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A converter is provided in which the cost and size of which are reduced by a decrease in current consumption with no need of large elements or radiation fins. The converter has a switching element (Q1) being connected to a DC power source through a primary winding (P) of a transformer (T), a control circuit (4) for turning on / off the switching element (Q1), a diode (D51) and a capacitor (C51) for rectifying / smoothing the voltage induced in the secondary winding (S) of the transformer (T) to extract DC output, and a starting circuit (5) for starting the control circuit (4). The starting circuit (5) operates as a constant current circuit (Q2, R1, R2, ZD1, D1) while starting the control circuit (4), and as a constant voltage circuit (Q2, R1, R2, ZD2, D1) after starting the control circuits (4).

A displacement sensor includes a light source unit configured to apply light with different plural wavelengths in a direction oblique to a measurement region of a planar measured object, a spectroscope configured to measure spectral distribution of light reflected by the measurement region, a feature amount extracting module configured to extract a feature amount of the spectral distribution, and a displacement calculating module configured to calculate displacement of the measurement region based on the extracted feature amount and a relation between displacement and a feature amount acquired previously.

A connector for a flexible substrate of the present invention includes a housing having a board insertion port for receiving a flexible substrate, contacts of first and second types provided in parallel with each other inside the housing and supported pivotally and rotatably on an upper side of the housing and provided with cam portions, the cam portions being adapted to directly or indirectly press the contacts for bringing the contacts into pressure contact with the electrodes of the flexible substrate when the actuator is rotated to be put into a closed state. The contacts of the first and second types each has a base portion attachable to a back portion of the board insertion port of the housing, and an arm portion having a substantially U-shaped side view, being supported in midair by the base portion and being adapted to support an end portion of the flexible substrate.

A unit detachably mountable to an apparatus main assembly is provided with a coupling for receiving a rotational driving force from the apparatus main assembly. Also the apparatus main assembly is provided with a coupling to be engaged with the coupling of the unit. At least one of these couplings can be pushed in a direction parallel to a rotation shaft and one of the couplings is provided with an inclined surface. During mounting and demounting of the unit, the engagement between the couplings is released by the pushing in of one of the couplings pushed by the inclined surface.

A signal acquisition probe stores compressed or compressed and filtered time domain data samples representing at least one of an impulse response or step response characterizing the signal acquisition probe. The compressed or compressed and filtered time domain data samples of the impulse response or the step response are provided to a signal measurement instrument for compensating the signal measurement instrument for the impulse or step response of the signal measurement instrument.

A unit detachably mountable to an apparatus main assembly s provided with a coupling for receiving a rotational driving force from the apparatus main assembly. Also the apparatus main assembly is provided with a coupling to be engaged with the coupling of the unit. At least one of these couplings can be pushed in a direction parallel to a rotation shaft and one of the couplings is provided with an inclined surface. During mounting and demounting of the unit, the engagement between the couplings is released by the pushing-in of one of the couplings pushed by the inclined surface.

An image forming apparatus includes: a secondary transfer roller configured to transfer a toner image onto a sheet of paper; a fixing device provided downstream in a direction in which the sheet of paper is conveyed, the fixing device including a fixing roller that is configured to fix the toner image transferred onto the sheet of paper; a paper suction fan unit configured to suction air such that air flows over the secondary transfer roller; and a guide member provided in the paper suction fan unit and configured to guide air discharged from the paper suction fan unit to be discharged toward the fixing roller. The guide member is configured to guide air in a direction crossing a rotation axis of the fixing roller at least toward each of ends of the fixing roller in a direction of the rotation axis.

An internal combustion engine fuel pump having at least one cylinder, in which a variable-volume pump chamber is defined; a movable piston defining the bottom of the pump chamber; at least one intake valve communicating with the pump chamber; at least one delivery valve communicating with the pump chamber; and a hydraulic / pneumatic actuating device for moving the piston back and forth with respect to the cylinder to cyclically vary the volume of the pump chamber; the hydraulic / pneumatic actuating device has a first actuating chamber located beneath the pump chamber, a second actuating chamber located above the first actuating chamber, and a control member for cyclically filling the first actuating chamber with pressurized oil.

A method and apparatus for recording information with improved capabilities of suitably updating numerous setting items addressing the change in recording velocity of an optical disc caused during information recording. The method for recording on the surface of the optical recording disc by a laser beam emanated from a light source, comprises, in case when a recording velocity changes during an operation of recording information, the step of selecting setting items out of a plurality of items, in which the setting items may affect to a degrade recording quality with the change in the recording velocity and the plurality of items are used for determining the shape of pulsating laser beam; identifying a set of the items to be updated including the setting items; and updating the set item by item to values suitable for the present recording velocity at a predetermined time interval while continuing the operation of recording information. In addition, when the recording velocity changes prior to the step of updating during recording information, the control unit is configured to acquire one by one the values suitable for the present recording velocity, for example, by identifying two neighboring recording velocities interposing the present recording velocity there between, and carrying out either an approximate or interpolation calculation based on the two neighboring recording velocities.

An image forming apparatus includes: a secondary transfer roller configured to transfer a toner image onto a sheet of paper; a fixing device provided downstream in a direction in which the sheet of paper is conveyed, the fixing device including a fixing roller that is configured to fix the toner image transferred onto the sheet of paper; a paper suction fan unit configured to suction air such that air flows over the secondary transfer roller; and a guide member provided in the paper suction fan unit and configured to guide air discharged from the paper suction fan unit to be discharged toward the fixing roller. The guide member is configured to guide air in a direction crossing a rotation axis of the fixing roller at least toward each of ends of the fixing roller in a direction of the rotation axis.

An image forming apparatus includes image forming stations including respective electrophotographic photosensitive drums; an image transfer belt contactable to the drums; image transfer rollers, contactable to the transfer belt to urge the belt to the drums for transferring the toner images from the drums onto the belt, the rollers being provided with respective rotational shafts about an axis of which the rollers are rotatable; and a slidable member slidable in a direction in which the stations are arranged to retract the rollers away from the corresponding drums, the slidable member being provided with inclined surfaces contactable to the shafts, the inclined surfaces being disposed at such positions that the rollers are retracted from respective drums sequentially with the movement of the slidable member in the direction.

A portable electronic device includes a motherboard including at least one illuminator disposed thereon, a display screen parallel to the motherboard, and a light guide component disposed between the illuminator and the display screen. The light guide component includes a main body attached to a bottom surface of the display screen, and at least one foot portion extending from an edge of the main body corresponding to the at least one illuminator. The main body includes a light output surface facing the display screen. Each foot portion includes a distal end surface facing the illuminator to receive light emitted therefrom.

An image forming apparatus includes image forming stations including respective electrophotographic photosensitive drums; an image transfer belt contactable to the drums; image transfer rollers, contactable to the transfer belt to urge the belt to the drums for transferring the toner images from the drums onto the belt, the rollers being provided with respective rotational shafts about an axis of which the rollers are rotatable; and a slidable member slidable in a direction in which the stations are arranged to retract the rollers away from the corresponding drums, the slidable member being provided with inclined surfaces contactable to the shafts, the inclined surfaces being disposed at such positions that the rollers are retracted from respective drums sequentially with the movement of the slidable member in the direction.