Abstract: A seal chain includes two inner link plates opposed to and spaced apart from each other, a tubular bushing, opposite ends of the bushing being respectively joined to the two inner link plates, a pin rotationally inserted into the bushing, a tubular roller into which the bushing is inserted, the roller being rotationally supported by the bushing, and two outer link plates arranged to externally hold the two inner link plates in between, opposite ends of the pin being respectively joined to the two outer link plates. A recess into which an end of the roller is inserted is formed in an inner surface of each of the inner link plates.

Abstract: A seal chain includes two inner link plates opposed to and spaced apart from each other, a tubular bushing, opposite ends of the bushing being respectively joined to the two inner link plates, a pin rotationally inserted into the bushing, a tubular roller into which the bushing is inserted, the roller being rotationally supported by the bushing, and two outer link plates arranged to externally hold the two inner link plates in between, opposite ends of the pin being respectively joined to the two outer link plates. A recess into which an end of the roller is inserted is formed in an inner surface of each of the inner link plates.

Abstract: The seal chain comprises two inner link plates, a bushing, a pin inserted into the bushing, a roller into which the bushing is inserted, two outer link plates, a recess, and a seal. Opposite ends of the bushing are respectively joined to the two inner link plates. The roller is supported by the bushing. The two outer link plates are arranged to externally hold the two inner link plates. Opposite ends of the pin are respectively joined to the two outer link plates. The recess is formed in an inner surface of each of the inner link plates to surround the bushing. The seal is arranged between a bottom surface of the recess and an end surface of the roller so as to be accommodated in the recess, and seals lubricant provided between the bushing and the roller.

Abstract: A chain includes two inner link plates, cylindrical bushings, each of which has opposite ends joined to the inner link plates, pins each inserted into a bushing, solid lubricant provided between the bushings and the pins, and two outer link plates that sandwich the inner link plates from outside. The ends of the pins extend through the outer link plates. The chain further includes projections, which maintain the distances between the outer surfaces of the inner link plates and the inner surfaces of the outer link plates, and absorbent members, which are arranged between the outer surfaces of the inner link plates and the inner surfaces of the outer link plates. The absorbent members confine the solid lubricant and are capable of absorbing liquid.

Abstract: A chain includes two inner link plates, cylindrical bushings, each of which has opposite ends joined to the inner link plates, pins each inserted into a bushing, solid lubricant provided between the bushings and the pins, and two outer link plates that sandwich the inner link plates from outside. The ends of the pins extend through the outer link plates. The chain further includes projections, which maintain the distances between the outer surfaces of the inner link plates and the inner surfaces of the outer link plates, and absorbent members, which are arranged between the outer surfaces of the inner link plates and the inner surfaces of the outer link plates. The absorbent members confine the solid lubricant and are capable of absorbing liquid.

Abstract: A pressing unit used for pressing a pressing member into a pressing target includes a plurality of attachment portions to which the pressing member is attached, in a detachable manner; and a pressing force generation mechanism which generates different pressing forces in each of the attachment portions.

Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process for assisting license management, the process includes acquiring, from each of a plurality of computers, setting information for a software product which is installed in one of the plurality of computers; grouping the acquired setting information for each of the plurality of the software products based on contents of the each of the plurality of the software products; and urging to input a license type for each of at least some of a plurality of groups generated by the grouping for the each of the plurality of the software product.

Abstract: A roll medium feeding device includes a temporal placement portion on which a roll medium is placed temporarily, a roll holder that has a fitting portion which is movable in a width direction of the roll medium, and an elevating unit that lifts the roll medium. The elevating unit includes an elevating portion that has a placement portion and is capable of going up and down in an up-down direction, an operation lever that moves rotationally about a fulcrum, and moves the elevating portion with the rotational movement, and a pedal that is provided at a free end side of the operation lever.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a roll paper holder including a shaft portion which holds a roll paper such that the roll paper is capable of being fed, a temporal placement portion on which the roll paper is temporarily placed, and a roll paper lifting device which includes a placement portion on which the roll paper is placed, and lifts the roll paper to a height position of the shaft portion of the roll paper holder while an end of the roll paper in the temporarily placed state is placed on the placement portion so as to position a core port of a roll core of the roll paper and the shaft portion.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium wound on a roll, the roll including a first flange that is attached to one end and has a shaft hole and a first receiving portion, and a second flange that is attached to the other end and has a shaft hole; a first holder movable along a rotation axis of the roll, the first holder including a first shaft insertable into the shaft hole in the first flange, and a first flange-support surface that is in contact with an outer periphery of the first flange to support the first flange when the first shaft is not fitted in the shaft hole in the first flange and that has a first engaging portion; a second holder including a second shaft insertable into the shaft hole in the second flange.

Abstract: A roll medium feeding device includes a temporal placement portion on which a roll medium is placed temporarily, a roll holder that has a fitting portion which is movable in a width direction of the roll medium, and an elevating unit that lifts the roll medium. The elevating unit includes an elevating portion that has a placement portion and is capable of going up and down in an up-down direction, an operation lever that moves rotationally about a fulcrum, and moves the elevating portion with the rotational movement, and a pedal that is provided at a free end side of the operation lever.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium wound on a roll, the roll including a first flange that is attached to one end and has a shaft hole and a first receiving portion, and a second flange that is attached to the other end and has a shaft hole; a first holder movable along a rotation axis of the roll, the first holder including a first shaft insertable into the shaft hole in the first flange, and a first flange-support surface that is in contact with an outer periphery of the first flange to support the first flange when the first shaft is not fitted in the shaft hole in the first flange and that has a first engaging portion; a second holder including a second shaft insertable into the shaft hole in the second flange.

Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.

Abstract: A printer 1 has an I/F section 31 for receiving data from a PC 2, a parameter-deriving section 35b for deriving a control constant on the basis of print setting information included in the received data, and a printer section 11 which performs printing operation on the basis of the print setting information, the control constant, and print data included in the received data.

Abstract: A rolled medium holding device includes a first gear mechanism 61 that is connected to a roll shaft holding the rolled medium and sends-out/rewinds the rolled medium, a second gear mechanism 62 that is connected to a torque limiter 64 and includes a plurality of torque transmission means, and a gear switching mechanism 63 that shifts connection between the plurality of torque transmission means and the first gear mechanism by operating the second gear mechanism for applying different back tension to the roll shaft. Accordingly, torque transferred from the torque limiter can be shifted, and whereby back tension in correspondence with a used rolled medium can be easily applied in a simple manner.

Abstract: A method of interrupting a printing operation in a continuous transport process in which a first roller and a second roller transports plural printing mediums including a first medium on a tray in a transport direction to a printing area at which the printing operation is performed to each printing medium, the second roller is arranged at a downstream side of the first roller in the transport direction, and a third roller comes in contact with the first roller at a contact point to transport the printing mediums together with the first roller and is separated from the first roller not to transport the printing mediums, the method includes: separating the third roller from the first roller, when a trailing end edge of the first medium at least apart of which is disposed in the printing area is located at an upstream side of a predetermined point in the transport direction, and driving the second roller to transport the first medium after the third roller is separated from the first roller.

Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.

Abstract: A method of controlling an operation of continuously transporting plural printing mediums including a first medium and a second medium to be transported immediately subsequent to the first medium, includes: actuating a first motor to drive a first roller adapted to transport the printing mediums; actuating a second motor to drive a second roller disposed at a downstream side of the first roller and adapted to transport the printing mediums to a printing area at which a printing operation is to be performed on each printing medium; and controlling actuations of the first motor and the second motor so that the second medium is transported to and stopped at a stop position arranged between the first roller and the second roller while performing the printing operation on the first medium.

Abstract: A printing apparatus, including a first roller and a second roller, adapted to transport a plurality of print media on a tray in a transport direction, the second roller disposed at a downstream side, the first roller disposed at an upstream side, includes: a first calculator, operable to calculate a first transport amount for the first roller; a second calculator, operable to calculate, based on the first transport amount, a second transport amount for the second roller, the second transport amount being greater than the first transport amount; a first controller, operable to drive a first motor that drives the first roller and to stop the first motor such that the first roller stops with the first transport amount; and a second controller, operable to drive a second motor that drives the second roller when the first controller drives the first motor and to stop the second motor such that the second roller stops with the second transport amount.

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus including a medium detection sensor having a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit that are arranged apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and that changes the signal level of a detection signal output from the light-receiving unit according to the presence/non-presence of a medium between the light-emitting unit and the light-receiving unit, and a medium guide member that is arranged in the middle of a transport path for the medium to guide the medium, and that has a medium guide face for guiding the medium, and a sensor attachment so that the medium guide face may be arranged at a position closer to either the light-emitting unit or the light-receiving unit.