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20110103824 | RECLAIMED MATERIAL CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A reclaimed material container includes a container body that is removably mounted to a mounting portion of an image forming apparatus, and that accommodates a reclaimed material existing after forming an image, a receiving portion that is provided at a bottom portion of the container body, and that is supported by a support of the mounting portion from therebelow, and a mounting member that mounts the container body to the mounting portion as a result of rotation of the container body with the receiving portion as a fulcrum while the receiving portion is supported by the support from therebelow. In the container, the container body has a first recess that provides a field of view for the support when the receiving portion is supported by the support from therebelow. | 05-05-2011 |
20110116830 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: a housing including a first frame member and a second frame member opposed to the first frame member; plural image-forming units each including an image-holding member on which an image is formed, the image-holding member having a rotation shaft; a supporting unit provided to the first frame member, the supporting unit having plural insertion holes each receiving and supporting an end portion of a rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the plural image-holding members inserted in an insertion direction from the second frame member to the first frame member; and plural flat elastic bodies provided to the respective insertion holes, each flat elastic body having a plate member that is bent to form: an attachment part that is attached to a surface of the supporting unit facing in a direction opposite to the insertion direction; a leg part extending from the attachment part in the direction opposite to the insertion direction; and an elastic part extending from the leg part in the insertion direction through the insertion hole to press the end portion of the rotation shaft against an edge of the insertion hole at a position spaced apart from the insertion hole in the insertion direction. | 05-19-2011 |
20110123217 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: plural image-holding members, each image-holding member holding an image and being rotatable around a rotation shaft; a frame member that at least partially defines a space for accommodating the plural image-holding members therein; a cover provided to the frame member to open and close the space with respect to an outside, an inner side of the cover being formed with rotation shaft insertion holes each for receiving an end portion of the rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the image-holding members accommodated in the space; a supporting shaft that supports the cover such that the cover is pivotable with respect to the frame member; and a positioning mechanism that positions the cover with respect to the frame member when the cover closes the space, the positioning mechanism including at least two projections that project from one of the frame member and the cover and that are spaced apart from each other in a direction of an axis of the supporting shaft such that lengths of perpendicular line segments from the at least two projections to the axis of the supporting shaft are different from each other, and projection insertion holes provided to the other one of the frame member and the cover to receive corresponding projections when the cover closes the space. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123222 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: a exposing unit that irradiates exposing light to an image carrier; a partition member that includes: a light-passing part that allows exposing light irradiated by the exposing unit to pass through the partition member, and that extends in a direction in which the developing unit is attached to or detached from the image-forming apparatus; and a protrusion part that extends along the light-passing part, wherein the light-passing part, the protrusion part, and a part of the partition member located below a supply opening of the developing unit attached to the image-forming apparatus are arranged in an order of the light-passing part, the protrusion part, and the part of the partition member located below the supply opening. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123246 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: a plural image-holding members, each image-holding member holding an image and being rotatable around a rotation shaft; a frame member that at least partially defines a space for accommodating the plural image-holding members therein; a cover provided to the frame member to open and close the space with respect to an outside, an inner side of the cover being formed with rotation shaft insertion holes each for receiving an end portion of the rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the image-holding members accommodated in the space; a supporting shaft that supports the cover such that the cover is pivotable with respect to the frame member, the supporting shaft being inserted into a supporting shaft insertion hole provided to the frame member or to the cover, the supporting shaft insertion hole being elongated in a direction having a vertical component when the cover closes the space; and a positioning mechanism that positions the cover with respect to the frame member when the cover closes the space, the positioning mechanism including at least two projections that project from one of the frame member and the cover, and that are spaced apart from each other in a direction of an axis of the supporting shaft, and projection insertion holes provided to the other one of the frame member and the cover to receive corresponding projections when the cover closes the space. | 05-26-2011 |
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20100104328 | Developer Transporting Apparatus, Image Forming Apparatus, and Image Forming Method - A developer transporting apparatus includes: a drop path; a developer transporting path; a developer transporting member; and an aggregation preventing member including: a contact portion that is in contact with the developer transporting member, and that moves in conjunction with the rotation of the developer transporting member; and a developer scrub-off portion that is disposed between an inner wall surface of the developer transporting path and the developer transporting member, and that moves along the inner wall surface in conjunction with the movement of the contact portion, at least part of the aggregation preventing member being disposed at a connecting portion between the drop path and the developer transporting path to prevent the aggregation of the developer to the inner wall surface. | 04-29-2010 |
20110085835 | POWDER COLLECTING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder collecting container includes: a first chamber that is configured to store collected powder; a conveying unit that has a rotary shaft, and a powder conveying blade formed to be wound around the rotary shaft, the conveying unit being arranged along an upper-limit zone for accommodating powder in the first chamber and configured to convey powder which is contained in the first chamber and located at a position exceeding the upper-limit zone. A hollow member has an opening portion formed in a peripheral wall so that a powder conveying end of the conveying unit is located in the opening portion, and that the conveying unit passes through the hollow member. A second chamber has an inlet provided to face the opening portion so that powder conveyed by the conveying unit enters the second chamber from the inlet. | 04-14-2011 |
20110103856 | POWDER RECOVERY CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder recovery container includes a reservoir chamber that stores a recovered powder; a recovery port that faces the reservoir chamber, a powder conveying unit that conveys and recovers the powder through the recovery port being removably inserted into the recovery port; a pair of door panels having rotating shafts arranged at two positions with the recovery port arranged therebetween, the door panels being rotated toward the reservoir chamber around the rotating shafts to open and close the recovery port; sealing members attached to the door panels, the sealing members overlapping one another between distal ends of the door panels to seal a gap between the distal ends of the door panels when the door panels are located at positions, at which the recovery port is closed; and urging members that urge the door panels in a direction, in which the recovery port is closed. | 05-05-2011 |
20110116831 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an operating portion that moves between a first operating position in which each of positioning members is moved to each of positioning positions and a second operating position in which each of the positioning members is moved to each of releasing positions through each of transmitting members and each of transmitted members when a first transmitting member and a first transmitted member are coupled to each other, and that carries out the movement to a first operating position to move a second positioning member to a second positioning position through a second transmitting member and a second transmitted member and carries out the movement to a second operating position to move the second positioning member to a second releasing position when the first transmitting member and the first transmitted member are decoupled from each other. | 05-19-2011 |
20110123207 | DEVELOPER RECOVERY CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer recovery container includes a first room that stores a recovered developer; a plurality of linearly obliquely arranged recovery ports facing the first room, a developer removed by a cleaning unit for an intermediate transfer unit and a developer removed by a cleaning unit for a black-image bearing member being dropped in the first room respectively through top one and bottom one of the recovery ports; a second room formed below an area between one of the recovery ports located next to the top recovery port and another recovery port located next to the one recovery port, the developer flowing from the first room to the second room; a conveying unit that conveys the developer in the first room to the second room by a quantity of the developer exceeding a storage limit of the first room; and a sensor that detects the developer in the second room. | 05-26-2011 |
20120076530 | CLEANING MEMBER, CLEANING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A cleaning member includes a columnar body; and a strip-shaped body made of an elastic porous material, the strip-shaped body being helically wound around a peripheral surface of the columnar body. In a width direction of the strip-shaped body, a height of a surface of the strip-shaped body from a central axis of the columnar body is larger at a first end of an exposed part of the strip-shaped body than at a second end of the exposed part. | 03-29-2012 |
20130243490 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION STRUCTURE, DEVELOPER TRANSPORT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive transmission structure includes a driven shaft, a drive shaft, and a bearing member. The driven shaft has a drive receiving gear attached thereto and a first shaft portion near the drive receiving gear, to which a rotational force is transmitted. The drive shaft has a drive transmitting gear attached thereto and a second shaft portion near the drive transmitting gear. The drive transmitting gear is engaged with the drive receiving gear so as to transmit the rotational force. The bearing member has a first bearing and a second bearing, which respectively support the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion. In the drive transmission structure, the axis of the drive shaft does not intersect and is non-parallel to the axis of the driven shaft, and the first and second bearings are integrally formed with the bearing member. | 09-19-2013 |
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20090248203 | NUMERICAL CONTROL APPARATUS AND NUMERICAL CONTROL METHOD - In a numerical control apparatus, a rotation-axis filtering processor subjects an angle change amount between interpolation points between rotation angles of a rotation axis to moving average filtering thereby smoothing the angle change amount between the interpolation points. A translation-axis timing synchronization unit subjects a moving amount between interpolation points between tool-tip positions of a translation axis to moving average filtering, to synchronize timing of rotation of the rotation axis being smoothed and timing of movement of the translation axis. A coordinate transformation unit transforms the tool-tip position into coordinates of a machine position of the translation axis according to a configuration of the machine tool, from each tool-tip position after timing synchronization between axes of the translation axis is performed and from each rotation angle of the rotation axis after being filtered. | 10-01-2009 |
20110246132 | MACHINE MOTION TRAJECTORY MEASURING DEVICE, NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINE TOOL, AND MACHINE MOTION TRAJECTORY MEASURING METHOD - A machine motion trajectory measuring device for measuring the motion trajectory of a machine used in an apparatus which controls the position of the machine by feeding back a detected position obtained by converting the rotation angles of motors for a plurality of movable axes and then driving the motors such that the detected position follows a commanded position is provided. The machine motion trajectory measuring device includes accelerometers for measuring the acceleration of the machine; and a motion trajectory measuring unit that measures the motion trajectory of the machine by obtaining the position of the machine by integrating the acceleration twice and correcting the position of the machine such that the profile of the position of the machine coincides with the profile of the detected position or the profile of an estimated position estimated using a model for simulating the response of the position of the machine to the commanded position. | 10-06-2011 |
20120016514 | NUMERICAL CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A numerical control apparatus includes a machining-program reading unit that reads a command issued from a machining program, a command-path storing unit that stores a pre-compression command path in a pre-compression command path buffer, a compression processing unit that creates new one post-compression command path connecting start points and end points of a continuous plurality of pre-compression command paths, a movement-data creating unit that creates tool movement data necessary for correcting the post-compression command path to a tool movement path and interpolating the tool movement path, and an interpolation processing unit that interpolates the tool movement path and calculates a tool position using both the pre-compression command path stored by the command-path creating unit and the tool movement data of the tool movement path after compression created by the movement-data creating unit. | 01-19-2012 |
20120019858 | Hand-Held Device and Apparatus Management Method - A hand-held device provided with a display section including a position identifying section for identifying the position of a hand-held device; an orientation identifying section for identifying an orientation of the hand-held device; and a control section that specifies a prescribed managed apparatus located within a prescribed range of distance from a hand-held device and in a specific direction of the hand-held device, based on the pre-stored position information on one or plural managed apparatuses, and acquires the status information showing the status of the aforementioned prescribed managed apparatus to display this status information on the display section. Further, an image pick-up section is provided to capture an image in the specific direction. The control section controls the display section to display an image formed by superimposing the aforementioned status information onto the image of the prescribed managed apparatus captured by the image pick-up section. | 01-26-2012 |
20120089242 | AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING METHOD - Automatic programming apparatus includes: a material shape data input unit that receives input of data of material shape; a processing program storage unit that stores therein data of material shape and processed unit data; a processed unit data input part that receives an input of other-processed-unit-reference-type processed unit data referencing processed region shape data contained in the processed unit data; a processed region shape generating unit that generates processed region shape data in the processed unit data for partial processing, based on data of material shape and processed region shape data referenced by other-processed-unit-reference-type processed unit data; and a control command generating unit that generates control command data, based on processed unit data for partial processing containing processed region shape data. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089246 | AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING METHOD - To obtain an automatic programming apparatus, capable of generating a tool path for the chamfering process with a simple operation and capable of shortening the operation period and improving machining efficiency, the automatic programming apparatus includes a chamfering tool path generating unit and machining condition data. The chamfering tool path generating unit includes: a chamfered plane defining unit that generates shape data defining a chamfered plane obtained after the chamfering process is performed with respect to a shape of the chamfering target part; a reference point sequence generating unit that generates a reference point sequence used as a reference for generating the tool path data used for performing the chamfering process; and a tool reference position generating unit that, generates a reference position of a machining tool used when the machining tool passes while performing the chamfering process. | 04-12-2012 |
20120222001 | PROGRAM CREATION SUPPORT DEVICE - A program creation support device includes a program component creating, upon a user setting a content of a reuse parameter corresponding to each program element, a program in accordance with the set content, and a program component holding unit editing the program by reuse of that. The program component includes a program element creating, upon a plurality of parameters being enumerated and set in the reuse parameter, a program in which a plurality of elements corresponding to respective parameters are combined. The program creation support device can reduce efforts in the selection and combination of program components for creating a program conforming to predetermined specifications, to thereby enhance the efficiency of creating a program. | 08-30-2012 |
20120271446 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER - When performing the processing while changing the position and the posture of the tool relative to the work, if the speed of the tool tip point relative to the work is regularly controlled while greatly changing the tool posture, the speed of each driving shaft of the machine is increased, whereby the interference may be generated. In order to solve the problem, in the numerical controller which obtains the position of each driving shaft of the machine performing the determination of the feeding speed, the interpolation and the coordinate conversion according to the relative instruction path and the instruction speed of the tool tip point relative to the work instructed to the processing program, when determining the feeding speed, the reference point is provided on the tool or the table, the translation speed of the reference point viewed from the mechanical coordinate system is set to the observation target speed, the reference feeding speed is obtained so that the observation target speed is a predetermined reference speed, and the smaller of the reference feeding speed and the instruction feeding speed is set to the feeding speed. | 10-25-2012 |
20150134100 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device of a machine tool capable of controlling its spindle rotating speed includes: a program analyzing unit that reads ahead a machining program by one block or more and analyses a command for the machine tool; and a command determining unit that determines, based on a result analyzed by the program analyzing unit, whether a command posterior to a spindle control command causes any machining problem when the command is executed during a spindle rotating speed change, outputs a first command, in which some problem occurs in the machining, after the spindle rotating speed reaches the commanded rotating speed, and output a second command, which is other than the first command, before the spindle rotating speed reaches the commanded rotating speed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150153719 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device that controls, in a machine tool, driving of a motor based on a machining program is provided. The numerical control device includes a position-command generating unit configured to generate a position command to the motor and a mark-command generating unit configured to generate a mark command for machining of a mark indicating that an abnormality occurs in the machining. The mark-command generating unit sequentially stores information concerning a moving route of the tool by the machining and generates, when an alarm is raised because the abnormality is detected, as the mark command, a moving command for moving the tool in a direction opposite to a direction during the machining while correcting a position of the tool in a tool axis direction with respect to a position during the machining, and the position-command generating unit generates the position command based on the mark command. | 06-04-2015 |
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20080207133 | Method of controlling beam weight detection and receiver - A receiver in a wireless communication system including a transmitter that multiplies a plurality of transmission signals with a plurality of beam weights to transmit the transmission signal through a plurality of antennas. Also included is a receiver that receives the transmission signals, detects a specific beam weight of which reception state is a specific state among a plurality of to-be-detected beam weights, and notifies the transmitter of the detection of the specific beam weight. The receiver preferably includes a monitoring unit that monitors a state of variation in the beam weight by performing a statistics process on history of previously-detected beam weights. Also included is a control unit that controls the number of the-to-be-detected beam weights or a detection timing of the specific beam weight according to a monitoring result. | 08-28-2008 |
20090238126 | Communication System, Mobile Station, And Communication Method - A communication system includes a mobile station and a base station. The mobile station calculates estimated TA information based on the position of the mobile station and an amount of propagation path delay. The mobile station determines, based on TA information transmitted from the base station and the estimated TA information, whether the TA information is addressed thereto. The mobile station determines whether to transmit “Message | 09-24-2009 |
20110189972 | MOBILE STATION, BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station that performs wireless communication through a base station, includes a first connection setup request unit configured to make a first connection setup request for an emergency call and a normal call when communication performed in the communication region of the base station is in a congestion state, the emergency call and the normal call using a signal sequence that corresponds to a sequence number of a connection setup request signal used when communication performed in a communication region of the base station is in a normal state, and a second connection setup request unit configured to make a second connection setup request for another one of the emergency call and the normal call different from the first connection setup request, using a generated-signal sequence generated from the sequence number, when communication performed in the communication region of the base station is in the congestion state. | 08-04-2011 |
20110281576 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND LINK ESTABLISHING METHOD - A link establishing method to be implemented in a radio communication system sends a notifying signal notifying a plurality of radio resources from a base station when the base station judges that a collision of requests from a plurality of mobile stations has occurred, depending on a call request signal or a first connection request signal, and sends a second connection request signal from the mobile station using one radio resource selected from the plurality of radio resources notified by the notifying signal. | 11-17-2011 |
20120108280 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system includes a mobile station, which has a selector that from among prepared signal sequences, selects one or more arbitrary signal sequences and from among intervals included in a given period, selects one or more arbitrary intervals, and further has a transmitter that transmits the signal sequence corresponding to the interval selected by the selector. The wireless communication system further includes a base station, which has a receiver that receives a signal transmitted from the mobile station, and an identifier that identifies the mobile station, based on a correspondence value in each interval of the received signal. | 05-03-2012 |
20120182967 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS COMMUNCIATION BETWEEN WIRELESS ACCESS STATIONS VIA A MOBILE TERMINAL - A packet is transferred between first and second wireless access stations via a memory of at least one mobile terminal. The first wireless access station is provided with source information to be provided for one or more users, and the second wireless access station acquire the source information from the first wireless access station by performing a predetermined procedure of packet transfer between the first and second wireless access stations via the memory of the at least one mobile terminal when the at least one mobile terminal moves between coverage areas of the first and second wireless access stations. The second wireless access station performs a predetermined data processing on the acquired source information, and provides the one or more users with the source information on which the predetermined data processing has been performed. | 07-19-2012 |
20140126546 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system includes a serving base station, a mobile station, and peripheral base stations. The mobile station communicates with the serving base station. The serving base station includes a sending unit. The sending unit in the serving base station sends, to the mobile station, a signal indicating that communication is going to be performed in cooperation with the peripheral base stations. The mobile station includes a sending unit. The sending unit in the mobile station broadcasts a predetermined request signal to the peripheral base stations in accordance with the reception of the signal. The peripheral base stations, which have received the predetermined request signal, each include a notifying unit. The notifying units individually notify the serving base station of selection information that is information on the peripheral base station that is going to communicate with the mobile station in cooperation with the serving base station. | 05-08-2014 |
20150102859 | AMPLIFYING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND AMPLIFICATION METHOD - An amplifying apparatus includes a decomposer, two amplifiers, a combiner, and a controller. The decomposer decomposes an input signal into two signals having different phases. The two amplifiers amplify the decomposed two signals, respectively. The combiner combines output of the amplifiers. The controller controls at least one of waveform information of at least one of the two signals and an operating state of the two amplifiers such that an output characteristic of the combiner matches a desired characteristic. | 04-16-2015 |
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20110238204 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND SYSTEM PROGRAM THEREFOR | 09-29-2011 |
20120022682 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device according to the invention is a numerical control device for a multi-spindle machine tool including a rotation axis and controlling a tool attitude relative to a machining workpiece, including a first storage device capable of recording a machining program; a second storage device capable of storing coordinate systems; and a central processing unit capable of executing the machining program, selecting a coordinate system suitable for machining from among the coordinate systems stored in the second storage device based on the tool attitude set by the machining program or an external input, and outputting data for machining the workpiece on the selected coordinate system. | 01-26-2012 |
20120330456 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device includes a retraction-direction decision unit that decides a retracting direction of the tool when determining that the tool deviates from the movable range, and a tool-locus correction unit that corrects a locus of the tool based on this retracting direction so that a distance between the tool and a rotation center of a table while retracting is equal to or larger than a distance between the tool and the rotation center of the table at a time of either the start of rotation of the table or the end of the rotation of the table. According to the present invention, it is possible to avoid a stroke-over while avoiding interference between the tool and a workpiece when a table rotation command that possibly causes a stroke-over on the linear axis is issued while executing a control on a coordinate system other than a machine coordinate system. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006394 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND NUMERICAL CONTROL METHOD - The invention provides a numerical control device of a machine tool including linear and rotation axes, for controlling position and attitude of a tool with respect to a workpiece, the device comprising: an indexing-method decision unit that decides=one of a rotation indexing method of operating only the rotation axis and a tool-tip-position holding indexing method of operating the rotation axis and linear axis and holding a tool tip position with respect to the workpiece, based on a commanded rotation axis, a commanded rotation direction of the commanded rotation axis, and the tool position; a moving-amount calculation unit that calculates moving amount of the axes based on the commanded rotation axis, the commanded rotation direction of the commanded rotation axis, the tool position, and the indexing method decided; and an output unit that outputs a position command to a servo amplifier based on the moving amount calculated. | 01-03-2013 |
20130253695 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device for a working machine capable of controlling a tool posture relative to a workpiece using rotational driving of a rotary drive axis about a machine control point includes: an interpolation unit that performs an interpolation process on moving data generated from a machining program and outputs a position of the machine control point for each interpolation point; a coordinate transformation unit that transforms a position of the machine control point to a tool tip-point position; a stroke-limit determination unit that determines whether the position of the machine control point and the tool tip-point position fall within a range of a movable region, and selects and outputs a stroke limit signal indicating a stroke limit and a tool-posture changing command for instructing change of the tool posture; and a tool-posture changing unit that changes the tool posture in response to the tool-posture changing command. | 09-26-2013 |
20140031970 | AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL COMMAND GENERATING METHOD - To generate a control command for performing machining while reducing useless machining as much as possible, in an automatic programming apparatus, a machining-process-data generating/editing unit generates machining shapes (second machining shapes) for each of machining processes from each of an externally-input plurality of machining shapes (first machining shapes), a tool/machining order/tool direction editing unit | 01-30-2014 |
20150081084 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - In order to enable tapping to be performed precisely and with an appropriate machining time irrespective of the diameter of a tapping tool, a configuration of the present invention includes: a program analysis unit ( | 03-19-2015 |