged amount of toner on the intermediate transfer member and ensure a uniform transfer performance over the entire printing surface by means of a simple arrangement.

Abstract: The present invention provides An image forming apparatus having: a negatively chargeable spherical toner; an latent image carrier; a charging member for charging a surface of the latent image carrier uniformly without contacting the latent image carrier; an electrostatic latent image forming member for forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the latent image carrier; a developing member for developing the electrostatic latent image, without contacting the latent image carrier, by using the negatively chargeable spherical toner so as to form a toner image on the latent image carrier; and an intermediate transfer medium to which the toner image is transferred, wherein the negatively chargeable spherical toner haves: a toner mother particle having a binder resin and a colorant; and a hydrophobic alumina particle as an external additive, wherein the hydrophobic alumina particle has a work function (?A1) larger than a work function (?TM) of a surface of the intermediate transfer medium.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a cache memory arranged between a processor and a low-speed memory and performing a pipeline processing of a memory access made by the processor. In a first stage, the cache memory reads out a tag address from a tag memory. In a second stage, the cache memory performs a hit decision by a hit decision unit. When the hit decision result is a miss hit, the cache memory performs an update control of the tag memory and a behavior control of a bypass circuit for supplying a data held in a latch circuit to the hit decision unit by bypassing the tag memory in a third stage. The latch circuit is configured to hold a tag address included in a input address supplied from the processor.

Abstract: A degree of freedom in designing a circuit board to which a speaker is attached is enhanced. The speaker including: a frame with a yoke of a magnetic circuit portion embedded inside a central through hole; a diaphragm having a voice coil inserted in a magnetic circuit of the magnetic circuit portion; a cap having a sound dispersing hole that covers over the diaphragm and the frame; and a terminal electrically connected to the voice coil on a side opposite to the cap of the frame, wherein an insulating body is attached to an exposing portion of the yoke on the side opposite to the cap, a back pressure adjusting hole is provided in the exposing portion with respect to the diaphragm, and the terminals are provided to be retractable in the back pressure adjusting hole.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor capable of bearing developer; a rotatable intermediate transfer member serving as an intermediate medium when transferring the developer on the photoconductor to a medium; a voltage supply section supplying to the intermediate transfer member a transfer voltage for letting the developer on the photoconductor advance to the intermediate transfer member at a primary transfer location; a secondary transfer member for transferring to the medium the developer that has moved to a secondary transfer location through rotation of the intermediate transfer member; a removal member arranged downstream from the secondary transfer location, with respect to a rotation direction of the intermediate transfer member, the removal member abutting against the intermediate transfer member and removing remaining developer remaining on the intermediate transfer member; and a controller that controls the voltage supply section, which does not cause the supply of the transfer volta

Abstract: A loop control circuit of the present invention includes a program counter for sequentially indicating an address of an instruction, a LSA calculation circuit for calculating a loop start address of a loop start instruction, a LEA calculation circuit for calculating a loop end address of a loop end instruction, an interlock generation circuit for generating an interlock until a pipeline of a loop instruction is completed so as to suspend a pipeline process of the loop end instruction, and a loop end evaluation circuit for setting the program counter to the loop start address according to a result of a comparison between the program counter and the loop end address after the pipeline process of the loop instruction is completed.

Abstract: A speaker device includes a magnetic circuit, a vibration system, a frame and a terminal. The frame is formed into a frame shape, and an inner wall thereof holds the magnetic circuit. Particularly, the frame has an opening for ventilation, which makes a rear surface positioned on a side opposite to a sound output direction and a side surface curved to a direction of the sound output direction from a peripheral end of the rear surface communicate with each other, and the terminal covers the opening on the rear surface of the frame. Therefore, the opening is provided on the side surface of the frame, and ventilation performance of the speaker device is ensured. In addition, by such amount that no opening is provided on the rear surface of the frame, a setting space of the terminal can be enlarged on the rear surface of the frame.

Abstract: An image forming method using an image forming apparatus which includes: a driving roller; a blade opposing roller which is a follower roller biased by a biasing member in a bias direction to be moved away from the driving roller and free to reciprocate in the bias direction; a transfer belt which is stretched around at least two rollers including the driving roller and the blade opposing roller and which is rotatably transported in a predetermined transport direction; a cleaner blade unified with the blade opposing roller for reciprocating unitarily with the blade opposing roller in the bias direction and holding whose distal end in contact against the blade opposing roller via the transfer belt so as to clean a surface of the transfer belt; M, where M is integer which is equal to or larger than 2, image forming stations which are arranged on the downstream side of the blade opposing roller and on the upstream side of the driving roller in the transport direction and which individually form toner images of m

Abstract: A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first latch circuit for latching stored data; and a storage cell part including a plurality of second latch circuits that operate with inverted logic from the first latch circuit, and receives the stored data from the first latch circuit to output the received data using the second latch circuit selected in accordance with a selection signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides An image forming apparatus having: a negatively chargeable spherical toner; an latent image carrier; a charging member for charging a surface of the latent image carrier uniformly without contacting the latent image carrier; an electrostatic latent image forming member for forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the latent image carrier; a developing member for developing the electrostatic latent image, without contacting the latent image carrier, by using the negatively chargeable spherical toner so as to form a toner image on the latent image carrier; and an intermediate transfer medium to which the toner image is transferred, wherein the negatively chargeable spherical toner haves: a toner mother particle having a binder resin and a colorant; and a hydrophobic alumina particle as an external additive, wherein the hydrophobic alumina particle has a work function (?A1) larger than a work function (?TM) of a surface of the intermediate transfer medium.

Abstract: A lead wire of a voice coil is wired along the surface of a diaphragm. The lead wire is bent toward a reverse side of the diaphragm at a peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm. The lead wire is led to the interior of a frame. An external terminal is provided to extend from outside to inside the frame. In addition, a connecting portion for connecting the lead wire and the external terminal is provided inside the frame. The connecting portion is prevented from coming into contact with another part and becoming short-circuited.

Abstract: A numerical arithmetic circuit 50 executes an arithmetic instruction according to an instruction read out of a program memory 10 and then stores the arithmetic result into a register group 40 via an input switcher 70. A mode register 20 is associated with the register group 40. A flag designating whether or not a predetermined logic operation is executed to the arithmetic result is set to the mode register 20. When the register group 40 stores the arithmetic result, the mode register 20 corresponding to the register being the register group 40 designated on the program is referred as a register which stores the arithmetic result. Thus, a predetermined arithmetic and logic operation to the arithmetic result is controlled.

Abstract: A display device and an electronic timepiece displays information, such as numerical information, and the background has a glossy silver metallic tone, to give the display a quality appearance. The display device and the electronic timepiece includes a polarizer, a liquid crystal panel, and a polarization separating film. The polarization separating film transmits linearly polarized light oriented in a certain direction and reflects all other linearly polarized light. The surface of the polarization separating film which opposes the liquid crystal panel, is formed into a smooth surface which specularly reflects light, and a light-scattering layer is not provided therebetween. Light, reflected from the polarization separating film, is used to produce a glossy silver background color or information display with a metallic tone in order to give the display a quality appearance.

Abstract: An electronic watch diversifies the mode of display for numeric information and the like to presents the information using the natural ambient light or a back light. The electronic watch may includes a polarizer for transmitting a linearly polarized light polarized in one direction while absorbing the remaining polarized light, a liquid crystal element that selects a state in which the polarization of a polarized light ray is changed through transmission and a state in which the polarization of the polarized light is not changed, a polarization separating film, opposed to the polarizer with the liquid crystal element interposed therebetween, and a back light for emitting light to the liquid crystal element through the polarization separating film. The polarization separating film 12 transmits light polarized in one direction while reflecting light linearly polarized in a direction perpendicular to the one direction.

Abstract: A display device and an electronic timepiece displays information, such as numerical information, and the background has a glossy silver metallic tone, to give the display a quality appearance. The display device and the electronic timepiece includes a polarizer, a liquid crystal panel, and a polarization separating film. The polarization separating film transmits linearly polarized light oriented in a certain direction and reflects all other linearly polarized light. The surface of the polarization separating film which opposes the liquid crystal panel, is formed into a smooth surface which specularly reflects light, and a light-scattering layer is not provided therebetween. Light, reflected from the polarization separating film, is used to produce a glossy silver background color or information display with a metallic tone in order to give the display a quality appearance.

Abstract: Sheet stripping apparatus for removing sheets from an imaging member having a light sensitive layer thereon and a band-like elastomeric layer carried by the imaging member adjacent one end thereof contiguous the light sensitive layer. A cam member is adapted for pressure engagement with the elastomeric layer through a transfer paper in contact therewith such that the lead edge of the transfer paper is lifted from the imaging member.

Abstract: A thermal fusing device for softening toner images is provided in combination with a transport at the exit of the fuser which transport is characterized by a pair of nip-forming members one of which is provided with a plurality of recesses for receiving belt structures fabricated from a silicone rubber material. A second roll is provided also having recesses for receiving the belts and this roll is positioned remotely from the first mentioned roll so that the belts are entrained about the two rolls such that they protrude from the recesses to thereby provide a nip-forming roll wherein only the belts contact the toner material carried by the copy substrate. Additionally, a fan is provided for cooling the surface of the belt so that the toner will more readily solidify and the paper can be stripped therefrom due to the beam strength of the paper.