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Akihiko Kawatani, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120014723SEMICONDUCTIVE ROLLER, TONER TRANSPORT ROLLER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The semiconductive roller according to the present invention includes a roller body having an outer peripheral surface made of a crosslinked substance of a semiconductive rubber composition and exhibiting Shore A hardness of not more than 60, the semiconductive rubber composition contains a base polymer made of a mixture of (1) mixed rubber N of liquid nitrile rubber and solid nitrile rubber, (2) chloroprene rubber C, and (3) epichlorohydrin rubber E in a mass ratio (C+E)/N of 10/90 to 80/20, the ratios of the chloroprene rubber and the epichlorohydrin rubber in the total quantity of the base polymer are not less than 5 mass % and not less than 5 mass % respectively, and roller resistance at an applied voltage of 5 V is not less than 1001-19-2012

Shinji Kawatani, Saitama JP

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20120126589VEHICLE SEAT STRUCTURE - A vehicle seat structure allowing a reduction in the weight of a seat while ensuring cushioning performance. The seat includes a base plate member with an outer frame forming an outer periphery of the seat, and concave portions with seating positions and a seat back position on an inner peripheral side of the outer frame made concave in a direction of a seating load. In addition, the seat includes a fabric member that is provided in a tensioned state in such a manner so as to close open sides of the concave portions for supporting an occupant's weight. A first cushion member is provided in positions on the fabric member, at least corresponding to the outer frame.05-24-2012

Takahiko Kawatani, Kanagawa JP

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20090216759METHOD AND VECTOR ANALYSIS FOR A DOCUMENT - The invention provides a document representation method and a document analysis method including extraction of important sentences from a given document and/or determination of similarity between two documents.08-27-2009

Tetsuya Kawatani, Kanagawa JP

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20110008067IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer belt having a surface onto which a toner image is transferred directly or through a transfer medium; plural image forming units that are aligned along a moving direction of the surface of the transfer belt and form the toner image; a support member that supports the transfer belt; a flow path forming member that forms a flow path along the moving direction of the surface of the transfer belt, has plural suction ports through which floating fine toner particles occurring in the plural image forming units are sucked into the flow path, and is disposed at the transfer belt side with respect to the support member; and an exhausting unit that sucks the floating fine toner particles through the suction ports into the flow path, and exhausts the sucked floating fine toner particles from the flow path.01-13-2011

Tetsuya Kawatani, Ebina JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100158557COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cooling device that cools the inside of an image forming apparatus provided with a developer carrier that carries an image developed with a developer while being rotated. The cooling device includes: a counting unit that counts an accumulative number of rotation of the developer carrier; and a fan that cools the inside of the image forming apparatus. The cooling device further includes: a calculating unit that calculates the abrasion amount of the developer carrier in which the accumulative number of rotation counted by the counting unit is used as at least one variable; and a controlling unit that actuates the fan with cooling efficiency according to the abrasion amount calculated by the calculating unit.06-24-2010

Toru Kawatani, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090025370EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An auxiliary agent supply means (01-29-2009