21st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090129758 | Video recording device - A video recording device includes: a first identification block that reads video information from a first recording medium in which video information on an analog television broadcast is stored, and identifies the broadcasting format of the read video information; a recording execution block that records the video information, which is read from the first recording medium, in a second recording medium other than the first recording medium; a second identification block that when the video information is recorded in the second recording medium by the recording execution block, identifies the broadcasting format of the video information to be recorded in the second recording medium; and a format decision block that decides whether the broadcasting format identified by the second identification block agrees with the broadcasting format identified by the first identification block. When the format decision block decides that the broadcasting formats do not agree with each other, the recording execution part records the video information in the second recording medium according to the broadcasting format identified by the first identification block. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129759 | Format Converter, Format Conversion Method and Moving Picture Decoding System - A format converter for converting the format of input contents data from a first format standard to a second format standard includes an extraction section ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129760 | Method and device for controlling a heat-dissipating fan for an electronic component - A method for controlling a heat-dissipating fan for an electronic component includes the steps of: detecting a temperature of the electronic component, and outputting a first control signal corresponding to the temperature thus detected; receiving a load current of the electronic component, and converting the load current into a second control signal; and controlling a rotating speed of the heat-dissipating fan with reference to the first control signal and the second control signal. A device employing the method includes a current detecting module adapted for detecting a load current, a temperature control circuit adapted for detecting a temperature, and a logic circuit unit coupled to the current detecting module and the temperature control circuit and controlling a rotating speed of a heat-dissipating fan. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129761 | Actuator for Automotive Climatization Units - The present patent application refers to an actuator for automotive climatization units, of the type designed to be driven by an electric control unit with direct current and low voltage, characterised in that it is provided with an electric motor able to operate at a lower voltage than the voltage delivered by the control unit and characterised in that it is provided with an electronic device able to modify the ascending ramp angle of the voltage of the successive pulses from the said control unit, in such a way that each pulse has an ascending ramp with sloped profile, so that the maximum voltage value of each pulse depends on the pulse duration. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129762 | Initial Wetting Auxiliary Material for a Vaporiser Body - An initial wetting auxiliary material is for applying to a vaporiser surface of an electrically heatable ceramic vaporiser body. The vaporiser body is used for operation in a physical vapour deposition (PVD) metallisation installation for vaporising aluminium. The vaporiser body contains nitrogen as a material component. The auxiliary material comprises a powder mixture which comprises (a) aluminium in powder form having a particle size which is at most 0.6 mm. The aluminium in powder form melts on the vaporiser surface after initiating the operation of the vaporiser body and reacted with the nitrogen of the vaporiser body to form an aluminium nitride layer on the vaporiser surface. The powder mixture further comprises (b) a wetting agent in powder form promoting an even and large-surface distribution of the molten aluminium on the vaporiser surface. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129763 | TANKLESS HOT WATER HEATER WITH POWER MODULATION - A tankless hot water heater includes a pipe, at least one heating element, sensors, an input means and a microprocessor. The pipe has an inlet and an outlet. The at least one heating element is configured to heat water flowing through the pipe. At least one sensor is configured to measure a temperature of water flowing through the pipe prior to heating by the at least one heating element. At least one sensor is configured to measure a flow rate of water flowing through the pipe. The input means is configured for entering a set point for a temperature of water heated by the at least one heating element. The microprocessor is configured to receive as input the temperature of water flowing through the pipe prior to heating, the flow rate of water flowing through the pipe, and the set point for a temperature of heated water, and the microprocessor is configured to provide as output a power setting to the one or more heating elements. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129764 | IMAGE BLUR CORRECTING DEVICE AND CAMERA - It is an object of the present invention to provide an image blur correcting device having a dimension reduced in any one direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the incident light, and a camera equipped with this device. The image blur correcting device | 2009-05-21 |
20090129765 | Method and device to relay short duration light pulses via radio signal for camera flash operation - A device and method for retrofitting a camera system uses a radio bridge that can successfully transmit a complete data stream, normally just sent via infrared light pulses, in near real time. The data stream is acquired at a source device. A transmitter unit is positioned near the source device, and a receiver unit is positioned near a remote device, such as a flash unit. The transmitter unit monitors IR signals produced by the source device and immediately transmits any detected light pulses without needing to put the pulses into packets or even determine if the pulses are part of a legitimate data stream. Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) modulation is the preferred method for transmitting a radio signal. The radio signal is intentionally shifted, between a high state and a low state, at the end of very precise intervals of time to prevent any random switching of the radio signal. This process of automatically shifting back and forth between high state and low state is anticipated by the receiver unit, so any change in state that is received at substantially the exact time that this automatic shifting should occur is not interpreted as being a transmission of part of a data stream from the source device. All other shifts in the frequency are assumed to be part of a data stream, so the receiver unit immediately produces an IR pulse that can be seen by the remote device, thereby successfully conveying the first bit of a data stream in very near real time. The remaining bits of a data stream will similarly follow, and then the process of automatically shifting back and forth will restart. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129766 | FOCAL POINT DETECTION DEVICE OF CAMERA AND METHOD OF DETECTING FOCAL POINT THEREOF - A focal point detection device includes a focal point detection section which detects a focal point state of an object image corresponding to each of focal point detection regions. A group selection section selects focal point detection regions as a group. A judgment section determines a focal point detection region in which detection of the focal point state is enabled in the selected group. An automatic focal point detection region selection section selects, when detection of the focal point detection regions can be performed in the selected group, a focal point detection region in the selected group, and selects, when detection of the focal point detection regions cannot be performed, a focal point detection region outside the selected group. A control section drives an imaging optical system in accordance with the focal point state corresponding to the focal point detection region selected. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129767 | Focusing apparatus and method - A focusing apparatus and method are provided for a digital image processing apparatus. The focusing apparatus and method control an image sensor to read only pixels within a preset region of an image, calculate a focus value using only the read pixels, and apply the focus value to the entire image. The focusing apparatus includes: a region setting unit setting an arbitrary focus region of an image; a set region pixel reading unit reading only pixels within the set focus region; a focus value calculating unit calculating a maximum focus value according to a moving distance of a focus lens for achieving an in-focus state with respect to the pixels within the focus region read by the set region pixel reading unit; and a control unit applying the calculated maximum focus value to the entire image. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129768 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SELF-EXCITATION DC/DC CONVERTER, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING SUCH CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A switching transistor is connected to the primary coil of a transformer. A first resistor is provided such that one end thereof is connected to the switching transistor, and the other end thereof is grounded. A first voltage comparator compares a first detection voltage with a first threshold voltage. A second voltage comparator compares a second detection voltage with a second threshold voltage. A switching control unit controls the ON/OFF state of the switching transistor according to the output signals of the first voltage comparator and the second voltage comparator. A first electrode pad through a fourth electrode pad are provided to the respective nodes of the switching transistor and the first resistor. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129769 | CAMERA MOUNT - A camera mount securely attaches to a variety of mounting surfaces and holds a motion activated camera in a desired position. The camera mount permits the camera mount to positioned as desired on the mounting the mounting bracket which has a camera plate pivotally attached thereto. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129770 | LIGHT TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF SETTING LIGHT INPUT BREAK DETECTION THRESHOLD VALUE - According to an aspect of an embodiment, in a light transmission device for switching a light transmission path for receiving an optical signal from a currently used system to a backup system when the light level of light input from a light transmission path of a currently used system becomes substantially equal to or less than a light input break detection threshold value which serves as a reference for detecting a light input break. The light transmission device includes light level measuring means for measuring the light level of the light input from the light transmission path of the currently used system, and light input break detection threshold value setting means for detecting only the light level of accumulated noise of the light level measured by the light level measuring means and setting the detected light level as the light input break detection threshold value. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129771 | DESIGN METHOD FOR WDM OPTICAL NETWORKS INCLUDING ALTERNATE ROUTES FOR FAULT RECOVERY - A procedure for designing WDM optical networks provides both working circuits and protection circuits for carrying traffic demands between node pairs. The protection circuits are activated for the purpose of network recovery in case of a fault on a working circuit. Each protection circuit is link-disjoint, and preferably node-disjoint, from its corresponding working circuit. The network is subdivided into logically defined rings, such that each working and protection circuit lies on one or more of the rings. In particular embodiments of the invention, the joint routing of circuits is carried out so as to minimize the total length of the working and protection circuits according to a length that includes a weight for each link. The weight is selected to promote the efficient packing of optical fibers with wavelength channels. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129772 | SHARED MESH SIGNALING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In a mesh network, a network element for providing protection switching in a 1:N shared mesh protection scheme having a first protection path associated with a pair of working paths selected from the N working paths is disclosed. The network element comprising: (a) a link for connecting the network element to a first working path of the pair of working paths in a path layer of the network, the path layer including a plurality of interconnected network elements; (b) a routing table accessible by the network element, the routing table for having local protection channel information associated with a local protection segment separate from the first protection path, the local protection segment connecting the network element and one of the interconnected network elements adjacent to the network element; and (c) an identification module for using the local protection channel information to identify an available protection channel on the local protection segment in the event of failure of a local working segment of the first working path, the local working segment connecting the network element and said one of the adjacent interconnected network elements; wherein the available local protection channel on the local protection segment is used to switch local network bandwidth from the failed local working segment to the local protection segment after the failure has been detected. Selection functions are also disclosed. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129773 | Method and apparatus for isolating a location of a fault in a passive optical network - A method and apparatus of isolating a location of a fault in an optical network may include using communications traffic signals and network nodes to determine excess power losses without interrupting service or requiring additional external test equipment. A transmit optical network node is configured to measure the transmit power of multiple wavelengths of a transmitted optical signal. A receive optical network node is configured to measure the receive power of the same multiple wavelengths. Power differentials of the transmit and receive optical power for each wavelength may be calculated. Optical power losses as a function of the optical path distance between the transmit and receive optical network nodes my be determined. The data may be used to isolate the location of a fault in a passive optical network based on the differences between the optical power losses of the multiple wavelengths thereby reducing troubleshooting time and network downtime. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129774 | Distributed Terminal Optical Transmission System - Optical signals generated from customer premise equipment (CPE) at the edges of the metro domain networks are facilitated. The CPEs connect to extension terminals that transform the optical signal originating at the CPE into a format for long haul transmission. The optical signal then propagates to a primary terminal where the signal is multiplexed with other optical signals from other extension terminals. The multiplexed signals are then transmitted to a second primary terminal. The signal is then demultiplexed from other optical signals and transmitted to the proper extension terminal. At the extension terminal, the demultiplexed optical signal is transformed from its LH format back into a format suitable for inter-connection to a CPE. The signal undergoes optical-to-electrical conversion only at the extension terminals or end points, which can be located at lessee's facility. The only equipment located in lessor's facility is the primary terminal containing line amplifiers and add/drop nodes. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129775 | OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING APPARATUS AND METHODS - An optical packet switch switches optical packets according to bit-rates at which the optical packets are provided. For example, optical packets that are received at similar bit-rates may be routed to a destination at separate time slots over a single channel wavelength, and optical packets that are received at different bit-rates may be routed to the destination over separate channel wavelengths. When optical packets are provided at different bit-rates on a plurality of input paths, optical packets provided at low bit-rates may be compacted before switching to the destination. Alternatively or additionally, the bit-rates of the optical packets may be balanced before switching to the destination. Bandwidth contention among optical packets may be resolved by polarizing optical packets originating from separate input paths in different polarization directions, and merging optical packets having different polarization directions onto a single switched channel wavelength. Compaction of optical packets may alternatively be employed for resolution of bandwidth contention. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129776 | WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE SWITCH AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL-BY-CHANNEL SWITCHING FOR A WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE SWITCH - A wavelength multiplex signal (WDM | 2009-05-21 |
20090129777 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTANCE-PROOF N-PASS AUTO NEGOTIATION FOR GIGABIT ETHERNET - The present invention provides distance-proof N-pass Auto Negotiation systems and methods for Gigabit Ethernet. The present invention distance proofs Auto Negotiation. No matter the distance between two nodes configured according to the systems and methods of the present invention, the link at either end of the two nodes will only come up once each end has negotiated, resolved its link partner's capabilities, and received a similar success signal from the remote node. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129778 | RAMAN CANCELLATION AND MANAGEMENT IN CATV TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION VIA RF SPECTRUM INVERSION - Provided herein are at least one embodiment of a system and method for reducing or eliminating crosstalk and associated distortion in a wavelength-division multiplexed optical signal transmitted over a fiber optic network by inversion of the RF signals that are inputs to the system. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129779 | MULTIPLEX DELAY UNIT - According to one embodiment, a multiplex delay unit comprises an optical all-pass filter (OAPF) adapted to apply continuously tunable group delay to a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signal so that all of its WDM components are delayed by substantially the same delay time. The OAPF has a free spectral range (FSR) that matches spectral separation between carrier wavelengths of the WDM signal. Advantageously, an optical multiplex synchronizer suitable for feeding a synchronous optical switch fabric can be implemented as an integrated waveguide circuit using a plurality of such multiplex delay units. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129780 | OPTICAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZER - One embodiment of the invention provides an optical signal synchronizer having a plurality of optical channel synchronizers. Each optical channel synchronizer receives a respective input wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signal and processes it to produce a corresponding output WDM signal, in which optical data packets corresponding to different carrier wavelengths are synchronized to each other regardless of the presence or absence of such synchronization in the input WDM signal. The optical signal synchronizer further has an optical multiplex synchronizer that receives the output WDM signals from the optical channel synchronizers and synchronizes them to each other and to an external reference clock without demultiplexing any of them into individual WDM components. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129781 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Optical communication apparatuses capable of performing appropriate communication according to a distance to a receiving apparatus, optical communication methods, and an optical communication system are provided. A transmitting apparatus transmits an optical signal corresponding to data. The transmitting apparatus modulates intensity of the optical signal into intensity corresponding to a distance over which the data is to be delivered and outputs this intensity-modulated optical signal. This allows the transmitting apparatus to change the intensity of the optical signal corresponding to the data according to a distance to a receiving apparatus that receives the data, which thus allows the receiving apparatus to surely receive the data. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129782 | BUILDING ILLUMINATION APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS, SECURITY AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT - An LED light and communication system includes one or more optical transceivers that have a light support having a plurality of light emitting diodes and one or more photodetectors attached thereto, and a processor in communication with the light emitting diodes and the one or more photodetectors. The processor is constructed and arranged to generate a communication signal. The one or more optical transceivers are engaged to a lighting fixture within a building. The one or more optical transceivers are constructed and arranged to communicate with a name tag. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129783 | BI-DIRECTIONAL OPTICAL MODULE - An optical transceiver is provided which includes: a bi-directional optical subassembly; a printed circuit board which transmits and receives light for the bi-directional optical subassembly; and an outer casing which covers the bi-directional optical subassembly and the printed circuit board. The bi-directional optical subassembly includes: a laser diode; a photodiode; a stem on which to laser diode and the photo diode are mounted; a cap, which cooperates with the stern to seal the laser diode and the photodiode; and a crosstalk reducing structure for reducing optical and/or electric crosstalk. The crosstalk reducing structure may include a layer which is formed on an inner surface of the cap and is able to absorb an infrared ray. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129784 | Scanning method and system for a multiple light beam system - A method and system for scanning a multiple light beam system, such as a safety light curtain, uses a plurality of transmission signals including two or more synchronization signals for synchronizing a beam receiver module with a beam transmission module. The system has transmitter circuitry which generates the transmission signals for driving light sources of the transmission module and receiver circuitry which receives corresponding transmitted signals. The receiver circuitry generates a scanning initialization signal using an uninterrupted synchronization signal among the reception signals for synchronizing the receiver module with the transmission module and scans the receiver module in response to generation of the scanning initialization signal. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129785 | OPTICAL AMPLIFYING DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An optical amplifying device includes an amplifying unit for amplifying an optical signal using stimulated emission; a filter unit for attenuating at least part of a band of an output of the amplifying unit other than a main signal band of the optical signal; and an amplification control unit for controlling the amplifying unit on the basis of an output of the filter unit, the amplification control unit having, as a mode for controlling the amplifying unit, an amplified spontaneous emission output mode for causing the amplifying unit to operate, with the optical signal not being input to the amplifying unit, and for causing the filter unit to filter the amplified spontaneous emission output from the amplifying unit and to output the filtered amplified spontaneous emission to outside. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129786 | COUPLING OF OPTICAL INTERCONNECT WITH ELECTRICAL DEVICE - One embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible interconnect assembly that can convert between optical and electrical signals and that is configured to be easily secured to an electrical device, such as a printed circuit board or integrated circuit chip. The flexible interconnect assembly includes a flexible substrate and one or more optical waveguides that are mounted on the flexible interconnect and suitable for transmitting optical signals. One or more conversion devices for converting between electrical and optical signals are arranged on the flexible substrate. The flexible interconnect assembly optionally includes an attachment fixture that enables the flexible substrate to be reversibly coupled to an attachment apparatus. Particular embodiments of the present invention involve methods, devices and systems for using a flexible interconnect assembly with one or more electronic substrates configured with an attachment apparatus. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129787 | Optical coherent receiver, frequency offset estimating apparatus and method for optical coherent receiver - The present invention discloses an optical coherent receiver, and a frequency offset estimating apparatus and a frequency offset estimating method for use in the optical coherent receiver. The optical coherent receiver includes a front end processing section for changing an optical signal into a base band digital electric signal. The frequency offset estimating apparatus comprises a phase offset calculating section, for calculating a phase offset in said base band digital electric signal; a phase offset change calculating section, for calculating a change of said phase offset, namely a phase offset change, in accordance with the phase offset calculated by said phase offset calculating section; an ambiguity deciding section, for deciding whether there is ambiguity in said phase offset change calculated by said phase offset change calculating section, and outputting the phase offset change having no ambiguity; and a loop filtering section, for acquiring a weighted average of the phase offset change outputted by said ambiguity deciding section. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129788 | Optical Receiver For Receiving A Signal With M-Valued Quadrature Amplitude Modulation With Differential Phase Coding And Application Of Same - Optical data signal receiver having an optical separation of the received data signal into two signal paths, namely, an amplitude detection path and a phase detection path, wherein the phase detection path is split into an in-phase signal path generating in-phase-signals and a quadrature-signal path generating quadrature-signals, and both the in-phase-signal path and the quadrature-signal path, as well as the amplitude detection path, are connected to an analysis unit for demodulation of the received data signal, in which a normalizer and thereafter a symbol discriminator and a data reconstruction logic are arranged in the analysis unit. In the receiver, a connection is provided at least from the amplitude detection path to the normalizer, the normalizer normalizing the in-phase and quadrature-signals with the aid of the signal output from the amplitude detection path, the symbol discriminator discriminating the symbols output from the normalized in-phase and quadrature-signals. Additional connections can be provided from the amplitude detection path signal. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129789 | Method and Apparatus for Extracting Clock Signal From Optical Signal - A clock extraction apparatus capable of supporting even a high-speed optical signal with a simple arrangement is proposed. A π-phase shifted fiber Bragg grating (π-phase shifted FBG) | 2009-05-21 |
20090129790 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING MEDIUM FEEDING UNIT THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a printing medium feeding unit thereof are disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a cassette removably mounted in the main body to load a printing medium therein, and a sensing unit provided in the main body to sense whether the cassette is mounted in the main body and whether the printing medium is in the cassette. The sensing unit includes a first actuator mounted in the main body to sense whether the printing medium is in the cassette, a second actuator mounted in the main body to sense whether the cassette is mounted in the main body, and a sensor having a sensing part to sense operation of the first actuator and the second actuator. Accordingly, the image forming apparatus can sense whether the cassette is properly mounted in the main body and whether the printing medium is in the cassette, with a simple constitution while minimizing the number of sensors. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129791 | Image forming apparatus - A main control section | 2009-05-21 |
20090129792 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment of the invention, degradation of carrier in a case is detected from the number of rotations of a developing roller. A predetermined quantity of carrier is replenished every time the developing roller reaches a predetermined number of rotations. An excess developer caused by an increase in bulk through carrier replenishment is discharged from a developer discharge port. The degraded old carrier in the case is replaced by new carrier little by little. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129793 | BLADE MAINTENANCE PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING ADEQUATE TONER DAM - A toner dam maintenance process and system model the amount of toner mass at a toner cleaner blade, and apply a corrective procedure, such as insertion of a paperless copy into the print job mid-job or immediately prior to cycle out, to replenish the toner mass at the cleaner blade to maintain lubrication and reduce cleaning failure. The modeling includes contributing factors toward toner dam input and output, including untransferred toner, cycle-in/cycle-out bands, untransferred background, and leakage of toner from the cleaner blade. One or several threshold can be reached to cause one or more different corrective actions to take place. The action may be adding or skipping a pitch to insert a corrective maintenance pattern without transfer. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129794 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing device comprises a printing unit which prints an image on a sheet according to a print command, a judgment unit which judges whether a total adhesion amount of a print agent adhering to the sheet for the image printing exceeds a prescribed threshold value or not based on inputted print data, and a control unit which executes a process for reducing the total adhesion amount of the print agent when the total adhesion amount is judged to exceed the threshold value by the judgment unit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129795 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Plural image forming sections transfer toner images of plural colors to a transfer target medium, so that a color image is formed on the transfer target medium. When a weight per particle of respective monochromatic toner particles calculated from a 50% volume average particle diameter of the respective monochromatic toner particles is m (kg), a charge amount per particle of the respective monochromatic toner particles calculated from a charge amount Q/M (C/kg) per weight measured by a suction type particle charge amount measuring device is q (C), and an average adhesive force between each of the monochromatic toner particles and each of the image carriers is F (N), F/q of the toner particle used in the image forming section in which order in transferring the monochromatic toner image to the transfer target medium is the first in the plural image forming sections is largest. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129796 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There are provided a control unit which controls image quality maintenance, a detection unit which detects a print command of image data, a calculation unit which calculates a print ratio of the image data when the print command for printing at least a predetermined number of sheets is detected, and a toner specific concentration control unit which sets toner specific concentration for each print of the plural sheets on the basis of the print ratio calculated by the calculation unit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129797 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided, which prevents occurrence of conveying malfunction or image failure due to variation of conveying speed caused by endurance of a fixing unit or a conveying unit, variation of using environment, or a type of a recording material. The image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit for heating and fixing a toner image on a recording sheet (P); a secondary transferring portion for conveying the recording sheet (P) to the fixing unit; a loop sensor for detecting a degree of a loop of the recording sheet (P) generated according to a speed difference between a conveying speed of the fixing unit and a conveying speed of the secondary transferring portion; a CPU for controlling the conveying speed of the fixing unit; a fixing deliver sensor for detecting a used amount of the fixing unit; and an EEPROM for storing information on the used amount of the fixing unit detected by the fixing deliver sensor. The CPU controls the conveying speed of the fixing unit based on the information of the used amount of the fixing unit stored in the EEPROM and a detection result of the loop sensor. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129798 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING BRUSH AND CLEANING BLADE TO REMOVE TONER REMAINING ON IMAGE CARRIER - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a charging unit which charges a surface of the image carrier; a brush which removes toner remaining on the image carrier by rubbing the surface of the image carrier; a cleaning blade provided downstream of the brush in a rotational direction of the image carrier, which removes the toner remaining on the image carrier; a surface potential measuring sensor which measures a surface potential of the image carrier between the brush and the cleaning blade; and a controller which causes the surface potential measuring sensor to conduct a measuring operation and adjusts the surface potential of the image carrier between the brush and the cleaning blade on the basis of a measurement result. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129799 | Characterization Of Toner Patch Sensor - Methods and devices for operating a toner patch sensor in an electrophotographic image forming device. A characterization procedure for a light detector in the toner patch sensor may use one or multiple reflectance standards. A gain setting is determined that produces a predetermined target output from the toner patch sensing circuit for each of the standards. The characterization procedure may be carried out at a test bench or with the toner patch sensor installed in the corresponding device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129800 | Characterization of Toner Patch Sensor In An Image Forming Device - A characterization procedure for the a detector in a toner patch sensor of an electrophotographic image forming device is performed with the toner patch sensor operatively connected to the image forming device's power supply. During the characterization procedure, a gain setting is determined that produces a predetermined target output from the toner patch sensor based on electromagnetic radiation reflected from a reference reflectivity sample. Subsequently, a toner patch is generated by the image forming device and a reflectance of the toner patch is measured based on the gain setting, with the toner patch sensor operatively connected to the power supply. The measurement(s) may then be used to adjust at least one electrophotographic image forming parameter. More than one reference reflectivity sample may be used, with corresponding gain settings stored in the image forming device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129801 | SPECULAR DIFFUSE BALANCE CORRECTION METHOD - According to the invention, a method is provided for calculating a Fractional Area Coverage (FAC) for determining the density of toner to evaluate the effectiveness of a xerographic printing process. The amount of diffuse light being reflected at the specular angle is determined during densitometer calibration and subsequent specular sensor readings are corrected by subtracting a fraction of the diffuse sensor signal from the specular sensor signal. Also provided is a computer readable media having stored computer executable instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions, when executed by a computer, directs a computer to perform a method for calculating a FAC for determining the density of toner to evaluate the effectiveness of a xerographic printing process. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129802 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PRINTING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling a printing system adapted to perform an adjustment operation with an adjusting unit includes storing information indicating a timing for performing the adjustment operation in a storage unit, causing the adjusting unit to perform the adjustment operation based on the information indicating the timing for performing the adjustment operation stored in the storage unit, causing the adjusting unit to perform the adjustment operation at a timing different from the timing indicated by the information in response to a print interruption occurring in the printing system if a previous adjustment operation has not been performed within a predetermined period of time, and updating the information indicating the timing for performing the adjustment operation stored in the storage unit in response to the adjusting unit performing the adjustment operation to delay a timing for performing a next adjustment operation with the adjusting unit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129803 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGES FOR CARRYING OUT DEVELOPMENT USING A LIGHT TONER AND A DARK TONER HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME HUE - An image forming apparatus configured to carry out development using a light toner and a dark toner having substantially the same hue, includes a pattern forming unit configured to form a pattern using a dark toner and a light toner, a pattern reading unit configured to read the density of the pattern formed on a sheet of recording paper after the pattern has been fixed, and a gradation correction unit configured to correct the gradation characteristics of image data for the light toner by changing the slope of the gradation characteristics with zero level as a base point. The changing of the slope is based on the density characteristics of the pattern read by the pattern reading unit and the ratio of the amounts of the light toner and the dark toner that have been used. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129804 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD THEREFOR - To correct distortion in an optical system of an optical scanning, electrophotographic image generating apparatus, a parallel line group | 2009-05-21 |
20090129805 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is described an image forming apparatus that performs an image forming operation in a N-up printing mode based on a print job. The apparatus includes an image forming section; an operating section to designate the N-up printing mode, and to set an arranging method in the N-up printing mode; and a controlling section to apply image processing to the image data of the plural pages, so that the plural images are arranged onto the single paper sheet according to the arranging method set by the operating section. When implementing the image forming operation in the N-up printing mode, the controlling section groups the plural pages into plural groups, each of which includes specific pages fulfilling a same condition in respect to the image forming operation, and then, aligns the specific pages on a same line among plural lines extended along a conveying direction of the paper sheet. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129806 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus capable of efficiently performing an image forming processing even in a case where a post-processing apparatus performs a post-processing during a both-sides printing. A first time period needed by a first both-sides image forming processing and a second time period needed by a second both-sides image forming processing are computed in a case where a post-processing unit performs a post-processing on a recording sheet formed images on both sides thereof. The first time period and the second time period is compared, and any one of the first both-sides image forming processing and the second both-sides image forming processing is selected based on the comparison. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129807 | Imaging Apparatus Having An Environment Friendly Green Mode - An imaging apparatus includes a print engine for printing an image on a sheet of media. A sheet feed mechanism is configured to feed the sheet of media through the print engine. A controller is communicatively coupled to the sheet feed mechanism and the print engine to operate the sheet feed mechanism and the print engine in a selected one of a plurality of operation modes. The plurality of operation modes include a continuum representing a plurality of traditional printing modes, the continuum being defined in terms of print quality versus mode throughput rate wherein a decrease in print quality corresponds to an increase in mode throughput rate. A Green Mode is located outside the continuum. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129808 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus of the invention includes, in the image forming apparatus having a normal operation mode and plural power saving modes, a control unit to decide between the normal operation mode and the plural power saving modes, and plural switching power sources that can independently change switching frequencies according to the power saving mode instructed from the control unit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129809 | APPARATUS TO GENERATE HIGH VOLTAGE BY DIGITAL CONTROL AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus to generate a high voltage includes a switching part to control a voltage induced in a secondary coil of a power transforming part, by interrupting a current in a primary coil of the power transforming part, a digital controlling part to control the interruption operation of the switching part according to supplied control data. The switching part, the digital interfacing part and the digital controlling part may be embodied in an ASIC chip (application-specific integrated circuit). An optimum control according to an output state of the apparatus is easily achieved, manufacturing time for tuning each parameter is reduced and heat generation in the apparatus is reduced. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129810 | Cleaning Blade Anti-Peeling Apparatus, Image Forming Apparatus, and Cleaning Blade Anti-Peeling Method - A cleaning blade anti-peeling apparatus includes an image carrier on which a toner image is formed, a transfer apparatus which transfers the toner image of the image carrier to an endless transfer member, an image carrier cleaning member which captures toner remaining on the image carrier after the toner image is transferred, a cleaning recovery member which recovers the toner on the image carrier cleaning member, a bias applying apparatus which moves the toner of the image carrier cleaning member to the image carrier by applying a bias voltage to the image carrier cleaning member, and an endless transfer member cleaning blade which removes toner adhering to the endless transfer member after the toner image of the endless transfer member is transferred to the transfer material while abutting against the endless transfer member, in which the cleaning blade anti-peeling apparatus is structured to satisfy a relationship, a width of the cleaning recovery member | 2009-05-21 |
20090129811 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, POWDER SUPPLYING UNIT, TONER CONTAINER, POWDER CONTAINER, AND METHOD OF RECYCLING THE POWDER CONTAINER - A part of a toner supply path is formed in a setting unit ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129812 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention includes two side-plates configured to be opposed to each other and to form a frame of a main body of the apparatus, a cartridge with an image bearing member, a moving member configured to support and move the cartridge, a connecting member configured to connect the two side-plates, and a positioning member configured to be held by the connecting member, wherein the moving member, which is movable between the two side-plates, the cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the moving member when the moving member is withdrawn to the outside of the main body of the apparatus, and the cartridge is positioned by the positioning member when the moving member is moved and the cartridge is contained in the main body of the apparatus. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129813 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus and settable in a developer receiving apparatus by a setting operation including at least a rotation toward a setting position, includes a containing portion for containing the developer; a rotatable discharging member for discharging the developer out of said containing portion; drive transmitting means, engageable with a driving gear provided in said developer receiving apparatus and rotatable in a direction opposite the setting direction, for transmitting a rotating force from said driving gear to said discharging member. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129814 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an enclosure including a first opening provided at a front side thereof, a second opening provided at a left side thereof, and a third opening provided at a right side thereof. The enclosure further includes an image bearing member to bear a latent image on the surface thereof; an image forming unit including the image bearing member and detachably mountable from the first opening; an exposure unit to expose the image bearing member to form the latent image on the surface of the image bearing member and detachably mountable from either the second or the third opening that is opposite the opening from which an intermediate transfer unit is detachably mountable; the intermediate transfer unit to transfer the toner image and detachably mountable from either the second or the third opening that is opposite the opening from which the exposure unit is detachably mountable. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129815 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a coupling arm that moves, when a releasing handle is pulled up, in association with the movement of the release handle and separates a secondary transfer roller from a secondary-transfer-roller positioning member. The image forming apparatus includes a pivoting arm having a push-down spatula that moves, when the release handle is pulled up, in association with the movement of the release handle and separates the secondary transfer roller from the secondary-transfer-roller positioning member. The coupling arm or the pivoting arm transmits force applied to the release handle to the secondary transfer roller using leverage to thereby separate the secondary transfer roller from the secondary-transfer-roller positioning member and release the secondary transfer roller. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129816 | SELF ERASING PHOTORECEPTOR CONTAINING AN ELECTROLUMINESCENT NANOMATERIAL - In accordance with the invention, there are electrophotographic photoreceptors, image forming apparatus and methods of forming an image. The electrophotographic photoreceptor can comprise a conductive layer comprising a plurality of electroluminescent nanomaterials, a first contact electrically connected to a first edge of the conductive layer and an electrical ground, a second contact electrically connected to a second edge of the conductive layer and a D.C. power supply, and a photosensitive layer disposed over the conductive layer, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a charge generation material and a charge transport material. The D.C. power supply can be configured to supply a lateral voltage bias at the second contact to generate a localized electroluminescence across the conductive layer and deliver an erase illumination from within the electrophotographic photoreceptor. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129817 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor using a novel amine compound which has an excellent effect of ozone resistance and can be used for providing an electrophotographic photoreceptor having no adverse effect on other characteristics, and an image forming apparatus including the photoreceptor. The aim is attained by an electrophotographic photoreceptor formed by stacking a single layer type photosensitive layer containing a charge generating material and a charge transporting material, or a layered photosensitive layer, in which a charge generation layer containing a charge generating material and a charge transporting layer containing a charge transporting material are stacked in this order, on a conductive substrate made of a conductive material, wherein the single layer type photosensitive layer or the charge transporting layer of the layered photosensitive layer contains a specific amine compound. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129818 | Exposure Head, Image Forming Device, and Image Forming Method - An exposure head includes a substrate having a plurality of light emitting element rows each having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a first direction, the light emitting element rows being arranged in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and an imaging optical system adapted to image light beams from the light emitting elements on an exposed surface to form respective light-collected sections, and two of the light emitting elements forming the light-collected sections adjacent to each other in the first direction are respectively disposed in the light emitting element rows different from each other, and one of the light emitting element rows is disposed so as to match or substantially match with the meridian plane of the imaging optical system. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129819 | Exposure Head and Image Forming Device - An exposure head includes an imaging optical system arranged in a first direction, and first and second light emitting elements disposed in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction that emit light beams to be imaged by the imaging optical system to form light-collected sections adjacent to each other in the first direction. A first wiring is electrically connected to and extended out from the first light emitting element to one side in the second direction. A second wiring is electrically connected to and extended out from the second light emitting element to the one side in the second direction. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129820 | DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a development apparatus including: a first developer storage container and a second developer storage container that store developer, having a first a and second openings, respectively; a first transport member provided within the first developer storage container, and that causes the developer to move to the second developer storage container via the first opening; a second transport member provided within the second developer storage container, and that causes the developer to move to the first developer storage container via the second opening; a developer holding member that performs development by causing the developer to move to a position facing an image holding body on which a latent image is formed; and a moving member provided so as to fit between an inner wall face of the second developer storage container and an outer edge of the second transport member. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129821 | CONVEYOR, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, AND FILLING METHOD - A conveyor includes a rotation shaft and a plurality of convey members provided along an axial direction of the rotation shaft, wherein at least one part of the plurality of convey members is an arc convey member that includes: an arc part having an outer periphery that forms an arc forming a part of a spiral so that an angle between two perpendiculars extended from two ends of the arc is smaller than 360°; and a support part that supports the arc part, with the outer periphery of the arc part inclined to the axial direction of the rotation shaft. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129822 | Toner Agitator - A printer includes a toner cartridge coupling section. A toner agitation member is located adjacent the toner cartridge coupling section and is operable to engage a surface of a toner cartridge when the toner cartridge is located in the toner cartridge coupling section. An actuator is operable to actuate the toner agitation member. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129823 | DEVELOPER CONTAINING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INTO/FROM WHICH DEVELOPER CONTAINING DEVICE IS INSTALLED AND REMOVED - A developer containing device includes: a developer container configured to contain developer and to be inserted into a receptacle defined in an image forming apparatus main body; a developer feed inlet provided in a forward end of the developer container which is inserted into the receptacle in an insertion direction and for feeding the developer contained in the developer container into the image forming apparatus main body; and an opening and closing member that opens the developer feed inlet with movement of the developer container in the insertion direction when the developer container is inserted into the receptacle and closes the developer feed inlet with movement of the developer container in opposition to the insertion direction when the developer container is removed from the receptacle, when the opening and closing member moves to open the developer feed inlet, the forward end of the opening and closing member in the insertion direction and at least one side of the opening and closing member being pressed against restrainers provided in the receptacle. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129824 | TONER CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner carrying device includes a flexible sheet, and a sheet moving mechanism for allowing the flexible sheet to move back and forth by pulling the flexible sheet. In the flexible sheet, a toner passage hole for leaving a first opening section of a toner carrying pipe to open is provided. In a case where the toner passage hole is divided into first through three areas in such a manner that (i) the first area is provided on a side of one end of the flexible sheet in a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of the flexible sheet; (ii) the second area is provided on a side of the other end of the flexible sheet in the direction orthogonal to the moving direction; and (iii) the third area is provided between the first area and the second area, the third area extends broader in the moving direction than respective of the first and second areas. This allows the flexible sheet partially having the toner passage hole in its area to move smoothly. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129825 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A developer supply container detachably mounts to a developer receiving apparatus and supplies a developer by rotation and includes a regulation portion for determining whether or not the developer supply container should be mounted by being regulated by a regulation member of the developer receiving apparatus and a lead portion which is movable relative to a guiding portion of the developer receiving apparatus so that the regulation member and the regulation portion are in phase with each other. When the developer supply container is inserted in a direction of a rotation axis thereof, a phase of the regulation portion with the regulation member is determined by movement of the lead portion of the developer supply container relative to the guiding portion of the developer receiving apparatus and then is regulated by the regulation member. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129826 | DEVELOPER CONTAINING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INTO/FROM WHICH DEVELOPER CONTAINING DEVICE IS INSTALLED AND REMOVED - A developer containing device includes: a developer container configured to contain developer and to be inserted into a receptacle defined in an image forming apparatus main body; a developer feed inlet provided in a forward end of the developer container which is inserted into the receptacle in an insertion direction and for feeding the developer contained in the developer container into the image forming apparatus main body; and an opening and closing member that opens the developer feed inlet with movement of the developer container in the insertion direction when the developer container is inserted into the receptacle and closes the developer feed inlet with movement of the developer container in opposition to the insertion direction when the developer container is removed from the receptacle, the opening and closing member having a protrusion formed to protrude inward of the opening and closing member and allowed to engage with a recess provided in the developer container and being arranged to be allowed to move on the outside of the developer container in a direction intersecting with the insertion direction of the developer container, and when the developer container is inserted into the receptacle, a developer container outside section sliding into the opening and closing member being brought to one side of the opening and closing member in the direction intersecting with the insertion direction of the developer container, then the protrusion being released from an engageable state. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129827 | DEVELOPER STORAGE CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A developer storage container includes a container body, an opening formed in the container body, an opening-and-closing cover, a cover holding frame that holds the cover so that the cover is movable between opening and closing positions, a protrusion portion, a blocking portion and a position regulating protrusion. When the opening-and-closing cover moves in the opening-and-closing direction toward the opening position and reaches a certain intermediate position, the blocking portion contacts with the protrusion portion. When the opening-and-closing cover moves from a position where the protrusion portion and the blocking portion are in contact with each other to the closing position, the position regulating protrusion causes the opening-and-closing cover to move in a intersecting direction and regulates a position of the opening-and-closing cover in the intersecting direction so that the blocking portion is overlapped, along the opening-and-closing direction, with the position of the distal end of the protrusion portion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129828 | DEVELOPER CONTAINING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH DEVICE - A developer containing device includes: a developer container having an opening through which developer can be filled in; a closing member that is removably installed to the developer container to close the opening; a stirring and feeding member that is rotatably supported in the closing member and stirs and feeds the developer contained in the developer container by rotating in one direction; and a fitting part that fixes the closing member to the developer container by rotating the closing member in the same direction as the rotational direction of the stirring and feeding member. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129829 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate transfer member which holds a toner image transferred from a first toner image carrier and secondarily transfers the toner image to a surface of an image forming material, wherein the intermediate transfer member comprises a substrate having thereon at least a hard carbon-containing layer. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129830 | TRANSFER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Latent images of different colors are superimposed on an intermediate transfer belt of an endless type from image carriers, to form a full color toner image. A tension roller maintains a tension of the intermediate transfer belt. A driving roller drives the intermediate transfer belt. A biasing unit applies the tension to the tension roller. A holding unit holds the tension roller. An image reading sensor detects the toner image formed on the intermediate transfer belt. The image reading sensor is disposed in the holding unit, in an opposite position to the tension roller with respect to the intermediate transfer belt. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129831 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A neutralizing mechanism is provided on at least one conveying path proximal member installed on a conveying path of a sheet material in a vicinity of a transfer position, and is grounded by using a conducting material. The neutralizing mechanism includes a neutralizing circuit that includes a resistor and a ground switch electrically connected in parallel to each other. The ground switch is turned off at least at a time of applying the transfer bias to prevent a leakage of a transfer current, and turned on for a predetermined time at a time other than the time of applying the transfer bias to earth and remove a static electricity from the conveying path proximal member. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129832 | System and method for preparing magnetic ink character recognition readable documents - Disclosed herein is printing system comprising a first printer configured to print a first set of data on a document, the first printer including a fuser employing fuser oil, and an in-line spray coater configured to deposit a wax coating on a portion of the document to repel or cover fuser oil. A corresponding method is also described. The method and system are useful for preparing MICR encoded documents such as checks. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129833 | Fixing Device - [Object] To provide a fixing device in which thermal energy required for fixing a toner can be reduced to a large extent, a rising time for the fixation after energization is shortened, and the energization is not required during standby time. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129834 | Fixing device - A fixing device comprises a thermally fixing roller, a belt, and pushing means which pushes the belt toward the thermally fixing roller. A nipping region is formed between the belt and the thermally fixing roller. A maximum pressure is produced in an upstream end region of the thermally fixing roller in the direction of rotation in the nipping region, another maximum pressure is produced in a downstream end region thereof in the direction of rotation in the nipping region, and a pressure is produced in an intermediate region, which pressure being not higher than the maximum pressure in the upstream end region and not higher than the another maximum pressure in the downstream end region. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129835 | BELT TYPE IMAGE FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME DEVICE - A belt type image fixing device, including: an image fixing endless belt, having: an electrically conductive layer; and an insulation layer to cover the electrically conductive layer; a pressure applying member to press against the image fixing endless belt, having: an electrically conductive layer; and an insulation layer to cover the electrically conductive layer; and an electrical voltage applying device which applies an electrical voltage to the electrical conductive layer of the image fixing endless belt, and to the electrical conductive layer of the pressure applying member, wherein the image fixing endless belt and the pressure applying member form a nipping portion which nips and conveys a recording medium carrying a toner image, and wherein a predetermined difference of electrical voltage is created between the image fixing endless belt and the pressure applying member, so that the recording medium is evenly nipped, and the toner image is evenly fixed. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129836 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus using this fixing device - A fixing device and an image forming apparatus using this, in which even if permanent warping is produced on a roller member that forms a fixing nip portion, no collision sound is produced due to the collision of gears, the fixing device including: two roller members that form a nip portion in which a recording medium is pressed by pressure means and transported; and a drive gear that engages with a shaft portion of one of the two roller members and transmits driving force to that roller member. A key is formed in the drive gear and a key groove having a gap opened therein is formed in the shaft portion, and when a rotation velocity of the roller member increases, transmission of driving force from the drive gear to the shaft portion is suspended and the drive gear slides on the shaft portion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129837 | DEVELOPING DEVICE USING RECYCLED TONER - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a ratio of a recycled toner in a first developer is detected by an auto toner sensor for recycled toner. The carrying speed of a recycled toner mixer is controlled according to a detection result. Consequently, when recycled toner density in a recycled-toner carrying chamber increases, the recycled toner mixer is rotated at high speed to discharge the recycled toner from the recycled-toner carrying chamber at high speed. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129838 | PARTICLE SUPPLY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A particle supply apparatus is disclosed that includes a particle accommodating unit that accommodates particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated in the particle accommodating unit and conveys the particles toward a supply destination, and a gas discharge unit that discharges gas contained within the particle accommodating unit toward an exterior side of the particle accommodating unit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129839 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The image forming apparatus is provided with: a carrier that carries a toner image; a transporting unit that transports a sheet with using a transporting route; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image carried by the carrier to the sheet transported by the transporting unit; a fixing unit that fixes the toner image transferred by the transfer unit on the sheet; and an exit opening that is disposed so that a transfer position of the transfer unit is located between the exit opening and a fixation position of the fixing unit in a section including a transporting route over the entire length and that discharges the sheet on which the toner image is fixed by the fixing unit to an outside of the apparatus. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129840 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes a folding unit that folds a sheet, a sheet storing unit that stores the sheet folded by the folding unit, a post-processing unit that performs a non-fold process on the sheet transported from the folding unit, a path select unit that switches the sheet destination to the sheet storing unit or the post-processing unit, and a control unit that detects whether there is a fold process command and/or a non-fold process command, and controls the path select unit according to the detecting result. The control unit controls the path select unit to switch the sheet destination to the post-processing unit when there is a non-fold process command, regardless of a fold process command. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129841 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A bookbinding apparatus comprising: an adhesive container to store melted adhesive; a heater which heats the adhesive to melt; a stirring member to stir the adhesive in the adhesive container; and a control section which controls the operation of the heater and the stirring member so that after the heater has been turned off with the termination of a coating process, the stirring member continues stirring operation and stops thereafter. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129842 | SYSTEM FOR PRINTING A BOOK ON PRE-BOUND PAGES - An apparatus is disclosed, for printing on the pages of a block of printable pages that are pre-bound by a binding along a binding-edge of each page. The apparatus includes a block support structure comprising two height-adjustable tables for supporting the block of printable pages in two adjacent stacks, so that when a page is turned from atop a first stack to an adjacent second stack, the two adjacent stacks present substantially co-planar printable top surfaces. The apparatus also includes a moveable bridge adapted to movement in at least one dimension, comprising a printing device, and configured to move the printing device in a controlled manner over the printable top surfaces so as to print on said printable top surfaces; and a page-turning mechanism connected to the moveable bridge, comprising a roller configured for partially lifting a bound top page of the first stack, and a page-flipping tab for sliding under the partially lifted bound top page so that when the bridge is moved the partially lifted bound top page is flipped over to the second stack presenting new printable top surfaces for the printing device to print on. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129843 | Print Head for Braille Printer - A device for embossing Braille characters on an embossable substrate includes a print head and an anvil. The head containing a series of raised locations. The raised locations contain a combination of pins and are configured to print one or more columns of a Braille cell. The anvil is configured with a series of depressions for mating with the pins of the print head. Embossing occurs when the anvil or print head is moved against the other and the embossable substrate is made to conform to the depressions in the locations where a pin on the print head is positioned. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129844 | Print Tape and a Print Cassette - An object of the disclosure is to provide a print cassette for producing a print tape comprising a structure which can avoid a bad effect on a feeding performance of a film tape in the print cassette and handling of a print tape when stuck to an adherend even when an adopted to-be-printed medium is a thin-film. A print tape | 2009-05-21 |
20090129845 | LABEL SUPPLY, LABEL HANDLING METHOD AND LABEL PRINTING APPARATUS - A supply of labels may be configured to facilitate folding. A label handling method involves initiating a label fold prior to a label completely exiting a label exit opening. A label apparatus includes a label obstructing member to promote label folding. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129846 | Printer - A printer having one roller of a transportation roller pair attached to cover renders the mechanism pressing the transportation roller pair together and the damping mechanism used when opening the cover using few parts, compactly, and at low cost. A damper spring | 2009-05-21 |
20090129847 | MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT OF PRINTER CUTTER BLADE - Disclosed is a thermal receipt printer including a printer frame having a base and two blade flanges extending from the base. The thermal receipt printer further includes a stationary blade located at the two blade flanges and at least one magnet located in at least one magnet hole in each blade flange of the two blade flanges, a magnetic field of the at least one magnet retaining the stationary blade to the two blade flanges. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129848 | LOTION ROLLER - A lotion roller includes a handle assembly and a roller assembly. The handle assembly has a handle with a hollow interior forming a reservoir for receipt of lotion. A threaded shaft passes into the handle reservoir and has a plunger mounted thereon. Rotation of the shaft and movement of the plunger dispenses lotion from the reservoir into a fixed, integral inner perforated tube. The roller assembly has an outer perforated tube that is mounted on and for rotation about the inner perforated tube. A foam roller is glued to the outer perforated tube. The handle of the lotion roller may include a window for viewing the contents of the reservoir. The roller assembly may be stored in a one-piece clam-shell cover that folds over on itself and snaps shut. The lotion roller may have finger grips and a lanyard, have raised ribs, tapered for a better grip and covered with a thin silicone or rubber over-mold. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129849 | Pencil - The invention concerns a pencil comprising a lead, a cartridge for at least partially receiving the lead, and a protective cap having a device for shaping the lead. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129850 | Pencil - The invention concerns a pencil comprising a lead, a protective cap and a device for shaping the lead in the protective cap. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129851 | AQUEOUS GEL BALLPOINT PEN AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - An aqueous gel ballpoint pen | 2009-05-21 |
20090129852 | LEVEL COMPENSATION PLATE - Device for the stress-free fixing of one or more components to a carrier part, to align the edges or surfaces of the component or components in an exactly determined position in relation to the carrier or to adjacent components and to compensate for fabrication and mounting tolerances of the component or components to the greatest possible extent. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129853 | Part for Connecting Pipes Including an Internal Liner, a Covering Method, and a Method of Assembly - A method of covering the inside surface of a steel connection part having an empty inside volume ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129854 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CARRIER PART AND A BALL JOINT HOUSING - An assembly comprises a carrier part and a ball joint housing. The housing is provided with an attachment projection which is formed integrally with the housing on an outer surface of the housing. The carrier part is formed as a double-layer structure, and the attachment projection is held between two layers of the carrier part. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129855 | Precision ball joint - The joint comprises a ball ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129856 | QUICK-RELEASE SYSTEM - A thin veneer stone saw and related methods are provided. The thin veneer stone saw includes one or more circular saw blades. In an embodiment, two circular saw blades are arranged such that a masonry block, such as stone, may be sawed completely through in a single pass through the thin veneer stone saw. The stone may be delivered to, and processed through, the circular saw blades by a conveyor system. One of the circular saw blades may be centered below the top surface of the conveyor and protrude through a gap between two sections of the conveyor system. The other circular saw blade may be positioned entirely above the top surface of the conveyor system. The thin veneer stone saw may be operable to produce thin veneer stones in a variety of widths. The thin veneer stones may be used to form facade for a structure. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129857 | GLASS-PANE SPACER CORNER CONNECTOR - The invention relates to a corner connector for glass pane spacers comprising a first and a second connecting element, on each of which a spacer can be mounted, and a corner element, which joins the two connecting elements at an angle, wherein the corner element has two lateral surfaces facing the glass panes, two end surfaces facing the respective spacer and an outer surface. The corner connector is characterized in that a metal foil is applied to the outer surface and at least partially to the lateral surfaces and the end surfaces, and butyl is provided in the area of the end surfaces, which creates a seal between the metal foil and the inserted spacer. | 2009-05-21 |