Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a detection unit arranged near a feed roller is rotatably arranged. A space where the feed roller is attached and detached is formed by rotating the detection unit. The detection unit is rotated in accordance with an operation of attaching and detaching the feed roller to and from a shaft, and the maintenance of the feed roller is performed while the formed space is used.

Abstract: There is provided a device for surface mounting that has a substrate and a capacitor element loaded on a loading-side surface of the substrate and is integrally molded including the substrate and the capacitor element using a packaging resin. The substrate includes a first terminal electrode electrically connected to a first electrode of the capacitor element and a second terminal electrode electrically connected to a second electrode of the capacitor element, at least part of a mounting-side surface on an opposite side to the loading-side surface of the substrate is exposed on a mounting surface of the device, and the first terminal electrode and the second terminal electrode are adjacently disposed around an entire circumference of the mounting surface of the device.

Abstract: A sheet transport device includes: a registration roller pair that includes a first roller and a second roller lower in abrasion resistance than the first roller, and nips and transports a recording medium; and a drive mechanism that provides a rotation to the first roller to rotate at the first circumferential speed, and provides a rotation to the second roller to rotate at the second circumferential speed different from the first circumferential speed.

Abstract: A sheet transport device includes: a registration roller pair that includes a first roller and a second roller lower in abrasion resistance than the first roller, and nips and transports a recording medium; and a drive mechanism that provides a rotation to the first roller to rotate at the first circumferential speed, and provides a rotation to the second roller to rotate at the second circumferential speed different from the first circumferential speed.

Abstract: In an image transferring apparatus of the invention, a relay unit, which is provided in a main body frame and includes a conveyance switching mechanism to eject a sheet on which an image is fixed by a fixing section to a sheet ejection section or to switch back the sheet in the middle of ejection, can be pulled out, and a automatic duplex unit to guide the switched back sheet to an image forming section is mounted to the main body frame to be capable of being detached. An intermediate unit to guide the sheet switched back by the relay unit, together with the fixing section, is fixed and placed in the main body frame. The intermediate unit is provided with a guide member to be capable of being opened and closed between a guide position for the switched back sheet and an open position opposite to the guide position.

Abstract: In an image transferring apparatus of the invention, a relay unit, which is provided in a main body frame and includes a conveyance switching mechanism to eject a sheet on which an image is fixed by a fixing section to a sheet ejection section or to switch back the sheet in the middle of ejection, can be pulled out, and a automatic duplex unit to guide the switched back sheet to an image forming section is mounted to the main body frame to be capable of being detached. An intermediate unit to guide the sheet switched back by the relay unit, together with the fixing section, is fixed and placed in the main body frame. The intermediate unit is provided with a guide member to be capable of being opened and closed between a guide position for the switched back sheet and an open position opposite to the guide position.

Abstract: A paper feeding apparatus includes a cassette main body that stacks a paper therein, a sidewall that moves in a width direction of the cassette main body, an end wall that moves in a longitudinal direction of the cassette main body, a first movable member that is connected at one end to the sidewall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the sidewall, a second movable member that is connected at one end to the end wall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the end wall, a first detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the width direction, and a second detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A paper feeding apparatus includes a cassette main body that stacks a paper therein, a sidewall that moves in a width direction of the cassette main body, an end wall that moves in a longitudinal direction of the cassette main body, a first movable member that is connected at one end to the sidewall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the sidewall, a second movable member that is connected at one end to the end wall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the end wall, a first detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the width direction, and a second detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A conveying device includes a first curved guide member, a second guide member which has a radius of curvature larger than the first guide member and guides a recording medium between the second guide member and the first guide member, a pinching and conveying section which is disposed on an entrance side of a conveyance path including the first guide member and the second guide member, pinches the recording medium and conveys the recording medium into the conveyance path, and a support member which is provided on the second guide member at.a position adjacent to the pinching and conveying section, and has a support point on an extended line of a normal line of a nip of the pinching and conveying section.

Abstract: A paper feeding apparatus includes a cassette main body that stacks a paper therein, a sidewall that moves in a width direction of the cassette main body, an end wall that moves in a longitudinal direction of the cassette main body, a first movable member that is connected at one end to the sidewall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the sidewall, a second movable member that is connected at one end to the end wall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the end wall, a first detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the width direction, and a second detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A paper feeding apparatus includes a cassette main body that stacks a paper therein, a sidewall that moves in a width direction of the cassette main body, an end wall that moves in a longitudinal direction of the cassette main body, a first movable member that is connected at one end to the sidewall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the sidewall, a second movable member that is connected at one end to the end wall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the end wall, a first detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the width direction, and a second detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a detection unit arranged near a feed roller is rotatably arranged. A space where the feed roller is attached and detached is formed by rotating the detection unit. The detection unit is rotated in accordance with an operation of attaching and detaching the feed roller to and from a shaft, and the maintenance of the feed roller is performed while the formed space is used.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first opening and closing member that rotates about a first hinged end, a second opening and closing member provided so as to oppose the first opening and closing member, the second opening and closing member rotating about a second hinged end in association with opening of the first opening and closing member, and an operating portion provided on the first opening and closing member, arranged at a position to avoid interference of an end portion of the second opening and closing member when opening the first opening and closing member and the second opening and closing member, and which rotate the first opening and closing member.

Abstract: In an image transferring apparatus of the invention, a relay unit, which is provided in a main body frame and includes a conveyance switching mechanism to eject a sheet on which an image is fixed by a fixing section to a sheet ejection section or to switch back the sheet in the middle of ejection, can be pulled out, and a automatic duplex unit to guide the switched back sheet to an image forming section is mounted to the main body frame to be capable of being detached. An intermediate unit to guide the sheet switched back by the relay unit, together with the fixing section, is fixed and placed in the main body frame. The intermediate unit is provided with a guide member to be capable of being opened and closed between a guide position for the switched back sheet and an open position opposite to the guide position.

Abstract: A paper feeding apparatus includes a cassette main body that stacks a paper therein, a sidewall that moves in a width direction of the cassette main body, an end wall that moves in a longitudinal direction of the cassette main body, a first movable member that is connected at one end to the sidewall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the sidewall, a second movable member that is connected at one end to the end wall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the end wall, a first detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the width direction, and a second detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An isolated, porcine ?1-6 fucosyltransferase having the following physico-chemical properties: (1) action: transferring fucose from guanosine diphosphate-fucose to a hydroxy group at 6-position of GluNAc closest to R of a receptor (GlcNAc?1-2Man?1-6)(GlcNAc?1-2Man?1-3)Man?1-4GlcNAc?1-4GlucNAc-R wherein R is an asparagine residue or a peptide chain carrying said residue, whereby to form (GlcNAc?1-2Man?1-6)-(GlcNAc?1-2Man?1-3)Man?1-4GlcNAc?1-4(Fuc?1-6)GlucNAc-R (2) optimum pH: about 7.0 (3) pH stability: retains activity after 5 hours of treatment at 4° C. at a pH range of 4.0-10.0 (4) optimum temperature: about 30-37° C. (5) inhibition or activation: no requirement for divalent metal for expression of activity; no inhibition of activity in the presence of 5 mM EDTA (6) molecular weight: about 60,000 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is provided. An isolated polynucleotide encoding porcine ?1-6 fucosyltransferase is also provided.

Abstract: A system and method for reproducing original images in an image forming apparatus includes determining a size of a binder area, a size of at least two original images, and a size of a paper upon which the at least two original images are reproduced, and calculating an image reduction amount for each of the at least two original images based on the determined sizes. The at least two original images are scanned into image data, which is adjusted in accordance with the calculated reduction amount. The at least two original images are reproduced on the paper based on the adjusted image data.

Abstract: An isolated, porcine &agr;1-6 fucosyltransferase having the following physico-chemical properties:

Abstract: Alpha-1-6 fucosyltransferases with a human or swine origin which have the following function; genes encoding these enzymes; expression vectors containing these genes; transformants prepared by using these expression vectors; and a process for producing a recombinant ±1-6 fucosyltransferase by incubating such a transformant.

Abstract: Porcine- or human-derived &agr;1-6 fucosyltransferases having the following action: action: transferring fucose from guanosine diphosphate-fucose to the hydroxy group at 6-position of GluNAc closest to R of a receptor (GlcNAc&bgr;1-2Man&agr;1-6) (GlcNAc&bgr;1-2Man&agr;1-3) Man&bgr;1-4GlcNAc&bgr;1-4GlucNAc-R wherein R is an asparagine residue or a peptide chain carrying said residue, whereby to form (GlcNAc&bgr;1-2Man&agr;1-6)-(GlcNAc&bgr;1-2Man&agr;1-3)Man&bgr;1-4GlcNAc&bgr;1-4(Fuc&agr;1-6)GlucNAc-R; a gene encoding these enzymes; an expression vector containing the gene; a transformant prepared by using this expression vector; and a method for producing a recombinant &agr;1-6 fucosyltransferase, by culturing the transformant.