06th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140037296 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An information communication method includes: setting an exposure time of an image sensor to less than or equal to 1/2000 second so that, in an image obtained by capturing a subject by the image sensor, a stripe bright line parallel to a plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject; obtaining the image including the stripe bright line parallel to the plurality of exposure lines by, using the set exposure time, starting exposure sequentially for the plurality of exposure lines each at a different time; and obtaining information by demodulating data according to, in a pattern of the bright line included in the obtained image, a brightness change in a direction perpendicular to the plurality of exposure lines. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037297 | LED LIGHT GLOBAL POSITIONING AND ROUTING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An LED light and communication system includes at least one optical transceiver, the optical transceiver including a light support and a processor. The light support has a plurality of light emitting diodes and at least one photodetector attached thereto. The processor is in communication with the light emitting diodes and the at least one photodetector, where the processor is constructed and arranged to illuminate at least one of the light emitting diodes to generate a light signal which in turn includes at least one embedded data packet. The at least one embedded data packet communicates global positioning system (GPS) location information. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037298 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR CHECKING CONNECTION STATUS OF DEVELOPING UNIT AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus is provided which includes a multiplexer (MUX) which is able to be connected to at least one developer supplier, at least one pull-up resistor which is connected in parallel to at least one connection line between the at least one developer supplier and the MUX, and a central processing unit (CPU) which detects a connection signal from the at least one pullup resistor and the at least one connection line, and determines whether an initial developer supplier is mounted according to the value of the connection signal. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037299 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit forming an image on a first recording medium based on image data, a measurement unit being positioned in an immediate vicinity of the image forming unit, being arranged upstream of a sheet-conveyance path than the image forming unit, and measuring a size of the first recording medium, an expansion ratio calculation unit calculating an expansion ratio of the first recording medium based on a first size of the first recording medium obtained before the first recording medium is passed through the image forming unit and a second size of the first recording medium obtained after the first recording medium is passed through the image forming unit, and a correction unit correcting the image data used for forming another image on a second recording medium conveyed after the first recording medium based on the expansion ratio. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037300 | BELT CONVEYANCE APPARATUS INCLUDING A BELT AND A DRIVING ROLLER DRIVING THE BELT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A BELT AND A DRIVING ROLLER DRIVING THE BELT, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING A BELT AND A DRIVING ROLLER DRIVING THE BELT - A belt conveyance apparatus including a driving roller to rotate and drive a belt, a first detector to detect surface speed of the belt, and a second detector to detect rotation speed of the driving roller. There is a first calculator to calculate a first deviation from target speed of the belt based on the surface speed and the target speed of the belt, and a memory to store a value corresponding to the first deviation. A second calculator calculates a second deviation from the target speed of the belt based on the target speed, the first deviation, and the rotation speed. There is also a controller to control the rotation speed of the driving roller based on the second deviation, and a switching unit to switch from the first deviation to the correction value when the first detector is abnormal. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037301 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD - If the elapsed time since a sheet was stored in a sheet storage unit is less than or equal to a threshold value, control is performed such that the sheet is heated by a fixing unit before an image is transferred to the sheet, and if the elapsed time since the sheet was stored in the sheet storage unit exceeds the threshold value, control is performed such that processing for heating the sheet with the fixing unit before the image is transferred to the sheet is not performed. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037302 | LUBRICANT APPLICATOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A lubricant applicator includes a block of lubricant, a supply member contactable against the block of lubricant to scrape the block of lubricant, and a lubricant gauge to detect whether a remaining amount of lubricant is less than a threshold value. The lubricant gauge includes a rotary member rotatable about a pivot, a pressing member disposed opposite the rotary member to rotate the rotary member by pressing a contact part of the rotary member as the block of lubricant is consumed, and a detection part of the rotary member opposite to the contact part across the pivot of the rotary member. A length of the rotary member from the pivot to the detection part is longer than a length of the rotary member from the pivot to the contact part. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037303 | LUBRICANT APPLICATOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A lubricant applicator includes a block of lubricant, a supply member contactable against the block of lubricant to scrape the block of lubricant, and a lubricant gauge including a first electrode and a second electrode. The lubricant gauge is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode to detect whether an amount of lubricant remaining is less than a threshold value based on establishment of electrical continuity between the first electrode and the second electrode. One of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a projection projecting toward the other one of the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037304 | LUBRICANT APPLICATOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A lubricant applicator includes a lubricant, a supply member contactable against the lubricant to supply the lubricant to a target, and a lubricant gauge to detect whether an amount of lubricant remaining is less than a threshold value. The lubricant gauge includes a rotary member rotatable about a shaft, a pressing member to press and rotate the rotary member as the lubricant is consumed, a contact part of the rotary member pressed by the pressing member, and a detection part of the rotary member opposite to the contact part across the shaft of the rotary member. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037305 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a developing unit that contains developer and that is detachable; a detection member that includes a detected electrode and that moves around a rotation shaft in the developing unit, an electrostatic capacitance sensor electrode that is provided on an outer side of the developing unit, an electrostatic capacitance sensor that detects an electrostatic capacitance between the detected electrode and the electrostatic capacitance sensor electrode and that outputs data related to the detected electrostatic capacitance, and a CPU that determines an amount of the developer in the developing unit based on the data output from the electrostatic capacitance sensor. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037306 | NOISE REDUCTION IN TONER PRINTS - Methods for determining toner color images are provided in which fluorescent toner is used create light in a fused toner mass that reduces the appearance of noise in a noise evident portion of the fused toner mass. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037307 | TONER PRINTING WITH INCREASED GAMUT - Methods are provided for determining toner colors to be combined to form a target color at a location on a receiver. In one aspect, a method includes determining a fluorescent toner color to be provided at the location based upon the density and hue angle of the target color; determining one or more reflective toner colors to be provided with the determined fluorescent toner color at the location to form the target color and the amount of the fluorescent toner color is decreased as the target color density increases. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037308 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes: a rotatable heating member for heating a toner image formed on a recording material by using a toner containing a parting agent; an exciting coil for causing the rotatable heating member to generate heat by electromagnetic induction heating; a magnetic flux suppressing member for suppressing a part of magnetic flux acting from the exciting coil onto the rotatable heating member; a moving mechanism for moving the magnetic flux suppressing member depending on a width size of the recording material; a motor for operating the moving mechanism; and an executing portion capable of selectively executing an operation in a first mode in which a first current is supplied to the motor and an operation in a second mode in which a second current larger than the first current is supplied to the motor. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037309 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes (i) a feeding portion; (ii) an image forming portion; (iii) a fixing portion, wherein the fixing portion includes: (iii-i) a rotatable member; (iii-ii) an exciting coil configured to cause the rotatable member to generate heat by electromagnetic induction heating; (iii-iii) a magnetic flux suppressing member configured to suppress a part of magnetic flux acting from the exciting coil to the rotatable member; and (iii-iv) a motor for moving the magnetic flux suppressing member depending on a width size of the sheet; and (iv) a controller configured to variably control a feeding interval of the sheet by the feeding portion so that a number of times of movement per unit time of the magnetic flux suppressing member is not more than a predetermined value when image formation of a plurality of sheets different in width size is continuously effected. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037310 | RECORDING SHEET SURFACE DETECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for detecting surface conditions of a recording sheet on which an image is formed, includes a light source configured to emit a first light beam and a second light beam, an image capture device configured to capture a first image of a surface of the recording sheet illuminated with the first light beam and a second image of the surface of the recording sheet illuminated with the second light beam. A first straight line including a ray in a center of the first light beam and a second straight line including a ray in a center of the second light beam intersect with each other, when each straight line is projected onto the surface of the recording sheet, and a detection device configured to detect information about the unevenness on the surface of the recording sheet based on the first image and the second image. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037311 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes each of developing devices including an image carrying part, a charging part that charges the image carrying part, a developing part on which a developing voltage is applied and which attaches developer to the image carrying part to develop the electrostatic latent image, and a control part that controls each of the developing devices. The developers are a white developer and other color developers, one of the developing devices using the white developer being defined the white developing device, the others using the other color developers being defined the non-white developing devices, and a developing potential difference of the white developing device is smaller than other developing potential differences of the non-white developing devices, the developing potential difference being defined between the developing voltage and potential of the image carrying part of the each developing device. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037312 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on an image bearing member, a first detection unit configured to detect a height of the toner image formed according to a predetermined image forming condition by the image forming unit, a determination unit configured to determine an image forming condition of the image forming unit according to a detection result of the first detection unit, a second detection unit configured to detect a density of the toner image formed according to a predetermined image forming condition by the image forming unit, and a correction unit configured to correct the image forming condition of the image forming unit determined by the determination unit based on the density of the toner image detected by the second detection unit. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037313 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus according to the invention comprises a light source for emitting light in accordance with printing data, an image carrier carrying on a surface thereof a latent image based on the emitted light out of the light source, a developer carrier for developing the latent image carried on the image carrier, a supply member for supplying a developer to the developer carrier, and a controller for controlling a voltage between the developer carrier and the supply member in accordance with a light emitting amount of the light source at a prescribed use amount, for suppressing occurrences of image failures even where using different developers. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037314 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes: a heating member configured to heat a toner image formed on a sheet by using a toner containing a wax; an exciting coil; a magnetic flux suppressing member configured to suppress a part of magnetic flux actable from the exciting coil onto the heating member; a screw shaft configured to hold the magnetic flux suppressing member and configured to slide the magnetic flux suppressing member along a longitudinal direction of the heating member; and a controller configured to control a rotational movement operation of the screw shaft so that the magnetic flux suppressing member is moved to a position depending on a width of the sheet. The controller is, during non-image heating, capable of executing an operation in a mode in which the screw shaft is rotationally moved so that the magnetic flux suppressing member is reciprocated at least once in a predetermined range. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037315 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FORMING TONER PATCH IMAGE ON IMAGE CARRIER - An image forming apparatus includes a secondary transfer belt that rotates, an imaging unit for forming a patch image of toner on the secondary transfer belt, and an upstream brush and a downstream brush coming into contact with the secondary transfer belt in a rotating state to remove the patch image from on the secondary transfer belt. A length p of the patch image formed by the imaging unit along a rotational direction of the secondary transfer belt, a distance b | 2014-02-06 |
20140037316 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to transfer a developer image; a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causing the image forming apparatus to: perform an image forming operation of forming an image; perform a cleaning operation of cleaning unnecessary developer of the image forming unit; in a case where existence of data of an image which is to be formed is recognized after activation of the image forming apparatus before a first image forming operation, determine whether to perform the cleaning operation; and in a case where existence of data of the image which is to be formed is not recognized after the activation of the image forming apparatus before the first image forming operation, not to perform the cleaning operation. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037317 | PRINTER - A printer includes: a printing unit; a processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causing the printer to perform operations comprising: shifting from a power supply mode to a power saving mode in case that a shift condition from the power supply mode to the power saving mode is met; executing a correction processing group that includes a first correction process in case that a first execution condition is met, and a second correction process unit in case that a second execution condition is met after the execution of the first correction process is completed; and delaying the shifting from the power supply mode to the power saving mode until completion of the second correction process, when both execution condition are met and when the execution of the first correction process has started and the execution of the second correction process is not completed. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037318 | HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A high-voltage power supply for an image forming apparatus compares a detected output voltage generated by dividing a high-voltage output by a voltage dividing circuit with a control value to feedback control the high-voltage output and outputs a voltage that is to be applied to a member involved in image formation. The high-voltage power supply includes a printed circuit board on which a resistor connected to a high-voltage output side of the voltage dividing circuit is mounted. A slit including a first portion and a second portion is formed in the printed circuit board. The first portion extends across a straight line connecting terminals of the resistor. The second portion continues from the first portion and extends in a direction receding from one of the terminals of the resistor. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037319 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE - A developing cartridge includes: a housing including a developing chamber and a developer accommodating chamber; a developing roller including a developing roller shaft; a supply roller including a supply roller shaft; a developing electrode, which is provided on an outer side of one sidewall of the housing, which is electrically connected to the developing roller shaft, and which includes a developing protrusion protruding parallel to the developing roller shaft at a position different from the developing roller shaft; and a supply electrode, which is provided on the outer side of the one sidewall, which is electrically connected to the supply roller shaft, and which includes a supply protrusion protruding parallel to the supply roller shaft at a position different from the supply roller shaft. The developing protrusion and the supply protrusion are arranged in an arrangement direction of the developing chamber and the developer accommodating chamber. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037320 | ROLLER HAVING MULTIPLE WRAPPED STRIPS - A roller according to one example embodiment includes a rotatable shaft and a plurality of strips wrapped around the shaft in an alternating relationship. The strips differ from each other in at least one of material, height and width. In one embodiment, the strips are spirally wrapped around the shaft. Each strip may be formed, for example, from a foam material, a felt material or a brush material. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037321 | Image Forming Device Capable of Reliably Recovering Matter Deposited on Endless Belt and Ensuring Smooth Operations of Retaining Member - An image forming device includes: a main body; a photosensitive body; a retaining member; an endless belt; a first cleaning member; a belt side conveying unit; a retaining member side conveying unit; and a receptacle. The retaining member retains the photosensitive body and is movable between an internal position and an external position. The endless belt contacts the photosensitive body when the retaining member is in the internal position and separates from the photosensitive body when the retaining member is in the external position. The first cleaning member is fixedly positioned and removes deposited matter on the endless belt. The belt side conveying unit is provided in the main body and conveys the deposited matter removed by the first cleaning member. The retaining member side conveying unit is provided in the retaining member and conveys the deposited matter conveyed by the belt side conveying unit to the receptacle. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037322 | Image Forming Device Capable of Reliably Collecting Matter Deposited on Endless Belt in Storage Member and Facilitating Maintenance of Storage Member - An image device includes: a cleaning member; a first case; a second case; a storage member; and a conveying unit. The storage member is provided outside of the second case and stores residual toner removed by the cleaning member. The first case includes a first case side coupling part. The second case includes an elastic member and a second case side coupling part. The second case side coupling part is coupled to the first case side coupling part through the elastic member. The elastic member allows the second case to move relative to the first case in a predetermined direction. The conveying unit includes a conveying unit side coupling part. The conveying unit side coupling part is coupled to the first case side coupling part. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037323 | CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a cleaning member having a flexible supporting member for supporting a blade portion having one end to place the blade portion, the other end having a portion to be fixed to the fixing portion, and a bent portion arranged between the one end and the other end, the bent portion being outwardly arranged away from the surface of an image bearing member, the supporting member in which the portion to be fixed, is arranged, with respect to the contact portion, at the downstream side in the movement direction of the image bearing member, and a container formed of a frame for containing a developer. Between the frame and the other end portion, a space allowing the other end portion to elastically deform is provided, and the container is provided with a sealing member configured to prevent intrusion of the developer into the space. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037324 | CLEANING APPARATUS, CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND ELASTIC SEAL - A pair of elastic seals disposed at both ends of a cleaning blade of a cleaning apparatus include a back surface contact portion that is in contact with a back surface of the cleaning blade, a drum contact portion that is in contact with a photosensitive drum, and a side end surface facing portion connecting the back surface contact portion to the drum contact portion. Where the distance between one side end surface and another side end surface of the cleaning blade is L0, the distance on a side adjacent to the back surface contact portion, between the side end surface facing portion of one elastic seal and the side end surface facing portion of another elastic seal is L1, and the distance on a side adjacent to the drum contact portion is L2, L12014-02-06 | |
20140037325 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING AN INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE FROM FALLING FROM A REMOVABLE DEVICE - An information storage device installed in a removable device configured to be removably installed in an image forming apparatus body, includes: an information storage unit that stores information communicated between the image forming apparatus body and the removable device; a terminal that comes in contact with a body side terminal; and a substrate that holds the information storage unit and the terminal and includes a hole configured to be engaged with a protruding section installed in the image forming apparatus body. The terminal includes a plurality of terminals each including one of a plurality of metallic plates arranged in a transverse direction thereof. An earth terminal, which comes in contact with a body side earth terminal formed in the protruding section, is formed in the hole. The hole is disposed at a position sandwiched between two metallic plates among the plurality of metallic plates. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037326 | Image Forming Apparatus and Process Unit Capable of Collecting Developer on Photosensitive Drum - An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive drum; a developing roller; a supply roller; and a cleaning roller. The developing roller supplies developer to the photosensitive drum. The supply roller supplies developer to the developing roller and has a supply roller body. The cleaning roller collects developer on the photosensitive drum and has a cleaning roller body. Axial end faces of the cleaning roller body and axial end faces of the supply roller body are at the same position in the axial direction, or the axial end faces of the cleaning roller body is positioned outward of the axial end faces of the supply roller body in the axial direction. The cleaning roller rotates in one of a forward direction and a reverse direction at a contact portion where the cleaning roller contacts the photosensitive drum. The cleaning roller rotates at a peripheral speed slower than a peripheral speed of the photosensitive drum when rotating in the forward direction. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037327 | Developing Device - A developing device including a first frame including a first welding surface and a second frame including a second welding surface, wherein the first frame and the second frame are welded so that the first welding surface and the second welding surface are opposite to each other, and wherein the developing device further includes: a seal member that is adhered to a first adhesion surface of the first frame and a second adhesion surface of the second frame, wherein the seal member covers a first side end portion from a first side in an orthogonal direction at an opposite part, where the first welding surface and the second welding surface are disposed opposite one another; and a filling agent that is filled between the seal member and the first side end portion in the orthogonal direction at the opposite part. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037328 | Image Forming Apparatus with Waste Toner Container Having a Structure to Avoid Interference with a Feed Roller - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a chassis, photosensitive members, an intermediate transfer belt including a first plane and a second plane, a waste toner container, a first feeding path extending between a first feed roller and a secondary-transfer roller, a second feeding path being a path for a recording sheet inserted through a sheet inlet, a second feed roller arranged in an overlapping position to at least partially overlap with the waste toner container when viewed along a horizontal plane and in a position out of a course of the waste toner container being installed in and removed from the chassis. The second plane of the intermediate transfer belt extends downwardly in an inclined angle with respect to the first plane. The waste toner container is movable along the second plane of the intermediate transfer belt to be settled in the chassis. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037329 | Image Forming Apparatus Provided with Cartridge Support Unit - An image forming apparatus includes: a cartridge support unit in which a plurality of cartridges are supported; an abutment portion; and a first applying portion. The cartridge support unit moves in a mounting direction from a withdrawn position to a mounted position. The abutment portion is disposed at one of the main casing and the cartridge support unit. The first applying portion is disposed at the other of the main casing and the cartridge support unit. The first applying portion abuts on the abutment portion to apply a first resistance force in a direction opposite to the mounting direction to the cartridge support unit when the cartridge support unit moves in the mounting direction. The first applying portion and the abutment portion are configured such that the first resistance force continuously increases and then continuously decreases. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037330 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A DOOR PATH REGULATING MEMBER - In an image forming apparatus including a door | 2014-02-06 |
20140037331 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING ERRONEOUS ATTACHMENT OF CARTRIDGE - An image forming device includes: a main casing; a support member; cartridges; and cover members. The support member is movable between an accommodated position within the main casing and a pulled-out position outside the main casing, the support member being formed with cartridge accommodating sections. Each cartridge is accommodated in the corresponding cartridge accommodating section so as to be detachable from the corresponding cartridge accommodating section when the support member is located at the pulled-out position, the cartridges being of different types. Each cover member is movable between an opening posture and a closing posture. The cover members are provided in correspondence with the cartridge accommodating sections, respectively. Each cover member is provided with a preventing unit that prevents any cartridges of types different from a type corresponding to the corresponding cartridge accommodating section from being accommodated into the corresponding cartridge accommodating section. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037332 | Image Forming Apparatus Having Exposure Unit Moving Mechanism - A cam member has each of a plurality of first exposure-side surfaces provided in association with a first contact part of each exposure units and each of a plurality of second exposure-side surfaces provided in association with each first contact part. Each first contact part confronts but separates from the corresponding first exposure-side surface when the corresponding exposure unit is disposed in an adjacent position where the exposure unit is capable of exposing the corresponding photosensitive drum. Each first contact part is in contact with the corresponding second exposure-side surface when the corresponding exposure unit is disposed in a retracted position positioned farther than the adjacent position from the photosensitive drum. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037333 | Toner Cartridge Having Shutter That Selectively Opens and Closes Toner-Supply Hole of the Toner Cartridge - A developing device mountable in a main body of an image forming device includes: a frame, a developer cartridge attachable to the frame, and a maintaining member. The developer cartridge includes: a casing having an opening; and a shutter movable between an open position and a closed position to open and close the opening. The developer cartridge is movable between a first position to be attached to the frame and mountable in the main body and a second position to be partially detached from the frame and incapable of being mounted in the main body. The shutter moves from the closed position to the open position while the developer cartridge moves from the second position to the first position. The maintaining member maintains the shutter at the closed position when the developer cartridge moves from the second position to the first position. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037334 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE - A developing cartridge is provided. The developing cartridge includes a housing which accommodates developer therein, a receiving member provided which couples with a force output member of an image forming apparatus to receive a driving force, a developing roller which rotates by the driving force received by the receiving member; a detectable rotary member having a first detectable portion and a second detectable portion and rotates by the driving force from a first rotational position where the first detectable portion is detected by a detection member provided in the image forming apparatus to a second rotational position where the second detectable portion is detected by the detection member, and a cut-off mechanism which cuts off a transmission of the driving force from the receiving member to the detectable rotary member in a state where the detectable rotary member is positioned in the second rational position. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037335 | Image-Forming Device - An image-forming device includes a main casing having a paper tray; a belt accommodated in the main casing; a plurality of developing units juxtaposed along the belt; a mounting member configured to detachably support the plurality of developing units, the mounting member being configured to be pulled outward from the main casing in a pulling direction; and a guide member configured to drawably guide the mounting member from the main casing, the guide member being configured to move between a first position and a second position, the second position being farther from the belt than the first position. When the guide member is at the second position, a first distance between the paper tray and a downstream end portion of the guide member in the pulling direction is shorter than a second distance between the paper tray and an upstream end portion of the guide member in the pulling direction. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037336 | PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM AND A PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A photosensitive drum includes a cylindrical photoreceptor, a drum gear located at one end of the photoreceptor, a drum shaft extending axially along the photoreceptor from one end of the drum gear for rotatably supporting the photoreceptor, and a projecting member extending longitudinally along the photoreceptor from an end surface of the drum shaft for coupling a twisted surface of a corresponding twisted triangular groove on a driving head of an imaging device. The projecting member, which is provided at one end of the photoreceptor, is operable to reciprocate along the longitudinal direction of the photoreceptor with respect to the photoreceptor. As a result, the photosensitive drum is prevented from being ejected from the driving head of the imaging device during force transmission between them, while maintaining a stable transmission of driving force between the photosensitive drum and the imaging device. A process cartridge carries the photosensitive drum. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037337 | BIAS CHARGE ROLLER AND APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE BIAS CHARGE ROLLER - A bias charge roller includes an electrically conductive core. An outer layer is axially supported on the core. The outer layer is either conductive or semi-conductive. The bias charge roller further includes a continuous raised pattern on the outer surface of the outer layer. The continuous raised pattern is configured to contact a charge-retentive surface of an electrophotographic imaging member so as to charge the charge-retentive surface. The bias charge roller can be employed in an image forming apparatus. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037338 | TONER PRINT WITH EFFICIENTLY ENHANCED GAMUT - Toner prints with efficiently enhanced gamut are provided. In one aspect a toner print comprises a receiver and a toner image fused to the receiver. The toner image has a first area with a first density at a first hue angle formed by a first amount of a fluorescent toner colorant at the first area; and, a second area with a second density at the first hue angle formed by a second amount of the fluorescent toner color that is lower than the first amount of fluorescent toner colorant. The second density is greater than the first density. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037339 | Tandem Type Image Forming Apparatus - To facilitate replacing photosensitive drums and/or developing devices in an image forming apparatus, a photosensitive member unit including a plurality of photosensitive members is loaded in a main casing. A developing device unit including a plurality of developing devices is also loaded in the main casing. Both an intermediate transfer belt and the photosensitive member unit are configured to be movable toward and away from the developing device unit. Further, when the photosensitive member unit is separated from the developing device unit, the intermediate transfer belt and the plurality of photosensitive members are also separated from each other. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037340 | DEVELOPER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer unit for an image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a developer device having a developer agent carrier and a developer agent supplier, a developer agent container arranged in an upper position with respect to the developer device, and a curved wall, which separates the developer device from the developer agent container; is curved toward the developer agent container; and is formed to have a feeding opening and a collecting opening, and a conveyer, which is arranged along the developer agent supplier and conveys the developer agent toward the collecting opening. The curved wall is arranged to be in proximity to the conveyer and to fit with outlines of the conveyer. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037341 | TONER CONTAINER - A toner container is configured to be insertable into an image forming device. The toner container comprises a toner container body including a toner chamber in which toner is stored and a toner discharge port provided at one end portion, a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body, a first projection provided at one end in a length direction of the cover portion to be orthogonal to a top surface of the cover portion, and a second projection projecting along an inserting direction into the image forming device at the other end in the length direction of the cover portion or a length direction of the toner container body. A surface of the first projection directed to the other end in the length direction along the inserting direction into the image forming device is an inclined portion. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037342 | TONER CASE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner case includes a main body, a cover, a rotating member, an agitating member, a protrusion arrangement part and a depression arrangement part. The main body has a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, a fourth wall, a bottom board, an opening at an upper side and a toner discharge port discharging a toner stored inside to an outside. The protrusion arrangement part is formed on one of an upper face facing upward formed in the first or second wall and a lower face facing to the upper face formed in the cover. The protrusion arrangement part has a plurality of protrusions arranged in the direction from the third wall to the fourth wall. The depression arrangement part is formed on another of the upper and lower faces. The depression arrangement part has a plurality of depressions, into which the protrusions insert, arranged in the direction. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037343 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color image forming apparatus comprises: image forming unit configured to form misregistration detection patterns; a transfer member on which the misregistration detection patterns are transferred; a plurality of detection units configured to detect the misregistration detection patterns transferred onto the transfer member; calculation unit which calculates misregistration values from detection results detected by the plurality of detection units; and control unit which controls an image forming condition by the image forming unit based on the misregistration values, wherein the image forming unit forms a first mark and a second mark at different positions in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the transfer member as the misregistration detection patterns, and the calculation unit calculates the misregistration values based on a detection result of the first mark and a detection result of the second mark detected. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037344 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a transport belt, a driving roller, a transferring member, a nip portion, and an applying portion. The transferring member makes contact with the inner circumferential surface of the transport belt to press the transport belt against the image carrying member. The nip portion is formed between the transport belt and the image carrying member by the pressure of the transferring member. The applying portion applies a bias to the transferring member. Application of the bias to the transferring member causes, at the nip portion, the toner image carried on the image carrying member to be transferred to the recording medium carried on the transport belt. Near the nip portion, a pair of support members are arranged which keeps both width-direction end parts of the transport belt in contact with the image carrying member. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037345 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes a fixing unit configured to heat and fix an unfixed image, which is formed on a recording material, on the recording material, a rotating member provided with a metal shaft and configured to convey the recording material that has passed through the fixing unit, a cover member made of injection-molded resin and configured to cover the shaft of the rotating member from a recording material conveyance path side so that a portion of the rotating member in contact with the recording material is exposed, the cover member including a portion that has a U-shaped cross-section when viewed from one end side of the shaft, and a sheet member configured to cover an opening of the U-shaped portion of the cover member. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037346 | SUPPRESSING TONER OFFSET IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH FIXING UNIT - By connecting a first diode between a conductive heating element of a fixing roller and ground, electric charge with the same polarity as the charged polarity of toner can be held on the surface of the fixing roller. Meanwhile, by connecting a second diode between the surface of a pressing roller that does not contact an un-fixed toner image, electric charge with the reverse polarity of the charged polarity of the toner can be held at the surface of the pressing roller. The polarity of the electric charge that is induced by electromagnetic induction is held at the polarity decided by the two diodes, and as a result the fixing offset can be suppressed without newly adding a collector member or a charging capacitor. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037347 | FUSING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fusing unit and an image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording medium including a fusing unit are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a heating member having a surface divided into a plurality of heating regions and heating the recording medium, and a pressurizing member to apply pressure to the recording medium, the fusing unit fusing the image to the recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium, a driving unit to supply rotational force to the pressurizing member, and a power supply to supply power to the heating member and the driving unit, wherein the heating regions have different heating values per unit area. The image forming apparatus prevents overheating of a paper-contact heating region without idling the fusing unit in order to radiate heat accumulated in the paper-contact heating region. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037348 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS AND HEATER USED IN THE APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes: an endless belt; a heater, contacted to a surface of the endless belt, provided so that a longitudinal direction thereof is parallel to a generating line direction of the endless belt; and a pressing member for forming a nip together with the endless belt. The heater includes: an elongated substrate; a first heat generating line, provided on the substrate along a longitudinal direction of the substrate, including first heat-generating resistors having a negative temperature coefficient of resistance and being electrically connected in series; and a second heat generating line, provided on the substrate along the longitudinal direction of the substrate, electrically connected to the first heat generating line in parallel. The second heat generating line includes a plurality of second heat-generating resistors having the negative temperature coefficient of resistance and being electrically connected in series. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037349 | FIXING MEMBER, IMAGE HEAT FIXING APPARATUS, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - This invention provides a fixing member whose hardness is not easily changed even when used for a long period of time and which has high endurance. The fixing member has a substrate, an elastic layer, and a surface layer in this order, in which the elastic layer contains silicone rubber, a thermally conductive filler containing alkali metal ions, and a compound having a phosphate group in the molecule. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037350 | SHEET CONVEYER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveyer, including a manual-feed conveyer path; a first sensor to detect presence of the sheet inserted in the manual-feed conveyer path; an upstream-side conveyer and a downstream-side conveyer to convey the sheet toward a downstream side; a second sensor to detect presence of the sheet in a downstream position with respect to the upstream-side conveyer, the second sensor being switchable between a presence-detectable state and an absence-detectable state; and a controller is provided. The controller measures presence-detecting duration of the sheet by the second sensor and controls the downstream-side conveyer to continue conveying the sheet if the first sensor is detecting presence of the sheet when the second sensor is switched to the absence-detectable state, and if a difference between a value calculated based on the measured presence-detecting duration and a reference value obtained based on a reference sheet length is smaller than a predetermined threshold. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037351 | RECORDING MATERIAL DETECTING APPARATUS AND AN IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A recording material detecting apparatus includes a light guiding unit that allows first and second light to enter a surface of a recording material, respectively, in two directions which are not parallel; an imaging device that images a first light irradiated area and a second light irradiated area, on the surface of the recording material; and an output device that outputs information on a surface condition of the recording material based on an output of the imaging device. When viewed in a direction along the center optical axes of first and second light sources which are of the same type, the first and second light sources are arranged such that the respective reference lines of the rotational phases around the center optical axes are rotated in opposite directions by approximately the same angles from a line perpendicular to the direction where the first and second light sources are arrayed. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037352 | SHEET SKEW CORRECTING DEVICE OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet skew correcting device includes a first sheet conveyance unit which a conveyance force at a center side is less than a conveyance force at a first side, a second sheet conveyance unit which is adjacent to the first sheet conveyance unit across the center and a conveyance force at the center side is less than a conveyance force at a second side, a first drive unit to drive the first rotator, a second drive unit to drive the third rotator, a detection unit to detect an inclination of the sheet, and a control unit to control the first drive unit and the second drive unit based on a detection result of the detection unit. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037353 | CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD SHEET PRINTING DEVICE, CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD SHEET BOX MAKING MACHINE, AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD SHEET BOX MAKING MACHINE - Provided is a corrugated paperboard sheet printing device which includes a conveyance device for conveying a corrugated paperboard sheet fed out from a sheet feeding device, while suckingly holding the sheet; a plurality of printing units for printing the sheet through a series of printing processes; an information generator for generating basis weight information indicative of a basis weight of a corrugated paperboard sheet in each order; a storage device for storing therein a plurality of correction information for correcting a plurality of printing timings at each of which a respective one of the plurality of printing units performs the printing process on the sheet, in association with the basis weight information; and a controller for, based on the correction information, correcting the printing timing in each of the printing units, and causing the printing unit to operate according to the corrected printing timing. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037354 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND CONTINUOUS SHEET FOR USE THEREIN - When a plurality of images is printed on both the surfaces of a continuous sheet, an optimum scheduling is carried out including maintenance of a print head, thereby suppressing amount of consumption of a sheet as a whole. For such a purpose, acquiring information regarding on which of the first and second surfaces and where on the surface of the continuous sheet a unique portion exists, the unique portion is unsuitable for image printing that exists on the continuous sheet; and setting, based on the acquired information, a print unavailable region including the unique portion and a maintenance region posterior thereto on a specific sheet surface having the unique portion existing thereon, and another print unavailable region and a maintenance region posterior thereto on a reverse side of the specific sheet surface, the another print unavailable region being set so as to include a region corresponding to the maintenance region. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037355 | SUPPORT ACCESSORY FOR SPLIT KEYBOARD - An adjustable keyboard assembly and support mounts and keying layout are provided allowing a user to orient keying modules of the assembly in a variety of desired configurations. In one embodiment, the assembly includes pivoting support plates that allow the flexible adjustments. In another embodiment, at least one lift module is utilized to allow achieving multiple tenting angles expediently. In yet another embodiment, a modular support mount assembly is provided to allow the user to mount keying modules to a structure such as a chair using modular mounts that allow for easy and effective peripheral device supports and reconfiguration of the modular support mount assembly to support keying modules and peripheral devices of various sizes and shapes. Furthermore, a keying layout and assembly is provided to improve efficiency and intuitiveness of using a keying module and for programming the keying modules without use of a separate computer. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037356 | Label Printer - A label printer enables drop-in loading of linerless label paper rolls and prevents print defects caused by variation in the label paper transportation and the readhesion of chaff to the label paper. A pair of roll guiding members | 2014-02-06 |
20140037357 | PRINT MEDIA GRIPPER ARRANGEMENT - An example of a gripper arrangement is connected to a drive assembly, and arranged to guide print media along at least a portion of a print media path. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037358 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM STORAGE DEVICE - A movable rod member is provided that changes the shape of a medium receiver of a medium storage portion by changing the location of the movable rod member. The location of the movable rod member is changed in accordance with the condition of a medium, so as to change a method of storing the medium. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037359 | SHEET CARTRIDGE, LABEL CREATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR LABEL CREATION APPARATUS - A sheet cartridge includes: a label sheet having plural label portions temporarily attached at a predetermined label pitch to a long backing sheet, and plural label position detection target portions provided at a detection target end portion that is one end in a direction of width of the backing sheet and configured to detect a print start position and a cutting position for the each label portion; and a cartridge case which accommodates the label sheet that is wound, in such a way that the label sheet can be reeled off, and in which a detection opening for exposing the each label position detection target portion for detection is formed. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037360 | MULTI-PURPOSE MAKEUP APPLICATOR - A multi-purpose makeup applicator is provided. The applicator includes a handle, a hollow elongated shaft extending longitudinally outward from the handle, a first applicator located within the shaft and a second applicator formed on the shaft. The first applicator comprises an elongated member, affixed to the handle at one end, and an applicator tool affixed to a second, opposite end. The elongated member of the first applicator may be a retractable eyeliner tool for applying cosmetics around the eyes. The second applicator may be coupled to the distal end of the shaft and comprise bristles or bristle fibers extending outwardly from the shaft forming a brush used to apply cosmetics, such as mascara. A twist and slide mechanism may be located in the handle for retracting and/or extending the first applicator. The second applicator can either retract/extend into/out of the elongated shaft or can remain in a permanent extended position. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037361 | Writing Utensil with Two Handles for Writing with Both Hands Simultaneously - A symmetric rigid writing device comprises two arms and a writing utensil. The writing utensil is permanently attached to the arms. The arms and the writing utensil are made of rigid materials. The arms are symmetric and the writing utensil is positioned at the center between the arms. Each of the arms is shaped like a curved pole. At least one end of each arm is attached to the writing utensil. The user may grasp the writing device by the arms with both hands and execute a writing action. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037362 | IRREVERSIBLE THERMOCHROMIC INK COMPOSITIONS - The disclosure is generally related to an irreversible thermochromic ink composition and, more particularly, to an irreversible thermochromic ink composition comprising a carrier and thermochromic capsules, the thermochromic capsules comprising a shell and a core, the core comprising an eradicable dye capable of becoming substantially colorless and/or of changing color from a first colored state to a second colored state when exposed to an eradicator. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037363 | Personal Hygiene Device - A personal hygiene device is provided to assist a user to wipe him or herself, another, or an area of the home. The device contains a gripping head constructed of a flexible material and contains a gripping element, which may hold a wipe within it. The device also contains a rigid housing, and a pump at the opposite end of the gripping head, such that upon actuation of the pump increased fluid pressure inside the gripping head opens the internal grips to an extent that any wipe held therein will be released. In an embodiment of the invention, the housing contains a hinge so the unit may be folded for storage, or extended and locked in place for use. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037364 | METERING BRUSH FOR TARGETED LOCAL APPLICATION - The invention concerns a brush for metered application of a cosmetic or pharmaceutical liquid with a configuration from a number of at least essentially parallel-arranged bristles, which are grouped around a configuration center, in which the bristles are molded onto a bristle support, the configuration having an outer configuration area enclosing the configuration center in the peripheral direction, in which the bristle density is higher than in the inner configuration area enclosed by the outer configuration area and/or whose bristles are finer than the bristles of the inner configuration area. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037365 | FINGER GUARD | 2014-02-06 |
20140037366 | GRID RUNNER INTERSECTION CLIP - A sheet metal clip for connecting the ends of three or four grid runners with their longitudinal axii intersecting at a common center and at obtuse or acute angles relative to each other, the clip having a leg for each one of the grid runners, each leg, in use, extending in a vertical plane from the center and being permanently bendable at the center to allow the leg to be adjusted to a desired angle of a respective grid runner. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037367 | Contoured Corner Insert for Facing, Finishing, Reinforcing, and Supporting Corners and Edges of Cabinets, Shelving, Furniture and Windows - A corner insert and facing, finishing, protecting, reinforcing, stabilizing and structurally supporting member for establishing and finishing a transition between a first surface, a second surface and a third surface, the first, second and third surfaces forming an inside corner in furniture. One corner insert embodiment includes a rear face portion oriented inwardly in relation to the inside corner, which is securable to the inside corner, and from which integrally extends an external frontal or basal face portion, the lateral edges of which are securable alone or with the addition of an integral pin or barb to the inside corner, positively locking and engaging with the interior corner surfaces so as to firmly anchored therein and thereto. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037368 | STATOR COUPLING - A stator coupling for the torsionally rigid connection of two components allows radial and axial relative movements within tolerance limits has a base surface ( | 2014-02-06 |
20140037369 | LEAD-FREE SOLDER ALLOY - The present invention provides a lead-free solder alloy having high reliability and excellent solder bonding properties and suited for the mounting of micronized electronic components at low cost. The lead-free solder alloy according to the present invention has a composition containing 0.5 to 1.5 wt % of Ag, 0.3 to 1.5 wt % of Cu, 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of Ni, 1.0 wt % or less of Ga, and the balance being Sn and unavoidable impurities. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037370 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A connecting structure for use between a wind wheel of a blower and a motor shaft in combination with the wind wheel ( | 2014-02-06 |
20140037371 | LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLE DOORS, SEATS, OR BACKRESTS WITH ANTI-RATTLE FUNCTION - A latch assembly especially for the doors, seats, or seatbacks of motor vehicles with a latch element installed rotatably in a lock housing to retain an opposing latch part when the assembly is in the locking position, which opposing part can disconnect itself from the latch element when the assembly is in a released position. A tensioning element exerts a tensioning force when the assembly is in the locking position, by which a tension edge forming a permanent part of the opposing latch part is pressed against an opposing tension edge forming a permanent part of the lock housing. The tensioning member is a slide plate supported on a guide edge of the lock housing and a certain area of the plate forms a tensioning cam, which is at an angle relative to the movement of the slide plate and which cooperates with a projection on the latch element. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037372 | EXPANSION PLATFORM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An expansion platform is disclosed. The expansion platform includes a main body, a moving element, a first elastic element, and a positioning device. The moving element moveably combines with the main body and includes at least one fixed element and a sliding slot. The positioning device includes a second elastic element and a positioning element connected to the main body and passing through the sliding slot. The positioning element is pressed by the insertion of the portable electronic apparatus to be removed from a fixed state between the positioning element and the sliding slot, and the moving element is moved to fix the portable electronic apparatus. When the moving element moves reversely to an unlocked position, the portable electronic apparatus detaches from the main body, and the positioning element moves to an initial position and then is fixed by the sliding slot to stop the moving element. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037373 | POLE ASSEMBLY - A pole assembly includes a first mounting member defining a locking hole, and a second mounting member setting around the first mounting member. The second mounting member includes a tab operable to be bent into the locking hole to lock the mounting members together. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037374 | INTEGRATED FRAME AND COVER SYSTEM - A system and method are provided for coupling a manhole cover to an underground utility box to support the manhole cover substantially flush with a ground surface such as a roadway. A holder couples to an underground utility box and includes upper and lower ends and a channel extending therebetween, and a support structure extending into the channel and defining an upwardly facing support surface. An adjustment member for coupling to a manhole cover is inserted within the channel, and includes upper and lower ends, and a passageway extending therebetween and communicating with the channel. The adjustment member is movably receivable within the channel to be seated on the support surface, and to define an adjustment space between the adjustment member and the holder. The adjustment member may thus be adjusted for accommodating a slope and elevation of a ground surface, and sealed with the holder after adjustment. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037375 | WALKING FLOOR FOR PAVING MACHINE - A system is provided. The system includes a conveyor and a walking floor. The conveyor is configured to convey paving material from a hopper of a paving machine. The walking floor is immediately adjacent to the conveyor. The walking floor is configured to convey at least a portion of the paving material to the conveyor. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037376 | ASPHALT REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A multipurpose asphalt processor and method for repairing damaged asphalt. The asphalt processor may be used to both till and screed asphalt surfaces. The asphalt processor may include a powered shaft having a plurality of tines extending therefrom. The outermost tines on the shaft may be angled to thereby form a beveled surface along the edges of tilled area of asphalt. The asphalt processor may further include a screed for leveling tilled asphalt. The asphalt processor may take the form of an attachment for use with existing machinery, such as a tractor. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037377 | PAVING COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF PAVING - A tack film material comprises a carrier substrate comprising a polymer film having first and second major surfaces. A surface layer on the first and second major surfaces comprises a resinous non-asphaltic material or a material including about 50% or more resinous non-asphaltic component and about 50% of less of asphaltic component. the surface layer is capable of forming a bond with an adjacent layer of asphaltic paving material, when the surface layer is heated to a temperature of about 120° C. or more under a pressure that is applied to the tack film material by an overlying layer of the asphaltic paving material having a thickness of about 3.8 cm (1.5 inch) or more laid. The surface layer is not tacky at a temperature of about 20° C. and a pressure of about one atmosphere. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037378 | APPARATUS, AN ASSEMBLY, A VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A DRAINAGE ASSEMBLY WITHIN AND ALONG AN ELONGATE TRENCH - An apparatus for forming a drainage assembly within and along an elongate trench is disclosed. The apparatus includes a conduit guide means adapted to dispose a length portion of the elongate conduit within the trench, and an aggregate material delivery means adapted to distribute aggregate material within the trench such that the length portion of the elongate conduit within the trench is substantially surrounded by the aggregate material. Movement of the apparatus along the trench in use disposes subsequent length portions of the elongate conduit and further aggregate material within and along the trench to form the drainage assembly. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037379 | ALL-WEATHER LANDFILL SOIL COVER SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING WATER INFILTRATION AND LANDFILL GAS EMISSION - A landfill soil cover system is proposed for preventing water infiltration into a landfill and gas emission from the landfill under all weather conditions. The landfill cover system comprises three soil layers; namely, a clay layer, a gravelly sand layer and a silt layer, compacted successively from the bottom to the top of the system. The clay layer is compacted immediately above an optional gas collection layer and landfill waste at an optimum water content. Additionally, a trench for water drainage may be constructed, for example, every 20-40 m in the horizontal direction. Water infiltration and landfill gas emission can be prevented effectively by this landfill soil cover system under any humid, semi-arid and arid climates. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037380 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING GOLF SAND BUNKERS - A method and system for treating golf course sand bunkers to maintain sand in a playable condition by improving the propensity for water to pass through, opening clogged drains, and decomposing organic sediment. The method and system include a drainage solution and a microbe-based solution which are applied to the sand bunker in at least two applications, separated by a period of time, preferably a month. The drainage solution comprises a blend of surfactants and/or physical stability agents and the microbe-based solution comprises a liquid and microbes. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037381 | MODULAR, DYNAMICALLY SIZED AND SHAPED, INDUSTRIAL-LIQUID-CONTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE - What is disclosed is a portable, modular, and dynamically sized and shaped, above-ground, industrial liquid-containment system. Typically, the system has an outer-containment perimeter and an inner-containment perimeter (a reservoir), thus providing two barriers for environmental protection. A reservoir is comprised of a plurality of substantially A-framed segments that are hinged at the top and allows for folding together when the center and bottom braces are removed. A key feature for the A-frame segments is in their lack of steel cladding on the water side of most A-frames segments. Instead, fabric and/or cargo netting is used because it reduces weight and grips the A-frame purlins as the weight of contained liquids exert stabilizing downward force on A-frames. In addition, a steel grid system can run along the reservoir floor to compensate for expansion forces due to both temperature and water-weight. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037382 | RECOVERY OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND PRESSURIZATION FOR TRANSPORT - A system for isolating a greenhouse gas from an exhaust gas includes a vessel having an inlet to receive an exhaust gas, and an outlet to discharge a process stream, an adsorbent contained in the vessel to selectively adsorb the greenhouse gas from the exhaust gas under suitable conditions, and a heat source to heat the adsorbent and desorb the adsorbed greenhouse gas therefrom to produce a process stream of greenhouse gas for release through the outlet. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037383 | TRACER WIRE INSTALLATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TRENCHLESS UTILITY REPLACEMENT - Devices and methods for trenchlessly replacing an existing utility pipe with a replacement pipe and a tracer wire are described in this application. A replacement pipe may be joined to the head adaptor of a trenchless splitter tool with a tracer wire being trapped between them, resulting the tracer wire extending from within the replacement pipe through a joint to the exterior of the replacement pipe. A protective cap (or deflector) may be placed of the portion of tracer wire extending from the joint. The splitter tool may then be introduced into and travelled along the existing pipe, splitting and displacing the existing pipe, and placing replacement pipe and tracer wire along the path of the existing pipe, thereby functionally replacing the existing pipe with a replacement pipe and a tracer wire. Other embodiments are described. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037384 | CABLE HANG-OFF ARRANGEMENT - A cable hang-off arrangement for an elevated support including a cable assembly with a flexible reinforced protective tube for accommodating a transmission cable arrangement, a mounting assembly arranged on the elevated support, and a lifting assembly for lifting the cable assembly from a lower level to the elevated support, which lifting assembly is realised to engage with the mounting assembly such that the cable assembly is suspended between the elevated support and the lower level. An offshore facility mounted on an elevated support above a variable lower level including a transmission cable arrangement and a flexible protective tube for guiding the transmission cable arrangement through an essentially vertical direction from the elevated support to the lower level into an essentially horizontal direction at the lower level is also provided. A method of mounting such a cable hang-off arrangement is also provided. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037385 | METHOD FOR THE ASSISTED INSTALLATION OF AN UNDERWATER RISER - A method for installing an underwater riser between a seabed ( | 2014-02-06 |
20140037386 | WINCH BOOM AND METHOD FOR TRENCHLESS REPLACEMENT - A pipe replacement system and method are shown. Configurations are shown that include a pulley that does not damage a bursting tool, as the bursting tool is pulled into a pit. Configurations are also shown that include a boom that does not need an extraction cage for the bursting tool. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037387 | GROUND STABILISING DEVICE - A ground stabilising device ( | 2014-02-06 |
20140037388 | ROCK BOLT - The invention relates to a rock bolt to be installed into a borehole ( | 2014-02-06 |
20140037389 | Structural Unit and Positioning Member - A structural unit includes a body having a plurality of exterior surfaces, at least one receiving arrangement provided on at least a portion of the body, and at least one positioning member connected to the body. The at least one positioning member is separable from the body and configured for interaction with the at least one receiving arrangement. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037390 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CUTTING INSERTS - A method for manufacturing a cutting insert green body from a sinterable powder, a tool set for manufacturing the cutting insert green body by that method and the green body manufactured by the tool set. The tool set has axially moving upper and lower punches and radially moving side punches. The side punches move slidably on die rods. The side punches and die rods move in channels in a base body on which a cover plate is mounted. The upper and lower punches move in through holes in the cover plate and base body, respectively. The die rods are stationary during compaction of the sinterable powder. The upper, lower and side punches form surfaces of the green body and the die rods form some of the edges of the green body. The green body can have undercuts and the edges formed by the die rods can be non-linear in shape. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037391 | EJECTOR DRILL SYSTEM - A drilling head for a tubular shank having an inside diameter and threads may comprise an axial body comprising a duct exiting through a first end; threads adjacent the first end corresponding to the threads on the shank and aligning the duct with the shank inside diameter; a bore from an outer surface of the body to the duct; and two axially extending approximately parallel and offset surfaces adjacent a second end; and an insert affixed between the offset surfaces, the insert comprising: a first face at least partially contacting one offset surface and a second face at least partially contacting the other offset surface; one or more cutting edges adjacent the first face, the second face, or both; and a cutting lip adjacent one or more cutting edges. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037392 | Dust Collection Hood of Electric Hand Tool - A dust collection hood of an electric hand tool includes a hollow transparent hood body, with a flexible external wall, an end coupled to a hollow socket, a snap portions protruded from an internal wall of the socket and corresponding to a fixing end of the electric hand tool, such that the socket can be snapped to the fixing end of the electric hand tool, and an isolation portion formed at the middle of the hood body and having a through hole formed at the middle of the isolation portion for passing a drill bit of the electric hand tool, and the dust collection hood is provided for collecting dust, while isolating the dust from an actuating end of the electric hand tool, so as to prevent the dust from entering into the actuating end and preventing the dust from flying around in the air. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037393 | BIT FOR A ROTARY DRILL - A bit for a rotary drill, the bit including a cylindrical body having at least two flutes provided therein, the cylindrical body terminating in a cutting end; and a cylindrical land defined by a peripheral face of the cylindrical body between adjacent flutes, the cylindrical land including a margin that is radially elevated relative to a remainder of the cylindrical land; the margin having a width that varies along the length of the cylindrical land. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037394 | DIE HEAD RETAINING MECHANISM - A die head retaining mechanism for installing or removing a die head in a power drive for thread cutting operations is described. The mechanism comprises a cam and follower arrangement with a face gear having at least one locking jaw disposed in a slot provided on the face of the face gear oriented away from the housing. The mechanism also comprises a drive ring having a collection of cam profiles to control the movement of the locking jaws. The mechanism also comprises at least one compression spring disposed in corresponding groove(s) on the face gear. The compression spring is typically preloaded to keep the locking jaws in a locked position. The mechanism also comprises a bearing provided between the housing and the face gear. The bearing is locked in place by a retaining ring. A locking plate, spring washers, and screws are used to secure the assembly of the die head retaining mechanism on the power drive. | 2014-02-06 |
20140037395 | Sintered Cemented Carbide Body, Use And Process For Producing The Cemented Carbide Body - A sintered cemented carbide body comprises tungsten carbide as hard material and a metallic binder which contains cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr) and copper (Cu). The cobalt is present in a proportion of 7.0 to 14.0% by weight in the sintered cemented carbide. The copper proportion is from 0.05 to 3.8% by weight and the chromium proportion is from 0.2 to 1.9% by weight, in each case based on the overall weight of the sintered cemented carbide body. | 2014-02-06 |