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20110200837 | RESIN MATERIAL, ENDLESS BELT FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ROLLER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A resin material used for a member for an image forming apparatus includes a polymer formed by polymerization of at least one acrylic resin in which a content ratio (molar ratio) of hydroxyl groups of side chains each containing 10 or more carbon atoms to hydroxyl groups of side chains each containing less than 10 carbon atoms is less than 1/3; at least one polyol that contains plural hydroxyl groups in which all the hydroxyl groups are connected together through a chain containing 6 or more carbon atoms; and an isocyanate, with a polymerization ratio of about 0.1 or more and about 10 or less, the polymerization ratio being a ratio (B/A) of a total molar amount (B) of hydroxyl groups contained in all the polyols used for the polymerization to a total molar amount (A) of hydroxyl groups contained in all the acrylic resins used for the polymerization. | 08-18-2011 |
20120022215 | URETHANE RESIN, FIXING MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A urethane resin that is formed by polymerizing an acrylic resin including a hydroxyl group and an isocyanate is provided. The urethane resin has a Martens hardness of 1 N/mm | 01-26-2012 |
20120195656 | RESIN MATERIAL, ENDLESS BELT, ROLL, IMAGE FIXING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a resin material including at least one of a reaction product and a mixture of a polyimide and a polyurethane that is a polymer of an isocyanate with an acrylic resin containing a side chain having a hydroxyl group. | 08-02-2012 |
20130040233 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a substrate; an undercoat layer provided on the substrate and containing a tin-zinc complex oxide powder having a volume resistivity of about 2×10 | 02-14-2013 |
20130077135 | TRANSPARENT PLATE FOR PLATEN, DOCUMENT SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a transparent plate for a platen which is used in a document scanning apparatus, including a transparent supporting member, and a transparent protective layer that has a self-repairability and has a surface coefficient of kinetic friction with respect to copy paper of 0.7 or less on the transparent supporting member. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079460 | TRANSPARENT PROTECTIVE FILM - Provided is a transparent protective film having a self-repairability and a surface coefficient of kinetic friction with respect to copy paper which is measured based on JISK7125 (1999) of 0.7 or less and a transparent protective film having a self-repairability and a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.4 or less when a sapphire needle is made to reciprocate on the surface under a certain load. | 03-28-2013 |
20130234080 | CONDUCTIVE PROTECTIVE FILM, TRANSFER MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A conductive protective film has a surface layer including a resin and, as a conducting material, an inorganic metal oxide having a structural constitution or an inorganic metal oxide having an aspect ratio, which is a ratio between a short axis and a long axis, of approximately 10 or more. | 09-12-2013 |
20130240793 | SURFACE PROTECTIVE FILM, TRANSFER MEMBER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - A surface protective film includes a self-healing urethane resin and a conductive powder. In the surface protective film, the content of the conductive powder is about 5 vol % or more and about 25 vol % or less relative to the volume of the urethane resin. | 09-19-2013 |
20130245195 | ELASTIC MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an elastic member including a surface resin layer including a crosslinked product of a dimethyl silicone compound having a reactive group and a fluoroalkyl compound having a reactive group. | 09-19-2013 |
20130319270 | IMAGE TRANSFER SHEET AND IMAGE RECORDING MATERIAL - There is provided an image transfer sheet, including: an image receiving layer; a bonding layer; a transparent support; and a substrate, in this order, wherein a peeling strength between the transparent support and the substrate is lower than a peeling strength between the image receiving layer and the bonding layer, and between the bonding layer and the transparent support. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323479 | IMAGE TRANSFER SHEET AND IMAGE RECORDING MATERIAL - There is provided an image transfer sheet, including: an image receiving layer; a bonding layer; a transparent support; and a substrate, in this order, wherein the image receiving layer containing a first thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or above and a second thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of 15° C. or below, and a peeling strength between the transparent support and the substrate is lower than a peeling strength between the image receiving layer and the transparent support. | 12-05-2013 |
20140134357 | IMAGE TRANSFER SHEET - An image transfer sheet includes an image-receiving layer, a substrate, and a rear outermost layer containing an alkali metal salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid. The image-receiving layer, the substrate, and the rear outermost layer are arranged in that order. | 05-15-2014 |
20140294472 | IMAGE TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image transfer device includes a transfer unit and a transport unit. The transfer unit that heats a layered body including a recording member, which is flexible and has an image recorded on a recording surface thereof, and a base member, onto which the image on the recording member is to be transferred, to transfer the image recorded on the recording surface onto the base member. The transfer unit transporting the layered body by rotating while being in contact with a back surface of the recording member on a side opposite to the side of the recording surface. The transport unit disposed upstream of the transfer unit in a transport direction of the layered body. The transport unit rotating while being in contact with the back surface of the recording member to transport the layered body to the transfer unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295139 | SURFACE PROTECTION FILM - A surface protection film contains a urethane resin formed by polymerizing an acrylic resin having a hydroxyl group at a side chain and an isocyanate, and has a Martens' hardness of 50 N/mm | 10-02-2014 |
20140296363 | SURFACE PROTECTIVE FILM - A surface protective film includes a structure in which a fluorine resin having a perfluoroalkylene ether structure in a main chain is crosslinking polymerized, wherein a storage elastic modulus E′ is in the range of 10 MPa to 1000 MPa at a temperature which is 40 K higher than a dynamic glass transition temperature Tg in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at a measurement frequency of 10 Hz. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090073476 | PRINTING APPRATUS AND SYSTEM - A printing system includes a print device having a paper tray and a sensor disposed adjacent to the paper tray, the sensor being configured to sense a feature formed on a paper that resides in the paper tray; and a computer connected to the print device, the computer including a printer driver for driving the print device, the printer driver processing data provided from the sensor and generating positional information indicating a position of the feature on the paper, the computer system further including a display monitor to display the position of the feature on the paper so that the position of the feature on the paper can be discerned before printing operation. | 03-19-2009 |
20090284795 | METHOD FOR PRINTING OVERSIZED IMAGE DATA - A method implemented in a printer controller for printing oversized image data is described. During printing, a process is executed to determine whether the data to be printed have a page data size that exceeds the maximum printable area for the specified recording medium. The page data size of a given page is the total extent (width and height) of the data objects on the page. If the page data size exceeds the maximum printable area, the process determines whether the portions of the image that exceeds the maximum printable area are background data. If they are, a portion of the background data that exceeds the maximum printable area are cut off, and the document is printed without reducing the size of the non-background data. The method can also be implemented on a print driver. | 11-19-2009 |
20100080574 | PRINTING DEVICE WITH SENSOR FOR OUTPUT TRAY - To solve the problem of incorrect jam recovery, a printer is equipped with one or more sensors to detect the number of sheets outputted to the output tray(s) of the printer. The number of sheets outputted to the tray(s) for a print job is counted, and compared to the number of pages to be printed in the print job. If the numbers do not match, the printer notifies the user of the mismatch. The user may then inspect the printed sheets to determine whether some pages are missing or extra pages have been printed, and take appropriate corrective actions. | 04-01-2010 |
20100157357 | IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING CLUSTER PRINTING FUNCTION, IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PRINTING METHOD - An image printing apparatus includes an image printing unit which prints an image and has a cluster printing function in which a print job is shared with at least one other printing apparatus over a network. A registration unit registers in the memory unit paper type information of a recording sheet to be used in the print job. A communication unit receives over the network paper type information of recording sheets in each of the plurality of other image printing apparatuses. A determination unit selects at least one candidate image printing apparatus from among the plurality of other image printing apparatus based whether the paper type information received by the communication unit matches the paper type information registered in the memory unit. The image printing apparatus, during cluster printing, shares the print job with the at least one candidate image printing apparatus. | 06-24-2010 |
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20080218628 | Decoder Device And Receiver Using The Same - A decoder apparatus which includes a de-multiplexer, which is configured to divide motion picture data from a transport stream, a video decoder, which is configured to decode the divided motion picture data, and a first re-formatter on-screen unit, which is configured to display motion picture data and at least one of first and second graphic data on a screen. The first re-formatter on-screen unit converts motion picture data of a first aspect ratio, which is decoded by the video decoder, and first graphics data, which is produced by applying information relating to a caption corresponding to the motion picture data, into a second aspect ratio, when outputting the motion picture data of the first aspect ratio after conversion into the second aspect ratio, without converting the aspect ratio of second graphic data, which is produced by applying information relating to a program guide. | 09-11-2008 |
20100110286 | Decoder Device And Receiver Using The Same - A display apparatus includes a receiving unit, which is configured to receive video data, caption data, and program information data, a first on-screen unit, which is configured to display a caption, upon a basis of a second on-screen unit, which is configured to display program information, a format converting unit, and a display unit. When a video on which a caption is displayed is displayed by the display unit, a picture format of a caption is converted by the format converting unit in accordance with conversion of a picture format of a video, and when a video on which program information is displayed by the display unit, a picture format of a program information is not converted. | 05-06-2010 |
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20080254714 | Polishing method and polishing apparatus - A polishing method enables to initiate a second polishing step of a workpiece with an optimal thickness of an uppermost-layer film to be polished. The polishing method comprises: measuring a thickness of an uppermost-layer film, and then carrying out a first polishing step to polish the uppermost-layer film partway and a second polishing step to polish the remaining uppermost-layer film and a next-layer film; determining the polishing rates of the uppermost-layer film in the first and second polishing steps; and measuring a thickness of an uppermost-layer film of a predetermined nth workpiece and setting a processing time for the first polishing step of the nth workpiece or a next predetermined nth workpiece. | 10-16-2008 |
20090264052 | Polishing method and polishing apparatus, and program for controlling polishing apparatus - A polishing method can bring a polishing surface to the optimum condition for polishing, without using a dummy wafer or the like, before resuming polishing, thereby eliminating the cost of dummy wafer or the like. The polishing method comprises: carrying out a stand-by operation during a polishing-resting time period; carrying out a preparatory process to polishing, after completion of the stand-by operation, by dressing a polishing surface while supplying a polishing liquid to the polishing surface; and starting polishing of a workpiece after completion of the preparatory process to polishing. Determination as to whether to carry out the preparatory process to polishing after completion of the stand-by operation may be made based on the total operating time of the stand-by operation or the total effective number of the stand-by operations. | 10-22-2009 |
20100015890 | Polishing method, polishing apparatus, and program for controlling polishing apparatus - A polishing method can reduce the waiting time of a substrate after polishing, standing by for measurement of a thickness of a polishing film, thereby increasing the throughput of an entire apparatus, and which can securely perform feedback control. The polishing method includes: a pre-polishing film thickness measurement step of taking a substrate before polishing out of a cassette and measuring a thickness of a polishing film of the substrate with a film thickness measurement device; the pre-polishing substrate withdrawal step of returning the substrate after the pre-polishing film thickness measurement to the cassette; the polishing step of taking the substrate, which has been returned to the cassette, out of the cassette and polishing the substrate; the cleaning/drying step of cleaning and drying the substrate after polishing; the post-polishing substrate withdrawal step of returning the substrate after cleaning/drying to the cassette; and the post-polishing film thickness measurement step of taking the substrate after cleaning/drying, which has been returned to the cassette, out of the cassette and measuring the thickness of the polishing film of the substrate with the film thickness measurement device. | 01-21-2010 |
20110250824 | POLISHING METHOD AND POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing method that carries out a multi-step polishing process with improved polishing conditions (polishing recipe) while omitting measurement of the surface conditions of a substrate, as carried out between polishing steps thereby increasing the throughput. The polishing method for polishing workpieces by repeating the sequential operations of taking a workpiece out of a cassette in which a plurality of workpieces are stored, carrying out multi-step polishing of a surface of the workpiece and returning the workpiece to the cassette, includes carrying out one of the following two polishing processes for the workpiece taken out of the cassette: a first polishing process comprising carrying out the multi-step polishing under preset conditions and measurement of the surface of the workpiece before and after each polishing step; and a second polishing process comprising carrying out a predetermined step of the multi-step polishing under polishing conditions which have been modified based on the results of the measurement. | 10-13-2011 |
20140213157 | POLISHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A polishing method is used for polishing a surface of a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The polishing method includes a polishing process for polishing a surface of the substrate in accordance with a preset polishing recipe, a pad cleaning process for removing foreign matters on the polishing pad by ejecting a cleaning fluid onto the polishing pad, and a substrate transferring process in which the polished substrate is removed from the top ring at a substrate transferring position, a subsequent substrate to be polished is loaded onto the top ring, and then the top ring holding the subsequent substrate to be polished is returned to the polishing table. The pad cleaning process is started after the completion of the polishing recipe is detected, and the pad cleaning process is terminated by detecting a position of the subsequent substrate to be polished which is undergoing the substrate transferring process. | 07-31-2014 |