Abstract: A cord end cover includes a female member having a hollow shape with two open ends, and a male member having a leg part to be inserted into the female member from one open end of the female member, and a head part to be fitted into the one open end of the female member for covering the one open end at a final position of the insertion. A spike-like projection is formed on a side of the leg part of the male member along a direction of the insertion. When the leg part is inserted into the female member in a state in which the spike-like projection bites an end of a cord inserted into the female member from the other open end of the female member and drawn out from the one open end, the end of the cord is held between the spike-like projection and an inner surface of the female member.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus is provided with a conveying roller for conveying a recording sheet, and a carriage that enables a recording head for recording on the recording sheet by discharging ink droplets to the recording sheet to reciprocate in the direction intersecting the conveying direction of the recording medium along a guide shaft having a substantially circular lateral section. The bearing portion of the carriage is structured to be in contact with the guide shaft at two points A and B on the upstream side and downstream side in the aforesaid conveying direction with respect to the vertical line running through the center of the guide shaft.

Abstract: A cord end cover includes a female member having a hollow shape with two open ends, and a male member having a leg part to be inserted into the female member from one open end of the female member, and a head part to be fitted into the one open end of the female member for covering the one open end at a final position of the insertion. A spike-like projection is formed on a side of the leg part of the male member along a direction of the insertion. When the leg part is inserted into the female member in a state in which the spike-like projection bites an end of a cord inserted into the female member from the other open end of the female member and drawn out from the one open end, the end of the cord is held between the spike-like projection and an inner surface of the female member.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus of a low-cost and simple construction which can detect with high reliability a gap between a print medium and a print head mounted on a carriage. The ink jet printing apparatus, which reciprocally moves in a predetermined scan direction the carriage holding the print head for ejecting ink onto the print medium, includes a gap changing mechanism for changing the gap between the print head held in the carriage and the print medium and a control unit for controlling a driving of the gap changing mechanism and a reciprocal movement of the carriage, wherein the control unit drives the gap changing mechanism and reciprocally moves the carriage to check the operation state of the gap changing mechanism.

Abstract: To provide a recording apparatus for recording on a sheet by a recording head, including: a carriage for carrying the recording head and moving in a direction crossing a sheet transporting direction; a guide shaft for guiding a movement of the carriage; and a guide shaft lifting mechanism for changing a position in height of the guide shaft at three or more stages without changing a position of the guide shaft in the sheet transporting direction.

Abstract: A carriage is automatically and accurately stopped at a wiping position so that a nozzle surface of recording means is accurately wiped clean independently of the accuracy of the stop position of the carriage. An inkjet recording apparatus includes a wiping means for wiping clean a nozzle surface of a recording head and a carriage position control member which defines a movement range of the carriage by abutting the carriage on the carriage position control member. The wiping means wipes clean the nozzle surface while the carriage is caused to abut on the carriage position control member (while a carriage motor M1 causes the carriage to abut on the carriage position control member).

Abstract: The recording apparatus can detect the gap between a recording head and the back surface of a recording medium and can record optimum images according to the detected gap. To this end, the ink-jet recording apparatus includes a carriage for serially moving a recording head, a position detector for detecting the position of the carriage, an adjusting device for adjusting the gap between the recording head and the back surface of the recording medium located at a position opposing the recording head, and a recognizing unit for recognizing a state of the adjusting device based on information from the position detector.

Abstract: After coating a hydrogen absorbing alloy slurry obtained by kneading a hydrogen absorbing alloy powder 12a, a polyethylene oxide (PEO) powder as a binder 12b, and a suitable amount of water (a solvent for binder) to both surfaces of a metal core plate (active material holder) made of a punching metal, the core plate is dried. Then, after removing the active material layer 13 from the core plate 11 by a means such as cutting and the like, a definite amount of water (a solvent for binder) is sprayed to the cut surface (the exposed surface of the core plate 11) to attach the water to the cur surface followed by drying to provide a hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode 10, which is disposed at the outermost side of the electrode group.

Abstract: A recording apparatus is provided with a damper that attenuates vibrations from a driving source and a driving power transmission mechanism when the vibrations are transmitted to a carriage. The damper is structured to make the attenuation effect larger in the direction other than the traveling direction of the carriage so as to attenuate the vibrations from the driving source and the driving power transmission mechanism mainly in the direction other than the traveling direction of the carriage.

Abstract: A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium by a recording head includes a carriage for reciprocally scanning with the recording head carried thereon, a guide member for guiding the reciprocal scanning of the carriage, a drive source for driving the reciprocal scanning of the carriage, a transmitting member for transmitting a driving force from the drive source to the carriage, a holding member for holding the transmitting member, a projected portion disposed on the carriage and having the holding member mounted thereon, and an attenuating member for attenuating vibrations from the drive source between the carriage and the holding member, the attenuating member being of a shape surrounding the projected portion of the carriage, and the holding member holding the transmitting member being mounted on the projected portion with the attenuating member interposed therebetween.

Abstract: In a rectangular alkaline storage battery, the sides of negative cores of negative electrode plates 10, which are disposed at the outermost positions of the group of electrode plates and oppose an outer casing can 40, are exposed. The pore ratios (ratio of total area taken up by pores to area of electrode plate) of the exposed cores must be made lower than those of the other unexposed cores. The pore ratio of the exposed negative core is specified as falling within a range of 10% to 40%. As a result, the negative electrode plates 10 are improved in binding strength, thereby inhibiting exfoliation of an active material. Further, there can be obtained a large rectangular alkaline storage battery which has superior permeability for a gas which would arise in the battery, an improved capacity ratio, and greater volumetric energy density.

Abstract: An electrode for the alkaline storage battery includes a binding agent containing thermoplastic xylene-formaldehyde resin. Since the thermoplastic xylene-formaldehyde resin is non-aqueous, it is not dissolved into moisture in the air or the alkaline electrolyte within the battery. The electrode is prepared by immersing an active-material-applied or -filled electrode substrate in a solution in which the thermoplastic xylene-formaldehyde resin is dissolved; immersing it in an emulsion of the thermoplastic xylene-formaldehyde resin with an emulsifier; or applying or filling a slurry of the active material with an emulsion of the thermoplastic xylene-formaldehyde resin to or in the electrode substrate. The electrode retains the active material using a binding agent which has excellent adhesion to the active material and imparts high binding capacity of the active materials with one another.

Abstract: To provide a recording apparatus for recording on a sheet by a recording head, including: a carriage for carrying the recording head and moving in a direction crossing a sheet transporting direction; a guide shaft for guiding a movement of the carriage; and a guide shaft lifting mechanism for changing a position in height of the guide shaft at three or more stages without changing a position of the guide shaft in the sheet transporting direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus of a low-cost and simple construction which can detect with high reliability a gap between a print medium and a print head mounted on a carriage. The ink jet printing apparatus, which reciprocally moves in a predetermined scan direction the carriage holding the print head for ejecting ink onto the print medium, includes a gap changing mechanism for changing the gap between the print head held in the carriage and the print medium and a control unit for controlling a driving of the gap changing mechanism and a reciprocal movement of the carriage, wherein the control unit drives the gap changing mechanism and reciprocally moves the carriage to check the operation state of the gap changing mechanism.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus designed such that without the use of a complicated mechanism, a code strip can be moved following the position of a sensor on a carriage side, and for this purpose, the recording apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a carriage carrying thereon a recording head for effecting recording on a recording material, and reciprocally scanning along the recording material, a position detecting sensor provided on the carriage for detecting the position of the carriage, a code strip to be read by the position detecting sensor, a guide shaft providing a guide for the scanning of the carriage, and a guide shaft lifting mechanism for moving up and down the guide shaft to thereby change the height position of the carriage, and when the guide shaft is moved up and down, the carriage moves up and down the code strip.

Abstract: An active material slurry 12a obtained by a mixing a powder of the active material with a binder and a solvent for the binder is heated to a predetermined temperature inside a slurry reservoir 20, and the heated active material slurry 12a is coated and adhered to an electrically conductive core body 11. The resulting body is then fed inside a drying furnace 28 to dry the coated and adhered active material slurry 12a by heating, and is rolled to a predetermined thickness by passing it through a pair of rolling rolls 29, thereby obtaining an electrode for alkaline batteries comprising an active material layer 12 on the both sides of the electrically conductive core body 11.

Abstract: A recording apparatus is provided with a damper that attenuates vibrations from a driving source and a driving power transmission mechanism when the vibrations are transmitted to a carriage. The damper is structured to make the attenuation effect larger in the direction other than the traveling direction of the carriage so as to attenuate the vibrations from the driving source and the driving power transmission mechanism mainly in the direction other than the traveling direction of the carriage.

Abstract: In a rectangular alkaline storage battery, the sides of negative cores of negative electrode plates 10, which are disposed at the outermost positions of the group of electrode plates and oppose an outer casing can 40, are exposed. The pore ratios (ratio of total area taken up by pores to area of electrode plate) of the exposed cores must be made lower than those of the other unexposed cores. The pore ratio of the exposed negative core is specified as falling within a range of 10% to 40%. As a result, the negative electrode plates 10 are improved in binding strength, thereby inhibiting exfoliation of an active material. Further, there can be obtained a large rectangular alkaline storage battery which has superior permeability for a gas which would arise in the battery, an improved capacity ratio, and greater volumetric energy density.