Author: claimsbot

1. A medium transportation apparatus, comprising:
a transportation portion for transporting a medium;
a first structure unit for forming a first transportation path to guide and transport the medium in a first direction from an upstream side in a medium transportation direction toward a downstream side in the medium transportation direction; and
a second structure unit for forming an accommodation space to accommodate a part of the first structure unit,
wherein said first structure unit includes a first region disposed outside the accommodation space on the downstream side in the medium transportation direction and a second region disposed inside the accommodation space on the upstream side in the medium transportation direction
2. The medium transportation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second structure unit is configured to form a second transportation path to guide the medium in a direction inclined relative to the first direction toward the first transportation path, and
said first structure unit includes a receiving surface that a leading edge of the medium abuts against when the medium is transported from the second transportation path toward the first transportation path.
3. The medium transportation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said second structure unit includes a surface forming the second transportation path and being curved downwardly in a range from the transportation portion to the receiving surface of the first structure unit, and
said accommodation space is situated below the second transportation path in a vertical direction with the surface forming the second transportation path being as a horizontal plane.
4. The medium transportation apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said second structure unit includes a surface forming the second transportation path and having a substantially C-character sectional shape taken along an imaginary plane in parallel to the first direction and the vertical direction, and
said accommodation space is situated near and below a top portion of the surface forming the second transportation path in the vertical direction.
5. The medium transportation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first structure unit includes at least one roller holding portion capable of holding a roller to be freely rotatable, and
said roller holding portion does not hold the roller when the roller holding portion is situated in the second region.
6. The medium transportation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first structure unit is configured as a separate unit from the second structure unit, and
said first structure unit is arranged adjacent to the second structure unit.
7. The medium transportation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first structure unit is arranged on the downstream side of the second transportation path of the second structure unit in the medium transportation direction, and
said accommodation space is arranged on the downstream side of the second transportation path in the medium transportation direction.
8. The medium transportation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first structure unit is arranged so that an end portion thereof on the upstream side in the medium transportation direction is accommodated in the accommodation space.
9. An image forming apparatus comprising the medium transportation apparatus according to claim 1.
10. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
the medium transportation apparatus according to claim 1;
an image forming portion for forming an image on the medium; and
a medium reverse transportation portion for reversing the medium after the medium passes through the image forming portion, and for returning the medium to the image forming portion.
11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said second region has a first length in the first direction when the image forming apparatus is a monochrome image forming apparatus, and
said first length is greater than a second length of the second region of the image forming apparatus that is a color image forming apparatus.
12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, further including a plate member arranged to face the first structure unit,
wherein said plate member has a first length when the image forming apparatus is a monochrome image forming apparatus,
said plate member has a second length greater than the first length when the image forming apparatus is a color image forming apparatus,
said image forming portion includes one image forming unit when the image forming apparatus is the monochrome image forming apparatus, and
said image forming portion includes a plurality of image forming units when the image forming apparatus is the color image forming apparatus.
13. A structure unit for forming a transportation path to guide and transport a medium to be printed from an upstream side in a medium transportation direction toward a downstream side in the medium transportation direction, comprising:
a first region disposed outside an accommodation space on the downstream side in the medium transportation direction when the structure unit is attached to a first apparatus; and
a second region disposed inside the accommodation space on the upstream side in the medium transportation direction when the structure unit is attached to the first apparatus,
wherein said second region has a first length when the structure unit is attached to a first apparatus, and
said second region has a second length shorter than the first length when the structure unit is attached to a second apparatus.
14. The structure unit according to claim 13, further comprising at least one roller holding portion situated in the second region and capable of holding a roller to be freely rotatable,
wherein said roller holding portion does not hold the roller when the structure unit is attached to the first apparatus, and
said roller holding portion holds the roller when the structure unit is attached to the second apparatus.
15. A method of assembling a medium transportation apparatus inside an image forming apparatus, said medium transportation apparatus including a transportation portion for transporting a medium; a first structure unit for forming a first transportation path to guide and transport the medium in a first direction from an upstream side in a medium transportation direction toward a downstream side in the medium transportation direction; and a second structure unit for forming an accommodation space to accommodate a part of the first structure unit,
said method comprising the steps of:
attaching the second structure unit to a main body structure portion of the image forming apparatus so that the accommodation space is formed;
placing the first structure unit so that the first structure unit includes a first region disposed outside the accommodation space on the downstream side in the medium transportation direction and a second region disposed inside the accommodation space on the upstream side in the medium transportation direction;
adjusting a length of the second region in the first direction to set a transportation path length of the first region; and
attaching the first structure unit to the main body structure portion of the image forming apparatus.
16. The method of assembling the image forming apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said second region has a first length in the first direction when the image forming apparatus is a monochrome image forming apparatus, and
said first length is greater than a second length of the second region of the image forming apparatus that is a color image forming apparatus.

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 rotational facility comprising:
a driving device,
a barrel coupled to said driving device for being rotated and driven by said driving device,
a wheel rotatably attached onto said barrel, and
a braking device secured to said wheel for engaging with said barrel and for braking said wheel relative to said barrel.
2. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wheel includes at least one unidirectional bearing engaged between said wheel and said barrel to allow said wheel to be rotated relative to said barrel in one direction.
3. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 1, wherein said braking device includes a housing secured to said wheel and having a bore formed therein for rotatably attached onto said barrel, and includes at least one actuating member received in said housing and extended into said bore of said housing to engage with said barrel and to brake said housing and said wheel relative to said barrel.
4. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 3, wherein said housing includes a brake member received therein for engaging with said at least one actuating member and for actuating said at least one actuating member to engage with said barrel.
5. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 4, wherein said housing includes a peripheral channel formed therein and defined by an inner peripheral wall and an outer peripheral wall for receiving said brake member therein.
6. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 5, wherein said brake member includes a bore formed therein and defined by an inner peripheral surface for rotatably attached onto said inner peripheral wall of said housing, and includes at least one braking element extended into said bore thereof for engaging with and for actuating said at least one actuating member to engage with said barrel.
7. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 6, wherein said housing includes a spring member engaged with said brake member for biasing said at least one braking element to actuate said at least one actuating member to engage with said barrel.
8. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 7, wherein said housing includes an adjusting device for engaging with said spring member and for adjusting an engagement between said brake member and said at least one actuating member and said barrel.
9. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 8, wherein said adjusting device includes a fastener secured to said housing and engaged with said spring member for adjusting said spring member relative to said housing.
10. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 9, wherein said housing includes an anchor member disposed therein and engaged between said fastener and said spring member.
11. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 7, wherein said brake member includes an extension extended therefrom for engaging with said spring member.
12. The rotational facility as claimed in claim 11, wherein said housing includes a compartment formed therein for receiving said extension of said brake member.

1. A network-device management method for managing a network device via a network comprising:
a device information acquisition step of acquiring device information relating to the network device from the network device via the network;
a time acquisition step of acquiring time data indicating a time at which device information is acquired by acquiring step, the time data being acquired in response to the device information being acquired via the network from the network device in said device information acquisition step;
a generating step of generating display data regarding the acquired device information and the acquired time data in a form capable of being displayed on a display, the generated display data including the acquired device information and the acquired time data; and
a transmission step of transmitting the display data generated in said generating step to a host computer via the network, wherein the acquired device and the acquired time data are displayed on the host computer.
2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising a storage step of storing the acquired device information and the acquired time data in a memory, or storing the generated display data in the memory.
3. A method according to claim 2, further comprising a determination step of determining whether in said storage step the acquired device information and the acquired time data are stored in the memory, or the generated display data is stored in the memory.
4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising a storage step of storing the acquired device information and the acquired time data in a memory, and a discrimination step of discriminating whether or not the device information stored in the memory is old, wherein, when it is discriminated in said discrimination step that the stored device information is not old, the display data including the acquired device information and the acquired time data stored in the memory is generated in said generating step.
5. A method according to claim 4, wherein, when it is discriminated in said discrimination step that the device information stored in the memory is old, the device information is acquired in said device information acquisition step, the time data is acquired in said time acquisition step, and the display data including the acquired device information and the acquired time data is generated in said generating step.
6. A method according to claim 4, wherein said discrimination step discriminates whether or not the stored device information is old on the basis of the acquired time data stored in the memory.
7. A method according to claim 1, further comprising a storage step of storing the generated display data in a memory, and a discrimination step of discriminating whether or not the generated display data stored in the memory is old, wherein, when it is discriminated in said discrimination step that the generated display data is not old, the generated display data stored in the memory is transmitted to a host computer, and when it is discriminated in said discrimination step that the generated display data is old, the display data is generated in said generating step and the generated display data is transmitted to the host computer.
8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the acquired time data indicates at least one of (1) a time when the device information has been acquired from the network device, (2) a time when the acquired device information has been stored in a memory, and (3) a time when the display data has been generated in said generating step.
9. A method according to claim 1, further comprising a reception step of receiving a command from the host computer, wherein, the generated display data is transmitted in said transmission step in response to the command.
10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the generated display data is generated in a display format which a web browser can display.
11. A method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of items of device information are acquired in said device information acquisition step and the time data is acquired for each of the respective plurality of items in said time acquisition step.
12. A method according to claim 1, wherein said device information acquisition step is performed using an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), and wherein the device information is MIB (Management Information Base) information of the network device.
13. A network-device management apparatus for managing a network device via a network, said apparatus comprising:
device information acquisition means for acquiring device information relating to the network device from the network device via the network;
time acquisition means for acquiring time data indicating a time at which device information is acquired by acquiring step, the time data being acquired in response to the device information being acquired via the network from the network device by the device information acquisition means;
generating means for generating display data regarding the acquired device information and the acquired time data in a form capable of being displayed on a display, the generated display data including the acquired device information and the acquired time data; and
transmission means for transmitting the display data generated in said generating step to a host computer via the network, wherein the acquired device and the acquired time data are displayed on the host computer.
14. An apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising transmission means for transmitting the display data generated by the generating means to a host computer connected to the network, wherein the host computer displays the acquired device information and the acquired time data.
15. An apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising reception means for receiving a command from the host computer, wherein, the generated display data is transmitted by the transmission means in response to the command.
16. An apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising storage means that stores the acquired device information and the acquired time data in a memory, or that stores the generated display data in the memory.
17. An apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising determination means for determining whether said storage means stores the acquired device information and the acquired time data in the memory, or stores the generated display data in the memory.
18. An apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising storage means that stores the acquired device information and the acquired time data in a memory, and discrimination means for discriminating whether or not the device information stored in said memory is old, wherein, when it is discriminated by the discrimination means that the stored device information is not old, the display data including the acquired device information and the acquired time data stored in the memory is generated by the generating means.
19. An apparatus according to claim 18, wherein, when it is discriminated by the discrimination means that the stored device information is old, the device information is acquired by said device information acquisition means, the time data is acquired by the time acquisition means, and the display data including the acquired device information and the acquired time data is generated by the generating means.
20. An apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said discrimination means discriminates whether or not the stored device information is old on the basis of the time data stored in the memory.
21. An apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a storage means which stores the generated display data in a memory, and a discrimination means that discriminates whether or not the generated display data stored in the memory is old, wherein, when said discrimination means has discriminated that the generated display data is not old, the generated display data stored in the memory is transmitted to a host computer, and when said discrimination means has discriminated that the generated display data is old, the display data is generated by said generating means and the generated display data is transmitted to the host computer.
22. An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the acquired time data indicates at least one of (1) a time when the device information has been acquired from the network device, (2) a time when the device information has been stored in a memory, and (3) a time when the display data has been generated by the generating means.
23. An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the generated display data is generated in a display format which a web browser can display.
24. An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein a plurality of items of device information are acquired by the device information acquisition means and the time data is acquired for each of the respective plurality of items by the time acquisition means.
25. An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said device information acquisition means acquires the device information using an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), and wherein the device information is MIB (Management Information Base) information of the network device.
26. A network-device management system including a network-device management apparatus for managing a network device via a network, and an information processing apparatus capable of displaying device information relating to the network device managed by the network-device management apparatus, said network-device management apparatus comprising:
reception means for receiving a command from said information processing apparatus to acquire device information of the network device;
device information acquisition means for acquiring the device information relating to the network device from the network device via the network;
time acquisition means for acquiring time data indicating a time at which device information is acquired by acquiring step, the time data being acquired in response to the device information being acquired via the network from the network device by the device information acquisition means;
generating means for generating display data regarding the acquired device information and the acquired time data in a form capable of being displayed on a display, the generated display data including the acquired device information and the acquired time data; and
transmission means for transmitting the acquired device information and the acquired time data to said information processing apparatus,
and said information processing apparatus comprising:
command transmission means for transmitting the command for acquiring the device information to said network-device management apparatus; and
information reception means for receiving the acquired device information and the acquired time data from the network-device management apparatus.
27. A computer-readable recording medium storing a network-device management program for managing a network device via a network, said network-device management program comprising:
a device information acquisition step of acquiring device information relating to the network device from the network device via the network;
a time acquisition step of acquiring time data indicating a time at which device information is acquired by acquiring step, the time data being acquired in response to the device information being acquired via the network from the network device in the device information acquisition step;
a generating step of generating display data regarding the acquired device information and the acquired time data in a form capable of being displayed on a display, the generated display data including the acquired device information and the acquired time data; and
a transmission step of transmitting the display data generated in said generating step to a host computer via the network, wherein the acquired device and the acquired time data are displayed on the host computer.
28. A network-device management program stored on a computer-readable medium for managing a network device via a network, said network-device management program comprising the steps of:
a device information acquisition step of acquiring device information relating to the network device from the network device via the network;
a time acquisition step of acquiring time data indicating a time at which device information is acquired by acquiring step, the time data being acquired in response to the device information being acquired via the network from the network device in the device information acquisition step;
a generating step of generating display data regarding the acquired device information and the acquired time data in a form capable of being displayed on a display, the generated display data including the acquired device information and the acquired time data; and
a transmission step of transmitting the display data generated in said generating step to a host computer via the network, wherein the acquired device and the acquired time data are displayed on the host computer.

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 curable resin composition comprising a cycloolefin polymer and a cyclic peroxide which has a cyclic structure and a peroxy structure in said cyclic structure.
2. The curable resin composition as set forth in claim 1, wherein one-minute half-life temperature of said cyclic peroxide is within a range of 150\xb0 C. to 250\xb0 C.
3. The curable resin composition as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a curing aid.
4. The curable resin composition as set forth in claim 2, further comprising a curing aid.
5. A molded article obtained by forming the curable resin composition as set forth in claim 1 into a sheet shape.
6. A molded article obtained by forming the curable resin composition as set forth in claim 2 into a sheet shape.
7. A molded article obtained by forming the curable resin composition as set forth in claim 3 into a sheet shape.
8. A molded article obtained by forming the curable resin composition as set forth in claim 4 into a sheet shape.
9. A production method of the molded article as set forth in claim 5, comprising applying onto a support medium, a polymerizable composition comprising a cycloolefin monomer, a polymerization catalyst, and a cyclic peroxide which has a cyclic structure and a peroxy structure in said cyclic structure and thereafter polymerizing the same.
10. A laminate obtained by laminating the molded article as set forth in claim 5 with other material A and thereafter curing the same.
11. A prepreg obtained by impregnating the curable resin composition as set forth in claim 1 into a reinforcing fiber.
12. A prepreg obtained by impregnating the curable resin composition as set forth in claim 2 into a reinforcing fiber.
13. A prepreg obtained by impregnating the curable resin composition as set forth in claim 3 into a reinforcing fiber.
14. A prepreg obtained by impregnating the curable resin composition as set forth in claim 4 into a reinforcing fiber.
15. A production method of the prepreg as set forth in claim 11, comprising impregnating, into a reinforcing fiber, a polymerizable composition comprising a cycloolefin monomer, a polymerization catalyst, and a cyclic peroxide which has a cyclic structure and a peroxy structure in the cyclic structure and thereafter polymerizing the same.
16. A laminate obtained by laminating two or more of the prepregs as set forth in claim 11 with one another and thereafter curing the same.
17. A laminate obtained by laminating the prepeg as set forth in claim 11, with other material B and thereafter curing the same.