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20140266153 | ARBITRATION DEVICE, ARBITRATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An arbitration device comprises a determining unit that determines priority of each of a plurality of electrical devices according to at least either a position or an action status of a person present in a target area for control; and a calculating unit that calculates electrical power to be allotted to each of the electrical devices in such a way that a total of electrical power allotted to a plurality of the electrical devices is within a limit value and the electrical devices having the priority at high levels are allotted with electrical power on a priority basis. | 09-18-2014 |
20140336944 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOTION IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention is concerning an information processing apparatus includes a record-information storage unit, a determining unit, a measuring unit, and an identifying unit. The record-information storage unit stores therein an already-identified person's motion together with time. The determining unit determines possible motions that a person can make from the already-identified person's motion. The measuring unit measures measurement information according to a person's motion. The identifying unit performs a pattern detecting process for detecting a pattern similar to the measurement information measured by the measuring unit in patterns corresponding to the possible motions determined by the determining unit out of predetermined patterns of measurement information for person's motions, and identifies a motion corresponding to the detected pattern as a motion that the person made. | 11-13-2014 |
20140364979 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LOCATION DETERMINING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING LOCATION DETERMINING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an estimating unit, a judging unit, and a determining unit. The storage unit stores therein information of a walking state and a first location representing a location where the walking state occurs in an associated manner. The estimating unit estimates the walking state on the basis of measurement information measured in response to person's walking. When the walking state has been estimated, the judging unit judges whether or not the first location associated with the estimated walking state exists near a second location representing a location calculated by autonomous navigation based on the measurement information. When it has been judged that the first location exists near the second location, the determining unit determines the first location to be person's current location. | 12-11-2014 |
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20100164166 | RECORDING MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A recording material processing apparatus includes a recording material supplying device supplying a recording material, an image recording device recording an image on the recording material, a recording material transporting mechanism and a burr curing device including a pressurizing member for curing the burrs at the edge of the recording material. The recording material transporting mechanism changes a transporting state of the recording material at a predetermined transportation changing position. The pressurizing member is provided on a recording material transporting path between the recording material supplying device and the transportation changing position and is provided on the side nearer to the recording material supplying device than a trailing end position. The trailing end position indicates a position of the trailing end of the recording material in the transporting path when a leading end of the recording material in the transporting direction passes the transportation changing position. | 07-01-2010 |
20100230248 | BELT DEVICE AND FIXING DEVICE - A belt device includes a belt; a driving unit that is provided inside the belt and drives the belt; a supporting unit that is provided inside the belt and supports the belt; and a position determination member that is fixed to one end in an axial direction of the driving unit or the supporting unit and comes in contact with an edge portion of the belt in the case where the belt is mounted so as to determine a position of the belt. | 09-16-2010 |
20130071133 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes image forming units forming toner images with first toners having different colors and a second toner having a different softening point from the first toners, an image transfer unit superposing the toner images one on top of another and transferring the superposed toner images onto a recording medium at least such that the toner image formed of the second toner is at the top of the superposed toner images, an image fixing unit fixing the transferred toner images, and an image controller that causes the image forming unit that uses the second toner to form the toner image over at least part of an image area and also causes the image transfer unit to perform the transfer such that the toner image formed of the second toner is at the top of the superposed toner images in the at least part of the image area. | 03-21-2013 |
20130148999 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a rotatable pressure member; a heating member that is provided so as to oppose the pressure member, and including a heat source; a fixing member that is contacted by the heating member, and fixing an image to a recording medium as a result of transporting the recording medium while the recording medium is nipped at a nip when the fixing member is pressed by the pressure member, the image being formed of toner including a separating agent, the nip being formed between the fixing member and the pressure member; a cooling unit that cools the pressure member at a location that is situated downstream of the nip; and a removing member that contacts the pressure member and removes the separating agent from the pressure member, the separating agent being transferred from the fixing member. | 06-13-2013 |
20130149000 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a rotatable pressure member; a heating member that is provided so as to oppose the pressure member, and that includes a heat source; a fixing member that fixes an image to a recording medium as a result of transporting the recording medium while the recording medium is nipped at a nip when the fixing member is pressed by the pressure member, the image being formed of toner including a separating agent; a cooling unit that cools the pressure member at a location that is situated downstream of the nip; a removing roller that, while being driven and rotated by the pressure member, removes the separating agent from the pressure member, the separating agent being transferred from the fixing member; and a removing member that contacts the removing roller and removes the separating agent adhered to the removing roller from the removing roller. | 06-13-2013 |
20140064803 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body that heats and pressurizes, together with a recording medium, toner having particle diameter of 4.5 [μm] or less and a softening point of 100 [° C.] or higher and 125 [° C.] or lower to fix the toner on the recording medium, a heating unit that heats the fixing rotary body, and a pressurizing unit that sandwiches and pressurizes the toner and the recording medium in a contact part formed by the fixing rotary body, wherein the maximum pressure in the contact part is equal to or more than 2.9×10 | 03-06-2014 |
20140270869 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes an endless belt member, a secured member disposed to contact the belt member, a heating unit that heats the belt member, and a rotary pressurizing roller including an elastic layer that is elastically deformed when the belt member is pressed against a pressing surface of the secured member to form a fixing part. The pressurizing roller is curved such that a center portion is smaller in outside diameter than end portions along the axial direction. The pressing surface is curved such that a center portion projects toward the pressurizing roller more than end portions along the longitudinal direction. On the pressing surface, an amount of projection of the center portion with respect to the end portions along the longitudinal direction is set to be larger on an output side than on an input side of the fixing part along a moving direction of the belt member. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090034671 | Synchronous circuit and method for receiving data - The present invention includes: a synchronous-word detecting unit receives a baseband received signal including a synchronous word and data for each frame, and detects whether or not the synchronous word is coincided with an expected value in the baseband received signal by using an N−(N is an integer of 2 or larger) phase sampling clock; a phase information retaining unit retains phase information accumulatively including results detected for a plurality of frames by the synchronous-word detecting unit, and determines a phase to be sampled on the basis of the retained phase information; a phase selecting unit selects and determines a phase of the sampling clock on the basis of determination by the phase information retaining unit; and a FIFO buffer samples the data from the baseband received signal, and outputs the sampled data. | 02-05-2009 |
20090323878 | Communication appartus - A communication apparatus which includes a clock generation circuit outputting a plurality of clocks, each of said plurality of clocks having a different phase from each other; a synchronization detection block receiving a sync word and a payload having a predetermined length after receiving said payload, sampling said sync word by using each of said plurality of clocks and to output a first signal indicating a clock or clocks capable of sampling said sync word successfully, said synchronization detection block being capable of sampling said payload by using a clock or clocks inputted thereinto; a clock phase selection block coupled to said synchronization detection block to-receive said first signal to select one of said plurality of clocks in accordance with said first signal and to output a second signal indicating a selected clock; and a clock gate unit coupled between said clock generation circuit and said synchronization detection block and coupled to said clock phase selection block to receive each of said plurality of clocks and said second signal to output said selected one of said plurality of clocks to said synchronization detection block and not to output a rest of said plurality of said clocks based on said second signal during a period corresponding to said predetermined length of said payload. | 12-31-2009 |
20100150255 | Semiconductor integrated circuit including transmitter and receiver which conducts loopback test and test method thereof - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes an oscillation circuit for generating multiple clocks of mutually different phases, and is also characterized in selecting a single clock FCLK_P from among multiple clocks FCLK_P [n-1:0] for use in transmitting IQ Serial transmission signals and, utilizing the FCLK_P to transmit an IQ Serial transmission signal. | 06-17-2010 |
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20100016195 | Lube Base Oil, Lubricating Oil Composition For Internal Combustion Engine, And Lubricating Oil Composition For Drive Transmissoin Device - The lubricating base oil of the invention satisfies at least one of conditions (a) or (b) below. The lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine according to the invention comprises the lubricating base oil of the invention, an ashless antioxidant containing essentially no sulfur as a constituent element, and at least one compound selected from among ashless antioxidants containing sulfur as a constituent element and organic molybdenum compounds. Also, a lubricating oil composition for a power train device according to the invention comprises the lubricating base oil of the invention, a poly(meth)acrylate-based viscosity index improver and a phosphorus-containing compound. | 01-21-2010 |
20100035777 | Lubricant base oil, lubricant composition for internal combustion engine and lubricant composition for driving force transmitting device - The lubricating base oil of the invention is characterized by satisfying at least one of the following conditions (a) or (b).
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20100093568 | REFRIGERATOR OIL, COMPRESSOR OIL COMPOSITION, HYDRAULIC FLUID COMPOSITION, METALWORKING FLUID COMPOSITION, HEAT TREATMENT OIL COMPOSITION, LUBRICANT COMPOSITION FOR MACHINE TOOL AND LUBRICANT COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % C | 04-15-2010 |
20110021394 | LUBRICANT COMPOSITION - A lubricating oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil, and a mixture and/or a reaction product of (A) 0.01-0.5% by mass of at least one compound selected from among acid phosphates represented by formula (1) or formula (2), and (B) 0.01-2% by mass of an alkylamine represented by formula (3), based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the acid value due to component (A) is 0.1-1.0 mgKOH/g. [R | 01-27-2011 |
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20140147160 | COOLING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device to fix an image on a recording medium, at least one temperature control target to be kept to or below a reference temperature, and a cooling system to insulate the temperature control target from the fixing device. The cooling system includes an air vent to introduce external air into an apparatus body, an exhaust duct assembly disposed between the fixing device and the temperature control target, a first inlet formed in the exhaust duct assembly to cause the external air to pass through a range in which the temperature control target is provided, and a first fan to generate airflow inside the exhaust duct assembly. | 05-29-2014 |
20150043928 | ABNORMALITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An abnormality monitoring system includes: an electronic component that outputs a lock signal of “High” when the electronic component stops functioning and outputs a lock signal of “Low” when the electronic component functions; a signal device that supplies power to the electronic component and outputs an ON operation signal instructing the electronic component to function and an OFF operation signal instructing the electronic component to stop functioning; a harness member that connects the electronic component and the signal device and transmits and receives a signal; and a monitor device that determines abnormality of the electronic component when the operation signal is ON and the lock signal is “Low”, and determines abnormality of the harness member when the operation signal is OFF and the lock signal is “Low”. | 02-12-2015 |
20150050080 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A driving force transmission unit includes a first coupling, a second coupling, and a first rotary shaft. The first coupling includes a first contact portion and a hole, the inner circumferential surface of which has a rounded rectangular shape in cross section including a circular arc portion. The second coupling includes a second contact portion disposed at a position facing the first contact portion to contact the first contact portion along a direction of rotation of the second coupling. The first rotary shaft is connected to the first coupling and includes a shaft portion, an outer circumferential surface which has a rounded rectangular shape in cross section including a circular arc portion inserted into the hole of the first coupling. | 02-19-2015 |
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20090081388 | Optical Cellulose Ester Film and Manufacturing Method Thereof, and Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Device - An optical cellulose ester film comprising a cellulose ester (A); at least one ester based plasticizer (B) selected from ester based plasticizers composed of a polyhydric alcohol and a univalent carboxylic acid, or ester based plasticizers composed of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a monohydric alcohol; at least one stabilizer (C) selected from the group consisting of a phenol based stabilizer, a hindered amine based stabilizer, or a phosphorous based stabilizer; and a hydrogen bonding solvent (D). | 03-26-2009 |
20090306361 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE ESTER FILM, CELLULOSE ESTER FILM, POLARIZATION PLATE AND DISPLAY UNIT - A process for producing a cellulose ester film that is produced by a melt casting method using no solvent at film formation, and that attains reduction of bright spot foreign matter, excelling in planarity, and that attains reduction of staining, excelling in dimensional stability. It is also intended to provide such a cellulose ester film, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display unit. There is provided a process for producing a cellulose ester film, characterized by forming into a film a material containing a cellulose ester and an ester compound of 1 to 7.5 distribution coefficient obtained by condensation of a polyhydric alcohol and an organic acid of the general formula: (1) according to a melt casting method. | 12-10-2009 |
20120298007 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE ESTER FILM, CELLULOSE ESTER FILM, POLARIZATION PLATE AND DISPLAY UNIT - A process for producing a cellulose ester film that is produced by a melt casting method using no solvent at film formation, and that attains reduction of bright spot foreign matter, excelling in planarity, and that attains reduction of staining, excelling in dimensional stability. It is also intended to provide such a cellulose ester film, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display unit. There is provided a process for producing a cellulose ester film, characterized by forming into a film a material containing a cellulose ester and an ester compound of 1 to 7.5 distribution coefficient obtained by condensation of a polyhydric alcohol and an organic acid of the general formula: (1) according to a melt casting method. | 11-29-2012 |
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20100025253 | Method for coating a metal with a ceramic coating, electrolyte used therefor, ceramic coating, and metal material - This invention provides a method for coating a ceramic film on a metal, which can form dense films on various bases of metals such as magnesium alloys. The formed ceramic film has excellent abrasion resistance, causes no significant attack against a counter material, and has excellent corrosion resistance. The method comprises electrolyzing a metallic base in an electrolysis solution using the metallic base as a working electrode while causing glow discharge and/or arc discharge on the surface of the metallic base to form a ceramic film on the surface of the metallic base. The electrolysis solution contains zirconium oxide particles having an average diameter of not more than 1 μm, satisfies the following formulae (1) to (3): 0.05 g/L≦X≦500 g/L (1), 0 g/L≦Y≦500 g/L (2), and 0≦Y/X≦10 (3); and has a pH value of not less than pH 7.0. In the formulae (1) to (3), X represents the content of zirconium oxide particles in the electrolysis solution; and Y represents the content of a compound of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg and the like, other than zirconium oxide. | 02-04-2010 |
20120000783 | METHOD OF ELECTROLYTIC CERAMIC COATING FOR METAL, ELECTROLYSIS SOLUTION FOR ELECTROLYTIC CERAMIC COATING FOR METAL, AND METALLIC MATERIAL - The electrolysis solution for electrolytic ceramic coating includes water, a water-soluble zirconium compound, a complexing agent, carbonate ion, and at least one member selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal ion, ammonium ion and an organic alkali. Te zirconium compound is included at a concentration (X) in terms of zirconium of 0.0001 to 1 mol/L, the complexing agent is included at a concentration (Y) of 0.0001 to 0.3 mol/L, the carbonate ion is included at a concentration (Z) of 0.0002 to 4 mol/L, a ratio of the concentration (Y) of the complexing agent to the concentration (X) in terms of zirconium (Y/X) is at least 0.01, a ratio of the concentration (Z) of the carbonate ion to the concentration (X) in terms of zirconium (Z/X) is at least 2.5, and the electrolysis solution has an electrical conductivity of 0.2 to 20 S/m. | 01-05-2012 |
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20100169004 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes an acquired information storage unit capable of storing acquired information that associates one or a plurality of pieces of mutually different position information and an acquisition count of each of one or the plurality of pieces of position information, an acquisition unit that acquires the position information indicating a position of a local apparatus, an acquisition count measuring unit that, when the acquisition unit acquires the position information, adds a predetermined value to the acquisition count associated with the acquired position information, and a control unit that sorts the acquired information stored in the acquired information storage unit in descending order of the acquisition count. | 07-01-2010 |
20120096152 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - A switcher, residing in a memory, detects a connectable network when a terminal is powered on. When a network is detected, a communication unit issues a message to a processor. The processor detects whether the terminal has ever been connected to the detected network and whether the profile of the network is registered. If the processor determines that the profile of the network is registered, a connection to the network is established in accordance with the profile. If the processor determines that no profile of the network is registered, a new profile of the network is produced, and then registered. The present invention is applicable to personal computers. | 04-19-2012 |
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20080224543 | Non-contact signal transmission apparatus - A non-contact signal transmission apparatus transmits electric power and a signal in a non-contact manner via magnetic induction. The apparatus includes: a pair of annular electric power cores provided in opposing relationship to each other; a pair of electric power coils respectively provided in an annular form at one of the pair of electric power cores; and a pair of signal coils respectively provided in an annular form inside one of the pair of electric power cores. Relative permeability inside and around the signal coils is lower than relative permeability of the electric power cores. | 09-18-2008 |
20080297489 | DATA INPUT SYSTEM - A data input system including electronic paper and a stylus writing device is disclosed. The electronic paper includes a transparent display substrate on which a number of optically readable code patterns have been formed, the optically readable code patterns representing positional information on a display surface, a rear surface substrate opposing the display substrate, and coloring particles that are enclosed between the display substrate and the rear surface substrate and that are movable by applying an electric or a magnetic field. The electronic paper displays an image due to motion of the particle. The stylus writing device includes a writing head provided at the end of the stylus for writing the image by applying an electric or a magnetic field to the electronic paper by contact and includes an optical reading device for optically reading the code patterns formed on the display surface where the end of the stylus contacts. | 12-04-2008 |
20100321721 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - The present invention provides a communication system including: a transmitter section that transmits a signal having a predetermined waveform; plural receiver sections that receive the signal via signal transmission paths; a physical quantity measuring section that measures a physical quantity of the signal transmission paths, based on the transmission time of the signal from the transmitter section to the receiver section; a correction section that corrects a signal received via the signal transmission paths, and corrects a signal transmitted from the transmitter section and outputs the signal to the signal transmission path; and a setting section that sets, in the correction section, a correction amount in accordance with the physical quantity for correcting a signal received via the signal transmission path, and/or a correction amount in accordance with the physical quantity for correcting a signal transmitted from the transmitter section and outputting to the signal transmission path. | 12-23-2010 |
20110205917 | SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM - A signal processing system that includes a transmitter component, a receiver component, a comparison component and an execution component is provided. The transmitter component transmits a predetermined detection signal, using one or other of a plurality of signal lines of a transmission path. The receiver component receives an interference signal, occurring in a different signal line from the signal line the transmitter component used for transmitting the detection signal, the interference signal occurring from interference due to the detection signal transmitted from the transmitter component. The comparison component compares a voltage value of the interference signal received by the receiver component with a predetermined reference voltage value. The execution component, based on a comparison result of comparison by the comparison component, executes predetermined processing according to the comparison result. | 08-25-2011 |
20120069875 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device includes: a reception unit that receives a signal transmitted from another communication device via a transmission path; a transmission unit that transmits a signal to the another communication device via the transmission path; an error rate measurement unit that measures an error rate representing a probability of occurrence of errors in a signal received by the reception unit in a case where a bi-directional communication with the another communication device is performed; and a phase adjustment unit that adjusts a phase of a signal transmitted from the transmission unit to the another communication device based on an error rate measured by the error rate measurement unit. | 03-22-2012 |
20120177087 | TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DEVICE AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A transmitting/receiving device includes a transmitting/receiving unit and a signal processing unit. The transmitting/receiving unit is connected to a transmission side or a reception side via a differential signal line including a pair of signal lines, receives a signal using one of the pair of signal lines when being connected to the transmission side, and transmits a signal using the other of the pair of signal lines when being connected to the reception side. The signal processing unit processes a signal that is transmitted or received by the transmitting/receiving unit. | 07-12-2012 |
20130176499 | TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A transmitting/receiving system includes two transmitting/receiving apparatuses connected through a transmission cable having two one-direction signal lines. Each apparatus includes a transmitting unit that transmits a signal, a receiving unit that receives a signal, a calculator, a controller, a storage, and an estimating unit. The calculator calculates an S/N ratio of the received signal. The controller controls the calculation by obtaining, as a first value, a strength of a signal caused by a check signal transmitted during absence of a check signal being received, obtaining, as a second value, a strength of a check signal received during absence of a check signal being transmitted, and dividing the second value by the first value. The storage stores relationship between a predetermined transmission-cable S/N ratio and temporal signal fluctuation. The estimating unit estimates temporal signal fluctuation from the calculated S/N ratio and the relationship. | 07-11-2013 |
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20120248682 | PAPER TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper transport device includes a transport section that transports paper on a first transport path, and reverses a transport direction to transport the paper onto a second transport path, and a detecting section that detects that the paper has arrived at the reversal position, wherein the detecting section includes a first member that is arranged on the first transport path, and changes posture thereof among a first posture, a second posture, and a third posture, a second member that changes posture thereof between a fourth posture and a fifth posture, a detector that detects whether the second member is in the fourth posture or in the fifth posture, and a joint member that couples the first member and the second member together, allows the second member to be in the fourth posture, rotates the second member to the fifth posture, and keeps the second member in the fourth posture. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251200 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a first rotating member that rotates while pinching a sheet which holds an image on a first surface of the sheet and is transported, fixes the image to the sheet, and heats the image while coming into contact with the first surface; a second rotating member that comes into contact with a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface; a third rotating member that guides the sheet by rotating while coming into contact with the first surface of the sheet fed from a gap between the first and second rotating members; and a support member that supports the first, second, and third rotating members with a space through which the heat of the first rotating member is transferred to the third rotating member interposed between the first and third rotating members. | 10-04-2012 |
20130064585 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heating rotating body that heats a developer image formed on a recording medium, a pressurizing rotating body that pressurizes the recording medium by nipping the recording medium between the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body, a pair of support plates that rotatably support both ends of one of the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body, and a release member including an attachment portion attached to the support plates to hold the support plates from both sides in a thickness direction, and an operating portion. When an external force in a predetermined direction acts on the operating portion, the release member releases pressing of the one of the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body against the other by moving the support plates in a direction away from the other. | 03-14-2013 |
20130077993 | UNIT MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING MECHANISM, MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING MECHANISM FOR FIXING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A unit mounting and dismounting mechanism includes a unit mountable in and dismountable from an apparatus body, an engaging portion provided in one of the apparatus body and the unit, a pressing member provided in the other of the apparatus body and the unit, the pressing member engaging with the engaging portion and pressing the unit against the apparatus body with a biasing force of a biasing member in a mounting direction of the unit when the unit is mounted in the apparatus body, and a release member provided in the unit, the release member being operated in a direction different from a dismounting direction of the unit from the apparatus body so as to move the pressing member against the biasing force of the biasing member in a direction to release pressing. | 03-28-2013 |
20130251418 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a cylindrical rotating member rotating in a circumferential direction thereof and having a slot at an end thereof and a protruding section extending along an edge of the slot at a front side in a rotational direction of the rotating member, the rotating member receiving a rotational driving force via the slot; a pressing member pressing a recording medium bearing an unfixed toner image on a surface thereof by nipping the recording medium together with the rotating member so as to fix the toner image onto the surface; a heat source heating the recording medium; and a driving member having an engagement section engaged with the slot and in contact with the protruding section at a position separated from a peripheral wall of the cylinder by a certain distance, the driving member imparting the rotational driving force to the rotating member via the engagement section. | 09-26-2013 |
20130259527 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FIXING-SECTION-HOLDING MECHANISM, AND FIXING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body in which an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material and a drive mechanism that generates a rotational driving force are provided; a fixing section that transports the recording material while receiving the rotational driving force and fixes the image on the recording material, the fixing section being held by the apparatus body at two axial ends thereof; and a transmission mechanism that is provided at one of the two axial ends of the fixing section and is connected to the drive mechanism, the transmission mechanism transmitting the rotational driving force from the drive mechanism to the fixing section. When a pulling force is applied to a recording material that is present in the fixing section, the drive mechanism and the transmission mechanism are disconnected from each other. | 10-03-2013 |