Abstract: Provided is a fishing spinning reel including a fishing line guide that guides a fishing line to a spool, and the fishing line guide includes a line roller that guides the fishing line picked up by a bail to the spool, and a line slider that guides the fishing line from the bail to the line roller. The line slider includes an attachment part that the bail is integrally joined to or formed with, and a wall that separates a first depression from a second depression, the first depression accommodating at least a part of a head of an arm-lever fastening screw member when the arm-lever fastening screw member is attached, the second depression accommodating an end of the line roller and covering an outer periphery of the end with a minute gap provided, and the wall and the line slider are formed of a single member.

Abstract: A fishing spinning reel comprises a line roller that guides a fishing line to a spool around which the fishing line is wound and held. The line roller comprises a roller that is rotatably provided in a shaft portion with bearings interposed therebetween. The roller comprises: a fishing line guiding portion that is disposed on a side of a bail support member, and guides the fishing line to the spool; a fishing line leading portion that is formed to have a diameter that is greater than the diameter of the fishing line guiding portion, and leads the fishing line to the fishing line guiding portion; and a fishing line regulating portion that is disposed between the fishing line guiding portion and the fishing line leading portion to be inclined, and regulates a movement of the fishing line in an axial direction of the shaft portion.

Abstract: Provided is a fishing spinning reel including a fishing line guide that guides a fishing line to a spool, and the fishing line guide includes a line roller that guides the fishing line picked up by a bail to the spool, and a line slider that guides the fishing line from the bail to the line roller. The line slider includes an attachment part that the bail is integrally joined to or formed with, and a wall that separates a first depression from a second depression, the first depression accommodating at least a part of a head of an arm-lever fastening screw member when the arm-lever fastening screw member is attached, the second depression accommodating an end of the line roller and covering an outer periphery of the end with a minute gap provided, and the wall and the line slider are formed of a single member.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic clock including: a power generator; a secondary battery, which is to be charged with electric power generated by the power generator; a balance information transmitter configured to transmit, to a computer, balance information relating to a transition of a power generation amount or a charging balance of the secondary battery; a connection time period setting module configured to set a connection time period of a connection with the computer based on the balance information; and a communication controller configured to control a start and an end of communication to/from the computer based on the connection time period.

Abstract: To lower magnetic influence on a stepping motor covered by a magnetic shielding plate in an electronic timepiece and a movement, a movement of an electronic timepiece includes a stepping motor having a rotor, a stator, and a coil in which a conductive wire is wound around a coil winding core; and a magnetic shielding plate that covers at least a part of the stepping motor, wherein the magnetic shielding plate includes slits as magnetic flow changing portions that change magnetic flows which are directed toward the coil winding core to magnetic flows which are not directed toward the coil winding core, and the slits are formed in portions of the magnetic shielding plate, which correspond to extended lines from both end portions of the coil winding core, respectively, to intersect with the extended lines.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image forming apparatus that forms toner images on a recording material. A control unit is configured to set, when performing fixing processing to fix a toner image onto the recording material, a first mode where thermal generation distribution of the heater is switched in accordance with electric power supply to the heater, a second mode where thermal generation distribution of the heater is switched in accordance with the electric power supply to the heater and temperature at the non-sheet-passing portion, and a third mode where the blower unit is driven in accordance with temperature at the non-sheet-passing portion.

Abstract: A controller of an image heating apparatus executes a first heater control operation, when a sheet having a width such that the sheet passes both a position of a first temperature detector and a position of a second temperature detector, is heated in a nip, for controlling power supply to a heater so that a temperature detected by the second temperature detector is maintained at a heater target temperature, and a second heater control operation, when a sheet having a width such that the sheet passes through the position of the first temperature detector, but does not pass through the position of the second temperature detector, is heated in the nip, for controlling the power supply to the heater, so that the temperature detected by the first temperature detector, irrespective of the temperature detected by the second temperature detector, is maintained at a film target temperature.

Abstract: In a first image formation mode, an image is formed with a first development contrast C1 and a specific dot pattern is formed with a second development contrast C2, which is lower than the first development contrast C1; in a second image formation mode, an image is formed with a third development contrast C3 and a specific dot pattern is formed with a fourth development contrast C4, which is lower than the third development contrast C3; and when ?C1 (=C2/C1) denotes a ratio between the second development contrast C2 and the first development contrast C1, and ?C2 (=C4/C3) denotes a ratio between the fourth development contrast C4 and the third development contrast C3, ?C2<?C1 is satisfied.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image forming apparatus that forms toner images on a recording material. A control unit is configured to set, when performing fixing processing to fix a toner image onto the recording material, a first mode where thermal generation distribution of the heater is switched in accordance with electric power supply to the heater, a second mode where thermal generation distribution of the heater is switched in accordance with the electric power supply to the heater and temperature at the non-sheet-passing portion, and a third mode where the blower unit is driven in accordance with temperature at the non-sheet-passing portion.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic clock including: a power generator; a secondary battery, which is to be charged with electric power generated by the power generator; a balance information transmitter configured to transmit, to a computer, balance information relating to a transition of a power generation amount or a charging balance of the secondary battery; a connection time period setting module configured to set a connection time period of a connection with the computer based on the balance information; and a communication controller configured to control a start and an end of communication to/from the computer based on the connection time period.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a cylindrical film, a heater, a roller forming a nip with the film, a first temperature sensor in a first area of the film passed by a minimum width sheet that is capable of being fed by the apparatus, a second temperature sensor in a second area of the heater which is outside an area to be passed by a minimum width sheet and which is passed by a maximum width sheet, a third temperature sensor in a third area of the heater outside the second area, and a controller. When a large width sheet is heated, the controller executes a first heater control responsive to the temperatures detected by the first temperature sensor and by the second temperature sensor. When a small width sheet is heated, the controller executes a second heater responsive to the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor only.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus for heating an image on a recording material. A controller executes a first heater control so that a temperature detected by a second temperature detecting element is maintained at a target temperature of the heater. The controller executes a second heater control for controlling the heater so that a temperature detected by a first temperature detecting element is maintained at a target temperature. When the first heater control is executed, the controller corrects the target temperature of the heater in accordance with the temperature detected by the first temperature detecting element, and when the second heater control is executed, a feeding speed of a recording material in a nip is less than that when the first heater control is executed.

Abstract: In a first image formation mode, an image is formed with a first development contrast C1 and a specific dot pattern is formed with a second development contrast C2, which is lower than the first development contrast C1; in a second image formation mode, an image is formed with a third development contrast C3 and a specific dot pattern is formed with a fourth development contrast C4, which is lower than the third development contrast C3; and when ?C1 (=C2/C1) denotes a ratio between the second development contrast C2 and the first development contrast C1, and ?C2 (=C4/C3) denotes a ratio between the fourth development contrast C4 and the third development contrast C3, ?C2<?C1 is satisfied.

Abstract: In a first image formation mode, an image is formed with a first development contrast C1 and a specific dot pattern is formed with a second development contrast C2, which is lower than the first development contrast C1; in a second image formation mode, an image is formed with a third development contrast C3 and a specific dot pattern is formed with a fourth development contrast C4, which is lower than the third development contrast C3; and when ?C1 (=C2/C1) denotes a ratio between the second development contrast C2 and the first development contrast C1, and ?C2 (=C4/C3) denotes a ratio between the fourth development contrast C4 and the third development contrast C3, ?C2<?C1 is satisfied.

Abstract: In a first image formation mode, an image is formed with a first development contrast C1 and a specific dot pattern is formed with a second development contrast C2, which is lower than the first development contrast C1; in a second image formation mode, an image is formed with a third development contrast C3 and a specific dot pattern is formed with a fourth development contrast C4, which is lower than the third development contrast C3; and when ?C1 (=C2/C1) denotes a ratio between the second development contrast C2 and the first development contrast C1, and ?C2 (=C4/C3) denotes a ratio between the fourth development contrast C4 and the third development contrast C3, ?C2<?C1 is satisfied.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes cylindrical film; a heater; a roller forming a nip with the film; a first temperature sensor in a first area of the film passed by a minimum width sheet that is capable of being fed by the apparatus; a second temperature sensor in a second area of the heater which is outside a area to be passed by a minimum width sheet and which is passed by a maximum width sheet; a third temperature sensor in a third area of the heater outside the second area; and a controller. When a large width sheet is heated, the controller executes a first heater control responsive to the temperatures detected by the first temperature sensor and by the second temperature sensor. When a small width sheet is heated, the controller executes a second heater responsive to the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor only.

Abstract: Fiber materials (for example, yarns, knitted goods and woven goods) are provided which sustain texture characteristics of a natural fiber such as silk, are effectively prevented from yellowing over time due to light or sweat, are less contaminated with a residual toxic gas, and are effectively prevented from worsening in warmth retention and strength over time, but which can be produced at a lower cost. More specifically, the fiber materials having improved qualities required for clothes are obtained by bringing a chemical fiber containing 0.01 to 5.0% by weight of titanium oxide together with a natural fiber.