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20090233211 | POSITIVELY CHARGEABLE TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A positively chargeable two-component developer, including at least a toner and a carrier, wherein the toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, a wax, and a charge control agent, the binder resin contains at least a polyester resin and an addition polymerization resin grafted with a polyolefin, the wax and the addition polymerization resin grafted with a polyolefin are contained at a wax:addition polymerization resin grafted with a polyolefin ratio of from about 40:60 to about 80:20, and the carrier is a magnetic powder having a coating layer containing a methyl-containing silicone resin. | 09-17-2009 |
20110070539 | ELECTROSTATIC-IMAGE-DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic-image-developing toner includes a polyester resin; two or more pigments; a polyethylene wax; and a polyolefin-polyvinyl-based graft copolymer, and satisfies the relationship represented by the following equation (1): | 03-24-2011 |
20110217643 | CARRIER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A carrier for electrostatic image development includes: a carrier body including a core and a resin coating layer on the core; and first spherical silica particles having a volume-average particle diameter of from 50 nm to 300 nm that adhere to the surface of the carrier body at a ratio of from 0.001 parts by weight to 0.100 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the carrier body. | 09-08-2011 |
20140370426 | NON-MAGNETIC SINGLE-COMPONENT TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A non-magnetic single-component toner includes a toner base particle that contains at least a binder resin and a colorant, and an external additive, wherein the external additive includes an organic particle and an inorganic particle, the binder resin contains at least an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, an endothermic peak of the crystalline polyester resin obtained by differential scanning calorimetry is from 50° C. to 100° C., the organic particle contains at least one kind selected from a group consisting of higher fatty acid, higher alcohol, fatty acid ester, and fatty acid amide, and the inorganic particle is treated with silicone oil. | 12-18-2014 |
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20080311523 | Material for Formation of Resist Protection Film and Method of Forming Resist Pattern Therewith - In the liquid immersion lithography process, by simultaneously preventing deterioration of a resist film and deterioration of an immersion liquid employed during liquid immersion lithography which uses various immersion liquids, including water, resistance to post exposure delay of the resist film can be improved without increasing the number of processes, thereby making it possible to form a high resolution resist pattern using liquid immersion lithography. Furthermore, it is possible to apply a high refractive index liquid immersion medium, used in combination with the high refractive index liquid immersion medium, thus making it possible to further improve pattern accuracy. Using a composition comprising an acrylic resin component having characteristics which have substantially no compatibility with a liquid in which a resist film is immersed, particularly water, and are also soluble in alkaline, a protective film is formed on the surface of a resist film used. | 12-18-2008 |
20090197199 | MATERIAL FOR FORMING RESIST PROTECTIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN USING SAME - In the liquid immersion lithography process, by simultaneously preventing deterioration of a resist film and deterioration of an immersion liquid employed during liquid immersion lithography which uses various immersion liquids, including water, resistance to post exposure delay of the resist film can be improved without increasing the number of processes, thereby making it possible to form a high resolution resist pattern using liquid immersion lithography. Using an alkaline soluble polymer, a crosslinking agent, and a solvent capable of dissolving them as at least constituent component, a composition is prepared and a protective film is formed on the surface of the resist film to be used, using the composition. | 08-06-2009 |
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20110061404 | REGENERATIVE REFRIGERATOR - A regenerative refrigerator includes a compressor compressing working fluid; a cylinder fed with the compressed working fluid, containing a regenerator material, and having an expansion space; and a rotary valve to switch a first passage and a second passage formed to cause the working fluid to flow from the compressor to the expansion space and from the expansion space to the compressor, respectively. The working fluid expands in the expansion space to generate cold temperatures in the cylinder. The rotary valve includes a valve body having a first flat surface; and a valve plate having a second flat surface and configured to rotate with the first and second flat surfaces in surface contact. One of the first and second flat surfaces has an arithmetic average roughness of 0.1 μm to 0.9 μm. The other one of the first and second flat surfaces includes resin. | 03-17-2011 |
20140135164 | WHEEL DRIVE UNIT - A wheel drive unit includes: a planetary gear mechanism including a planetary gear and an internally-toothed gear; a casing integrated with the internally-toothed gear, a wheel being attached to the casing, and the casing transmitting rotation of the internally-toothed gear to the wheel; a bearing nut configured to prevent axial movement of the casing; and an oil seal provided more toward an interior of a vehicle than the planetary gear mechanism and axially fixed with respect the casing. An inner diameter of the detachment prevention member is smaller than an outer diameter of the externally-toothed gear. | 05-15-2014 |
20140141931 | WHEEL DRIVE UNIT - A wheel drive unit comprises: a planetary gear mechanism including a planetary gear and an internally-toothed gear; a casing integrated with the internally-toothed gear, a wheel being attached to the casing, and the casing transmitting rotation of the internally-toothed gear to the wheel; a bearing fitted to an inner circumferential surface of the casing at a position more toward an interior of a vehicle than the planetary gear and rotatably supporting the casing. An inner diameter of an outer race of the bearing is larger than an outer diameter of the planetary gear. | 05-22-2014 |
20140148295 | PLANETARY GEAR DEVICE - A planetary gear device comprises planetary shafts, a planetary gear supported on the planetary shafts via bearings, and an internally-toothed gear. The planetary shafts are arranged at positions offset from a shaft center of the internally-toothed gear. Orbital motion of the planetary shafts is restricted so as to retrieve rotation output from a casing integrated with the internally-toothed gear. Lubricant in which the bearings around some of the plurality of planetary shafts are immersed is sealed in the casing. The planetary gear device further comprises a retention part for retaining the lubricant on a part integrally rotated with the casing. | 05-29-2014 |
20140245609 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING REGENERATIVE REFRIGERATOR - A method of manufacturing a regenerative refrigerator including a rotary valve configured to switch passages of helium gas, the rotary valve including a valve body and a valve plate, includes forming the valve body of a first material and forming the valve plate of a second material, wherein the first material is one of a resin and an aluminum metal or an aluminum alloy and the second material is the other of the resin and the aluminum metal or the aluminum alloy, anodizing a surface of one of the valve body and the valve plate which is formed of the aluminum metal or the aluminum alloy, polishing the anodized surface, and performing shot peening on the polished anodized surface so that the polished anodized surface has an arithmetic average roughness of 0.2 μm to 0.9 μm. | 09-04-2014 |
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20140146351 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control device includes an output unit, an adding unit, and a transmitting unit. The output unit outputs generated print data to a printing mechanism. The generated print data is generated as a result of unit print data, which includes page data of at least one page, being copied; and includes pieces of the unit print data. The adding unit adds blank page data between one piece of unit print data and another piece of unit print data to be printed next in line to the one piece of unit print data. The transmitting unit transmits, to the printing mechanism, information for causing an additional image to be formed on a medium when an image based on the page data is printed on the medium, and information for causing the additional image not to be formed on a blank page formed based on the added blank page data. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146353 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control device includes an output unit, an adding unit, and a transmitting unit. The output unit outputs generated print data to a printing mechanism. The generated print data is generated as a result of unit print data, which includes page data of at least one page, being copied; and includes pieces of the unit print data. The adding unit adds blank page data between one piece of unit print data and another piece of unit print data to be printed next in line to the one piece of unit print data. The transmitting unit transmits, to the printing mechanism, information for causing an additional image to be formed on a medium when an image based on the page data is printed on the medium, and information for causing the additional image not to be formed on a blank page formed based on the added blank page data. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146354 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control device includes an output unit, an adding unit, and a transmitting unit. The output unit outputs generated print data to a printing mechanism. The generated print data is generated as a result of unit print data, which includes page data of at least one page, being copied; and includes pieces of the unit print data. The adding unit adds blank page data between one piece of unit print data and another piece of unit print data to be printed next in line to the one piece of unit print data. The transmitting unit transmits, to the printing mechanism, information for causing an additional image to be formed on a medium when an image based on the page data is printed on the medium, and information for causing the additional image not to be formed on a blank page formed based on the added blank page data. | 05-29-2014 |
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20130193894 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, MOTOR CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A motor control device includes a detecting unit configured to detect rotation of a motor to be controlled and output a rotation detection value related to the rotation; a drive control unit configured to perform drive control to rotate the motor at a control target value increasing with time based on the rotation detection value; and an abnormality detection unit configured to perform an abnormality detection process for detecting an abnormality in the drive control based on the rotation detection value and a predetermined threshold. The drive control unit performs control to stop rotation of the motor when the abnormality is detected. | 08-01-2013 |
20130200836 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MOTOR CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A motor control device includes a motor lock state determining unit configured to determine whether a motor is in a rotation lock state; a position hold state determining unit configured to determine whether the motor is in a position hold state; a lock detection invalidation determining unit configured to invalidate the determination of the lock state when the motor is in the position hold state and when a predetermined condition is satisfied; a position error correction unit configured to correct an error of a target stop position of the motor when the determination of the lock state is invalidated; and a motor control unit configured to change a rotation direction of the motor in a time shorter than a time in which the motor lock state determining unit determines the lock state when the motor is in the position hold state after the error is corrected. | 08-08-2013 |
20130200838 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor control device to execute speed control and position control of motor simultaneously, includes a target position information provider, a target speed information provider, a detected position information detector, a processor to add position feedback information, position feed-forward information, speed feedback information, and speed feed-forward information for output as motor control information, based on the target position information, the setting target speed information, and the detected position speed information, a control voltage generator operatively connected to the processor to generate a control voltage to drive the motor in accordance with the motor control information, and a motor driver operatively connected to the control voltage generator and the motor to control rotation of the motor based on the control voltage. | 08-08-2013 |
20140044466 | MOTOR CONTROLLER, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE MOTOR CONTROLLER, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor controller, operatively connected to a motor having an output shaft, includes a rotary detector to detect a rotation direction and a rotation amount of the output shaft of the motor to generate an actual rotary signal, a drive controller to generate a control signal based on the actual rotary signal and a target rotary signal indicating a target rotary direction and a target rotary amount, and a driver to supply a driving power to the motor based on the control signal. When the motor is in a hold state, the control signal is reversed periodically for a predetermined reverse time period T2 per a predetermined one reverse cycle T1. When the control signal is not reversed for a certain lock detection time period Tr that is longer than the revere cycle T1 of the control signal, supply of the driving power to the motor is blocked. | 02-13-2014 |
20140049199 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, MOTOR CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A motor control device supplies a drive control signal to a drive circuit that drives a motor at a constant period using a motor drive signal based on the drive control signal, and shuts off the motor drive signal when a count value counted by a counter that reset the count value if a state of the motor changes exceeds a threshold corresponding to a plurality of driving periods of the motor. The motor control device includes: a control unit that controls a setting unit to set a rotational direction of the motor to a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction reverse to the first rotational direction at the constant period alternately, when a drive mode of the motor is a position holding mode to drive the motor so as to hold a rotational position of the motor. | 02-20-2014 |
20140219698 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A motor control device includes a first control unit and a second control unit. The first control unit includes an issuing unit that issues a command that schedules a next operation of a motor according to an instruction from a controller. The second control unit includes a receiving unit that receives the command, a detecting unit that detects a state of the motor, a determining unit that makes a determination as to whether to drive the motor to perform the operation according to the state detected by the detecting unit, and an executing unit that drives the motor to perform the operation scheduled by the command as determined by the determination. | 08-07-2014 |
20140265111 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE, CONVEYANCE DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Provided is a conveyance device that includes: a conveyance unit configured to convey a conveyance object; a motor configured to drive the conveyance unit; a sensor configured to detect a position of the conveyance object; an instruction unit configured to generate an instruction signal for conveying the conveyance object to a target position; and a control unit configured to control the motor by performing a speed feedback control and control the motor so as to cancel a delay between a time when the position of the conveyance object is detected and a time when the speed feedback control is reflected on the motor. | 09-18-2014 |
20140265993 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS, MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus controls driving a direct current motor according to a drive condition set by a stepping motor control unit. The motor control apparatus includes a storage unit in which the drive condition is written by the stepping motor control unit; and a direct current motor control unit that reads the drive condition from the storage unit and controls driving the direct current motor based on the drive condition. | 09-18-2014 |
20140306635 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor control device performs drive control of a motor connected to an object. The motor control device includes a rotation detection unit that detects rotation of the motor and outputs a detection signal, a counter unit that receives the detection signal from the rotation detection unit and outputs a count based on the received detection signal, and an error detection unit that receives counts from the counter unit at intervals of a reference period, computes a difference between a present count received from the counter unit and a previously received count, and detects that an error arises in the rotation detection unit when the difference is continuously less than a reference value. | 10-16-2014 |
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20100189447 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a heating device that heats the image formed at the image forming unit, on the recording medium while recording medium is conveyed; a detecting device that is provided on a downstream side of the heating device in a recording medium conveying direction and detects image density and an image defect of the recording medium; and a stabilizing device that is provided between the detecting device and the heating device and stabilizes physical changes in the recording medium. | 07-29-2010 |
20120044521 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing device includes a body that has a first connection portion and a second connection portion inside the body; an image processing board that is electrically connected to the first connection portion, the image processing board performing image processing; a functional board that is disposed so as to cover a part of the image processing board on one side of the image processing board; a side panel attached to the image processing board at a position opposite to the first connection portion, the side panel being a part of a side surface of the body; and an extension board disposed so as to cover another part of the image processing board on the same side as the functional board with respect to the image processing board, the extension board being electrically connected to the second connection portion and independently attachable to and removable from the image processing board. | 02-23-2012 |
20130027742 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an installation section, a control board, a first connection terminal provided on an outer surface of the control board, a first electrical connection member provided on the installation section and electrically connected to a point of reference potential, a substrate installable in the installation section in a thickness direction of the control board, an external connection terminal provided on the substrate and externally exposed, a second connection terminal provided on a first surface of the substrate and connected to the first connection terminal when the substrate is installed into the installation section, and a second electrical connection member provided on a second surface of the substrate. The second electrical connection member makes contact with the first electrical connection member and is electrically connected to the point of reference potential via the first electrical connection member when the substrate is installed into the installation section. | 01-31-2013 |
20130028626 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a control board, a first connection terminal provided on an outer surface of the control board, an installation section disposed at the outer surface side of the control board, a substrate capable of being installed into the installation section, a second connection terminal provided on a first surface of the substrate and connected to the first connection terminal, a grip portion provided on a second surface of the substrate at a first end thereof in an in-plane direction, and an external connection terminal provided on the substrate so as to project from the substrate at a second end thereof in the in-plane direction. The external connection terminal is externally exposed to allow an external device to be connected thereto when the substrate is installed into the installation section after the external connection terminal is inserted through an opening in the apparatus body. | 01-31-2013 |
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20110179076 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND SEARCH METHOD USING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A communication terminal comprising: a mode setting section that can set a first mode or a second mode; a storing section that stores at least one dictionary data; a search request accepting section that accepts a search request based on a search query; a communication section that transmits the search query to an external search server and receives a search result from the search server in response to accepting a search request; a mode determining section that determines the mode that is set; and a search execution section that, in the case in which the first mode is set, extracts one or a plurality of information corresponding to the search query as a search result from the dictionary data, and that, in the case in which the second mode is set, causes the communication section to transmit the search query to the search server. | 07-21-2011 |
20120092280 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SCREEN CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SCREEN CONTROL PROGRAM - A mobile phone terminal (electronic device) includes a first touch panel and a second touch panel for displaying an object corresponding to an executable function and detect a touch on the object. The mobile phone terminal also includes a control unit that, in a state where the object is displayed on the first touch panel or the second touch panel, when the touch on the object is detected and then a movement of the touch is detected and if the first touch panel or the second touch panel is in a movement direction of the touch, displays a screen provided by a function corresponding to the object on the first touch panel or the second touch panel in the movement direction of the touch. | 04-19-2012 |
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20140233997 | CLEANING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCORPORATING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A cleaning unit, which is included in a process cartridge or an image forming apparatus, includes a brush rotary body to remove toner, a toner collecting rotary body to collect the toner, a toner collecting blade to scrape the toner, and a cleaning blade to scrape the toner falling from the brush rotary body. The image carrier, the brush rotary body, and the toner collecting rotary body rotate in the same direction. The cleaning blade, the brush rotary body, and the toner collecting rotary body are located to cause a tangential line passing through a contact area of the brush rotary body and the toner collecting rotary body on an outer peripheral circle around a shaft of the brush rotary body to have an intersection point intersecting a non-contact surface of the cleaning blade disposed opposite to a contact portion of the cleaning blade with the image carrier. | 08-21-2014 |
20140270847 | CHARGER POSITIONING ADJUSTER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A charger positioning adjuster, which is included in an image forming apparatus and disposed facing a charger uniformly charging a surface of an image carrier using corona discharging, includes a mounting part provided at a position on which the charger is detachably attached, a positioning member attached to the mounting part and positioning the charger by contacting thereto, and a spacer disposed between the mounting part and the positioning member and adjusting a distance between the surface of the image carrier and the charger. | 09-18-2014 |
20140314461 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a toner-image forming unit, a transfer unit, a cleaner, a plurality of cylindrical transport path forming members, a falling transport path forming member, and a discharge port. The falling transport path forming member has through holes in a side wall thereof. A second end of each of the transport path forming members is inserted into a corresponding one of the through holes. The falling transport path forming member forms a falling transport path that causes toner ejected from an ejection port disposed in the second end to fall. The discharge port is disposed in a lower part of the falling transport path forming member to discharge the toner to a discharge destination. The second ends of the transport path forming members are disposed offset from each other in a horizontal direction on the side wall of the falling transport path forming member. | 10-23-2014 |
20150078795 | WASTE-TONER CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including multiple image forming units; a waste-toner container; and a waste-toner conveyance device including a common conveyance channel member disposed in an arrangement direction of the image forming units and provided with toner inlets to receive the waste toner from toner outlets of the cleaning units, communicating channel members identical in structure and respectively disposed between the toner outlets and the toner inlets of the common conveyance channel member, and a rotatable conveying member to transport the waste toner inside the common conveyance channel member linearly along a rotation axis thereof. The common conveyance channel member is shaped to equalize relative positions of each of the toner outlets and a corresponding one of the toner inlets of the common conveyance channel member among the multiple image forming units among which a distance from the toner outlet to the rotation axis differs. | 03-19-2015 |