09th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090052878 | CONTROLLING AN EXPOSURE TIME FOR DIGITAL CAMERAS - Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a digital photography device includes a global shutter to control exposure time, a sensor array, and a flash illumination are described. The global shutter is in the optical path of light going to the sensor. The flash illumination generates a pulsed illumination. The shutter speed of the global shutter during a pre-flash illumination substantially matches the shutter speed during the flash illumination during the taking of a picture using the flash illumination based on the global shutter receiving a trigger signal from a controller. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052879 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH INK RESERVOIR AND INK RESERVOIR INFORMATION INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A digital camera comprises an image sensor for sensing an image; a card reader configured to read a removable data card carrying distortion information; a printer configured to print a distorted image on print media, the printer including a replaceable print roll carrying both the print media and ink to be printed upon the print media; and | 2009-02-26 |
20090052880 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND DIGITAL CAMERA - An imaging system, comprising a battery checker, an anti-shake controller, and an image processor, is provided. The imaging system is able to carry out mechanical and electronic anti-shake functions. The battery checker detects available charge of a battery. The anti-shake controller orders the mechanical anti-shake function to be carried out if the available charge is greater than a first threshold value. The anti-shake controller orders the electronic anti-shake function to be carried out if the available charge is less than the first threshold value. The image processor treats an image captured in a second area in the imaging area as a captured moving image while the mechanical anti-shake function is carried out. The size of the second area is second size, which is determined according to the available charge. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052881 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DIRECTION CONTROLLABLE FLASH UNIT AND IMAGING SYSTEM USING SAME - An exemplary method for controlling a direction controllable flash unit of an imaging system is disclosed. The method includes: focusing the imaging system on a primary object; capturing an image having a focal point centered on a portion corresponding to the focused primary object; obtaining a number of position values of the focal point; calculating a number of orientation angle values using the obtained position values; orienting the direction controllable flash unit according to the calculated orientation angle values so as to direct the flash emitted from the direction controllable flash unit to the primary object. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052882 | FLASH LAMP DEVICE - A flash lamp device including at least a main control circuit having a microprocessor and an operation control circuit connected to the main control circuit. The main control circuit is coupled to an LCD control and display circuit and a software module controlling said LCD control and display circuit. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052883 | PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING INFRARED RAY IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - Disclosed is a photographing apparatus using an infrared ray in a portable terminal, the apparatus includes: a camera module for photographing an image; a display unit for providing a preview for the image photographed by the camera module; and an infrared sensor unit for determining if light is obstructed by emitting and receiving an infrared ray through an infrared sensor upon photographing by the camera module, and outputting a photographing signal for the image. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052884 | ROTATION SUPPORTING APPARATUS, ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF, AND MONITORING CAMERA HAVING THE SAME - A rotation supporting apparatus capable of reducing shaking of a rotating body. The rotation supporting apparatus includes a rotation shaft to be connected with a rotating body and to rotate, two or more bearings to rotatably support the rotation shaft, and a frame comprising a bearing mount part to receive the two or more bearings respectively. The frame includes an inner frame made out of a metal to house therein the bearing mount part, and an outer frame to engage with an outer portion of the inner frame. The rotation supporting apparatus may further include a bearing holder to engage with the rotation shaft and to support the bearings. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052885 | Carriage having a running direction adjustment device for performing circular travels, in particular for film or video shots - A carriage, in particular a camera carriage, includes at least three running rollers ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090052886 | IMAGING DEVICE AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An imaging device and a portable information terminal device of the present invention include: a blade driving unit ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090052887 | OBJECTIVE HOLDER FOR CAMERA MODULE - An exemplary objective holder engages with a PCB substrate having an image sensor and several passive components arranged thereon. The passive components surround the image sensor. The objective includes a lens barrel extending from a side of a base, and a plurality of walls extending from an opposite side of the base. The walls enclose a chamber thereamong for receiving the image sensor and define notches therein for receiving the passive components therein. A transparent cover is received in the objective holder between the lens barrel and the chamber. An adhesive is used to connect the objective holder to the PCB substrate. The PCB substrate is rested on the walls. At least one of the notches communicates the chamber to an exterior for outgassing and is sealed by a mass of sealing material after a heating process of the adhesive. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052888 | KEY MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A key module ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090052889 | OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINAL BACKUP BATTERY CENTRALIZED MONITORING AND VOLTAGE ALERT - An optical network terminal (ONT) battery backup unit (BBU) battery voltage alert system (BVAS). This alert is provided as a supplement to an audio alarm which sounds when the backup battery is discharging because that alarm may not be heard in sufficient time if the alarm is remotely located relative to its customer, e.g., in the customer's basement or outside. A battery monitoring facility, located in a telecommunication service provider's centralized serving office, or remotely located elsewhere, monitors the voltage of each of a plurality of batteries deployed in customers' premises within the geographical area served by that centralized serving office. That battery monitoring facility receives packets via a communication network from each such customer's premises, each of those packets representing a battery voltage measurement. That battery monitoring facility stores these on-going measurements thereby creating a trending database to point to any potential future battery failures. The battery monitoring facility alerts a particular customer via the communication network when its battery is about to fail by email/text, fax, telephone or other similar mechanism. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052890 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND REMOVING ORPHANED PRIMITIVES IN A FIBRE CHANNEL NETWORK - A method and system for detecting orphaned CLS primitives in a fibre channel network having a fibre channel switch element coupled to an arbitrated loop is provided. The method includes, sending an OPN primitive to a switch element pore's own AL_PA to open a connection with itself; and determining if a CLS primitive is received within a loop a latency period. If a CLS primitive is received within the latency period then the CLS primitive is classified as an orphan and the orphaned CLS primitive is removed by the switch element by enabling a firmware based removal feature. The switch element includes a port that arbitrates for the arbitrated loop ownership and sends an OPN primitive to its own AL_PA. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052891 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing Error Rate During Data Transmission in an Optical Communications Network - An apparatus and a method of enhancing data integrity for data transmission over an optical network are disclosed. Upon detecting a low performance condition associated to the optical communications network, an error correcting code (“ECC”) device is activated. The ECC device inserts the ECC to a data stream to form an ECC data stream. Once the ECC data stream reaches to the destination, the ECC device corrects any errors incurred during the transmission, and removes the ECC from the ECC data stream. It should be noted that the ECC device can also be activated by a request from a network operator. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052892 | Communication Network with Co-Routed Multi-Channel Traffic - Embodiments of the present invention route a wavelength division multiplexed signal across multiple communication paths using skew characteristics of at least some of the communication paths. The network is a wavelength division multiplexed optical transport network. The plurality of communication paths involves different signal and path attributes such as a plurality of carrier wavelengths, optical carrier groups, physical communication paths (different nodes, different fibers along a same path, or any combination of the foregoing), or any other differentiating factors between two paths. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052893 | Optical Transmission System - An optical transmission system comprises a metropolitan core network operated in a wavelength division multiplexing mode and connected via metro connection devices to access connections to optical network terminals connected by means of a passive optical splitter. The metro connection devices contain regenerators and wavelength converters, so that data regeneration takes place between the network terminals and the central management and switching unit. This makes it possible to cover distances around 100 km. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052894 | PON SYSTEM AND TERMINAL OPERATION REGISTERING METHOD - In a PON system in which communication is performed at a plurality of types of transmission rate (L, M, and H) in an upstream direction from a plurality of terminals connected to a station apparatus through optical fibers, within a discovery period for allowing an unregistered terminal to be recognized by station apparatus, the terminal makes a discovery response at one type of transmission rate (L). With this configuration, station apparatus can wait for a discovery response with a receive function being allowed to support transmission rate (L). | 2009-02-26 |
20090052895 | Optical Node Device, Network Control Device, Maintenance-Staff Device, Optical Network, and 3R Relay Implementation Node Decision Method - An economical optical network is constituted by effectively using network resources by using the minimum number of, or minimum capacity of 3R repeaters. 3R section information corresponding to topology information on the optical network to which an optical node device itself belongs is stored, and the 3R section information stored is referred so as to autonomously determine whether or not the optical node device itself is an optical node device for implementing the 3R relay when setting an optical path passing through the optical node device itself. Alternatively, when the optical node device itself is a source node, another optical node device for implementing the 3R relay among the other optical node devices through which the optical path from the optical node device itself to the destination node passes is identified, and this identified optical node device is requested to implement the 3R relay when setting an optical path in which the optical node device itself is a source node. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052896 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND RANGING SYSTEM THEREOF - A station-side communication device connected to subscriber-side communication devices via an optical combining device; sending, to the subscriber-side communication devices, a distance measurement request signal; computing transmission delay times of optical signals from the individual subscriber-side communication devices by receiving distance measurement signals, and including: a threshold control part identifying the level of distance measurement signals; a signal detection part detecting breaks in the distance measurement signals from the threshold control part; a transmission granting part determining the timing at which transmission of optical signals is granted, and a reset timing generation part that, there is notification of detection of a break in the distance measurement signal from the signal detection part while it is being notified that distance measurement is carried out to and from the subscriber-side communication devices from the transmission granting part, sends a reset signal indicating that the voltage level is reset to the threshold control part. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052897 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND RANGING SYSTEM THEREOF - A station-side communication device connected to subscriber-side communication devices via an optical combining device; sending, to the subscriber-side communication devices, a distance measurement request signal; computing transmission delay times of optical signals from the individual subscriber-side communication devices by receiving distance measurement signals, and including: a threshold control part identifying the level of distance measurement signals; a signal detection part detecting breaks in the distance measurement signals from the threshold control part; a transmission granting part determining the timing at which transmission of optical signals is granted, and a reset timing generation part that, there is notification of detection of a break in the distance measurement signal from the signal detection part while it is being notified that distance measurement is carried out to and from the subscriber-side communication devices from the transmission granting part, sends a reset signal indicating that the voltage level is reset to the threshold control part. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052898 | Optical transceiver with a plurality of optical subassemblies electrically connected by integrated FPC board with a substrate - The present invention provides an optical transceiver with a function of the wavelength division multiplexing. The transceiver includes a receiver optical unit, a transmitter optical units and a substrate. Both optical unit includes a plurality of receiver optical subassemblies (ROSAs) or a plurality of transmitter optical subassemblies (TOSAs) and a plurality of wavelength selective filters. The ROSAs or the TOSAs in respective optical units is electrically connected with the circuit on the substrate by the flexible printed circuit (FPC) board with a plurality of branches, each connected to the ROSAs or the TOSAs, and a connecting portion fixed to the substrate. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052899 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED DEVICE SELECTION BY A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present application discloses a method and apparatus for controlled device selection by a portable electronic device ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090052900 | MULTI-FUNCTION REMOTE CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A multi-function remote controller includes a transmitter to transmit a wireless control signal corresponding to one selected from among a first mode via an infrared diode, in which a user manipulates the remote controller with one hand to manipulate a television, and a second mode, in which the user manipulates a video game unit with two hands. The transmitter turns a rotatable lever equipped with the infrared diode to set the first mode or the second mode according to a characteristic of an appliance to be controlled. The transmitter sets the remote controller in the first mode if a protrusion of the rotatable lever does not make contact with a mode selecting switch, and sets the remote controller in the second mode if the protrusion of the rotatable lever makes contact with the mode selecting switch due to the rotation of the rotatable lever, thereby simplifying components to set each mode using one hand or two hands. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052901 | HYBRID FIBER COAX (HFC) CIRCUIT - A hybrid fiber coax (HFC) circuit comprises a diplexer and laser. The diplexer has an input terminal receiving a downstream radio-frequency (RF) signal from a passive optical network (PON). The diplexer outputs this signal from its common terminal onto a cable distribution network (CDN) covering the “last mile” to the customer. The diplexer receives on the common terminal an upstream radio-frequency (RF) signal from the CDN which it outputs on its output terminal. The laser connects to receive the upstream RF signal from the output terminal and uses this signal to generate an optical upstream RF signal transmitted to the head-end or hub via the PON. The HFC circuit can also comprise an RF amplifier, equalizer, or pod adjustment unit. Elements of the HFC circuit can be mounted on a substrate with an interface connection configured to fit into an optical network terminal (ONT). A related system is also disclosed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052902 | Communication System, Communication Apparatus and Method, and Computer Program - A communication system ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090052903 | System and method for expanding PCIe compliant signals over a fiber optic medium with no latency - A system for expanding PCI Express (PCIe) compliant signals over a fiber optic medium with no latency. A standardized fiber optic transceiver is adapted to provide an optimal PCIe expansion over a fiber optic medium. Signal buffers are utilized to translate and fine-tune standardized PCIe traffic to a level of low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) that is comprehensible to a wide range of fiber optic transceivers over a wide range of interface bandwidths. The intended use for such a high-speed LVDS buffer is to strengthen and enable PCIe signals over metal (copper) cable or metal printed circuit board (PCB) traces for large PCBs, such as backplanes, server motherboards, etc. By disposing the PCIe buffer used for metal (copper) cable between the PCIe bus and the fiber optic transceiver, one can achieve the signal conditioning and translating required to allow PCIe signals to pass over the fiber optic medium. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052904 | AN OPTICAL CONNECTOR, A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF CONNECTING A USER CIRCUIT TO AN OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - The invention provides an optical connector for connecting a user circuit to an optical backplane, in use the connector being adapted for mounting on a user circuit. The connector comprises an active or passive photonic interface through which optical signals may be transmitted and received between a user circuit and a said optical backplane; a primary aligner for engagement with a corresponding aligner on a backplane to ensure alignment of the optical interface with the backplane; and a support for supporting the aligner and/or the optical interface on the connector. The support is selected to enable relative movement between a user circuit to which the connector is connected in use and the aligner and/or the optical interface. The support is preferably a flexible printed circuit board. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052905 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - Signals can be superimposed on optical phase even when low-coherency light is used, and a bit rate and a signal coding format similar to those used in ordinary optical communications can be used. A transmitter includes an asymmetric interferometer or an antisqueezed light generator to convert a train of single pulses into a train of dual pulses. A receiver also includes an asymmetric interferometer that provides the same delay time as that between the dual pulses. The receiver allows pulses originating in the same light source to interfere, so that signals can be superimposed on the phase even when a low-coherency light source is used. The delay time (optical path length difference) provided in the asymmetric interferometer is set to be longer than half the period of the pulses outputted from the optical pulse source. In the transmitter, two pulses are modulated as a unit, one of the two pulses being the rear pulse of a pair of dual pulses and the other pulse being the front pulse of the next pair of dual pulses. In the receiver, a balanced detector receives the modulated pulses, and the balanced detector only outputs interference pulses but does not output non-interference pulses. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052906 | Optical Transmission Between a First Unit and a Plurality of Second Units Interconnected by Means of a Passive Optical Access Network - System and method of transmitting downlink and uplink data traffic between a central office terminal ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090052907 | WAVELENGTH TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING 3-DIMENSIONAL LDPC-CODED MODULATION - A transmitter and method include a LDPC encoder configured to encode source data, and a mapper configured to generate three coordinates in accordance with a | 2009-02-26 |
20090052908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL TRANSMISSION - In an example embodiment, an optical system includes an analog laser transmitter having a burst operative mode. The system may include enable logic configured to provide a digital enable signal in response to receiving a trigger signal other than a reverse electrical signal. The system may further include a power controller circuit coupled to the transmitter and enable logic and configured to turn on the analog transmitter when the enable signal is asserted and turn off the analog transmitter when the enable signal is de-asserted. An example method embodiment may include providing an analog signal to the analog laser transmitter and providing a trigger signal to the enable logic to provide a digital enable signal in response to receiving the trigger signal and turning on the analog laser transmitter when the enable signal is asserted, and turning off the analog laser transmitter when the enable signal is de-asserted. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052909 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE AND OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - One or more one-dimensional array-shaped photoelectric conversion modules | 2009-02-26 |
20090052910 | Automatic dual receiver in a multi-wavelength fiber optic system - An optical-to-electrical converter may include and/or involve a splitter to separate one or more narrowcast signals from a broadcast signal, at least one broadcast signal receiver to receive the broadcast signal separated from one or more narrowcast signals, at least one narrowcast signal receiver to receive the narrowcast signal separated from the broadcast signal, the narrowcast receiver including an attenuator and a filter, and a controller including logic to dynamically monitor and adjust the attenuator to maintain separation between the broadcast and narrowcast signals. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052911 | Optical Sensor System With A Dynamic Threshold For Monitoring Toner Transfer In An Image Forming Device - A method and device for monitoring toner transfer within an image forming device is described herein. A reflectivity sensor senses movement of a toner transfer gear operatively connected to a toner transfer system. A threshold unit generates a dynamic threshold based on the output of the reflectivity sensor. In one embodiment, the threshold unit generates the dynamic threshold based on a time delayed average of the sensor output. An instantaneous sensor output is compared to the dynamic threshold. Based on the comparison, the device determines the how much the toner transfer gear has rotated, and therefore, how much toner has been transferred from the toner cartridge. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052912 | ABNORMALITY DETERMINING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COPYING MACHINE, AND INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD - A time point at which a predetermined period elapses since the start of use of a copying machine as a detection subject after factory shipment or repair is obtained. Pieces of set information, which are combinations of various types of information until the time point is reached are sequentially stored to construct a normal set information group. After the time point is reached, presence of abnormality in the copying machine is determined based on the normal set information group and the various types of information obtained. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052913 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a first sheet discharge unit, a second sheet discharge unit, a switching unit configured to cause a sheet discharge destination to switch between the first sheet discharge unit and the second sheet discharge unit, a memory unit configured to store information about drying time of a print medium, a timer unit configured to determine elapse of the drying time of the printed print medium based on the information stored in the memory unit, and a control unit configured to control the switching unit to set the first sheet discharge unit to be the sheet discharge destination based on a determination of the timer unit that a drying time of a print medium discharged to the first sheet discharge unit has elapsed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052914 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIDE FORMAT TONING - A printer or other powder deposition device may include multiple toning stations, and the toning stations may be positioned in various configurations within the device. The various configurations may position the toning stations so as to increase the toning width of the device, thereby allowing the device to print larger process widths. The device may also perform processing control for the multiple toning stations. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052915 | CONSTANT VOLTAGE LEVELING DEVICE FOR INTEGRATED CHARGING SYSTEM - A charging system for uniformly charging an imaging surface moving in a predefined path including a dicorotron for charging the imaging surface; a discorotron, adjacent to and downstream from said dicortron, for charging the imaging surface; the discorotron including a coronode, a grid and a shield a first power supply for biasing the grid and the shield; a second power supply for energizing each of the coronode; means for determining a voltage level of the imaging surface and generating a feedback signal of the voltage level; and a controller, responsive to the feedback signal and in communication with the first power supply, for controlling the energiziation of the grid and the shield. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052916 | Apparatus for and Method of Forming Image Using Oscillation Mirror - As a scanning light beam which is scanning and traveling away from an effective image region moves passed the location of a sensor, a horizontal synchronizing signal Hsync is obtained as a first detection signal. A deflection mirror surface turns around, thereby reversing the direction in which the scanning light beam scans. This scanning light beam therefore scans an effective image region IR, and a latent image forming operation using this scanning light beam is controlled based on the horizontal synchronizing signal Hsync. Hence, there is a relatively long period of time (T | 2009-02-26 |
20090052917 | Image forming apparatus - A disclosed image forming apparatus comprises: a conveying belt conveying a record medium attracted to the conveying belt using electrostatic force; a recording head for ejecting droplets on the record medium and forming an image; and a voltage waveform applying unit applying voltage waveforms, in which the shape of a positive waveform and the shape of a negative waveform are different, to the conveying belt so as to apply positive and negative electric charge thereto and generate the electrostatic force. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052918 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING AMOUNT OF RESIDUAL DEVELOPER - An image forming apparatus having a developer container containing a developer and a developer carrying member for carrying the developer and adapted to switch an AC voltage to be applied to the developer carrying member, the apparatus comprising a detecting member for detecting the amount of developer in the developer container and a processing portion for determining the amount of developer in the developer container according to the value output by the detecting member when the AC voltage is applied to the developer carrying member, the processing portion being adapted to determine the amount of developer by executing a process that corresponds to the operation of switching the AC voltage. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052919 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING TRANSFER DEVICE - An image forming apparatus which forms a toner image, includes: an image carrier which carries the toner image thereon; a transfer section which interposes a transfer member at a transfer nip between the image carrier and the transfer section thereby to transfer the toner image on the image carrier onto the transfer member; a voltage applying member provided downstream of the transfer nip in a moving direction of the transfer member; a power source section which applies a voltage to the voltage applying member; and a control section which controls the voltage applied by the power source section. The control section controls the power source section to apply a prescribed voltage to the voltage applying member so that the prescribed voltage has the same polarity as that of a toner used in the apparatus and the voltage applying member does not carry out a self-discharge to the transfer member. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052920 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE QUALITY MAINTAINING METHOD - A technique is provided that enables maintaining an appropriate level of image quality even under conditions that the quantity of residual toner increases in an image forming apparatus in which a lubricant is supplied to a cleaning target part from which a residual toner is removed by a cleaning member. In timing when a toner image carried on an image carrier reaches a predetermined transfer position, reaching failure information indicating that a sheet to which the toner image should be transferred does not reach the predetermined transfer position is acquired. In the case where the reaching failure information is acquired, an electric field that is opposite to an electric field generated when transferring the toner image on the image carrier to the sheet is generated between the image carrier and the transfer member. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052921 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CLEANING METHOD AND CLEANING PROGRAM - There is provided a technique in which a cleaning process of a developer attached on a transfer roller can be effectively realized. There are included an instruction reception unit | 2009-02-26 |
20090052922 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which is capable of suppressing damages to a plurality of photosensitive drums and an intermediate transfer belt, and reducing loads on drive sources of the photosensitive drums and the intermediate transfer belt, during control for making the respective rotational phases of the photosensitive drums in phase. The intermediate transfer belt is driven for rotation in a state in contact with the photosensitive drums. Sensors detect the rotational speeds of the photosensitive drums and the intermediate transfer belt. Control sections control the rotational speeds and rotational phases of the photosensitive drums based on the results of detections by the sensors. When each control section performs rotational phase control, a limiter thereof limits the speed difference between the associated photosensitive drum and the intermediate transfer belt when the speed difference exceeds a predetermined range. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052923 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is configured to reduce follow-up delay in impedance fluctuation and to reduce an accuracy fall in power supply control. The image forming apparatus includes a transfer element, a supply element, a detection element, a modification element, and a switch element. The supply element supplies electricity that depends on a set value to the transfer element. The detection element detects the control object value supplied to the transfer element. Depending on a difference between the control object value detected by the detection element and a target value, the modification element operates modification of the set value. The switch element switches between a short interval mode and a long interval mode. In a short interval mode, an execution time interval for modification of the set value is shorter, while, in a long interval mode, the execution time interval for modification of the set value is longer. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052924 | Image forming apparatus with opening/closing member - An image forming apparatus capable of minimizing a temperature rise of a cover by substantially preventing heat emission from a fusing device to an outside is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a fusing device mounted in the main body, the fusing device having an outlet to discharge paper, an opening/closing member opening and closing the outlet of the fusing device, a cam member moving the opening/closing member between a first position in which the opening/closing member closes the outlet to prevent heat in the fusing device from being emitted through the outlet and a second position in which the opening/closing member opens the outlet to permit the paper to pass through the outlet, a driving part rotating the cam member, and a control unit controlling the driving part to determine a rotational position of the cam member. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052925 | FIXING APPARATUS IN WHICH A FIXING NIP IS SECURED BY A PRESSURE BELT AND A FIXING ROLLER, AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS THAT INCLUDES THE FIXING APPARATUS - A belt-nip system fixing apparatus or an image formation apparatus including the fixing apparatus reduces the frequency of replacing a pressure belt or a sliding sheet. In accordance with a sheet measurement in a roller axis direction, the fixing apparatus or image formation apparatus switches a pressure distribution in the roller axis direction between a low-pressure load distribution in which pressure is greatest at a center pressure switching projection ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090052926 | Image forming apparatus - To obtain an image forming apparatus capable of forming an image without transfer deviation or rumples, a function to detect the loop amount of the sheet material with a plurality of thresholds at multiple stages is given to a loop amount detecting portion detecting the loop amount of a sheet passing between conveyance guide members. The loop amount finely detected at the multiple stages through the loop amount detecting portion is reflected in a control and drive system, and, as a result, the sheet material can be conveyed while keeping the loop of the sheet material passing between the conveyance guide members at an appropriate amount. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052927 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE FIXING DEVICE, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD FOR THE FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device, an image forming apparatus using the fixing device, and a temperature control method therefor. The fixing device includes a fixing roller, a heat roller including first and second heat sources, a fixing belt, a pressure roller including a pressure heat source, a first temperature detector, a second temperature detector, and a pressure temperature detector. The heat sources are regularly on and off according to a duty cycle, and at least one of the heat sources is controlled by the duty cycle during paper feed. A wattage of one of the heat sources is added to a wattage of at least one of the other heat sources when the temperature detected by the first or second temperature detector corresponding to the one of the heat sources reaches the set temperature such that a duty ratio of the at least one of the other heat sources is increased. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052928 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRINTER TO PRINT - A method for operating a printer to print with the operation having a pre-determined period of time between the start of a printing process and the completion of a fuser module heating process is provided. The method includes performing the heating process by heating the fuser module towards a target temperature. Next, compare the rest of the expected period of time for the fuser to arrive at the target temperature with the pre-determined period of time. If the expected period of time is no more than the predetermined period of time, start the printing processes. Lastly fuse the printing medium after the completion of the printing processes. The present invention also includes a method for operating a printer to print with the operation having an adjustable period of time between the start of the printing processes and the completion of a fuser module heating process. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052929 | CLEANING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A cleaning device for cleaning an image forming surface of a rotating image bearing member that bears a toner image includes a cleaning member that faces and cleans the image forming surface. An operating mechanism allows the cleaning member to come in press-contact with and separate from the image forming surface. A controller controls the operating mechanism. The image bearing member rotates so that in a state where a toner image is on the image forming surface, the toner image passes through a facing position at which the cleaning member faces the image forming surface, and the controller controls the operating mechanism so that the cleaning member comes in press-contact with the image forming surface during an interval period between passing of the toner image through the facing position and arriving of the toner image at the facing position again. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052930 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus for forming a visible image on a transfer sheet according to a job, the image forming apparatus including: a plurality of sheet feed trays adapted to load plural kinds of transfer sheets; an image forming section for forming a visible image according to image data on a transfer sheet; a conveying section for conveying a transfer sheet from each of the plurality of sheet feed trays toward the image forming section; a display section for displaying various items; a color detection section for detecting a transfer sheet color of the transfer sheet being conveyed by the conveying section; and a control section for controlling a conveyance of the transfer sheet and the image formation, wherein the control section displays a transfer sheet color designated by the job and the transfer sheet color detected by the color detection section on the display section. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052931 | Image forming apparatus having writing space mode - An image forming apparatus in which there can be set a writing space mode in which document images in a preset number are printed on a half of a single paper sheet, thus forming a writing space on the other half of the paper sheet. This image forming apparatus is arranged to print document images in a preset number on a half of a single paper sheet when the writing space mode has been set as a copying mode. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052932 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND HIGH VOLTAGE OUTPUT POWER SOURCE - A power source includes a voltage setting unit configured to set an output voltage, a voltage generation unit configured to output the set voltage to a load, a feedback unit configured to detect the output voltage and feed back the detected voltage to the voltage setting unit, a current detection unit configured to detect a current value which is a sum of a current value flowing in the feedback unit and a current value flowing in the load when the set voltage is output to the load, and a control unit configured to switch between a constant current control which controls the set voltage so that the detected current value becomes a constant current, and a constant voltage control which controls the set voltage so that the voltage output to the load becomes a constant voltage based on the voltage value that is fed back by the feedback unit. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052933 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming an image including: a photoreceptor; a charging apparatus for charging the photoreceptor; and exposure apparatus for exposing an image onto the charged photoreceptor and forming an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor; a development apparatus for developing the electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor; and a plural kinds of air flow paths for discharging air out of the apparatus by ventilating the air in an axial direction of the photoreceptor; wherein air flow directions in the plural kinds of air flow paths are made to be one and the same direction. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052934 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of effectively suppressing the occurrence of image deletion etc. and thus stably obtaining a high-quality image and stably reducing the influence of titanium oxide particles on image quality. The image forming apparatus includes an amorphous silicon photoconductor drum having a heater provided therein; a charging device; and a rotating member that cleans the surfaces of the amorphous silicon photoconductor drum using titanium oxide particles included in toner particles. In the image forming apparatus and the image forming method using the same, the heater controls a difference between the surface temperature of the amorphous silicon photoconductor drum and the outdoor temperature within a predetermined range, and slide friction between the amorphous silicon photoconductor drum and the rotating member and the average primary particle diameter of the titanium oxide particles are set in predetermined ranges. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052935 | CHARGING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING UNIT THAT EMPLOYS THE CHARGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT EMPLOYS THE IMAGE FORMING UNIT - A charging apparatus includes a charging roller and a cleaning member. The charging roller charges a surface of an image bearing body. The cleaning member extends in a longitudinal direction parallel to the charging roller and that cleans the charging roller. The charging apparatus includes a bearing and a supporting member. The bearing supports a shaft of the charging roller. The cleaning member is mounted to the supporting member the cleaning member is held between the supporting member and the charging roller. The supporting member includes a surface to which the cleaning member is mounted, the surface being a curved surface configured to a circumferential surface of the charging roller. The supporting member includes a surface to which the cleaning member is mounted, the surface including a flat portion extending upstream with respect to rotation of the charging roller and a curved portion extending downstream. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052936 | Image forming unit and image forming apparatus - An image forming unit includes a first image forming member; a second image forming member; a first unit for supporting the first image forming member to be freely rotatable; a second unit for supporting the second image forming member to be freely rotatable; and an image forming member urging member attached to one of the first unit and the second unit for urging the second image forming member toward the first image forming member when the first unit is connected to the second unit. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052937 | Methods and apparatus for sealing toner opening ports of printer cartridges - A method of sealing a toner opening port of a printer cartridge, the method comprising inserting a seal through a toner exit port, the toner exit port leading to the toner opening port, the toner exit port being configured to be covered by a toner exit port plug, the seal comprising a seal frame and a first pull tab attached to the seal frame with a first adhesive, the seal further comprising a second pull tab attached to the seal frame with a second adhesive, the second adhesive being a different type of adhesive from the first adhesive; allowing the first pull tab to cover the toner opening port; detaching the second pull tab from the seal frame; and applying pressure to the seal frame thereby allowing the second adhesive to attach the seal frame to the printer cartridge, wherein the first pull tab is configured to be detached from the seal frame without substantially adhering to the toner exit port plug. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052938 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a latent-image forming device; a developing device; a latent-image forming device contacting/separating mechanism; and a developing device contacting/separating mechanism, and the latent-image forming device contacting/separating mechanism allows the latent-image forming device to be movable to the latent-image forming device contacting position in a state where the developing device is moved to the developing device contacting position. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052939 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CHARGING DEVICE AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USED IN THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The invention provides a charging device used in an image forming apparatus such as a copier, a fax machine, a printer or the like, the charging device including: a gold-plated discharge wire for charging an image carrier such as a photoconductive member or the like; and a cleaning member, having an abrasive, for cleaning the discharge wire, with the gold plating being maintained over time satisfactorily, and provides a process cartridge having this charging device. The cleaning member has an abrasive containing alumina and/or silicon, the grain size of which ranges from #6000 to #8000. The discharge wire is a tungsten wire on which a plating film is formed by gold plating, such that the thickness of the plating film is not smaller than 1.5 μm, and the diameter of the tungsten wire is not smaller than 30 μm. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052940 | IMAGING CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An imaging cartridge is detachably loaded into an image forming apparatus body. A process unit has a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image on a photoconductor to form a toner image, and a cleaning device for collecting toner remaining on the image bearing body even after transfer of the toner image. A new toner box is detachably attached to the process unit and serves for storing therein unused toner fed to a developing device. A waste toner box is detachably attached to the process unit and serves for storing therein waste toner collected by the cleaning device. A support mechanism couples the new toner box and the waste toner box to each other so as to be supported each other in a manner allowing elastic relative displacement. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052941 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided which includes a housing, a series of photoconductors on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and developing devices, which each include a developing agent carrier for holding a developing agent. Also, the apparatus may include a holder, which is removable from the housing, for supporting the photoconductors and the developing devices, and an image reader provided at a top portion of the housing, which is configured to read an image on a document. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052942 | Imaging member - The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to charge transport layers useful in electrostatography. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to an improved electrostatographic imaging member having a charge transport layer that is partially crosslinked, wherein the crosslinking is achieved by incorporating a small amount of compatible thermalsetting resins into the layer. Incorporation of these resins have been shown to increase charge transport life. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052943 | Line Head and Image Forming Apparatus Using the Same - A line head includes: a positive lens system having two lenses with positive refractive power; a lens array in which a plurality of the positive lens systems are arrayed in a first direction; a light emitter array in which a plurality of light-emitting elements are arrayed on an object side of the lens array so as to correspond to the one positive lens system; and an aperture plate that forms an aperture diaphragm at the position of an object-side focal point of the positive lens system. An object-side surface of an object-side lens of the positive lens system is positioned close to the object-side focal point. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052944 | Light source unit, optical scan apparatus, and image formation apparatus - A light source unit is provided, which includes a light source with a plurality of light emission portions two-dimensionally arranged; a substrate on which the light source is mounted; a first support portion supporting the substrate; a bias member biasing the substrate towards the first support portion; a coupling element coupling a light beam emitted from the light source; a second support portion supporting the coupling element; a holding member holding a position of the substrate relative to the first support portion, a fitting portion provided in each of the first and second support portions to rotatably fit the first and second support portions into each other around an optical axis of the light source; and a fastening member integrally fastening the first and second support portions. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052945 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - By using an embodiment of the invention, an image forming apparatus capable of reducing time required until a monochromatic image output frequently used for image formation is outputted, having the number of output sheets per unit time in outputting a color image equivalent to that in the output of the monochromatic image, and capable of securing durability for an exposing system used for the output of the monochromatic image frequently used for image formation equivalent to that of an exposing system for the color image is obtained. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052946 | Density Measuring Device, Liquid Developer Storing Apparatus, and Image Forming Apparatus - A density measuring device includes a moving member that can be moved in a liquid, a light emitting member and a light receiving member that receives light emitted by the light emitting member. A gap part in which the moving member is disposed in a path of light emitted from the light emitting member can be moved. A density measuring unit measures the density of the liquid based on the result of output of the light receiving member for a case where the moving member is located in the path of light emitted from the light emitting member and a case where the moving member is not located in the path of light emitted from the light emitting member. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052947 | RADIATION CURABLE COMPOSITION - A composition includes at least one radiation curable (alkyl)acrylate-polyester oligomer, at least one photoinitiator, and at least one surfactant, wherein the composition has a viscosity of from about 50 cP to about 3000 cP at about 25° C., and a surface tension of from about 15 to about 40 dynes/cm at about 25° C. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052948 | High Speed Electrographic printing - A high speed electrostatic printing machine has a toner supply to supply to a supply roller ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090052949 | Developer Cartridge, Image Forming Unit and Image Forming Apparatus - A developer cartridge includes a developer storing portion that stores a developer and has a first opening for taking out the developer, and a shutter member slidably mounted to the developer storing portion so as to open and close the first opening. The shutter member has a resilient-member-fixing portion to which a resilient member is fixed for preventing leakage of the developer through between the shutter member and the developer storing portion. A deflectable part is provided on at least one of the resilient-member-fixing portion and a peripheral portion of the first opening of the developer storing portion. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052950 | POWDER TRANSPORT WITH A TAPERED FEED ROLLER OF AN ELECTROSTATOGRAPHIC PRINTER - An apparatus and method for dispensing toner in an electrostatographic printer includes an apparatus for feeding powder toward the feed apparatus wherein the feed roller includes a tapered feed roller comprising a shaft and one or more variable height flutes such that there is more developer volume in the direction of flow as well as a conveyance controller for controlling the powder conveying device, including the one or more tapered feed rollers such that the tapered feed roller preferentially uniformly conveys the powder toward the feed apparatus. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052951 | DEVELOPING ROLLER, DEVELOPING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing roller according to the invention includes a columnar magnet roller, and a cylindrical sleeve that houses the magnet roller. A plurality of fragmented micro recesses is formed on the surface of the sleeve. The micro recesses are arranged dispersively both in an axial direction and in a circumferential direction of the sleeve. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052952 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND TONER - An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member including a tube, the image bearing member to bear a latent electrostatic image, a development device including a pulverized toner including a resin, a coloring agent and a releasing agent component, the development device to develop the latent electrostatic image with the toner to form a visualized image on the image bearing member, a transfer device to transfer the visualized image to a recording medium, a fixing device including a fixing member, the fixing device to fix the visualized image on the recording medium and an elastic blade to remove the toner on the surface of the image bearing member, wherein the toner has a void ratio of from 52 to 58% and a toner torque of from 1.0 to 2.5 mNm according to a torque measuring method using a circular conical rotor and the following relationships (1) to (4) are satisfied: | 2009-02-26 |
20090052953 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which has means for permitting transfer members to be impressed with respective optimal transfer voltages without increasing the manufacturing cost. In the image forming apparatus, a transfer belt is driven to rotate, and a plural number of photosensitive drums, which bear toner images, are arranged side by side in the rotating direction of the transfer belt. A plural number of transfer members are located opposite from the respective photosensitive drums via the transfer belt. The transfer members charge the transfer belt with a polarity opposite to the polarity of the toner. The gap in the rotating direction of the transfer belt between the photosensitive drum and the transfer member in the most upstream transfer section is the largest, and the gap in the rotating direction of the transfer belt between the photosensitive drum and the transfer member in the most downstream transfer section is the smallest. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052954 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC ENDLESS BELT, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC ENDLESS BELT MANUFACTURING METHOD - The object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic endless belt exhibiting high uniformity in transfer and high stability in running, and an electrophotographic apparatus having the electrophotographic endless belt. The present invention provides: an electrophotographic endless belt formed of a thermoplastic resin composition, characterized in that, assuming that the maximum heating shrinkage factor when a slice of the electrophotographic endless belt is hot-pressed in a temperature range higher than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin composition by 10° C. to 120° C. is L (%), 15≦L≦80 is established, and assuming that the maximum tensile rupture distortion attained by performing a heating tensile test using a slice hot-pressed at a temperature giving the maximum heating shrinkage factor in a temperature range of 80° C. to 200° C. is S, 0.10≦(S+1)/L≦0.17 is established; an electrophotographic apparatus having the electrophotographic endless belt; and a method of manufacturing the electrophotographic endless belt. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052955 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A fixing device capable of suitable fixing even after moving to a print mode by reducing overshoot at moving to a print mode, and an image forming device using this. A mode switching unit informs a set or switched print mode to a calorie control unit and a rotation speed control unit. The calorie control unit controls supply power to a fixing roller, a heating roller and a fixing belt, that is a heating output from a heating means consisting of the fixing roller, the heating roller and the fixing belt according to a print mode informed from the mode switching unit. Therefore, the image fixing temperature of a non-fixed image at the heating means can be maintained at a specified temperature corresponding to a print mode. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052956 | FIXING DEVICE SLIDE MEMBER AND FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device slide member has a surface | 2009-02-26 |
20090052957 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device of the present invention includes a holding frame placed along a fixed pressing member. The holding frame includes a groove section having a recessed cross section and extending along the width direction of a sheet. The fixed pressing member is housed in the groove section. The fixed pressing member is pressed toward the rotor so that the rotor and the fixed pressing member are put in pressure contact with each other. A first engaging element is provided in a predetermined position on the bottom face of the groove section of the holding frame. A second engaging element which engages with the first engaging element is provided in a position on the fixed pressing member which corresponds to the positions of the first engaging element on the holding frame. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052958 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device in which a width of a slide member is larger than a width of a pressurizing belt while both ends of the slide member are positioned outside of both ends of the pressurizing belt. The above-structured slide member makes it possible to prevent lubricant on the slide member from leaking out of the ends of the slide member and coming around the inner surface of the slide member, and thereby to prevent a pressing member beneath the slide member from swelling, resulting in avoidance of wrinkle generation on recording materials. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052959 | CLEANING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A cleaning device cleans a toner forming surface of a rotating image bearing member. The cleaning device includes: a cleaning member for cleaning the image forming surface, the cleaning member having a first length in a width direction which is perpendicular to a rotational direction of the image bearing member, and being capable of coming in contact with and separating from the image forming surface; and a solid lubricating member which comes in contact with the cleaning member to give a lubricity to the image forming surface through the cleaning member, the solid lubricating member having a second length in the width direction which is shorter than the first length. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052960 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a latent image-forming unit for forming a latent image on the image carrier; a cleaning unit including a residue removal member a residue transport member; a residue collecting unit having an receiving port adapted to be able to connect to and be away from the ejecting port and to receive the residue ejected from the ejection port; a shield member capable of shifting between an ejection position and a shield position; and an approach and separation mechanism that moves the latent image-forming unit between an approach position where the latent image-forming unit approaches the image carrier and a separate position where the latent image-forming unit is separated from the image carrier, the approach and separation mechanism allowing the latent image-forming unit to move to the separation position as the shield member shifts to the shield position. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052961 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member; an image forming section to form a toner image on the image carrying member; a transferring section to transfer the toner image formed on the image carrying member to a sheet; a fixing section to fix the toner image onto the sheet; a sheet feeding section to feed a sheet to the transferring section; a sheet tray to store sheets to be fed by the sheet feeding section; a dehumidifying heater arranged to the sheet tray and to perform dehumidification for sheets; a waste toner box arranged to adjoin the sheet tray and to accommodate waste toner; and a partition member arranged between the sheet tray and the waste toner box and between the dehumidifying heater and the waste toner box. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052962 | Extensible document system - The extensible document system is a system for making documents, which can be increased in size by adding new sheets within the body of the document, comprising: a plurality of sheets, each sheet with at one or more coated edges, and one or more temporary fastening means to affix the sheets together to form a single larger sheet. The coating provided on the surface makes the surface resistant to deterioration when an adhesively attached object is detached. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052963 | UNIT FOR CLEANING END PORTION OF RECORDING MATERIAL AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE UNIT - When a toner image larger than a recording material is formed on an image bearing member, and the toner image is transferred onto the recording material as widely as possible to form an image without margins, a toner in a vicinity of an end portion of the recording material adheres to the recording material while remaining unfixed. In order to suppress the adhesion of the toner to the end portion of the recording material, the recording material is passed through a cleaning unit for the end portion of the recording material after fixation. In the cleaning unit, the recording material is sent askew. By being conveyed while an edge of the end portion of the recording material is rubbed against a cleaning member, the recording material becomes less subject to the adhesion of the toner at the end portion thereof. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052964 | ELECTROSTATOGRAPHIC APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED TRANSPORT MEMBER - The present invention is an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus which includes a primary imaging member for producing an electrostatic latent image on a receiver, a development station for applying toner particles to said latent image which forms a developed toner image on the receiver. A fuser assembly is included for fixing the developed toner image, to form a fused toner image on the receiver. A transport member is provided for transporting the receiver to or from the fuser assembly, the transport member having a substrate bearing an oil-absorbing layer that includes transparent alumina inorganic particles of siloxane coated gamma-alumina, dispersed in an organic binder, and a fluorosurfactant. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052965 | Image forming apparatus - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a main conveyance path configured to convey a recording medium from a paper feeding unit to a sheet discharge unit; a double-side reversing conveyance path configured to switch back a recording medium, one side of which has an image formed, so as to reverse the sides of the recording medium for double-sided image formation; a sheet resending conveyance path configured to resend the recording medium reversed in the double-side reversing conveyance path to the main conveyance path; and a double-side reversing open-space unit configured to provide a space for switching back the recording medium on the double-side reversing conveyance path. The double-side reversing open-space unit also serves as a temporary tray for storing misfed recording media and remaining recording media left inside the image forming apparatus when a jam occurs. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052966 | UNIT FOR CLEANING EDGE PORTION OF RECORDING MATERIAL OR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner image formed on an image bearing member is transferred onto a recording material so as to overflow from an edge portion of the recording material, thereby enabling the toner image to be formed so as to extend to the edge portion of the recording material. To suppress the deposition of the toner in the edge portion of the recording material, a cleaning member for cleaning the edge portion of the recording material obtained after the fixing is provided. In order to make a trailing edge of the recording material come into contact with the cleaning member, the recording material which has passed through a fixing apparatus is temporarily switched back, thereby allowing the trailing edge portion of the recording material to collide with the cleaning member. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052967 | Peripheral With Adjustable Input and Output Trays - A peripheral, such as a printer, includes a peripheral body, a first tray arcuately moveable about the body, and a second tray arcuately moveable about the body allowing for various media feed path arrangements between the first and second trays. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052968 | Cosmetic applicator with axial advance and retraction control - A cosmetic applicator includes an elongate hollow threadable insert having a mouth situated at a front end and an interior diameter defining, at a proximal end, circumferential female recesses. An exterior surface of a proximal end of the insert includes an integral partially circumferential cam having a curved incline plane terminating in a radial edge, the insert having a direction of rotation about a longitudinal axis of the applicator. Also included is a piston having a threaded rod proportioned in diameter for push-fittable axial insertion through the threadable insert and for threadable engagement, when locked into the cartridge the threaded rod proportioned in length to extend to the female recesses within the interior diameter of the threadable insert, and a piston integrally dependent from a front end of the threaded rod. Further included is a refill cartridge for receiving a hot fill or stick column of cosmetic to be applied to the user, the cartridge including a front portion having a radial cross-section, an annular collar, and a proximal portion having a cylindrical internal diameter proportioned for press-fittable receipt of the threaded insert, the cam of the proximal end of the threadable insert engaging segmented resilient locking surfaces of the proximal portion and defining a limit of rotation of the cam of the threadable insert relative to the cartridge. Yet further included is a proximal hollow body proportioned for press-fittable, rotational engagement about the cartridge and, at a proximal end, about female recesses of the hollow threadable insert. The front portion of the cartridge exhibits a substantially ellipsoidal radial cross-section terminating in a front output having a cross-sectional geometry of a teardrop. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052969 | PACKAGING AND APPLICATOR DEVICE INCLUDING A WIPER MEMBER PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE NON-RADIAL SLOT - The present invention relates to a packaging and applicator device comprising: | 2009-02-26 |
20090052970 | Device for extracting paste contents - Disclosed is a device for extracting paste contents. The device includes a storing unit for individually storing at least one paste content therein in order to extract the paste content to an exterior and a pushing unit for pushing the paste content stored in the storing unit. The pushing unit is detachably coupled with the storing unit. The storing unit is formed at an inner portion thereof with at least one storing cavity for individually storing the paste content. An exhaust port is formed at a front end of the storing cavity in order to exhaust the paste content and an injection port is formed at a rear end of the storing cavity for injecting the paste content into the storing cavity. Thus, paste contents, such as toothpaste, are easily extracted from the device. A connector is coupled to a paste content exhaust section of the device. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052971 | DELIVERY SYSTEM - The present invention generally is a delivery system for simultaneously dispensing two products in metered quantities and in a predetermined ratio. In one embodiment the delivery system includes a barrel, said barrel accommodating a cartridge that forms the first chamber and the resulting free space forms the second chamber; a means for actuating the movement of the components; and an applicator head for applying the dispensed products. The two chambers in the delivery system are arranged in series so as to be in axial alignment with each other. The delivery system according to the present invention could be used for dispensing of cosmetic, skin care, hair care, oral care, personal care, pharmaceutical, wound care, orally administrable products, home-care or adhesives. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052972 | Cartridge used to dispense fluid within a brush - A cartridge ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090052973 | WRITING INSTRUMENT WITH COMPACT SHEET DISPENSER - A writing instrument having a central axis is provided. It includes (a) a barrel portion having opposing first and second ends, an exterior grip surface in between, and a first internal cavity; (b) a marking element extending from the first end of the barrel portion and disposed in the first internal cavity; and (c) a dispensing portion having opposing first and second ends, the first end in communication with the second end of the barrel portion. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052974 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SURFACE TREATMENT WITHUSER-SELECTABLE LIQUID DISPENSING - An apparatus including a first reservoir containing a liquid, a second reservoir configured to receive an element, and user-operable dispensing means configured to dispense a user-selected amount of the liquid from the first reservoir to the second reservoir. The element is configured to absorb the user-selected amount of dispensed liquid and transfer it out of the second reservoir for surface treatment. In operation, a user-selected amount of liquid is dispensed from the first reservoir into the second reservoir, and substantially all of the dispensed liquid is absorbed by placing a mop pad or other liquid transferring element in the second reservoir. Substantially all of the dispensed liquid is then transferred to the surface to be treated by removing the liquid transferring element from the second reservoir and placing the liquid transferring element against the surface. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052975 | Fluid Dispensing System - A fluid dispensing system for efficiently rapidly dispensing fluid for a user to drink. The fluid dispensing system generally includes a container including an upper end, a lower end, a cavity and an upper opening, wherein the upper end is opposite the lower end, wherein the upper opening extends within the upper end and wherein the cavity extends from the upper opening of the upper end toward the lower end. A release valve extends within the container, wherein the release valve includes a channel extending through the release valve and wherein the release valve selectively seals the channel. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052976 | DEVICE FOR PACKAGING AND APPLYING A COSMETIC OR CARE PRODUCT - A device for packaging and applying a cosmetic or care product includes a container intended to contain the product and having at least one product outlet orifice. An applicator member is connected to the container so as to be in communication with the outlet orifice, and a cap is mounted removably on the container between a position covering the applicator member and a removed position. The cap is able to engage with the applicator member in order to close off the outlet orifice. The device includes a guide or means for guiding the cap in relation to the container, and configured such that the cap is guided in relation to the container along a translation path extending in at least two different directions. | 2009-02-26 |
20090052977 | Brush with cartridge storage and cartridge content dispensing feature | 2009-02-26 |