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20080254016 | Composition For Increasing Anti-Oxidation Activity In Blood - The present invention provides a composition capable of maintaining antioxidative activity in blood high by keeping the reduced coenzyme Q | 10-16-2008 |
20090179238 | Image pickup element performing image detection of high resolution and high image quality and image pickup apparatus including the same - In a pixel part, in a first active region, a photodiode and a transferring transistor are formed. In a second active region, a resetting transistor is formed. In a pixel part, in a first active region, a photodiode and a transferring transistor are formed. In a second active region, an amplifying transistor is formed. The first and second active regions are respectively the same in shape in image pixel parts. The resetting transistor and the amplifying transistor are shared by the pixel parts. | 07-16-2009 |
20090246185 | CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION-AMELIORATING AGENT OR CARDIAC FUNCTION-MAINTAINING AGENT - An object of the present invention is to provide a highly safe oral composition superior in a cardiac dysfunction-ameliorating or cardiac function-maintaining action. The present inventors have conducted intensive studies in an attempt to solve the aforementioned problems and found that use of, particularly, reduced coenzyme Q10 from among highly safe coenzyme Q affords a composition useful for amelioration of cardiac dysfunction and maintenance of cardiac function. Accordingly, the present invention provides a cardiac dysfunction-ameliorating agent or cardiac function-maintaining agent containing reduced coenzyme Q as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutical product, a food, an animal drug, a feed and the like, which contain the agent. | 10-01-2009 |
20090246186 | AGENT FOR IMPROVING NERVOUS SYSTEM CELL FUNCTIONS - The present invention aims to activate neural cells in brain, and further provide a useful composition having an action to protect intracerebral neural cells from external and internal stresses. | 10-01-2009 |
20110079707 | IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT PERFORMING IMAGE DETECTION OF HIGH RESOLUTION AND HIGH IMAGE QUALITY AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - In a pixel part, in a first active region, a photodiode and a transferring transistor are formed. In a second active region, a resetting transistor is formed. In a pixel part, in a first active region, a photodiode and a transferring transistor are formed. In a second active region, an amplifying transistor is formed. The first and second active regions are respectively the same in shape in image pixel parts. The resetting transistor and the amplifying transistor are shared by the pixel parts. | 04-07-2011 |
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20090097990 | Swash plate type compressor - A swash plate type compressor has a cylinder block, a drive shaft, a piston, a pair of first and second shoes and a swash plate. The swash plate has a first surface on the far side of the swash plate from the cylinder bore in slide contact with the first shoe and a second surface on the same side of the swash plate as the cylinder bore in slide contact with the second shoe. The swash plate has first and second edges formed between the first and second surfaces and an outer peripheral surface of the swash plate, respectively. The swash plate has a curved surface formed on the first edge at and adjacent to the bottom dead center of the swash plate whose radius of curvature is larger than that of the surface of the second edge. | 04-16-2009 |
20090107327 | Capacity-variable type swash plate compressor - A capacity-variable type swash plate compressor in which the preferable operability of a link mechanism and reduction of manufacturing cost are realized is provided. According to the compressor in the present invention, a link mechanism includes one swash plate arm and intermediate arms. The intermediate arms include first and second intermediate arms. The first and second intermediate arms are joined while being rotatably supported by a lug member and the swash plate arm via a lug-side pin which constitutes a lug-side axis and a swash-plate-side pin which constitutes a swash-plate-side axis and clamping the lug member and the swash plate arm via the lug-side pin and the swash-plate-side pin so as to allow a sliding movement. | 04-30-2009 |
20090269216 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TYPE COMPRESSOR WITH DISPLACEMENT CONTROL MECHANISM - A variable displacement type compressor in which a discharge-pressure region, a suction-pressure region and a pressure control chamber are defined, has a tiltable swash plate and a piston reciprocated by the swash plate in the pressure control chamber. The inclination angle of the swash plate and the piston stroke are changed by adjustment of pressure in the pressure control chamber thereby to control the displacement of the compressor. The compressor further comprises a supply passage for supplying refrigerant gas from the discharge-pressure region to the pressure control chamber, a release passage for releasing the refrigerant gas from the pressure control chamber to the suction-pressure region, a first control valve for adjusting a cross-sectional area of the supply passage from the discharge-pressure region to the pressure control chamber and a second control valve for adjusting cross-sectional area of the release passage. The second control valve includes a valve body for opening and closing the release passage whose cross-sectional area is set minimum when the valve body is located at the closed position and a valve spring for urging the valve body in a direction to open the release passage. When the second control valve is closed, pressure in the supply passage downstream the first control valve acts on the valve body in a direction to close the release passage and pressure in the suction-pressure region acts on the valve body in a direction to open the release passage. | 10-29-2009 |
20100104454 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TYPE COMPRESSOR WITH DISPLACEMENT CONTROL MECHANISM - A variable displacement type compressor has a supply passage for supplying refrigerant gas to a pressure control chamber, a release passage for releasing the refrigerant gas from the pressure control chamber, a first control valve for controlling the amount of the refrigerant gas flowing through the supply passage, a check valve provided between the first control valve and the pressure control chamber and preventing the refrigerant gas from flowing from the pressure control chamber to the first control valve by closing the supply passage and a second control valve for adjusting a cross-sectional area of the release passage from minimum to maximum. The second control valve has a back pressure chamber communicating with the supply passage, a valve chamber forming a part of the release passage and communicating with a suction-pressure region, a valve hole forming a part of the release passage and communicating with the valve chamber and a spool having a valve portion located in the valve chamber. When a pressure in the back pressure chamber increases, the valve portion decreases the degree of opening of the valve hole. | 04-29-2010 |
20110056370 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - The variable displacement swash plate compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a piston, a bleed passage, a supply passage and a low-melting member. The housing has a cylinder bore, a suction chamber, a discharge chamber and a crank chamber. The swash plate is supported in the crank chamber by the drive shaft and inclination angle of the swash plate is adjustable. The piston is reciprocally movably received in the cylinder bore. The bleed passage is formed in the housing in communication with the crank chamber and the suction chamber. The supply passage is formed in the housing in communication with the discharge chamber and the crank chamber. The low-melting member is disposed in the bleed passage so as to restrict fluid flow therethrough and has a lower melting point than the housing. When the low-melting member is melted, an opening of the bleed passage is increased. | 03-10-2011 |
20120301341 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a valve plate, a suction reed valve, and a seat surface. The valve plate has a suction port that communicates with a compression chamber and a suction chamber. The suction reed valve can open and close the suction port. The seat surface is formed on the valve plate, and is abutted with the suction reed valve when the suction reed valve closes the suction port. The seat surface includes a flat seal surface surrounding the suction port, and a groove surrounding the seal surface. The valve portion of the suction reed valve includes a flat sealing surface which is brought into close contact with the seal surface to close the suction port. The seat surface has a plurality of protrusions which space the seal surface from the sealing surface when the pressures of the compression chamber and the suction chamber are identical. | 11-29-2012 |
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20080259193 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes column amplifiers that are each provided for a different one of column signal lines. Each column amplifier includes: a constant current circuit that supplies a constant current; an amplifier circuit that is connected in series with the constant current circuit, and amplifies a pixel signal from a corresponding column signal line and outputs the amplified signal from a point of connection with the constant current circuit; and a resistor circuit that is connected in parallel with the amplifier circuit and has a constant resistance. | 10-23-2008 |
20090295966 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A column amplifier includes: a load transistor having a gate for receiving a fixed potential; a drive unit configured to drive a current having a current value in accordance with a potential of the input point; a reset transistor configured to turn ON when the pixel signal is at a reset potential and turn OFF when the pixel signal is at a read potential; and a clip transistor configured to turn OFF when a potential of the output point is smaller than a predetermined potential and turn ON when the potential of the output point is the predetermined potential or greater, and the drive unit has a circuit structure configured to selectively apply first and second current driving abilities. | 12-03-2009 |
20100309356 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A solid state imaging device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a pixel array ( | 12-09-2010 |
20110279720 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in rows and columns. Each of the pixel units includes: a photodiode that generates a signal voltage corresponding to an intensity of light received; and an amplifier transistor which amplifies the signal voltage in response to a flow of an operating current, and outputs the amplified signal voltage to a column signal line that is provided for each of pixel columns. The solid-state imaging device includes current correction circuits each of which is provided for a corresponding one of the pixel columns and causes a correction current to flow between a power supply line and a grounding line. The correction current fluctuates in an opposite direction to a fluctuation of the operating current flowing into the grounding line from the power supply line via the amplifier element. | 11-17-2011 |
20110292264 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - To provide a solid-state imaging device and an imaging apparatus including the solid-state imaging device that are capable of reducing occurrence of vertical stripes on an image while suppressing a black level shift thereon. A clipping circuit operation change-over switch enables a clip transistor when a column comparison unit determines that the voltage of a pixel signal is lower than a reference voltage for determination, and disables the clip transistor when the column comparison unit determines that the voltage of the pixel signal is higher than or equal to the reference voltage for determination. | 12-01-2011 |
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20090092198 | Communication apparatus and radio communication system - A communication apparatus includes a grouping controlling unit hierarchically groups frequency channels so that the number of channels included in a group of a layer becomes smaller than the number of channels included in a group of a layer immediately above; and a propagation path information estimating unit that estimates propagation path information of the channels. The apparatus also includes an average value calculating unit that calculates an average value of the propagation path information for each group in a highest layer with the estimate values, and calculates the estimate values used in each layer based on an average value of a layer immediately above to calculate an average value of the propagation path information for each group in other layers with the estimate values of the each layer; and a feedback unit that feeds back an average value acquired in each group as feedback information. | 04-09-2009 |
20090129231 | Method of manufacturing optical disc, stamper, signal processing method, signal processing apparatus, image drawing method ,Optical disc recording apparatus, and optical recording medium - The invention provides an optical disc capable of recording and reproducing information using laser light. Specifically, the invention provides an optical disc on which a drawing of a visible image can be also performed using laser light, a stamper suitable for manufacturing the optical disc, a method for manufacturing the optical disc, a signal processing method that can be used in the optical disc, a signal processing apparatus, an image drawing method, an optical disc recording apparatus, and an optical recording medium. | 05-21-2009 |
20090129253 | Optical disc and method for image forming thereon - The present invention provides an optical disc on which a visible image can be formed by irradiation of laser light, which comprises a logo area on which visible information is indicated, a pre-pit signal area, and an image forming area on which a visible image can be formed by irradiation of laser light; and an image forming method of forming a visible image by irradiation of laser light on an optical disc, the method including detecting a pre-pit signal from a pre-pit signal area formed on the optical disc, and forming the visible image based on the result of the detection, wherein the optical disc is the optical disc of an aspect of the invention. | 05-21-2009 |
20090135708 | Optical disk system, optical disk recording apparatus, image drawing method and optical disk - The invention provides an optical disk system having at least: an optical disk comprising, on a substrate having pre-pits, an image-recording layer capable of drawing an image by irradiating a laser light; and a reading device which reads information included in the pre-pits by a return light of the laser light when the laser light having a wavelength of in a range of 630 to 680 nm is irradiated to the pre-pit of the optical disk. The pre-pits have a shortest pit length in a range from 0.6 to 0.9 μm being formed on the substrate. The invention further provides an optical disk recording apparatus, an image drawing method and an optical disk which utilize the optical disk system. | 05-28-2009 |
20100000632 | LAMINATE STEEL SHEET FOR TWO-PIECE CAN, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF TWO-PIECE CAN, AND TWO-PIECE LAMINATE CAN - A laminated steel sheet for a two-piece can body with a high strain level satisfying the following formulae, the polyester resin layer composing the laminated steel sheet having a center line surface roughness (Ra) of 0.2 μm to 1.8 μm: | 01-07-2010 |
20100096279 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING DRAWN CAN FOR AEROSOL AND DRAWN CAN FOR AEROSOL - A laminated steel sheet used as a raw material has a tensile strength TS after forming at an equivalent strain εeq of 1.6 is 800 MPa or less and satisfies 0.25≦tb/to where tb is a sheet thickness at a fracture surface after fracture and to is a sheet thickness before the fracture. In forming the laminated steel sheets, forming is conducted so as to satisfy the relationships below: | 04-22-2010 |
20120000340 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EASY OPEN END - A method of manufacturing an easy open end includes the steps of using a laminated steel sheet with resin films formed on both surfaces of the laminated steel sheet, and forming a panel structure and a score. A score die used for forming the score includes a scoring edge having a cross section in which a tip is a curve and two sides with the tip interposed therebetween are tangent to the curve. The tip is the curve having a curvature radius ranging from 0.2 to 0.4 mm, and the two sides have elevation angles θ in a range of 0.3≦tan θ≦1.0 to an end surface. The panel structure is formed by a motion that is synchronous with a motion in which the score die is pressed to a surface of the laminated steel sheet during the formation of the score. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002661 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A wireless communication system includes a transmission device including plural transmission antennas and a receiving device including plural reception antennas. The transmission device includes a branching unit that branches a signal into plural transmission signals respectively passing plural signal lines each corresponding to each of the transmission antennas and delay units provided on at least one of the signal lines to apply a delay to the transmission signal. When a transmission signal branched by the branching unit is applied with a delay by the delay units, the transmission device sets the transmission signal on which the delay is applied as the transmission signal, and transmits the transmission signals to the receiving device via the transmission antennas. The receiving device includes delay units provided on at least one of plural signal lines that respectively pass plural reception signals received at the reception antennas to apply a delay to the reception signal and a combining unit that sets the reception signal on which the delay is applied as the reception signal, and combines the reception signals. | 01-05-2012 |
20120141232 | LAMINATED STEEL SHEET FOR TWO-PIECE CAN, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TWO-PIECE CAN, AND TWO-PIECE LAMINATED CAN - A laminated steel sheet including a polyester resin layer arranged on at least one face of the steel sheet, polyester resin forming the polyester resin layer is obtained by polycondensation of dicarboxylic acid and diol components, the dicarboxylic component contains terephthalic acid as the main ingredient and a copolymerizing ingredient, the diol component comprises ethylene and/or butylene glycol as a main ingredient and a copolymerizing ingredient, the sum of the copolymerizing ingredient in the dicarboxylic acid and the copolymerizing ingredient in the diol component is 8 to 16% by mole in the polyester resin, and the polyester resin layer has 0.06 or less of plane orientation factor. | 06-07-2012 |
20120232437 | DEVICE FOR MODULATING PGC-1 EXPRESSION, AND TREATING DEVICE AND TREATING METHOD FOR ISCHEMIC DISEASE - A PGC-1 expression-modulating device ( | 09-13-2012 |
20130222298 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A terminal apparatus includes a display module including a window glass, a touch panel, and a display panel; a display holding frame that secures the display module, the display holding frame having a screw accepting part on a rear surface which is opposite to the display panel; a cabinet case, which encloses the display holding frame, and which has a screw hole corresponding to the screw accepting part of the display holding frame; and a bolt or screw inserted into the screw accepting part of the display holding frame through the screw hole in the cabinet case. | 08-29-2013 |
20150201851 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING SYSTEM - A blood pressure measuring system includes: a sphygmomanometer which is configured to invasively measure a blood pressure value of a subject; a calibrating section which is configured to calibrate a measurement reference value of the blood pressure value; a first atmospheric pressure sensor which is adapted to be attached to the subject; a second atmospheric pressure sensor which is fixed to a predetermined position; a difference acquiring section which is configured to acquire a difference between a first atmospheric pressure value detected by the first atmospheric pressure sensor, and a second atmospheric pressure value detected by the second atmospheric pressure sensor; and a determining section which, based on the difference, is configured to determine whether a calibration of the measurement reference value is necessary or not. | 07-23-2015 |
20150265168 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING SYSTEM - A blood pressure measuring system includes: a blood pressure monitor which is configured to invasively measure a blood pressure value of a subject; a calibrating section which is configured to calibrate a measurement reference value of the blood pressure value; an imaging section which is configured to acquire an image of the subject; a heart position identifying section which is configured to identify a height position of a heart of the subject based on the image; and a determining section which, based on the identified height position of the heart, is configured to determine whether a calibration of the measurement reference value is necessary or not. | 09-24-2015 |
20150314908 | WELDED CAN BODY, WELDED CAN, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WELDED CAN BODY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WELDED CAN - This welded can body is constituted of a steel plate material formed from a tin-free steel plate or a resin coated steel plate wherein a tin-free steel plate is coated with a resin, overlapping corresponding parts with each other, and forming a weld part by resistance welding of the overlapped parts. Laser processing parts formed on at least one of four surfaces made up of two surfaces constituting electrode contact surfaces on sides that contact an electrode (A) during resistance welding and two surfaces constituting joining surfaces on sides where the steel plate material is joined together, have laser irradiation parts, wherein laser irradiation is carried out before resistance welding to eliminate chrome plating and expose the steel plate, separately disposed on parts to be welded to become the weld parts, on the steel plate material. | 11-05-2015 |
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20090279416 | Optical disc and optical recording method - The invention provides an optical disc ( | 11-12-2009 |
20090290459 | Optical Disk Image Forming Device and Optical Disk Image Forming Method - When an optical disk image forming device forms an image on an optical disk, the image forming device reads information of kinds of coloring matters used in an image forming area from information described in an information area of the optical disk. Then, the optical disk image forming device reads from a table laser power strength information corresponding to the information of the kinds of the coloring matters and a maximum linear velocity (Nx) at the time of forming the image and applies a laser beam having this laser power strength to form the image on the image forming area of the optical disk. Thus, since the discoloration of the coloring matter in the image forming area is always saturated, the image having a constant contrast can be formed on the image forming area of the optical disk. | 11-26-2009 |
20120002252 | IMAGE READ DEVICE AND COPIER - An image read device is provided, which conveys an original while performing reading of an image of the original at a read position on a transparent member by a read unit fixed, the image read device including: a moving unit that moves the transparent member back and forth in an original conveying direction; a control unit that conveys the original and moves the transparent member by using the moving unit while causing the reading of the image to be performed at the read position; and a determining unit that, when an event causing interruption of original conveyance occurs, stops the transparent member and determines whether a control of returning the transparent member to a home position is to be performed or not in accordance with a stopped position of the original in an original conveying path. | 01-05-2012 |
20130215481 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet housing unit that houses a sheet; a sheet conveying unit that conveys the sheet; a sheet detection unit that detects presence or absence of the sheet in the sheet housing unit; a sheet nipping unit that nips the sheet housed in the sheet housing unit; and a control unit. The control unit controls the sheet nipping unit to reach a nipping state to nip the sheet in the sheet housing unit upon the sheet detection unit detecting a sheet-present state, executes a power saving mode to stop supplying power to at least a part of the electric mechanisms when no drive command is input for a predetermined time, and controls the sheet nipping unit to cancel the nipping state before execution of the power saving mode. | 08-22-2013 |
20130242359 | DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document conveying device includes a document table on which a stack of document sheets is placed; a rotating shaft member detachably provided on a main body of the document conveying device; a feeding member configured to contact and feed a topmost sheet of the stack of document sheets, the feeding member being attached to the rotating shaft member via a driving force transmitting member; a separating unit configured to separate the topmost sheet from one or more sheets that are fed together with the topmost sheet, rotating members rotatably attached to the rotating shaft member; a holding member configured to hold the feeding member and the driving force transmitting member; and a rotating member position restricting unit configured to restrict a position of the rotating members other than the holding member to a given predetermined position with reference to a position of the holding member. | 09-19-2013 |
20130315610 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, an ADF includes: a sheet-feed cover unit; a switch unit to be switched on or off depending on whether the sheet-feed cover unit is open or closed and including a first terminal, to which a first voltage, by which a driving motor is driven, is input, and a second terminal connected to the driving motor; and an open/close-detection circuit unit that includes a first switch circuit and a second switch circuit. The first switch circuit is switched on or off based on a threshold voltage that is larger than a second voltage to be generated in the driving motor by a jammed-document removing motion and smaller than the first voltage. The open/close-detection circuit unit detects that the sheet-feed cover unit is closed when the second switch circuit is energized, but detects that the sheet-feed cover unit is open when the second switch circuit is de-energized. | 11-28-2013 |
20130320611 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device such as a feed mechanism includes a pick-up roller and a cover member. The pick-up roller feeds, into an apparatus, a sheet such as a document on a placing table such as a document placing table on which the sheet is placed. The cover member such as a pick-up cover covers the pick-up roller. The cover member is supported at both ends thereof on a shaft of the pick-up roller or on shaft bearings that receive the shaft of the pick-up roller. | 12-05-2013 |
20140125007 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, IMAGE READING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, an ADF that feeds and conveys original document sheets one sheet by one sheet from a tray unit to a read position on a document glass by motive power from a driving motor includes: an opening/closing unit operable to open and close relative to the document glass; an open/close detection sensor that detects an open/closed state of the opening/closing unit; a first interlock switch, which is arranged between a power source and the driving motor, that is on when the opening/closing unit is closed, and vice versa; and a control circuit that determines the open/closed state of the opening/closing unit based on detection outputs of the first interlock switch and the open/close detection sensor. The control circuit determines that the opening/closing unit is in the closed state when the first interlock switch is on and the open/close detection sensor is detecting the closed state. | 05-08-2014 |
20140140744 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An automatic document feeder includes a document stack unit; a conveying unit configured to separate a document from the documents stacked on the document stack unit and convey the document to a scanning position through a conveying path; document detecting units configured to detect the document; an upstream document detecting unit configured to detect the document, the upstream document detecting unit being arranged in the conveying path at an uppermost stream in a document conveying direction with respect to the document detecting units; and a determining unit configured to determine a passage of a trailing end of the document at positions of the document detecting units and the upstream document detecting unit and determine a presence of a hole on the document, based on the detection results. A detection range of the upstream document detecting unit is set to be wider than detection ranges of the document detecting units. | 05-22-2014 |
20140177012 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: a transmitting glass; and a step member that is located upstream of a reading position, at which an image of a conveyed document is read by a reading unit via a transmitting glass, in a conveying direction of the document, and has a document guiding surface at a position away from a surface of a transmitting glass by a prescribed distance and forms a step between the document guiding surface and the transmitting glass. The step member is provided with a protrusion protruding downstream in the conveying direction of the document to form space between the transmitting glass and a downstream part of the step member in the conveying direction of the document. | 06-26-2014 |
20150256701 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A document reading device including an image reader. The image reader includes a first reader to read a first image from a first face of a document fed by a document feeder and a second reader to read a second face of the document. An operation mode is switchable between a normal operation mode in which the image reader is in an operation enabled state and an energy-saving mode in which the image reader is in an operation stop state. In a return from the energy saving mode to the normal operation mode, the image reader performs a start-up operation including a first initial operation for returning the first reader to the normal operation mode and then performs a second initial operation for returning the second reader to the normal operation mode. | 09-10-2015 |
20150264194 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An automatic document feeder comprises: a feeding unit that causes an image of a first side of a document to be read by a first image reading unit; a second image reading unit that reads an image of a second side of the document; a release unit that supports a reading guide opposite to a reading surface of the second image reading unit and enables underneath of the reading surface to be released; and a paper ejection tray on which the document having been subjected to image reading and ejected from a paper ejection roller pair is accumulated, wherein an end fence that rises up at a document ejection direction upstream side of the paper ejection tray is configured of separate members that are an upper portion and a lower portion, and a rotational pivot of the release unit is provided downstream from the end fence in a feeding direction. | 09-17-2015 |
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20090041964 | LAMINATED STEEL SHEET FOR USE IN TWO-PIECE CAN AND TWO-PIECE CAN FORMED OF LAMINATED STEEL SHEET - A laminated steel sheet for use in the manufacture of a two-piece can body that satisfies the following three formulae includes a polyester resin layer on at least one side of the steel sheet, the polyester resin layer containing 3% to 30% by volume of dispersed incompatible subphase resin having a glass transition point of 5° C. or less and a cross section aspect ratio of 0.5 or less: | 02-12-2009 |
20090061133 | TWO-PIECE CAN, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND STEEL SHEET THEREFOR - A two-piece can has sufficient can strength and excellent corrosion resistance and to provide a method for forming the two-piece can easily without generating cracks. The two-piece can uses a laminated steel sheet as the base material and having a can body in a shape of cylinder integrated with bottom. The can body is treated by diametral reduction to become the diameter of opening side thereof smaller than the diameter of can body, and to satisfy the formulae (1) and (2). There is formed a bead at the opening side of the can body, being curled outward from the can at the tip of the opening in a shape of circular arc or vertically long ellipse in cross section, and is further formed a bead having a cross sectional shape of further curled at the tip thereof, an upper bead, and a lower bead: | 03-05-2009 |
20090068481 | Resin-coated metal sheet - A resin-coated metal sheet includes resin layers formed on both surfaces thereof and composed of a polyester as a main component, wherein the resin layer covering the inner surface of a container after the formation thereof has an interfacial free energy with water of 30 mN/m or more. The container formed from the resin-coated metal sheet exhibits an excellent content release property for contents with a high protein content. | 03-12-2009 |
20090104390 | LAMINATED STEEL SHEET FOR TWO-PIECE CAN, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TWO-PIECE CAN, AND TWO-PIECE LAMINATED CAN - The laminated steel sheet for two-piece can satisfies the relation of the height h of the final formed body, the maximum radius r thereof, the minimum radius d thereof, with the radius R of circular disk, before forming, having the same weight to that of the final formed body, as [0.1≦d/R≦0.25] and [1.5≦h/(R−r)≦4]. The laminated steel sheet has a polyester resin layer prepared by polycondensation of a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component. The dicarboxylic component has terephthalic acid as the main ingredient, and the diol component has ethylene glycol and/or butylene glycol as the main ingredient. The quantity of copolymerizing ingredients is ranging from 8 to 16% by mole. The plane orientation factor of the resin is 0.06 or less. | 04-23-2009 |
20090127272 | Can body for laminated steel sheet two- piece can and method for manufacturing can body - A method for manufacturing a can body for a two-piece can by multistage forming of a circular laminated steel sheet having a radius of R | 05-21-2009 |
20090217729 | Two-Piece Can, Method for Manufacturing Same, and Steel Sheet Therefor - We manufacture a two-piece can by the method using a laminated steel sheet as the base material, having the steps of: drawing a cylindrical blank for several times to form a can body in a shape of cylinder integrated with bottom; forming a tapered part extending outward from the can body in the radial direction thereof at the tip of the opening of the can body; applying diametral reduction to the tapered part to the diameter of the can body; and applying diametral reduction to the opening side of the can body to a diameter smaller than the diameter of the can body, while satisfying the formulae (1) and (2) | 09-03-2009 |
20090218250 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TWO-PIECE CAN AND TWO-PIECE LAMINATED CAN - In a method for producing a two-piece can, a circular disk of a laminated steel sheet having a thermoplastic resin coating layer is subjected to multistage forming to produce a final formed body having a height h, a maximum radius r, and a minimum radius d (the case where r is equal to d is also included). Forming is performed so that the height h, maximum radius r, and minimum radius d of the final formed body satisfy the relationships 0.1≦d/R≦0.25 and 1.5≦h/(R−r)≦4 with respect to a radius R of a circular disk before forming whose weight is equal to that the final formed body. At an intermediate stage of forming, a formed body is subjected to heat treatment at a temperature of not less than a melting point of a thermoplastic resin but not more than a temperature 30° C. higher than the melting point. | 09-03-2009 |
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