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20100132981 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a printed wiring board includes an insulating layer, a first conductor pattern on the insulating layer configured to be a signal line, and a second conductor pattern on the insulating layer. The second conductor pattern includes a larger conductor area than the first conductor pattern, and a slit which allows the second conductor pattern to stretch to follow a thermal expansion of the insulating layer. | 06-03-2010 |
20120002376 | Flexible Printed Wiring Board and Electronic Apparatus - According to one embodiment, the flexible printed wiring board of the one embodiment has a base, corrugated portion, and block. The base has therein a conductor that electrically connects a first end and a second end. The corrugated portion is formed in a middle part of the base and has a ridge and legs. The ridge is roundly bent. The legs continuously hang from opposite sides of the ridge. The block is located off the ridge within a gap where the legs face each other and is mounted on one of the legs. | 01-05-2012 |
20120249883 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing; a circuit board; a flexible printed wiring board comprising a base layer, a conductive layer, and a protective layer. The circuit board is installed in the housing. The flexible printed wiring board is configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board. The base layer includes a first surface and a second surface positioned on an opposite side of the first surface. The conductive layer is provided on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the base layer. The protective layer is configured to cover the base layer and the conductive layer, and includes an outer edge portion positioned on an outside of a periphery portion of the base layer. | 10-04-2012 |
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20100111566 | PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DRUMS CONTROLLER - An image forming apparatus aligns phases of plural photoconductive drums. In a ready mode, every time a predetermined time elapses, the image forming apparatus runs idle the plural photoconductive drums in a predetermined angle. The image forming apparatus uses timing of detecting either a leading end or a terminal end of a rib as a trigger for stopping the plural photoconductive drums after idling of the plural photoconductive drums. | 05-06-2010 |
20110242587 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE SYSTEM, PRINTING SELECTION DEVICE, PRINT SERVER, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND SELECTION METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, an image forming device system includes a client terminal connected to a network, a plurality of image forming devices that are connected to the network and can perform printing in response to a request for printing from the client terminal, and a device selection unit that selects the image forming device according to desired printing conditions, including a time after an image stabilization process, input from the client terminal or one of the image forming devices when there is a request for printing from the client terminal. | 10-06-2011 |
20120105881 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CONTROL ACCORDING TO TARGET VALUE - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section configured to form a toner image on an image bearing member; and a first control section configured to change an image target value of the image forming section. | 05-03-2012 |
20120257225 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR FORMING COLOR IMAGE HAVING TINT EASY TO SEE FOR USER - An image forming apparatus includes: a display section to display plural patterns having the same shape and different tints on the same screen; a selecting section which a user selects a desired pattern from the plural patterns displayed on the display section; a determining section which the user inputs a determination concerning whether the desired pattern selected with the selecting section is suitable; and a control section to set, according to the input to the determining section, a tint of a toner image formed by an image forming section. | 10-11-2012 |
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20080247772 | XEROGRAPHIC COPYING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOTOR - In a xerographic copying apparatus of the invention, a control unit to control a stepping motor to cause rotation of an image supporting body to synchronize with running of a transfer medium performs acceleration and deceleration of a rotation speed of the image supporting body while the image supporting body is rotating in a reverse rotation direction, and accordingly, paper powder or foreign matter accumulated in a cleaning mechanism to clean a developer on the image supporting body can be collected, the occurrence of abnormal noise is prevented, and a definite amount of reverse rotation of the image supporting body can be realized while avoiding damage of the image supporting body due to a speed difference between the image supporting body and the transfer medium. | 10-09-2008 |
20090252534 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment of the present invention, color drift is prevented from occurring in a color image by detecting a position of a rotation informing mechanism integrally held by one of first, second, and third gears to detect a phase change in full rotation of at least one gear, detecting a position of a rotation informing mechanism integrally held by a fourth gear to detect a phase in full rotation, and setting, on the basis of the detected one phase change and the detected other phase change, phases during start of rotation of the respective gears such that a phase of a fourth image held by an image holding member rotated by the fourth gear coincides with phases of first to third images held by respective image holding members rotated by the first, second, and third gears. | 10-08-2009 |
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20110188868 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND A COLOR MATERIAL CONTROLLING METHOD - An image forming apparatus comprising: an attachment of a cartridge configured to accommodate a color material; a memory configured to memorize a current cartridge information which shows whether the cartridge attached to the attachment is a first cartridge which accommodates a first color material or a second cartridge which accommodates a second color material; and a controller configured to read the current cartridge information from said memory when the current cartridge attached to the attachment is exchanged to a new cartridge, further said controller configured to judge the new cartridge based on the current cartridge information read from said memory, further said controller configured to temporary stop initiating of a supply of the color material from the new cartridge until the color material supplied from the current cartridge remains in the image forming apparatus when the new cartridge is different from the current cartridge and said controller configured to initiate a supply of the color material from said new cartridge when the color material supplied from said current cartridge does not remain in the image forming apparatus. | 08-04-2011 |
20110216362 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CHECK CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an information adding unit, an execution determination unit, and an execution control unit. The information adding unit determines whether or not to store first information to which a predetermined value is added, in a storage unit, based on a result of analysis of image data, and adds the predetermined value to the first information and stores the first information in the storage unit in association with the image data when the determination is positive. The execution determination unit determines whether the first information with the predetermined value added thereto is in the storage unit or not. The execution control unit controls whether or not check of print quality is to be executed before the execution of print of the image data, based on the result of the determination by the execution determination unit. | 09-08-2011 |
20140055545 | ERASING APPARATUS AND ERASING METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, an erasing apparatus includes a paper feed tray configured to feed a sheet, a reading unit configured to read an image on the sheet, an erasing unit configured to erase the image on the sheet, a cutting apparatus configured to cut the sheet allowed to be cut, a reject box configured to accumulate the sheet which is judged to be not-reusable and a control unit configured to judge the category of the sheet based on the output of the reading unit and change the conveyance destination of the sheet according to the category of the sheet. | 02-27-2014 |
20140212160 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus including a control unit and a heating unit for fixing an image on a recording medium and erasing the image on the recording medium. The control unit controls a heating temperature of the heating unit such that the heating temperature of the heating unit falls within any one of a first temperature range which is capable of fixing an inerasable developer, a second temperature range which is capable of fixing an erasable developer, and a fourth temperature range which satisfies both of the first temperature range and a third temperature range which is capable of erasing the erasable developer. | 07-31-2014 |
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20100330281 | Surface Treatment Solution, Ink Set, Ink-Jet Recording Method, and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - A surface treatment solution for a recording paper on which ink jet recording is performed with a water-based ink, the surface treatment solution includes calcium alginate which is contained by 0.008 wt % to 0.074 wt % in the surface treatment solution, sodium alginate which is contained by 0.013 wt % to 0.084 wt % in the surface treatment solution, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water. | 12-30-2010 |
20110242242 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method - There is provided an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, the image forming apparatus including: a first discharge head which discharges, toward the recording medium, an ink containing a coloring agent; a second discharge head which discharges, toward the recording medium, a liquid which improves image quality and which contains a component for coagulating or depositing the coloring agent; an energy emitting device which emits active energy; and a transport mechanism which transports the recording medium to a position opposed to the first discharge head and the second discharge head, wherein: at least one of the ink and the liquid contains a curable substance which is curable by being irradiated with the active energy. | 10-06-2011 |
20120081460 | WATER-BASED COLORING MATERIAL, WATER-BASED INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING, INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A water-based coloring material which colors a medium and which is to be used together with water, the water-based coloring material includes a colorant and polyetheramine represented by chemical formula (1): | 04-05-2012 |
20120268520 | TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR INK-JET RECORDING, INK SET, INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A treatment solution for ink-jet recording includes a solvent which contains at least one of water and a water-soluble organic solvent; and an N-hydroxy cyclic imide compound which is soluble in the solvent. | 10-25-2012 |
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20080230137 | HOSE FOR GASOHOL FUEL - A hose for gasohol fuel including an inner layer containing at least one selected from (A) to (D) below and an alcohol-cut off layer including a rubber composition containing a butyl rubber, a hydrated hydrotalcite compound, and a 1,8-diazabicyclo(5,4,0)undecene-7 salt (DBU salt): | 09-25-2008 |
20080236696 | HEAT-RESISTANT RUBBER HOSE FOR DIESEL ENGINE - A heat-resistant rubber hose for a diesel engine is provided, which is excellent in exhaust gas water resistance (acid resistance), heat resistance, flame resistance and low-temperature property. The heat-resistant rubber hose includes a tubular inner layer ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080241449 | HYDRIN RUBBER COMPOSITION AND HEAT-RESISTANT HOSE USING THE SAME AS MATERIAL - A hydrin rubber composition free from nickel and excellent in heat aging resistance, ozone resistance, storage stability, and the like is provided which essentially contains the following components: (A) a hydrin rubber containing 10 to 40 mol % of ethylene oxide; (B) an amine-based antioxidant; (C) a phenol-based antioxidant; (D) a metal dithiocarbamate excluding nickel salts; and (E) a hydrotalcite compound. Also provided is a heat-resistant hose having a layered structure including an inner layer and a hydrin-based rubber layer disposed on the outer surface of the inner layer. The hydrin-based rubber layer is composed of a rubber composition containing (F) a 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undecene-7 salt, in addition to the foregoing (A) to (E). | 10-02-2008 |
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20090076484 | Therapeutic Catheter - The therapeutic catheter comprises a lumen communicating from the user's side end to the terminal tip part thereof, a main shaft having, at its tip, a guide wire lumen, a hub at its user's side end, and a slit in the guide wire lumen through its entire length, or the therapeutic catheter comprises a main shaft having a lumen communicating from the user's side end to the terminal tip part thereof, a guide wire shaft having, at its tip, a guide wire lumen, a hub at the user's side end of the main shaft, and a slit in the guide wire shaft through its entire length. The guide wire or the shaft of the other catheter playing the role of the guide wire can be rapidly disposed in the guide wire lumen through the slit. | 03-19-2009 |
20090326640 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR BODY CAVITY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A medical device for body cavity which has a main stent body and a sheet-shaped member having an opening and covering at least a part of the main stent body as described above. It is desirable that, when the main stent body is dilated from the first diameter in the compressed state to the second diameter, the above-described sheet-shaped member spreads so as to cover at least a part of the main stent body without restricting the movement of the main stent body toward the circumferential direction while the shape of the opening of the above-described sheet-shaped member is retained even after the dilation of the main stent body. The above-described medical device for body cavity is applied to a delivery system which has a first catheter for transporting the medical device for body cavity into the body. In this delivery system, the above-described medical device for body cavity is located at the front end of the first catheter as described above so as to allow indwelling thereof. | 12-31-2009 |
20100041783 | Foam and Process for Producing the Same - It is intended to provide a resin foam which can be preferably used for medical use, and a flexible silicone type resin foam having a water-absorbing property. The resin foam which has a low toxicity and excellent physical properties for medical use such as moisture permeability, skin compatibility and low irritation can be obtained by using a resin which has a siloxane unit and an oxyalkylene unit in its molecular structure and does not contain a unit derived from an isocyanate group. Further, the flexible silicone type resin foam having a water-absorbing property can be obtained by allowing it to have a specific resin composition and a foam structure. | 02-18-2010 |
20100057093 | INJECTOR FOR EYE - [PROBLEMS] To provide an injector for ophthalmology which can guide an implant easily to an transplant place without causing any damage to the implant when the implant is inserted into an eyeball. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The injector for an eye used for inserting an implant into an eyeball comprises an outer tube, and an implant holding structure arranged in the outer tube to be slidable with respect to the outer tube. The implant holding structure has an implant holding portion which can be contained in the outer tube and forms a space for containing the implant between the implant holding portion and the inner surface of the outer tube when it is contained in the outer tube. The implant holding portion projects from the outer tube when the implant holding structure is advanced and the implant can be taken out from the outer tube. | 03-04-2010 |
20110084019 | ANTITHROMBOGENIC SURFACE - Provided is a surface showing excellent antithrombotic properties. Also provided is a medical device having the same. An antithrombotic surface comprising polymer layers which are in different charged states and alternately layered, characterized by having three-dimensional peaks and valleys formed thereon. The antithrombotic surface as described above which is further characterized in that the peaks and valleys are 15 nm or more but not more than 200 nm in height and depth respectively. A medical device characterized by being provided with the antithrombotic surface as described above. Thus, a thin and highly antithrombotic surface or medical device can be obtained by a relatively convenient method. | 04-14-2011 |
20120109058 | INSERTION AID FOR MEDICAL DEVICES AND MEDICAL DEVICE USING THE INSERTION AID - Medical devices that are inserted into a body and that are used for treating a lumen inside a body sometimes use an insertion aid during insertion. However, there was a tendency for the relative positions of the insertion aid and the medical device to change, causing problems such as reduced operability and the insertion aid breaking the medical device during insertion. Disclosed are an insertion aid used by being placed within a medical device, and a medical device using said insertion aid. The insertion aid has a mechanism for holding said medical device from the inside, and said medical device uses said insertion aid, thereby making it possible to fix the relative positions of the insertion aid and the medical device when necessary. | 05-03-2012 |
20130274875 | INJECTOR FOR EYE - [PROBLEMS] To provide an injector for ophthalmology which can guide an implant easily to an transplant place without causing any damage to the implant when the implant is inserted into an eyeball. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The injector for an eye used for inserting an implant into an eyeball comprises an outer tube, and an implant holding structure arranged in the outer tube to be slidable with respect to the outer tube. The implant holding structure has an implant holding portion which can be contained in the outer tube and forms a space for containing the implant between the implant holding portion and the inner surface of the outer tube when it is contained in the outer tube. The implant holding portion projects from the outer tube when the implant holding structure is advanced and the implant can be taken out from the outer tube. | 10-17-2013 |
20130317605 | INJECTOR FOR EYE - To provide an injector for ophthalmology which can guide an implant easily to an transplant place without causing any damage to the implant when the implant is inserted into an eyeball. The injector for an eye used for inserting an implant into an eyeball comprises an outer tube, and an implant holding structure arranged in the outer tube to be slidable with respect to the outer tube. The implant holding structure has an implant holding portion which can be contained in the outer tube and forms a space for containing the implant between the implant holding portion and the inner surface of the outer tube when it is contained in the outer tube. The implant holding portion projects from the outer tube when the implant holding structure is advanced and the implant can be taken out from the outer tube. | 11-28-2013 |
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20080212123 | Printer and output method employed in the printer - A printer which has a direct-printing function for reading and printing information stored in a storage device and which includes: an interface unit which receives the storage device, the storage device storing file information including content information for print or display and restrictive information for controlling output of the content information; a reading unit which reads the restrictive information from the storage device; a setting unit which sets indication information indicating the file information according to the content information and the restrictive information; and an indication outputting unit which outputs information based on the indication information set by the setting unit. | 09-04-2008 |
20080297848 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an input unit which inputs a keyword; a preparation unit which prepares list data relating to a print file containing the keyword among a plurality of print files stored in a storage unit; and a printing unit that prints a list based on the list data. | 12-04-2008 |
20090027711 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a selection section which selects a print target to be printed; an input section which inputs a print job for printing the print target selected by the selection section; an instruction section which instructs to continue the print job; and a printing section which executes a trial printing of printing a part of the print job including a plurality of pages input by the input section as a trial page, and thereafter, restarting and finishing the print job in response to that the instruction section instructs to continue the print job. | 01-29-2009 |
20120224190 | Data Generating Apparatus, and Print Apparatus - Text data corresponding to at least a part of a text contained in the file or picture data corresponding to at least a part of a picture contained in the file is extracted. Thumbnail data to be used as an index thumbnail using the extracted text data or the extracted picture data is generated. An output size of the thumbnail is set by adjusting the output size according to the characteristics of the file from which each thumbnail data is extracted. For each file, an index data is generated by using the thumbnail data of the set output size. The generated index data can be displayed or printed. | 09-06-2012 |
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20090041516 | FIXING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR COMPONENT MEMBERS OF FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There are provided two members which respectively have a form of a cylindrical roller or an endless belt and which are put in pressure contact with each other so as to form a nip section for fixation. There is provided a heating source which heats at least one of the two members to fixing temperature. In an end section corresponding to a downstream side of a nip section with respect to a sheet conveyance direction, one member out of the two members is curved in a state of protruding toward the other member. The one member has a surface made of fluorine-based resin, and an arithmetic average roughness of the surface is in a range of 0.1 μm to 1.3 μm. | 02-12-2009 |
20110222894 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device for fixing a toner image onto a recording sheet, the fixing device comprising: a fixing belt including, on an inner circumference side thereof, a resistance heating layer, extending over entire circumference of the fixing belt, operable to emit heat upon flowing of an electric current therethrough; a pressing member operable to press an outer circumference of the fixing belt to form a fixing nip therebetween so that, while the recording sheet passes through the fixing nip, the toner image is fixed onto the recording sheet; and a pair of power supply members arranged inside the fixing belt along the circumferential direction with a predetermined distance therebetween, the power supply members being in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the resistance heating layer in an electrically conductive state along a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction. | 09-15-2011 |
20110222932 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a heating rotary member having a heating layer generating heat upon current application; a pressurizing rotary member brought into pressure-contact with an outer circumferential surface of the heating rotary member to form fixing nip, through which a sheet on which unfixed toner image is formed passes for heat fixing; circular electrodes that are circumferentially formed at two respective positions sandwiching a sheet passing region therebetween, on the outer circumferential surface, and feed electrical power to the heating layer, the electrodes are each metallic and formed of at least two electrode layers including a first electrode layer layered directly on the heating layer and a second electrode layer as an outermost layer, linear expansion coefficient difference between the first layer and the heating layer is smaller than that between the second layer and the heating layer, and the second layer is more oxidation-resistant than the first layer. | 09-15-2011 |
20110293340 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device for thermally fixing an unfixed image onto a recording sheet by causing the sheet to pass through a fixing nip. The fixing device includes: heat belt formed in an endless shape and provided with a resistance heat layer; first pressure member provided inside a running path of the heat belt; and second pressure member pressing the first pressure member from over the running path to form the fixing nip. At least one of the first and second pressure members is rotating body. The heat belt has a pressure-receiving area and two non-pressure areas. The pressure-receiving area receives pressures from both the first and second pressure members. The non-pressure areas have been arranged at outside of the pressure-receiving area in an axis direction of the rotating body. Two ring-like electrodes have been formed on circumferential surfaces of the non-pressure areas and are used to supply power to the resistance heat layer. | 12-01-2011 |
20110299900 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device thermally fixes an unfixed image on a recording sheet by passing the recording sheet through a fixing nip. The fixing device has: a heat-generating endless belt; a first pressure member inside a running path of the endless belt; a second pressure member pressing the endless belt against the first pressure member from outside the running path to form the fixing nip, and a pair of power feeders. The endless belt includes: a circumferential resistive heat layer that generates heat upon receiving electric current; and a first electrode and a second electrode flanking a sheet passing area of the circumferential surface of the endless belt. Each electrode is composed of a pair of electrode layers, one on the inner and another on the outer circumferential surface of the resistive heat layer. Each power feeder is in contact with both the electrode layers of a different electrode. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299901 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device for thermally fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording sheet by passing the recording sheet through a fixing nip. The fixing device has: a heat-generating endless belt having, on a circumferential surface thereof, a sheet passing area through which the recording sheet passes; a first pressure member disposed inside a running path of the endless belt; and a second pressure member disposed to press the endless belt against the first pressure member from outside the running path to form the fixing nip. The endless belt includes: a resistive heat layer that generates heat upon receiving electric current; and a pair of electrode layers that receive electric current. The electrode layers flank the sheet passing area. The resistive heat layer is in contact with the electrode layers at a different one of end faces opposing each other in a width direction of the resistive heat layer. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299902 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device for thermally fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording sheet by passing the recording sheet through a fixing nip. The fixing device has a heat-generating endless belt that includes: a resistive heat layer that generates heat upon receiving electric current; and a pair of electrode layers each disposed along a different one of widthwise edges of the heat-generating endless belt. The resistive heat layer has (i) reduced thickness portions each along a widthwise edge thereof and (ii) a middle portion between the reduced thickness portions. Each reduced thickness portion is thinner than the middle portion and connected to the middle portion with a wall surface upright in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the heat-generating endless belt to define a stair shape. Each electrode layer is disposed on the resistive heat layer to be in contact with a corresponding one of the wall surfaces. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299903 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a fixing device for thermally fixing an unfixed image onto the recording sheet, the fixing device comprising: a fixing belt; and a meander regulation member provided adjacent to an edge of the fixing belt in a width direction thereof, and operable to prevent meandering of the fixing belt, wherein the fixing belt includes: a resistive heat layer that is tubular and generates heat when an electric current is applied thereto; and first and second electrodes that are provided circumferentially on an outer circumferential surface of the resistive heat layer, and that receive and apply the electric current to the resistive heat layer, and the first electrode is provided closer to the meander regulation member than to the second electrode, and is at a distance from the edge of the fixing belt in the width direction thereof. | 12-08-2011 |
20120155912 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device for fixing an unfixed image formed on a sheet by passing the sheet through a fixing nip, the fixing device comprising: a pair of ring-shaped electrodes each disposed along a different one of edges of endless belt and flanking a sheet-passing region on an external circumferential surface of the belt; and a pair of power feeders each being in contact with a different one of the ring-shaped electrodes at a contact area and feeding power to a resistive heat layer included in the belt, at least one of the power feeders being located at a position upstream from the fixing nip in a rotation direction of the belt and allowing a portion of the belt between the fixing nip and the contact area to be in close contact with the first roller while the belt is being rotated. | 06-21-2012 |
20120219308 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device thermally fixes an unfixed image formed on a recording sheet that passes through a nip, the nip being formed by a pressing member pressing against a circumferential surface of a heating rotating body that includes a resistance heating layer. The fixing device includes a power supplier configured to supply power to the resistance heating layer, a driver configured to rotate the heating rotating body, a controller configured to control supply of the power by the power supplier, and an abnormal heat detector configured to detect whether abnormal heat occurs anywhere along an entire surface of a heat-producing region within the heating rotating body, detection being performed during rotation of the heating rotating body. The controller causes the power supplier to stop supplying power to the resistance heating layer when the abnormal heat detector detects abnormal heat. | 08-30-2012 |
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20080201091 | Sample electrification measurement method and charged particle beam apparatus - The present invention has the object of providing a charged particle beam irradiation method ideal for reducing the focus offset, magnification fluctuation and measurement length error in charged particle beam devices. | 08-21-2008 |
20080203298 | Electrostatic Charge Measurement Method, Focus Adjustment Method, And Scanning Electron Microscope - The present invention aims to provide a method and a device of capable of suppressing error in electrostatic charge amount or defocus on the basis of electrostatic charge storage due to electron beam scanning when measuring the electrostatic charge amount of the sample or a focus adjustment amount by scanning the electron beam. | 08-28-2008 |
20100038535 | Sample dimension measuring method and scanning electron microscope - The present invention suppresses decreases in the volumes of the patterns which have been formed on the surfaces of semiconductor samples or of the like, or performs accurate length measurements, irrespective of such decreases. In an electrically charged particle ray apparatus by which the line widths and other length data of the patterns formed on samples are to be measured by scanning the surface of each sample with electrically charged particle rays and detecting the secondary electrons released from the sample, the scanning line interval of said electrically charged particle rays is set so as not to exceed the irradiation density dictated by the physical characteristics of the sample. Or measured length data is calculated from prestored approximation functions. | 02-18-2010 |
20100237241 | Electrostatic Charge Measurement Method, Focus Adjustment Method, and Scanning Electron Microscope - A method and a device are disclosed for suppressing error in electrostatic charge amount or defocus on the basis of electrostatic charge storage due to electron beam scanning when measuring the electrostatic charge amount of the sample or a focus adjustment amount by scanning the electron beam. An electrostatic charge measurement method, a focus adjustment method, or a scanning electron microscope for measuring an electrostatic charge amount or controlling an application voltage to the sample changes the application voltage to the energy filter while moving the scanning location of the electron beam on the sample. | 09-23-2010 |
20100294929 | Sample Electrification Measurement Method and Charged Particle Beam Apparatus - The present invention has the object of providing charged particle beam irradiation method ideal for reducing the focus offset, magnification fluctuation and measurement length error in charged particle beam devices. To achieve these objects, a method is disclosed in the invention for measuring the electrical potential distribution on the sample with a static electrometer while loaded by a loader mechanism. Another method is disclosed for measuring the local electrical charge at specified points on the sample, and isolating and measuring the wide area electrostatic charge quantity from those local electrostatic charges. Yet another method is disclosed for correcting the measurement length value or magnification based on fluctuations found by measuring the amount of electrostatic charge at the specified points under at least two charged particle optical conditions, and then using a charged particle beam to measure fluctuations in measurement dimensions occurring due to fluctuations in the electrostatic charge at the specified locations. | 11-25-2010 |
20110139981 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING OF SAMPLE AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - An object of the present invention is to provide a scanning electron microscope aiming at making it possible to control the quantity of electrons generated by collision of electrons emitted from a sample with other members, and a sample charging control method using the control of electron quantity. To achieve the object, a scanning electron microscope including a plurality of apertures through which an electron beam can pass and a mechanism for switching the apertures for the electron beam, and a method for controlling sample charging by switching the apertures are proposed. The plurality of apertures are at least two apertures. Portions respectively having different secondary electron emission efficiencies are provided on peripheral portions of the at least two apertures on a side opposed to the sample. The quantity of electrons generated by collision of electrons emitted from the sample can be controlled by switching the apertures. | 06-16-2011 |
20120126119 | Charged-Particle-Beam Device - To automatically measure patterns arranged symmetrically with respect to the axis of rotation on a sample by following predetermined procedures, a charged-particle-beam device of the present invention automatically rotates a template image to be used for template matching by an angle (θ | 05-24-2012 |
20120318977 | Scanning Electron Microscope Optical Condition Setting Method and Scanning Electron Microscope - It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical-condition setting method for a charged-particle beam device, and the charged-particle beam device which make it possible to set the following optical condition: Namely, an optical condition which allows the suppression of a lowering in the measurement and inspection accuracy caused by the influence of electrification, even if there exist a large number of measurement and inspection points. | 12-20-2012 |
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20080284421 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE - A rotation angle detecting device includes a signal generator, a magnetic rotor and a rotation angle calculating unit that calculates a rotation angle θ of the rotor based on the output signals of the signal generator. The signal generator includes a magnetic rotor that has a permanent magnet and a shaft connectable with the rotating object and at least three magnetic sensor elements disposed in the magnetic field to generate a plurality of output signals when the rotor rotates. The rotation angle calculating unit calculates a first candidate of the rotation angle θ from a first pair of the three output signals, examines whether the first candidate of the rotation angle θ is normal or not and calculates a next candidate of the rotation angle θ from another pair of the three output signals if the first candidate of the rotation angle θ is not normal, examines whether the next candidate of the rotation angle θ is normal or not, repeats the above two steps until a next candidate of the rotation angle θ is judged normal, and outputs one of the first and next candidates of the rotation angle θ as a formal rotation angle if it is judged normal. | 11-20-2008 |
20090319120 | VEHICLE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR - A steering angle sensor includes a magnetized body coupled through a gear to a steering shaft so as to rotate with rotation of the steering shaft, a magnetic sensing device for detecting a magnetic field generated by the magnetized body, a signal processing device for detecting a direction of the magnetic field based on the detected magnetic field and for detecting a steering angle of the steering shaft based on the direction of the magnetic field, a correlation signal output sensor mounted on the vehicle to output a correlation signal correlated with the steering angle, and a signal check circuit for determining whether the steering angle is valid or invalid based on comparison between the steering angle and the correlation signal. | 12-24-2009 |
20090322320 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE - A rotation angle detecting device includes a housing, a rotating shaft rotatably held by the housing, a driving gear fixed to the rotating shaft, a driven gear engaged with the driving gear, a magnetic field generating part fixed in the driven gear, having a permanent magnet, and configured to generate a magnetic field, a magnetic sensor element configured to detect a change in the magnetic field due to a rotational movement of the magnetic field generating part, and a signal processor configured to process a signal from the magnetic sensor element for detecting a rotation angle of the rotating shaft. Each of teeth of the driving gear has a first circumferential width, each of teeth of the driven gear has a second circumferential width, and the second circumferential width is greater than the first circumferential width. | 12-31-2009 |
20120285266 | TORQUE SENSOR - Two magnetic flux collecting rings are installed into a corresponding position axially located between two magnetic yokes. The magnetic flux collecting rings collect a magnetic flux from the magnetic yokes. The magnetic flux collecting rings at least partially overlap with the magnetic yokes in a view taken in the axial direction. | 11-15-2012 |
20130152702 | TORQUE SENSOR APPARATUS - A torsion bar has first and second end portions that are fixed to input and output shafts, respectively, to coaxially connect between the input and output shafts. A multipolar magnet is fixed to the input shaft. First and second magnetic yokes are fixed to the output shaft. Magnetic sensors are held between magnetic flux collecting portions of first and second magnetic flux collecting rings, which are magnetically coupled to the first and second magnetic yokes, respectively. In each of the magnetic flux collecting portion, a connecting section and a mounting section are configured such that a width of the connecting section is smaller than a width of the mounting section. | 06-20-2013 |
20130312539 | TORQUE SENSOR - A torque sensor includes: a torsion bar; a multi-pole magnet; a pair of yokes on an outside of the multi-pole magnet in a radial direction and providing a magnetic circuit in a magnetic field generated by the multi-pole magnet; and a pair of magnetic sensors arranged along a circumferential direction. Each magnetic sensor includes a magnetism sensing part for detecting a magnetic flux density generated in the magnetic circuit, and outputs a detection signal to an external computing device. The magnetic sensors output the detection signals to the external computing device such that the computing device calculates a sum of outputs or a difference of outputs of the magnetic sensors so as to cancel a variation of the outputs produced by a magnetic flux generated from the multi-pole magnet and directly reaching the magnetism sensing parts. | 11-28-2013 |
20140130612 | TORQUE SENSOR - A torque sensor has a magnetic sensor, which is composed of a first magnetic detecting element, a second magnetic detecting element and a comparator. The first magnetic detecting element outputs an output signal of a provisional detection value, while the second magnetic detecting element outputs an output signal of a reference value. The comparator compares the provisional detection value and the reference value and outputs the provisional detection value as an authorized detection value, when a difference value between the provisional detection value and the reference value is smaller than a predetermined threshold value. | 05-15-2014 |
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20090230570 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE EMPOLYING THE SAME - The present invention provides a resin composition for sealing a semiconductor device. The resin composition is in liquid state at room temperature, and can be supplied from a dispenser. The composition is advantageous in regard to molding time, viscosity, moldability and adhesion. This resin composition indispensably comprises a bisphenol type epoxy resin having a polymerization degree of 3 or less, a particular phenol resin or a particular acid anhydride, a catalyst (A) such as 1-cyanoethyl-2-undecylimidazolium trimellitate, a catalyst (B) such as 1-cyanoethyl-2-ethyl-4-methylimidazol, and spherical fused silica particles. The weight ratio (A/B) between the catalysts (A) and (B) is in the range of 9/1 to 4/6. | 09-17-2009 |
20090321363 | FUNCTIONAL PARTICLES AND WATER TREATMENT METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention provides functional particles capable of effectively adsorbing impurities in water treatment. The particles can be rapidly separated by use of magnetic force, and hence are excellent in workability. They are magnetic particles having surfaces modified with amphipathic groups loaded thereon. The amphipathic group comprises an ammonium or carboxylate group as a hydrophilic moiety and a hydrocarbon group as a hydrophobic moiety. The hydrophobic moiety has a function of adsorbing the impurities, and the hydrophilic moiety has a function of dispersing the particles stably in water. | 12-31-2009 |
20100059448 | MAGNETIC PARTICLES FOR WATER PURIFICATION AND WATER TREATMENT METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention provides a water treatment composition capable of effectively adsorbing pollutants in water treatment. The composition can be rapidly separated by use of magnetic force, and hence is excellent in workability. The composition comprises magnetic particles for water purification, and is suitably used in water treatment for removing oils and the like in water. The magnetic particles are prepared by subjecting magnetic powder to surface treatment with a particular organometallic compound. The organometallic compound comprises a metal atom connected to an alkoxy group and an amphipathic organic group. | 03-11-2010 |
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20090277843 | POLYMER COMPOSITE, WATER-TREATMENT METHOD USING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A polymer composite is provided for a water treatment. The polymer composite with excellent workability is capable of adsorbing impurities in water, being rapidly separated from the water using magnetic forces. The polymer composite includes secondary aggregates. The secondary aggregates are formed of clumped particles, the particles being magnetic particles covered with a polymer. The polymer composite has porous structures suitable for adsorbing underwater impurities. | 11-12-2009 |
20090314717 | OIL-ADSORBING PARTICLE COMPOSITE AND WATER-TREATMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - An oil-adsorbing particle composite and a water-treatment method using the same are provided. The particle composite is capable of selectively adsorbing contaminants such as oils contained in industrial and household wastewaters. The water-treatment method is capable of eliminating contaminants from the wastewater using the composite. The particle composite includes water-insoluble organic polymer particles, magnetic particles and a resin binder, the resin binder bonding the polymer particles and the magnetic particles. The polymer particles have an oil-adsorbing characteristic. The magnetic particles have a magnetic characteristic for a rapid collection of the composite using magnetic forces. The method includes dispersing the particle composite in contaminant-containing water, making the particle composite adsorb contaminants to separate the particle composite from the water after the adsorbing. | 12-24-2009 |
20120248041 | POLYMER COMPOSITE, WATER-TREATMENT METHOD USING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A polymer composite is provided for a water treatment. The polymer composite with excellent workability is capable of adsorbing impurities in water, being rapidly separated from the water using magnetic forces. The polymer composite includes secondary aggregates. The secondary aggregates are formed of clumped particles, the particles being magnetic particles covered with a polymer. The polymer composite has porous structures suitable for adsorbing underwater impurities. | 10-04-2012 |
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20100224566 | ADSORBENT, METHOD FOR RECOVERING AN ORGANIC MATTER AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING AN OIL - An adsorbent includes: at least one of an inorganic particle and a metallic particle as a core; at least two kinds of polymers, which cover a surface of the core, with respective different surface tensions; and a convex-concave surface structure formed due to a difference in surface tension between the at least two kinds of polymers. | 09-09-2010 |
20100230358 | OIL ADSORBENT, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING THE SAME - An oil adsorbent includes a plurality of particles, each being constituted from at least one of an inorganic particle and an organic particle as a core and a polymer covering the core. The plurality of particles are aggregated to form an aggregate so that a porosity of the aggregate is 70% or more. | 09-16-2010 |
20110253632 | OIL ADSORBENT, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING OIL - An oil adsorbent is configured so as to include: at least one particle of an inorganic particle and a metallic particle, at least one particle constituting a core; and a polymer covering the core, wherein the polymer is a copolymer made of at least one substance selected from the group of molecular structure A consisting of styrene, butadiene, isoprene, ethylene and propylene and at least one substance selected from the group of molecular structure B consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylonitrile, vinylpyridine, vinyl alcohol, maleic anhydride and maleic acid. | 10-20-2011 |
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20110262700 | SURFACE-COVERED CUBIC BORON NITRIDE SINTERED BODY TOOL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A surface-covered CBN sintered body tool includes a base material formed with a cubic boron nitride (CBN) sintered body and a surface covering film covering a surface of the base material, and has a nega-land exposing the CBN sintered body in at least a portion thereof and a flank having the surface covering film formed thereon. With this, the surface-covered CBN sintered body tool having high defect resistance and wear resistance can be provided. The surface covering film preferably includes a nitride or a carbonitride of a compound including at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Cr, Zr, and V and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si and B, or a nitride or a carbonitride of Ti. | 10-27-2011 |
20120034474 | JOINED PRODUCT - A joined product according to the present invention is a joined product including a cemented carbide sintered compact serving as a first material to be joined and a cBN sintered compact or a diamond sintered compact serving as a second material to be joined. The first material to be joined and the second material to be joined are joined by a joining material that forms a liquid phase at a temperature exceeding 800° C. and lower than 1000° C. and that is placed between the first material to be joined and the second material to be joined. The first material to be joined and the second material to be joined are joined by resistance heating and pressing at a pressure of 0.1 to 200 MPa. | 02-09-2012 |
20120219373 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIFFICULT-TO-CUT CAST IRON - In a pilot hole of a workpiece made of a difficult-to-cut cast iron, a cutting tool having a leading end to which a cutting insert is attached is inserted to cut the surface of the wall of the pilot hole. At this time, the cutting tool rotates about an axis (α) and also revolves about another axis (β), so that contouring is performed on the workpiece by the tool. The cutting insert is formed of a sintered body having a CBN content of not less than 85% by volume, and the cutting insert has a thermal conductivity of not less than 100 W/(mK). | 08-30-2012 |
20130291446 | TOOL MADE OF CUBIC BORON NITRIDE SINTERED BODY - A tool includes a cubic boron nitride sintered body at least at a tool working point. The cubic boron nitride sintered body contains cubic boron nitride, a heat insulating phase, and a binder phase. Cubic boron nitride is contained in the cubic boron nitride sintered body by not less than 60 volume % and not more than 99 volume %, and the heat insulating phase includes one or more types of first compound composed of one or more types of element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ti, and Zr and one or more types of element selected from the group consisting of N, C, O, and B. The first compound is contained in the cubic boron nitride sintered body by not less than 1 mass % and not more than 20 mass % and it has an average particle size smaller than 100 nm. | 11-07-2013 |