30th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100189438 | POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXING OPTICAL RECEIVER AND POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A polarization multiplexing optical receiver includes a polarization controller configured to control a polarization state of a polarization multiplexed optical signal; a polarization splitter configured to split the polarization multiplexed optical signal for which the polarization state is controlled by the polarization controller into a first polarization signal and a second polarization signal; a first detector configured to detect an optical power of the first polarization signal and output a first optical power signal representing the optical power of the first polarization signal; a second detector configured to detect an optical power of the second polarization signal and output a second optical power signal representing the optical power of the second polarization signal; and a controller configured to control the polarization controller on the basis of the first optical power signal and the second optical power signal. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189439 | OPTICAL FIBER DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK - A Wireless Personal Area Network that provides multiple users with multi-gigabit-per-second data rate wireless connectivity and is integrated with an optical fiber distribution network is disclosed. Embodiments relate generally to an integrated fiber optic WPAN architecture that comprises multiple 57-66 GHz remotely located wireless access points interconnected with a centrally located distribution point using optical fiber links. The integrated network provides an efficient, flexible and scalable 57-66 GHz WPAN architecture since the fiber optic links accommodate the delivery of bandwidth intensive services to large numbers of users while seamlessly supporting the diversity of multi-gigabit-per-second data applications. Two approaches for the transport of the WPAN signals over the optical fiber signal distribution network are described. One technique for interconnecting the remote radio access points in the fiber distributed 57-66 GHz WPAN is via an optical fiber network which can transport the wireless signals over the fiber as ‘analog over fiber’. An alternative ‘digital over fiber’ signal transport scheme for the fiber distributed 57-66 GHz WPAN is also described which supports the transport of the multi-gigabit-per-second WPAN digital data streams over fiber. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189440 | Methods and Systems for Transmitting Data in Scalable Passive Optical Networks - Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for methods and systems that enable decoupling of medium access control (MAC) functions from other optical transceiver functions to, for example, promote scalability of passive optical networks (PONs). A MAC frame processing unit can communicate MAC frames to optical transceiver modules via an interconnect using an encapsulating frame according to another communications protocol, e.g., XAUI. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189441 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HITLESS TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTERING - The method for filtering an optical signal comprising a plurality of channels lying on a grid of optical frequencies equally spaced by a given frequency spacing and occupying an optical bandwidth, comprises: a) splitting the optical signal into a first and a second portion spatially separated, wherein the first portion comprises the channels which lie on a first sub-grid comprising a first set of the optical frequencies equally spaced by the double of the frequency spacing and the second portion substantially comprises the remaining channels; b) operating a first optical filter comprising a plurality of resonators, wherein a first resonator of the plurality is optically coupled to the first portion and the remaining resonators are optically coupled in series to the first resonator, so that a respective resonance of each one of the plurality of resonators falls within a first frequency band having bandwidth less than or equal to 15 GHz and comprising a first channel belonging to the first portion; c) operating a second optical filter comprising a plurality of respective resonators, wherein a respective first resonator of the plurality is optically coupled to the second portion and the remaining resonators are coupled in series to the first resonator, so as to obtain a first separation between each resonance of at least one resonator of the second optical filter falling within the optical bandwidth and a respective resonance of at least another different resonator of the second optical filter nearest to said each resonance, the first separation being greater than or equal to 25 GHz; and d) recombining the first and second filtered portions. A corresponding optical device for filtering an optical signal is disclosed. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189442 | METHOD FOR THE PROTECTION OF A PASSIVE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK AS WELL AS A PASSIVE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK WITH A CORRESPONDING PROTECTION MECHANISM - The invention relates to a method for the protection of a passive optical transmission network comprising an optical line terminal (OLT) that is connected to at least one remote node to which a plurality of network termination nodes (ONU) is linked. Between each ONU and the OLT, a bidirectional optical signal transmission can be established, wherein the connection between the OLT and the one or more RNs is realized via a first bidirectional optical transmission route by means of which an optical wavelength-multiplexed signal is transmitted in the downstream direction from the OLT to the one or more RNs and in the upstream direction from the one or more RNs to the OLT. According to the invention, a second bidirectional optical transmission route is provided between the OLT and the one or more RNs, wherein, in the one or more RNs, the wavelength-multiplexed signal is fed in the upstream direction by means of a passive optical splitter unit both to the first optical transmission route and also to the second optical transmission route, and wherein, in the OLT, in the case of the detection of a fault state that suggests a negative effect on the first or second optical transmission route, it is switched to the other corresponding optical transmission route by means of an optical switch unit for transmitting the wavelength-multiplexed signal in the downstream direction and/or for receiving the wavelength-multiplexed signal in the upstream direction. This principle could also be applied analogously, according to the invention, to a ring-shaped linking of several RNs to an OLT. In addition, the invention relates to a passive optical transmission network in which this method is realized. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189443 | HIGH SPEED SIGNAL GENERATOR - A high-speed signal generator. A digital signal processing (DSP) block generates a set of N (where N is an integer and N≧2) parallel digital sub-band signals, each digital sub-band signal having frequency components within a spectral range between 0 Hz and ±Fs/2, where Fs is a sample rate of the digital sub-band signals. A respective Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) processes each digital sub-band signal to generate a corresponding analog sub-band signal, each DAC having a sample rate of Fs/2. A combiner combines the analog sub-band signals to generate an output analog signal having frequency components within a spectral range between 0 Hz and ±NFs/2. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189444 | OPTICAL MEMS DEVICE AND REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - A remote sensing system comprises a micro-electromechanical sensor (MEMS) device comprising an optical energy absorbing sensing element that resonates by thermal expansion induced by absorption of optical signals, a remotely located optical source for transmitting driving optical signals to induce resonation in the sensing element, and a remotely located reader circuitry to read an original frequency of the sensing element using reader optical signals for determining a condition to which the MEMS device is exposed. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189445 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL RECEIVER - An optical receiver for receiving an optical signal that transmits a first data signal and a second data signal, including: an optical front-end configured to generate a digital signal that represents the optical signal; a detector configured to detect a state of the optical signal by using the digital signal and output state information that represents the state of the optical signal; a state controller configured to control the digital signal on the basis of the state information in order to recover the first data signal; and a data recovery configured to recover the second data signal on the basis of the state information. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189446 | OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING - Optical signal processing apparatus for processing packetised optical signals comprising a probe signal generator which is arranged to issue a plurality probe pulses, and an optical AND logic gate assembly, the arrangement of the apparatus being such that, in use, the probe signals have an interval between pulses substantially equal to the interval between data elements of the packetised data to be extracted, and the packetised data and the probe pulses are then combined by the AND logic gate assembly. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189447 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a heating device that heats the image formed at the image forming unit, on the recording medium while recording medium is conveyed; a detecting device that is provided on a downstream side of the heating device in a recording medium conveying direction and detects image density and an image defect of the recording medium; and a stabilizing device that is provided between the detecting device and the heating device and stabilizes physical changes in the recording medium. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189448 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The image forming apparatus includes: an image holder that is movably provided; a first image forming unit that forms a first image on the image holder; a second image forming unit that forms a second image on the image holder including the first image formed thereon; a transfer portion that transfers, onto a recording medium, the first image and the second image formed on the image holder; a supply unit that transports the recording medium and that supplies the recording medium to the transfer portion; an acquisition unit that acquires information on a position of displacement on the recording medium in a transport direction of the recording medium, the displacement occurring between the first image and the second image transferred onto the recording medium; and an adjustment unit that changes a supply speed of the recording medium at the supply unit on the basis of the information on the position. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189449 | Recording sheet processing device - A recording sheet processing device includes a stack tray used, when a recording sheet gets jammed inside a subsequent finishing device, for collecting recording sheets left inside a preceding image forming device and recording sheets left inside a recording sheet feeding unit of the image forming device before those recording sheets reach the finishing device. A portion of a conveying path in the recording sheet processing device is opened so that the recording sheet that has jammed at the finishing processing side can freely fall down into a stack tray. Then, a conveying path switching claw is switched to a position for collecting subsequent recording sheets into the stack tray. Thus, subsequent recording sheets are collected in the stack tray without stoppage in conveyance. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189450 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides an image forming apparatus which performs fixing control complying with sheet characteristics in consideration of the productivity of a printing process and the precision of fixing control, and a control method thereof. To accomplish this, upon receiving a print job, the image forming apparatus extracts a sheet type used in the print job, and determines whether one set value in fixing control can be used for the extracted sheet type. If one set value can be used for the extracted sheet type, the image forming apparatus decides a common set value. If one set value cannot be used for the extracted sheet type, the image forming apparatus decides a set value for each type. In accordance with the decided set value, the image forming apparatus executes a printing process. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189451 | Image-Forming Device - In an image-forming device includes an image-forming unit, a first conveying unit, a first changing unit, and a second changing unit. The image-forming unit includes a rotatable mirror, a light-emitting unit, a photosensitive drum, a developing unit, a transferring unit. An electrostatic latent image composed of a plurality of line electrostatic latent images extending in a main scanning direction over a first length is formed on the photosensitive drum. The first conveying unit conveys a recording medium to the transferring position in a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction. The first changing unit changes a rotating speed of the rotatable mirror to change the first length. The second changing unit proportionally changes a conveying speed of the first conveying unit in accordance with the change of the rotating speed of the rotatable mirror. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189452 | Apparatus and method of controlling light level of a light source, and recording medium storing program of controlling light level of a light source - An apparatus and a method of controlling a light level of a light beam irradiated by a light source are provided. The light source is caused to irradiate the light beam having a light level determined based on a light level correction value for a specific main scanning position. The light level correction value is calculated based on light level change information indicating the change in the light level correction value for the specific main scanning position changes with respect to an initial light level correction value or a preceding light level correction value. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189453 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A write reference signal generating unit uses horizontal synchronization signals output from BD sensors to generate, for each laser scanning unit of respective image forming units, a main scanning write reference signal for irradiating laser light from a semiconductor laser every other predetermined number of reflective surfaces when photosensitive drums are driven to rotate at a second speed of rotation which is slower than a standard speed of rotation. A phase adjustment unit adjusts the phase of a control signal for driving a polygonal mirror, which is output to a polygon motor of each image forming unit, on the basis of a relative time difference between image write timings of the respective laser scanning units as measured by a time difference measurement unit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189454 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second image forming portions. The first and second image forming portions forms a toner image. The second image forming portion forms a toner image so that the toner image is superimposed on the toner image formed by the first image forming portion. The second image forming portion includes an image bearing member, a cleaning member that removes transfer residual toner existing on the image bearing member at an abutting position, and a supply unit that supplies abrasive particles or toner to the abutting position. The image forming apparatus includes a controller that controls the amount of toners or abrasive particles, which are supplied by the supply unit, in accordance with the amount of toner used in the first and second image forming portions. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189455 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof provides that when circulation of developer in a housing of a developing unit is deteriorated due to concentration of the developer, thus applying increased load to an agitator, the agitator is appropriately rotated forwardly and backwardly under the control of a controller. This may prevent overloading of the agitator and release the concentrated developer. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189456 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof wherein a power source having the same polarity as that of a transfer power source can be applied to a drive roller at a time at which an upper end of the recording medium is detached from the ITB, such that repulsive force against the recording medium can occur, and the detachment of the recording medium can be more easily carried out. Another power source having the opposite polarity to the transfer power source can be applied to the drive roller at another time at which the adhesive force between the back end of the recording medium and the ITB becomes weaker, such that attractive force drawing the recording medium to the ITB can occur and the recording medium can be brought into contact with the ITB with higher force. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189457 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying unit; a charging unit; a transfer unit transferring an developed image to a recording medium in accordance with application of a transfer voltage; an application unit generating the transfer voltage and applying the transfer voltage to the transfer unit; a voltage detection unit detecting the transfer voltage; an inflow current detection unit detecting an inflow current flowing from the image carrying unit charged by the charging unit into the application unit; a transfer current detection unit detecting a transfer current flowing when the transfer voltage is applied to the transfer unit; a determination unit determining an initiating voltage which induces the inflow current; a calculation unit calculating load resistance of the application unit based on the transfer voltage, the transfer current, and the initiating voltage; and an adjustment unit that adjusts the transfer current in accordance with the load resistance. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189458 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a printing control unit that performs, between printing on a first printing side of a paper sheet and printing on a second printing side thereof, to print on the first printing side of a next paper sheet; a determination unit that determines, when the printing on the first printing side of the paper sheet is finished, whether a process of processing print data for the next paper sheet has been completed; and a standby control unit that causes a printing unit to delay a printing process on the second printing side of the paper sheet until printing on the first printing side of the next paper sheet is finished if it is determined that the process of processing the print data for the next paper sheet has not been completed. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189459 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus is supplied that comprises a storing section | 2010-07-29 |
20100189460 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus with improved electrical connections. The image forming apparatus may includes a main body into which a device is detachably received. The electrical terminals provided in the main body connected correspondingly with electrical contact points provided on the detachable device. One or more surface distance extension parts may be arranged surrounding respectively one or more terminals such that the surface distance between two adjacent terminals can be increased. The detachable device may be, for example, a developing unit assembly, which may include one or more of a photoconductor, a charging device for charging the photoconductor to an electrical potential and a developer supply unit for supplying developer to the photoconductor. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189461 | Cleaning unit, process cartriedge incorporating same, and image forming apparatus incorporating the cleaning unit - A cleaning unit, which can be incorporated in a process cartridge removably installable in an image forming apparatus, includes a lubricant applicator to apply lubricant to an image carrier, a first blade disposed upstream from the lubricant applicator in a direction of rotation of the image carrier with its distal end held in contact with the image carrier to remove residual toner remaining on the image carrier, a second blade disposed downstream from the lubricant applicator in the direction of rotation of the image carrier with its distal end held in contact with the image carrier to regulate the amount of lubricant applied to the image carrier, a temperature measuring member to measure a temperature of or near the second blade, a heater, and a temperature controller to control the heater to heat the second blade so that the measured temperature falls within a given set temperature range. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189462 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A unit detachably mountable to an apparatus main assembly s provided with a coupling for receiving a rotational driving force from the apparatus main assembly. Also the apparatus main assembly is provided with a coupling to be engaged with the coupling of the unit. At least one of these couplings can be pushed in a direction parallel to a rotation shaft and one of the couplings is provided with an inclined surface. During mounting and demounting of the unit, the engagement between the couplings is released by the pushing-in of one of the couplings pushed by the inclined surface. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189463 | Image forming apparatus and toner cartridge - A toner cartridge is detachably attached to an image forming apparatus and supplies toner to the image forming apparatus. The locking mechanism is positioned either at a locking position or at a non-locking position. Shortly after the toner cartridge has been attached to the image forming apparatus, the locking mechanism is at a non-locking position. When a user operates a driving member of the toner cartridge after the toner cartridge has been attached to the image forming apparatus, the operating lever engages the locking mechanism to cause the locking mechanism to move to a locking position. When the locking mechanism is at the locking position, the locking mechanism limits the driving member to move relative to the engagement portion, so that the toner cartridge is not allowed to be detached from the image forming apparatus. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189464 | DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer includes a toner including a toner mother particle having a resin and a colorant and an external additive to be added to a surface of the toner mother particle. The toner has a volume average particle size of greater than or equal to 3.0 μm and smaller than or equal to 7.0 μm and has a surface roughness Rzjis of greater than or equal to 75.3 nm and smaller than or equal to 236.9 nm under observation using a scanning probe microscope. The external additive is titanium oxide having a particle size of greater than or equal to 10 nm and smaller than or equal to 100 nm. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189465 | TRANSFER BELT UNIT AND METHOD FOR HOLDING THE SAME - A transfer belt unit which is mounted in an image forming device. The transfer belt unit contains a positioning member, a handle, and a guiding member. The positioning member positions the transfer belt unit with respect to the image forming device in a state where the transfer belt unit is inserted into a guide unit. The handle is placed on the rear side of the positioning member in a direction of inserting the transfer belt unit into the guide unit. The guiding member holds the transfer belt unit when the transfer belt unit is inserted into the guide unit by abutting on a guide surface of the guide unit together with the positioning member before the handle is inserted into the guide unit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189466 | IMAGE FORMING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming unit includes a first rotating body having a first gear; a first unit that rotatably supports the first rotating body; a second rotating body having a second gear; a second unit that rotatably supports the second rotating body; and a biasing part that biases the second unit toward the first unit, wherein a drive force is generated by transmitting rotation from the first gear to the second gear in order to transmit the rotation from the first rotating body to the second rotating body, and the biasing part biases the second unit in a biasing direction substantially perpendicular to a driving direction of the drive force. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189467 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER, SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE,IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A disclosed surface emitting laser is capable of being manufactured easily, having a higher yield and a longer service lifetime. In the surface emitting laser, a selectively-oxidized layer is included as a part of a low refractive index layer of an upper semiconductor distribution Bragg reflector; the low refractive index layer including the selectively-oxidized layer includes two intermediate layers adjoining the selectively-oxidized layer and two low refractive index layers adjoining the intermediate layers. Al content rate in the intermediate layers is lower than that in the selectively-oxidized layer, and Al content rate in the low refractive index layers is lower than that in the selectively-oxidized layer. This configuration enables providing more control over the thickness and oxidation rate of the oxidized layer, thereby enabling reducing the variation of the thickness of the oxidized layer. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189468 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A developing device includes a developing member for developing an electrostatic latent image by adhering developer on an image carrier; a feeding member for feeding the developer to the developing member; and an interposing member that is interposed between the developing member and the feeding member during a period of when the developing device is not being used. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189469 | Developer storing container, developing device and image forming apparatus - A developer storing container includes a developer storing portion having a developer outlet opening at a substantially longitudinal center portion, and an agitation member rotatable about a rotation axis to thereby agitate and eject the developer via the developer outlet opening. The agitation member includes a mounting portion with a mounting surface along the rotation axis, and an elongated flexible member having first and second ends. The flexible member is mounted to the mounting portion at the first end so that the second end defines a sliding end portion at which the flexible member slides in a sliding direction. Both longitudinal end portions of the sliding end portion of the flexible member slide along the inner surface of the developer storing container, ahead of a substantially longitudinal center portion of the sliding end portion in the sliding direction, and are inclined with respect to a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189470 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner container includes a container body that contains toner therein, and a cap portion that is held by a toner-container holding unit and includes a toner discharge opening to discharge the toner contained in the container body. A gear portion is detachably attached to the container body so that a rotational force is transmitted to the container body. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189471 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPER COLLECTING METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a cleaning unit including a cleaning blade which contacts with an image carrier and peels a collected material on the image carrier, and an auger to convey the peeled collected material in a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the image carrier. The auger includes an axial body to rotate around a rotation axis parallel to the rotation axis of the image carrier, a spiral conveyance portion spirally provided on an outer peripheral curved surface of the axial body, and a conveyance portion. The conveyance portion includes a base portion extending in a lateral direction, and plural vane portions provided to be spaced from each other at specified intervals in a longitudinal direction of the base portion. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189472 | Developing Device and Image Forming Apparatus - A developing device include: a case; a developing roller supported by the case to be rotatable in a rotational direction; and a blade including a base end supported by the case and a tip end provided upstream of the base end in the rotational direction and contacting the surface of the developing roller at a contact portion to regulate a thickness of the toner on the developing roller. The blade further includes a bent portion that is bent from the contact portion at a radius of curvature from 0.2 mm to 0.4 mm to be separated from the developing roller as extending toward the tip end. An angle defined between a segment connecting the contact portion with a center of curvature of the bent portion and a segment connecting the tip end with the center of curvature of the bent portion is in the range from 45° to 90°. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189473 | DEVELOPMENT ROLLER - A developing roller which shows an excellent environmental performance and is free from occurrence of toner filming and toner leakage is provided. The developing roller | 2010-07-29 |
20100189474 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium includes an apparatus body having an endless belt incorporated therein configured to transfer toner images formed on a plurality of image bearing members to the recording medium, and a supporting member configured to support the plurality of image bearing members and to be slidable between inner and outer positions of the apparatus body along the arranged direction of the plurality of image bearing members, wherein when the supporting member slides between the inner and outer positions of the apparatus body while at least one of the plurality of image bearing members is in contact with the belt, a force is applied to the belt to rotate the belt along the moving direction of the supporting member. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189475 | Intermediate Transfer Belt Steering System - Disclosed are embodiments that use multiple, belt-steering systems to control and maintain alignment of an endless belt. The position of the edge of the belt is measured by multiple belt edge sensors and then corrected by at least two steering rollers connected to corresponding steering mechanisms. The steering mechanisms tilt the rollers in order to selectively adjust the lateral position of the belt. Steering can be controlled independently with the tilt of each steering roller being adjusted based solely on information obtain from a corresponding belt edge sensor. Alternatively, steering can be controlled dependently with the tilt of each steering roller being adjusted based on information obtain from multiple sensors at multiple locations and further based on the predictable impact of the simultaneous movement of both rollers on belt positioning. In addition, at least one of the steering rollers can also be configured as a drive roller. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189476 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming device including a first image carrier; a first development unit that develops the first image carrier with a first liquid developer; a second image carrier; a second development unit that develops the second image carrier with a second liquid developer; a transfer belt to which the images developed on the first image carrier and the second image carrier are transferred; and a transfer roller which has a transfer material gripping member for gripping a transfer material, is brought into pressure contact with the transfer belt and is applied with a transfer bias so as to transfer the images which has been transferred to the transfer belt to the transfer material, wherein the transfer material gripping member is positioned inside of the outer periphery surface of the transfer roller so as to grip the transfer material. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189477 | Belt driving device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus - A belt driving device including a rotatable seamless belt wound around rotatable driven rollers and one or multiple rollers, and a driven roller unit including the rotatable driven rollers. The driven roller unit includes a detection roller rotatably driven, a surface of which contacts an inner surface of the belt to slide in a direction of a rotary shaft thereof when shifting occurs on the belt in a width direction thereof; a correction roller rotatably driven, a rotary shaft of which is rotatably supported to displace around any single point on the rotary shaft thereof while a surface thereof contacts the inner surface of the belt; and a conversion unit to convert displacement of the detection roller in the direction of the rotary shaft of the detection roller into angular displacement of the correction roller in a direction of rotation of the correction roller. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189478 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device. The fixing device includes a heating member and a pressing member that form a fixing nip, an approach guide positioned an upstream in a recording-medium conveyance direction of a fixing nip, a fixing-pressure-changing mechanism designed to change the fixing device between a high-pressure mode and a low-pressure mode, and an approach-guide-changing mechanism designed to change an angle of the approach guide in conjunction with the changing by the fixing-pressure-changing mechanism. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189479 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC FIXING MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, FIXING APPARATUS, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic fixing member is provided, which is excellent in toner releasability and hard to change in rubber elasticity of a silicone rubber elastic layer. The fixing member is laminated with a substrate, a cured silicone rubber layer, a cured silicone rubber adhesive layer and a fluorine resin layer, wherein when infrared light absorption strength ratios (1020 cm | 2010-07-29 |
20100189480 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A cleaning device may include a polishing roller, an ejection member, and a conveying member. In some embodiments, the polishing roller may be configured to remove and collect a residual substance adhering to a surface of an image bearing member while rotating in contact with the image bearing member. In an embodiment, the ejection member may be configured to eject the substance collected by the polishing roller to the outside of the cleaning device. An embodiment may include a conveying member configured to follow the rotation of the polishing roller by being in contact with the polishing roller and to convey toner in the cleaning device on a surface of the polishing roller in an axial direction of the polishing roller. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189481 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance belt configured to convey a printing medium while attracting the printing medium to a conveyance surface thereof using an electrostatic force, a printhead configured to discharge a printing material onto the printing medium conveyed by the conveyance belt, a blade configured to scrape the printing material adhering on the conveyance belt; a support unit configured to bring the blade into press contact with the conveyance belt, and a recovery unit configured to recover the printing material which is scraped by the blade and free-falls, wherein a pressure applied from the blade to the conveyance belt decreases from one end to the other end in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the printing medium on the conveyance surface of the conveyance belt. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189482 | DRUM UNIT AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - In some embodiments, a drum unit may include an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a base member and a photosensitive layer on the base member. An embodiment may include a cleaning blade configured to abut the photosensitive layer to remove a developer remaining on the photosensitive layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member. Some embodiments may include side seals disposed at both ends of the cleaning blade to inhibit leakage of the developer. In some embodiments, a portion of a side seal may be in contact with at least a portion of the surface and an end face of the photosensitive layer. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189483 | TONER CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner conveying device includes a pipe body (conveying pipe) having an inside diameter thereof that is modified in a pipe-axis direction and a screw member coaxially located in the pipe body for feeding the toner. The screw member includes a screw shaft that rotates about an axis and a spiral fin that is spirally formed around an outer circumferential surface of the screw shaft. The distance between an outer circumferential surface of the spiral fin and an inner circumferential surface of the pipe body is constant in the longitudinal direction of the pipe body. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189484 | CARRIER DEVICE AND IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE - A carrier device includes: a circular belt made of a breathable nonwoven fabric; plural rolls on which the belt is hung so that the rolls contact a surface of an inner circumference of the belt, that causes the belt to rotate; and a decompression unit that reduces pressure in an area surrounded by the belt. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189485 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an inner guide, an outer guide opposing the inner guide. The inner guide and the outer guide define a curved transporting path where the recording sheet is transported. The image forming apparatus further includes a first feeder positioned upstream of the curved transporting path and a second feeder positioned downstream of the curved transporting path. The outer guide includes a rigid guide and a deformable resilient guide superimposed on the rigid guide. The rigid guide includes a first outer guide portion extending to a first downstream position and a second outer guide portion extending to a second downstream position positioned downstream of the first downstream position. A first resilient guide portion of the resilient guide, which corresponds to the first outer guide portion, extends to a third downstream position positioned downstream of the first downstream position and does not extend beyond the second downstream position. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189486 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of prolonging life time of a fixing roller. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189487 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - After a sheet has once passed through a punching position where punching processing is performed, a conveyance roller pair conveys the sheet backward to the punching position. A lateral registration detection sensor detects a side edge position of the sheet in a width direction. When a sheet processing apparatus corrects the side edge position of the sheet by controlling a shift unit configured to move the sheet in the width direction so as to correct the side edge position of the sheet, the sheet processing apparatus sets a shifting amount of the sheet to a value that is a predetermined amount greater than a shifting amount required to correct the side edge position of the sheet according to the side edge position of the sheet detected by the lateral registration detection sensor. After the sheet has passed through the die hole in the backward movement toward the punching position, the sheet processing apparatus sets the shifting amount to the required value. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189488 | MARKING OBJECT AND MARKING APPARATUS - A marking object having at least one object blank ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189489 | Recording media transporting apparatus and a printer - A printer has a substantially linear transport path | 2010-07-29 |
20100189490 | PRINTER HAVING GUIDED PRINT ZONE - A printer is provided having a printhead assembly having a carrier frame, a pagewidth printhead with a corresponding pagewidth print zone defined by a plane adjacent the printhead assembly mounted at a base of the carrier frame, an approach guide mounted to the carrier frame on a first side of the printhead and an exit guide mounted to the carrier frame on a second side of the printhead, and a feed mechanism for continuously feeding a web of print media through the print zone. The web is unsupported in the print zone and is guided therethrough by the guides. The approach guide curves about the carrier frame base to terminate upstream with a leading angular edge abutting with the web such that the natural path of the web is deflected downwards and around the approach guide, and the exit guide curves about the carrier frame base to terminate downstream. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189491 | PACKAGING AND APPLICATOR DEVICE - The present invention relates to a packaging and applicator device comprising:
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20100189492 | Quick Assembly Desk System And Components Therefor - A system for assembling a piece of furniture that includes at least two furniture panel labels affixed to at least two furniture panels. The system also has identifying indicia on each label, the identifying indicia including a designation which identifies the panel to which it is affixed. There is at least one directional indicia on each label, the directional indicia includes a designation which identifies the panel intended to be adjacent to the panel on which the directional indicia are placed. The directional indicia also indicate the relative directional position of the adjacent panel for assembly of the piece of furniture. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189493 | SPACER SEALANT ARTICLES - Spacer sealant articles are provided that are useful in fastening one substrate to another by means of bolts or the like where it is desired to maintain a spacing between the substrates and yet seal around a bolt or the like that extends from one substrate through the other substrate. Such articles contain a) a heat resistant polymeric spacer element and b) a sealant element surrounded by said spacer element, wherein the sealant element has at least one through hole therein. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189494 | Cushion material fastening structure for interior trim part - A cushion material fastening structure includes: an interior trim part, made of synthetic resin, that is provided with an opening and an elastic deformation portion at least part of which projects inward in the opening; and a cushion material, having a sheet shape, that is caught by the elastic deformation portion by being plunged into the opening while elastically deforming the elastic deformation portion, whereby the cushion material is fastened to the interior trim part. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189495 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A locking device for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, is provided with a locking mechanism for the mechanical locking of a movable catch of the locking mechanism with a counter-element, and with an actuator unit for the actuation of the catch via a drive. A hosing is provided in which the locking mechanism is arranged and mounted, with regard to the required installation space. The locking device provides the possibility of the formation of structurally different variants of the locking device. The actuator unit ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189496 | TIMBER CONNECTORS AND NOGGINGS - A connector ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189497 | FLEXIBLE HINGE IN TRAFFIC CONTROL MARKER - A stiffening element located within a flexible hinge on a roadway marker for increasing the stiffness of the hinge and resiliency of the roadway marker. The stiffening element provides more spring to return the roadway marker back to a substantially erect position after being deflected, for example, by a vehicle. The stiffening element can be a formed from a hard material such as PVC and can have the shape of a ball, cylinder, puck, oblong, or other suitable shape. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189498 | Systems And Method For Monitoring And Controlling A Vehicle Travel Surface - Methods for determining need for treating a vehicle travel surface include sensing, at a first time, a characteristic of a vehicle travel surface from a mobile sensor. Sensed characteristics include temperature, friction coefficient, material volumetric buildup, e.g., composition, such as an amount or percentage of ice or snow, density, depth, freeze point and chemical concentrations. The sensed characteristic is recorded as a first measurement in a database, and GIS information correlating a location with the first measurement is attached. The characteristic of the vehicle travel surface is sensed at a second time, at the location, and recorded in the database, for example as a second measurement. GIS information correlating the location with the second measurement may be attached, and the first and second measurements compared. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189499 | Concrete screed with pivoting leading - edge blade for angular positioning thereof - A floating screed device has a first section for cutting through plastic concrete and a second section for floating on the plastic concrete. The two sections are pivotally coupled for rotational movement about a pivot point. Elevation of the second section is measured and used to rotate the first section as the floating screed device is moved through a volume of the plastic concrete that is unfinished. As a result, the second section pitches to follow the first section. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189500 | POWER ROLLER SCREED WITH MULTIPLE SCREED ROLLERS - A rotating cylinder cement screeding system having a drive assembly and handle at one end for powering and controlling the screeding system. The rotating cylinder is made of tubular screed rollers of varying lengths allowing a user to customize the length of the system to match a specific cement pour. Further, each tubular screed roller is supplied with a male and female end for interlocking with each other and for receiving a variety of add on attachments. The rotating cylinder may also be equipped with a constant velocity type U-joint to allow the rotating cylinder to flex and thus, allow for pours with crowns or valleys, as need by the cement installer. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189501 | VIBRATORY COMPACTION/DRIVING APPARATUS - A soil compactor/driver that includes a housing and a substantially sealed chamber defined within the housing. A weight assembly that is carried by the housing and includes an eccentrically mounted weight. The weight is supported for rotation within the chamber by a pair of sealed, spherical bearings that do not require maintenance. First and second end plates are adapted to receive at least a portion of an associated sealed bearing and the housing defines first and second openings associated with the first and second end plates. The end plates, bearings and weight are arranged to be preassembled outside of the housing to form the weight assembly which is then installable as a unit into the housing which substantially reduces manufacturing and maintenance costs. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189502 | WATERCRAFT LIFT SYSTEM - A watercraft lifting system includes a bunk rail assembly, an intermediate frame assembly, a base assembly and a ground support assembly. The bunk rail assembly includes a bunk rail coupled to a load distribution member. The load distribution member is received by the bunk rail such that the bunk rail may rotate by at least a limited amount relative to the load distribution member. The bunk rail may slideably receive a bunk cushion and form a channel therewith for sandwiching a rigid structural member (e.g., a board). The watercraft lifting system may also include contoured clamps that cooperate to distribute and transfer load between frame members. In one embodiment, the contoured clamps include parabolically-shaped inner surfaces. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189503 | Coffer dam for servicing marine structures - A coffer dam for use in maintenance and repair of support pylons for marine structures such as piers, wharfs, and drilling platforms. Insulated bottom, side walls and roof members form an enclosure that can be heated, or cooled, to provide a good work environment and can protect against undesirable condensation that could adversely effect chemicals and coating materials. A grated floor member allows for debris to be collected and a vacuum system is used for proper disposal, and an improved seal protects against water leaking into the enclosure. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189504 | STRUCTURE OF INFILTRATION PIPE - An improved structure of infiltration pipe includes an infiltration pipe made of a flexible material. The infiltration pipe has a surface suffused with fine infiltration holes. A mesh layer is wrapped on an external part of the infiltration pipe, and includes a plurality of reinforcing stripes combined with the infiltration pipe to form a plurality of mesh holes. Therefore, the mesh layer is firmly wrapped on the external part of the infiltration pipe, so as to enhance strength of the infiltration pipe, such that the infiltration pipe bears a larger tension and gravity, thereby forming a reinforced infiltration pipe structure. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189505 | Article employing expanded thermoplastic elements and methods for making same - A drainage element is made by filling a container with expanded thermoplastic elements that are in a non-cured state and that possess a degree of latent foaming ability. After filling the container with the non-cured elements, the elements are allowed to cure under ambient conditions during which the blowing agent remaining in the elements in a vapor state condenses allowing air to be drawn in while the elements expand. This expansion of the elements distends and rigidifies the container where the container is allowed to expand | 2010-07-29 |
20100189506 | METHODS FOR INSTALLING AND USING PAPER-ENCLOSED FILTER MEDIA UNITS IN AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM - A method for installing and using paper-enclosed filter media units in an effluent treatment system. The paper-enclosed filter media units are preferably pre-filled off-site and transported to the installation site via commercial vehicle. The filter media units are then installed underneath the ground and connected to a treatment system. The filter media units contain at least one perforation and are preferably filled with expanded polystyrene (EPS) beads. In practice, the effluent enters the filter media unit through the at least one perforation in the filter media unit and trickles through the media where it is treated before being distributed beneath the filter media unit. The filter media unit preferably is comprised of a plurality of perforations, facilitating the entry of effluent in the filter media unit and the distribution of effluent into the ground. The method optionally is further comprised of a distribution grid which distributes the effluent horizontally across the top of the filter media unit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189507 | Method and product for absorbing and consolidating nuisance water or slurry accumulations - Nuisance water or slurry accumulations on roadways, such as underground mine roadways, are absorbed and consolidated by providing flexible porous containers that are filled with a mixture of a dry cementitious material and absorbent particulate material. The filled containers are applied to an area of nuisance water or slurry accumulation whereby the accumulation is absorbed by the mixture and consolidates through hydration to provide a dried load bearing roadway surface. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189508 | METHOD OF INCREASING STORAGE CAPACITY OF NATURAL GAS STORAGE CAVERNS - A method of increasing the storage capacity of a natural gas storage cavern, involves the step of adding liquefied natural gas to gaseous natural gas in the natural gas storage caverns. The addition of liquefied natural gas serves to reduce the temperature and associated pressure of gaseous natural gas in the natural gas storage cavern, thereby increasing the capacity of the natural gas storage cavern. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189509 | GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATIONS OF IMPROVED NANOCOMPOSITES - The apparatuses, compositions and methods described herein generally relate to a new application for and formulation of composite-polymer composition. This composition is a nanocomposite, comprising a polymer and a clay, preferably a recycled polymer and a nanoclay. The nanocomposite composition has improved performance characteristics, such as lower creep values and lower coefficients of linear thermal expansion, and can reduce the dependency of plastic product manufacturing on virgin (unrecycled) polymers. Moreover, the nanocomposite is formed into geosynthetic materials, e.g., geomembranes, and storm water retention/detention systems. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189510 | SOIL TREATMENT METHOD - A method for treating soil at a site contaminated with organic contaminants, comprises: (a) determining site characteristics, and sampling a volume of soil; (b) determining soil characteristics, and identifying and quantifying contaminants; (c) selecting a treatment composition appropriate to the contaminants and soil and site characteristics; (d) calculating an effective amount of treatment composition appropriate to the contaminants and soil and site characteristics, and in the range of from 2% to 12% by weight, relative to the weight of soil being treated; (e) excavating a volume of contaminated soil from the site; (f) combining the effective amount of treatment composition with the excavated soil; (g) mechanically mixing the excavated soil with the treatment composition; and (h) aerating the treated soil; and optionally: (i) conditioning the treated soil; and at least one of: (j) back-filling the site with the treated soil; (k) storing the treated soil; (1) disposing of the treated soil; and/or (m) transporting said treated soil for use at a further site. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189511 | DRY ACID SOIL TREATMENT COMPOSITION - According to one aspect of the present invention, a soil treatment composition is provided. In one embodiment, the soil treatment composition includes an acidic material containing at least one organic acid and at least one inorganic acid, and a plurality of substrate particles supporting the acidic material. In another embodiment, the substrate particles are sized to be retained on a 100 mesh sieve. In yet another embodiment, the organic acid includes an oxalic acid, a citric acid, or combinations thereof. In yet another embodiment, the soil treatment composition further includes a soil/plant nutrient material. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189512 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - Described herein are apparatus, systems and methods useful in forming underground vertical structures. Methods are described for constructing an underground vertical structure, comprising the steps of excavating soil to a sufficient depth to create a circular void to accommodate a plurality of segments; assembling a ring shaped structure comprising the plurality of segments; connecting the outside surface of the ring shaped structure with the soil in said circular void, thereby securing the ring shaped structure to the soil; excavating earth beneath the ring shaped structure to accommodate a second ring shaped structure; and repeating steps b-d thereby forming one or more additional ring shaped structures downward into the earth below already formed ring shaped structures until a predetermined depth is reached; thereby forming the underground vertical structure. Systems to perform the above methods are also disclosed. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189513 | LAY RAMP ACTUATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AN UNDERWATER-PIPELINE LAYING VESSE, AND RELATIVE PIPELINE LAYING VESSEL - An actuating device ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189514 | BALLAST-FILLED PIPELINE WEIGHT - A flexible bag-type pipeline weight, configured to straddle a pipeline, has internal tie means to prevent excessive bulging of the weight after being filled with ballasting material, thus facilitating installation in narrow trenches. Built-in loading loops facilitate filling the weight with ballasting material without need for special loading equipment. The bag-type pipeline weight is formed with a pair of leg sections on either side of a Central, pipeline-receiving recess. Once filled with ballast, the legs remain separated, thus facilitating installation on a pipeline. The filled pipeline weight is also freestanding and stable for purposes of transport and storage prior to installation. Hoisting slings facilitate lifting and manipulation of loaded pipeline weights without the need for spreader bars. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189515 | TENSONING DEVICE - The present invention relates broadly to a tensioning device ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189516 | LANDSCAPE SOIL AND WATER RETENTION DEVICE - Disclosed is an exemplary landscape soil and moisture retaining device. The retaining device may include a wall having a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, the second region inclined relative to the first region, and a flange extending outward from the first region of the wall. The retaining device may further include a raised lip extending from the flange and defining an upper edge of the retaining device. The second region of the wall defining a bottom edge of the retaining device, such that the flange is arranged between the upper and bottom edges of the retaining device. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189517 | Method for Transferring Particles - Method and apparatus are provided for transferring particles from an upper zone through an intermediate zone to a lower zone. A valveless conduit provides particle communication from the upper zone to the middle zone and a valved conduit provides particle communication from the middle zone to the lower zone. The transfer of particles between the zones through the conduits is regulated by varying the pressure of the middle zone, the flow rate of gas passing through the valveless conduit, and the valve in the valved conduit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189518 | PROCESS FOR CONVEYING POWDER MATERIALS WITHOUT SEGREGATION - A process making it possible to transport by potential fluidization, a powder material, in which a device is fitted between the supply zone, typically a storage zone for said powder material, and the zone to be supplied, said device including at least one substantially horizontal conveyor, called an “air chute”, which includes a lower duct designed for the circulation of a gas and an upper duct designed for the circulation of the powder material, said lower duct and said upper duct being separated by a porous wall that said gas can pass through, a process in which the upper duct is filled with said powder material and the lower duct is supplied with gas at a pressure that allows the potential fluidization of said powder material in said upper duct said upper duct being provided with at least one balancing column. In this process, the minimal bubbling speed, which corresponds to the maximum void fraction, is determined beforehand and the fluidization pressure is set to a value such that the fluidization speed of said gas is between 0.8 and 1.5 times said minimal bubbling speed, preferably between 0.9 and 1.3 times said minimal bubbling speed. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189519 | CARBIDE CUTTING TOOL AND METHOD OF MAKING SUCH A TOOL - The present invention concerns a rotary cutting tool ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189520 | Cutting Tool Having a Clamping Mechanism - A clamping mechanism includes a male portion and a female portion. The male portion has a forwardly extending locking protrusion, and an alignment protrusion extending forwardly of the locking protrusion. A rear of the female portion has a forwardly extending locking bore and an alignment bore extending forwardly from a front end of the locking bore. The locking bore has an insertion bore portion which merges with a gripping bore portion. The insertion bore portion has an insertion bore axis while the gripping bore portion has a gripping bore axis that is spaced apart by a non-zero first distance from the insertion bore axis. In a clamped position, the alignment protrusion abuts a portion of the alignment bore and the locking protrusion abuts the gripping bore portion along a gripping angular extension, thereby forming a circumferential interference fit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189521 | Cutting Insert and Cutting Tool - A double-sided cutting insert has top and bottom surfaces and two major side surfaces connected by two minor side surfaces. Each major side surface has two distinct relief surfaces which are inclined in opposite directions and merge at a transition surface extending between top and bottom surfaces. A first major cutting edge is defined between the first relief surface and the top surface and a second major cutting edge is defined between the second relief surface and the bottom surface. Each major cutting edge is tangent to an associated transition cutting edge defined between the transition surface and the insert top or insert bottom surface. An insert holder for the insert has three support sections accordant with three abutment sections of the insert. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189522 | FEED MECHANISM FOR A BORING BAR - A boring bar feed mechanism comprising a boring bar and a rotation mechanism for rotating the boring bar, a feed shaft, a feed coupling the feed shaft with the boring bar for axially translating the boring bar, and the boring bar is rotationally mounted with respect to but axially fixed to a second end of the feed coupler. A cam is rotationally fixed to the boring bar for rotating with the boring bar and a cam follower interacts with the cam. A plunger housing is supported by an extension of the cam follower and the plunger housing accommodates at least one feed plunger. A converter gear is supported by the feed shaft and the feed plunger interacts with the converter gear to facilitate indexing of the converter gear. The plunger housing is pivotally supported by the extension of the cam follower to permit the plunger housing and the feed plunger to have a limited pivoted motion, relative to the cam follower, as the cam follower oscillates back and forth and indexes the feed shaft. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189523 | DRILLING TOOL - In a drilling tool including: a shank located at a tip side of a tool main body; and a bit located at a tip side of the shank, the shank and the bit (connection body) are connected to each other via screws, and a guide part for center alignment for aligning the centers of the shank and the bit is formed in the vicinity of screw portions of the shank and the bit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189524 | Dust-disposal mechanism for machine tool - A dust-disposal mechanism applied to a machine tool implements a dust-extraction device to efficiently remove cutting dust in a cutting area of the machine tool and prevent cutting dust from floating around in the air. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189525 | MACHINING HEAD FOR MACHINE TOOL - A machining head has a support head component, which includes first and second support segments and a base segment supporting both the first and second support segments, the support segments being disposed opposite to each other across the spindle unit to hold the spindle unit therebetween such that a center of axle thereof is aligned with a rotary axis line thereof, the first and second support segments respectively including support shafts whose opposing end surfaces have the spindle unit secured thereto. The support segments respectively include housings as main bodies that are independent of the base segment. The housings accommodate the support shafts. Each housing is attached to the base segment by means of a plurality of first screw members that are screwed to the base segment and are manipulatable from the outside. The spindle unit is attached to the support shafts by means of a plurality of second screw members that are screwed to the support shafts and are manipulatable from the outside. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROACHING A WORKPIECE - A broaching system comprises a plurality of sub-bars configured to receive broaching tools. The system further comprises a broaching machine and a robot, the robot being configured to mount and remove sub-bars from the broaching machine. The robot includes an arm operable in three or more axes, and an end of arm tool. A method of broaching comprises providing a plurality of sub-bars, a broaching machine, and a robot having an arm operable in three or more axes and an end of arm tool. The method further includes mounting, by the robot, a sub-bar onto the broaching machine; and performing a broaching operation using the sub-bar. Simultaneous to the performance of the broaching operation, the method includes affixing another tool to another sub-bar, and/or moving, by the robot, another sub-bar to a storage location. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189527 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESTRAINING CARGO ITEMS ON AN AIRCRAFT - A method and apparatus for restraining cargo items on an aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus may include a base that attaches to the cargo item, a lever coupled to the base, and a foot coupled to the lever, wherein the foot is placed into a seat track attached to the aircraft, the seat track having a cutout portion and a cavity beneath the cutout portion, and the lever is moved to turn the foot within the cavity to lock down the cargo item to the seat track to restrain its movement. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189528 | Dunnage bag with double seal reusable inflation valve - A dunnage bag has an inflatable cushion and an inflation valve. The inflation valve is a flattened sleeve of thermoplastic material inserted through a seam of the inflatable cushion, with an interior sleeve portion extending into the inflatable cushion and an exterior sleeve portion extending outwardly of the inflatable cushion. A zipper seal extends across the exterior sleeve portion of the inflation valve, the zipper seal having first and second strips with releasably interengaging tongue-and-groove configuration. The inflation valve is doubly sealed, first by air pressure on the interior sleeve portion and second by closing the zipper seal. The interior sleeve portion is longer than the exterior sleeve portion, so that when it is everted, it covers the zipper seal. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189529 | Mechanical fastener system for high-temperature structural assemblies - A relatively low cost, lightweight and thermal stress-free mechanical fastener system having particular application for reliably joining together high temperature structural members (e.g., a pair of flat fiber-reinforced ceramic composite plates). The mechanical fastener system includes a ceramic composite fastener having a semi-circular head at one end to be countersunk in the structural members to be joined together and a dove tail retention feature formed in the shank or root at the opposite end. The composite fastener has a 2-dimensional (i.e., flat) profile that facilitates an economic manufacture thereof from densified ceramic composite material. A matched pair of thread forms having external threads and an internal dove tail relief to match the dove tail retention feature at the root of the composite fastener is held in face-to-face mating engagement with one another so as to establish a mechanical interlock around the root of the composite fastener. A 2-dimensional ceramic backing washer has a rectangular center hole dimensioned to receive the root of the composite fastener therethrough. A nut having internal threads that correspond to the external threads of the pair of thread forms is rotated into surrounding engagement with the thread forms to prevent a removal of the composite fastener and a separation of the structural members. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189530 | MACHINE FOR ATTACHMENT OF COVER TO BOOK BLOCK AND BOOKBINDING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A machine for attachment of a cover to a book block comprises: a press plate ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189531 | LIFTING DEVICE FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF A WIND TURBINE - Lifting device for the assembly of a wind turbine of which the top part of the tower ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189532 | INLINE-TYPE WAFER CONVEYANCE DEVICE - A structure is provided in which a load lock chamber ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189533 | METHOD OF TRANSPORTING WORK AND APPARATUS WITH WORK HANDOVER MECHANISM - When both surfaces of a wafer are sequentially subjected to processing, the wafer is made to be surely supported so that a predetermined processing and transporting can be performed. On one surface of the wafer a first fixing jig ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189534 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORAGING AND TRANSFERRING CONTAINERS - A method of rationally storing and transferring containers within a short time in a tower type container loading system and an apparatus using the same are disclosed. The method includes the steps of designating a position where a container to be stored is stored when the container enters a steel structure; elevating the container to a storage in a layer at the storing position along an elevation passage of the steel structure with a traveler; transferring and temporally storing the container to and in a temporary storing place positioned at the leading end of the storage when the container is positioned in the storage; and transferring and storing the container in the temporary storing place to and in a designated storing position using a transferring traveler installed in the storage. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189535 | COUPLER DEVICE TO CONNECT BUCKET OR TOOL TO BOOM ARM - A coupler device for releasably connecting a boom arm to a tool such as a bucket including a coupling frame adapted for connection to the boom and having wedge members on opposite sides thereof, these members being provided to engage in channels formed by connecting members on the tool. A fluid actuated holding mechanism is provided to secure the wedge members in the channels, this mechanism including a holder pivotably mounted on the frame and a fluid actuator connected to the holder at one end and to the frame at an opposite end. The coupler device includes a locking pin mechanism for locking the wedge members in the channels, this mechanism including at least one locking pin movably mounted in the frame for movement between a locked position and an unlocked position and, optionally, a linear fluid actuator mounted on the frame and having a hydraulic cylinder. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189536 | Method and device for forklift blade - The present invention innovates a method and device which enabling a solutions to the problems occurs while working with forklift lifting loads, and when forklift lift their loads, usually is by the two steel blades or arms connected to the forklift. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189537 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING PRODUCT STACKS - A transfer device for transferring product stacks has a connecting element for connecting the transfer device to a transport device, and the transfer device has a number of receiver regions therein, that each receive a product stack. Each receiver region has guide elements with spring-loaded closure elements, and a plate that is movable in a spring-loaded manner toward the closing elements along the direction of the guide elements. When the transfer device with the product stacks therein reaches its transfer destination, the product stacks are pushed from the transfer device by the plates by spring force. | 2010-07-29 |