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20090074494 | COMPACT FRONT-OPERABLE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a substantially flat top face and a slanted front face, the bottom side of which recedes backward. The image forming apparatus may includes a paper discharge tray disposed at a lower portion of the slanted front face, the paper discharge tray protruding forward. The paper discharge tray may be tiltable upward and downward. Because the bottom side of the slanted front face recedes backward, the flat top face can be provided, and simultaneously, enough space for the feeding and discharging of paper can be secured. | 03-19-2009 |
20110109692 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COLLECTING INK MIST - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head that discharges an electrically substantially neutral droplet of ink onto a recording medium; a transport unit that transports the recording medium such that a recording surface of the recording medium is substantially orthogonal with respect to an ink discharge direction of the recording head; and an electric field generating unit that generates an electric field when the recording head discharges the droplet of ink. The electric field is substantially parallel to the ink discharge direction in terms of intensity. | 05-12-2011 |
20110298873 | COMPACT FRONT-OPERABLE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a substantially flat top face and a slanted front face, the bottom side of which recedes backward. The image forming apparatus may includes a paper discharge tray disposed at a lower portion of the slanted front face, the paper discharge tray protruding forward. The paper discharge tray may be tiltable upward and downward. Because the bottom side of the slanted front face recedes backward, the flat top face can be provided, and simultaneously, enough space for the feeding and discharging of paper can be secured. | 12-08-2011 |
20120056932 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF SUCTIONING LIQUID FROM NOZZLES OF RECORDING HEAD AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to have a nozzle face on which nozzles that discharge liquid droplets are formed; a cap configured to cap the nozzle face of the recording head; a discharge path configured to be connected to the cap; a suction pump configured to be provided in the discharge path and be made of a tube pump; and an atmosphere opening part configured to open an airtight space, created when the nozzle face is capped by the cap, to the atmosphere. The atmosphere opening part is configured to communicate with the inside of the cap at a position higher than a surface of liquid discharged into the cap, and a check valve configured to prevent a flow of the liquid toward the cap from the suction pump is provided in the discharge path. | 03-08-2012 |
20120056933 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a recording head having a nozzle surface in which nozzles to eject liquid droplets in a horizontal direction or a direction slanted from the horizontal direction are formed, the nozzle surface being disposed in a vertical direction or a direction slanted from the vertical direction; a head tank to supply liquid to the recording head; a suction cap to cap the nozzle surface of the recording head; a suction member connected to the suction cap to suck out liquid from the nozzles by the suction cap; a valve member to open or close a sealed space formed by capping the nozzle surface with the suction cap to atmosphere; a liquid supplier to supply the liquid to the head tank and return the liquid from the head tank; and a control unit to control servicing of the recording head. | 03-08-2012 |
20120081487 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a conveyance unit to intermittently convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction, a carriage movable in a main scanning direction and including a recording head, a conveyance path having a curved portion provided downstream from an imaging range of the recording head, a first discharge member provided downstream from the imaging range to discharge the recording medium, and a second discharge member provided downstream from the first discharge member and having a nip to sandwich the recording medium to discharge the recording medium. A length of the conveyance path extending from a downstream edge of the imaging range to the nip is longer than a maximum length of the recording medium usable in the image forming apparatus to prevent a leading edge of the recording medium from being sandwiched by the second discharge member when the carriage performs last scanning movement. | 04-05-2012 |
20120113180 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance belt, a reverse passage, and a charger. The belt is looped around at least two rollers to adhere a recording medium thereto by electrostatic force and convey the medium. The belt defines a normal conveyance area in which the medium is conveyed in a first direction with the medium facing the head. The reverse passage sends the medium back again to a portion of the belt upstream from the head in the first direction. The reverse passage includes an opposite conveyance area of the belt in which the medium is conveyed in a second direction and a bypass passage to guide the medium separated from the opposite conveyance area toward the normal conveyance area. The charger is disposed between the bypass passage and an outer surface of the belt to charge the outer surface of the belt. | 05-10-2012 |
20120113204 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance belt, a charger, a reverse passage, and an auxiliary conveyance roller. The belt is looped around at least two rollers to adhere a recording medium thereto by electrostatic force and convey the medium. The belt defines a normal conveyance area in which the medium is conveyed in a first direction. The reverse passage delivers the medium turned around in an area downstream from the belt in the first direction and sends the medium back again to a portion of the belt upstream from the head in the first direction. The reverse passage includes an opposite conveyance area of the belt in which the medium is conveyed in a second direction opposite the first direction. The auxiliary conveyance roller is disposed at least one of an entry part and an exit part of the opposite conveyance area. | 05-10-2012 |
20120133707 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a recording head; a cap member capping the nozzle surface of the recording head and including a release port and a suction port; a suction unit in communication with the suction port; a switch unit opening and closing the release port to the air and capable of adjusting the opening amount of the release port to at least a first opening amount and a second opening amount larger than the first opening amount; and a control unit that controls the suction unit and the switch unit so that the release port is opened to the first opening amount to have a predetermined amount of air flow into the cap member after the cap member is suctioned by the suction unit, and the release port is then opened to the second opening amount. | 05-31-2012 |
20120147112 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including an image forming device to form an ink image on a recording sheet, a discharger to discharge the sheet bearing the ink image in a face-down manner, and a stacker to stack the discharged sheet thereon. The stacker includes a first surface to deform a rear end portion of the sheet, and a second surface which has a surface to press a front end portion of the sheet and is slanting so as to rise in the sheet discharging direction. The first and second surfaces are arranged such that the first surface or an extended surface thereof intersects at an angle with the second surface or an extended surface thereof to form an intersection line and such that when the front edge of the recording sheet reaches the second surface, the rear edge of the recording sheet has not yet been discharged by the discharger. | 06-14-2012 |
20120155916 | OPENING AND CLOSING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPENING AND CLOSING MECHANISM - An opening and closing mechanism includes a movable member removably mounted relative to a main body of an apparatus, an opening and closing member having a cover portion, protrusions, and pivot shafts, and shaft position adjusters to change positions of the pivot shafts while the cover portion pivots between a closed position and an open position. The opening and closing member is arranged so that, on an imaginary plane perpendicular to a central axis of each pivot shaft on which each pivot shaft and the movable member are projected, a projected portion of each pivot shaft is positioned to interfere with a projected portion of the movable member when the cover portion is placed at the closed position, and the cover portion is positioned so as not to interfere with a trajectory of movement of the movable member while the cover portion pivots toward the open position. | 06-21-2012 |
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20090304410 | CLEANING DEVICE, CHARGER UNIT USING THE SAME, IMAGE FORMING ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a pair of bilateral cleaning members arranged with an interval in a length direction of a wire rod, an intermediate cleaning member located on an opposite side of the pair of bilateral cleaning members via the wire rod and arranged at an intermediate position between the bilateral cleaning members in the length direction of the wire rod, a wire rod contact unit that controls at least one of the plurality of cleaning members so that the plurality of cleaning members contacts with or separates away from the wire rod, and a cleaning movement unit which moves the plurality of cleaning members along the length direction of the wire rod in the state where the plurality of cleaning members are in contact with the wire rod by the wire rod contact unit. | 12-10-2009 |
20100196051 | CHARGING DEVICE - A charging device includes: a to-be-charged member; a charging member that charges the to-be-charged member and is opposed to the to-be-charged member; a cover member that surrounds the charging member disposed inside of the cover member but has an opening at a site opposed to the to-be-charged member; a grid electrode that is disposed on the opening side of the cover member with respect to the charging member, the grid electrode being provided between the cover member and the to-be-charged member; and a protective member that is provided along a longitudinal direction of the grid electrode, the protective member protecting an end part of the grid electrode and having at least one opening that is provided between the to-be-charged member and an end part of the cover member on the to-be-charged member side. | 08-05-2010 |
20120224881 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a charging member that charges an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical latent-image carrier; an electrode member including a curved portion that is formed by press working so as to extend along the outer peripheral surface of the latent-image carrier, the curved portion having an electrode to which a voltage is applied, the electrode being disposed between the charging member and the latent-image carrier; a cleaning member that is movable along the curved portion in an axial direction of the latent-image carrier and that cleans the electrode; and a receiving portion formed in the curved portion at a position outside the electrode, the receiving portion receiving the cleaning member to release a contact pressure between the curved portion and the cleaning member. | 09-06-2012 |
20120224888 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a charging member that charges an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical image carrier; an electrode member that has the shape of a plate having a longitudinal direction in an axial direction of the image carrier and that is disposed above the charging member; an attachment member that has a curved surface which is curved along the outer peripheral surface of the image carrier, the electrode member being attached thereon; and a pushing member disposed between the electrode member and the image carrier, the pushing member pushing the electrode member toward the curved surface so that the electrode member is curved to follow the curved surface. | 09-06-2012 |
20120230722 | CLEANING DEVICE, CHARGING UNIT, IMAGE BEARING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a device body, a cleaning member, and a support member. The device body is moved in a longitudinal direction of a plate-like grid member of a charging device. The cleaning member is disposed in the device body and cleans a first face of the grid member while pressing against the first face when the device body is moved. The support member is provided in the device body and has a support surface that is in contact with and supports a second face opposite to the first face of the grid member pressed by the cleaning member. The support surface is in contact with a mesh portion and a non-mesh portion of the grid member. | 09-13-2012 |
20120230732 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a discharge electrode that extends along a rotational axis direction of a member to be charged that rotates and has an arc-shaped outer peripheral surface, the discharge electrode being arranged to face the outer peripheral surface; a potential control plate arranged between the outer peripheral surface of the member to be charged and the discharge electrode and extending in the rotational axis direction of the member to be charged, the potential control plate being plastically deformed so as to independently maintain the shape of the potential control plate; and a support member that supports the potential control plate only at both end portions of the potential control plate in a long-side direction of the potential control plate. | 09-13-2012 |
20120251180 | CHARGING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND POTENTIAL CONTROL PLATE - A charging device includes a discharge electrode that extends along an axial direction of a member to be charged; and a potential control plate disposed between the member to be charged and the discharge electrode and curved along a peripheral surface of the member to be charged. The potential control plate includes three or more structural lines that are arranged in a circumferential direction of the member to be charged and that linearly extend along the axial direction, and connecting portions arranged in the axial direction, each connecting portion connecting two or more of the three or more structural lines to each other, the two or more structural lines being next to each other in the circumferential direction. The structural lines connected by one of the connecting portions and those connected by another one of the connecting portions are at least partly different from each other. | 10-04-2012 |
20130078000 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a latent image forming portion that includes a latent image carrier having a cylindrical shape, and a supporting member disposed at both ends of the latent image carrier and rotatably supporting the latent image carrier, a charging unit that includes a discharge electrode supplying electric charge to the latent image carrier, and a grid electrode having a shape curved around the latent image carrier, a first supporting portion that supports the curved grid electrode from the latent image carrier side, a second supporting portion that supports the curved grid electrode from the discharge electrode side, and a pinching unit that pinches the grid electrode between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion in a contact state. | 03-28-2013 |
20130121729 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a discharge electrode that is attached to a base member and discharges electricity to supply an electric charge to a latent-image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image, a control electrode that is located on the latent-image-carrier side of the discharge electrode attached to the base member, that is curved along the latent-image carrier, and that controls a potential of the latent-image carrier, a support member that is fixed to the base member by a fixing member and includes a curved support surface that supports both ends of the control electrode in a longitudinal direction at a side at which the discharge electrode is provided, and first and second pressing members that are provided at respective ends of the control electrode in the longitudinal direction and that press the control electrode against the support surface. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121730 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent-image forming member including a latent-image carrier and support members disposed at both ends of the latent-image carrier to support the latent-image carrier, a charging member including a discharge electrode that supplies an electric charge to the latent-image carrier and a control electrode that is disposed between the discharge electrode and the latent-image carrier and controls a potential of the latent-image carrier, a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion that are respectively formed on the latent-image forming member and the charging member and that are connected to each other to connect the latent-image forming member and the charging member to each other, and an urging member that is disposed between the latent-image forming member and the charging member to urge them away from each other. | 05-16-2013 |
20130129387 | CONTROL ELECTRODE, CHARGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A control electrode includes attachment portions that are at least partially flat and provided at either end of the control electrode in a longitudinal direction, frame portions that are at least partially flat and provided at either end of the control electrode in a lateral direction, the frame portions extending in the longitudinal direction so as to be connected to the attachment portions, and an electrode portion that is surrounded by the attachment portions and the frame portions and curved. The attachment portions, the frame portions, and the electrode portion are formed integrally with each other. One of the attachment portions has first holes on extension lines of the frame portions. The other one of the attachment portions has second holes on the extension lines of the frame portions. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129388 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent-image forming member including a latent-image carrier and support portions, a charging member including a discharge electrode and a control electrode, restraining portions that restrain both ends of the control electrode in a width direction, and abutting portions that are provided on the support portions, that include curved surfaces, and that are abutted against the control electrode. The curved surfaces have a center of curvature that coincides with a rotational center of the latent-image carrier, and are at a position where a distance from the latent-image carrier in a radial direction is equal to a distance between the latent-image carrier and the control electrode. When the charging member is attached to the latent-image forming member, the control electrode is abutted against the curved surfaces by the restraining portions and is deformed along the curved surfaces. | 05-23-2013 |
20130156461 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a discharge electrode that charges a surface of a rotatable image carrier and extends along the image carrier, a case that extends along and encloses the discharge electrode with a side thereof nearest to the image carrier being open, a grid electrode provided between the image carrier and the discharge electrode, a cleaning member that cleans at least one of the discharge electrode, the case, and the grid electrode by moving along the case, a regulating portion that is provided between the cleaning member and the case and regulates a distance between the cleaning member and the case in a direction orthogonal to the direction of movement of the cleaning member by coming into contact with the cleaning member or the case, and a supporting portion that supports the regulating portion and allows the regulating portion to move away from the cleaning member or the case. | 06-20-2013 |
20140112690 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer device includes a first support member that supports a wound member, an endless transferred body being wound around the wound member; a second support member that supports a transfer member, the transfer member and the wound member pinching the transferred body and a recording medium, the transfer member causing a developer image on the transferred body to be transferred onto the recording medium; a coupling portion that couples the second support member to the first support member so that an angle of the second support member is changeable relative to the first support member; and an urging portion that is provided at the first support member and urges the second support member in a direction in which the transfer member presses the wound member. | 04-24-2014 |
20140178115 | TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transport device includes an endless belt having a recording-medium transport surface provided with multiple holes; stretching members between which the endless belt is stretched so as to be able to revolve; and a suction unit provided inside the endless belt. The suction unit has an opening having a larger width than the endless belt. The opening is exposed at both sides of the endless belt in the width direction. The suction unit draws air through the opening to cause the recording medium to stick to the endless belt. | 06-26-2014 |
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20110211769 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a first path information calculating unit, a second path information calculating unit, and a path selecting unit. The first path information calculating unit calculates first path information which is information representing a first path for separating areas from an image. The second path information calculating unit calculates second path information representing a second path for separating the areas from the image, the second path being the reverse of the first path. The path selecting unit selects one of the first path information calculated by the first path information calculating unit and the second path information calculated by the second path information calculating unit. | 09-01-2011 |
20120033887 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a path calculation unit, and a separation unit. The receiving unit receives an image including at least a character image. The path calculation unit calculates a separation path in the image received by the receiving unit. The separation path is a line segment that separates a character image from the image. The separation unit separates the image received by the receiving unit into plural character images using a separation path calculated by the path calculation unit. The path calculation unit calculates a separation path within a predetermined range including a portion of a character image in the image so that a cumulative value of luminance values of pixels along the separation path satisfies a predetermined condition. | 02-09-2012 |
20120099797 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a line information reception unit, a prediction determination unit, a feature amount calculation unit and a line determination unit. The line information reception unit receives a set of information indicating (i) information on an image having a possibility of being line and (ii) line element being a rectangular pixel lump constituting a line. The prediction determination unit determines whether or not a target line element matches a predicted value based on the received information. The predicted value indicates line element which is predicted when the target line element constitutes a line. The feature amount calculation unit calculates feature amount of the image when the prediction determination unit determines the target line element does not match the predicted value. The line determination unit determines whether or not the image is a line based on the calculated feature amount. | 04-26-2012 |
20120141035 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a line information reception unit, a line extraction unit, an inversion unit and a determination unit. The line information reception unit receives a set of information indicating (i) information on an image having a possibly of being a line and (ii) line elements being a rectangular pixel lump which constitutes a line. The line extraction unit extracts a line by tracing from a first start point to an end point of the line, based on the received information indicating the line elements and a tracing direction of the line. The inversion unit inverts the tracing direction of the line, sets the extracted end point of the line as a second start point and sends the second start point and the inverted tracing direction to the line extraction unit. The determination unit determines whether or not to cause the inversion unit to perform a process. | 06-07-2012 |
20130080153 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives character sequences, a sorting unit that sorts the character sequences received by the receiving unit into known words and unknown words, and a detecting unit that detects character sequences sorted as unknown words by the sorting unit as incorrect words and detects a third character sequence between a first character sequence and a second character sequence, which have been sorted as unknown words by the sorting unit, as incorrect words when the third character sequence includes words sorted as known words by the sorting unit and the number of the known words is less than or equal to or less than a predetermined number. | 03-28-2013 |
20140169676 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a morphological analysis unit, a feature-value vector generation unit, and a degree-of-certainty calculation unit. The morphological analysis unit performs morphological analysis on a character recognition result. The feature-value vector generation unit generates a feature-value vector having elements, the number of which is P+1, for each character in the character recognition result. The feature-value vector includes part-of-speech likelihoods and a character similarity for the character in the character recognition result. The part-of-speech likelihoods correspond to P types of part of speech and are generated based on a probability of a part of speech of a word which includes the character and which is the result of the morphological analysis performed by the morphological analysis unit. The degree-of-certainty calculation unit calculates a degree of certainty for each character in the character recognition result from the feature-value vector generated by the feature-value vector generation unit. | 06-19-2014 |
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20110052229 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier and a detection unit. The image carrier is stretched around a plurality of rolls. The detection unit detects a density of a toner image formed on the image carrier, based on an amount of regularly reflected light from a surface of the image carrier. A detection length where the detection unit performs the detection in a movement direction of the image carrier is longer than a length, in the movement direction of the image carrier, of a deformation area where a deformation of the image carrier is caused. | 03-03-2011 |
20130201497 | DENSITY DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A density detection apparatus includes the following elements. An image forming unit forms density detection images having different area ratios. A measuring unit measures an amount of reflected light. A storage unit stores reference values and also stores a representative value thereof. A determining unit determines a threshold for the area ratios of the density detection images on the basis of a variation among the reference values. A density obtaining unit obtains, for a density detection image having an area ratio which exceeds the threshold, a density level by using the amount of light reflected by the density detection image and the representative value, and obtains, for a density detection image having an area ratio which is equal to or smaller than the threshold, a density level by using the amount of light reflected by the density detection image, the associated reference value, and the representative value. | 08-08-2013 |
20130208288 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a controller that provides control in which, if image formation processing by a single unit is executed first since a density adjustment condition for adjusting a density of an image is satisfied, a density adjustment value is changed by a predetermined basic change amount, and a first image is formed in a corresponding image formed region with a density that is adjusted in accordance with the changed density adjustment value, and control in which, if a single image other than the first image is formed in the corresponding image formed region, the current density adjustment value is changed by a predetermined fine change amount that is smaller than the basic change amount, and the single image is formed in the corresponding image formed region with a density that is adjusted in accordance with the changed density adjustment value. | 08-15-2013 |
20130242333 | DENSITY DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A density detection apparatus includes the following elements. A storage unit stores therein image information. A measuring unit measures amounts of light components reflected by an image carrier or density detection images represented by the image information. A light amount obtaining unit obtains a variation in amounts of light components reflected by each region in which the associated density detection image is formed, and obtains, as a reference value, a representative value of the amounts of light components. An image correcting unit corrects the image information by changing an arrangement order of the density detection images. An image forming unit forms the density detection images on the image carrier on the basis of the corrected image information. A density obtaining unit obtains density levels of density detection images corresponding to their area ratios by using the amounts of light components reflected by the density detection images and the reference values. | 09-19-2013 |
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20110105156 | NOTIFICATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND MOBILE STATION FOR THE SAME - A method for transmitting a notification signal comprises a step in which each of a plurality of mobile stations (UE) compares first security information which each of the mobile stations manages with second security information included in a received first notification signal to thereby verify the validity of the first notification signal and a step in which each of the mobile stations (UE) performs the output corresponding to the first notification signal in the case of successfully verifying the validity of the first notification signal. | 05-05-2011 |
20110111787 | METHOD FOR REPORTING MULTI-ADDRESS INFORMATION, MOBILE STATION AND AUTHENTICATION ORGANIZATION SYSTEM - A method for reporting multi-address information comprises a step wherein each of mobile stations (UE) obtains the positional information relating to the mobile stations (UE) and manages information relating to the obtained positional information, a step for reporting multi-address information provided with an electronic signature to each of the mobile stations (UE), a step wherein each of the mobile stations (UE) verifies the multi-address information by use of the electronic signature provided to the received multi-address information, a step wherein each of the mobile stations (UE), when the verifying is successful, compares positional information contained in the multi-address information with the positional information being managed, and a step wherein each of the mobile stations (UE) performs processing in response to the multi-address information on the basis of the result of comparing. | 05-12-2011 |
20110165855 | EMERGENCY INFORMATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - An emergency information reporting method, wherein a broadcast equipment (CBC) transmits an emergency information reporting message including a distribution area and emergency information to a switching center (MME) corresponding to the distribution area, the switching center (MME) generates an emergency information reporting message including cell identification information and transmits the message to a wireless base station (eNB) which manages the cell corresponding to the distribution area included in the received emergency information reporting message, and the wireless base station (eNB) broadcasts the emergency information included in the received emergency information reporting message to the cell corresponding to the cell identification information included in the emergency information reporting message. | 07-07-2011 |
20110188455 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE STATION AND MOBILE SWITCHING CENTER - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, to a mobile switching center MME/SGSN, a NAS connection establishment request for the specific communication, while an AS connection is established between the mobile station UE and a radio access network apparatus eNB/RNC; determining, at the mobile switching center MME/SGSN, to restrict establishment of the NAS connection for the specific communication, when the NAS connection establishment request signal is received and when a predetermined condition is satisfied; and restricting, at the mobile station UE, transmission of a first connection establishment request signal and transmission of the NAS connection establishment request signal, after reception of a rejection signal including a restriction time period for restricting establishment of the NAS connection for the specific communication until expiry of the restriction time period. | 08-04-2011 |
20110189983 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SWITCHING DEVICE, SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - In a communication control system | 08-04-2011 |
20110194494 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - When communication is performed on communication equipment that is connected to a communication control system to which a mobile communication terminal is connected, and is included in a private network, the communication is performed with reduced traffic. A communication control system | 08-11-2011 |
20110199893 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE SWITCHING CENTER, AND RADIO BASE STATION - A CSFB processing unit ( | 08-18-2011 |
20110205970 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE STATION AND MOBILE SWITCHING CENTER - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, to a mobile switching center MME/SGSN, a NAS connection establishment request for the specific communication, while an AS connection, is established between the mobile station UE and a radio access network apparatus eNB/RNC; determining, at the mobile switching center MME/SGSN, to restrict establishment of the NAS connection for the specific communication, when the NAS connection establishment request signal is received and when a predetermined condition is satisfied; and restricting, at the mobile station UE, transmission of a first connection establishment request signal and transmission of the NAS connection establishment request signal, after reception of a rejection signal including a restriction time period for restricting establishment of the NAS connection for the specific communication until expiry of the restriction time period. | 08-25-2011 |
20110206005 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE SWITCHING CENTER, AND MOBILE STATION - Disclosed is a mobile communication method having: a step wherein, when the bearer status changes for a cell under the control of a WCDMA mobile communication system while the location of a mobile station (UE) is registered with a WCDMA mobile switching center (SGSN) and an LTE mobile switching center (MME), a synchronization process is performed on the bearer status of the mobile station (UE) between the WCDMA mobile switching center (SGSN) and the LTE mobile switching center (MME); and a step wherein the WCDMA mobile switching center (SGSN) notifies the mobile station (UE) that the synchronization process has occurred. If the bearer status has changed and the mobile station (UE) has received the aforementioned notification, the location of the mobile station (UE) is not registered with the LTE mobile switching center (MME) when moved from a cell under the control of the WCDMA mobile communication system to a cell under the control of the LTE mobile communication system. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207458 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal includes a location registration request unit | 08-25-2011 |
20110230183 | MOBILE STATION - In a mobile station (UE) according to the present invention, an AS function is configured to notify, when detecting a failure in a radio link established with the radio base station is detected or when discovering a cell subject to a location registration by a cell selection process, a NAS function of the detection or the discovery; and the NAS function is configured to transmit, in response to the notification, a location registration request signal to a mobile switching center (MME). | 09-22-2011 |
20110230185 | MOBILE STATION - In a mobile station (UE) according to the present invention, an AS function is configured to notify, when detecting a failure in a radio link established with the radio base station is detected or when discovering a cell subject to a location registration by a cell selection process, a NAS function of the detection or the discovery; and the NAS function is configured to transmit, in response to the notification, a location registration request signal to a mobile switching center (MIME). | 09-22-2011 |
20110237245 | MOBILE STATION - In a mobile station (UE) according to the present invention, an AS function is configured to notify, when detecting a failure in a radio link established with the radio base station is detected or when discovering a cell subject to a location registration by a cell selection process, a NAS function of the detection or the discovery; and the NAS function is configured to transmit, in response to the notification, a location registration request signal to a mobile switching center (MME). | 09-29-2011 |
20120020290 | MOBILE STATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station (UE) according to the present invention includes: an emergency call originating process unit configured to originate an emergency call via a cell under the control of a UMTS-scheme network having a circuit switching network, when an emergency call originating trigger is detected while camping on a cell under the control of an LTE-scheme network that is a packet switching dedicated network, and when it is determined that camping on the cell under the control of the UMTS-scheme network is possible. | 01-26-2012 |
20120033638 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, GATEWAY APPARATUS AND SERVER APPARATUS - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: (A) disconnecting a core network bearer when it is determined that a mobile station (UE) visits a radio access network of the W-CDMA scheme and communication is not performed via the core network bearer for a predetermined period; and (B) holding the core network bearer when it is determined that the mobile station (UE) visits a radio access network of the LTE scheme and communication is not performed via the core network bearer for the predetermined period. | 02-09-2012 |
20130079042 | NOTIFICATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND MOBILE STATION FOR THE SAME - A method for transmitting a notification signal comprises a step in which each of a plurality of mobile stations (UE) compares first security information which each of the mobile stations manages with second security information included in a received first notification signal to thereby verify the validity of the first notification signal and a step in which each of the mobile stations (UE) performs the output corresponding to the first notification signal in the case of successfully verifying the validity of the first notification signal. | 03-28-2013 |
20130223304 | CORE NETWORK AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A core network connected to a mobile communication network and establishing voice communication between communication apparatuses receives, from the mobile communication network, to which an originating mobile communication apparatus is connected, a connection request that includes an identifier identifying a terminating communication apparatus, and determines at least one codec that can be used in a terminating network to which the terminating communication apparatus is connected. When the at least one codec that can be used in the terminating network can be used in the core network, the core network signals, to the originating mobile communication apparatus, that codec as a codec candidate that should be used by the originating mobile communication apparatus. | 08-29-2013 |
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20090293534 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR - A rotary compressor includes a compressor casing which includes a compression unit for sucking refrigerant gas from a low pressure side of a refrigerating cycle and ejecting the gas to a high pressure side of the refrigerating cycle, and a motor for driving the compression unit through a rotating shaft. The compressor has a gas hole formed on a rotor of the motor for causing a refrigerant gas below the motor to pass upward, and an oil separation plate having a central cylindrical portion, a curved portion continuous to the central cylindrical portion and curved in a radial direction, and an outer peripheral disk portion continuous to the curved portion and is fixed on the rotor by a rivet so that a lower end portion of the central cylindrical portion comes into close contact with the upper end of the rotor or an upper end plate of the rotor. | 12-03-2009 |
20110027117 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR - According to one embodiment, a rotary compressor includes a compressor housing, a compressing unit, a motor, and an oil supply mechanism. The compressor housing has an inlet and an outlet of refrigerant. The compressing unit compresses refrigerant sucked in from the inlet. The motor drives the compressing unit through a rotation shaft. The oil supply mechanism supplies lubricant oil to the compressing unit through an oil supply hole of the rotation shaft. The oil supply mechanism includes a housing hole, a pump case, and a pump vane. The housing hole is communicated with the oil supply hole. The pump case is fitted in the housing hole. The pump vane is housed in the pump case, and includes a large width portion which is locked by the upper inner surface of the pump case. | 02-03-2011 |
20110243778 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR - According to one embodiment, a rotary compressor includes a compressing unit provided with a cylinder having a flared portion to provide a vane groove. In the compressing unit, a piston revolves along a cylinder inner wall, and an operation chamber is formed between the cylinder inner wall and the piston. A vane protrudes from the vane groove into the operation chamber and comes in contact with the annular piston to partition the operation chamber into an inlet chamber and a compression chamber. A spring inserted in a spring hole formed in the back of the vane groove presses the back of the vane. A spring holder pin is inserted in a pin hole located on the outer circumferential side of an end of the vane groove and crossing the spring hole to prevent the spring from coming off the spring hole when the compressing unit is installed in the housing. | 10-06-2011 |
20120007455 | MOTOR ROTOR AND COMPRESSOR PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - There is provided a compressor provided with a motor rotor capable of suppressing a decrease in oil separation efficiency and avoiding a decrease in motor efficiency. A motor rotor ( | 01-12-2012 |
20140204912 | TEST DEVICE AND TEST METHOD - To provide a test device and a test method which enable a tester to easily check the allocation of physical channels when testing a mobile communication terminal which performs communication using a time division duplex system and a code division multiple access system. | 07-24-2014 |
20140206345 | SCENARIO GENERATION DEVICE AND SCENARIO GENERATION METHOD - A scenario generation device includes: a system information schedule generation unit that displays, a first transmission schedule setting environment with a table form that includes a plurality of setting fields which correspond to the positions of a plurality of frames that can be allocated to transmission of system information in mobile communication and to which a type name of the system information can be set, receives the type name which is input to the setting field corresponding to the position of the frame selected, and generates a transmission schedule of the system information on the basis of the input result; and a scenario generation unit that generates a test scenario which is used in a pseudo-base station apparatus and in which a communication sequence related to the system information is described on the basis of the transmission schedule of the system information. | 07-24-2014 |
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20090059015 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND REMOTE COMMUNICATING SYSTEM - An information processing device is connected to an overview image capturing device that captures an overview image of an object and an enlarged image capturing device that captures an enlarged image of the object, and is connected to a remote control device that remote-controls at least the enlarged image capturing device. The information processing device includes: an encoding unit that encodes the overview image and the enlarged image; a transmitting unit that transmits the images encoded by the encoding unit to the remote control device; and a switching unit that switches an encoding method to be utilized by the encoding unit and a transmission method to be utilized by the transmitting unit among a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode. When there is not a continuous change in the overview image captured by the overview image capturing device, the overview image is transmitted in the first mode. When there is a continuous change in the overview image, the overview image is transmitted in the second mode. The enlarged image captured by the enlarged image capturing device is transmitted in the third mode. | 03-05-2009 |
20090096880 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is connected to an image capture device, and a plurality of external terminals that inputs annotation information to an image captured by the image capture device. The information processing apparatus includes an acquiring portion that acquires input information from the plurality of external terminals, a storing portion that stores a synthesis image in which the captured image and the annotation information are synthesized, and a controlling portion that causes the storing portion to store the synthesis image when the acquisition of the input information by the acquiring portion is not executed for a predetermined time period. | 04-16-2009 |
20090097755 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, REMOTE INDICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring portion, a deciding portion, a controlling portion, a determining portion, and a transmitting portion. The acquiring portion acquires attribute information of an object. The deciding portion decides identification information of a user accessible to the object, based on a database associated with attribute information of each object and identification information of a user accessible to each object, and the acquired attribute information. The controlling portion decides a capture area including the object, and causes a projecting device to project a capture area. The determining portion determines whether a user of a remote terminal is accessible to the object based on identification information from the remote terminal and the decided identification information. The transmitting portion transmits a captured image of the decided capture area to the remote terminal when the user of the remote terminal is accessible to the object. | 04-16-2009 |
20140056619 | CHARGING MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE, DETACHABLE BODY, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging member includes a contact section and a supported section. The contact section is in contact with a charged body. The supported section is integrated with the contact section and is supported by a support member. The supported section has a lower hardness than the contact section. | 02-27-2014 |
20140086624 | CLEANING BLADE, CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a cleaning blade including a contacting corner portion which comes in contact with and cleans a surface of a member to be cleaned moving relative to the cleaning blade, a tip surface which configures one side with the contacting corner portion and faces an upstream side of the surface moving direction, a ventral surface which configures one side with the contacting corner portion and faces a downstream side, and a rear surface which shares one side with the tip surface and opposes the ventral surface. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086653 | CLEANING BLADE, CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a cleaning blade having at least a portion that comes in contact with a member to be cleaned is configured of a member that contains polyurethane rubber, and that has an endothermic peak top temperature obtained by differential scanning calorimetry in a range of from 180° C. to 220° C. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086655 | CLEANING BLADE, CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a cleaning blade in which at least a portion which comes in contact with a member to be cleaned is configured of a member having dynamic ultra micro hardness of from 0.25 to 0.65 and an index K acquired in the following Equation (1) of equal to or more than 15: | 03-27-2014 |
20140255070 | CLEANING BLADE, CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning blade includes a contact portion that contacts a member to be cleaned, and the contact portion at least contains polyurethane rubber and has at least two different endothermic peak temperatures by differential scanning calorimetry in a range of 100° C. or higher. | 09-11-2014 |
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20110064495 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a rotary member that contacts with an image carrier and moves materials on a surface of the image carrier along a rotation direction of the rotary member; a scraping member that contacts with the rotary member to scrape the materials adhering on the rotary member; a collected material receiving portion disposed downstream of a contact portion of the rotary member and the scraping member in a gravity direction; plural openings provided along a width direction of the image carrier by a partition member, through which the materials scraped by the scraping member pass to the collected material receiving portion; a protrusion portion that is arranged between the openings and the contact portion of the rotary member and the scraping member, and protrudes toward an upstream side in a rotation direction of the rotary member. | 03-17-2011 |
20120207513 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a charger facing a rotatably supported image carrier and configured to charge the image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed, and a movement mechanism configured to move the charger between a charging position at which the charger is close to the image carrier and a retracted position at which the charger is retracted away from the image carrier. The movement mechanism includes a support member supporting the charger that has been moved to the retracted position by the movement mechanism, and a movable member configured to move when a driving force from a drive source is transmitted thereto. The movable member moves to the charging position or the retracted position when the movable member is moved in a direction of a rotational axis of the image carrier while being in contact with the support member. | 08-16-2012 |
20120207514 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a charger facing a rotatably supported image carrier, the charger being configured to charge the image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed; a movement mechanism configured to move the charger between a charging position at which the charger is close to the image carrier and a retracted position at which the charger is retracted away from the image carrier; a positioning structure including a first reference member that is provided on the charger and a second reference member that is provided on the image carrier, the first reference member and the second reference member are in contact with each other when the charger is at the charging position such that the charger is held in the charging position; and a pushing member configured to push the charger against the image carrier when the charger is at the charging position. | 08-16-2012 |
20120224880 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent-image carrier that is rotatable and carries a latent image on an outer peripheral surface thereof; a transfer unit that transfers a developer image obtained by developing the latent image with developer onto a transfer medium; a cleaning unit that is disposed downstream of the transfer unit in a rotational direction of the latent-image carrier and removes the developer from the latent-image carrier after the developer image is transferred; a light source that is disposed between the transfer unit and the cleaning unit and emits light for removing electric charge from the latent-image carrier; and a guiding member that is disposed below the cleaning unit and above a transport path of the transfer medium, receives the developer that falls from the cleaning unit at an upper surface thereof, and guides the light to the latent-image carrier. | 09-06-2012 |
20120224881 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a charging member that charges an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical latent-image carrier; an electrode member including a curved portion that is formed by press working so as to extend along the outer peripheral surface of the latent-image carrier, the curved portion having an electrode to which a voltage is applied, the electrode being disposed between the charging member and the latent-image carrier; a cleaning member that is movable along the curved portion in an axial direction of the latent-image carrier and that cleans the electrode; and a receiving portion formed in the curved portion at a position outside the electrode, the receiving portion receiving the cleaning member to release a contact pressure between the curved portion and the cleaning member. | 09-06-2012 |
20120224888 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a charging member that charges an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical image carrier; an electrode member that has the shape of a plate having a longitudinal direction in an axial direction of the image carrier and that is disposed above the charging member; an attachment member that has a curved surface which is curved along the outer peripheral surface of the image carrier, the electrode member being attached thereon; and a pushing member disposed between the electrode member and the image carrier, the pushing member pushing the electrode member toward the curved surface so that the electrode member is curved to follow the curved surface. | 09-06-2012 |
20120251180 | CHARGING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND POTENTIAL CONTROL PLATE - A charging device includes a discharge electrode that extends along an axial direction of a member to be charged; and a potential control plate disposed between the member to be charged and the discharge electrode and curved along a peripheral surface of the member to be charged. The potential control plate includes three or more structural lines that are arranged in a circumferential direction of the member to be charged and that linearly extend along the axial direction, and connecting portions arranged in the axial direction, each connecting portion connecting two or more of the three or more structural lines to each other, the two or more structural lines being next to each other in the circumferential direction. The structural lines connected by one of the connecting portions and those connected by another one of the connecting portions are at least partly different from each other. | 10-04-2012 |
20130077988 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a latent image forming portion that includes a latent image supporting body, and a supporting member disposed at both ends of the latent image supporting body, a charging unit that includes a discharge electrode supplying electric charge to the latent image supporting body, and a control electrode controlling a potential of the latent image supporting body, a cleaning member that makes one end of the control electrode located at a stand-by position and is reciprocally moved so as to clean the control electrode, and a movement portion that moves the charging unit to a first position when charging the latent image supporting body, and moves the charging unit to a second position which is further spaced from the latent image forming portion than the first position when the control electrode is cleaned by the cleaning member. | 03-28-2013 |
20130078000 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a latent image forming portion that includes a latent image carrier having a cylindrical shape, and a supporting member disposed at both ends of the latent image carrier and rotatably supporting the latent image carrier, a charging unit that includes a discharge electrode supplying electric charge to the latent image carrier, and a grid electrode having a shape curved around the latent image carrier, a first supporting portion that supports the curved grid electrode from the latent image carrier side, a second supporting portion that supports the curved grid electrode from the discharge electrode side, and a pinching unit that pinches the grid electrode between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion in a contact state. | 03-28-2013 |
20130121729 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a discharge electrode that is attached to a base member and discharges electricity to supply an electric charge to a latent-image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image, a control electrode that is located on the latent-image-carrier side of the discharge electrode attached to the base member, that is curved along the latent-image carrier, and that controls a potential of the latent-image carrier, a support member that is fixed to the base member by a fixing member and includes a curved support surface that supports both ends of the control electrode in a longitudinal direction at a side at which the discharge electrode is provided, and first and second pressing members that are provided at respective ends of the control electrode in the longitudinal direction and that press the control electrode against the support surface. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121730 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent-image forming member including a latent-image carrier and support members disposed at both ends of the latent-image carrier to support the latent-image carrier, a charging member including a discharge electrode that supplies an electric charge to the latent-image carrier and a control electrode that is disposed between the discharge electrode and the latent-image carrier and controls a potential of the latent-image carrier, a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion that are respectively formed on the latent-image forming member and the charging member and that are connected to each other to connect the latent-image forming member and the charging member to each other, and an urging member that is disposed between the latent-image forming member and the charging member to urge them away from each other. | 05-16-2013 |
20130129387 | CONTROL ELECTRODE, CHARGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A control electrode includes attachment portions that are at least partially flat and provided at either end of the control electrode in a longitudinal direction, frame portions that are at least partially flat and provided at either end of the control electrode in a lateral direction, the frame portions extending in the longitudinal direction so as to be connected to the attachment portions, and an electrode portion that is surrounded by the attachment portions and the frame portions and curved. The attachment portions, the frame portions, and the electrode portion are formed integrally with each other. One of the attachment portions has first holes on extension lines of the frame portions. The other one of the attachment portions has second holes on the extension lines of the frame portions. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129388 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent-image forming member including a latent-image carrier and support portions, a charging member including a discharge electrode and a control electrode, restraining portions that restrain both ends of the control electrode in a width direction, and abutting portions that are provided on the support portions, that include curved surfaces, and that are abutted against the control electrode. The curved surfaces have a center of curvature that coincides with a rotational center of the latent-image carrier, and are at a position where a distance from the latent-image carrier in a radial direction is equal to a distance between the latent-image carrier and the control electrode. When the charging member is attached to the latent-image forming member, the control electrode is abutted against the curved surfaces by the restraining portions and is deformed along the curved surfaces. | 05-23-2013 |
20130136487 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND TRANSFER UNIT - A cleaning device includes a first cleaning member, a first opposing member, a second cleaning member, a second opposing member, and a pressing member. The first and second cleaning members clean an outer surface of a belt member by coming into contact with the outer surface. The first and second opposing members are in contact with an inner face of the belt member at positions that are opposite the first and second cleaning members. The pressing member is disposed between the first and second opposing members and is in contact with the outer surface of the belt member. The pressing member presses a portion of the belt member that is located between the first and second opposing members from an outer surface side of the belt member toward an inner face side of the belt member. | 05-30-2013 |
20140056609 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes first and second cleaning members and a moving member. The first cleaning member contacts a surface of a rotating member, which is in contact with an image carrier, to clean the rotating member by removing substances attached thereto. The moving member supports the first cleaning member in a movable manner. The second cleaning member is disposed downstream of the first cleaning member in a rotation direction in which the rotating member rotates and contacts the surface of the rotating member to clean the rotating member by removing the substances. The second cleaning member removes the substances that remain on the surface of the rotating member after the first cleaning member has been separated from the rotating member so that the substances are removed before a part of the surface of the rotating member on which the substances remain comes into contact with the image carrier. | 02-27-2014 |
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20100123173 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes a three-dimensional structure that extends in a channel direction, a stress film having residual stress acting on a first side surface of the three-dimensional structure, a gate insulating film that is formed over a second side surface of the three-dimensional structure, and a gate electrode that covers the three-dimensional structure with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween and extends in a direction in which the first and second side surfaces are opposite to each other. The three-dimensional structure has a channel region between a source electrode and a drain electrode. | 05-20-2010 |
20130062693 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device which provides compactness and enhanced drain withstand voltage. The semiconductor device includes: a gate electrode; a source electrode spaced from the gate electrode; a drain electrode located opposite to the source electrode with respect to the gate electrode in a plan view and spaced from the gate electrode; at least one field plate electrode located between the gate and drain electrodes in a plan view, provided over the semiconductor substrate through an insulating film and spaced from the gate electrode, source electrode and drain electrode; and at least one field plate contact provided in the insulating film, coupling the field plate electrode to the semiconductor substrate. The field plate electrode extends from the field plate contact at least either toward the source electrode or toward the drain electrode in a plan view. | 03-14-2013 |
20130092949 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A second epitaxial layer is grown epitaxially over a first epitaxial layer. The first epitaxial layer includes an epitaxially grown layer and a defect layer. The defect layer is disposed over the epitaxially grown layer and serves as a surface layer of the first epitaxial layer. The defect density of the defect layer is 5×10 | 04-18-2013 |
20130126893 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A nitride semiconductor layer formed from a nitride semiconductor is provided on at least one surface side of a semiconductor substrate. Impurity regions (a source region, a drain region, and the like) are provided on one surface side in the nitride semiconductor layer and contain an impurity of a first conductivity type. In addition, amorphous regions (a first amorphous region and a second amorphous region) are a part of the impurity regions and are located in a surface layer of the impurity regions. In addition, metallic layers (a source electrode and a drain electrode) come into contact with the amorphous regions (the first amorphous region and the second amorphous region). | 05-23-2013 |
20140084386 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first contact, a second impurity region, and a second low-concentration impurity region form a Schottky barrier diode. The second impurity region has the same impurity concentration as those of first impurity regions, and thus can be formed in the same process as forming the first impurity regions. In addition, the second low-concentration impurity region has the same impurity concentration as those of first low-concentration impurity regions, and thus can be formed in the same process as forming the first low-concentration impurity regions. | 03-27-2014 |
20150056765 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device which provides compactness and enhanced drain withstand voltage. The semiconductor device includes: a gate electrode; a source electrode spaced from the gate electrode; a drain electrode located opposite to the source electrode with respect to the gate electrode in a plan view and spaced from the gate electrode; at least one field plate electrode located between the gate and drain electrodes in a plan view, provided over the semiconductor substrate through an insulating film and spaced from the gate electrode, source electrode and drain electrode; and at least one field plate contact provided in the insulating film, coupling the field plate electrode to the semiconductor substrate. The field plate electrode extends from the field plate contact at least either toward the source electrode or toward the drain electrode in a plan view. | 02-26-2015 |
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20100247191 | DEVELOPER DELIVERING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The developer delivering device includes a first delivering path, a second delivering path, a helical delivering blade disposed in the second delivering path, and a developer breaking member disposed in a connecting portion of the first delivering path and the second delivering path. The developer breaking member includes a breaking portion disposed opposite to a side wall of the second delivering path in a developer delivering direction of the second delivering path, a contact portion that is in contact with the helical delivering blade and extended in the developer delivering direction between the breaking portion and a center of the rotation of the helical delivering blade, and a coupling portion. The breaking portion has a first breaking portion and a second breaking portion. The contact portion has a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The coupling portion couples the first contact portion to the second contact portion. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247192 | DEVELOPER COLLECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer collection device includes: a collection unit including: a collection container that contains a developer to be collected; an upstream connection part that is formed with an inlet port through which the developer flows in; and a collection conveying part that conveys the developer flown in through the inlet port toward the collection container; and a connection unit including: an upstream connection port that is connected to an upstream conveying path; a connection conveying part that conveys the developer flown in through the upstream connection port in a developer conveying direction; and a connection outlet port that is formed at a downstream end in the developer conveying direction, wherein the connection unit is configured to be movable between an extracted position and a retracted position. | 09-30-2010 |
20120150932 | DIVIDER CIRCUIT AND DIVISION METHOD - A divider circuit includes: a register which is configured of an even number of bits and in which a dividend data is stored. A shift operation section is configured to acquire a data stored in an upper bit portion of the register when the even number of bits of the register is equally divided to the upper bit portion and a lower bit portion, as a quotient data when the dividend data is divided by a maximum of a divisor data which can be expressed by a half of the even number of bits of the register. | 06-14-2012 |
20140294475 | WASTE-DEVELOPER COLLECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE WASTE-DEVELOPER COLLECTING DEVICE - A waste-developer collecting device includes a developing device that develops a latent image with developer, a storage section that stores the developer transported from the developing device, and a path section extending from the developing device to the storage section, and including a downward path through which the developer in the developing device flows together with air in the developing device, the downward path guiding the flowing developer downward. An opening is provided on an upper side and an upstream side of a lowermost level of the downward path so that a part of the air flowing in the path section is released out through the opening. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090004307 | Aloe Vera Extract, Method of Producing Aloe Vera Extract, and Hyperglycemia Improving Agent - The present invention provides: an | 01-01-2009 |
20090069254 | AGENT FOR INHIBITING VISCERAL FAT ACCUMULATION - To reduce amounts of fat accumulated in abdominal cavity and to prevent or ameliorate visceral fat type obesity considered to be a main factor of metabolic syndrome, there is provided an agent or a food or drink, including as an active ingredient 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-4-methylergost-7-en-3-ol, an organic solvent extract, a hot water extract, a squeezed liquid of a Liliaceae plant or a fraction thereof which contains the compound. | 03-12-2009 |
20090093450 | AGENT FOR INHIBITING VISCERAL FAT ACCUMULATION - To reduce amounts of fat accumulated in abdominal cavity and to prevent or ameliorate visceral fat type obesity, considered to be a main factor of metabolic syndrome, the present invention provides an agent or a food or drink which contains a compound having a lophenol skeleton, or an organic solvent extract or a hot water extract of a Liliaceae plant, or a fraction thereof containing the compound is used as an active ingredient. | 04-09-2009 |
20100035851 | AGENT FOR IMPROVING INSULIN RESISTANCE - To inhibit production of adipocytokines, in particular, adipocytokines that elicit insulin resistance and to prevent onset of pathosis caused by the insulin resistance, or improve the pathosis, the present invention provides an agent or a food or drink which contains a compound having a cyclolanostane skeleton, or an organic solvent extract, a hot water extract of a plant of the family Liliaceae or Gramineae, or a fraction thereof which contains the compound as an active ingredient. | 02-11-2010 |
20110212910 | ANTIOXIDANT - To provide an antioxidant which is highly safe, inhibits oxidation of a biological component, in particular, a lipid, and is used as a drug, food or drink, a food additive, an external preparation for skin, or the like. The antioxidant contains 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-4-methylergost-7-en-3-ol as an active ingredient. | 09-01-2011 |
20110212931 | ANTIOXIDANT - Provided is an antioxidant which is highly safe, inhibits oxidation of a biological component, in particular, a lipid, and may be used as a drug, food or drink, a food additive, an external preparation for skin, or the like. The antioxidant contains a compound selected from a cyclolanostane compound and a lophenol compound as an active ingredient. | 09-01-2011 |
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20100266452 | MEASURING CHIP - Provided is a measuring chip, which can spot a specimen liquid of a minute quantity for an immune agglutination easily and precisely to the measuring chip and which can prevent the flow of the specimen liquid and the contamination of the specimen. The measuring chip comprises at least two substrates, a spacer arranged between the substrates, at least one passage made of the substrates and the spacer into a hollow shape and having two open ends, counter electrodes for applying an electric field, and a specimen-spotted portion to be spotted with the specimen. The specimen-spotted portion has a structure made of a square, circular, elliptical or sector shape by that spacer. Moreover, the specimen-spotted portion has two open ends, one of which is connected to one open end of that passage. | 10-21-2010 |
20130225971 | PHOTOTHERAPY APPARATUS - The invention provides a phototherapy apparatus that allows confirmation that the therapeutic light has been irradiated on the appropriate site for treatment and as a result, is able to perform appropriate treatment. This phototherapy apparatus is provided with a photoirradiation part configured of a transparent material with a first surface whereon the site to be treated is placed and a second surface that is back to back with the first surface; a light source that outputs the therapeutic light and shines the therapeutic light into the photoirradiation part; and a photographing part with sensitivity in the wavelength region of the therapeutic light. The photographing part is configured to photograph the second surface. | 08-29-2013 |
20140200635 | PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE - Provided is a phototherapy device which enables a sufficient amount of light to reach a deep tissue to achieve a satisfactory therapy while preventing the increase in the skin temperature of an affected part, and which can achieve a comfortable therapy. The present invention provides a phototherapy device comprising a sheet-like member having a first surface on which an affected part is to be arranged and a surface light source for emitting light toward the sheet-like member, wherein the first surface is formed in an uneven shape so as to provide multiple grooves. The phototherapy device can be used for, for example, the treatment of an affected part in a rheumatoid arthritis patient. | 07-17-2014 |
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20110053651 | Electronic apparatus - Electronic apparatus which may include a main body portion having a back surface and a keyboard located at a part of the main body portion other than the main body portion back surface, a display portion having a back surface and a display screen on a display surface opposite the display portion back surface, and a coupling portion that rotatably couples the main body portion and the display portion. In a closed state, the main body portion back surface and the display portion back surface may face each other and the electronic apparatus may be operable as a portable apparatus in which all of the display surface having the display screen except for a relatively small perimeter portion thereof may be usable as a display in at least a direction corresponding to the width thereof. In an open state, the electronic apparatus may be operable as a personal computer. | 03-03-2011 |
20110273830 | Notebook type information processing apparatus - A notebook type information processing apparatus includes: a main body housing having a substantially rectangular main surface on which an input section is disposed; and a display section having a display panel and formed in a rectangular shape, the display section being lapped over the main surface of the main body housing, the display section covering the input section when lapped over the main body housing with a corner portion thereof disposed inwardly from a corner portion of the main surface to expose the corner portion of the main surface. | 11-10-2011 |
20120026095 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a display panel unit and a top plate. The display panel unit has a first surface with a display screen and a second surface opposed to the first surface. The top plate has a third surface in contact with the second surface, a fourth surface opposed to the third surface, and a fifth surface connecting an end portion of the third surface and an end portion of the fourth surface, the top plate containing a fluorescent dye to collect light toward the fifth surface. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026662 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus includes an exterior plate and a sheet-like member. The exterior plate is formed of a plate-like member. The exterior plate has one of a transparent first area and a semi-transparent first area. The sheet-like member is arranged on a rear surface of the exterior plate. | 02-02-2012 |
20130169126 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to an information processing device which may include a housing made of metal. The housing may have a first surface and a mark formed on the first surface. The mark may be recessed relative to the first surface. At least one of a bottom surface and side surfaces of the mark may have different surface characteristics from that of the first surface. In the information processing device of the present disclosure, the mark is less prone to be abraded and is prone to be recognized. Further, the cost of the information processing device may be reduced by using the mark of the present disclosure. | 07-04-2013 |
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20100128643 | Wireless Transmission/Reception Apparatus and Wireless Transmission/Reception Method - To a wireless transmission/reception apparatus that has a plurality of antennas, and performs antenna diversity for transmission and reception and transmits and receives a radio signal of a frame configuration containing a plurality of symbol sequences in the frequency axis direction and the time axis direction by using the time division duplex scheme and the multicarrier scheme, a reception weight calculation unit | 05-27-2010 |
20110142388 | BALL BEARING AND HYBRID VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A ball bearing includes an inner ring having a raceway surface, an outer ring having a raceway surface, a plurality of rolling elements rollably disposed between the raceway surface of the inner ring and the raceway surfaces of the outer ring, and a resin cage configured to retain the plurality of rolling elements between the inner ring and the outer ring. The cage is a crown type cage having an annular base portion and a plurality of pockets formed in an axial end face of the annular base portion, in which the pockets retain the rolling elements. An axial distance between an axial position of a center of gravity of the cage and a curvature center of a spherical or cylindrical inner surface of each of the pockets is 0.6 or more times a radius of curvature of the inner surface. A hybrid vehicle transmission has this ball bearing. | 06-16-2011 |
20110222807 | TANDEM ANGULAR BALL BEARING - A tandem angular ball bearing is provide that prevent damage from occurring to the rolling surfaces of the balls during assembly and transport to an extent that would cause an excessive decrease in life of the balls, and that can maintain excelled durability without the occurrence of excessive vibration and noise during operation. In order to accomplish this, the entire portion of the inner peripheral surface of an outer ring ( | 09-15-2011 |
20110280330 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION, CONTROL DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication system comprises a control device that controls a radio base station, which uses a plurality of first transmission antennas to transmit a first radio signal, for which a channel A is used, to a radio terminal and a radio base station, which uses a plurality of second transmission antennas to transmit a second radio signal, for which the channel A is used, to a radio terminal. The radio terminal, if having received the second radio signal, transmits, to the radio base station, interference information based on the arrival direction from which the second radio signal comes to the radio terminal. Based on the interference information received by the radio base station, the control device transmits, to the radio base station, control information to be used for directing, in the arrival direction, the null point of a directional beam formed by the second transmission antennas. | 11-17-2011 |
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20130322802 | BALL BEARING AND HYBRID VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A ball bearing includes an inner ring having a raceway surface, an outer ring having a raceway surface, a plurality of rolling elements rollably disposed between the raceway surface of the inner ring and the raceway surfaces of the outer ring, and a resin cage configured to retain the plurality of rolling elements between the inner ring and the outer ring. The cage is a crown type cage having an annular base portion and a plurality of pockets formed in an axial end face of the annular base portion, in which the pockets retain the rolling elements. An axial distance between an axial position of a center of gravity of the cage and a curvature center of a spherical or cylindrical inner surface of each of the pockets is 0.6 or more times a radius of curvature of the inner surface. A hybrid vehicle transmission has this ball bearing. | 12-05-2013 |
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20080203568 | Semiconductor device - An improved reliability in a region of a junction between a bonding wire and an electrode pad at higher temperature is achieved. A semiconductor device | 08-28-2008 |
20110062585 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an electrode pad provided in the semiconductor chip, in which the electrode pad includes Al as a major constituent and further includes Cu, a coupling member coupled to the electrode pad, in which the coupling member primarily includes Cu, a plurality of layers of Cu and Al alloys formed between the electrode pad and the coupling member, and an encapsulating resin that includes a halogen of less than or equal to 1000 ppm, in which the encapsulating resin encapsulates the semiconductor chip, the electrode pad, and the coupling member. The plurality of layers of Cu and Al alloys includes a CuAl | 03-17-2011 |
20110241204 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device includes an electrode pad provided on a semiconductor chip, in which the electrode pad includes aluminum (Al) as a major constituent and further including copper (Cu), a coupling ball primarily including Cu, the coupling ball is coupled to the electrode pad such that a plurality of layers of Cu and Al alloys are formed at a junction between the electrode pad and the coupling ball, and an encapsulating resin including a halogen of less than or equal to 1000 ppm, the encapsulating resin covering at least the electrode pad and the junction between the electrode pad and the coupling ball. A dimensional area of the plurality of layers of Cu and Al alloys is equal to or larger than 50% of a dimensional area of the junction between the electrode pad and the coupling ball. The plurality of layers of Cu and Al alloys includes a CuAl | 10-06-2011 |
20120306077 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes an electrode pad provided on a semiconductor chip, the electrode pad includes aluminum (Al) of between 50% wt. and 99.9% wt. and further includes copper (Cu), a coupling ball that primarily includes Cu, the coupling ball being coupled to the electrode pad so that a CuAl | 12-06-2012 |
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20110080610 | IMAGE COMMUNICATING APPARATUS - An image communicating apparatus includes: a communicating control unit that controls an internet facsimile communication for transmitting/receiving control information and a packet containing image information based on a T.38 protocol; a loss detecting unit that detects a loss of the packet transmitted from a transmitting side in a stage for receiving the image information through the packet based on the T.38 protocol; a complementing information holding unit that holds complementing information for complementing the image information contained in the lost packet; and a complementation processing unit that complements the image information contained in the lost packet with the complementing information held by the complementing information holding unit if the loss of the packet is detected by the loss detecting unit. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080837 | IMAGE COMMUNICATING APPARATUS - An image communicating apparatus includes a packet control portion that transmits/receives an IFP packet by a T.38 communicating function, and an image communicating control portion. The packet control portion includes a counting unit that counts a total number of received packets and a number of loss packets in the IFP packet. The image communicating control portion includes a calculating unit that calculates a loss ratio of the IFP packet from a rate of the number of loss packets to the total number of received packets which is counted by the counting unit in a receipt of a post message; and a response signal returning unit that returns a retraining negative signal to an apparatus on a transmitting side for the image information in response to the post message, and returns a message confirming signal to the apparatus on the transmitting side in response to the post message. | 04-07-2011 |
20120170081 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a communication start request receiving unit and a response notification output unit. The communication start request receiving unit receives, via a first communication path, a communication start request that is output from a source communication apparatus and is transmitted via a relay apparatus. The response notification output unit outputs a first response notification or a second response notification to the relay apparatus via the first communication path when the communication start request receiving unit receives, via the first communication path, a communication start request for starting communication using a second communication standard in a case where the number of apparatuses with which the communication apparatus is communicating using the second communication standard has reached a predetermined number. The first response notification indicates that communication is being performed. The second response notification has a lower priority than the first response notification in an arbitration process. | 07-05-2012 |
20130215457 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an instruction accepting unit, a generating unit, and a data transmitting unit. The acquisition unit acquires a transmission-source port number which indicates a transmission source of data and which is determined every time transmission of data is to be performed. The instruction accepting unit accepts an instruction which is an instruction to transmit data via a first communication network or an instruction to transmit data via a second communication network. When the accepted instruction is an instruction to transmit data via the second communication network, the generating unit generates data including the acquired transmission-source port number. The data transmitting unit transmits the generated data via a communication control apparatus connected to the first and second communication networks. The communication control apparatus performs routing so that a route via the first or second communication network is selected for the transmitted data. | 08-22-2013 |
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20110166520 | INJECTION NEEDLE AND DRUG INJECTION DEVICE - A needle tip of a needle tube stuck in the skin is caused to be reliably positioned in the skin upper layer part and the injected drug is caused not to leak to the outside of the body. | 07-07-2011 |
20110275994 | INJECTION NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND DRUG INJECTION DEVICE - To securely position a needle tip and a blade face of a needle tube inserted into the skin in a predetermined site of a living body, such as the upper layer of skin, an injection needle assembly includes a needle tube having a needle tip capable of puncturing a living body, a hub holding the needle tube, a stabilizer, and a guide portion. The stabilizer is formed in a tubular shape surrounding the circumference of the needle tube, and an end face is pressed against the skin, and thereby a raised portion of the skin is formed in a tube hole. The guide portion is arranged on the stabilizer, and is adapted to recognize a press-in distance y of the stabilizer to the skin. | 11-10-2011 |
20140107578 | INJECTION NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND DRUG INJECTION DEVICE - To securely position a needle tip and a blade face of a needle tube inserted into the skin in a predetermined site of a living body, such as the upper layer of skin, an injection needle assembly includes a needle tube having a needle tip capable of puncturing a living body, a hub holding the needle tube, a stabilizer, and a guide portion. The stabilizer is formed in a tubular shape surrounding the circumference of the needle tube, and an end face is pressed against the skin, and thereby a raised portion of the skin is formed in a tube hole. The guide portion is arranged on the stabilizer, and is adapted to recognize a press-in distance y of the stabilizer to the skin. | 04-17-2014 |
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20100175251 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A flexible printed circuit board has an insulation layer, a first signal wiring layer including a microstrip line, a second signal wiring layer including a signal connection terminal for allowing the microstrip line to connect the exterior connector electrically, and a ground conductive section having a ground connection terminal for connecting the exterior connector. The microstrip line and the signal connection terminal are connected to each other by a wiring via hole. The wiring via hole passes through the insulation layer, the first signal wiring layer, and the second signal wiring layer. The microstrip line has a taper section which gradually enlarges a width of the microstrip line toward the wiring via hole in the vicinity of the wiring via hole. The ground conductive section that corresponds to the microstrip line has a taper section with a shape matching the taper section of the microstrip line. | 07-15-2010 |
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20110304399 | Driver amplifier circuit and communication system - Disclosed herein is a driver amplifier circuit, including: a first current source transistor of a first conductivity type, and a second current source transistor of the first conductivity type, control voltages being supplied to gates of the first current source transistor and the second current source transistor, respectively; a first switching transistor of the first conductivity type, and a second switching transistor of the first conductivity type; a third switching transistor of a second conductivity type, and a fourth switching transistor of the second conductivity type; first, second, third, and fourth resistor elements; and a first output node and a second output node. | 12-15-2011 |
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20080226805 | DRIED EGG WHITE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND FOOD CONTAINING IMPROVED DRIED EGG WHITE - An improved dried egg white has a pH of 9.5 or more and a carbon dioxide concentration is 1% or less in a sealed 250 ml vial, when 25 g of the product is stored in the vial at 75° C. for 24 hours. | 09-18-2008 |
20110274798 | DRIED EGG WHITE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND FOOD CONTAINING IMPROVED DRIED EGG WHITE - A method for producing an improved dried egg white includes preparing a dried egg white by drying a liquid egg white so that the dried egg white after drying has a pH of 9 or more, and dissipating carbon dioxide contained in the dried egg white, wherein, by dissipating carbon dioxide contained in the dried egg white, the pH of the dried egg white is increased to 0.01 to 1 to obtain a pH of 9.5 or more and carbon dioxide concentration in a sealed 250 ml vial is decreased to 1% or less, when 25 g of the improved dried egg white is stored in the vial at 75° C. for 24 hours. | 11-10-2011 |
20130342620 | INK COMPOSITION, INK FOR INKJET RECORDING AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An ink composition containing at least three coloring materials of a first coloring material, a second coloring material, and a third coloring material, in which the first coloring material is a compound represented by Formula (Y), and the second coloring material is at least one compound selected from Group A consisting of compounds having a specific structure, in which the mass ratio of the content (% by mass) of the second coloring material in the composition to the content (% by mass) of the first coloring material in the composition is 0.001 to 1.0, and the third coloring material is a compound different from the first coloring material and has a specific structure. | 12-26-2013 |
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20110140343 | MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium conveying device includes a first guide member, a second guide member, a conveying member, and a support member. The first guide member guides one face of a medium to be conveyed and opposed to the one face when the medium is conveyed. The second guide member guides the other face of the medium and is opposed to the other face when the medium is conveyed, the second guide member being movable between a close position and an open position. The conveying member is provided in a conveying passage formed by the first guide member and the second guide member being at the close position in order to convey the medium in the conveying passage. The support member keeps the second guide member at the open position and is provided at a position outer than the second guide member in a direction that the medium is conveyed. When the second guide member is at the open position, the medium in the conveying passage is removable from the conveying passage. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142515 | MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium conveying device includes an alignment member, a skew conveying member, and a removal member. The alignment member faces one end of a medium and aligns the medium while contacting with the medium when the medium is conveyed in a first direction. The skew conveying member conveys the medium in a second direction crossing to the first direction so that the one end comes in contact with the alignment member and that includes a drive member and a driven member opposed to the drive member and driven by the drive member. The removal member has a tip end coming in contact with a face of the drive member to remove a deposit on the face. The removal member is placed along a rotation direction of the drive member so that the tip end faces downstream of the rotational direction. | 06-16-2011 |
20110206535 | Airflow diffuser (diffuser fan) and air conditioner - An airflow diffuser including a blade wheel that includes blade members, spoke members and a hub member supporting the spoke members, and that is located so that air blown out from an air outlet of an air conditioner comes in contact over a path of rotation of the blade members, a shaft member forming an axis of rotation of the blade wheel. The blade wheel is capable of being freely rotated by at least just the air that is blown out from the air outlet. | 08-25-2011 |
20120248680 | REVERSING TRANSPORTING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND TRANSPORTING DEVICE - A reversing transporting device includes a transport-in path, a first transporting section provided at the transport-in path, a second transporting section provided at the transport-in path, a reversing path connected to the transport-in path, a third transporting section provided at the reversing path, a transport-out path connected to the reversing path, a fourth transporting section provided at the transport-out path, and a fifth transporting section provided at the transport-out path. | 10-04-2012 |
20120301198 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a feeding unit, a side edge reversal unit, a leading edge reversal unit, and a control unit, wherein, when there is a request for image formation on a bundle of sheets including a special sheet having a special part at an edge so that the edge is not straight and there is a request for image formation on both surfaces of the special sheet, the control unit controls the feeding unit, the image forming unit, the side edge reversal unit, the image forming unit to transport the special sheet having the image of the preceding page formed thereon to the downstream side after the front and back of the sheet are reversed by the leading edge reversal unit. | 11-29-2012 |
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20110211873 | SHEET PRESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet pressing device includes plurality of pressing members and a support member. The plurality of pressing members is provided on a downstream side in a discharging direction of fixing unit which carries out a fixing treatment over a sheet having an unfixed image transferred thereonto along the discharging direction. The plurality of pressing members presses both ends of the sheet in a direction along a surface of the sheet carried out the fixing treatment by the fixing unit and in a direction crossing the discharging direction. The support member supports the plurality of pressing members movably in such a direction as to approach or separate from the sheet when the sheet passes through the sheet pressing device. | 09-01-2011 |
20110222944 | PAPER TRANSPORTING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING DEVICE AND POST-PROCESSING DEVICE - A paper transporting device includes a driving roller member, a driven roller member, a first guiding member and a second guiding member. The driving roller member is rotated. The driven roller member is rotated in contact with the driving roller member. The first guiding member is disposed on a driving roller member side, and guides a paper to a contact portion in which the driving roller member and the driven roller member are in contact with each other. The second guiding member is disposed on a driven roller member side, and guides the paper to the contact portion. The second guiding member partially protrudes inward in a radial direction of the driving roller member from an outer peripheral surface of the driving roller member at a downstream side in a paper transporting direction of the contact portion. | 09-15-2011 |
20110236042 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on recording paper; a paper feeding unit that feeds the recording paper to the image forming unit; an opening/closing door that is provided to be opened/closed by an operator; a paper conveyance path through which the recording paper is conveyed from the paper feeding unit through the image forming unit to a paper outlet, the paper conveyance path including a maintenance feasible conveyance path and a maintenance infeasible conveyance path that does not allows the operator to maintain even if the opening/closing door is opened; and a residual paper detecting unit that detects residual paper remaining on the maintenance infeasible conveyance path. New recording paper is fed to the paper conveyance path when the residual paper detecting unit has detected the residual paper after opening and closing the opening/closing door. | 09-29-2011 |
20110236068 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a main body mounted on an image forming apparatus body; a fixing member that is included in the main body and that fixes an image to a recording medium; a pair of conveying rolls that is supported by the main body and that conveys the recording medium to which an image is fixed by the fixing member, the pair of conveying rolls comprising a driven roll and a driving roll disposed under the driven roll; and an exterior portion that is formed in the main body, disposed under the driving roll, forms an exterior face of the main body, and also forms an exterior face of the image forming apparatus body while the main body is mounted on the image forming apparatus body. | 09-29-2011 |
20110236085 | CONVEYING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveying device includes: a rotating roll; a conveying belt that rotates, nipping a conveyed member between the conveying belt and the rotating roll; and a pressing member that is disposed at the inner periphery of the conveying belt and pressing the conveying belt towards the rotating roll. The pressing member includes an opposing face formed with a pressure point where the pressing force of the conveying belt towards the rotating roll is greatest, and an inclined face that is formed at the belt rotation direction upstream side relative to the pressure point. The inclined face inclines at an angle relative to a parallel line such that the inclined face separates away from the rotating roll, and the parallel line being parallel to a tangent to the rotating roll outer peripheral surface and passing through the pressure point. | 09-29-2011 |
20140314460 | SHEET PRESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet pressing device includes plurality of pressing members and a support member. The plurality of pressing members is provided on a downstream side in a discharging direction of fixing unit which carries out a fixing treatment over a sheet having an unfixed image transferred thereonto along the discharging direction. The plurality of pressing members presses both ends of the sheet in a direction along a surface of the sheet carried out the fixing treatment by the fixing unit and in a direction crossing the discharging direction. The support member supports the plurality of pressing members movably in such a direction as to approach or separate from the sheet when the sheet passes through the sheet pressing device. | 10-23-2014 |