Seiko Epson Corporation

Kenji Sakurai

Masafumi Takei

Osamu Kawauchi

Kenichiro Murata

The invention provides a method of sealing piezoelectric devices with covers capable of rapidly and securely sealing a plurality of packages or many packages of piezoelectric devices with covers. A piezoelectric device includes a package in which a piezoelectric vibrating reed is partially supported and fixed, and a cover fixed to the packages. In a method of sealing the packages with the covers, a plurality of the packages are arranged with the bottoms facing halogen lamps, so that the bottoms are irradiated with the light beams from the halogen lamps to thermally melt a brazing material disposed between the packages and the covers.

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A roller for an image forming apparatus comprises: a core body having a shaft positioned in the center thereof, the core body being formed by solidifying a fluid around an outer circumference of the shaft; and a surface layer formed on a surface of said core body, the surface layer being made of hard rubber and having a uniform thickness over the surface of the core body. A mold for the roller, comprises: an inner surface whose section is the same as a section of the core body; a pair of half-split bodies, one end wall of each half-split body having a recess for clamping the shaft, other end wall of each half-split body having a injecting hole for injecting a core body forming fluid therefrom; and a stopper body serving as an aligning member having a through hole in the middle thereof for inserting the shaft thereinto, the stopper body further projecting a stopper on an outer circumference thereof for fitting the stopper into the injecting hole.

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Nagano, Japan

Kenji Sakurai