23rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130142490 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION SHIELD FOR AN ELECTRONIC MODULE - An electromagnetic radiation shield for an electronic module. In one example embodiment, an EMR shield for an electronic transceiver module includes a conductive carrier sized and configured to surround a shell of an electronic transceiver module. The conductive carrier defines a plurality of extended elements located on at least one edge of the conductive carrier and an orientation element. Each extended element is configured to bias against the shell in order to create a physical and electrical contact between the conductive carrier and the shell. The orientation element is configured to engage a corresponding structure in the shell in order to correctly orient the conductive carrier with respect to the shell. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142491 | METHOD FOR CHECKING THE CORRECT INSTALLATION OF A BEND-INSENSITIVE OPTICAL CABLE AND OPTICAL CABLE SUITABLE FOR THE METHOD THEREOF - A method for detecting faulty laying down of an optical cable exhibiting a measured cut-off wavelength includes providing an optical cable for transmitting optical signals including at least one single-mode optical fibre having an attenuation equal to or larger than a first threshold value as measured when wound for one turn around a bending radius equal to or smaller than 5 mm at at least one predetermined test wavelength, the test wavelength being smaller than the measured cut-off wavelength, and an attenuation smaller than a second threshold value as measured when wound for one turn around a bending radius equal to at least a minimum bending radius at an operative wavelength equal to or larger than the measured cut-off wavelength; laying the optical cable; and measuring the attenuation in the at least one optical fibre at the predetermined test wavelength. An optical cable includes at least one optical fibre that is bend sensitive at a predetermined test wavelength not larger than the measured cut-off wavelength and is bend insensitive at an operative wavelength larger than the measured cut-off wavelength, where the cable operates in single-mode regime. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142492 | Divice For Connecting Together Tubes For Protecting An Optical Fiber Cable, A Segment Of An Optical Transmission Circuit Including Such A Device, And A Sealing Element For Such A Device | 2013-06-06 |
20130142493 | ELECTRO-OPTIC CRYSTAL-BASED STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF THEIR FABRICATION - A structure is presented for use in optic and electro-optic devices. The structure comprises at least one region of an amorphous KLTN-based material in a KLTN-based material. Also provided is a method of processing a KLTN-based material, comprising at least one of the following: bombarding said KLTN-based material with light ions: and etching said KLTN-based material when in amorphous state by an acid; thereby allowing fabrication of one or more optical components within the KLTN-based material. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142494 | Retail System Signal Receiver Unit - A signal receiver unit for retail systems is provided. The signal receiver unit may include a receiver, a processor, and an output transmitter, and may be configured to receive and process an alarm signal and to transmit an output signal in response. The output signal may be configured to be received by an output receiving device such that store personnel may be alerted to a possible theft. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142495 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus, method and computer-readable medium that generates a plurality of movement trace tracks based on stored position information, generates a content track based on acquired content information, generates a track list by combining the plurality of movement trace tracks and the content track, and outputs the track list. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142496 | INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD USING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION INCLUDING MAPPING INFORMATION - According to one embodiment, there is provided an information playback method, comprising reading out management information used to manage one or more video titles from an information storage medium, the medium storing an advanced content including the management information in which a title timeline indicating playback timings of objects of each video title being individually defined, and playing back objects of each video title in accordance with the title timeline defined in the readout management information. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142497 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING AND DISPLAYING CONTENTS - A method for dividing and displaying a content unit includes: extracting a sub-content unit which is generated by dividing an original content unit by a preset time interval; displaying the entire sub-content unit when receiving a sub-content unit display command; receiving a jump command that selects a replay time point for an arbitrary sub-content unit among the above sub-content units; and replaying and displaying the original content unit from the replay time point. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142498 | OPTIMIZING RECORDING SPACE IN DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS CONTAINING COMMERCIALS - Recording television programs for future playback by enabling the user to record a plurality of programs that have sequential units of commercial content. There is sequential sensing for commercial content units. When a commercial content unit is reached, it is removed for separate storage. A determination is made as to whether the removed commercial content unit is the same as a previous commercial content unit that has been removed. Any previous commercial unit that has been removed has been stored in a file and a pointer to the file inserted in place of the commercial in the sequential stream of the television program being recorded. Thus, if the removed commercial unit has the same content, i.e. is a repeat of a previous commercial, the inserted pointer will point to the file of the previous commercial. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142499 | STORAGE DEVICE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR A REMOTE STORAGE DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER THAT HANDLES MULTIPLE BITRATE CONTENT - A remote storage digital video recorder (RS-DVR) system is disclosed. The RS-DVR system includes a network interface to communicate data between the RS-DVR system and a subscriber system via a network, a file system module coupled to the network interface, an ingest agent coupled to the file system module to receive encoded media segments that represent media content files encoded at a plurality of different bitrates; and a storage architecture coupled to the file system to store the encoded media segments, resulting in stored media segments. The RS-DVR carries out a number of functions and operations to service multiple subscribers and associated subscriber systems, such as various storage device management operations, file structure techniques, assignment of recorded media to subscribers, file system indexing, and supporting shared and per-subscriber content rights. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE AREA SCANNED BY AN AIRBORNE ELECTRO-OPTIC RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM IN A GIVEN TIME - The invention relates to an airborne reconnaissance system which comprises: (a) optical unit for acquiring light rays from a terrain portion, said optical unit comprises a plurality of optical components that are positioned along an optical path and designed to maneuver said light rays to produce at a focal plane an acquired image of a terrain portion, said acquired image having an area S which is several times larger than the area A of a focal plane array which is positioned at same focal plane; (b) gimbals unit for performing a continuous back and forth across-track scanning movement of a respective line of sight formed between said optical unit and the terrain below the aircraft; (c) a first back-scanning mirror along said optical path, for compensating for said continuous across track movement of the line of sight, said compensation is performed during a respective integration period for a section of said acquired image of area S which falls during said period on said focal plane array; and (d) a second, along-track mirror also positioned along said optical path, which alternates between plurality of along track states, each state causes a different diversion of the light rays within said optical path thereby to impinge on said focal plane array another along-track section of said acquired image of area S; and (e) capturing means for recording in each state of said along-track mirror the corresponding section of the terrain image which is impinged during said state on the focal plane array. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142501 | CAMERA - To provide a camera that can perform a removal operation for particles adherent to a surface upon which light is incident, of a pickup device and a transmitting member disposed on an optical path of the pickup device in such a condition that the particles are properly removed. According to the present invention, a camera comprises a driving mechanism section to drop and remove particles on a cleaning target that is a surface of an image pickup device and/or a surface of a low-pass filter provided closer to a side of a subject in an optical path than the image pickup device, the subject light passing through the low-pass filter, which is provided with: a tilt sensor to detect an orientation of the camera; and a control section to judge whether a removal operation for the particles by the driving mechanism section should be carried out or not in accordance with the detected value from the tilt sensor. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142502 | CAMERA MODULE - There is provided a camera module including: a housing; a lens unit mounted in the housing; a hand shake correction unit correcting a movement of the lens unit with respect to the housing; and a damping member disposed between the housing and the lens unit to thereby reduce the movement of the lens unit through the hand shake correction unit. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142503 | SHUTTER DEVICE FOR CAMERA - A shutter device for a camera is provided, which effectively provides an operating space of a shutter blade and a light-amount adjuster, improves assemblability of a top cover, and improves mechanical stability according to the assembly of the top cover by modifying the geometry of the top cover. The shutter device includes a driving unit driving a shutter blade and a light-amount adjuster, the shutter device including: a base where the driving unit is installed; a first plate placed on the top of the base; a second plate disposed on the top of the first plate; a top cover including first supports bent downward and supports projecting downward, where the first supports extend to pass through the second plate and support the top surface of the first plate, and the second supports are supported on the top surface of the second plate. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142504 | TWO PART CAMERA MODULE - Described herein is a two part camera module. A first part includes a lens assembly, a lens assembly holder, a printed circuit board (PCB) with an image capture device and a terminal block. The second part includes mounting elements, a connector shroud, an endcap, and an o-ring. The first part and the second part are configured to interconnect using a snap assembly. The first part is universal for all device applications and the second part is adaptable/interchangeable for each device application. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142505 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAMERA MODULE ALIGNMENT - Described herein is a system and method for camera module alignment. A camera module comprises a terminal block and an endcap with a connector shroud. The terminal block includes flexible terminal legs connected to a circuit board and terminal pins for connection with an external connector through the connector shroud. The terminal block includes alignment ribs and an endcap includes alignment pockets. Placement of the alignment ribs into the alignment pockets flexes the flexible terminal legs, moves the terminal block across the circuit board surface and aligns the terminal pins for connection with the external connector through the connector shroud. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142506 | CLOSED LOOP OPTICAL MODULATION AMPLITUDE CONTROL - Systems and methods are provided for an optical modulation feedback circuit. The feedback circuit includes a low frequency comparison circuit configured to receive a monitoring signal generated by an optical detector, the monitoring signal being proportional to an amount of light generated by an optical transmission device that transmits based on a data signal that is received by an optical driver. The comparison circuit is further configured to generate a modulation control feedback signal that is transmitted to the optical driver based on a comparison of a low frequency component of the monitoring signal and a low frequency component of the data signal. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142507 | PDL COMPENSATOR OPTICAL DEVICE, AND PDL COMPENSATION METHOD - A PDL compensation technique is provided that reduces the number of and the number of types of the PDL compensators even if it is uncertain to determine which of the two polarization principal axes of an optical device has a larger loss. The PDL compensator according to the present invention is configured to, before an optical signal input from a first or a second input/output terminal enters a PDL compensation device, switch between the first polarization principal axis and the second polarization principal axis of the optical signal depending on which of the first and the second polarization principal axes has a larger loss or gain. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142508 | CONFIGURING A PATH IN AN OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method of configuring a path between an ingress node and an egress node in an optical communications network, the path comprising a first hop and a subsequent hop. The method includes: a) selecting a candidate hop for the first hop of the path; b) obtaining a value of a signal feasibility parameter for the candidate hop; c) determining whether said value lies within an acceptable value range and if one is, accepting said candidate hop for the first hop of the path, and if one is not, repeating steps a. to c.; d) selecting a candidate hop for the subsequent hop of path; e) obtaining a value of a signal feasibility parameter for a combined path comprising the first hop and the candidate hop for the subsequent hop of the path; f) determining whether said value lies within an acceptable value range, if one is, acceptable value range accepting said candidate hop for the subsequent hop of the path, and if one is not, repeating steps d. and e.; and g) generating and transmitting a control signal for configuring the path. Each step of obtaining a value of a signal feasibility parameter comprises checking whether a measured value of the signal feasibility parameter is available, and if one is, retrieving said measured value and if one is not, calculating an estimated value of the signal feasibility parameter. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142509 | OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK LINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS - An Optical Transport Network (OTN) mode management system includes a controller communicatively coupled to at least one OTN port. The controller is configured to operate an OTN line Optical channel Data Unit level k (ODUk) mode management system for the at least one OTN port, and the OTN line ODUk mode management system is configured to support different multiplexing scenarios on the OTN port with no loss of control plane packets on aggregated links. A network element includes at least one port with a plurality of lines associated therewith, a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one port, and an OTN line ODUk mode management system executed on the controller for managing the plurality of lines on the at least one port. A method includes configuring and dynamically managing modes of a plurality of OTN lines in a link. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142510 | Apparatus and Method for Improved Distributed Compensation of Filtering Effects Mitigation in an Optical Network - The present disclosure describes a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer. The reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer includes a first optical equalizer to precompensate a received optical signal for optical filtering effects to produce a first compensated optical signal. A first interleaver, coupled to the first optical equalizer, separates the first compensated optical signal into an odd optical signal and an even optical signal. A plurality of wavelength selective switches processes the odd optical signal and the even optical signal. A second interleaver, combines the odd optical signal and the even optical signal to produce a combined optical signal. A second optical equalizer, coupled to the second interleaver, postcompensates the combined optical signal for optical filtering effects to produce an output optical signal. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142511 | AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF PACKET NETWORK SERVICES OVER DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION LINKS USING OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK FRAMES - Techniques are provided to automatically configure packet based network services over Dense Wavelength Division Multiplex (DWDM) network communication links. An optical wavelength is detected at an optical interface of a network device configured to send traffic between a packet switched network and an optical network. A message is sent to an optical control plane comprising information configured to request optical configuration information for the optical wavelength. A response to the message is received comprising the optical configuration information and the wavelength is activated at the optical interface using the optical configuration information. A frame is received over the wavelength that is formatted according to an optical protocol. Packet switched network information is extracting from an overhead portion of the frame that is configured to identify network parameters for configuring a packet switched network link and the associated routing. The packet switched network link is configured using the network parameters. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142512 | Self-Seeded Colorless Burst-Mode Transmitter Using Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifier and Injection-Locked Fabry-Perot Laser - An apparatus comprises an optical port; a first optical transmitter; a second optical transmitter; a partially reflective mirror positioned between the first optical transmitter, the second optical transmitter, and the optical port; and an optical rotator positioned between the partially reflective minor and the first optical transmitter. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142513 | Apparatus and Method for Reducing Traffic on a Unified Optical and Coaxial Network - A coaxial line terminal (CLT) comprising an optical port configured to couple to an optical line terminal (OLT) via an optical distribution network (ODN), an electrical port configured to couple to a coaxial network unit (CNU) via an electrical distribution network, and a processor coupled to the optical port and the electrical port, wherein the processor is configured to receive from the OLT a plurality of first frames addressed to the CNU, receive from the OLT a plurality of second frames not addressed to the CNU, forward the first frames to the CNU, and prohibit the second frames from being forwarded to the CNU. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142514 | Apparatus and Method of Identifying a Transit Node in a Unified Optical-Coaxial Network - An optical line terminal (OLT) comprising a processor configured to assign a logical node identifier (LNID) to a coaxial line terminal (CLT), wherein the CLT intermediates between the OLT via an optical portion of a unified optical-coaxial network and a coaxial network unit (CNU) via an electrical network portion of the unified optical-coaxial network, and transmit a plurality of frames to the CLT via the optical portion of the unified optical-coaxial network, wherein the frames have a CNU address as a destination address, and wherein at least some of the frame comprise the LNID. Included is a method implemented at a CNU, the method comprising receiving a first frame comprising a LNID for a CLT, and transmitting a second frame comprising the LNID for the CLT, wherein the CNU is part of an Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) over Coaxial (EPoC) network. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142515 | Apparatus and Method for Registering a Coaxial Network Unit on an Optical Network - A method comprising receiving a coaxial network unit (CNU) registration request from a CNU via a coaxial portion of a network, wherein the registration request is addressed to an optical line terminal (OLT), and forwarding the CNU registration request to the OLT via an optical portion of the network. Included is an OLT comprising a processor configured to receive a registration request including a logical node identifier (LNID) assigned to a coaxial line terminal (CLT) in a payload of the registration request, wherein the CLT intermediates between the OLT via an optical portion of a unified optical-coaxial network and a CNU via an electrical network portion of the unified optical-coaxial network, assign a logical link identifier (LLID) to the CNU, and send the LLID to the CNU via the CLT. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142516 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPENSATION OF NARROW OPTICAL FILTERING EFFECTS IN AN OPTICAL NETWORK - The present disclosure describes a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer including a wavelength selective switch configured to filter wavelengths of an optical signal; and an optical equalizer, coupled to the wavelength selective switch, configured to equalize the optical signal to mitigate optical filtering effects caused by the wavelength selective switch. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142517 | Controllable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer - The invention relates to a method for operating a controllable selective optical add/drop channel for a fiber-optic communication system provided with 2 | 2013-06-06 |
20130142518 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - An optical transmission module includes an optical transmitting unit and an optical receiving unit. The optical transmitting unit includes a first laser diode and a second laser diode. The optical receiving unit includes a first photo diode and a second photo diode, in which the second photo diode is electrically connected to the first photo diode. The second photo diode converts the light energy of the light transmitted by the second laser diode into electrical energy to drive the first photo diode so as to convert the optical signal transmitted by the first laser diode into an electrical signal. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142519 | OPTICAL MICROPHONE - An optical microphone includes: a propagation medium portion; a light source to output a light wave passing through the propagation medium portion across the acoustic wave propagating through the propagation medium portion; a reflecting section to retroreflect the light wave having passed through the propagation medium portion; and a photoelectric conversion section to receive the light wave having been reflected by the reflecting section and passed through the propagation medium portion to output an electric signal. 0 | 2013-06-06 |
20130142520 | ANTI-CAUSAL PRE-EMPHASIS FOR HIGH SPEED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION - When a high data rate optical signal travels through a fiber link, its high frequency components tend to experience higher losses due to fiber dispersion (modal and/or chromatic). The loss of high frequency components causes the optical eye to close and the sensitivity to degrade. Disclosed is an apparatus and method for an optical transmitter that relies on anti-causal pre-emphasis to counteract the effect of relaxation oscillation, and therefore brings improvements to optical eye symmetry and mask margin (MM). | 2013-06-06 |
20130142521 | Electro-Optical Single-Sideband Modulator - An electro-optical single-sideband modulator comprising:
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20130142522 | DIFFERENTIAL CIRCUIT COMPENSATED WITH SELF-HEATING EFFECT OF ACTIVE DEVICE - A differential circuit with a function to compensate unevenness observed in the differential gain thereof is disclosed. The differential circuit provides a low-pass filter in one of the paired transistors not receiving the input signal in addition to another low-pass filter that provides an average of output signals as a reference level of the differential circuit. The cut-off frequency of the filter is preferably set to be equal to the transition frequency at which the self-heating effect explicitly influences the trans-conductance of the transistor. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142523 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A image forming apparatus includes: a motor; a mounting unit for receiving a cartridge including a detection target moved by a rotational driving force of the motor; a printing unit; a detecting unit for detecting the detection target at a detection position on a movement trajectory of the detection target; and a control unit for controlling the motor and the detecting unit. The control unit performs: a rotation control process of: accelerating the motor; rotating the motor at a constant speed in a time period when accelerating a rotational speed of the motor up to a target speed; detecting the detection target by the detecting unit while the motor rotates at the constant speed; and accelerating again the motor after completing the detection; and a determining process of determining a kind and/or a state of the cartridge on the basis of the detection result of the detecting unit. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142524 | UNIT INSTALLABLE IN APPARATUS INCLUDING A CONSUMABLE CONTAINER AND A CHIP AND METHOD OF MANAGING THE SAME - A unit installable in an apparatus and a method of managing a unit installable in an apparatus are provided. The unit includes a processor mountable to a container. The chip includes a first memory to store data that is accessible and decodable by the apparatus to authenticate the unit. The chip includes a second memory to store recycling prevention information. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142525 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing section, a de-curling section, and a control section. The de-curling section has a de-curling nip portion that presses a sheet to correct a curl caused in the sheet, and a corrective force thereof to press the sheet changes at least in two steps. The control section increases the conveyance speed of the sheet after a rear end of the sheet has passed the fixing nip portion when the de-curling section supports by sandwiching the sheet with a weakly-pressing force. When the de-curling section supports by sandwiching the sheet with a strongly-pressing force, the controller increases the conveyance speed of the sheet after the rear end of the sheet has passed the fixing nip portion and the de-curling nip portion. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142526 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus provided with a detachable fixing unit having fixing paired-rollers, a heating unit heats at least one of the fixing paired-rollers, and a temperature detecting unit detects a temperature of the detachable fixing unit. The image forming apparatus is further provided with an adjustment mechanism for preventing the detachable fixing unit from being taken out from the apparatus body, when the temperature detecting unit determines that the temperature of the detachable fixing unit exceeds a predetermined value, and allowing the detachable fixing unit to be taken out from the apparatus body, when the temperature detecting unit determines that the temperature of the detachable fixing unit is the predetermined value or less, whereby protecting users from getting their hands burned when taking out the detachable fixing unit from the apparatus body. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142527 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer supply device supplies a toner supply amount to a developing chamber based on an output of an inductance sensor. An elapsed time is set such that the toner supply amount is smaller with respect to the same output of the inductance sensor when the elapsed time after conveyance start of a developer according to an image formation start signal is less than a predetermined time until a surface level of the developer is stabilized than when the elapsed time is equal to or greater than the predetermined time. As the elapsed time approaches the predetermined time, a ratio at which the toner supply amount is set to be small with respect to the same output of the inductance sensor is reduced. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142528 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging unit, an image exposure unit configured to form image portion potential by exposing the photosensitive member to light, a weak exposure unit configured to form non-image portion potential by exposing the photosensitive member to weak light having a lower exposure amount than the light for forming the image portion potential, and a developer bearing member configured to carry developer, wherein a relationship of Ldev2013-06-06 | |
20130142529 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has an image carrying member on a surface of which a latent image is formed, a developing roller to develop the latent image on the surface of the image carrying member by providing a developer to the latent image, a smoother, an applying roller to apply the smoother to the surface of the image carrying member, and a controller to determine whether the image forming apparatus is in a waiting mode wherein the image carrying member is moved and is ready for a subsequent image forming operation. The controller controls a rotation and a stop of the rotation of the developing roller when the controller determines that the image forming apparatus is in the waiting mode. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142530 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photoconductor, a charging unit, an exposure unit to expose the photoconductor to reduce an electrical potential at the photoconductor, a developing unit to charge the toner held on a toner bearing member with friction and attract the toner to the exposed portion on the photoconductor by supplying a development voltage from a first power source and using an electrical potential difference between the toner bearing member and the photoconductor in the development area, a reverse development voltage controller to supply a reverse development voltage while a non-charged portion on the photoconductor passes the development area, and a developer reducing potential applier to supply a development restraining potential and an absolute value smaller than a target charging potential to the photoconductor while the reverse development voltage is supplied. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142531 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, provided is a transfer device including: a nip forming member that abuts against a surface of an image carrier carrying a toner image; and a transfer voltage application unit that applies a transfer voltage including a DC component and an AC component. The transfer voltage is an alternating voltage in which a supply voltage having polarity in a transfer direction and a return voltage having polarity opposite. A time average value Vave of the transfer voltage is set to be at polarity in the transfer direction and is set to be closer to a peak value Vt of the supply voltage relative to a center value Voff between a maximum and minimum value. An absolute value of the peak value Vr of the return voltage is set to be larger than an absolute value of the time average value Vave. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142532 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is configured to be able to switch a target temperature of an image heating member from a standby target temperature during a standby state in which a pressurizing member is separated from the image heating member to a first target temperature or a second target temperature which is lower than the standby and first target temperatures. The image forming apparatus controls a contacting/separating mechanism such that a time from when an image forming signal is input until when the pressurizing member in the standby state contacts the image heating member and forms a nip is shorter in a case when the target temperature of the image heating member is the second target temperature than in a case when the target temperature of the image heating member is the first target temperature. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142533 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Provided is a fixing device comprising: a fixing rotating body; a magnetizing coil; a pressing member forming a fixing nip through which a recording sheet passes; a demagnetizing coil unit set including a pile of demagnetizing coil units each including demagnetizing coils of different sizes, and canceling out part of magnetic flux generated by the magnetizing coil in a non-sheet-passing region; a sheet information acquisition unit acquiring sheet information including information relating to a width of the recording sheet; and an operation control unit controlling each demagnetizing coil according to the width, wherein in each demagnetizing coil unit, the demagnetizing coils are arranged such that a smaller demagnetizing coil is surrounded by a larger demagnetizing coil and the demagnetizing coils are in a same plane extending along a surface of the magnetizing coil, and a combination of sizes of the demagnetizing coils differs among the demagnetizing coil units. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142534 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second. image-forming portions and an intermediate transporting portion. A control unit checks fixing units in the image-forming portions and determines whether or not the fixing unit, in the first image-forming portion is a fixing unit for an envelope. If not, the control unit controls a manipulation and display unit to display guidance for urging a user to exchange the first fixing unit. If so, the control unit determines whether or not too fixing unit in the second image-forming portion is a fixing unit for an envelope. If not, the control portion controls a manipulation and display unit to display a guidance for urging a user to exchange the second fixing unit, If both of fixing units in the first and second image-forming portions are fixing units for the envelope, the control unit allows an envelope mode control operation. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142535 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUSING TEMPERATURE OF THE SAME - An image forming apparatus having two or more different rated voltages, the image forming apparatus including a voltage detecting unit, which detects a voltage level of alternating current (AC) power supplied from outside of the image forming apparatus; a control unit, which outputs a control signal according to the detected voltage level; a fusion driving circuit, which controls a number of waveforms and phase of the AC power according to the control signal and outputs the controlled AC power as fusing power; and a fuser including a heat generating body having a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) characteristic, which receives the fusing power and generates resistance heat; and a heating member, which is heated by the heat generated by the resistance heat generating body and fuses an image formed on a printing medium. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142536 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - The image heating apparatus for heating a toner image beard on a recording material while conveying the recording material at a nip portion, the image heating apparatus including a heater; a fixing member; a pressure member; a first temperature detecting member; a second temperature detecting member configured to detect a temperature on a non-sheet-passing-area; a control device; and an air supplying member supplying an air to the non-sheet-passing-area, the air supplying member is started to drive when a temperature detected by the second temperature detecting member reaches a predetermined temperature which is higher than the target temperature, wherein the control device controls a quantity of the air in response to an information related to the power which is supplied to the heater when a temperature detected by the second temperature detecting member reaches the predetermined temperature. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142537 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing element that bears a toner image to be transferred to a sheet; an image forming portion that forms the toner image on the image bearing element; a cleaning element that cleans the surface of the image bearing element; a storage portion that stores a history of print coverage; a control portion that makes the image forming portion form a cleaning toner image to be supplied to the image bearing element at time of cleaning by the cleaning element; and a print coverage calculating portion that calculates the print coverage of the sheet. The control portion obtains an average value of the print coverage in a period from after a previous cleaning by the cleaning element until before a current cleaning, and determines an amount of toner for the cleaning toner image supplied to the image bearing element based on the average value. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142538 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material by exposing a photosensitive member with a light emitting member in a state where a cartridge including the photosensitive member is mounted in an apparatus main body includes a light emitting member, a support member, and a duct formed in the support member. The light emitting member includes a plurality of light emitting portions arranged in an array. The support member supports the light emitting member. The duct forms an air supply path extending in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge to cool the cartridge mounted in the apparatus main body. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142539 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A cleaning device includes at least one first cleaning member that removes residual substances that remain on a surface of an endless belt by being in contact with the surface of the endless belt while rotating in a direction that is opposite to a movement direction in which the endless belt moves; a second cleaning member that is brought into contact with and separated from the surface of the endless belt at a predetermined timing and removes the residual substances that remain on the surface of the endless belt; and a switching unit that switches a rotation direction of the first cleaning member to a direction the same as the movement direction of the endless belt when the second cleaning member is brought into contact with the surface of the endless belt and cleans the surface. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142540 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A cleaning device includes first to third cleaning members that clean a surface of an endless belt that is looped over rollers including a driving roller. The first cleaning member is brought into contact with and separated from the surface at a predetermined timing. The second cleaning member is disposed upstream of the first cleaning member and downstream of the driving roller in a movement direction of the endless belt. The second cleaning member is in contact with the endless belt so as to prevent a tension variation of the endless belt caused by the first cleaning member from affecting the driving roller. The third cleaning member is disposed downstream of the first cleaning member. A contact state in which the third cleaning member is in contact with the endless belt is switched from a first contact state to a second contact state so as to reduce the tension variation. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142541 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A developing device for an image forming apparatus, comprising a frame provided with a developer accommodating chamber accommodating a developer, and a development opening for supplying the developer from an inside of the developer accommodating chamber to an outside; a first sealing member sealing the development opening, the first sealing member being dismountable from the development opening by being pulled out through a pulling opening provided in the frame; and a second sealing member for sliding on the first sealing member to prevent the developer from leaking to an outside of the frame through the pulling opening when the first sealing member is pulled through the pulling opening, wherein the second sealing member is integrally molded on the frame by injecting a thermoplastic elastomer into a space between the first sealing member and an edge of the pulling opening. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142542 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A developer container includes a casing having a developer accommodating chamber and a waste-developer accommodating chamber, conveying member, a conveying-member accommodating unit, and a supporting member. The conveying member conveys waste developer in a longitudinal direction of the waste-developer accommodating chamber. The conveying-member accommodating unit accommodates the conveying member therein and has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is provided in an upstream end portion and allows the waste developer to move from outside of the conveying-member accommodating unit to the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit. The second opening allows the waste-developer to move from the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit to the waste-developer accommodating chamber. The supporting member is provided on the casing. The supporting member supports the conveying-member accommodating unit such that the conveying-member accommodating unit is movable in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction relative to the casing. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142543 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING DETACHABLE DEVELOPING DEVICE - At least one of driving motors that drive a developing device independently of each other is provided on a door capable of opening and closing to allow the developing device to be attached to or detached from a main body of an apparatus. An electrical contact portion that can be electrically connected to or disconnected from an electrical circuit provided in the main body is provided for the driving motor provided on the door. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142544 | SINGLE FUNCTION BTR WITH ZERO MEDIA WRAP ANGLE - An electrostatographic printing apparatus that includes a charge receptor endless belt; a transfer nip including a BTR roll in contact with the charge receptor at a transfer zone, a continuous media supplied to the transfer zone, and the transfer nip adapted for systematic engagement and disengagement with the continuous media for synchronization of image transfer from the charge receptor to the media. More specifically, in response to recognition of imaging inconsistencies such as belt seams, test patches, or label format pitches, the endless belt disengages from the continuous media at the BTR roll. The BTR roll is appropriately turned on and off and the continuous media reversed in direction commonly known as a ‘Pilgrim step’, then returned to normal direction to synchronize the transfer of images to the continuous media, wherein there is substantially zero wrap of the continuous media on the BTR roll during the engagement of the continuous media with the charge receptor belt. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142545 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: a motor having a winding in which a plurality of coils are connected to one another, the motor configured to rotate an image bearing member by a switchover of a direction of a current flowing through each of the plurality of coils; and a control device configured to switch over the direction of the current flowing through each coil to put a brake on the motor separately from the switchover of the direction of the current flowing through each coil to drive the motor, wherein the control device switches over the direction of the current, according to a brake signal having a period larger than a period of a drive signal for driving the motor, to put a brake on the motor to control a rotation speed of the image bearing member. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142546 | Image-Forming Device Having Mechanism for Separating Developing Rollers from Photosensitive Drums - An image-forming device includes image carrying members aligned in a first direction in a main casing, one of the image carrying members being for black color, and remaining ones of the image carrying members being for other colors; a developing members provided in one-to-one correspondence with the image carrying members, each of the developing members configured to contact a corresponding image carrying member, one of the developing members being for black color, and remaining ones of the developing members being for other colors r; and a first contact/separation member linearly movable in the first direction, the first contact/separation member being disposed on one side of the plurality of developing members. The first contact/separation member comprises an elongated shape in the first direction. The first contact/separation member comprises a separating surfaces configured to contact respective developing members to separate the developing member from the image carrying member. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142547 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device that is provided in an image forming device that forms an image includes an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a developer carrier that is configured to form a developer image on a surface of the image carrier by attaching developer on the electrostatic latent image; and a contact member that is configured to contact the developer carrier. The contact member contacts the developer carrier and exerts a contact pressure per unit area thereon, the contact pressure per unit area being based on charging characteristics of the developer being used. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142548 | DEVELOPMENT ROLL FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT - A development roll for electrophotographic equipment includes a shaft body and a rubber elastic layer disposed on the outer circumference of the shaft body. The rubber elastic layer is composed of a crosslinked body of a composition containing a liquid or millable silicone rubber, a crosslinking agent, an electronically conductive agent, and an ionic liquid. The composition contains the ionic liquid in the amount in the range of 0.1 to 5.1 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the liquid or millable silicone rubber and the crosslinking agent. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142549 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming devices that includes a developing device and a transferring device, an exposure unit irradiating the image bearing member with a laser beam, a detector detecting a toner image for detection, and a CPU for detecting and correcting the positional deviation of each color, wherein the CPU forms the toner image for detection on a color-by-color basis between pages in a print job including plural pages of images, and corrects times Trv and Tv from timing on which a subscanning image-writing timing synchronizing signal is output to timing on which a laser unit emits a laser beam based on times Ty to Tk between timing on which the subscanning image-writing timing synchronizing signal is output and timing on which the color misregistration detection sensor detects the misregistration detection pattern. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142550 | Transfer Device, Process Unit, Image Forming Apparatus, and Bearing - A transfer device is provided, which includes a transfer roller that is provided with a conductive rotational shaft, opposed to an external image-carrying body, and configured to transfer onto an image-transferred member a developer image carried by the image-carrying body, and a bearing rotatably supporting the rotational shaft of the transfer roller, the bearing including a conductive section that is disposed in a position around the rotational shaft of the transfer roller and configured to bear the rotational shaft from an opposite side of the image-carrying body with respect to the rotational shaft and to be supplied with electricity from an external power supply, and an insulated section that is disposed in a position around the rotational shaft and configured to cover the image-carrying body from a side of the image-carrying body. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142551 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device fixes a toner image on a recording medium by heating the recording medium, with a heating area and a non-heating area selected in accordance with a magnetic flux and a repulsive magnetic flux. The fixing device includes a heat generating layer, an exciting coil, and a demagnetizing member. The heat generating layer generates heat. The exciting coil generates the magnetic flux, and thereby inductively heats the heat generating layer. The demagnetizing member faces the heat generating layer in the non-heating area. The demagnetizing member generates the repulsive magnetic flux against the magnetic flux generated by the exciting coil, and thereby demagnetizes the magnetic flux and suppresses the heating. Further, the demagnetizing member has a demagnetization effect different between at least a portion of the non-heating area adjacent to the heating area and the remaining portion of the non-heating area. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142552 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes; an endless belt; a plate-like heater slidable on an inner surface of the belt; a driving roller, opposed to the heater through the belt, for rotating the belt and for forming a nip for heating an image on a sheet; an energy supply member including an electrical contact for supplying electrical energy to the heater; a flange provided with a guide for guiding rotation of the belt and a stopper for limiting movement of the belt in an axial direction; and a pressure applying member for applying pressure between the flange and the driving roller. The flange includes a fixing portion for fixing the energy supply member with a predetermined play in a pressing direction of the pressure applying member so that the flange is disengageable in the axial direction relative to the belt integrally with the energy supply member. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142553 | FIXING DEVICE HAVING PRESSING UNIT WITH CARBON NANO TUBE HEATING LAYER - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device that includes a heating unit which comprises a first heat source to heat an unfixed image on a print medium, and a pressing unit which forms a fixing nip by contacting the heating unit, where the pressing unit comprises a carbon nanotube heating layer as a second heat source to heat the unfixed image. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142554 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method that can obtain a high fixing strength and reduce the occurrence of a document offset phenomenon is provided. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142555 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit having a plurality of photoconductor drums arranged in tandem; an intermediate transfer belt arranged opposite to the photoconductor drums and configured to receive developer images formed on the photoconductor drums and to transfer the developer images onto a recording sheet; a cleaning unit comprising a cleaning member positioned in contact with the intermediate transfer belt and configured to collect substance adhering to the intermediate transfer belt, and a receptacle configured to store the substance collected by the cleaning member, wherein the cleaning unit is arranged on the same side as the image forming unit with respect to the intermediate transfer belt; and a support member configured to support the image forming unit and the cleaning unit and to be pulled out from a main body. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142556 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus starts to change a curl correcting amount until when an upstream end in a sheet conveying direction of a preceding sheet passes through a curl correcting unit and finishes changing the curl correcting amount until when a succeeding sheet that follows the preceding sheet reaches the curl correcting unit in a case when the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet are both guided in the curl correcting unit through a conveying path and when the curl correcting amount is changed between curl correcting amounts of the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142557 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, POST-PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive transmission system includes a drive source and a gear. The drive source includes a rotating shaft, a magnet supported by the rotating shaft, and plural electromagnets. The plural electromagnets are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, and surround the magnet. The drive source drives the rotating shaft to rotate by a predetermined rotation angle by exciting at least one of the plural electromagnets in accordance with an input of an input signal and by periodically changing a magnetic pole to which each of the plural electromagnets is excited in response to an input of the input signal. The gear is supported by the rotating shaft. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142558 | EXPANDABLE KEYBOARD - A keyboard includes a housing, a frame surrounding the housing, and a plurality of keys arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows. The keyboard is movable between a closed configuration and an expanded configuration, and the keys are accessible in both the closed and expanded configurations. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142559 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In order to enables a user to easily specify a sheet storage unit to which sheets are supplied next without confirming an operation unit, there is provided a method for controlling a printing apparatus for feeding a sheet from any one of a plurality of sheet storage units to print an image on the fed sheet. The method includes receiving an instruction to open a sheet storage unit, specifying, according to the received instruction, based on an attribute set to the sheet storage unit to which the instruction is issued, another sheet storage unit which has an attribute same as the attribute, and controlling the other specified sheet storage unit to be opened. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142560 | TAPE CASSETTE - A tape cassette that includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface and a pair of side surfaces, a tape that is a print medium housed in the housing, a tape exit that discharges, from the housing, the tape guided in the housing along a predetermined feed path, at least a part of the feed path extending parallel to the front surface, and a type indicator portion provided adjacent to the tape exit and in a specified area of the front surface on an upstream side of the tape exit in a feed direction of the tape, the type indicator portion indicating a type of the tape and including vertical information sections and an aperture formed in at least one of the vertical information sections, the vertical information sections being strip-shaped sections extending along a direction orthogonal to the feed direction. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142561 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAING A PICKUP UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes a pick-up unit configured to pick up a printing medium stored in a printing medium storage unit and transport the picked printing medium to a printing medium transportation path provided inside a body, the pick-up unit having a pick-up roller to pick up the printing medium in the printing medium storage unit and a forward roller to guide the picked-up printing medium, to the printing medium transportation path, and the body including a guide portion slantingly extending from a lower side of the forward roller toward one side of the forward roller to guide the picked-up printing medium, and a plurality of locking protrusions protruding from the guide portion to prevent a plurality of printing media from being simultaneously entered to a gap between the forward roller and the guide portion. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142562 | WRITING INSTRUMENT - A writing instrument ( | 2013-06-06 |
20130142563 | PORTABLE WORKING MACHINE - An object of the present invention is to provide a portable working machine wherein: a control rod that can be split into two or more sprit rods; the sprit rods are fixedly connected to one another by tightening a fasten member using a lever; the fasten member is combined with the lever; and the lever is located at a position along with the control rod when the fasten member is tightened with the lever. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142564 | SCAFFOLD SYSTEM AND METHOD - A scaffold system and method having a hollow horizontal member with an internal wedge head at each end thereof, and internal wedge assembly with an external handle, and a vertical member having affixed in coaxial alignment therewith at least one grid patterned rosette. Each internal wedge head at the end of the horizontal member is configured to couple to the grid patterned rosette coupled to the vertical member substantially simultaneously using the wedge assembly mechanism. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142565 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING TWO SHELL ELEMENTS MADE FROM A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A device and method for assembling two structural elements made from a composite material is provided. The device includes two cylindrical flanged receptacles, each pierced by an aperture perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder, and a shaft that can be introduced into said apertures. The device also includes bearing means, which bear on the interior surfaces of the cylindrical receptacles and can maintain tension in the shaft when the shaft extends through the apertures in the two receptacles. The device includes means of placing the shaft under tension. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142566 | ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS FOR WIRE BONDING - Probe-based methods are provided for wire bonding and joining of structures. The wire bonds are formed via a meniscus-confined electrodeposition technique. The electrodeposition technique of the invention can also be used for fabricating one or more nano-sized or micro-sized elongated structures. The structures extend at least partially upwards from the surface of a substrate, and may extend fully upward from the substrate surface. Apparatus suitable for use with the electrodeposition technique are also provided. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142567 | DOPED 4N COPPER WIRES FOR BONDING IN MICROELECTRONICS DEVICES - A doped 4N copper wire for bonding in microelectronics contains one or more corrosion resistance dopant materials selected from Ag, Ni, Pd, Au, Pt, and Cr. A total concentration of the corrosion resistance dopant materials is between about 10 wt. ppm and about 80 wt. ppm. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142568 | 3N COPPER WIRES WITH TRACE ADDITIONS FOR BONDING IN MICROELECTRONICS DEVICES - A 3N copper wire with trace additions for bonding in microelectronics contains 3N copper and one or more corrosion resistance addition materials selected from Ag, Ni, Pd, Au, Pt, and Cr. A total concentration of the corrosion resistance addition materials is between about 90 wt. ppm and about 980 wt. ppm. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142569 | ANTI-ROTATION CABLE RESTRAINT FOR CONNECTING FLEXIBLE DUCTS - An anti-rotation cam adapted to prevent rotation of a cable restraint is described. The anti-rotation cam includes a body having a through-hole adapted to be coupled to a fitting of the cable restraint, a first leg extending out from the body and adapted to prevent the cam from rotating in a clockwise direction, and a second leg extending out from the body and adapted to prevent the cam from rotating in a counter-clockwise direction. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142570 | NONLETHAL BARRIER - A nonlethal barrier system includes a first base having a frame, a shaft and a brake. The brake includes a stationary magnet physically coupled to the frame such that the shaft passes through the stationary magnet. Further, the brake includes an adjustable magnet that creates a magnetic field with the stationary magnet, where the strength of the magnetic field is alterable by rotating the adjustable magnet. A slab physically coupled to the shaft is disposed in the magnetic field. A net is furled around the shaft of the first base such that when an external force is applied to the net, the shaft of the first base rotates and unfurls at least a portion of the net. The slab applies a resistance, based on the strength of the magnetic field, to the shaft of the first base to control the rate at which the net unfurls from the shaft. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142571 | Screed plate arrangement and method of attaching a screed plate - Asphalt paving machine includes screed assembly, plurality of lower and upper plate fasteners, and upper and lower screed plates, each having openings, and an electric heater at least partially disposed between the plates. Upper and lower plate fasteners extend into openings of the respective upper and lower screed plates and bores of a frame portion of the screed assembly to couple the plates to the frame portion. The upper plate fasteners couple the upper screed plate to the frame portion independently of the lower screed plate, so the lower plate is displaceable from the upper plate and the frame portion. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142572 | ROAD FINISHING MACHINE - In a road finishing machine with a screed having a hydraulically movable extendable screed part, an electronic control device and a control panel linked to the control device and including an actuation instrument manually movable by the operator for adjusting the value of a control current for a proportional magnet of at least one proportional control valve and which can adjust the speed of a hydraulic movement actuator of the extendable screed part, a maximum value of kinetic resistance noticeable by the operator can be generated within the movement path of the movement actuator for adjusting either a predetermined movement speed or a transition between two different movement speeds of the movement actuator of the extendable screed part. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142573 | SAFETY EDGE SPORTS CHANNEL - A drainage channel includes a body configured to receive runoff from an adjacent surface; and a resilient edge secured to the drainage channel body. The resilient edge includes an opening extending longitudinally therethrough such that a wall of the resilient edge is capable of deforming inwardly towards the opening. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142574 | METHOD FOR PLANARIZING UNEVENNESS OF THE SEABED - At a location where unevenness | 2013-06-06 |
20130142575 | Method of Laying a Pipeline from a Laying Vessel onto the Bed of a Body of Water, and Laying Vessel - A method of laying a pipeline from a laying vessel into a body of water includes guiding the pipeline along a supporting structure of a laying ramp using a number of guide devices, and acquiring an image of the pipeline, in an acquisition plane crosswise to the axis of the pipeline, at the free end of the laying ramp. The method also includes determining whether the acquired image is within an acceptance range predetermined as a function of the configuration of the supporting structure and the size of the pipeline, and emitting an error signal when the acquired image is not within the acceptance range. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRADUALLY INTRODUCING THIN-WALLED PIPES INTO THE GROUND - A method for gradually introducing thin-walled pipes into the ground includes inserting a pipe clamp, which has been arranged horizontally on a mast, into a horizontal pipe, bracing the pipe clamp (pipe gripping jaw) with the rear part of the pipe, moving the pipe clamp back with the pipe braced thereon, erecting the mast, with the tools, the pipe clamp and the pipe, into a vertical position, introducing the pipe to the desired depth with the tools, unclamping the pipe clamp and pulling it out of the pipe, and repositioning the mast back into a horizontal position. A device has a carrier unit, a mast, which can be pivoted between vertical and horizontal, tools with a pipe clamp, arranged on the mast, and a magazine a pipe arranged substantially horizontally. The pipe clamp is inserted into the pipe coaxially in relation to the pipe and substantially horizontally. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142577 | Connection system and method for mechanically stablized earth wall - A crimped connection system and methods for use in connection with the construction of earth walls is disclosed. A grid-type soil mat may be provided with a number of crimped ends. The crimped ends may be adapted for engagement through the use of a locking member with another soil mat or with a plurality of anchors partially embedded within a precast concrete panel. The plurality of anchors may be formed as part of a gang or unitary structure to facilitate alignment of the anchors when being cast into the precast concrete panels. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142578 | CUTTING INSERT AND ROTARY CUTTING TOOL - A cutting insert includes a first end surface, a second end surface located opposite the first end surface and an axis extending so as to penetrate the first end surface and the second end surface. The insert includes two first cutting edges with a curve shape on a first end surface side and two second cutting edges with a curve shape on a second end surface side. Each of the first cutting edges is formed on an intersecting ridge portion between the first end surface and a corresponding side surface portion so as to curve on a plane orthogonal to the axis. Each of the second cutting edges is formed on an intersecting ridge portion between the second end surface and the corresponding side surface portion so as to curve on a plane orthogonal to the axis. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142579 | CLAMPING DEVICE FOR CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND CUTTING INSERT - A clamping device having a high clamping force and operability when a cutting insert is attached/detached is provided. The clamping device has a guide hole, a screw hole, a clamp member having a clamp portion and arranged movably in the guide hole, and a screw member screwed with the screw hole and movable in first and second directions, wherein the screw member can be engaged with the clamp member in movement both in the directions and the guide hole has a first cam surface engaged with the clamp member and converting a force in the first direction received from the screw member into a force for moving the clamp member in a direction toward the cutting insert and a second cam surface converting a force in the second direction into a force for moving the clamp portion in a direction away from the cutting insert. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142580 | CUTTING EDGE EXCHANGE TYPE CUTTING TOOL - A cutting edge exchange type cutting tool includes a cutting insert and a body having a chip seat to which the cutting insert is attached. The cutting insert has a first inclined surface part and a second inclined surface part. In the first wall surface, a first abutting part which abuts on the first inclined surface part is formed. In the second wall surface, a second abutting part which abuts on the second inclined surface part is formed. The first and second inclined surface parts are formed with flat surfaces. The first inclined surface part is inclined at an obtuse angle to the bottom surface. The second inclined surface part is inclined at an acute angle to the bottom surface. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142581 | HIGH FEED CUTTING INSERT - A replaceable insert for tipped cutting tools is described. The replaceable insert has a peripheral wall bounding a first surface and an opposite second surface in which at least one of the first and second surfaces is convex. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142582 | Head Replaceable Cutting Tool - A cutting tool has a cutting head and a shank. The cutting head has a body, a head threaded portion, a first helical head surface and a second helical head surface. The shank has a cylindrical portion, a shank threaded portion, a first helical contact surface and a second helical contact surface. The head threaded portion screw-engages the shank threaded portion. The first helical head surface is parallel to the thread of the head threaded portion and the first helical contact surface is parallel to the thread of the shank threaded portion. The second helical head surface and the second helical contact surface are inclined reversely to the first helical head surface and the first helical contact surface, respectively. The first helical head surface comes into surface contact with the first helical contact surface. The second helical head surface comes into surface contact with the second helical contact surface. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142583 | Drill - [Problem] To provide a drill which enables a great reduction in cutting resistance and easy performance of a drilling operation by human power using a hand drill, a drilling machine, or the like. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142584 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING AN ACOUSTIC ABSORBENT PANEL - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an acoustic absorbent panel, comprising the following steps:
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20130142585 | SHIPPING SUPPORTS FOR TAPERED ELONGATED STRUCTURES - A support saddle ( | 2013-06-06 |
20130142586 | PLUG-TYPE MOUNTING - The invention discloses a plug-type mounting for separably connecting an equipment element to a substructure that includes a retainer and a plug element, wherein an interlocking device for engaging the plug element with the retainer is assigned to the retainer and the plug element includes a retaining bolt with a rear bolt ring surface for cooperating with the interlocking device, and wherein the interlocking device includes at least one sliding segment with an arc-shaped interlocking surface. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142587 | COUPLING DEVICE - A fastener element has an equal number of integrally-formed, female clamps and male clamps extending from an end face. Each female clamp is substantially “U-shaped” in side profile and is adapted to receive a male clamp. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142588 | FASTENER WITH ATTACHED COMPRESSION LIMITING SLEEVE - A fastener system that includes a fastener, a compression-limiting sleeve, and a retainer which generally retains the compression-limiting sleeve on the fastener. By providing that the compression-limiting sleeve is not staked to the fastener, existing technology can be used, and no extra staking processing step needs to be performed. The fastener may comprise a conventional metal threaded screw or bolt, possibly having a recess in its head for receiving a driver. Preferably, the compression-limiting sleeve is cold headed as opposed to being stamped, and preferably includes a counter bore which assures that an end of the retainer is below an end surface of the compression-limiting sleeve. Preferably, the retainer is formed of a thermoplastic elastomer or another suitable material. | 2013-06-06 |
20130142589 | QUICK LOCK FASTENER - A non-friction, interlocking fastener with a bolt that is locked into a retainer incorporating an integral spring with limited compression and which is axially constrained to prevent non-linear movement. | 2013-06-06 |