Author: claimsbot

1. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
an ejecting device ejecting a droplet of a solution to a target area of a subject to be printed; and
a light irradiating device irradiating light onto the droplet at an acute angle with respect to a line going through the ejecting device and the target area to heat and partially evaporate the droplet before the ejected droplet reaches the target area, so that the droplet is accelerated along the line.
2. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light irradiating device irradiates light onto a surface of a top portion of the droplet opposite to an ejection direction of the droplet so that a gas generated by partially evaporating the droplet is formed in the opposite direction to the ejection direction.
3. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light irradiating device comprises at least two light sources irradiating light in different directions.
4. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the light sources are symmetrically disposed with respect to the droplet on a surface perpendicular to the line so as to prevent a change in the ejection direction toward a direction perpendicular to the ejection direction of the droplet due to partial evaporation of the droplet.
5. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the light sources are separated form each other at an equal angular distance around the droplet on a surface perpendicular to the line.
6. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the light irradiating device comprises an optical member disposed between the light source and the ejecting device guiding light irradiated from the light sources to the droplet ejected from the ejecting device.
7. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
a nozzle ejecting a droplet of a solution to a target area separated from the nozzle by a predetermined distance; and
a light irradiating device irradiating light onto the droplet at an acute angle with respect to an ejection direction of the droplet before the droplet ejected from the nozzle reaches the target area to partially evaporate the droplet.
8. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the light is irradiated to a surface of a top portion of the droplet opposite to the ejection direction of the droplet so that a gas generated by partially evaporating the droplet is formed in the opposite direction to the ejection direction of the droplet.
9. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the light irradiating device comprises at least two light sources irradiating light in different directions.
10. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the light sources are separated from each other at an equal angular distance around the droplet on a surface perpendicular to the ejection direction of the droplet.

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 a portable apparatus comprising:
detecting a movement of said portable apparatus, and determining that said movement is associated with a user input for retrieving a value of a status of said portable apparatus;
determining a value of said status; and
presenting said value to said user.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said presenting, a plurality of indicators are presented on a display of said portable apparatus, and the appearance of said plurality of indicators indicates said value.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said presenting comprises presentation of moving particles.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein icons are displayed on said display and said presenting comprises presentation of a subset of said particles proximate one of said icons and presented with an appearance representing a status of an application related to said icon.
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein in said presenting, the movement of said particles are affected by the orientation of said portable apparatus.
6. The method according to claim 3, wherein in said presenting, the movement of said particles are affected by a time elapsed since a last detected movement of said portable apparatus and by an intensity of said last detected movement of said portable apparatus.
7. The method according to claim 2, wherein in said presenting, said value is indicated by a characteristic of at least some of said indicators, said characteristic selected from the group consisting of color, size, shape, movement behavior or any combination of these characteristics.
8. The method according to claim 2, wherein in said presenting, the number of indicators are associated with said value.
9. The method according to claim 2, wherein said indicators are indicators selected from the group consisting of snowflakes, shining stardust, pearls, jewels, dust, flies, butterflies or any combination of these indicators.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein
in said detecting a movement, said user input is associated with a user input for retrieving values of a plurality of statuses of said portable apparatus;
in said determining, values are determined for all of said plurality of statuses; and
in said presenting, said values are presented to said user.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein in said presenting, vibration pulses are generated, said vibration pulses indicating said value.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said presenting comprises generating vibration pulses at specific intervals, the duration of said intervals being indicative of said value.
13. The method according to claim 11, wherein said presenting comprises generating vibration pulses with a specific duration, said duration being indicative of said value.
14. The method according to claim 10, wherein in said presenting, audio effects are generated, said audio effects indicating said value.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said presenting comprises generating audio effects at specific intervals, the duration of said intervals being indicative of said value.
16. The method according to claim 14, wherein said presenting comprises generating audio effects with a specific duration, said duration being indicative of said value.
17. The method according to claim 14, wherein in said presenting, said audio effect differs for different statuses.
18. The method according to claim 10, wherein in said detecting a movement, other movements of said portable apparatus are associated with other user inputs, and each of these other user inputs are used for retrieving other statuses of said portable apparatus.
19. The method according to claim 10, wherein said status is a status selected from the group consisting of battery level, available memory, reception level for a mobile communication network, reception level for a wireless local area network, number of unread messages and number of missed calls.
20. A portable apparatus comprising:
a controller;
a motion sensor capable of detecting a movement of said apparatus,
wherein said controller is configured to determine if said movement is associated with a user input for retrieving a value of a status of said apparatus; and
said controller is further configured to, when it is determined that said movement is associated with said user input, determine a value of said status and present said value to said user, as a response to said user input.
21. The portable apparatus according to claim 20, wherein
said controller is further configured to present a plurality of indicators on a display of said portable apparatus, and the appearance of said plurality of indicators indicates said value.
22. The portable apparatus according to claim 20, wherein:
said user input is associated with a user input for retrieving values of a plurality of statuses of said portable apparatus;
said controller is configured to determine values for all of said plurality of statuses and present said values said user.
23. The portable apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said portable apparatus is an apparatus selected from the group consisting of a mobile communication terminal, a digital music player a pocket computer and a digital camera.
24. A portable apparatus comprising:
means for detecting a movement of said portable apparatus, and determining that said movement is associated with a user input for retrieving a value of a status of said portable apparatus;
means for determining a value of said status; and
means for presenting said value to said user.
25. A computer program product comprising software instructions that, when executed in a portable apparatus, performs the method according to claim 1.
26. A user interface comprising:
a movement detector, and
an output device,
wherein said user interface is arranged to:
detect a movement of said portable apparatus, and determine that said movement is associated with a user input for retrieving a value of a status of said portable apparatus; and
presenting a value of said status to said user.

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main body;
an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a recording material;
a fixing unit for fixing the toner image on the recording material and including a nip forming member which forms a fixing nip that nips and conveys the recording material;
a reverse roller unit including a reverse roller, and said reverse roller backward rotatable to convey the recording material to said image forming portion again after conveying the recording material which has passed through the fixing nip in a same direction as a conveying direction at the fixing nip; and
a delivery roller for delivering the recording material which has passed through the fixing nip, out of said main body,
wherein said reverse roller unit is attached to said fixing unit, and is removably installable in said main body integrally with said fixing unit,
wherein said reverse roller unit is attached so as to be openable and closable with respect to said fixing unit,
wherein said main body includes a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion, and
wherein, when an integral unit of said fixing unit and said reverse roller unit is installed in said main body, said fixing unit is positioned with respect to said first positioning portion, and said reverse roller unit is positioned with respect to said second positioning 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 medical manipulator comprising:
a manipulator main body having a handle;
a drive unit, which is capable of being attached and detached with respect to the handle, and including a drive source; and
a number of times limiting mechanism disposed on the handle, which, in an event that the number of times that the drive unit has been attached and detached with respect to the handle, has reached a predetermined number of times, prevents attachment of the drive unit with respect to the handle.
2. The medical manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the number of times limiting mechanism comprises
an operating body that is mechanically interlinked with the attachment and detachment of the drive unit with respect to the handle, and
a counter mechanism that is operated by a predetermined amount with each time of operation of the operating body,
such that when the counter mechanism has been operated the predetermined number of times from an initial state thereof, attachment of the drive unit with respect to the handle is prevented.
3. The medical manipulator according to claim 2, wherein:
the number of times limiting mechanism includes a stopper that is changed to a regulating condition when the counter mechanism has been operated a predetermined number of times from the initial state thereof; and
the stopper, in the regulating condition, projects into a movement path of the drive unit the drive unit is attached to the handle.
4. The medical manipulator according to claim 2, wherein:
the number of times limiting mechanism includes a lock member that is displaced to a regulating position when the counter mechanism has been operated a predetermined number of times from the initial state thereof; and
the lock member, in the regulating position, prevents movement of the operating body.
5. The medical manipulator according to claim 2, wherein the operating body comprises a slider that is pressed by the drive unit and is displaced from a first position to a second position accompanying attachment of the drive unit with respect to the handle, and returns from the second position to the first position accompanying removal of the drive unit from the handle.
6. The medical manipulator according to claim 5, further comprising an operating body biasing means for biasing the operating body toward the first position.
7. The medical manipulator according to claim 2, wherein:
the number of times limiting mechanism is capable of being operated from a non-regulating condition to a regulating condition, and includes a stopper that, in the regulating condition, projects into a movement path of the drive unit when the drive unit is attached to the handle;
the counter mechanism includes an intermediate transmission mechanism that is driven accompanying operation of the operating body, and a rotating body that is rotated by the intermediate transmission mechanism; and
in a state in which the number of times of attachment and detachment is less than the predetermined number of times, the rotating body engages with the stopper to maintain the non-regulating condition, and in a state in which the number of times of attachment and detachment has reached the predetermined number of times, the rotating body allows the stopper to be changed to the regulating condition.
8. The medical manipulator according to claim 7, wherein:
each of the operating body, the intermediate transmission mechanism, and the rotating body is constituted from a plate-shaped member; and
the stopper is changed from the non-regulating condition to the regulating condition accompanying a tilting movement of the stopper from an initial posture.
9. The medical manipulator according to claim 7, wherein the intermediate transmission mechanism includes a plurality of mutually intermeshed gears.
10. The medical manipulator according to claim 7, wherein:
the number of times limiting mechanism includes a stopper biasing member that biases the stopper toward the regulating condition;
a notch is provided in the rotating body;
in a state in which the number of times of attachment and detachment is less than the predetermined number of times, an abutment provided on the stopper abuts against the rotating body, whereby the stopper is retained in the non-regulating condition in opposition to a biasing force of the stopper biasing member; and
in a state in which the number of times of attachment and detachment has reached the predetermined number of times, the abutment provided on the stopper capable of entering into the notch.
11. The medical manipulator according to claim 8, wherein the intermediate transmission mechanism includes a plurality of mutually intermeshed gears.