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20090290888 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a rotating hot roller, a rotating pressure roller, a heating belt that contacts the hot roller and conducts heat, a first support roller and a second support roller that are heated by a heat source, support the heating belt suspended therebetween, and conduct heat to the heating belt, a first temperature detection means that detects a first temperature of an area of the first support roller where it contacts the heating belt or an area of the heating belt where it contacts the first support roller, a second temperature detection means that detects a second temperature of an area of the second support roller where it contacts the heating belt or an area of the heating belt where it contacts the second support roller, and a means for detecting rotation stoppage of one of the support rollers. | 11-26-2009 |
20100054788 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH TEMPERATURE CONTROL PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A fixing device which can reduce an overshoot of the surface temperature of a main heating section without lengthening a warming-up period of time, an image forming apparatus equipped therewith, and a recording medium on which is recorded the temperature control program are provided. In a standby mode, control is performed to stop an operation of a halogen lamp which is an internal heat source, when a surface temperature of a heating roller reaches a certain temperature lower than a target temperature, or when the operating period of time of the halogen lamp reaches a certain period of time. By so doing, as the heating roller ceases to be heated at a point at which it reaches a temperature lower than the target temperature, it is possible to reduce the overshoot of the surface temperature of the heating roller. | 03-04-2010 |
20100142988 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FIXING DEVICE - In a fixing device including (i) an external heat belt which abuts against a surface of a fixing roller so as to heat the fixing roller and (ii) a cleaning member which abuts against the external heat belt, a fixing temperature, which is a surface temperature of the fixing roller during a fixing process, is set per group into which recording media to be subjected to the fixing process are divided according to their widths in a direction of a rotary axis of the fixing roller, in such a way that the fixing temperature is set to a lower temperature for a group of narrower widths. This makes it possible to prevent a reduction in releasability of the fixing roller caused by a material, which is scraped off from the external heat belt by the cleaning member and then adhered to the fixing roller, thereby preventing the high-temperature offset. | 06-10-2010 |
20100183345 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING SAME - A fixing device of the present invention includes: an external heating belt which is to contact with a surface of a fixing roller so as to heat up the fixing roller; and a cleaning member (a scraper and/or cleaning pad) which is to contact with the external heating belt. The cleaning pad which is impregnated with silicone oil is to contact with a surface of the external heating belt, thereby applying the silicone oil (release agent) to the surface of the external heating belt. This makes it possible to prevent generation of an offset. | 07-22-2010 |
20100183346 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING SAME - No covering layer is provided onto that abutting surface of an external heating belt which has contact with a cleaning member. Accordingly, a belt substrate is exposed and has contact with the cleaning member. This suppresses the occurrence of offset in a fixing device including (i) the external heating belt for having contact with the surface of the fixing roller so as to heat a fixing roller, and (ii) the cleaning member having contact with the external heating belt. | 07-22-2010 |
20100303496 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FIXING DEVICE - In a case where a process is carried out with respect to an envelope in a fixing process mode, at least either (i) a set temperature of a fixing roller | 12-02-2010 |
20110236048 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, an intermediate transfer section, a secondary transfer section, a fixing section, a power source, a voltage detection section, a temperature detection section, and a fixing section control circuit. The fixing section control circuit includes a switching control section, a voltage judgment section, a temperature judgment section, and a preparation control section. When the switching control section switches the current conduction state to the heat source and the driving section from an off conduction state to an off conduction state and the voltage judgment section judges to be less than a threshold voltage, the preparation control section controls the preparation operation of the heating section such that the switching control section continues the on conduction state over a given idle time after the temperature judgment section has judged to be a preset temperature or higher. | 09-29-2011 |
20120027926 | REFERENCE ELECTRODE, ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - [PROBLEM] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a reference electrode which is easy to manufacture and handle, its manufacturing method, and an electrochemical cell using this. | 02-02-2012 |
20120045261 | FUSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME, AND HEATING APPARATUS - A fusing apparatus that including a sheet heating element for generating heat to fix a toner image being transferred onto a sheet; an endless belt; a rigid member for conducting the heat to the endless belt and being arranged to contact with the sheet heating element and the endless belt respectively; and a pressure member for pressing the sheet heating element against the rigid member, wherein the endless belt is arranged to contact with the sheet, the sheet heating element includes an elongated substrate extending in a widthwise direction of the endless belt, plural resistance heating layers which are formed on a surface of the substrate along a longitudinal direction thereof and arranged parallel to one another, and at least one conduction portion formed in at least one place of an intermediate region between one end and another of each resistance heating layer to connect the different resistance heating layers, and the pressure member presses the sheet heating element against the rigid member at a position other than a position where the conduction portion is formed. | 02-23-2012 |
20130017003 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAMEAANM MUKAI; TakashiAACI OsakaAACO JPAAGP MUKAI; Takashi Osaka JP - A fixing device includes: a fixing belt that heats a recording medium with a toner image transferred thereon to fix the toner image to the recording medium; a heater unit for heating the fixing belt; and a tension roller that suspends the fixing belt in a rotatable manner. This fixing device is constructed such that the heater unit is extended in the direction of the belt width that is perpendicular to the rotational direction of the fixing belt and includes a planar heat generator that generates heat by supplying electricity, a heat transfer member arranged in contact with both the planar heat generator and the fixing belt and a reinforcing member for fixing the heat transfer member while the heat transfer member is joined to the reinforcing member. | 01-17-2013 |
20140054492 | Negative Electrode Material for Lithium Secondary Battery and its Manufacturing Method, and Negative Electrode for Lithium Secondary Battery, and Lithium Secondary Battery - [Object] The object is to provide a negative electrode material for a lithium secondary battery, wherein a sulfide-based negative electrode with water-resistant properties can exert excellent cycle characteristics and high output performance while maintaining a high discharge capacity and there is no precipitation of lithium dendrites during charge at low temperature. | 02-27-2014 |
20140309360 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY CURABLE AQUEOUS RESIN COMPOSITION, ACTIVE ENERGY RAY CURABLE AQUEOUS COATING MATERIAL, AND ARTICLE COATED WITH THE COATING MATERIAL - The present invention provides an active energy ray curable aqueous resin composition prepared by reacting an acrylic resin (A), a polyisocyanate compound (B), and (meth)acrylate (C) having a hydroxyl group and dispersing the reaction product in an aqueous medium, the resin (A) being produced by copolymerizing an acrylic monomer (a1) having a polyoxyalkylene group, an acrylic monomer (a2) having a hydroxyl group, and an acrylic monomer (a3) other than the acrylic monomer (a1) and the acrylic monomer (a2) as essential raw materials. The active energy ray curable aqueous resin composition has excellent storage stability and forms a cured coating film with a good appearance and high adhesion to a substrate even after immersion in hot water, and thus can be desirably used for an active energy ray curable aqueous coating material. | 10-16-2014 |
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20100078037 | Hair Iron - A hair iron is capable of preventing hair under treatment from drying. | 04-01-2010 |
20120111060 | GLASS PLATE PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a glass sheet, the method including: running down molten glass along both side surfaces of a molded body; joining and integrating the molten glass just under a lower edge part of the molded body; and drawing downward and molding an integrated sheet-shaped glass ribbon, in which a guide member which contacts to an end in a width direction of a joined molten glass is provided, and a relative position and/or a relative angle between the guide member and a lower edge of the molded body is/are adjusted. | 05-10-2012 |
20120144864 | GLASS PLATE PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a glass sheet, including: running down molten glass along both side surfaces of a molded body; joining and integrating the molten glass just under a lower edge part of the molded body; and pinching and downward delivering an end in a width direction of an integrated sheet-shaped glass ribbon by a roller pair, thereby drawing downward the glass ribbon and molding a center in the width direction of the glass ribbon to have an average thickness of 0.3 mm or less in which a pinching force is adjusted in a desired range. | 06-14-2012 |
20120159990 | GLASS PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a glass sheet, the method including: running down molten glass along both side surfaces of a molded body arranged inside a molding chamber; joining and integrating the molten glass just under a lower edge part of the molded body; and drawing downward an integrated sheet-shaped glass ribbon out of an opening of the molding chamber. | 06-28-2012 |
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20090056862 | DYE RECEIVING LAYER COMPOSITIONS FOR THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEETS - The present invention relates to a dye receiving layer composition for thermal transfer image-receiving sheets which includes a resin containing a polyester produced by using an alcohol component containing 50 mol % or more of an alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an oxazoline group-containing compound. There are provided a composition for a dye receiving layer of a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which is excellent in not only dyeability upon thermal transfer but also releasability from a transfer sheet, and a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet having a dye receiving layer obtained from the above composition which is capable of obtaining transferred images having excellent properties. | 03-05-2009 |
20090142520 | DYE RECEPTOR LAYER COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to a dye receptor layer composition for thermal transfer image-receiving sheets which includes (a) a resin dispersion containing a polyester-containing resin, (b) a glycol ether having a boiling point of from 160° C. to 280° C. and a vapor pressure at 20° C. of from 20 to 1,000 Pa and (c) an oxazoline group-containing compound, and is excellent in film-forming property; and a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet obtained from the composition which can be dried at a low temperature for a short period of time, exhibits a low heat fusibility, is excellent in releasability, printing sensitivity and imaging performance, and can produce images with a high density. | 06-04-2009 |
20100028569 | POLYESTERS FOR THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEETS - The present invention relates to a polyester for thermal transfer image-receiving sheets which includes a polyester A produced from an alcohol component containing 50 mol % or more of an alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an acid component containing 80 mol % or more of an aliphatic carboxylic acid and/or an alicyclic carboxylic acid as a total amount thereof, and a polyester B produced from an alcohol component containing 80 mol % or more of the alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an acid component containing 10 to 35 mol % of a trivalent or higher valent aromatic polycarboxylic acid; a resin dispersion containing the polyester; a process for producing the resin dispersion; a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet using the polyester; and a process for producing the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet. The thermal transfer image-receiving sheet is capable of satisfying all of a dyeability, a light resistance and a releasability at the same time. | 02-04-2010 |
20100139013 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEETS - The present invention relates to a resin for use in a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which is excellent in dyeability with dyes and releasability of the sheet, a resin dispersion using the resin, and a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet. The resin for a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet is obtained by addition polymerizing and condensation polymerizing (a) raw monomers of a polyester, (b) a raw monomer of an addition polymer-based resin containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of styrene and styrene derivatives and (c) at least one dually reactive monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and derivatives of these acids, wherein the raw monomers (a) of a polyester include an alcohol component containing 80 mol % or more of an alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane. | 06-10-2010 |
20120264862 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEETS - The present invention relates to a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet including a dye receiving layer formed of a resin composition for thermal transfer image-receiving sheets, wherein said resin composition includes a resin composition (A) containing a graft polymer (A0) which contains a main chain segment (A1) formed of a polyester resin obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis-hydroxyphenyl)propane in an amount of 50 mol % or more with a carboxylic acid component, and a side chain segment (A2) formed of an addition polymer-based resin, and has a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or higher; and a resin composition (B) containing a resin (BO) and having a glass transition temperature lower by from 10 to 80° C. than the glass transition temperature of the resin composition (A), and to a process for producing the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet. | 10-18-2012 |
20120269992 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEETS - The present invention relates to a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet including a dye receiving layer which contains a resin (A) including a graft polymer containing a main chain segment (A1) formed of a polyester resin having an acid value of from 5 to 40 mgKOH/g and a side chain segment (A2) formed of an addition polymer-based resin, wherein the segment (A1) is obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane in an amount of 60 mol % or more with a carboxylic acid component, and the segment (A2) contains a constitutional unit derived from an aromatic group-containing addition-polymerizable monomer in an amount of 85% by weight or more. | 10-25-2012 |
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20110287320 | Nickel Positive Electrode for Fiber Battery - Disclosed is a nickel positive electrode for a fiber battery having a long life duration, and also being enabling a high output and high capacity to be attained. For this purpose, the nickel positive electrode for a fiber battery is obtained by coating a carbon fiber with nickel, then causing a cathodic polarization in a nickel nitrate bath using the nickel-coated carbon fiber as a cathode, and then immersing the precipitate, which was deposited on the surface of the carbon fiber by the cathodic polarization, in an aqueous caustic alkali solution. | 11-24-2011 |
20120040246 | Fiber Electrode for Lithium Secondary Battery, Fabrication Method Therefor, and Lithium Secondary Battery Including Fiber Electrode - Provided is a method for mass manufacturing, at low cost, of a fiber positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which has excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics, and which is capable of charging/discharging with high current density, and a main active material of which is a lithium-doped transition metal oxide. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming a tubular coating of either a transition metal oxide or a transition metal hydroxide on a carbon fiber current collector; and (b) performing, in a lithium ion containing solution in a sealed system under presence of an oxidant or a reductant, heat treatment at 100 to 250° C. on the carbon fiber current collector, on which the tubular coating of either the transition metal oxide or the transition metal hydroxide is formed, to obtain a coating of a lithium-doped transition metal oxide on the carbon fiber current collector. Further provided are: a fiber negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which has high current density, high energy density, and excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics, and which can be fabricated in a relatively easy manner; and a method for fabricating the fiber negative electrode. The fiber negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes: (c) a carbon fiber current collector; (d) an outer layer which is a tubular composite layer of a Sn oxide and M | 02-16-2012 |
20120214040 | FIBER ELECTRODE AND FIBER BATTERY, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND FIBER ELECTRODE AND FIBER BATTERY FABRICATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method of efficiently fabricating a large number of fiber electrodes at the same time from a large number of fibers while taking advantage of inherent characteristics of fiber electrodes. | 08-23-2012 |
20120219844 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING FIBER ELECTRODE, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient electrical storage device that uses a fiber positive electrode and a fiber negative electrode and in which lithium ion is used as an intercalating species, and to provide a method of fabricating the electrical storage device. The electrical storage device according to the present invention includes: a fiber positive electrode including an electrically conductive fiber, the fiber having a surface on which a positive electrode active material coating is formed, the positive electrode active material coating containing a transition metal oxide represented by a chemical formula 1 which is (Li | 08-30-2012 |
20130273402 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR USE IN SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A secondary battery includes: a fiber negative electrode having a surface on which a negative electrode active material coating is formed, the coating containing a compound of A | 10-17-2013 |
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20120195611 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a detection mode execution unit, and a notice signal generating unit. The developing device supplies a toner bearing member with toner in a container by rotating a toner supply member in a contact manner with the toner bearing member. The detection mode execution unit executes a detection mode in which a predetermined period for changing a toner amount in the foam layer by rotating the toner supply member is provided, a capacitance C | 08-02-2012 |
20130028641 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes multiple image forming stations, and a controller for executing selectively a multi-color image mode or a monochromatic image forming mode, wherein in the monochromatic image forming mode, a first one of image forming stations which forms the image, and a second one which is upstream of the first image forming station exposes the image bearing members to a first image pattern and a second image pattern, respectively, and the controller determines the second image pattern in accordance with the first image pattern, and effects the exposure to the second image pattern. | 01-31-2013 |
20130039671 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developer container, a first calculator, and a second calculator, wherein the first calculator calculates an amount of the developer supplied to the image bearing member from the developer container, on the basis of an amount of the developer measured by a measuring device after an image forming operation, and an amount of the developer initially contained in the developer container, and wherein the controller outputs information signal relating to the developer amount accumulated in the collection container on the basis of the amount of the developer calculated by the first calculator and the amount of the developer calculated by the second calculator. | 02-14-2013 |
20130148992 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image at a plurality of image forming speeds, includes: an image bearing member; a developer carrying member; a developer feeding member, having a foam layer at its surface, for feeding the developer to the developer carrying member by being rotated at a speed corresponding to each of the image forming speeds in contact with the developer carrying member; and a controller for rotating, before development, the developer feeding member for a predetermined time corresponding to the image forming speed. The controller extends the predetermined time when an image forming mode is switched from a first mode in which image formation is effected at a first image forming speed to a second mode in which the image formation is effected at a second image forming speed slower than the first image forming speed. | 06-13-2013 |
20130164040 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes: a flexible container, provide with an opening, for accommodating the developer; a frame for accommodating the container; an urging member, rotatably provided inside the frame, for urging the container by rotation thereof to deform the container; and a developer carrying member for carrying the developer on its surface to feed the developer. A distance X from a rotation center of the urging member to the surface of the developer carrying member and a length T from the rotation center of the urging member to a free end thereof for urging the container satisfy a relationship of X06-27-2013 | |
20140016953 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum life estimation mechanism which estimates wear amounts of a charge transfer layer in both of a toner bearing area and an end portion of a toner non-bearing area of a developing roller and informs a user that the photosensitive drum has reached the end of its life if, out of total wear amounts of the areas corresponding to predetermined life threshold values of the toner bearing and non-bearing areas, either of the total wear amounts reaches the threshold value. | 01-16-2014 |