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20110211854 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USED IN THE APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of image forming units each with an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and each with a developing member for developing process on the electrostatic latent image, wherein the image forming apparatus superimposes toner images of the respective colors to form a composite color image; when images on a plurality of pages are formed, the developing members of the respective colors are started or stopped in response to presence or absence of latent images of the respective colors on a page that is targeted for image formation; and when the image forming unit starts to be driven, a developing member, corresponding to a color whose latent image is not to be formed on a first page of the plurality of pages, is not started. | 09-01-2011 |
20120045235 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member to bear a latent image on a surface thereof, a developing unit to develop the latent image on the image bearing member with toner, a driving unit to drive the developing device, a storage unit to store a cumulative travel distance of the developing roller at predetermined timing, a total travel distance of the developing unit, and control conditions for the developing unit, a controller to obtain a difference between the total travel distance of the developing roller and the cumulative travel distance up to a predetermined point in time in image forming operation and to instruct intermittent printing in which continuous printing is limited to a certain number of pages in a predetermined time period when the difference is equal to or greater than a threshold travel distance, and an operation unit in which the control conditions are set. | 02-23-2012 |
20120093528 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device including a developing roller to bear a developing agent to develop a latent image formed on an image bearing member, a cooling device to reduce an internal temperature of the image forming apparatus, a controller to calculate a travel distance of the developing roller to control the cooling device, and a memory unit to store the total travel distance of the developing roller. The controller calculates the total travel distance of the developing roller every Y minutes in the last X minutes, and a difference between the latest total travel distance of the developing roller and the total travel distance stored Z minutes ago by the memory unit to obtain the total travel distance during Z minutes and operate the cooling device for W minutes after image forming operation where the difference is equal to or greater than a threshold value M. | 04-19-2012 |
20120114358 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a fixing unit configured to fix a not-yet-fixed image on a recording medium, includes a fixing target temperature changing part configured to change a fixing target temperature at a time of a fixing process; and a gradation processing part configured to carry out gradation processing on image information. For each sheet of a recording medium on which the fixing process is carried out, the fixing target temperature is changed based on whether halftone processing is carried out and a type of gradation processing to be used. | 05-10-2012 |
20120177406 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner container removably installed into an image forming apparatus body. The toner container includes a pouch member that contains a new toner therein and can be turned inside out, and a cover member that covers an outside of the pouch member and includes an inlet through which a waste toner flows in, the inlet being formed opposite to a side of the cover member from which the new toner contained in the pouch member is discharged. After the new toner contained in the pouch member is discharged, the pouch member is turned inside out, and the waste toner flows from the inlet into the pouch member. | 07-12-2012 |
20120230711 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a latent-image forming unit configured to form a latent image on the image carrier; a developing unit configured to develop the latent image on the image carrier with a developer applied onto a developer carrier; a temperature detector configured to detect an internal temperature or an ambient temperature of the developing unit, the internal temperature and ambient temperature varying depending on a temperature of the developer carrier; and a control unit configured to control restriction on number of pages on which image formation is allowed to be performed continuously and cancellation of the restriction, based on the temperature detected by the temperature detector. | 09-13-2012 |
20120315060 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Disclosed is an image forming device including a fixing unit that fixes a first image to be fixed onto a sheet, the first image to be fixed being supported on the sheet, a target fixing temperature varying unit that varies a target fixing temperature during a time period in which a fixing process is performed, and a gradation processing unit that applies a gradation process to first image information. The target fixing temperature varying unit varies the target fixing temperature for the sheet of the recording medium to which the fixing process is applied, depending on presence or absence of a halftone process, and depending on a type of the gradation process to be utilized. | 12-13-2012 |
20140064756 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus capable of executing continuous image forming operation forming images on more than one page includes a temperature detector that detects internal or surrounding temperature of a developing device correspondingly changing to temperature of a developer bearer. A temperature information acquiring device acquires information of ambient temperature outside of the image forming apparatus. A controller switches a current operation mode to an intermittent image forming operation mode intermittently including a braking time period not to allow image formation and cancels the intermittent image forming operation mode in accordance with detection result of the temperature detector. The intermittent image forming operation mode allowed to continuously form images only on a prescribed limited number of sheets. The controller varies the braking time period in accordance with the ambient temperature detected by the temperature information acquiring device. | 03-06-2014 |
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20130043351 | CAP, FASTENING STRUCTURE USING THE SAME, AND AIRCRAFT INCLUDING THE FASTENING STRUCTURE - There is provided a cap capable of achieving enhanced safety by inhibiting the occurrence of sparks thereinside even if a lightning current has flowed through a fastener, a fastening structure using the same, and an aircraft including the fastening structure. A cap ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130057996 | CURRENT GENERATING DEVICE - Even when a large-current, high-voltage load is applied, damage is prevented. A current generating device ( | 03-07-2013 |
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20150041592 | FUEL TANK, MAIN WING, AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE, AIRCRAFT, AND MOBILE BODY - A fuel tank in which it is possible to reduce working hours or cost in a manufacturing process and prevent an increase in weight in, a main wing, an aircraft fuselage, an aircraft, and a mobile body. The fuel tank is provided with a structural member using carbon fiber reinforced plastic in which a reinforcing material includes carbon fibers and a matrix includes plastic, wherein the matrix has electrical conductivity applied thereto. Furthermore, a cut surface of the structural member, which is formed by cutting the structural member, may be exposed to the inside in which fuel is accommodated, of a fuel tank. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044925 | STRUCTURAL MATERIAL FOR STRUCTURE - An object of the invention is to provide a structural material for a structure which enables a reduction in weight, while reducing the time and effort required during production and ensuring favorable lightning resistance performance. The structural material for a structure comprises a carbon fiber reinforced plastic in which the reinforcing material comprises a carbon fiber, the matrix comprises a plastic, and the resistivity in the sheet thickness direction is at least 1 Ωcm but not more than 200 Ωcm. The carbon fiber reinforced plastic may have a resistivity in the thickness direction of not more than 100 Ωcm, and a metal foil or a metal mesh may be provided on the surface of the carbon fiber reinforced plastic. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090306479 | VARIABLE SPECTROSCOPY ELEMENT, SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - Compactness and easier assembly, as well as desired spectral characteristics, are achieved without requiring an accurate assembly process, by accurately detecting the spacing between optical substrates. A variable spectroscopy element ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100004511 | VARIABLE SPECTROSCOPY ELEMENT, SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - Desired spectral characteristics are achieved while achieving reduced size and decreased noise, and detecting the distance between optical substrates with superior precision. Provided is a variable spectroscopy element ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100099950 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - Even in the event of movement by the operator, vibrations received from outside, changes in orientation etc., the spectral characteristics can be controlled with high precision, thus enabling acquisition of a desired observation image. Provided is an endoscope system including two optical substrates ( | 04-22-2010 |
20100234739 | SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATION DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - A spectroscopic observation device enables proper observation by respectively meeting the observation condition where easy-to-observe image with high S/N ratio is preferable and the observation condition where it is preferable to restrain interfusion of any other fluorescent components, even when fluorescence of the same wavelength is to be observed. The spectroscopic observation device comprises: an excitation light source ( | 09-16-2010 |
20110080582 | VARIABLE SPECTROSCOPY DEVICE, SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - It is possible to a variable spectroscopy device that has a plurality of coating layers facing each other at an interval and changes a transmission band of light passing through the coating layers by adjusting an optical path length between the coating layers, in which the coating layer is structured so that a change rate of a transmission bandwidth between two arbitrary transmission bands is smaller than a change rate of a central wavelength between the two transmission bands within a spectroscopy wavelength band for changing a transmission band. | 04-07-2011 |
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20110002832 | SUPERCONDUCTING COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a superconducting compound which has a structure obtained by partially substituting oxygen ions of a compound, which is represented by the following chemical formula; LnTMOPh [wherein Ln represents at least one element selected from Y and rare earth metal elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu), TM represents at least one element selected from transition metal elements (Fe, Ru, Os, Ni, Pd and Pt), and Pn represents at least one element selected from pnictide elements (N, P, As and Sb)] and has a ZrCuSiAs-type crystal structure (space group P4/nmm), with at least one kind of monovalent anion (F | 01-06-2011 |
20110045985 | SUPERCONDUCTOR COMPRISING LAMELLAR COMPOUND AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A superconductor which comprises a new compound composition substituting for perovskite copper oxides. The superconductor is characterized by comprising a compound which is represented by the chemical formula A(TM) | 02-24-2011 |
20110111965 | LAYERED COMPOUND, SUPERCONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provides a new non-oxide system compound material superconductor as an alternative of the perovskite type copper oxides superconductor. | 05-12-2011 |