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20090238602 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on a surface of the conductive substrate, an outermost layer of the photosensitive layer containing a crosslinked product formed from at least one charge transporting material having at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of —OH, —OCH | 09-24-2009 |
20100196810 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor, includes: a conductive support; and a photosensitive layer provided on or above the conductive support, the photosensitive layer including an outermost surface layer at the farthest location from the conductive support, wherein the outermost surface layer contains: coated insulating inorganic particles obtained by subjecting insulating inorganic particles having a specific surface area of not more than about 300 m | 08-05-2010 |
20110217640 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoconductor includes a base, an undercoat layer that contains a metal oxide and an electron-accepting material and has a thickness of about 3 μm or more and about 15 μm or less, and a photosensitive layer containing a polymer having a repeating unit represented by general formula (1) | 09-08-2011 |
20120094223 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoconductor that includes an outermost surface layer containing a binder resin having a structural unit represented by general formula (A) below and a charge transporting material having a butadiene trimer structure in a single molecule, a charging unit that charges the electrophotographic photoconductor, an electrostatic latent image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image, a toner image forming unit that forms a toner image, and a transfer unit that transfers the toner image formed on the electrophotographic photoconductor onto a transfer-receiving body, | 04-19-2012 |
20130236820 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes at least an electrophotographic photoreceptor having at least a conductive support, an undercoat layer, and a photosensitive layer; a charging device that charges the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor in a contact charging mode, in which only DC voltage is applied; an electrostatic latent image forming device that exposes the surface of the charged electrophotographic photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image; a developing device that develops the electrostatic latent image by a developer to form a toner image; and a transfer device that directly transfers the toner image from the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a transfer medium; and does not include an erasing device for erasing the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor after the toner image is transferred onto the transfer medium by the transfer device and before the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is charged by the charging device. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236821 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive support, an undercoat layer that is provided on the conductive support and that has a thickness of from 15 μm to 40 μm and has light transmittance of 20% or less with respect to light having a wavelength of 450 nm when the thickness is at least 15 μm, a charge generation layer that is provided on the undercoat layer, and a charge transport layer that is provided on the charge generation layer and that has a thickness of from 15 μm to 40 μm and has light transmittance of 30% or less with respect to light having a wavelength of 450 nm when the thickness is at least 15 μm. | 09-12-2013 |
20130252147 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive support, and an undercoat layer, a charge generation layer, and a charge transport layer that are provided in this order on the conductive support, wherein the undercoat layer includes at least metallic oxide particles, a reactive acceptor substance including an anthraquinone structure expressed by the following Formula 1, and a binder resin, the charge generation layer includes hydroxygallium phthalocyanine as a charge generation material, and a reflectance of incident light having a wavelength of 780 nm on a surface of the charge generation layer when the charge transport layer is removed is 17% or greater: | 09-26-2013 |
20140295334 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an organic photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate; and an inorganic protective layer that is provided on the organic photosensitive layer so as to be in contact with a surface of the organic photosensitive layer, wherein the organic photosensitive layer includes at least a charge transport material and silica particles in a region on the surface side in contact with the inorganic protective layer. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090095618 | Plating apparatus - A plating apparatus can form a plated film having a uniform thickness over the entire surface of a substrate without a change of members. The plating apparatus included a substrate holder, a cathode contact for contacting a conductive film formed on the substrate so that the conductive film serves as a cathode, a ring-shaped seal member for covering the cathode contact and bringing its inner circumferential portion into contact with the peripheral portion of the substrate to seal the peripheral portion of the substrate, an anode disposed so as to face the conductive film formed on the substrate, and an auxiliary cathode disposed to the seal member such that at least part of the auxiliary cathode expose on a surface of the seal member. Plating is carried out by bringing the conductive film, the anode and the auxiliary cathode into contact with a plating solution. | 04-16-2009 |
20090095634 | Plating method - A plating method can form a plated film having a uniform thickness over the entire surface, including the peripheral surface, of a substrate. The plating method includes: disposing an anode so as to face a conductive film, formed on a substrate, which serves as a cathode, and disposing an auxiliary cathode on an ring-shaped seal member for sealing a peripheral portion of the substrate; bringing the conductive film, the anode and the auxiliary cathode into contact with a plating solution; and supplying electric currents between the anode and the conductive film, and between the anode and the auxiliary cathode to carry out plating. | 04-16-2009 |
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20110095380 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate, and a NiSi layer provided on the silicon substrate aiming to suppress oxidation of the surface of a NiSi layer and the resistivity increase. The NiSi layer includes a bottom NiSi region and a top NiSi region. The bottom NiSi region provided in contact with silicon surface, and containing substantially no nitrogen. The top NiSi region is a nitrided NiSi region provided in contact with the bottom NiSi region, and containing nitrogen. The NiSi layer has a total thickness of 50 nm or below. | 04-28-2011 |
20130254454 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND BANK INTERLEAVING METHOD - According to embodiments, a memory system includes a plurality of memory chips configuring banks, an instruction generator, and a memory controller. The instruction generator generates a plurality of instructions. The memory controller is configured to execute memory accesses to the banks based on the instructions. Each memory access comprises a first command sequence and a second command sequence. The first command sequence causes in-bank processing shortly subsequent to the first command. The second command sequence is executed subsequent to the in-bank processing. The memory controller executes successively a second command sequence to a first bank based on a first instruction and a first command sequence to the first bank based on a second instruction subsequent to the first instruction, and then starts a memory access to a second bank based on a third instruction while the first bank is executing the in-bank processing caused by the first command sequence. | 09-26-2013 |
20150177993 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND BANK INTERLEAVING METHOD - According to embodiments, a memory system includes a plurality of memory chips configuring banks, an instruction generator, and a memory controller. The instruction generator generates a plurality of instructions. The memory controller is configured to execute memory accesses to the banks based on the instructions. Each memory access comprises a first command sequence and a second command sequence. The first command sequence causes in-bank processing shortly subsequent to the first command. The second command sequence is executed subsequent to the in-bank processing. The memory controller executes successively a second command sequence to a first bank based on a first instruction and a first command sequence to the first bank based on a second instruction subsequent to the first instruction, and then starts a memory access to a second bank based on a third instruction while the first bank is executing the in-bank processing caused by the first command sequence. | 06-25-2015 |
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20080202613 | Hermetic Compressor - A hermetic compressor that has a pedestal of the valve plate to which a discharge reed equipped with an opening/closing part and discharge reed holding part, a spring reed equipped with a movable part and spring reed holding part, and a stopper equipped with a regulation part and stopper holding part, are fixed in this sequence, and also has a discharge valve device in which the spring reed is shaped in a substantially crank-like form is provided. A space is formed between the movable part of the spring reed and the opening/closing part of the discharge reed, and both are not adsorbed each other, thus preventing a delay in closing of the discharge reed. This makeup suppresses a decrease in freezing capacity of a fridge-freezer device and the like, thus implementing higher efficiency. | 08-28-2008 |
20080247886 | Hermetic Compressor - A hermetic compressor has a hermetic container storing an oil, and a compressing element accommodated in the hermetic container and compressing a refrigerant gas; the compressing element has a compressing chamber, a cylinder forming the compressing chamber, a piston inserted into the cylinder and reciprocating, and a suction muffler ( | 10-09-2008 |
20090004031 | Hermetic Compressor - A hermetic compressor includes a hermetic container having an inner space, a cylinder accommodated in the hermetic container and arranged to compress refrigerant, an intake muffler accommodated in the hermetic container and having a silencer space having a longitudinal direction, a communication tube communicating with the cylinder, and a tail tube communicating with the inner space of the hermetic container. The communication tube and the tail tube have first and second opening ends opening in the silencer space, respectively. The first and second opening ends are located in a predetermined direction from a center of the silencer space along the longitudinal direction of the silencer space. A distance between the first opening end and the second opening end along the longitudinal direction is shorter than at least one of a distance between the first opening end and the center along the longitudinal direction and a distance between the second opening end and the center along the longitudinal direction. The hermetic compressor produces little noise and has a stable performance. | 01-01-2009 |
20090116985 | Hermetic compressor - A hermetic compressor including a discharge valve system in a cylinder. A discharge valve system includes a discharge reed having an opening/closing portion and a discharge reed holding portion, a spring reed having a movable portion and a spring reed holding portion, and a stopper having a regulation portion and a stopper holding portion. The discharge reed, the spring reed and the stopper are fixed in this order to a pedestal of a valve plate. At a spring reed bending portion provided in a movable portion, the movable portion is bent toward the direction of the valve seat and the tip portion is brought into contact with the plate contact portion. Space is provided between the movable portion of the spring reed and the opening/closing portion of the discharge reed, and both are not brought into close contact with each other. Thus, delay in closing discharge reed can be prevented and deterioration of the refrigerating capacity can be suppressed. | 05-07-2009 |
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20130156476 | SLIDE RAIL, AND SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A slide rail includes an outer rail including a first rail board and a pair of rims projecting from the first rail board, forming first grooves, an inner rail inserted between the first grooves and including a second rail board narrower than the first rail board and a pair of rims projecting from the second rail board, forming second grooves, a large-diameter roller held between the first grooves and attached to a leading side of the second rail board in a direction in which the inner rail is inserted, and a small-diameter roller held between the second grooves and attached to a leading side of the first rail board in a direction in which the inner rail is drawn out. The first and second rail boards include protruding portions extending along the long side and protruding outward. | 06-20-2013 |
20130334766 | SLIDE RAIL, SHEET FEED DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A slide rail includes a fixed rail, an intermediate rail a movable rail, and a first to fourth rollers. Use of three rails makes a total length of the slide rail shorter to provide a compact slide rail. The fixed rail includes a rectangular-shaped first plate and a pair of first bent parts; the intermediate rail includes a rectangular-shaped second plate opposed to the first plate and a pair of second bent parts; and the movable rail includes a rectangular-shaped third plate opposed to the second plate and a pair of third bent parts. Among the bent parts, the third bent parts are bent in a direction opposite that of the first and second bent parts. | 12-19-2013 |
20130334949 | SLIDE RAIL ASSEMBLY, SHEET FEEDER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A slide rail assembly includes an inner rail unit, a pair of first and second outer rails, first and second roller mounted to the inner rail unit, and third and fourth rollers mounted to the pair of first and second outer rails. The inner rail unit includes an inner substrate assembly, a pair of first bent portions provided to a first side of the inner substrate assembly, and a pair of second bent portions provided to a second side of the inner substrate assembly. The first outer rail includes a first outer substrate and a pair of third bent portions. The second outer rail includes a second outer substrate and a pair of fourth bent portions. The pair of first and second outer rails is disposed with the pairs of third and fourth bent portions facing inward, and slidable against the inner rail unit. | 12-19-2013 |
20140191645 | SLIDE RAIL, PAPER FEEDER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A slide rail comprises a fixed rail; a movable rail slidably attached to the fixed rail; and a roller that is attached to at least one of the fixed rail and the movable rail and runs on the other one of the fixed rail and the movable rail as the movable rail slides, the other one of the fixed rail and the movable rail including a running wall on which the roller runs and sliding contact walls that come into sliding contact with opposite side surfaces, in a direction of a rotation axis of the roller, of the roller, wherein the roller includes a metal-made roller main body and a pair of resin-made sliding plates that sandwich the roller main body from opposite sides thereof in the direction of the rotation axis of the roller, and the pair of sliding plates are in sliding contact with the sliding contact walls. | 07-10-2014 |
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20130278554 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND TOUCH INPUT METHOD - An information processing including a display; a first sensor configured to detect a first object that comes into contact with or approaches the display based on a change in a magnetic field; and a second sensor configured to detect a second object that comes into contact with or approaches the display based on a change in capacitance or resistance. | 10-24-2013 |
20130335587 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An information processing apparatus that acquires image data captured by an image capturing device; detects whether a hand exists in the image data; and controls a state of an image capturing operation performed by the image capturing device in accordance with a command corresponding to at least one of a shape and a gesture of a hand detected in the image data. | 12-19-2013 |
20150263854 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a sensor data obtaining unit configured to obtain predetermined information from a sensor, the sensor obtaining the predetermined information by sensing, and a key generation unit configured to generate key information for use in an authentication process, based on the information which is obtained by the sensor data obtaining unit during a predetermined period of time. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264048 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an authentication process unit configured to obtain an authentication request from another apparatus, and perform an authentication process between the information processing apparatus and the another apparatus in response to the authentication request, and a notification generation unit configured to, when the authentication process unit performs the authentication process between the information processing apparatus and the another apparatus, generate information for notifying a result of the authentication process and information for limiting use of the another apparatus. | 09-17-2015 |