Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus has a first conveying path and a second conveying path which joins the first conveying path. The image forming apparatus includes an actuator configured to be pivoted by a recording sheet conveyed through the first conveying path. The image forming apparatus further includes ribs disposed adjacent to the actuator in an axial direction of the actuator. The image forming apparatus has a first recess which faces at least one of the ribs and is recessed in a direction opposite to the conveying direction.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus has a first conveying path and a second conveying path which joins the first conveying path. The image forming apparatus includes an actuator configured to be pivoted by a recording sheet conveyed through the first conveying path. The image forming apparatus further includes ribs disposed adjacent to the actuator in an axial direction of the actuator. The image forming apparatus has a first recess which faces at least one of the ribs and is recessed in a direction opposite to the conveying direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a feed tray, an image forming unit including a photosensitive member, a registration mechanism including a registration roller pair and configured such that, after a leading edge of the sheet fed from the feed tray reaches the registration roller pair, the registration roller pair rotates to convey the sheet toward the photosensitive member along a conveying path, a switchback mechanism for switching back, along a re-conveying path, the sheet having an image formed thereon by the image forming unit, and a re-conveying roller for conveying the switched-back sheet toward the registration roller pair via a conjunction between the re-conveying path and the conveying path. The registration roller pair includes a registration driving roller and a registration pinch roller driven by the registration driving roller. The re-conveying roller in contact with the registration driving roller is driven by the registration driving roller.

Abstract: A sheet conveyer device including a sheet container tray and a guide member to restrict a position of edges of the sheets is provided. The sheet container tray includes a first engagement section. The guide member includes an arm part and a first engageable part being engageable with the first engagement section. One of the first engagement section and the first engageable part is formed to have a concave structure, and the other one of the first engagement section and the first engageable part is formed to have a convex structure. A first plane in the concave structure, which becomes slidably in contact with the convex structure when the guide member is moved in a pointing direction, is formed to incline in a more moderate angle than an angle of a second plane in the concave structure, which becomes separated from the convex structure.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided that includes a swing member swinging between a first position where a force for moving a pressing plate upward is transmitted to the pressing plate and a second position where transmission of the force is interrupted, a latchet mechanism that forbids the pressing plate to move downward and includes a latchet gear rotating in conjunction with a motion of the pressing plate and a latching member that is movably attached to the swing member and configured to forbid rotation of the latchet gear by engaging with the latchet gear, and a pressing member that applies a pressing force to the latching member when the swing member is in the second position and does not apply the pressing force to the latching member, and render the latching member movable relative to the swing member when the swing member is in the first position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming part; a paper dust collecting roller that collects paper dust from a sheet; a conveying roller that is opposed to the paper dust collecting roller and conveys the sheet; a paper dust removing member that contacts the paper dust collecting roller for removing the paper dust therefrom; a supporting member that extends in a width direction of the sheet; a swing shaft for swinging the supporting member; and a pressing member that presses the supporting member for contacting the paper dust removing member with the paper dust collecting roller. The supporting member includes: a guiding surface that contacts the sheet conveyed along the conveying path for guiding the sheet toward the image forming part along the conveying path; and a paper dust receiving part which receives the paper dust removed by the paper dust removing member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided that includes a swing member swinging between a first position where a force for moving a pressing plate upward is transmitted to the pressing plate and a second position where transmission of the force is interrupted, a latchet mechanism that forbids the pressing plate to move downward and includes a latchet gear rotating in conjunction with a motion of the pressing plate and a latching member that is movably attached to the swing member and configured to forbid rotation of the latchet gear by engaging with the latchet gear, and a pressing member that applies a pressing force to the latching member when the swing member is in the second position and does not apply the pressing force to the latching member, and render the latching member movable relative to the swing member when the swing member is in the first position.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a first device body, a second device body attached to the first device body, a photoconductive body provided in the first device body, an exposure unit provided to the second device body, the exposure unit having an exposure surface that exposes the photoconductive body and forms a latent image on the photoconductive body, the exposure unit being movable between an exposure position and an evacuation position, and a cleaning unit cleaning the exposure surface of the exposure unit. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning member cleaning the exposure surface, a supporting member supporting the cleaning member, and a guide member movably guiding the supporting member. The exposure unit is disposed such that the exposure surface is cleaned by the cleaning unit when the exposure unit is moved to the evacuation position.

Abstract: A sheet conveyer device including a sheet container tray and a guide member to restrict a position of edges of the sheets is provided. The sheet container tray includes a first engagement section. The guide member includes an arm part and a first engageable part being engageable with the first engagement section. One of the first engagement section and the first engageable part is formed to have a concave structure, and the other one of the first engagement section and the first engageable part is formed to have a convex structure. A first plane in the concave structure, which becomes slidably in contact with the convex structure when the guide member is moved in a pointing direction, is formed to incline in a more moderate angle than an angle of a second plane in the concave structure, which becomes separated from the convex structure.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming part; a paper dust collecting roller that collects paper dust from a sheet; a conveying roller that is opposed to the paper dust collecting roller and conveys the sheet; a paper dust removing member that contacts the paper dust collecting roller for removing the paper dust therefrom; a supporting member that extends in a width direction of the sheet; a swing shaft for swinging the supporting member; and a pressing member that presses the supporting member for contacting the paper dust removing member with the paper dust collecting roller. The supporting member includes: a guiding surface that contacts the sheet conveyed along the conveying path for guiding the sheet toward the image forming part along the conveying path; and a paper dust receiving part which receives the paper dust removed by the paper dust removing member.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a first device body, a second device body attached to the first device body, a photoconductive body provided in the first device body, an exposure unit provided to the second device body, the exposure unit having an exposure surface that exposes the photoconductive body and forms a latent image on the photoconductive body, the exposure unit being movable between an exposure position and an evacuation position, and a cleaning unit cleaning the exposure surface of the exposure unit. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning member cleaning the exposure surface, a supporting member supporting the cleaning member, and a guide member movably guiding the supporting member. The exposure unit is disposed such that the exposure surface is cleaned by the cleaning unit when the exposure unit is moved to the evacuation position.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a radio base station that has equivalently high reception sensitivity without increasing the number of antenna elements while keeping the utilization efficiency of time slots high. The radio base station comprises a radio unit 101 and a radio unit 102. Two time slots, one at each radio unit, are allocated to a mobile station. After a signal transmitted from the mobile station is received and demodulated, a piece of data received by the radio unit 101 is compared with a piece of data received by the radio unit 102 so that one of the pieces of data that has fewer errors is selected.

Abstract: An RF circuit (131–138) satisfies Pnoise+NF+G?Plim+sW (0?s?4) at an edge of a guard band with respect to a required transmission level PAll, an upper tolerance level of out-of-band noise Plim, a guard bandwidth W, and a noise level Pnoise, where NF is a noise figure and G is a gain. An IF circuit (121–123) satisfies PAll?Pin+G, where PIF is an output level of a BPF (123). Out-of-band noise levels are reduced to Pnoise by the steep BPF (123). The RF circuit (131–138) is structured so that noise from a local oscillator circuit (134) does not surpass noise from the IF circuit (121–123). Reductions in power consumption are thus realized in addition to guard bandwidth reductions, because of being able to eliminate out-of-band noise from an amplifier (138) using a low-loss filter (140) having an attenuation slope s.

Abstract: A radio apparatus includes an antenna (104), and a transmission circuit (102) and a receiving circuit (105) sharing the antenna. The apparatus connects an output of the transmission circuit to an input of the receiving circuit in calibration for calculating the quantity of phase rotation and/or the quantity of amplitude fluctuation of a signal passing through the transmission and receiving circuits. Then, it connects a reference signal to the input of the receiving circuit for calculating the quantity of phase rotation and/or the quantity of amplitude fluctuation of a signal passing through the receiving circuit. Based on the subtraction of the information, the quantity of phase rotation and/or the quantity of amplitude fluctuation of a signal passing through the transmission circuit is calculated. It calculates a correction value for correcting difference in quantity of phase rotation and/or quantity of amplitude fluctuation between the transmission and receiving circuits on the basis of the information.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a radio base station that has equivalently high reception sensitivity without increasing the number of antenna elements while keeping the utilization efficiency of time slots high. The radio base station comprises a radio unit 101 and a radio unit 102. Two time slots, one at each radio unit, are allocated to a mobile station. After a signal transmitted from the mobile station is received and demodulated, a piece of data received by the radio unit 101 is compared with a piece of data received by the radio unit 102 so that one of the pieces of data that has fewer errors is selected.

Abstract: An RF circuit (131-138) satisfies Pnoise+NF+G≦Plim+sW (0≦s≦4) at an edge of a guard band with respect to a required transmission level PAll, an upper tolerance level of out-of-band noise Plim, a guard bandwidth W, and a noise level Pnoise, where NF is a noise figure and G is a gain. An IF circuit (121-123) satisfies PAll≦Pin+G, where PIF is an output level of a BPF (123). Out-of-band noise levels are reduced to Pnoise by the steep BPF (123). The RF circuit (131-138) is structured so that noise from a local oscillator circuit (134) does not surpass noise from the IF circuit (121-123). Reductions in power consumption are thus realized in addition to guard bandwidth reductions, because of being able to eliminate out-of-band noise from an amplifier (138) using a low-loss filter (140) having an attenuation slope s.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a base station for mobile communication systems which is capable of communicating with more mobile station than in the prior art while keeping high communication quality and restraining a rise in production cost. The base station of the present invention is used in mobile communication systems in which diversity is conducted. Such a base station includes an RF unit for generating a plurality of high-frequency transmission signals, an antenna selecting unit for switching connection of the transmission signal output of the RF unit from one antenna to another, a cross switch 460 for switching the data transmission route between straight connection and cross connection by inputting transmission data from TDMA processing units 471 and 472 interchangeably to transmitting units 433 and 434 of the RF unit, and a control unit 446 for controlling the antenna selecting unit so that the transmission signals will be connected to different antennas, respectively.