1-10. (canceled)
11. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a transferring device which transfers an unfixed image borne on an image bearing member to a recording material;
a fixing device which fixes the transferred unfixed image on the recording material, and the fixing device is changeable in a recording material conveying speed thereof;
a discharging device changeable in a recording material conveying speed thereof and discharges the recording material on which the image has been fixed by said fixing device; and
a controlling device which controls the recording material conveying speed of said discharging device so as to be changed over accompany a changing of the recording material conveying speed of said fixing device after the recording material has passed said transferring device.
12. An image forming apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the recording material conveying speed of said fixing device is changeable based on an amount of a loop generated between said transferring device and said fixing device, the recording material conveying speed of said discharging device is changed over accompany a changing of the recording material conveying speed of said fixing device after the recording material has passed said transferring device.
13. An image forming apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the recording material conveying speed of said fixing device has a high speed mode higher than the recording material conveying speed of said transferring device and low speed mode lower than the recording material conveying speed of said transferring device, and the high speed mode and low speed mode are changed over based on an amount of a loop generated between said transferring device and said fixing device.
14. An image forming apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the recording material conveying speed of said fixing device is set to the high speed mode or low speed mode after the recording material has passed said transferring device, and the recording material conveying speed of said discharging device is changed accompamy set the mode.
15. An image forming apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a loop detecting device which detects a loop state of the recording material between said transferring device and said fixing device, the recording material conveying speed of said fixing device is set to the high speed mode or low speed mode based on a detection of the loop detecting device.
16. An image forming apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said fixing device is disposed above said transferring device, and the recording material is conveyed from below to above.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A clamp for a boiling water reactor sparger end assembly including a bracket and a sparger pin configured to pass through the bracket, the sparger pin including a head with a hole therethrough, comprising:
a base defining a chamber configured to it over and around the sparger pin head, said base including a top wall having a first hole therethrough and a side wall having a second hole therethrough;
a bolt configured to fit through said first hole, said bolt including an abutment surface;
a reaction arras configured to fit through said second hole and having a first surface configured to engage a top surface of the sparger pin and a second surface opposite said first surface and configured to engage said abutment surface; and
a cross pin configured to fit through said second hole and the sparger pin head hole;
wherein rotation of said bolt imparts a force through said reaction arm to the sparger pin and said cross pin to join said base and the sparger pin.
2. The clamp of claim 1, therein said base includes a flange configured to surround the sparger pin head, said flange defining an abutment surface configured to engage the bracket.
3. The clamp of claim 2, wherein said abutment surface has a greater surface area than an abutment surface defined by the sparger pin head.
4. The clamp of claim 1, wherein said reaction art second surface contains an indentation therein, said indentation configured to engage said bolt abutment surface.
5. The clamp of claim 1 further con rising a crimp cup positioned between said base and said bolt.
6. The clamp of claim 5, wherein said crimp cup includes a hollow cylindrical portion having internal and external threads, said internal threads configured to matingly engage threads provided on said bolt and said external threads configured to matingly engage threads provided on said base first hole.
7. The clamp of claim 6, wherein said internal and external threads have opposite thread configurations.
8. The clamp of claim 5, wherein said crimp cup includes an extension portion configured to fit around a non-threaded shaft portion of said bolt.
9. The clamp of claim 8, wherein said bolt includes one or more depressions on said non-threaded portion configured to underlie said crimp cup extension portion such that said crimp cup extension portion can be plastically deformed into said one or more depressions.
10. The clamp of claim 1, further comprising a dowel pin configured to fit with a groove formed in said bolt and said reaction arm to thereby lock said reaction arm to said bolt.
11. The clamp of claim 10, wherein said groove is formed by cooperating ridges formed in said bolt and said reaction arm.
12. The clamp of claim 10, wherein said dowel pin is captured within said base in an operation configuration of said clamp.
13. The dam p of claim 1, wherein said clamp is formed of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion and the sparger pin is formed of a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, said first coefficient of thermal expansion being less than said second coefficient of thermal expansion.
14. A clamp for a boiling water reactor sparger end assembly including a bracket and a sparger pin configured to pass through the bracket, the sparger pin including a head with a hole therethrough, comprising:
a base defining a chamber configured to fit over and around the sparger pin head, said base including a top wall having a first hole therethrough and a side wall having a second hole therethrough;
an abutment member coupled to said base and dud g an abutment surface;
a reaction arm coupled to said abutment ember and having a first surface configured to engage the sparger pin and a second surface opposite said first surface and configured to engage said abutment surface; and
a fastener configure o join said base and the sparger pin.