Author: claimsbot

1. A saw comprising:
a base;
a frame assembly disposed on the base;
a first rail disposed on the frame assembly;
a table slidingly disposed on the first rail, the table having an upper surface for supporting a workpiece;
a support assembly disposed on the frame; and
a saw assembly supported by the support assembly, the saw assembly comprising a motor, a cutting wheel driven by the motor, a guard portion covering an upper portion of the cutting wheel, and a fluid delivery assembly configured to direct fluid toward the cutting wheel,
wherein the fluid assembly comprises a nozzle with a hole, the nozzle having a rib that is curved about the hole to direct airflow created by the cutting wheel away from the hole.
2. The saw of claim 1 wherein the rib is curved to at least partially surround the hole.
3. The saw of claim 1 wherein the rib is integral with the nozzle.
4. The saw of claim 3 wherein the nozzle comprises a tubular member.
5. The saw of claim 4 wherein the hole faces a side of the cutting wheel.
6. The saw of claim 5 wherein the rib is positioned above the hole relative to the direction of the airflow generated by the cutting wheel.
7. The saw of claim 1 further comprising a second nozzle with a second hole, the second nozzle having a second rib that is curved about the second hole to direct airflow created by the cutting wheel away from the second hole.
8. The saw of claim 7 wherein the hole and the second hole face opposite sides of the cutting wheel.
9. The saw of claim 1 wherein the nozzle is flexible so that when a workpiece is pushed into contact with the cutting wheel, the workpiece flexes the nozzle toward the cutting wheel.
10. The saw of claim 1 wherein the nozzle is pivotable.
11. The saw of claim 10 further comprising a handle configured to pivot the nozzle between at least one of a position towards the cutting wheel and a position away from the cutting wheel.

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 optical output level control apparatus, comprising:
a detector configured to detect optical power of an input optical signal;
an optical amplifier configured to amplify the input optical signal;
a memory configured to store data that define a first curved line representing a relationship between the optical input power and a drive voltage of the optical amplifier for obtaining a first output level and data that defines a second curved line representing a relationship between the optical input power and the drive voltage of the optical amplifier for obtaining a second output level;
a generator configured to correct at least one of the first and second curved lines so that a range of the optical input power of the first curved line is the same as the range of the optical input power of the second curved line and the range of the drive voltage of the first curved line is the same as the range of the drive voltage of the second curved line and generate a target curved line representing a relationship between optical input power and a drive voltage of the optical amplifier for obtaining a target output level through interpolation based on the first and second curved lines at least one of which is corrected;
a determiner configured to determine a drive voltage corresponding to the optical power detected by the detector; and
a drive circuit configured to drive the optical amplifier using the drive voltage determined by the determiner.
2. The optical output level control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a target data memory configured to store data used to define the target curved line generated by the generator,
wherein the determiner determines the drive voltage corresponding to the optical power detected by the detector by searching the target data memory using the optical power detected by the detector.
3. The optical output level control apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the generator includes a normalizer configured to normalize the first and second curved lines, an interpolator configured to generate a third curved line from the first and second curved lines normalized by the normalizer through interpolation, and a target curved line generator configured to generate the target curved line by denormalizing the third curved line generated by the interpolator.
4. The optical output level control apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein the interpolator generates the third curved line from the first and second curved lines through interpolation in a ratio determined by the first output level, the second output level, and the target output level.
5. The optical output level control apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein the memory further stores data indicating end points of an intermediate curved line representing a relationship between optical input power and the drive voltage of the optical amplifier for obtaining an intermediate output level between the first output level and the second output level,
wherein the end points of the intermediate curved line are located on one of a straight line indicating an upper limit of the drive voltage of the optical amplifier, a straight line indicating a minimum optical power detectable by the detector, and a straight line indicating a maximum optical power detectable by the detector, and
wherein the target curved line generator generates the target curved line from the third curved line using the data that indicate the end points of the intermediate curved line and that are stored in the memory.
6. A method for generating a lookup table for use in an optical output level control apparatus, the optical output level control apparatus including a detector configured to detect optical power of an input optical signal, an optical amplifier configured to amplify the input optical signal, and a drive circuit configured to drive the optical amplifier using a drive voltage corresponding to the optical power detected by the detector, the method comprising:
correcting, using at least one processor, at least one of a first curved line representing a relationship between the optical input power and a drive voltage of the optical amplifier for obtaining a first output level and a second curved line representing a relationship between the optical input power and the drive voltage of the optical amplifier for obtaining a second output level so that a range of the optical input power of the first curved line is the same as a range of the optical input power of the second curved line and a range of the drive voltage of the first curved line is the same as a range of the drive voltage of the second curved line;
generating, using the at least one processor, a target curved line representing a relationship between optical input power and a drive voltage of the optical amplifier for obtaining a target output level through interpolation based on the first and second curved lines at least one of which is corrected; and
storing, using the at least one processor, data that define the target curved line in a storage area so that a drive voltage of the optical amplifier is searchable using the optical input power.

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main casing;
a plurality of cartridges;
a cartridge support unit configured to support the plurality of cartridges, the cartridge support unit being configured to move in a withdrawing direction from a mounted position at which the cartridge support unit is mounted inside the main casing to a withdrawn position positioned outward of the mounted position in the withdrawing direction with respect to the main casing, and to move in a mounting direction from the withdrawn position to the mounted position;
an abutment portion disposed at one of the main casing and the cartridge support unit; and
a first applying portion disposed at the other of the main casing and the cartridge support unit, the first applying portion being configured to abut on the abutment portion to apply a first resistance force in a direction opposite to the mounting direction to the cartridge support unit when the cartridge support unit moves in the mounting direction, the first applying portion and the abutment portion being configured such that the first resistance force continuously increases and then continuously decreases when the cartridge support unit moves in the mounting direction.
2. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first applying portion has a first curved surface, the abutment portion having a second curved surface abuttable on the first curved surface when the cartridge support unit moves in the mounting direction, the first curved surface and the second curved surface being configured such that the first resistance force continuously increases and then continuously decreases when the cartridge support unit moves in the mounting direction.
3. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first applying portion comprises a resilient member.
4. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first applying portion is a resilient member.
5. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the resilient member is a torsion coil spring.
6. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first applying portion is disposed at the cartridge support unit and the abutment portion is disposed at the main casing, the first applying portion being configured to be resiliently deformed by abutting on the abutment portion.
7. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first applying portion is configured to be resiliently deformed when the first applying portion abuts on the abutment portion to move past the abutment portion.
8. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first applying portion is configured to be resiliently deformed and to retract upward by abutting on the abutment portion.
9. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cartridge support unit has an upstream end portion in the mounting direction, the first applying portion being disposed at the upstream end portion of the cartridge support unit, and
wherein the main casing has an upstream end portion in the mounting direction, the abutment portion being disposed at the upstream end portion of the main casing.
10. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second applying portion disposed at the other of the main casing and the cartridge support unit, the second applying portion being configured to abut on the abutment portion to apply a second resistance force in a direction opposite to the withdrawing direction to the cartridge support unit when the cartridge support unit moves in the withdrawing direction, the second applying portion and the abutment portion being configured such that the second resistance force continuously increases and then continuously decreases when the cartridge support unit moves in the withdrawing direction.
11. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second applying portion is integral with the first applying portion.
12. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main casing;
a plurality of cartridges;
a cartridge support unit configured to support the plurality of cartridges, the cartridge support unit being configured to move in a withdrawing direction from a mounted position at which the cartridge support unit is mounted inside the main casing to a withdrawn position positioned outward of the mounted position in the withdrawing direction with respect to the main casing, and to move in a mounting direction from the withdrawn position to the mounted position;
an abutment member disposed at one of the main casing and the cartridge support unit; and
an applying member disposed at the other of the main casing and the cartridge support unit, the applying member having a first applying portion and a second applying portion, the first applying portion being configured to abut on the abutment member to apply a first resistance force in a direction opposite to the mounting direction to the cartridge support unit when the cartridge support unit moves in the mounting direction, the first applying portion and the abutment member being configured such that the first resistance force continuously increases and then continuously decreases when the cartridge support unit moves in the mounting direction, the second applying portion being configured to abut on the abutment member to apply a second resistance force in a direction opposite to the withdrawing direction to the cartridge support unit when the cartridge support unit moves in the withdrawing direction, the second applying portion and the abutment member being configured such that the second resistance force continuously increases and then continuously decreases when the cartridge support unit moves in the withdrawing direction.
13. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the second applying portion is further configured to abut on the abutment member to apply a propulsion force in the mounting direction to the cartridge support unit when the cartridge support unit moves in the mounting direction after the first applying portion has abutted on the abutment member, the second applying portion and the abutment member being further configured such that the propulsion force continuously increases and then continuously decreases when the cartridge support unit moves in the mounting direction after the first applying portion has abutted on the abutment member.
14. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the continuously increasing propulsion force is continuous with the continuously decreasing first resistance force.
15. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main casing;
a plurality of cartridges;
a cartridge support unit configured to support the plurality of cartridges, the cartridge support unit being configured to move in a withdrawing direction from a mounted position at which the cartridge support unit is mounted inside the main casing to a withdrawn position positioned outward of the mounted position in the withdrawing direction with respect to the main casing, and to move in a mounting direction from the withdrawn position to the mounted position;
an abutment portion disposed at one of the main casing and the cartridge support unit; and
a first applying portion disposed at the other of the main casing and the cartridge support unit, the first applying portion having a first curved surface configured to abut on a second curved surface of the abutment portion when the cartridge support unit moves in the mounting direction.
16. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first applying portion comprises a resilient member.
17. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the resilient member is a torsion coil spring.
18. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first applying portion is disposed at the cartridge support unit and the abutment portion is disposed at the main casing, the first applying portion being configured to be resiliently deformed by abutting on the abutment portion.
19. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first applying portion is configured to be resiliently deformed when the first applying portion abuts on the abutment portion to move past the abutment portion.
20. The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first applying portion is configured to be resiliently deformed and to retract upward by abutting on the abutment portion.

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 of forming a color image comprising:
preparing a photosensitive body, a charger which charges the photosensitive drum, a laser scanning unit which radiates light onto the charged photosensitive body, and forms an electrostatic latent image thereon, a plurality of developing units respectively having toners having colors of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, arranged along an outer surface of the photosensitive body, to develop the electrostatic latent image with the toner, a transfer unit which transfers the developed image onto a recording medium, and a fusing unit which fuses the transferred image onto the recording medium;
developing a plurality of monochromatic images using the developing units and overlapping the monochromatic images on the transfer unit to produce a full color image;
transferring the full color image onto the recording medium using the transfer unit; and
fusing the transferred image onto the recording medium using the fusing unit,
wherein the developing units are arranged based on the respective toner colors in the order of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black from the laser scanning unit in a traveling direction of the outer surface of the photosensitive body, and the developing is performed in the order of yellow, magenta, cyan, and black.
2. A method of claim 1, wherein the laser scanning unit is located below the photosensitive body.
3. A method of claim 2, wherein, in the laser scanning unit, the plurality of the developing units, the transfer unit, and the fusing unit are arranged sequentially in the traveling direction of the outer surface of the photosensitive body.
4. A method of claim 3, wherein each of the developing units includes a developing roller being maintained at a developing gap with respect to the outer surface of the photosensitive body.