21st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110123202 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a belt; a plurality of photosensitive units that contact the belt, are disposed at a predetermined interval in the transportation direction of the belt and transfer marks for image adjustment to the belt, images of different colors being respectively formed on the plurality of photosensitive units; an exposure unit that exposes the photosensitive units by light so that the marks are disposed at the same interval on the belt; a detector that detects the marks transferred to the belt; and an image adjustment unit that performs an image adjustment based on a detection result of the detector. A width and an interval of the marks in the transportation direction are set so that a mark of at least one color does not exist in all contact areas of the belt contacting with the plurality of photosensitive units. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123203 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING - A printing system including: a first printer that forms an image on continuous-form printing paper, and includes a pre-heating unit that preliminarily heats the continuous-form printing paper prior to fixation and a fixing unit that performs the fixation; and a second printer that forms an image on the continuous-form printing paper fed from the first printer. The second printer includes a jam detecting unit that detects, at a detection position upstream of a position where the second printer forms the image on the continuous-form printing paper, and a control unit that controls the jam detecting unit such that the jam detection is not performed for a period of time, over which a deformed portion of the continuous-form printing paper which has been at rest at the pre-heating unit of the first printer passes through the detection position of the jam detecting unit. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123204 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER SUPPLY METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device having a toner supply sensor, a toner supply device supplying toner to the developing device, a toner supply controller controlling toner supply from the toner supply device to the developing device based on predetermined conditions, a toner empty determiner determining whether toner is present inside the toner supply device. In the image forming apparatus, the toner supply device includes a storage for recoding multiple measured values of toner supply detected by the toner supply sensor, and the toner supply controller corrects the amount of toner supply, based on the moving average of multiple measured values of the amount of toner supply. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123205 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device for developing with a developer an electrostatic image formed on an image bearing member includes a rotatable developer carrying member for carrying and conveying the developer to the image bearing member; a developing chamber in which the developer carrying member is provided; a developer accommodating chamber, disposed and separated from the developing chamber by a wall surface provided with an opening through which the developer is passable, for accommodating the developer to be fed to the developing chamber; a rotation shaft rotatably supported in the developer accommodating chamber; a developer feeding member, mounted on the rotation shaft at one end thereof with respect to a radial direction of the rotation shaft, for feeding the developer by rotation of the rotation shaft while being deformed in contact with an inner wall of the developer accommodating chamber at the other end thereof; a light transmitting member for permitting detection light to pass into the developer accommodating chamber in order to detect an amount of the developer in the developer accommodating chamber, the light transmitting member being mounted on a wall surface of the developer accommodating chamber at a position upstream of the opening with respect to a rotational direction of the rotational shaft and downstream of a line of intersection between a vertical surface including an axis of the rotation shaft and a bottom constituting the developer accommodating chamber with respect to the rotational direction; and a developer scattering preventing member provided on the inner wall of the developer accommodating chamber so as to overlap with the light transmitting member with respect to an axial direction of the rotation shaft as seen in a direction perpendicular to the developer scattering preventing member, an upper end of the developer scattering preventing member being located below the light transmitting member. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123206 | IN SITU ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTER TONER CHARGE MEASUREMENT - A systems and methods for providing an image forming machine capable of monitoring the absolute charge to mass ratio of toner and dielectric thickness of a photoconductor layer on a photoconductor in an image forming device, and for providing warnings, alerts and process controls when the absolute charge to mass ratio of toner in an image forming device or the dielectric thickness of a photoconductor layer falls outside a predetermined range. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123207 | DEVELOPER RECOVERY CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer recovery container includes a first room that stores a recovered developer; a plurality of linearly obliquely arranged recovery ports facing the first room, a developer removed by a cleaning unit for an intermediate transfer unit and a developer removed by a cleaning unit for a black-image bearing member being dropped in the first room respectively through top one and bottom one of the recovery ports; a second room formed below an area between one of the recovery ports located next to the top recovery port and another recovery port located next to the one recovery port, the developer flowing from the first room to the second room; a conveying unit that conveys the developer in the first room to the second room by a quantity of the developer exceeding a storage limit of the first room; and a sensor that detects the developer in the second room. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123208 | Heating Device and Image Forming Apparatus - A heating device includes: a heat generating unit generating heat in response to energization of an alternating-current power supply; a zero-crossing signal generating circuit generating a zero-crossing signal in synchronization with a zero-crossing time of the alternating-current power supply; an energization regulating unit regulating an energization period of the heat generating unit by the alternating-current power supply; a voltage change rate detecting unit detecting whether a rate of voltage change of the alternating-current power supply at the zero-crossing time is equal to or larger than an predetermined value; a switching unit switching on and off a connection between the alternating-current power supply and the heat generating unit; and an energization disabling unit disabling energization of the heat generating unit by controlling the switching unit when the rate of voltage change is equal to or larger than the predetermined value. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123209 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a color image forming portion for forming a color toner image on an image bearing member; a transparent image forming portion for forming a transparent toner image on the image bearing member. The color image forming portion is capable of forming a test color toner image on the image bearing member, and the transparent image forming portion is capable of forming a test transparent toner image on the image bearing member. The apparatus further includes a detecting portion for detecting a density of each of the test color toner image and the test transparent toner image; and a control portion for controlling an image forming condition for an image to be formed on a recording material, on the basis of a result of detection of the density of each of the test color toner image and the transparent toner image. The test transparent toner image and the test color toner image are formed on the image bearing member by the transparent image forming portion and the color image forming portion between an operation for forming the image to be formed on the recording material and a subsequent operation for forming the image to be formed on the recording material. A frequency of formations of the test transparent toner images is lower than that of the formations of the test color toner images. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123210 | Image Forming Device and Image Forming Method - An image forming device includes: an exposure head having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a first direction, a first imaging optical system adapted to image light emitted from the light emitting elements, and a second imaging optical system disposed in a second direction with respect to the first imaging optical system; a latent image carrier movable in the second direction; a detection section adapted to detect a moving time the latent image carrier takes to move from a first position to a second position in the second direction; and a control section adapted to control the time from emission of a first part of the light emitting elements adapted to emit light to be imaged by the first imaging optical system to emission of a second part of the light emitting elements adapted to emit light to be imaged by the second imaging optical system based on the detection result of the detection section, thereby aligning a latent image formed on the latent image carrier by the first imaging optical system and a latent image formed on the latent image carrier by the second imaging optical system in the first direction. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123211 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus including: an image forming unit including an image carrier for carrying a toner image to be transferred onto a sheet and a correcting toner image to be used for adjusting a density of the toner image, a detection sensor for detecting density information of the correcting toner image formed in a non-image area by the image forming unit, and a controller for causing the image forming unit to correct an image forming condition based on the density information to execute a stabilization control, wherein, when receiving at least one information of interruption information, mode switching information and job switching information during execution of the stabilization control, the controller causes the image forming unit continuously form non-formed residual correcting toner images different in density on the image carrier before finishing a processing operation in the stabilization control under execution. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123212 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes first image heater, having a nip through which a sheet passes, for heating toner image on the sheet; second image heater, having a nip through which the sheet passes, capable of heating the toner image on the sheet having passed through the first image heater; speed changing means for changing a feeding speed of the sheet of the second image heater; a first detector for detecting an amount of slack of the sheet at one end of the sheet when the sheet is nipped by both of the nip of the first image heater and the nip of the second image heater; a second detector for detecting an amount of slack of the sheet at the other end of the sheet when the sheet is nipped by both of the nip of the first image heater and the nip of the second image heater; adjusting means adjusting a distance between the first image heater and the second image heater at the one end and a distance therebetween at the other end; and an executing portion for executing a correction mode when the amount of slack at the one end detected by the first detector and the amount of slack at the other end detected by the second detector are different from each other, wherein the executing portion executes the correction mode in which after the adjusting means reduces the different, the speed changing means is controlled. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123213 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus, including: a heating section; a coil that is opposed to the heating section, for heating the heating section; a core that has a circumferential surface covered with a magnetic shielding plate having different lengths in an axis direction in a plurality of steps according to a position in a circumferential direction; a rotary section for causing the core to rotate; a plurality of temperature sensing elements for sensing temperatures of the heating section; and a control section for controlling a heating width by controlling the rotary section to control a rotation angle of the core, setting the heating width corresponding to a size of a paper sheet at a start of a print job, and setting the heating width wider than at the start of the print job midway through the print job. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123214 | PRINT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PRINT JOBS - A print system includes a print engine for printing on sheets of receiving material. A user interface unit includes a display. A plurality of holders each hold one type of receiving material and deliver the material to the print engine. A receiver receives jobs, a job being an order for printing information on sheets of receiving material of a type as specified in the order. A control system plans jobs, wherein the jobs are placed in a print queue in a sequence of finishing, the control system also being provided with a device configured to establish the types of receiving material required for printing the respective jobs in the print queue. The control system is adapted to establish, for a type of receiving material, a shortage quantity, if any, of that receiving material, for completely printing the jobs, and to indicate the shortage quantity on the display of the user interface. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123215 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic apparatus which has an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a surface layer constituted of an amorphous silicon carbide, wherein the ratio of the atom density (C) of carbon atoms to the sum of the atom density (Si) of silicon atoms and the atom density (C) of carbon atoms, C/(Si+C), in the surface layer is set larger from one end portion toward the other end portion of the electrophotographic photosensitive member in the direction of rotational axis thereof, and is from 0.61 or more to 0.75 or less in the whole region of the electrophotographic photosensitive member in the direction of rotational axis thereof and the electrophotographic apparatus has an air current generation means which draws out air from the side of the above one end portion toward the side of the above other end portion. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123216 | TONER CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TONER CONTAINER - A toner container includes a cylindrical container body, having a first opening in a first end thereof and a notch in a circumferential surface thereof continuous with the first opening in the first end, a flange member to engage the first opening and the notch in the container body and having a toner outlet therein through which toner in the container body is discharged, a shutter member disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the container body, a conveyance member, rotatably installed inside the container body to convey the toner from a second end of the container body opposite the first end to the toner outlet in the flange member, and a recessed portion in the container body that projects inward into the interior of the toner container 5 mm or less from an inner surface of the container body. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123217 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: plural image-holding members, each image-holding member holding an image and being rotatable around a rotation shaft; a frame member that at least partially defines a space for accommodating the plural image-holding members therein; a cover provided to the frame member to open and close the space with respect to an outside, an inner side of the cover being formed with rotation shaft insertion holes each for receiving an end portion of the rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the image-holding members accommodated in the space; a supporting shaft that supports the cover such that the cover is pivotable with respect to the frame member; and a positioning mechanism that positions the cover with respect to the frame member when the cover closes the space, the positioning mechanism including at least two projections that project from one of the frame member and the cover and that are spaced apart from each other in a direction of an axis of the supporting shaft such that lengths of perpendicular line segments from the at least two projections to the axis of the supporting shaft are different from each other, and projection insertion holes provided to the other one of the frame member and the cover to receive corresponding projections when the cover closes the space. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123218 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes an apparatus body, a recording section for forming an image, a display panel assuming upright and laying posture with respect to the apparatus body by pivoting on a predetermined axis, and a covering member having a first end and a second end. The first end is mounted pivotably on one of the apparatus body and the back surface of the display panel. The second end engages slidably with the other of the apparatus body and the back surface of the display panel. Accordingly, the covering member can be accommodated substantially in parallel with the back surface of the display panel. As a result, when the display panel is laid down, it is low in height, thereby making the image recording apparatus to be compact. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123219 | BIAS CHARGING OVERCOAT - Provide herein is a description of a bias charging member that includes a conductive core, and an outer surface layer disposed on the conductive core. The outer surface layer includes carbon black and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123220 | BIAS CHARGING OVERCOAT - Provide herein is a bias charging member that includes a conductive core, and an outer surface layer disposed on the conductive core. The outer surface layer includes carbon black and polycarbonate. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123221 | IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming device includes a casing having a guide, image forming portions configured to form images on a recording medium, and a drawer configured to be installed in and withdrawn from the casing along the guide in a first direction for installation and in a second direction for withdrawal opposite the first direction. The drawer may include a housing configured to house each image forming portion, a projecting portion coupled to the housing and protruding in the first direction, and a support portion coupled to the projecting portion. An engagement of the support portion with the guide regulates movement of the drawer upward or downward during installation and withdrawal. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123222 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: a exposing unit that irradiates exposing light to an image carrier; a partition member that includes: a light-passing part that allows exposing light irradiated by the exposing unit to pass through the partition member, and that extends in a direction in which the developing unit is attached to or detached from the image-forming apparatus; and a protrusion part that extends along the light-passing part, wherein the light-passing part, the protrusion part, and a part of the partition member located below a supply opening of the developing unit attached to the image-forming apparatus are arranged in an order of the light-passing part, the protrusion part, and the part of the partition member located below the supply opening. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123223 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a frame for supporting the electrophotographic photosensitive drum. The process cartridge also includes a first portion-to-be-positioned for being positioned to a first main assembly side positioning portion provided in the main assembly of an apparatus, a second portion-to-be-positioned for being positioned to a second main assembly side positioning portion provided in the main assembly of the apparatus, and a longitudinal positioning portion to be positioned by a main assembly side longitudinal positioning portion provided in the main assembly of the apparatus. The apparatus still further includes a portion-to-be-urged for receiving an inclined downward elastic force of a first main assembly side elastic member provided in the main assembly of the apparatus to urge the longitudinal positioning portion and the second portion-to-be-positioned. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123224 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a drum unit containing a movably connected to a developing unit containing a developing roller between a contact position where the roller contacts the drum and a spaced position where the roller is spaced from the drum, a drum coupler engaging a first main assembly drive transmitter transmitting a first rotational driving force to the drum, when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly, a shaft coupler transmitting a second rotational driving force with a deviation permitted between an axis of a second main assembly drive transmitter and an axis of the roller, from the second main assembly drive transmission member to the roller when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123225 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge is provided that is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a developing unit. The process cartridge further includes a portion to be positioned, first and second displacing portions, and a portion to be urged. The process cartridge also includes a pull-up force receiving portion, disposed at a trailing side of the cartridge, for being urged by a pull-up force of a pull-up member. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123226 | Process Cartridge and Image Forming Apparatus - A process cartridge is configured to be mounted in an apparatus main body along a predetermined mounting direction. The process cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a drum drive input member into which a driving force for rotating the photosensitive drum is inputted; and a frame which holds the photosensitive drum and the drum drive input member; the frame including: a substantially cylindrical first protecting member which is formed on the frame. The first protecting member is configured to accommodate the drum drive input member, and project in a rotational axis direction of the photosensitive drum, wherein a projecting amount of a portion of the first protecting member which lies at a downstream side in the mounting direction is smaller than a projecting amount of a portion of the first protecting member which lies at an upstream side in the mounting direction. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123227 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ELEMENT, SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A surface-emitting laser element includes a substrate; a plurality of semiconductor layers laminated on the substrate, the plural semiconductor layers including a resonator structural body including an active layer and semiconductor multilayer film reflection mirrors having the resonator structural body sandwiched therebetween; an electrode provided in such a manner as to surround a emitting region on a surface of the surface-emitting laser element from which light is emitted; and a dielectric film provided in the emitting region such that a reflection ratio of a peripheral part of the emitting region is different from a reflection ratio of a center part of the emitting region. Edge portions that are near edges of the dielectric film are tilted with respect to the surface. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123228 | Liquid Electrophotographic Ink Having Improved Durability - The present disclosure is drawn to a liquid electrophotographic ink, comprising a carrier liquid, and a pigment-polymer blend composition dispersed in the carrier liquid, the pigment-polymer blend composition comprising a pigment and a polymer blend of three distinct polymers. The polymer blend can comprise a first polymer having a melt flow rate of about 20 to about 70 g/10 min and a Vicat softening point of about 60° C. to about 70° C., a second polymer having a melt flow rate of about 80 to about 120 g/10 min, and a third polymer having an acidity of about 160 to about 230 mg KOH/g and a melt flow rate of at least 500 g/10 min. The liquid electrophotographic ink is typically formulated for printing from a liquid electrophotographic printer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123229 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes: a developer holding member that faces an image carrier on which a latent image is formed and rotating while holding developer; a developing housing with a holding member mount that mounts developer holding member, and accommodates developer; a developer container connected to the developing housing and containing developer that flows into the developing housing; a partition member disposed in the developer container and partitioning an inner space of the developer container; and a loosening member having a loosening portion disposed in the developer container and extending along one side surface and another side surface of the partition member to partition the developer container, and a drawing portion that is connected to the loosening portion and extends from a port formed in the developer container to the outside of the developer container. When the drawing portion is drawn out, the loosening portion moves to loosen the developer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123230 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A developing device is provided with a developer conveyance path for conveying a developer containing nonmagnetic toner and magnetic carrier, a wall portion including a wall surface for defining the developer conveyance path, a developing roller for supplying the toner from the developer conveyance path to an image bearing member, a conveying member extending in the developer conveyance path for conveying the developer while agitating it, a toner supply port arranged above the developer conveyance path for supplying new toner into the developer conveyance path from the outside, and a scraping member arranged at a position below the toner supply port in the developer conveyance path and adapted to scrape off the toner adhering to the wall surface while sliding in contact with the wall surface of the wall portion. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123231 | POWDER CARRYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder carrying apparatus includes: a drive gear to which the drive is carried from a drive source; a rolling gear capable of rotating around a rolling shaft; a first middle transmission system having at least one or more gears; a first powder carrying member to which the rotation is carried from the first middle transmission system to carry the powder; a first regulating gear capable of rotating around a first regulation shaft; a second middle transmission system having at least one or more gears including a second middle gear engaged with the rolling gear; a second powder carrying member to which the rotation is carried from the second middle transmission system to carry the powder; and a second regulating gear capable of rotating around a second regulation shaft. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123232 | POWDER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder container includes: a powder containing portion that has an opening formed thereon and contains powder inside thereof, the powder containing portion being attached to an image forming apparatus; a closing member, when the powder containing portion is attached to the image forming apparatus, whose movement is regulated by striking against a regulation member provided to the image forming apparatus to relatively move against the powder containing portion to open the opening, and the closing member, when the powder containing portion is detached from the image forming apparatus, whose movement is regulated by moving and making contact with the image forming apparatus to relatively move against the powder containing portion to close the opening; and a moving portion that moves the regulation member when the powder containing portion is detached from the image forming apparatus. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123233 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A developing device in an image forming apparatus includes: a first developer carrier that rotates in a same direction as a rotating direction of an image carrier of the image forming apparatus so as to supply developer to the image carrier; and a second developer carrier that rotates in a direction opposite to the rotating direction of the image carrier so as to supply the developer to the image carrier. The developing device simultaneously performs a refreshing operation of performing replacement of the developer and a filming removal operation of causing the image carrier to rotate idle while forming an image for use in the refreshing operation and causing the first and second developer carriers to rotate in their respective rotating directions. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123234 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developing system includes a first developer carrier to carry and supply two-component developer including toner and carrier to a latent image formed on an image bearer. A first magnetic field generator having plural first magnetic poles is rotatably installed in the first developer carrier and causes the two-component developer to put forth ears and conveys the two-component developer on the developer carrier. A cross-sectional center of the first magnetic field generator is deviated from that of the first developer carrier toward the image bearer by a prescribed length. A developer peel-off device including a second magnetic field generator is provided in the vicinity of the surface of the first developer carrier to peel off the developer not supplied to the image bearer and remaining on the surface of the first developer carrier. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123235 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes toner-image forming units, an intermediate transfer body, a controller, a detector, an instruction acceptance unit, and a memory. The toner-image forming units form toner images. The toner images are transferred onto the intermediate transfer body. The controller performs control of causing, among the toner-image forming units, one or multiple toner-image forming units to be used to form the toner images to contact the intermediate transfer body, and of separating the other toner-image forming units from the intermediate transfer body. The detector detects a test pattern formed by the toner forming units. The instruction acceptance unit accepts an instruction for performing a detection process with the detector. The memory stores, among forming modes indicating combinations of toner-image forming units to be used, a first forming mode for forming an image and a second forming mode for forming the test pattern. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123236 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus is provided which includes: an image carrier that carries an image; a transfer roller that includes a gripping member, and transfers the image to the transfer medium; a suction guide portion that includes a suction unit, and suctions and guides the transfer medium transferred the image, vertically upward with a plane transferred the image of the transfer medium being directed vertically downward; and a transfer medium transporting section that includes a suction member and transports the transfer medium while suctioning the transfer medium by the suction member, the transfer medium transporting section being configured such that a position of starting to suction the transfer medium is arranged at a position having a predetermined relationship with respect to a position of releasing the transfer medium from the gripping member and a position at which the image carrier is separated from the transfer medium. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123237 | Belt meandering preventing device and image forming apparatus including the same - A belt meandering preventing device includes a belt displacement detection unit detecting the amount of displacement in a belt width direction of an endless belt rotatably stretched over support parts; and a belt meandering correction unit correcting the displacement in the belt width direction of the endless belt based on the amount of displacement detected by the belt displacement detection unit. The belt displacement detection unit includes a moving part moving in association with the displacement of the endless belt or an edge of the endless belt in the belt width direction and optical sensors outputting signals with output levels corresponding to the proportions of the moving part in optical paths of the optical sensors. The optical sensors are arranged such that the output levels of the optical sensors change as the endless belt is displaced in the belt width direction in a predetermined high-resolution detection range. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123238 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt in an endless shape for fixing developer to a printing medium; a supporting member for contacting with and supporting the fixing belt; a heating member for contacting with and heating the fixing belt supported with the supporting member; and a heat regulating member disposed between the supporting member and the heating member. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123239 | Lubricant applicator, process unit including the lubricant applicator, transfer unit including the lubricant applicator, and image forming apparatus including the process unit or the transfer unit - A lubricant applicator includes a lubricant and a rotatable lubricant application member. The rotatable lubricant application member contacts the lubricant and an application target to apply the lubricant to the application target while rotating. The lubricant application member includes a core member, a first wound portion including a bristle member wound spirally around the periphery of the core member in a first direction, and a second wound portion including a bristle member wound spirally around the periphery of the core member in a second direction opposite the first direction in an axial direction of the core member. A process unit includes the lubricant applicator. A transfer device includes the lubricant applicator. An image forming apparatus includes at least one of the process unit and the transfer device and the lubricant applicator. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123240 | CLEANING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A cleaning device for cleaning an image forming surface of a rotating image bearing member that bears a toner image includes a cleaning member that faces and cleans the image forming surface. An operating mechanism allows the cleaning member to come in press-contact with and separate from the image forming surface. A controller controls the operating mechanism. The image bearing member rotates so that in a state where a toner image is on the image forming surface, the toner image passes through a facing position at which the cleaning member faces the image forming surface, and the controller controls the operating mechanism so that the cleaning member comes in press-contact with the image forming surface during an interval period between passing of the toner image through the facing position and arriving of the toner image at the facing position again. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123241 | DISCHARGE DEVICE OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a discharge device of an image forming apparatus, an image forming apparatus having the same, and a control method thereof, which prevents jamming or loading defects of paper to be discharged. To this end, a press force adjusting device is provided to adjust a press position of an elastic press member upward or downward. The press force adjusting device includes a press plate to support the elastic press member and a height adjustor to adjust a height of the press plate. The height adjustor adjusts the height of the press plate via rotation of a cam body having an eccentric rotation center. The height adjustment enables adjustment in the curling degree of paper depending on a paper thickness or environment conditions. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123242 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PAPER EJECTION METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive unit for changing the driving rate of paper ejection rollers for ejecting sheets of paper after fixing is installed, and an image forming apparatus has an option, and when ejecting the sheets of paper to an intra-body paper ejection unit, after the sheets of paper pass a fixing device, the paper ejection rate of paper ejection rollers | 2011-05-26 |
20110123243 | Image forming apparatus - As one embodiment, in an image forming apparatus ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110123244 | Stenographic Keyboard Device Providing Extended Set of Keys and Method for Electronically Adjusting Key Depth Sensitivity - A keyboard assembly for a stenographic machine includes character keys with a first set of vowel keys that, at a first rest position, together define a first upper touch surface plane, a second set of keys that, at a second rest position, together define a second upper touch surface plane that is higher than the first plane, with each of the second set of keys having a fully depressed position lower than the second plane by a given distance and a key actuator to be operationally connected to a respective key sensor for registering movement of the respective key. A third key assembly has a third assembly key with an upper touch surface that, at a third rest position, is further from the second upper touch surface plane than the given distance, and a third key actuator to be operationally connected to a respective third-key-assembly key sensor for registering movement of the at least one key. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123245 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - In an image recording apparatus, a record medium passage information generation unit detects a sheet passage state of a record medium after the continuous record media is cut. A control unit determines the state of a cutting device according to the passage time information between cut record media obtained from the sheet passage state of the cut record medium detected by the record medium passage information generation unit and predetermined time information. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123246 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: a plural image-holding members, each image-holding member holding an image and being rotatable around a rotation shaft; a frame member that at least partially defines a space for accommodating the plural image-holding members therein; a cover provided to the frame member to open and close the space with respect to an outside, an inner side of the cover being formed with rotation shaft insertion holes each for receiving an end portion of the rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the image-holding members accommodated in the space; a supporting shaft that supports the cover such that the cover is pivotable with respect to the frame member, the supporting shaft being inserted into a supporting shaft insertion hole provided to the frame member or to the cover, the supporting shaft insertion hole being elongated in a direction having a vertical component when the cover closes the space; and a positioning mechanism that positions the cover with respect to the frame member when the cover closes the space, the positioning mechanism including at least two projections that project from one of the frame member and the cover, and that are spaced apart from each other in a direction of an axis of the supporting shaft, and projection insertion holes provided to the other one of the frame member and the cover to receive corresponding projections when the cover closes the space. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123247 | PRINTER WITH BRACKET FOR PAPER TRAY - A printer includes a main body, a bracket, a lifting mechanism, and a paper tray. The main body is capable of printing and outputting paper. The bracket is attached to the main body. The lifting mechanism is secured to the bracket and includes a retaining plate. The retaining plate is moveable between a first position, where a first distance is defined between the retaining plate and the bracket, and a second position, where a second distance is defined between the retaining plate and the bracket and is less than the first distance. The paper tray is configured for receiving the paper. The retaining plate is moved from the second position to the first position when the paper tray is inserted into the bracket, and moved from the first position to the second position when the paper tray is released. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123248 | MASCARA PACKAGE WITH HEATING BODY - The present invention relates to a mascara package with a heating body which can shape eyelashes while applying liquid mascara. The mascara package with a heating body comprises a container that contains liquid mascara; a handle that is coupled to the container and has a battery mounted therein and a switch installed thereon, the switch controlling the supply of power; a brush rod that is formed in the lower end of the handle and has a heating body built therein, the heating body receiving power from the battery so as to emit heat; and a heat-emission coating section that is formed in the lower end of the brush rod and receives heat from the heating body so as to emit heat. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123249 | DEVICE FOR PACKAGING AND DISPENSING A STICK OF PRODUCT ESPECIALLY A COSMETIC PRODUCT - A device for packaging and dispensing a product includes a dispensing assembly provided with a holding cup for the product, a sheath in which the cup is mounted, a jacket around the sheath and including an outlet orifice, and an outer sleeve around the jacket. Guide devices are provided to bring about, during a rotation of the outer sleeve relative to said jacket, a joint axial movement of said sheath and of the holding cup relative to the jacket, followed by an axial movement of said cup relative to the guide sheath and to the jacket towards a use position of the product. A protective case in which the dispensing assembly is mounted, forms an outer cover for the assembly and includes an actuating member that is able to rotate the outer sleeve. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123250 | KNOCK-TYPE WRITING INSTRUMENT - A knock-type writing instrument is provided, which allows an easy refill exchange with a simple operation while inhibiting deformation of slits, breakage of a shaft tube, etc., during the refill exchange. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123251 | CASING FOR A WRITING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME USING A DUAL INJECTION MOLDING - A casing for a writing instrument comprises an outer shaft, an inner shaft, and a nib. The outer shaft is formed using dual injection molding. An outer surface of the outer shaft includes a raised hard part and a raised soft part. The inner shaft is formed of a thin-wall tube having an upper end and a lower end, the inner shaft being configured for insertion inside the outer shaft. The inner shaft further includes a fastener protruding on its upper end that engages an upper end of the outer shaft. The nib is configured to engage the lower end of the inner shaft to help secure the inner shaft within the outer shaft. The raised hard or soft parts on the outer surface of the outer shaft may include an oblique loop-shaped part, a strip-shaped part, and/or an arc-shaped part. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123252 | DISPENSER WITH THERMAL STORAGE TIP - A dispenser includes a thermal storage tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. The thermal storage tip comprises a material that is capable of storing and retaining thermal energy during application of the product. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123253 | ILLUSTRATING TOOL - A finger brush, which is an illustrating tool, includes a brush tip portion for illustrating and a main body portion. The main body portion is in a hollow elongated shape having one end supporting the brush tip portion and the other end receiving a finger inserted therein. In the main body portion, a slit extending in the axial direction of the main body portion and reaching the other end is formed. The main body portion has a tapered portion having a cross-sectional area getting smaller toward the other end in the axial direction of the main body portion. A finger inserted into the main body portion forces the tapered portion to spread out, causing the finger to be secured inside the main body portion. Such a configuration can provide an illustrating tool which is worn on a finger and can provide a good sense of wearing without compromising a sense of unity with a finger. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123254 | Determinant Assembly Features for Vehicle Structures - A determinant assembly feature for a joint assembly and a method of assembly therefor. The joint assembly includes a structure and a web connected thereto. The structure includes a base, a pair of legs extending from the base to define a channel, and one or more location control receiving elements in either leg. The web includes a thickness control element and one or more location control elements correspondingly matched to the location control receiving elements. The method includes providing a structure comprising a base, a pair of legs extending from the base to define a channel and one or more location control receiving elements in either leg; providing a web comprising one or more location control elements and a thickness control element; and inserting the web into the structure, wherein the one or more location control elements is correspondingly matched to the one or more location control receiving elements. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123255 | TOOLHOLDER CONNECTOR AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - A toolholder connector having one threaded end and one end with a male quick change portion is threadingly engaged with a first toolholder having a threaded bore. The quick change connector also has a male quick change portion that is engaged within a side activated receiver of a second toolholder. Prior to activating the receiver, an alignment pin associated with the first toolholder is lined up with alignment slot associated with the second toolholder such that when the two are brought together, a pre-determined radial alignment will be retained. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123256 | STRAIN RELIEF APPARATUS FOR PROBE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A strain relief apparatus of a probe and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The strain relief apparatus includes an insert part mounted on a probe switch box and having an insertion recess at an inner side thereof, a ferrite core mounted on the insertion recess, and a rubber part provided to the insert part by injection molding. The strain relief apparatus protects a cable of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus from impact exerted on the cable and suppresses influence on a contact point between a probe switch box and the cable by bending of the cable, thereby preventing damage of the cable. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123257 | SPREADER SPACING DEVICE - An engagement assembly ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110123258 | Downhill Engagement and Motivity Adjustment - The present invention concerns an apparatus for releasably locking two rail elements ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110123259 | MOTOR VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, AND JOINT ARRANGEMENT - A joint arrangement ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110123260 | QUICK-ACTION FASTENING ELEMENT - A quick-action fastening element ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110123261 | THREADED CONNECTION PIECE - A threaded connection piece, e.g., a connection piece of a sensor, includes a cylindrical base body that is able to be at least partially introduced into an accommodating opening, which is provided, at least over a part of its longitudinal extension, with a threaded section and, at its end face, with a sealing surface. In order to improve the sealing properties of the threaded connection piece when it is screwed into the accommodating opening, the cylindrical base body is developed to be elastic between the threaded section and the sealing surface. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123262 | INFLATION NOZZLE CAPABLE OF CONNECTING WITH TWO TYPES OF TIRE VALVES - An inflation nozzle includes a first part having a first threaded passage defined centrally therethrough and a connection ring is threadedly connected to a first end of the first part. An insertion is formed on a second end of the first part and is engaged with a first chamber of a central member which is received in a second part. The central member is connected with a tire pump. The first passage is sized to be connected with a French valve and the connection ring is sized to be connected with an American valve. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123263 | Device for Fastening Clash Pad to Vehicle - A device for fastening a clash pad to a vehicle, may include a grommet having a clash pad connection portion for placing in a hole formed in the clash pad, a stud bolt holder connected to the clash pad connection portion and including a receiving hole for receiving a stud bolt at a cowl panel of a vehicle body, and a mounting shelf clip connected to the stud bolt holder for placing on and fastening to a mounting flange at the cowl panel of the vehicle body, wherein the clash pad is fastened to the vehicle body as the stud bolt holder or the mounting shelf clip is placed on the stud bolt or the mounting flange, respectively. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123264 | Conical Face Spline for Half-Shafts, Hub Bearings and the Like - A face spline having a conical, preferably frutoconical, configuration, referred to hereinbelow as a “conespline”, wherein the splines have increasing height with decreasing distance to the center of rotation. The conespline provides splines with greatest height and strength adjacent the center of rotation. An inverse conespline, geometrically reciprocal to a conespline, may be gearingly meshed with the conespline. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123265 | Adjustable Connector - According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided an adjustable connector including at least two parts, each having a main body with a bore having a longitudinal axis therein, wherein an external surface of the main body of a first part is configured to bear against an internal surface of the bore of a second part when the first part is at least partially inserted into the bore of the second part to form a connection, characterised in that the positioning of the bores with respect to the main bodies is such that when the parts are connected to each other, rotation of one part with respect to the other changes the inclination of the longitudinal axes of the bores with respect to one another. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123266 | Device with ring-shaped fixing member - A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit disposed on the rear surface side of the liquid crystal display panel; and a flexible printed circuit whose end is connected to a terminal portion of the liquid crystal display panel. In the device, the backlight unit includes a frame-shaped mold, the liquid crystal display device includes at least a fixing member for use for fixing the liquid crystal display panel to the frame-shaped mold in an area not including a display area of the liquid crystal display panel, and the fixing member is shaped like a ring, and inside of the ring of the fixing member, the liquid crystal display panel and the frame-shaped mold are disposed. The resulting liquid crystal display device can implement size and profile reduction with ease. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123267 | METHOD FOR LAYING DOWN A PAVEMENT, A SCREED AND A ROAD PAVER - In a method for laying down a pavement consisting of paving material with a screed of a road paver, in which a compaction unit, particularly a tamper, pre-compacts the paving material at cyclical work cycles with selectable stroke and selectable frequency while the pavement having a selectable pavement thickness) is in the process of being laid down at a selectable paving speed, at least the stroke is automatically adjustable in response to paving parameters, such as at least the paving speed and/or the pavement thickness, along a characteristic curve or in a characteristic map. In the screed the compaction unit comprises an adjusting mechanism which is operable during the ongoing paving work for adjusting the stroke of the compaction unit. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123268 | Self-Propelled Road-Milling Machine - The invention relates to a self-propelled road-milling machine for doing work on surfacings on the ground, and in particular carriageways. The road-milling machine according to the invention is characterised by a signalling arrangement which has at least one control unit for the entry of at least two different states of operation by the driver of the road-milling machine and at least one visual indicator or display unit to indicate or display for the driver of the transporting vehicle the at least two states of operation which are preset with the control unit by the driver of the road-milling machine. The first state of operation may be a request for the transporting vehicle to be braked or stopped and the second state of operation may be a request for the transporting vehicle to be started or to continue travelling. In a preferred embodiment of the visual indicator or display unit, the request for braking or stopping is shown as a cross and the request for starting or continued travel as an arrow. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123269 | Screed Plate - An improved screed plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a curved leading edge and a trailing edge adapted for attaching to a screed of a paving machine is disclosed. The improved screed plate comprises a tapered groove extended from the curved leading edge towards the trailing edge along the top surface and terminated in a groove end. The tapered groove is arranged deepest at the curved leading edge and shallowest toward the trailing edge so as to provide flexibility to the screed plate while not reducing screed plate lifetime due to increased wear and tear. The increased screed plate flexibility facilitates crowning and other adjustments that require bending of the screed plate, and allow harder steels to be used than are used in conventional screed plates. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123270 | TAMPER OF A SCREED OF A ROAD FINISHING MACHINE - In a tamper of a screed having an eccentric shaft comprising an eccentric section and an eccentric bushing arranged thereon which is rotatably mounted in a connecting rod driving a tamper bar, the stroke of the tamper bar is adjustable by a relative rotation between the eccentric shaft and the eccentric bushing, and a tappet and a preselection area with two tappet stop positions defining two different tamper bar strokes are functionally provided between the eccentric shaft and the eccentric bushing, so that the tappet can be adjusted without tools to each tappet stop position by a reversal of the direction of rotation of the eccentric shaft to switch between the two strokes. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123271 | Sealing system for a water flow control gate - A sealing system for a water flow control gate is provided. Each of a plurality of panels has an upper edge extending the length of the panel with a flat surface rounded upward to a wall at the rear side of the panel. The lower edge of each panel has a central perpendicular foot extending the length of the panel with side flanges and a neck between the central perpendicular foot and the rest of the panel. At each end of each panel is a vertical channel extending across the end of the panel. A horizontal sealing strip on each panel surrounds the central perpendicular foot and extending the length of the panel and a vertical sealing strip is positioned within each vertical channel, so that water flow through the water flow control gate is prevented by the horizontal sealing strips between adjacent stacked panels and by the vertical sealing strips between the ends of each panel and the frame. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123272 | Method and Apparatus for Laying Offshore Pipeline from a Vessel - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for laying offshore pipeline from a reel lay vessel. The invention involves providing a pipeline laying tower with a travelling clamp, which can be used to suspend the pipeline from the vessel, and a tensioner apparatus on the same tower, for providing a clamping force which can be used to suspend the pipeline from the vessel. The travelling clamp and tensioner apparatus may either be used separately or in conjunction with one another during the laying operation. The invention allows pipeline to be laid in very deep water. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123273 | MARINE PIPELINE INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method for installing an accessory onto a pipeline to be laid on the seabed, includes launching the pipeline from a first position of a tower in which the tower is at an angle α with respect to the vertical; stopping the launch of the pipeline, and hanging off the launched pipeline in a hang off module; positioning an accessory in a tower firing line; attaching the accessory to the launched pipeline in the hang off module and to at least one A&R cable; suspending the accessory and the launched pipeline from an A&R system; disengaging the hang off module from the launched pipeline; pivoting the pipeline launch tower to an accessory launch position in which the tower is at an angle γ that differs substantially from angle α, such that a pipeline launch trajectory is created which is large enough to launch the accessory and the launched pipeline with the A&R system. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123274 | METHOD FOR ERECTING A WIND TURBINE ON AN OFFSHORE SITE AND A VESSEL FOR ERECTING A WIND TURBINE ON AN OFFSHORE SITE - The invention relates to a method for erecting a wind turbine on an offshore site, said method comprises the steps of positioning a first boom of a crane in a substantially horizontal position, arranging a substantially horizontal positioned elongated wind turbine component on said first boom, connecting a distal part of said elongated wind turbine component to a second boom of said crane, said distal part is the upper part of the wind turbine component when the wind turbine is erected, and said second boom is extending at an angle from the longitudinal extension of said first boom, elevating said first boom to a substantially vertical position, modifying the position in the horizontal plane of said elongated wind turbine component, in order to reach a desired erecting position for the component, and disconnecting said distal part of said elongated wind turbine component from said second boom of said crane. The invention also relates to a vessel for erecting a wind turbine on an offshore site. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123275 | Floating Buildings - A floating base ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110123276 | Mounting Of Offshore Structures - Offshore structures such as wind turbines, wave machines and tidal stream turbines are mounted in a previously located foundation including a socket. The foundation includes an upper body with a conical inner surface which acts as a guide for inserting a leading end of the structure into the socket. The conical surface also provides a reaction surface for setting the vertical alignment of the structure when inserted in the socket. Clamps are provided supported by an A frame for controlled lowering of the structure into the socket. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123277 | System for and Method of Installing Foundation Elements in a Subsea Ground Formation - The invention relates to a system for installing or removing foundation elements, such as piles, anchors, and conductors, in a subsea ground formation, comprising an impact weight, an hydraulic circuit in turn comprising an hydraulic cylinder for lifting and/or accelerating the impact weight respectively away from and towards the element, the cylinder comprising a piston connected to the impact weight, and wherein a pump for generating an underpressure in the hydraulic cylinder such as to lift and/or accelerate the impact weight by means of this underpressure. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123278 | Water Carrying Lift - This invention is about water carrying lift that enables water to be used in watering fields (agricultural fields), energy production, etc by increasing the level of water in places like rivers, streams, creeks etc. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123279 | Milling Tool, Particularly Face-Milling Cutter - The invention relates to a milling tool, particularly a face-milling cutter, with a rotationally symmetrical tool base body which can be driven in rotation and in which at least one pocket-like recess is made on the periphery, with a cutting body which is inserted in the recess, which projects radially and/or axially on the tool base body and which is held by at least one clamping element, on the outer periphery of the milling tool at least one chip guide chamber being made with chip deflecting surfaces for controlled chip removal away from the workpiece surface to be machined. According to the invention, the chip guide chamber is assigned at least one chip guide web which separates the chip guide chamber from the surface of the workpiece. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123280 | End Mill Cutter - End mill cutter having a plurality of cutting edges distributed over the circumference of the mill cutter, having a flank which is adjacent to the respective cutting edge in the circumferential direction and a supporting surface which adjoins the flank on that side which faces away from the cutting edge in the circumferential direction. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123281 | MACHINE TOOL WITH ADJUSTABLE CUTTING PLATE - The invention relates to a machine tool with an adjustable cutting plate. The rotating machine tool substantially comprises a base member with a rotating axis, at least one pocket formed in the base member and at least one blade support holding a cutting plate. Two side surfaces of the blade support sit against a side support surface, respectively, said blade support side surfaces making an angle between them, and the base of the blade support sits against a base support surface of the pocket, the blade support being clamped in the pocket removably by way of a clamp element. The cutting plate protrudes over the blade support with an effective blade and over the base member outward. In order to enable a fine-adjustment of tangential cutting plates in the base member, it is proposed that the base support surface form a wedge surface that includes an acute angle together with a shift axis, said wedge surface disposed at an adjusting member that can shift relative to the base member along said shift axis, the base of said blade support, in the shape of a complementary wedge, abutting against said wedge surface. Also, the two side support surfaces form guide surfaces for the blade support that are directed substantially perpendicular relative to the shift axis of the adjusting member when said blade support makes a shifting motion by way of a shifting of the adjusting member. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123282 | TOOL FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE - The invention relates to a tool for machining a workpiece, comprising a holder having a locating opening arranged at the end face and a cutting head having at least one cutting element arranged on the workpiece-side end. Furthermore, the tool has a sleeve which is made substantially of carbide and which, with a first, holder-side end, is inserted in an accurately fitting manner into the locating opening of the holder, and the cutting head is arranged in or on the second, cutting-head-side end of said sleeve, and coupling means for coupling the holder, cutting head and sleeve. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123283 | CUTTING INSERT WITH A WIPER EDGE - A cutting insert is provided. The cutting insert has a top surface, a side surface, and a bottom surface. An intersection between the top surface and the side surface defines a substantially circular cutting edge. The cutting edge includes at least one wiper edge and the side surface includes at least one wiper surface provided behind the wiper edge. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123284 | REAMER TOOL - An improved reamer tool is described that has lower torque requirements, despite having more blades. Because of the lower torque requirements, the reamer can be used with a handheld drill. The reamer uses fewer cutting edges and has blades that do not extend into the material of the pipe. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123285 | MULTIAXIS MACHINING APPARATUS - A tool retaining unit | 2011-05-26 |
20110123286 | WHEELED MOBILITY DEVICE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS AND OCCUPANT RETENTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTAINING WHEELED MOBILITY DEVICES AND RETAINING OCCUPANTS THEREOF - A system to contain a wheeled mobility device in a vehicle, includes: a rearward opening to allow access by the wheeled mobility device by moving the wheeled mobility device forward relative to the orientation of the wheeled mobility device; a forward barrier positioned opposite the rearward opening and connected to the vehicle to limit forward motion of the wheeled mobility device, the forward barrier including at least one energy absorbing member, and at least a first lateral barrier to limit lateral motion of the wheeled mobility device to a first side | 2011-05-26 |
20110123287 | Screw With Breakaway And Methods Of Using The Same - A fastener with a breakaway and methods of using the same. In one embodiment the fastener is a screw having a head and elongated stem, adapted to be easily manipulated by a user when using the screw as a fastener in a hinge or joint. A means of holding a screw by providing a breakaway tab or non-threaded portion of the elongated stem which can be used to align and insert the screw into a screw hole in the process of engaging threads in the screw hole with threads of the screw. After engaging the threads in the screw hole, such as after the screw has been essentially completely inserted into the screw hole, the breakaway tab or non-threaded portion of the elongated stem of the screw may be broken off at a breakaway and discarded. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123288 | Direct Tension Multi-Color Indicating Washers - A direct tension indicating washer includes a first surface having a plurality bumps formed thereon; a second surface having a plurality of discrete indentations, each indentation formed opposite one of said protuberances; an indicating material positioned in at least one indentation, the indicating material including an indicating material having a first color and an indicating material having a second color; and a channel leading from the at least one indentation to an outer edge of said direct tension indicating washer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123289 | BLIND FASTENER - Disclosed is a blind fastener that includes a body, a bolt and a sleeve that has an internal recess that contains an insert. The body includes a tapered ramp that the sleeve is enlarged over. Compression of the sleeve against the work piece causes the sleeve to fold at the internal recess to form an enlarged blind side head that bears against the work piece. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123290 | Gangable composite clip for attaching decking and method for making - A gangable composite clip for attaching decking. The clip includes a bottom and a top. The bottom is made of a first material. The top is made of a second material. The first material of the bottom is different than the second material of the top. The first material of the bottom engages in the second material of the top during manufacturing so as to attach the bottom to the top and form the gangable composite clip without a need for any other means to attach the bottom to the top. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123291 | ANCHOR BOLT ASSEMBLY - An anchor bolt assembly includes a sleeve affixed to a first plate member and having a locating groove extending around the inside wall thereof, a retaining member having a shank and a head provided with a retaining ring and movable in and out of the sleeve, a spring member adapted for forcing the retaining member out of the sleeve to a locking position to lock a second plate member to the first plate member and a pull cap connected to the distal end of the shank for pulling by the user to move the retaining member away from the locking position to an unlocking position where the second plate member is unlocked from the first plate member and the retaining ring is engaged with the locating groove to hold the retaining member in the unlocking position. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123292 | THREAD RETENTION FOR AN EARTH BORING DEVICE - A threaded element for connection with a housing of an earth boring device includes a body having an inner bore and a slot. The slot extends inwardly from a perimeter of the body and terminates in the inner bore of the body. The body of the threaded element has a receptacle in the area of the slot for insertion of a locking bolt, with the body having an outer diameter which undergoes an enlargement, as the locking bolt is inserted in the receptacle. The body has an outer thread for threaded connection with a housing. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123293 | NUT AND BOLT COVER - A nut and bolt cover apparatus is preferably made from three pieces. A cover piece may be placed over a nut and may have an adapter piece placed over the cover. An exterior cover may be releasably attached to the adapter piece and may squeeze a portion of the adapter piece as the exterior cover is releasably attached to the adapter. Squeezing the adapter piece preferably compresses the cover piece and causes the cover piece to grip the nut of a nut and bolt assembly while the adapter piece grips the cover piece. Removing the exterior cover may relieve the compression forces causing the adapter piece to grip the cover piece and the cover piece to grip a nut, thus permitting the nut and bolt cover apparatus to be removed. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123294 | STUD AND FASTENER WITH STUD AND FLEXIBLE CLIP - A fastener assembly for joining a component to a support part, comprises a stud fixable to the support part and a resilient clip fixed to the component and connectable to the stud in a defined position by the head of the stud. The stud further comprises: a shank, a head located at the first end of the shank, and an attachment end formed at the second end of the shank. The head includes an underside with a shoulder having a conically tapering contact surface, and the contact surface of the shoulder has an area with a friction-enhancing surface. The clip further comprises: a fastening section defining an opening to receive the head end of the stud, and resilient retaining means, located in the opening, and engageable with the conically tapered contact surface of the head when the clip is installed on the stud. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123295 | Retainer - A retainer for limiting the rotational movement of a polygonal bolt part during tightening of a bolt is provided. The bolt part includes a bolthead or a nut. The which retainer includes a cavity dimensioned to accommodate the bolt part and includes side walls comprising a number of crests extending into the cavity and corresponding to side faces of the bolt part such that the rotational movement of the bolt part positioned in the cavity is limited by contact made between at least one side face of the bolt part and a corresponding crest of the cavity. Also disclosed is a method of limiting the rotational movement of a polygonal bolt part during tightening of a bolt, a method of manufacturing such a retainer, and the use of such a retainer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123296 | Fasteners, Fastener Components and Fastener Receptacles - Fasteners, fastener components and fastener receptacles, including quarter-turn fasteners may use a receptacle body having a non-metal material and one or more fastener engagement structures that together define a non-circular passage in the body. Underneath the fastener engagement structures, one or more support structures extend inwardly under the corresponding fastener engagement structures for supporting the underside of the fastener engagement structures. The support structures can have a concave configuration relative to an axis of the body. Additionally, a support structure can be co-extensive with the corresponding fastener engagement structure. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123297 | WASHER - A washer includes a wedge-shaped main body, a wedge-shaped adjusting portion moveably positioned on the main body and a flexible connecting portion interconnecting the main body and the adjusting portion. The main body defines a through hole through which the screw passes. The main body includes a bottom surface and a positioning surface angled relative to the bottom surface. The adjusting portion includes a flat contact surface and a latching surface contacting the positioning surface of the main body. The latching surface is angled relative to the contact surface. A wedge angle of the adjusting portion equals that of the main body, thus the bottom surface of the main body is substantially parallel with the contact surface of the adjusting portion. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123298 | DEVICE FOR SHAPING A BACK OF A BOOK COVER THAT IS ALIGNED WITH A BOOK BLOCK SPINE - A device for shaping a book cover back on the inside of a horizontally positioned, spread-out book cover and aligned approximately evenly distributed with a spine of book block. The device includes two opposite-arranged fold-forming rails that have longitudinal extension and a shaping tool that is movable towards the inside of the book cover back that faces the spine to lift the book cover back between the fold-forming rails to form a web on the book cover back. The shaping tool includes a tool bar having a top presenting a guide plane and two adjacent support bars that extend parallel to the fold-forming rails along the longitudinal extension. The support bars adjust a web width of the book cover back in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension through a joint adjustment of the spacing between the support bars. The support bars are form-fittingly and frictionally positioned on the guide plane of the tool bar. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123299 | Pole positioning devices and methods - Methods and devices for positioning a group, array, series or arrangement of plumb poles in a specific relationship relative to each other, whereby a first pole is inserted in a horizontal clamshell attached to a moveable platform, retained and raised to a vertical position and plumbed. The moveable platform is positioned over the pole insertion location and the pole is released. The process is repeated at as many holes as needed. Other embodiments are used to set the poles at specific heights, or angles. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123300 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE AND TRANSFER SYSTEM UNIT FOR THE SAME - An assembly method of assembling a substrate transfer device including: a transfer system unit forming step of fixing a robot and a substrate container retainer to a divided body which composes a part of the substrate transfer device and is formed separably on a main structural body as a residual part of the substrate transfer device, thereby forming a transfer system unit; an operation examination step of examining whether the robot fixed to the transfer system unit can operate as a part of the substrate transfer device or not; and a mounting step of mounting the transfer system unit on the main structural body of the substrate transfer device after the operation examination step. | 2011-05-26 |
20110123301 | BULK FEEDING STORAGE DEVICES TO STORAGE DEVICE TESTING SYSTEMS - A method of supplying storage devices to a storage device testing system includes placing a storage device tote, carrying multiple storage devices, in a presentation position accessible to an automated transporter of the storage device testing system. The method includes actuating the automated transporter to retrieve one of the storage devices from the storage device tote, and actuating the automated transporter to deliver the retrieved storage device to a test slot of the storage device testing system and insert the storage device in the test slot. | 2011-05-26 |