13th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090080908 | Image Forming Apparatus - In an image forming apparatus, an image forming portion forms an image on a rotator. A storage portion stores change characteristics information relevant to correction parameters corresponding to phase points of the rotator. A designating portion designates a correction parameter from the correction parameters based on the change characteristics information. A correcting portion corrects an image forming position on the rotator based on the correction parameter designated by the designating portion. When a first determining portion determines, based on a detecting phase point of the rotator detected by a detecting portion, that the current phase of the rotator corresponds to a shifting phase point, and further a second determining portion determines that the image forming portion is in inactive time, the designation by said designating portion is shifted to the correction parameter corresponding to the shifting phase point. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080909 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a toner cartridge supporting member which is movable between (i) an insertion position indicating that the toner cartridge is in the predetermined position and (ii) a draw-out position indicating that the toner cartridge is drawn out from the predetermined position; a detection device which detects a movement of the toner cartridge supporting member in a direction pointing from the insertion position toward the draw-out position; an information storage device which is provided in the toner cartridge; a connector which is provided so as to be detached from or fitted to the information storage device so as to be movable in a moving direction of the toner cartridge supporting member; and an information processing device which is capable of communicating with the information storage device via the connector and which carries out a communication stop process for causing a communication between the information processing device and the information storage device to be stopped when the detection device detects the movement of the toner cartridge supporting member. This prevents a communication error from occurring in the communication between the information storage device on the toner cartridge side and the information processing device on the image forming apparatus side when the toner cartridge is suddenly drawn out from the image forming apparatus. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080910 | METHOD OF DETECTING JAM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of detecting a wrap jam or accordion jam type paper jam and stopping a printing process once a wrap jam or according jam type is detected and an image forming apparatus using the same are provided. The method of detecting the paper jam in the image forming apparatus includes sensing to detect a sheet of paper by using an exit sensor, detecting whether the sheet of paper passes between a transfer roller and an OPC (organic photoconductive) drum for a first time period if the exit sensor does not detect the sheet of paper, and stopping a printing operation of the image forming apparatus if the sheet of paper passes between the transfer roller and the OPC drum for the first time period. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce damage to a fusing roller and increase the lifetime of the fusing roller and other components of the image forming device, if a wrap jam or accordion jam type occurs. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080911 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MESSAGES ON A PRINTING COMPONENT - A consumable printing component for use in a printing device includes an imaging member and a memory storing message data. In response to a trigger event, a message is formed on the imaging member at the end of a print job such that the message remains on the imaging member. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080912 | Image Forming Method - When copying control (copying/printing job) is finished, the main CPU checks whether the scanner control is being executed in the scanner portion. If the scanner control is not being executed, the main CPU checks whether there is any scanner control executing request. If there is no scanner control executing request, the main CPU locks a scanner control resource, reads out a count value of a toner residual amount stored in a non-volatile RAM, renews the control information of EEPROM of the toner cartridge through an interface, releases the lock of the scanner control resource and finishes the copying operation. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080913 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS UNIT - An information attaching unit attaches either one of carrier density information of initial developer and loose apparent density information of toner in the initial developer to a housing of a developing device. A density-information storage unit stores therein either one of the carrier density information and the loose apparent density information as electronic data. At least one of the information attaching unit and the density-information storage unit is provided before shipment of the developing device. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080914 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sub CPU of an image forming section forms a toner image based on test line data on an intermediate transfer belt, detects an inclination of the formed toner image for each color component, calculates an adjustment indicative value for correcting the detected inclination for each color component, and outputs the adjustment indicative values to the BK adjusting section, C adjusting section, M adjusting section, and Y adjusting section, respectively, of an inclination adjusting section. The BK adjusting section, C adjusting section, M adjusting section, and Y adjusting section generate, based on the respective adjustment indicative values obtained from the sub CPU, adjustment amounts for an inclination adjustment process to be executed on image data, execute the inclination adjustment process based on the generated adjustment amounts, and output the obtained image data to the respective LDs of an exposure unit. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080915 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COLOR MISREGISTRATION CORRECTION METHOD THEREFOR - A color image forming apparatus causes a light emitting unit to emit light to a superimposed pattern in which a black developer (Bk) is superimposed on a color developer (Y, M, C) as a background color, detects diffuse reflected light by a light receiving unit, calculates positional deviation among the colors using the black developer (Bk) as a reference color based on a detection result, and adjusts an image forming condition. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080916 | XEROGRAPHIC COPYING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CHECKING TROUBLE POINT IN THE SAME AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - In a method of checking a trouble point in a xerographic copying apparatus of the invention, a sequence code is selected from a plurality of sequence codes to distinguish a plurality of sequences to stop an operation of the xerographic copying apparatus in any one process of a plurality of print processing processes for print output of a sheet, an operation of a photoconductor in a state where toner is attached is stopped in any one process among the plurality of print processing processes in accordance with the sequence corresponding to the selected sequence code, and any one trouble point is checked, and therefore, the point where a poor image is generated is suitably grasped. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080917 | Image Forming Appparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member which bears a toner image, a transfer member which transfers the toner image on the image bearing member to a transfer material, a cleaning blade which is brought into contact with and separated from the image bearing member and which removes transfer remaining toner remaining on the image bearing member where the toner image is transferred; and executing means which executes a toner cleaning mode such that the cleaning blade is brought into contact with and separated from the image bearing member so as not to remove a part of the transfer remaining toner remaining on the image bearing member, and then the cleaning blade having been separated from the image bearing member contacts the part of the transfer remaining toner remaining on the image bearing member when the cleaning blade again is brought into contact with the image bearing member. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080918 | MEDIA ELEVATOR'S CURRENT POSITION IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND A MEDIA HANDLING DEVICE ARRANGED WITH THE SAME - A media handling device includes sensing means disposed in a media elevator that is movable in a generally-vertical travel path proximate to a generally-fixed surface. The sensing means detects a recorded information that is disposed in the surface. The resulting detected information is used to identify the media elevator's current position. Also, another media handling device includes a recorded information disposed in a movable media elevator. Sensing means are fixed proximate to a generally-vertical media elevator travel path. The recorded information is sensed and the resulting detected information is used to identify the media elevator's current position. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080919 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying a toner image; a rotatable transfer member constituting a transfer portion for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member onto a recording material; a voltage source for applying a voltage to the transfer member; an executing portion for executing an image forming mode for continuously forming an image on a plurality of recording materials having different widths measured in a direction of a rotational axis of the transfer member; an interval adjustment portion for adjusting, during execution of the image forming mode, an interval between adjacent recording materials to a first interval when the width of the recording material is larger than the width of the previous recording material, and for adjusting, during execution of the image forming mode, the interval between adjacent recording materials to a second interval when the width of the recording material is smaller than the width of the previous recording material, wherein the first interval is larger than the second interval; and a voltage controller for applying, to the transfer member, a voltage having a polarity which is the same as a polarity of the voltage when the tone images are transferred at the second interval. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080920 | Toner Calibration Measurement - The present disclosure relates to a method, system and apparatus for calibrating an image forming device using a toner patch sensor which emits and detects light in at a given wavelength. A plurality of toner patches may be deposited onto a control surface, wherein the toner patches include a first toner patch including a first toner, a second toner patch including the first toner deposited over a second toner, and a third toner patch including the second toner. Signals indicative of the reflectivity of the plurality of toner patches and the control surface may be measured by emitting light of a given wavelength in the infrared spectrum and detecting the amount of incident light reflected from said plurality of toner patches and said control surface. The signals indicative of reflectivity may then be used to adjust operating parameters of the image forming device which may then control toner mass density. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080921 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearing body that bears a latent image, a charging member applied with a charging voltage and configured to charge a surface of the latent image bearing body, a developer bearing body applied with a developing voltage and configured to develop the latent image with a developer, a developer regulating member applied with a regulating-member-application voltage and configured to form a layer of the developer on the developer bearing body, and a voltage switching unit configured to switch the regulating-member-application voltage. In a non-image-forming period, the voltage switching unit switches the regulating-member-application voltage from a voltage set for an image forming period to a different voltage. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080922 | Apparatus and Method for Image and Print Blanket Enhancement - Apparatus and methods for improving print quality and print blanket life in liquid electrostatic printing, for example, forming a first toner image on an image surface; first transferring the first image to an intermediate transfer member; then transferring of the first image from the intermediate transfer member to a final substrate; affixing the first image on the final substrate; rotating the first image to create a second image; and, repeating the method using the second image. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080923 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - At a time for resetting a transfer voltage after a predetermined time period from the performance of ATVC in both a color mode and a monochrome mode, ATVC is performed only in a currently running mode. A transfer voltage in another mode that the ATVC has not been performed at that time is set based on results of the ATVC performed in both the color and monochrome modes and a result of the ATVC performed in the other mode at that time. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080924 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided in which image forming sections are provided along an intermediate transfer member and in which a test voltage is applied to a transfer member to control a transfer voltage. In the image forming apparatus, the test voltage is applied to a region of the intermediate transfer member in an upstream image forming section. The test voltage is controlled so as to be applied at a time except when that region of the intermediate transfer member passes through a downstream image forming section. Accordingly, when the intermediate transfer member is charged by applying the test voltage to the transfer member in the upstream image forming section, the transfer voltage can be appropriately controlled in the downstream image forming section. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080925 | Fuser Life Extension - A method for extending the operating life of a fuser used in an electrophotographic imaging apparatus is disclosed. A control algorithm monitors the number of substrates processed over the lifetime of the fuser and adjusts the fusing temperature of the fuser to compensate for changes occurring in the nip forming members of the fuser. The useful lifetime of the fuser is extended while fusing quality is maintained. A corresponding fuser assembly is also disclosed. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080926 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is supplied that can obtain a correct temperature inside an image forming section and can perform an optimum temperature control so that it is possible to prevent remainder toner on the surface of the image carrying body from solidifying. In the image forming apparatus, in order to heat and fix toner image onto print medium, an image forming section forms the toner image on surface of an image carrying body; a conveying section conveys the print medium; a transferring section transfers the toner image on the image carrying body onto the print medium conveyed by the conveying section; a fixing section heats and fixes the toner image transferred on the print medium; a fixing section temperature detection section detects a temperature of the fixing section; an apparatus controlling section controls the temperature of the fixing section on the basis of a detection result of the fixing section temperature detection section; and an inner temperature detection section detects an image forming apparatus inner temperature, wherein the inner temperature detection section is set up in a location outside the image forming section, where temperature changes due to a heat influence from the fixing section as that a toner accommodating portion inside the image forming section has the same heat influence, and the apparatus controlling section sets a temperature setting value of the fixing section on the basis of a detection result of the inner temperature detection section. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080927 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus has: an intermediate transfer body which carries an image; a transfer mechanism which transfers the image carried on the intermediate transfer body, onto a transfer surface of a recording medium fixed to a surface of a rotating body; and a fixing mechanism which is disposed so as to oppose the surface of the rotating body to a downstream side of the transfer mechanism in terms of a direction of rotation of the rotating body, and which fixes the image that has been transferred to the transfer surface of the recording medium, onto the recording medium. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080928 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS INCLUDING HOT-ROLL TYPE FIXING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MALFUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE SAME - A control portion determines whether a malfunction occurs or not in a roller temperature sensor and an ambient temperature sensor by comparing a trajectory (temporal behavior) actually created by two-dimensional data on a temperature table with a target trajectory. In other words, the control portion successively integrates a prescribed weight for each transition from one element to the adjacent element corresponding to a trajectory of two-dimensional data on the temperature table, and determines whether or not a malfunction occurs in the roller temperature sensor and the ambient temperature sensor, based on the integrated weight. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080929 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CHARGING TO PRINT DOCUMENT THEREIN - A printing system and a method of charging to print a document therein. The printing system includes a server and a printing apparatus. The sever includes a storing part in which reference information on a document to be printed, a host communication part which receives a document including relevant information, and a host controller which charges a document registrant corresponding to the relevant information to print the document. The printing apparatus includes a printer communication part which receives the document, and a printer controller which prints the document received through the printer communication part. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080930 | IMAGING DEVICE AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment of the present invention, the imaging device comprises an image data processing module which processes acquired image data, a display module which displays image data, a storage module which stores image data, an operation input module which imparts an operation input, and a control module which controls the image capturing module, the image data processing module, the display module, and the storage module in response to the operation input, wherein the control module arranges small images of the respective representatives of a plurality of chapters which have been set to the latest moving image and also displays a large image corresponding to a small image of a representative of the first chapter as a background image when a setting state is switched from a photographing mode to a reproducing mode. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080931 | AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - An auxiliary power supply apparatus according to an example of the invention includes a first charge storage unit connected in parallel to an external resistance, a second charge storage unit connected in parallel to the external resistance, and a first switch to change a state in which the first charge storage device and the second charge storage device are connected in parallel to the external resistance to a state in which the first charge storage device and the second charge storage device are connected in series to the external resistance. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080932 | TONER CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD OF RECYCLING TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge comprising: a toner storage container with a toner discharge port, including a plurality of container component members, and a toner discharging unit for discharging toner stored in the toner storage container outside through the toner discharge port, wherein the plurality of container component members are mutually joined by an electrically-peeling adhesive whose adhesion force is reduced by electrification. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080933 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A charging member has a surface layer. The surface layer contains a polysiloxane having a first unit, a second unit and a third unit each of which is represented by a specific formula. The ratio of the sum of the mole numbers of the first and second units to the sum of the mole numbers of the first to third units is in a specific range. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080934 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units, each provided with an image bearing member, detachably mountable to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; an opening, provided in a side surface of the main assembly, for permitting insertion of the plurality of image forming units into the opening; a guide portion for guiding the plurality of image forming units toward the opening; and a projected portion, provided on the guide portion, for positioning a part of an associated image forming unit outside the opening by contacting the associated image forming unit when the associated image forming unit is inserted into the opening with an attitude different from the attitude of the associated image forming unit at the time when the associated image forming unit is disposed in the main assembly. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080935 | Protection cover, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the same - A protection cover includes a cover base that covers and protects an external exposure portion of a photosensitive member and that comes into contact with an image forming apparatus housing body to movably guide a process cartridge; an extrusion member that is disposed in the cover base on a side opposite to an insertion direction of the process cartridge to the image forming apparatus housing body and that moves in the insertion direction of the process cartridge to extrude the process cartridge from the cover base; and a restriction portion that is disposed in the extrusion member to restrict the process cartridge in the cover base in a state where the process cartridge is located in the cover base and to release the process cartridge from the cover base in a state where the process cartridge is inserted and mounted to the image forming apparatus housing body. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080936 | Coupling mechanism for material supply module - A coupling mechanism includes a driven coupling for mating with a driving coupling. The driven coupling includes a cylinder flange, a concentric shaft that extends axially outwardly from the flange, and a cylindrical driven coupling member that extends axially outwardly from the concentric shaft. The driven coupling member comprises a flexible membrane that encases non-rigid fill material, such as, e.g., a flowable granular material or a non-Newtonian fluid. The driven coupling member has a non-twisted, triangular cross-section, and is configured such that, when it is operationally engaged with the driving coupling, the non-rigid material substantially solidifies, thereby providing a substantially non-flexible structure for the membrane. The driven coupling may be connected to, for example, a photoreceptor drum of a material supply module, and the driving coupling may be connected to a reprographic device. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080937 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a holding mechanism that holds an optical writing unit such that, at an operating position, the latent image writing unit is supported at three points with respect to the apparatus main body, and the latent image writing unit and the rotation axis are not in contact with each other. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080938 | Exposure device and image forming apparatus - An exposure device includes a substrate on which a light emitting element array is provided, a focusing lens that focuses light emitted by the light emitting element array, a supporting member that supports the substrate and the focusing lens. The supporting member has a contact surface. A base is provided for forcing the substrate against the contact surface of the supporting member. The base has a first engaging portion that engages a second engaging portion formed on an inner wall of the supporting member. The base is mounted to the supporting member by the engagement of the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080939 | Apparatus for containing splashes in an ink developer - A splash guard is configured to control the flow of excess liquid generated by an interaction between a first roller and a second roller by splitting the flow of the excess liquid into a first flow and a second flow. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080940 | Developer, developer cartridge, image forming unit and image forming apparatus - A developer is produced by a process including mixing at least a binder resin and internal additive particles. The internal additive particles have diameters in a range from 15 μm to 212 μm. The internal additive particles have higher melting point than the binder resin. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080941 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - There is provided an image forming device, comprising: an image holding unit configured to hold an image formed by developing material; a developing material case configured to accommodate the developing material and to have a supplying opening facing the image holding unit; a carrying unit having a plurality of carrying electrodes, the carrying unit being configured to carry the developing material accommodated in the developing material case toward the image holding unit by generating a traveling electric field through the plurality of carrying electrodes; a vibrator that vibrates the carrying unit; and a controller that controls the vibrator to change a frequency of vibration. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080942 | DEVELOPING MATERIAL CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - There is provided an image forming device, including an image holding unit configured to hold an image formed by developing material, a developing material case configured to accommodate the developing material and to have a supplying opening facing the image holding unit, a carrying unit having a plurality of carrying electrodes, the carrying unit being configured to carry the developing material accommodated in the developing material case toward the image holding unit by generating a traveling electric field through the plurality of carrying electrodes, at least one vibrator that vibrates the carrying unit, and a vibrating region moving unit configured to move a vibrating region vibrated by the at least one vibrator along the carrying unit in accordance with an amount of the developing material in the developing material case. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080943 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a rotator that rotates around a shaft, and a bearing element that supports the shaft to a housing. A sliding element formed of a composite material that contains self-lubricating thermoplastic olefin resin as a base material is used as the bearing element. The sliding element formed of the composite material has at least a ratio of numerical values of “Rockwell hardness”/“bending elastic modulus” in a range from 25 to 45, and provides a sliding surface of which a frictional coefficient is lower than that of the sliding element formed of the base material. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080944 | DEVELOPER SUPPLYING CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPER RECEIVING CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer supply cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes a developer accommodating portion of accommodating a developer; a discharging opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion to a developer receiving opening of a developer receiving cartridge provided with developing means for developing an electrostatic image formed on an image bearing member with the developer, the developer receiving cartridge being detachably mountable to the main assembly of the image forming apparatus; a shutter member movable between an opening position for opening the discharging opening and a closing position for closing the discharging opening; an engaging portion for engagement with the developer receiving cartridge so as to receive, from the developer receiving cartridge, a force for moving the shutter member from the closing position to the opening position, in interrelation with a relative movement between the developer supply cartridge and the developer receiving cartridge toward each other in a mounting-and-demounting direction of the developer supply cartridge relative to the main assembly of the image forming apparatus. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080945 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer container storing a developer of the present invention includes a developer outlet formed in the side wall thereof, and a shutter member for selectively opening or closing the developer outlet. The shutter member opens the developer outlet when the developer container is mounted to the body of an image forming apparatus or closes it when the former is dismounted from the latter. The toner container with this configuration surely prevents the developer from leaking when the developer container is dismounted from an image forming apparatus. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080946 | TONER CONVEYING MECHANISM, CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device comprises a toner conveying mechanism, wherein the toner conveying mechanism includes a conveying member that rotates to convey toner; and an elastic member that is furnished for contacting with circumference of the conveying member, wherein the elastic member contacts to circumference of the rotating conveying member with slide. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080947 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer body; a plurality of image forming portions; a secondary transfer unit; a recording medium accommodating container; a waste toner accommodating container; a first electrical part; and a second electrical part. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080948 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image bearing members; a plurality of primary transferring devices for transferring toner images from the image bearing member onto an intermediary transfer belt provided above the plurality of image bearing members; an intermediary transfer unit including the intermediary transfer belt; a secondary transfer portion for transferring the toner image from the intermediary transfer belt onto a recording material; a feeding path for feeding the recording material upwardly toward the secondary transfer portion; a detecting member for detecting the toner image formed on the intermediary transfer belt; an adjusting device for adjusting a condition under which the image is formed on the image bearing member on the basis of a result of detection of the detecting member; an openable member for opening the feeding path; a guiding mechanism for guiding draw of the intermediary transfer unit toward the feeding path when the openable member opens; and a retracting mechanism for retracting the detecting member away from the intermediary transfer unit with movement of the intermediary transfer unit toward the feeding path. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080949 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus which forms a primary image on an intermediate transfer body and then transfers the primary image onto a recording medium, has: a movement device which moves the intermediate transfer body in a movement direction; a recess-projection forming device which forms a recess-projection shape in an image forming surface of the intermediate transfer body; a droplet ejection device which is provided on a downstream side of the recess-projection forming device in terms of the movement direction and ejects droplets of ink onto the image forming surface of the intermediate transfer body in which the recess-projection shape has been formed, to form the primary image; and a transfer recording device which is provided on a downstream side of the droplet ejection device in terms of the movement direction and applies pressure to at least one of the intermediate transfer body and the recording medium in a state where the recording medium makes contact with the primary image formed on the image forming surface of the intermediate transfer body to transfer the primary image onto the recording medium. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080950 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units forming a visible image by attaching charged developer to an electrostatic latent image, a transfer belt member being transferred the visible image formed by each of the plurality of image forming units, a plurality of tension members tightly stretching the transfer belt member, a primary transfer member transferring the visible image formed by the plurality of image forming units to the transfer belt unit, a secondary transfer member transferring the visible image transferred to the transfer belt member on a recording medium, and a fixing unit fixing the visible image transferred to the recording medium. The plurality of image forming units are disposed in at least two transfer regions formed by segmenting the transfer belt member by the plurality of the tension members. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080951 | Interlocking fastener design prevents part movement - When a TAB assembly is used in the transfer station of an electrostatic marking system, the blade used in the TABs becomes deformed or improperly aligned due to lateral movement of the clamp, held by rivets, which is used to maintain proper blade alignment. Provided herein is a simple, yet effective, way to secure this clamp with embedded burrs so that the useful life of the TAB is more than doubled over prior art TABs. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080952 | Belt Fuser Assembly Having Feature To Prevent Media Wrapping Of The Fuser Belt - A belt fuser assembly includes a housing, and a fuser belt rotatably mounted to the housing, with the fuser belt having a direction of rotation. A pivot body has a proximal portion pivotably mounted to the housing and has a first elongate member having a first distal end that extends from the proximal portion. The first elongate member has a width extending perpendicular to the direction of rotation of the fuser belt. The first distal end of the first elongate member has a smooth curved surface extending along the width for pressing against the fuser belt during a sheet jam occurring in the housing to prevent a sheet of media from wrapping around the fuser belt. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080953 | Fuser Assembly Having Selectable Fuser Detack Mechanism - A fuser assembly includes a fuser housing, a fuser roller rotatably mounted to the fuser housing, an actuator mechanism, and a fuser detack mechanism. The fuser detack mechanism includes a detack housing pivotably mounted to the fuser housing. The fuser detack mechanism is pivoted from a first position to a second position when the actuator mechanism is actuated. A plurality of detack fingers is mounted to the detack housing. Each of the plurality of detack fingers has a distal end, wherein when the fuser detack mechanism is in the first position, the distal end of each of the plurality of detack fingers is positioned to be disengaged from an exterior surface of the fuser roller, and when the fuser detack mechanism is in the second position, the distal end of each of the plurality of detack fingers is positioned to be engaged with the exterior surface of the fuser roller. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080954 | SLIDING MEMBER AND FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a sliding member, including: a substrate; and a non-continuous diamond-like carbon layer provided on a surface of the substrate, the non-continuous diamond-like carbon layer being formed from a plurality of diamond-like carbon layer portions that are separated from one another by grooves. Also provided is a fixing device including: a fixing belt; a pressure member that contacts the outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt; and at least one fixed sliding member on which the fixing belt slides, the fixed sliding member contacting the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt, at least one of the fixing belt and the fixed sliding member comprising a non-continuous diamond-like carbon layer on a sliding surface between the fixing belt and the fixed sliding member, the non-continuous diamond-like carbon layer being formed from a plurality of diamond-like carbon layer portions that are separated from one another by grooves. Furthermore, provided is an image forming apparatus using the sliding member or the fixing device. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080955 | Content-changing document and method of producing same - Sheet print media are printed/marked with both transient and permanent marking which may be juxtaposed or the transient marking overprinted to change the meaning or message of text on the appearance of an image over time. Applications include advertising and labels for articles of commerce. The method applies to plain paper or coated print media for subsequent ultraviolet radiation. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080956 | IN-LINE PRINTING MEDIA TREATMENT FOR PRINTING ON NON-PAPER PRINTING MEDIA AND THICK PRINTING MEDIA - A method and printing device positions a conductive film applicator adjacent a printing media transport within a printing device. The conductive film applicator is positioned between the printing media input and the marking station. As the printing media moves by the conductive film applicator, the conductive film applicator applies a conductive film to the printing media. After the conductive film has been applied to the printing media, the printing media is moved to the marking station and printing operations are performed on the printing media. After printing is complete, the printing media can be output from the printing device. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080957 | MEDIUM HOLDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT EMPLOYS THE MEDIUM HOLDING APPARATUS - A medium holding apparatus detachably is attached to a medium feeding section of an image forming apparatus. A supporting section supports the medium thereon. A side guide is mounted to the supporting section. The side guide extends in a direction parallel to a first direction in which the medium is advanced to the medium feeding section, and is movable in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The side guide abuts the side edge of the medium to guide the medium toward the medium feeding section. A guide unit is mounted to the supporting section, and holds the medium in a gently curved position. When the medium is fed to the image forming apparatus, the guide unit guides the medium to the supporting section. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080958 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printing control apparatus is provided which can produce an appropriate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image by adding a monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern even if monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which a color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set. When the monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which the color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set, and if the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern color is output with its color unchanged, the color is not converted into 100% black. Considering this, when a forced monochrome mode is selected, even if the user's setting for the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is color, the color is changed to monochrome (black) before output. If the designated copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting is for color, the designated copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting is changed to the monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting so that the printing processing is performed in the monochrome mode using the designated copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080959 | CASSETTE FOR A PRINTER - An integrated ink-and-paper cassette ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090080960 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STRIP-SHAPED MATERIAL PRINTING PRESS - A control apparatus for a web rotary printing press includes: a detector, located downstream of a former and provided halfway through a transport path for a web or a signature from the former to a chopper, for detecting the position of an end portion of the web on a side folded by the former; and a former and turn bar control device for adjusting the position, in the paper flow direction, of the former or the position, in the lateral direction, of the chopper in response to an output from the detector. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080961 | PRINTING MACHINE - A printing press includes a printing unit, a feeder unit, and a delivery unit. At least one of the units is provided with a panel for either or both operating the unit and displaying the state of the unit. The panel is attached to the unit with a magnet, and is held by the attractive force of the magnet. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080962 | WRITING INSTRUMENT WITH SHEET DISPENSER - A writing instrument is provided. The instrument has (a) a body having opposing first and second ends, the body comprising a marking element extending from one or both ends, and (b) a sheet dispenser coupled to a first cap that is able to engage the first or the second end of the body portion, the dispenser comprising (i) a base disposed on the first cap; and (ii) a cover removably, e.g., slideably, engageable with the base, wherein the dispenser is disposed axially along a centerline of the writing element. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080963 | Propel/repel dispensers - A propel/repel dispenser having one or more features in combination to provide improved manufacture, assembly and use of the dispenser. Such features include a wide single lead thread, a “click” feature to provide sound and feel to a user so that propelling and repelling can be controlled, and a retention element involving a single slot extending from a central opening through which a screw structure passes upon assembly of the dispenser. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080964 | POWERED PAINTING SYSTEM - A gas pressurized painting system comprises a pressurized paint canister and a powered paint brush or powered paint roller connectable to the pressurized paint canister. The canister includes a paint reservoir, an air pressure fitting in fluid communication with the paint reservoir and configured to be connected to a gas pressure source, a paint outlet in fluid communication with the paint reservoir, and a removable cap for filling the paint reservoir with paint. A flexible tube is used to interconnect the paint outlet to the paint inlet of the powered paint brush or powered paint roller. The painting system also includes a cleaning system for quickly and easily cleaning the system using a standard source of cleaning fluid, such as a garden spigot. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080965 | Map pen - An improved map pen comprises a fold up map or a stack of multiple sheets. A cocked flap or a sliding type knob or geared stopping mechanism is employed for holding the pulled-out map in any pulled-out position. The map pen is equipped with an additional pen mounted to the outside scroll end. A mini compass is mounted on top of map pen top button. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080966 | MODULAR FILING SYSTEM - A binder for holding documents is disclosed. The binder has a spine with a pair of cover flaps attached to each side of the spine. Attached to the spine is a latching device, also referred to as a locking device, that includes a first retaining member, a latching member, and a second retaining member. The first and second retaining members are parallel to each other and extend perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the spine. The binder is configured to hold a plurality of document modules, each of which hold a set of documents, which are flexible sheets of material, such as paper or plastic. Each module has first and second ends. The first end is contoured to mate with a portion of an external profile of the first retaining member. The second end attaches to the second retaining member. The latching member moves between a latched position where it engages the first end of the module and an unlatched position where it is not engaged to the first end of said module. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080967 | Joint and/or bearing arrangement - Joint or bearing arrangement ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090080968 | BICYCLE SEAT TUBE CLAMP AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A bicycle seat tube clamp may include a clamp body having an opening for a bicycle seat tube. The clamp body may have a separation defining first and second opposing clamp ends which may have respective first and second aligned fastener shaft-receiving passageways therein. The first clamp end may have a cylindrically shaped nut-receiving passageway intersecting the first fastener shaft-receiving passageway. The second clamp end may have an enlarged fastener head-receiving passageway aligned with the second fastener shaft-receiving passageway. The clamp may also include a fastener having an enlarged head with a convex lower surface. A cylindrically shaped nut may be positioned in the nut-receiving passageway and engage the fastener shaft. A shaped washer may surround the shaft and have a concave upper surface engaging the convex lower surface of the fastener head. Alternatively, the concave surface may be integrally formed in the enlarged fastener head-receiving passageway. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080969 | Detachable connector assembly - A detachable connector assembly has a bracket, an active dowel and a lever. The bracket has a clamping recess. The active dowel has a shaft and a shaft cover. The shaft has a head, a central segment and a mounting end. The central segment is formed coaxially on and smaller than the head. The mounting end is formed coaxially on the central segment. The shaft cover is mounted around the central segment and the mounting end. The bracket and the active dowel are mounted inside two perpendicular panels respectively with the head of the active dowel inserted in the clamping recess. A person rotates the lever to drive the bracket around, thereby pulling the head further into bracket, the shaft cover is pressed further into the panel around the mounting end, thereby holding the shaft in the panel and securing the panels and connecting assembly together. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080970 | Surface drainage system - A surface drainage structure formed above a subgrade may include an elongate drain conduit disposed partially within the subgrade. The elongate drain conduit may define at least one drain slot extending through a wall thereof. The structure may include a pavement layer with an exposed top surface and a drainage channel extending therefrom. The drainage channel may be in fluid communication with the drain slot of the elongate drain conduit. A method of forming the surface drainage structure includes placing the elongate drain conduit in the subgrade, forming the pavement layer, cutting an upper channel along the elongate drain conduit, and cutting a lower channel and the drain slot in the elongate conduit. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080971 | BOLLARD ASSEMBLY - A bollard assembly having a post and a sleeve. The post has a cylindrical post wall forming a cavity and a passage in the post wall. The passage has a first section that extends longitudinally along the post wall and a second section that intersects the first section and extends crosswise to the first section. The sleeve has a cylindrical sleeve wall forming a cavity and a latch pin that is attached to the sleeve wall and extends into the cavity. The sleeve is adapted to receive the post such that the latch pin travels through the passage in the post wall. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080972 | DEVICE FOR CLOSING AN OPENING, PARTICULARLY A STREET MANHOLE - The invention relates to a device for closing an opening, particularly a man hole. The inventive device comprises a frame ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090080973 | Estimation of Actual Conditions of a Roadway Segment by Weighting Roadway Condition Data with the Quality of the Roadway Condition Data - Actual conditions of a roadway segment are estimated by providing roadway condition data to a processor for the roadway segment from a plurality of different types of sources of the roadway condition data, assigning a quality to each of the plurality of different types of sources of the roadway condition data, and estimating in the processor the actual conditions of the roadway segment by using the roadway condition data and the quality of each of the plurality of different types of sources of the roadway data. The quality determines weightings given to each of the plurality of different types of sources. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080974 | BOAT LAUNCHING, RETRIEVAL, AND TRANSPORT METHOD - A method of retrieving a boat from the water by supporting the boat by two lift sections, each of which has an inflatable bunker and a cradle structure that supports and positions the bunker. The lift sections are connected to a mobile support structure which brings these lift sections to a location near the water into which the boat is to be retrieved. The lift sections are lowered and positioned into the water and the boat is floated into the lift region between them. The lift sections are raised upwardly to carry the boat from the water and to another location over a land surface. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080975 | APPARATUS FOR THE CREATION OF OUTER SURFACES FOR STRUCTURES - The present invention provides an apparatus for creating an outer surface effect of a structure wherein at least one wall of the structure defines a support surface, the apparatus comprising means defining a covering surface which overlies the support surface but is movable therefrom, so that a quantity of material to create the outer surface effect can be positioned between the support surface and the covering surface, and wherein the covering surface is in the form of a panel. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080976 | LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A water channeling system includes at least one channeling member comprising fixed aggregate forming a solid body. In this embodiment, the at least one channeling member has a first end, a second end, and a plurality of fluidly connecting interstices therewithin. In this version, the at least one channeling member is water permeable longitudinally between the first end and the second end. The at least one channeling member may be installed below ground to channel water from a first location to a second location. The channeling member may be an elongate member or a vertical panel. The channeling member may comprise comprises polymeric aggregate particles having irregular shapes. The fixed aggregate may have a density of less than or equal to about 1 lb per cubic foot. Multiple channeling members may be placed end-to-end. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080977 | Method for maintaining the water balance in a property and a waste water container - Method for maintaining the water balance in a property equipped with a drainage system ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090080978 | Movable agricultural reservoir cover with hatch, and a method for liquefying a content of an agricultural reservoir - A reservoir is covered by an impermeable flexible floating membrane cover through which is mounted a hatchway. The cover is movable as a raft over the content of the reservoir for positioning the hatchway at one location or another. In use, a pumping and agitating device is introduced inside the reservoir through the hatchway and operated at one location, and then at another location for pumping, mixing and liquify the entire content of the reservoir without aerating the content of the reservoir. The fertilizing properties of livestock manure in storage inside the reservoir are thereby preserved. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECONTAMINATING SOIL AND GROUNDWATER - A system for decontaminating a soil and groundwater region. The system has a well manifold assembly comprising a conduit adapted to be inserted into a contaminated area of the soil and groundwater region, a vacuum system for withdrawing fluid and vapor from the soil and groundwater region, and a remediating fluid injection system in fluid connection with the conduit. The remediating fluid injection system is adapted to inject a remediating fluid into the soil and groundwater region for treating contaminants in the soil and groundwater region. The conduit is linked to both the remediating fluid injection system and to the vacuum system. The vacuum system is operated to perform a dual-phase extraction of fluid and vapor from the soil and groundwater region to create a negative pressure in the soil and groundwater region. Next, remediating fluid is injected into the soil and groundwater region. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLATION INSPECTION IN PIPELINE REHABILITATION - A method for pipeline rehabilitation grout coverage inspection according to embodiments of the present invention includes installing a tubular liner within a pipeline by filling a space between the tubular liner and the pipeline with grout, creating a heat transfer across the tubular liner, and observing an inside of the tubular liner with an infrared camera to detect an infrared signal differential between areas of the tubular liner in contact with the grout and areas of the tubular liner not in contact with the grout. Observing and inspecting the inside of the tubular liner may be accomplished simultaneously with rounding of the liner and smoothing of the grout by harnessing an infrared camera to a swab and advancing the swab with chilled compressed air to cool the liner, according to embodiments of the present invention. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080981 | WAVE ATTENUATION SYSTEM - A wave attenuation system having a floating member, at least one anchor member, and a plurality of interconnected wave attenuation members. The floating member has a generally flat top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is configured to be disposed above a waterline and the bottom surface is configured to be disposed below the waterline. The anchor member is disposed below the water line and is interconnected with the floating member through at least one elastic member. The wave attenuation members are connected to the floating member and disposed below the bottom surface of the floating member. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080982 | Bend Stiffener - A bend stiffener ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090080983 | Methods and devices for ground stabilization - Methods and devices for stabilizing slopes created by human activity during, for example, building construction, road construction, golf course construction, or other type of construction, where a plurality of plate piles are inserted in a diamond shaped lattice pattern below the ground surface to stabilize. Methods and devices for securing existing slopes around structures where a plurality of plate piles are inserted in a diamond shaped lattice pattern below the ground surface. Methods and devices for stabilizing a waterfront where a series of plate piles are inserted along the waterfront. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080984 | COMBINATION TOOL AND METHOD FOR METAL-CUTTING MACHINING OF A DRILL-HOLE AND ITS HOLE SURFACE AS WELL AS CUTTING INSERT FOR SUCH A COMBINATION TOOL - A combination tool and method for metal-cutting machining of a drill-hole and its hole surface as well as cutting insert for such a combination tool. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080985 | Reamer Comprising a Cutting Plate - The invention relates to a reamer which comprises a shaft comprising a traction part and in the axial direction thereof, a working area which is provided with at least one interchangeable tool part and at least one pressure body which is fixed thereto. The tool part is embodied as a hard metal cutting plate, in particular, as an indexable insert. According to the invention, the cutting surface of the cutting plate is arranged at a distance of al least 0.02 mm from the cutting edge on one side in the region of the cut part and at least partially has a peak-to-valley height which increases by at least 0.01 mm in order to assure the production of cut fragments in the main cutting area and to prevent a build up of cuts in the region of auxiliary cutting section and/or to simplify the removal of cuts. Also high targets can be reached by virtue of the fact that the cutting plates comprise at least one cutting cavity in the cutting surface thereof at a distance of at least 0.02 mm from the main cutting edge on the end side in the region of the entry angle | 2009-03-26 |
20090080986 | CUBIC BORON NITRIDE COMPACT - A method of manufacturing a powdered composition or starting material used in producing a CBN compact which comprises CBN, a secondary hard phase and a binder phase includes two steps of attrition milling. First, the attrition milling of the secondary hard phase and the binder phase. Second, adding CBN particles to the fine particle mixture of the first attrition milling and then attrition milling this mixture. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080987 | PORTABLE ELECTRIC DRILL WITH DIRECTIONAL INDICATORS - In accordance with the invention, a drill comprises a drill housing with a handle portion and a driver portion. An electrical drill motor is located in the driver portion. The drill motor has an output shaft for coupling output rotary power. An electrical switch controls the operation of the drill motor. The electrical switch it is located on the handle portion of the drill housing. A chuck is coupled to the output shaft of the drill motor. Directional indicators show drill direction and cooperate with a charge state indicator positioned not to be accidentally actuated to maximize power efficiency. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080988 | MULTI-SPINDLE HEAD EXCHANGEABLE MACHINE TOOL - A multi-spindle head exchangeable machine tool is provided with a plurality of multi spindle heads movably mounted on an annular rail. When a workpiece is machined by driving a rotary tool by a machining unit, multi spindle heads of the plurality of multi spindle heads being out of use can be separated from the machining unit. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080989 | Drill bit and reamer - A tool bit providing a combined drill bit and reamer is disclosed herein. The tool bit comprises an axial bit shaft including a bore end and a shank end. At least one helical land portion is provided on the bit shaft. The at least one helical land portion includes a cutting edge and a trailing edge. At least one reamer blade is provided on the helical land portion at the bore end of the bit shaft. The at least one reamer blade includes a substantially axial cutting edge. A tip arrangement is also included on the bore end of the bit shaft. The tip arrangement includes a center blade positioned between peripheral cutting blades. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080990 | Power and/or Signal Paths for a Machine Tool Accessory - A tool shank ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090080991 | Tool - The invention relates to a disc-shaped or strip-shaped tool for machining, particularly, for cutting profiles on a workpiece such as a crankshaft that is rotated during machining, comprising a number of tangentially and radially mounted indexable inserts ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090080992 | VEHICLE STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION RACK - Apparatus for loading, storing, and/or transporting multiple All-Terrain-Vehicles. In a preferred embodiment, apparatus for loading and carrying two ATV's, one above the other, for storage and/or transportation purposes. In further preferred embodiments, apparatus capable of loading, storing, and/or transporting three All-Terrain-Vehicles in a compact configuration. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080993 | Cargo stabilizer for storage areas in vehicles - An apparatus to minimize movement of cargo disposed in a pre-selected container during movement of a vehicle. The apparatus has a base member having a first portion thereof positionable under such pre-selected container and a second portion of the base member extends outwardly from an outer edge of such pre-selected container. There is an upstanding member disposed at a juncture of such first portion and such second portion of the base member. Such upstanding member engages along one edge thereof with an upper surface of such base member and adjacent a first surface thereof with an outer surface of such pre-selected container to provide resistance to movement of such pre-selected container during such movement of such vehicle. An at least one gusset member engages the upper surface of such base member and a second radially opposed surface of the upstanding member for providing rigidity to such upstanding member. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080994 | Air Cargo Net - The invention relates to an air cargo net; that is to a net that is applied to restrain cargo that has been placed on a pallet and to prevent shifting of the cargo in an aircraft during transport, which net comprises a plurality of ropes made from polymer fibres, which ropes are joined at intervals to form meshes, the net having a central part and a plurality of lobes projecting there from, the peripheral meshes of each lobe being formed by a border rope, each border rope having a plurality of attachment fittings that are connected to the border rope by replaceable connecting ropes. The invention also relates to a method of connecting an attachment fitting to a rope of an air cargo net with an auxiliary connecting rope. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080995 | VEHICLE CARGO ARRANGEMENT - A vehicle cargo arrangement has a track with an elongated slot and a tie-down assembly. The tie-down assembly includes a tie-down fitting, a retainer coupled to the tie-down fitting to selectively retain the tie-down fitting to the track, and a blocking part. The blocking part is movably coupled with respect to the tie-down fitting between a blocked orientation and an unblocked orientation. The tie-down assembly is removable from the track by rotational movement when the blocking part is in the unblocked orientation. However, the tie-down assembly is not removable from the track by the rotational movement when the blocking part is in the blocked orientation. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080996 | BOLT FASTENING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An elasticity limit (limit of yieldingness resistance) of a fastened member (bolt's seat face) increases (an elasticity area expands) due to a plastic deformation of the fastened member by fastening a bolt in an initial fastening step, and the plastic deformation (yieldingness) of the fastened member is properly prevented from progressing even if a thermal stress acts after a final fastening step. Thus, decrease of a fastening shaft force of the bolt can be prevented properly despite removal of the thermal stress. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080997 | Retaining Device and Apparatus - The present invention provides a retaining device and apparatus ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090080998 | INSERT NUT - There is provided an insert nut, having an outer hollow portion made of a resin material and an inner hollow portion made of a metal material. The outer hollow portion has a projection functioning as a male screw or wedge formed on an outer surface thereof. The inner hollow portion has a female screw formed on an inner surface thereof. The inner hollow portion is press-fitted to the outer hollow portion by inserting one end of the inner hollow portion into the outer hollow portion to reach a final position. Further insertion of the inner hollow portion is prevented beyond the final position. Said one end of the inner hollow portion is caulked with the outer hollow portion. | 2009-03-26 |
20090080999 | TOOLLESS MECHANICAL FASTENER - A method of mounting a removable component to a mounting structure, comprising aligning an opening in the removable component with an opening in a mounting structure; aligning a toolless mechanical fastener with at least one of the openings; inserting a portion of the toolless mechanical fastener device through the opening in the removable component and the opening the mounting structure, contacting a head of the toolless mechanical fastener with an outer surface of the removable component; rotating the toolless mechanical fastener in a predetermined direction to a coupling position at some angle relative to its insertion position, contacting portions of the base of the toolless mechanical fastener with an inner surface of the mounting structure, and deforming at least a portion of the base to couple the removable component to the removable component between the head and the base of the mechanical fastener. | 2009-03-26 |
20090081000 | Bookbinding Unit - Bookbinding unit enabling, in encasing inner-leaf sheets in coversheets to form booklets, secure book-forming binding regardless of whether the inner-leaf sheets constitute a simple-sheet bundle or are made up of a plurality of folded-over signature sheets. Constituent components are: inner-leaf sheet tray; coversheet tray; bookbinding process path for guiding sheets from the inner-leaf sheet tray to successive adhesive-application and cover-binding locations; inner-leaf conveyor; coversheet conveyor for conveying coversheets to the cover-binding location; bundle-spine adhesive applicator in the adhesive-application location; and cover binder in the cover-binding location. Components' controller is configured to receive input as to whether inner-sheet-bundle makeup includes saddle-stitch sheets or is of simple sheets only, and, based on the bundle makeup information, varies its control of at least one of the coversheet conveyor, adhesive applicator, and cover binder. | 2009-03-26 |
20090081001 | Bookbinding Unit - Bookbinding unit eliminating the necessity of a user, in placing collated inner leaves onto a tray, pre-measuring the bundle thickness, and the danger of fingers getting pinched during the placement. Furnished with: inner-leaf tray; coversheet tray; gripping conveyor gripping and transporting bundles of leaf-tray sheets; coversheet conveyor feeding coversheet-tray covers and placing them in a binding location; adhesive applicator applying adhesive to bundle spine-portion endfaces; cover binder binding bundles and covers together; and controller encasing bundles in covers to form booklets. A first detector, in the inner-leaf tray, detects thickness of bundles therein, and a second detector, in the gripping conveyor, detects thickness of the gripped bundles. The controller prohibits the gripping conveyor from conveying inner leaves out from the inner-leaf tray when the thickness of a sheet bundle detected by the first detector is more than a predetermined thickness. | 2009-03-26 |
20090081002 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND BOOKBINDING SYSTEM - To form a consistent non-application area at an end of a spine of a sheet bundle by adjusting either an application start timing or application termination timing of adhesive through an application device. | 2009-03-26 |
20090081003 | Bookbinding Unit - Faulty bookbinding due to sheet-size, etc. setting errors when bundle-collated inner-leaf sheets and coversheets they are bound with are placed in respective trays is stopped before it occurs. In an inner-leaf tray and a coversheet tray: (1) sheet sensors are disposed, and when both detect sheet presence, the inner-leaf sheets are transported to an adhesive-application location, and (2) sheet-side detection sensors or (3) sheet length and width detection sensors are disposed, and in either case when from the detection information predetermined encased booklet formation is impossible, device startup is halted. Width detectors are disposed in the inner-leaf and coversheet trays for detecting opposing sides of sheets stacked therein, and a controller is configured to convey into the device interior inner-leaf sheets from the inner-leaf tray when predetermined encased booklet formation is possible with the inner-leaf sheets and coversheets. | 2009-03-26 |
20090081004 | HAND DEVICE - A hand device ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090081005 | Substrate transfer apparatus and method for controlling down flow - The present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring a substrate through a gate for loading and unloading is provided, and includes a transfer chamber having the gate for loading and unloading the substrate, a transfer system, which is able to move up and down in the transfer chamber and transfers the substrate by accessing each gate, an adjustment section for a gas down flow, which produces the gas down flow in the transfer chamber and is able to adjust a speed of the gas down flow, and a control section for controlling the speed of the gas down flow using the movement speed of the substrate. | 2009-03-26 |
20090081006 | DEPLOYMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A deployment apparatus ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090081007 | Transfer mechanism with multiple wafer handling capability - An integrated robotic mechanism is disclosed for improving transport equipment, integrating an object movement with other functionalities such as alignment or identification. The disclosed integrated robot assembly can comprise a multiple end effector for moving a plurality of workpieces, a single end effector for moving a single workpiece, a rotation chuck incorporated on the robot body to provide alignment capability, and an optional identification subsystem for identify the object during transport. The present invention robot assembly can be used in a sorter or stocker equipment, in processing equipment, and a transfer system. | 2009-03-26 |