10th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100061712 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE - A lens drive device may include a thrust direction stopper mechanism which includes a thrust movement preventing abutting part of the movable body and a thrust movement preventing abutted part of the fixed body for restricting a moving range toward an object side of the movable body, and a radial direction stopper mechanism which includes a radial movement preventing abutting part of the movable body and a radial movement preventing abutted part of the fixed body for restricting a moving range in a radial direction of the movable body. The moving range in the radial direction under an inclined posture of the movable body with respect to an optic axis is restricted over all directions by the radial direction stopper mechanism and the thrust direction stopper mechanism. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061713 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel is configured so as to rotatably support lens barriers by a barrier drive member that rotates around an optical axis and the lens barriers rotate and revolve on an axis when the lens barriers are opened and closed. The lens barrel includes wall units provided on an inner circumference portion facing to a space where the lens barriers of the lens barrel member operates, and convexes provided on surfaces of the lens barriers adjacent to the inner circumference portion of the lens barrel member. When the lens barriers are held at a barrier opening position and the barrier drive member is moved to a driving member closing position, the wall units are brought into contact with the convexes and the lens barriers are forcibly closed. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061714 | COVER ASSEMBLY - A cover assembly includes a main body, a control, an outer cover, a protective cover, and a transmitting member. The control is slidably mounted in the main body. The outer cover is detachably mounted in the main body. A protective cover is rotatably engaged in the outer cover. A transmitting member is rotatably mounted in the main body, with one end fixed on the control and another end engaging the protective cover. The control slides relative to the main body, and the transmitting member rotates the protective cover relative to the outer cover. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061715 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND CAMERA BODY - A camera body includes a body mount that supports an attachable lens unit, an imaging element that captures an optical image of a subject and generates image data, a shutter unit disposed between the body mount and the imaging element, a protecting plate that has a first condition of shielding an opening of the shutter unit and a second condition of retracting from the opening of the shutter unit, a motor that drives the protecting plate, a power source operable to supply power, and a camera controller that controls the motor before power supply from the power source is stopped, so that the protecting plate is in the first condition when the power supply from the power source is stopped. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061716 | CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A camera body includes a body mount to which the lens unit can be mounted, a metal main frame supporting the body mount, an imaging element configured to convert an optical image of the subject into image data, an intermediate part disposed along a thermal conduction path formed between the main frame and the imaging element, and a metal heat radiating member connected to the intermediate part. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061717 | CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A camera body includes a body mount, an imaging element, an imaging element circuit board, a main circuit board, and a metal heat radiating plate. The body mount allows the lens unit to be mounted. The imaging element is disposed on the opposite side of the body mount from the side where the lens unit is mounted, and converts an optical image of the subject into image data. The imaging element circuit board is electrically connected to the imaging element and controls the imaging element. The main circuit board is disposed on the opposite side of the imaging element from the body mount, and includes a camera controller. The heat radiating plate is disposed between the imaging element and the main circuit board. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061718 | COATING AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS, COATING AND DEVELOPING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed herein is a coating and developing apparatus | 2010-03-11 |
20100061719 | Utilizing Optical Bypass Links in a Communication Network - Optical By-Pass (OBP) links may be created by adding wavelengths between nodes on the network. The OBP may extend between any pair of nodes on the network. Intermediate nodes on the OBP are transient nodes and simply forward traffic optically. An OBP extends between a pair of nodes and, unlike express links, is created in such a manner that it does not affect the previous allocation of resources on the network. This enables capacity to be added between pairs of nodes on the network to alleviate congestion at a portion of the network, without changing other traffic patterns on the network. This enables inclusion of an OBP to be deterministic and of linear impact on the network. The OBP links may be statically provisioned or created on demand. Optionally, the OBP links may be crated to coincide with PBB-TE tunnels on the network. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061720 | Provision of Alternative Communications Paths in a Communications Network - A method of processing data for computing alternative paths in an optical network ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061721 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING NETWORK INTERFACE METRICS - An approach is provided for adjusting network interface metrics to optimize transmissions across a network. A measurement of performance of a network interface is made, wherein the network interface is configured to provide traffic across an optical network. A determination is made regarding whether the measured performance satisfies a predetermined threshold. A network metric value of the network interface is adjusted if the measured performance of the network interface satisfies the predetermined threshold. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061722 | NETWORK DESIGN APPARATUS AND NETWORK DESIGN METHOD - A network design apparatus includes an information acquiring unit acquiring optical network information, a section dividing unit dividing an optical network into linear sections, a combination candidate determining unit determining candidates for combinations of various kinds of optical transmission equipment to be placed in each station in each of the linear sections, a noise amount upper limit determining unit determining an upper limit to the amount of noise allowed for each wavelength path, and an equipment placement unit solving an integer programming problem having an objective function that minimizes the cost of the optical transmission equipment and OEO regenerators, subject to the constraints that one optical transmission equipment combination is selected for each linear section and that the number of OEO regenerators necessary for each wavelength path is determined by the cumulative amount of noise of the wavelength path and the noise upper limit determined for the wavelength path. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061723 | OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM, OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE AND BUS SEGMENT FOR CONNECTING THE DEVICE TO A BUS OF THE SYSTEM - An optical sensor system comprises one or more optical sensor devices, a master device and an electrical bus connecting the sensor devices to the master device. The bus comprises a signal daisy chain for the transmission of synchronization events. The sensor devices are adapted to detect a synchronization event at a signal input terminal, to time an optical activity based on this synchronization event and to provide at a signal output terminal a synchronization event delayed by an offset time with respect to the detected synchronization event. A property of the synchronization events provided by the sensor devices is indicative of an output value of the respective sensor device, corresponding to a state of an optical section to which the sensor is sensitive. Diodes are connected between the signal output terminals of the sensor devices and a signal line of the bus, which is connected to a signal input terminal of the master device, so that the latter receives the synchronization events from the sensor devices. The master device comprises means for extracting the output values of the sensor devices from these synchronization events. A sensor device for such a system comprises an enclosure of cuboid outer shape adapted to be mounted to a mounting rail so that the longitudinal direction of the rail is perpendicular to lateral sides of the enclosure. An electrical connector with the signal input and output terminals and with power supply terminals is arranged at a side connecting the lateral sides of the enclosure. Bus segments are provided for connecting the sensor devices to the system bus. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061724 | Hierarchical Routing Query Method of Automatic Switched Optical Network - A hierarchical route inquiry method in Automatic Switched Optical Network is applied to the networks having multi-layer route domains. According to the method, after the route controller RC in one child domain receives the Route Request, if it can not calculate the complete route, it sends the Route Request to the RC in the parent domain; if the RC in the parent domain can not obtain the complete route, it further interacts with other child domains to obtain the complete route and returns the Route Response back to the requester. The present invention solves the problem of creating a cross-domain connection in route inquiry in the Automatic Switched Optical Network. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061725 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAPPING ETHERNET CODE BLOCKS TO OTN FOR TRANSMISSION - A method and a device for mapping Ethernet code blocks to an optical transport network (OTN) for transmission are provided. In the method, 10G Ethernet code blocks are mapped to an OTN frame corresponding to an optical channel payload unit | 2010-03-11 |
20100061726 | Dynamically Reconfiguring An Optical Network Using An Ethernet Switch - An Ethernet switch is used to dynamically reconfigure an optical network having a fixed optical layer. The Ethernet switch is incorporated into a transmission node of the optical network to selectively route data streams received through its input channels to one of the output channels. The data streams at the output channels are multiplexed into multiple wavelength channels of a multiplexed optical signal, and the wavelength channels are selectively dropped at local nodes of the optical network. In addition, the Ethernet switch can be used to reroute data from a single data stream to multiple wavelength channels, and thereby perform sub-wavelength multiplexing. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061727 | HITLESS MxN WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH - A wavelength selective switch (WSS) based on an array of MEMS mirrors tiltable in 1-dimension about only one axis exhibits “hitting” or unwanted port connections during switching. Two WSS's can be cascaded to create M×N switching functionality in a hitless manner by the inclusion of block ports at specified positions in one or both of the WSS's. Greater use efficiency of ports can be achieved if quasi-hitless performance is acceptable. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061728 | Object Modeling Scheme For Next Generation Network Wavelength Division Multiplexing - An apparatus comprising a plurality of entities associated with a network element (NE), wherein the entities are associated with each other in a hierarchical architecture, wherein each entity is assigned an Access Identifiers (AID), and wherein each AID comprises a prefix that indicates a type for the corresponding entity and a numerical field that indicates the association between the corresponding entities and the remaining entities. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising assigning an AID to each of a plurality of NE entities having a hierarchical relationship, wherein the AID comprises a prefix comprising no more than about five characters and a numerical string consisting essentially of numbers, and managing the NE entities using the AIDs. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061729 | Method and system for optical transmission - A system and method for optical transmission that provides an efficient manner of increasing transmission capacity, especially in the downstream direction, with minimal changes to existing components. An optical network node includes an optical transmitter, a plurality of optical media access controllers, and a bit interleaver for interleaving the output of each of the plurality of optical media access controllers into a single bit stream and providing the bit stream to the optical transmitter. In operation, the optical network node, which may be an OLT, thereby is capable of transmitting at a rate equal to the sum of the output rates of the individual media access controllers. A corresponding deinterleaver in a receiving node, such as an ONT, separates the interleaved bit stream into its constituent bit streams, one or more of which may be selected for use in the receiving device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061730 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING UNIT INTEGRATING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL DEVICES EACH HAVING A SPECIFIC WAVELENGTH DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER - An optical unit is disclosed, in which the optical unit provides four optical devices each of which corresponds to a specific wavelength different from each other. In the transmitter unit, the unit includes two optical modules each including two optical devices and one filter unit with a polarization beam filter. The optical beam form two optical devices are combined by the polarization beam filter, while the optical output from the optical modules are combined with the thin film filter. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061731 | Multichannel Optical Transport Network Time Domain Reflectometry Calibration - A system and method are provided for controlling time delay in a multichannel optical transport network (OTN) transmission device using time domain reflectometry (TDR) measurements. The method accepts a pair of 2 | 2010-03-11 |
20100061732 | SMALL FORM FACTOR PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER MODULE - The present invention relates to small form factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver modules. The SFP transceiver module of the present invention comprises a cage corresponding to SFP dimensions, at least one coaxial connector for receiving and/or transmitting an electrical signal, at least one processing unit for processing a received signal, and a host connector for receiving and/or transmitting a processed signal. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061733 | FIELD DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATION - Field devices comprising a transmitter and/or receiver for wireless data communication are provided. The energy available for wireless data communication in data transmitting or data receiving field devices is evaluated prior to activation of the transmitter and/or receiver of the field device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061734 | Optical communication device, method and system - Exemplary optical communication devices are described which, in certain embodiments, derive power optically from and communicate optically to a reading device. The communication devices may also receive data from modulated light from the reading device to achieve a bi-directional optical communication link between the self-powered optical communication device and the reading device. In some embodiments, the communication device is powered by ambient light, such as sunlight, captures data from a sensor, and communicates the stored data some time later to a reading device. In some embodiments, the communication device is powered locally and communicates through air, optical fiber, or other medium with another communication device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061735 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER USING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An optical communication device, including a module board which includes at least the optical module inputting or outputting an optical signal, and the peripheral circuit connecting electrically with the optical module; a connector board which includes an electric connector inputting or outputting an electric signal: and a flexible board which adjusts a relative position of the module board and the connector board, and transmits the electric signal among these boards. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061736 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - An optical transceiver of the present invention comprising an OSA, a circuit board, and a flexible substrate connecting these, in which the flexible substrate has high-speed signal lines and other lines other than the high speed signal lines provided separated from each other on the same surface, a ground layer placed apart and opposite these, and a resistive layer placed apart and opposite the high-speed signal lines, the other lines and the ground layer. High-speed signal and the resistive layer are opposite at least a part of the other lines. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061737 | OPTICAL RECEIVER WITH LOW-PASS FILTER AND MLSE UNIT, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING THE OPTICAL RECEIVER - An optical receiver is disclosed in which the error rate for the received data may be effectively reduced even for the non-linear optical transmission system that provides a directly modulate laser diode as the optical transmitter and the single mode fiber inevitably accompanying with the dispersion as the transmission medium. The optical receiver includes a photodiode (PD), a low-pass filter (LPF) and a maximum likelihood sequence estimator (MLSE) carrying out the Viterbi algorithm. The LPF in front of the MLSE effectively suppresses the ringing appeared in the received signal to generate a replica data with good reproducibility. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061738 | Signal Processor for Compensating for Optical Fiber Chromatic Dispersion - A signal processor for compensating for optical fibre chromatic dispersion comprising encoding means ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061739 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes a first developing unit to form an image using a dry developer and a second developing unit to form an image using a wet developer. The first developing unit forms an image using yellow, magenta, cyan and black developers, and the second developing unit forms an image using a developer having lighter colors than the yellow, magenta, cyan and black developers. Therefore, light colors requiring high resolution and high definition may be printed using a wet type image forming module capable of easily expressing the light colors, and original and dark colors may be printed using a dry image forming module. Hence, it is possible to print a color image having high resolution and high definition, and enhance the color reproducibility of the image. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061740 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of forming devices, a measuring device and a correcting device. In execution of a steady-deviation detection, the correcting device controls the forming devices to form a first pattern and detects a steady deviation amount of the image forming position on a basis of a measurement result of the first pattern. In execution of a varying-deviation detection, the correcting device controls at least one of the forming devices to form a second pattern and detects a varying deviation amount of the image forming position having a cycle on a basis of a measurement result of the second pattern. The correcting device determines necessity of executing the other one of the steady-deviation detection and the varying-deviation detection on the basis of the measurement result in the one of the steady-deviation detection and the varying-deviation detection. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061741 | Image forming apparatus - A transferring unit transfers a toner image from an image carrier to a recording medium. A fixing unit fixes the toner image transferred onto the recording medium. A conveying unit conveys the recording medium from the transferring unit to the fixing unit along a conveyance surface. A guiding member receives the recording medium from the conveying unit and guides the recording medium to a fixing nip of the fixing unit along a guiding surface. An angle changing unit changes an angle between the conveyance surface and the guiding surface according to the type of the recording medium. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061742 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black (K) developing units using a C developer, a M developer, a Y developer, and a K developer, respectively; at least one auxiliary developing unit using a developer other than the C, M, Y, and K developers; a plurality of photosensitive media formed in the C, M, Y, and K developing units and the auxiliary developing unit, respectively; a plurality of cleaning members formed in the C, M, Y, and K developing units and the auxiliary developing unit, respectively, so as to clean surfaces of the plurality of photosensitive media; and waste developer storage units formed in the C, M, Y, and K developing units and the auxiliary developing unit, respectively, so as to collect waste developer cleaned by the plurality of cleaning members. The developer storage unit and waste developer storage unit of at least one of the C, M, Y, and K developing units, in which there is a large amount of developer consumed and a large amount of waste developer generated, are larger than the developer storage unit and waste developer storage unit of the auxiliary developing unit. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061743 | DOUBLE-SIDE RECORDING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM TRANSPORTING METHOD IN DOUBLE-SIDE RECORDING APPARATUS - A double-side recording apparatus which inverts a recording medium after the end of the recording of a first face, and then performs the recording of a second face, includes: a recording unit which performs recording on the recording medium; a transportation unit which transports the recording medium to a position where the recording unit can perform the recording; a movement unit which moves a movable member capable of engaging with the recording unit to an engagement position and a non-engagement position; an inversion unit which inverts the recording medium sent from the transportation unit and returns the inverted recording medium to the transportation unit; a power source which is common to the transportation unit, the movement unit, and the inversion unit; | 2010-03-11 |
20100061744 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD TO CLEAN STAINED PORTION OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a case, a printing medium feeding unit disposed in the case to feed printing media, an image forming unit disposed in the case to form images on a printing medium fed from the printing medium feeding unit using developer and to include at least one portion being stained when the images are formed, and a control portion to control the image forming unit to form the images in a plurality of print modes. The control portion sends a cleaning command to clean the at least one stained portion when the amount of the developer used by the image forming unit reaches a reference amount of the developer or when the number of the printing media supplied by the printing medium feeding unit reaches a reference value of the number of the printing media. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061745 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a carriage including image forming units, the carriage driven reciprocally in a main scanning direction; a conveyance unit to convey a sheet of recording media to a position where the image forming units perform image formation; a first detector provided to the carriage, the first detector including a light emitting part and a light receiving part to periodically detect a surface of the sheet; a calculation unit to calculate a relative amount of movement between the sheet and the image forming units by comparing patterns periodically detected by the first detector; and a control unit to control a timing to perform image formation by the image forming units and an amount of conveyance of the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit based on a result calculated by the calculation unit. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061746 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus that enables effective utilization of a sheet. The image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveying path that conveys a sheet from a paper feeding tray to a secondary transfer position, an image transfer unit that transfers an image onto the sheet conveyed to the secondary transfer position via the sheet conveying path, a detection sensor that optically acquires information concerning a dirty spot on the sheet in a detection position located further on an upstream side than the secondary transfer position in the sheet conveying path, and a CPU that determines, on the basis of the information acquired by the detection sensor, whether a dirty spot is present in a predetermined region of the sheet. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061747 | CHARGING VOLTAGE CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING CONSTANT VOLTAGE CONTROL AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREOF - A charging voltage control method of an image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus thereof. The charging voltage control method of the image forming apparatus includes: applying a charging voltage amount determined by referring to a basic lookup table which determines the charging voltage based on a system load; and correcting the applied charging voltage by using a first correction value which is determined based on a first correction lookup table which determines the first correction value based on a difference between a target current corresponding to the lifespan of the charging roller and a charging current. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061748 | Exposure Timing Determining Method and Image-Forming Apparatus - A toner image on a photosensitive drum exposed with an LED light beam radiated from an LED section and developed by an image-forming unit is transferred by an image-forming apparatus to a printing paper when the printing paper, which is fed from a paper feed tray or a manual feed tray and which is transported by a transport mechanism by a feeder section, passes through a process section. A control unit of the image-forming apparatus determines an exposure timing at which the LED section starts the exposure, depending on a supply source of the printing paper sheet to be subjected to the transfer by the process section. Therefore, the error of the photosensitive member arrival time, which is caused by the change of the transport route, is absorbed, and the deviation of the transfer start position, which results from the error, is suppressed. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061749 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a developer bearing member configured to bear a developer to develop a latent image, a developer regulating member configured to regulate an amount of the developer carried on the bearing member, a voltage application unit that can apply a plurality of direct current voltages of different values between the bearing member and the regulating member, and a current detection unit that can detect a plurality of direct currents of different values flowing in the regulating member when the voltage application unit applies the plurality of direct current voltages, wherein the image forming apparatus sets a direct current voltage value Vb applied by the voltage application unit when developing the latent image, so that the following expression is satisfied: |Vb|>|Vbmin|, where Vbmin indicates a direct current voltage value when the direct current detected by the current detection unit is a minimum value. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061750 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a image bearing member (drum); a developing device for forming a developing portion at which an electrostatic latent image formed on the drum is developed with toner; a toner supply device for supplying toner to the developing device; a density detecting portion for detecting a density of a control toner image formed on the drum; a toner ratio detecting portion for detecting a toner ratio in a two component developer contained in the developing device; a transfer member for forming a transfer portion; a charging member for electrically charging the toner image formed by the developing device by being supplied with a bias of an identical polarity to a charge polarity of the toner; an adjusting portion for adjusting an amount of the toner supplied from the toner supply device so that the toner ratio is below a preset lower limit when the toner ratio detected by the toner ratio detecting portion reaches the lower limit; and a bias determining portion for determining, after the adjustment by the adjusting device, a condition of a bias to be applied to the charging member on the basis of a detection result of the density detecting portion with respect to the density of the control toner image formed on the drum. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061751 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus, which is able to prevent the adherence of toner on the surface of toner controlling means and around a toner passage hole, and to stably carry out toner passage ON/OFF control when forming an image using the direct recording method. This image forming apparatus includes: a toner carrier; recording medium means; toner controlling means, disposed between the toner carrier and recording medium means, and having a plurality of toner passage holes; and cloud electrode means disposed between the toner carrier and toner controlling means, a toner cloud being formed by applying an AC bias between the toner carrier and cloud electrode means. A control electrode and a common electrode are disposed in toner controlling means, and when the toner of the toner carrier is able to pass through the toner controlling means toward recording medium means, a loop-shaped line of electric force is formed between the recording medium means side and the toner controlling means common electrode, the loop-shaped line by-passing the control electrode. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061752 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An image forming apparatus includes first and second belt members, at least one color image carrier, a separate image carrier, a primary transfer member, a secondary transfer mechanism, a direct transfer member, a first image detector to detect positional deviation of transferred images from reference pattern images, and a controller to transfer the reference pattern images formed on the at least one color image carrier and the separate image carrier onto the first belt member or onto the second belt member, convey the reference pattern images to the first image detector, cause the first image detector to detect the reference pattern images, and adjust one or more image forming conditions of the image forming apparatus to prevent positional deviation of the transferred images from the reference pattern images based on detection results obtained by the first image detector. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061753 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME, AND FIXING METHOD - A fixing device including a fixing member to melt a toner image to fix the toner image to a recording medium, a pressing member pressed against the fixing member to form a nip to where the recording medium is conveyed, multiple temperature detectors to detect a temperature at multiple positions on a surface of the pressing member in a width direction thereof, a heating member including a heating layer to heat the fixing member; an exciting coil to generate magnetic fluxes to inductively heat the heating layer, and one or more pairs of degaussing coils to generate magnetic fluxes to degauss the magnetic fluxes generated by the exciting coil. An amount of power supplied to the one or more pairs of degaussing coils is controlled based on a result detected by each of the multiple temperature detectors. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061754 | Fixing control device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus - A fixing control device includes a power distribution controller that adjusts a power distribution time period when the power is distributed to plural heater elements per control cycle, a turn on time determining member that determines a time when each of the plural heater elements is turned on based on a duty ratio between the power distribution time period and the control cycle, and a soft operation controller that either gradually starts or stops heating each of the plural heater elements during a soft start or stop period, respectively. One of the soft start and stop periods for one of the plural heater elements is decreased not to overlap with another one of the plural heater elements. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061755 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member carrying a latent image and a development device disposed along a surface of the image carrying member. The development device includes a developer storing case storing a developer, a developer carrying member carrying the developer to develop the latent image with the developer in an area in which the surface of the developer carrying member faces the surface of the image carrying member, a developer supplying member supplying the developer carrying member with the developer, a metal member extending in an axial direction of the developer carrying member to receive heat conducted from the developer, and a heat releasing device provided on at least one of the outer sides of the developer storing case in the axial direction of the developer carrying member and disposed in contact with the metal member to release the heat conducted from the metal member. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061756 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A CORRESPONDING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Disclosed are a method of controlling moisture in an electrophotographic apparatus having a fuser assembly, and corresponding electrophotographic apparatus. The method includes measuring a cavity temperature of an inner portion of the electophotographic apparatus, measuring a cavity relative humidity of an inner portion of the electophotographic apparatus, calculating a cavity dewpoint temperature using the measured cavity temperature and the measured cavity relative humidity, determining a difference between the cavity temperature and the cavity dewpoint temperature, and if the difference between the cavity temperature and the cavity dewpoint temperature drops below a predetermined threshold, turning on a heater device in the fuser assembly to control moisture in the electrophotographic apparatus. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061757 | IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE AND ORNAMENTAL MEMBER THEREFOR - An image-forming device includes: a casing; an image-forming section including a plurality of image-forming units; a paper supply unit; and a discharge unit. The plurality of image-forming units are arranged substantially vertically within the casing when the casing is disposed in an orientation in which it is intended to be used, each image-forming unit forming an image in a corresponding color. The paper supply unit is disposed above the image-forming units when the casing is disposed in the orientation in which it is intended to be used. The paper supply unit is configured to accommodate a recording medium substantially in a vertical orientation and to supply the recording medium to the image-forming section. The discharge unit is disposed above the image-forming units when the casing is disposed in the orientation in which it is intended to be used. The discharge unit is configured to receive the recording medium discharged from the image-forming section substantially in a vertical orientation. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061758 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, AND IMAGE-READING DEVICE AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An attachment structure is provided that includes a hinge unit for supporting a document feeder and a hinge attachment for fixing the hinge unit having an engagement pin and a retainment hook. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061759 | CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - A carrier for electrophotographic developer, including a core material; and a layer comprising a binder resin, located overlying the core material, wherein the binder resin includes a segment including one or more polymerizable vinyl monomers as a structural unit; and another segment including a partial cleavage structure of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and/or another partial cleavage structure of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquloxane as a structural unit. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061760 | Process Cartridge and Image Forming Apparatus - A process cartridge includes: a frame having an opening that is long in a predetermined direction; a photosensitive drum held in the frame, a portion of a surface of the photosensitive drum being opposite to the opening of the frame, the photosensitive drum extending along a longitudinal direction of the opening; and a protection member that has: a linear body portion extending in the longitudinal direction; and a support portion extending from an end of the linear body portion in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the support portion is supported on the frame so as to rotate about an axis that extends along the longitudinal direction, and the linear body portion is movable between a protecting position and a retreat position. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061761 | Universal Imaging Catridge System - Provided is an imaging cartridge having a universal imaging cartridge chip capable of activating a plurality of types of imaging machines. In several embodiments, the universal imaging cartridge has a handle in the center of an end of the cartridge, a hopper torque tab receptacle that receives a torque tab located on the hopper, a microswitch actuating tab that actuates a microswitch located inside the imaging cartridge receiving cavity of an imaging machine, and a blocking structure that prevents the placement of a second electronic device both on a wall of the imaging cartridge and in overlying relation to a first electronic device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061762 | NON-REMOVABLE CRU LIGHT SHIELD REPLACEMENT FOR PULL STRIP - This is a shroud for housing a replacement photoconductive drum. The shroud has an open gap at its top portion and this gap is covered by at least two overlapping flexible strips that are configured to allow a handle structure to pass therethrough on its way to an exit in the shroud where the photoconductive drum is pushed out of the shroud when installing the drum in a marking machine. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061763 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS REDUCING DRIVING NOISE - An image forming apparatus which includes a main body, an image forming unit to form an image on a printing medium, a plate to open and close a first side of the main body; a pickup unit which includes a driven gear to rotate in forward and backward directions, a pickup roller to receive a driving force from the driven gear to pick up the printing medium disposed on the plate, and a support frame to rotatably support the pickup roller and to interlock with the forward and backward rotations of the driven gear to move toward and away from the plate, a driving source to drive the image forming unit and the driven gear, and a blocking gear disposed between the driven gear and the driving source, to prevent the support frame, spaced apart from the plate, from moving toward the plate. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061764 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method - An image forming apparatus includes: a latent image carrier; a first charging unit which charges the latent image carrier; a second charging unit which supplies a charge having a reverse polarity of the charged polarity of the toner; a toner carrying roller which carries a toner layer containing both a contact toner which comes in direct contact with the surface of the toner carrying roller and a non-contact toner which comes in contact with the contact toner and does not come in contact with the surface of the toner carrying roller; an electric field forming unit which develops the electrostatic latent image by the toner by generating an alternate electric field as a toner fly electric field between the latent image carrier and the toner carrying roller; and a transfer unit which transfers a toner image formed by developing the electrostatic latent image to a transfer medium. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061765 | XEROGRAPHIC CHARGING DEVICE HAVING PLANAR TWO PIN ARRAYS - In a xerographic printing apparatus, including a charge receptor, the charge receptor being movable in a process direction; and a charge device for applying a charge to a surface of the charge receptor, the charge device having a corona member including a pin array being oriented and extending substantially non perpendicular to the surface of the charge receptor in the process direction. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061766 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus can include a first developing portion having first to fourth developing devices containing yellow, magenta, cyan, and black developers, respectively, each of the first to fourth developing devices being disposed apart from adjacent developing devices of the first to fourth developing devices at a regular interval, a second developing portion to include at least one auxiliary developing device to supplement colors of the first developing portion, and an image carrier to convey images of the first and second developing portions, wherein an interval between the first and second developing portions is a multiple of the regular interval between the first to fourth developing devices. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061767 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER, TONER, DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a toner is provided. The method for manufacturing a toner uses a rotary stirring apparatus. The rotary stirring apparatus includes at least a circulation section, a temperature regulation section and a spraying section composed of a two-fluid nozzle. The two-fluid nozzle includes a liquid pipe and an air pipe, the liquid pipe is inserted in the air pipe such that an axis of the liquid pipe coincides with an axis of the air pipe, and at least a part of the liquid pipe and the air pipe is fixed such that the centers of those pipes do not move. A substance in liquid form is sprayed in constant rate from the two-fluid nozzle while regulating temperature and circulating the toner base particles and the fine resin particles in a powder passage, thereby forming a film on the surface of the toner base particle. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061768 | DEVELOPMENT UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A development unit includes a developer accommodating part that accommodates a developer therein, a developer stirring-transporting member that transports the developer in the developer accommodating part while stirring the developer, a bearing part that receives a rotating shaft of the developer stirring-transporting member, a magnetic member that is located between the bearing part and the developer accommodating part and fixed around the rotating shaft, and a stirring member that is spaced apart from the magnetic member so as to be opposed to the magnetic member and that is arranged at the rotating shaft of the developer stirring-transporting member. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061769 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD USING THE SAME - A developing device includes: a first conveying passage (developer conveying passage) through which a developer containing a toner and a magnetic carrier is conveyed; a first conveying member (developer conveying member) provided in the first conveying passage for agitating and conveying the developer in a predetermined direction; and a toner supply pipe for leading supplementary toner to the first conveying passage. The developing device further includes electromagnets for forming a magnetic field inside the toner supply pipe to create a magnetic brush shutter by means of the electromagnets. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061770 | SIMPLIFIED RESETTING THUMPER ASSEMBLY - This is a thumper assembly that is positioned in a developer station of a xerographic marking system. A waste container connected to a drop tube collects waste developer from this station. A magnet prevents magnetic developer from moving through the tube when the container is removed. Once a new container is installed, the magnet is moved away from the tube thereby allowing magnetic developer lodged therein to again move through the tube. A thumper is moved striking the tube to further dislodge developer and allow this developer to move through the tube into the waste container. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061771 | REWELDED CARTRIDGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A reassembled laser toner cartridge and method of manufacture in which the hopper section and roller section of a previously depleted toner cartridge are rewelded together by ultrasonic welding along the length sections after an ancillary energy director strip has been positioned between the sections where the roller section interfaces with the hopper section to provide a laser toner cartridge that has the same or nearly the same specifications as the original equipment manufactured cartridges. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061772 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor drum, a charger, an exposure device, a developing device, a toner cartridge for supplying toner to the developing device, a transfer device and a fixing device. The toner cartridge includes: a toner container, a toner discharge port, a toner discharger having a toner agitator. The toner discharger includes a toner discharger rotary shaft, around which a helical magnet is provided; and magnetic particles that form a helical magnetic brush along the magnet on the surface of the toner discharger rotary shaft. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061773 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus in which a first magnet of a first developing sleeve includes a first magnetic pole near a potion opposing to an image bearing member, and a second magnetic pole being downstream of the first magnetic pole; and a second magnet of a second developing sleeve includes a third magnetic pole near a portion opposing to the first sleeve. Assuming that a magnetic force obtained by combining normal direction forces Fr | 2010-03-11 |
20100061774 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A development device includes a developer carrier, and a developer conveyance path. The developer carrier carries and conveys developer having a magnetic property. The developer carrier includes a plurality of magnetic poles provided inside the development carrier. The developer conveyance path is provided above the developer carrier and conveys the developer by a flow of air such that the developer is conveyed parallel to the developer carrier. The developer conveyance path is provided with a first developer outlet disposed above the developer carrier and open along a direction of conveyance of the developer to discharge the developer to the outside of the developer conveyance path to directly supply the developer to the developer carrier. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061775 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method - An image forming apparatus includes: a latent image holder that holds on its surface an electrostatic latent image in which an image portion and a non-image portion have different potentials; a toner carrying roller that carries a toner layer including both contact toner which directly contacts a surface of the roller and non-contact toner which contacts the contact toner but does not contact the surface of the roller; and an electric field forming unit that forms an alternating electric field to cause an electric field strength exerted between the non-image portion on the surface of the latent image holder and the surface of the toner carrying roller to be lower than a contact toner fly start electric field strength and higher than a non-contact toner fly start electric field strength, between the latent image holder and the toner carrying roller, as a toner fly electric field. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061776 | DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Developer is to be used in an image forming apparatus of an electro-photography type, in which a developer supporting member attaches the developer to a static latent image supporting member for developing a static latent image. The developer includes an outer additive; and base particles. Further, the developer has a charge amount Q | 2010-03-11 |
20100061777 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for transporting a recording medium on which an image is formed includes a guide plate. The guide plate guides the recording medium to a predetermined position in the image forming apparatus and includes a flexible sheet member and a rigid holding member. The rigid holding member holds the flexible sheet member such that the flexible sheet member projects from a front end of the rigid holding member. The projecting portion of the flexible sheet member includes at least three flexible sub-portions having a different bend-stiffness per unit area from each other, and the bend-stiffness per unit area is reduced toward a downstream side in a sheet guide direction. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061778 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a fixing apparatus employing an external heating method in which a scratch on a belt member and slippage of the belt member are prevented. The fixing apparatus includes: a fixing roller; a pressure member pressed against the fixing roller; an endless belt which is rotatably supported and contacts the fixing roller surface for heating the fixing roller; and heating means for heating the endless belt. By passing a recording material through a nip between the fixing roller and the pressure member, the fixing apparatus fixes an unfixed toner image on the recording material on which the unfixed toner image is transferred. The fixing apparatus further includes a cleaning member for removing dirt adhered to a surface of the endless belt by contacting the surface of the endless belt in a region where the endless belt is not supported. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061779 | LUBRICANT SUPPLYING UNIT, PROCESS UNIT INCORPORATING SAME, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A lubricant supplying unit, which can be incorporated in a process unit for use in an image forming apparatus, includes a rotary lubricant supplying member to contact a surface of an image carrier to rotate with the image carrier, a lubricant having an opposed face disposed opposite the rotary lubricant supplying member and side faces, a lubricant holder to hold the lubricant, and a pressing member to press the lubricant toward the lubricant supplying member either directly or via an intermediate transfer member. The rotary lubricant supplying member rotating to scrape the lubricant to supply the scraped lubricant to the image carrier. The lubricant holder supporting at least the entire side face of the lubricant intersecting the opposed face of the lubricant in a cross-section of the lubricant and the lubricant holder in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotary lubricant supplying member. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061780 | CLEANING APPARATUS - A cleaning apparatus for cleaning toner on an image bearing member includes a cleaning blade for collecting the toner by contacting an edge portion thereof with the image bearing member, a container for storing the toner, a first rotation axis for rotatably supporting the cleaning blade, an urging member for urging the cleaning blade, a positioning portion for positioning the cleaning blade so that the cleaning blade urged by the urging member stands by at a predetermined position when the cleaning blade is not in contact with the image bearing member, and a second rotation axis for rotatably supporting the cleaning apparatus while contacting a part of a main body when the cleaning apparatus is mounted on the main body, wherein the edge portion is positioned on a straight line or away from the image bearing member with respect to the straight line connecting rotation centers of the first rotation axis and of the second rotation axis when the cleaning blade is located at the predetermined position. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061781 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER AND SCANNER HAVING THE SAME - An automatic document feeder and a scanner having the same are provided. The automatic document feeder can include a transport unit configured to transport a document to a scanning unit, an apparatus main body configured to hold the transport unit, a cover configured to be rotatably disposed on the apparatus main body, and a sensing unit disposed on a document transportation path to sense whether the cover is open or closed, the position of the document, or both. The automatic document feeder and the scanner having the same are configured to allow a jammed document to be ejected without having the document be damaged. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061782 | DOCUMENT PRESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH DOCUMENT PRESSING APPARATUS - A document pressing apparatus is provided with a document pressing cover including a first lateral part and a second lateral part facing the first lateral part and openable and closable with respect to a housing fitted with a contact glass, a supporting member for supporting the document pressing cover rotatably with respect to the housing at the side of the first lateral part, a plate member connected with the document pressing cover for pressing a document against the contact glass, a first resilient member arranged at the side of the first lateral part between the plate member and the document pressing cover for exerting a pressing force to the document, and a second resilient member provided at the side of the second lateral part between the plate member and the document pressing cover for exerting a pressing force smaller than that of the first resilient member to the document. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061783 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus provided with the first pair of rollers and the second pair of rollers which are positioned in the same axis perpendicular to a fixed direction, and convey a sheet in the conveying direction by rotating while nipping the sheet, the first drive section which drives the first pair of rollers and the second drive section which drives the second pair of rollers, the first detection section which detects a skew angle of the sheet against the conveying direction and a position of an edge part of the sheet in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction before the sheet is conveyed by the pairs of rollers, and the control section which changes at least one of the rotating speeds based on the detected skew angle, and controls a timing to change the rotating speed based on the detected position of an edge part. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061784 | CONVEYING UNIT FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An interlock switch is switched according to the movement of a relay reversal unit rather than the movement of a front cover. The relay reversal unit is connected to a driver substrate by a drawer connector. The change-over of the interlock switch according to the movement of the relay reversal unit is turned off when margin time elapses after a cover detection switch is turned off. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061785 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus including the same - A sheet feeding device including a sheet feed cassette. The sheet feed cassette includes a tray extendable and contractible in a direction of sheet feed; a guide member having a long groove provided on a bottom plate of the sheet feed cassette in the direction of sheet feed; a pressing member having a shaft in a lower portion thereof loosely inserted into the guide member, the pressing member movable along the guide member and contacting a rear edge of a sheet stored in the sheet feed cassette; a link cam plate having a long guide groove into which the shaft of the pressing member is movably inserted, the link cam plate being swingably provided on the bottom plate of the sheet feed cassette; and a sheet size detector including a convex portion and a size detector to detect a size of the sheet stored in the sheet feed cassette. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061786 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE TRAVEL DIRECTION OF MEDIA IN A MEDIA PATH IN AN IMAGE MARKING AND FUSING SYSTEM - An apparatus ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061787 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND TRAY CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a printing apparatus which includes a tray for setting a printing medium thereon, the printing apparatus including: a switch section which is used to perform a power-on operation or a power-off operation; a tray driving section which performs a driving operation of extracting the tray; a detection section which detects whether the printing medium exists on the tray; a control section which moves the tray to a discharge position by controlling the tray driving section in order to prompt an operation of extracting the printing medium from the tray before an initialization process ends when the printing medium is detected upon performing a power-on process; and a storage section which stores information that the control section moves the tray to the discharge position upon performing the power-on process, | 2010-03-11 |
20100061788 | PRINTER - A printer is provided with lugs protruding individually from opposite end portions of a heat sink on the upper end side thereof and collar portions disposed individually on axially opposite end portions of a platen roller and configured to contact the lugs of the heat sink, thereby moving the heat sink away from the platen roller against an urging force of a spring, while a pivotable cover is being pivoted to be opened or closed. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061789 | SELF-LUMINOUS KEYBOARD WITH BRIGHTNESS-ENHANCED KEYCAPS - A self-luminous keyboard with brightness-enhanced keycaps of the present invention comprises a baseplate, a substrate arranged above the baseplate, a plurality of keycaps coupled to the substrate and able to move up and down, a circuit board triggered by the contact of the keycap to output a signal, and a light emitting element. The substrate has a plurality of via-holes each corresponding to one keycap. There is a light transmission path from the light emitting element through the via-hole to the keycap. In each light transmission path, there is a light concentration member, and the light emitted by the light emitting element is concentrated by the light concentration member and then transmitted to the keycap. Thereby, the brightness of the keycaps is enhanced to be higher than the brightness of the gap between the adjacent keycaps, and the recognizability thereof is promoted. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061790 | LABEL ROLL HOLDER RETURNING MECHANISM FOR BARCODE PRINTER - A label roll holder returning mechanism is provided for a barcode printer and includes at least one restoration roller, a coiled resilient element, at least two movable rails, and at least two label roll holding elements. The restoration roller is rotatably mounted to a bottom of the barcode printer and has a top portion forming a positive-movement engagement section. The coiled resilient element is received inside the restoration roller to provide a restoration force to the rotation of the restoration roller. The movable rails are set to the bottom of the barcode printer in a substantially parallel manner. Each movable rail has a surface forming at least one counterpart positive-movement engagement section engaging the positive-movement engagement section of the restoration roller. The label roll holding elements are arranged at a top of the barcode printer and are coupled to the movable rails respectively, whereby the label roll holding elements offer the function of outward separating from each other for removing and installing a roll of label and inward approaching each other to clamp and hold the label roll by means of the engagement between the restoration roller and the movable rails and the restoration force thereof. As such, a label roll holder returning mechanism featuring balanced force restoration is provided. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061791 | Method and Apparatus for Applying Insect Repellant - A method and apparatus for applying insect repellant is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes filling a bag with powder, joining a bottom edge of the bag to a bottom edge of a sleeve adapted to removably cover the bag, and patting the bag over surface areas releasing the insect repellant in a desired quantity. The method includes providing a bag handle secured to a top edge of the bag and adapted to be grasped by a user to slide the sleeve down and pull the bag out. The sleeve is adapted to be grasped by the user when patting the bag over surface areas releasing the insect repellant. The method further includes providing a sleeve handle secured to the sleeve and adapted to be grasped by a user when sliding the sleeve back up over the bag. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061792 | WRITING IMPLEMENT COMPRISING ELASTIC LAMELLAE TO PREVENT AGAINST TWISTING - A writing implement with a sleeve, which has an open front end and in which a lead is displaceably retained by means of a spindle-drive mechanism having a rotary element, wherein the lead, which cooperates with the rotary element, itself forms the spindle and is secured in the sleeve against rotation. Inside of the sleeve, elastic lamellae are provided which engage recesses located on the outside of the lead. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061793 | Million color pen - A self contained multiple color writing pen has a single writing tip for dispensing a user selectable variable color ink to paper or other surfaces from an internal mixing chamber. Several internal ink reservoirs each having a different color ink, supply their ink to the mixing chamber. A user may easily change the selectable writing color even as he writes by manually moving a rotatable thumbwheel on the pen and the dispensed ink output changes quickly in response to such thumbwheel input. The number of colors selectable by a user is seemingly infinite and includes the entire color spectrum. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061794 | ADJUSTABLE FASTENING STRAP - A releasable adjustable binding apparatus includes an elongated substantially flexible strap having a top surface, a bottom surface, and two free ends with a first saw-tooth portion along the top surface proximal one free end; and, a loop fixedly attached proximal a second free end traversing the top surface with a gap between the loop and the top surface. A substantially flexible nose piece is attached to the loop with a second saw-tooth portion engageable with the first saw tooth portion and on a side adjacent the top surface, and at least one moveable loop slidingly connected to the elongated strap between the stationary loop and the first saw tooth portion. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061795 | ARRANGEMENT FOR SECURING A GEARSHIFT LEVER TRIM BASE TO THE PERIPHERY OF A SURROUNDING COVERING - An arrangement for securing a gearshift lever trim base to the periphery of a surrounding covering, in which a guiding mechanism is provided on the lower face of the covering, which guiding mechanism can position the base of the trim upon engagement in corresponding holes provided at the base of the trim, the base being pressed against the lower face by a strap having holes in which the guiding mechanism is engaged. The strap and/or the guiding mechanism are disposed in a housing beneath the lower face of the surrounding covering. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061796 | Rotatable connection adapter - Rotatable connection adapter particularly as prosthetic fitting part with integrated rotation adjustability for artificial limbs such as prostheses, comprising at least one attachment part and a connection part, wherein a further prosthetic fitting part is joined to the connection adapter in such a way that it can be rotated relative to the attachment part but can also be fixed in a defined position, wherein the attachment part has an axial through-bore and, on the underside, an additional coaxial recessed bore of blind bore of greater diameter into which a connection element engages which, at one end, has an at least partially circumferential non-self-clamping edge of smaller height than the depth of the recessed bore or blind bore and which has a diameter smaller than the recessed bore or the blind bore but greater than the through-bore through the attachment part, wherein the connection element, on the side opposite the circumferential edge, has an axially oriented clamping device which acts between the connection part and the further prosthetic fitting part for fixing the connection adapter on a further prosthetic fitting part and which clamping device under tension also suppresses the rotatability between the connection adapter and a further prosthetic fitting part. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061797 | Apparatus and method for connecting a control module to a steering column - An apparatus for connecting a steering column control module to a steering column of a vehicle comprises a bracket for mounting the steering column control module and a collet for interconnecting the bracket and the steering column. The collet snaps into engagement with the bracket and with the steering column. One of the bracket and the collet includes a first projection and the other of the bracket and the collet including a recess for receiving the first projection. The recess includes a second projection for engagement with the first projection when the first projection is received in the recess. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061798 | PIVOT BEARING WITH ADJUSTABLE RESISTANCE - Disclosed herein is an articulated arm (60) of a dental examination light having a pivot bearing (20) with an adjustable resistance feature. The pivot bearing (20) includes a split bushing ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061799 | COUPLER WITH GRAVITY OPERATED SAFETY DEVICE - A coupler for an excavator, the coupler having a body with first and second spaced-apart recesses for receiving respective pins of an excavator attachment. A first latching hook is movable into and out of a latching state in which it is capable of retaining a respective attachment pin in the first recess. A second latching hook is movable into and out of a latching state in which it is capable of retaining a respective attachment pin in the second recess. A blocking member may be provided that is movable into and out of a blocking state in which it lies in the path of the second latching member to prevent the second latching member from leaving its latching state. The blocking member may be movable into and out of the blocking state under the influence of gravity. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061800 | CRASH BARRIER BEAM - A crash barrier beam ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061801 | CABLE BARRIER DELINEATOR - A cable barrier delineator has a cylindrical mid-section, a flattened top, and a flattened bottom indexed 90 degrees from the top when viewed from the end, and is attached to the flanges of a cable barrier post. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061802 | System and method for installing expansion joints - A frame for installing strips of expansion joint material in freshly-poured concrete has an elongated spine around which other elements of the frame are assembled. Spaced retainers are attached along a spine side. A flat side panel extends along another spine side. A space formed between panel and retainer receives a strip of expansion joint material. Notches are spaced along the bottom edge of side panel and serve as guides for spaced nails driven through the joint material. Spaced stakes are driven into the ground to hold the frame in place as concrete is poured around the frame. Handles are attached to the spine for removal of the frame after the concrete has been poured. The nails, immersed in the fresh concrete, hold the strip in place as the frame is lifted from the concrete and the strip remains in place within the concrete. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061803 | Transport Attachment of a Vibration Plate - A transport attachment of a vibration plate and a vibration plate having transport wheels is provided. The transport wheels are pivotable between a transport position and an operating position, and are located further outward in the viewpoint of the vibration plate in the width direction in the transport position than in the state of the operating position. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061804 | METHODS FOR COMPENSATING BEACH EROSION - In accordance with at least one methodology of the present disclosure, an excavating machine (e.g., excavator, backhoe, bulldozer, etc.) moves an excavating apparatus (e.g., a bucket, blade, etc.) such that the excavating apparatus skims the underwater surface of a beach close to the shoreline to gather sand thereby forming a shallow trench in such surface. The depth of trench is small so that the effects of the sand removal to the contour of the beach is quickly compensated by the wave action of the ocean. Although the depth of the removed layer of sand is small, a significant amount of sand can be gathered by continuing the skimming operation over a much longer horizontal distance relative to the vertical depth of the removed sand. Moreover, by repeating the skimming operation along a shoreline, large amounts of sand can be gathered from the underwater surface of a beach close to the shoreline without a significant prolonged impact to the beach's underwater surface contour. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CURVED CONDUIT - A system and method are disclosed for converting channels manufactured for connection together to produce a straight conduit into channels that may be connected together to produce an effectively curved conduit. A link is described that permits the connection between two channels to be connected with an axial offset, which cumulatively allows a plurality of channels to produce a curved conduit. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061806 | INFORMATION METHOD COMBINED WITH DYNAMIC CONSOLIDATION AND VACUUM DRAINAGE FOR REINFORCEMENT OF SOFT SOIL GROUND - The present invention is a soft soil treatment method. Given soil profiles of site subsections investigated by using handy augers, coefficient of permeability and water contents of each soil stratum, rely on soil information-based control, install vacuum pipes, impart vacuum effort, uninstall partial vacuum pipes and impart vacuum-compaction efforts. Densify the site by dynamic or vibration compactions, with varied energies each cycle, to further save time and cost, eliminate the differential settlements and rubber soils, and guarantee construction quality. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061807 | PIPE SECTION FOR USE IN A SUBMERGED PIPELINE SYSTEM, THE SUBMERGED PIPELINE SYSTEM AND THE USE THEREOF - This invention concerns a pipe section for use in a submerged pipeline system, the submerged pipeline system and the use thereof In particular it concerns a submerged pipeline system for long-distance transport of potable water. More in particular, the present invention concerns a submerged pipeline system being constructed of pipe sections and coupling devices, in which the pipe sections are fitted at each end of the pipe with a cylindrical spigot having dimensions and threading suitable to engage with the bell ends of the coupling devices, wherein the pipe sections are made of an engineering thermoplast and wherein the spigots and the coupling devices are made of a cured resin composition. The invention further concerns the method for preparing the submerged pipeline wherein the pipe sections and the coupling devices are engaged in a bell and spigot joint on a marine assembly location. An embodiment of the invention concerns the pipe sections used in the above pipeline system and the method for preparing the same. A further embodiment of the invention concerns end-pieces provided with the cylindrical spigot that may be used as intermediate in the preparation of the above pipe sections, as well as the method for preparing the end-pieces. Finally the invention also concerns the use of the above submerged pipe line system, in particular for transporting fluids, more in particular for transporting water, preferably potable water. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061808 | BOOM WITH GUARD - A boom configured to maneuver large objects, such as sections of pipe, which comprises a machine guard assembly having a support member. The support member includes an outer support surface with a protective layer disposed thereon. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061809 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING DRAG AND/OR VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION - There is disclosed a system for reducing drag and/or vortex induced vibration of a structure, the system comprising a fairing comprising a dampening mechanism adapted to dampen the rotation of the fairing about the structure. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061810 | BALLASTED DRIVEN PILE - A driven pile anchor suitable for securing a tendon of a tension leg platform to the seafloor is supplemented with added weight. The pile may be a conventional driven friction pile installed with an underwater pile hammer. A load frame is added to the individual pile to accommodate ballast weights. Pre-manufactured ballast weights are placed on the frame to increase the holding power of the pile anchor system. The ballast weights may be secured solely by gravity connections, thereby simplifying their installation. In a second embodiment, the pile is intentionally plugged and installed with the plug intact. Pre-manufactured ballast weights are then placed inside the pile and may be held in place by gravity. In a third embodiment, the pile is a conventional driven friction pile installed with an underwater pile hammer. The pile is initially open but subsequently evacuated and intentionally plugged near its pile tip. Pre-manufactured ballast weights are placed inside the pile to increase its holding capacity. The first embodiment may be practiced in conjunction with either the second or third embodiment. The first embodiment may be retrofitted to existing, driven-pile anchor systems. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061811 | BULK COMPONENT FEEDER - A bulk component feeder includes a conveying channel | 2010-03-11 |