Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080292330 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In the recovery sequence after detecting recording medium conveyance jam or after detecting empty of recording medium in the sheet feeding tray, by applying a bias having the same polarity as that of the bias of the secondary transfer, remaining toner on the intermediate transfer member is transferred onto the secondary transfer roller side and a part of remaining toner not transferred by slipping through is cleaned by an intermediate member cleaning device disposed between the secondary transfer device and a bending roller being in contact with an outer surface of the intermediate transfer member. | 11-27-2008 |
20090214834 | Microencapsulated Material, Microencapsulated Color Material, Process for Production of the Material, Ink Composition, Ink-Jet Recording Method, and Recorded Material - Problem: To provide a microencapsulated color material for an ink composition which is excellent in dispersion stability, ejection stability and color developability, excellent in fastness and rubbing resistance of images, and hard to cause blurs of images, and can provide recorded matter having high print density; an ink composition using the color material; a production process thereof; an ink jet recording process; recorded matter; and microencapsulated matter. | 08-27-2009 |
20100146456 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, BROWSING METHOD, AND BROWSING PROGRAM - A browsing method by which within-site browsing and within-screen browsing can be switched over to each other without making the user conscious of it is provided. A control means superposes and superposingly displays a Web page and a pointer moving in response to the operation applied to a pointing device ( | 06-10-2010 |
20110035698 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AN INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND AN INFORMATION PROCESSING CONTROL PROGRAM - In an information processing apparatus having a plurality of functions, an information processing apparatus which is capable of executing an appropriate process to an operation by user according to the function under execution is provided. | 02-10-2011 |
20110044718 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a cleaning apparatus including: a blade and a roller to remove the residual toner on the image carrier, the blade and the roller provided on a downstream side of a rotating direction of the image carrier than a transfer position of the toner image; a scraper to remove toner attached to the roller; and a first controlling section to control movement of the residual toner removed by the blade and the roller, the first controlling section is provided on an upstream side of the rotating direction of the image carrier than the blade and on a downstream side of the rotating direction of the image carrier than the roller and the scraper, and the first controlling section is provided facing the image carrier with a certain area provided in between to form an accumulating section to accumulate residual toner in the certain area. | 02-24-2011 |
20110280607 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A fixing device by fixing an image on a recording material at a nip portion, includes: an air blower which blows air sent by a fan on the neighborhood of an exit of the nip portion; a pressure contact and separation switching section which switches from a separated state in which a pressure member is separated from a fixing member to a pressure contact state in which the pressure member is in contact with the heating member at a moment that is earlier by a predetermined period of time than a time when a leading edge of the recording material arrives at the nip portion; and a controller which controls the fan to start its rotation within a first time period between a time when a changeover from the separated state to the pressure contact state is started and a time when the leading edge of the recording material arrives at the nip portion. | 11-17-2011 |
20120121854 | COMPOSITE-MATERIAL STRUCTURE AND AIRCRAFT MAIN WING AND AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An object is to provide a main wing whose weight can be reduced, taking into consideration the stress concentration at circumferential edges of access holes. A main wing ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120142857 | CURABLE COMPOSITION - A curable composition having a low viscosity and good workability which can give a mechanically strong cured product is provided. | 06-07-2012 |
20120185796 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information terminal, a display method, and program can share information of applications operating in multi-task by simple operations. An information terminal can execute first and second applications at the same time, and includes a display control unit | 07-19-2012 |
20120202963 | POLYETHER AND ITS PRODUCTION PROCESS - In producing a polyether in the presence of a double metal cyanide complex catalyst, a narrow molecular weight distribution of the polyether can be obtained. Producing a polyether with at least one hydroxy group includes subjecting a cyclic monomer, such as an alkylene oxide, to a ring-opening addition polymerization with an initiator having a hydroxy group, in the presence of a double metal cyanide complex catalyst. | 08-09-2012 |
20120274986 | Image Forming Apparatus and Gradation Correction Method - Image forming apparatus ( | 11-01-2012 |
20120301163 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method - Provided are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of easily forming an output image having desired gradation characteristics and capable of reducing running cost. In an intermediate transfer-type image forming apparatus, an image forming section is configured by including a first image forming section which forms a color toner image on a photoconductor, and a second image forming section which is located on the upstream side of the first image forming section and forms a transparent toner image on the photoconductor. Further, after the transparent toner image is formed on an intermediate transfer member by the second image forming section, the first image forming section forms, on the basis of image data (correction gradation values) corrected by a gradation correcting section, a color toner image so that the color toner image is superimposed on the transparent toner image. | 11-29-2012 |
20130005882 | CURABLE COMPOSITION - An odorless curable composition containing a hydrolyzable silyl group-containing urethane compound with good storage stability is provided. | 01-03-2013 |
20130148138 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND GRADATION CORRECTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image forming apparatus and a gradation correction method for the same are provided. An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms a plurality of patch bands in a plurality of positions in a main scanning direction on an image bearing member, each of the plurality of patch bands having a plurality of gradation patches disposed in a sub-scanning direction; a density detection section that detects densities of the plurality of patch bands; and a control section that performs gradation correction based on detection results from the density detection section. The plurality of patch bands differs from each other. | 06-13-2013 |
20130195658 | AIRCRAFT ICE PROTECTION SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An aircraft ice protection system is provided for preventing ice accretion on a wing of an aircraft or removing the accreted ice. Bleed air extracted from a main engine of the aircraft and air introduced from an air intake installed on an airframe and heated by a heat source of the airframe of the aircraft are selectively supplied to a hot air chamber formed inside the wing, thereby carrying out ice protection. | 08-01-2013 |
20130243992 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL STRUCTURE, AND AIRCRAFT WING AND FUSELAGE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A composite material structure that can be made lighter in weight is provided, with the stress concentration at peripheral edge regions around holes being taken into consideration. A wing ( | 09-19-2013 |
20130258367 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a storage unit, an image processing unit and a control unit. The image processing unit (i) calculates a summed height of a color toner image formed on a sheet by summing up a height of the color toner image on the basis of input image data, (ii) calculates, on the basis of a target value for glossiness stored in the storage unit, a target total height of the color toner image and a clear toner image to realize the target value for glossiness, and (iii) calculates a height of the clear toner image by subtracting the summed height from the target total height. On the basis of the calculated height of the clear toner image, the control unit adjusts the height of the clear toner image formed on the sheet. | 10-03-2013 |
20140116466 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD - A substrate cleaning apparatus performs scrub cleaning of a surface of a substrate with an elongated cylindrical roll cleaning member. The substrate cleaning apparatus includes a roll holder for supporting the cleaning member and rotate the roll cleaning member, a vertical movement mechanism for vertically moving the roll holder so that the roll cleaning member applies a roll load to the substrate at the time of cleaning the substrate by actuation of an actuator having a regulating device, a load cell for measuring the roll load, and a controller for performing feedback control of the roll load through the regulating device based on the measured value of the load cell. The substrate cleaning apparatus further includes a monitor unit for monitoring whether an operation amount of the regulating device falls outside an allowable range of a preset reference value of an operation amount corresponding to a preset roll load. | 05-01-2014 |
20140243495 | POLYETHER PREPARATION METHOD, PREPOLYMER PREPARATION METHOD, AND MODIFIED SILICONE POLYMER PREPARATION METHOD - A polyether preparation method which comprises a polymerization step of subjecting a monoepoxide having at least 2 carbon atoms to ring-opening addition polymerization to an initiator having at least one active hydrogen-containing functional group in the presence of a catalyst in a stirring vessel, to obtain a polyether, wherein the stirring vessel is one wherein a stirring shaft rotatable by an external drive source is provided at the center of the stirring vessel; plate-shaped bottom paddles extending in a radial direction of the stirring vessel are mounted on a lower portion of the stirring shaft; lattice vanes each comprising arm paddles extending in a radial direction and strips extending in an axial direction, are mounted on a portion of the stirring shaft above the bottom paddles; and a discharge nozzle as a monoepoxide-supply means for discharging the monoepoxide to at least two locations below the lower ends of the strips. | 08-28-2014 |
20140295123 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING HONEYCOMB CORE SANDWICH STRUCTURAL BODY AND REPAIRED PRODUCT - A method for repairing a honeycomb core sandwich structural body according to the present invention is a method in which a damaged portion that is formed in a honeycomb core sandwich structural body where a honeycomb structured core is held between a first outer skin and a second outer skin and that reaches the core through the first outer skin is repaired, the method including: a repair material mounting step of mounting a repair material on the damaged portion, the repair material including a patch that covers an opening of the damaged portion, and one or a plurality of braces that support the patch; a patch bonding step of bonding the patch to the first outer skin; and a brace bonding step of bonding the brace to the second outer skin or the core. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295124 | REPAIR METHOD OF REPAIR TARGET PORTION, AND REPAIRED PRODUCT OBTAINED FROM REPAIRING - The present invention relates to a repair method using a pre-cured repairing patch, and a repaired product obtained from repairing using the repairing patch, and the present invention securely bonds a repairing patch, where an out-of-plane stiffness is required, to a repair target. In order to cover a repair target portion | 10-02-2014 |
20140348525 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section including a light exposure section configured to expose an image bearing member to light to form an electrostatic latent image, the image forming section being configured to form a toner image on the image bearing member, and to form an image on a recording sheet by transferring the toner image onto the recording sheet; an estimation section configured to estimate a density lowering position on the basis of image data of an image formed by the image forming section, the density lowering position being a position where decrease in image density relative to a predetermined image density is caused in the image; and a control section configured to increase a light exposure amount at the density lowering position estimated by the estimation section on the image bearing member to an amount greater than a predetermined light exposure amount. | 11-27-2014 |
20150038664 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYETHER - To provide a method for producing a polyether having a weight average molecular weight of from 15,000 to 550,000. | 02-05-2015 |