Abstract: A method for producing shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers having an average fiber length of 1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less, the method including cleaving sugar chains of anionically modified cellulose fibers by thermal decomposition under temperature conditions of 50° C. or higher and 230° C. or lower, wherein the average fiber length of the anionically modified cellulose fibers is 700 ?m or more and 10000 ?m or less. By the use of shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers or the like obtained by the method for production of the present invention, a dispersion containing fine cellulose fibers having a low viscosity and excellent handling property can be prepared while at a high concentration, so that the dispersion can be suitably used in various industrial applications such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, packaging materials for household electric appliances, automobile parts, and materials for three-dimensional modeling.

Abstract: A fixing device includes an endless belt, a fixing member that presses the belt against a recording medium holding an unfixed image to fix the unfixed image onto the recording medium, a restorer that is pressed against a surface of the belt after the image is fixed to restore the surface of the belt to a state before a fixing operation, and a changer that changes a pressing load of the restorer in accordance with a difference in a state of the surface of the belt between before the fixing operation and after the fixing operation.

Abstract: A fixing device includes an endless belt, multiple stretchers that stretch the belt, a heater that heats the belt including sections, section by section, sectioned in a direction crossing a rotation direction of the belt, and a switch that switches the sections heated by the heater from one to another in accordance with a position of an edge portion of the belt in the direction crossing the rotation direction of the belt.

Abstract: A belt transport device includes an endless belt, multiple stretchers that stretch the belt, a corrector that displaces one of the multiple stretchers to correct a shift of the belt toward an edge portion of the belt in an axial direction of the belt, and a lubricant applicator that applies a lubricant to an inner surface of the belt at the edge portion of the belt in the axial direction when the belt has shifted toward the edge portion in the axial direction.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for agricultural machines, containing: at least one base oil selected from the group consisting of mineral oil-based base oils and synthetic oil-based base oils; and a polyalkyl methacrylate-based viscosity index improver having a weight average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 80,000, in which a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is from 8.00 mm2/s to 10.00 mm2/s, a kinematic viscosity reduction rate at 100° C. in an ultrasonic shear stability test is 10.0% or less, and a Brookfield viscosity at ?40° C. is 20,000 mPa·s or less.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition includes at least one base oil selected from the group consisting of a mineral oil-based lubricating oil, a synthetic oil-based lubricating oil, and a mixed oil thereof, zinc dialkyldithiophosphate X represented by Formula (1), and an acid phosphate ester amine salt Y represented by Formula (2), in which a content PX of the X is from 0.06% by mass to 0.08% by mass in terms of phosphorus concentration with respect to a total mass of the lubricating oil composition, and a content PY of the Y is from 0.015% by mass to 0.025% by mass in terms of phosphorus concentration with respect to the total mass of the lubricating oil composition.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition includes at least one base oil selected from the group consisting of a mineral oil-based lubricating oil, a synthetic oil-based lubricating oil, and a mixed oil thereof, zinc dialkyldithiophosphate X represented by Formula (1), and an acid phosphate ester amine salt Y represented by Formula (2), in which a content PX of the X is from 0.06% by mass to 0.08% by mass in terms of phosphorus concentration with respect to a total mass of the lubricating oil composition, and a content PY of the Y is from 0.015% by mass to 0.025% by mass in terms of phosphorus concentration with respect to the total mass of the lubricating oil composition.

Abstract: A print control device includes: a creation unit that creates print data; an output unit that outputs the print data created by the creation unit to a printing device through a designated port; a determination unit that determines whether or not the print data is to be output to a non-connected port that is a port not connected to the printing device; and a display unit which, when the determination unit determines that the print data has been output to the non-connected port, displays at least one of a first operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing port switching and a second operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing deletion of the print data.

Abstract: A computer readable device storing print control instructions to be executed by a computer communicatively connected to at least one printer via a network is provided. The print control instructions comprise at least a monitoring program. The monitoring program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to function as: a monitoring module configured to monitor setting information in which location information of the printer on the network is written to detect writing of the location information, and a port setting module configured to, upon detection of the writing of the location information, set a logical print port having the written location information set therein as a print port to be used.

Abstract: The data sending terminal control section of a data sending terminal creates job data from image data, the job data being created as a print job that includes the image data and a first print command and as a storage job that includes the image data and a second print command. The data sending terminal control section sends the print job and the storage job created from the same image data to the printing apparatus in this order.

Abstract: A vehicle interior light includes a lighting source that illuminates a vehicle interior; an decorative lighting source that decoratively illuminates the vehicle interior; a lighting switch that controls on-off state of the lighting source; an decorative lighting switch that controls on-off state of the decorative lighting source and the lighting source; and a light dimming unit that lowers illuminance of the lighting source. When the decorative lighting source is turned on, power is supplied to the decorative lighting source so that the decorative lighting source is lit up, while power is supplied to the lighting source through the light dimming unit so that the lighting source is lit up with low illuminance.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus that is connected to the information processing apparatus so as to communicate with each other, a splitting unit that splits a page to be printed into a plurality of areas according to a preset splitting rule, a setting unit that respectively sets a print condition, which affects a usage amount of a color material used for printing, for each of the plurality of areas, and a printing unit that prints the page to be printed based on the print condition set to each of the plurality of areas.

Abstract: In an image processing system including an image processing portion configured to process an image according to a plurality of processing conditions which are individually settable to a set value, a control portion displays a first setting screen on a display portion, so that the set value of at least one processing condition can be changed on the first setting screen according to an external input. The control portion additionally displays a second setting screen on the display portion in response to change of the set value of a processing condition on the first setting screen, so that the second setting screen includes information on at least one relevant processing condition associated with the changed processing condition, and the set value of the at least one relevant processing condition can be changed on the second setting screen according to an external input.

Abstract: A print control device includes: a creation unit that creates print data; an output unit that outputs the print data created by the creation unit to a printing device through a designated port; a determination unit that determines whether or not the print data is to be output to a non-connected port that is a port not connected to the printing device; and a display unit which, when the determination unit determines that the print data has been output to the non-connected port, displays at least one of a first operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing port switching and a second operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing deletion of the print data.

Abstract: An electric driver includes a hook portion which is constituted by a deformable hook-like portion and a connecting portion for connecting the hook-like portion to the handle. The hook-like portion is constituted by a base portion connected to the connecting portion and a bent portion continuous to the base portion, and a front end portion continuous to the bent portion and arranged at a position substantially opposed to the base portion. The front end portion and the base portion can be proximate to and remote from each other. The connecting portion holds the hook-like portion in a direction substantially the same as a direction in which the handle extends. The hook-like portion is pivotably held on a first rotating axis center extending in substantially the same direction as the handle.

Abstract: A computer readable device storing print control instructions to be executed by a computer communicatively connected to at least one printer via a network is provided. The print control instructions comprise at least a monitoring program. The monitoring program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to function as: a monitoring module configured to monitor setting information in which location information of the printer on the network is written to detect writing of the location information, and a port setting module configured to, upon detection of the writing of the location information, set a logical print port having the written location information set therein as a print port to be used.

Abstract: A vehicle interior light includes a lighting source that illuminates a vehicle interior; an decorative lighting source that decoratively illuminates the vehicle interior; a lighting switch that controls on-off state of the lighting source; an decorative lighting switch that controls on-off state of the decorative lighting source and the lighting source; and a light dimming unit that lowers illuminance of the lighting source. When the decorative lighting source is turned on, power is supplied to the decorative lighting source so that the decorative lighting source is lit up, while power is supplied to the lighting source through the light dimming unit so that the lighting source is lit up with low illuminance.

Abstract: A power tool 1 includes a cylindrical-shaped yoke 31, magnets 32 provided in the interior of the yoke 31, an armature 41 disposed rotatably in the interior of the yoke 31, a cooling fan 7 rotatably secured to the armature 41, a fan guide 8 disposed on the periphery of the cooling fan 7, and a cylindrical-shaped housing 2 for storing the yoke 31 therein. The fan guide 8 is contacted with the axial-direction one end face of the yoke 31, and the fan guide 8 is engaged with the yoke 31 in the rotation direction thereof.

Abstract: A power tool includes a main housing, a motor, a hammer case, an end-tool holding part, a driving-force transmitting mechanism, a light-unit mounting part, a light unit, and a cover. The motor is accommodated in the main housing and is configured to generate a driving force. The hammer case has an outer peripheral surface. The end-tool holding part is configured to hold an end tool. The driving-force transmitting mechanism is accommodated in the hammer case. The driving-force transmitting mechanism is configured to transmit the driving force to the end-tool holding part. The light-unit mounting part is formed integrally with the hammer case. The light unit is mounted to the light-unit mounting part. The cover covers the outer peripheral surface of the hammer case and accommodates the light-unit mounting part and the light unit.

Abstract: An impact drill for boring a workpiece includes a main frame, a motor housed in the main frame, a spindle movably supported by the main frame and rotatable by the motor and movable in its axial direction, a first ratchet positioned fixedly with respect to the spindle, a second ratchet positioned with respect to the first ratchet, a spring biasing the second ratchet toward the first ratchet. The spring has at least one of a spring constant and a biasing force which prevents the second ratchet and the spindle from abutting against the main frame at least one of when a force ranging from 15 to 25 kg is applied to the main frame for boring the workpiece and when the spindle is moved to a retracted position.