06th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120033956 | BACK FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS - A back focus adjustment apparatus of a camera includes a casing, an adjusting module and an image capturing device. The adjusting module includes a fixed support, a movable support and a drive module. The drive module includes an adjustment wheel and two drive wheels. The lens module is mounted on a bottom surface of the casing. The fixed support is fixed in the casing and opposite to the bottom surface thereof. The image capturing device is mounted on the movable support. The drive module is defined on the fixed support. The drive module is connected to the movable support through worm gears defined on drive wheels. The drive wheels and the adjustment wheel are gearingly engaged. The image capturing device moves back and forth according to the adjustment of the adjusting wheel of the adjusting module. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033957 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT AND PHOTOMETRY DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT AND PHOTOMETRY METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A distance measurement and photometry device includes a pair of distance measurement sensors each of which is a two-dimensional image sensor, a photometry sensor, which includes a two-dimensional image sensor, a pair of distance measurement lenses arranged to correspond to the pair of distance measurement sensors, a photometry lens arranged to correspond to the photometry sensor, a photometry process unit that calculates a brightness value of a subject, an exposure state setting unit that sets an exposure state correspond to at least the pair of distance measurement sensors, a distance measurement unit that measures a distance to the subject, wherein the exposure state setting unit alternates an exposure state of at least the pair of distance measurement sensors corresponding to a result of the photometry process unit. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033958 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive an instruction for starting a continuous shooting operation, a sound output unit configured to output a predetermined sound according to a shooting operation, and a controller configured to control output/non-output of the predetermined sound from the sound output unit according to a setting of sound output, and to control the continuous shooting operation. The setting of sound output includes an ON setting for outputting the predetermined sound from the sound output unit according to a start of the shooting operation and an OFF setting for non-outputting the predetermined sound from the sound output unit according to the start of the shooting operation. When receiving the instruction for starting the continuous shooting operation via the input unit with the setting of sound output being the OFF setting and the shooting interval in the continuous shooting operation being set to be variable, the controller performs a control so as to prevent the continuous shooting operation at the variable shooting interval from being performed in a state that the predetermined sound according to the shooting operation is not output. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033959 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FLASH INTENSITY VALUE MANAGEMENT IN A PHOTOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT - Methods for providing a flash management feature (“FMF”) in a camera system include obtaining a flash intensity value calculated for a flash device by a camera, saving the calculated flash intensity value in memory, accepting a user-provided adjustment of the calculated value, saving the adjusted flash intensity value in a memory, and providing, when the camera transmits the calculated value to the flash device for use during image acquisition, the adjusted value to the flash device instead of the calculated value. A communication device to provide a FMF includes a microprocessor configured to obtain a calculated flash intensity value from a camera, a memory, and a user interface configured to display and allow a user to adjust the calculated value. The microprocessor stores the adjusted flash intensity value in memory, and signals the flash device to emit light at the adjusted value during image acquisition by the camera. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033960 | AUXILIARY DEVICE FOR FULL-CIRCLE PANORAMIC VIDEO IMAGING - So that parallax-free images can be taken even if the camera is rotated during filming and the direction of the camera is changed to an arbitrary direction, the auxiliary device is provided with a camera body retaining part and, in an equidistant surface centered on the nodal point of the camera, a camera attachment part. Regardless of the angle the camera makes as a result of the way in which the camera attachment part is mounted to a camera support mechanism part, the nodal point of the camera remains at a fixed location. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033961 | SHUTTER DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A shutter device and an image capturing apparatus including the shutter device are provided. The shutter device includes at least one shutter blade assembly, each of the at least one shutter blade assembly including at least one shutter blade that opens and closes the shutter opening and a driving link that drives the shutter blades, and at least one actuators for rotating the driving link, wherein a rotation center of the actuator is eccentric from a rotation center of the driving link. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033962 | FILTER ADAPTER - A filter adapter includes a stationary tube detachably mountable on a camera body in a state that it is externally fitted on a zoom lens barrel, a movable tube movably arranged in an optical axis direction with respect to the stationary tube and including a lens barrel pressing portion extending inwardly in a radial direction at a top end portion of the movable tube, to which an optical filter is detachably attached at an end portion of an object side of the lens barrel pressing portion, and an urging member configured to urge the movable tube toward the camera body. When the lens barrel extends to the object side, the lens barrel pressing portion is pressed against an urging force of the urging member by the top end portion of the lens barrel, the movable tube moves in an optical axis direction in conjunction with the lens barrel. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033963 | OPTICAL SUBSCRIBER TERMINATING DEVICE, PON SYSTEM, AND ABNORMALITY DETECTING METHOD - An ONU that receives a discovery gate transmitted by an OLT in a predetermined cycle, returns a response signal in response to the discovery gate, and receives a unicast frame transmitted to the ONU by the OLT having received the response signal, comprising: a received frame detecting unit that detects whether a signal received from the OLT is a discovery gate or a unicast frame; and an erroneous emission detecting unit that detects an abnormal emission state, based on a result detected by the received frame detecting unit. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF DPSK AND DQPSK RECEIVERS AND TRANSMITTERS - An optical communication device such as a transmitter or receiver has a control loop for controlling relative phase of two related optical signals based on signal peak intensity. An optical transmitter measures the signal peak intensity of a combined optical signal representing two data channels to adjust relative phase as desired. An optical receiver measures the signal peak intensity of combined electrical signals, single electrical signals or single optical signals to adjust relative phase as desired. Signal peak intensity is minimized or maximized by adjusting the relative phase, depending upon the modulation configuration used. The feedback control provides a consistent and robust control to stabilize the optical communication device in the presence of variables such as temperature changes, aging and manufacturing tolerances. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033965 | Method and Apparatus for Broadband Carrier Frequency and Phase Recovery in Coherent Optical System - A digital apparatus comprising a fast Fourier transform (FFT) module configured to transform a time domain optical signal into a frequency domain optical signal, a circular shifter coupled to the FFT module and configured to provide coarse frequency offset compensation to the frequency domain optical signal based on an estimated frequency offset; and a frequency offset estimation module coupled to the circular shifter and configured to provide the estimated frequency offset based on a power spectrum of the frequency domain optical signal or a data block header autocorrelation of the time domain optical signal. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033966 | OPTICAL LEAKY INTEGRATE-AND-FIRE NEURON - An optical system includes an optical integrator, a readout mechanism, and an optical thresholder. The optical integrator is configured to perform temporal integration of an optical input signal having a first wavelength received at an input. The readout mechanism is coupled to the optical integrator and provides optical signals having a second wavelength to the optical integrator for measuring a state of the optical integrator. The optical thresholder is coupled to an output of the optical integrator and is configured to receive a signal representing a temporal integration of the optical input signal from the optical integrator and produce an optical signal identifying if an amplitude of the signal representing the temporal integration of the optical input signal is above or below a threshold value. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033967 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING IPV6 MESSAGE IN PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) message in a Passive Optical Network (PON). The method includes: receiving a Router Advertisement (RA) message comprising Optical Line Terminal (OLT) port information, Optical Network Unit (ONU) port information, and an IPv6 address prefix; binding the IPv6 address prefix with an OLT port indicated by the OLT port information; and sending the RA message to an ONU through the OLT port, so that the ONU binds the IPv6 address prefix with an ONU port indicated by the ONU port information and provides the RA message for a user terminal through the ONU port. Embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose a PON system and an apparatus for transmitting an IPv6 message in a PON. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033968 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK NODE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK NODES - An optical communications network node ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120033969 | WAVELENGTH PATH MULTIPLEXING AND DEMULTIPLEXING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A sending apparatus includes: a wavelength path multiplexing part; a sending wavelength path selection part; and an optical transmitter having optical sending parts. The wavelength path multiplexing part includes: sending wavelength path demultiplexing ports; and sending wavelength multiplexing ports connected thereto. The sending wavelength path multiplexing ports are connected to optical transmission paths respectively. The sending wavelength path selection part includes a wavelength multiplexing parts which multiplexing a set combination of optical signals among the optical signals inputted to the sending input ports and outputs it to any of the sending output ports. In the wavelength path sending or receiving by the wavelength path multiplexing/demultiplexing optical transmission apparatus, a non-selectable combination between a wavelength and a route can be avoided. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033970 | Path Computation Element Method to Support Routing and Wavelength Assignment in Wavelength Switched Optical Networks - A network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising transmitting a request to compute a routing assignment, a wavelength assignment, or both, wherein the request comprises a lightpath constraint indicator is disclosed. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a Path Computation Client (PCC) configured to transmit a request to and receive a reply from a Path Computation Element (PCE), wherein the request comprises a lightpath constraint, and wherein the reply comprises a routing assignment, a wavelength assignment, an error message, a no-path indication, or combinations thereof. Included is a method comprising receiving a request comprising a request parameter (RP) object comprising a lightpath constraint, sending a reply comprising a routing assignment, a wavelength assignment, an error message, a no-path indicator, or combinations thereof, wherein the request is received and the reply is sent using path computation element protocol (PCEP). | 2012-02-09 |
20120033971 | Multi-Network Compatible Data Architecture - A backbone network, comprising a network switch configured to communicate data over Ethernet and SONET/SDH interfaces without encapsulating the data. Also disclosed is a backbone network, comprising a plurality of synchronized network switches, wherein the switches are configured to communicate a plurality of time division multiplexed data streams across at least part of the network via a plurality of Ethernet interfaces and a plurality of SONET/SDH interfaces, and wherein the switches are configured to communicate the data streams without encapsulating the data streams. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033972 | Hybrid Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Time Domain Multiplexing Passive Optical Network - An apparatus comprising a time domain multiplexing (TDM) to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) or bounded Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) channels HOT PON converter configured to couple to an optical line terminal (OLT) via an optical fiber and to a plurality of network terminals (NTs) via a point-to-multipoint coaxial cable and configured to transmit TDM data from the OLT using OFDM or bounded QAM channels to the corresponding NTs, wherein the OFDM or bounded QAM channels transmission of TDM data maintains End-to-End (E2E) TDM passive optical network (PON) protocols, service provisioning, and quality of service (QoS). | 2012-02-09 |
20120033973 | Methods And Systems For Increasing Reach And/Or Split In Passive Optical Networks - Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for methods and systems that allow for either reducing signal loss or improving the optical signal strength in a PON for increasing optical signal range. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033974 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - An optical communication system includes a first optical communication apparatus configured to insert a wavelength control signal in a main signal to produce a modified main signal; convert the modified main signal into a first optical signal; and transmit the first optical signal, and a second optical communication apparatus configured to receive the first optical signal; extract the wavelength control signal from the received first optical signal; determine a wavelength of a second optical signal based on the extracted wavelength control signal; and transmit the second optical signal to the first optical communication apparatus. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033975 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOTOR ROTATION CONTROL WITH AN IR RECEIVER - A method of controlling a television (TV) mount with a general-purpose remote controller. A signal of the remote controller is intercepted by an infrared ray (IR) receiver, and stored in an internal memory of the IR receiver so as to be used as a control signal of the TV mount. In addition, after a signal is stored the IR receiver in an initial setting mode, the signal may be used as the control signal of the TV mount when a corresponding key of the general-purpose remote controller is pressed. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033976 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE - Provided is an optical communication module including: a surface emitting element configured to convert an electrical signal into an optical signal and emit the optical signal; a lens provided at a predetermined distance from the surface emitting element in a direction along the center of an optical axis of the surface emitting element so that an emission angle from the surface emitting element is 30° or lower, the lens configured to output a first optical signal and a second optical signal; a first polarizing plate provided on the center of an optical axis of the lens, and configured to polarize the first optical signal into a specific direction and pass the first optical signal there through; and a second polarizing plate provided on the center of another optical axis of the lens and adjacently to the first polarizing plate, and configured to polarize the second optical signal at a polarization angle different from that of the first optical signal by approximately 90° and pass the second optical signal there through. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033977 | OPTICAL RELAYING R-TYPE AND GR-TYPE RECEIVER SYSTEM - Some embodiments of R/GR type fire alarm control system according to the invention comprises a plurality of detectors/transmitters for issuing alarm signals, a plurality of fire safety equipments for operating under control signals, a plurality of optical repeaters and an R/GR type fire alarm control panel. The optical repeaters are connected to each other in daisy-chain and connected to the plurality of the detectors/transmitters and the fire safety equipments, optically transmits the alarm signals upwardly and optically transmits the control signals downwardly, and are capable of electrically transacting the alarm signals with respect to the detectors/transmitters and the control signals with respect to the fire safety equipments. The R/GR type fire alarm control panel receives the alarm signals from one of the optical repeaters and transmits the control signals to one of the optical repeaters. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033978 | OPTICAL MEMORY EXPANSION - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to optical-based methods and expansion memory systems for disaggregating memory of computer systems. In one aspect, an expansion memory system comprises a first optical/electronic interface in electrical communication with a processor, a memory expansion board configured with memory, and a second optical/electronic interface attached to the memory expansion board. The first interface converts optical signals into electronic signals that are sent to the processor and converts electronic signals produced by the processor into optical signals. The second interface converts optical signals into electronic signals that are sent to the memory and converts electronic signals produced by the memory into optical signals. The optical signals are exchanged between the first and second interfaces. Embodiments also include methods for sending and receiving data in an expansion memory system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033979 | OPTOELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL INTERFACE - In one example embodiment, an optoelectronic communications assembly having an optical receiver or an optical transmitter includes an optical interface disposed at an end thereof and through which optical signals are communicated by the optical receiver or optical transmitter. The optoelectronic communications assembly also includes an electronic component and a first electrical interface disposed at the optical interface end of the optical communications assembly and communicatively coupled to the electronic component. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033980 | Burst Optical Signal Receiving Device - A burst optical signal receiving device is provided, which includes an optical receiving component and a limiting amplifying circuit unit. The optical receiving component further includes a photodetector, a trans-impedance amplifier, a first direct current (DC) cancellation forbidding circuit, and a DC bias circuit, and the limiting amplifying circuit unit further includes a group of alternating current (AC) coupling capacitors, a limiting amplifier, and a second DC cancellation forbidding circuit. Through the technical solution, an input burst optical signal within a certain dynamic range can be recovered into a valid burst electric signal in shorter time. The technical solution can be applied in a burst optical signal receiver in a 10-Gigabit Ethernet passive optical network (10GEPON). | 2012-02-09 |
20120033981 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - The image forming device includes a main body and a cartridge that is detachably mountable on the main body. The cartridge includes the image bearing member, the first and second cleaning roller, and the state changing unit. The first cleaning roller cleans the image bearing member and the second cleaning roller cleans the first cleaning roller. The state changing unit is configured to irreversibly change an electrically disconnected state between the first cleaning roller and the second cleaning roller into an electrically connected state between the first cleaning roller and the second cleaning roller. The resetting unit is configured to reset the cumulative value when the current detecting unit does not detect current before the image bearing member rotates and detects current after the image bearing member rotates. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033982 | TONER SUPPLY METHOD, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner supply method includes detecting whether a remaining toner amount in the development device is equal to or greater than a first remaining amount, supplying a first supply amount of toner to the development device in a first supply mode when the remaining toner amount is not greater than the first remaining amount, detecting whether the remaining toner amount in the development device is equal to or greater than a second remaining amount smaller than the first remaining amount, and supplying a second supply amount, smaller than the first supply amount, of toner to the development device in a second supply mode when the remaining toner amount is reduced to or below the second remaining amount. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033983 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member including an electroconductive base member and a photosensitive member formed on the electroconductive base member; a contact charging device for electrically charging the photosensitive member; a DC voltage applying device for applying a DC voltage to the contact charging device; an exposure device for exposing the charged photosensitive member to light; and a current detecting device for detecting a current passing from the contact charging device to the electroconductive base member of the image bearing member. The image forming apparatus includes a control device capable of executing an operation in a humidity detecting mode in which an area of the photosensitive member is electrically charged by applying a DC voltage to the contact charging device and the photosensitive member is rotated without exposing the area to the light by the exposure device and then the area is electrically charged again by applying the DC voltage to the contact charging device. The control device detects information on a humidity on the basis of a current detected by the current detecting device when the area is electrically charged again by applying the DC voltage to the contact charging device. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033984 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a first charging member for electrically charging the image bearing member by being supplied with an oscillating voltage in the form of a DC voltage biased with a common AC voltage during image formation; a second charging member, provided downstream of the first charging member with respect to a movement direction of the image bearing member, for electrically charging the image bearing member by being supplied with the DC voltage and the common AC voltage during the image formation; detecting portion for detecting an AC current passing through the second charging member; and a setting portion for setting, on the basis of a detection result of the detecting portion when a predetermined AC voltage is applied to the second charging member during non-image formation, the common AC voltage applied to the first charging member and the second charging member during the image formation so that a discharge current between the second charging member and the image bearing member is a predetermined value. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033985 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided that reduces the occurrence of downtime in the case in which the interval between sheets needs to be expanded, and also suppresses the degradation of a photosensitive drum and a developing roller, when continuously forming images. The image forming apparatus of the present invention predicts the start timing of image formation onto the next printing material, and performs control of the positional relationship between the photosensitive drum and the developing roller without decreasing productivity, based on a result of the prediction. Further, the image forming apparatus performs control of the rotating operation of the photosensitive drum, based on the above prediction result. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033986 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; toner image forming portion for forming a toner image on the image bearing member; a transfer member for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member onto a transfer material; a cleaning blade for removing a toner remaining on the image bearing member after transfer while being contacted to the image bearing member; a rotatable member, provided upstream of the cleaning blade, for carrying the toner and rotationally sliding on the image bearing member; a separating mechanism for removing the toner from the rotatable member in contact with the rotatable member, wherein the separating mechanism includes a toner sump for accumulating the toner in an area adjacent to the rotatable member so that the toner removed from the rotatable member is suppliable to the rotatable member; and a controller for controlling at least one of the toner image forming portion and rotatable member so that an amount of the toner in the toner sump is estimated and kept in a predetermined range. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033987 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The task is accomplished by an image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus including a heating fixing portion and a host computer capable of instructing printing. In an image forming apparatus, a throughput can be changed and discriminated in accordance with a printing number, wherein for printing on a small size sheet, said system is operable in a normal small size sheet mode, and in a high speed small size sheet output mode in which the printing is effected at a throughput which is higher than in the normal small size sheet mode, and after completion of the printing, the image forming apparatus rests for a predetermined rest period, wherein said host computer includes a mode selector for selecting a mode from the high speed small size sheet output mode and the normal small size sheet mode, and a controller for transmitting the mode selected by said mode selector to said image forming apparatus. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033988 | Toner Cartridge - A toner cartridge, a main casing accommodates therein toner and is formed with an opening which provides communication between an interior and an exterior of the main casing. A shutter is movable along the main casing by an external driving force applied in a force direction between a closed position at which the shutter closes the opening and an open position at which the shutter opens the opening. A toner seal is formed with a seal opening opposing the opening of the main casing, and interposed between the main casing and the shutter when the shutter is positioned at the closed position. A guide portion is configured to guide a movement of the shutter in an inclined direction inclined with respect to the force direction. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033989 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In order to improve a fixing accuracy, provided is an image forming apparatus including a pressing member pressing a first frame and a second frame so that an abutment portion of the first frame abuts on the second frame, wherein the first frame and the second frame are pressed by the pressing member urged by a fixing member, and the second frame abuts on the abutment portion of the first frame. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033990 | Method of Joining Multiple Parts of a Mag Section - Imaging devices, such as laser printers, often use a toner cartridge to print images on a recording medium. For both environmental and economical reasons, it is often desirable to reuse an exhausted toner cartridge. Some imaging devices use toner cartridges comprised of two sections that are fixed together with some limited movement. This limited movement is necessary to compensate for any misalignment in the cartridge and to reduce printer defects. Disclosed is a method and device for remanufacturing this type of toner cartridge. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033991 | PREVENTING DAMAGE TO A PHOTOCONDUCTOR - An in situ replacement cartridge ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120033992 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING DAMAGE TO A PHOTOCONDUCTOR - An in situ replacement of a cartridge ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120033993 | Image Forming Device - An image forming device includes: a main body; a plurality of image forming units; a holding unit; and an engagement mechanism. Each of the plurality of image forming units has a developing portion. The holding unit holds the plurality of image forming units. The plurality of image forming units are aligned in the holding unit in a predetermined drawing direction. The holding unit is configured so as to be drawn out in the predetermined drawing direction from a storage position where the holding unit is stored in the main body. The holding unit sequentially reaches a plurality of different drawing positions while moving in the predetermined drawing direction. The plurality of image forming units are sequentially exposed to the outside while the holding unit sequentially reaches the plurality of drawing positions. The engagement mechanism is configured to engage the holding unit with the main body when the holding unit reaches each of the plurality of drawing positions. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033994 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member is provided in which both a long-term potential variation and a short-term potential variation are suppressed, a method for producing the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member are also provided. An intermediate layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member is formed by applying a coating liquid for the intermediate layer, which contains an organic resin and a rutile-type acidic titania sol containing tin, and drying the applied coating liquid. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033995 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit including an image carrier and a developer carrier which is in contact with the image carrier at a first pressure, and which carries a first developer; and a second image forming unit including an image carrier, and a developer carrier which is in contact with the image carrier at a second pressure greater than the first pressure and which carries a second developer. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033996 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including an image developer to develop an electrostatic latent image and a toner provider to provide a toner from a toner container to the image developer in a direction of gravitational force. The toner container is capable of taking a first position of directing a toner outlet in a horizontal direction; a second position of directing the toner outlet in a direction of gravitational force; and a position of being removed, directing the toner outlet upward relative to the horizontal direction when further rotating from the first position. The toner container includes a main cap member to close the toner outlet when taking the first position and the position of being removed; and a sub-cap member to cover the main cap member while the toner container is displaced from the first position to the position of being removed. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033997 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESSING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A development device includes a developer carrier configured to carry on a surface thereof a developer, the developer carrier being disposed to face a latent image carrier, a developer tank having the developer carrier, a developer container configured to house the developer to be supplied to the developer tank, the developer container being connected to the developer tank through a partition having an opening, and a developer carrier member configured to carry the developer in the developer container, the developer being supplied to the developer tank from the opening while being carried by the developer carrier member, and the amount of developer to be supplied to the developer tank from the opening being gradually increased in a developer carrying direction of the developer carrier member. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033998 | TONER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A toner supply assembly includes a toner container mount and a toner container including a container body, a cap having a toner outlet, and a shutter for the toner outlet, to move horizontally. The cap includes a shutter guide rail, a contact portion, and a pressed rail provided on a lateral side. The shutter includes a shutter body to engage the shutter guide rail and a deformable portion deformable vertically and including a stopper to contact the contact portion of the cap for inhibiting the shutter from opening the toner outlet, and a stopper release projection pressed by a bottom projection on a bottom surface of the toner container mount in conjunction with installation of the toner container. A pressing member provided in a side portion of the toner container mount engages the pressed rail of the cap, inhibiting the cap from moving upward. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033999 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A toner cartridge comprising:
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20120034000 | TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge provided in an image forming apparatus in a removable manner for supplying toner to the image forming apparatus, the cartridge comprises a toner cartridge main body which contains the toner, a discharging opening for supplying the toner contained in the toner cartridge main body to the image forming apparatus and a shutter which opens the discharging opening when the toner cartridge main body is inserted in the image forming apparatus and closes the discharging opening when the toner cartridge main body is removed from the image forming apparatus, wherein the shutter has a concave part formed therein for engaging with a holding member which holds the shutter provided in the image forming apparatus to open and close the discharging opening when the toner cartridge main body is inserted in or removed from the image forming apparatus. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034001 | TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034002 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMNG DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A development device includes: a developer carrier that is positioned to oppose an electrostatic latent image carrier and that supplies a developer to the electrostatic latent image carrier; a developer supply member that is positioned to oppose the developer carrier and that supplies the developer to the developer carrier; a developer charging member that is positioned to oppose the developer supply member and that charges the developer. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034003 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FIXING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus has a conveying element for conveying a sheet, an image forming section for forming an image on the sheet with liquid developer, and a fixing device including a rubbing mechanism for rubbing the image on the sheet. A fixing device has a rubbing mechanism for rubbing an image which is formed with liquid developer. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034004 | FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A fixing unit for fixing a toner image includes a fixing device and a guide member. The fixing device includes a fixing roller having a heater inside thereof and a pressing roller disposed opposite the fixing roller. The pressing roller presses against the fixing roller and fixes a toner image formed on a transfer medium. The guide member guides the transfer medium to the fixing device. The guide member includes a metal base member including at least one coating layer. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034005 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus is provided with a decurling mechanism to correct a curl formed on a sheet; a pair of guides including a first guide member and a second guide member arranged to oppose to the first guide member, the pair of guides constituting a conveyance passage to guide a sheet discharged from the decurling mechanism toward the downstream aide in the sheet conveying direction; and an auxiliary guide arranged to protrude obliquely in the sheet conveying direction from the side of the first guide member toward the second guide member to a predetermined position in the conveyance passage. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034006 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING SAME - A cleaning device including: multiple cleaning members arranged consecutively in a direction of movement of a cleaning target to remove adhered substances from the cleaning target; multiple casings to individually hold and at least partially enclose the multiple cleaning members, respectively, the casings and the cleaning members together constituting multiple sub-units; and a sub-unit holder to hold the multiple sub-units, from which the sub-units are individually removable. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034007 | SHEET MOISTURIZING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A sheet moisturizing device including paired moisturizing rollers, which are configured to be in contact with each other and to apply liquids onto a recording sheet while nipping to convey the recording sheet, wherein the paired moisturizing rollers are configured to include a mandrel, and a moisturizing layer which is formed on the mandrel and is formed of a porous body carrying independent cells which are not interconnected with each other, and a liquid supplying member which is configured to supply the liquid onto surfaces of the paired moisturizing rollers. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034008 | SEPARATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A separating device includes an intermediate transfer belt drive roller disposed in a convey path so as to convey a recording medium, a separating claw disposed to be opposed to the intermediate transfer belt drive roller so as to separate the recording medium by the tip. A part of the intermediate transfer belt drive roller to which the separating claw is opposed is made of material having higher hardness than the tip of the separating claw. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034009 | RECORDING MEDIUM POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A recording medium post-processing apparatus includes a recording medium stacking member; a first binding member that moves to an inside of a stacked area, binds the recording media by deforming the recording media, and moves to an outside of the stacked area after binding the recording media; and a guiding member disposed between the first binding member and the recording media and fixed to the first binding member, the guiding member guiding the recording media so that a gap between the recording media and the first binding member is maintained when the first binding member moves around the inside of the stacked area, wherein the guiding member has an opening that surrounds an area in which the first binding member operates to deform the recording media, and a part of the opening is narrowed in a moving direction of the first binding member. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034010 | PRINTER - Embodiments described herein are to a printer which includes a platen roller configured to be rotary-driven by a rotary drive source, and a transport roller provided at the upstream side of the platen roller in a paper feeding direction. The transport roller is configured to be rotary-driven by the rotary drive source. The printer further includes a pinch roller configured to be elastically urged against the transport roller. The pinch roller is configured to be rotary-driven by the rotary drive source. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034011 | PRINTER AND WINDING ATTACHMENT - A winding attachment which is detachably mounted on a winding shaft and on which a strip-shaped material is wound when the winding attachment mounted on the winding shaft is rotated. The winding attachment includes a winding section on which the strip-shaped material is wound, and an elastic member configured to reduce diameter of the winding section in the radial direction of a rotation axis of the winding shaft if the winding attachment is separated from the winding shaft compared to the diameter in case that the winding attachment is mounted on the winding shaft. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034012 | APPLICATION DEVICE - An application device for applying a flowable substance is proposed, comprising: an outer sleeve ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120034013 | LIP COLOR AND APPLICATOR CASE - A method for using a lip coloring apparatus includes inserting a lip coloring applicator into a reservoir of lip color and twisting a cap attached to the lip coloring applicator relative to a body containing the reservoir. The method further includes mating a tab of the cap with a cut-out in the body to secure the cap and body to one another. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034014 | Touch-Up Painting System and Method - Improved touch-up painting systems and methods may allow for economical storage of a relatively small quantity of paint that may be used to perform touch-up painting. Such systems and methods may allow paint to be stored in a container, and the container storing the paint may then be used to apply paint to touch-up a marred surface or to outline a perimeter portion of a surface with paint. Paint may flow from the container through an aperture in a cap secured to the container, and the paint may be received through a brush or sponge assembly affixed to the cap. The brush/sponge assembly may be used to apply the paint while a user grasps or holds the container. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034015 | MASCARA APPLYING DEVICE - To quickly apply a mascara to cilia without unevenness, a state capable of applying a mascara (L) is more quickly achieved in comparison with a conventional art by constructing a guide path ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120034016 | ORAL CARE SYSTEM, KIT AND METHOD - An oral care system, such as a toothbrush having a detachable dispenser containing an oral care material. In one embodiment, the dispenser may include a housing; an internal reservoir for containing a fluid and a dispensing orifice for dispensing the fluid; a first cam surface, the first cam surface being non-rotatable with respect to the housing; a reciprocator comprising an actuator, a drive screw, and a second cam surface, the reciprocator being rotatable with respect to the housing; an elevator forming a transverse end wall of the reservoir, the elevator being non-rotatable with respect to the housing and threadily coupled to the drive screw; wherein rotation of the actuator causes the elevator to (1) axially advance, and (2) axially reciprocate. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034017 | ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS AND PRODUCTS - The perceived visual appearance of skin such as axilla skin, as indicated by tone, radiance and/or smoothness, is improved significantly by topical application of an antiperspirant composition that is a roll-on emulsion that comprises a dihydric or trihydric humectant and/or a glyceride oil. and a mica pigment, The visual appearance can be further enhanced by incorporating into the composition a particulate microfine aluminium oxide and/or a silicone elastomer. The mica-containing compositions are advantageously applied from a roll-ball dispenser in which the depth of film of fluid on the rolling ball is controlled, such as by a spider spaced inward of the ball and/or the flow of fluid within the ball housing is perturbed such as by a castellated sealing ring and/or a shallow bead outward of the sealing ring within the ball housing. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034018 | Grout Sealer Applicator - The Grout Sealer Applicator is a plastic wand type tool used to apply grout sealer. The applicator wand can be attached to the end of a chemical sprayer trigger. The applicator has a long tubular body with an angled brush at one end and a connection nut on the other. The applicator shaft is hallow, allowing grout sealer to flow from the nut end, through the shaft and into the brush. The grout sealer applicator gives the user the ability to apply sealer directly onto the grout surface in a standing position. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034019 | REFILLABLE NOTEBOOK WITH RELEASE MECHANISM - A binding mechanism assembly for binding a sheet item, the binding mechanism assembly including a backing member having an upper surface, and a binding member directly or indirectly coupled to the backing member. The binding member includes a protrusion shaped and located to protrude through a hole of a sheet item to be bound thereto. The binding member further includes a generally flexible flange that is manually movable into engagement with the protrusion to form a generally closed loop and thereby bind the sheet item thereto. The loop is rotatable relative to the backing member from a first position in which the loop is generally located above the upper surface to a second position wherein at least part of the loop is located below the upper surface. A release mechanism is provided for opening the loop. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034020 | EASILY DETACHABLE COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR A CASING - A coupling structure couples first and second casing parts together. The first casing part is formed with a detachment hole. The coupling structure includes one resilient engaging hook projecting from the first casing part and a coupling member disposed between the first and second casing parts and formed with first and second engaging grooves. The resilient engaging hook hooks the first engaging groove in a right direction. The coupling member has a pushing element tending toward the detachment hole. One rigid engaging hook projects from the second casing part and engaging the second engaging groove in a left direction. Manually leftwise movement of the pushing element in the left direction results in simultaneous bending of the resilient engaging hook in the left direction so as to disengage the rigid engaging hook from the second engaging groove, thereby permitting removal of the second casing part from the first casing part. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034021 | QUICKLY ASSEMBLABLE MORTISE LOCK - A quickly assemblable mortise lock includes a mortise lock body, characterized in that at least one pair of snap-fitting tabs cooperating with a positioning profile is provided symmetrically on a positioning slot plate at both end sides of the mortise lock body, and in that each of the snap-fitting tabs is spaced apart a proper gap from a lateral cover plate of the mortise lock body. As compared with the prior art, the quickly assemblable mortise lock has the following advantageous effects: 1. the mortise lock is overally simpler in structure and easy to make, and can be processed on the basis of the prior art mortise locks, thereby reducing the production cost; and 2. the mortise lock is universally useable, conveniently and quickly assemblable, and time-saving and labor-saving, thereby improving the efficiency. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034022 | ROBOTIC ARM ASSEMBLY - A robotic arm assembly includes a first segment, a second segment, a first driving device, a first transmission mechanism, a second driving device, and a second transmission mechanism. The second segment is rotatably connected to the first segment. The first driving device drives the second segment to rotate about a first axis relative to the first segment via the first transmission mechanism. The second transmission mechanism includes a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear meshed with the first bevel gear. An output shaft is fixed to the second bevel gear, and the output shaft is capable of rotating about a second axis. Each of the second segment, the output shaft, and the second bevel gear defines a guiding hole, and the guiding holes are aligned in the second axis. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034023 | Telescopic Apparatus - A telescopic apparatus includes an internal tube telescopically inserted in an external tube. The internal tube includes depressions defined therein. A frame is secured to the external tube. A lever is pivotally connected to the frame. The lever includes a space transversely defined therein, a groove in communication with and in parallel to the space, and a pawl for insertion in a selected one of the depressions for locking the internal tube relative to the external tube. A spring is substantially located in the space. The spring includes a hook for hooking the frame and a bent section located in the groove. A short tube is located in the space and against the spring. A screw is inserted through the frame, the spring and the short tube. A security unit is movably connected to the frame between a locking position against the lever to avoid pivoting of the lever and a releasing position away from the lever to allow pivoting of the lever. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034024 | PROCESS FOR SEALING OF A JOINT - A joint for panels, the panels comprising a core, a decorative upper surface and edges provided with joining means for positioning the panels towards one another. Predetermined portions of the edges are provided with a layer of polymer. The panels are joined to one another by use of the joining means where the polymer forms a seal in the joint preventing penetration of water into the joint wherein a highly water resistant unit of a plurality of panels is formed. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034025 | Cable Connection Systems and Methods - A system for connecting two wire ropes includes first and second wire rope connectors, a swivel, and first and second connecting cables. The first wire rope connector includes a base defining a chamber for receiving an end of a first wire rope, a plug, and a cap that secures to the base to compress the plug and first wire rope end within the chamber. Similarly, the second wire rope connector includes a base defining a chamber for receiving an end of a second wire rope, a plug, and a cap that secures to the base to compress the plug and second wire rope end within the chamber. The swivel includes a first portion rotationally coupled to a second portion. The first connecting cable is coupled between the first wire rope connector and the first portion of the swivel, and the second connecting cable is coupled between the second wire rope connector and the second portion of the swivel. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034026 | Single-sided fitting - A single-sided fitting comprising a shaft with two or more axially extending legs. Each leg has a catch which extends radially outwardly from the leg. A clamping plate has two or more holes each receiving a respective one of the legs. A projection is carried by the clamping plate and extends axially between the legs towards the catches. The clamping plate and projection are axially movable along the shaft to a locking position where the projection is positioned between the catches thus preventing the catches from moving radially inwardly. Means are provided for preventing the clamping plate and projection from withdrawing back along the shaft away from the catches after they have been moved to the locking position. For instance an internally threaded nut may be carried by the shaft, the clamping plate being positioned between the nut and the catches, wherein the nut can be spun along the shaft to engage the clamping plate in its locking position. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034027 | ROTARY FLEXURE BEARING - This rotary flexure bearing is a monolithic structure with inner and outer hubs connected by unique rotary compound flexure stages. These rotary compound flexure stages provide the angular compliance required for bearing rotation as well as compliance for flexure foreshortening while holding a constant axis of rotation with great precision over the entire range of motion. This design offers large angular displacement, low operating stress, low operating torque, and high stiffness in the five noncompliant degrees of freedom. The rotary flexure bearing described herein has applications in precision mechanics, particularly opto-mechanics. Specific applications include but are not limited to wafer and reticle alignment stages used in microlithography systems, mirror pointing and scanning mechanisms used in tactical and spaceborne systems, as well as flip-in mechanisms used in multiple field of view optical systems. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034028 | FASTENING DEVICE FOR A MODULE ELEMENT IN AN AIRPLANE - A fastening device for attaching a module element to a support structure in an aircraft includes a stud having a first end defining a broadened head configured to engage the support structure, a section which adjoins the head and defines a first lateral dimension and a second lateral dimension that is larger than, and is disposed at least substantially perpendicularly to, the first lateral dimension, and a second opposite end connected to a lever which is movable between open and closed positions relative to the stud. A bushing, which may be electrically conductive, is provided on and longitudinally movable along the stud, which is configured to contact the support structure and to support an outer wall of the module element. An eccentric may be actuated by the lever and is responsive to movement of the lever into the closed position to move the bushing along the stud towards the head. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034029 | QUICK RELEASE DEVICE FOR A PEDAL - A quick release device for a pedal includes a spindle, a connecting unit connected to the spindle, and a quick release mechanism connected to the connecting unit. The spindle has a protrusion extending from one end thereof and an annular groove defined in an outer peripheral thereof The connecting unit has a receiving hole defined therein, a guiding hole defined in a lateral thereof and communicated with the receiving hole, and a retaining hole defined therein and communicated with the receiving hole. The quick release mechanism includes a rod partially received in the guiding hole and a spring biased against the rod toward the receiving hole. In assembly the protrusion engages with the retaining hole and the rod engages with the annular groove. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034030 | METHODS FOR INSTALLING A BOUNDED PAVING SYSTEM - A method for installing a paver system includes positioning a first grid substrate adjacent to a second grid substrate, the first and second grid substrates form a paver support surface. At least the first grid substrate includes an integrated boundary ridge extending along the first paver support surface. The first grid substrate is interlocked with the second grid substrate with a first paver piece bridging the first and second grid substrates to form a paver linkage. Movement of at least the first paver piece is arrested beyond the integrated boundary ridge by directly or indirectly engaging at least the first paver piece against the integrated boundary ridge. In another example, movement of the first paver piece is arrested by anchoring at least the first paver piece on the first and second paver support surfaces through distribution of forces incident on at least the first paver piece through the paver linkage. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034031 | DEVICE FOR STORING A FLOATING OIL BOOM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A storage device for retaining an extended length of floating oil boom therein and a method of using the same. The storage device is made from a sheet of material that is foldable to define and surround an interior cavity in which the oil boom is received. A closure mechanism is engaged to secure the folded storage device about the oil boom. A lifting mechanism on the storage device is engaged with a cable extending from a suspension assembly mounted on a vessel for use on a large body of water. The suspension assembly maintains the storage boom adjacent a side wall of the vessel and a distance above the surface of the water until the oil boom retained therein is needed in an emergency. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034032 | Self-Actuating Flood Guard - A self-actuating flood guard for a construction holds a buoyant gate at an elevation spaced from ground between flanking spaced vertical boundary walls adapted for connection to the construction. The gate is pivotable on pivotation members about a horizontal axis normal to the boundary walls for buoyant rotation upwardly between the boundary walls on rise of water above the elevation. Optionally, flexible lip seal gaskets along the sides of the gate sealingly wipe the boundary walls, and a flexible strip gasket across the pivotation members along the base of the gate prevents passage of water between the base of the gate and the construction. A restraint acts on the gate to prevent the gate from rotating about the axis more than a predetermined extent when the gate is pivoted upwardly above said elevation. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034033 | METHOD OF BIOLOGICAL SOIL DECONTAMINATION - A method of biological soil decontamination, including the introduction into the soil of a product that contains a material chosen from a group consisting of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. The product introduced into the soil does not contain any unprocessed fresh plants or unprocessed fresh plant residues. The method also includes the application of a barrier layer over the soil, e.g., between the soil and the air. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034034 | TRUSS HEAVE PLATE SYSTEM FOR OFFSHORE PLATFORM - The disclosure provides an offshore platform and related method, having: a floating structure, a truss assembly coupled to the floating structure, and a heave plate coupled to the truss assembly. The floating structure includes a pontoon adapted to be disposed at least partially below a surface of water in which the offshore platform is disposed; and at least three vertically extending columns coupled to the pontoon, the columns having a larger lateral dimension than the pontoon coupled to the column, creating a pontoon offset portion. The truss assembly includes at least three separated walls of trusses slidably coupled to the columns, each truss wall having at least two vertically disposed truss legs, each truss leg being slidably coupled to a column at the pontoon offset portion independently from a truss leg of an adjacent wall; and cross-bracing between the truss legs of each of the truss walls. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034035 | Tensionable Cable Bolt with Crimped Shaft - A tensionable cable bolt including a length of multi-strand cable and an anchoring portion comprised of a shaft received on the cable and attached to the cable at a crimp portion comprising at least one primary crimp with at least one secondary crimp disposed within the primary crimp. The cable may include a mixing portion and the anchor portion may include an expansion anchor threaded onto the shaft. A method of manufacturing the tensionable cable bolt includes providing a length of multi-strand cable; providing an anchoring portion including a shaft; extending the cable through the shaft; and crimping the shaft to the cable to form at least one primary crimp with at least one secondary crimp disposed within the primary crimp. The method may further include threading an expansion anchor onto the shaft and/or providing a resin mixing portion along the cable. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034036 | FRICTION STABILISER - A method of installing a stabiliser into a hole provided in an area to be stabilised, the method comprising the step of providing a filler material adapted to be associated with a stabiliser, the filler material, in association with the stabiliser, enabling frictional engagement of the stabiliser with a surrounding environment to be less than the tensile strength of the stabiliser. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034037 | Curved Mine Roof and Rib Support - A mine roof and rib support includes a curved support member comprising a roof support arm and a rib support arm with a curved junction portion between the roof support arm and the rib support arm and an aperture defined through the support member for receiving a mine roof bolt. A bearing plate having an upper edge and a lower edge, and a through-hole provided therebetween can be provided wherein the upper and lower edges are positioned in abutment with the roof and rib support arms, respectively. Also, a mine roof and rib support may include a curved support member comprising a roof support arm and a rib support arm and a curved junction portion between the roof and rib support arms, wherein the roof support arm defines the aperture for receiving a mine roof bolt that may extend substantially vertically through the through-hole and the roof support arm aperture. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034038 | Splice Tube with Wedge Retaining Caps - A splice tube includes a body, first and second wedge assemblies, first and second plugs, and a securing member that secures at least one of the first and second plugs to the body. The body defines first and second passageways that extend through the body. Each passageway of the body has a first end and a second end. The first and second wedge assemblies each have a passageway. At least a portion of the first and second wedge assemblies are positioned within the first and second passageways, respectively. The first and second plugs are at least partially positioned within the passageway of the first and second wedge assemblies, respectively. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034039 | Landscape Erosion Control Fabric with Mulch Blocking Members - Disclosed is a landscape erosion control unit for retaining landscaping materials that includes a base structure and a plurality of retention structures attached to the base structure. Each retention structure of the plurality of retention structures includes a strip and a plurality of protruding members extending outwardly from the strip. Each protruding member of the plurality of protruding members is configured to hold the landscaping materials. Each protruding member of the plurality of protruding members has a bottom portion extending from the strip, a top portion away from the strip, and an intermediate portion between the top portion and the bottom portion. Each retention structure is configured as an integral unit from a material by at least one of cutting and patterning the material. Further, disclosed are a retention structure and a method for fabricating the landscape erosion control unit. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034040 | CUTTING TOOL SETTING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a cutting tool setting system comprising a tool head for the settable holding of a cutting tool, said head comprising an adjustment device for the cutting tool. The cutting tool setting system comprises a setting tool which can be mechanically removably engaged in the tool head at an interface for adjusting the adjustment device in the tool head. The setting tool comprises a shaft body having a key part. A key engagement for actuating the adjustment device is designed on the tool head. The key part can be displaced relative to the shaft body in the direction of the longitudinal axis of said body in order to selectively couple and release the key part of the setting tool and the key part at the interface of the tool head. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034041 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD OF CUTTING WORKPIECE USING THE SAME - A cutting insert of the present invention includes an upper face, a lower face, a side face located between the upper face and the lower face, an upper cutting edge located at the intersection of the upper face and the side face, and a lower cutting edge located at the intersection of the lower face and the side face. The side face includes at least one upper concave part which extends up to the upper face along a thickness direction, and divides the upper cutting edge into a plurality of divided upper cutting edges, and at least one lower concave part which extends up to the lower face along the thickness direction, and divides the lower cutting edge into a plurality of divided lower cutting edges. The aforementioned at least one upper concave part and the aforementioned at least one lower concave part are separated from each other through a thick part being continuous along a width direction of the side face. A cutting tool including the cutting insert, and a method of cutting a workpiece using the cutting tool are also provided. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034042 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR TRANSFER OF TUBES - The present invention relates to lead-through tool for pipes, comprising a tool body ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120034043 | CUTTING TOOL WITH UNEQUAL FLUTE SPACING - A cutting tool having a shaft with a longitudinal axis, wherein the cutting tool includes a first flute extending about the longitudinal shaft along a helix angle and a first cutting edge adjacent the first flute. The cutting tool also includes a second flute extending about the longitudinal shaft along a helix angle and a second cutting edge adjacent a second flute. The cutting tool further includes a third flute extending about the longitudinal shaft along a helix angle and a third cutting edge adjacent the third flute. The first cutting edge, the second cutting edge, and the third cutting edge are unequally angularly spaced from each other. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034044 | CRYOGENIC NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT) AND MATERIAL TREATMENT - A non-destructive test using cryogenic temperatures is capable of detecting defects in materials that result from residual stress from manufacturing and from retained austenite. The subject materials or parts that are subjected to cryogenic temperatures approaching and below˜−300° F., −184° C., 89° K, thereby causing permanent deformations or characteristic changes in the material if excessive residual stress, retained austenite or discontinuities exist. To determine the extent of changes, a first metric of the subject material is determined, the material is then subjected to cryogenic cooling thereby triggering any deformation or characteristic changes. Subsequent to the cryogenic cooling, the subject material may be returned to a second temperature whereby a second metric representing based on the same characteristic of the subject material is determined The comparison of the first and second metrics reveals the deformation or change resultant from the defect. In addition characteristic changes in the subject material during cryogenic cooling may be use to detect the phase transition of the retained austenite to martensite. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034045 | Temporary Rivet - A temporary fastener or temporary blind rivet having a cylindrical sleeve and a sleeve head thereon, the region where the sleeve and sleeve head mate having a plurality of local protrusions thereon, with a stem passing through the sleeve head and sleeve, the stem having an enlarged stem head thereon adjacent the end of the sleeve opposite the sleeve head, the stem for pulling relative to the sleeve head to cause the enlarged stem head to form a blind side head on the sleeve, to pull the workpieces together, to cause the local protrusions to make depressions in, and to fill the depressions in, an outer edge of the hole in the adjacent workpiece, and to pull through the sleeve and sleeve head to expand the sleeve into a tight fit in the hole in the workpieces. The protrusions make indentations in the edge of the hole in the adjacent workpiece to provide increased resistance to spinning when the temporary blind rivet is drilled out for a permanent fastener. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034046 | FASTENER - A fastener ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120034047 | FASTENER - A fastener includes a head, a threaded shaft, a latching member, and a flexible washer. The threaded shaft extends from the head. The latching member extends from peripheral of the threaded shaft and adjacent to the head. The washer latches onto the latching member. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034048 | SELF-TAPPING THREAD FORMING SCREW AND CORRESPONDING THREAD ROLL DIE - A thread forming screw thread fastener for fastening into a hole formed by the fastener in a work piece, the fastener comprising: a head having a drive to be engaged with a driver bit; and a shank with threads having a symmetrical thread profile with a minor diameter and a major diameter, the major diameter defining a thread crest of the screw thread, and the minor diameter defining the thread root of the screw thread, the profile of the screw thread defined by the surface of the screw thread between adjacent thread crests forming a thread flank, the thread flank having a first central portion of constant radius along the thread root, the radius common at the thread root, at each adjacent thread crests, and at two transition intersection points, the profile of the thread flank having second and third portions defined by surfaces having different radii of curvature between each transition intersection point and each adjacent thread crest. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034049 | RATCHET FIT FASTENER - A ratchet mounting fastener includes a rigid body having a socket drive receiving cavity formed in a first end for receiving a male socket drive shaft into snug mating engagement and releasable locking means to releasably lock the fastener onto the drive shaft, and having a threaded portion on an opposite second end for threaded mating engagement of the threaded portion with a threaded second fastener, the cavity and the threaded portion are oppositely disposed for mounting of the drive shaft to the cavity and mounting of the second fastener to the threaded portion from opposed facing opposite directions. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034050 | PRODUCTION DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR BOOK-FORM PRINTED PRODUCT - A technology of producing a required number of copies of a plurality of kinds of book-form printed products automatically and continuously while a continuous paper material is being conveyed is provided. A production device for a book-form printed product, which continuously produces a plurality of kinds of book-form printed products from a continuous paper material, is provided with sheet cutting means which cuts paper into sheets constituting the book-form printed product, identification code reading means which reads an identification code describing at least identification information of the book-form printed product printed at least on any of the sheets, collector means which collects each sheet in accordance with the identification information of the book-form printed product indicated by the identification code, and stitcher means which stitches the collected sheets. By using the identification code, a production process of a book-form printed product required for each printed product can be performed from a continuous paper material without being restricted by the number of pages or size set in advance. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034051 | LOAD PORT - A load port including a frame having an opening, a vessel receiving table that receives the wafer vessel, a door removably attached to the opening, a door opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes the door, and a closing mechanism that exerts force on the door when the door opening and closing mechanism closes the door. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034052 | COMPONENT TRANSFERRING APPARATUS AND IC HANDLER - An apparatus includes: a retainer moving between a shuttle and a socket; a presser holding a component; an adjuster moving the presser; a socket mark near the socket; a hand mark near the socket mark when the retainer is at a component mounting position; a first camera photographing a first image including the component and hand mark; a second camera photographing a second image including the socket mark and socket, and a third image including the socket mark and hand mark; a first calculator obtaining a first relative position between the socket mark and socket from the second image; a second calculator obtaining a second relative position between the socket mark and hand mark from the third image; and a third calculator obtaining a third relative position between the hand mark and component from the first image. The adjuster corrects the component's position based on the relative positions. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034053 | HANDLING MASCHINE FOR RAILS AND HANDLING PROCESS ASSOCIATED THERETO - A handling machine for rails, arranged in line and immediately downstream of a rolling plant, which allows both to easily handle the rail for transferring it from the roller table to the thermal treatment zone, and to ensure an optimal gripping of the rail along its longitudinal extension, thus effectively contrasting its bending and variations while allowing a longitudinal movement of the rail caused by thermal shrinkage, thus avoiding damages both to the external surface of the rail and to the handlers. A rail handling process is also described, which optimizes moving, positioning along a roller table and maintaining the rail substantially rectilinear during the thermal treatment to which it is subjected. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034054 | Transferring Disk Drives Within Disk Drive Testing Systems - A method of transferring disk drives within a disk drive testing system includes actuating an automated transporter to retrieve multiple disk drives presented for testing, and actuating the automated transporter to deliver each retrieved disk drive to a respective test slot of the disk drive testing system and insert each disk drive in the respective test slot. | 2012-02-09 |
20120034055 | MODULAR TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A transport apparatus for use in modular construction, specifically a dual-deck hydraulic apparatus that, while carrying a payload, can detect topology changes and adjust accordingly to keep the payload in substantially the same position. The apparatus can efficiently transport modular building components while preventing torsion and other damage. The apparatus can also adapt to off-load modules to foundations or multi-story heights. | 2012-02-09 |