Abstract: A recording apparatus has a paper cassette in which sheets are loaded and a cassette feeding roller that feeds the sheets. The paper cassette is configured to be inserted into the main body of the recording apparatus rearward from the front of the main body. The paper cassette can move between a first fixing position where the paper cassette is fully retracted within the main body and a second fixing position where the sheets positioned at the end of the paper cassette in the inserting direction into the main body can be fed by the cassette feeding roller.

Abstract: A package inner peripheral face 13 of a base 4 is made up of a vertical face 14 and a horizontal face 15, and electrode pads 7 (71 to 78) are formed on the vertical face vertical face 14 of the base 4. The electrode pads 71 to 78 are formed on the vertical face 14 of the base 4 including an intersection line 17 at which the vertical face 14 and the horizontal face 15 intersect; for example, electrode pads 74 and 75 that serve as hetero electrodes are formed adjacently. The distance between the electrode pads 74 and 75 that are adjacent along the intersection line 17 of the vertical face 14 of the base 4 is longer than the shortest distance between the electrode pads 74 and 75 that are adjacent on the vertical face 14 of the base 4.

Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus that can print high quality images under simple control includes a conveying roller disposed upstream of a printing section to convey a print medium, a pinch roller that rotates in cooperation with the conveying roller and discharging rollers that convey the print medium downstream of the printing section. The pinch roller, before a trailing end of the print medium reaches a nip portion between the conveying roller and the pinch roller, moves from a pressure contact position with respect to the conveying roller. A conveyance amount of the print medium varies between before and after separation of the pinch roller from the conveying roller.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a discharging roller for discharging, from a main assembly of the apparatus, a recording material having been subjected to a recording operation by recording means; an openable and closable sheet discharge tray for supporting the recording material discharged by the discharging roller; locking means for holding the sheet discharge tray at a closed position; drive transmitting means for transmitting a driving force to release the locking means in interrelation with main assembly driving means; and advancing and retracting means for advancing and retracting the drive transmitting means relative to the main assembly driving means in interrelation with a position of the sheet discharge tray, wherein the locking means is effective to release the locking means by the main assembly driving means so as to permit the drive transmitting means to retract away from the main assembly driving means by a weight of the sheet discharge tray and an urging force of urging means when the sheet disc

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus is provided that includes a sheet feeding tray 21 that can rotate to open and close; a sheet positioning portion 25a disposed in a sheet feeding portion such that it can contact against a side end of stacked sheets S; an edge limiting member 211 disposed in the sheet feeding tray such that it can contact against a side end of the sheets on a side that is further upstream than the sheet positioning portion; and a control unit that controls an inverted posture of the edge limiting member in response to an operation to open or close the sheet feeding tray; wherein the edge limiting member rises accompanying an operation to open the sheet feeding tray and the edge limiting member collapses accompanying an operation to close the sheet feeding tray.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink jet printing apparatus that can print high quality images under simple control. The present invention includes a conveying roller disposed upstream of a printing section to convey a print medium, a pinch roller that rotates in cooperation with the conveying roller and discharging rollers that convey the print medium downstream of the printing section. The pinch roller, before a trailing end of the print medium reaches a nip portion between the conveying roller and the pinch roller moves from a pressure contact position with respect to the conveying roller. A conveyance amount of the print medium varies between before and after separation of the pinch roller from the conveying roller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus for recording with a recording section including a feeding section for separately feeding recording paper sheet by sheet and a conveyance route extending substantially straight for conveying a recording medium having a high rigidity. A part of the feeding section is overlapped with the conveyance route in a vertical cross-sectional direction, but is not overlapped in a direction intersecting with the conveyance direction of the recording medium.

Abstract: A recording apparatus has a sheet conveyor and platen provided with plural extrusions for supporting the sheet material in the recording area, the plural extrusions being arranged perpendicular to the conveying direction of the sheet material at designated intervals in a configuration of being extended in the conveying direction, plural sheet-discharging rollers downstream of each of the extrusions in the conveying direction and in the same position as each of the extrusions in the intersecting direction, plural first spurs for nipping a sheet material with the plural sheet-discharging rollers, and a second spur downstream of the first spur and between the plural sheet-discharging rollers in the intersecting direction, being driven to rotate following the movement of a sheet material to push down the sheet material between the plural extrusions, the lowest part of the second spur being arranged to be lower than the uppermost part of the sheet-discharging roller when the sheet material does not abut thereupon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus for recording with a recording means comprising a feeding section for separately feeding recording paper sheet by sheet and a conveyance route extending substantially straight for conveying a recording medium having a high rigidity. A part of the feeding section is overlapped with the conveyance route in a vertical cross-sectional direction but is not overlapped in a direction intersecting to the conveyance direction of the recording medium.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus, which records with deposition of ink droplets onto a recording medium by use of an ink jet recording head, includes a platen for supporting a recording medium in a position facing the ink jet recording head, a plurality of carrier roller pairs for nipping and carrying the recording medium to the position of ink deposition by the ink jet recording head and extrusions extended in the carrying direction of the recording medium with respect to the platen and arranged in the direction intersecting the carrying direction of the recording medium to support the reverse side of recording medium. The carrier roller pairs are positioned on each of the extended lines of the extrusions on the upstream side relative to carrying direction of the recording medium.

Abstract: A recording apparatus for recording on a sheet material by recording means comprises conveying means for conveying the sheet material to the recording area of recording means, a platen provided with plural extrusions for supporting the sheet material in the recording area, the plural extrusions being arranged in the direction intersecting with the conveying direction of the sheet material at designated intervals in a configuration of being extend in the conveying direction, plural sheet-discharging rollers for conveying a sheet material arranged on the downstream side of each of the extrusions in the conveying direction and in the same position as each of the extrusions in the intersecting direction, plural first spurs for nipping a sheet material with the plural sheet-discharging rollers for conveyance thereof by being driven to rotate following the plural sheet-discharging rollers, and a second spur arranged on the downstream side of the first spur in the conveying direction and between the plural sheet-dis

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus, which records with deposition of ink droplets to a recording medium by use of ink jet recording means, comprises a platen for supporting a recording medium in a position facing ink jet recording means, a plurality of carrier roller pairs for nipping and carrying the recording medium to the position of ink deposition the recording medium using the ink jet recording means and extrusions extended in the carrying direction of the recording medium with respect to the platen, at the same time, being arranged in a plurality in the direction intersecting the carrying direction of the recording medium to support the reverse side of recording medium. Here, the carrier roller pairs are positioned on each of the extended lines of the extrusions on the upstream side of the carrying direction of the recording medium.

Abstract: A sheet discharging apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the sheet discharging apparatus in which a sheet can be discharged without causing any spur trace on the surface of the sheet. Therefore, a sheet P having an image formed thereon is discharged to a sheet discharging section by sheet discharging device 502, 503 and rotary members 504, 505. A plurality of projections 504a, 505a are respectively formed on outer circumferential portions of the rotary members 504, 505. The rotary members 504, 505 are rotated by rotation of the sheet discharging device 502, 503 while the sheet P is pressed by the projections 504a, 505a. When the rotary members 504, 505 are rotated while pressing the sheet P, orientations of the rotary members 504, 505 are changed by an attitude changing device in accordance with a movement of the sheet P so that rotating directions of the rotary members 504, 505 are made coincide with a discharging direction of the sheet P.

Abstract: In a print head which can be mounted in a printer and which has a first ejection portion to eject an ink and a second ejection portion to eject a print performance improving liquid to aggregate or make insoluble the ejected ink, the storage method effectively prevents the mixing of the ink and the print performance improving liquid if one or both of these liquids should leak before the print head is mounted in the printer. The seal member having an opening and adapted to seal the first and second ejection portions so that its opening is located between these ejection portions is removably bonded to the print head. This arrangement closes the ejection portions with the protective tape, preventing leakage of the ink and the print performance improving liquid.

Abstract: In a print head which can be mounted in a printer and which has a first ejection portion to eject an ink and a second ejection portion to eject a print performance improving liquid to aggregate or make insoluble the ejected ink, the storage method effectively prevents the mixing of the ink and the print performance improving liquid if one or both of these liquids should leak before the print head is mounted in the printer. The seal member having an opening and adapted to seal the first and second ejection portions so that its opening is located between these ejection portions is removably bonded to the print head. This arrangement closes the ejection portions with the protective tape, preventing leakage of the ink and the print performance improving liquid.

Abstract: A clamshell griddle is designed so that the rising, lowering and rotating motions of the platen and the setting of distance between the griddle and the platen main body can be effected automatically and in one stroke by the operation of a single motor, thereby resulting in simple structure and low price.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus is capable of being switched between an observation state in which an image on a recording medium is projected onto a screen and observed and a read state in which the image is projected onto a reading unit and read. The apparatus includes a projecting lens provided in a lower portion of the apparatus to project the image, a rockable first reflecting member provided in an upper portion of the apparatus to reflect the image light from the projecting lens and, a second reflecting member provided in opposition to the screen to guide the image light reflected by the first reflecting member to the screen. A third reflecting member is provided below the second reflecting member to guide the image light reflected by the first reflecting member to the reading unit. The observation state and the read state are switched by the rocking motion of the first reflecting member.

Abstract: An image exposure apparatus switchable between a reader state for projecting an image on a screen for observation and a scan state for scanning exposure of the image, which includes plural scanning mirrors which integrally move on a same line to effect the image scanning. The mutual distance of the plural scanning mirrors is varied at the switching between the reader state and the scan state.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a first recording device for recording an original image on a recording medium, storage device for storing a plurality of pieces of index information a selection device to select a piece of index information, a counting device to determine the number of times the piece of index information has been selected and a second recording device for recording the index information selected from the plurality of pieces of index information, and the determined number on the recording medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of the type-specific detection of herpes simplex virus, characterized by comprising the step of DNA amplification in a liquid mixture containing either of a combination of a first DNA primer containing an oligonucleotide having at least 15 bases in a base sequence of the formula (1a) ##STR1## with a second DNA primer containing an oligonucleotide having at least 15 bases in a base sequence of the formula (2a): ##STR2## or a combination of a first DNA primer containing an oligonucleotide having at least 15 bases in a base sequence of the formula (1b): ##STR3## with a second DNA primer containing an oligonucleotide having at least 15 bases in a base sequence of the formula (2b): ##STR4## a DNA polymerase and an aqueous liquid sample; and then the step of DNA examination on the resultant reaction solution.According to the present invention, it is possible to differentiate infectious disease caused by the HSV I or HSV II, accurately and rapidly in a type specific manner.