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Noguchi, Kanagawa
Akiteru Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090032464 | Treatment equipment of organic waste and treatment method - In treatment equipment of organic waste provided with a high temperature and pressure treatment apparatus to produce a slurried material by conducting the high temperature and high pressure treatment of the organic waste, a dehydration treatment apparatus to recover the dehydrated solid matter by conducting the dehydration treatment of the slurried material and a water treatment apparatus to conduct the purification treatment of a separated liquid separated by the dehydration treatment apparatus, the treatment equipment of organic waste is characterized by having a crusher to crush said organic waste before conducting the high pressure and temperature treatment and providing to said high temperature and pressure treatment apparatus a steam blowing means to blow steam into the organic waste in said high temperature and pressure treatment apparatus, wherein said high temperature and pressure treatment apparatus is formed as a continuous reaction tank to which the organic waste is continuously supplied and to which the steam is blown from the said steam blowing means to cause the reaction while heating, pressurizing and agitating, and wherein said water treatment apparatus is provided with a membrane separation treatment apparatus to conduct the separation treatment via the separation membrane as a condensed liquid of the residual solid matter in the separated liquid. | 02-05-2009 |
Ayumi Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090097893 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade that contacts an image carrier and cleans residual toner remaining on the image carrier; a toner pool forming member that is disposed on an upstream side of the cleaning blade in a rotational direction of the image carrier, collects the residual toner that has been cleaned, and forms a toner pool that contacts the cleaning blade and the image carrier; and a toner amount adjusting component that makes the pressure of the residual toner that acts on the image carrier substantially uniform across an axis-of-rotation direction of the image carrier by adjusting the amount of the residual toner in the toner pool in the axis-of-rotation direction of the image carrier. | 04-16-2009 |
Daisuke Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20080252930 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device is disclosed that is able to prevent halt of operations due to full memory occupation, and prevent the full occupation of the memory. The image forming device includes a reading unit; an image data storage unit; a vacancy waiting unit that, when allocating a storage area for storing image data in the image data storage unit, waits until the storage size of a vacancy in the image data storage unit becomes greater than a predetermined value when allocation of the storage area fails; a failure processing unit that, when allocating the storage area for storing the image data in the image data storage unit, performs failure processing when allocation of the storage area fails; and a control unit that controls one of the vacancy waiting unit and the failure processing unit according to image forming conditions in the image forming device. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20100134820 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An accumulating unit accumulates image data of an original read by a reading unit. A combining unit combines the image data accumulated in the accumulating unit in a single printing sheet according to a predetermined copy mode. An output unit prints and outputs the image data according to the copy mode. An input unit receives an input of a read instruction. When a total number of originals read by the reading unit is smaller than a total number of originals specified in the copy mode and when the input unit does not receive an input of the read instruction within a predetermined time, a discard determining unit discards the image data accumulated in the accumulating unit, and finishes a printing process. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100206723 | PHOTOCATALYST ELEMENT, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A photocatalyst according to the invention comprises a photocatalytic film of a compound of titanium and oxygen and is characterized in that the photocatalytic film is made porous and has 0.02 or higher value as a value calculated by dividing the arithmetical mean deviation of profile Ra with the film thickness. The photocatalytic film can also be specified by the intensity ratio between x-ray diffraction peaks of the anatase structure of titanium oxide. Such a porous photocatalytic material can be obtained by a reactive sputtering method in conditions of adjusting film formation parameters such as the film formation rate, the sputtering pressure, the substrate temperature, the oxygen partial pressure and the like in proper ranges, respectively, and the photocatalyst material is provided with excellent decomposition and hydrophilization capability. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100210447 | PHOTOCATALYST ELEMENT, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A photocatalyst according to the invention comprises a photocatalytic film of a compound of titanium and oxygen and is characterized in that the photocatalytic film is made porous and has 0.02 or higher value as a value calculated by dividing the arithmetical mean deviation of profile Ra with the film thickness. The photocatalytic film can also be specified by the intensity ratio between x-ray diffraction peaks of the anatase structure of titanium oxide. Such a porous photocatalytic material can be obtained by a reactive sputtering method in conditions of adjusting film formation parameters such as the film formation rate, the sputtering pressure, the substrate temperature, the oxygen partial pressure and the like in proper ranges, respectively, and the photocatalyst material is provided with excellent decomposition and hydrophilization capability. | 08-19-2010 |
Eiji Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20110142272 | HEARING ASSISTANCE SUITABILITY DETERMINING DEVICE, HEARING ASSISTANCE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, AND HEARING ASSISTANCE SUITABILITY DETERMINING METHOD - A hearing assistance suitability determining device ( | 06-16-2011 |
Hideaki Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090260026 | Recording medium changer - A recording medium changer includes a storage block that is movable in a longitudinal direction, a drive block that processes data recorded on a recording medium, a conveying block that is movable in a vertical direction and conveys the recording medium for mounting onto the drive block or for storage into the storage block, and a power supply block that supplies drive power to individual sections. The rear position of the storage block is present above the drive block, the driving delivery position of the conveying block is present forward of the drive block, the conveying block is present in the driving delivery position at the time of movement of the storage block in the longitudinal direction, and the storage block is present in the forward position when storage and ejection of the recording medium into and from the storage block are performed via an opening. | 10-15-2009 |
Hidetaka Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20080232880 | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus - A sheet conveying device includes a pair of upstream rollers and a pair of downstream rollers each including a drive roller and a driven roller, a calculating unit, and a control unit. The upstream rollers include a measuring unit that obtains speed information of the upstream rollers. The calculating unit calculates a target value based on the speed information. The control unit controls the speed of the drive roller of the downstream rollers based on the target value. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080303202 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fluctuation detecting unit detects a fluctuation of an endless belt generated when a sheet is brought into contact with a predetermined position of the endless belt at an upstream side in a conveying direction from a nip portion based on fluctuation information acquired by a fluctuation information acquiring unit. An entry timing estimating unit estimates entry timing of the sheet into the nip portion based on a detection of the fluctuation. A correction control unit corrects a speed fluctuation of the endless belt generated when the sheet enters the nip portion by performing a feedforward control of a first driving unit based on the entry timing. | 12-11-2008 |
Hideyuki Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090021537 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A signal processing device for supplying a drive voltage signal to a display panel, includes a luminance detector, a memory to store a first correction factor for correcting the luminance level of the pixel to be changed by a voltage level difference between a drive voltage signal supplied to the display element and a drive voltage signal supplied to a first adjacent display element adjacent to the display element in the forward direction of the scanning line, and a second correction factor for correcting the luminance level of the pixel to be changed by a voltage level difference between a drive voltage signal supplied to the display element and a second adjacent display element adjacent to the display element in the reverse direction of the scanning line, a correction voltage level computing unit, and an adder to add the first correction voltage level and the second correction voltage level. | 01-22-2009 |
Koichiro Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20120062301 | Control voltage generating circuit, constant current source circuit, and delay circuit and logic circuit including the same - A control voltage generating circuit according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a reference voltage unit that includes a plurality of first transistors of the same conductivity type connected in series between a first power supply and a second power supply, and generates a drain voltage of one of the plurality of first transistor as a reference voltage; and a voltage conversion unit that includes a plurality of second transistors connected in series between the first power supply and the second power supply and having the same conductivity type as that of the reference voltage, supplies the reference voltage to a gate of one of the plurality of second transistors, and outputs a drain voltage of one of the plurality of second transistors as a control voltage. | 03-15-2012 |
Masayuki Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090011318 | Electrically Conducting Curable Resin Composition, Cured Product Thereof and Molded Article of the Same - There is provided a curable composition which can give a cured product having excellent physical properties and is particularly useful as a material for the separator of a fuel cell such as polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The electrically conducting curable resin composition of the present invention comprises (A) a hydrocarbon compound having a plurality of carbon-carbon double bonds, (B) an elastomer excluding the component (A), and (C) a carbonaceous material. | 01-08-2009 |
Osamu Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20100080974 | FILM SLITTER, FILM AND FILM SLITTING METHOD - A multi-head film slitter slits wide film having a photosensitive emulsion layer oriented upwards to produce motion picture film. A lower rotary blade has a lower cutting edge. An upper rotary blade has an upper cutting edge, for shearing the wide film with the lower cutting edge. The upper and lower cutting edges are overlapped partially, and contact one another in a position downstream in a running direction of the wide film. A clearance is provided between the upper and lower cutting edges in a position upstream in the running direction. Also, a lower blade shaft rotates the lower blade. An upper blade shaft is disposed higher than the lower blade shaft, for rotating the upper blade. The clearance is provided by inclining the upper blade shaft on a plane on which the upper blade shaft lies and which is parallel with the wide film. | 04-01-2010 |
Sachiyo Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090309988 | Recording apparatus and method, reproducing apparatus and method, and program - The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S | 12-17-2009 |
Satoshi Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20100183186 | SPEAKER MOUNTING MEMBER FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A speaker mounting member for a display apparatus including: | 07-22-2010 |
Shigeki Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090025577 | RAM POSITION DETECTION METHOD, RAM DRIVE METHOD, RAM DRIVE DEVICE, AND PRESS MACHINE HAVING THE RAM DRIVE DEVICE - A ram driving method including the steps of fixing one end of a large-diameter piston rod ( | 01-29-2009 |
Shinsuke Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20110087777 | Information-processing device, information-processing method, and program - An information-processing device includes an execution unit configured to execute a plurality of application programs, an evaluation order decision unit configured to decide an evaluation order based on a degree of reliability of each of the plurality of application programs, and an execution management unit configured to manage execution, by the execution unit, of each of the application programs based on the evaluation order that is decided by the evaluation order decision unit. | 04-14-2011 |
Shuichi Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20080298770 | Playback apparatus and playback control means - A playback apparatus adapted to play back a content includes a first input unit via which to input a first content to be played back from a first apparatus, a second input unit via which to input a second content to be played back, and a storage unit adapted to store a specified playback start time. If time measured by a clock unit indicates that a predetermined time before the specified playback start time has been reached, a control unit controls a requesting unit to request the first apparatus to input the first content to be played back. If it is determined that the inputting of the first content from the first apparatus is not successfully completed by the specified playback start time, the control unit controls the playback operation so as to play back the second content input via the second content input unit. | 12-04-2008 |
Soh Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090135706 | Optical recording medium, and optical recording method and optical recording apparatus thereof - The present invention provides an optical recording medium including a substrate and a recording layer on the substrate having a squarylium metal chelate compound with a central metal. The recording layer includes a mixture of squarylium metal chelate compounds having ligands of the same type as well as metals of two or more types as the central metal. It is preferable that the recording layer includes a squarylium metal chelate compound having a bivalent metal as its central metal and a squarylium metal chelate compound having a metal other than a bivalent metal as its central metal. | 05-28-2009 |
Takeshi Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090019347 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT INPUT-OUPUT DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DOCUMENT INPUT-OUTPUT PROGRAM, AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - A document processing system, which includes a document management device having: a management section that manages document information including association between a document and identification information; and an accumulation section that accumulates an electronic document corresponding to the document, and a document input-output device having: a generation section that generates the electronic document; an extraction section that extracts the identification information; a determination section that obtains the document information and determines whether pages are overlapped; a detection section that detects whether an added portion exists in each of the overlapped pages; a deletion section that deletes a page not having the added portion; a controller that controls to incorporate the page having the added portion to a corresponding page in the electronic document; and an output section that outputs the electronic document including the incorporated page, or outputs the electronic document through image formation on a medium. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090161149 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA SIGNAL - An image processing device, which includes a reading section that reads image information on both sides; an inquiry section that inquires operational authority; and an execution section that executes a desired operation if the operational authority exists, wherein the document is synthesizedly printed, and the image processing device further includes: an extraction section that extracts added image information; a first determining section that, if the added image information is not extracted, determines whether the information is included in a next surface or in a preceding surface; a second determining section that, if included, determines whether a attribute is imparted to the information, and whether a logical page number agrees with a logical total number of pages; and an image processing section that, if the attribute is imparted and the numbers agree, ignores the image information of the printing surface, and subjects image information of another surface to image processing. | 06-25-2009 |
Tatsumi Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20080298207 | Reproduction Device and Reproduction Method - Reproduction reference light is irradiated on a hologram recording medium on which imaged digital data are recorded as a plurality of element holograms in the form of interference fringes obtained by interference between object light of the digital data and recording reference light. Then, a reproduction image obtained from the hologram recording medium by the irradiation of the reproduction reference light is detected. Then, readout data are produced based on the detected reproduction image. Thereafter, it is discriminated whether or not the readout data should be stored into a memory, and the readout data are stored into the memory in response to a result of the discrimination. Where a predetermined amount or more of the data is accumulated in the memory, reproduction data are produced from the readout data accumulated in the memory and then reproduced. | 12-04-2008 |
Yasushi Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20110035156 | Method of evaluating gastric cancer, gastric cancer-evaluating apparatus, gastric cancer-evaluating method, gastric cancer-evaluating system, gastric cancer-evaluating program and recording medium - According to the method of evaluating gastric cancer of the present invention, amino acid concentration data on the concentration value of amino acid in blood collected from a subject to be evaluated is measured, and a gastric cancer state in the subject is evaluated based on the concentration value of at least one of Asn, Cys, His, Met, Orn, Phe, Trp, Pro, Lys, Leu, Glu, Arg, Ala, Thr, and Tyr contained in the measured amino acid concentration data of the subject. | 02-10-2011 |
Yoshihiro Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20080285554 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - An IP communication apparatus has a file transferer that transfers a media data file to a destination apparatus, when determining that the destination apparatus has the file transfer function, based on transmission and reception of SIP messages to and from a call controller, which transmits and receives SIP messages to and from the destination apparatus via a call connection server. Thereby, the IP communication apparatus allows an easy transfer of the media data file. | 11-20-2008 |
Yukihisa Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20080286461 | VACUUM EVAPORATION METHOD - The vacuum evaporation method provides a heating element between an evaporation source of a film-forming material and a substrate; and forms a phosphor layer of an alkali halide-based phosphor on a surface of said substrate by vacuum evaporation while causing the heating element to generate heat at a temperature t (° C.) satisfying Formula (1): | 11-20-2008 |
Yukinori Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090263021 | MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD AND PROGRAM - In order to appropriately detect abnormalities for the purpose of surveillance with it being possible to prevent an unnecessary increase in data amount of the monitoring images, a monitoring system includes an image capturing section that captures a moving image of a monitored area, a variation reduced image generating section that generates a variation reduced image by reducing a temporal variation in an image, based on a plurality of moving-image making-up images included in the moving image captured by the image capturing section, a condition storing section that stores thereon a condition which is required to be satisfied by a variation reduced image which is generated by using a plurality of moving-image making-up images included in a moving image which is judged to show an abnormality, a satisfaction judging section that judges whether the variation reduced image generated by the variation reduced image generating section satisfies the condition, an output moving image generating section that, when the satisfaction judging section judges negatively, generates an output moving image which has a lower image quality than when the satisfaction judging section judges positively, based on the moving image captured by the image capturing section, and an output section that outputs the output moving image generated by the output moving image generating section. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100158398 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing apparatus, including a characteristic region detecting section that detects a characteristic region from an input image; an image generating section that generates, from the input image, a low-quality image, which is of lower quality than the input image, and a characteristic region image, which is of higher quality than the low-quality image at least the characteristic region; a difference processing section that generates a characteristic region difference image indicating a difference between an image of the characteristic region in the characteristic region image and an image of the characteristic region in the low-quality image; and an encoding section that encodes the characteristic region difference image and the low-quality image. | 06-24-2010 |
Yumiko Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20100241738 | DEVICE SETTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DEVICE SETTING MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DEVICE SETTING MANAGEMENT - Provided are a device setting management system, a device setting management method, and a recording medium for device setting management, which efficiently change the setting of a device. A control unit of a device management system specifies a newly connected device which is not specified in mode setting management data as a target device. The control unit determines the sequential processing order of the specified target device, and sequentially transmits information on a setting change request to the device according to the determined sequential processing order. Upon reception of information on a setting change result including a device identifier of a device whose setting has been changed, the control unit stores a “mode-ON flag” and a “mode-OFF flag” in the mode setting management data including this device identifier to update a setting management flag. | 09-23-2010 |
Yutaka Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20110230102 | Connector - A connector connectable to a plurality of receptacles of different specifications is provided while a connector of the prior-art configuration is not adapted for the connection with such receptacles. The connector includes: a connector body; and a connector portion partially inserted in the connector body and partially projected from the connector body. The connector portion includes: a first connector block that is singularly capable of mating with a receptacle conforming to a first specification but is singularly incapable of mating with a receptacle conforming to a second specification; and a second connector block that is disposed on the first connector block and combined with the first connector block to be capable of mating with the receptacle conforming to the second specification. The second connector block is free to slide on the first connector block | 09-22-2011 |
Yuusuke Noguchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20080286013 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPER SUPPLYING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer container has a main part accommodating a developer therein and is detachably attached to a main part of an image forming apparatus. The developer container comprises an outlet provided at a side of the developer container to discharge the developer from the developer container. An input unit is provided adjacent to the outlet and has a small-diameter portion an inside diameter of which is smaller than a diameter of the container main part wherein, when the developer container is attached to the image forming apparatus, the input unit is engaged with a drive motor of the image forming apparatus to receive a rotating force of the drive motor. A developer guiding unit causes the developer inside the developer container to be moved to the outlet beyond the small-diameter portion of the input unit by rotation of the developer container. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090175660 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPER SUPPLYING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer container has a main part accommodating a developer therein and is detachably attached to a main part of an image forming apparatus. The developer container comprises an outlet provided at a side of the developer container to discharge the developer from the developer container. An input unit is provided adjacent to the outlet and has a small-diameter portion an inside diameter of which is smaller than a diameter of the container main part wherein, when the developer container is attached to the image forming apparatus, the input unit is engaged with a drive motor of the image forming apparatus to receive a rotating force of the drive motor. A developer guiding unit causes the developer inside the developer container to be moved to the outlet beyond the small-diameter portion of the input unit by rotation of the developer container. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090190154 | Image Forming System and Method, Management Apparatus, and Recording Medium - An image forming system includes one or more image forming apparatuses and a management apparatus. The management apparatus includes: a software component retention part configured to retain one or more software components in a storage unit, the software components each being configured to generate output format data in a data format interpretable by a printer engine of a corresponding one or more of the image forming apparatuses from application data; a determination part configured to determine, based on the specified image forming apparatus, one of the software components to be used to generate the output format data corresponding to the specified image forming apparatus; and a transmission part configured to transmit the generated output format data to the specified image forming apparatus. The specified image forming apparatus includes an image forming part to form a predetermined image on an image forming medium based on the transmitted output format data. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090201547 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM USING A MANAGEMENT APPARATUS TO MANAGE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a management apparatus configured to manage and operate the image forming system, and a plurality of communication control apparatuses each configured to control data communication between the management apparatus and a corresponding image forming apparatus, wherein the management apparatus includes a software component storing unit configured to store one or more software components in a predetermined storage area of a storage device of the management apparatus, the one or more software components being each configured to generate print data recognizable by a corresponding image forming apparatus and a selecting unit configured to select a software component from the one or more software components in response to the print request, the selected software component being used to generate print data corresponding to the image forming apparatus selected as a printing apparatus. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20110026973 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPER SUPPLYING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer container has a main part accommodating a developer therein and is detachably attached to a main part of an image forming apparatus. The developer container comprises an outlet provided at a side of the developer container to discharge the developer from the developer container. An input unit is provided adjacent to the outlet and has a small-diameter portion an inside diameter of which is smaller than a diameter of the container main part wherein, when the developer container is attached to the image forming apparatus, the input unit is engaged with a drive motor of the image forming apparatus to receive a rotating force of the drive motor. A developer guiding unit causes the developer inside the developer container to be moved to the outlet beyond the small-diameter portion of the input unit by rotation of the developer container. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110249991 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPER SUPPLYING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for use with a toner container which dispenses toner to the image forming apparatus, depending on an angular position of a rotatable cap of the toner container. The rotatable cap has a handle attached thereto. There is a toner container holder to support the toner container which permits the cap of the toner container to rotate. The image forming apparatus has a cover to selectively cover and uncover the toner container. There is also a device which moves with movement of the cover which interacts with the handle of the toner container. | 10-13-2011 |