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20100028042 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PROCESSING MEANS FROM PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a charging roller for electrically charging the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a drum frame rotatably supporting one and the other longitudinal end of the charging roller through bearings and rotatably supporting one longitudinal end of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a drum bearing member rotatably supporting the other longitudinal end of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum and connected to the other longitudinal end of the drum frame by an adhesive; a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a magnet roller provided inside the developing roller, wherein the magnet roller is movable in the longitudinal direction; a first side member supporting one longitudinal end of the magnet roller and connected to one longitudinal end of a developing device frame; and a second side member supporting the other longitudinal end of the magnet roller and connected to the other longitudinal end of the developing device frame. | 02-04-2010 |
20100034561 | DISMOUNTING AND MOUNTING METHODS FOR COUPLING AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - A method for dismounting a coupler from an electrophotographic photosensitive drum flange whose drum is usable with a cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The coupler receives a force rotating the drum from the main assembly when the cartridge is mounted and includes force receiving and spherical portions. The method includes the steps of inclining the coupler relative to a flange rotational axis, pushing a pin from one end to the other end thereof, both of which project from the spherical portion when the inclining step inclines the coupler, making part of the pin ride on a surface of a regulator inside the flange, and dismounting the coupler from the flange by applying a force to a free end of the coupler toward the part of the pin riding on the regulator surface. | 02-11-2010 |
20100221036 | CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge mountable and dismountable by moving in the direction crossing with an axial direction of the drive shaft of a main assembly of the apparatus, includes a rotatable member rotatable by receiving a rotational force from the apparatus; a coupling engageable with the rotational force applying portion to receive a force for rotating said rotatable member, said coupling including a coupling member rotatable about an axis, a first rotational force receiving portion, provided at one end portion of said coupling member, for receiving the rotational force from the driving shaft, a rotational force transmission member engaged with the other end portion of said coupling member and having opposite ends projected out in a crossing wherein said coupling member is pivotable between a transmitting angular position for transmitting the rotational force from the driving shaft to said rotatable member and a mounting-and-dismounting angular position which is inclined relative to the axis of said rotatable member; a flange mounted to said rotatable member and rotatable about an axis, said flange including an opening accommodating said transmission member with a gap, a regulating portion, provided in said opening, for regulating movement of said transmission member in the crossing direction when said coupling takes the transmitting angular position, a second rotational force receiving portion for being abutted by said transmission member to receive the rotational force from said coupling, an opposing portion opposing to said second receiving portion, wherein in a state that said coupling is in the transmitting angular position and that one end of said transmission member contacts to said regulating portion to be confined in movement, when said coupling inclines relative to said flange such that a side in which a projection distance of said rotational force transmission member is relatively smaller moves away from said first receiving portion, an engagement depth between said side of said transmission member and said second receiving portion and an engagement depth between said side of said transmission member and said opposing portion are larger than zero. | 09-02-2010 |
20110182619 | DISMOUNTING AND MOUNTING METHODS FOR COUPLING AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - An electrophotographic photosensitive drum is provided for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The unit comprises a cylinder having a photosensitive layer at an outer periphery thereof. A drum flange is provided at one end of the cylinder. A plurality of resin regulating portions are provided inside the drum flange, the regulating portions projecting inwardly of the drum flange, with a gap between the regulating portions along a circumferential direction of the drum flange. A recess is provided in the regulating portions at a position radially outside of the drum flange for facilitating deformation of the regulating portions radially outwardly of the drum flange. | 07-28-2011 |
20120070187 | CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes a process member including a shaft acting on an image bearing member; a bearing member for supporting the process member; and a frame including a supporting portion for movably supporting the bearing member. The bearing member is movable, by moving the supporting portion, between a first position in which the process member acts on the image bearing member and a second position which is remote from the image bearing member more than the first position. The cartridge further includes an urging member for urging the bearing member from the second position toward the first position; a suppressing portion for suppressing dismounting of the bearing member, urged by the urging member, from the supporting portion; and a dismounting portion for permitting dismounting of the bearing member from the frame at the second position. | 03-22-2012 |
20130230337 | DISMOUNTING AND MOUNTING METHODS FOR COUPLING AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - An electrophotographic photosensitive drum unit includes a cylinder having a photosensitive layer at an outer periphery thereof. A drum flange provided at one end of the cylinder. A coupling member is engaged with the drum flange so that an axis of the coupling member is inclinable with respect to an axis of the drum flange. A regulation portion is provided in the drum flange so as to prevent the coupling member from disengaging from the drum flange. At least a portion of the coupling member and the regulating portion is configured to be deformed to permit the coupling member to disengage from the drum flange or to engage with the drum flange. | 09-05-2013 |
20140086632 | DISMOUNTING AND MOUNTING METHODS FOR COUPLING AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - A coupling member dismounting method including an inclining step of inclining a coupling member relative to a rotational axis of a drum flange, wherein the coupling member includes a spherical portion mounted to a rear end portion of a rotating force receiving member by a pin penetration. The method also includes a pin urging step of pushing the pin from one end to the other end thereof. The method further includes a pin riding step of making a part of the pin which is further projected at the end by the pin urging step ride on a surface and a coupling member dismounting step of dismounting the coupling member from the drum flange by applying a force to a free end portion of the coupling member toward a fulcrum which is the portion of the pin riding on the surface. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086633 | DISMOUNTING AND MOUNTING METHODS FOR COUPLING AND ELECTROPHOTOGPHAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - An electrophotographic photosensitive drum unit includes a cylinder having a photosensitive layer at an outer periphery thereof and a drum flange provided at one end of the cylinder. The drum flange includes at least two projections provided inside of the drum flange and projected radially inwardly of the drum flange, with a space diametrically between the two projections. Each of the two projections projects radially inwardly of the drum flange to a greater extent at a position farther from the cylinder than it does at a position closer to the cylinder. Each of the two projections is provided with a recess to facilitate deformation of the projection. | 03-27-2014 |
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20090219115 | Resonant Element and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A plurality of flat-plate filter elements are placed on a pallet having a plurality of holding holes. Each of the filter elements includes a rear-principal-surface electrode pattern having a ground electrode provided on a rear principal surface and a front-principal-surface electrode pattern having a principal-surface electrode provided on a front principal surface. One of a first side surface and a second side surface of each of the filter elements is placed on a printing surface of the pallet. A first side-surface electrode pattern of a point-symmetric form in the side surfaces is formed on the side surfaces placed on the printing surface of the pallet. Then, the filter elements are vertically inverted, and a second side-surface electrode pattern having the same form as the first side-surface electrode pattern is formed on the side surfaces facing each other. | 09-03-2009 |
20100182104 | STRIPLINE FILTER - A stripline filter includes a ground electrode, input and output electrodes, top-surface resonant lines, side-surface resonant lines, side-surface line portions, connection electrode portions, and top-surface line portions. The ground electrode is provided on the bottom side of a dielectric substrate. The input and output electrodes are provided on the bottom surface of the substrate so as to be separate from the ground electrode. The top-surface resonant lines are provided on the top surface of the substrate. The side-surface line portions, the connection electrode portions, and the top-surface line portions connect two of the top-surface resonant lines to the input and output electrodes. The line width of the two top-surface resonant lines is smaller than the line width of the remainder of the top-surface resonant lines. | 07-22-2010 |
20100265012 | Stripline Filter and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The element size of a stripline filter that achieves a high efficiency percentage with optional stable filter characteristics, is reduced. A stripline filter includes substantially L-shaped top surface resonant lines. The top surface resonant lines include connection electrode parts, first line parts, and second line parts. The connection electrode parts are formed so as to have a width greater than line widths of side surface resonant lines. Each line part faces an edge of a corner portion of a central top surface resonant line at an interval. An edge of each first line part on an edge side of a dielectric substrate, other than a connection portion with the connection electrode part, faces an edge of the dielectric substrate at an interval. | 10-21-2010 |
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20090041158 | DIGITAL DEMODULATING APPARATUS, DIGITAL RECEIVER, CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THEREON THE PRODUCT - A digital demodulating apparatus comprises circuit components constituting a tuner that applies channel select processing to a received signal, and a demodulator that demodulates the signal to which the tuner has applied channel select processing; a power supply unit that supplies power to each circuit component; a reception condition detecting unit that detects a reception condition when the tuner receives the signal; a power adjusting unit that adjusts the power to be supplied to each circuit component by the power supply unit, on the basis of a result of the detection by the reception condition detecting unit; a fading environment estimating unit that estimates a fading environment when the tuner receives the signal; and a power controlling unit that controls the power adjusting unit on the basis of a result of the estimation by the fading environment estimating unit so that the number of times of adjustments of the power by the power adjusting unit per unit time changes in accordance with the variability of the reception condition. | 02-12-2009 |
20090086858 | DIGITAL DEMODULATING APPARATUS, DIGITAL RECEIVER, CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THEREON THE PRODUCT - A digital demodulating apparatus includes an intensity changing unit that changes the intensity of a received signal; a channel selecting unit that applies channel selection processing to the signal whose intensity has been changed by the intensity changing unit; a demodulating unit that applies demodulation processing to the signal to which the channel selecting unit has applied channel selection processing; a noise evaluating unit that evaluates an influence of noise components on a desired component in the signal to be input to the demodulating unit; and a gain changing unit that changes, on the basis of a result of the evaluation by the noise evaluating unit, the gain of the change in the intensity of the received signal by the intensity changing unit so that the influence of the noise components is decreased in the signal to be input to the demodulating unit. | 04-02-2009 |
20100091918 | DIGITAL RECEIVER, CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THEREON THE PRODUCT - Provided are: plural circuit components including a circuit component which constitutes a receiving unit receiving a signal sequence which is arranged so that a desired signal and a signal different from the desired signal are lined up in time series, the desired signal indicating desired data which includes at least one of text data, sound data, image data, and a computer program product; and an operating parameter changing unit which changes an operating parameter of at least one of the plural circuit components, during a period in which the receiving unit receives the signal different from the desired signal. | 04-15-2010 |
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20080309951 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A novel image processing system includes a pixel position indicator and a pixel inserting unit. The pixel position indicator is configured to indicate insertion positions in the image data. The pixel inserting unit is configured to enlarge a size of the image data by inserting an additional pixel at each of the insertion positions and accordingly shifting the original pixels in a given direction. The additional pixel has a value lower than a given threshold. Each insertion position is at an approximate center of an area formed of pixels having values higher than the given threshold. A novel image forming apparatus incorporates such an image processing system and an electrophotographic system. The electrophotographic system is configured to form an image by irradiating a photoconductive surface with a laser beam according to the processed image data. | 12-18-2008 |
20090066981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A position deciding unit decides a correction target position in the image data from a position of a reference pixel in the image data based on size-adjustment proportion and a correcting unit performs correction with respect to the correction target position. A size adjusting unit adjusts a size of the image data by performing sub-scanning direction processing including causing the position deciding unit to sequentially decide positions of a plurality of correction target pixels in one line of pixels along a sub-scanning direction and causing the correcting unit to sequentially perform correction with respect to the correction target positions, and performing main-scanning direction processing including performing the sub-scanning direction processing for all the lines of pixels in the sub-scanning direction. | 03-12-2009 |
20100231940 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a positioning unit that acquires a misalignment amount of a pixel in a main-scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, the pixel as a reference pixel for zooming image data, and decides a position of a pixel as a correction target, based on the misalignment amount; a correcting unit that corrects the pixel; a zooming unit that controls the positioning unit and the correcting unit so as to repeatedly perform the positioning process and the correction process on a pixel line; a pattern recognition unit that performs pattern matching on a predetermined pattern and a predetermined pixel line; and a pixel position changing unit that shifts the decided pixel position in the sub-scanning direction, wherein the zooming unit performs the zooming process on the pixel line of the sub-scanning direction including the pixel that is located at shifted pixel position. | 09-16-2010 |
20110222085 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method - An image processing apparatus includes a correcting unit that performs enlarging or reducing correction on an image to be processed by determining an arrangement of pixels that are to be added to or deleted from gradational image data of the image to be processed based on an angle at which the pixels are to be arranged with respect to a horizontal direction of the image to be processed or with respect to a vertical direction of the image to be processed, and a pixel array control unit that changes the angle at which the pixels are arranged based on a test image of the image data to be processed after being corrected by the correcting unit. | 09-15-2011 |
20110228286 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: an acquiring unit; a resolution converting unit; a receiving unit; a position determining unit; a correcting unit; and a scaling unit. The acquiring unit acquires image data composed of a plurality of pixels; the scaling-factor determining unit determines a scaling factor of the acquired image data; the resolution converting unit converts a resolution of the acquired image data into a higher resolution than the resolution of the image data; the receiving unit receives a designation of a sub-scanning directional shift amount of a correction pixel to be corrected; a position determining unit performs a position determining process; and the scaling unit scales the image data at the determined scaling factor by causing the position determining unit and the correcting unit. | 09-22-2011 |
20110228287 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a resolution converting unit, an address generating unit, a density determining unit, and an image path selector. The resolution converting unit converts a resolution of image data into a higher resolution. The address generating unit performs a position determining process of determining a position of an additional pixel on the basis of main-scanning directional positions of pixels composing the converted image data and respective shift amounts of the pixels shifted to a sub-scanning direction. The density determining unit determines a density of the additional pixel on the basis of a density of a pixel located at a position corresponding to the determined position in the image data. The image path selector scales the image data up or down by controlling the address generating unit while adding the additional pixel having the determined density to the determined position. | 09-22-2011 |
20130278946 | APPARATUS AND METHOD CONTROLLING ZOOMING PROCESS AT LASER DEVICE FOR HIGH-SPEED HIGH-RESOLUTION DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING WITHOUT WIDE-RANGED IMAGE DEGRADATION OR BANDING - An image forming apparatus includes a positioning unit that acquires a misalignment amount of a pixel in a main-scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, the pixel as a reference pixel for zooming image data, and decides a position of a pixel as a correction target, based on the misalignment amount; a correcting unit that corrects the pixel; a zooming unit that controls the positioning unit and the correcting unit so as to repeatedly perform the positioning process and the correction process on a pixel line; a pattern recognition unit that performs pattern matching on a predetermined pattern and a predetermined pixel line; and a pixel position changing unit that shifts the decided pixel position in the sub-scanning direction, wherein the zooming unit performs the zooming process on the pixel line of the sub-scanning direction including the pixel that is located at shifted pixel position. | 10-24-2013 |
20140036021 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes: a driving unit that drives a light source that outputs multiple light beams; a deflecting unit that scans a scanning surface in a main-scanning direction by deflecting the light beams, the scanning surface moving at a predetermined line speed in a sub-scanning direction; and a control unit that changes number of the light beams according to the line speed by controlling the driving unit, changes a scanning speed of the deflecting unit in the main-scanning direction according to a difference between an exposure amount per unit length in the main-scanning direction after a change in the number of the light beams and a predetermined exposure amount, and changes light intensity of each of the light beams output by the light source according to an amount of a change in the scanning speed. | 02-06-2014 |
20140085689 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a resolution converting unit, an address generating unit, a density determining unit, and an image path selector. The resolution converting unit converts a resolution of image data into a higher resolution. The address generating unit performs a position determining process of determining a position of an additional pixel on the basis of main-scanning directional positions of pixels composing the converted image data and respective shift amounts of the pixels shifted to a sub-scanning direction. The density determining unit determines a density of the additional pixel on the basis of a density of a pixel located at a position corresponding to the determined position in the image data. The image path selector scales the image data up or down by controlling the address generating unit while adding the additional pixel having the determined density to the determined position. | 03-27-2014 |
20140253984 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INCREASING IMAGE RESOLUTION AND MAGNIFICATION - An image forming apparatus includes: an acquiring unit; a resolution converting unit; a receiving unit; a position determining unit; a correcting unit; and a scaling unit. The acquiring unit acquires image data composed of a plurality of pixels; the scaling-factor determining unit determines a scaling factor of the acquired image data; the resolution converting unit converts a resolution of the acquired image data into a higher resolution than the resolution of the image data; the receiving unit receives a designation of a sub-scanning directional shift amount of a correction pixel to be corrected; a position determining unit performs a position determining process; and the scaling unit scales the image data at the determined scaling factor by causing the position determining unit and the correcting unit. | 09-11-2014 |
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20100231929 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus has an area sensor unit that reads image data corresponding to a plurality of frames shifted from each other by a shift of less than one pixel, an inclination angle acquiring unit that acquires an inclination angle with respect to a reference installation position of the area sensor, an angle correcting unit that corrects the inclination of the image data corresponding to a plurality of frames read by the area sensor unit by using the acquired inclination angle, and a high-resolution conversion unit that provides image data the resolution of which is higher than the resolution of the read image data by using the image data corresponding to a plurality of frames the inclination of which has been corrected by the angle correcting unit to perform interpolation processing. | 09-16-2010 |
20110141514 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus having a function of image processing on a file stored in a storage device includes an interface unit configured to read data from the storage device, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about files stored in the storage device, via the interface unit, a display unit configured to display the information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the image processing apparatus can process a file stored in the storage device, based on a predetermined size of data of the file stored in the storage device. The display unit displays information acquired by the acquisition unit in a manner reflecting the determination result by the determination unit. | 06-16-2011 |
20120195604 | PRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM AND CARTRIDGE - A print apparatus having a photosensitive drum used for color printing. In the apparatus, the number of sheets on which color printing has been performed and the number of sheets on which monochrome printing has been performed are obtained. It is determined whether or not the lifetime of the photosensitive drum used for color printing has expired based on a threshold value determined based on the ratio between the number of sheets on which color printing has been performed and the number of sheets on which monochrome printing has been performed and the sum of the number of sheets on which the color printing has been performed and the number of sheets on which the monochrome printing has been performed. | 08-02-2012 |
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20080241101 | Skin vitalizing composition for external use anti-aging preparation - The invention provides an epidermal basement membrane structure formation accelerating preparation and a skin external preparation comprising a serine protease inhibitor, and optionally an accelerator of production of extracellular matrix protein components of the epidermal basement membrane. It also provides, as a means for producing artificial skin having an adequately formed basement membrane, an artificial skin-forming medium which comprises a serine protease inhibitor, and optionally an accelerator of production of extracellular matrix protein components of the epidermal basement membrane and a matrix metalloprotease inhibitor, as well as a method for producing the same. | 10-02-2008 |
20110165323 | Production method of dry water - A production method of dry water containing an aqueous ingredient coated with a hydrophobic powder to form a powder state capable of liquefying upon embrocation at the time of use, wherein the dry water is produced by charging a hydrophobic powder and an aqueous ingredient into a hollow container forming a hydrophobic enclosed space in the inside thereof, followed by agitating at a high speed in the enclosed hydrophobic hollow container to form the aqueous ingredient to fine aqueous droplets, and then allowing the surfaces of the fine aqueous droplets to be uniformly adsorbed with the hydrophobic powder, whereby the dry water in the form of a powder state, but is capable of being liquefied upon embrocation at the time of use to be simply produced in a large scale. | 07-07-2011 |
20120164357 | External Preparation - The present invention is an external preparation that comprises (A) a higher alcohol, (B) 0.01-5 wt % of a long chain acyl sulfonate anionic surfactant represented by the following general formula (1), such as stearoyl methyltaurate, and (C) 0.1-5 wt % of tranexamic acid, and has a pH of 3.0-6.0. | 06-28-2012 |
20120231055 | Polymersomes And Production Method Thereof - It is an object of the invention to provide a polymersome excellent in the safety and feeling in use; in particular, there is no sticky feeling but there is a good refreshing feeling; and with excellent base-agent stability. A polymersome of the present invention comprises a block-type alkylene oxide derivative represented by the following formula (I) as the membrane component: | 09-13-2012 |
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20090257801 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CURL STRAIGHTENING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet conveyance section that conveys a sheet; an image forming section that forms an image on the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance section according to an image signal; a sheet heating section that heats the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming section; and a curl straightening section that straightens curl of the sheet after the sheet is heated by the sheet heating section. The sheet heating section curls the sheet in a different direction according to a sheet thickness. The curl straightening section includes: a first curl straightening section that straightens the curl of the sheet curled in a first direction for curling thick sheet; and a second curl straightening section disposed on a downstream side in a sheet conveyance direction to straighten the curl of the sheet curled in a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 10-15-2009 |
20090257802 | CURL CORRECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMNIG APPARATUS - A curl correction device that corrects curl, including: a curl correction shaft that drives to carry a sheet; a first supporting member that supports the curl correction shaft; a curl correction roll that holds the sheet between the curl correction shaft and the curl correction roll and presses the sheet against the curl correction shaft; a second supporting member that supports the curl correction roll and rotates the curl correction roll around a first end in the longitudinal direction of the curl correction roll between closed state and open state; and a cam mechanism that provides, via a cam, the curl correction shaft with driving force for pressing the curl correction roll according to a position of the cam, the cam mechanism being provided with a cam shaft, a connecting member, a first cam receiving member, and a second cam receiving member. | 10-15-2009 |
20110140357 | MEDIUM CORRECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A medium correcting device includes: a first correction section that includes a first adjustment system to adjust mutually pressing forces between a first rod-like rotation body and a second rod-like rotation body, wherein a recording medium on which an image is formed passes between the first and second rod-like rotation bodies, and at least one of the first and second rod-like rotation bodies is driven to rotate at a driving speed according to the mutually pressing forces; and a second correction section that includes a second adjustment system to adjust mutually pressing forces between the circular surface of the first circularly-moving body and the outer circular surface of the belt member, wherein the recording medium passes between the first and second circularly-moving bodes, and at least one of the first and second circularly-moving bodes is driven to rotate at a driving speed according to the mutually pressing forces. | 06-16-2011 |
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20100153167 | INCORPORATING WORKFLOW PROCESS MODIFICATIONS - Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate to create and access electronic content comprising document files that comprise workflow definitions having information about a plurality of activities in the workflow process chain, including prior activities, the current activity, and subsequent activities. Such documents also contain instructions as part of the workflow definition which, when executed, cause modifications to the workflow definition to be recorded in the document file. Execution of the instructions may also result in identifying a subsequent processing entity to process the document file during subsequent activities in the workflow process chain, based on the embedded information. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 06-17-2010 |
20100299378 | SORTABLE FLOATING POINT NUMBERS - The invention comprises methods for manipulating floating point numbers on a microprocessor where the numbers are sortable. That is, the numbers obey lexicographical ordering. Hence, the numbers may be quickly compared using bit-wise comparison functions such as memcmp( ). Conversion may result in a sortable floating point number in the form of a sign, leading bits of the exponent, and sets of digit triples in the form of declets (sets of 10 bits). In a variable-length version, numbers may be compressed by storing the number of trailing zero declets in lieu of storing the zero declets themselves. | 11-25-2010 |
20100306289 | SORTABLE FLOATING POINT NUMBERS - The invention comprises methods for manipulating floating point numbers on a microprocessor where the numbers are sortable. That is, the numbers obey lexicographical ordering. Hence, the numbers may be quickly compared using bit-wise comparison functions such as memcmp( ). Conversion may result in a sortable floating point number in the form of a sign, leading bits of the exponent, and sets of digit triples in the form of declets (sets of 10 bits). In a variable-length version, numbers may be compressed by storing the number of trailing zero declets in lieu of storing the zero declets themselves. | 12-02-2010 |
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20090015745 | SUBSTRATE FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE, A METHOD FOR REPAIRING THE SAME, A METHOD FOR REPAIRING A DISPLAY DEVICE AND A LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention is a substrate for a display device comprising an active matrix substrate and an opposed substrate which are opposed to each other with a display medium layer interposed therebetween, said active matrix substrate including a pixel electrode arranged in a matrix shape on the side of the display medium layer and said opposed substrate including a common electrode opposing to the pixel electrode on the side of the display medium layer, wherein said substrate for a display device includes an electrode slit formed in one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and at least one of the electrical connecting portions of said electrode slit is provided outside of a light-blocking region. | 01-15-2009 |
20090021658 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In an active-matrix liquid crystal display device, each of multiple pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, through which different voltages are applicable to a portion of the liquid crystal layer. Each of the first and second sub-pixels includes a liquid crystal capacitor defined by a counter electrode and a sub-pixel electrode that faces the counter electrode by way of the liquid crystal layer, and a storage capacitor defined by a storage capacitor electrode, an insulating layer, and a storage capacitor counter electrode. The storage capacitor electrode is electrically connected to the sub-pixel electrode, and the storage capacitor counter electrode faces the storage capacitor electrode by way of the insulating layer. The counter electrode is shared by the first and second sub-pixels and the storage capacitor counter electrodes of the first and second sub-pixels are electrically independent of each other. | 01-22-2009 |
20090244428 | SUBSTRATE FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE, A METHOD FOR REPAIRING THE SAME, A METHOD FOR REPAIRING A DISPLAY DEVICE AND A LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A substrate for a display device includes an active matrix substrate and an opposed substrate which are opposed to each other with a display medium layer interposed there between. The active matrix substrate includes a pixel electrode arranged in a matrix shape on the side of the display medium layer and the opposed substrate includes a common electrode opposing to the pixel electrode on the side of the display medium layer, wherein the substrate for a display device includes an electrode slit formed in one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and at least one of the electrical connecting portions of the electrode slit is provided outside of a light-blocking region. | 10-01-2009 |
20120281168 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Each picture element includes first and second sub-picture elements, each of which includes a liquid crystal capacitor and at least one storage capacitor. After a display voltage representing a certain grayscale level has been applied to the respective sub-picture element electrodes of the first and second sub-picture elements, a voltage difference ΔVα is produced between voltages to be applied to the respective liquid crystal capacitors of the first and second sub-picture elements by way of their associated storage capacitor(s). By setting the voltage difference ΔVα value of the blue and/or cyan picture element(s) to be smaller than that of the other color picture elements, shift toward the yellow range at an oblique viewing angle can be minimized. | 11-08-2012 |
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20100324271 | PHAGE-DISPLAYING SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODY CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING NON-REDUCED MANNOSE RESIDUE - It is an object of the present invention to provide antibodies which recognize non-reducing mannose residues. The present invention provides antibodies recognizing non-reducing mannose residues, which are obtained through screening of phage-display library of human scFvs by using, as an antigen, Man3-DPPE which is an artificial glycolipid synthesized from mannotriose and dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine by reductive amination. | 12-23-2010 |
20120268419 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including upper and lower electrode substrates including upper and lower conductive layers, respectively; first and second electrodes respectively provided at bath ends of the upper conductive layer in a first direction for causing an electric potential distribution in the first direction; third and fourth electrodes respectively provided at both ends of the lower conductive layer in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction for causing an electric potential distribution in the second direction; a flexible substrate provided to be connected to the lower electrode substrate or the upper electrode substrate; a first resistor portion electrically connected to either of the first or second electrode and formed at the upper electrode substrate or the flexible substrate; and a second resistor portion connected to either of the third or fourth electrode and formed at the lower electrode substrate or the flexible substrate. | 10-25-2012 |
20130021089 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF DETECTING COORDINATE POSITION - Disclosed is a touch panel including an upper conductive layer; a lower conductive layer facing the upper conductive layer with an interval between the upper conductive layer; a capacitive sensing unit that detects a coordinate position by a capacitive coupling under a condition where a predetermined electric potential is applied to the upper conductive layer; and a resistive sensing unit that detects a coordinate position based on an electric potential at a position where the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer contact under a condition where a potential gradient is generated on either one of the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer. | 01-24-2013 |
20140028586 | TOUCH PANEL - A disclosed touch panel includes a panel including a plurality of first conductive films arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of second conductive films arranged in a second direction different from the first direction; a first selecting unit connected to the first conductive films to select one first conductive film or more from the first conductive films; a second selecting unit connected to the second conductive films to select one second conductive film or more from the second conductive films; and an inductor connecting the first selecting unit with a power source, which applies a voltage to the first conductive films. | 01-30-2014 |
20140041208 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING TOUCHSCREEN PANEL - A touchscreen panel includes an upper substrate having a first transparent conductor layer provided on a first base layer, and a lower substrate having a second transparent conductor layer provided on a second base layer. The first and second transparent conductor layers oppose each other via a spacer and make contact when the first base layer is pressed. The first transparent conductor layer is segmented into a plurality of conductive regions that are electrically insulated from each other. | 02-13-2014 |
20140167750 | CURRENT SENSOR - A current sensor includes: a lower housing; a lower magnetic core that is housed in the lower housing, and includes a first gap on which a first hall element for detection of a magnetic field is arrangeable; a central housing that detachably engages with the lower housing, and houses the lower magnetic core along with the lower housing; an upper magnetic core that is arranged on the central housing, and forms a ring structure for surrounding a conductor along with the lower magnetic core; and an upper housing that detachably engages with the central housing, and houses the upper magnetic core along with the central housing. | 06-19-2014 |
20140192273 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes: an operation panel including: a plurality of first conductive patterns that extend in a first direction, and are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a plurality of second conductive patterns that extend in the second direction, and are arranged in the first direction; an indicator that includes a charge unit charged with electric charges; and a position detection unit that, when the indicator comes close to the operation panel, measures electric potentials by electric charges which arise in the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns by the charge unit of the indicator, and detects a position of the indicator based on a measurement result of the electric potentials. | 07-10-2014 |
20140292309 | CURRENT SENSOR - A current sensor includes semi-annular first and second magnetic cores, first and second sensors, and a differential output part. The first magnetic core is provided around a wire in which an electric current flows and includes a pair of first magnetic core parts each having a quarter annular shape. The first sensor is provided in the gap between the first magnetic core parts and detects a magnetic flux. The second magnetic core is provided around the wire and includes a pair of second magnetic core parts each having a quarter annular shape. The first and second magnetic cores form an annular magnetic core. The second sensor is provided in the gap between the second magnetic core parts and detects a magnetic flux. The differential output part outputs the differential output of the outputs of the first and second sensors. | 10-02-2014 |
20140346029 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF DETECTING POSITION - A touch panel includes a first conductive film having separate areas, each of which has a strip shape with a length direction thereof extending in a first direction, a second conductive film having separate areas, each of which has a strip shape with a length direction thereof extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a third conductive film, wherein the separate areas of the first conductive film are arranged side by side in the second direction, and the separate areas of the second conductive film are arranged side by side in the first direction, wherein position detection based on a capacitive method is performed by using the first conductive film and the second conductive film, and wherein a potential of a position of contact between the second conductive film and the third conductive film is detected to detect the position of the contact. | 11-27-2014 |
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20090289643 | COORDINATE DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A coordinate detecting device includes a resistive film disposed on a quadrangular substrate; a power source for applying a voltage to the resistive film; four electrodes connected to the power source and disposed in four corners of the resistive film; four switches each disposed between the power source and a corresponding electrode; four ammeters for measuring currents flowing through corresponding electrodes; and a grounded conductive film for detecting coordinates of a contact point on the resistive film when the conductive film is brought in contact with the resistive film. The voltage is applied sequentially to the electrodes by opening and closing the switches. When the conductive film is brought in contact with the resistive film, the ammeters sequentially measure currents flowing through the corresponding electrodes. The coordinates of the contact point are detected based on positions of the electrodes and resistances obtained using the measured currents. | 11-26-2009 |
20100182277 | TOUCH PANEL AND COORDINATES DETECTING METHOD USING TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a lower conductive film, four electrodes disposed in edge portions of four sides of the lower conductive film, and an upper conductive film disposed over the lower conductive film so that the upper and lower conductive films are opposed to each other, to detect an electric potential in the lower conductive film when the upper conductive film is in contact with the lower conductive film. The upper conductive film includes split portions containing no transparent conductive material and split conductive portions divided by the split portions. The touch panel is arranged to detect an electric potential of each of contact points in the split conductive portions when the upper and lower conductive films are brought in contact with each other at the contact points, and detect respective coordinates of the contact points based on the electrical potentials. | 07-22-2010 |
20100265198 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING TOUCHSCREEN PANEL - A touchscreen panel includes an upper substrate having a first transparent conductor layer provided on a first base layer, and a lower substrate having a second transparent conductor layer provided on a second base layer. The first and second transparent conductor layers oppose each other via a spacer and make contact when the first base layer is pressed. The first transparent conductor layer is segmented into a plurality of conductive regions that are electrically insulated from each other. | 10-21-2010 |
20100271322 | POSITION DETECTING METHOD FOR TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A position detecting method for a touchscreen panel includes the steps of (a) determining the presence or absence of contact with the touchscreen panel on a conductive film divided into multiple conductive regions; (b) measuring a time after the detection of the absence of the contact and determining whether the measured time is less than a predetermined time if step (a) determines the absence of the contact; and (c) determining the continuance of the contact if the measured time is less than the predetermined time. | 10-28-2010 |
20110267044 | Position detection device - A position detection device includes an electromagnetic conversion element and a magnetic field generator. The electromagnetic conversion element is arranged on a given plane. The magnetic field generator is arranged facing one side of the electromagnetic conversion element in a direction vertical to the given plane and generates a magnetic field covering the electromagnetic conversion element. A relative position between the electromagnetic conversion element and the magnetic field generator is detected when a relative displacement parallel to the given plane is made by the electromagnetic conversion element and the magnetic field generator based on an output signal of the electromagnetic conversion element. The magnetic field generator has an opposed face that tilts to the electromagnetic conversion element, and generates the magnetic field from the opposed face. | 11-03-2011 |
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20080216744 | Apparatus for Manufacturing Magnetic Recording Disk, and In-Line Type Substrate Processing Apparatus - An apparatus for manufacturing a magnetic recording disk includes a magnetic-film deposition chamber in which a magnetic film for a recording layer is deposited on a substrate; a lubricant-layer preparation chamber in which a lubricant layer is prepared on the substrate in vacuum; and a cleaning chamber in which the substrate is cleaned in vacuum after the magnetic-film deposition in the magnetic-film chamber and before the lubricant-layer preparation in the lubricant-layer chamber. The apparatus may further include a transfer system that transfers the substrate from the cleaning chamber to the lubricant-layer preparation chamber without exposing the substrate to the atmosphere. | 09-11-2008 |
20090011140 | Apparatus for Manufacturing Magnetic Recording Disk, and In-Line Type Substrate Processing Apparatus - An apparatus for manufacturing a magnetic recording disk includes a magnetic-film deposition chamber in which a magnetic film for a recording layer is deposited on a substrate; a lubricant-layer preparation chamber in which a lubricant layer is prepared on the substrate in vacuum; and a cleaning chamber in which the substrate is cleaned in vacuum after the magnetic-film deposition in the magnetic-film chamber and before the lubricant-layer preparation in the lubricant-layer chamber. The apparatus may further include a transfer system that transfers the substrate from the cleaning chamber to the lubricant-layer preparation chamber without exposing the substrate to the atmosphere. | 01-08-2009 |
20100293865 | METHOD OF PRODUCING POLISHING SHEET - A polishing sheet, having polishing particles fixed to a base sheet in a single-layer formation by an adhesive agent so as to be mutually separated in the direction of their plane and having cutting edges exposed and arranged to be coplanar, is produced by forming on a provisional base sheet a film of a provisional adhesive agent of a thickness smaller than the average diameter of the polishing particles, dispersing the polishing particles onto the film of the provisional adhesive agent so as to contact the provisional base sheet, pressing the base sheet covered with the adhesive agent onto the polishing particles with the adhesive agent facing towards the polishing particles, hardening the pressed adhesive agent, and removing the provisional base sheet and the film of the provisional adhesive agent. The polishing particles are charged in a same polarity when dispersed. | 11-25-2010 |
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20090022812 | Liquid detergent composition - A liquid detergent composition containing (a) hydrogen peroxide or a compound for forming hydrogen peroxide in water, (b) a compound selected from boric acid, borax, a boric acid salt in an amount of from 0.05 to 1% by mass as a boron atom, (c) a compound having one or more sites, the site having one hydroxyl group at each of both sides of adjacent carbon atoms, in an amount of from 3 to 35% by mass, (d) a surfactant in an amount of from 4 to 45% by mass, and (e) water, wherein the molar ratio of the component (c)/the component (b) is from 1.5 to 2.7, and wherein the detergent composition has a pH at 20° C. of from 4.6 to 7.0. | 01-22-2009 |
20090249557 | Liquid Detergent Composition - The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition containing (a) hydrogen peroxide or a compound forming hydrogen peroxide in water, 0.1 to 10 mass % of (b) a bleaching activator, 45 to 80 mass % of (c) a nonionic surfactant, (d) water, (e) at least one or more compounds selected from boric acid, borax and borate, and (f) a polyol compound, said liquid detergent composition having a pH value of 4 to 7 at 20° C. | 10-08-2009 |
20100308260 | LIQUID BLEACHING AGENT COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a liquid bleaching agent composition containing (a) hydrogen peroxide, (b1) a nonionic surfactant, (b2) an anionic surfactant, (c) a bleaching activator, (d) at least one compound selected from boric acid, borax and a borate, and (e) a compound having one or more groups in which a hydroxyl group is present on each of the adjacent carbon atoms to each other, wherein the respective contents of component (b1), component (b2) and the mass ratio of component (b2) to component (b1) are all within a specific range and the composition has pH 2.5-4.5 at 20° C. | 12-09-2010 |
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20090191585 | CELL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CELL IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND CELL IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - A cell image processing apparatus includes a large area image obtainer for obtaining a large area image which is obtained by imaging an area including a white blood cell and a red blood cell, a processing part for obtaining a portion image including the white blood cell from the large area image, and a memory for storing the portion image as an image for monitoring white blood cell and storing the large area image as an image for monitoring red blood cell. | 07-30-2009 |
20110160899 | SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SAMPLE RACK TRANSPORTING METHOD - A sample processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of sample processing units, each processing a sample contained in a sample container; a transport apparatus that transports a sample rack holding a sample container to at least any one of the plurality of sample processing units; a rack feeding section that receives a sample rack and feeds the received sample rack to a transport line of the transport apparatus; and a controller configured to instruct the transport apparatus, according to a quantity of sample racks received by the rack feeding section, to transport a sample rack fed by the rack feeding section to either (a) a sample processing unit which can accept a subsequent sample rack more rapidly than any other sample processing unit or (b) a sample processing unit having a lower processing load than any other sample processing unit. Also, a sample rack transporting method. | 06-30-2011 |
20110244583 | SAMPLE RACK TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND SAMPLE RACK TRANSPORT METHOD - A sample rack transport system comprising: a plurality of transport apparatuses which are connected so as to transport a sample rack to a plurality of sample processing apparatuses; and a control apparatus which communicates with the plurality of transport apparatuses and controls the transport of the sample rack by the plurality of transport apparatuses, wherein at least one of the plurality of transport apparatuses includes a transmission switch which is operated by a user to transmit a signal to the control apparatus, and when the transport of the sample rack has stopped due to a trouble which occurred in one of the plurality of transport apparatuses, responsive to an operation of a transmission switch of another transport apparatus, the control apparatus restarts the transport of the sample rack by the plurality of transport apparatuses. Also, a method for transporting a sample rack. | 10-06-2011 |
20110290040 | SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING RACK - A sample processing apparatus, comprising: a plurality of sample processing units each configured to process a sample; at least one transport device configured to provide a transport path along which a rack is transported to or from one of the plurality of sample processing units, wherein a rack comprises a plurality of positions configured to hold containers thereat, and at least some of the positions are correlated to at least some of the sample processing units; a controller comprising at least one processor and at least one memory that stores computer programs executed by the at least one processor to: direct the at least one transport device to transport the rack to deliver a container held therein to a sample processing unit correlated to a position of the container at which the container is held in the rack. | 12-01-2011 |
20140079527 | SAMPLE SORTING APPARATUS, SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SAMPLE SORTING METHOD - A sample sorting apparatus used in a sample processing system comprises a sample supplying apparatus, a sample processing apparatus, and a transporting apparatus connected to the sample processing apparatus. The sample sorting apparatus comprises a first entrance for receiving a sample rack from the sample supplying apparatus, a container conveyor configured to take out a sample container from the sample rack received through the first entrance and configured to set the taken out sample container on a sample rack, a first exit for sending the sample rack on which the sample container is set to the transporting apparatus, a second entrance for receiving the sample rack from the transporting apparatus, a second exit for sending the sample rack received through the second entrance to the sample supplying apparatus, and a transporter configured to transport the sample rack from the second entrance to the second exit. | 03-20-2014 |
20140212248 | TUBE SORTER AND TUBE SORTING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a tube sorter comprising: a transporting section configured to transport a sample rack; a storage arranged at a higher level than the transporting section, capable of storing a plurality of sample tubes; a lifting section configured to lift up the sample rack transported by the rack transporting section; and a sample tube transferring section configured to remove a sample tube from the sample rack lifted up by the lifting section and set the removed sample tube in the storage. | 07-31-2014 |
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20080292228 | Shaft Member for Fluid Lubrication Bearing Apparatuses and a Method for Producing the Same - A shaft member for hydrodynamic bearing apparatuses which can restore the pressure balance in a thrust bearing gap formed on both axial sides of the flange portion in an early stage is provided at low costs. | 11-27-2008 |
20090208153 | HOUSING FOR FLUID LUBRICATION BEARING APPARATUSES, A HOUSING FOR HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING APPARATUSES, AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A fluid lubrication bearing apparatus which can stably produce high bearing performance is provided at low costs. Moreover, a method for producing a housing for hydrodynamic bearing apparatuses which can improve the accuracy of form of the housing of this type at low costs is provided. | 08-20-2009 |
20100266225 | SHAFT MEMBER FOR FLUID LUBRICATION BEARING APPARATUSES AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A shaft member for hydrodynamic bearing apparatuses which can restore the pressure balance in a thrust bearing gap formed on both axial sides of the flange portion in an early stage is provided at low costs. | 10-21-2010 |
20110192210 | SHAFT MEMBER FOR FLUID LUBRICATION BEARING APPARATUSES AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A low-cost shaft member for hydrodynamic bearing apparatuses restores the pressure balance in a thrust bearing gap formed on both axial sides of the flange portion in an early stage. A shaft material integrally having a shaft portion and a flange portion with a through-hole between both end faces of the flange portion is formed in a common forging step. As a result, the through-hole is formed to open to an inner diameter side of the bearing gaps avoiding the thrust bearing gaps formed on both end faces of the flange portion of the shaft member as a finished product. | 08-11-2011 |
20110232093 | SHAFT MEMBER FOR HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING APPARATUSES AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A shaft material integrally having a shaft portion and a flange portion is formed by a forging process. The end face of the shaft portion of the shaft material and the end face of the flange portion on the opposite side of the shaft portion are ground relative to the corrected face, and the outer circumferential surface of the shaft material is ground relative to the end faces. This renders the cylindricity of the radial bearing faces formed on the outer periphery of the shaft portion of the produced shaft member to be 3 μm or lower. Moreover, a shaft material integrally having the shaft portion and flange portion is formed, while simultaneously thrust hydrodynamic groove regions are formed on both end faces of the flange portion. After the forging process, radial hydrodynamic groove regions are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the shaft portion. | 09-29-2011 |
20110296896 | HOUSING FOR FLUID LUBRICATION BEARING APPARATUSES, A HOUSING FOR HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING APPARATUSES, AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A fluid lubrication bearing apparatus which can stably produce high bearing performance is provided at low costs. Moreover, a method for producing a housing for hydrodynamic bearing apparatuses which can improve the accuracy of form of the housing of this type at low costs is provided. | 12-08-2011 |
20120186983 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a bearing member having a highly accurate dynamic pressure generating portion stably at low cost. Dynamic pressure grooves ( | 07-26-2012 |
20130283619 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HOUSING FOR A FLUID BEARING APPARATUS - A method for producing a housing for a hydrodynamic bearing apparatus includes forming a housing | 10-31-2013 |
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20100028025 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a process cartridge. In the case where the process cartridge is a fresh cartridge, after toner (developer) is sufficiently fed to a developer carrying member in the entire longitudinal area of the developer carrying member, an initializing operation for depositing the toner on a contact portion between an image bearing member and a cleaning blade. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028026 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum having a high-lubricity state layer. In an initial rotation operation performed after mounting a process cartridge, in a main assembly of the image forming apparatus, a process cartridge in which lubricating particles are not applied in a contact area between a fresh cleaning blade and the photosensitive drum, toner is supplied only by application of a developing bias after the photosensitive drum and a developing sleeve are driven to supply and stagnate the toner in the contact area between the cleaning blade and the photosensitive drum. | 02-04-2010 |
20110058834 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising a rotatable image bearing member for carrying a toner image; a charging member for contacting a surface of the image bearing member to discharge the surface; a cleaning blade for contacting the surface of the image bearing member to remove toner remaining on the surface of the image bearing member after a toner image is transferred from said image bearing member onto a transfer material; and a control device for controlling a voltage applied to said charging member; wherein the control device applies to the charging member a first charged potential which includes a peak-to-peak voltage larger than a discharge starting voltage in image forming operation, and applies to the charging member a second voltage which includes a peak-to-peak voltage is smaller than the discharge starting voltage, for at least one full rotation of said image bearing member, after completion of the image forming operation and before an AC voltage component applied to the charging member is shut off. | 03-10-2011 |
20110243580 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus detects the presence or absence of a toner seal and whether a cartridge is loaded on a main body of the image forming apparatus without use of an additional redundant detection means, due to the provision of an electrically-conductive layer at the toner seal for sealing and closing an opening in a process cartridge including a developer container. | 10-06-2011 |
20130022376 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device for use with an image forming apparatus, includes a developing roller for carrying a developer and for forming a developer image on an image bearing member; a supplying roller for supplying the developer to the developing roller, wherein the supplying roller has a foam layer at its surface and forms a nip between itself and the developing roller; an accommodating portion, provided below the supplying roller, for accommodating the developer; and a feeding member for feeding the developer from the accommodating portion onto the nip by being rotated in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the supplying roller. The supplying roller is rotated in a direction which is from a lower end of the nip to an upper end of the nip. The supplying roller is provided so that its top is higher than a top of the developing roller. | 01-24-2013 |
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20130287450 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device including a containing unit configured to be arranged below a supply member and contain a developer and a developer bearing member configured to bear the developer and develop an electrostatic latent image, further includes a supply member which is configured to supply the developer to the developer bearing member, to be arranged to form a nip portion between the supply member and the developer bearing member, and to rotate in a direction in which its surface moves from an upper end to a lower end of the nip portion, and a conveyance member which is configured to convey the developer contained in the containing unit onto the supply member. | 10-31-2013 |
20130287451 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DEVELOPING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developing roller configured to develop an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum, a supply roller configured to supply developer to the developing roller are provided, and the surface of the developing roller moves in the same direction as the surface of the photosensitive drum and at a speed higher than the photosensitive drum at a nip portion between the photosensitive drum and the developing roller, the surface of the supply roller moves in the same direction as the surface of the developing roller and at a speed higher than the developing roller at a nip portion between the developing roller and the supply roller. | 10-31-2013 |
20130287452 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a development device in which a developer containing unit underlies a development chamber, a supplying member in the development chamber forms a nip portion with a developer carrier and the developer carrier and the supplying member rotate in the direction in which their respective surfaces move from an upper end to a lower end of the nip portion. | 10-31-2013 |
20130287453 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developing apparatus, including: a developer carrying member; a developer feeding member configured to feed the developer to the developer carrying member in abutment with the developer carrying member; and a developer regulating member having a distal end portion directed toward an upstream side in a rotation direction of the developer carrying member, and configured to regulate a layer thickness of the developer on the developer carrying member in abutment with a surface thereof. Surfaces of the developer carrying member and the developer feeding member move in the same direction in an abutment portion. The distal end portion of the developer regulating member has a developer taking-in portion away from the surface of the developer carrying member toward the upstream side in the rotation direction. The developer taking-in portion is positioned upstream of an abutment position between the developer regulating member and the developer carrying member. | 10-31-2013 |
20140119757 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a control unit controlling first and second voltage application mechanisms and shifting a difference Vdif (=Vrs−Vdr) between Vrs and Vdr toward polarity opposite to normal charge polarity of a developer as S decreases, where S is an absolute value of a speed difference between a circumferential speed of an image bearing member, which rotates while bearing an electrostatic latent image and a circumferential speed of a developer bearing member, which rotates at a constant circumferential speed ratio with respect to the image bearing member to develop the electrostatic latent image while bearing the developer, Vdr is a voltage that the first voltage application mechanism applies to the developer bearing member, and Vrs is a voltage that the second voltage application mechanism applies to the developer supply member. | 05-01-2014 |
20140153990 | CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes: a fixing portion provided on a frame; a cleaning member; and an accommodating portion. The cleaning member includes: a blade portion contacted to an image bearing member (drum); and a supporting member. The supporting member includes one end portion where the blade portion is provided, another end portion including a portion-to-be-fixed for being fixed at the fixing portion, and a bent portion between the one end portion and the another end portion in a side remote from a surface of the drum toward an outside with respect to a line connecting the portion-to-be-fixed and a contact portion where the blade portion is contacted to the drum. The portion-to-be-fixed is provided downstream of the contact portion with respect to movement direction of the drum. Between the frame and the another end portion, a gap for permitting elastic deformation of the another end portion is provided. | 06-05-2014 |