Abstract: To develop a helical synchronous belt for driving carriage that does not generate tracking due to the effect of helical teeth, in order to prevent lower positioning accuracy, vibration associated with reciprocating movement and reduced durability of the belt as a result of contact with the flange on the pulley's side face. The core cord twist angle of the helical synchronous belt is set to a value opposing to the helical tooth angle, with the helical tooth angle set to 5° to 15°, and core cord twist angle set to 15° to 2°.

Abstract: The present invention can prolong a lifetime of a liquid crystal display device by suppressing the increase of a leak current attributed to the deflection of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp toward a lower frame side. An insulating member is arranged right below a cold cathode fluorescent lamp and above a lower frame. A reflecting sheet is arranged above the insulating member. The insulating member is formed in a block shape having a rectangular cross section. A fixed or more amount of distance is ensured between the cold cathode fluorescent lamp and the reflecting sheet thus suppressing the increase of the leak current.

Abstract: In an ink jet recording head having a structure wherein grooves are formed on a piezo-electric ceramic substrate by a cutting work and the resulting side walls of the grooves are driven to thereby jet each ink in the grooves, fine cracks appears in the surface layer portion of the side wall during the time of the cutting work, accordingly the strength of the side walls is reduced, a long time driving of the side walls develops the cracks to end in the destruction and so on, which causes a problem of the reliability to be overcome. The cracks occurred in the surface layer portion of the side walls 4 are penetrated by an oxide 5 for being mended. The piezo-electric ceramic substrate with the grooves is coated with a solution obtained by solving the constituent elements of the oxide into a solvent and is fired so that the side walls are reinforced.

Abstract: In an ink jet recording head having a structure wherein grooves are formed on a piezo-electric ceramic substrate by a cutting work and the resulting side walls of the grooves are driven to thereby jet each ink in the grooves, fine cracks appears in the surface layer portion of the side wall during the time of the cutting work, accordingly the strength of the side walls is reduced, a long time driving of the side walls develops the cracks to end in the destruction and so on, which causes a problem of the reliability to be overcome. The cracks occurred in the surface layer portion of the side walls 4 are penetrated by an oxide 5 for being mended. The piezo-electric ceramic substrate with the grooves is coated with a solution obtained by solving the constituent elements of the oxide into a solvent and is fired so that the side walls are reinforced.

Abstract: In a printing hammer which is for use in a printer head and comprises a piezoelectric actuator (16) coupled to a base member (15) by a resilient coupler (23), an arm (19) carrying a printing wire (26), and a first resilient hinge (21) coupling the piezoelectric actuator to the arm, first and second resilient parts (221, 222) are used collectively as a second resilient hinge which couples the arm to the base member. The first and the second resilient parts are both sides of the first resilient hinge on a single plane which has a step of a predetermined size relative to the first resilient hinge in a direction of its thickness. The piezoelectric actuator may be fixed directly to the base member in order to give the printing hammer a high printing speed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piezoelectric actuator comprising a pair of piezoelectric elements, bistable snap-action means, and projectile means attached to the snap-action means in an impact receiving relationship alternately with the piezoelectric elements. The projectile means has a mass sufficient to acquire an acceleration upon impact from each of the piezoelectric elements to cause the snap-action means to change state. The snap-action means may comprise an elongated bending element squeezed endwise between supports, the projectile means being carried by bending element at a point intermediate its ends.