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| 20090317138 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotary for changing an attitude of a developing device to a first attitude in which developer in a developer accommodating chamber is feedable to a developer feeding member and to a second attitude in which the developer having been located above a nip between the developer feeding member and a developing roller drops from the nip. In the image attitude of the developing device, an electrostatic latent image is developed. In the second attitude of the developing device, detection of a remaining amount of the developer is carried out. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100054778 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a rotary-type image forming apparatus, rotation of a rotary is temporarily stopped at a position where a coupling member and a drive transmission member are engageable with each other, and a developing roller is set in a rotating state. Subsequently, the rotary is rotated so as to bring the developing roller into contact with a surface of a photosensitive drum. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100054803 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member; a plurality of rotatable developer carrying members contactable to a surface of the image bearing member to supply developers to electrostatic latent images formed on the surface, respectively; a plurality of developing devices in each of which the developer carrying member is provided; a developing device supporting member rotatable codirectionally with a rotational direction of the image bearing member and integrally supporting the plurality of such developing devices, wherein the developer carrying members is capable of contacting to and spacing from the surface of the image bearing member sequentially by rotation of the developing device supporting member; a peripheral speed of the developing device supporting member divided by a peripheral speed of the image bearing member at the time when the developer carrying member departs from the surface of the developer carrying member after contact of the developer carrying member to the surface of the image bearing member and subsequent development of the electrostatic latent image is larger than 0 and smaller than 1. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100239289 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus of a rotary type, when a pause is made during continuous image formation, the time taken to restart image formation after the pause is shortened so as to reduce stress on the user. In the image forming apparatus, it is determined beforehand whether the next image formation mode is a color mode or a mono mode, and a developing device to be first used in the next image formation mode is moved to a developing standby position. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110217060 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When toner on an intermediate transfer member is picked up by a cleaning unit by transferring the toner to an image bearing member in a recovery operation, pickup conditions are controlled to be changed on the basis of the ambience detected in performing the recovery operation and such that the toner on the intermediate transfer member is picked up by the cleaning unit while being temporarily retained by a secondary transfer roller. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110268468 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a transfer belt used to transfer a toner image from the image bearing member to a transfer material; a transfer unit adapted to form a transfer nip in conjunction with the image bearing member through the transfer belt; and a control part adapted to control a rotation direction of the transfer belt, wherein in a cleaning mode, the control part rotates the transfer belt in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the transfer belt during image formation at least by an amount equal to or larger than width of the transfer nip in the rotation direction of the transfer belt. This prevents foreign material from being trapped between the transfer belt such as an intermediate transfer belt or transfer material conveyance belt and a sheet member and thereby reduces density irregularities in a longitudinal direction of the belt. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120045225 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a rotary-type image forming apparatus in which detection of electrostatic capacitance is performed when a developing apparatus is in a posture less affected by a toner density within the developing apparatus, a toner in the developing apparatus, which is located at a development position during the detection of the electrostatic capacitance, is avoided from being uselessly consumed. The image forming apparatus has a remaining amount detection mode of detecting a toner remaining amount on condition that a developing roller of one developing apparatus positioned opposite to another developing apparatus, for which the toner remaining amount is to be detected, stands by in a state spaced from a drum. | 02-23-2012 |
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| 20110136008 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, ANODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, POWER TOOL, ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A lithium-ion secondary battery allowed to improve cycle characteristics and initial charge-discharge characteristics is provided. The lithium-ion secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode including an anode active material layer; and an electrolytic solution. The anode active material layer includes an anode active material and an inorganic compound, and the inorganic compound includes one or both of an alkoxysilane compound and a hydrolysate thereof. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110159368 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, ANODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, POWER TOOL, ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A lithium-ion secondary battery allowed to improve cycle characteristics and initial charge-discharge characteristics is provided. The lithium-ion secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes an anode active material layer including a plurality of anode active material particles. The anode active material particles each include a core section and a coating section applied to a part or a whole of a surface of the core section, and the core section includes a silicon-based material (SiO | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110183207 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND ANODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - There is provided a lithium ion secondary battery including: a cathode; an anode: and an electrolytic solution. The anode has an anode active material layer on an anode current collector, the anode active material layer contains an anode active material having silicon (Si) as an element and a metal conductive material having a metal element as an element, and a void ratio of the anode active material layer measured by mercury intrusion method (pressure: 90 MPa) is 10% or less. | 07-28-2011 |
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| 20090293015 | Application Platform - In devices of comparatively small system resources such as a multi function printer, when an application is uninstalled, a user cannot refer to or operate information having been managed by the application that has been uninstalled. With respect to an application, an alternative application to be started as an alternative in the case in which the application is uninstalled is associated. On the occasion when the application is uninstalled, the alternative application is automatically started. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100007916 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing system in which a source information processing apparatus is capable of performing a job cooperatively with a destination information processing apparatus, is provided. The system includes an instruction unit configured to cause the source information processing apparatus to submit a cooperative job to the destination information processing apparatus, and a control unit configured to restrict manipulation of the submitted cooperative job at the destination information processing apparatus and to enable the manipulation of the cooperative job according to an instruction from the source information processing apparatus. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100122247 | APPLICATION PLATFORM AND APPLICATION - The problem of the present invention is to be capable of efficiently using a system resource of a device. For solving the above problem, an application platform according to the present invention comprises determining unit for determining whether an application for installation or activation is installed or activated, wherein when the determining unit determines whether the application for installation or activation is installed or activated, the determining unit refers to a first resource use amount and a second resource use amount larger than the first resource use amount of each of a plurality of applications already installed or activated, a first resource use amount and a second resource use amount larger than the first resource use amount of the application for installation or activation. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100235904 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - When a plurality of information processing apparatuses that have an authentication function cooperate to execute a job, user authentication information is transmitted from a cooperative information source processing apparatus to a destination cooperative information processing apparatus that execute the cooperative job. A user account is created at the destination cooperative information processing apparatus based on the transmitted authentication information. When the cooperative information source processing apparatus notifies execution of a cooperative job to the destination cooperative information processing apparatus, authentication information that is authenticated at the cooperative information source processing apparatus is transmitted to the destination cooperative information processing apparatus. The destination cooperative information processing apparatus creates a user account based on the authentication information, and executes the cooperative job using the created user account. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110134450 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS INFORMATION ACCORDING TO SIZE OF PREVIEW IMAGE, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image display apparatus that can appropriately display supplementary information according to a display magnification for a preview image. A size of a preview image indicative of a printing result of an image to be printed is determined according to an instruction from a user. A type of information on printing of the image, which is to be displayed on a display unit, is determined according to the determined size. Information of the determined type is displayed in a state in which the preview image is displayed on the display unit according to the determined size. | 06-09-2011 |
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| 20090118008 | GAME DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - To enable images of game screens concerning a plurality of game programs to be systematically stored in a storage unit and a desired image to be swiftly displayed on a display unit in a later time, a game device of the present invention includes: a program executing unit for executing each of a plurality of game programs; an identification information acquiring unit for acquiring identification information on the game program during execution of the game program; an image acquiring unit for acquiring at least one image of a game screen generated during the execution of the game program; an image storing unit for storing the at least one image into the storage unit in association with the identification information; and a display control unit for reading the image stored in association with any one of the identification information from the storage unit based on a specification made by a user, and displaying the image on the display unit. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100182481 | IMAGING APPARATUS, USER INTERFACE, AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR A CO-EXISTENT SHOOTING AND REPRODUCTION MODE - A currently captured image R of an object is displayed nearly at a center portion of a display frame SC on a display screen ST | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110249027 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus configured to: display on a screen a display target range, which is a part of a first display region extending along a first direction, so as to be superimposed on a first background image; move, when an operation of specifying a direction along the first direction is received from a user in a state in which the display target range is displayed, the display target range in the first display region in accordance with the specified direction without changing a display position of the first background image; and display a predetermined partial range of a second display region extending along the first direction so as to be superimposed on a second background image when an operation of specifying a direction along a second direction intersecting the first direction is received from the user, irrespective of whether or not the display target range is moved. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110250956 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus configured to: display on a screen a display target range, which is a part of a display region including display elements arranged therein; and move the display target range in the display region in accordance with a direction of a scroll instruction when the scroll instruction is received from a user in a state in which the display target range is displayed, in which a movement amount of the display target range in accordance with the scroll instruction is changed based on a position of the display target range in the display region. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252361 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus that stores a plurality of programs, sequentially activates the programs in response to a user's instruction, and restricts the number of programs exceeding a predetermined number from being activated, in which the information processing apparatus displays the predetermined number of symbol images and displays the same number of symbol images as the number of programs that are already activated in a manner that is different from the other symbol images. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252363 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus that displays on a screen at least a part of a display region, in which display elements are arranged; terminates the display of the display region when an operation of specifying a first direction with respect to a predetermined region in the screen is received from a user; and shifts into a state, in which the termination of the display of the display region, when an operation of specifying a second direction that is different from the first direction with respect to the predetermined region is received from the user. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120011069 | LICENSE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A content distribution system includes a content distribution server and a portable game terminal. The content distribution server 4-0-retains a first license for comprehensively permitting the use of multiple digital contents and issues to the portable game terminal a second license for individually permitting the use of a digital content selected by a user from among the multiple digital contents. The portable game terminal retains the second license and permits the use of the selected digital content if it is within the license period of the second license at the time. | 01-12-2012 |
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| 20090137434 | BINDER RESIN FOR FRICTION MATERIAL, BINDER RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FRICTION MATERIAL, COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR FRICTION MATERIAL CONTAINING THE SAME, FRICTION MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a binder resin for a friction material, which enables high-temperature short-time thermoforming and can omit a post-curing step and suppress the generation of a pyrolysis component at molding; a friction material using the binder resin; and a binder resin composition for a friction material, which is enhanced in the heat resistance and can suppress a rapid increase of the wear amount, and in addition to these properties, which has good dynamic property and enables high-temperature short-time thermoforming. The present invention relates to a binder resin for a friction material which comprises (A) one kind or two or more kinds of polybenzoxazine resins selected from a condensation reaction product of an aminophenol compound with formaldehydes and a condensation reaction product of a bifunctional phenol compound and a bifunctional amine compound with formaldehydes; a binder resin composition for a friction material which comprises: the component (A); and further (B) one kind or two or more kinds of particles selected from an inorganic particle and an inorganic-organic composite particle, and a friction material obtained by the binder resin or binder resin composition. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090270284 | FRICTION MODIFIER, METHOD OF PRODUCING FRICTION MODIFIER, AND FRICTION MATERIAL - A friction modifier is provided with a titania particle-layered clay mineral complex in which titania particles are contained in a layered clay mineral. An average particle diameter of the titania particles is 3 to 100 nm. A ratio of the titania particles to the titania particle-layered clay mineral complex is 0.1 to 0.8 on the mass basis. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090286067 | FRICTION MATERIAL - A friction material contains substantially no material whose Mohs hardness is higher than 6. In addition, the friction material contains a layered clay mineral, in which titania particles are inserted into layers, at a rate of 0.5%-by-mass to 20%-by-mass. | 11-19-2009 |
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| 20100164485 | NONCONTACT POSITION SENSOR - A non-contact position sensor includes a magnet, first to third magnetoresistive elements arranged on a line extending in a predetermined direction on a pole surface of the magnet with predetermined intervals, and an object made of magnetic material displaceable in the predetermined direction. The first to third magnetoresistive elements are connected serially between a power supply and a ground. The first magnetoresistive element is connected to the second magnetoresistive element at a first node. The second magnetoresistive element is connected to the third magnetoresistive element at a second node. The object includes a projection and a shaft connected to the projection. The projection can face the first to third magnetoresistive elements. The shaft is located away from the pole surface by a distance longer than a distance between the projection and the pole surface of the magnet. This non-contact position sensor does not include a component having a complicated shape and can be manufactured easily. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110113878 | LIQUID-LEVEL SENSOR - In a liquid level sensor according to the present invention, a first detecting electrode being always in a liquid to be measured, a second detecting electrode which measures a level of the liquid to be measured, and a third detecting electrode being always out of the liquid to be measured are arranged, an operation of charging capacitor | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110168457 | WEIGHT SENSOR - A weight sensor includes a deformable body, a first strain resistor provided on an outer side surface of the deformable body, and a pressing member applying a load to the deformable body. The deformable body includes a tubular portion having a tubular shape extending along a center axis and surrounding the center axis, and a projection projecting from an inner surface of the tubular portion. The pressing member moves along the center axis so as to apply a moment to the tubular portion. The resistances of the strain resistors change greatly, allowing the weight sensor to measure a load with high sensitivity. | 07-14-2011 |
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| 20090266448 | NANO-CRYSTALLINE, MAGNETIC ALLOY, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, ALLOY RIBBON AND MAGNETIC PART - A magnetic alloy having a composition represented by the general formula of Fe | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100040503 | MAGNETIC ALLOY, AMORPHOUS ALLOY RIBBON, AND MAGNETIC PART - A soft magnetic alloy that in an FeCo nanocrystal soft magnetic material, exhibits a high saturation magnetic flux density of 1.85 T or more, and that ensures prolonged nozzle life and easy ribbon production; an amorphous alloy ribbon for use in production thereof; and magnetic parts utilizing the soft magnetic alloy. The soft magnetic alloy has the composition of the formula Fe | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100108196 | SOFT MAGNETIC RIBBON, MAGNETIC CORE, MAGNETIC PART AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SOFT MAGNETIC RIBBON - A soft magnetic ribbon that especially in a relatively low magnetic field region of 500 A/m or less, is high in the squareness of magnetic flux density-magnetization curve. There is disclosed a soft magnetic ribbon of 100 μm or less thickness comprising a parent phase structure in which by volume ratio, 30% or more of crystal grains of 60 nm or less (not including 0) crystal grain diameter are dispersed in an amorphous phase and comprising an amorphous layer disposed on the surface side of the parent phase structure. Preferably, the soft magnetic ribbon is represented by the composition formula Fe | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100230010 | THIN STRIP OF AMORPHOUS ALLOY, NANOCRYSTAL SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY, AND MAGNETIC CORE - Disclosed are a thin strip of an amorphous alloy having excellent workability, a nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy which can stably provide good magnetic properties, and a magnetic core using the nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy. The thin strip of an amorphous alloy is characterized in that the thin strip is formed of an alloy having a composition represented by Fe | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110085931 | NANO-CRYSTALLINE, MAGNETIC ALLOY, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, ALLOY RIBBON AND MAGNETIC PART - A magnetic alloy having a composition represented by the general formula of Fe | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110108167 | NANO-CRYSTALLINE, MAGNETIC ALLOY, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, ALLOY RIBBON AND MAGNETIC PART - A magnetic alloy having a composition represented by the general formula of Fe | 05-12-2011 |
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| 20100084056 | SOFT MAGNETIC THIN STRIP, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, MAGNETIC PARTS, AND AMORPHOUS THIN STRIP - The invention provides a soft magnetic thin strip which contains nanoscale fine grains and exhibits a high saturation magnetic flux density and excellent soft magnetic characteristics; a process for production of the same; magnetic parts; and an amorphous thin strip to be used in the production. In the invention, an amorphous thin strip is used, which is represented by the composition formula: Fe | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100098576 | IRON-BASED SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY, THIN RIBBON OF AMORPHOUS ALLOY, AND MAGNETIC PART - An iron-based soft magnetic alloy which is for use in various transformers, various choke coils, noise suppression measures, power supply parts, laser power supplies, pulsed-power magnetic parts for accelerators, various motors, various generators, magnetic shields, antennas, sensors, etc.; a thin ribbon of an amorphous alloy for producing the magnetic alloy; and a magnetic part comprising the magnetic alloy. The magnetic alloy comprises, in terms of at. %, copper in an amount (x) satisfying 0.1≦x≦3, boron in an amount (y) satisfying 10≦y≦20, and iron and impurities as the remainder. It contains, in terms of mass %, the following impurities: up to 0.01% aluminum, 0.001-0.05% sulfur, 0.01-0.5% manganese, 0.001-0.1% nitrogen, and up to 0.1% oxygen. The magnetic alloy has a structure at least part of which comprises a crystal phase having a crystal grain diameter of 60 nm or smaller (excluding 0). | 04-22-2010 |
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| 20080199688 | Thermal Diffusion Sheet and Manufacturing Method of the Same - A thermal diffusion sheet is provided with a heat conducting layer, a thermal diffusion layer provided on the surface of the heat conducting layer and a heat insulating layer provided on the surface of the thermal diffusion layer. The heat conducting layer is formed of a composition containing an organic polymer and a heat conductive filler. The thermal diffusion layer is formed of a metal material. The heat insulating layer is formed of a material having electrical insulation properties. The thermal diffusion sheet is manufactured through providing a heat insulating layer on the surface of a thermal diffusion layer, preparing a composition, and forming a heat conducting layer. When preparing a composition, an organic polymer in liquid form having thermosetting properties and a heat conductive filler are mixed. When forming a heat conducting layer, the above described composition is applied to the surface of the thermal diffusion layer facing the surface on which the heat insulating layer has been provided, and after that, the composition is heated so that the organic polymer is cured. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080236806 | Laminated Body - A laminated body comprises a thermally conductive sheet, a protective sheet, an auxiliary sheet, a carrier sheet and a coating sheet. The thermally conductive sheet comprises a main sheet body and an adhesive layer. The coefficient of static friction of the main sheet body is 1.0 or lower. The adhesive layer has high adhesiveness in comparison with the main sheet body, and has an outer shape smaller than that of the main sheet body. The protective sheet is formed having an outer shape larger than that of the adhesive layer, and provided with a cutting line extending toward the adhesive layer from the peripheral portion of the protective sheet so that the protective sheet can be cut along the cutting line. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080241488 | Thermally conductive sheet and method of manufacturing the same - A thermally conductive sheet comprises a thermally conductive polymer layer, an adhesive layer provided on an outer surface of the thermally conductive polymer layer, and a thermal diffusion layer, which is a functional layer provided on the adhesive layer. The thermally conductive polymer layer is formed of a thermally conductive polymer composition containing a polymer matrix and a thermally conductive filler. The coefficient of static friction of the thermally conductive polymer layer is 1.0 or lower. The adhesive layer has an outer shape smaller than that of the thermally conductive polymer layer. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20100009109 | Thermally conductive sheet composite and method for manufacturing the same - A thermally conductive sheet composite comprises a gelatinous thermally conductive sheet molded of a thermally conductive polymer composition containing a polymeric material and a thermally conductive filler, and a release sheet molded separately from the thermally conductive sheet and peelably laminated on at least one surface of a pair of surfaces of the thermally conductive sheet. The release sheet has a hardness of 30 or more as measured by a type A durometer in conformity with ISO 7619. | 01-14-2010 |
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| 20120104125 | APPARATUS FOR FRACTURING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRACTURED FRAGMENTS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON - An apparatus for fracturing polycrystalline silicon having: a pair of rolls rotated in a counter direction each other around parallel axes; and a plurality of fracturing teeth units provided on outer peripheral surfaces of the rolls, arranged along a circumferential direction of the rolls, and have a plurality of fracturing teeth and fixing covers fixing the fracturing teeth on the outer peripheral surfaces of the rolls, in which: the fracturing teeth has flanges; and the fixing covers are formed as strips along a longitudinal direction of the rolls, and in which the fixing covers are fixed on the rolls in a state in which top ends of the fracturing teeth are protruded outward radially of the rolls from the fixing hole outward so as to hold the flanges between the fixing covers and the rolls. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104127 | APPARATUS FOR FRACTURING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRACTURED FRAGMENTS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON - An apparatus for fracturing polycrystalline silicon having a pair of rolls which are rotated in a counter direction each other around parallel axes; and a plurality of fracturing teeth which are provided on outer peripheral surfaces of the rolls and are protruded radially-outwardly, in which top surfaces thereof are formed spherically and side surfaces thereof are formed conically or cylindrically, and fracturing fragments of polycrystalline silicon between the rolls. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104131 | APPARATUS FOR FRACTURING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRACTURED FRAGMENTS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON - An apparatus for fracturing polycrystalline silicon having a pair of rolls which are rotated in a counter direction each other around parallel axes, the rolls is provided with: a plurality of disks layered along the axes of the rolls; and a plurality of fracturing teeth protruding radially-outwardly from the disks with a certain intervals along a peripheral direction of the disks, wherein the disks are rotated at different rotation speed from an adjacent disks, and the apparatus fracturing fragments of polycrystalline silicon between the rolls. | 05-03-2012 |
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| 20090277133 | CONVEYING DEVICE, AND BOXING DEVICE AND BOXING SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A conveying device is adapted to receive a plurality of articles, to accumulate the articles so as to form a batch of the articles, and to convey the batch of the articles. The conveying device includes a delivery unit, a placing unit and a control unit. The delivery unit is configured and arranged to turn the articles to orient the articles in a standing position after receiving the articles while delivering the articles to a downstream side at a delivery position. The placing unit is configured and arranged to accumulate the articles sequentially delivered from the delivery unit to form the batch of the articles in a prescribed accumulation form. The control unit is configured to change a delivery interval in which each of the articles is sequentially delivered to the placing unit according to the prescribed accumulation form. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090283385 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND PACKING DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A conveyance device for accumulating and aligning a plurality of articles and conveying a batch of the articles includes a conveyance unit, first, second and third support members, and a drive unit. The conveyance unit is configured to convey the batch of the articles in a conveying direction. The first and second support members are configured to move along the conveyance unit so as to support an article disposed at a front end or a back end among the articles constituting the batch of the articles. The third support member is arranged on the conveyance unit and configured to move with respect to the conveyance unit so as to sandwich the batch of the articles between the third support member and at least one of the first support member and the second support member. The drive unit is configured to independently drive the first, second and third support members. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100115886 | BOXING DEVICE AND PACKAGING DEVICE - A boxing device includes a collecting unit, a group weight measuring unit, a determination unit, and a boxing unit, and adapted to pack a predetermined weight or a predetermined number of articles in a box. The collecting unit is configured and arranged to collect the articles as a group. The group weight measuring unit is configured and arranged to measure the weight of the group. The determination unit is configured and arranged to determine whether or not it is adequate to pack the group of the articles in the box based on the weight measured by the group weight measuring unit. The boxing unit is configured and arranged to pack, in the box, a plurality of the groups of the articles determined by the determination unit to be adequate to be packed in the box. | 05-13-2010 |
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| 20100170196 | PACKAGE APPARATUS - A package apparatus includes a first conveyance unit and a second conveyance unit. The first conveyance unit is configured and arranged to convey a plurality of packaged objects in a first conveying direction. The second conveyance unit is provided below the first conveyance unit and configured and arranged to convey the packaged objects in a second conveying direction generally opposite from the first conveying direction. The second conveyance unit is configured and arrange to overlay each of the packaged objects received from the first conveyance unit on an adjacent one of the packaged objects such that the packaged objects are generally oriented in the second conveying direction to form a group of the packaged objects that is conveyed in the second conveying direction on the second conveyance unit. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100205913 | PACKAGING APPARATUS - A packaging apparatus includes a conveyance unit having first and second position control plates. The first position control plate is arranged to selectively move forward or backward so as to obstruct or pass the group of packaged objects conveyed on the conveyance unit. When positions of the packaged objects are adjusted, the second position control plate is arranged to move from a downstream-side portion of the conveyance unit toward the first position control plate, rotate in a direction toward the first position control plate, or move from the downstream-side portion of the conveyance unit toward the first position control plate and simultaneously rotate in the direction toward the first position control plate. A subsequent process step delivery unit is arranged to deliver the group of packaged objects after the positions thereof are adjusted by the first and second position control plates, to a subsequent process device. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110232228 | PACKAGING APPARATUS - A packaging apparatus includes a collection unit and a conveyance unit. The collection unit is configured and arranged to overlay a plurality of packaged objects on adjacent packaged objects. The conveyance unit is configured and arranged to convey, as a group of packaged objects, the packaged objects which are overlaid on the adjacent packaged objects at the collection unit. The conveyance unit includes a position control component. At least one portion of the position control component is positioned below a conveyance plane of the conveyance unit and the other portion of the position control component is positioned above the conveyance plane of the conveyance unit before positions of the packaged objects are adjusted, the one portion and the other portion of the position control component is provided sequentially. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20100182737 | Electronic Device - An electronic apparatus includes: a housing; a heating member in the housing; and a display device in the housing, the display device having a display screen. The housing has: a mask portion including an opening, the opening configured to expose the display screen therethrough; a cover portion provided opposing to the mask portion with respect to the display device; and at least two connecting portions configured to connect the mask portion and the cover portion, and to sandwich the heating member. Each of the at least two connecting portions includes a gap portion that allows expansion and contraction of the housing due to thermal expansion between the connecting portion and at least one of the mask portion and the cover portion. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100320884 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COMPRISING ANTI-THEFT ANCHOR PLATE - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing including a peripheral wall on which an opening is provided, and an anchor plate supported by the housing. The anchor plate is slidable between a first position, in which the anchor plate is accommodated within the housing, and a second position, in which the anchor plate projects from the housing through the opening. The anchor plate includes an aperture to which an anti-theft device may be attached, in a portion that is exposed outside the housing when the anchor plate is slid to the second position. The anchor plate is held in the second position by a stop mechanism when the anchor plate is slid at least to the second position. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110310540 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a third housing between the first housing and the second housing, a holder, and a harness. The third housing is rotatable with respect to the first housing and the second housing. The holder is attached to the third housing and includes a first cylinder inserted into the first housing and a second cylinder inserted into the second housing. The harness extends from the first housing to the second housing through the first cylinder and the second cylinder of the holder. | 12-22-2011 |
