42nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090257725 | Preform for an optical fibre - The present invention provides a method of fabricating a preform (10) for a microstructured optical fibre. The method includes providing at least one hole forming element (13) in a mold. Each hole forming element (13) is elongate and is composed of a polymeric material that stretches and reduces in thickness upon application of a tensile stress (such as a nylon line). The method also includes forming the preform material (12) around, and contiguous, with an external surface portion of each hole forming element (13). The method further includes applying a tensile stress to a portion (14) of each hole forming element (13) to locally thin a zone (18) of each hole forming element (13), the thinning resulting in local detachment of the zone (18) from the preform material (10). A length of the detached zone (18) increases while the tensile stress is applied leaving a tubular portion in the preform material (12) where the hole forming element (13) was attached. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257726 | FIBER MANAGEMENT PANEL - A telecommunications termination panel includes a housing having a top, a bottom, a first side and a second opposing side defining a front opening and a rear opening. The housing defines a cable entry adjacent the rear opening and a cable exit adjacent the rear opening, wherein the rear opening is adjacent the first side. A tray is pivotably mounted within the front opening of the housing, pivoting about a vertical axis located adjacent the first side and including a cable entry and a cable exit adjacent the vertical pivot axis and a plurality of connection locations. A cable path is defined between the rear opening of the housing and the tray, the cable path defined by a cable guide defining a channel for receiving cables, the cable guide including a slidable structure configured for pushing cables into the channel defined by the cable guide. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257727 | OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER MODULE - A glass-fiber coupler module includes a cassette mount, a mounting panel pivotally coupled to the cassette mount, a front panel coupled to the cassette mount, and a splitter coupled to the second side of the cassette mount. A first side of the cassette mount defines a storage area configured to receive spare lengths of glass fibers. The mounting panel is configured to support a first plurality of couplings. The front panel is configured to support a second plurality of couplings. The splitter is configured to receive glass fibers routed from the second end of at least one of the couplings of the first plurality, the splitter also configured to output at least two glass fibers to the first ends of at least two of the couplings of the second plurality. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257728 | TERMINAL SHIELDS FOR PROTECTING OPTICAL COMPONENTS IN OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES - Terminal shields are provided that are configured to protect an optical terminal device. The terminal shield comprises a first portion configured to be secured with respect to the optical terminal device. The terminal shield further comprises a second portion pivotally attached to the first portion. The second portion is configured to be pivoted relative to the first portion between an open orientation to provide access to an area of the optical terminal device and a closed orientation with the terminal shield disposed about a portion of the optical terminal device. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257729 | DEVICE FOR RECORDING AND PLAYING CONTENTS, SERVER FOR MANAGING CONTENT LOCATION INFORMATION, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTENT INFORMATION - A device for recording and playing contents, a sever for managing content location information, an information recording medium, a method for managing content information, and a recording medium for the method are disclosed. The recording/playing device includes a communication interface unit configured to interface data transmission and reception with at least one external resource connected to a network and a controller configured to receive a request for a content, search for an external resource recording the requested content based on content identification information and control receiving the content from the searched external resource. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257730 | VIDEO SERVER, VIDEO CLIENT DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A video server includes a communication unit for receiving a first video signal from a first video client device and a second video signal from a second video client device, an image combination unit for combining the first video signal and the second video signal to generate a combined video signal, and an image frame extracting unit for extracting a combined image frame from the combined video signal in response to a grab command received from one of the first video client device and the second video client device, and sending the extracted combined image frame to the one of the first video client device and the second video client device via the communication unit. A related client device and a video processing method are also provided. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257731 | INTER-GOP MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A video record/reproduction device provided with an inter-GOP management apparatus includes GOP detection means ( | 2009-10-15 |
20090257732 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF EXTENDING RECORDING TIME FOR A RUN-OVER PROGRAM - A system and method of extending a recording time of a recording event within a receiving device is set forth. The receiving device includes a memory and a controller. The controller generates a recording event request for content having a start time and a first end time and begins to store content in a memory of the first receiving unit starting at the start time. The controller reviews a program associated characteristic of the content when the end time is reached and when the program associated characteristic corresponds to the content, changes the first end time to second end time later than the first end time. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257733 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING PROGRAMS OF LESSER INTEREST WHEN CONVENIENT - Systems and methods for recording a program are provided. Alternate transmissions of a program with a “when convenient” recording priority may be recorded in whole or in portions whenever recording does not interfere with other uses of the user's equipment. When the recording device is out of space to record programs, recorded programs having a “when convenient” deletion priority may be deleted and scheduled for re-recording at a later time. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257734 | ON-VEHICLE VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS - Provided is an on-vehicle video playback apparatus, which facilitates appropriate playback of contents on a WAN which have to be played back synchronously with contents recorded on a video disc. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257735 | CODED SIGNAL REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A formatter | 2009-10-15 |
20090257736 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: a data capturing unit controlling a recording medium containing video data and capturing encoding target data; a characteristic extraction unit receiving the encoding target data and extracting a characteristic point, at least including a dividable point, of the encoding target data as a preprocess for encoding; a storage unit storing the encoding target data; a memory unit storing information about the characteristic point extracted by the characteristic extraction unit; a dividing unit dividing the encoding target data into predetermined pieces of divided data; and encoding units encoding the divided data into divided encoded data. The dividing unit determines a dividing point, at which the encoding target data are substantially equally allocatable to the encoding units, on the basis of the total number of the encoding units and the information about the characteristic point, and then allocates the divided data to the encoding units. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257737 | METHOD OF PRESENTING AUXILIARY DATA FOR AN INTERACTIVE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of presenting auxiliary data for an interactive recording medium is disclosed. In an interactive recording medium reproducing apparatus that reproduces A/V data and contents data recorded on an interactive recording medium and contents data provided by a contents providing server, the contents data provided by the contents providing server is presented appropriately according to the attributes of the contents data by using attribute information for the contents data. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257738 | Method and a digital broadcast receiver for providing a list of records - A method for providing a list of records in a digital broadcast receiver and a digital broadcast receiver for providing a list of records are disclosed. A reception unit receives a broadcast signal including a data broadcast-associated application. A storage medium store records. And A controller manages the application, receives a list request for requesting a list of record series belonging to a series from the application, generates a list, selects a record from a list of the stored records based on a link between the series and the record, includes the selected record in the generated list, and transmits the generated list to the application. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257739 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a setting section configured to set as a first parameter at least a tolerable maximum latency time representative of a network profile for use within an end point in a network environment; a control section configured to control the transmission of target data by performing real-time control based on the first parameter set by the setting section; a conversion section configured to convert the first parameter into a second parameter for controlling the quality of service on paths of the network; and a transmission section configured to transmit onto the network the target data furnished with the second parameter derived from the conversion by the conversion section. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257740 | Switching Regulation Circuit and Dual-Winding Motor Apparatus - A switching regulation circuit for a dual-winding motor apparatus is provided. The switching regulation circuit comprises a gate-controlled device and a driving circuit. When one of the two windings generates an induced voltage signal greater than a threshold value, the driving circuit generates an output signal for turning on the gate-controlled transistor. Thereby, a parasitic diode of the gate-controlled device will not be turned on and damage the entire circuit. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257741 | Stabilizer Device for Optical Equipment - A stabilizer for a hand-held optical device includes a gyroscope assembly suspended below a base assembly, and a handle pivotably attached to the base assembly. The optical device, which may be a video camera, mounts to the base assembly. The gyroscope assembly has two or more rotatable members that pivot independently to stabilize the optical device about two or more axes of rotation whenever the user moves the stabilizer. A rigid strut connects the gyroscope to the base assembly such that the centers of rotation of the rotatable members are co-linear with a longitudinal axis that extends the handle. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257742 | Joint IP/optical layer restoration after a router failure - A method and system for providing joint IP/Optical Layer restoration mechanisms for the IP over Optical Layer architecture, particularly for protecting against router failure within such architecture, includes any one of plural node elements participating in the detection and restoration of the joint IP/Optical Layer architecture upon the failure of a router in one of the nodes. The plural node elements may include, but are not limited to, one of plural routers and an optical cross-connect. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257743 | Monitoring of optical transmission systems based on cross-correlation operation - In optical communication systems, an optical signal which is modulated with a data signal is transmitted from an optical transmitter, and is launched into a fiber-optic transmission link. The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for the measurement of the distribution of the reflectivity along an optical transmission line implemented by using the signal processing based on the cross-correlation function between the data signal with which the optical transmitter is modulated and the back-reflected signal returned to the optical transmitter to provide the in-service monitoring of the fiber-optic transmission link. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257744 | TRANSCEIVER SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transceiver system includes a transceiver; and a transceiver control apparatus. In the transceiver, a determining circuit determines whether a reception signal group including a transmission data is in a normal state or in an abnormal state. A control circuit reads the transmission data from a buffer section when a determination result indicates that the reception signal group is in the normal state, to generate a transmission instruction, and discards the transmission data when the determination result indicates that the reception signal group is in the abnormal state. A transmitting circuit generate a transmission signal based on the transmission instruction. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257745 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING TRANSMITTERS IN OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS - An eye mask is provided that is defined at least partially in terms of absolute, or non-relative, optical power level values. In essence, the eye mask of the invention is a hybrid of the traditional eye mask in that the eye mask of the invention includes power level values on the optical power axis that are based on the minimum OMA set forth in the applicable standard or data sheet specification rather than on measured power level values obtained from the part being tested. Using the hybrid eye mask of the invention obviates the need to perform at least some of the tests often used to measure transmitter attributes. In addition, using the hybrid eye mask of the invention reduces the possibility that a transmitter may fail the eye mask test even though the transmitter operates satisfactorily. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257746 | OSS Support for Control Plane Technology - The OSS provides unique and automated provisioning, activation, fallout management and monitoring of SONET and WDM networks comprising control plane mesh and traditional SONET/WDM Rings/Chains. Resource discovery and dynamic provisioning provides for increased use of network bandwidth. It is possible both all control plane networks and mixed control plane and traditional networks. Network connections or the network topology may be accomplished in a hop-by-hop manner. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257747 | TESTING A FIBER LINK IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITHOUT INTERRUPTING SERVICE - There is provided a method for testing an optical fiber link. The method includes employing a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) to receive a signal via a port of the WDM and multiplex the signal onto the optical fiber link. The signal is used in a test of the optical fiber link. There is also provided an arrangement of components for testing the fiber link. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257748 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - An optical transmission apparatus that performs optical transmission by wavelength multiplexing includes a receiving unit that receives a first optical signal transmitted from a transmitting device; a wavelength determining unit that determines wavelength of the first optical signal received by the receiving unit; a transmitting unit that transmits a second optical signal of varying wavelength; and a control unit that, based on the wavelength determined by the wavelength determining unit, controls wavelength of the second optical signal transmitted by the transmitting unit. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257749 | Upgradeable Passive Optical Network - A passive optical network is upgraded by a subsystem PON | 2009-10-15 |
20090257750 | Optical code division multiplex communication method, system, and module - An optical communication system uses superstructured fiber Bragg gratings (SSFBGs) to encode and decode an optical pulse signal transmitted between two optical communication devices. Each SSFBG has uniformly spaced fiber Bragg gratings, producing a chip pulse train with a uniform phase difference between chips. The phase difference defines a code. There is one SSFBG at one of the two devices and two or more SSFBGs at the other device, using different codes to encode or decode the same optical signal. Using one code to encode and multiple codes to decode, or multiple codes to encode and one code to decode, provides a high signal-to-noise ratio and permits stable performance despite environmental temperature variations. For bidirectional communication, each communication device has at least three SSFBGs, divided into a transmitting group and a receiving group, mounted on a mounting plate with a negative thermal expansion coefficient. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257751 | Aggregating Optical Network Device - A method and apparatus for an electrically switched optically protecting network device is described. One embodiment of the invention established pairs of optical circuits between different electrically switched optically protecting network devices acting as access nodes of an optically switched network. The network device communicates different add/drop traffic flows between externally facing ports of different electrically switched optically protecting network devices by transmitting over the optical circuit. In addition, the network device optically switches optical circuits for which the network device is an intermediate node and electrically switches packets between different ones of the network devices' externally facing ports and those of the optical circuits for which the network device is an end node. Furthermore, the network device protects the communication of traffic flows across the optical network by controlling the packet electrical switching to the pairs of optical circuits. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257752 | NETWORK MEDIA SELECTING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method for operating a network device is provided. The method comprises steps of providing a first transceiver to establish a first link via a first medium; providing a second transceiver to establish a second link via a second medium; and enabling one of the first and the second transceivers to establish a corresponding one of the first and second links according to a predetermined order, wherein a media access controller transmits a first datum via the first medium by using the first link, and transmits a second datum via the second medium by using the second link. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257753 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - An acoustoelectric transducer comprising a laser source A and a light receiver H, wherein a soundfield S is provided by which the propagation velocity of the laser beam may be modulated according to the sound pressure while it traverses the soundfield S. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257754 | FORM FACTOR ADAPTER MODULE - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to one example embodiment, a form factor adapter module may include a small form factor (SFF) host connector, an X2 or XENPAK edge finger connector, and a serial to XAUI transceiver. The SFF host connector may be configured receive a small form factor pluggable (SFP or SFP+) module and to transmit and receive data according to a Serial Gigabit Media Independent Interface (SGMII) or Serializer-deserializer Framer Interface (SFI) protocol. The X2 or XENPAK edge finger connector may be configured to mate with an X2 or XENPAK edge finger socket and to transmit and receive data according to a Ten Gigabit Ethernet Attachment Unit Interface (XAUI) protocol. The serial to XAUI transceiver may be coupled to both the SFF host connector and the X2 or XENPAK edge finger connector. The serial to XAUI transceiver may be configured to convert data between the SGMII or SFI protocol and the XAUI protocol. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257755 | Modulation scheme with increased number of states of polarization - A modulation method for optical communication comprises the step of generating an optical signal modulated between a plurality of different states of polarization and between different phase states. The plurality of states of polarization comprises first states of polarization. The first states of polarization define a single great circle on the Poincaré sphere. The method is characterized in that the plurality of states of polarization further comprise one or more second states of polarization located outside the great circle. Such additional second states of polarization increase the symbol alphabet. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257756 | Optical receiver and optical phase control method thereof - An optical receiver includes: delay interferometers respectively provided in at least two branches that branch a reception signal; a phase shift amount control device that controls a phase shift amount of the delay interferometer in accordance with an optical phase control value; a balanced optical detecting section that respectively photoelectrically converts respective branch signals output from the delay interferometers; a data regenerating section that regenerates transmission data from the photoelectrically converted branch signals output from the balanced optical detecting section; a control section that outputs the optical phase control value based on a signal of the data regenerating section; and a memory that stores therein the optical phase control value output from the control section at the time of signal communication, as a history of control values, wherein the control section refers to the history of control values during a signal communication operation to determine the optical phase control value. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257757 | SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - Signals in an optical communications network, such as optical channels in an optical WDM network for example, are each identified by at least two low frequency dither tones with which the signal is modulated. The dither tones alternate with a predetermined periodicity to produce a cyclically repeated sequence of dither tones. A network parameter, such as a channel identifier for example, is obtained by the detection of the particular combination of dither tones in the sequence. To detect a number of network parameters a signal is modulated with a number of cyclically repeated sequences of dither tones each uniquely identifying a respective network parameter. In some implementations each dither tone in a cyclically repeated sequence of dither tones is repeated with substantially the same phase and coherent averaging is performed over a number of periods to detect dither tones on low power signals. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257758 | OPTICAL RECEIVING APPARATUS - In an optical receiving apparatus for receiving an optical DQPSK signal, a phase difference between both arms of an optical interferometer is controlled to an optimum value. The optical DQPSK signal is incident on two optical interferometers in each which a delay-time difference between two arms is set to be equal to a 1-symbol time of the optical DQPSK signal and which are orthogonal to each other. The optical receiving apparatus converts the optical DQPSK signal into an intensity signal and receives it. A differential amplifier obtains a difference signal between outputs of a pre-amplifier and a discriminator connected thereto. The difference signal includes, as an amplitude, a phase shift in a phase section. A control circuit adjusts the phase of the phase section in the optical interferometers to reduce this difference signal, and changes the phase difference between the two arms to a desired phase difference. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257759 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ORDERING OF PRINTING SUPPLIES BASED ON A SERVICE CONTRACT - A system and method for managing customer orders associated with at least one printer device for consumable supplies under a contract. The method includes receiving printer usage data from at least one printer indicative of consumption of at least one consumable supply and calculating for each printer device based on the received print usage data associated with the printer device an allowed amount of at least one consumable supply that can be ordered for the printer device by a customer based on a contract. The method further includes receiving a customer order request for ordering an amount of a consumable supply for a printer device under the contract; determining whether the requested amount exceeds the allowed amount calculated for the consumable supply for the printer device, and limiting the amount of the requested consumable supply which can be ordered when the determination is positive. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257760 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus which makes it possible to realize a configuration for processing a plurality of print jobs efficiently without waste while meeting needs for performing a glossing process on prints. When a sheet printed in a first process is fed from a sheet feeder, the printing apparatus executes a second printing process for processing the fed sheet. When an interrupting factor occurs during execution of the second printing process to cause interruption of the processing, the interrupted processing is resumed on condition that the interrupting factor is removed. A resuming method of resuming the processing is determined based on contents of the processing in the second process. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257761 | DEVELOPER CONVEYING DEVICE, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A black developer is conveyed in a first conveyance chamber in a rotation axis direction while agitating with rotation of a first screw member. A black-toner-concentration detecting sensor detects a toner concentration of the black developer by having contact with the black developer conveyed inside the first conveyance chamber. An average of peak amounts of a pressing force on the black developer, which is conveyed inside the first conveyance chamber by the first screw member, with respect to the black toner-concentration detecting sensor is set within a range of 9.8 15 [N/m | 2009-10-15 |
20090257762 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In accordance with an embodiment of the embodiment of the invention, an image forming apparatus includes: an electrostatic image-bearing member; and a developing device. The developing device includes a developer-carrying member disposed to face the electrostatic image-bearing member, and a developer carried on the developer-carrying member. The developer includes a carrier having a volume-average particle size dc (μm) and a toner having a volume-average particle size dt (μm) of at most 5 μm and contained at a weight ratio C with respect to the carrier of from 5 to 10% and is controlled so as to provide a surface coverage F of the carrier with the toner of from 30 to 80% as calculated according to Formula (I): F=(¼)×(dc/dt)×(pc/pt)×C, wherein pc denotes a true specific gravity (−) of the carrier, pt denotes a toner absolute specific gravity (−), and C denotes a weight ratio (−) of the toner to the carrier. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257763 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE - A development device is provided with: a development roller that rotates while carrying a two-component developer in a development tank accommodating the two-component developer; a tubular developer conveyance path having therein a conveyance mechanism that conveys the two-component developer in an axial direction of the development roller; a developer supply mouth for supplying the two-component developer to the developer conveyance path; a developer discharge mouth for discharging the two-component developer from the developer conveyance path; a supply mouth adjustment member that adjusts the area of the opening of the developer supply mouth; and a control unit that causes the supply mouth adjustment member to operate based on the fluidity of the two-component developer in the development tank. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257764 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided with an image bearing member for transferring an image to a transfer material using a developer, a transfer roller arranged in contact with the circumferential surface of the image bearing member for forming a transfer nip portion, and a displacing drive part for displacing a surface contact position corresponding to a position of the circumferential surface of the image bearing member where the transfer nip portion is formed by the contact of the transfer roller at least to either one of a first position and a second position different from the first position. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257765 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A technique capable of preventing deterioration of image quality resulting from a band-shaped toner image created on a photosensitive surface in order to prevent so-called carrier attraction is provided. An image forming method involving an abutting and separation step that allows a first image carrier (YMC) and a second image carrier (K) to abut on an intermediate transfer body to form an image and thereafter that allows only the second image carrier to abut on the intermediate transfer body by separating the first image carrier from the intermediate transfer body; and then a collecting step that collects a toner band on the first image carrier in situ to conduct new image formation. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257766 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image forming apparatus having a normal paper mode and a thick paper mode includes a scanning unit | 2009-10-15 |
20090257767 | IMAGE FIXING DEVICE USING A BELT-DRIVING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME IMAGE FIXING DEVICE - An image fixing device, having a belt-driving method to drive an endless belt which is entrained about at least two supporting members, including: a first supporting member on which a light transmitting area is provided; a heater which is housed within the first supporting member; a sensor which is mounted at a position to detect light rays, emitted from the heater and passed through the light transmitting area; and a control section which is configured to detect a lateral displacement of the endless belt in a width direction, based on a detected result of the light rays, detected by the sensor. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257768 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING HEAT-FIXING UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion; a fixing portion having a fixing nip portion which heats and fixes the unfixed image and an discharge roller which discharges the recording material, wherein in the case where the recording material is the plain paper which is equal to or larger than the predetermined size, the discharge roller conveys the plain paper in a range from a front edge to a rear edge at a predetermined speed, in the case where the recording material is the plain paper smaller than the predetermined size, the discharge roller conveys the plain paper at a first speed until the rear edge passes through the fixing nip portion, and the discharge roller conveys the plain paper at a second speed higher than the first speed after the rear edge passed through the fixing nip portion. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257769 | FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device configured to fix a toner image on a moving printing medium includes: a fixing heat generator that generates heat by electromagnetic induction; a fixing medium that rotates and is heated while being carried by the heating medium; and a pressing member that presses a back surface of the printing medium coming into contact with the fixing medium, the fixing heat generator including a center coil and a pair of side coils provided at a center portion and both side portions thereof along a direction vertical to the direction of movement of the printing medium for heating the fixing medium by induction heating, the pressing member including a center heater and a side heater that heat a center portion and both side portions thereof in a direction vertical to the direction of movement of the printing medium integrated therein, and includes a side temperature sensor that senses at least one of the temperatures of the both side portions in a widthwise direction vertical to the direction of movement of the printing medium, and a heater control unit that turns the side heater OFF when the temperature that the side temperature sensor senses exceeds a predetermined temperature. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257770 | FIXING DEVICE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, exercitation coils for induction-heating the fixing belt, power supplies that supply high-frequency power to the excitation coils, an output power detecting circuit that detects output electric energy of the power supplies, a power control circuit that controls the output electric energy of the power supplies, and temperature sensors that detect the temperature of a surface portion of the fixing belt. When electric energy applied to the excitation coils during the power fall reaches minimum power set in advance larger than 0 W, the power control circuit maintains the minimum power while the temperature detected by the temperature sensors is within a predetermined control temperature range and controls output power of the induction heating power supplies to shift from the minimum power to 0 W when the detected temperature deviates from the predetermined control temperature range. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257771 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR MANAGING BILLING DESTINATION - Upon registration of such document data that a general affairs department issues a request to print out the document data to a sales department, the document data is registered in a billing management box designated as a registration destination in an MFP allocated to the sales department. The MFP adds a department ID of the general affairs department which is authentication information at this operation, as billing destination information, to the document data. When the general affairs department sets an upper limit of printout of the print data, an upper limit value counter is added to the document data. When the general affairs department issues a request of notification, a fact that the document data is registered is displayed on a panel of the MFP allocated to the sales department; thus, the sales department receives the notification. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257772 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a case where a display unit displays a setting screen having a first display area to display a draft graphical image in accordance with draft setting and a second display area to display a finished graphical image in accordance with sheet setting, and a user designates a position to be stapled, a staple region mark is superimposed and displayed on a region corresponding to the position to be stapled in the draft graphical image in accordance with the draft setting, and a staple position mark is superimposed and displayed on a position corresponding to the position to be stapled in the finished graphical image in accordance with the sheet setting. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257773 | FUSER ASSEMBLIES, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF FUSING TONER ON SUPPORT SHEETS - Fuser assemblies for fusing toner on support sheets, electrophotographic apparatuses, and methods of fusing toner on support sheets are disclosed. The fuser assembly includes a fuser belt; a thermally-insulated enclosure surrounding at least a portion of the fuser belt; a conveyor for conveying the support sheet to a nip at which the fuser belt contacts the support sheet and the toner is fused onto the support sheet; a pre-heater; and a heat transfer system for transferring heat from inside of the enclosure to the pre-heater, the pre-heater using the heat to pre-heat the support sheet before the support sheet is conveyed to the nip. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257774 | Methods for increasing printer cartridge compatibility - A method of making an aftermarket printer cartridge, the aftermarket printer cartridge substantially resembling an original market printer cartridge, the original market printer cartridge comprising a key set attached to a toner hopper, the key set comprising an arched structure and at least one elongated structure attached to the arched structure, the method comprising providing an aftermarket toner hopper resembling the toner hopper of the original market printer cartridge, the aftermarket toner hopper missing at least one elongated structure of the key set. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257775 | Pin driver - The present invention also includes a method of remanufacturing a printer cartridge, the printer cartridge comprising printer cartridge components fastened together by a pin, the method comprising the steps of providing a device, the device comprising a shaft configured to apply pressure to the pin; a drive means for driving the shaft against the pin; and applying pressure to the pin using the device. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257776 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC CARTRIDGE - Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor that is excellent in electric characteristics and can form a high-quality image having reduced ghosting. In the electrophotographic photoreceptor including an undercoat layer containing metal oxide particles and a binder resin on an electroconductive support, and a photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer, the metal oxide particles have a volume average particle diameter of 0.1 μm or less and a 90% cumulative particle diameter of 0.3 μm or less which are measured by a dynamic light-scattering method in a liquid containing the undercoat layer dispersed in a solvent mixture of methanol and 1-propanol at a weight ratio of 7:3; and the photosensitive layer contains a compound represented by the following Formula (I): | 2009-10-15 |
20090257777 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An electrophotographic photoconductor containing at least a charge generation material and a charge transport material on a conductive support, the electrophotographic photoconductor comprising a diamine compound represented by the formula (1), and also a polyarylate resin having a structural unit represented by the following formula (I). | 2009-10-15 |
20090257778 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having a color mode and a monochromatic mode, which includes: a transmission member, which can be switched between a transmitted state where a motor transfers a drive force to a single photoreceptor drum and a non-transmitted state where the motor does not transfer the drive force to the single photoreceptor drum; and a controller which switches to the non-transmitted state while executing an image formation in the monochromatic mode, and when a command to execute a next image formation is not instructed, switches to the transmitted state after a phase adjustment of each photoreceptor drum after the image formation in the monochromatic mode, and controls the motor to execute a slight rotation operation at every prescribed period of time by synchronizing plural drums including the single photoreceptor drum with each other through the transmission member. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257779 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming image on a recording medium includes a photosensitive member, a motor, a belt, and a drive member to rotate the belt, the drive member including a driven coupling. The apparatus also includes a drive coupling to rotate by a driving force generated by the motor, the drive coupling being movable in an axial direction to take an engagement position at which the driving force is transmittable to the driven coupling, and a release position. The apparatus further includes a transfer member to transfer a toner image onto the recording medium or the belt, a voltage application unit to apply a voltage to the transfer member, and a control unit to cause the voltage application unit to apply the voltage to the transfer member after the drive coupling moves to the engagement position and the driving force is transmitted to the driven coupling. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257780 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus that includes an image carrier, a charging unit, a latent-image forming unit that forms a latent image for each color by exposing the surface of the image carrier charged by the charging unit, and a plurality of developing units that sequentially develops latent images formed on the image carrier with toners of different colors including at least cyan, yellow, and magenta, to form a color toner image on a single unit of the image carrier, the developing units further develops the latent images with toners of blue, green, and red, such that the toner images of different colors are not superimposed on a same position. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257781 | Developer storing apparatus, image forming unit and image forming apparatus - A developer storing apparatus includes a developer storing portion for receiving and storing a developer, a developer carrying member rotatably disposed in the developer storing portion and configured to carry the developer in the developer storing portion in a predetermined direction, an agitating member rotatably disposed in the developer storing portion and configured to agitate the developer in the developer storing portion, and a driving force transmitting portion that transmits a driving force to the developer carrying member. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257782 | Image forming apparatus - A toner containing section contains toner, and includes a toner stirring member penetrating the toner containing section for stirring the toner. A rotation member is attached to the toner stirring member and revolves around a rotational shaft of the toner stirring member. A pushing member revolves around the rotational shaft of the toner stirring member to push the rotation member. A stopper section having a stopper body is provided to contact the rotation member. An optical detection device is provided to detect the rotation member temporarily stopping at the stopper section. The rotation member separates from the pushing member by own weight and stops at the stopper section waiting for arrival of the pushing device thereon when an amount of toner remaining in the toner containing section decreases to a prescribed level and the pushing member arrives at an upper dead point. The toner stirring member is formed in a crank sate partially plunging into the toner. The rotation member is attached to the toner stirring member at an outside of the toner containing section. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257783 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, an electrostatic latent image forming portion configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member, and a developing device configured to develop the electrostatic latent image to form a developer image and the developing device is comprised a developer case to store a developer comprising toner and a carrier, a discharge spout provided on a wall surface in the developer case to overflow and discharge the developer increased excessively, a divider member configured to divide an inside of the developer case into a plurality of spaces, and a passing hole which is formed in the dividing member opposite to the discharge spout and is formed so as to permit the developer to pass through. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257784 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND DEVELOPING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a charger to charge an image carrying member, an optical device to irradiate a light onto the image carrying member to form an electrostatic latent image, a developing device to develop the electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member to form a developed image and a transfer device to transfer the developed image on a sheet. The developing device includes a developer container to store a developer including toner and a carrier, a developer supply device to supply the developer to the developer container, a driver device to drive the developer supply device, a developer collection device installed in the developer container to interlock with the driver device and collect a surplus developer left over due to supply of the developer from the developer supply device to the developer container, and a collected developer container to contain the developer collected by the developer collection device. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257785 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor drum, a charger, an exposure device, a developing device, a toner cartridge for supplying toner to the developing device, a transfer device and a fusing device. The toner cartridge includes a toner container, a toner discharge port, a toner agitator, a toner discharger having a toner conveyor, a toner discharger partition that separates the toner container into compartments on the toner agitator side and on the toner discharger side. The toner conveyor is constructed such that its screw pitch becomes greater as it becomes more distant from the toner discharge port along the axial direction of the rotational axis of the toner discharger. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257786 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a toner carrying member and an electric-field forming unit. The electric-field forming unit forms electric fields having different characteristics at a first area of the surface of the toner carrying member located within a developing area and a second area of the surface of the toner carrying member located out of the developing area such that a hopping height of toner at the first area is higher than that at the second area. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257787 | HSD WIRES USING FIBROUS CARBON NANOMATERIAL YARNS - A Hybrid Scavengeless Development electrophotographic printing system is provided wherein the electrode wires contain carbon nanotube yarn. The use of carbon nanotube yarn alleviates the problem of fundamental strobing image defects, because the electrodes made from the carbon nanotube yarn can be put at a higher tension to density set point, and thereby achieve fundamental resonance frequencies larger than that obtainable from steel. Additionally the yarn's strength is sufficient to withstand the typical forces it is subjected to in a Hybrid Scavengeless Development environment. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257788 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus is provided which can suppress a fluctuation in image density in a discontinuous printing mode provided with a pause period. The developing apparatus includes a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum, a developer bearing member for carrying and conveying the developer and a developer layer thickness-regulating unit placed close to the developer bearing member for regulating the amount of the developer carried and conveyed by the developer bearing member, the developer layer thickness-regulating unit being. As the developer, a negatively chargeable, one-component, magnetic toner is used having magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide particle, and has a specific saturation magnetization, specific weight-average particle diameter and specific composition. The developer bearing member includes a surface layer containing a binder resin, a quaternary ammonium salt, graphitized particles, and conductive, spherical resin particles, and has a specific surface shape. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257789 | DEVELOPING ROLLER, DEVELOPING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE DEVELOPING ROLLER, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE DEVELOPING ROLLER - Developing roller comprising a conductive mandrel with at least an elastic conductive base layer and a charge providing layer. The base layer is located closer to the mandrel than the charge providing layer. The base layer is roughened before the charge providing layer is applied to the base layer. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257790 | CONDUCTIVE COATING, METHOD FOR PREPARING A COATING, ROLLER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A ROLLER AND USING A COATING - A conductive coating is described, suitable for coating a developer, charge or transfer roller in a developing apparatus to give a charge providing layer. The coating comprises a conductive polymer in a matrix. A roller is also described, suitable for a developing apparatus comprising, from the centre to the periphery, a conductive mandrel, a conductive elastic base layer and a charge providing layer. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257791 | DEVELOPING UNIT, PROCESSING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing unit includes a brush member that includes a base member and a plurality of raisings that are erected on a surface of the base. The brush member traps toner within the raisings and causes a flicker movement in the raisings of the brush so that the toner trapped within the raisings is shaken and flown due to the flicker movement to the surface of a toner carrying member. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257792 | IMAGE FORMATION METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image formation method including developing a latent image on an image bearing member with a toner containing a coloring agent and a first binder resin; transferring the toner to a recording medium; transferring a fixing helping particle containing a second binder resin to the recording medium; and fixing the toner and the fixing helping particle on the recording medium, wherein the toner and the fixing helping particle satisfy the following relationships: | 2009-10-15 |
20090257793 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion forming a toner image on a recording material, and a fixing portion heating and fixing the toner image formed on the recording material to the recording material, wherein the apparatus has a cleaning mode in which the fixing portion is cleaned, and when the cleaning mode is set, the image forming portion forms a predetermined toner image on the recording material, and the fixing portion then heats and fixes the predetermined toner image to the recording material to form a cleaning sheet which is heated and conveyed to clean the fixing portion. By the virtue of the present invention, it achieves high cleaning performance in which the fixing portion is cleaned by the cleaning sheet. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257794 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS AND ENDLESS BELT USED FOR IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - The image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording medium includes an endless belt that includes a base layer made of a metal material; a heater that contacts with an inner surface of the endless belt; and a backup member that forms a nip portion together with the heater through the endless belt. The image formed on the recording medium is heated while being pinched and conveyed in the nip portion. An end surface of the base layer includes a plane region and a curved surface region. When the thickness of the base layer is t, the width of the plane region in a thickness direction of the base layer is h, and the flatness ratio H of the end surface of the base layer is defined as h/t, the flatness ratio H satisfies 50%≦H≦90%. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257795 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixing device is provided that suppresses loss in heat radiation from both ends in a longitudinal direction which is a direction corresponding to an axial direction of a fixing roller in a heating member so as to be able to uniform distribution of a temperature in the longitudinal direction of the heating member and to attain uniform fixing capability. A planar heat generating element provided in a heating member includes electrodes at both ends in a circumferential direction so that a flowing direction of current flowing through the planar heat generating element is a direction substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal direction as a direction extending along an axial direction of a fixing roller in the planar heat generating element. The planar heat generating element is constituted so that the both ends in the longitudinal direction thereof have larger thickness than that of a center part thereof. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257796 | NANOTECHNOLOGY BASED IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An image reproduction device (e.g., a photocopy machine) uses carbon nanotube material and a microwave generator(s) to heat internal rollers to “set” image colorant/toner. The ability to rapidly heat the nanotube material with relatively low-power microwave generators permits the development of power efficient image reproduction devices. The principle of heating carbon nanotube material embedded within a roller with microwave energy may also be used in a number of other applications such as, for example, laminating, embossing, drying, annealing, calendering, and film orientation. In these embodiments, the material being processed or heated may be paper, film, plastic, rubber, film and the like. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257797 | Cleaning Unit, Image Forming Apparatus Using the Same, and Cleaner - A cleaning unit includes a cleaner. The cleaner includes: a support member; a toner scraping member; and a toner storing mechanism. The toner storing mechanism includes: a toner catching member provided in a vicinity of a leading end of the toner scraping member so as to catch the toner scraped off; and a swingably supporting mechanism which supports swingably the toner catching member with a middle portion of the toner catching member as a swing fulcrum. A free end portion of the toner catching member protruding from the toner scraping member in the moving direction is a storage moving portion which moves based on an amount of the stored toner, and a portion opposite to the free end portion with respect to the swing fulcrum is a press portion which presses the toner scraping member toward the cleaned member based on a moving amount of the storage moving portion. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257798 | POWDER TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder transporting device includes a drop path that allows powder to drop, a first crushing member that is located in the drop path and crushes the powder cohesion in the drop path by reciprocating along the drop path, and a second crushing member that located in the drop path that crushes the powder cohesion in the drop path by reciprocating along the drop path, wherein when the first crushing member moves toward a downstream side in a dropping direction of the powder in the drop path, a tip of the first crushing member at the downstream side in a dropping direction is inclined to a side where the second crushing member is located, and comes in contact with the second crushing member. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257799 | POWDER CONTAINER, CLEANING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder container includes a first container to contain powder falling from an opening located in an upper portion of the powder container, a second container that contains the powder and is located in the first container, on a route through which the powder that falls from the opening, a powder transport mechanism to transport the powder from the first container to the second container, and a detection mechanism to detect whether or not the first container is completely or nearly filled with the powder based on a load to the powder transport mechanism. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257800 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, PAPER THICKNESS DETECTION APPARATUS, BELT POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A position detection apparatus includes: a moving member in contact with a detection object that moves following movement of the detection object; and a support member that rotatably supports the moving member; a detection unit that detects a positional change of the moving member, the moving member being acted on by a first force as a force to press the moving member against the detection object, a second force as a force to press the moving member substantially in a direction of a rotation shaft of the moving member, and a third force as a force to press the moving member in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of the rotation shaft of the moving member. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257801 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CURL STRAIGHTENING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet conveyance section that conveys a sheet; an image forming section that forms an image on the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance section according to an image signal; a sheet heating section that heats the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming section; and a curl straightening section that straightens curl of the sheet after the sheet is heated by the sheet heating section. The sheet heating section curls the sheet in a different direction according to a sheet thickness. The curl straightening section includes: a first curl straightening section that straightens the curl of the sheet curled in a first direction for curling thick sheet; and a second curl straightening section disposed on a downstream side in a sheet conveyance direction to straighten the curl of the sheet curled in a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257802 | CURL CORRECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMNIG APPARATUS - A curl correction device that corrects curl, including: a curl correction shaft that drives to carry a sheet; a first supporting member that supports the curl correction shaft; a curl correction roll that holds the sheet between the curl correction shaft and the curl correction roll and presses the sheet against the curl correction shaft; a second supporting member that supports the curl correction roll and rotates the curl correction roll around a first end in the longitudinal direction of the curl correction roll between closed state and open state; and a cam mechanism that provides, via a cam, the curl correction shaft with driving force for pressing the curl correction roll according to a position of the cam, the cam mechanism being provided with a cam shaft, a connecting member, a first cam receiving member, and a second cam receiving member. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257803 | GAP ADJUSTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A gap adjusting device includes a moving mechanism having a first member supported by a first object so as to be movable along a first axis, and capable of moving the first object in one direction and its opposite direction along a second axis intersecting the first axis according to the movement of the first member in one direction along the first axis relative to the first object, thereby adjusting a gap between the first object and a second object. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257804 | SIMPLIFIED WALK-UP ENABLEMENT OF INTERNET-BASED, PERSONALIZED ACCESS TO RETAIL IMAGING DEVICES AND SERVICES - An apparatus and method for loading and configuring an imaging device driver to facilitate turnkey remote access via the internet to the complete and explicit feature set and capabilities provided by a specific, user selected, retail imaging kiosk or digital photofinishing system. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257805 | Digital Raised Printing Using Phase Change Inkjet Technology - A method for creating raised and special purpose printing effects using phase change inkjet technology (also known as a solid ink jet) is provided. The method includes the steps of printing a primary phase change ink jet image ( | 2009-10-15 |
20090257806 | CARRIAGE SUPPORT MEMBER - A carriage support member for an inkjet printer printhead carriage includes a bar shaped structure with a first contact area and a second contact area. A pivotable carriage attachment is located between the first contact area and the second contact area. The first contact area and the second contact area slide or roll along the secondary guide rail. The carriage is attached to the carriage attachment. The bar shaped structure pivots relative to the carriage by the carriage attachment. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257807 | KEYBOARD HAVING A BACK-TO-BACK POSITION - A keyboard that includes at least two planes of keys and a communication port. The keyboard can be configured to include a back-to-back position. In the back-to-back position, the planes can be jointed so that each plane has outwardly facing keys which are fixed relative to the other plane at approximately a one-hundred and eighty degree angle (e.g., between one hundred and seventy degrees and one hundred and eighty degrees) relative to the other plane. The communication port can establish a communication linkage between the keyboard and a computing device. When in the back-to-back position, key presses from the keyboard are able to be conveyed across the communication linkage to be interpreted as input by the communicatively linked computing device. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257808 | CLOSED LOOP SHEET CONTROL IN PRINT MEDIA PATHS - A method of controlling sheet flow in digital print engines in which the nip rollers are driven independently by individual variable speed motors and sheet position sensors are disposed at each path gate and bend. The sensors provide sheet position/velocity signals to a controller which varies the speed of the individual nip drive motors according to an algorithm to prevent mis-positioning of the sheets and jamming. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257809 | Printing System Having Coupled Media Drive - A printing system is provided having a printhead, a media drive mechanism for driving media to the printhead for printing, and a media cartridge for supplying the media. The cartridge has a rotatable core for a roll of media and a media delivery arrangement having an opening in the cartridge. The media delivery arrangement is arranged to enable a roller of the print media drive mechanism to contact a wound portion of the roll of media so as to feed an unwound portion of the media from the roll to the printhead on demand operation of the roller on the wound portion. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257810 | Rotary printing press and method for producing a newspaper product in tabloid format - A rotary printing press is usable for producing a newspaper product in tabloid format. The printing press has at least one printing unit which is configured so that it prints a web with printed pages in a horizontal tabloid format. A part web, which is formed by slitting a web, is provided with a fold by a plough folder and that is arranged in the path of travel of the web. The web is folded with a first edge region, which is printed with a narrow printed image section, as a folded portion, along a first folding line by the plough folder. A fold former is arranged after the plough folder. The part web is printed with only one horizontal page in tabloid format and is also printed with a narrow printed section on an adjacent edge region. The part web and the fold former are arranged in the partial web travel direction so that the part web, which is folded along one side by the plough folder, runs into the folding former offset. The center of the partial web is not aligned with the former tip but instead is offset with respect to that former tip. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257811 | Multiple nib writing instrument - Provided is a writing instrument comprising an elongated barrel. A plurality of marking nibs are disposed at one end of the barrel. An ink-impermeable nib barrier separates each of the nibs. The barrel may be an elongated regular polygon shaped barrel, with each of the nibs being aligned with a corner of the barrel. The nibs may have a curved contour that produces a mark of greater thickness as the writing instrument is angled further away from a perpendicular orientation with a marking surface. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257812 | RUCKSACK APPLICATOR DEVICE - A device, for applying a flowable medium to a surface, includes a container, equipment to be worn on a back, a hose and a hose adapter, which can attach the hose to an outlet opening of the container, and which includes a ventilating element. The device further includes a handle having an end to which a wiping or applying device is mounted. The equipment includes a mounting plate attached to supporting straps to hold the container; and the container includes coupling elements for coupling the container to the mounting plate. A duct of the device extends from a first end of the hose, such that, when the hose is attached to the container, at the first end thereof, by the hose adapter, the duct conducts the flowable medium, from the container, to an outlet of the handle, which outlet is spaced apart from the wiping or applying device. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257813 | AUTOMATIC PENCIL - Au automatic pencil comprising an outer pencil tube, a pencil head, a clipping device, a guiding tube and a pencil lead cylinder, characterized in that a resilient element is mounted between the guiding tube and the clipping device allowing the guiding tube to reciprocate upward and downward within the stopper. The resilient element urges the guiding tube to rise upward if the pencil lead cylinder is not depressed, and to keep a distance from the pencil lead, and to allow another pencil lead to be inserted. The pencil lead cylinder can adapt a plurality of pencil lead. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257814 | Letter Opener - A letter opening device for use with a writing instrument having a writing end and a distal end includes an elongate clip and a protrusion generally perpendicular from the elongate clip for operative coupling to the writing instrument. The letter opening device also includes a cutting blade extending between the elongate clip and the protrusion to open a letter when the letter is passed between the elongate clip and the writing instrument from the distal end toward said writing end. The protrusion may alternatively be coupled to a sleeve for removable attachment to the writing instrument. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257815 | APPARATUS OR METHOD FOR APPLYING A SOLVENT - An apparatus including a cover, a foam housing, a pushing cap, a container, and a seal. The container may be adaptable for retaining a solvent, and the combination of the seal and the container may retain the solvent in a completely enclosed chamber. The seal may prevent the solvent from coming out of the container unless the seal is broken. The cover may be oriented with respect to the pushing cap so that when the cover is pressed in a first direction, the pushing cap moves in the first direction, and snaps into a first position on the container while breaking the seal, and allows the solvent to come out of the container and out of the foam housing. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257816 | ERASABLE INK FOR POROUS TIP WRITING INSTRUMENTS - Disclosed herein is a water-based erasable ink for use in a writing instrument. The ink comprises platy-like pigment particles, film formers and an aqueous vehicle. Also disclosed are writing instruments using such inks as well as comprising a reservoir containing a water based erasable ink having a non-shear-thinning composition and a porous fiber nib in fluid communication with this reservoir. Related methods of forming an erasable marking are also disclosed. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257817 | ROTARY DEVICE - A rotary device includes a first member and a second member magnetically and rotatablely connected with the first member by a magnetic force. The magnetic force is capable of automatically adjusting the first member to a target position when the first member is rotated away from an initial position and exceeding a predetermined range relative to the second member. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257818 | ANGLE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE READING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An angle adjustment device, include a fixed portion; a movable portion; a connection portion which rotatably connects the movable portion to the fixed portion; and an elastic member which is arranged between the movable portion and the fixed portion and restricts rotational movement of the movable portion with kinetic friction generated between the movable portion and the fixed portion. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257819 | PUSH-IN CONNECTOR - A push-in connector provides for easy manufacturing and assembly using a flat-stamped flexible retainer clip. The retainer clip is inserted into the connector and flexes to snap-fit within in the connector. The flex of the clip also flexes wings of the clip which engage with a receiving boss. The flexion of the clip allows for easy push-in of the connector and sufficient resistance to accidental pull-out. The push-in connector design eliminates the need for screw-mounting of the connector. The connector assembly may be manufactured for use in connection with a variety of ball studs, as well as other items such as shafts of various objects and wires, or may be used a fastener. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257820 | FASTENER - A fastener for fastening a heat sink to a printed circuit board via a back plate comprises a head and a shaft extending from the head. The shaft comprises a first and second engaging portions and a connecting portion therebetween. The first and second engaging portions have outer threads on exteriors thereof. Two cutouts are defined in the connecting portion. The back plate defines four thread holes machined with inner threads for engaging with the outer threads. In use of the fastener, an elastic force is produced to the fastener due to a deformation of the two cutouts during the threading. The elastic force helps the outer threads to have a secure engagement with the inner threads whereby the fastener can firmly engage with the back plate even when the fastener is subject to vibration or shock. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257821 | DEVICE FOR BRACED FRAME ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A device for braced frame assembly and method of using same in connecting brace members to a beam of a braced frame is presented. The braced frame connectors of the invention have a preferred application in cold formed steel frames in light-framed construction but can also be used effectively in braced frames of heavy-frame construction and can provide sufficient rigidity while adequately resisting lateral loads. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257822 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR RETAINING A FASTENER - An assembly for connecting a component having a base to a surface includes a fastener and a retainer having a clamp portion for capturing a shank of the fastener, and for aligning the fastener and an optional gasket with the base. The retainer automatically separates from the fastener when the fastener is tightened, and may include a recovery feature to allow recovery of the retainer after separation. A method for facilitating connection of a component and gasket to a surface includes inserting a threaded fastener into a base of the component, capturing the fastener within a clamp portion of a retainer, and positioning a surface of the retainer adjacent to the base. A tab portion of a gasket or the base can be inserted into a slot in the retainer to thereby secure the retainer to the base prior to connecting the component to the surface. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257823 | Method and mechanism for opening and closing of manhole covers - A cover for opening and closing a manhole includes a movable cover and a base cover, the movable cover and the base cover being connected to each other by a shaft manufactured from an aluminium bronze alloy that passes through at least one first hinge part fastened to the movable cover and at least two second hinge parts fastened to the cover base, the first hinge part being fastened perpendicularly to the second hinge parts. In this way, it is possible to manufacture robust manhole covers offering good comfort to a driver of a car, since the movable cover may be manufactured so that the distance between an outer rim of the movable cover and the base cover is minimized. | 2009-10-15 |
20090257824 | TRACKLESS TACK PRE-COATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT PAVING - A tack emulsion pre-coating system for use in hot mix asphalt plant paving which comprises providing a triangular-shaped tack emulsion cart deployed ahead of a paver, and configured to operate under a conveyor from a transfer vehicle supplying the paver with HMA, where the cart comprises a forward spray bar which sprays tack emulsion on a surface located between the wheels of the paver so as not to leave tracks and with rear spray bars for spraying tack emulsion behind the wheels, but not behind a central area between the wheels of the paver. | 2009-10-15 |