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20130266245 | SLIDING MECHANISM AND FRICTION REDUCTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a sliding mechanism having a lubricating film formed on the sliding surface thereof, and capable of exhibiting friction-reducing performance; and a friction reduction method for the same. To that end, the present invention entails coating the sliding surface with chromium nitride, adding a molybdenum dithiocarbamate with molybdenum in the amount of 600-1000 ppm to diesel engine oil, setting the arithmetic mean roughness of the sliding member to 2-60 nm, and upon converting the Sommerfeld number viscosity to Pa·s, the speed to s | 10-10-2013 |
20130266246 | SLIDING MECHANISM AND FRICTION REDUCTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a sliding member having a lubricating film formed on the sliding surface thereof, and capable of exhibiting friction-reducing performance; and a friction reduction method for the same. To that end, the present invention entails coating the sliding surface with a titanium nitride-based material (for example, titanium carbon nitride, titanium nitride, or titanium aluminum nitride), adding a molybdenum dithiocarbamate with molybdenum in the amount of 600-1000 ppm to diesel engine oil, setting the arithmetic mean roughness of the sliding member to 2-10 nm, and upon converting the Sommerfeld number viscosity to Pa·s, the speed to s | 10-10-2013 |
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20090207441 | Job Processing Apparatus and Method for Controlling the Job Processing Apparatus - A job processing apparatus includes a first job-receiving section that receives a panel operation job produced by operating a control panel in a mode, and a second job-receiving section that receives non-panel operation jobs other than the panel operation job. A control panel mode-identifying section is also provided to identify which mode the control panel is in when the second job-receiving section receives any one of the non-panel operation jobs. A non-panel operation job-identifying section identifies which non-panel operation job has been received by the second job-receiving section. An execution timing control section controls when the non-panel operation job received by the non-panel operation job-receiving section is executed, according to the identified non-panel operation job and the identified mode of the control panel. | 08-20-2009 |
20090271610 | Multi-Function Apparatus and Method of Restricting Use of Multi-Function Apparatus - A multi-function apparatus which has plural functions includes: an authentication information acquiring unit which acquires authentication information on a user desiring to use the functions by use of an authentication information inputting unit; a use restriction unit which determines whether the user desiring to use the functions has use authority on the basis of the acquired authentication information, and permits the user to use the functions on condition of determining that the user has the use authority; an operation determination unit which determines whether at least one of the authentication information inputting unit, the authentication information acquiring unit, and the use restriction unit normally operates; and a setting change unit which changes setting of the use restriction unit on the basis of an input from the user by executing transfer to a setting change mode on condition that an operation of the transfer to the setting change mode is executed by the user, when the unit determined not to normally operate is present. | 10-29-2009 |
20090276846 | Multi-Function Apparatus and Method of Restricting Use of Multi-Function Apparatus - A multi-function apparatus which has plural functions and is used by direct use through an operation panel and remote use through a communication network, the multi-function apparatus includes: a use setting unit which sets use or non-use of at least some functions of the multi-function apparatus in accordance with a user attribute indicating a direct-use user or a remote-use user; and a use restriction unit which permits a user desiring to use the at least some functions to use the at least some functions on condition that the user attribute of the user is set to be usable by the use setting unit. | 11-05-2009 |
20090276847 | Multi-Function Apparatus and Method of Restricting Use of Multi-Function Apparatus - A multi-function apparatus which has plural functions includes: an authentication information acquiring unit which acquires authentication information on a user desiring to use the functions by use of an authentication information inputting unit; a use restriction unit which determines whether the user desiring to use the functions has use authority on the basis of the acquired authentication information, and permits using the functions on condition of determining that the user has the use authority; a mode control unit which acquires operation information formed by the user and transfers a mode of the multi-function apparatus to a basic operation setting mode, when the operation information is accompanied with basic operation setting of the multi-function apparatus; and a log-out control unit which maintains the functions so as to be used by prohibiting a log-out process, when the multi-function apparatus is in the basic operation setting mode at the time of detecting the log-out operation of the user. | 11-05-2009 |
20110167431 | CONTROL OF APPARATUS INCORPORATING COMPUTER - The burden of designing software for controlling an apparatus incorporating a computer is reduced. An apparatus that incorporates a computer having software including a plurality of components and that is controlled by the computer includes an obtainment unit that obtains information to be delivered from a component to another component, a registration unit that registers information identification information for identifying information that each component wishes to receive in a delivery table in advance, and a delivery unit that identifies a component to which the information obtained by the obtainment unit is to be delivered on the basis of the delivery table and delivers the information to the identified component. | 07-07-2011 |
20110252074 | RESOURCE DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND RESOURCE DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A resource data management apparatus includes: at least one resource data package that is associated with a package ID and that stores a resource data set, the resource data set serving as a unit of management; a config data table that stores location information of each resource data package; and a resource data table creation unit that creates a resource data table storing the package ID and the location information of the resource data package, by referring to the resource data package and the config data table. | 10-13-2011 |
20110279853 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD - A job processing apparatus includes a reception unit which receives a job, a job management unit which holds the received job and manages a processing order of a plurality of jobs held, a job processing unit which sequentially processes the plurality of jobs in accordance with the processing order, and an acceptance unit which accepts a change request of the processing order for changing to an order in which a first job which is being received is processed to before a predetermined second job among the held jobs. In the job processing apparatus, when the acceptance unit has accepted the change request, the job management unit changes the processing order, and when a turn of the processing by the job processing unit comes to the second job before the processing order is changed in accordance with the change request, the job management unit stops the processing by the job processing unit and changes the processing order. | 11-17-2011 |
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20140154607 | FUEL CELL - Provided is a fuel cell including: a membrane electrode assembly; a pair of gas diffusion layers holding the membrane electrode assembly therebetween; and a pair of separators holding the membrane electrode assembly and the pair of gas diffusion layer therebetween. The separators have ribs on surfaces facing the gas diffusion layers, the ribs forming channels which are gas flow paths. A thickness t (μm) of each of the gas diffusion layers and an area occupation ratio S | 06-05-2014 |
20150030955 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, a frame arranged on an outer periphery portion of the membrane electrode assembly, and a separator defining a gas flow channel between the separator and the membrane electrode assembly and between the separator and the frame. A diffuser portion which is a part of the gas flow channel, is formed between the separator and the frame. An electrode layer includes a metal porous body which is an electrode surface layer and has gas permeability. The metal porous body has at an end portion thereof, an extension part covering a region corresponding to the diffuser portion of the frame. | 01-29-2015 |
20150072264 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes: a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, catalyst layers stacked on both sides of the electrolyte membrane, and two or more porous bodies having different moduli of elasticity and provided on a surface of one of the catalyst layers; a separator defining a gas flow passage between the separator and the membrane electrode assembly; and a frame body surrounding an outer periphery of the electrolyte membrane. A porous body adjacent to the separator out of the two or more porous bodies includes an outer edge portion including an outer extending portion extending to overlap with the frame body. An elastic body is provided between the outer extending portion and the frame body. | 03-12-2015 |
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20080204495 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The invention provides a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes: a main scan section that scans the liquid ejecting head in a main scan direction; a sub scan section that scans the ejection target medium in a sub scan direction, the sub scan section including a pair of transport rollers and a pair of ejection rollers; and a controlling section that acquires, an expected timing of a switchover between a state in which the ejection target medium is nipped by both of the pair of transport rollers and the pair of ejection rollers and a state in which the ejection target medium is nipped by only one of the pair of transport rollers and the pair of ejection rollers, and that changes an ejecting condition, during a plurality of main scan operations in a transition interval that is set around the expected timing. | 08-28-2008 |
20090134571 | RECORDING MEDIUM TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording medium transporting device includes a transporting unit that transports a recording medium; a guide member that supports and guides the recording medium in a downstream direction, the guide member being disposed downstream of the transporting unit; and a restraining unit that includes a restraining member having a restraining section, the restraining section being movable relative to the guide member. The restraining section imposes a restraint on the recording medium to prevent the recording medium from rising above the guide member at a position downstream of the transporting unit. A restriction state of the restraining member is switchable between at least two states, and the restriction state is switched so that a degree of the restraint is reduced or the restraint is removed before a trailing edge of the recording medium passes the restraining section. | 05-28-2009 |
20100025912 | METHOD OF DETECTING SHEET IN TRANSPORT DEVICE, TRANSPORT DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transport device includes a set section, a sheet sensor, and a feeding member. When a detection member does not retract, the sheet sensor outputs an OFF-detection signal. The feeding member is displaced between a feed position and a non-feed position on the basis of the detection signal. At the feed position, the feeding member comes in contact with the sheet set in the set section from above and feeds the sheet toward the downstream side on a transport path. At the non-feed position, the feeding member is separated upward from the feed position. A method, which detects a sheet in the transport device, includes displacing the feeding member from the non-feed position to the feed position, and detecting that the sheet does not exist in the set section when an OFF-detection signal is output from the sheet sensor while the feeding member is positioned at the feed position. | 02-04-2010 |
20100025927 | TRANSPORT DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transport device, which transports a sheet set in a set section toward the downstream side on a transport path, includes a restricting member. The restricting member is provided at a set position of the sheet in the set section, and is displaced to restrict the sheet moving toward the downstream side on the transport path. The restricting member includes a restricting section that comes in contact with a front end of the sheet from the downstream side on the transport path, and is rotatable about a shaft extending along the transport path so as to be displaced between a first position where the restricting section protrudes on the transport path and a second position where the restricting section retracts from the transport path. | 02-04-2010 |
20120292846 | MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE, SCANNER AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A medium feeding device includes a medium feeding unit that feeds a medium placed in a set position, and a friction separation member that is disposed downstream of the medium feeding unit and is configured to come into contact with the underside of the medium, the friction separation member being deformable, and feed path restriction members that are arranged such that the friction separation member is located between the feed path restriction members, the contact portion of the feed path restriction member which comes into contact with the topside of the medium being located at a position lower than the upper surface of the friction separation member. | 11-22-2012 |
20130221597 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a lower tray configured to store a recording medium, an upper tray which is provided above the lower tray and configured to store a recording medium, and a feeding roller capable of contacting each of the recording medium stored in the lower tray and the recording medium stored in the upper tray from above. The lower tray and the upper tray are attached to and detached from an apparatus body including a recording unit and the feeding roller, independently from each other. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221600 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a lower tray which is detachably mounted to an apparatus body, an upper tray provided above the lower tray, which is detachably mounted to the apparatus body, and a feeding roller capable of contacting each of a recording medium stored in the lower tray and the recording medium stored in the upper tray from above. The feeding roller is supported at an intermediate position, which is lower than a position of the feeding roller reached when the feeding roller contacts a bottom surface of the upper tray and higher than a position of the feeding roller reached when the feeding roller contacts a recording medium set as a top sheet in a state in which a maximum number of recording media are stored in the lower tray, in an unmounted state of the upper tray and the lower tray. | 08-29-2013 |
20140054838 | RECORDING MEDIUM CASSETTE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording medium cassette includes a lower sheet placement unit on which a first recording medium is placed, an upper sheet placement unit on which a second recording medium is placed and configured to slide with respect to the lower sheet placement unit, and a recorded medium receiver on which the first recording medium and the second recording medium that have undergone a recording operation of a recording unit are placed. The recorded medium receiver is pivotably disposed at an end portion of the lower sheet placement unit in a feed direction. The upper sheet placement unit is pivotably disposed at the other end portion of the lower sheet placement unit in the feed direction. | 02-27-2014 |
20140103597 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording medium cassette removably attached to a casing and including a first sheet placement base on which a first recording medium is to be placed, a feed roller that delivers the first recording medium placed on the first sheet placement base in a feed direction, a recording unit that performs a recording operation on the first recording medium delivered by the feed roller, and a recorded medium receiver removably attached to the recording medium cassette at a position above the first sheet placement base in a vertical direction, and configured to receive the first recording medium discharged from the recording unit. | 04-17-2014 |
20150084274 | MEDIUM MOUNTING MECHANISM AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A sheet cassette includes a cassette main body which forms a sheet accommodating region; an edge guide which is slidable to a position corresponding to a size of a medium; a guide groove which extends along a sliding direction of the edge guide and guides the edge guide in the sliding direction, and into which a portion of the edge guide is inserted; and a widening allowance groove which is provided with a predetermined distance from the guide groove, and allows widening of the guide groove when a portion of the edge guide is inserted into the guide groove. | 03-26-2015 |