Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090269089 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING REGISTRATION MARKS - In an image forming apparatus for forming a color image by superposing component color images, a control device obtains position data representing a forming position of each of plural registration mark images for the component color images with respect to a positional reference value arbitrarily determined, divides the position data into each of a unit reference range representing a range in which one mark image is formed, converts the position data divided for each unit reference range into those based on respective reference values representing the front edge of the unit reference ranges, extracts the position data representing ranges common to the mutually overlapping ranges each of which is represented by a couple of position data corresponding to the rising and falling edges of a passage timing pulse as read position data of the mark image of the component color, and calculates the amounts of positional deviations of the component color images from one another on the basis of the position data extracted. | 10-29-2009 |
20090301246 | SCREW DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a screw device which takes a heavy load in one direction along the axis of the screw shaft and only a light load in the opposite direction, the screw device capable of providing ease of control of preloading. | 12-10-2009 |
20100058885 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE - A motion guide device is provided which comprises a chain of rollers in which retainers are interposed, in which the chain of rollers is given a degree of freedom of rotation. The motion guide device comprises a track member ( | 03-11-2010 |
20100101347 | ROLLER SCREW AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a roller screw which bears loads in both directions along the axis of the screw shaft and which is also capable of preventing interference between each roller end surface and roller rolling grooves. Between roller rolling surfaces | 04-29-2010 |
20100116140 | EXHAUST GAS CLEANING APPARATUS - An exhaust gas cleaning apparatus according to the present invention includes a wall member configured to form a gas passage for allowing an exhaust gas to pass therethrough, and a mist nozzle and a water film nozzle disposed in the gas passage. The mist nozzle forms mist in the gas passage and the water film nozzle forms water film in the gas passage. The mist nozzle is disposed further upstream side in a flowing direction of the exhaust gas than the water film nozzle. Plural sets of the mist nozzle and the water film nozzle may be provided. | 05-13-2010 |
20100120064 | ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO INTACT HUMAN AUTOTAXIN, METHOD OF SCREENING THE SAME AND METHOD AND REAGENT FOR EXAMINING MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA BY ASSAYING AUTOTAXIN - A screening method is provided for antibody specifically recognizing naturally-occurring form of human autotaxin in a state in which it is present in the body without being denatured, comprising the steps of: binding a binding factor capable of capturing a candidate antibody of the antibody to a solid phase; binding the candidate antibody of the antibody to the binding factor; allowing naturally-occurring form of human autotaxin to react on a system in which the candidate antibody has reacted; and selecting an antibody that specifically recognizes the naturally-occurring form of human autotaxin by using as an indicator thereof the binding strength of the naturally-occurring form of human autotaxin to the antibody. Moreover, a detecting method for malignant lymphoma is provided comprising: measuring the concentration of autotaxin in a human specimen, and judging to be a malignant lymphoma in the case that value exhibits a significantly higher value than normal values comprised of measured values from normal healthy subjects. | 05-13-2010 |
20100300837 | OBJECT MOVING APPARATUS - An object moving apparatus is provided which is different from coordinated conveyance through real-time information exchange between carriages only by wireless communication and which can move an object reliably and in a more stable manner by coordinated control of carriages without the object falling off. | 12-02-2010 |
20110135325 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - The present invention realizes an image forming system wherein an efficient cleaning of plural fixing apparatuses by using a blank sheet is attained, the system includes: an image forming section; a sheet feeding apparatus; a plurality of fixing apparatuses; a temperature control section controlling the temperature of the fixing apparatuses; a sheet retention determination section determining whether there is a sheet retained in any of the fixing apparatuses during a jam; and a control section controlling cleaning of the fixing apparatuses by a blank sheet fed from the sheet feeding apparatus, wherein the control section carries out cleaning of the fixing apparatus in which it has been determined that a sheet is retained based on input from the sheet retention determination section, when the temperature of the fixing apparatus has been determined to have reached a prescribed temperature based on input from the temperature control section. | 06-09-2011 |
20120059061 | NOVEL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOUNDS - An object of the present invention is to provide a compound having a novel structure for overcoming the defects of conventional steroid agents and NSAIDs. It is found that the particular dihydroxy bodies of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, which have not conventionally been known (11,18-dihydroxy eicosapentaenoic acid (11,18-diHEPE), 17,18-dihydroxy eicosapentaenoic acid (17,18-diHEPE) etc.), have activity of inhibiting neutrophil, thereby solving the object. The present invention unexpectedly remarkably inhibits infiltration into a tissue of, and activation of neutrophil found out at acute inflammation. The compound of the present invention is a compound which has not conventionally been known. Therefore, utility as a new therapeutic is provided. | 03-08-2012 |
20120154864 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit provided at a first stage for executing a print process to a single-side of a sheet, including a first feeding tray; and a second image forming unit provided at a next stage for executing a print process to a single-side of a sheet, including a second feeding tray. These units are connected in series so as to execute single-side or both-sides print process. The apparatus further including a control section which, when a first print process for the sheet fed from the first feeding tray and a second print process for the sheet fed from the second feeding tray are switched based upon print instruction information so as to execute the switched print process, controls an operation state of the first image forming unit depending on an execution condition of the second print process. | 06-21-2012 |
20130094867 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a carrying unit, a resistance unit, a jam detection unit, a paper detection unit and a control unit. Responding to the jam detection unit detecting that a jam occurring location is outside the resistance unit, the control unit sets a part of the carrying unit, the part including at least the resistance unit, as an accumulation unit where a remaining sheet is accumulated, in accordance with a size of the remaining sheet. The remaining sheet is detected by a paper detection unit when the jam occurs. The control unit releases, among a resistance roller pair and carrying roller pairs of the carrying unit, the rollers of a pair located in the accumulation unit from pressing against each other, and makes the carrying unit carry the remaining sheet to the accumulation unit. | 04-18-2013 |
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20130116899 | COASTING CONTROL DEVICE - A coasting control device for avoiding dangerous modes such as tire lock up upon the end of coasting control. The device, which performs coasting control to disengage the clutch and to reduce the engine revolutions per minute (RPM), also prevents a gearshift operation during coasting control. | 05-09-2013 |
20130131943 | COASTING CONTROL DEVICE - A coasting control device that prevents failures due to deterioration of a release bearing. The device includes an cumulative disengagement time measuring unit cumulatively measuring a duration of time that a clutch is being disengaged during coasting control, and an overtime restricting unit prohibiting coasting control when the measured cumulative clutch disengagement time has exceeded a predetermined time giving an indication of fatigue of a member of the clutch, and/or an overtime alarm unit providing an alarm when the measured cumulative clutch disengagement time has exceeded a predetermined time giving an indication of fatigue of the member of the clutch. | 05-23-2013 |
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20130138313 | COASTING CONTROL DEVICE - A coasting control device capable of avoiding coasting control during running on road having a small coefficient of friction between a tire and a road surface (“low μ roads”) includes a low μ road running recognition unit which recognizes that a vehicle is running on a low μ road and a unit for prohibiting coasting control during low μ road running when the low μ road running recognition unit recognizes that the vehicle is running on a low μ road. | 05-30-2013 |