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20090130533 | FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a highly-efficient fuel cell having a uniform temperature in the pile direction of the fuel cell stacks piled in the vertical direction. In order to achieve the object, the fuel cell ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090233130 | FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a fuel cell having a high heat recovery efficiency for effectively collecting heat discharged from a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell ( | 09-17-2009 |
20100092837 | PLATE-LAMINATED TYPE FUEL CELL - The objective of the invention is to prevent plastic deformation of separators in a heat cycle of the fuel cell, to thereby prevent damage to the power generation cell. A laminated body is formed by alternately laminating power generation cells ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100209820 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell in which fuel gas is more uniformly distributed to each power generation cell and irregular deformation of an interconnection section is reduced. A fuel gas channel ( | 08-19-2010 |
20110111311 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell which prevents an unreformed fuel gas from being supplied to a fuel electrode at start-up without requiring a storage chamber for hydrogen gas and the like. In order to achieve this object, the fuel cell includes: a fuel cell stack ( | 05-12-2011 |
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20090073479 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS - A digital copying apparatus includes a scanner, a monochrome converting unit, an out-of-original detecting unit, a deleting unit, and a printer. The scanner scans an image of an original as color image data. The monochrome converting unit converts the color image data scanned by the scanner into monochrome image data. The out-of-original detecting unit detects an out-of-original area in the monochrome image data provided by the monochrome converting unit. The deleting unit deletes an image of the area determined as out-of-original by the out-of-original detecting unit, in the color image data scanned by the scanner. The printer prints the image from which the image of the out-of-original area is deleted by the deleting unit, onto a recording medium. | 03-19-2009 |
20090080003 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THINNING FUNCTION AND THE THINNING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image area identification unit to discriminate a character area and a line drawing area from an image area with respect to an image formed based on inputted color image data, an edge detection unit to detect an edge of a character and a line drawing, which is identified, and an edge γ correction unit to perform, only in a case where the edge exists on a white ground area in the image, thinning to lower an image density of a pixel on an outer border corresponding to the edge on the white ground area. | 03-26-2009 |
20090219558 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A digital multifunction peripheral has a copy mode for printing an image scanned by a scanner on a sheet using a printer, a network scan mode for transmitting the image scanned by the scanner to an external apparatus through a network interface, and a facsimile mode for transmitting by facsimile the image scanned by the scanner through a facsimile interface. The digital multifunction peripheral erases the same area from image data as an area on the outside of an original document image irrespective of processing contents in plural image processing units that subject the image scanned by the scanner to image processing according to operation modes. The digital multifunction peripheral performs processing corresponding to an operation mode using image data from which the area on the outside of the original document image is erased and that is processed by the image processing unit corresponding to the operation mode. | 09-03-2009 |
20090303538 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image communication apparatus comprising a first FAX communication unit configured to make communications with a partner apparatus according to a first FAX communication function using a public telephone network, a second FAX communication unit configured to make communications with a partner apparatus according to a second FAX communication function using an IP network, an accepter unit configured to accept an operation designation of the first and second FAX communication functions, and a limiter unit configured to limit the first and second FAX communication functions based on the operation designation accepted by the accepter unit. | 12-10-2009 |
20100202004 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a monochromatic copy mode is to be executed, a control section sets a read mode in a scanner section so as to enable the scanner section to read an image at high speed by means of only a line sensor K, sets in an image processing section an image process that can print monochromatic image information, which is sent from the scanner section, with a single black color in the printer section, and sets in the printer section a monochromatic print mode that can print a black image at high speed, thereby controlling a monochromatic copy operation. | 08-12-2010 |
20120057188 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a monochromatic copy mode is to be executed, a control section sets a read mode in a scanner section so as to enable the scanner section to read an image at high speed by means of only a line sensor K, sets in an image processing section an image process that can print monochromatic image information, which is sent from the scanner section, with a single black color in the printer section, and sets in the printer section a monochromatic print mode that can print a black image at high speed, thereby controlling a monochromatic copy operation. | 03-08-2012 |
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20090086295 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE QUALITY CONTROL METHOD - A technique that can perform appropriate image quality control processing corresponding to fluctuation in a printing environment is provided. | 04-02-2009 |
20100182625 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE QUALITY CONTROL METHOD - A technique that can perform appropriate image quality control processing corresponding to fluctuation in a printing environment is provided. An image forming apparatus that forms, on a sheet, a test pattern formed by a color obtained by mixing toners of plural colors, scans a test pattern image formed on the sheet with a color sensor, and performs predetermined image quality control processing on the basis of information scanned, the image forming apparatus including a media sensor that acquires information for discriminating a type of a sheet to be an object of image formation processing, a control-information acquiring unit that acquires, on the basis of the information acquired by the media sensor, information for control used in the image quality control processing, and a color sensor that is arranged further on a downstream side than a fixing device in a sheet conveying direction and scans the test pattern formed on the sheet. | 07-22-2010 |
20110216342 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a reading unit, an image processing unit, a display unit, and an instruction unit. The reading unit reads an image from an image reading region on a platen. The image processing unit detects non-document image data from read image data obtained by the reading and generates estimated document image data by removing the non-document image data from the read image data. The display unit displays an estimated document image based on the estimated document image data. The instruction unit receives one instruction of a reprocessing instruction for remaking the estimated document image data and the next processing instruction for instructing the next process without remaking the estimated document image data, in response to the display of the estimated document image. | 09-08-2011 |
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20080274388 | Solid Oxide Type Fuel Cell - It is possible to improve the power generation efficiency by uniformalizing the temperature distribution of a fuel cell stack in lamination direction. In a solid oxide type fuel cell, a power generation cell and a separator are alternately laminated so as to constitute a fuel cell stack. On the middle stage of the fuel cell stack in the lamination direction, a radiator ( | 11-06-2008 |
20090042081 | Solid Oxide Fuel Cell - The objective of the present invention is to equalize gas volume distributed into each power generation cell to stabilize fuel cell output and improve the output efficiency. In the present invention, a flat plate laminating type solid oxide fuel cell has a reactant gas supply manifold | 02-12-2009 |
20100104916 | Separator for fuel cell, method for producing separator, and solid oxide fuel cell - Gas discharge ports are provided in almost the entire area of a layer surface of a separator, and a gas for reaction is discharged like a shower from the separator toward a power generation cell. The separator is constructed by layering plate-shaped members containing iron-base alloy, nickel-base alloy, or chrome-base alloy as the base material. Silver, silver alloy, copper, or copper alloy is plated on both sides or one side of the base material of the plate-shaped member. The construction above can increase durability of a separator and enables the separator and a solid oxide fuel cell to be stably used for a long period. | 04-29-2010 |
20110151348 | Flat plate laminated type fuel cell and fuel cell stack - A flat plate laminated type high-temperature fuel cell, with internal manifold structure, has a laminated body constructed by alternately laminating power generation cells ( | 06-23-2011 |
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20110200510 | Apparatus for producing trichlorosilane and method for producing trichlorosilane - An apparatus for producing trichlorosilane, including: a reaction vessel that has a substantially cylindrical wall body, a top plate, and a bottom plate, where a reaction product gas is produced from a raw gas supplied to the reaction vessel through a gas introducing passage provided to the lower section of the cylindrical wall body; and a plurality of heaters that are disposed inside the reaction vessel to heat the raw gas, wherein each of the heaters has a heating element that is elongated in a vertical direction and generates heat by electrification, and a mount that is fixed to the bottom plate and supports the heating element; a flange is provided to intermediate height of the heating element such that the flange is arranged upper than the gas introducing passage and is elongated in horizontal direction; and a passage of the raw gas formed between adjacent heaters is narrowed by the flange. | 08-18-2011 |
20110215084 | Apparatus for producing trichlorosilane - An apparatus for producing trichlorosilane from raw gas containing silicon tetrachloride and hydrogen, having: a reaction chamber being supplied with the raw gas for generating reacted gas containing trichlorosilane and hydrogen; a plurality of heaters heating the raw gas and having exothermic portions being disposed along a vertical direction in the reaction chamber; a plurality of electrodes being connected to basal portions of the heaters; and a radiation plate being disposed between the exothermic portions of the heaters. | 09-08-2011 |
20110223074 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING TRICHLOROSILANE - In an apparatus for producing trichlorosilane, an internal space of a reaction chamber is partitioned in a radial direction by first walls running along a circumferential direction, and is partitioned into multiple spaces by second walls which extend in a direction crossing the circumferential direction. Upper portions or lower portions of the first walls and the second walls are formed with a communicating portion which circulates a raw material gas to be introduced, toward a central portion of a reaction chamber while the raw material gas goes through the small spaces sequentially and is turned up and down, heaters are installed in the small spaces, one of small spaces on both sides of the second walls is used as a small space for a upward flow passage, and the other is used as a small space for a downward flow passage, and the small spaces communicate with each other via the communication portion of the second walls. | 09-15-2011 |
20130136667 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING TRICHLOROSILANE - An apparatus for producing trichlorosilane in which reacted gas including trichlorosilane and hydrogen chloride is produced by heating raw gas including silicon tetrachloride and hydrogen, the apparatus having: a reaction vessel having a substantially cylindrical shape and being provided with a heated wall forming a gas flow-passage along an axis direction; and a heater heating the heated wall, wherein a folding flow-passage is provided at an uppermost stream of the gas flow-passage and has: an inlet flow-passage in which raw gas is introduced; and a turning part connected to a downstream of the inlet flow-passage in which a flow direction of the raw gas is turned at least once in an opposite direction, the turning part is formed between the inlet flow-passage and the heated wall in the folding flow-passage, and a turning length of the folding flow-passage along the axis direction is smaller than a maximum length of the gas flow-passage along the axis direction. | 05-30-2013 |