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20110042856 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic intermediate transfer belt obtained by applying a coating liquid to any of an inner surface and an outer surface of the mold, and then drying or curing so as to form a film, and demolding the film, including a surface having a black density of 2.2 to 3, and the other surface having a black density which is different from that of the surface by 0.5 or less, wherein the black density is measured by a spectrodensitometer, and the other surface has been in contact with the mold and the surface having the black density of 2.2 to 3 has been exposed to air during the production of the intermediate transfer belt, and wherein the coating liquid comprises at least a carbon black, any of a resin and a resin precursor, and a solvent. | 02-24-2011 |
20110177238 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate transfer belt including a resin layer, which is a surface layer of the intermediate transfer belt, wherein the resin layer has a concavo-convex pattern formed by spherical resin particles which are independently embedded in the resin layer so that the embedment rate of the spherical resin particles in the thickness direction of the resin layer is higher than 50% but lower than 100%. | 07-21-2011 |
20110293824 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - To provide an intermediate transfer belt for use in an electrophotographic apparatus, including as an outermost surface thereof: uniform convex regions formed by aligning independent spherical resin particles in a surface direction; and depressed regions formed of a lubricant layer which respectively lie between the convex regions. | 12-01-2011 |
20120082488 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An intermediate transfer member including a base layer as first layer, an elastic layer as second layer, and a particle layer as third layer and containing fine spherical particles arranged in plane direction thereof where the particle layer has a concavo-convex pattern formed by the fine spherical particles, the elastic layer and the particle layer being formed on the base layer in this order, wherein the intermediate transfer member has a Martens hardness of 1.0 N/mm | 04-05-2012 |
20120201578 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT - An intermediate transfer belt configured to receive a toner image formed by developing, with a toner, a latent image on an image bearing member, the intermediate transfer belt including a base layer and an elastic layer laid on the base layer, wherein the elastic layer includes spherical resin particles and a layer formed of an elastic body, and has a concavo-convex pattern in a surface of the elastic layer, wherein the spherical resin particles are arranged in a plane direction in the surface of the elastic layer, and wherein the intermediate transfer belt has glossiness of 35% or higher as determined based on reflected light at 85° on the surface of the intermediate transfer belt. | 08-09-2012 |
20120262739 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an intermediate transfer belt, containing a base, an elastic layer formed on the base, and spherical particles deposited on a surface of the elastic layer, in which wherein the elastic layer has micro rubber hardness of 40° or lower in the environment of 10° C. and 15% RH, and the intermediate transfer belt is designed to be mounted in an image forming apparatus. | 10-18-2012 |
20130004212 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an intermediate transfer belt, which contains a base layer, and an elastic layer formed on the base layer, wherein the base layer contains polyimide which has a constitutional unit derived from pyromellitic acid and a constitutional unit derived from diaminodiphenyl ether, wherein the intermediate layer has a curling amount of 1.5 mm or less in an absolute value, and wherein the intermediate transfer belt is configured to receive, by transferring, a toner image formed by developing, with a toner, a latent image formed on an image bearing member. | 01-03-2013 |
20130129395 | BELT FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a belt for an image forming apparatus, which contains: a base layer; an elastic layer; and spherical particles, wherein the belt for an image forming apparatus is provided across a plurality of rollers of the image forming apparatus to rotate, wherein the belt for an image forming apparatus has a laminate structure where at least the base layer and the elastic layer are provided in this order, wherein the spherical particles are partially embedded in an exposed surface of the elastic layer, and wherein, relative to a width direction of the belt for an image forming apparatus, a thickness of an edge portion of the belt for an image forming apparatus is 50% to 95% of a thickness of a center portion of the belt for an image forming apparatus, and an edge curling amount of the belt is 4 mm or less. | 05-23-2013 |
20140248069 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING BELT MEMBER USED IN THE APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer; an image developer developing a latent image formed on the image bearer with a toner to form a toner image thereon; a ring-shaped intermediate transfer belt rotatably stretched by plural tension rollers, and the toner image is first transferred on; a curving roller contacting an outer surface of the intermediate transfer belt the toner image is transferred on and curving the belt inside; and a transferer secondly transferring the toner image on the intermediate transfer belt to a recording medium. The intermediate transfer belt has a double-layered structure formed of an inner layer and an outer layer each including a same resin. | 09-04-2014 |
20140248070 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate transfer belt includes a polyimide resin or a polyamideimide resin including only γ-butyrolactone of from 5 to 5,000 ppm as a residual solvent. | 09-04-2014 |
20150241817 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFERER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An intermediate transferer includes a substrate; and a surface layer overlying the substrate. The surface layer includes a crosslinked material, including a polyrotaxane including a circular molecule; a straight-chain molecule including the circular molecule in a skewering form; and a block group located at both ends of the straight-chain molecule, preventing the circular molecule from releasing, and at least one resin selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, fluoreresins and silicone resins. | 08-27-2015 |
20150261139 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFERER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate transferer a toner image formed by developing a latent image on an image bearer with a toner is transferred onto includes a substrate including a polycarbonate resin and a carbon black. The intermediate transferer has a surface resistivity of from 10 to 12 Log Ω/□ when applied with a volt of 500 V, a volume resistivity of from 7.5 to 9.5 Log Ω·cm when applied with a volt of 100 V, and a difference between the surface resistivity and the volume resistivity of from 1.5 to 4.0 digits. | 09-17-2015 |
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20080218564 | Inkjet recording apparatus - An inkjet recording apparatus that records an image by discharging ink from an inkjet recording head is disclosed. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a disposal liquid tank that accommodates disposal ink that is discharged from the inkjet recording head for purposes other than recording, a mixing member that mixes the disposal ink accumulated in the disposal liquid tank, and a cleaning unit that cleans the mixing member. | 09-11-2008 |
20100020128 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to jet droplets of recording liquid; a maintenance device configured to maintain/restore a condition of the recording head, whereby the maintenance device is detachably attached to a body of the image forming apparatus; and a waste liquid tank configured to hold waste liquid collected by the maintenance device, whereby the waste liquid tank is disposed adjacent to the maintenance device. The maintenance device has a jetting tube configured to discharge the waste liquid into the waste liquid tank. The waste liquid tank includes an induction opening surrounding the jetting tube, whereby the induction opening has a notch through which the jetting tube passes when the maintenance device is detached from the body. The image forming apparatus further includes a wall member configured to block at least part of the notch when the maintenance device is attached in the body. | 01-28-2010 |
20100321426 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a print head to eject droplets, a subtank to supply ink to the print head, a main tank to supply the ink to the subtank, a supply pump to supply the ink from the main tank to the subtank, a pump driver to drive the supply pump, an amount sensor to sense an ink amount in the subtank and output a signal when the ink amount in the subtank is at a predetermined level, and a unit to drive and control the pump driver, which is configured to decrease an ink supply rate of the supply pump in response to the signal outputted by the amount sensor and to stop the supply pump when predetermined time has passed after the signal is outputted by the amount sensor. | 12-23-2010 |
20140056625 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH SAME - A fixing unit includes an endless belt accommodating a heat source inside a loop formed by the endless belt, a rotary pressing member rotating in contact with the endless belt in a pressure contact section, and a heat transfer member secured to a side plate within the loop of the endless belt to support and heat the endless belt with heat conducted from the heat source. The heat transfer member has an opening opposite the rotary pressing member. A securing member is disposed in the opening of the heat transfer member in pressure contact with the rotary pressing member via the endless belt. The heat transfer member and the securing member collectively include a pair of latching parts to firmly connect the heat transfer member and the securing member with each other when one of the latching parts is fitted to the other one of the latching parts. | 02-27-2014 |
20140098159 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a drive transfer device that selectively transmits a driving force of a first drive source to one of liquid feed pumps, a suction part of a maintenance recovery device and an air-vent opening part. The air-vent opening part is arranged to have a maximum driving-force transmission path leading to the drive transfer device among the liquid feed pumps, the suction part and the air-vent opening part. The maintenance recovery device, the drive transfer device and the liquid feed pumps are arranged in order in a sheet transport direction. The suction part of the maintenance recovery device and the drive transfer device are arranged on opposite sides of a cap of the maintenance recovery device in the sheet transport direction. | 04-10-2014 |
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20100150603 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A developing device includes: a casing that has a housing part, an upstream edge and a downstream edge, and a rectangular opening that opposes a development region, the rectangular opening being provided between the upstream and downstream edges; a cylindrical developer conveying body to rotate in a state of passing the rectangular opening, the cylindrical developer conveying body conveying the developer to the development region; and a flexible sheet member that has an upstream end part and a downstream end part, the upstream end part being fixed at the downstream edge of the casing, the downstream end part being a free end and coming into contact with a layer of the developer in a rotation axis direction of the developer conveying body at a position of the developer conveying body which passes the downstream edge of the opening. | 06-17-2010 |
20110318061 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A developing device includes: a developing roll; a bearing member that supports the developing roll rotatably, the bearing member including plural outer side surfaces, and distances from a center of a rotation axis of the developing roll to the outer side surfaces being different; and a supporting member that supports the bearing member in a positioning state where one of the plural outer side surfaces is in contact with a reference surface, the outer side surface in contact with the reference surface being changeable. | 12-29-2011 |
20120114382 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes developing units each including a first gear and a development roller; a rotation supporting member; a cam member having a cam surface surrounding the rotation axis, and being secured to and rotating together with the rotation supporting member; and a driving force transmission member including a cam receiving roller and a second gear. The cam surface includes a curved surface whose curvature is less than a curvature of the cam receiving roller so that, as the first gear approaches a driving position where the first gear receives the driving force from the second gear by the rotation of the cam member, the cam receiving roller is moved away from the rotation axis once, after which the cam receiving roller is moved towards the rotation axis, thereby starting engagement of the first gear with the second gear before the first gear reaches the driving position. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114394 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developer transport body that transports developer to develop an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier, a housing that holds the developer transport body and defines an exposed portion and an unexposed portion, the housing including a storage portion storing the developer, and a layer-thickness regulation member that regulates a layer thickness of the developer transported to the exposed portion and includes one side close to a surface of the developer transport body, a first portion, and a second portion. The housing includes first faces that define both ends of the storage portion in the rotation axis direction of the developer transport body, a second face, and a third face. The developing device further includes a closing member that closes a gap between the layer-thickness regulation member and the second and third faces, and a magnet provided between the second and third faces. | 05-10-2012 |
20130195501 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A developing device includes : a first developing body that develops a developing agent image on a development surface using a developing agent; a second developing body that develops a developing agent image on the development surface using the developing agent; and a sealing member that is disposed between a region where a first delivery pole and a second delivery pole are opposed to each other and the development surface, and adjacently to the first developing body and the second developing body at distances so small that developing agents formed as magnetic brushes on a first conveyance pole and a second conveyance pole respectively can touch the sealing member to secure sealing to prevent the developing agent from leaking to the outside of a device body. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195512 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a container; a cylindrical first developer-transporting member rotatably supported by the container and whose rotation axis is substantially parallel with a rotation axis of a subjected-to-development member; a first magnet disposed inside the first developer-transporting member and secured to the container; a swinging member supported so as to be capable of swinging relative to the container around the rotation axis of the first developer-transporting member; a cylindrical second developer-transporting member at least one end portion of which is rotatably supported by the swinging member, the second developer-transporting member being adjacent to the first developer-transporting member and rotating in the circumferential direction to transport the developer to the subjected-to-development member; and a second magnet disposed inside the second developer-transporting member and secured to the swinging member. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195514 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a latent image carrier, and a developing device. The developing device includes a container, a supporter, first and second developer-transporting members, first and second magnets, a pair of first urging members, and a pair of second urging members. The pair of first urging members presses the container toward the latent image carrier while being interposed between the supporter and the container. The first urging members serve as two vertexes of a first triangle surrounding the center of gravity of part of the developing device excluding the supporter. The pair of second urging members presses the container toward the latent image carrier while being interposed between the supporter and the container. The second urging members serve as two vertexes of a second triangle surrounding the center of gravity of part of the developing device excluding the supporter. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195515 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A developing device includes a first developing unit, a second developing unit, a rotating member, a magnetic pole forming member, a first separating pole, a second separating pole, a developer supplying unit, and a path formation member. The developing device is provided with a magnetic structure, in which, when a value of a magnetic flux density at which the developer is separated is a reference separation value, at a side of the first separating pole at the separation area of the second developing unit, a position where a magnetic flux density of a vertical component of a magnetic force becomes less than or equal to the reference separation value is disposed downstream in the direction of rotation of the rotating member of a position where a magnetic flux density of a horizontal component of the magnetic force becomes less than or equal to the reference separation value. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195516 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes two developer-transporting members, a container, and four gap retainers. The container contains a developer and rotatably supports rotation shafts of the developer-transporting members using side walls located on both end portions. The gap retainers are supported at end portions of the developer-transporting members and are brought into contact with a subjected-to-development member or a supporter to maintain a gap between the subjected-to-development member and each developer-transporting member. A force with which the two developer-transporting members are pressed toward the subjected-to-development member is applied to the container and all the gap retainers are brought into contact with the subjected-to-development member or the supporter, while axes of rotation of the two developer-transporting members are allowed to become non-parallel with an axis of rotation of the subjected-to-development member. | 08-01-2013 |
20130315634 | PACKING STRUCTURE OF DEVELOPER CONTAINER - Disclosed is a packing structure of a developer container, including a developer container that contains a developer and is formed with a supply port for supply of the developer, a transport member that is provided in the developer container and transports the developer to the supply port while stirring the developer, a packing member that packs the developer container from an end portion of the transport member in an axial direction thereof to a central portion of the transport member in the axial direction, and a unit that moves the transport member by an operation of detaching the packing member from the developer container. | 11-28-2013 |
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20080246994 | Image forming device, program, and recording medium - In an image forming device, when a priority of outputting input data determined by a priority determining unit is higher than a priority of in-process data during image expansion performed by one of PDL interpreter units, a PDL control unit determines whether the one of the PDL interpreter units supports an interruption process, and an output sequence changing unit changes an output sequence stored in an output sequence storing unit such that, when the one of the PDL interpreter units supports the interruption process, another of the PDL interpreter units performs image expansion of the input data earlier than the image expansion of the in-process data, and when the one of the PDL interpreter units does not support the interruption process, another of the PDL interpreter units performs the image expansion of the input data later than the image expansion of the in-process data. | 10-09-2008 |
20110007353 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a filter detection part that detects the filter when the external medium is connected; a filter identification information obtaining part that obtains filter identification information that identifies a filter set by a user from filter setting information when print data subject to printing is received, wherein the filter setting information regarding the filter is added to the print data; a first output part that outputs the print data to the filter via the input/output interface, in accordance with the filter identification information; an input part that inputs the print data on which a predetermined process has been carried out by the filter via the input/output interface; and a second output part that outputs the print data on which the predetermined process has been carried out by the filter to a page description language module. | 01-13-2011 |
20110135337 | Image forming apparatus and method of charging usage fee of image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus counts a number of sheets to be printed with a limited number of colorants or a limited amount of colorant using an other counter that is provided other than a color counter and a monochrome counter. The counter value of the other counter is adjusted using a weighting factor having a value determined based on a number of colors of colorant or an amount of colorant that is used for printing in the economical printing mode, before being added to a counter value of the color counter or the monochrome counter. | 06-09-2011 |
20120069356 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product - An image forming apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores print data and transformation data transformed into a printable format by reflecting a print condition on the print data; a detection unit that detects an error when the transformation data stored in the storage unit is printed; a decision unit that decides a resolution print condition which is a print condition for resolving an error based on a content of the error and a device state when the error is detected; a transformation unit that acquires the print data from the storage unit and transforms the acquired print data into transformation data on which the decided resolution print condition is reflected; and a print control unit that prints the transformation data transformed by the transformation unit. | 03-22-2012 |
20120069390 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores therein print data and first converted data obtained by reflecting a first print condition in the print data and converting the print data into a printable form; an input receiving unit that receives an input of a reprint instruction to reprint the first converted data; an acquiring unit that acquires a second print condition for reprinting the first converted data; a determining unit that determines whether the first converted data is printable in the second print condition by comparing the acquired second print condition against the first print condition; a converting unit that converts, when it is determined that the first converted data is unprintable in the second print condition, the print data into second converted data by reflecting the second print condition in the print data; a print control unit prints out the second converted data. | 03-22-2012 |
20120229852 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a data interpreting unit configured to interpret a printing condition of an entirety of a printing job when starting the printing job, and a job control unit configured to determine whether an occurrence of an error for the print job is predicted based on the interpretation of the printing condition of the entirety of the printing job by the data interpreting unit, and terminate the printing job when the occurrence of an error is predicted based on the interpretation of the printing condition of the entirety of the printing job by the data interpreting unit and store data of the printing job in an memory area. | 09-13-2012 |
20130215464 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - In an image forming system, after receiving print data, print setting data, and a command to display a preview from an information processing apparatus, an image drawing unit in an image forming apparatus generates a preview image that reflects the print setting data from the print data and send it to the information processing apparatus. After receiving the print data, the print setting data, and the command to start printing from the information processing apparatus, the image drawing unit generates drawing data that reflects the print setting data from the print data, and an engine unit prints out an image on paper. | 08-22-2013 |
20130278966 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD - A novel image forming apparatus that categorizes print job information for each newly added application and presents the print job information without categorizing data incorrectly and mixing in impersonation data. All of the applications that installed additionally extract jobs that went through itself only from trace information on jobs notified by the default functions and display it in a user interface. The trace information on jobs is a job ID association list that associates a job ID numbered by the default functions with a job ID of a job issued by the additional application. | 10-24-2013 |
20130321849 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a command receiving unit that receives a print command, a detector that detects a state of the operation unit, and a controller. When the detector detects that the state of the operation unit is a predetermined state subsequent to receiving the print command by the command receiving unit and prior to completion of printing based on the print command, the controller causes the printing to be terminated. When the detector detects that the state of the operation unit is not the predetermined state subsequent to receiving the print command by the command receiving unit and prior to the completion of the printing based on the print command, the controller causes the printing to be executed. | 12-05-2013 |
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20110096648 | OPTICAL DRIVE DEVICE AND TILT DETECTION METHOD - An optical drive device for performing information recording or reproduction of recorded information by formation of a mark by focusing a first light at a necessary position in a recording layer of an optical recording medium by an objective lens includes a position control unit configured to focus a second light on a reflection film, in which a position guide element of the optical recording medium is formed, through the objective lens and to enable the spot position of the second light to follow the position guide element based on the reflected light of the second light focused on the reflection film so as to control the position of the objective lens. The optical drive device further includes a first focusing unit, a first light-sensing portion, and a surface reflection light deviation amount detection unit. | 04-28-2011 |
20110119691 | DISC LOADING MECHANISM - A disc loading mechanism transporting a disc between a disc cartridge and a recording and reproducing apparatus includes: a loading arm having at a leading end thereof claw members which comes into contact with an outer circumference of the disc and performs drawing of the disc into the recording and reproducing apparatus and insertion of the disc into the disc cartridge; an arm driving mechanism which slides the loading arm in a disc transport direction; a disc extruding lever which extrudes the disc up to a contact position with the claw members when discharging the disc; and a lever driving mechanism which drives the extrusion lever, wherein each of the claw members includes a draw-in surface portion and an insertion surface portion provided at the opposite side to the draw-in surface portion. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119693 | CARTRIDGE DRIVE APPARATUS - A cartridge drive apparatus for a disc cartridge having upper and lower shells which are separatably joined to each other to form a cartridge body is disclosed, in which a accommodated disc is able to be inserted or ejected by separating the upper and lower shells vertically. The cartridge drive apparatus includes a cartridge holder which, by inserting the cartridge body, has an upper holder supporting the upper shell and a lower holder supporting the lower shell, and a holder moving mechanism which separates the upper holder and the lower holder of the cartridge holder to separate the upper shell and the lower shell and thus is able to allow the disc to be inserted or ejected. | 05-19-2011 |
20110134732 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM DRIVING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM DRIVING METHOD - An optical recording medium driving apparatus includes an optical pickup which irradiates first and second laser lights from one object lens with respect to an optical recording medium having a bulk layer and a tilt detection surface; a focus control portion that performs the focus control relative to each predetermined position of the optical recording medium in regard to each of the first and second laser lights; a tracking control portion that controls the position of the object lens to perform the tracking control of the first and second laser lights relative to the optical recording medium; and a tilt control portion. | 06-09-2011 |
20110225602 | DISC CARTRIDGE - A disc cartridge includes upper and lower shells making up a cartridge body, and with the lower shell, a first-rectangular plate, and disc holders making up the side wall of the cartridge body provided to first-side edges of the first-rectangular plate, and also slidably supporting a disc are provided, and second-side edges which face each other are opened, with the upper shell, a second-rectangular plate, standing wall members provided to third-side edges of the second-rectangular plate, making up the front and rear faces of the cartridge body, and a dividing wall provided to fourth-side edges are provided, and with the disc holders, an disc insertion/ejection opening from the second-side edges is provided to one edge, and a push-out opening for a disc push-out member is provided to the other edge, and when the shells are combined together, the second-side edges are closed, and are opened when the shells are separated. | 09-15-2011 |
20110296445 | DISC CHANGER - A disc changer includes: a disc cartridge having a case body in which a plurality of disc-shaped recording media are storable by being arrayed in the axial direction of the center axis, and an information input medium to which at least information relating to pitch between disc-shaped recording media and the number of stored disc-shaped recording media is input; a disc holder configured to hold the disc cartridge, a portion of which is moveable in the center axial direction of the disc-shaped recording media; and a movement mechanism including an encoder, configured to determine a stop position in the center axial direction of the disc holder based on information input to the information input medium. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296446 | DISC CHANGER - A disc changer includes a disc cartridge having an insertion hole, a case body into which the disc cartridge is inserted, having first and second shells which can be separated in which a plurality of disc-shaped recording media are storable by being arrayed in the axial direction of the center axis, and a lock lever for locking the shells in a connected state; and a disc holder to hold the inserted disc cartridge, including an unlocking piece which unlocks locking between the shells by being inserted into the insertion hole when the disc cartridge is inserted into the disc holder to press the lock lever, and a restricting lever supported by the unlocking piece, including a restricting portion engaged with the case body when the unlocking piece is inserted into the insertion hole, so that locking between the shells is unlocked, the restricting lever restricting movement in the extracting direction. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296449 | DISK CARTRIDGE - A disk cartridge includes a case body that can house a plurality of disk-shaped recording media and is joined or separated by making a first shell contact with/separate from a second shell in an axial direction, and a lock lever that is rotatably supported and locks the first shell and the second shell in a joining manner, in the inside of the case body. A disk inserting/ejecting slot is formed, a supporting shaft is provided to the case body, the lock lever includes a supported part, a lock part, and a lock-release part, the first shell is provided with an open/close panel that includes an insertion hole, an insertion protrusion part that is inserted into the insertion hole of the open/close panel is provided to an end part of the lock-release part, and an end face of the insertion protrusion part is formed as an inclined face. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296450 | DISC CARTRIDGE - A disc cartridge includes a case body in which a plurality of disc-shaped recording media can be stored being arranged in the axial direction of a central shaft and which includes a first shell having a base face portion parallel to a recording face of the recording medium and a second shell having a basal plane portion parallel to the recording face, which move toward or away from each other in the axial direction, thereby being combined with or separated from each other, wherein the second shell has a pair of side face portions protruding in the same direction from both end portions of the basal plane portion and situated facing each other, a thin-walled portion is formed at a central portion between the side face portions in the basal plane portion, and a bridge member which is attached to span the side face portions is provided. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296451 | DISK CARTRIDGE - A disk cartridge includes a case body that is capable of housing a plurality of disk-shaped recording media and is joined or separated by making a first shell contact with/separate from a second shell in an axial direction, and a lock lever that is rotatably supported and locks the first shell and the second shell in a joining manner, in the inside of the case body. A supporting shaft is provided to the case body, the lock lever includes a supported part and a lock part, a disk inserting/ejecting slot is formed, an open/close panel is provided to the first shell, the lock lever is supported on an end part of the case body, and an insertion concave part in which the lock part of the lock lever can be inserted and engaged is formed within an inner face of the open/close panel. | 12-01-2011 |
20120120786 | DISC CARTRIDGE - A disc cartridge includes a case body for receiving disc-shaped recording media in an axial direction of a central shaft so that first and second shells respectively having a base surface portion parallel to a recording surface of the disc-shaped recording media are coupled separated by axial engagement/disengagement; and a lock lever supported perpendicular to the axial direction in the case body and locking the shells coupled. The shells are separated to form a disc insertion/extraction hole for the insert or discharge of the disc-shaped recording media into/from the case body. A support shaft serving as a pivoting point of the lock lever is installed to the case body. The lock lever includes a supported portion supported by the support shaft, a lock portion protruding from the supported portion and locking the shells, and a balance portion protruding from the supported portion approximately opposite to protrusion of the lock portion. | 05-17-2012 |
20120292158 | DISK TRANSPORTATION DEVICE AND DISK STORAGE SYSTEM - A disk transportation device includes a pair of rotation arms that are rotatable respectively about a fulcrum shaft extending in the same direction as the axial direction of a center shaft of a disk-shaped recording medium in both sides thereof that pinch the transportation passage of the disk-shaped recording medium transported between a disk changer and a disk drive device; and four transportation rollers of which two at a time are rotatably supported on the pair of rotation arms respectively, wherein the four transportation rollers contact the outer peripheral surface of the disk-shaped recording medium respectively and the pair of rotation arms are rotated in opposite directions to each other in a state where one of the transportation rollers at a time is supported at the pair of the rotation arms respectively contact the outer peripheral surface of the disk-shaped recording medium. | 11-22-2012 |
20120301252 | CARTRIDGE TRANSPORTING DEVICE - A cartridge transporting device includes: a cartridge holder in which a cartridge receiving a recording medium is inserted and which holds the inserted cartridge; a supporting frame that supports the cartridge holder to be freely move between an insertion position and a drawn-in position; a locking member that moves between a locking position and a non-locking position, moves to the locking position, and locks the cartridge holder at the insertion position; a holder driving member that is movable in a predetermined direction and moves the cartridge holder between the insertion position and the drawn-in position; and a moving mechanism that moves the holder driving member in the predetermined direction, wherein when the cartridge holder starts to move from the insertion position to the drawn-in position, the holder driving member moves such that the cartridge holder locked by the locking member is unlocked. | 11-29-2012 |
20130057982 | DISC CONVEYING DEVICE - A disc conveying device includes a route adjuster which is pressed and turned by a disc-shaped recording medium being conveyed in a direction orthogonal to a central axis direction in a lead-in direction of being extracted and led in from a disc cartridge and an ejecting direction of being stored in the disc cartridge after being ejected; wherein a positioning groove is formed to the route adjuster, in which a peripheral portion of the disc-shaped recording medium is inserted at the time of the disc-shaped recording medium being conveyed, so as to position the disc-shaped recording medium. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061254 | DISC CONVEYING DEVICE - A disc conveying device includes a pair of rails positioned on opposite sides across a disc-shaped recording medium transported in the lead-in direction or ejecting direction in a direction orthogonal to a center axis direction, and extending in the direction of the conveyed disc-shaped recording medium; link arms that are turnably supported to a base chassis, are turnable as to the pair of rails, and move in parallel in a direction of separating the rails from the peripheral face of the disc-shaped recording medium; conveying rollers that convey the disc-shaped recording medium by being supported by the rails, and touch the peripheral face of the disc-shaped recording medium with at least one conveying roller rotating; and an ejecting lever that is turnable as to at least one of the rails, by which turning the peripheral face of the disc-shaped recording medium is pressed, and the disc-shaped recording medium is conveyed. | 03-07-2013 |
20140310731 | DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - There is provided a disk drive apparatus including a first chassis unit that has a first pickup base at which a first optical pickup has been disposed, and a second chassis unit that has a second pickup base at which a pulley supporting part has been provided and at which a second optical pickup has been disposed. A disk table on which a disk-like recording medium is loaded is disposed at the first pickup base. A support hole is formed in the pulley supporting part. A chucking pulley that sandwiches and holds the disk-like recording medium together with the disk table is supported by the pulley supporting part in a state of being inserted in the support hole. At the chucking pulley, provided are an escape part, a flange part, and a clamp part. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310732 | DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - There is provided a disk drive apparatus including a first chassis unit that has a first pickup base supported by the first base chassis through an elastically deformable insulator, and a second chassis unit that has a second pickup base supported by the second base chassis through an elastically deformable insulator. At least one of the first chassis unit and the second chassis unit is moved in a thickness direction of the disk-like recording medium, and the first pickup base and the second pickup base are connected to or separated from each other. Positioning parts for performing positioning of the first pickup base and the second pickup base at a time of connection are provided at the first pickup base and the second pickup base, respectively. The first pickup base and the second pickup base are connected to each other by magnetic forces of magnets. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310733 | DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - There is provided a disk drive apparatus including a first chassis unit that has a pickup base at which an optical pickup and a disk table have been disposed, and a first base chassis to which the pickup base has been attached, and a second chassis unit that has a second base chassis and at which a chucking pulley has been disposed. A first rectifying plate part is provided at the first base chassis. A second rectifying plate part is provided at the second base chassis. | 10-16-2014 |
20140317643 | DISK CONVEYING DEVICE - Provided is a disk conveying device including a conveying mechanism configured to convey a disk-like recording medium inside and outside a disk cartridge including a plurality of holding grooves into which both end portions of the disk-like recording medium positioned at opposite sides with a center hole interposed therebetween are inserted, the plurality of holding grooves being formed in a line in a thickness direction of the disk-like recording medium, and a discharge lever configured to press an outer circumferential surface of the disk-like recording medium to the disk cartridge side when the disk-like recording medium is conveyed by the conveying mechanism. | 10-23-2014 |
20140325165 | MEMORY APPARATUS AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD - A memory apparatus includes a detection unit, a storage unit, an update unit, and a determination unit. The detection unit is configured to detect a deterioration factor of a nonvolatile memory. The storage unit is configured to hold a lifetime estimation value. The update unit is configured to update the lifetime estimation value on the basis of the deterioration factor detected by the detection unit. The determination unit is configured to use the lifetime estimation value updated by the update unit to generate a notification signal. | 10-30-2014 |
20150095543 | DATA BUS SYSTEM AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A data bus system includes a plurality of recording apparatuses, a transmission path, and a management apparatus. The plurality of recording apparatuses are configured to record and hold data. The transmission path is connected to the plurality of recording apparatuses by wireless communication and configured to transmit the data. The management apparatus is configured to manage the plurality of recording apparatuses and the transmission path. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095593 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a waveguide forming unit, a communication unit, and a memory controller. The recording unit is configured to record and hold data. The waveguide forming unit is configured to function as a transmission path that transmits the data. The communication unit is configured to communicate with the waveguide forming unit. The memory controller is configured to control input and output of the data to and from the recording unit. | 04-02-2015 |
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20150346635 | POWDER CONTAINER, POWDER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A powder container includes a powder chamber for containing powder for forming images, a powder outlet formed in a face of the powder container, and a shutter assembly to open and close the powder outlet and including first and second shutters. The first shutter is movable between a sealing position to close the powder outlet and an open position to open the powder outlet and includes a pressed member to cancel retention of the first shutter at the sealing position. The second shutter includes a pressing projection that interferes with the pressed member of the first shutter and is movable between a shielding position to cover the pressed member without interference between the pressing projection and the pressed member and a releasing position to press the pressed member with the pressing projection. | 12-03-2015 |