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20090311015 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a fixing device including a fixing roller, a pressure roller and an external heating section, a scraper is arranged to contact a circumferential surface of an external heating belt and scrape toner and the like on the circumferential surface to thereby clean the circumferential surface. In addition, a material that has higher adherence to toner than on a circumferential surface of the fixing roller is used for the external hating belt to thereby peel the toner and the like on the circumferential surface of the fixing roller and clean the circumferential surface of the fixing roller. Further, as a vibration applying section adapted to apply vibration to the scraper, a first contact/separation section adapted to contact/separate the external heating section with/from the fixing roller is provided. Vibration is applied to the scraper by the first contact/separation to peel the toner and the like off the scraper. | 12-17-2009 |
20100054788 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH TEMPERATURE CONTROL PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A fixing device which can reduce an overshoot of the surface temperature of a main heating section without lengthening a warming-up period of time, an image forming apparatus equipped therewith, and a recording medium on which is recorded the temperature control program are provided. In a standby mode, control is performed to stop an operation of a halogen lamp which is an internal heat source, when a surface temperature of a heating roller reaches a certain temperature lower than a target temperature, or when the operating period of time of the halogen lamp reaches a certain period of time. By so doing, as the heating roller ceases to be heated at a point at which it reaches a temperature lower than the target temperature, it is possible to reduce the overshoot of the surface temperature of the heating roller. | 03-04-2010 |
20100172669 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A fixing device which can prevent deterioration and breakage of each member, and an image forming apparatus having the fixing device are provided. A separation/contact mechanism carries out separation/contact operation of an external heating section with respect to a fixing roller by turning the whole external heating section using a central axis of a rotation supporting roller out of a pair of rotation supporting rollers, as a rotation axis. This constitution can decrease impact force generated at the time of pressure-contact, and can prevent deterioration and breakage of the external heating belt and the fixing roller. Furthermore, when a heater lamp is provided in only the rotation supporting roller, positional deviation and damage of the heater lamp can be prevented. | 07-08-2010 |
20120121302 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes photoreceptor drums, a charger, an exposure unit, a developing unit, an intermediate transfer belt and a fixing unit for fixing a toner image to a recording medium. The fixing unit includes a fixing part and a pressing part. The fixing part has a fixing roller, a heating member and a fixing belt. The pressing part has a pressing roller. The heating member is arranged close to, and so as to cover, the outer peripheral side of the fixing roller, and formed with an opening. Both edges of the opening extending along the axial direction of the fixing roller, are positioned closer to the pressing part side than the center axis of the fixing roller is. | 05-17-2012 |
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20110027537 | CARBON-COATED ALUMINUM MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a carbon-coated aluminum material capable of improving properties of adhesion between a carbon-containing layer and an aluminum material and properties of mutual adhesion among carbon-containing particles included in the carbon-containing layer; and a method for manufacturing the carbon-coated aluminum material. The carbon-coated aluminum material comprises: aluminum foil ( | 02-03-2011 |
20110318550 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SUBSTANCE COATED ALUMINUM MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are an electrically conductive substance coated aluminum material in which an electrically conductive substance ensuring electrical conductivity of a surface is not exfoliated from an aluminum material due to moisture even in a case where the electrically conductive substance coated aluminum material is used under a high humidity condition and which can be favorably used as a material for a current collector and an electrode; and a method for manufacturing the electrically conductive substance coated aluminum material. The electrically conductive substance coated aluminum material comprises: an aluminum foil ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120003544 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, CAPACITOR, BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - Provided are an electrode structure which is excellent in adhesiveness between an aluminum material as a base material and a dielectric layer and adhesiveness between the dielectric layers and allows a higher capacitance than the conventional one to be obtained, even when a thickness of the dielectric layer is thick; a method for manufacturing the above-mentioned electrode structure; and a capacitor and a battery, each of which includes the above-mentioned electrode structure. An electrode structure comprises: an aluminum material; a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the aluminum material; and an interposing layer formed in at least one part of a region of the surface of the aluminum material between the aluminum material and the dielectric layer and including aluminum and carbon, the dielectric layer includes dielectric particles including valve metal, and an organic substance layer is formed on at least one part of a surface of the dielectric particle. A mixture layer of dielectric particles including the valve metal and a binder is formed on a surface of the aluminum material, and thereafter, the aluminum material is heated in a state where the aluminum material is placed in a space including a hydrocarbon-containing substance. | 01-05-2012 |
20120261162 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, AND CAPACITOR - Provided are an electrode structure capable of suppressing a leakage current, having a high capacitance, allowing an electrical short circuit caused through contact with an electrolyte to be suppressed, and operable to be applied as an anode of a capacitor; a method for manufacturing the electrode structure; and a capacitor including the electrode structure. The method for manufacturing the electrode structure includes: a covering layer formation step of forming on a surface of an aluminum material a covering layer of a dielectric precursor including valve metal; and a reduction heating step of heating in a reducing atmosphere including no carbon the aluminum material having the covering layer formed thereon. The electrode structure includes: an aluminum material; a covering layer being formed on a surface of the aluminum material, including valve metal, and having an electrically conductive portion; and an interposing layer being formed between the aluminum material and the covering layer and including aluminum and oxygen. | 10-18-2012 |
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20100143685 | Double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive tape - Disclosed is a double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive tape which includes a foam substrate, one pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged on or above one side of the substrate, and another pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged on or above the other side of the substrate. The adhesive tape has a total thickness of 250 μm or less. The adhesive tape is thin but highly waterproof (sealable against water). The adhesive tape preferably has a tensile strength of 0.5 to 20 MPa for further superior processability. | 06-10-2010 |
20110300361 | Double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape - Disclosed is a double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape which has a small total thickness, includes a foam layer, and excels in removability. The double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a total thickness of 500 μm or less and includes a foam layer; a reinforcing layer; and two surface pressure-sensitive adhesive layers, in which at least one of the two surface pressure-sensitive adhesive layers is formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing an acrylic polymer, a tackifier resin, and a crosslinking agent, the acrylic polymer including, as an essential monomer component, an alkyl(meth)acrylate whose alkyl moiety being a linear or branched-chain alkyl group having 4 to 9 carbon atoms. | 12-08-2011 |
20120164414 | DOUBLE-FACED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE - Disclosed is a double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive tape which includes a foam substrate, one pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged on or above one side of the substrate, and another pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged on or above the other side of the substrate. The adhesive tape has a total thickness of 250 μm or less. The adhesive tape is thin but highly waterproof (sealable against water). The adhesive tape preferably has a tensile strength of 0.5 to 20 MPa for further superior processability. | 06-28-2012 |
20130017389 | DOUBLE-SIDED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEETAANM TAMURA; AkinoriAACI OsakaAACO JPAAGP TAMURA; Akinori Osaka JPAANM NAKAYAMA; NaokiAACI OsakaAACO JPAAGP NAKAYAMA; Naoki Osaka JPAANM WADA; HiroshiAACI OsakaAACO JPAAGP WADA; Hiroshi Osaka JP - The present invention provides a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet excellent in waterproof property (water stopping property) and impact resistance. The present invention relates to a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a polyolefin foam substrate and an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on both. surfaces of the polyolefin foam substrate, wherein the polyolefin foam substrate has a volume percentage of closed cells of 70% or more and a degree of crosslinking of from 3 to 60 wt %, and the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing: an acrylic polymer formed from a component including, as an essential monomer component thereof an alkyl. (meth)acrylate having a linear or branched alkyl group; and a tackifying resin. | 01-17-2013 |
20130101819 | DOUBLE-SIDED ADHESIVE TAPE - A double-sided adhesive tape comprises: a base member configured as a non-foamed thermoplastic film having a thickness of 50 μm or more; and acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layers provided to both faces of the base member. The double-sided adhesive tape has a 50% modulus ranging from 3.0 MPa or more to 40.0 MPa or less. | 04-25-2013 |
20130209798 | DOUBLE-SIDED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE - A double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape includes: a substrate; a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on one surface of the substrate; and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the other surface of the substrate. At least one of the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains both an acrylic polymer and an acrylic oligomer whose weight average molecular weight is 20000 or less and whose monomer is different from that of the acrylic polymer. The content of a tackifier for providing tackiness is less than 5% by mass. By containing the acrylic oligomer whose monomer is different from that of the acrylic polymer in at least one of the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the drop impact resistance in a low-temperature atmosphere is improved. | 08-15-2013 |
20130244013 | DOUBLE-FACED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - The present invention provides a double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a foam substrate, pressure-sensitive adhesive layers provided on a first face and a second face of the foam substrate, and having an overall thickness t of 400 μm or smaller. At least one of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers is constituted with a rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising, as a base polymer, a block copolymer of a mono-vinyl-substituted aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound. | 09-19-2013 |
20130245208 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a base polymer and a tackifier resin. The base polymer is a block copolymer of a mono-vinyl-substituted aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound. The tackifier resin comprises a low softening point resin having a softening point below 120° C. and a high softening point resin having a softening point of 120° C. or above. The high softening point resin comprises a terpene-phenol resin. | 09-19-2013 |
20140213716 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - This invention provides a PSA composition comprising a base polymer and a tackifier resin. The base polymer is a block copolymer of a monovinyl-substituted aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound. The tackifier resin comprises a tackifier resin T | 07-31-2014 |
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20090067077 | SPINEL SINTERED BODY, LIGHT TRANSMISSION WINDOW AND LIGHT TRANSMISSION LENS - A low-cost spinel sintered body having small polarization and high heat-conductivity is provided. Also, a useful light-transmitting window and light-transmitting lens for light-emitting device is provided. For such purpose, the spinel sintered body of the present invention has a contrast ratio of 300 or more in the case of white light, where the contrast ratio is defined as the quotient obtained by dividing an amount of transmitting light in the case of being arranged between two polarizing plates, the polarizing directions of the two polarizing plates being parallel to each other, by an amount of transmitting light in the case of being arranged between two polarizing plates, the polarizing directions of the two polarizing plates being orthogonal to each other. | 03-12-2009 |
20100103356 | SPINEL SINTERED BODY, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR - A spinel sintered body has a composition of MgO·nAl | 04-29-2010 |
20100220393 | SPINEL SINTERED BODY, LIGHT TRANSMITTING WINDOW AND LIGHT TRANSMITTING LENS - A low-cost spinel sintered body having small polarization and high heat-conductivity is provided. Also, a useful light-transmitting window and light-transmitting lens for light-emitting device is provided. For such purpose, the spinel sintered body of the present invention has a contrast ratio of 300 or more in the case of white light, where the contrast ratio is defined as the quotient obtained by dividing an amount of transmitting light in the case of being arranged between two polarizing plates, the polarizing directions of the two polarizing plates being parallel to each other, by an amount of transmitting light in the case of being arranged between two polarizing plates, the polarizing directions of the two polarizing plates being orthogonal to each other. | 09-02-2010 |
20120091856 | SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SUBSTRATE AND SAW DEVICE - A substrate having appropriate strength and allowing firm bonding to a piezoelectric substrate and the like can be obtained at a lower cost. The substrate for an SAW device is formed of spinel, and PV value representing difference in level of one main surface of the substrate is at least 2 nm and at most 8 nm. Preferably, average roughness Ra of one main surface of the substrate is at least 0.01 nm and at most 0.5 nm. With such characteristics, the main surface of the substrate to be bonded to a piezoelectric substrate of the SAW device can be bonded satisfactorily to the piezoelectric material forming the piezoelectric substrate utilizing van der Waals interaction. | 04-19-2012 |
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20150042616 | INPUT DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to enhance detection accuracy during a touch operation in a capacitance coupling type input device. The input device includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of detection electrodes crossing each other, and capacitive elements formed in respective crossed portions between the driving electrodes and the detection electrodes. During a touch detection period, a driving signal is applied to the driving electrodes on a line block basis of scanning signal lines, and touch is detected based on a detection signal output from each of the detection electrodes, and the touch detection period is provided in a display update period in a horizontal scanning period of a display apparatus. Further, a driving signal to be applied to the driving electrodes is applied to a selected line block of the display apparatus to which the scanning signal is not being applied. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049061 | INPUT DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An object of the present technology is to improve the detection accuracy of a capacitance coupling type input device at a time of touch operation. An input device includes: a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of detection electrodes crossing each other; and capacitive elements formed in respective crossed portions between the driving electrodes and the detection electrodes. During a touch detection period, a driving signal is applied to the driving electrodes on a line block basis of the scanning signal lines, and touch is detected based on a detection signal output from each of the detection electrodes, the touch detection period is provided in a display update period in a horizontal scanning period of the display apparatus, and during a horizontal scanning period following a certain horizontal scanning period during which touch detection has been performed, a driving signal whose potential is has been changed to a direction opposite to that of the previous horizontal scanning period is applied to the driving electrodes to start touch detection. | 02-19-2015 |
20150103048 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present technology is to provide a display device that includes an input device capable of easily being incorporated into the display device as a capacitance coupling type input device. The display device includes: a display panel having a plurality of pixel electrodes | 04-16-2015 |
20150103278 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present technology is to provide a liquid crystal display device that includes a capacitance coupling type input device capable of easily being incorporated into the display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel and an input device. The liquid crystal panel includes: a TFT substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes and a common electrode provided so as to be opposed to the pixel electrodes, and further includes a switching element for controlling application of a voltage to the pixel electrodes; and a counter substrate arranged so as to be opposed to the TFT substrate, and having a configuration in which color filters of at least three primary colors are arranged at positions corresponding to the pixel electrodes and a light-shielding portion is arranged between the color filters. The input device includes: a detection electrode arranged in the liquid crystal panel; and a driving electrode arranged so as to cross the detection electrode, wherein a capacitive element is formed between the detection electrode and the driving electrode. The detection electrode is set at the same potential as that applied to the common electrode of the liquid crystal panel. | 04-16-2015 |
20150109248 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An input device which is a capacitive coupling type and can reduce visibility of wiring patterns of electrodes and interference fringes is provided. The input device is included in a display device including a plurality of pixels, and is configured to detect a contact position of a user. The input device includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes disposed so as to cross the first electrodes, and a plurality of third electrodes disposed between the second electrodes. Slits extending obliquely with respect to an extension direction of the second electrodes are formed between the third electrodes. | 04-23-2015 |
20150116247 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An input device that can prevent a reduction in the accuracy of detection of a contact position, even when a display device operates in a PSR mode, is provided. The input device is provided in a display device configured to operate in either a first mode or a second mode, and to generate mode signal giving notice of the current operation mode and is configured to detect a contact position of a user. The input device includes a plurality of driving electrodes and touch controller. Touch controller is configured to determine the operation mode of display device based on mode signal, to generate touch driving signal based on a result of the determination, and to apply the generated touch driving signals to the driving electrodes. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116266 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An input device that can prevent a reduction in the accuracy of detection of a contact position, even when a display device operates in a PSR mode, is provided. The input device is provided in a display device configured to operate in either a first mode or a second mode and is configured to detect a contact position of a user. The input device includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a touch controller. The touch controller is configured to determine the operation mode of the display device, configured to generate touch driving signal based on a result of the determination, and configured to apply the generated touch driving signals to the driving electrodes. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116267 | INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCH OPERATION AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An input device for detecting a touch operation performed by a user includes a plurality of driving electrodes, and a plurality of detection electrodes which are disposed intersecting with the driving electrodes. The input device detects a position touched by a user by applying a driving signal to the driving electrode and detecting a detection signals outputted from each of the detection electrodes. The detection signal varies with a change in capacitance at an intersection between the driving electrode and the detection electrode. The input device further includes a plurality of signal correctors, each of which is provided for each driving electrode. The signal corrector is configured to add a correction signal to the driving signal in a rising portion and/or a falling portion of the driving signal and apply the driving signal added with the correction signal to the driving electrode. | 04-30-2015 |
20150153767 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present technology is to provide a display device that includes an input device capable of being easily incorporated into the display device as a capacitance coupling type input device. The display device is provided with an input device having a plurality of driving electrodes | 06-04-2015 |
20150160763 | INPUT DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present technology is to provide an input device that is a capacitance coupling type input device capable of easily being incorporated into a display device. The input device includes: a plurality of driving electrodes | 06-11-2015 |
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20090095833 | Jaw crusher and self-traveling crusher - In a jaw crusher, cheek plates are mounted on side wall plates of a crusher frame by mounting bolts, and the mounting bolt adjacent to the outlet of the jaw crusher can be covered with the swing jaw by adjustment of an outlet gap-adjusting link mechanism. When the jaw crusher is in operation, the mounting bolt is covered by the swing jaw to avoid contact with raw materials, so that abrasion of and damages to the mounting bolt can be prevented. Thus, a longer lifetime of the jaw crusher can be promoted. Besides, since abrasion of and damages to the mounting bolt can be prevented, a mounting structure of the cheek plate can be stronger. | 04-16-2009 |
20090152387 | Jaw crusher and self-traveling crusher - A jaw crusher includes: a crusher frame to which a cross member for connecting a pair of side wall plates is provided; a fixed jaw; a swing jaw swingably hung between the side wall plates; a pair of toggle link pins both of which are disposed along a common axial direction having a first outer end pivoted on the side plate and a second inner end pivoted on a main supporter provided to the cross member; and a reaction force-receiving link mechanism including a toggle link rotatably supported by the toggle link pin. The main supporter of the cross member on which the second end of the toggle link pin is pivoted is box-shaped. | 06-18-2009 |
20090294560 | Mobile crusher - A mobile crusher includes: a crusher for crushing raw materials; a discharge conveyor provided on a lower stream of the crusher for discharging the raw materials crushed by the crusher; a work implement provided on an upper stream of the crusher for producing the crushed materials; a conveyor sensor and conveyor pressure comparing unit for determining whether the crushed materials to be discharged are fed on the discharge conveyor or not; a crusher pressure sensor and crusher pressure comparing unit for determining whether the raw materials are present in the crusher or not; and a flow rate controller for controlling the speeds of the crusher, discharge conveyor and work implement based on determination results of the conveyor pressure sensor, conveyor pressure comparing unit, crusher pressure sensor and crusher pressure comparing unit. | 12-03-2009 |
20090302141 | MOBILE CRUSHER - A mobile crusher includes: a crusher having a fixed jaw and a swing jaw and adjusting an outlet gap between lower ends of the fixed jaw and the swing jaw, the crusher crushing raw materials by swing movement of the swing jaw toward the fixed jaw and discharging the raw materials crushed by the crusher from the outlet gap to produce crushed materials; a work implement disposed on an upper stream or a lower stream of the crusher to produce the crushed materials; and a controller that controls a work implement speed of the work implement depending on the outlet gap. | 12-10-2009 |
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20090261524 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Apparatus and Print Server - An image forming apparatus has: pluralities of sheet storage units; a printing unit; a sheet driving unit that feeds a sheet of paper from the sheet storage units to the printing unit; a group setting maintaining unit that forms a group of the sheet storage units; a residual sheet amount detecting unit that detects sheet empty on any of the sheet storage units in the group; a sheet storage switching control unit that controls the sheet driving unit to select another one of the sheet storage units in the same group for feeding a sheet, if the residual sheet amount detecting unit detects the sheet empty; and a sheet empty warning unit that warns a user of the sheet empty detected by the residual sheet amount detecting unit. | 10-22-2009 |
20100232857 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An embodiment includes an image forming apparatus utilizing internal paper ejection. An embodiment may include a paper ejection tray disposed on the bottom of a paper ejection space. In some embodiments, the paper ejection tray may include a flat portion, a sloping portion, and/or a protruding portion. In an embodiment, the flat portion of the paper ejection tray may extend substantially horizontally by a predetermined distance downstream from a wall on the upstream side in a paper ejection direction. An embodiment may include a sloping portion that slopes upward downstream from the flat portion. In some embodiments, the protruding portion may slope upward from the flat portion to the front of the apparatus, the top of the protruding portion being higher than an operation panel. | 09-16-2010 |
20120105888 | Image Forming Apparatus, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium for Storing Image Forming Program, and Image Forming Method - An image forming apparatus includes an area setting unit, a reading unit, a number recognizing unit, and a number determining unit. The area setting unit is configured to set a reading area on the basis of a page number. The reading unit is configured to read image data in the reading area. The number recognizing unit configured to recognize a number from a result of reading by the reading unit. The number determining unit is configured to compare results of recognizing of two consecutive pages by the number recognizing unit, determine the presence of consecutive numbers, and determine one of the consecutive numbers as the page number. | 05-03-2012 |
20140320878 | Image Forming with Save Mode for Reducing Color Material Cost - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a save mode setting unit, a reference cost obtaining unit, a minimum monetary-sum extraction unit, and a usage volume setting unit. The minimum monetary-sum extraction unit is configured to extract a minimum monetary sum for each tone from reference costs for a plurality of image forming modes. The usage volume setting unit is configured to: obtain a post-reduction cost where a reduced monetary sum by the save mode is subtracted from the minimum monetary sum; and set reference usage volume as usage volumes for the dark color material and the light color material in the save mode, the reference usage volume being obtained based on the reference costs for the image forming modes corresponding to the post-reduction cost. | 10-30-2014 |
20140347683 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image reading device includes a document transport controller and an operation portion. The document transport controller controls to discharge a document in one of two sheet discharging modes including a first sheet discharging mode in which the document is turned over again after both sides of the document have been read, and a second sheet discharging mode in which the document is discharged without being turned over again. The operation portion accepts an instruction to select one of the first sheet discharging mode and the second sheet discharging mode to discharge the document. | 11-27-2014 |
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20090326151 | HAIR COSMETIC - Provided is a hair cosmetic that can exhibit hair styling capability, natural finishing capability, and hair style retentivity respectively at superior levels. | 12-31-2009 |
20110262514 | POLYURETHANE PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE PARTICLES - It is provided smooth polyurethane particles for oil absorption under producing, treating, keeping and transporting. A polyurethane particle consists of a body of the polyurethane particle and hydrophilic fine silica powders existing on the body. The body is obtained by three-dimensionally polymerizing an isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer with trifunctional or more functional amines. The isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer is obtained by reacting polyisocyanates and polyols including a poly(tetramethylene ether)glycol. The polyurethane particles are obtained by spray-drying a mixed aqueous dispersion in which the hydrophilic fine silica powders and the polyurethane spheres are dispersed in water. | 10-27-2011 |
20120009234 | COSMETICS - It is provided cosmetics to prevent to come off and keep long. The cosmetic comprises specific polyurethane particles with a cosmetic base. The specific polyurethane particle consists of a body of the polyurethane particle and hydrophilic fine silica powders existing on the body. The body is obtained by three-dimensionally polymerizing an isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer with trifunctional or more functional amines. The isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer is obtained by reacting polyisocyanates and polyols including a poly(tetramethylene ether)glycol. The polyurethane particles are obtained by spray-drying a mixed aqueous dispersion in which the hydrophilic fine silica powders and the polyurethane spheres are dispersed in water. | 01-12-2012 |
20130224376 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE PARTICLES - It is provided smooth polyurethane particles for oil absorption under producing, treating, keeping and transporting. A polyurethane particle consists of a body of the polyurethane particle and hydrophilic fine silica powders existing on the body. The body is obtained by three-dimensionally polymerizing an isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer with trifunctional or more functional amines. The isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer is obtained by reacting polyisocyanates and polyols including a poly(tetramethylene ether)glycol. The polyurethane particles are obtained by spray-drying a mixed aqueous dispersion in which the hydrophilic fine silica powders and the polyurethane spheres are dispersed in a water. | 08-29-2013 |
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20130029259 | DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A developer for electrostatic latent image development including a positively chargeable toner and a fatty acid metal salt is used, in which the fatty acid metal salt is a metal salt selected from the group consisting of zinc, calcium, and magnesium salts of fatty acids of 12 to 20 carbon atoms and has a certain volume average particle diameter and particle size distribution. | 01-31-2013 |
20130101933 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE-DEVELOPING TONER AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image is formed with an electrostatic latent image-developing toner that includes toner base particles and titanium oxide serving as an external additive. The toner base particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, and a charge control agent. The titanium oxide is attached to surfaces of the toner base particles and containing titanium oxide A and titanium oxide B. Each of the titanium oxide A and the titanium oxide B has a predetermined particle diameter and a predetermined volume resistivity. The liberation rate of each of the titanium oxide A and the titanium oxide B in the toner is within a predetermined range. | 04-25-2013 |
20140045114 | MAGNETIC TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A magnetic toner for electrostatic latent image development includes toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic powder, and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. In the toner, in the case where the surfaces of the shell layers are observed using a scanning electron microscope, the magnetic powder is not observed, and approximately spherical particles derived from the resin fine particles are not observed on the surfaces of the shell layers for toner particles having a particle diameter in a specific range. In the toner, in the case where the cross-sectional surfaces of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observed inside the shell layers. | 02-13-2014 |
20150086918 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner core containing a binder resin and a releasing agent, and a shell layer coating the toner core. The releasing agent has a melting point Mp | 03-26-2015 |