Abstract: A label affixing device includes a peeling portion to peel a label from a release material, a winding portion to wind the release material, a wrapping portion to wrap and affix the label around a rod-shaped member, and a guide portion to guide the rod-shaped member toward the wrapping portion. The winding portion includes a reel to wind the release material around an outer peripheral surface thereof. When viewed along a rotation axis of a shaft of the reel, the shaft is disposed between a first virtual line passing through the peeling portion and parallel to a second convey direction from the peeling portion toward the winding portion and a second virtual line passing through the peeling portion and parallel to a third direction from the peeling portion toward the wrapping portion. The outer peripheral surface of the reel does not cross the second virtual line.

Abstract: A label wrapping device includes a wrapping assembly, and a controller. The controller stops conveyance of the label such that a downstream edge of the label is at a stopping position. The label crosses an object-insertion path in a state where the downstream edge is at the stopping position. After a target object has entered an interior space of the wrapping assembly along the object-insertion path, the controller wraps the label around the target object about a specific axis by rotating a rotary body of the wrapping assembly. When a dimension of the target object in a transverse direction perpendicular to the specific axis is a first dimension, the stopping position is set to a first position whereas when the dimension of the target object is a second dimension different from the first dimension, the stopping position is set to a second position different from the first position.

Abstract: A label wrapping machine includes a conveying guide for conveying a label with an adhesive surface and a release paper, and a peeling guide intersecting the conveying direction. A peeling portion peels the label from the release paper at the intersection. A support portion downstream of the peeling portion supports the peeled label from the non-adhesive side. A wrapping portion includes an insertion opening and a rotation member configured to rotate, while supporting, a rod-shaped member, around which the label is wrapped. A first guide portion, located upstream of the insertion opening in the insertion direction, guides the rod-shaped member to the opening. The first guide portion includes an upstream portion and a downstream portion, which respectively include at least part of the peeling portion and the support portion.

Abstract: A printing device includes: a printing engine; a controller; an input interface through which a user can input an instruction into the controller; and a housing accommodating therein the printing engine and the controller. The printing engine is configured to perform printing on a printing medium. The controller is configured to control drive of the printing engine. The housing includes: a first attachment portion to which one end of an accessory for the user to hold the printing device is attachable; and a second attachment portion to which another end of the accessory is attachable. The housing has: a front surface on which the input interface is provided; a rear surface opposing the rear surface; and a peripheral surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface to each other. The first attachment portion and the second attachment portion are provided on the peripheral surface.

Abstract: A printing device includes a printing head, a housing, a cover, and a guide channel. The housing accommodates therein the printing head. The housing includes a bottom wall formed with a communication hole through which liquid that has entered the housing is to be discharged to an outside of the housing. The cover covers the communication hole in the bottom wall. The guide channel is positioned between the bottom wall and the cover and extends along the bottom wall. The guide channel is in communication with the communication hole and is configured to guide the liquid discharged through the communication hole toward an outside of the printing device.

Abstract: In the present invention, contact between an operator and a robot that moves a workpiece is avoided, and an effect on an article is reduced. This robot controller (1), which controls the operation speed of a robot (2) that moves a workpiece (3), comprises: a prediction unit (11) that predicts contact from the position of a robot and the position of a person or object; and an acceleration change unit (12) that, when contact is predicted by the prediction unit, changes the acceleration at which the speed of the robot is reduced to perform an emergency stop in accordance with the presence of the workpiece.

Abstract: A transfer device includes: an endless transfer belt that circulates and receives an image; one image carrier that carries an image and is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the transfer belt from above; another image carrier that carries an image and is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the transfer belt from below; one transfer roller that holds the transfer belt with respect to the one image carrier to transfer the image carried on the one image carrier to the transfer belt, the one transfer roller including one cylindrical roller part; and another transfer roller that holds the transfer belt with respect to the other image carrier to transfer the image carried on the other image carrier to the transfer belt, the other transfer roller including another cylindrical roller part. The one roller part and the other roller part protrude at central portions thereof in the axial direction with respect to ends thereof in the axial direction.

Abstract: A starting device includes a fluid coupling, an electric motor, and a restriction mechanism. The electric motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor is disposed radially outside the fluid coupling. The restriction mechanism restricts relative rotation between the fluid coupling and the rotor. The restriction mechanism includes a first key groove, a second key groove, and a key body. The first key groove is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the rotor to extend in an axial direction. The second key groove is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the fluid coupling to extend in the axial direction. The second key groove is lesser in length than the first key groove. The key body includes a first key portion and a second key portion. The first key portion is fitted to the first key groove. The second key portion is fitted to the second key groove.

Abstract: A cutting device includes a support plate, a shaft, a cutting blade, and a cutter lever. The cutting blade is movable between a cutting position and a retracted position. The cutter lever is supported by the shaft so as to be rotatable about the shaft between a normal position and an operated position. The cutter lever includes a first wall, an insertion part, and a first rib. The first wall faces the support plate in an axial direction. The shaft is inserted in the insertion part. The insertion part protrudes from the first wall in a first direction. The insertion part has a first end portion in contact with the support plate. The first rib protrudes from the first wall in the first direction. The first rib has a first surface. The first surface is in contact with the support plate when the cutter lever is in the normal position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a holding body that holds a formed image; a transport unit that transports a recording medium in a state where a tip of the recording medium is grasped by a grasping portion; a transfer cylinder that has a substantially circular cross section, and that includes a concave portion that accommodates the grasping portion in a direction substantially orthogonal to a rotation direction and transfers an image on the holding body to the recording medium transported by the transport unit by interposing the recording medium transported by the transport unit between the transfer cylinder and the holding body; and an imparting portion that imparts a transport load to the recording medium that is transported to a transfer position at which the image on the holding body is transferred to the recording medium.

Abstract: A transfer device includes: an endless transfer belt that circulates and receives an image; one image carrier that carries an image and is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the transfer belt from above; another image carrier that carries an image and is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the transfer belt from below; one transfer roller that holds the transfer belt with respect to the one image carrier to transfer the image carried on the one image carrier to the transfer belt, the one transfer roller including one cylindrical roller part; and another transfer roller that holds the transfer belt with respect to the other image carrier to transfer the image carried on the other image carrier to the transfer belt, the other transfer roller including another cylindrical roller part. The one roller part and the other roller part protrude at central portions thereof in the axial direction with respect to ends thereof in the axial direction.

Abstract: A transfer device includes: a transfer cylinder that is rotated, and that includes a cylinder main body having an outer circumferential surface provided with a recess for housing a holding member holding a leading end of a recording medium to convey the recording medium, and a sheet member that is wound around the outer circumferential surface, both ends of which are attached to circumferential ends of the recess, respectively, and that has an inclined surface on a downstream end in a conveying direction of the recording medium; and a transfer member to which a transfer voltage is applied and that transfers a developer image to the recording medium held and conveyed by the holding member, at a transfer position, wherein application of the transfer voltage to the transfer member is started after a tip end of the inclined surface arrives at the transfer position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a housing with an opening, an openable/closable cover, a hinge supporting the openable/closable cover pivotably, LED units including LED heads, a first enhancing member, a second enhancing member, and a link member, is provided. The LED units are supported by the openable/closable cover. The first enhancing member, the second enhancing member, and the link member are attached to an inner surface of the openable/closable cover. The first enhancing member and the second enhancing member are located on one side and the other side, respectively, of the openable/closable cover in a first direction being parallel to a pivot axis of the hinge and extend in a second direction. The link member links the first enhancing member and the second enhancing member at a position farther from the hinge than one of the LED units located closest to the hinge in the second direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a holding body configured to hold a formed image; a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording medium with a leading end of the recording medium gripped by a gripping portion; and a transfer body including a recessed portion that accommodates the gripping portion and is provided along a direction substantially orthogonal to a rotational direction, configured to sandwich the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit between the transfer body and the holding body to transfer an image on the holding body to the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit, and including a slope surface provided at a leading end of a portion of an outer circumference not including a portion where the recessed portion is provided, the leading end being on a front end side in the rotational direction, a distance from the slope surface to a rotational center becoming larger toward a downstream side in the rotational direction.

Abstract: A printing device includes: a printing engine; a controller; an input interface through which a user can input an instruction into the controller; and a housing accommodating therein the printing engine and the controller. The printing engine is configured to perform printing on a printing medium. The controller is configured to control drive of the printing engine. The housing includes: a first attachment portion to which one end of an accessory for the user to hold the printing device is attachable; and a second attachment portion to which another end of the accessory is attachable. The housing has: a front surface on which the input interface is provided; a rear surface opposing the rear surface; and a peripheral surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface to each other. The first attachment portion and the second attachment portion are provided on the peripheral surface.

Abstract: In a housing of a printing device, a second wall is arranged to oppose a first wall in a first direction and has an opening. An engaged part is provided at a third wall. A removable cover is detachably attached to the housing and includes: a first portion; and a second portion. The first portion covers the opening. The second portion has a first engaging part including a first sliding part. The first sliding part is movable between a first position and a second position and has a pawl. When the first sliding part is in the first position, the pawl is aligned with the engaged part in the first direction and is in contact with the engaged part. When the first sliding part is in the second position, the pawl is positioned away from the engaged part and is not aligned with the engaged part in the first direction.

Abstract: A printing device includes a printing head, a housing, a cover, and a guide channel. The housing accommodates therein the printing head. The housing includes a bottom wall formed with a communication hole through which liquid that has entered the housing is to be discharged to an outside of the housing. The cover covers the communication hole in the bottom wall. The guide channel is positioned between the bottom wall and the cover and extends along the bottom wall. The guide channel is in communication with the communication hole and is configured to guide the liquid discharged through the communication hole toward an outside of the printing device.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a printer body, a waste ink container, and a cover member. The waste ink container includes a first engagement portion. The cover member constitutes a part of a housing of the inkjet printer and includes a second engagement portion. The second engagement portion is engageable with the first engagement portion.

Abstract: A rotation device includes a rotator that includes a recessed portion formed on an outer circumferential surface and that rotates in a predetermined rotation direction; a contact unit that comes into contact with a portion of the outer circumferential surface in a range from an upstream end to a downstream end of the recessed portion in the rotation direction at a predetermined engagement depth; and a contact surface that is formed at an upstream end portion in the range in the rotation direction and that comes into contact with the contact unit at a second engagement depth less than a first engagement depth at a portion downstream of the upstream end portion.

Abstract: A cylinder member includes: a cylinder body having a cross section and including a dent portion; a sheet member wrapped around the cylinder body and including a metal layer contacting the cylinder body and an outer layer; a first attachment member on a sheet member first end portion and removably attached to the dent portion; a second attachment member on a metal layer end portion protruding from the outer layer in the circumferential direction at a sheet member second end portion, the second attachment member being removably attached to the dent portion; a tension-applying mechanism pulling the second attachment member in a dent portion depth direction to apply tension to the metal layer; a projection on one of the second attachment member and metal layer end portion; and a fitting portion on other one of the second attachment member and the metal layer end portion and fitted to the projection.