13th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150086204 | FREQUENCY-DIVERSITY MIMO PROCESSING FOR OPTICAL TRANSMISSION - An optical transport system configured to transmit information using two or more modulated optical carriers spaced at spectral intervals that are smaller than the baud rate. An example optical receiver in the optical transport system includes a signal equalizer configured to implement frequency-diversity multiple-input/multiple-output signal processing directed at canceling the effects of inter-carrier interference caused by the spectral overlap between adjacent modulated optical carriers to enable the optical receiver to recover individual data streams encoded onto the different modulated optical carriers at the corresponding optical transmitter(s). Some embodiments of the optical transport system may advantageously be capable of achieving a higher spectral efficiency than the spectral efficiency supported by the optical orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing transmission format. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086205 | Open Shortest Path First Extensions in Support of Wavelength Switched Optical Networks - A network component comprising a generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS) control plane controller configured to implement a method comprising transmitting a message to at least one adjacent control plane controller, wherein the message comprises a Type-Length-Value (TLV) indicating Routing and Wavelength Assignment (RWA) information, wherein the TLV comprises a Node Attribute TLV, a Link Set TLV, or both, and wherein the TLV further comprises at least one sub-TLV indicating additional RWA information. A method comprising communicating an open shortest path first (OSPF) link state advertisement (LSA) message comprising a TLV with at least one sub-TLV to a GMPLS control plane controller, wherein the TLV comprises a Node Attribute TLV, a Link Set TLV, or both, and wherein the TLV further comprises at least one sub-TLV indicating RWA information. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086206 | FIBER OPTIC SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME - A fiber optic sensing system. The fiber optic sensing system includes an optical source adapted to provide an optical signal at a plurality of wavelengths. The fiber optic sensing system also includes a plurality of wavelength taps for separating the optical signal into signal portions at each of the plurality of wavelengths. The fiber optic sensing system further includes a plurality of optical sensors, each of the optical sensors configured to receive one of the signal portions at a respective one of the plurality of wavelengths. The fiber optic sensing system still further includes a plurality of wavelength combiners for combining signal portions from the plurality of optical sensors into a recombined signal. Also included in the fiber optic sensing system is an optical receiver for receiving the recombined signal. The fiber optic sensing system also includes an optical fiber path between the optical source and the optical receiver. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086207 | COMB LASER OPTICAL TRANSMITTER AND ROADM - A device may use a comb laser in dense wavelength division multiplexed transmitter and/or reconfigurable optical add or drop multiplexer. The device may include a comb laser to provide a source beam having a plurality of wavelengths. The device may further include a wavelength separator to create a plurality of beams from the source beam, where the wavelength separator is coupled to the comb laser. Each beam from the plurality of beams is centered at a different wavelength. The device may further include processors coupled to the wavelength separator, where the processors separately process each beam. The device may further include a wavelength combiner which is coupled to the plurality of processors. The wavelength combiner merges the plurality of beams into an output beam having a plurality of wavelengths. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086208 | OSA CAGE WITH REINFORCED CONNECTION TO PCB - Direct pin attachment is the most compact method to connect the OSA and the PCBA, due to better performance in general and allows maximum PCBA space for more functionality. However, direct pin attachment can result in concentrated stress in the OSA-PCBA joint area, which can affect the reliability and yield of the module. To overcome the problem, an integrated transceiver cage and housing is provided including a direct pin attachment with reinforcing tabs, which are fixed to the PCBA prior to the pins to transfer any stress between the OSA and PCBA, thereby reducing the amount of stress applied to the pins. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086209 | Arrangement in a Mobile Network - An arrangement in a network ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150086210 | WIRELESS FLAT OPTICAL CONNECTOR - Provided herein is a system that includes a communication link between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The communication link includes a first flat connector disposed in the first electronic device and a second flat connector disposed in the second electronic device. Each of the flat connectors includes a lens coupled to a fiber optic cable. Data is transferred through the communication link from the first flat connector to the second flat connector over an air gap between the first flat connector and the second flat connector. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086211 | PLUGGABLE ACTIVE OPTICAL MODULE WITH MANAGED CONNECTIVITY SUPPORT AND SIMULATED MEMORY TABLE - A pluggable active optical module (AOM) having an electrical connector at a first end and one or more optical adapters at a second end is disclosed. The AOM includes a storage device interface at the second end, and a programmable processor coupled to the storage device interface and one or more first contacts of the electrical connector. The programmable processor is configured to access a storage device in one or more optical fibers through the storage device interface and provide physical layer management (PLM) information obtained therefrom to a host device connected to the electrical connector. The AOM also includes a switch coupled between a second contact of the electrical connector and ground, the switch coupled to the programmable processor such that that programmable processor can control the switch to selectively connect a second contact of the electrical connector to ground. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086212 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FIBER AND WIRELESS INTEGRATION - Embodiments of the present invention pertain to optical wireless architecture and, in particular, to novel optical architecture to provide fiber-optic and wireless communication systems, links, and access networks. Certain embodiments of the invention pertain to a novel method and apparatus to provide 109.6 Gb/s capacity over spans of 80-km SMF and 2×2 MIMO. Conversion of PM-QAM modulated wireless mm-wave signal to an optical signal as well as 80-km fiber transmission of the converted optical signal is also realized. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086213 | LED LIGHT 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 light emitting diodes receiving power from a power source. The processor is in communication with the light emitting diodes and the at least one photodetector, the processor capable of illuminating the light emitting diodes to simultaneously create at least one first light signal, and at least one second light signal, the first light signal being observable to the unaided eyes of an individual and the second light signal not being observable to the unaided eyes of the individual. The second light signal includes at least one data packet. The at least one data packet comprises global positioning system (GPS) location information. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086214 | TUNING DEVICE FOR PLUGGABLE OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS - A tuning device for a pluggable XFP and SFP+ and DWDM transceiver devices. Also provided are applications for CWDM XFP, and SFP+ and future form factors as well as DWDM and CWDM SFP. This tuning device is for use with tunable DWDM and CWDM transceivers, and provides the ability to lock the tune of the transceiver to prevent a host device from automatically retuning the transceiver. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086215 | Bit Loading for Optical Discrete Multi-Tone Transmission - System and method embodiments are provided for bit loading for optical Discrete Multi-Tone Transmission (DMT). In an embodiment, a method for bit loading for optical DMT transmission or reception includes receiving, at a processor, a bit data stream, wherein the bit data stream comprises a plurality of subcarriers; assigning, with the processor, a code rate to each of a plurality of forward error correction (FEC) encoders/decoders according to a mapping of a signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) to a code rate for each of the subcarriers or subcarrier groups, wherein each FEC encoder/decoder corresponds to a respective one of the subcarriers or a respective subcarrier group; and assigning, with the processor, a modulation format to each subcarrier or each subcarrier group according to a mapping of an SNR for each subcarrier or subcarrier group to a bit number for a corresponding subcarrier or subcarrier group. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086216 | Level Spacing For M-PAM Optical Systems With Coherent Detection - An apparatus includes an optical transmitter configured to provide an optical signal amplitude-modulated among M different levels. A constellation control module is configured to provide a drive signal to control the optical signal. A feedback module is configured to receive a measure of spacing between amplitude peaks of a symbol constellation of the optical signal. The feedback module is further configured to regulate the constellation control module to adjust the optical signal in response to the measure of spacing. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086217 | N2 TIMES PULSE ENERGY ENHANCEMENT USING COHERENT ADDITION OF N ORTHOGONALLY PHASE MODULATED PERIODIC SIGNALS - A method for increasing energy in a pulse optical beam is provided. The method may include: receiving an optical input beam having a period pulse train with a given repetition frequency; splitting the input beam into N optical signals; phase modulating each signal in the N optical signals at a different phase, such that the N optical signal are orthogonal to each other; and coherently combining each of the phase modulated signals into a single optical output beam. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086218 | DISPERSION MANAGEMENT FOR INHOMOGENEOUS FIBER-OPTIC LINKS - Methods and apparatus for managing the effects of dispersion in an optical transport system in which some of the system's nodes are connected to one another via inhomogeneous fiber-optic links. In one embodiment, an optical transmitter is configured to apply electronic and/or optical dispersion pre-compensation in the amount selected to cause the peak-to-average-power ratio of the optical signal in the lower-dispersion portion of the link to be relatively low (e.g., close to a minimum value). Advantageously, such dispersion pre-compensation tends to significantly reduce, e.g., in terms of the bit-error rate, the directional anisotropy exhibited by optical transmissions through the inhomogeneous fiber-optic links. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086219 | ENHANCED OPTICAL MODULATION USING SLOW LIGHT - A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is described. This PIC includes a semiconductor-barrier layer-semiconductor diode in an optical waveguide that conveys an optical signal, where the barrier layer is an oxide or a high-k material. Moreover, semiconductor layers in the semiconductor-barrier layer-semiconductor diode may include geometric features (such as a periodic pattern of holes or trenches) that create a lattice-shifted photonic crystal optical waveguide having a group velocity of light that is lower than the group velocity of light in the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer without the geometric features. The optical waveguide is included in an optical modulator, such as a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). | 2015-03-26 |
20150086220 | Optical Communication Techniques - Techniques relating to optical communications are illustrated. In an example, a system for optical communications includes a laser emitting device including an emission surface for emission of a laser beam. An optical waveguide may be optically coupled to the laser emitting device to receive the laser beam from the laser emitting device. A fault photo-detector surrounds the emission surface. The fault photo-detector is to detect a portion of the laser beam accidentally back-reflected towards the laser emitting device. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086221 | SELF BIASED DUAL MODE DIFFERENTIAL CMOS TIA FOR 400G FIBER OPTIC LINKS - A transimpedance amplifier (TIA) device. The device includes a photodiode coupled to a differential TIA with a first and second TIA, which is followed by a Level Shifting/Differential Amplifier (LS/DA). The photodiode is coupled between a first and a second input terminal of the first and second TIAs, respectively. The LS/DA can be coupled to a first and second output terminal of the first and second TIAs, respectively. The TIA device includes a semiconductor substrate comprising a plurality of CMOS cells, which can be configured using 28 nm process technology to the first and second TIAs. Each of the CMOS cells can include a deep n-type well region. The second TIA can be configured using a plurality CMOS cells such that the second input terminal is operable at any positive voltage level with respect to an applied voltage to a deep n-well for each of the plurality of second CMOS cells. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086222 | Image Forming Device - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body and a cartridge configured to be mounted to and detached from the apparatus main body. The cartridge includes a rotating member which is configured to rotate and comprises a detected portion and a first engaging portion. The apparatus main body includes a detecting portion configured to detect the detected portion and a second engaging portion configured to engage with the first engaging portion. At least when the detecting portion detects the detected portion, the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other by rotation of the rotating member. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086223 | Image Forming Apparatus and Method of Manufacturing the Same - An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to perform operations including: controlling an exposing unit to expose a first ratio to a full scan width and thus to form a first exposed section, and to expose a second ratio smaller than the first ratio thus to form a second exposed section, controlling a detecting member to acquire: a first voltage in a case where a first test current flows in the first exposed section; a second voltage in a case where the first test current flows in the second exposed section; a third voltage in a case where a second test current larger than the first test current flows in the first exposed section; and a fourth voltage in a case where the second test current flows in the second exposed section; and identifying the photosensitive member based on the first to fourth voltages. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086224 | Developer Cartridge - A developer cartridge is described. The developer cartridge detachably mountable on a tandem type photosensitive unit slidable to a drawn-out position and a mounted position with respect to an image forming apparatus body may include a casing; a developer carrier rotatably supported on one end portion of the casing for carrying a developer; a pair of upright portions arranged on another end portion of the casing at an interval from each other in the axial direction of the developer carrier to extend from another end portion of the casing in a detaching direction for the developer cartridge; and an elastically deformable coupling portion extending in the axial direction of the developer carrier for coupling the upright portions with each other. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086225 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET STORAGE DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a storage portion, an opening, a moving unit, and a pressing unit that can be moved between a pressing position where the pressing unit presses a surface of a sheet in a exposure state and a retreat position where the pressing unit retracts from the pressing position. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086226 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer container includes a stirring member that stirs a developer and a conductive resin sheet that comes into contact with the stirring member when the stirring member rotates. The developer container detects developer quantity using capacitance. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086227 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates a developer container for accommodating a developer. The developer container includes a conductive path. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086228 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - This disclosure provides a developer container in which a conductive resin sheet is used as an electrode for detecting an amount of developer by using electrostatic capacitance. A configuration in which an end of the conductive resin sheet in a longitudinal direction is provided outside an end of a sheet member in a longitudinal direction, or a configuration in which the sheet member starts contact with the conductive resin sheet from a second surface on the downstream side in a direction or rotation than a first surface are also provided. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086229 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER CONCENTRATION DETECTING METHOD - A developing device includes multiple developing units, and multiple toner concentration sensors. The multiple developing units contain respective developers. The multiple toner concentration sensors have respective LC oscillator circuits and are disposed at the respective multiple developing units. A capacitor constituting the LC oscillator circuit differs in capacitance at each of the toner concentration sensors installed on the multiple developing units. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086230 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a heater heating a fixing member; an acquisition unit acquiring, when an image for one page includes a coded identifier image, information on a range of formation of the coded identifier image on a recording sheet in a sheet-passing direction; a target temperature switching unit switching a target temperature at which temperature of the fixing member is to be maintained at least between a first fixing temperature and a second fixing temperature higher than the first fixing temperature; a controller controlling the heater so that the temperature of the fixing member is maintained at the target temperature, wherein the target temperature switching unit switches the target temperature at a timing such that the temperature of the fixing member is equal to the second fixing temperature while a toner image in the range of formation of the coded identifier image is being fixed. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086231 | Fuser Assembly with Automatic Media Width Sensing and Thermal Compensation - A fuser assembly for an electrophotographic imaging device includes a heater including a substrate, a resistive trace disposed and running along a length of the substrate for generating heat for fusing toner to a sheet of media when a current is passed therethrough, and at least three conductors for passing current through the resistive trace. The at least three conductors include a first conductor connected to a first end portion of the resistive trace, a second conductor connected to a second end portion of the resistive trace, and a third conductor connected to the resistive trace at a location between the first end portion and the second end portion thereof. A temperature sensor senses a temperature of an edge segment of the substrate. Based upon the temperature sensed, circuitry selects between the first conductor and the third conductor for passing current through the resistive trace. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086232 | Circuit and Method for a Hybrid Heater with Dual Function Heating Capability - A method and system for fusing toner to media sheets in an imaging device. The system includes a fuser heater having a first heating element and a second heating element, the fuser heater providing heat to a fuser nip; and heat control circuitry coupled to the fuser heater for passing current through the first and second heating elements of the fuser heater to generate heat therefrom. The system further includes a controller coupled to the heat control circuitry, the controller controlling the heat control circuitry for passing current through the first heating element during a warm up operation and passing current through the second heating element during a fusing operation following the warm up operation, the fusing operation fusing toner to a sheet of media. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086233 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming portion, a hold portion, a cooling air passage, and a communication opening. The apparatus body includes a front wall, and a side wall standing perpendicularly to the front wall, the front wall and the side wall defining an internal space. The image forming portion is disposed in the internal space, and forms an image on a sheet. The hold portion is in the form of a hollow at a part of the side wall, and adapted to be held when moving the apparatus body. The cooling air passage extends in the internal space vertically along the side wall. The communication opening allows communication between a space defined by the hold portion and a lower part of the cooling air passage. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086234 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second rollers forming an image fixing nip, said second roller being disposed below said first roller; a casing accommodating said first and second rollers and having a sheet introduction opening and a sheet discharge opening; a suppression portion provided at a position, away by not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 3.5 mm, from a surface of the first roller in a space from said sheet introduction opening to said sheet discharge opening and configured to suppress scattering of particles of predetermined particle sizes resulting from parting material adjacent said sheet introduction opening; and a substantially closed chamber provided above said casing and having an entrance for permitting entering of said particles guided to a outside of said casing by said suppression portion to stagnate the particles. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086235 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes; a belt unit detachably mountable to a main assembly, said belt unit including a movable endless belt, a belt supporting roller, a steering unit for swinging the belt to incline relative to the supporting roller by a force produced by movement of the belt in a widthwise direction, and a cleaning unit, supported by the steering unit, for removing and collecting toner from the belt; a toner receiving unit, provided in the assembly, for receiving the toner collected by the cleaning unit; and a path member for guiding the toner collected by the cleaning unit to the toner receiving unit, the path member being supported by the assembly when the belt unit is not mounted, and the path member being supported by the cleaning swingably relative to the toner receiving unit when the belt unit is mounted. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086236 | Developing Cartridge - A developing cartridge includes a housing configured to accommodate a developing agent and including a first frame and a second frame, a developing agent carrying member rotatable on an axial line and configured to carry the developing agent, and a layer thickness regulating member configured to regulate a layer thickness of the developing agent carried by the developing agent carrying member. The first frame has a first facing surface facing the layer thickness regulating member. The second frame has a second facing surface facing the layer thickness regulating member. A welded region where the first frame and the second frame are welded and include a first welded portion extending from the first facing surface in a first direction intersecting with and away from the first facing surface, and a second welded portion extending from the first welded portion inward in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086237 | Developing Unit - A developing unit includes a housing, a developing roller and a seal contacting an outer peripheral surface of the developing roller. The seal includes a first part disposed inward in an axial line direction of the developing roller and contacting the outer peripheral surface of the developing roller, and a second part contacting an outer edge of the first part in the axial line direction and disposed outward from the first part in the axial line direction and contacting the outer peripheral surface. The first part has a contact surface contacting the developing roller and a plurality of first grooves each of which is recessed from the contact surface and extends along the contact surface. The plurality of first grooves extends from outward to inward in the axial line direction, as the plurality of first grooves extends from upstream to downstream in a rotational direction of the developing roller. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086238 | Image Forming Apparatus and Process Cartridge - The image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge having a photosensitive drum and a drum drive input member; a developing cartridge configured to be movably mounted to the drum cartridge, the developing cartridge comprising a developing roller disposed so as to face the photosensitive drum and a developing drive input member; a drum drive transmission member configured to engage with the drum drive input member and configured to transmit drum driving force to the drum drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the drum drive input member within a predetermined range; and a developing drive transmission member configured to engage with the developing drive input member and configured to transmit developing driving force to the developing drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the developing drive input member within a predetermined range. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086239 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A control part provided in an image forming apparatus controls a moving unit so as to cause a secondary transfer rotary member to move from an intermediate position to an abutment position at a first moving speed in the case of bringing the secondary transfer rotary member into abutment against an intermediate transfer member during an exposure period or a primary transfer period, and to cause the secondary transfer rotary member to move from a separation position to the abutment position at a second moving speed higher than the first moving speed in the case of bringing the secondary transfer rotary member into abutment against the intermediate transfer member during a period other than the exposure period and the primary transfer period. Thus, the productivity can be prevented from being degraded while a load change at a time of the abutment of the secondary transfer rotary member is reduced. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086240 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In one embodiment of an image forming apparatus of the present invention, the image forming apparatus includes an opening/closing cover that is supported so as to be capable of moving relative to an image forming apparatus main body and opens/closes an opening portion of the image forming apparatus main body; and a unit installed so as to be capable of swinging on an image forming apparatus main body side of the opening/closing cover, in which when the opening/closing cover is opened/closed, the unit moves in a track that moves around a guide shaft of the unit, and in a track that moves so as to follow opening/closing of the opening/closing cover. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086241 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit, a first support portion, and a second support portion. First support portion fits with and positions first supported portion, which is end of fixing unit, in up-down direction and supports first supported portion movably in insertion direction of fixing unit toward attachment position. Second support portion fits with and positions second supported portion, which is another end of fixing unit, in up-down direction and supports second supported portion movably in insertion direction. Height adjustment portion adjusts height position of fixing unit by moving second support portion in up-down direction. The first support portion includes vertical surface facing first supported portion and extending in up-down direction, and vertical surface has projection at an end thereof on foreside of insertion direction, the projection projecting from the vertical surface in first direction of going away from the vertical surface. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086242 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THEREOF - Apparatus main body of image forming apparatus includes first rotation portion, second rotation portion, and lever. Toner container includes opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing the toner discharge outlet, and first coupling portion that is provided rotatably with respect to the housing and configured to, when the toner container is attached to the apparatus main body, be coupled with the first rotation portion of the apparatus main body to be integrally rotatable therewith. The opening/closing mechanism includes second coupling portion configured to, when the toner container is attached to the apparatus main body, be coupled with the second rotation portion of the apparatus main body to be integrally rotatable therewith. The opening/closing mechanism is configured to open and close the toner discharge outlet as the second coupling portion is rotated. The second coupling portion and the first coupling portion are configured to rotate in conjunction with each other. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086243 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THEREOF - An apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of rotation portions provided each rotatably, in alignment with each other. A lever is provided to integrally swing with one of rotation portions or one of coupling portions that is disposed at one end in alignment direction of rotation portions and coupling portions. An opening/closing mechanism is provided to open and close a toner discharge outlet, which is formed on a housing of a toner container, as the coupling portion, which is disposed at one end in the alignment direction, rotates. An interlocking mechanism, which causes adjacent coupling portions to rotate in conjunction with each other, and an interlocking mechanism, which causes adjacent rotation portions to rotate in conjunction with each other, are disposed alternately on coupling portions side and on rotation portions side, from one end to the other end in the alignment direction. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086244 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner container and an image forming apparatus are disclosed. The toner container includes a guiding member formed at a part surrounding a toner outlet to be protruded from a circumferential surface of the toner container for guiding an opening or closing operation of a shutter member in a circumferential direction of the toner container. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus main body. The image forming apparatus main body includes a main body side shutter for opening or closing a toner supplying opening to be connected to the toner outlet. When the shutter member is opened, an end surface of the guiding member pushes the main body side shutter together with the opening operation of the shutter member, and the toner supplying opening is opened and is connected to the toner outlet. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086245 | Developer Cartridge - A developer cartridge is described. The developer cartridge detachably mountable on a tandem type photosensitive unit slidable to a drawn-out position and a mounted position with respect to an image forming apparatus body may include a casing; a developer carrier rotatably supported on one end portion of the casing for carrying a developer; a pair of upright portions arranged on another end portion of the casing at an interval from each other in the axial direction of the developer carrier to extend from another end portion of the casing in a detaching direction for the developer cartridge; and an elastically deformable coupling portion extending in the axial direction of the developer carrier for coupling the upright portions with each other. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086246 | Developer Cartridge - A developer cartridge is described. The developer cartridge detachably mountable on a tandem type photosensitive unit slidable to a drawn-out position and a mounted position with respect to an image forming apparatus body may include a casing; a developer carrier rotatably supported on one end portion of the casing for carrying a developer; a pair of upright portions arranged on another end portion of the casing at an interval from each other in the axial direction of the developer carrier to extend from another end portion of the casing in a detaching direction for the developer cartridge; and an elastically deformable coupling portion extending in the axial direction of the developer carrier for coupling the upright portions with each other. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086247 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There are provided a developing device capable of preventing occurrence of image unevenness by releasing a developer residing on a surface of a developing roller reliably, and an image forming apparatus. An angle α formed by a first plane including a position at which a magnetic flux density in a normal direction by a removing pole becomes a maximal value on a surface of the developing sleeve and a rotational axis of a developing sleeve, and a second plane including a first axis of a first rotational shaft section of a first agitating conveyance section and the rotational axis of the developing sleeve | 2015-03-26 |
20150086248 | Developing Device Having Communication Portion and Conveying Member to Convey Developing Agent - A developing device includes a housing, a developing roller, a supply roller, a first regulating member, a second regulating member, a communication portion, and a conveying member. The second regulating member contacts with the supply roller. The housing has a first part and a second part. The first part is downstream of the second regulating member in a rotating direction of the supply roller, and a second part is upstream of the second regulating member in the rotating direction. The communication portion provides communication between the first part and the second part. The conveying member is in the first part and configured to convey the developing agent in the first part to the communication portion. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086249 | Cartridge - A cartridge include a housing configured to accommodate a developing agent therein, a developing agent carrying member configured to carry the developing agent, a layer thickness restricting member disposed between the housing and the developing agent carrying member and configured to restrict a layer thickness of the developing agent carried by the developing agent carrying member, and a spacer disposed between the housing and the layer thickness restricting member in a first direction in which the developing agent carrying member and the layer thickness restricting member face one another and in which is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the developing agent carrying member. The spacer includes a first engaged portion configured to be engaged. The layer thickness restricting member includes a first engaging portion configured to engage with the first engaged portion such that relative movement of the spacer and the layer thickness restricting member is restricted. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086250 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a transfer unit for transferring a toner image from the image bearing member onto the recording material; a fixing unit for fixing the toner image on the recording material; an electroconductive member contactable to the recording material; a resistance element connected with the electroconductive member; and a capacitor element connected with the electroconductive member, wherein the electroconductive member is disposed so as to be nipped simultaneously by the transfer nip and the fixing nip and so as to be contacted by the recording material, and the electroconductive member and the capacitor element are connected in parallel between the electroconductive member and a ground potential. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086251 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a toner image forming unit; an intermediary transfer belt; a transfer roller; a fixing device including a first belt stretched by a first roller and a first stretching roller and a second belt stretched by a second roller and a second stretching roller spaced from the first stretching roller; and a guiding member. The guiding member is provided downstream of a transfer portion and upstream of the fixing device with respect to a recording material feeding direction. The guiding member is disposed, at a downstream end thereof, in a nip side relative to an upstream common tangential line of the first and second stretching rollers with respect to the feeding direction and is disposed at a position closer to the second stretching roller than to the first stretching roller on the upstream common tangential line. The guiding member includes a flat plate-like electrode. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086252 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SEQUENTIALLY OUTPUTTING A SHEET HAVING BEEN SUBJECTED TO IMAGE FORMATION PROCESSING TO A PAPER OUTPUT TRAY - An image forming apparatus capable of effectively cooling down a sheet having been subjected to fixing processing while preventing an apparatus from becoming larger in size and a sheet conveyance failure from occurring is provided. The image forming apparatus ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150086253 | FIXING DEVICE - The fixing device includes a rotary member for contacting the unfixed toner image, a pressure member for forming the nip portion by contacting the rotary member, and a cover for covering the rotary member with a space between the rotary member and the cover, wherein in a cross section of the fixing device, the cross section being orthogonal to a generatrix direction of the rotary member, wherein a shortest distance (H) between the nip portion and a farthest surface portion of the rotary member farthest away from a surface portion forming the nip portion of the rotary member, a maximum width (W) of the rotary member in the conveyance direction of the recording member, and an area (S) of the space in a range of the maximum width W in the cross section satisfy with a relationship of S/W≧0.7×H. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086254 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form an image on a paper with pigment, a heating unit configured to heat the pigment and the paper from one or both surfaces of the paper, a microwave generator, and a microwave applicator arranged downstream of the heating unit and configured to heat the pigment and the paper by applying microwaves generated by the microwave generator. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086255 | GLOSS APPLICATOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE GLOSS APPLICATOR - A gloss applicator includes a belt to feed a recording material, including a substrate and a surface layer contacting a surface of the recording material an image is formed on; a heater to heat the belt; and a cooler to cool the belt. The surface layer is not an elastomer, the recording material is fed while the belt contacts the surface thereof, the belt heated by the heater heats the recording material, the belt cooled by the cooler cools the recording material, and the recording material is released from the belt. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086256 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COLLECTING CONTAINER - An image forming apparatus includes: a collecting container; connecting portions; the shutters; first urging members for urging the shutters; a movable member which is accommodated toward the collecting container by contact with the main assembly when the collecting container is mounted in a mounting portion and which is projected outwardly than a side portion of the collecting container when the collecting container is dismounted from the mounting position; and a second urging member for urging the movable member. When the collecting container is mounted in the main assembly, the first urging members and the second urging member are provided so that a sum of rotation moment acting on the collecting container by the first urging members, and rotation moment acting on the collecting container by the second urging member are directed opposite to each other. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086257 | Receptacle, More Particularly A Bottle For A Cosmetic Product, An Associated Manufacturing Method And An Applicator Assembly Comprising Such A Receptacle - The invention relates to a receptacle, more particularly a bottle for a cosmetic product, to an associated manufacturing method and to an applicator assembly comprising such a receptacle. The invention relates in particular to a receptacle, more particularly a bottle, for a cosmetic product, said receptacle comprising a body forming a container and an intermediate part forming a reservoir, which is capable of containing the cosmetic product and of sliding within said container so as to move with an applicator of said product, under the effect of the viscosity of said product, when said applicator is removed from said reservoir and/or when said applicator is inserted into said reservoir. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086258 | SURGICAL MARKER - A marking instrument having a plurality of removable writing nibs serially aligned so that an operator can remove a spent or fluid-affected writing nib and, thereby, access a fresh writing tip. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086259 | DISTRIBUTION AND APPLICATION HEAD - A dispenser and applicator head for associating with a dispenser unit, such as a pump, a valve, or a squeezable tube, the head including an applicator pad defining an outer applicator face for coming into contact with the skin, the pad being made essentially of a heat-transfer material so as to impart a cold sensation on contact with the skin, the pad defining a thickness from an inner face to the outer face, the pad having a dispenser passage passing through it, which passage puts the inner face into communication with the outer face. The applicator pad presents a small thickness at the dispenser passage. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086260 | Element Modular Furniture System - An element modular furniture system utilizes a plurality of base frame elements to construct modular furniture pieces. Base frame elements are usually rectangular in shape and utilize a plurality of struts. Each strut is joined to a neighboring strut with a strut connector. An outset strut connector has a protruding outset strut interlock that connects with an inset strut connector having an inset port. The interlocks utilize extremely strong magnets to draw and hold the connectors together. The struts each have one or more channel members which add strength and rigidity to the base frame elements and the furniture piece constructed therefrom. An interlocking panel may be attached to channel members to strengthen and interlock struts and/or base frame elements. Additionally, shelves, hinges, doors, shelf locks, lights, and other attachments can be connected to the channel members to enhance the functionality and appearance of the resulting furniture piece. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086261 | MITER COUPLING AND METHOD - A miter coupling is provided, together with a method for using the miter coupling to join a pair of square metal tubes at a desired angle using a welding process. The miter coupling, in a preferred embodiment, comprises a single piece of metal formed into a shape that is adapted to receive the ends of two square metal tubes at a desired angle. The miter coupling is shaped to form a pair of parallel elbow members, where the elbow members are formed into a desired angle, and the elbow members are interconnected by a cross support. This arrangement provides a stronger joint, and eliminates the time consuming steps of cutting the square metal tubes at specific angles and grinding the welds to form a smooth seam. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086262 | WELDED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING WELDED ASSEMBLIES - A welded assembly includes a first sheet and a second sheet. The second sheet is disposed over a portion of the first sheet and defines an overlap portion between the first and second sheets. A weld fastening the second sheet to the first sheet in the overlap area connects the second sheet to the first sheet for distributing stress uniformly across a welded portion of the overlap area. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086263 | Solder Alloy - A solder alloy has an alloy composition containing Zn of 3 through 25 mass %, Ti of 0.002 through 0.25 mass %, Al of 0.002 through 0.25 mass % and balance of Sn, a solder joint made of the solder alloy, and a jointing method using the solder alloy. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086264 | GEARED MOTOR SERIES - A geared motor series includes several motors with different dimensions, which respectively have a motor shaft with a receiving bore on the free end thereof. The nominal outer diameters of the motor shafts of the individual motor dimensions are different from each other. At least one plug-in pinion having a pinion journal is provided with a nominal outer diameter corresponding to the nominal diameter of one of the receiving bores, such that the push-in pinion is fixable to the corresponding motor shaft using a press assembly. The nominal diameter of a receiving bore of a motor shaft of a motor of a first motor dimension corresponds to the nominal diameter of a receiving bore of a motor shaft of a motor of at least one other motor dimension, such that the at least one push-in pinion is fixable to motor shafts of motors having different dimensions using a press assembly. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086265 | SERVICEABLE ALIGNING AND SELF-RETAINING ELASTIC ARRANGEMENT FOR MATED COMPONENTS AND METHOD - A serviceable self-retaining elastic arrangement for mated components includes a first component having at least one protrusion having a retaining rib circumferentially extending around an outer surface of the at least one protrusion. Also included is a second component having at least one elastically deformable beam. Further included is at least one aperture defined by the at least one elastically deformable beam, the at least one aperture configured to receive the at least one protrusion therein and having at least one aperture dimension smaller than at least one protrusion dimension, wherein the at least one elastically deformable beam is elastically deformed in an engaged condition of the at least one protrusion with the at least one elastically deformable beam. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086266 | REGULATING ROD - A regulating rod ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150086267 | REINFORCEMENT DEVICE FOR IMPROVING THE BEHAVIOR OF AT LEAST A PORTION OF A COMPOSITE PART - The device, for reinforcing the area of a part that serves to transmit force, includes two elements for clamping the part. The part can be made of a composite material with reinforcement fibers embedded in a resin. The force transmitted is in the drape-forming plane of the reinforcement fibers of the part. The two elements are at a portion of the part, and at least one linking body connects the two elements with pre-stress so as to generate compression at the portion. At least one linking body is secured to another part with a view to transmitting force. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A SINUSOIDAL GROOVE IN A ROAD SURFACE - A system for controlling a cutting machine for cutting continuous sinusoidal strips in a road surface includes a rotatable cutting head, a cylinder for driving the cutting head out of and into contact with the road surface, and a controller. The controller is programmed to execute an input/output function to control the cylinder to cut a subsurface sinusoidal strip wherein the cutting drum remains in the road surface once the cutting operation begins. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086269 | EROSION CONTROL MAT SYSTEM - An erosion control mat provides a plurality of concrete blocks. Each block has an upper portion with a plurality of upper inclined side walls. Each block has a lower portion with a plurality of inclined lower side walls. The block has an upper surface and a lower surface and a block periphery in the form of an edge where the upper and lower side walls meet. Cables or ropes connect the blocks together to form a block matrix and the erosion control mat. Each block has a boot affixed to the block lower portion, the boot having a plurality of inclined side panels. Each boot side panel has an upper edge. The boot has a lower panel, a boot interior surface and an interior that is receptive of at least part of the block lower portion. The boot inclined side panels engage the block inclined lower side walls. The boot lower panel engages the block lower surface. A plurality of anchor posts are attached to the interior surface of the boot. Some of the anchor posts are attached to the side wall panels to enable a connection to be formed between the boot inclined side panels and the block inclined lower side walls. Some of the anchor posts are attached to the lower panel of the boot to enable a connection to be formed between the boot lower panel and the block lower surface. As part of the method, the boot is first placed in a mould. Slurried concrete is then added to the mould so that a connection is formed between the boot anchor posts and the concrete when the concrete sets after a time period. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086270 | RAPID-DEPLOYMENT OIL SPILL CONTAINMENT BOOM AND METHOD OF DEPLOYMENT - A rapid-deployment system for containing oil spills and similar water contaminations comprises a pre-manufactured sleeve having air-inflatable or gas-inflatable compartments and water inflatable compartments. In some embodiments uninflated sleeve is stored as a reel of sleeve material, and the deployment system, optionally mounted in a small boat, comprises a machine for inflating the air and water compartments at the site of a spill. In some embodiments, air and/or water compartments may be self-inflating. The system is relatively inexpensive, light, and not bulky, so may easily be stored at potential spill sites (including vessels), and may be used to rapidly manufacture a floating oil boom around a spill, thereby containing the spill before it has a chance to spread. A variety of boom configurations which are efficient in blocking movement of oil even in turbulent water, and which are stable under conditions of wind and wave, are presented. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086271 | APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING ASBESTOS-CONTAMINATED SOIL - Disclosed is an apparatus for purifying asbestos-contaminated soil capable of increasing the removable efficiency of removing the soil by applying a drop method, facilitating the scattering of asbestos by extending the drop time of soil, and improving the separation efficiency of the asbestos from the contaminated soil by preventing the generation of eddies in the soil. The apparatus includes a blowing unit | 2015-03-26 |
20150086272 | SELF-MOVING TUNNEL SUPPORT CANOPY - A self-moving tunnel support canopy includes front arch frame, rear arch frame, forward jack, and support jack disposed under the front arch frame. The front arch frame has front arch beams and front longitudinal beams longitudinally disposed along arch upper surfaces of front arch beams and coupled to all the front arch beams. The rear arch frame has rear arch beams and rear longitudinal beams longitudinally disposed along arch upper surfaces of the rear arch beams and coupled to all the rear arch beams. The front longitudinal beams and the rear arch beams are spacedly disposed, and a spacing is configured between the front arch beam and a front-adjacent rear arch beam. One end is coupled to the front arch frame, and the other end of the forward jack is coupled to the rear arch frame. The front arch beam and the rear arch beam are both arch-shaped beams. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086273 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A PIPELINE AND PIPELINE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for installing a pipeline made up of a plurality of pipe lengths or sections to extend along a predetermined underground grade in a trench. Pillow blocks are secured to the underside of the pipe lengths at predetermined intervals and the pipe lengths are respectively lifted with the pillow blocks suspended thereunder and sequentially placed in the trench with the blocks positioned thereunder on the grade surface in the trench. The pipe sections are then secured together to form a pipeline and the trench is backfilled. The pillow blocks may be adhered to the underside of the pipe sections or the pillow blocks may be loosely secured to the underside of the pipe lengths whereby the blocks will maintain a position by force of gravity under the respective pipe sections to which they are attached when the respective pipe sections are suspended in the air above ground. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086274 | SUPPORT DEVICE FOR AN ELONGATE ARTICLE - The invention concerns a capstan reel ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150086275 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING AN OFFSHORE STRUCTURE - An offshore support system comprises an offshore structure having a platform supported by one or more legs. The system further comprises a mat structure having a mat, and a clamp configured engage at least one leg of the offshore structure. The clamp is movable into and out of engagement with the leg to connect and release the mat to and from the offshore structure. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086276 | CLADDING - A cladding section ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150086277 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOLUME REDUCTION OF FINE PARTICULATE - A method and apparatus for the volume reduction of fine particulate by either promoting the dense packing of the discrete solid particles using a poker equipped with at least one paddle for mixing the particles and imparting vibration or by injecting the finest tailings fractions into the open void spaces between the coarser grains. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REINFORCE EXCAVATION WALLS - A soldier pile wall for shoring an excavation site includes a plurality of drilled shafts drilled along an edge of the excavation site, a plurality of soldier piles, each of the plurality of soldier piles being positioned within a respective drilled shaft, and a pre-stressing system coupled to at least some of the plurality of soldier piles. The pre-stressing system is configured to induce stresses to counteract working stresses of the soldier pile wall. Related methods are also provided. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086279 | EARTHWORK BASKET WITH SYNTHETIC TURF FACING - An earthwork basket including a wire or mesh cage or basket and a synthetic turf liner. The basket has at least two sides and the synthetic turf liner is affixed to at least one side thereof. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086280 | ROOF SUPPORT SHEET HANDLING FOR UNDERGROUND MINES - Systems for installing roof support sheets on a mine roof. One system includes a support frame, a lifting system, and a feeding system. The support frame holds a plurality of roof support sheets. The lifting system lifts at least one of the sheets from the support frame. The feeding system obtains the at least one sheet from the lifting system and feeds the at least one sheet toward an installation apparatus for installation on the mine roof. The lifting system includes a shoe and at least one arm for moving the shoe to engage and move the at least one sheet. The feeding system includes a drive assembly and a support. The drive assembly engages and moves the at least one sheet toward the installation apparatus, and the support supports the at least one sheet moved by the drive assembly. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086281 | FILING FIXTURE - The present invention discloses a fixture ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150086282 | Insert and Clamping Holder Having Four-Point Contacts - Clamping holder for cutting inserts has a rigid holding part and a clamping finger elastically movable with respect to the rigid holding part that define opposite sides of a substantially U-shaped recess for receiving a cutting insert. One of these two sides has first and second spaced-apart contact points for one side of a cutting insert and the opposite side has a third contact point. A stop for limiting the insertion depth of the cutting inset into the recess is provided inside the recess. That side of the cutting insert that has the third contact point is additionally assigned the stop, which is configured such that it simultaneously acts as a further, fourth lateral contact point opposite the first and second contact points and as a stop for limiting the insertion depth of the cutting insert. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086283 | BALL-END MILLING CUTTER TOOL - A tool is disclosed that has an elongated tool body defining a longitudinal axis and includes a ball-end section having a positive taper angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the tool body, and a relief section that extends rearwardly from the ball-end section and has a negative taper angle relative to the positive taper angle of the ball-end section. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086284 | SCREW HEAD WEDGE CLAMP ASSEMBLY FOR CUTTING TOOL - A screw head wedge clamp assembly for a cutting tool includes a clamp screw having a screw head with a frustum-shaped portion, and a screw head wedge clamp having a body and a clamp head extending from the body. The clamp head has a frustum-shaped portion that is received in a mounting screw bore of a cutting insert. The wedge clamp contacts a radiused bottom wall of the clamp bore when the clamp screw is threaded into a threaded bore of an insert pocket, thereby causing the clamp head to exert a downward and rearward force against a mounting screw bore of the cutting insert to securely hold the cutting insert in the insert pocket. The screw head wedge clamp does not contact a top surface of the cutting insert, but only the frustum-shaped portion contacts the mounting screw bore of the cutting insert. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086285 | Automated Drilling Through Pilot Holes - A method and apparatus for drilling a hole through a first part and a second part. An image of a first pilot hole in the first part may be generated using an imaging system. A first feature related to the first pilot hole in the first part may be identified based on the image. A second feature related to a second pilot hole in the second part may be identified based on the image. A drilling vector for drilling the hole through the first part and the second part may be identified based on the first feature and the second feature. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086286 | Electric Power Tool - Power supplied by a power tool is used to induce a magnetic field in a tool piece attached to the power tool. The magnetic field is produced by an electromagnet coil and can be used to hold items such as screws in position on a tool piece such as a driver bit. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086287 | PIPE THREADING SYSTEM FOR A HANDHELD DRILL - The present disclosure provides a pipe threading system including an adapter and an attachment for a handheld electric drill that applies a threading to the outer surface of a pipe. The system includes at least one dies shaped to cut a thread of the pipe. The attachment includes a central open bore to allow the threading of pipe sections beyond the length of the die's cutting surface. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086288 | ANCHOR FOR DETACHABLY CONNECTING A WHEELCHAIR SECUREMENT APPARATUS TO A SUPPORT SURFACE WITHIN A MOTOR VEHICLE - An anchor detachably connects a wheelchair securement apparatus to a support surface within a motor vehicle and includes a plate having a top surface defining an opening therein, a receiving member secured to the plate and defining an elongated bore to receive and engage a pin coupled to the wheelchair securement apparatus, a plunger within and axially movable along the bore, and a first biasing member between a bottom surface of the plunger and a wall of the bore. The plate and the receiving member are together mountable to the support surface. The first biasing member acts against the bottom surface of the plunger to bias the plunger away from the wall of the bore toward the opening defined through the plate, and the plunger movable toward the wall of the bore against a biasing force of the first biasing member. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086289 | LOAD PROTECTION BAR - Aspects for rigidly positioning a load-bearing bar are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes positioning a bar between two surfaces so that one end is oriented towards one surface, and the other end is oriented towards another surface. The method also comprises rotating a crank to facilitate having each end make contact with its corresponding surface. Here, rotating the crank extends an extension shaft away from a control shaft, whereas rotating in an opposite direction inserts the extension shaft into the control shaft. An apparatus is also disclosed, which includes a control shaft comprising a crank that rotates a gear assembly, and an extension shaft coupled to the control shaft. Here, the extension shaft extends away from the control shaft when the gear assembly rotates in a first direction, and retracts when the gear assembly rotates in an opposite direction. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086290 | LIGHT LOAD COMPRESSION LIMITING FASTENING SYSTEM - A compression limiting fastening system incorporating a spring element and cooperating compression limiting sleeve adapted for substantially coaxial receipt of a fastening element through a fastened component so as to apply a relatively light load to an outer surface of the fastened component during the fastening operation. Once fastened down, the compression limiting sleeve supports the fastening load while the spring element applies a relatively light opposing load to the fastened component. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086291 | ADAPTER DEVICE FOR CERAMIC CUTTING MACHINES - Adapter device for ceramic cutting machines ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150086292 | SET SCREW APPARATUS - In various examples, a set screw apparatus includes a set screw including a set screw body. An abutment extends radially outwardly from the set screw body and longitudinally separated from a threaded set screw area of a first length by an unthreaded set screw area of a second length of the set screw body. A block includes a bore. A threaded block area includes a third length, wherein the abutment inhibits movement of the set screw past the threaded block area and removal of the set screw from the bore. The third length is shorter than the second length so that an entirety of the threaded block area can be disposed within the unthreaded set screw area, such that the set screw is freely rotatable within the bore, but retained within the bore, if turned in a first direction with respect to the block. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086293 | OPTICAL FIBER UNIT FOR OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR - An optical fiber unit enables secure grasping of an optical fiber sensor via a jig while avoiding damage to an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber unit for the optical fiber sensor includes an optical fiber cable, a shaft, and a head. The shaft includes a peripheral surface having a male thread, and a through-hole for an inserted optical fiber cable. The head is shaped in a hexagonal prism including six sides and a bottom. The shaft is connected to the bottom of the head. The optical fiber cable extends the head, and extends out of the head in a direction substantially parallel to two parallel sides of the six sides from at least one of the six sides excluding the two parallel sides. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086294 | RIVET BOLT IN COMBINATION WITH AN ATTACHMENT AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME - A rivet bolt in combination with an attachment wherein the rivet bolt includes: a flange having a top surface and a bottom surface, and, a shaft having a threaded portion. An upper cylindrical portion of the rivet bolt includes an upper edge and an interior base surface having a drive head socket. The attachment receives the rivet bolt and comprises: a top surface, a bottom surface, a cylindrical bore therethrough, and an inverted frusto-conical surface extending from the top surface to the cylindrical bore. The upper cylindrical portion of the rivet bolt is deformed and rotatably and slidingly engages the inverted frusto-conical surface extending from the top surface of the attachment to the cylindrical bore therethrough. The upper cylindrical portion of the rivet bolt resides partially within the cylindrical bore. A process for making a rivet bolt in combination with an attachment is disclosed. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086295 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN COVERING A PORTION OF A FASTENER PROTRUDING FROM A SURFACE - A cap for use in covering a portion of a fastener protruding from a surface is provided. The portion includes threads. The cap includes an interior, a base that at least partially delimits the interior, a threaded receptacle on the interior configured to threadably engage the portion of the fastener, and a seal coupled to the base to engage the surface. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SPIRAL-BOUND BOOKS - The invention relates to the production of books with wire or spiral bindings or other comparable bindings, wherein sub-layers ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150086297 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE, PAPER-MADE STAPLE USED IN THE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE - A sheet post-processing device includes a stacker section that temporarily stores paper sheets as a paper sheet bundle, a stopper that regulates a carrying-in direction leading end of the paper sheet carried into the stacker section, a binding section that binds the paper sheet bundle regulated in position by the stopper, and folding rollers and a folding blade that perform folding processing for the sheet bundle bound by the binding section at a predetermined folding position of the paper sheet bundle. The binding section binds the paper sheet bundle with a paper-made staple. The stopper sets a position of the paper sheet bundle such that a binding position of the paper-made staple straddles the predetermined folding position. With this configuration, there can be provided a sheet-post processing device capable of folding the staple together with the paper sheet bundle. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086298 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE - A sheet post-processing device includes a conveying section that conveys the paper sheet, a punch section that punches punch holes in the paper sheet conveyed by the conveying section, a stacker section that stores the paper sheet in which the punch holes are punched by the punch section, a stopper section that regulates a conveying direction leading end of the paper sheet stored in the stacker section; a binding section that binds the paper sheet bundle whose leading end is regulated by the stacker section, and a folding section that folds the paper sheet bundle bound by the binding section at a predetermined folding position. The punch section punches the punch holes at the front and rear of the folding position in the sheet conveying direction, and the binding section binds the paper sheet bundle with a paper-made staple by making the paper-made staple penetrate the punch holes. With this configuration, there can be provided a sheet-post processing device capable of easily generating a booklet for simple ring binding. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086299 | Launch and Recovery Techniques for Submersible Vehicles and Other Payloads - A subsea payload such as an AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) or an AUV garage is lifted from an underwater location by flying a latch unit through the water to the payload. The latch unit carries a lift line toward the payload. The latch unit is then attached to the payload and the payload is lifted using tension applied through the lift line via the latch unit. The latch unit can also be used on a lift line to lower a payload and then to release the payload at an underwater location. The lift line is supported by a heave-compensating winch on a surface vessel that effects z-axis movement of the latch unit. The winch maintains tension on the lift line to prevent the lift line falling on the payload. Movement of the latch unit on x- and y-axes is effected by on-board thrusters. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES BETWEEN VACUUM AND NON-VACUUM ENVIRONMENTS - A system for transferring articles between an atmospheric pressure environment and a vacuum pressure environment. The system may include a vacuum enclosure having a wall separating the atmospheric pressure environment from the vacuum pressure environment. A transfer shaft may extend through the wall from the atmospheric pressure environment to the vacuum pressure environment. The transfer shaft may include an atmospheric transfer port disposed within the atmospheric pressure environment, a vacuum transfer port disposed within the vacuum pressure environment, and an intermediate port disposed adjacent a channel in the wall. The system may further include a movable transfer carriage disposed within the transfer shaft, the transfer carriage having an access port for providing access to an interior of the transfer carriage. The system may further include an air bearing on the transfer carriage configured to expel gas for maintaining a gap between the transfer carriage and the transfer shaft. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086301 | METHOD AND CARRIER FOR HANDLING A SUBSTRATE - There is disclosed a carrier and method for handling and/or transport of a substrate, such as during processing of the substrate, for example, back-thinning. The carrier and method provide support for the substrate. The process is particularly suited to thinning of substrates for use in 3D integrated circuits. The carrier comprises: a contact surface with one or more recesses therein for trapping a volume when the contact surface is brought towards the substrate, the contact surface for supporting the substrate; a sealing surface at the periphery of the contact surface and offset from the contact surface; and the sealing member seating on the sealing surface and arranged to be compressed to form a seal to the substrate when a substrate is in contact with the contact surface, the seal sealing the trapped volume between the substrate and carrier. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086302 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD THEREOF - A substrate processing apparatus includes: a first processing chamber; a second processing chamber; a transfer chamber; a frame structure; and an elevating part. Each of the first and the second processing chamber has a main body part and a lid part. The transfer chamber is connected to the first and the second processing chamber and accommodates a transfer unit for transferring the substrate. The frame structure has a pair of column parts and a beam part supported at top portions of the column parts. The elevating part is coupled to the beam part to be moved in a horizontal direction and moves the lid part in the vertical direction. The beam part extends above the first and the second processing chamber and the transfer chamber. | 2015-03-26 |
20150086303 | PROCESSING OBJECT TRANSPORT SYSTEM, AND SUBSTRATE INSPECTION SYSTEM - A substrate inspection system includes a plurality of processing units, and each processing unit is provided with a transport mechanism configured to transport an substrate to be inspected along a transport passage which extends substantially horizontally, a lift mechanism configured to lift the substrate to be inspected to a height position, at a set position on the transport passage, and processors each configured to perform a predetermined process on the substrate to be inspected positioned at the height position. The processing units are arranged such that transport passages thereof are aligned and such that the transport directions thereof are the same direction. Between two adjacent transport passages, the substrate to be inspected is delivered from the transport passage on an upstream side to the transport passage on a downstream side. | 2015-03-26 |