1. A pressure measuring apparatus comprising:
a gage housing containing a movement mechanism which is responsive to changes in fluid pressure, said gage housing having an engagement portion and at least one port for receiving a fluid;
an apparatus housing having a defined interior cavity that is sized to retain said gage housing therein; and
an elastomeric member surrounding at least a portion of said gage housing that isolates impact loads imparted to said device housing from said gage housing, while permitting fluid interconnection between the interior of said gage housing and a fluid source.
2. Apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said elastomeric member includes an elastomeric gasket.
3. Apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein said elastomeric gasket includes a receiving port sized for receiving said engagement port, said gasket being fixedly attached to the interior of said device housing.
4. Apparatus as recited in claim 3, wherein said elastomeric gasket includes a fluid connection port connected to said fluid source.
5. Apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said elastomeric member includes a tight-fitting elastomeric retainer.
6. Apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein said gage housing includes an upper retaining portion and a lower engagement portion, said upper retaining portion having a diameter which is larger than the diameter of said lower engagement portion, said elastomeric retainer being sized to accommodate the upper retaining portion of said gage housing.
7. Apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein said elastomeric retainer includes a center opening sized to permit the passage of said engagement portion.
8. Apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein said elastomeric retainer is sized to accommodate the upper retaining portion and the lower engagement portion of the gage housing therein.
9. Apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said elastomeric member includes a plurality of spaced ribs sized to engage the interior wall of the device housing.
10. Apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein said elastomeric member includes a fluid receiving port disposed in relation to the at least one port of said gage housing.
11. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, including a peripheral bumper attached to the top of said device housing, said peripheral bumper having a raised circumferential portion for covering a top window of said gage.
12. An apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein the raised circumferential portion of said peripheral bumper is made from an elastomeric material and includes a plurality of raised protrusions configured for absorbing impact loads.
13. An apparatus as recited in claim 12, wherein said peripheral bumper includes a center opening for permitting a user to see a top window of said gage, said bumper including a flexible peripheral web flange disposed between said raised protrusions and said center opening.
14. An apparatus as recited in claim 13, including a peripheral ring member disposed between said top window of said gage and said peripheral top bumper.
15. A pressure measuring apparatus comprising:
a gage;
a device housing having an interior cavity into which said gage is disposed;
a movement mechanism retained within said gage which is responsive to changes in fluid pressure, wherein said gage includes an opening in a lower portion that permits fluid to enter the interior thereof; and
elastomeric supporting means within said device housing for absorbing shock and or impact loads imparted to said device housing and into which at least a portion of said gage is fitted, said elastomeric supporting means further including means for permitting fluid interconnection between said a fluid source and the interior of said gage.
16. Apparatus as recited in claim 15, wherein said elastomeric supporting means includes an elastomeric retainer that is form fitted to the periphery of said gage for covering the exterior thereof, said elastomeric retainer further including an opening to permit fluid interconnection between the fluid source and the interior of said gage.
17. An apparatus as recited in claim 16, wherein said elastomeric retainer includes a plurality of exterior ribs.
18. An apparatus as recited in claim 17, wherein the plurality of exterior ribs are provided on the bottom and the side of said retainer.
19. An apparatus as recited in claim 17, wherein at least one exterior rib is provided on the bottom of said retainer are contoured to follow a curved profile.
20. An apparatus as recited in claim 15, wherein said device housing is attachable to an inflatable sleeve.
21. An apparatus as recited in claim 15, wherein said apparatus is used to measure blood pressure.
22. An apparatus as recited in claim 15, wherein said elastomeric supporting means includes a flexible gasket into which said gage is disposed, said flexible gasket being fixedly mounted to said device housing within said cavity.
23. An apparatus as recited in claim 22, wherein said flexible gasket includes a port to permit fluid interconnection of said gage with said fluid source.
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. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image carrier configured to support an image produced by a developing material;
an image placement portion, which is operative when an image having a size equal to or less than a prescribed size is formed, configured to decide placement of the image on said image carrier so as to reserve a vacant area, which is provided for forming an adjustment pattern for adjusting at least one of an image formation position and an image formation density, on said image carrier;
an image forming portion configured to form the image on said image carrier in accordance with the decided placement, and for forming an adjustment pattern in the vacant area;
a reading portion configured to read the adjustment pattern that has been formed on said image carrier; and
an adjustment portion configured to adjust at least one of the image formation position and the image formation density based upon the adjustment pattern that has been read,
wherein said image placement portion reserves the vacant area outside an area, in which the image is formed, on said image carrier along a main-scan direction by deciding placement of the image in such a manner that short sides of the image will lie along the main-scan direction of said image carrier.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image placement portion includes an image rotating portion configured to rotate the image in such a manner that the short sides of the image will lie along the main-scan direction in a case where long sides of the image lie along the main-scan direction of the image carrier.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an inhibiting portion configured to inhibit reservation of the vacant area in a case where a print job includes an image having a size equal to or less than the prescribed size and an image having a size greater than the prescribed size and, stapling processing has been set.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reading portion detects a density adjustment pattern, which is provided for adjusting the image formation density, in addition to a position adjustment pattern, which is provided for adjusting the image formation position.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a cleaning portion configured to clean off the adjustment pattern that has been formed on said image carrier.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said cleaning portion comes into contact with said image carrier when the adjustment pattern is cleaned off, and separates from said image carrier when cleaning off of the adjustment pattern ends.
7. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image carrier configured to support an image produced by a developing material;
an image placement portion, which is operative when an image having a size equal to or less than a prescribed size is formed, configured to decide placement of the image on said image carrier so as to reserve a vacant area, which is for forming an adjustment pattern for adjusting at least one of image formation position and image formation density, on said image carrier;
an image forming portion configured to form the image on said image carrier in accordance with the placement decided, and for forming the adjustment pattern in the vacant area;
a reading portion configured to read the adjustment pattern that has been formed on said image carrier;
an adjustment portion configured to adjust at least one of the image formation position and image formation density based upon the adjustment pattern that has been read;
a size determination portion configured to determine the size of an image to be formed; and
a control portion configured to exercise control so as to abort formation of the adjustment pattern in a case where the size of the image is greater than the prescribed size.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said reading portion detects a density adjustment pattern, which is provided for adjusting the image formation density, in addition to a position adjustment pattern, which is provided for adjusting the image formation position.
9. The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a cleaning portion configured to clean off the adjustment pattern that has been formed on said image carrier.
10. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image carrier configured to support an image produced by a developing material;
an image placement portion, which is operative when an image having a size equal to or less than a prescribed size is formed, configured to decide placement of the image on said image carrier so as to reserve a vacant area, which is for provided forming an adjustment pattern for adjusting at least one of an image formation position and an image formation density, on said image carrier;
an image forming portion configured to form the image on said image carrier in accordance with the placement decided, and for forming the adjustment pattern in the vacant area;
a reading portion configured to read the adjustment pattern that has been formed on said image carrier;
an adjustment portion configured to adjust at least one of the image formation position and image formation density based upon the adjustment pattern that has been read;
a first transfer portion configured to transfer the image to a print medium; and
a second transfer portion having a length less than a length of said first transfer portion in the main-scan direction.
11. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus for forming an image utilizing an image carrier for supporting an image produced by a developing material, said method comprising the steps of:
deciding, when an image having a size equal to or less than a prescribed size is formed, placement of the image on the image carrier so as to reserve a vacant area, which is provided for forming an adjustment pattern for adjusting at least one of an image formation position and an image formation density, on the image carrier;
forming the image on the image carrier in accordance with the decided placement, and forming an adjustment pattern in the vacant area;
reading the adjustment pattern that has been formed on the image carrier; and
adjusting at least one of the image formation position and image formation density based upon the adjustment pattern that has been read,
wherein said step of deciding further includes a step of reserving the vacant area outside an area, in which the image is formed, on the image carrier along a main-scan direction by deciding placement of the image in such a manner that short sides of the image will lie along the main-scan direction of the image carrier.
12. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus for forming an image utilizing an image carrier for supporting an image produced by a developing material, said method comprising the steps of:
deciding, when an image having a size equal to or less than a prescribed size is formed, placement of the image on the image carrier so as to reserve a vacant area, which is provided for forming an adjustment pattern for adjusting at least one of an image formation position and an image formation density, on the image carrier;
forming the image on the image carrier in accordance with the decided placement, and forming an adjustment pattern in the vacant area;
reading the adjustment pattern that has been formed on the image carrier;
adjusting at least one of the image formation position and the image formation density based upon the adjustment pattern that has been read;
determining the size of an image to be formed; and
exercising control so as to abort formation of the adjustment pattern in a case where the size of the image to be formed is greater than the prescribed size.