40th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110243547 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH LENS COVER AND FOLDING SUPPORT - An image capturing device includes a camera housing configured to house a set of electronic modules for generating a video stream from captured light. The camera housing includes a camera opening configured to let light enter the camera housing to be captured by the set of electronic modules. The webcam further includes a camera-housing base rotationally coupled to the camera housing, and includes a mounting base rotationally coupled to the camera-housing base. The camera housing is configured to rotate with respect to the camera-housing base to face the camera opening toward the mounting base or face the camera housing opening away from the mounting base. The webcam further includes a first hinge rotationally coupling the mounting base to the camera-housing base. With the camera opening facing toward the mounting base, the first hinge is configured such that the mounting base is foldable onto the camera opening to cover the camera opening. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243548 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH LENS COVER AND FOLDING SUPPORT - An image capturing device includes a camera housing configured to house a set of electronic modules for generating a video stream from captured light. The camera housing includes a camera opening configured to let light enter the camera housing to be captured by the set of electronic modules. The webcam further includes a camera-housing base rotationally coupled to the camera housing, and includes a mounting base rotationally coupled to the camera-housing base. The camera housing is configured to rotate with respect to the camera-housing base to face the camera opening toward the mounting base or face the camera housing opening away from the mounting base. The webcam further includes a first hinge rotationally coupling the mounting base to the camera-housing base. With the camera opening facing toward the mounting base, the first hinge is configured such that the mounting base is foldable onto the camera opening to cover the camera opening. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243549 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND CAMERA PLATFORM DEVICE USING THE SAME - A driving force transmitting device for driving a driven unit includes a first driving unit, a second driving unit, a driving force-transmitted portion which is attached to the driven unit and to which driving forces of the first and second driving units are transmitted, and a controlling unit for separately controlling the first and second driving units, wherein driving force transmitting portions of the first and second driving units transmit the driving forces to the driving force-transmitted portion at its different positions, and wherein when the driven unit being driven is to be stopped, the controlling unit causes the first driving unit to drive in a direction reverse to a driving direction while the second driving unit continues to drive, then causes the first and second driving units to stop in a state in which the driving forces of the first and second driving units are balanced with each other. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-SPEED SHUTTERING - A shutter system may be used as part of an imaging device, such as a CMOS imaging device. The shutter system comprises a support structure, and first and second shutter members are rotatably mounted to the support structure so as to have respective first and second axes of rotation. The first and second shutter members have respective first and second shutter apertures defined therethrough, with the first shutter apertures having a first circular orbit about the first axis of rotation and the second shutter aperture having a second circular orbit about the second axis of rotation. The first and second shutter members at least partially overlap, and the first circular orbit and the second shutter circular orbit also at least partially overlap, so that rotation of the first and second shutter members at different frequencies cycles the first and second shutter apertures into and out of registration with each other. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243551 | CAMERA-STEADYING DEVICE - A portable camera steady device for use with a camera, having a retractable tensile member whose distal end can be stepped on by a user or hooked to her body or clothing. The device has a swivel mounting member providing two independent and generally perpendicular axes of rotation such that the tensile member extends tangentially from the reel and housing whether the camera is used in the landscape or portrait orientation. A switch is provided to control extension and retraction of the tensile member from a biased reel. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243552 | OPTICAL AUTODISCOVERY FOR AUTOMATED LOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CONNECTIVITY CHECK BETWEEN OPTICAL MODULES - Optical autodiscovery is provide between two optical modules to insure that when an optical signal is coupled between the two optical module, the optical signal from a first module does not interfere with operation of a second module. The autodiscovery is implemented by sending an optical identification signal from the first optical module via the coupling to the second optical module from which signal, the second optical module can verify and determined acceptance of the coupled first optical module. During this autodiscovery process, the optical identification signal from the first optical module may be attenuated or shifted in optical spectrum so as not to interfere with the operation of the second optical module. Autodiscovery may also be employed in cases where a first optical module is to receive an optical signal from a second module. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243553 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND ALGORITHM FOR COMPUTING NETWORK SERVICE VALUE PRICING BASED ON COMMUNICATION SERVICE EXPERIENCES DELIVERED TO CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS OVER A SMART MULTI-SERVICES (SMS) COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system and method for providing multi-services within a communication network according to various exemplary embodiments can include storing, in a database of a computer, user-defined sets of rules and instructions for providing multi-services to end user devices connected to a communication network comprising a Hybrid Fiber-Wireless (HFW) network having policy management capabilities. The system and method can receive, at one or more processors, the user-defined sets of rules and instructions from a plurality of end users via a plurality of end user devices. The system and method can configure a virtual network for each end user within the communication network using the policy management capabilities based on the user-defined sets of rules and instructions provided by each end user. The user-defined sets of rules and instructions define provisioning and delivery of resources and services provided by the communication network to the end user. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243554 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM - When a neighbor ONU receives a signal with light intensity high enough to secure communication between an OLT and a remote ONU, the light intensity may be excessively high to damage a receiver of the neighbor ONU. In order to avoid such a problem, each ONU is notified of a downstream signal transmission plan (downstream light intensity map) prior to transmission of a downstream signal. Each ONU receives the downstream light intensity map (light intensity transmission schedule of downstream signal) in advance. Thus, the neighbor ONU can block or attenuate an optical signal addressed to the remote ONU, and the remote ONU can determine normal operation even when the remote ONU cannot receive a signal addressed to the neighbor ONU. Thus, the remote ONU can be prevented from issuing a wrong error signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243555 | CHANNEL POWER CONTROL IN AN OPTICAL LINK - Methods and apparatus for control of variable optical attenuators are described. A method for control of a variable optical attenuator located in an optical link comprising a plurality of optical attenuators. The method comprises determining that an initial calibration step of a variable optical attenuator has been completed, and transmitting a signal indicative of the variable optical attenuator having completed the initial calibration step for receipt by a downstream variable optical attenuator. A method of controlling a variable optical attenuator comprises receiving a signal indicative of an upstream variable optical attenuator having completed an initial calibration step, and initiating calibration of the variable optical attenuator in response to receipt of said signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243556 | TRANSCEIVER PHTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The present invention provides for a transceiver comprising a transmitter portion and a receiver portion. The transmitter portion includes a laser, the laser providing an optical signal having one of a plurality of wavelengths. The optical signal from the laser is modulated to create a first wavelength-division multiplexed signal at an output of the transceiver. The optical signal from the laser is also used by a demultiplexer to demultiplexer a second wavelength-division multiplexed signal at an input of the transceiver. The use of the optical signal from the laser in both modulation and demodulation of wavelength-division multiplexed signals results in a transceiver having fewer discrete components resulting in a compact design and reduced costs. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243557 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING CROSS-PHASE MODULATION IN AN OPTICAL SIGNAL - A method for reducing cross-phase modulation in an optical signal includes receiving an optical signal comprising a plurality of channels, wherein the information being communicated in a first set of one or more of the channels is modulated using one or more single-polarization modulation techniques and wherein the information being communicated in a second set of one or more of the channels is modulated using one or more dual-polarization modulation techniques. The method also includes splitting the optical signal into at least a first copy of the optical signal and a second copy of the optical signal and terminating the second set of channels in the first copy. Furthermore, the method includes applying a differential group delay to the second copy, the differential group delay introducing a walk-off between symbols communicated in a first polarization component of the second set of channels and the symbols of a second polarization component of the second set of channels. In addition, the method includes terminating the first set of channels in the second copy, combining the first set of channels in the first copy and the second set of channels in the second copy, and forwarding the combined channels. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243558 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - An OADM device without a transponder unit does not mount the transponder in charge of separating a fault between the OADM device and an external device and is difficult to perform fault separation and to identify a fault interval. To solve this problem, for the OADM device without the transponder unit, the optical loop back function is provided by using such a switch as, for example, 2×2 optical switch. By identifying a fault developing interval by the use of the optical loop back function, fault separation at the time of occurrence of a fault can be facilitated. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243559 | Optical Network Element and Optical Transmission System - The invention relates to an optical network element ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110243560 | Passive optical communication network system extendable with codec modules - In a passive optical communication network system, an optical signal OCDM-coded is transmitted from an OLT to a first port of a circulator, which in turn transfers the signal from its second port to one end of a first SSFBG. The first SSFBG then decodes the signal of one channel to output the decoded signal from its one end to the second port of the circulator, which in turn transmits the decoded signal from its third port to an ONU. When the ONU transmits an optical signal to the third port of the circulator, the circulator transfers the signal from its fourth port to one end of a second SSFBG, which in turn encodes the signal to output the encoded signal from its one end to the fourth port of the circulator. The circulator then transmits the encoded signal from its first port to the OLT. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243561 | FILTER, COHERENT RECEIVER DEVICE AND COHERENT RECEIVING METHOD - The present invention relates to filter, coherent receiver device and coherent receiving method. The filter is used for converting a partial response signal into a full response signal, wherein the filter uses the following transfer function H | 2011-10-06 |
20110243562 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE TRANSMIT-RECEIVE ISOLATION, FILTERING, AND CIRCULAR POLARIZATION - An radio is provided for transmit-receive isolation filtering and circular polarization (INTRIFPWA) that are sealed within a metal housing of a transmitter, which can be used in microwave communication systems, including satellite based communications systems and terrestrial based microwave communication systems. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243563 | Binary Modulation Node - Digital information can be carried on the fiber leg of an access network using binary modulation. Binary modulated data received at an O/E node can then be modulated onto an analog waveform using quadrature amplitude modulation or some other technique for modulating an analog waveform and transmitted over, for example, the coaxial leg of the network. The O/E node may also receive an analog signal, over the coaxial leg, modulated to carry upstream data from subscriber devices. The O/E node may demodulate the upstream signal to recover the upstream data and forward that upstream data over the fiber leg using a binary modulated optical signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243564 | High Speed Underwater Data Transmission Method - An underwater data transmission system including arrays of nano-meter scaled photon emitters and sensors on an outer surface of an underwater platform. For the emitters, a laser is pulsed to correlate with data packets, providing a beam of photons at a prescribed frequency. Nano-scaled collecting lenses channel the incoming photons to photo-receptors located at a focal plane for the frequency at the base of each lens. A coating on the lenses absorbs photons at the frequency that are not aligned with the longitudinal axes of the lenses or tubes. Nano-wires connect the photo-receptors to a light intensity integrator. The integrator integrates the intensity over a surface area. The output of the integrator is fed to a signal processor to track and process the arriving digital packets. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243565 | NETWORK ELEMENT FOR SIGNALS OF THE OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK (OTN) - A crossconnect for asynchronous OTN signals operates synchronously internally at an internal clock rate. Received OTN signals are synchronized to an internal frame format by stuffing. The synchronized signals are parallelized and switched with a switching matrix comprising synchronously operating integrated circuits that operate at the internal clock rate. At the output, the synchronized signals are again destuffed and are transmitted again at the original bit rate. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243566 | OPTICAL FIBER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND CONNECTOR - A media converter to converts digital fiber optic signals to electronic analog signals in the form of voltage doublet and vice-versa. The media converter includes a differential transmit transformer, a transmit stub interface and an optical fiber transmit interface arranged in serial flow communication in a first communication path; and a differential receive transformer, a receive stub interface and an optical fiber receive interface in serial flow communication in a second communication path. The first communication path converts a voltage doublet signal received from the electronic component to a digital optical signal for transmission to a passive optical star via the optical fiber coupler, and the second communication path converts a digital optical signal received from the passive optical star via the optical fiber coupler to an voltage doublet signal for transmission to the electronic component. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243567 | MODULAR CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY CONFIGURED WITH BOTH OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FOR PROVIDING BOTH OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES, AND A SYSTEM THAT INCORPORATES THE ASSEMBLY - A modular connector assembly is provided that has both an electrical coupling configuration that complies with the RJ-45 wiring standard and an optical coupling configuration that provides the assembly with optical communications capabilities. In addition, the modular connector assembly is configured to have backwards compatibility with existing 8P8C jacks and plugs that implement the RJ-45 wiring standard. Consequently, the modular connector assembly may be used to communicate optical data signals at higher data rates (e.g., 10 Gb/s and higher) or to communicate electrical data signals at lower data rates (e.g., 1 Gb/s). | 2011-10-06 |
20110243568 | BACKWARD COMPATIBLE OPTICAL USB DEVICE - An optical USB device includes an electro-optical converter configured to receive optical signals from an optical fiber and to convert them into first electrical signals and configured to receive second electrical signals and to convert them into optical signals for transmission to the optical fiber. A USB 3.0 pin-compatible connector is coupled to the electro-optical converter. The pin-compatible connector is configured for coupling to a USB 3.0 connector of another USB device. The pin-compatible connector includes a first pair of pins configured for transmitting the first electrical signals from the optical USB device. The pin-compatible connector also includes a second pair of pins configured for receiving the second electrical signals into the optical USB device. The pin-compatible connector also includes a third pair of pins configured for transceiving third electrical signals according to a non-USB serial bus interface protocol to control and configure the electro-optical converter. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243569 | INTEGRATED TRANSCEIVER WITH LIGHTPIPE COUPLER - A transceiver comprising a plurality of CMOS chips may be operable to communicate an optical source signal from a semiconductor laser into a first CMOS chip via optical couplers. The optical source signal may be used to generate first optical signals that are transmitted from the first CMOS chip to optical fibers coupled to the first CMOS chip via one or more optical couplers. Second optical signals may be received from the optical fibers and converted to electrical signals via photodetectors in the first CMOS chip. The optical source signal may be communicated from the semiconductor laser into the first CMOS chip via optical fibers in to a top surface and the first optical signals may be communicated out of a top surface of the first CMOS chip. The electrical signals may be communicated to at least a second of the plurality of CMOS chips comprising electronic devices. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243570 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING VISIBILITY FRAME ACCORDING TO SETTING OF SLEEP MODE IN VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for determining whether to output a visibility frame by a Visibility Light Communication (VLC) device according to a setting of a sleep mode is provided. The method includes receiving a sleep mode request message; and transmitting a response message indicating a sleep mode period in response to the received sleep mode request message, wherein the response message includes information indicating at least one first window period in which data transmission and reception are stopped, information indicating at least one second window period in which data transmission and reception can be performed in a normal state, and setting information for determining whether to transmit a visibility frame during at least a period of the sleep mode period. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243571 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE TO FACILITATE DISTRIBUTED EVALUATION OF OBJECTS USING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY - Objects such as manufactured goods or articles, works of art, media such as identity documents, legal documents, financial instruments, transaction cards, other documents, and/or biological tissue are sampled via sequential illumination in various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, a test response to the illumination is analyzed with respect to reference responses of reference objects. The sequence may be varied. The sequence may define an activation order, a drive level and/or temperature for operating one or more sources. Illumination may be in visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Elements of the evaluation system may be remote from one another, for example coupled by a network. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243572 | OPTICAL RECEIVER AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided an optical receiver including a variable-ratio splitter to split an input signal light into a plurality of signal lights, based on a variable ratio, a plurality of photo detectors to receive the plurality of signal lights respectively, an operation circuit to output a reception electrical signal, based on a reception processing on one of the plurality of signal lights, a calculation circuit to calculate a total power of the plurality of signal lights received by the plurality of photo detectors, and an output unit to output a signal regarding the total power. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243573 | SIGNAL EQUALIZER IN A COHERENT RECEIVER - A signal equalizer for compensating impairments of an optical signal received through a link of a high speed optical communications network. At least one set of compensation vectors are computed for compensating at least two distinct types of impairments. A frequency domain processor is coupled to receive respective raw multi-bit in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) sample streams of each received polarization of the optical signal. The frequency domain processor operates to digitally process the multi-bit sample streams, using the compensation vectors, to generate multi-bit estimates of symbols modulated onto each transmitted polarization of the optical signal. The frequency domain processor exhibits respective different responses to each one of the at least two distinct types of impairments. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243574 | MULTIMODE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION - An optical transmitter includes a set of optical waveguides and first, second, and third optical modulators. Output ends of the optical waveguides of the set form a two-dimensional array capable of end-coupling the optical waveguides of the set to a multimode optical fiber in response to the array being located to optically face one end of the multimode optical waveguide. The first optical modulator is optically connected to a first of the optical waveguides of the set, and each of the second and third optical modulators is optically connected to the second and third of the optical waveguides of the set. The set of optical waveguides is configured to provide a coupling matrix of rank three or more between the optical modulators and optical propagation modes in the multimode optical fiber. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243575 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE BLIND EQUALIZATION OF PSK SIGNAL, EQUALIZER AND RECEIVER - The present application discloses a method for adaptive blind equalization of a PSK signal, an equalizer and a receiver. According to embodiments as provided, a conjugate product of a current output and a precedent output of an FIR filter is calculated, an equalization coefficient is updated using the conjugate product, and then an input signal is filtered using the FIR filter with the updated equalization coefficient. The embodiments as provided is applicable to adaptive blind equalization of any phase shift keying signal including a BPSK signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243576 | OPTICAL RECEIVER FOR THE WDM SYSTEM AND THE METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An optical receiver with a simplified arrangement able to compensate the optical loss of the transmission medium is disclosed. The optical receiver of the invention includes an SOA in the front end thereof, an optical de-multiplexer, and a plurality of receiver modules that receives de-multiplexed light. The optical gain of the SOA is adjusted based on the electrical signals output from respective optical modules. When the receiver modules show the output thereof in a preset range, the bias current is kept unchanged, while, one receiver module shows the output out of the range, the bias current is incremented or decremented. When one receiver module shows the output out of the absolute maximum/minimum, the bias current is forced to the initial value. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243577 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING MECHANISM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OPTIONAL DEVICE - An electrical connecting mechanism includes: a first connector disposed at an apparatus main body; a second connector disposed at an optional device, a power feed switch disposed at one among the apparatus main body and the optional device and capable of switching between a connected state and an unconnected state; and an operation element that is disposed in the other one among the apparatus main body and the optional device, and causes a state in which power can be supplied from the apparatus main body to the optional device to be entered by changing the power feed switch to the connected state, when the first connector and the second connector are coupled. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243578 | CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge detachably attachable to an image forming apparatus which includes a main body, a driving unit and a detecting unit, includes: a housing that is configured to accommodate a developer therein, and includes a first side wall and a second side wall opposed to the first side wall in a longitudinal direction; a passive unit that is configured to receive a driving force from the driving unit, is mounted on the first side wall, and is rotatable around a first axis line parallel to the longitudinal direction; and a detected body mounted on the first side wall and including a detected part which is detected by the detecting unit. The detected body advances outwards in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first side wall and retracts inwards in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first side wall by the driving force received by the passive unit. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243579 | POWDER CONTAINER, POWDER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder container includes a powder containing compartment having a powder outlet connectable to a horizontally extending tube of an apparatus in conjunction with installation of the powder container in the apparatus, a removably insertable plug member to open and close the powder outlet in conjunction with installation of the powder container, and at least one discrimination protrusion projecting from an outer circumferential surface of the powder container. The powder contained in the powder containing compartment is discharged from the powder outlet thereof to the tube. A downstream end of the discrimination protrusion is positioned downstream from a downstream end of the powder outlet of the powder containing compartment in an installation direction in which the powder container is installed in the apparatus, and at least one of shape, arrangement, and quantity of the discrimination protrusion is unique to the type of powder contained in the powder container. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243580 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus detects the presence or absence of a toner seal and whether a cartridge is loaded on a main body of the image forming apparatus without use of an additional redundant detection means, due to the provision of an electrically-conductive layer at the toner seal for sealing and closing an opening in a process cartridge including a developer container. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243581 | COLOR REGISTRATION STRATEGY FOR PREPRINTED FORMS - A computer-implemented method for performing color registration on template media having template markings thereon. The method comprising sensing the template media using a linear array sensor to obtain first image data; printing a test pattern on the template media; sensing the template media along with the test pattern printed thereon to obtain second image data; transforming the first image data and the second image data into an absorbance space to obtain a first absorbance and a second absorbance, respectively; calculating a difference between the first and the second absorbances to obtain an output absorbance; transforming the output absorbance into a reflectivity space to obtain an output data; determining a process direction misregistration and a cross-process direction misregistration from the output data; and adjusting a cross-process position and a process position of print heads based on the process and cross-process direction misregistration to provide accurate color registration on subsequent template media. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243582 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus executes banding correction at a level determined according to variation of the density characteristic of the image forming apparatus to achieve a high quality image. In the image forming apparatus, a banding correction unit acquires information about a cause of density variation that may occur in a sub scanning direction of a rotation member, which is used for forming a toner image on an image carrier based on input image information and sets, based on the acquired information, the level of the density correction, which is determined according to the density variation cause information. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243583 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING GAP BETWEEN PEELING MEMBER AND FIXING MEMBER - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a fixing member, a peeling member, a driving mechanism, and a driving-mechanism control unit. The fixing member comes into press contact with a sheet while rotating and heats the sheet. The peeling member peels the sheet off the fixing member. The driving mechanism moves the peeling member to change the size of a gap between the distal end of the peeling member and the fixing member. The driving-mechanism control unit controls the driving mechanism to set the size of the gap. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243584 | DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device includes a developing container for containing a developer including toner and a carrier, a feeding member for feeding the developer in the developing container through a feeding path, and a detecting portion for detecting information on magnetic permeability of the developer in the developing container. A cross-section of said feeding path includes a first area and a second area which has a larger height than that of the first area, and said detection portion is provided vertically below the first area. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243585 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - This image forming apparatus includes: a waste toner recovery bottle that recovers waste toner; a detection member that is flexible and is loaded in the waste toner recovery bottle, and that bulges upwards in accordance with the recovered amount of waste toner collected in the waste toner recovery bottle; and a recovered amount detection unit that detects the recovered amount using the bulging of the detection member. The recovered amount detection unit detects that the waste toner recovery bottle is full before the bulging of the detection member protrudes beyond a plane that includes an outer wall surface of the waste toner recovery bottle. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243586 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a photosensitive member driving unit configured to rotate the photosensitive member; a charge unit having an opening portion and configured to charge the surface of the photosensitive member; a shield member movable between a closed position for closing the opening portion and an open position for opening the opening portion; a shield member driving unit configured to move the shield member between the closed position and the open position; and a control unit configured to control the photosensitive member driving unit to rotate the photosensitive member in a state in which the shield member is situated at the open position, and to prevent the photosensitive member from rotating in a state in which the shield member is situated at the closed position. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243587 | IMAGE PRINTING METHOD WITH REDUCED BANDING - Cross-track banding artifacts and wear in an electrophotographic (EP) print engine are reduced. A development member and a supply member are disposed so that charge is transferred between them in a charge-transfer region. The members are retained in a first position with respect to each other for a first dwell time, and neither member is rotated during the first dwell time, so that charge is transferred between members in the charge-transfer region. One of the members is rotated so that at least one point on one of the members is moved out of the charge-transfer region. The members are retained in a second position with respect to each other for a second dwell time that is greater than the time for one revolution of the development member, wherein neither member is rotated during the second dwell time. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243588 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT ENABLES REDUCING TIME REQUIRED FOR ADJUSTMENT OPERATION - An image forming apparatus that can reduce the time required for adjustment operations when a first adjustment operation that requires speed change and a second adjustment operation that does not require speed change overlap. When a first adjustment operation that can be performed at a first speed is to be performed during operation at a second speed lower than the first speed, the image formation speed is changed from the second speed to the first speed. When a second adjustment operation that can be performed at a plurality of image formation speeds is to be performed during operation at the second speed, the second adjustment operation is performed while maintaining the second speed. When both the first adjustment operation and the second adjustment operation are to be performed during operation at the second speed, the image formation speed is changed from the second speed to the first speed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243589 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DENSITY CORRECTION METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image forming unit, an image control unit, a sensor, and a correction unit. The image control unit controls the image forming unit to perform toner refresh which is an operation of outputting deteriorated toner at a high density, and controls the image forming unit to form a predetermined pattern. The sensor measures a density value of the formed image. The correction unit corrects the toner density for a high-density operation using the value measured from the image formed during the toner refresh and corrects the toner density for at least a low-density operation using the value measured from the predetermined pattern. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243590 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a light source that emits a light beam; a photosensitive member; a brushless motor including a stator and a rotor; a rotary polygon mirror rotated by the brushless motor; an energization switching unit that turns on/off energizations of the coils; a voltage detecting unit that outputs a detection signal based on induced voltages generated in coils of the stator by rotation of the rotor; and a motor controlling unit that controls the turning on/off of the energizations by the energization switching unit based on the detection signal. In a non-image forming period after one image forming operation, the motor controlling unit performs a low-speed process where the motor controlling unit maintains a rotation speed of the brushless motor at a speed, which is lower than a speed in the image forming operation, and at which the induced voltages are detectable by the voltage detecting unit. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243591 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus in which one of developing units that respectively contain visible toners of black, yellow, magenta, and cyan other than the developing unit that contains the visible toner of black is replaced by a developing unit that contains a transparent fluorescent toner. Consequently, a document image can be expressed by the visible toner of black and a designated color which falls within a color reproduction range determined by two of the visible toners of yellow, magenta, and cyan, and an additional pattern which is an additional information image for preventing falsification and forgery can be printed on the document image with the use of the transparent fluorescent toner. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243592 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING A PERIODIC WAVE AS A DEVELOPING BIAS - An image forming apparatus comprises an image carrier, a developing unit, a supply unit and a control unit. A developing unit visualizes an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the image carrier, using a developing material. A supply unit supplies a periodic wave as a developing bias to the developing unit. A single period of the periodic wave is formed by a first time period and a second time period. In the first time period a voltage in which a DC voltage and an AC voltage are superimposed is applied. In the second time period only a DC voltage is applied. A control unit changes the duration of the second time period according to the amount of electrostatic latent images that have been formed in succession. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243593 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus, includes: a photoconductive drum; a developing container having a first chamber that contains a developer made of toner and a toner additive therein, and a receive port that communicates with the first chamber; a developing roller that develops the electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive drum with toner in the developing container; a toner cartridge having a second chamber that contains a supply of toner to the developing container therein, and a discharge port that communicates with the second chamber and transports the supply of toner to the receive port; a storage medium fixed to the toner cartridge, and is rewritable and stores specific data therein; a sensor that detects a toner concentration in the toner cartridge; and a controller that rewrites specific data stored in the storage medium by random data upon detecting the toner empty by the sensor. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243594 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS OPERATION METHOD - Upon recovery from a power-saving mode to a normal mode and then restart of fixing temperature control from a state in which the fixing temperature control is stopped, a control part (display control part | 2011-10-06 |
20110243595 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COOLING DUCT - An image forming apparatus is provided that can achieve a reduction in size while ensuring the necessary cooling performance. The image forming apparatus includes in an apparatus main body thereof: an image carrier; a developing device disposed to oppose the image carrier; a cooling fan; and a cooling duct flowing cool air from the cooling fan to at least the image carrier and the developing device, in which the cooling duct includes an image-carrier cooling duct that flows cool air to the image carrier; and a developing-device cooling duct that flows cool air to the developing device, and the image-carrier cooling duct and the developing-device cooling duct are disposed abreast front to back inside of the apparatus main body. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243596 | PHOTORECEPTOR, COOLING MECHANISM FOR PHOTORECEPTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A cooling mechanism for a photoreceptor includes: a photoreceptor of cylindrical shape; a pair of flanges respectively attached to both ends in an axial direction of the photoreceptor; a rotational shaft that is inserted into a shaft center of the photoreceptor; a holder that is disposed to face a first flange and rotatably supports the rotational shaft; and a main body frame that supports the holder. In such a cooling mechanism for a photoreceptor, an air duct is configured by the through hole formed in the flange and the concave portion formed on the holder, and discharges air flow generated inside the photoreceptor to the outside thereof. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243597 | DUAL FUNCTION CHARGING DEVICE AND CHARGE PATTERNING DEVICE CLEANER - A printing apparatus includes a charging device and a photoreceptor adjacent the charging device. The charging device transfers a charge to the photoreceptor. Also, a charge patterning device is adjacent the photoreceptor. The patterning device patterns the charge on the photoreceptor to form a latent image charge. Additionally, an automated cleaning device is adjacent the charging device. The charge patterning device periodically moves by the charging device and the charge patterning device to simultaneously clean the charging device and the charge patterning device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243598 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of minimizing the adhesion of a mold release wax vaporized at the time of heating a toner image to components excluding a fixing device inside the image forming apparatus. The mold release wax vaporized at the time of heating and fixing a toner image to a recording material is collected by a collection member, which is provided between a nip portion forming member and the frame of the fixing device, and kept at a temperature between the melting point and the sublimation point of the mold release wax. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243599 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including, a plurality of image bearing members, a plurality of developing units which includes toner storage containers and a belt transferring toner images onto a transfer material, the image forming apparatus being capable of executing a first cleaning mode and a second cleaning mode to move the toner adhering onto the belt onto the image bearing members and to collect the adhering toner into the toner storage containers, wherein, in the first cleaning mode, the adhering toner is collected into the toner storage container of the developing unit developing a black toner, and in the second cleaning mode, a portion of the adhering toner is collected into the toner storage container corresponding to the image bearing member located at a most upstream position and a rest of the adhering toner is collected into the toner storage container of the developing unit developing the black toner. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243600 | Remanufactured Toner Cartridge with Added Cleaning Roller for the Primary Charge Roller, and Methods - A remanufactured laser printer toner cartridge, and methods, having an added primary charge roller cleaning roller assembly. In an exemplary embodiment, the cleaning roller assembly engages the bare ends the primary charge roller shafts; installation of the cleaning roller assembly into the cartridge is accomplished by reinstalling the primary charge roller, with the assembly, into the cartridge's primary charge roller shaft saddles. The cleaning roller may be adapted to rotate through contact with the primary charge roller. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243601 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an arm member. The arm member includes a cartridge abutment surface configured to abut the cartridge when the cartridge moves from a state in which the cartridge is at the attached position to a state in which the cartridge is detached from the main body, an opening and closing member abutment surface configured to abut the opening and closing member when the cartridge moves from the state in which the cartridge is at the attached position to the state in which the cartridge is detached from the main body to press the cartridge abutment surface, the opening and closing member abutment surface being substantially parallel to the cartridge abutment surface, and a force transmission portion extending in a direction normal to the cartridge abutment surface to linearly connect between the cartridge abutment surface and the opening and closing member abutment surface. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243602 | Charge Roller Conductive Film and Developer Cartridge - A charge roller conductive film and a developer cartridge. The conductive film has an input contacting an electrical contact of an image forming apparatus main assembly, an output electrically connecting with a charge roller and a transmission section connecting with the input and the output. The input has a middle contact plate shaped like a bent strip. A side contact plate is formed on at least one side of the middle contact plate. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243603 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic apparatus and a process cartridge include an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a developing unit; and a cleaning unit, wherein depressed portions separated from each other and satisfying conditions below are formed in the surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member at a density of 10 or more per unit area of 1 cm | 2011-10-06 |
20110243604 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a drum unit configured to be attachable to and detachable from the body through inserting the drum shaft into the hollow portion of the photoreceptor drum, a plurality of ribs formed on the drum unit, a guide rail formed in a body, and a plurality of cutouts that is formed in the guide rail is configured to engage with the plurality of ribs when the drum unit is positioned at a regular position. The drum shaft and the guide rail are configured with respect to each other such that a center of the drum shaft is substantially coaxial with a center of the photoreceptor drum when the drum unit slides relative to the body in a state in which the plurality of ribs is placed on the guide rail. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243605 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH TOP-MOUNTED PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM - An image forming apparatus includes a case, a photosensitive drum, a developing cartridge and a resilient member. The photosensitive drum forms a toner image. The developing cartridge, movably disposed within the case, includes a developing tank and a developing roller. The developing roller, mounted on the developing tank and positioned opposite the photosensitive drum, transfers toners to the photosensitive drum. The resilient member, disposed between the developing tank and the case, provides a restoring force for counteracting a weight of the developing tank and urging the developing roller towards the photosensitive drum. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243606 | Image-Forming Device Having Mechanism for Separating Developing Rollers from Photosensitive Drums - A laser printer includes a contact/separation mechanism that linearly moves developing cartridges between contact positions where the developing cartridges contact corresponding photosensitive drums and separating positions where the developing cartridges separate from the photosensitive drums. The contact/separation mechanism includes a pair of contact/separation members and a synchronous moving mechanism. The contact/separation members are disposed one on one side of the developing cartridges and another on another side of the developing cartridges. The synchronous moving mechanism is for linearly moving the contact/separation members in synchronization with each other. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243607 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes: a heating rotator, a pressurizing rotator and a fixing housing. The heating rotator is configured to be rotatable about a first rotational axis and has a peripheral surface heated by a heat source provided inside or outside of the heating rotator. The pressurizing rotator is configured to be rotatable about a second rotational axis parallel to the first rotational axis. The pressurizing rotator forms a fixing nip in conjunction with the heating rotator. The fixing housing is configured to accommodate the heating rotator and the pressurizing rotator. The heating rotator, the pressurizing rotator and the fixing housing form a fixing rotator unit. The fixing rotator unit is configured to be withdrawable from an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus and such that the peripheral surface of the heating rotator is exposed when the fixing rotator unit is withdrawn from the apparatus main body. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243608 | OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE FOR UPPER UNIT CASE, AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - There is provided an opening/closing device for an upper unit case, including a pair of guide members formed of lower and upper guide members provided on lower and upper unit cases respectively, at least one of the lower and upper guide member being configured to be swingable in an up and down direction; a movable body which is connected movably to the lower and upper guide members and which has a rotary body installed in the movable body while being fitted rollably with respect to the lower and lower guide members; and a regulating mechanism which regulates swinging amount in the up and down direction of the at least one guide member configured to be swingable in the up and down direction. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243609 | CHARGE-REMOVING DEVICE - In the charge-removing device, the light guide portion extends in a first direction. The light guide portion guides light from the light source toward the surface of the image-bearing member. A charge on the surface of the image-bearing member is removed by the light emitted from the light guide portion. The first surface of the light guide portion opposes the light source. The rear surface is an opposite surface of the confronting surface and has a rough surface part that reflects, toward the confronting surface, the light from the first surface. The closer a position of the increasing portion is to the second surface, the larger the length of the increasing portion becomes. The closer a position of the decreasing portion is to the second surface, the smaller the length of the decreasing portion becomes. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243610 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING TWO PHOTORECEPTORS WITHOUT EFFECTING IMAGE ON IMAGE QUALITY - Disclosed are image processing methods and systems to control the synchronization of two or more photoreceptor belts associated with an image processing system. According to one exemplary method, the phase error of a slave printing engine photoreceptor belt is controlled by modifying the speed of the slave printing engine photoreceptor belt by an increment which is a function of a predetermined image on image registration tolerance associated with the slave printing engine. Notable, the phase error is controlled while the slave printing engine develops an image on its respective photoreceptor belt. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243611 | DRIVE MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A drive mechanism of the present invention includes: a housing part composed of a first resin cover and a second resin cover; a first sheet metal member housed in the housing part; a first rotation transmission wheel group disposed on the first sheet metal member on a side directed to the first resin cover; a second rotation transmission wheel group disposed on the first sheet metal member on a side directed to the second resin cover; a positioning part rotatably supporting a first rotation transmission wheel of the first rotation transmission wheel group; and a pin member positioned by inserting into the positioning part via the first resin cover. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243612 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY DEVELOPING IMAGES - An image forming apparatus, a process cartridge, and a developing unit includes a developer carrying member to carry developer, first and second rotary members arranged in parallel to each other and configured to rotate to agitate and convey the developer, and an enclosure having an inside space to contain the developer, the inside space being divided by a partition with communication openings formed therein at opposite ends thereof into a first chamber configured to maintain the developer above a first level and to hold the first rotary member therein which supplies the developer to the developer carrying member while agitating and conveying the developer, and a second chamber configured to communicate with the first chamber through the communication openings, to maintain the developer at a second level lower than the first level, and to hold the second rotary member therein which circulates the developer with the first chamber through the communication openings. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243613 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising a detachable container storing a toner, the image forming apparatus comprising: a lever part movable in an attaching and detaching direction of the container, the lever part also contacting the container when the container is being detached, thereby moving the container in a detaching direction; and a stopper part being latched to the container and preventing the container from moving, a latching of the stopper part and the container being unlatched by a movement of the lever part when the container is being detached. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243614 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING AGENT CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a developing agent carrier that transforms the electrostatic latent image into a visible image by supplying a developing agent to the image carrier; and a developing agent cartridge that accommodates a developing agent to be supplied to the developing agent carrier, arranged so as to be opposed to the developing agent carrier in a longitudinal direction of the developing agent carrier, and formed with an opening for horizontally passing the developing agent in a position horizontally opposed to the developing agent carrier. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243615 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus is provided with first spacing members having an outer diameter larger than that of a first developing roller, which first spacing members are disposed at two ends of the first developing roller coaxially with the first developing roller, second spacing members having an outer diameter larger than that of a second developing roller, which second spacing rollers are disposed at two ends of the second developing roller coaxially with the second developing roller, a first retaining member, a second retaining member, a first biasing member, a second biasing member. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243616 | IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image developer, including a developer container containing a developer developing a latent image on a latent image bearer; a developer bearer bearing the developer, located close to or contacting the latent image bearer; and a developer feeding and collection roller feeding the developer onto the developer bearer and scraping the developer therefrom, rotating while contacting thereto with pressure, wherein the developer feeding and collection roller includes an inner layer formed of an electroconductive foamed rubber; and an outer layer formed of an insulative foamed rubber, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied: | 2011-10-06 |
20110243617 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING TRANSFER RESIDUAL TONER ONTO IMAGE BEARING MEMBER - There is a charge member which charges secondary transfer remaining toner on an intermediate transfer member to a polarity opposite to a normal charge polarity. The transfer remaining toner charged by the charge member is moved in the direction opposite to that of normal toner by a transfer bias and moved from the intermediate transfer member onto an image bearing member. A BK station is arranged on the downstream of other stations. In a continuous BK monochromatic mode, by applying a reverse bias to transfer portions of the other stations and applying the transfer bias only to the BK station, waste toner can be collected into the BK station (simultaneously with the transfer). In a full-color mode, since each transfer bias is applied to all stations, the waste toner is collected into the station on the uppermost stream. Thus, the image bearing member for collecting the transfer remaining toner on the intermediate transfer member is made different according to the mode, thereby suppressing that the collection of the waste toner is concentrated on one image bearing member. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243618 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: an endless belt; a steering roller for supporting the endless belt and correcting a deviating motion of the endless belt; and a conveying section for conveying a recording material, wherein the conveying section has a position control mechanism of a recording material, and said mechanism conveys the recording material along a conveyance reference, established at a predetermined position in a width direction of the recording material, said width direction is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the recording material, wherein the steering roller is configured to be supported on a supporting point at a side on which the conveyance reference is established, and to be tilted at a side which is opposite to the side on which the conveyance reference is established, with respect to the width direction of the recording material. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243619 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device conveying a sheet carrying a toner image under heating and pressurization at a nip section and fixing the toner image on the sheet comprising; a fixing member provided with a heating member, a pressure member pressing on the fixing member and forming the nip section which sandwiches the sheet carrying the toner image; a blower duct equipped with an outlet opening toward a vicinity of a sheet outlet of the nip section; a blower member for blowing air in a vicinity of the sheet outlet through the blower duct; and a guide device provided with a guide member for guiding the sheet ejected from the nip section arranged on an upper side of a sheet conveyance path; and, further comprising a biasing member for biasing the sheet toward the guide member, in the vicinity of the nip section. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243620 | FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image formed on a recording material includes a fixing roller; a cleaning unit for cleaning the fixing roller, the cleaning unit including a first shaft, a second shaft, and cleaning fabric extended between the first shaft and the second shaft and wound on the first shaft and the second shaft to be fed out from the first shaft and wound up on the second shaft, wherein at the time of cleaning the fixing roller, an outer surface of the cleaning fabric wound on the first shaft contacts the fixing roller, and wherein an outer diameter of the cleaning fabric wound on the first shaft is larger than that wound on the second shaft irrespective of amount of the cleaning fabric on the first shaft. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243621 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixing device includes a coil provided along an outer surface of a heating member to generate a magnetic flux for induction heating, a coil holding portion on which the coil is mounted, a core portion that forms a magnetic path around the coil and that includes arch cores that cover an outer side of the coil and are disposed opposite the heating member with the coil interposed therebetween and at a plurality of positions spaced in a recording-medium width direction and a side core that covers the outer side of the coil between the arch cores and the coil holding portion, and a core fixing member that presses the core portion toward the coil holding portion via an elastic member. The core portion is fixed in the pressing state to the coil holding portion by fastening the core fixing member to the coil holding portion. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243622 | TONER HEATING APPARATUS WITH BELT AND NIP - Apparatus for selectively providing a surface finish to a receiver having an image side, comprising three rotatable members forming two nips. A finishing belt is entrained around, and movable with, one of the rotatable members, and passes through one of the nips. The receiver engages one of the nips according to what surface finish is desired. One of the rotatable members is selectively rotated to draw the receiver through the engaged nip, and a heater heats the rotatable member of the engaged nip facing the image side to impart the desired surface finish. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243623 | FORMING SURFACE FINISH BY ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER FUSING - A method of forming a variable finish on a receiver by fusing toner to a receiver in an electrophotographic printer, comprising providing a rotatable member, a fusing system disposed with respect to the rotatable member to form a fusing nip, and a glossing system having a glossing belt and disposed with respect to the rotatable member to form a glossing nip, wherein the fusing system and glossing system are adapted to fuse toner to a receiver to produce respective ranges of finish of the fused toner; selecting a finish within one of the respective ranges, and selecting one of the nips, wherein the finish range of the system corresponding to the selected nip includes the selected finish; and rotating the rotatable member to feed the receiver through the selected nip to fuse the toner to the receiver and form the selected finish on the receiver. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243624 | BLADE FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a blade for electrophotographic apparatus that can have much superior durability as being made low frictional at its touching part and also improved in bonding force between the touching part and the blade member, a blade for electrophotographic apparatus is provided which has a blade member having a touching part which is to come into touch with an object member, and a support member which holds the blade member; the touching part being formed of a material which is different from that for the blade member; the touching part having a touching face having a coefficient of static friction which is smaller than that of a surface of the blade member; and the touching part having a joint surface at which the touching part is joined with the blade member which joint surface has a center line average roughness Ra of from 0.5 μm to 10.0 μm. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243625 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CLEANING APPARATUS, AND CLEANING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a foreign-matter removing roller arranged in a post-process of a transfer device. The foreign-mater removing roller includes a rotatable metal shaft and a cylindrical conductive first sponge attached to the outer circumference of the metal shaft. The foreign-matter removing roller is attached a fixed distance apart from the surface of an image carrier and electrostatically attracts foreign matters adhering to the image carrier. A cleaning member scrapes off the foreign matters attracted by the foreign-matter removing roller. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243626 | WASTE DEVELOPER COLLECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A waste developer collecting device comprising: a collecting container; a collecting opening; a conveying unit; a filter; a partition wall; and an air inlet. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243627 | Method Of Conveying Documents For Automatic Document Feeder - A method of conveying documents for an ADF includes steps of beginning a first conveying procedure of a next document after a preceding document passes through a scanning section during a first conveying procedure of the preceding document, performing a first inverting procedure and then beginning a second conveying procedure of the preceding document during the first conveying procedure of the next document, performing a first inverting procedure and then beginning a second conveying procedure of the next document during the second conveying procedure of the preceding document, performing a second inverting procedure and then beginning a third conveying procedure of the preceding document during the second conveying procedure of the next document, and performing a second inverting procedure and then beginning a third conveying procedure of the next document during the third conveying procedure of the preceding document. The next document begins the first conveying procedure during the preceding document performs the first conveying procedure to improve the efficiency and speed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243628 | REUSABLE CLING DECALS FOR PLASTIC TOYS, BUILDING BRICKS, AND ACCESSORIES AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING - A reusable decal system for use with building bricks, toys, and accessories made of plastic or other similar substance, which includes flexible cling decals and a non-porous backing sheet and a system for customizably designing and printing images on the cling decals. The cling decals are cut in a plurality of shapes and printed with a plurality of designs as to form windows, doors, signs, vehicle parts, animals, people, letters, numbers and symbols for the purpose of creating customized play sets, building brick creations, toys, and accessories. In use, the cling decals are peeled from a backing sheet and applied to the plastic building bricks, toys, or accessories in a variety of configurations. The cling decals can be reused in different or changed plastic building brick creations, other plastic toys, or other plastic accessories. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243629 | Process For Preparing Braille Images Using Inline Digital Coating - A method for forming Braille images on a substrate comprising feeding a substrate to an inline digital coating apparatus; forming one or more Braille images on the substrate with the inline digital coating apparatus; wherein the inline digital coating apparatus forms the Braille image by coating an ultra-violet curable phase change ink composition comprising an optional colorant and a phase change ink vehicle comprising a radiation curable monomer or prepolymer; a photoinitiator; a reactive wax; and a gellant in a single pass to form the one or more Braille images; and curing the one or more Braille images. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243630 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, KEYBOARD SYSTEM, AND KEY TOP SYSTEM - An information processing system includes: a first information processing device including a first keyboard with a first key top; and a second information processing device including a second keyboard with a second key top, wherein a first character is denoted on the first key top, and a cold color is more similar to a color of the first character than to a background color, wherein a second character is denoted on the second key top, a warm color is more similar to a color of the second character than to a background color, and the second character is the same to the first character, and wherein an area of the first character is smaller than an area of the second character. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243631 | MACHINE HAVING A CARD PROCESSING ASSEMBLY - A machine having a card processing assembly. The card processing assembly has a card drive and a heating device. The heating device is operable to cause a human-readable symbol to be viewable on a data card. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243632 | Media position sensing - Media positioning sensing techniques are presented. A position on a substrate is detected based on adhesive or characteristics that enhance an adhesive applied to the substrate. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243633 | TAPE PRINTER - A tape printer includes: a printing section which performs printing on a tape-shaped material wound around a core to which an end portion of the tape-shaped material is affixed; a feeding section which feeds the tape-shaped material to the printing section; a feeding section driving motor which drives the feeding section; a motor monitoring device which monitors the operation condition of the feeding section driving motor; and a tape end detection device which detects a tape end corresponding to delivery of the end portion of the tape-shaped material based on a monitoring result obtained by the motor monitoring device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243634 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SHEET-PATH SWITCHING APPARATUS - In a printing system capable of selectively performing duplex printing and simplex printing, a switching unit switches a sheet travel path between a first path and a second path parallel to each other, and reverses the sides of a sheet that passes along the first path. In the duplex printing, a sheet is printed on a first side by a first printing apparatus, reversed by the switching unit, and printed on a second side reverse of the first side by a second printing apparatus. In the simplex printing, only one side of a sheet is printed by the first printing apparatus and/or second printing apparatus. First and second input units introduce sheets into the first and second paths, respectively; and first and second output units receive printed sheets that have traveled along the first and/or second paths. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243635 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SHEET DIRECTION CHANGINGAPPARATUS - In a printing system capable of selectively performing duplex printing and simplex printing, a first input unit and a second input unit are adjacent to each other. A first output unit and a second output unit are adjacent to each other. In duplex printing, a sheet supplied from the first input unit is printed on a first side thereof in a first printing apparatus and the traveling direction thereof is changed at a changing unit while the sheet is reversed, and then the sheet is printed on a second side thereof in a second printing apparatus and output to the second output unit. In simplex printing, a sheet supplied from the first or second input unit is printed on one side thereof and the traveling direction thereof is changed at the changing unit, and then the sheet is output to the first or second output unit. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243636 | System And Method For Operating A Web Printing System To Compensate For Dimensional Changes In The Web - A method enables changes in the operation of a web printing system in response to web dimensional changes being detected. The method includes identifying a cross-process dimensional change in a web moving through a printing system, comparing the identified cross-process dimensional change to a predetermined threshold, and changing operation of a component in the web printing system in response to the cross-process dimensional change exceeding the predetermined threshold. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243637 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - In printing data of a plurality of pages on a continuous sheet, it is determined whether the data is to be printed on a single side of the continuous sheet or on both sides thereof. A first sequence of pages arranged on a first side of the continuous sheet occurring when it is determined that the data is to be printed on the single side and a second sequence of pages arranged on the first side of the continuous sheet occurring when it is determined that the data is to be printed on the both sides such that the first and second sequences are opposite to each other. Each of the first and second sequences indicates whether the pages are arranged in descending order or in ascending order. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243638 | Mechanical Shading Pencil with Rotating Lead - The invention is a mechanical shading pencil where the lead rotates within the pencil casing, either on the lead's axis, or with an eccentric movement, such that the pencil will shade an area of a surface though the user is moving the pencil in a straight line. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243639 | MASCARA DISPENSING DEVICE - The present invention is directed toward a cost effective device for storing a fluid material, and controlling the amount of fluid material that will be provided on an applicator for application to a particular surface. The device is comprised of few parts including an outer housing having a first chamber and a second chamber, a fluid insert, an applicator, and an adjustment mechanism. This makes the device cheaper to manufacture, and easy to assemble. The embodiments disclosed can be provided in a pre-assembled form to cosmetic companies and the like seeking to fill a dispenser with their fluid cosmetic products. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243640 | WIRE MARKING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A device and method for holding a writing implement, such as a marker, and placing markings on an elongated object such as electrical wire and cables. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243641 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a tube, a head engaged with a first end of the tube, and a cap engaged with a second end opposite the first end of the tube. The cap includes a power source inside the cap. A button is formed on a first end of the cap to control the power source. A light body extends from a second end opposite to the first end of the cap and is electrically connected to the power source. The light body is accommodated in the tube. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243642 | ROLLING-BALL STYLE COSMETIC CONTAINER STRUCTURE - A rolling-ball style cosmetic container structure includes a tube, an axle sleeve, a hollow piston rod, a resilient member and an exterior cap. The axle sleeve includes a holding space, an inner flange, an outer flange, a resistant holding surface and a material discharge hole. The hollow piston rod includes a flanged disk, an annular flange, a receiving space, a central bore, a rod part and a material discharge cap. The hollow piston rod closes the material discharge hole in the retracted position and being with the central bore, the holding space, and the material discharge hole in fluid communication when the hollow piston rod is in the extended position. A supporting unit is formed in the receiving space to support the rolling balls but does not totally restrict the rolling balls' movement, and the rolling balls' final positions can be determined by the material discharge cap. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243643 | Cleaning device - The present invention is to provide a cleaning device having a housing, a cleaner bottle and a wiping element combined together, wherein the housing has a first receiving space for accommodating the cleaner bottle and an opening for allowing a part of a sprayer of the cleaner bottle to project out of the housing and be pressed by a user. The cleaner bottle is filled with a cleaner and the sprayer has a spray nozzle wherein, when the sprayer is pressed by the user, the cleaner is sprayed out of the spray nozzle to the wiping element, so that the cleaner can be absorbed by the wiping element and then immediately diffused outward to a peripheral surface of corresponding part of the wiping element, and be used to wipe surface of an article (such as a computer screen) and rapidly and completely clean dirt out of the article. | 2011-10-06 |
20110243644 | Connector - A connector comprising a container-like fastener holder ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110243645 | SLIDER - A slider configured to reduce the wear of rotating bodies and an arc-shaped rail. The slider | 2011-10-06 |
20110243646 | Medical accessory unit securing device - The invention relates to a securing device for securing medical accessory units in particular to a table ( | 2011-10-06 |