Abstract: A resin composition capable of securely adhering multiple members in a short time without having to establish a long aging process. The resin composition including: (1) a urethane(meth)acrylate; (2) at least one selected from a group of (meth)acrylates having a phosphate group, (meth)acrylic silane coupling agents, and (meth)acrylates having an isocyanate group; and (3) a (meth)acrylate having an epoxy group.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a driving source, a supply roller which supplies a recording sheet, a fixing device, a fixing driving gear mechanism which transmits a driving force of the driving source to the fixing device, a supply driving gear mechanism which transmits the driving force to the supply roller, and a control device. The control device controls the driving source to rotate in one direction when a temperature of the fixing device exceeds a predetermined temperature, and to rotate in a reverse direction when the temperature is the predetermined temperature or lower. The fixing driving gear mechanism includes a mechanism which interrupts a transmission of the driving force when rotating in the reverse direction. The supply driving gear mechanism includes a mechanism which causes a rotating direction of the supply roller to be the same when the driving source rotates in both directions.

Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes a main body, a drive source, an image forming section, a coupling and an interlocking mechanism. The image forming section includes a trigger part and a belt unit including: a belt; and a drive roller and a follow roller opposing each other in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the drive roller. The belt is stretched over the drive roller and the follow roller to extend in the first direction. The coupling includes a movable part movable between a transmitting position transmitting a drive force from the drive source to the drive roller and an interrupting position interrupting transmission of the drive force from the drive source to the drive roller. The interlocking mechanism is configured to interlock movement of the movable part between the transmitting position and the interrupting position with movement of the trigger part.

Abstract: A packaging material for batteries, which is formed of a laminate that sequentially includes a base layer, an adhesive layer, a barrier layer and a sealant layer in this order. By having the adhesive layer formed of a cured product of a resin composition that contains a thermosetting resin and (A) a curing accelerator and an elastomer resin or (B) reactive resin beads, the adhesive layer arranged between the base layer and the barrier layer can be cured in a short time, thereby reducing the lead time. In addition, by providing the adhesive layer between the base layer and the barrier layer, the adhesion strength between the base layer and the barrier layer is increased and excellent formability can be achieved.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a film-like battery packaging material in which a coating layer, which can be cured in a short time and exhibits superior chemical resistance, is provided to a substrate layer surface. In the battery packaging material, which comprises a laminate body that includes at least a coating layer, a substrate layer, an adhesive layer, a barrier layer, and a sealant layer, in that order, the use of a resin composition containing a heat-curable resin and a curing accelerator as the coating layer enables the formation of a coating layer that can be cured in a short time and contributes to electrolyte liquid, etc., resistance.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes gears for driving a first photosensitive drum and a second photosensitive drum. The gears includes a first drum gear, a second drum gear, and a first drive gear configured to apply a rotational force to the first drum gear and the second drum gear by meshing with the first drum gear and the second drum gear. Specific positional relations among the first photosensitive drum, the second photosensitive drum, the first drum gear, the second drum gear, and the first drive gear are configured based on exposure positions and transfer position. Such an image forming apparatus may reduce an occurrence of an image formation failure even when the dimensional unevenness of the gears occurs.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a main body including the image forming unit and having an opening open in a horizontal direction, a sheet supply tray including a contact portion, a retaining mechanism disposed at the main body, a feed roller disposed at the main body, a pivotable member disposed at the main body and including a contact portion, and a clutch mechanism. The pivotable member is configured to, when the sheet supply tray is attached to the main body, pivot from a first position to a second position by the contact portion of the pivotable member receiving a force having the vertical direction from the contact portion of the sheet supply tray. The clutch mechanism is configured to allow or cut-off transmission of a driving force to the feed roller in response to the sheet supply tray relative to the main body.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a transmission mechanism transmitting a driving force in a transmission direction from a driving source to an output unit, the transmission mechanism including a movable gear configured to move between a transmission position where, when the driving source generates the driving force in a first rotational direction, and a clutch is in a rotating state, the movable gear is allowed to rotate without contacting a lock member, and a restriction position where, when the driving source generates the driving force in a second rotational direction, the clutch is in an idling state, the movable gear is restricted from rotating by contact with the lock member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing roller, a conveyance roller which conveys a sheet; a driving source which provides a driving force to the developing roller and the conveyance roller, a developing driving gear mechanism which transmits the driving force of the driving source to the developing roller, and a conveyance driving gear mechanism which transmits the driving force of the driving source to the conveyance roller. The developing driving gear mechanism includes a developing driving switching mechanism which causes a rotating direction of the developing roller when the first driving source rotates in a first direction to be same as the rotating direction of the developing roller when the first driving source rotates in a second direction reverse to the first direction.

Abstract: In a packaging material for a battery constituted by a laminate body having at least a base material layer, a bonding layer, a metal layer and a sealant layer in this order, the bonding layer satisfies at least two of the following properties (1) to (3). (1) The hardness is 20 to 115 MPa when an indenter is pressed into the bonding layer by 5 ?m from the cross-section of the laminate body using a nano-indenter. (2) The peak temperature is 10 to 60° C. for the loss modulus peak that is acquired when a dynamic viscoelasticity is measured at a frequency of 1 Hz for the bonding layer. (3) IH/IM is 0.15 to 1.5, where an integral value of peak areas existing in 2800 to 3000 cm?1 is defined as IM, and an integral value of peak areas existing in 3100 to 3500 cm?1 is defined as IH.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: first to third rotators, rotated in accordance with an image forming operation of an image forming section; a first motor driving the first and third rotators; a second motor driving the second rotator; a first switch switching between a connected state in which a driving force from the first motor is transmitted to the third rotator, and a disconnected state in which the driving force from the first motor is not transmitted to the third rotator; and a control device performing a first rotating process of rotating the first rotator by rotating the first motor in the disconnected state, performing a second rotating process of rotating the second rotator by rotating the second motor, and performing a start timing process of providing a difference between start timings of the first and second rotating processes.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a switchback roller which switches between a normal rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction, first and second gear train for rotating the switchback roller in the normal and reverse rotation directions, respectively, a switching unit including a pendulum gear which is movable among a first engagement position where the pendulum gear is engaged with the first gear train, a second engagement position where the pendulum gear is engaged with the second gear train, and a disengagement position where the pendulum gear is not engaged with the first gear train and the second gear train. The switching unit is switchable among a first mode where the pendulum gear is held at the first engagement position, a second mode where the pendulum gear is held at the second engagement position, and a third mode where the pendulum gear is held at the disengagement position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a transmission mechanism transmitting a driving force in a transmission direction from a driving source to an output unit, the transmission mechanism including a movable gear configured to move between a transmission position where, when the driving source generates the driving force in a first rotational direction, and a clutch is in a rotating state, the movable gear is allowed to rotate without contacting a lock member, and a restriction position where, when the driving source generates the driving force in a second rotational direction, the clutch is in an idling state, the movable gear is restricted from rotating by contact with the lock member.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, a control device controls a releasing member to release a release object onto a sheet to perform an image processing; controls a first rotating body to rotate to convey the sheet on which the releasing member has released the release object; controls a second rotating body to rotate to convey the sheet whose leading edge has passed through the first rotating body; determines whether a cover is in an open position or a close position relative to a housing of the image processing apparatus based on a signal outputted by a cover sensor; and restricts, when the cover is determined to be in the open position based on the signal, a rotation of the second rotating body while the first rotating body rotates.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes first and second photosensitive drums, first and second developing rollers configured to supply developers to the first and second photosensitive drums, respectively, an electric motor configured to generate a driving force to rotate the second developing roller, a moving mechanism configured to move the second developing roller between a development position and a retracted position, a transmission mechanism configured to transmit the driving force to the second developing roller, a drive mechanism configured to drive the moving mechanism and the transmission mechanism simultaneously, and a connecting mechanism configured to, when the second developing roller is in the development position, bring the transmission mechanism into a transmission state that allows transmission of the driving force to the second developing roller, and to, when the second developing roller is in the retracted position, bring the transmission mechanism into a cut-off state the cuts off the transm

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a main body including the image forming unit and having an opening open in a horizontal direction, a sheet supply tray including a contact portion, a retaining mechanism disposed at the main body, a feed roller disposed at the main body, a pivotable member disposed at the main body and including a contact portion, and a clutch mechanism. The pivotable member is configured to, when the sheet supply tray is attached to the main body, pivot from a first position to a second position by the contact portion of the pivotable member receiving a force having the vertical direction from the contact portion of the sheet supply tray. The clutch mechanism is configured to allow or cut-off transmission of a driving force to the feed roller in response to the sheet supply tray relative to the main body.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a structure analysis unit that analyses display control data including multiple structural units, in each of which information relating to display control is written, and extracts the structural units included in the display control data, a first structuring unit that generates first structured data for display control by linking, except for a structural unit in which information involving script processing is written, the structural units including at least a structural unit in which information relating to a layout of a display screen is written, among the extracted structural units, a second structuring unit that generates second structured data for display control by linking all of the extracted structural units, and a display control unit that displays a display screen using the first structured data, and, at a stage the second structured data is generated, redisplays the display screen using the second structured data.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus including a driving source, a switchback roller which switches between a normal rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction, first and second gear train for rotating the switchback roller in the normal and reverse rotation directions, respectively, a switching mechanism which switches among a first mode for transmitting driving force to the first gear train, a second mode for transmitting the driving force to the second gear train, and a third mode for not to transmit the driving force, a switching element which switches between a first state allowing switching of the switching mechanism into the first or third mode and a second state allowing switching of the switching mechanism into the second mode; and a controller which controls a state change of the switching element between the first state and the second state.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a rotating body has a follower member that is arranged to confront a drive member in an axial direction of the drive member. A drive transmitting member transmits drive force from the drive member to the follower member by coupling the drive member and the follower member with each other, while allowing relative positional deviation between the drive member and the follower member on a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the drive member within a prescribed range. The drive member and the follower member have a drive-member side contact part and a follower-member side contact part, respectively. A making-contact member brings the drive-member side contact part and the follower-member side contact part into contact with each other.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a motor capable of positive rotation and reverse rotation, a photoconductor drum, a developing roller, a contact/separation cam and a switching cam. The contact/separation cam is configured to move the developing roller. The switching cam is configured to switch a position of a transmission member. An electromagnetic clutch is disposed between one of the contact/separation cam and the switching cam and the motor. The other cam is connected to the motor without the electromagnetic clutch. The contact/separation cam and the switching cam are driven by using the positive rotation and the reverse rotation of the motor and the electromagnetic clutch.