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| 20090160692 | A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An A/D conversion circuit includes an amplifier circuit that includes a plurality of amplifiers that are cascaded, a selector that selects one of output signals output from the plurality of amplifiers and outputs the selected output signal as a selector output signal, an A/D converter that A/D-converts the selector output signal output from the selector, a determination circuit that determines whether or not a voltage of the output signal output from each of the plurality of amplifiers is within a determination voltage range specified by a high-potential-side determination voltage and a low-potential-side determination voltage, and a control circuit that instructs the selector to select one of the output signals output from the plurality of amplifiers based on the determination result of the determination circuit. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160693 | A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An A/D conversion circuit includes a continuous-time filter that performs a filtering process on an input signal, an SCF that is provided in a subsequent stage of the continuous-time filter and performs a filtering process utilizing the continuous-time filter as a prefilter, a cut-off frequency of the SCF being variably set corresponding to a frequency band of the input signal, an A/D converter that is provided in a subsequent stage of the SCF and performs an A/D conversion operation utilizing the continuous-time filter and the SCF as prefilters, and a digital filter that is provided in a subsequent stage of the A/D converter and performs a digital filtering process utilizing the continuous-time filter and the SCF as prefilters, a cut-off frequency of the digital filter being variably set corresponding to the frequency band of the input signal. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090212860 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An integrated circuit device includes an amplifier circuit that includes first to Nth amplifiers that are cascaded and receives an input signal, an A/D converter that performs an A/D conversion process on a signal amplified by the amplifier circuit, first to Nth D/A converters that are provided corresponding to the first to Nth amplifiers and used to perform an offset adjustment of the first to Nth amplifiers, and a control circuit that sets an offset adjustment of the first to Nth amplifiers using the first to Nth D/A converters and a gain adjustment of the first to Nth amplifiers. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090212983 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An integrated circuit device includes an amplifier circuit that includes first to Nth amplifiers, an A/D converter, first to Nth offset adjustment registers that are provided corresponding to the first to Nth amplifiers and store first to Nth offset adjustment data, first to Nth D/A converters provided corresponding to the first to Nth amplifiers, first to Nth offset value storage sections that store first to Nth offset value data, and a control circuit that calculates the first to Nth offset adjustment data based on the first to Nth offset value data, and sets the first to Nth offset adjustment data in the first to Nth offset adjustment registers. | 08-27-2009 |
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| 20090003868 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a current detection circuit for detecting an input current from the commercial power supply to the apparatus, in which: when a current detected by the current detection circuit exceeds a predetermined value, a maximum current suppliable to a fixing portion is restricted; and when a temperature of the fixing portion falls below, in a situation where the maximum current suppliable to the fixing portion is restricted, the predetermined temperature lower than a control target temperature, a conveyance interval of a recording material conveyed to the fixing portion is extended. In the image forming apparatus, even when a consumption current of the image forming apparatus is increased during successive image formation, it is capable of controlling the consumption current so as not to exceed a maximum current of a commercial power supply, securing desired fixability, and minimizing decline of image forming performance. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090202266 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus, in the case where image forming is performed on a recording medium whose size covers a position of a second temperature detection element perpendicularly disposed to the recording medium conveyance direction, when the detected temperature rises to a predetermined temperature during execution of the first power supply control, a first power supply control is switched to a second power supply control. In the case where image forming is performed on a recording medium whose size does not cover a position of the second temperature detection element, when the detected temperature rises to a predetermined temperature during execution of the first power supply control, a conveyance control portion executes a control for extending the conveyance interval of the recording medium. Thus, an unduly large temperature rise in the non-sheet passing portion is prevented, and a good quality image can be provided without glossy unevenness in one sheet. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090257793 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion forming a toner image on a recording material, and a fixing portion heating and fixing the toner image formed on the recording material to the recording material, wherein the apparatus has a cleaning mode in which the fixing portion is cleaned, and when the cleaning mode is set, the image forming portion forms a predetermined toner image on the recording material, and the fixing portion then heats and fixes the predetermined toner image to the recording material to form a cleaning sheet which is heated and conveyed to clean the fixing portion. By the virtue of the present invention, it achieves high cleaning performance in which the fixing portion is cleaned by the cleaning sheet. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100316404 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion, a temperature detection element, and a power control portion, wherein the power control portion is capable of setting a first power supply control mode for supplying power according to the detected temperature for each one control cycle, a second power supply control mode for supplying power according to the detected temperature for each one control cycle and a third power supply control mode for supplying predetermined power, and switches, immediately before a leading edge of the recording material enters the fixing portion, a state of supplying the power in the first power supply control mode to a state of supplying the power in the second power supply control mode, and then switches the state of supplying the power in the second power supply control mode to a state of supplying the power in the third power supply control mode. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110150548 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including an upstream conveying portion, a downstream conveying portion, and a loop detector, wherein the image forming apparatus further includes a driving portion which moves the contact portion to a projecting position where the sheet conveying path is in contact with a conveyed sheet and to a retracted position where the sheet conveying path is not in contact with the conveyed sheet, and a controlling portion which controls the driving portion such that the contact portion is moved from the projecting position to the retracted position before a tip end of a sheet which enters the sheet conveying path from the upstream conveying portion reaches the contact portion. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110150549 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus having an upstream conveying portion, a downstream conveying portion, and a contact loop detection portion to detect a loop of the sheet formed between the upstream conveying portion and the downstream conveying portion, wherein the loop detection portion, includes a sensor that outputs the detection signal, a contact portion that protrudes into a sheet conveyance path between the upstream conveying portion and the downstream conveying portion as if to come into contact with the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveyance path and causes the sensor to output the detection signal by moving in contact with the sheet, and a contact force changing portion that changes a contact force with which the contact portion comes into contact with the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveyance path according to a type of the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveyance path. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110182632 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion forming a toner image on a recording material, and a fixing portion heating and fixing the toner image formed on the recording material to the recording material, wherein the apparatus has a cleaning mode in which the fixing portion is cleaned, and when the cleaning mode is set, the image forming portion forms a predetermined toner image on the recording material, and the fixing portion then heats and fixes the predetermined toner image to the recording material to form a cleaning sheet which is heated and conveyed to clean the fixing portion. By the virtue of the present invention, it achieves high cleaning performance in which the fixing portion is cleaned by the cleaning sheet. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110305475 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus, in the case where image forming is performed on a recording medium whose size covers a position of a second temperature detection element perpendicularly disposed to the recording medium conveyance direction, when the detected temperature rises to a predetermined temperature during execution of the first power supply control, a first power supply control is switched to a second power supply control. In the case where image forming is performed on a recording medium whose size does not cover a position of the second temperature detection element, when the detected temperature rises to a predetermined temperature during execution of the first power supply control, a conveyance control portion executes a control for extending the conveyance interval of the recording medium. Thus, an unduly large temperature rise in the non-sheet passing portion is prevented, and a good quality image can be provided without glossy unevenness in one sheet. | 12-15-2011 |
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| 20090243412 | MOTOR - A motor may include a bearing for supporting a rotation shaft, a bearing holder which is formed with a bearing holding hole on which the bearing is mounted, and a spring member which is mounted on an outer end face of the bearing holder for urging the bearing toward the rotation shaft. The spring member includes a plurality of hook parts which engages with an inner end face of the bearing holder through an outer peripheral side of the bearing holder, and a portion of the inner end face of the bearing holder is formed with a recessed engaging part with which the plurality of the hook parts is engaged. The recessed engaging part includes a cut-out part which reaches to an aperture edge of the bearing holding hole. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20110050009 | STEPPING MOTOR - A stepping motor may include a rotor having a drive magnet and a stator having a drive coil wound in a tube shape and disposed on the drive magnet. The stator may include a first yoke, a second yoke, a plurality of first pole teeth provided in the first yoke, and a plurality of second pole teeth provided in the second yoke. The plurality of the first pole teeth and the second pole teeth may be alternately disposed in a circumferential direction of the rotor. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110115332 | STEPPING MOTOR - A stepping motor may include a rotor having a drive magnet and a stator having a drive coil wound in a tube shape and disposed on the drive magnet. The stator may include a first yoke, a second yoke, a plurality of first pole teeth, and a plurality of second pole teeth. The plurality of the first and second pole teeth may be alternately disposed in a circumferential direction of the rotor. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110121679 | MOTOR - A motor may include a stator provided with a yoke having a plurality of pole teeth and an exciting coil and a rotor disposed in a circular space surrounded by the pole teeth. A portion where a difference between an inner side area of the pole tooth facing the rotor and an outer side area of the pole tooth facing the exciting coil is larger than a difference between the inner side area and the outer side area of the pole tooth where both circumferential direction faces of the pole tooth are formed in faces coincided with normal lines may be provided on a root part of the pole tooth. Further, circumferential direction faces of at least a root part of the pole tooth are formed so as to face the rotor in an inclined manner. | 05-26-2011 |
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| 20090012427 | Lancet and Lancet Device Including the Same - In order to provide a lancet which has a simple structure and which can secure safety, in particular, after use, and a lancet device including the same, a lancet ( | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090036916 | LANCET DEVICE - A lancet device includes a puncture needle that receives a biasing force applied by a coil spring and is projected toward the tip side, and is retracted by the biasing force applied by a return spring. In the lancet device a colliding part and the a collision receiving part are made to collide when the puncture needle is projected, and an abutting stopping member elastically deforms. The colliding part is a part of the lancet holder that holds a puncture needle. The collision receiving part is a part of the abutting stopping member. The contact part of the abutting stopping member moves in the direction of the colliding part and comes into contact with the colliding part by the elastic deformation of this abutting stopping member, and the force that retracts the lancet holder is weakened. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090093832 | LANCET DEVICE - A lancet device includes a shot prevention mechanism for preventing re-shooting using a used lancet, that inhibits movement to a shot-ready completion state where a puncture body is held at different positions within a casing before and after use. A holding position of the puncture body within the casing before use is different than a holding position after use. When the used lancet is fitted to a main body, a stopper plate does not operate, and a setting release button remains in a depressed state and does not pushed up. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100298856 | LANCET DEVICE - A lancet device is configured for performing a puncture by mounting a lancet including a puncture needle to the tip of a puncture body holder. The lancet device has a simple configuration that makes it possible to strengthen the retaining force for retaining the lancet when the lancet is used. In the lancet device, an insertion portion of a puncture body that is inserted into a mounting portion of the puncture body holder is retained by means of the frictional force. A fastening member provided in a main body side makes contact with the outer peripheral portion of the mounting portion of the puncture body holder and inwardly fastens the mounting portion when the fastening member is moved in the puncture direction relative to the puncture body holder. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100312266 | PUNCTURE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a puncture device | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110021884 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND COVER STRUCTURE - A medical device includes a casing, a cover member that covers a portion on one-direction side of the same, and a sheet member interposed therebetween. The cover member includes on its periphery a hook part having a hook-like portion and a protrusion. The casing includes a latch part configured to engage with the hook part and a fitted portion for the protrusion to fit in. The sheet member includes an alignment part for aligning itself with the cover member. The cover member preferably has optical transparency. The casing preferably includes a recess shaped to fit with an outer shape of the cover member at a portion to be covered by the cover member. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110306957 | LASER DRILLING DEVICE AND PROTECTIVE MEMBER AND CARTIDGE FOR LASER DRILLING DEVICE - The present invention is directed to a laser perforation apparatus including a laser light oscillator for emitting laser light that radiates skin, and a protection member | 12-15-2011 |
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| 20110119852 | CLEANING TOOL - The disclosure provides an effective technique for enhancing a cleaning effect in a cleaning tool having a cleaning element for cleaning an object to be cleaned. According to a representative cleaning tool, a cleaning element includes a plurality of elongate split cleaning parts having respective insert regions for receiving the holding elements. In an inserted state of the holding elements into the insert regions, the fiber assemblies of the adjacent ones of the split cleaning parts overlap each other in the space in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110203068 | CLEANING TOOL AND CLEANING ELEMENT HOLDER - It is an object of the invention to provide an elongate cleaning element holder which contributes to a smoother cleaning operation, for a cleaning tool in which a cleaning element for cleaning an object to be cleaned is attached to the cleaning element holder. The representative cleaning element holder | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110219559 | CLEANING TOOL AND CLEANING ELEMENT - It is an object of the invention to provide an effective technique for realizing smoother cleaning operation in a cleaning tool having a cleaning element for cleaning an object to be cleaned. According to a representative cleaning tool, a cleaning element | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120073075 | CLEANING IMPLEMENT AND CLEANING BODY - A cleaning tool has a cleaning element which includes a pair of right and left elongate split cleaning parts, each having an insert hole for receiving a holding element. A space is provided between the split cleaning parts for receiving an object to be cleaned. A third bonded part defines an outer side of the insert hole. The third bonded part includes a bonding line which extends straight in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element in a front end region of the cleaning element, a bonding line which is formed rearward of the bonding line in the cleaning element and extends straight in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element, and a bonding line which is formed rearward of the bonding line in the cleaning element and extends straight in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120117744 | CLEANER HOLDER AND CLEANING TOOL - A cleaning element holder of a cleaning tool includes a handle to be held by user's hand, and a pair of holding parts which extend from the handle in a longitudinal direction of the cleaning element holder. Each of the holding parts has deflection displacement characteristics around a connection between the handle and the holding part, at least in a first direction transverse to an extending direction of the holding parts and a second direction transverse to the first direction. When a load of 2.5 N is applied in the first direction to an end, the holding part deflects 15 to 80 degrees in the first direction, and when a load of 2.5 N is applied in the second direction to the end, the holding part deflects 25 to 55 degrees in the second direction. | 05-17-2012 |
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| 20080276440 | Plate-shaped peeling member and method and apparatus of manufacturing same - A method for manufacturing a plate-shaped peeling member having a thin metal plate and a resin sheet adhered thereto by winding the resin sheet around a leading edge of the thin metal plate. The plate-shaped peeling member peels paper from a roller or a belt of an electrophotographic apparatus, with a leading edge of the thin metal plate in contact with or being adjacent to the roller or the belt. The method includes the steps of stacking an adhesive agent-applied resin sheet to one main surface of a thin metal plate without pulling both end portions of the adhesive agent-applied resin sheet in a longitudinal direction thereof, with an unstuck portion left on the adhesive agent-applied resin sheet in a widthwise direction thereof and with the adhesive agent-applied resin sheet being pressurized in a longitudinal direction thereof; temporarily sticking the unstuck portion left on the adhesive agent-applied resin sheet in the widthwise direction thereof to other main surface thereof by folding back the unstuck portion along a leading edge of the thin metal plate toward the other main surface thereof without pulling the both end portions of the adhesive agent-applied resin sheet in the longitudinal direction thereof; and fixing the temporarily unstuck portion of the adhesive agent-applied resin sheet to the other main surface of the thin metal plate, while the unstuck portion is being pressurized in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive agent-applied resin sheet from approximately a center of the adhesive agent-applied resin sheet in the longitudinal direction thereof. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090295210 | Seat Reclining Device - The object is to provide a reclining device for a seat such as an automotive seat including a differential transmission mechanism (Taumel mechanism) which makes it possible to eliminate precision machining of the inner surface of an external gear into which a slide bearing is pressed, in which the freedom of design of the reclining device is not restricted by the standards of a bearing bush, and which can be manufactured at a low cost. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100176640 | BEARING BUSH FOR SEAT RECLINING DEVICE AND SEAT RECLINING DEVICE - A bearing bush, disposed in a shaft hole of an external gear of a seat reclining device, which slidingly contacts wedge-shaped pieces. The seat reclining device has a differential transmission mechanism for adjusting an open angle of a hinge connecting a seating surface of a seat and a backrest thereof to each other. The differential transmission mechanism has an internal gear; an external gear, having a smaller number of teeth than the internal gear, which engages the internal gear; a pair of the wedge-shaped pieces disposed in a circular arc-shaped gap formed between the shaft hole of the external gear and a shaft of the internal gear with tapered ends of the wedge-shaped pieces opposed to each other; and a compression coil spring for imparting an elastic force to the wedge-shaped pieces in a direction in which the wedge-shaped pieces depart from each other. When the wedge-shaped pieces are moved in sliding contact with the bearing bush inside the circular arc-shaped gap with the wedge-shaped pieces being pressed by a cam provided on the shaft of the internal gear, the external gear disengages from the internal gear, whereby the open angle of the hinge is adjustable. A sliding surface of the bearing bush is formed of a fluorocarbon resin composition containing fluorocarbon resin to which thermoplastic resin, carbon fibers, and molybdenum disulfide are essentially added. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110170810 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYETHYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYETHYLENE RESIN MOLDING SLIDING BEARING, AND SLIDING SHEET - The present invention provides an electrically conductive polyethylene resin composition having a stable volume resistance value and in addition, a low-friction property and a wear-resistant property and a resin molding, a sliding bearing, and a sliding sheet made of the electrically conductive polyethylene resin composition. The electrically conductive polyethylene resin composition contains 100 parts by weight of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene resin which cannot be injection-molded and has a weight average molecular weight of one million to four millions, 2 to 15 parts by weight of Ketjenblack, and 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of at least one powder, having an average particle size of 1 to 30 μm, which is selected from among polytetrafluoroethylene resin powder, graphite powder, and silicone resin powder. | 07-14-2011 |
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| 20110189945 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, RELAY DEVICE, AND WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE - There is provided a wireless communication system which causes a wireless terminal to select a relay device among plural relay devices connected together via a communication line when the wireless terminal attempts to communicate with another wireless terminal. The relay device has an information acquiring unit, a calling determining unit, and an information adding unit. The wireless terminal has an information analyzing unit which analyzes whether or not the own device is included in a communication counterparty of calling information when the calling information is included in communication information, a priority comparing unit which determines whether or not a priority level of the calling information is higher than that of a current communication when the own device is included, and a channel changing unit which changes a channel to that of another relay device of the calling information when the priority level of the calling information is higher. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110189946 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, AND RELAY SYSTEM - Wireless terminal devices (TA) to (TH) each detects whether channel information received from each of repeaters ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110194486 | RELAY DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A frequency band of 12.5 kHz that two repeaters ( | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110199958 | RELAY SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE AND SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD - When no synchronization signal is transmitted over a system bus ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199959 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF, REPEATER DEVICES AND WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICES - Plural repeaters ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199960 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY SYSTEM, REPEATER DEVICES AND SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD - A wireless communication system comprises a relay system including a plurality of relay devices and a plurality of wireless terminal devices. Each relay device transmits control information to the wireless terminal device which is registered in the own relay device, and each wireless terminal device selects, based on the control information received from the relay device which registers the own wireless terminal device, a channel which is currently able to relay a communication among channels respectively allocated to the relay devices to establish a communication between the wireless terminal devices. Each relay device acquires information configuring the control information via a communication line and causes a downlink signal wirelessly transmitted by the own relay device to synchronize with a communication signal, and each wireless terminal device maintains, when shifting a channel for communication to another channel, a synchronized state established in a channel prior to shifting. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110306290 | WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - A wireless terminal device (TA) receives a downlink signal that is repeatedly transmitted from a pre registered home repeater when requesting communication, specifies an idle channel based on idle channel information that is included in the downlink signal, and using the frequency of the uplink signal of the idle channel requests communication permission from the relay device that provides the idle channel. When communication permission cannot be received from the relay device from which communication permission was previously requested, the wireless terminal device (TA) uses the same frequency as the frequency of the downlink signal from the home repeater to transmit a signal to the wireless terminal device (TB) of an intended other party requesting communication. | 12-15-2011 |
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| 20100111582 | POWDER MATERIAL RECOVERY CONTAINER, AND POWDER MATERIAL RECOVERY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING POWDER MATERIAL RECOVERY CONTAINER - A powder material recovery container includes: a container main body that accommodates a powder material; a conveying member that is arranged with a part existing at least in an intermediate position of a dropping movement of the powder material and rotates to convey it, the conveying member having a conveying part that conveys the powder material around a central line of rotation; and a moving passage surface arranged in a lower part of the part existing at least in the intermediate position, and opposed to one part of the conveying member and move it by a conveying force, wherein the moving passage surface has upper end parts of side surfaces opposed to each other with respect to the central line that are formed with relatively different heights, and the relatively lower upper end part is formed with height not higher than a height of the central line. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110085835 | POWDER COLLECTING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder collecting container includes: a first chamber that is configured to store collected powder; a conveying unit that has a rotary shaft, and a powder conveying blade formed to be wound around the rotary shaft, the conveying unit being arranged along an upper-limit zone for accommodating powder in the first chamber and configured to convey powder which is contained in the first chamber and located at a position exceeding the upper-limit zone. A hollow member has an opening portion formed in a peripheral wall so that a powder conveying end of the conveying unit is located in the opening portion, and that the conveying unit passes through the hollow member. A second chamber has an inlet provided to face the opening portion so that powder conveyed by the conveying unit enters the second chamber from the inlet. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110103856 | POWDER RECOVERY CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder recovery container includes a reservoir chamber that stores a recovered powder; a recovery port that faces the reservoir chamber, a powder conveying unit that conveys and recovers the powder through the recovery port being removably inserted into the recovery port; a pair of door panels having rotating shafts arranged at two positions with the recovery port arranged therebetween, the door panels being rotated toward the reservoir chamber around the rotating shafts to open and close the recovery port; sealing members attached to the door panels, the sealing members overlapping one another between distal ends of the door panels to seal a gap between the distal ends of the door panels when the door panels are located at positions, at which the recovery port is closed; and urging members that urge the door panels in a direction, in which the recovery port is closed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110116831 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an operating portion that moves between a first operating position in which each of positioning members is moved to each of positioning positions and a second operating position in which each of the positioning members is moved to each of releasing positions through each of transmitting members and each of transmitted members when a first transmitting member and a first transmitted member are coupled to each other, and that carries out the movement to a first operating position to move a second positioning member to a second positioning position through a second transmitting member and a second transmitted member and carries out the movement to a second operating position to move the second positioning member to a second releasing position when the first transmitting member and the first transmitted member are decoupled from each other. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110318054 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including plural image forming units each having an image-carrier includes: a cylindrical image-carrier body holding an image; a rotary shaft inserted in the image-carrier body, and rotatably supporting the image-carrier body; a coupling member fitted to an end portion of the rotary shaft, transmitting a rotational-drive-force to the rotary shaft; an engaging member projecting from a circumferential surface of the rotary shaft, being engaged to an engaged portion formed in the image-carrier body to disable relative rotation of the image-carrier body to the rotary shaft; and an attaching member continuously inserted into a first through hole formed in the coupling member and a second through hole formed in the rotary shaft and fixed thereto such that an angle formed between the engaging member and the attaching member is substantially 90 degrees as seen in an rotary shaft axial-direction, attaching the coupling member and the rotary shaft. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120082495 | CLEANING UNIT, IMAGE CARRIER UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning unit includes: a cleaning member that cleans the surface of the image carrier; a cleaning container that stores developer removed by the cleaning member; a cleaning support that is formed by bending a plate and includes a cleaning-supporting portion supporting the other end portion of the cleaning member and a supported portion angled with respect to the cleaning-supporting portion by bending; a supporting-portion-of-support that includes a facing portion facing the supported portion, is provided at the cleaning container, and supports the cleaning support; a damping member that is disposed between the supported portion and the facing portion, is formed so as to be elastically deformable, and regulates vibration of the cleaning member; and a securing member that secures the cleaning support to the supporting-portion-of-support at a position adjacent to the damping member. | 04-05-2012 |
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| 20110103824 | RECLAIMED MATERIAL CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A reclaimed material container includes a container body that is removably mounted to a mounting portion of an image forming apparatus, and that accommodates a reclaimed material existing after forming an image, a receiving portion that is provided at a bottom portion of the container body, and that is supported by a support of the mounting portion from therebelow, and a mounting member that mounts the container body to the mounting portion as a result of rotation of the container body with the receiving portion as a fulcrum while the receiving portion is supported by the support from therebelow. In the container, the container body has a first recess that provides a field of view for the support when the receiving portion is supported by the support from therebelow. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110116830 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: a housing including a first frame member and a second frame member opposed to the first frame member; plural image-forming units each including an image-holding member on which an image is formed, the image-holding member having a rotation shaft; a supporting unit provided to the first frame member, the supporting unit having plural insertion holes each receiving and supporting an end portion of a rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the plural image-holding members inserted in an insertion direction from the second frame member to the first frame member; and plural flat elastic bodies provided to the respective insertion holes, each flat elastic body having a plate member that is bent to form: an attachment part that is attached to a surface of the supporting unit facing in a direction opposite to the insertion direction; a leg part extending from the attachment part in the direction opposite to the insertion direction; and an elastic part extending from the leg part in the insertion direction through the insertion hole to press the end portion of the rotation shaft against an edge of the insertion hole at a position spaced apart from the insertion hole in the insertion direction. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110123217 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: plural image-holding members, each image-holding member holding an image and being rotatable around a rotation shaft; a frame member that at least partially defines a space for accommodating the plural image-holding members therein; a cover provided to the frame member to open and close the space with respect to an outside, an inner side of the cover being formed with rotation shaft insertion holes each for receiving an end portion of the rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the image-holding members accommodated in the space; a supporting shaft that supports the cover such that the cover is pivotable with respect to the frame member; and a positioning mechanism that positions the cover with respect to the frame member when the cover closes the space, the positioning mechanism including at least two projections that project from one of the frame member and the cover and that are spaced apart from each other in a direction of an axis of the supporting shaft such that lengths of perpendicular line segments from the at least two projections to the axis of the supporting shaft are different from each other, and projection insertion holes provided to the other one of the frame member and the cover to receive corresponding projections when the cover closes the space. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110123222 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: a exposing unit that irradiates exposing light to an image carrier; a partition member that includes: a light-passing part that allows exposing light irradiated by the exposing unit to pass through the partition member, and that extends in a direction in which the developing unit is attached to or detached from the image-forming apparatus; and a protrusion part that extends along the light-passing part, wherein the light-passing part, the protrusion part, and a part of the partition member located below a supply opening of the developing unit attached to the image-forming apparatus are arranged in an order of the light-passing part, the protrusion part, and the part of the partition member located below the supply opening. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110123246 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: a plural image-holding members, each image-holding member holding an image and being rotatable around a rotation shaft; a frame member that at least partially defines a space for accommodating the plural image-holding members therein; a cover provided to the frame member to open and close the space with respect to an outside, an inner side of the cover being formed with rotation shaft insertion holes each for receiving an end portion of the rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the image-holding members accommodated in the space; a supporting shaft that supports the cover such that the cover is pivotable with respect to the frame member, the supporting shaft being inserted into a supporting shaft insertion hole provided to the frame member or to the cover, the supporting shaft insertion hole being elongated in a direction having a vertical component when the cover closes the space; and a positioning mechanism that positions the cover with respect to the frame member when the cover closes the space, the positioning mechanism including at least two projections that project from one of the frame member and the cover, and that are spaced apart from each other in a direction of an axis of the supporting shaft, and projection insertion holes provided to the other one of the frame member and the cover to receive corresponding projections when the cover closes the space. | 05-26-2011 |
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| 20090318155 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONTROLLING METHOD - A wireless base station includes a candidate-cell obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of wireless communication route candidates usable for wireless communication of a mobile station with wireless base stations; a candidate-cell extracting unit that determines whether a wireless communication route candidate via which wireless communication can be performed is included in a plurality of wireless communication route candidates managed by the wireless base station itself from among the obtained wireless communication route candidates; a self-station determining unit; and a handover preparing unit that, when wireless communication can be performed via at least any of the wireless communication route candidates managed by the wireless base station itself according to the result of determination, notifies a wireless base station with which the mobile station is in wireless communication that wireless communication can be performed with the mobile station. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100067484 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND INTER-STATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station apparatus includes a determining unit that determines whether a direct link has been established between the base station apparatus and another base station apparatus, when a mobile device makes a request to switch a communication recipient from the base station apparatus to the other base station apparatus; a link information acquiring unit that acquires, indirectly from the other base station apparatus, link information necessary for establishing the direct link to the other base station apparatus, when the determining unit determines that no direct link to the other base station apparatus has been established; and a link requesting unit that requests the other base station apparatus to establish the direct link to the base station apparatus, based on the link information of the other base station apparatus acquired by the link information acquiring unit. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100248726 | Communication Method, Communication System And Base Station - A communication method in a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a mobile terminal, a communication server that distributes data to the mobile terminal, and plural base stations that are capable of relaying the data, and one of the base stations among the plural base stations is responsible for relaying the data. The communication method includes transmitting, to the communication server, restriction instruction information to restrict a data transmission rate, by a first base station that is responsible for relaying the data among the plural base stations, and hand-overing, by the first base station, causing a second base station different from the first base station to take over the responsibility of relaying. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110014937 | Communication Control Device And Communication Control Method - A communication control system includes a wireless base station A and a wireless base station B that control wireless communication of a mobile communication terminal and an EPC that performs path control and data transmission/reception control between the wireless base station A and the wireless base station B by wire communication. Then, when the wireless base station B receives a handover request requesting for switching the wireless path from the mobile communication terminal, the wireless base station B switches the wireless path to a wireless path through the wireless base station B, and after a predetermined time elapses from when the wireless path is switched, the wireless base station B transmits a request for switching a wire path through the wireless base station A that performs data transmission/reception control for the mobile communication terminal to a wire path through the wireless base station B to the EPC. | 01-20-2011 |
