| 24th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
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| 20100150580 | MOVABLE MEDIA TRAY WITH POSITION REFERENCE MARKS - A printing system includes a movable tray for holding recording media. The movable tray includes spaced-apart reference marks for determining distance traveled by the tray. A reference-mark optical detector is positioned to provide a field of view through which the reference marks pass. An identifying-mark optical detector provides a field of view through which media-type identifying marks on a piece of recording medium pass. A signal processor provides an output relative to: a) amount of reference marks passing through the field of view of the reference-mark optical detector, and b) signal variation in a signal provided by the identifying-mark optical detector. A look-up table includes media identification signal patterns that are correlated to corresponding media types. Finally, a comparator compares the output of the signal processor to the media identification signal patterns in the look-up table in order to identify type of recording medium. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150581 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a unit in which a replaceable part is loaded, an image forming section to form an image on a recording medium by an operation of the unit, a malfunction detection section to detect a malfunction of the unit or the part and a control section to carry out a control of the image forming apparatus, and when an operation mode to executed an image forming by the image forming section is an image forming mode and when the operation mode which allows a maintenance/replacement of the unit is a maintenance/replacement mode, the control section changes a control of the image forming apparatus according to whether the operation mode when the malfunction was detected by the malfunction detection section is the image forming mode or the maintenance/replacement mode. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150582 | TONER CONSUMPTION CALCULATION FOR PRINTER WITH MULTIPLE INTERACTING SEPARATIONS - Systems and methods are described that facilitate calculating toner consumption by a printing device. A multi-dimensional transform is applied to electronic image data to map or correlate toner consumed in a non-interacting color separation to toner consumed in an interacting color separation, for each of a plurality interacting color separations (e.g., C, M, Y, and/or K). Optionally, a one-dimensional linearization technique is performed on the image data before and/or after transformation. Image data resolution may be reduced to generate continuous-tone image data. A summed or average toner consumption value is output for each or all separations for user review. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150583 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a copier having an image data converter that sets the C density, the M density and the Y density to a density obtained by multiplying the density of black in the RGB system by a CMY mixture ratio and sets the K density to a density obtained by multiplying the density of black by a K mixture ratio when black in the RGB system is converted into the CMYK system, the image data converter sets the K mixture ratio to a K reference mixture ratio when TK≧PHK, and sets the K mixture ratio to a K high mixture ratio that is higher than the K reference mixture ratio when TK PHK. Here, TK is a K toner amount of consumption insufficiency which is a K toner amount to be consumed to prevent toner deterioration at the driving amount of the developing unit, and PHK is a K high predetermined value. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150584 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND TONER DETECTION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - To provide a height detection apparatus capable of detecting height information of a subject surface even in a narrow area, the height detection apparatus includes: an illumination optical system for illuminating the subject surface with a light flux emitted from a light source unit; an imaging optical system for causing the light flux reflected on the subject surface to form an image as a line image on an imaging surface; and a light detection unit disposed on the imaging surface. A light detection surface of the light detection unit is positioned in a plane rotated about a rotational axis, the rotational axis being an axis which is perpendicular to an optical axis of an optical element positioned optically closest to the light detection unit among optical elements constituting the imaging optical system, and is perpendicular to the line image to be formed by the imaging optical system. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150585 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING NIP WIDTH IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for measuring nip width in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a signal to measure the nip width, the nip width being the distance of an arc length created by an intersection of the fuser roll and the pressure roll, positioning a nip width measuring device into the nip, measuring the nip width, determining if the measured nip width meets a required nip width, wherein if the measured nip width does not meet the required nip width, adjusting the nip width. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150586 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a plurality of developing devices, contactable to the image bearing member, for developing a latent image on the image bearing member with toner; a rotatable member for rotatably supporting the plurality of developing devices; a detecting device for detecting a position of the image bearing member, wherein on the basis of an output of the detecting device, the rotatable member is rotated; and a control device for changeably controlling a period from timing of detection by the detecting device to timing of contact of one of the plurality of developing device, rotated by the rotatable member, to the image bearing member. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150587 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING NIP WIDTH BASED ON THE MEASURED HARDNESS OF A FUSER ROLL IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for adjusting nip width based on the measured hardness of a fuser roll in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving an identification of media type, receiving a signal to measure fuser roll hardness, positioning a fuser roll hardness measurement unit onto the fuser roll, measuring the fuser roll hardness, and adjusting the nip width based on the measured fuser roll hardness and received media type identification. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150588 | PRIMARY TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A primary transfer device includes a primary transfer roll that is capable of being engaged with and disengaged from an intermediate transfer member to which a developer image is primarily transferred; and a setting-changing unit that changes a setting of pressure of the primary transfer roll to the intermediate transfer member in accordance with kind of a recording medium to which the developer image is secondarily transferred, wherein the setting-changing unit has an irregular medium transfer mode for a case where the recording medium to which the developer image is a recording medium having irregularities formed on a surface thereof, and an ordinary transfer mode for a case where the recording medium is a recording medium other than the recording medium having the irregularities, wherein a pressure set in the irregular medium transfer mode is smaller than that set in the ordinary transfer mode. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150589 | Toner Calibration in an Image Forming Device - The present disclosure relates to a method, system and apparatus for calibrating toner measurement in an image forming device. A toner patch is deposited onto a control surface, the toner patch reflecting light in a plurality of wavelengths in the infrared spectrum. A toner patch sensor emits light at the plurality of wavelengths in the infrared spectrum onto the toner patch. The amount of incident light reflected from the toner patch at the plurality of wavelengths from the emitted light is measured, and used to generate measured signals indicative of the reflectivity of the toner patch. An operating parameter of the image forming device is adjusted based upon the measured signals. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150590 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a control section that detects an amount of light emitted from light emitting section and controls an amount of light emitted, and forms a patch in a non-image transfer region of a photoreceptor, and controls image forming conditions according to a detected result of density of the patch formed on the non-image transfer region; wherein said control section, during an interval between sheets, which corresponds to an interval between a period of image formation of a first image to be transferred to said recording sheet and a period of image formation of a second image to be transferred to next recording sheet, forms said patch by carrying out light amount control for forming said patch, and carries out light amount control for forming images to be transferred to said recording sheet. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150591 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A first beam splitter splits each laser beam into a first beam and a second beam. A deflecting unit deflects a direction of the second beam. A second beam splitter splits the second beam into multiple split beams. A first photoelectric converting unit measures intensity of the first beam and outputs first voltage. A second photoelectric converting unit measures intensity of each split beam and outputs second voltage. A control unit updates a driving-current correction value using the first voltage and the second voltage, corrects a driving current, and controls intensity of the laser beam based on corrected driving current. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150592 | METHOD OF IMPROVING DEVELOPED FLAT FIELD UNIFORMITY - Flat field uniformity can be improved in images produced by an image development system having a development roller interposed between a supply of developer and an imaging element. A raw feed of developer is supplied from the developer supply to the development roller to produce both a metered feed of developer and an overfeed of developer, which is returned to the supply, from the raw feed. A plurality of mass densities of developer used in the system and a plurality of developer velocities through the system are determined, and respective product values of those developer mass densities and those developer velocities are thereafter calculated or otherwise determined. A maximum value of the respective product values is identified, and the image development system is then operated so that the maximum product value is produced. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150593 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes: an image holder that holds an image; a transfer unit that includes a transfer member being rotationally driven and forming a pressing portion between the transfer member and the image holder, and that presses a recording medium under transportation at the pressing portion so as to transfer the image held by the image holder onto the transported recording medium; and an adjustment unit that adjusts drive torque for the transfer member by changing the drive torque from a first adjustment state to a second adjustment state, either when a leading edge of the recording medium reaches the pressing portion or when a trailing edge of the recording medium leaves the pressing portion. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150594 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: an intermediate transfer member having an elastic layer, to which a toner image on an image bearing member is transferred at a primary transfer portion; a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image on the intermediate transfer member to a recording material at a secondary transfer portion; a cleaning unit configured to be in contact with the intermediate transfer member and clean the intermediate transfer member; and a detection device configured to detect the position of the recording material stopped in the image forming apparatus due to conveyance failure. In a returning operation including driving control of the intermediate transfer member performed after the stopped recording material has been removed, the driving control of the intermediate transfer member is performed according to the detection result of the detection device. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150595 | Thermistor Isolation Technique for a Ceramic Fuser Heater - An electrically isolated temperature sensor for use with a printer, copier, or all-in-one fuser. The fuser includes an AC driven heater to which a thermistor is mounted for sensing the temperature of the fuser heater. A resistance of the thermistor controls the period of a periodic signal generated by an astable multivibrator. An optical isolator isolates the printer fuser from down line processing circuits, and transfers the periodic signal to such processing circuits. The printer fuser employs a separate floating ground that is not connected to other DC circuits of the printer. With this arrangement, any AC power that is inadvertently coupled from the heater to the DC circuits of the fuser is isolated thereto. The AC power is isolated to the fuser and cannot be propagated through the fuser to other down line circuits of the printer. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150596 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, a heating device having a plurality of heating members which heat the heating roller, a first thermoelectric converting section having a plurality of thermoelectric converting elements, each of which has a heat-absorbing surface and a cooling surface and generates electromotive force by difference in temperature between the heat-absorbing surface and the cooling surface, and formed along a curved surface of the heating roller, in which the heat-absorbing surface is disposed with a predetermined space from an outer circumferential surface of the heating roller, an auxiliary power supply charged with electric power generated by the first thermoelectric converting section, and a switching section which switches the apparatus between a first state in which electric power is supplied from utility power to the heating members and a second state in which electric power is supplied from the auxiliary power supply to the heating members, based on a predetermined signal. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150597 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A center coil and side coils alternately operate at least once while a heat belt passes positions corresponding to the center coil and the side coils. A controller controls the operation time of the center coil and the operation time of the side coils according to comparison of detected temperature of a first temperature sensor and detected temperature of a second temperature sensor. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150598 | TONER AND ADDITIVE REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR COPIER OR PRINTER - This is an electrophotographic marking system that effectively cleans residual toner and toner additives from the surface of a photoreceptor of a marking system, by improved toner and toner agent removal expedients . This cleaning process reduces ghosting problems that had been encountered in final copies produced by electrophotographic systems such as in copier, printers and duplicators. This cleaning is accomplished by expedients such as increasing a cleaning brush bias, and by increasing the surface area of cleaning brushes used in the system. In addition, the development process is desensitized to the development of ghosting. This desensitizing is accomplished by expedients such as increasing the gap between the development roll and the photoreceptor and by reducing the AC development electrical bias. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150599 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electronic device includes: a display that displays at least a status of the device; a controller that is provided on a back surface of the display and controls a display on the display; a heat source; a shield that shields the controller from the heat source; and an opening that is connected to a space formed by the controller and the shield and allows air outside the device to flow in and out of the controller. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150600 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus includes a living body detection unit configured to detect approaching of a living body based on a detection output depending on a distance to the living body, an operation unit configured to receive an operation command from a user, a history recording unit configured to record a history of a detection output of the living body detection unit and a history of an operation performed on the operation unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a threshold value of the detection output, the threshold value being used by the living body detection unit as a determination reference value in determining whether a living body is detected, the determination of the threshold value being made based on the history recorded in the history recording unit as to the detection output of the living body detection unit and as to the operation performed on the operation unit. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150601 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR INTERMEDIATE TRANSFERRING MEMBER AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device for an intermediate transferring member, comprising:
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| 20100150602 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR INTERMEDIATE TRANSFERRING MEMBER AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A cleaning device for an intermediate transferring member, comprising: | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150603 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A developing device includes: a casing that has a housing part, an upstream edge and a downstream edge, and a rectangular opening that opposes a development region, the rectangular opening being provided between the upstream and downstream edges; a cylindrical developer conveying body to rotate in a state of passing the rectangular opening, the cylindrical developer conveying body conveying the developer to the development region; and a flexible sheet member that has an upstream end part and a downstream end part, the upstream end part being fixed at the downstream edge of the casing, the downstream end part being a free end and coming into contact with a layer of the developer in a rotation axis direction of the developer conveying body at a position of the developer conveying body which passes the downstream edge of the opening. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150604 | SEALING MEMBER AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - Provided is a sealing member for preventing leakage of a developer from a developer containing portion of a process cartridge detachable from a main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus to an outside of the developer containing portion. The sealing member is made of a thermoplastic elastomer that contains at least a copolymer and a plasticizer. In a molecular weight distribution of a tetrahydrofuran soluble matter of the thermoplastic elastomer measured by gel permeation chromatography, at least one peak is present in each of a region of a molecular weight of 4,000 or less and a region of a molecular weight of 30,000 to 200,000, and a percentage of a component of a molecular weight of 800 or less in a region of a molecular weight of 5,000 or less is 30% or less. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150605 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER - A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes a first chamber, provided with a first opening, for accommodating a developer; a second chamber for receiving the developer from the first chamber through the first opening, the second chamber being provided with a second opening for permitting discharge of the developer to an outside of the developer supply container; a first sealing member for sealing the first opening; a second sealing member for sealing the second opening; and a connecting mechanism for interrelating an unsealing operation of the first opening with an unsealing operation of the second opening, while permitting a resealing operation of the second opening by said second sealing member without resealing the first opening by the first sealing member. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150606 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGE BEARING MEMBER, IMAGE BEARING MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing an image bearing member including forming a charge generation layer overlying an electroconductive substrate, forming a charge transport layer overlying the charge generation layer, the charge transport layer including a charge transport material having a molecular weight of from 600 to 900 and a binder resin, and forming a protection layer overlying the charge transport layer by applying a liquid application containing a polymerizable compound having a charge transport structure, a polymerizable compound having no charge transport structure, a filler, a polycarboxylic acid compound, and cyclopentanone and curing the polymerizable compound having a charge transport structure, and the polymerizable compound having no charge transport structure. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150607 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An intermediate transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt that is configured to be rotated; a belt support that supports the intermediate transfer belt; a housing that receives the belt support on which the intermediate transfer belt is mounted; and a belt protecting member that is provided on the belt support and is urged by elastic member so as to cover edge of the intermediate transfer belt in a width direction thereof, wherein the belt support is formed to be swingable with respect to the housing, end of the belt protecting members is positioned so as to cover the edge of the intermediate transfer belt in the width direction while the belt support is received in the housing, and the end of the belt protecting member is withdrawn to an outside of the belt support while the belt support is swung with respect to the housing. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150608 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE BODY, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE USING SAME AND CARTRIDGE - To provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor excellent in electric characteristics and various characteristics, capable of forming a uniform photosensitive layer and excellent in repetitive characteristics, an image forming apparatus using it and an electrophotgraphic cartridge. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150609 | SEMICONDUCTIVE MEMBER, AND DEVELOPING ROLL, CHARGING ROLL, TRANSFER BELT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A semiconductive member including an alkali metal salt having the formula (M) | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150610 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive support provided thereon, a light sensitive layer and a surface layer in this order, wherein the surface layer is formed by a curing reaction of a composition comprising metal oxide particle of which surface are treated by at least a compound having methacryloyl group; and a peak value Tac at 1610-1640 cm | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150611 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus having removable/replaceable process cartridges is provided. One of the removable/replaceable process cartridges may be removed/replaced from a panel which is different than a panel from which the other removable/replaceable process cartridges may be removed/replaced. One of the removable/replaceable process cartridges may be associated with an exposure device which is only used to expose a portion of that process cartridge while the other removable/replaceable process cartridges may be associated with at least one other exposure device. An image forming apparatus may include two or more different types of exposure devices (e.g., laser based, light emitting diode based, etc.). An image forming apparatus may include a plurality of guide members for guiding portions of an exposure device arranged on a panel of the image forming apparatus such that when the door or panel is arranged on the image forming apparatus, the exposure device is guided into position by the guide members. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150612 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An oscillator device includes a supporting member, a movable member, an elastic supporting member configured to elastically support the supporting member and the movable member around an oscillation axis, and a driving member configured to drive the movable member, wherein the elastic supporting member includes a plurality of springs and at least one spring constant adjusting member configured to couple the plurality of springs with each other. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150613 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER UNIT - An intermediate transfer unit of an image forming apparatus is provided between a plurality of developer containers for containing developer and a plurality of developing devices. The intermediate transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer unit for secondarily transferring primarily transferred developed images from the plurality of image carriers onto a paper, an intermediate transfer unit driving mechanism for driving the intermediate transfer unit, and a housing for supporting the intermediate transfer unit driving mechanism. One end of the housing includes a plurality of developer inlet ports positionally corresponding to the developer supply ports of the developer containers respectively, a plurality of developer outlet ports positionally corresponding to the developer receiving ports of the developing devices respectively, and a plurality of developer supply paths connecting between the developer inlet ports and the developer outlet ports respectively. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150614 | Developing Device and Image Forming Apparatus - A developing device and image forming apparatus are provided. The developing device includes a chassis; a developer carrying member; a thickness regulating member; a supply member; and a conveying member. In a state in which the developing device is attached to a main body an opening of the chassis faces upward; the thickness regulating member pressure-contacts the developer carrying member from below the developer carrying member; the conveying member is disposed below the developer carrying member; the supply member overlaps a portion of the conveying member in a horizontal direction; and a portion of the conveying member is disposed within a vertical projection plane between a pressure-contact position of the thickness regulating member to the developer carrying member, and a contact position of the supply member to the developer carrying member. The image forming apparatus includes a main body; a plurality of photosensitive members; and a plurality of developing devices. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150615 | DEVELOPER BEARING MEMBER & DEVELOPING DEVICE WITH PLURAL LAYERS OF ELECTRODES CREATING ELECTRIC FIELD - An developer bearer conveys developer to a developing station under influence of an electric field created by an electric flux line. The developer bearer includes plural kinds of electrodes that receive different voltages from each other and collectively creates the electric flux line. The plural kinds of electrodes are arranged on different layers in a normal line of the developer bearer. The developer bearer includes an insulation layer that insulates the plural kinds of electrodes. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150616 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developer transporting member arranged so that its circumferential surface faces an image carrier for carrying an electrostatic image on its surface, the developer transporting member being rotated in a circumferential direction while carrying the developer on its circumferential surface to transport a developer to a developing region in which the surface of the image carrier and the circumferential surface of the developer transporting member face each other, and having a groove extending in its circumferential direction outside in an axial direction of a developer carrying region; and a suction port arranged at least at one of an upstream side region and a downstream side region of the developer transporting member, wherein the upstream side region is located adjacent to and upstream of the developing region and the downstream side region is located adjacent to and downstream of the developing region in the rotating direction of the developer transporting member. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150617 | DEVELOPING ROLLER MANUFACTURING METHOD, DEVELOPING ROLLER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a developing roller, including: a first rolling process for forming a first inclined groove which is continuous in a helical shape, by rotating a first die having blades inclined with respect to an axial direction and a circumferential direction, and a non-bladed die, and feeding an unprocessed developing roller between the first die and the non-bladed die; and a second rolling process for forming a second inclined groove which is continuous in a helical shape and intersects with the first inclined groove, by rotating a second die having blades inclined with respect to an axial direction and a circumferential direction in the direction opposite to that of the first die, and the non-bladed die in the same direction opposite to that in the first rolling process, and feeding the developing roller between the second die and the non-bladed die. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150618 | DEVELOPING ROLLER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DEVELOPING ROLLER MANUFACTURING METHOD - A developing roller having a first inclined groove and a second inclined groove, which are continuous in a helical shape inclined with respect to an axial direction and a circumferential direction and which intersect with each other, formed in the surface thereof, wherein the first inclined groove and the second inclined groove have different groove depths. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150619 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a development device including: a development roller in which continuous spiraling inclined grooves having different inclinations with respect to an axial direction are formed so as to cross each other; and a feed roller which is in contact with the development roller and feeds toner to the development roller, wherein transportation force, which is used for transporting the toner on the development roller from one side to the other side of the axial direction of the development roller, is generated by the rotation of the feed roller. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING USING A TANDEM ELECTROSTATOGRAPHIC PRINTER - A tandem color electrostatographic printer apparatus has five or more color printing stations or modules for applying respective color separation toner images to a receiver member to form a pentachrome color image in a single pass. A fuser station fuses the pentachrome color image. A clear toner overcoat is then applied to the fused pentachrome toner image and enhanced glossing of the image is provided by a belt glosser to improve color gamut. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150621 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes a magnetic flux generating unit for generating magnetic flux; and a rotatable belt member including an electroconductive layer which generates heat by the magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generating unit and having flexibility and a cylindrical shape. The magnetic flux generating unit is provided outside the belt member. The image heating apparatus further includes a back-up member disposed inside the belt member; a rotatable pressing member for pressing the belt member against the back-up member to form a nip, in which a recording material is nip-conveyed, between the pressing member and the belt member; and a regulating member, provided in a sheet passing area of a passable recording material having a maximum size, for regulating movement of the recording material with respect to a longitudinal direction of the belt member. The regulating member regulates a shape of the belt member so that when the pressing member forms the nip, a dimension of the belt member with respect to a conveying direction of the recording material is longer than a dimension of the belt member with respect to a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the recording material and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the belt member. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150622 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A fixing device includes a heating roller that is internally provided with a heat source member and is rotated by a drive unit; an endless fixing belt that is entrained around the heating roller and heated thereby, and is provided with a surface layer that contacts a recording medium, and the yield stress of a material forming the surface layer is varied according to the temperature of the material; a pressure member that is provided facing the heating roller and presses the recording medium, on which a toner image has been formed, against the fixing belt; a travel direction alteration member that contacts the fixing belt and changes the direction of travel of the fixing belt by bending the fixing belt; and a drive control section that operates the drive unit and rotates the heating roller after the heating roller has been heated such that the endless fixing belt is heated by the heating roller to a predetermined temperature where the yield stress of a material forming the surface layer of the fixing belt is larger than the stress acting on the surface layer when the travel direction of the fixing belt is altered by the travel direction alteration member. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150623 | FIXING BELT, FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a fixing belt wherein the surface roughness of the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt is designed with consideration given not only to the height of the protruding section and the depth of the recessed section but also to the expansion of the protruding section and recessed section in the lateral direction so that the contact resistance, hence, the sliding resistance can be reduced, and stable holding of the lubricant can be ensured. A fixing belt used in an image forming apparatus to fix a toner image on a recording material; wherein a wavy pattern which has a height of 3 to 5 μm at a pitch of 4 to 5 mm is formed on an inner peripheral surface, and a roughened structure which has a height of 3 to 4 μm at a pitch 0.1 mm is formed. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150624 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE FIXING DEVICE - First belt | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150625 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FIXING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment of the invention, a fixing apparatus includes, a first endless body configured to be heated by a heating mechanism and maintain temperature reached by the heating, a second endless body configured to fix a visualizing agent supported by a sheet medium on the sheet medium in cooperation with the first endless body, a heat equalizing member configured to be located in a predetermined position on an inner side of the first endless body and apply, to the first endless body, tension for supplying heat, and a heat accumulating member configured to have a large heat capacity compared with a heat capacity of the heat equalizing member and to be located in a predetermined position on the inner side of the first endless body and apply, to the first endless body, tension for supplying heat. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150626 | CLEANING ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOVING ELEMENT TO BE CLEANED IN AN ELECTROGRAPHIC PRINTING APPARATUS - In a cleaning arrangement for a moving element to be cleaned in an electrographic printing apparatus, a cleaning element is provided that has a cleaning member for cleaning which rests on a surface of the moving element to be cleaned. A drive unit for the cleaning element is provided that actuates the cleaning element such that the cleaning member cleans the surface of the moving element to be cleaned region-by-region. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150627 | Lubricant molded body, lubricant application apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus - A lubricant molded body, which is to be applied to a surface of a photosensitive layer for electrophotography in an image forming apparatus, for example, is composed of at least two kinds of higher fatty acid metallic salts having respectively different carbon numbers. As the higher fatty acid metallic salt that forms lubricant molded body, compounds such as zinc stearate, calcium stearate, barium stearate, aluminum stearate, zinc laurate, calcium laurate, etc. may be recited. The higher fatty acid metallic salts may contain at least one kind of fillers selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, tungsten disulfide, molybdenum disulfide, graphite fluoride, graphite, boron nitride, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF). | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150628 | CLEANING BLADE FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a cleaning blade for an electrophotographic device, which, even when spherical (perfectly spherical or irregularly shaped), polymerized toner with a small particle diameter is used, can achieve sufficient abrasion resistance and sufficient cleaning ability (particularly cleaning ability under low-temperature and low-humidity conditions). | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150629 | ELECTROSTATIC ROLL CLEANER - This is a cleaning roll for a xerographic cleaning station. The roll comprises a compliant foam layer covered with a fabric overcoating. The cleaning station also contains a detoning roll which contacts the cleaning roll to attract residual toner for disposal out of the station. There is an electrical connection in the station to a biasing structure which will bias both the fabric overcoating and the detoning roll. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150630 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising: a paper feeding cassette which selectively stores at least two kinds of paper sheets having different size with respect to a paper feeding direction, and includes a posterior end cursor which restricts a posterior end position of the stored paper sheets with respect to the paper feeding direction, wherein the height of the posterior end cursor is changeable. According to this construction, a smaller space is provided to stack large-sized paper sheets which are not frequently used while a larger space is provided to stack small-sized paper sheets which are frequently used can be reserved. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150631 | SKEW CORRECTION DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A skew correction device which performs positional correction of a sheet while a tip end of the sheet transported in accordance with rotation of a transport roller comes into contact with a gate member so as to deform the sheet to be bent, includes: a lower guide member including an inclination section which is disposed between the transport roller and the gate member in a transport direction of the sheet such that a side of the inclination section facing the gate member is disposed higher than the other side thereof facing the transport roller. Here, the inclination section is configured to move in at least one direction of the transport direction and a vertical direction. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150632 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus that performs recording by ejecting ink onto a recording medium from a plurality of recording heads include a conveying roller that conveys the recording medium that is continuously fed; the plurality of recording heads arranged in the conveying direction of the conveying roller; a skew sensor that detects the amount of displacement of the position of the recording medium skewed in the widthwise direction perpendicular to the conveying direction relative to the recording heads when the recording medium is skewed with respect to the conveying direction; and an angle adjusting mechanism that rotates the recording heads relative to the recording medium on the basis of the amount of displacement detected by the skew sensor. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150633 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention includes an image forming unit, a reversing unit configured to reverse the sheet on which the image has been formed by the image forming unit, a reconveyance path which conveys the sheet reversed by the reversing unit to a feeding path for forming an image on the sheet by the image forming unit again, a position detection unit which is provided on the reconveyance path and configured to detect a position of the sheet in a width direction, a skew-feeding correction unit which is provided on the reconveyance path and configured to correct skew-feeding of the sheet, wherein the position detection unit is disposed on the downstream of the skew-feeding correction unit in reconveyance path, wherein the image forming unit corrects the position of the image to be formed on the sheet, which is conveyed through the reconveyance path, based on a signal from the positioning detection unit. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150634 | SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet discharging device, comprising: a housing including a first wall; a discharge section configured to discharge a sheet to an outside of the housing through a slit defined in the first wall; a pressing portion attached to the housing so that the pressing portion presses the sheet discharged through the slit outside the slit; and a moving unit configured to move the pressing portion along the slit. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150635 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for conducting a fixing process by plural fixing devices for a sheet on which a toner image has been transferred from a transfer section, comprises: a first fixing device arranged on a sheet conveyance passage; a second fixing device arranged on the sheet conveyance passage at a downstream side of the first fixing device; and a curl correcting section arranged on the sheet conveyance passage between the first fixing device and the second fixing device. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150636 | Sheet collecting method, sheet correcting apparatus, post-processing apparatus, and image formation system - The invention provides a sheet collecting apparatus for enabling sheets to be loaded and stored in a neatly aligned state with respect to a regulation stopper disposed in a tray when loading and storing the sheets on the tray, where the apparatus has a tray means for bearing and storing sheets from a sheet discharge outlet, a regulation stopper for regulating a sheet by the sheet carried in the tray means striking the stopper, a forward/backward rotation roller for feeding the sheet carried onto the tray means from the sheet discharge outlet against the regulation stopper to align, a roller lifting/lowering means for supporting the forward/backward rotation roller to be able to move up and down between an operating position in which the roller comes into contact with an uppermost sheet and a standby position in which the roller is withdrawn above the sheet with respect to the tray means, a sheet pressing guide disposed between the forward/backward rotation roller and the regulation stopper to press the uppermost sheet on the tray means, a pressing force reducing means for reducing a pressing force of the sheet pressing guide acting on the uppermost sheet, and a control means for controlling the forward/backward rotation roller, the roller lifting/lowering means and the pressing force reducing means. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150637 | Document Binder - A binder assembly integrated with a printer comprises a powered spike wheel assembly for transferring a sheet of paper from the printer; an angled platen for receiving the sheet of paper from the spike wheel assembly, the angled platen provided vertically below the printer, and receiving the sheet of paper in a substantially upright portrait configuration; a binding platen provided opposite the angled platen; and a cable winder mechanism including a cable winder shaft, a system of wheels, and a steel cable attached to the cable winder shaft and arranged around the system of wheels. The cable winder mechanism is engaged with the binding platen and adapted to propel the binding platen towards the angled platen. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150638 | Knock-type writing instrument having a shock-relaxing device - Upon depressing a knock rod in a state of writing of FIG. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150639 | Adjustable cartridge pen housing - A writing instrument having a housing accommodating various sizes and lengths of cartridges fixed inside the housing by an adjustable control element. In its correct placement, the cartridge will abut against one end of the control element and will be held in place with a spring at the other end, such that the user may write steadily with the pen. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150640 | Indoor/outdoor cleaning system - An indoor/outdoor cleaning system includes a portable pressurized housing for containing cleaning fluids (water, chemicals, and mixtures thereof). Multiple hoses connect the interior of the housing with a cleaning wand. The wand includes a handle, a hollow trunk portion and a cleaning head. The multiple hoses have outlets adjacent the cleaning head for feeding water, cleaning chemicals, or surface treating fluids thereto. The outlets open adjacent a cleaning pad, which pad, which pad is attached to the cleaning head via a mechanism that allows the pad to move either in a linear or sinusoidal (rocking) motion or the combination of both motions thereof. A variety of cleaning pad accessories (brush, sponge, sanding pad, buffing pad, etc.) can be optionally attached to the cleaning pad based on the type of surface to be cleaned or treated. A suction conduit, disposed in the cleaning head, functions to draw used fluids away from the surface for safe disposal thereof. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150641 | MULTI-FUNCTION ELEMENT FROM A SYSTEM FOR THE FILLING OR THE STORAGE OF AN ARTICLE - Multi-function element ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150642 | RING BINDER - A ring binder is disclosed. The ring binder includes a pair of frames for supporting a load, a pair of semicircular rings arranged on the frames and provided at first ends with a protrusion and an insertion hole, respectively, the semicircular rings being coupled to each other by the protrusion inserted in the insertion hole and being opened and closed when the frames operate to file documents, and a fixing member in which first ends of the frames are fixedly inserted. According to the ring binder, even when a volume thereof is reduced, sufficient strength is maintained and thus the documents can be efficiently filed. In addition, the ring binder can be designed in a variety of structures and shapes. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150643 | ROD COUPLING HAVING A SACRIFICIAL ELEMENT - The invention relates to a coupling system for rod segments for use in horizontal earth boring, wherein the ends of the rod segments are interlinked via a separate sacrificial element which can be used as a predetermined breaking point or which allows the rod segments to be pivoted relative each other. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150644 | REINFORCING SLEEVE FOR A TUBULAR BEAM - A tubular beam assembly having a tubular member with first and second spaced apart sides and an internal portion. The first side has an insertion opening and a first fastener receiving opening that open into each other. The second side has a second fastener receiving opening and a shoulder defining opening that open into each other. A reinforcement sleeve includes a fastener receiving sleeve portion and a protrusion that supports the reinforcement sleeve in a fastener receiving position within the internal portion of the tubular member. The protrusion is supported by one or both of the insertion opening and the shoulder defining opening. The fastener receiving sleeve portion is aligned with the first and second fastener receiving openings when the reinforcement sleeve is in the fastener receiving position. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150645 | CONNECTOR FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A connector for a vehicle seat includes a ratchet, a guide, and engagement pieces. The engagement pieces are supported so as to be movable only in the radial direction of the guide, and prevent relative rotation between the ratchet and the guide when engaged with an inner peripheral toothed face of the ratchet. The inner peripheral toothed face is formed in the inner peripheral face of an annular wall that extends from the outer peripheral portion of a disc portion of the ratchet in its axial direction. The inner peripheral face is in contact with and supported by outer peripheral faces of guide walls that project in the axial direction from the inner disc face of the guide. Thus, the ratchet and the guide are coaxially fitted together so as to be rotatable relative to each other. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150646 | Rotational bearing assembly - The present invention relates to a rotational bearing assembly ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150647 | PIPE FIXTURE - A pipe fixture includes a main body including a receiving hole and a first through hole communicating with the receiving hole, a first positioning pin received in a first end portion of the first through hole including a screw hole and a first pressing portion, and a knob including a screw rod suitable to engage with the screw hole of the first positioning pin, a knob top and a step portion. When the knob extends through the second end portion of the first through hole and is screwed into the screw hole, the first positioning pin moves and presses the pipe so as to fix the pipe, and when the knob is unscrewed from the screw hole, the first positioning pin moves away from the pipe so that the pipe is released. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150648 | QUICK-CONNECT JOINTS AND RELATED METHODS - The present disclosure provides a fastener to secure a flange to a main body of a blowout preventer, the fastener including a housing configured to receive a locking pin, a plurality of cavities located within one of the housing or the locking pin, the plurality of cavities each comprising an inclined surface extending from a deep sections of the cavity, a plurality of rollers positioned in the plurality of cavities, and a release cage to retain the plurality of rollers in the plurality of cavities, wherein the release cage moves the plurality of rollers along the inclined surfaces and into compressive engagement between the locking pin and the housing. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150649 | Transportation system for zero-emissions vehicles, rider propelled vehicles, and pedestrians - A transportation system for rider propelled vehicles, zero-emission vehicles, and pedestrians is disclosed. The system includes pathways ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150650 | METHOD FOR LAYING A PAVING MAT - According to a method for laying a paving mat with a paving screed, the paving mat comprising a lane and a downwardly inclined slope beginning at a transition to the outside, the paving screed comprising a base screed and at least one extension screed which is extendable and retractable by a sliding motion in a sliding direction parallel to the base screed for varying the working width of the paving screed, the base screed and the extension screed having sole plates at the lower sides, with the sole plate of the extension screed being inclined laterally for forming the slope with the angle of the slope, a lateral position of the transition is first set relative to the base screed, during or after setting the lateral position a height difference is measured perpendicular to the planum between a fixed measuring location at the base screed and a location along a reference line extending parallel to the sole plate of the extension screed, the measured height difference being converted into a target value, and in the case of a variation of the working width and/or of the angle an occurring deviation of the height difference from the target value as caused by the variation is measured and automatically is corrected by a simultaneous height adaptation of the sole plate of the extension to the target value in order to maintain the set lateral position of the transition stationary. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150651 | PAVING SCREED AND A METHOD FOR LAYING A PAVING MAT - A paving screed comprises a base screed and extension screeds each of which is support via an extension guiding structure at a guidance fixed in the base screed such that each extension screed can be extended and retracted. A multiple point suspension is provided between the extension guiding structure and the guidance. A frame carrying the sole plate of the extension screed A is arranged below the extension guiding structure. Substantially vertical adjustment assemblies make it possible to adjust the height position of the frame via drives. A lateral inclination adjustment assembly is provided structurally separated from the adjustment assemblies either for the frame or within the frame for the sole plate of the extension screed. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150652 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED POTHOLE PATCHING APPARATUS - A material dispensing vehicle broadly includes a material hopper supported by the vehicle and a swing auger with inlet and outlet ends. The swing auger is coupled to the vehicle for shifting into and out of an extended operating position where the inlet end is disposed to receive material from a discharge opening of the hopper and the outlet end can be outboard of the vehicle. From the operating position, the swing auger is shiftable into a compact storage position where the inlet end is spaced from the discharge opening and the outlet end is inboard of its outboard position. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150653 | BLADE PITCH ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - A blade pitch adjustment system may adjust the pitch of a plurality of blades. A height adjustment assembly adjusts a distance between a rotatable blade assembly and a thrust collar. Adjusting the distance between the assembly and the collar changes the pitch of the blades of the machine. Two or more blade pitch adjustment systems may be adjusted at the same time, at the same rate. For concurrent adjustment, systems are connected to a rotating member by tension cables. A linear actuator rotates the rotating member, changing the tension on the tension cables, actuating the systems to change the pitch of the blade assemblies. The pitch of the blade assemblies may have an offset or bias which may be adjusted for with a sliding member, which may be powered by a linear actuator. The system may be used with a concrete finishing machine. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150654 | AQUIFER REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM WITH FILTER - Provided is an aquifer replenishing pavement formed above soil having a sand lens above the aquifer and a clay layer above the sand lens. The pavement includes an aggregate leach field having an aggregate top surface, and an aggregate bottom surface abutting the clay layer. The pavement further includes a pavement layer having an exposed pavement top surface, and a pavement bottom surface abutting the aggregate leach field. A surface drain extends through the pavement layer to drain fluid from the exposed pavement top surface to the aggregate leach field. An aggregate drain extends from the aggregate leach field into the sand lens through the clay layer to drain fluid from the aggregate leach field into the aquifer. A filter is disposed within one of the surface drain and the aggregate drain. The filter is configured to remove foreign particulates from fluid passing therethrough. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150655 | INFLATABLE BOOM - An inflatable boom ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150656 | Protective flood barrier system - Protective flood barrier system on the base of mobile protective flood barriers is offered. Each of these barriers comprises two or more filled elongate sleeves, a web, connecting theirs web and forming means. Envelops of said sleeves and said web are made from flexible impermeable material. These barriers are convenient for protection of separate houses, the extensive areas, as walls of a water basin. They allow reducing wind-induced waves and can be used for repair of earthen dams. The high-efficiency means accelerating installation of barriers are provided. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150657 | Soil and Water Remediation Method and Apparatus - Disclosed is a method, apparatus and system for the remediation of contaminated soils, groundwater and water. A combination of reagents such as persulfate and ozone or persulfate, ozone and hydrogen peroxide may be used to enhance destruction of organic contaminants. Reagents may be injected into the smear zone to trap and destroy volatile compounds that may otherwise escape treatment. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150658 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING OIL-BEARING MEDIA - A process and system for oil-contaminated soil remediation and oil recovery from oil-bearing media such as oil-contaminated soil, different types of oil-bearing sludge's from oil producers, upgraders and refineries, oil shale, oil sands, and coal oil shale, oil sands and coal includes ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150659 | Apparatus for everting a lining material - An apparatus for everting and inserting a pipe-lining material to rehabilitate an underground pipeline comprises an everting nozzle that is disposed so that an opening thereof faces an opening of the pipeline. The pipe-lining material is brought un-everted up to the everting nozzle and attached to the nozzle opening thereof and fluid pressure is applied inside the pipe-lining material to evert and insert it in the pipe-extending direction of the pipeline to be rehabilitated. Eversion of the pipe-lining material is started at the location of the pipeline opening and the pipe-lining material remains flat without being everted in a curved portion where the travel direction of the pipe-lining material changes toward the pipeline opening. This allows no considerable friction to be generated at the curved portion and the pipe-lining material to be smoothly and reliably everted and inserted into the affected pipeline. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150660 | OFFSHORE OIL PRODUCTION PLATFORM - The present invention relates to an offshore oil production platform. The platform includes a deck ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150661 | OPEN FACE DERRICK - An offshore oil derrick having a derrick tower, a derrick substructure, and a drilling floor. The derrick substructure is cantileverly supported by a hull, the derrick tower is supported by the derrick substructure, and the drilling floor is located on top of the derrick substructure below the derrick tower. The drilling floor comprises a v-door on the fore end; a well center approximately 40-50% of the floor length from the aft end; a plurality of setback areas; drawworks on the starboard side; a dynamic brake on the aft end of the drawworks; and a driller's station. The derrick may further include a spare line spool connected to the derrick substructure on the forward end of the derrick. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150662 | VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system comprising a subsea structure defining an interior of the system, the structure subject to a water current; a sleeve exterior to the subsea structure, covering at least a portion of an outside surface of the subsea structure; and a vortex induced vibration suppression device exterior to the sleeve. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150663 | Foundation base for mounting wind turbines in an aquatic bed and method for manufacturing said foundation - The invention relates to a foundation base for mounting wind turbines in an aquatic bed and a method for manufacturing said foundation, formed by a conical structure which is made up of an assembly of columns ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150664 | SUBMERGED FLOATING FOUNDATION WITH BLOCKED VERTICAL THRUST AS SUPPORT BASE FOR WIND TURBINE, ELECTROLYSER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, COMBINED WITH FISH FARMING - A submerged buoyant floating platform with blocked vertical thrust. Above the platform an electrolyser may be placed inside a hollow container. Under the platform may be a hollow container filled with ballast, connected by pipes or chains to the outer ring of the platform which provide rigidity to the entire structure. A storage tank for the hydrogen produced by the electrolyser may be attached to the hollow container. The entire structure may be anchored with chains attached to bottom weights sitting on the ocean floor. The structure may be used as a support for a tower including a wind turbine. Additional chains attached to the structure bottom weights on the sea floor may link the structure to an aquaculture facility and to floats which hold the cages used in aquaculture. The floats may be linked to additional bottom weights placed on the sea floor. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150665 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MARINE TOWER STRUCTURE - A tower structure ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150666 | ANCHOR FIXING AGENT, ANCHOR FIXING AGENT AMPULE, AND METHOD FOR FIXING ANCHOR - Provided are an anchor fixing agent which can fill up fine concave and convex portions present on the inner surface of a hole formed in a base material and can maintain great strength, in particular, even after the lapse of a long period of time; an anchor fixing agent ampule; and a method for fixing an anchor. An anchor fixing agent which comprises an alumina cement, a lime and/or a portland cement, and water. Preferably, it further comprises an agent for the retardation of setting and light magnesia. The anchor fixing agent ampule holds a solid component and a liquid component in the anchor fixing agent in the state wherein the components are separated from each other. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150667 | Self-Filling Modular Barrier - A flood barrier comprises hollow self-filling units ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150668 | Apparatus for Transferring Particles - Method and apparatus are provided for transferring particles from an upper zone through an intermediate zone to a lower zone. The transfer of particles between the zones through valveless conduits is regulated by varying the pressure of the intermediate zone and the flow rate of gas passing through the valveless conduits. A body within the lower zone is in particle communication with a valveless conduit and obstructs the particle flow within the lower zone. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150669 | Method for Transferring Particles - Method and apparatus are provided for transferring particles from an upper zone through an intermediate zone to a lower zone. The transfer of particles between the zones through valveless conduits is regulated by varying the pressure of the intermediate zone and the flow rate of gas passing through the valveless conduits. A body within the lower zone is in particle communication with a valveless conduit and obstructs the particle flow within the lower zone. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150670 | Cutting Tool and Cutting Insert Therefor - A cutting tool includes one or more cutting portions, each including an insert pocket having a cutting insert releasably retained therein. The cutting insert has a bottom surface, including a plurality of surfaces, engaging a plurality of walls of the insert pocket in a plurality of sloping and non-sloping engagement regions. These engagement means provide secure and stable clamping of the cutting insert, and prevent displacement of the cutting insert during intensive cutting operations, such as high speed milling, e.g., by significantly decreasing the force exerted on the screw that fastens the cutting insert in the insert pocket. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150671 | DOUBLE-SIDED INDEXABLE FACE MILLING INSERT - A double-sided, indexable face milling insert, including an upperside, an underside, and a neutral plane (NP) parallel to the upperside and the underside, the neutral plane forming a right angle with a geometrical center axis (C | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150672 | CUTTING INSERT KIT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CUTTING INSERTS AND A CUTTING INSERT FOR A CUTTING INSERT KIT - A cutting insert kit, including a base part formed of a brittle and wear-resistant material, and a plurality of cutting insert blanks integrally formed with the base part, which are separable one by one from the base part via indications of fracture. Each insert blank includes a front end portion, a rear end portion, an upper side, an under side, and at least one cutting edge in the front end portion formed between a clearance surface and one of the upper and under sides. The base part is common to all cutting insert blanks and to which each cutting insert blank is united to the base part via an indication of fracture in the form of a weakened connection member between the base part and the rear end portion of the cutting insert blank. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150673 | DRILLING TOOL FOR MACHINE TOOLS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a drilling tool for machine tools comprising a drill body and a cutting head arranged on the front face of the drill body. The drill body has at least two chip flutes, which are delimited at their flanks by ribs and at least one of which is spirally curved. Arranged in the ribs of the drill body are coolant channels, which have an outlet opening at the end of the drill body on the cutting head side. A special feature is that the outlet openings are arranged within each one of the chip flutes and communicate with one of the coolant channels arranged in the ribs by way of a straight channel endpiece. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150674 | System, apparatus and method for providing cooling - Described herein is a system for generating a plurality of coolant beams that converge at a focal point for advanced heat transfer. The system utilizes a variable strength activation of coolant and superposition of coolant beams generated by multiple actuators for increased cooling strength increase, thereby avoiding activation saturation in conventional systems. Each coolant beams is activated to carry an ultrasonic or megasonic vibration component. In addition, the system includes a coolant activation assembly having a plurality of actuators for generating the coolant beams. The coolant activation assembly further includes supporting components for positioning the actuators so that all of the coolant beams generated by these actuators converge at the focal point. Experimental results show that the system provides significantly improved workpiece quality in a machining process. Compared with the most advanced existing system, this system offers a further improvement of up to 12.30% on surface roughness of the finished workpiece. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150675 | Device and Process for Perforating a Duct Fitted With a Connector Seat - A perforating device capable of perforating a process for perforating a fluid duct having a connector seat with a tapped barrel. The device generally includes a hollow cylindrical body, a cutting appartus, a fluid passage and a valve. The cylindrical body has an internal volume, a longitudinal axis, a first open end, a second end opposite the first, and a threaded external surface. The cylindrical body can be threadingly received or retracted within the barrel such that the cylindrical body moves along the barrel toward or away from the fluid duct. The cutting apparatus is operably coupled to an end of the cylindrical body and is adapted to cut the duct by screwing the body into the barrel. The valve seals the internal volume of the cylindrical body in response to a differential pressure between the interior of the duct and the ambient atmosphere to prevent leakage from the duct. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150676 | DRILLING APPARATUS - A drilling apparatus capable of having a minimal axial length to permit its use within limited confines. The drilling apparatus includes a housing with a housing bore and a first housing end, a spindle rotatably supported within the housing bore, bearing elements within the housing bore and surrounding the spindle to rotatably support the spindle within the housing, and a drive unit for rotating the spindle. The spindle is configured to secure a shank of a drill bit at a first end thereof exposed at the first housing end, and the drive unit is transversely offset from an axis of rotation of the spindle. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150677 | Rotary Cutting Tool and Method For Manufacturing Such a Rotary Cutting Tool - A rotary cutting tool is provided which is less likely to cause chips to get stuck, and which can be manufactured at a low cost. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150678 | METHOD OF BROACHING HARDENED STEEL WORKPIECES WITH DIAMOND-TIPPED TOOLS - A method of broaching a hardened steel workpiece with diamond-tipped tools includes forming a polycrystalline diamond insert and finish-grinding the polycrystalline diamond insert. The polycrystalline diamond insert is attached to an insert holder of a broach bar. A gear blank formed from steel is heat treated, and then an interior portion of the heat treated gear blank is broached with the broach bar. The broaching may occur in a single pass. Some embodiments of the method may further include forming the polycrystalline diamond insert by electrical discharge machining. Furthermore, finish-grinding the polycrystalline diamond insert may include grinding with a diamond grinding wheel. Attaching the polycrystalline diamond insert to the insert holder of the broach bar may include brazing. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100150679 | Router with a cutting depth adjustment mechanism - The router of the present invention includes a motor housing for enclosing a motor, a support foot for receiving the motor housing, and an adjustment rod mounted to the support foot. The adjustment rod includes a first engagement part and the motor housing includes a second engagement part matched with the first engagement part. The adjustment rod can move between a first position where the first engagement part engages the second engagement part, and a second position where the first engagement part disengages from the second engagement part. As a result, both a fine and a coarse cutting depth adjustment are performed conveniently and easily. | 2010-06-17 |
