Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090120261 | DIE AND DIE DEVICE - A die body includes a die hole for punching a work. A core, including a discharge hole, which is in communication with the die hole, is provided in the die body. The core is provided with a plurality of fluid injection ports through which fluid is injected downward of the discharge hole. The die body is provided with inflow ports through which compressed fluid flows into the fluid injection ports. The core is made of resin. The discharge hole is tapered toward its upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the die body is provided with a peripheral groove which is in communication with the inflow ports. | 05-14-2009 |
20100013684 | AD converter and AD conversion method - An exemplary object of the present invention is to achieve both of high-speed operation by parallel processing and a simple configuration by sequential comparison processing, so as to realize high accuracy of AD conversion processing. An AD converter according to the present invention includes a parallel-type AD converting unit that generates an upper bit digital signal composed of a plurality of bits by parallel processing based on an input analog signal input from a predetermined input circuit, a sequential comparison type AD converting unit that generates a digital signal by sequential comparison processing based on a converted analog signal that is generated by converting the upper bit digital signal into an analog signal, and a reconversion controller that detects an indefinite bit included in the upper bit digital signal and reconverts the indefinite bit by the sequential comparison type AD converting unit. | 01-21-2010 |
20100021195 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FIXING AN IMAGE - An apparatus and method for image fixing are disclosed. A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure member, a heater, and a pressure controller. The fixing member and the pressure member face with each other to form a nip. The heater heats a surface of the fixing member when the fixing member rotates. The pressure controller changes a pressure generated at the nip, according to an operation of the fixing device. | 01-28-2010 |
20100162866 | STRIPPER PLATE MOUNTING APPARATUS - A stripper plate mounting apparatus is for mounting a stripper plate ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100310291 | Image-bearing member protecting agent, method of applying an image-bearing member protecting agent, protective layer forming device, image forming method, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus - The present invention provides an image-bearing member protecting agent, which has a block shape and is used in an image forming process where the image-bearing member protecting agent is applied or attached to a surface of an image bearing member while being scraped off with a roll-shaped brush, the image-bearing member protecting agent including: a fatty acid metal salt, wherein the image-bearing member protecting agent includes a plurality of small blocks and has such an orientation that one or more of the small blocks are easily separated from other small blocks, and a plurality of oriented surfaces of the plurality of small blocks are arranged in a laminated state in a substantially same direction. | 12-09-2010 |
20110052286 | Image bearing member-protecting agent, protecting agent supplying device, process cartridge, image forming apparatus and image forming method - An image bearing member-protecting agent which is supplied to an image bearing member for protecting the image bearing member, the image bearing member-protecting agent including a fatty acid metal salt and an inorganic lubricant, wherein the image bearing member-protecting agent is formed by compression molding of powder containing at least the fatty acid metal salt and the inorganic lubricant, and wherein the image bearing member-protecting agent satisfies the relation 1.0 | 03-03-2011 |
20110129269 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus including multiple photoreceptors; multiple chargers that charge the respective photoreceptors; a latent image forming device that forms respective latent images on the respective charged photoreceptors; multiple developing devices that develop the respective latent images into respective toner images; multiple transfer devices that transfer the respective toner images onto an intermediate transfer member; multiple cleaning devices that remove residues remaining on the respective photoreceptors after transferring the respective toner images therefrom; and one or more BN-containing protective agent applicators that apply a BN-containing protective agent comprising a metal soap and boron nitride to the respective photoreceptors. The total number of the photoreceptors is N being an integer of 2 or more, and the total number of the BN-containing protective agent applicators is between 1 and N−1. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129270 | PROTECTIVE SHEET, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A protective sheet including a lubricant which contains boron nitride and adheres to the protective sheet, wherein the protective sheet is used to protect a photoconductor. | 06-02-2011 |
20110203439 | PUNCHING DIE - A punch tool is provided. The punch tool may include a punch guide, a punch body movably provided in a vertical direction in the punch guide, a body cap surrounding an upper end of the punch body, wherein the upper end of the punch body is screw-fitted to a screw-fitting part inside of the body cap, and a punch chip detachably provided in the punch body, wherein the punch body is elongated in a radial direction thereof and the punch chip is elongated in the radial direction of the punch body. The punch tool may also include one positioning locking part provided so as to position the punch chip with respect to the punch body, wherein the positioning locking part is located at a position away from a center position of the punch chip. | 08-25-2011 |
20120031245 | PUNCH TOOL DEVICE AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING LUBRICATING OIL - A punch tool device vertically movably mounted in a punch mounting hole ( | 02-09-2012 |
20120057912 | Protecting agent-supplying device, process cartridge, image forming apparatus - A protecting agent-supplying device including: a rotation member configured to rotate in a certain direction; an image bearing member-protecting agent containing a fatty acid metal salt and an inorganic lubricant, and being in the form of a solid, wherein the agent is scraped off by the rotation of the rotation member, supplied to an image bearing member for protection thereof, and disposed to have a surface facing the rotation member, which surface has a width G in a direction along the certain direction, and wherein the position X (a center of the width G) is located upstream in the direction along the certain direction from the position Y (a line of intersection between the surface facing and a line extended from the rotational center of the rotation member perpendicular to the surface facing), and a distance d between these positions satisfies a formula 003-08-2012 | |
20120060753 | Image bearing member-protecting agent, protective layer-forming device using the same, and image forming apparatus - An image bearing member-protecting agent including a fatty acid metal salt and boron nitride, wherein the image bearing member-protecting agent contains the fatty acid metal salt in an amount of 60% by mass to 87% by mass, and is formed by compression molding; or an image bearing member-protecting agent including a fatty acid metal salt and boron nitride, wherein the image bearing member-protecting agent contains the fatty acid metal salt in an amount of 88% by mass to 99% by mass, and is formed by melt molding. | 03-15-2012 |
20120063825 | Protecting agent supplying member, protective layer forming device, and image forming apparatus - To provide a protecting agent supplying member, containing a core, and a foam layer formed on a periphery of the core, wherein the protecting agent supplying member is in the shape of a roller, and wherein the foam layer has concavities regularly arranged in a surface thereof. | 03-15-2012 |
20120195662 | PROTECTIVE AGENT FEEDING MEMBER, PROTECTIVE LAYER FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a protective agent feeding member, which contains a core and a foam layer provided on an outer periphery of the core, in which the protective agent feeding member is in the shape of a roller, and the foam layer has a roughened surface and has a maximum height Ry of 400 μm to 1,630 μm. | 08-02-2012 |
20130216286 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROTECTIVE AGENT SUPPLYING MEMBER AND PROTECTIVE LAYER FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including at least: an image bearing member; a protective layer forming unit including at least a protective agent supplying member and an image bearing member protective agent; and a rotational speed controlling unit, wherein the protective agent supplying member includes a core material and a foam layer including a plurality of cells, wherein a number of cells n existing at a contact portion between a surface of the image bearing member and the protective agent supplying member is greater than 9 and less than 23, and wherein a traveling speed V of the cells with respect to the surface of the image bearing member at the contact portion is greater than 837 cells/mm | 08-22-2013 |
20130259552 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: an image bearing member; and a protective layer forming unit which includes a protective agent supplying member which rotatably contacts a surface of the image bearing member and an image bearing member protective agent,
| 10-03-2013 |
20130312580 | DIE AND DIE DEVICE - A die body includes a die hole for punching a work. A core, including a discharge hole, which is in communication with the die hole, is provided in the die body. The core is provided with a plurality of fluid injection ports through which fluid is injected downward of the discharge hole. The die body is provided with inflow ports through which compressed fluid flows into the fluid injection ports. The core is made of resin. The discharge hole is tapered toward its upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the die body is provided with a peripheral groove which is in communication with the inflow ports. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315642 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming method including forming a latent electrostatic image borne on an image bearing member, developing the latent electrostatic image with a development agent accommodated in a development unit, the development agent containing toner, applying or attaching a protective agent to the surface of the image bearing member by a protective agent supplying device including a foam roller, and supplying particulates having a true spherical form between the surface of the image bearing member and a surface of the foam roller. | 11-28-2013 |
20140030644 | IMAGE BEARING MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image bearing member includes a substrate, a photosensitive layer overlying the substrate; and a surface layer overlying the photosensitive layer, wherein the surface layer includes a cross-linked layer formed by curing a radical polymerizable monomer having no charge transport structure and a radical polymerizable compound having a charge transport structure, wherein a protective agent is supplied to the surface layer by a protective agent supplying member which is arranged facing the surface layer and includes a roller having a core material and a foam layer thereon to form a protective layer on the surface layer. | 01-30-2014 |
20140093294 | IMAGE BEARING MEMBER PROTECTING AGENT, PROTECTIVE LAYER FORMING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image bearing member protecting agent which contains a fatty acid metal salt and an inorganic lubricant, wherein an aspect ratio (average major axis length/average minor axis length) of the inorganic lubricant is 60 to 400, and a mass ratio of the fatty acid metal salt to the inorganic lubricant (fatty acid metal salt/inorganic lubricant) is 98/2 to 85/15. | 04-03-2014 |
20150139710 | PROTECTIVE LAYER FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A protective layer forming device, including: a powdery image bearer protecting agent formed of a granulated product containing a fatty acid metal salt and an inorganic lubricant; and a roller-shaped protecting agent supplying member configured to supply the powdery image bearer protecting agent to a surface of an image bearer. | 05-21-2015 |