Seiko Epson Corporation

Anaeropharma Science, Inc.

Takagi Co., Ltd.

Azusapharma Sciences, Inc.

Satoshi Kobayashi

Izumi Nozawa

Satoshi Shinada

Yasuto Sakai

Tokujiro Okuno

Shuichi Kadota

Hitomi Shimizu

Yuko Shimatani

Takeshi Masaki

Koichiro Shioya

Tomio Matsumura

Koichi Koseki

Takayuki Sunaba

Masami Okabe

Kengo Inoue

Masao Tsukamoto

A mixer faucet having a left-right clicking mechanism and configured to increase a degree of freedom of the faucet is provided. The mixer faucet includes a lever handle and a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes: a tilting lever that is configured to move in conjunction with a movement of the lever handle, turn forward and rearward, and also turn leftward and rightward; a lower case; an upper case; a lower sealing member; an inner sealing member; and a click rotary member. The click rotary member is exposed to the outside of the valve assembly. The click rotary member is rotated leftward and rightward by a rotation force applied from the tilting lever. The click rotary member includes a first click engaging portion. The upper case includes a second click engaging portion. An engagement between the first click engaging portion and the second click engaging portion generates a left-right click.

Mixer faucet

Provided is a mixer faucet that can suppress the occurrence of water leakage. A mixer faucet includes: a fixed valve body including a hot water supply hole, a cold water supply hole, and a drain hole; a movable valve body that includes a flow path forming recess and is configured to slide on the fixed valve body; and a handle configured to control the movable valve body. The fixed valve body includes a collection groove that is not connected to either the hot water supply hole or the cold water supply hole and is connected only to the drain hole. The collection groove can capture water leaking from the hot water supply hole, the cold water supply hole, or the drain hole. The captured water can flow into the drain hole through the collection groove.

The object of the invention is to provide an anaerobic enterobacterium having a higher therapeutic effect on an anaerobic site such as a solid tumor tissue and an ischemic disease site. A bacterium of the genus, which is transformed with a plasmid co-expressing two types of heterologous polypeptides and comprising two types of secretory expression cassettes each sequentially comprising a promoter DNA functioning in the bacterium of the genus; a DNA encoding a secretory signal peptide; a DNA encoding a heterologous polypeptide; and a terminator DNA functioning in the bacterium of the genus, efficiently secretes the two types of heterologous peptides, i.e., two types of antibodies having anticancer effects, outside the bacterial cell.

Co-expression plasmid

An object is to provide a signal peptide that can secrete a heterologous polypeptide with high efficiency outside the bacterial cell in a bacterium of the genus, an expression cassette that can secrete a heterologous polypeptide with high efficiency outside the bacterial cell, a heterologous polypeptide expression vector, a bacterium of the genuscapable of secreting a heterologous polypeptide. Means for attaining the object is a bacterium of the genustransformed by a vector having an expression cassette sequentially comprising a promoter DNA functioning in a bacterium of the genus, a DNA encoding the secretory signal peptide, a DNA encoding a scFv antibody having an antitumor activity, and a terminator DNA functioning in the bacterium of the genus; and capable of secreting the scFv antibody with high efficiency outside the bacterial cell.

Heterologous polypeptide expression cassette

A cartridge loading/unloading device includes a cartridge holding mechanismwhich holds a liquid cartridgewhen a liquid cartridgeis inserted by a first predetermined stroke, and a power transmission converting mechanismwhich ensures a push-in force required for loading of the ink cartridgeusing the principle of the lever by the rotational motion of a lever arm, and which converts the rotational motion of the lever arminto a second predetermined stroke S of movement required for loading of the ink cartridgein a state in which it is held by the cartridge holding mechanism. The cartridge holding mechanismincludes an integral engaging memberwhich is engaged with the front side of one surface of the ink cartridgein its loading direction across the center of the one surface.

Liquid cartridge, loading/unloading device of liquid cartridge, recording apparatus, and liquid ejection apparatus

Provided is a feed device including: a loading unit in which a plurality of sheet members is loaded in a stacked state; a delivery member which performs a feed operation in a state in which a contact surface thereof is in contact with an uppermost sheet member of the sheet members loaded on the loading unit and delivers the sheet member in a feed direction using the frictional force with the uppermost sheet member as the feeding force; a gate member which is configured to move in a direction to and or from the contact surface of the delivery member and has an inclined surface with which a front end of the sheet member delivered by the delivery member collides with; and a gate energizing member which energizes the gate member in a direction approaching to the contact surface of the delivery member.

Feed device and recording device

A liquid container for a liquid ejection apparatus includes: a case having a liquid containing portion in its interior; a supply portion which is formed on a first side wall of the case, and through which a liquid in the liquid containing portion can flow to an exterior; a contact portion, which can contact a part of a slider of the liquid ejection apparatus to move the slider in a direction in which the liquid container is inserted; and an engagement portion, which is configured to engage a lock portion of the slider. The contact portion and the engagement portion are formed on a second side wall of the case, the second side wall intersecting the first side wall.

Ink cartridge attachment/detachment device, recording apparatus, liquid ejection apparatus, and liquid container

Provided is a feed device including: a loading unit in which a plurality of recording mediums is loaded in a stacked state; a delivery mechanism which has a first outer circumferential surface set such that friction force with the recording mediums is greater than friction force generated among the plurality of recording mediums when a feed operation is performed in a state of being in contact with the recording mediums and a second outer circumferential surface having a hardness higher than that of the first outer circumferential surface, and which performs the feed operation in a state in which at least the first outer circumferential is in contact with an uppermost recording medium of the recording mediums loaded on the loading unit so as to deliver the recording medium in a feed direction; a gate member and a gate energizing member.

Provided is a feed device including: a loading unit in which a plurality of sheet members is loaded in a stacked state; a delivery member which performs a feed operation in a state in which a contact surface thereof is in contact with an uppermost sheet member of the sheet members loaded on the loading unit and delivers the sheet member in a feed direction using friction force with the uppermost sheet member as the feeding force; a gate member which is configured to move in a direction to and from the contact surface of the delivery member and has an inclined surface with which a front end of the sheet member delivered by the delivery member collides with; and a gate energizing member which energizes the gate member in a direction approaching to the contact surface of the delivery member.

Feed device and recording device with gate member

A feeding device includes a mounting portion capable of having mounting a plurality of recording media mounted in a stacked state thereon, a delivering member which performs a feeding operation in a state in which its contact surface is in contact with a top recording medium of the recording media mounted on the mounting portion to perform delivery of the recording media by using the frictional force generated between the delivering member and the top recording medium as the transporting force, a separating member having an inclined surface against which the leading end of the recording medium delivered by the delivering member can hit up against, the separating member being fixed in place at a downstream side of the mounding portion in a feeding direction of the recording media, a gate member, and a gate urging member.

Feeding device and recording device with downstream separating member from delivering member

An ink cartridge attachment/detachment device that loads an ink cartridge into a main body of a recording apparatus by sliding the ink cartridge into includes an ejection lever and an urging force adjustment device. The ejection lever contacts the ink cartridge and urges the ink cartridge using an urging force of an urging device in an ejecting direction in which the ink cartridge is ejected when the ink cartridge is loaded or when the ink cartridge is ejected. The urging force adjustment device changes a ratio of a force with which the urging device urges the ejection lever in a pivotal direction in which the ejection lever is pivoted to a force with which the urging device urges the ejection lever in a radial direction about a pivotal fulcrum of the ejection lever. The urging force adjustment device reduces the force with which the urging device urges the ejection lever in the radial direction as the ejection lever is pivoted in the ejecting direction, and the urging force adjustment device increases the force with which the urging device urges the ejection lever in the radial direction as the ejection lever is pivoted in a loading direction in which the ink cartridge is loaded.

Ink cartridge attachment/detachment device and recording apparatus

An attaching and detaching device includes a cartridge holding unit configured to hold an ink cartridge by insertion of the ink cartridge by a first predetermined stroke and a power transmitting and converting mechanism configured to convert turning of a lever arm into motion of a second predetermined stroke required for mounting the ink cartridge while held by the cartridge holding unit. The cartridge holding unit includes an integrated engagement member configured to engage with a surface of the ink cartridge, the surface being parallel to a mounting direction. When engaging with the ink cartridge, the engagement member lies in a central portion in a width direction with respect to the mounting direction at the surface.

Apparatus for attaching and detaching ink cartridge, recorder comprising the same and liquid spraying apparatus comprising the same

A holderwhich holds a connectorcontacting with an electrical connection terminal portionand can move with respect to a recording apparatus is provided, and a relative positioning unitwhich allows the ink cartridgeto contact with the holderand move the holderin an mounting direction (Y-axis direction) of the ink cartridgeto determine a relative position between the ink cartridgeand the holderwhen the ink cartridgeis mounted is provided.

Liquid cartridge, contact device for contacting connection terminal portion of liquid cartridge with connector of recording apparatus, recording apparatus, and liquid consuming apparatus

An attaching and detaching device includes a cartridge forcing unit configured to, only when a cartridge holding unit holding an ink cartridge is moved in the dismounting direction of the ink cartridge in association with the turning of a lever arm, force the ink cartridge by leverage in the dismounting direction with respect to the cartridge holding unit.

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Nagano, Japan

Satoshi Kobayashi