Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet cutter for cutting a sheet piece from a sheet by shearing, the sheet cutter comprising:
a fixed blade;
a movable blade which is movable along the fixed blade; and
a receiving element which receives the sheet piece that is cut off from the sheet, the receiving element being structured so as to be movable together with the movable blade.
2. The sheet cutter of claim 1, further comprising a support for supporting the movable blade and a support for supporting the receiving element, the supports being substantially integral with each other.
3. The sheet cutter of claim 1, wherein the movable blade comprises a disk which is rotatably supported.
4. The sheet cutter of claim 1, wherein the receiving element comprises a roller which is rotatably supported.
5. The sheet cutter of claim 1, further comprising a sheet pressing structure which is disposed at a movable blade side of the sheet, the sheet pressing structure including a reducing element which reduces surface pressure that acts on a surface of the sheet during cutting.
6. The sheet cutter of claim 1, wherein the receiving element has a groove that receives an edge portion of the sheet piece which is cut off, which edge portion is in a hung-down state after cutting.
7. The sheet cutter of claim 6, wherein a circumferential edge of the groove of the receiving element is chamfered so as not to damage the sheet piece.
8. A sheet cutter for cutting a sheet piece from a sheet by shearing, the sheet cutter comprising:
a fixed blade;
a movable blade which is movable along the fixed blade; and
a receiving element which receives the sheet piece that is cut off from the sheet, the receiving element being structured so as to be translationally movable along a direction substantially perpendicular to a moving direction of the movable blade.
9. The sheet cutter of claim 8, further comprising a support for supporting the movable blade and a support for supporting the receiving element, the supports being substantially integral with each other.
10. The sheet cutter of claim 8, wherein the movable blade comprises a disk which is rotatably supported.
11. The sheet cutter of claim 8, wherein the receiving element comprises a roller which is rotatably supported.
12. The sheet cutter of claim 8, further comprising a sheet pressing structure which is disposed at a movable blade side of the sheet, the sheet pressing structure including a reducing element which reduces surface pressure that acts on a surface of the sheet during cutting.
13. The sheet cutter of claim 8, wherein the receiving element has a groove that receives an edge portion of the sheet piece which is cut off, which edge portion is in a hung-down state after cutting.
14. The sheet cutter of claim 13, wherein a circumferential edge of the groove of the receiving element is chamfered so as not to damage the sheet piece.
15. An image-forming apparatus comprising:
a recording unit for recording an image onto a photosensitive material;
a sheet cutter for cutting a piece of sheet from an elongated sheet; and
a transfer unit for transferring the image recorded on the photosensitive material onto the piece of sheet,
wherein the sheet cutter includes a fixed blade, a movable blade which is movable along the fixed blade, and a receiving element that receives the piece of sheet which is cut off from the sheet, the receiving element being structured so as to be movable together with the movable blade.
16. The image-forming apparatus of claim 15, wherein the receiving element is structured so as to be translationally movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to a moving direction of the movable blade.
17. The image-forming apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a support for supporting the movable blade and a support for supporting the receiving element, the supports being substantially integral with each other.
18. The image-forming apparatus of claim 15, wherein the movable blade comprises a disk which is rotatably supported, and the receiving element comprises a roller which is rotatably supported.
19. The image-forming apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a sheet pressing structure which is disposed at a movable blade side of the sheet, the sheet pressing structure including a reducing element which reduces surface pressure that acts on a surface of the sheet during cutting.
20. The image-forming apparatus of claim 15, wherein the receiving element has a groove that receives an edge portion of the piece of sheet which is cut off, which edge portion is in a hung-down state after cutting, and a circumferential edge of the groove of the receiving element is chamfered so as not to damage the piece of sheet.

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 ink jet recording apparatus comprising:
a recording head for jetting ink onto a recording medium;
an ink tank for storing ink;
an ink tank housing section for attachably and detachably housing the ink tank;
a conduit section for supplying ink from the ink tank to a recording head, the conduit section including a conduit connecting portion for connecting with a joint section of the ink tank; and
an ink removing device for removing ink adhering to a tip end of the conduit connecting portion, the ink removing device including a removing member and mechanism for moving the ink removing member to the tip end of the conduit connecting portion when the ink tank has been parted from the conduit connecting portion.
2. The ink jet recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ink removing member is an ink absorbing member.
3. The ink jet recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ink removing device includes a light shielding member that covers the tip end of the conduit connecting portion and shields external light.
4. The ink jet recording apparatus of claim 3, wherein the light shielding member is a holding frame for holding the removing member.
5. The ink jet recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein, the ink removing device includes a lever member connected to the removing member, and the lever member rotates interlockingly with opening and closing operation of a lid section arranged at the ink tank housing section so that the removing member comes in contact with the tip end of the conduit connecting portion and removes ink adhering to the tip end of the conduit connecting portion.
6. The ink jet recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein, the ink removing device includes:
a lever member connected to the removing member;
a rotation device for rotating the lever member; and
a detecting sensor for detecting whether or not an ink tank is present in the ink tank housing section,
and when the detecting sensor has detected a state that an ink tank has not been present in the ink tank housing section for a predetermined time, the rotation device rotates the lever member so that the removing member comes in contact with the tip end of the conduit connecting portion and removes ink adhering to the tip end of the conduit connecting portion.
7. The ink jet recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein a UV-ray emitting device provided with a UV-ray source is mounted on each of both sides, in a scanning direction, of the recording head.
8. The ink jet recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the recording head heats ink, the ink being a liquid having a viscosity in a range from 10 mPa\xb7s to 500 mPa\xb7s at 30\xb0 C., to a temperature in a range from 30\xb0 C. to 150\xb0 C. with a heating device so as to jet the ink with a size in a range from 2 pl to 20 pl for one dot.
9. The ink jet recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ink is a UV-ray curable ink being a cation polymer.
10. The ink jet recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a non-absorbing recording medium that does not absorb ink.

1. A collapsible medical device for occluding an aperture in a body, the medical device having a first configuration as a reduced profile and a second configuration as an expanded profile, the medical device being adapted to be delivered through a delivery system into a desired delivery location, the medical device comprising:
an occluder portion movable between the first and the second configuration, wherein the occluder portion comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and an axial passage between the proximal end and the distal end, the axial passage having an inner diameter;
a catch member adapted to be disposed in the axial passage of the occluder portion, wherein the catch member comprises a catch body having a proximal collapsible tip, a proximal ridge adjacent the collapsible tip, a slot disposed at the proximal tip to render it collapsible, and a distal flange;
wherein the distal flange of the catch member engages the distal end of the occluder portion,
wherein the catch body has a tapered or graduated cylindrical profile composed of a distal section having a first diameter D1 and a proximal section having a second diameter D2 joined by a sloped section, wherein diameter D2 is similar to the inner diameter of the axial passage of the occluder portion; and,
wherein the proximal tip is adapted for connection to a delivery system; and the proximal ridge is adapted to pass through the axial passage of the occluder portion while the compressible tip is held in a compressed position to enable delivery and deployment of the occluder.
2. The medical device recited in claim 1, wherein the catch member is made of polymeric material.
3. The medical device recited in claim 1, wherein the proximal ridge on the catch body has a stepped profile above the surface of the catch body.
4. The medical device recited in claim 1, wherein the catch body is so dimensioned that the catch body and the passage have an interference fit.

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 method for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device, comprising:
receiving an IS-41 conforming registration notification message from a mobile switching center; and
forwarding said IS-41 conforming registration notification message from a service control point over an Internet connection to an external device outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat room device corresponding to said forwarded IS-41 conforming registration notification message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded IS-41 conforming registration notification message.
2. The method for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 1, wherein:
said registration notification message is a REGNOT message.
3. The method for automatically notifying an external chat server of a presence of a chat session participant according to claim 1, wherein:
said Internet connection utilizes a TCPIP protocol.
4. The method for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 1, wherein:
said registration notification message is additionally forwarded by an SMSC.
5. The method for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 1, further comprising:
adding a chat room device corresponding to said automatically forwarded registration notification message to a chat room session.
6. The method for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 5, further comprising:
notifying other chat room devices regarding a presence of said added chat device.
7. The method for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 5, further comprising:
sending a list of chat room devices to said wireless chat device.
8. The method for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 1, wherein:
said registration notification message is signaling system #7 compliant and IS-41 compliant.
9. The method for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 1, wherein:
said registration notification message is IS-41 compliant.
10. Apparatus for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device, comprising:
means for receiving an IS-41 conforming registration notification message from a mobile switching center; and
means for forwarding said IS-41 conforming registration notification message from a service control point over an Internet connection to an external device outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat room device corresponding to said forwarded IS-41 conforming registration notification message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded IS-41 conforming registration notification message.
11. The apparatus for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 10, wherein:
said registration notification message is a REGNOT message.
12. The apparatus for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 10, wherein:
said Internet connection utilizes a TCPIP protocol.
13. The apparatus for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 10, further comprising:
means for forwarding said registration notification message by an SMSC to said means for forwarding.
14. The apparatus for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 10, further comprising:
means for adding a chat room device corresponding to said forwarded registration notification message to a chat room session.
15. The apparatus for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 14, further comprising:
means for notifying other chat room devices regarding a presence of said added chat room device.
16. The apparatus for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 14, further comprising:
means for sending a list of chat room devices to said wireless chat room device.
17. The apparatus for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 10, wherein:
said registration notification message is signaling system #7 compliant and IS-41 compliant.
18. The apparatus for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device according to claim 10, wherein:
said registration notification message is IS-41 compliant.
19. A method for automatically notifying an external device of a presence of a wireless device, comprising:
receiving an IS-41 conforming MSInactivity notification message from a mobile switching center; and
forwarding said IS-41 conforming MSInactivity message from a service control point over an Internet outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat room device corresponding to said forwarded IS-41 conforming MSInactivity notification message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded IS-41 conforming MSInactivity notification message.