39th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180275517 | CROSS-LINKABLE FLUORINATED PHOTOPOLYMER - A photosensitive composition is disclosed including a fluorinated photo cross-linkable polymer provided in a fluorinated solvent such as a hydrofluoroether. The photo cross-linkable polymer includes a first repeating unit having a fluorine-containing group but not a cinnamate group, and a second repeating unit having a fluorine-containing cinnamate group. The polymer has a total fluorine content in a range of 30 to 60% by weight. The composition can be used to form patterned barrier or dielectric structures over substrates and devices such as organic electronic devices. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275518 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, LAMINATE FILM, AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING UPPER LAYER FILM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a pattern forming method including a step for forming an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film on a substrate using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, a step for forming an upper layer film on the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film using a composition for forming an upper layer film, a step for exposing a laminate film including the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film and the upper layer film, and a step for developing the exposed laminate film using a developer including an organic solvent. The composition for forming an upper layer film contains a resin (XA), a resin (XB) containing fluorine atoms, a basic compound (XC), and a solvent (XD), and the resin (XA) is a resin not containing fluorine atoms, or in a case where the resin (XA) contains fluorine atoms, the resin (XA) is a resin having a lower content of fluorine atoms than that in the resin (XB), based on a mass. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275519 | Pattern Formation Method - A pattern formation method includes forming a first pattern in a first film in a first region and forming a second pattern in the first film in a second region by using an optical lithography technology. The pattern formation method also includes forming a third pattern corresponding to the first pattern in a second film below the first film in the first region by using a self-organization lithography technology. The pattern formation method also includes transferring the third pattern to a third film below the first film and the second film in the first region and transferring the second pattern to the third film in the second region. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275520 | FEMALE MOLD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a female mold is provided in the embodiments of the disclosure, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a substrate layer of the female mold on the substrate; forming on the substrate layer of the female mold a mask layer which is adapted to exposure by an X-ray; and exposing the substrate layer of the female mold to the X-ray from a side of the mask layer away from the substrate. A direction in which the X-ray irradiates is inclined at a predetermined oblique angle to the substrate layer of the female mold, in the process of exposing to the X-ray. Besides, a female mold is also provided. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PATTERN CORRECTION AND VERIFICATION - A method including providing a plurality of unit cells for a plurality of gauge patterns appearing in one or more images of one or more patterning process substrates, each unit cell representing an instance of a gauge pattern of the plurality of gauge patterns, averaging together image information of each unit cell to arrive at a synthesized representation of the gauge pattern, and determining a geometric dimension of the gauge pattern based on the synthesized representation. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275522 | PROXIMITY EXPOSURE DEVICE AND EXPOSURE METHOD THEREOF - The embodiments of the disclosure relate to a proximity exposure device and an exposure method thereof. The proximity exposure device includes: a loading table; a holder mounted onto the loading table to hold a mask; a vacuum hood arranged above the mask to form a sealed space above the mask; and a pumping mechanism connected to the vacuum hood to pump air from the vacuum hood such that a negative pressure state is formed above the mask. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275523 | Stochastically-Aware Metrology and Fabrication - A system for stochastically-aware metrology includes a controller to be communicatively coupled to a fabrication tool. The controller receives a production recipe including at least a pattern of elements to be fabricated on a sample and one or more exposure parameters for exposing the pattern of elements, identifies candidate care areas of the pattern of elements susceptible to stochastic repeaters including fabrication defects predicted to occur stochastically when fabricated according to the production recipe, selects one or more care areas from the candidate care areas by comparing one or more predicted likelihoods of the one or more stochastic repeaters to a defect likelihood threshold, modifies the production recipe to mitigate the stochastic repeaters within the one or more care areas within a selected tolerance, and directs the fabrication tool to fabricate at least one sample according to the modified production recipe. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275524 | ASYMMETRY MONITORING OF A STRUCTURE - A method including obtaining a first value of an optical characteristic determined for an etched profile of a substrate measured at a first wavelength of measurement radiation, obtaining a second value of the optical characteristic determined for the etched profile of the substrate measured at a second wavelength of measurement radiation, and obtaining a derived value that represents a difference between the first and second values; and determining, based on the first and second values or on the derived value, an occurrence of a tilt in the etching to form the etched profile. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275525 | LITHOGRAPHIC THERMAL DISTORTION COMPENSATION WITH THE USE OF MACHINE LEARNING - Lithographic exposure tool and method for operating thereof that includes modification of the tool (assessed based on the measurements of geometrical distortions caused, in the tool, by the exposure process and used to train the exposure tool) to ensure that such geometrical distortions are reduced for any chosen exposure process. The method includes processing first data (representing distortions caused by initial exposure run(s)) to estimate second data representing distortions that would occur for another exposure run); and forming a modified exposure tool by changing at least one of a) a geometrical path is a path along which the workpiece stage is repositioned during the operation of the exposure tool; b) one or more of a presence, position, orientation, size and shape of an optical component of an optical projection sub-system of the optical system of the exposure tool; and c) a parameter of scanning synchronization of the exposure tool. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275526 | OPTICAL APPARATUS FOR USE IN PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY - An optical apparatus includes an interchange mechanism and an optical assembly of an illumination system or a projection objective. At least one of the plurality of optical elements of the optical assembly is selected from among a plurality of ones selectable from the interchange mechanism which facilitates exchange of one for another in the beam path. To reduce transmission of vibration from the interchange mechanism to the optical assembly, the interchange mechanism is mounted on a structure which is substantially dynamically decoupled from the housing, and a selected selectable optical element is located at an operating position at which it is separate from the interchange mechanism. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275527 | OPTICAL IMAGING ARRANGEMENT WITH ACTIVELY ADJUSTABLE METROLOGY SUPPORT UNITS - An optical imaging arrangement includes an optical projection system, a support structure system and a control device. The optical projection system includes a group of optical elements supported by the support structure system and configured to transfer, in an exposure process using exposure light along an exposure light path, an image of a pattern of a mask onto a substrate. The group of optical elements includes a first optical element and a second optical element and the control device includes a sensor device and an active device. The sensor device is functionally associated to the first optical element and is configured to capture mechanical disturbance information representative of a mechanical disturbance acting on the first optical element in at least one degree of freedom up to all six degrees of freedom. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275528 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING LITHOGRAPHIC STRUCTURES - An optical system for producing lithographic structures is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for determining relative coordinates of a position of a writing field relative to a position of a preview field in such an optical system, and a method for producing lithographic structures using such an optical system. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275529 | OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SEYSTEM FOR OVERLAY ERROR COMPENSATION - An optimization method for overlay error compensation is disclosed. The method comprises setting process parameters for each semiconductor layer of a semiconductor device corresponding to a run path formed by different lithographic apparatus which sequentially process target semiconductor layers from a first target layer to a latest target layer; measuring overlay errors between an actual and a theoretical exposed patterns of the first semiconductor layer; selecting a group of process parameters corresponding to the run path from the first target layer to the latest target layer aligned by the current semiconductor layer; after exposing the current semiconductor layer using the selected process parameters, measuring overlay errors between the current semiconductor layer and its target layer; and correcting the selected process parameters according to the overlay errors between the current semiconductor layer and its target layer, and the overlay errors between the actual and theoretical exposed patterns of the first semiconductor layer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275530 | Multi-Layer Overlay Metrology Target and Complimentary Overlay Metrology Measurement Systems - A system for measuring overlay from a multi-layer overlay target for use in imaging based metrology is disclosed. The system is configured for measuring overlay from a multi-layer overly target that includes three or more target structures, wherein a first target structure is disposed in a first process layer, a second target structure is disposed in a second process layer, and at least a third target structure is disposed in at least a third process layer. The system includes an illumination source configured to illuminate the target structures of the multi-layer overlay target, a detector configured to collect light reflected from the target structures, and one or more processors configured to execute a set of program instructions to determine overlay error between two or more structures based on the collected light from the plurality of targets. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275531 | CARRYING PLATFORM AND EXPOSURE METHOD - A carrying platform and an exposure method are provided. The carrying platform includes: a plurality of sub-stands, configured to co-carry an object. Each sub-stand includes: a platform having a first carrying surface; and a position adjusting unit disposed on a side of the platform away from the first carrying surface and configured to adjust at least one of height or inclined angle of the platform. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275532 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MOVEMENT METHOD OF OBJECT - A substrate stage device that moves a substrate has: a noncontact holder that supports the substrate in a noncontact manner; a first drive section that moves the noncontact holder; scale plates that serve as a reference of movement of the noncontact holder; a first measurement section that has scale plates and Y heads, one of the scale plates and the Y heads being provided at the noncontact holder and the other of the scale plates and the Y heads being provided between the scale plates and the noncontact holder, and that measures position information of the Y heads; a second measurement section that measures position information of the other of the scale plates and the Y heads; and a position measurement system that obtains position information of the noncontact holder on the basis of the position information measured by the first and the second measurement sections. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275533 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE METHOD, AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an exposure apparatus, on a substrate holder, a plurality of grating areas is arranged mutually apart in the X-axis direction, and a plurality of heads that irradiates a measurement beam with respect to the grating area and can move in the Y-axis direction is arranged outside of the substrate holder. A control system controls movement of the substrate holder in at least directions of three degrees of freedom within an XY plane, based on measurement information of at least three heads of the plurality of heads facing the grating area and measurement information of a measurement device that measures position information of the plurality of heads. The measurement beam of each of the plurality of heads, during the movement of substrate holder in the X-axis direction, moves off of one of the plurality of grating areas and switches to another adjacent grating area. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275534 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED HEAT TRANSFER FRAME FOR PELLICLE - An exposure apparatus for transferring a pattern from a reticle to a workpiece, a pellicle being positioned near the reticle, includes a heat transfer frame, an illuminator, and a temperature controller. The heat transfer frame is configured to be positioned near the pellicle, the heat transfer frame defining a beam aperture. The illuminator directs a beam through the beam aperture and the pellicle at the reticle. The temperature controller controls the temperature of the heat transfer frame to control the temperature of the pellicle. The illuminator can direct the beam from a beam source, such as an EUV beam source. Additionally, the temperature controller can cryogenically cool the heat transfer frame. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275535 | DETECTION APPARATUS, PATTERN FORMING APPARATUS, OBTAINING METHOD, DETECTION METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A detection apparatus that detects a mark formed on a substrate is provided. The detection apparatus includes a substrate holder configured to hold the substrate, an optical system accommodated in the substrate holder, an image sensor configured to capture an image of the mark from the reverse surface side of the substrate through the optical system, and a processor configured to perform detection processing for the mark based on the image of the mark captured by the image sensor. The processor corrects a detection value of the mark based on the position of the mark on the substrate in the height direction and information concerning the telecentricity of the optical system. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275536 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes: a cylindrical base body having a two-step stepped chamfer between a base body outer peripheral face and a base body end face; and a surface layer located on the base body outer peripheral face. The cylindrical base body has an outer chamfered face and an inner chamfered face lying closer to an end face than the outer chamfered face. A length L | 2018-09-27 |
20180275537 | PHOTORECEPTOR FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A photoreceptor for electrophotography and an electrophotography device having the same reduces wear loss of the photoreceptor surface and stably obtaining a favorable image for long time. The photoreceptor for electrophotography includes a conductive substrate and a charge transport layer provided on the conductive substrate. The charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, a resin binder, and an inorganic oxide filler surface-treated with a silane coupling agent. A difference (ΔSPa) in a dipole-dipole force component that is a Hansen solubility parameter between the charge transport material and the silane coupling agent satisfies a relationship ΔSPa<1.0. A difference (ΔSPb) in a London dispersion force component that is a Hansen solubility parameter between the resin binder and the silane coupling agent satisfies a relationship ΔSPb<2.5. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275538 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive support and a single-layer photosensitive layer. The conductive support has an outer peripheral surface with a maximum surface roughness height (Rmax) of about 4.0 μm or less, and the outer peripheral surface has a recess with a depth-to-aperture size ratio (depth/aperture size) of about 0.03 or more and about 0.12 or less. The single-layer photosensitive layer is disposed on the conductive support and has a thickness of about 20 μm or more and a modulus of elasticity of about 4.5 GPa or more. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275539 | TONER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, TONER CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A toner according to an embodiment includes: a toner base particle that includes a binder that contains polyester resin; and an external additive externally added to the toner base particle. A difference obtained by subtracting a specific surface area of the toner after removal of the external additive from a specific surface area of the toner before removal of the external additive is 0.75 m | 2018-09-27 |
20180275540 | TONER - A toner comprising a toner particle and inorganic fine particles present on the surface of the toner particle, wherein particle diameter numerical distribution of the inorganic fine particles on the toner particle surface has a peak A1 and B1 present in specific particle diameter ranges, the proportion of inorganic fine particles having a particle diameter of 5 nm to 30 nm is not more than 10 number %, after the toner has been subjected to a water wash treatment, the particle diameter numerical distribution of the of the primary particles of the inorganic fine particles on the toner particle surface has a peak A2 and B2 in specific particle diameter ranges; and HB1, which is a peak value of the peak B1, and HB2, which is a peak value of the peak B2, satisfy a specific relationship. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275541 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles that contain a polyester resin which includes a condensed polymer of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a polyol which contains ethylene glycol in an amount of from about 40% by weight to about 90% by weight with respect to a total amount of the polyol, and an external additive that contains silica particles in which a product of a volume average particle diameter D50 (μm) and a BET specific surface area SA (m | 2018-09-27 |
20180275542 | POSITIVELY CHARGEABLE TONER - A positively chargeable toner includes a plurality of toner particles each including a toner mother particle and external additives adhering to a surface of the toner mother particle. The toner particles of the positively chargeable toner each include a silica particle as one of the external additives and a titania particle as another one of the external additives. The silica particle has on a surface thereof an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 8 and no greater than 16 and an amino group. The titania particle has an amino group on a surface thereof. The titania particle has a volume resistivity of at least 1.0×10 | 2018-09-27 |
20180275543 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An electrostatic charge image developer includes: a toner that includes toner particles which contain a polyester resin and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin and form a sea-island structure which includes a sea portion containing the polyester resin and an island portion containing the styrene (meth)acrylic resin on a surface of the toner particle, and has an exposure rate of the styrene (meth)acrylic resin in a range of from about 5 atom % to about 20 atom %; and an external additive, and a carrier whose fluidity and bulk density under environment of a temperature of 25° C. and a humidity of 50% satisfy Expression: 65.0≤fluidity×bulk density≤72.5. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275544 | PRESSURE FIXATION TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE - A pressure fixation toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes a styrene resin, a (meth)acrylic acid ester resin, and an oxidative polymerizable compound. The pressure fixation toner has a sea-island structure configured by a sea portion including the styrene resin and island portions including the (meth)acrylic acid ester resin. The (meth)acrylic acid ester resin has a glass transition temperature being lower than a glass transition temperature of the styrene resin by 30° C. or greater. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275545 | PIGMENT DISPERSION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER, AQUEOUS INK, AND TRIAZO COMPOUND - A pigment dispersion has low viscosity and good dispersion property without depending on pigment species. The pigment dispersion contains a dispersion medium, an organic pigment, and a triazo compound having a specific structure. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275546 | TONER AND CHARGE CONTROL AGENT USING PYRAZOLONE DERIVATIVE OR SALT OF DERIVATIVE - [Object] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a charge control agent for polymerized toners and particularly for color toners, which has a large charge amount and environmentally stable charging characteristics. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275547 | TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - A two-component developer includes: a toner containing a binder resin and a layered inorganic mineral; and a carrier containing core material particles and a coating layer with which at least a part of surfaces of the core material particles is coated, the coating layer containing a coating resin, the coating resin containing a resin A having a constituent unit derived from a (meth)acrylate monomer, and the (meth)acrylate monomer containing an alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275548 | INK COMPOSITION WITH PIGMENT PARTICLES HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE - Provided in one example herein is a liquid electrophotographic ink composition. The composition comprises: a carrier fluid comprising a polymer; ink particles each comprising a non-aqueous polymeric resin and pigment particles distributed in the polymeric resin; and a charge director. The pigment particles comprise a metal oxide and have a hydrophobic surface. The hydrophobic surface comprises at least one of the following: (i) nanoparticles attached to each of the pigment particles, the nanoparticles comprising at least one of an oxide, a phosphate, and a nitrate; (ii) a coating disposed over each of the pigment particles, the coating comprising at least one of an oxide, a phosphate, and a nitrate; and (iii) a coating disposed over each of the pigment particles, the coating comprising at least one of a polymer and an oligomer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275549 | LIQUID DEVELOPER AND LIQUID DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE - A liquid developer includes toner particles containing, as a binder resin, at least a polyester resin containing a monomer unit, which includes a linear or branched chain saturated hydrocarbon chain having | 2018-09-27 |
20180275550 | OPTICAL WRITING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical writing apparatus includes: a light source panel including light emitting elements arranged on an elongate glass substrate; an optical member that causes emergent light to form an image; a first holding member holding the optical member; and a second holding member holding the glass substrate, wherein legs are provided below the first holding member on sides of both ends, the legs extending downward, drooping ends of the legs being mounted and fixed on the second holding member, one end of the glass substrate is positioned inside the space, an integrated circuit being provided, a through hole is provided to an upper surface of the second holding member, and when cooling air for the integrated circuit flows into the space, the cooling air is guided through the through hole to a side of a lower surface of the upper surface of the second holding member. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275551 | CHARGING MEMBER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided are a charging member coupleable to an electrophotographic imaging apparatus. The charging member includes an electrically-conductive support body, an electrically-conductive elastomer layer stacked on a surface of the electrically-conductive support body, and an electrically-conductive resin layer stacked as an outermost layer on the electrically-conductive elastomer layer. The electrically-conductive resin layer includes a binder resin and particles comprising at least one type of particles selected from resin particles and inorganic particles, wherein a relative dielectric constant (εr1) of the binder resin is greater than or about equal to a relative dielectric constant (εr2) of at least one type of particles. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275552 | CHARGING ROLL FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE - Provided is a charging roll for an electrophotographic device in which charge capability is increased and uniformity of charging is satisfied. A charging roll for an electrophotographic device, the charging roll being provided with a shaft body, an elastic body layer formed on the outer periphery of the shaft body, and a surface layer formed on the outer periphery of the elastic body layer, the surface layer containing a binder resin, large-diameter particles having an average particle diameter of 15-50 μm, and small-diameter particles having an average particle diameter of 3 μm or more and less than 15 μm, the content of the small-diameter particles being within the range of 5-50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin, and the size of particle aggregates including the small-diameter particles contained in the surface layer being 6-50 μm. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275553 | CLEANING MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning member includes plural bristles including tips that come into contact with an object to be cleaned having a surface including recesses and projections; and a brush base to which the bristles are attached. The bristles each have a non-circular cross-section including a projecting portion that projects toward an outer periphery, at least the projecting portion having a size such that the projecting portion is capable of entering the recesses in the object to be cleaned. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275554 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a cleaning member, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, and a moving mechanism. The cleaning member includes a shaft portion and an elastic layer disposed around the shaft portion. The elastic layer is brought into contact with a rotating charging body. The cleaning member cleans the charging body while rotating. The first bearing member supports a first end portion of the shaft portion while rendering the shaft portion rotatable. The second bearing member supports a second end portion of the shaft portion while rendering the shaft portion rotatable. The moving mechanism is supported by the first bearing member and the second bearing member. The moving mechanism periodically moves the shaft portion in an axial direction of the shaft portion together with a rotation of the cleaning member. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275555 | APPARATUS AND METHOD - A control unit performs control to satisfy T | 2018-09-27 |
20180275556 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum that rotates in a predetermined direction, an LED head that exposes the photosensitive drum, a drum contact surface that contacts against the outer peripheral surface of the photosensitive drum, and a head contact surface that contacts the LED head. Further, the image forming apparatus includes a spacer for regulating a distance between the photosensitive drum and the LED head, and a coil spring for pressing the LED head toward the spacer. The LED head has an engagement hole to engage the spacer. The spacer has a protrusion that engages with the engagement hole and regulates movement of the LED head in a predetermined direction. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275557 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes a light-irradiation unit configured to move a spot of laser light on a surface of a photosensitive member at a non-constant scanning velocity in a main scanning direction to form a latent image on the photosensitive member, an image data correcting unit configured to correct a length in the main scanning direction of image data by inserting one or more image data pieces into the image data, the number of the image data pieces increasing as the scanning velocity increases, and/or extracting one or more image data pieces from the image data, the number of the image data pieces increasing as the scanning velocity decreases, and a brightness correcting unit configured to correct a brightness of the laser light so that an emission brightness increases as the scanning velocity increases and/or the emission brightness decreases as the scanning velocity decreases. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275558 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member, a rotatable pressuring member and an electric charge supplying device. The fixing member contacts a recording medium having a toner image and heats the recording medium. The pressuring member pressures the recording medium between the fixing member and the pressuring member. The electric charge supplying device electrically discharges electric charges with same polarity as toner and supplies the electric charges to the fixing member. An output current value electrically discharged by the electric charge supplying device is adjusted on the basis of a toner charged amount of the toner image. When the toner charged amount is equal to or more than a threshold value, the output current value is set to a normal current value. When the toner charged amount is less than the threshold value, the output current value is set to a current value higher than the normal current value. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275559 | TONER CARTRIDGE PRINTER SYSTEM AND DEVICE THAT OVER PRINTS AND UNDER PRINTS - A color toner printer system that is configured to both over print in a single pass and under print in a single pass, and that is configured to switch between over and under printing, the system comprising: a color toner printer comprising at least four toner printing cartridge slots, a front slot, a second slot, a third slot, and a rear slot, which are configured to matingly engage with at least four toner printing cartridges comprising three color toner printing cartridges and a non-standard toner printing cartridge; and a raster image processor software. The color toner printer is configured to over print when the non-standard toner printing cartridge is in said rear slot, and to under print when the non-standard toner printing cartridge is in said front slot. The RIP software is configured to (1) remap the color toner printer to reflect an actual placement of the at least four toner printing cartridges and (2) allows said color toner printer to under print in a single pass or over print in a single pass. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275560 | REPLACEABLE UNIT, DEVELOPING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A replaceable unit includes a body, a memory element, a holder, and a first post. The holder has a first hole and holds the memory element to the body. The first post is provided on the body, and includes a first insert and a first head. The first insert is inserted into the first hole. The first head is located on opposite side of the first insert to the body and covers a periphery of the first hole of the holder. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275561 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner supply unit for use in an image forming apparatus includes a bottle gear provided on a toner bottle to receive a driving force when the toner bottle is mounted to a mounting portion, and a discharging mechanism provided on the toner bottle to discharge a predetermined amount of toner from a discharging portion with the rotation of the bottle gear. A controller controls the driving force inputted to the bottle gear in a period from input of the driving force to the bottle gear to a predetermined number of rotations of the toner bottle to be smaller than the driving force inputted to the bottle gear at a time when the discharging mechanism first discharges the predetermined amount of toner from the discharging portion after the predetermined number of rotations. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275562 | TONER CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A toner conveyance device includes a conveying screw having a shaft and a spiral blade. The spiral blade includes a start end-side blade adjacent to a bearing positioned at a start end part side in a toner conveyance path, a terminal-side blade adjacent to a bearing positioned at a terminal part side, and an intermediate blade. A toner discharge port is provided between the intermediate blade and the terminal-side blade. A spiral winding direction of the terminal-side blade is opposite to that of the intermediate blade, a spiral winding direction of the start end-side blade is equal to that of the intermediate blade, and a blade diameter of the start end-side blade and a blade diameter of the terminal-side blade are smaller than that of the intermediate blade. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275563 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING A TONER CARTRIDGE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TONER - A method of converting a toner printing cartridge to have a different toner, comprising the steps: providing one or more toner printing cartridges that each have an initial toner; disassembling the one or more toner printing cartridges; emptying the initial toner from each of the one or more toner printing cartridges; cleaning the one or more toner printing cartridges to create one or more empty and clean toner printing cartridges; reassembling the one or more empty and clean toner printing cartridges; filling each of the one or more reassembled toner printing cartridges with a replacement toner; and wherein the replacement toner is different from the initial toner. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275564 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING A TONER CARTRIDGE PRINTER - A method of converting a CMYK toner printer to print with a white toner, comprising the steps: providing a CMYK toner printer; wherein the toner printer has four printing cartridges; wherein the four printing cartridges comprise a black toner printing cartridge, a cyan toner printing cartridge, a magenta toner printing cartridge, and a yellow toner printing cartridge; removing the black toner printing cartridge from the toner printer, such that there is an empty toner cartridge slot; providing a white toner printing cartridge that is filled with a white toner; installing the white toner printing cartridge into the empty toner cartridge slot; and providing raster image processor (RIP) software, such that the printer is able to incorporate the white toner into one or more images printed by the printer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275565 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AUDITABLE SECURE SEEDS FROM REAL-WORLD DATA - An interface receives a first digital signature of real-world data. A memory stores the first digital signature as seed data. The interface receives a second digital signature of real-world data. The memory stores the second digital signature as seed data. A processor generates first draw seed based, at least in part, on the seed data. The processor generates a first draw result based upon the first draw seed and a drawing algorithm. The interface receives a second draw result from a remote entity, the second draw result based, at least in part, on the first digital signature and the second digital signature. The processor determines whether the first draw result and the second draw result are in agreement. Upon a determination that the first draw result and the second draw result are in agreement, the interface communicates at least one of the first draw result and the second draw result. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275566 | OIL REMOVING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An oil removing device includes a first heating member that at an outer surface thereof contacts a non-image surface of a recording medium which is transported, and that heats the recording medium, a toner image that is formed by using liquid developer that contains volatile oil and toner being transferred to the recording medium; and a second heating member that is disposed on a downstream side of the first heating member in a transport direction, the second heating member contacting at an outer surface thereof the non-image surface of the recording medium and heating the recording medium. In the oil removing device, a non-contact region where the non-image surface of the recording medium does not contact the first heating member and the second heating member is provided between the first heating member and the second heating member. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275567 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit, a resistance detection unit, and a changing unit. The transfer unit transfers an image to a continuous recording medium. The resistance detection unit detects a resistance of the recording medium at a position upstream of the transfer unit in a transport direction of the recording medium. The changing unit changes a transfer condition of the transfer unit in accordance with a detection result of the resistance detection unit. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275568 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit which includes a belt member having an outer peripheral surface which contacts an image holding member, and a transfer member, and the belt member is wound around both of the image holding member and the transfer member, wherein a toner to be used includes a binder resin containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin and has specific physical properties described in the specification, and paraffin wax having a melting temperature of 60° C. to 80° C., and an absolute value of a difference between the melting temperature of the crystalline resin and the melting temperature of the paraffin wax is 10° C. or less. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275569 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging bias output portion is controlled so that a direct-current component of a charging bias voltage reaches a target voltage value taking a first set time after output start. A transfer bias output portion is controlled so that output of a transfer bias is started after a first position of an image bearing member reaches a transfer position and before a second position reaches the transfer portion, and a transfer current reaches a target current value taking a second set time. The first position is a position of the image bearing member that passes through a charging portion between a charging member and the image bearing member at a timing when the output of the charging DC is started, and the second position is a position that passes through the charging portion at a timing when the charging DC reaches the target voltage value. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275570 | System and Method for Controlling a Fuser Assembly of an Electrophotographic Imaging Device - An apparatus includes a fuser assembly including a heater member. The heater member includes at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensor to sense a temperature of the heating element. A first power control unit is coupled to the at least one temperature sensor and operative to calculate at least one power level for the at least one heating element based upon at least one set-point temperature therefor and the temperature sensed by the at least one temperature sensor. A second power control unit is coupled to the first power control unit, receives the calculated at least one power level and selects, based upon the calculated power level, at least one actual power level from a stored plurality of predetermined power levels. The second power control unit controls a power for the at least one heating element based upon the selected at least one actual power level. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275571 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SLIDING MEMBER FOR FIXING DEVICE - Relating to a sliding member for a fixing device having a resin coating film on a sliding surface, to provide a manufacturing method for the peeling member for the fixing device capable of forming a fine recessed groove as a lubricant reservoir on a surface of the resin coating film. The manufacturing method for the sliding member for the fixing device includes a coating film forming step of forming a resin coating film by drying a resin coating material after applying the resin coating material including a matrix resin on at least a sliding surface of the base material of the sliding member slid on the belt member, a coating film baking step of baking and hardening the resin coating film, and a recessed portion forming step of forming a recessed portion, which becomes a lubricant reservoir when the coating film baking step is performed, on the surface of the resin coating film, after the coating film forming step and before the coating film baking step. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275572 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device according to an embodiment includes a first rotating body, a pressing unit, and an urging member. The pressing unit includes a belt, a second rotating body, a belt supporting member, and a pushing member. The pushing member includes a pressing region for pressing the belt toward the first rotating body. The pushing member is disposed between the second rotating body and the belt supporting member. The pressing unit is capable of switching a pressing position and a release position. When viewed from the axial direction of the first rotating body, a line connecting the center of the first rotating body and the center of the turning fulcrum passes the pressing region of the pushing member in both of the pressing position and the release position. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275573 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a belt member having a substantially loop shape and an outer circumferential surface and moving along a belt moving path; a downstream side pressing member pressed against the outer circumferential surface and pressing a recording material transported along a recording material transporting path; and an upstream side pressing member disposed on an upstream side of the downstream side pressing member, pressed against the outer circumferential surface, and pressing the recording material, wherein in a contact portion where the outer circumferential surface and the downstream side pressing member are in contact, the belt moving path and the recording material transporting path are curved toward an inner side in a radial direction of the belt member, and wherein on an upstream side of the contact portion, the belt moving path and the recording material transporting path are curved toward a side opposite to the inner side. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275574 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a charging unit, an electrostatic charge image forming unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a fixing unit including a fixing belt, a pressurizing rotator that forms a nip by pressurizing an outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt, a sliding member that slides on an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt in the nip, and a pressing member that presses the fixing belt in the direction of the pressurizing rotator, wherein a toner to be used includes a binder resin containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin and has specific physical properties described in the specification, and paraffin wax having a melting temperature of 60° C. to 80° C., and an absolute value of a difference between the melting temperature of the crystalline resin and the melting temperature of the paraffin wax is 10° C. or less. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275575 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit including a fixing belt, a pressurizing rotator that forms a nip portion between the fixing belt and the pressurizing rotator by pressurizing an outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt, a first heating rotator that is provided so as to contact an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt in the nip portion and heats the fixing belt, and a second heating unit that heats the fixing belt separately from the first heating rotator, wherein a toner to be used has physical properties described in the specification and includes an amorphous resin, a crystalline resin, and paraffin wax having a melting temperature of 60° C. to 80° C., and an absolute value of a difference in a melting temperature between the crystalline resin and the paraffin wax is 10° C. or less. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275576 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; an imaging portion that performs imaging of a belonging of a user, the user being adjacent to the image forming apparatus; a belonging analyzer that identifies the belonging by performing analysis on an image obtained by the imaging portion; a memory that stores a user assistance lookup table including the following pieces of information associated one another in advance: a belonging of a user; a user assistance action; and a target member of the image forming apparatus, the target member to be affected by the user assistance action; a searcher that retrieves a user assistance action and target member both associated with the identified belonging by searching the user assistance lookup table for a record associated with the identified belonging; and a hardware processor that makes the image forming apparatus take the user assistance action by the target member. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275577 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a housing, an image forming section, a temperature sensor, a determination section and a controller. The image forming section has a photoconductive drum and a charging roller for forming an image on a sheet which are arranged in the housing. The temperature sensor measures a temperature in the housing. The determination section determines whether or not the temperature meets a predetermined temperature. The controller carries out an image forming processing by controlling the image forming section if it is determined that a determination result by the determination section meets the predetermined temperature. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275578 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transport unit, an image bearing member, a transfer unit, and a detector. The transport unit transports a continuous recording medium. The image bearing member retains an image thereon. The transfer unit has a transfer member that is movable into and out of contact with the image bearing member and transports the recording medium by nipping the recording medium between the image bearing member and the transfer member. The transfer unit transfers the image on the image bearing member onto the recording medium. The detector detects an electrical resistance of the transfer member in a state where the transfer member is disposed at a noncontact position located away from the image bearing member. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275579 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing member, a developer supply unit, a pulsating pump, and a correction unit. The developing member is to be supplied with a liquid developer from a supply member and is configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier. The developer supply unit forms a closed space together with the supply member. The closed space stores the liquid developer. The pulsating pump is configured to feed the liquid developer to the closed space at a predetermined reference flow rate. The correction unit is configured to make a correction to achieve increase or decrease with respect to the reference flow rate according to presence or absence of image information used for forming the electrostatic latent image, in units of a predetermined processing length in a process direction intersecting a development width on the image carrier. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275580 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a reading unit with a fixed reading position and configured to read a first image on a sheet and detect a position of the first image. A toner image transfer unit is configured to transfer a toner pattern to the sheet at a fixed transfer position. The toner pattern corresponds to a second image to be disposed on the sheet with the first image. The toner image transfer unit is downstream of the reading unit along the sheet feeding path. A control unit calculates a timing for transfer of the toner pattern to the sheet according to the detected position of the first image on the sheet and controls the toner image transfer unit according to the calculated timing. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275581 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that has an image carrier for supporting toner and prints a first image formed by exposure to the image carrier and a developing processing on continuous paper; and a hardware processor that controls the image former so as to print a second image on the continuous paper in a case where information on at least one of coverage and a printing distance of the first image formed by the image former meets a predetermined condition, wherein the hardware processor controls the image former so as to stop forming the second image on the image carrier before a toner amount of the second image per unit width at a predetermined position on the image carrier in a main scanning direction exceeds a threshold value affecting an exposure memory. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275582 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REPLACEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable photosensitive member included in a photosensitive unit that is attachable and detachable; an exposing device that forms a latent image on a surface of the photosensitive member; a developing device that forms a toner image by providing toner onto the latent image by using two-component developer; an image stabilization control part that performs optimization of a parameter value of image formation while image formation is not performed; and a replacement determiner that makes determination of replacement of the photosensitive unit on a basis of an optimized value that is the parameter value optimized by the image stabilization control part, wherein the replacement determiner determines that the photosensitive unit should be replaced in a case where the optimized value corresponds to a photosensitive member replacement event that has been determined in advance. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275583 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO JUDGE LIFETIME END OF EXPENDABLE ITEM - An image forming apparatus comprises an expendable item having a specific function, installed replaceably with respect to a main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein there are several types of expendable items, and an engine control unit. The engine control unit judges end of lifetime of the expendable item by using one of a plurality of lifetime judgment methods. The engine control unit selects a lifetime judgment method used in the judgment, according to a type of the expendable item. It makes possible to provide an image forming apparatus capable of appropriately determining the reaching of the lifetime end of expendable items. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275584 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FEEDING APPARATUS - A feeding apparatus includes a feeding member, first and second conveying members, a separation member, and drive and control units. The feeding member feeds a recording material placed on a tray. The separation member and the first conveying member form a nip portion and separates recording materials at the nip portion. The second conveying member conveys a conveyed recording material. The drive unit drives at least the feeding member. The control unit controls to feed first and second recording materials such that a second recording material front edge passes the nip portion before a first recording material rear edge passes the nip portion, and controls to stop the second recording material after the second recording material front edge has passed the nip portion such that the first recording material rear edge reaches the second conveying member before the second recording material front edge reaches the second conveying member. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275585 | BINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A binding apparatus includes a first pressing member including a base part and multiple projections projecting from the base part, the first pressing member presses a recording media stack from one side; and a second pressing member including a base part and multiple projections projecting from the base part, the second pressing member facing the first pressing member and pressing the recording media stack from the other side. At least one of the first and second pressing members has at least one lower projection whose apex in a projecting direction closer to the base part than the apexes of the other projections are, and the lower projection is provided in the first or second pressing member that has more projections than the other, or more lower projections are provided in the first or second pressing member that has more projections than the other. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275586 | BINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A binding apparatus includes: a first pressing member that presses a recording-medium stack from one side of the recording-medium stack; a second pressing member that faces the first pressing member and presses the recording-medium stack from the other side of the recording-medium stack; and a suppressing part provided in at least one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member, the suppressing part suppressing damage to recording media that may be caused when a recording-medium stack including a smaller number of sheets than the maximum number of sheets that can be bound is bound with the first pressing member and the second pressing member. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275587 | BINDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A binding device includes a first pressing member that presses a recording-medium stack from one surface side of the recording-medium stack, a second pressing member disposed at a position opposed to the first pressing member to press the recording-medium stack from the other surface side of the recording-medium stack, and a reduction part provided in at least one pressing member of the first pressing member and the second pressing member to reduce creases in recording media of the recording-medium stack when an end portion of the at least one pressing member is pressed against the recording-medium stack. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275588 | SHEET STACKING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND POSITION REGULATING MEMBER - A sheet stacking device including a position regulating member movable in a first direction toward a sheet edge and in a second direction away from the sheet edge, in order to regulate position of the sheet. The position regulating member includes a lock member movable between an engage position and a release position and a lock releaser that moves the lock member from the engage position to the release position. The lock releaser includes a lever member, an upper portion of the lever member including an operation portion, a pivot support that allows the lever member to tilt in the first direction and the second direction, and release mechanisms that move the lock member to the release position when the operation portion is tilted in either direction. Both the release mechanisms are provided on one side of the pivot support in the first direction or the second direction. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275589 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING A TONER CARTRIDGE PRINTER TO A NON-STANDARD TONER PRINTER - A method of converting a four- or five-cartridge toner printer comprising the steps: providing a four- or five-cartridge toner printer; wherein the four- or five-cartridge toner printer has four or five initial toner printing cartridges; removing one or more of the four or five initial toner printing cartridges from the toner printer, such that there are one or more empty toner cartridge slots; providing one or more replacement toner printing cartridges; installing the one or more replacement toner printing cartridges into the one or more empty toner cartridge slots; and wherein each of the one or more replacement toner printing cartridges that are installed into the one or more empty toner cartridge slots is different from the initial toner printing cartridge that was removed. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275590 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FUNCTION FOR DETECTING SHEET CONVEYANCE DELAY - An image forming apparatus comprises a container, a supplier, a conveyor, a grammage detector, a sheet detector, an image former, and a processor. The processor set a flag when the detected grammage exceeds a first grammage, measures a conveyance time of a sheet to the sheet detector, determines a conveyance delay of the sheet based on whether the conveyance time is greater than or equal to a first amount of time, counts a number of occurrences of the conveyance delay in a state where the detected grammage exceeds the first grammage, and prohibits supply of sheets from the container when the detected grammage exceeds a second grammage larger than the first grammage or the number of occurrences of the conveyance delay is greater than or equal to a threshold value. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275591 | BEARING MEMBER, END MEMBER, PHOTORECEPTOR DRUM UNIT, DEVELOPING ROLLER UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF BEARING MEMBER - An end member ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180275592 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus includes: a first primary winding; a first AC voltage outputter connected to one side of the first primary winding so as to output a first AC voltage; a second AC voltage outputter connected to the other side of the first primary winding and capable of outputting a second AC voltage with an inverted phase of the first AC voltage; a first secondary winding that generates a third AC voltage by mutual induction of the first primary winding to which the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage are applied; a second primary winding having one side receiving an input of the second AC voltage and the other side connected to a fixed voltage; and a second secondary winding that generates a fourth AC voltage by mutual induction of the second primary winding to which the second AC voltage is applied. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275593 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STARTING IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - An image formation device includes a power controller that controls transition to an energy-saving mode to reduce power consumption in a standby state and starts up out of the energy-saving mode and a timer in which a timing schedule that starts up the device out of the energy-saving mode is set. The power controller controls the surface temperature of the fixing roller of the image generator to be a temperature lower than the fixing temperature that enables image formation when the image formation device is started up out of the energy-saving mode according to the timing schedule set in the timer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275594 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a charging unit; an electrostatic image forming unit, a development unit, a transfer unit; a fixing unit, and a cleaning unit. A toner for electrostatic image development contains a binder resin containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, and paraffin wax. The toner has a volume-average particle diameter of 6 μm to 9 μm, a shape factor SF1 of 140 or more, and a toluene insoluble content within a range of 25% to 40%. The melting temperature of the paraffin wax is 60° C. or more and 80° C. or less. The absolute value of difference between the melting temperature of the crystalline resin and the melting temperature of the paraffin is 10° C. or less. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275595 | CLEANING BLADE - Provided is a cleaning blade. The cleaning blade is used for removing remaining toner which remains on a surface of the target member in an electrophotographic apparatus. The cleaning blade is provided with the blade portion having the edge portion which comes into sliding contact with the target member. The edge portion includes: a substrate of the blade portion; an inner layer extending from a surface of the substrate to the inside of the substrate; and an outer layer extending from a surface of the substrate to an outer outside of the substrate. The inner layer contains at least an acrylic resin or a methacrylate resin, and has a thickness of less than 1 μm. The outer layer contains at least an acrylic resin or a methacrylate resin, and has a thickness of 0.02 μm or less. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275596 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including an image carrier, a developing device that includes a developer containing a toner, and a cleaning device including a blade; and a transfer device. The toner contains toner particles having a volume-average particle size of 3 μm or more and 5 μm or less, a spherical inorganic external additive having a number-average particle size of 80 nm to 200 nm, and an organic component. In the cleaning device, an external additive residue in or near a contact region between the image carrier and the blade contains the organic component and an inorganic component, the area ratio of the organic component to the inorganic component is 3/7 or more and 7/3 or less, and the area ratio of the inorganic component that is spherical to the external additive residue is 30% or more. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275597 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which transfers, onto paper, a toner image formed on a belt-shaped image carrier including an elastic layer on a surface thereof, and forms an image includes a rigid blade which cleans the surface of the image carrier in contact with the image carrier which has transferred the toner image onto the paper; a roller which is upstream of the rigid blade in a rotation direction of the image carrier, and cleans the surface of the image carrier upstream of the rigid blade by coming in contact with the image carrier which has transferred the toner image onto the paper; a rigid blade holder which holds the rigid blade; and a roller holder which holds the roller. The rigid blade holder and the roller holder are installed with a gap therebetween. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275598 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member; a charger that charges a surface of the photosensitive member; an exposure device that forms a latent image; and a developing device that applies toner to the latent image, wherein the photosensitive member is incorporated in a detachable photosensitive member unit, and the developing device is incorporated in a detachable developing unit, the image forming apparatus including: an optimization controller that performs optimization of a charging bias of the charger and a developing bias of the developing device; and a replacement determiner that determines which of the photosensitive member unit and the developing unit is to be replaced when an optimized developing bias is out of a predetermined allowable range, wherein the replacement determiner determines that the developing unit is to be replaced, and determines that the photosensitive member unit is to be replaced. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275599 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH RECOVERY CONTAINER FOR WASTE TONER - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet and a sheet conveying unit for conveying the sheet along a conveying path extending in a substantially horizontal direction in a lower portion of the image forming unit. The image forming apparatus includes a recovery container which is provided in front of the image forming unit and above the conveying path, and accommodates the waste toner discharged from the image forming unit. The image forming apparatus includes a waste toner conveying pipe that conveys the waste toner discharged from the image forming unit to the recovery container, without passing through the rear portion and the side portion of the image forming unit. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275600 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a first processing unit including a first processing portion that processes a medium, and a first housing that houses the first processing portion; a second processing unit including a second processing portion that receives the medium transported from the first processing portion, and a second housing that houses the second processing portion; and a connecting member that connects the first housing and the second housing to each other such that a specified angular relationship is established between the first processing portion and the second processing portion by orienting the first housing and the second housing in different directions. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275601 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MAIN BODY AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A main body ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180275602 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided an image forming apparatus including a fixing portion, an exterior member, a first ventilation guide, a second ventilation guide, and a blowing portion. The exterior member has a first opening portion opened to an outside. The first ventilation guide is disposed between the fixing portion and the exterior member. The first ventilation guide forms a first space communicating with the first opening portion between the first ventilation guide and the exterior member. The second ventilation guide is disposed between the fixing portion and the first ventilation guide, and has a second opening portion. The second ventilation guide forms a second space communicating with the second opening portion between the second ventilation guide and the first ventilation guide. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275603 | COMPOSITION FOR HOLOGRAM RECORDING MATERIAL, HOLOGRAM RECORDING MATERIAL, AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A composition for a hologram recording material includes a binder precursor containing a compound having a structure represented by formula A below, a polymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275604 | DEVICE, A SYSTEM AND A METHOD IN HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING - A device in holographic imaging comprises: at least two light sources, wherein each of the at least two light sources is arranged to output light of a unique wavelength; and at least one holographic optical element, wherein the at least two light sources and the at least one holographic optical element are arranged in relation to each other such that light from the at least two light sources incident on the at least one holographic optical element interacts with the at least one holographic optical element to form wavefronts of similar shape for light from the different light sources. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275605 | HOLOGRAPHIC REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, HOLOGRAPHIC IMPLEMENTING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a holographic reproducing apparatus comprising: a light source configured to supply a reproducing light beam to be incident to a photorefractive crystal, wherein the photorefractive crystal has holographic images recorded therein in a plurality of different angles respectively; a reflective mirror configured to reflect the reproducing light beam emitted from the light source to the photorefractive crystal; and a driving mechanism connected to the reflective mirror and configured to drive the reflective mirror to move on a plane elliptical arc, the plane elliptical arc is defined by using the light source and the photorefractive crystal as two mathematical focuses and using a predetermined constant, so that an incident angle of the reproducing light beam to be incident to the photorefractive crystal varies to form a plurality of reproducing light beams in different angles to be incident to the photorefractive crystal in sequence. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275606 | Holographic Laminate and the Tube Made Thereof - A laminate that may be used to store a product such as a toothpaste, various food items, lotions, etc. The laminate includes a reflective metal layer, a hologram layer, and an outer film interposed between the reflective metal layer and the hologram layer, wherein the outer film is transparent or translucent. The formation of the hologram layer can be performed at a lower temperature that the formation of other laminate structures so as not to damage the hologram. The laminate may be used as a tube wall, and can provide a self-sealing side seam. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275607 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, DISPLAY, AND LIGHT GUIDE DEVICE - An illumination apparatus includes a light source, a light guide plate, and an adjacent layer. The light guide plate includes a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and plural light exit portions provided on one of the first and second surfaces. The light guide plate guides therethrough a beam of light incident upon one of the first and second surfaces while reflecting the beam between the first and second surfaces. The light guide plate redirects the beam incident upon any one of the plural light exit portions so as to cause the beam to exit the light guide plate. The adjacent layer provided adjacent to at least one of the first and second surfaces has a lower refractive index than that of the light guide plate and increases a critical angle compared to that observed when air exists instead of the adjacent layer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275608 | SWITCH DEVICE AND TIMEPIECE - A switch device including a case provided with a through hole, an operation member including a shaft section which is inserted into the through hole of the case and a head section which is provided on an outer end portion of the shaft section and arranged outside the case, an elastic body which is arranged between outer surface of the case and inner surface of the head section of the operation member opposing the outer surface of the case, and forces the head section outward from the case by an elastic force of a material of the elastic body, and a slipping section which provides slipperiness in a rotational direction to the elastic body and the head section. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275609 | Timepiece Part, And Timepieces - A timepiece part includes: a substrate; and a first coating configured from a material containing cobalt as a primary component, and 26 mass % to 30 mass % of Cr, and 5 mass % to 7 mass % of Mo. The first coating has an average signal intensity of oxygen of 0 counts/sec to 150 counts/sec as measured by SIMS relative to a 1.0 μm-thick reference film of a composition containing Co: 62.8 mass %, Cr: 28.2 mass %, Mo: 6.0 mass %, C: 1.5 mass %, and Ar: 1.5 mass %. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275610 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece includes a measurement unit which is measuring a predetermined measurement item, a storage unit which stores measurement result information in which a measurement result obtained by the measurement unit is associated with a measurement time when the measurement result is obtained, and a display unit which displays the measurement result and the measurement time by hands. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275611 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT RESULT DISPLAY METHOD - An electronic timepiece includes: a measurement result obtaining section configured to obtain a measurement result of a display target item which is any measurement item among a plurality of measurement items; a display configured to display the measurement result of the display target item; and a display controller configured to cause the display to display the measurement result of the display target item during a display period that corresponds to the display target item, in which the display period is set in accordance with each of the plurality of measurement items. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275612 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece includes a mode setter that sets an azimuth mode in which the azimuth is measured and displayed, at least one indicating hand that operates when the azimuth mode is set, markings at which the indicating hand points, a stepper motor including a rotor, a wheel train that moves the indicating hand in synchronization with the rotor, a magnetism sensor, and an azimuth measurer that measures magnetism with the magnetism sensor when the azimuth mode is set and acquires the azimuth based on the measured magnetism information. The reduction ratio of the wheel train is so set that the indicating hand moves by the distance corresponding to one marking when the rotor makes N turns, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and the azimuth measurer measures the magnetism during the period for which the indicating hand stationarily points at any of the markings. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275613 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE AND CONTROL METHOD - An electronic timepiece includes a measuring section that measures a predetermined measurement item, a display capable of displaying the result of the measurement performed by the measuring section, a battery that supplies electric power for driving the measuring section and the display, and a processor including an action controller that prevents switching to a display mode that causes the display to display the measurement result in a case where the remaining battery level of the battery is lower than a predetermined value. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275614 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece includes indicators, an operation receiving unit, a timing unit and a processor. The operation receiving unit receives an operation performed by a user. The timing unit counts a date and time at present. The processor carries out operation control of the indicators and obtains a local time setting based on a time difference between a predetermined standard time and a local time at a target position. The processor makes at least apart of the indicators display the local time in accordance with the operation received by the operation receiving unit and obtains the local time setting based on a difference between the displayed local time and the date and time counted by the timing unit. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275615 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - An information display method includes recognizing a position relationship between a dial and an indicating hand from an image in which an electronic timepiece having a dial and an indicating hand for indicating the dial is included as an imaged subject, specifying a value corresponding to the position relationship, based on specification information of the electronic timepiece, and displaying an annotation image relating to the specified value along with the image. | 2018-09-27 |
20180275616 | WATCH - A watch includes a dial plate, a patch antenna, an upper side display component at a visible side than the dial plate, and a lower side display component at the rear surface side of the dial plate. The watch includes a first component layer on which at least a part of a wheel train mechanism for driving the upper side display component and a motor for driving the wheel train mechanism are disposed, and a second component layer that is positioned between the first component layer and the dial plate, and on which the lower side display component and a driving component of the lower side display component are disposed. The patch antenna is disposed on the second component layer so as to be planarly overlapped with a metal component disposed on the first component layer. | 2018-09-27 |