Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Toshiaki Harada

Tadashi Yamamoto

Masanori Takenouchi

Toshiharu Inui

Noboru Koumura

Ryozo Yanagisawa

Yasuhito Tsubakimoto

Noriyoshi Ishikawa

Kazuhisa Kawakami

Kaneto Tokuyama

Shinji Yamamoto

Hiroshi Tanioka

Hiroyuki Seki

Atsushi Kimura

Yoshifumi Nishimoto

Masaya Shimmachi

Hideki Tanaka

Yoshitaka Okamura

Hiroshi Goto

Yasuyuki Tamura

Kazuhiro Nakajima

Tadashi Hanabusa

Kiyoshi Kaneko

Hiroshi Yoshino

Kazumi Sekine

Kikuo Yoshikawa

An image forming apparatus includes a frame in which a carriage configured to reciprocate along a predetermined direction is disposed, and a unit disposed to be openable with respect to the frame. A first engaging portion is formed on the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus is capable of restricting a movement of the carriage at least in the predetermined direction with use of a securing component including a second engaging portion engageable with the first engaging portion. When the securing component is attached to the carriage, and then the unit is closed with the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion engaging with each other, the securing component is sandwiched and fixed between the frame and the unit.

Image forming apparatus and method for securing carriage

A part engaging structure having sufficient intensity while reducing the use amount of material, and having high positioning accuracy is provided. An engaging structure allows a protruding portion formed at a first part to be received by a receiving portion formed at a second part and engages the first part with the second part. The protruding portion is formed of a structure body having a plurality of ribs combined in a polygonal shape lacking part of sides, and at least two of corner portions of the polygon of the structure body contact an inner surface of the receiving portion.

Part engaging structure and apparatus having the same

A printing apparatus includes a print head configured to discharge ink, a housing in which the print head is provided, the housing having an opening, a cover unit which is openable with respect to the opening, a detection unit configured to detect an opening of the cover unit, and a wall inside the housing arranged between the detection unit and the print head, wherein the wall is configured to establish a separation between a space where the detection unit is located and a space where the print head is located when the cover unit is in a closed state.

Printing apparatus with an openable cover structure

A printing apparatus having a housing formed with a containing portion in which a power source unit for effecting printing on a printing medium is removably contained includes a power source portion forming a path for the printing medium provided on the power source unit.

Printing apparatus

A movement guide for guiding the movement of a manually movable hand recording apparatus has a guide member for guiding the movement of the hand recording apparatus, and an engaging portion provided on the guide member and removably engageable with the hand recording apparatus when the movement of the hand recording apparatus is guided.

Hand recording apparatus and movement guide therefor

The present invention provides a carriage shifting apparatus comprising a drive source, a suspension member suspended to transmit a driving force of the drive source, a carriage connected to the suspension member and reciprocally shiftable by the driving force of the drive source, a tension applying means for applying a tension force to the suspension member, and a weight body attached to the tension applying means via a viscoelastic member.

Carriage shifting apparatus and serial recording system

First and second guide means are provided to both a movable member which moves together with a vibration member, which is in press contact with a rail-shaped stator, and the rail-shaped stator. The first and second guide means have different functions: the first guide means restricts the degree of freedom of the movable member, and the second guide means receives a total compression counterforce of the vibration member.

Vibration wave driven linear-motor or printer

A planar auxiliary supporting member for supporting an elastic member for generating a vibration is arranged. The elastic member contacts a rail-shaped stationary member, and moves along the stationary member. The rigidity of the supporting member is set to be low, so that the elastic member as a stator stably moves along the stationary member.

Supporting device for a vibration driven actuator

A hand-held recording apparatus for image recording on a recording medium by manual movement comprises a main body, a thermal head provided in the main body and having plural heat-generating elements for image recording on the recording medium, an ink sheet positioned feedable to a recording position by the thermal head and bearing ink which is transferred onto the recording medium in response to the heat generation of the thermal head, a first elastic member for biasing the thermal head to the recording medium, and a second elastic member for biasing the main body having the thermal head therein to the recording medium. The elastic force of the second elastic member is selected larger than that of the first elastic member.

Hand-held recording apparatus

A process for producing a recording medium comprising a substrate and a plurality of image forming elements disposed thereon, which comprises the steps of: applying a binder onto the substrate to form thereon a binder layer; disposing the image forming elements on the binder layer; and simultaneously applying a vibration and a pressure to the image forming elements disposed on the binder layer sufficient to bond the image forming elements to the substrate as a substantially monoparticle layer.

Process for producing recording medium and apparatus therefor

A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium is portable and capable of bearing against the recording medium. The recording apparatus comprises recording means for effecting recording on the recording medium, and control means for controlling the ON and OFF of recording by the recording means.

Hand held recording apparatus with window on lower body portion for

An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium by using a transfer recording medium having a transfer recording layer whose transfer characteristics change on application of a plurality of kinds of energy thereto. The apparatus comprises: a conveyor for conveying the transfer recording medium; a recording section disposed along an advancing route of the transfer recording medium conveyed by the conveyor and having energy applicators for selectively applying the plurality of kinds of energy to the transfer recording medium; a transfer section for transferring an image formed on the transfer recording medium in the recording section onto the recording medium; and a contacting member disposed between the recording section and the transfer section in such a manner as to be brought into contact with the transfer recording medium. Members constituting the advancing route of the transfer recording medium are formed separably from a main body of the unit.

Image recording apparatus

An illumination apparatus adapted for illuminating a subject with light comprises a plurality of fluorescent substances each having a different spectral characteristic, a drive device for repetitively locating the fluorescent substances at a predetermined position and a light source for illuminating the fluorescent substances. The illumination apparatus further includes a slit for focusing light on a subject to be illuminated. If the illumination apparatus is incorporated as a transfer section into a recording system such as a facsimile and a copying machine, since the fluorescent substances are alternately positioned at a predetermined location to illuminate a recording sheet, it is possible to obtain a clearly recorded image with high precision and at high speed.

Illumination/recording system with movable fluorescent substances

An illumination apparatus adapted for illuminating a subject with light comprises a plurality of fluorescent substances each having a different spectral characteristic, a drive device for repetitively locating the fluorescent substances at a predetermined position and a light source for illuminating the fluorescent substances. The illumination apparatus further includes a slit for focusing light on a subject to be illuminated. When the illumination apparatus is incorporated as a transfer section into a recording system such as a facsimile and a copying machine, the fluorescent substances are alternatively positioned at a predetermined location to illuminate a recording sheet, thus making it possible to obtain a clearly recorded image with high precision and at high speed.

Recording system with illumination means utilizing a plurality of

This specification discloses an image recording apparatus having conveying means for conveying a transfer recording medium having a transfer recording layer whose transfer characteristic is varied by first energy and second energy being imparted thereto, a recording unit having first energy imparting means for imparting the first energy to the transfer recording medium and second energy imparting means for imparting the second energy to the transfer recording medium provided along the conveyance route of the transfer recording medium conveyed by the conveying means, a transfer unit for transferring an image formed on the transfer recording medium in the recording unit to a recording medium, and applying means for applying predetermined heat energy and a shearing force to the recording medium to which the image has been transferred in the transfer unit. The specification also discloses an image recording method for recording an image on a recording medium, having the energy imparting step of imparting energy to a transfer recording medium having a transfer recording layer whose transfer characteristic is varied by the energy being imparted thereto to form an image on the transfer recording medium, the transferring step of transferring the image formed on the transfer recording medium by the energy imparting step to the recording medium, and the step of imparting a shearing to the recording medium to which the image has been transferred by the transferring step.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Toshiaki Harada