Abstract: A belt device includes a secured member, a belt, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The belt has an endless shape and slides on a slide surface of the secured member. The belt has an inner portion having an elastic power of 55% or more and a sliding surface sliding on the slide surface of the secured member. The sliding surface has a surface roughness smaller than a surface roughness of the slide surface of the secured member. The pressure rotator presses the secured member via the belt to form a nip between the belt and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is interposed between the sliding surface of the belt and the slide surface of the secured member.

Abstract: A heater includes a first heat generator and a second heat generator each of which has a hypothetical center line that divides each of the first heat generator and the second heat generator into a first section and a second section. A first conductor connects a first electrode to the first heat generator and the second heat generator. A second conductor connects a second electrode to the first heat generator and the second heat generator. A first primary connector connects the first conductor to the first section of the first heat generator. A second primary connector connects the first conductor to the second section of the second heat generator. A first secondary connector connects the second conductor to the first heat generator. A second secondary connector connects the second conductor to the second heat generator.

Abstract: A pressing device includes a rotator, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The rotator has flexibility and a sleeve form and includes an inner portion having a sliding surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The secured member is inside a loop of the rotator and has a slide surface on which the sliding surface of the rotator is to slide. The slide surface has a smaller surface roughness than a surface roughness of the sliding surface. The pressure rotator presses the rotator against the secured member and forms a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The lubricant between the rotator and the secured member has a consistency of 275 or less.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a rotator, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The rotator has flexibility and a sleeve form. The rotator includes an inner portion having a sliding surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The secured member is disposed inside a loop of the rotator and has a slide surface on which the sliding surface of the rotator is to slide. The slide surface has a smaller surface roughness in a sliding direction of the rotator than a surface roughness of the sliding surface in the sliding direction of the rotator. The pressure rotator presses the rotator against the secured member and forms a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is provided between the rotator and the secured member.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a rotator, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The rotator has flexibility and a sleeve form. The rotator includes an inner portion having a sliding surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The secured member is disposed inside a loop of the rotator and has a slide surface on which the sliding surface of the rotator slides. The slide surface has a larger hardness than a hardness of the sliding surface of the rotator. The pressure rotator presses the rotator against the secured member and forms a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is provided between the rotator and the secured member.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a server apparatus to manage an application; and an electronic device to communicate with the server apparatus via a network, the electronic device having a web browser for displaying a web page provided by the server apparatus. The server apparatus includes circuitry to: receive registration of an application having customized a display screen; cause the display screen of the application to be displayed within a frame of the web page; and in response to an input to the display screen displayed within the frame, receive a request for executing at least one function of the information processing system from a script outside the frame, via an interface for providing the at least one function of the information processing system, and control execution of the at least one function.

Abstract: A heater includes a base, a plurality of heat generators arranged on the base in parallel to a longitudinal direction of the base, a plurality of electrodes on the base, and conductor paths disposed on the base. The conductor paths are electrically connected to the heat generators and the electrodes. The conductor paths include a main conductor path connected to one of the electrodes and a branch conductor path branched from the main conductor path. At least a part of the branch conductor path has a lower electrical resistance per unit length than an electrical resistance per unit length of the main conductor path.

Abstract: A device, a process execution system, a process execution method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The device requests an information processing system to perform a second process using result of a first process executed by the device, displays on a display, result of the second process acquired from the information processing system, and receives a request for the device to execute the first process again.

Abstract: A device, a process execution system, a process execution method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The device requests an information processing system to perform a second process using result of a first process executed by the device, displays on a display, result of the second process acquired from the information processing system, and receives a request for the device to execute the first process again.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device 10 includes: a pair of substrates made up of a first substrate 11 and a second substrate 12 arranged facing each other; and a liquid crystal layer 14 interposed between the first substrate 11 and the second substrate 12. The liquid crystal device 10 does not have a liquid crystal alignment film formed on both the first substrate 11 and the second substrate 12. The second substrate 12 has a spacer 15a extending toward the first substrate 11 and the first substrate 11 has a suppressing part for mitigating the misalignment in the liquid crystal layer 14 due to the movement of the tip of the spacer 15s.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a server apparatus to manage an application; and an electronic device to communicate with the server apparatus via a network, the electronic device having a web browser for displaying a web page provided by the server apparatus. The server apparatus includes circuitry to: receive registration of an application having customized a display screen; cause the display screen of the application to be displayed within a frame of the web page; and in response to an input to the display screen displayed within the frame, receive a request for executing at least one function of the information processing system from a script outside the frame, via an interface for providing the at least one function of the information processing system, and control execution of the at least one function.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing system includes a device, and a service providing system. The device includes predetermined functions. The service providing system executes an application having execution order of programs defined therefor so as to execute a processing flow using one or more of the predetermined functions. The service providing system includes a management unit, and a screen configuring unit. The management unit generates application information having metadata information and the application associated with each other, the metadata information being associated with a user who uses the application and used when the application is executed. The screen configuring unit generates, when the application is executed, based on the application information, a user interface that receives setup operation related to metadata corresponding to the metadata information in the application.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a plurality of programs, each executing a predetermined process. The information processing system includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores, for each of applications, each executing a series of processes using electronic data, an application associating flow information with application setting information. The flow information defines program identification information and an execution order. The application setting information defines parameter setting information, group setting information, and flow identification information. The memory further stores use screen information in association with application identification information.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device 10 includes: a pair of substrates including a first substrate 11 and a second substrate 12 arranged to face each other; and a liquid crystal layer 14 that is arranged between the first substrate 11 and the second substrate 12. This liquid crystal device 10 is configured such that, among the first substrate 11 and the second substrate 12, a liquid crystal alignment film 13 is formed on the liquid crystal layer 14-side surface of the first substrate 11, but no liquid crystal alignment film is formed on the liquid crystal layer 14-side surface of the second substrate 12.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing system includes a device, and a service providing system. The device includes predetermined functions. The service providing system executes an application having execution order of programs defined therefor so as to execute a processing flow using one or more of the predetermined functions. The service providing system includes a management unit, and a screen configuring unit. The management unit generates application information having metadata information and the application associated with each other, the metadata information being associated with a user who uses the application and used when the application is executed. The screen configuring unit generates, when the application is executed, based on the application information, a user interface that receives setup operation related to metadata corresponding to the metadata information in the application.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a plurality of programs, each executing a predetermined process. The information processing system includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores, for each of applications, each executing a series of processes using electronic data, an application associating flow information with application setting information. The flow information defines program identification information and an execution order. The application setting information defines parameter setting information, group setting information, and flow identification information. The memory further stores use screen information in association with application identification information.

Abstract: A connector (20) for securing a wiper blade to a wiper arm includes a base member (21) including a forward upper portion (32) and a rearward upper portion (33); a locking member (22) for holding either a U-hook portion (12) or a side pin (11) mounted to the base member (21); and a flexible connecting member (23) connecting the locking member (22) to the base member (21). To attach the connector (20) to the side pin (11), the connector is rotated toward the side pin (11) from the opposite side of the side pin (11) so that the side pin (11) fits into a recess (33A) of the rearward upper portion (33). The side pin (11) also fits into the recesses (47 and 48) of the locking member (22) so that the side pin (11) is held between the base member (21) and the locking member (22). The connector enables the firm securing of the wiper blade to the wiper arm so as to restrict vibrations between the wiper blade and the wiper arm.

Abstract: A joint member capable of easily and firmly joining a wiper arm of various types (mainly the U-hook type) to a wiper blade main-body at low cost. The joint member 20 includes a fitting member 21 which a U-hook portion 11 of a wiper arm 10 fits to, a fixing member 22 which holds the hook portion 11 between the fixing member and the fitting member 21, and a flexible connecting portion 23 which connects a rear end 21B of the fitting member 21 and a rear end 22B of the fixing member 22 together. The fitting member 21 is rotatably mounted on a mounting pin 9 of a wiper blade main-body 1 and the angles of the wiper arm 10 and the wiper blade can be changed appropriately during mounting work. The U-hook portion 11 is held between a front transverse plate 41 of the fixing member 21 and a front end 21A of the fitting member 21.

Abstract: A connector 20 for securing a wiper blade to a wiper arm includes a base member 21 including a forward upper portion 32 and a rearward upper portion 33; a locking member 22 for holding either a U-hook portion 12 or a side pin 11 mounted to the base member 21; and a flexible connecting member 23 connecting the locking member 22 to the base member 21. To attach the connector 20 to the side pin 11, the connector 20 is rotated toward the side pin 11 from the opposite side of the side pin 11 so that the side pin 11 fits into the recess 33A of the rearward upper portion 33. The side pin 11 also fit into the recesses 47 and 48 of the locking member 22 so that the side pin 11 is held between the base member 21 and the locking member 22. The connector 20 enables the firm securing of the wiper blade to the wiper arm so as to restrict vibrations between the wiper blade and the wiper arm. The wear-out of the connector 20 is also decreased.

Abstract: A differential pressure valve simplified in construction includes a piston integrally formed with a main valve element and arranged on the upstream side of a main valve to define a chamber for introducing refrigerant from an inlet port. The piston has an orifice and a refrigerant passage for communicating with a chamber on a back surface side of the piston. The chamber is configured such that it can be connected, via a refrigerant passage and a pilot valve element, to a chamber on the downstream side of the main valve, which communicates with an outlet port.