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20080245321 | VERTICAL TYPE ENGINE - A vertical type engine includes: an engine body having a crank chamber and a cylinder bore; and a timing transmission chamber provided above the engine body and housing a timing transmission device that connects between a crankshaft and a cam shaft which are vertically placed, respectively, wherein a generator driven by the crankshaft is placed above the timing transmission device, and a breather chamber communicating with the crank chamber and an intake silencer box is provided between the generator and the crank chamber placed below the generator on the side opposite from the cam shaft with respect to the crankshaft. Hence, a vertical type engine that includes a breather chamber dedicated for gas-liquid separation and is compact can be achieved. | 10-09-2008 |
20080257319 | BREATHER DEVICE OF VERTICAL TYPE ENGINE - A breather device of a vertical type engine includes: an engine body having a crank chamber and a cylinder bore; and a timing transmission chamber provided above the engine body and housing a timing transmission device that connects between a crankshaft and a cam shaft which are vertically placed, respectively, the timing transmission chamber communicating at one side with the crank chamber and at the other side with the outside, wherein the breather device includes a breather chamber communicating with the timing transmission chamber via a communication tube, the breather chamber communicating with an intake silencer box. Hence, oil can be efficiently separated from breathing gas of a crank chamber. | 10-23-2008 |
20100224349 | HEAT EXCHANGE TUBE - A heat exchange tube is constructed by forming, on a cylindrical tube peripheral wall, a plurality of projecting portions which project to an inside of the tube peripheral wall, and which are formed by pushing. The plurality of projecting portions are formed, respectively, into conical shapes across a tube axis, and are arranged along virtual spirals on the tube peripheral wall. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a heat exchange tube which facilitates formation of a plurality of projecting portions with the thickness hardly changed and without formation of protruded portions, and which is capable of contributing to enhancement of heat exchanging efficiency. | 09-09-2010 |
20120186207 | AIR CLEANER DEVICE - An air cleaner device whereby the number of component parts is reduced and the filter element can be maintained and inspected without a time-consuming procedure. The air cleaner device includes: a support part provided to a cleaner case and having a fitting ingress at a region on the opposite side thereof from the cover; and a pivot provided to the cover and having a convex part capable of fitting in the fitting ingress of the support part. A hinge part for connecting the cover to the cleaner case so that the cover can open and close is formed by the support part and the pivot by fitting of the convex part in the fitting ingress. | 07-26-2012 |
20120187679 | COGENERATION APPARATUS - A cogeneration apparatus having a ventilation-introducing channel communicating an electrical-equipment compartment with a ventilation fan is disclosed. Driving the ventilation fan causes air to be led from an exterior of a cogeneration case through the electrical-equipment compartment to the interior of the ventilation-introducing channel. The air led to the interior of the ventilation-introducing channel is led to an electrical generator. The air led to the electrical generator is exhausted through a power-generation compartment to the exterior of the cogeneration case. | 07-26-2012 |
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20120001453 | FRONTAL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A frontal structure of a vehicle includes: a dashboard lower section; a dashboard lower cross member, positioned at a front surface of the dashboard lower section, and divided into a left part and a right part; a dashboard cross member integrally formed by connecting and welding the dashboard lower cross member to a steering joint cover; and an acceleration pedal bracket fixed to an overlapping part of the steering joint cover and the dashboard lower section. | 01-05-2012 |
20120001455 | FRONTAL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A frontal structure of a vehicle includes: a dashboard lower section; and a damping panel connecting to the dashboard lower section, wherein the dashboard lower section includes an upper rim flange and a front wall including a bending shape; and the damping panel includes a bead curved more gradually compared to the bending shape. | 01-05-2012 |
20120001456 | FRONTAL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A frontal structure of a vehicle includes: a dashboard lower section comprising a longitudinal wall, a tilted wall, and a horizontal wall connected together; a floor frame provided below the tilted wall; a bead formed along the floor frame, wherein the longitudinal wall intersects with the bead at an upper side of the bead; the horizontal wall intersects with the bead at a lower side of the bead; and a ridge line or a plurality of ridge lines of the bead overlap with the floor frame in an upper-lower direction. | 01-05-2012 |
20130093215 | VEHICLE BODY FRONT STRUCTURE - A vehicle body front structure includes a dashboard lower in which an opening portion into which a joint member, which connects a steering shaft of a vehicle with a steering gear box, is inserted is formed; a steering joint cover that is provided around the opening portion so as to surround the joint member; and a dashboard cross-member that extends in a left and right direction of the dashboard lower. The dashboard cross-member includes a pair of cross-members between which the steering joint cover is interposed, and each of these cross-members is fixed to the steering joint cover. Clip holes to which mounting clips mounting a steering grommet are fitted are formed within a range of the dashboard lower that is positioned around the opening portion and is covered with the steering joint cover. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093216 | VEHICLE BODY FRONT PART STRUCTURE - A vehicle body front part structure according to a first aspect of the present invention includes: a center frame which extends along a vertical direction of a vehicle, a top end flange part that bends toward a rear being formed on a top end of the center frame; and a dashboard lower which has a first vertical wall, a bent part that is bent toward the rear being formed on a top edge of the first vertical wall. The top end flange part and the bent part are joined overlapping each other, and a closed cross-section structure part is formed between the center frame and the bent part. | 04-18-2013 |
20130099527 | VEHICLE BODY FRONT STRUCTURE - A vehicle body front structure includes a brake master cylinder mounting surface that is formed in an arc shape toward a vehicle interior, a plurality of mounting surface beads that are formed on the brake master cylinder mounting surface only in a vertical direction and an inclined direction inclined with respect to the vertical direction, and a reinforcing plate that is joined to the plurality of mounting surface beads. | 04-25-2013 |
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20090010662 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that includes: an image forming portion for forming an image in accordance with image data contained in an input command; and a controller for controlling the image forming portion, and is constructed such that the controller includes: a mode switch for switching the image forming portion from a standby mode in which image forming is instantly enabled into a power-saving mode in which power supply to the image forming portion is partially stopped when no subsequent command has been received after a predetermined period elapsed from when image forming portion was operated last; a mode restoring portion for restoring the image forming portion from power-saving mode to standby mode when a subsequent command is received; and an image quality controller for performing image quality control of the image every time a predetermined time elapsed from when the image forming portion was last operated, and the image quality controller starts execution of the image quality control before the mode restoring portion restores the image forming portion from the power-saving mode to the standby mode. | 01-08-2009 |
20090010683 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developing roller and a blade. The developing roller includes: a developing sleeve which rotates while holding two-component developer composed of toner and magnetic carrier on the outer surface having a plurality of grooves extending in parallel to an axis of the rotation; and a magnetic member, provided inside the developing sleeve in such a manner as to be unrotatable, for attracting the two-component developer onto the outer surface of the developing sleeve. The blade is provided outside the rotating sleeve with a gap from the outer surface of the developing sleeve for scraping off a part of the two-component developer on the outer surface of the developing sleeve. Also, the magnetic member includes a magnet for controlling magnetic flux density in the gap to range from 70 mT to 150 mT. This allows preventing image degradation caused by generation of development memory. | 01-08-2009 |
20090129824 | TONER CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner carrying device includes a flexible sheet, and a sheet moving mechanism for allowing the flexible sheet to move back and forth by pulling the flexible sheet. In the flexible sheet, a toner passage hole for leaving a first opening section of a toner carrying pipe to open is provided. In a case where the toner passage hole is divided into first through three areas in such a manner that (i) the first area is provided on a side of one end of the flexible sheet in a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of the flexible sheet; (ii) the second area is provided on a side of the other end of the flexible sheet in the direction orthogonal to the moving direction; and (iii) the third area is provided between the first area and the second area, the third area extends broader in the moving direction than respective of the first and second areas. This allows the flexible sheet partially having the toner passage hole in its area to move smoothly. | 05-21-2009 |
20090175635 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An image forming apparatus capable of performing monochrome printing and color printing in which all the developing units share a single development transformer is constructed such that at the time of monochrome printing the photoreceptor drums for colors are stopped rotating while all the developing units are constantly applied with a high voltage. Further, the cumulative operation time in which the black photoreceptor drum has been operated for monochrome printing is calculated so that the color-printing photoreceptor drums which are stopped during monochrome printing are rotationally driven by a predetermined angle when the cumulative operation time exceeds predetermined fixed time. Thus, the surface of each color-printing photoreceptor drum that is being worn is restored by making the fresh surface of the drum oppose the associated color developing unit, whereby it is possible to prevent occurrence of defects on the surface of each photoreceptor drum. | 07-09-2009 |
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20120132861 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND ELECTRODE CONTAINING THE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - The electrode material includes metal oxide nanoparticles formed by applying shear force and centrifugal force to reactants containing a reaction inhibitor in a rotating reaction vessel during a chemical reaction; and carbon nanotubes with a specific area of 600 to 2600 m | 05-31-2012 |
20140017570 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a negative electrode active material which is capable of occluding and releasing lithium, and has high reversible capacity and reduced initial irreversible capacity. This negative electrode active material includes a granulated substance, in which a composite containing nanosize conductive carbon powder and tin oxide powder contacting the surface of the conductive carbon powder in a highly dispersed state and an aggregate selected from the group consisting of graphite and nongraphitizable carbon are aggregated. The electrochemical decomposition of electrolytic solution is suppressed due to a reduction in the area where the carbon material in the granulated substance and the electrolytic solution are in contact, resulting in a significant reduction in the initial irreversible capacity of the negative electrode active material. | 01-16-2014 |
20150228370 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIAL OF METAL OXIDE WITH CONDUCTIVE CARBON - Provided is a method whereby metal oxide nanoparticles having evenness of size are efficiently and highly dispersedly adhered to conductive carbon powder. This method comprises: a preparation step in which a reaction solution containing water, a compound with a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni, and conductive carbon powder and having a pH in the range of 9 to 11 is introduced into a rotatable reactor; a supporting step in which the reactor is rotated to apply shear stress and centrifugal force to the reaction solution, thereby yielding a core of a hydroxide of the transition metal and dispersing the thus-yielded core of a hydroxide of the transition metal and the conductive carbon powder and simultaneously supporting the hydroxide of the transition metal by the conductive carbon powder; and a heat treatment step in which the conductive carbon powder loaded with the hydroxide of the transition metal is heated to thereby convert the hydroxide supported by the conductive carbon powder into an oxide nanoparticle. | 08-13-2015 |
20150263337 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is an electrode material which leads to a lithium ion secondary battery that has high energy density. An electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery of the present invention is characterized by containing: a coarse particle of a first active material that is able to act as a positive electrode active material or a negative electrode active material of a lithium ion secondary battery; and a particle of a composite composed of conductive carbon and a second active material attached to the conductive carbon that is able to act as an active material of the same electrode as the first active material. This electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery is also characterized in that: a diameter of the coarse particle of the first active material is larger than a diameter of the particle of the composite; and the particle of the composite is filled in a gap formed between the particles of the first active material. A conductive agent can be additionally contained in the gap. | 09-17-2015 |
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20090087552 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - A method of producing a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having, on a support, a heat insulation layer and a receptor layer, having a step of: forming both the heat insulation layer and the receptor layer by an aqueous simultaneous multilayer coating; wherein the heat insulation layer has at least one kind of hollow polymer particles and at least one resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) in the range from 20° C. to 80° C. | 04-02-2009 |
20100264378 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, DISPLAY ELEMENT AND INTEGRATED SOLAR BATTERY - A photosensitive composition including a random copolymer formed through copolymerization of at least one compound represented by the following General Formula (1) and another monomer having an unsaturated bond, a photosensitive compound, and a nanowire structure: | 10-21-2010 |
20100266956 | POSITIVE-TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, DISPLAY ELEMENT AND INTEGRATED SOLAR BATTERY - A positive-type photosensitive composition including an alkali-soluble polymer formed through copolymerization of monomer (A) represented by the following General Formula (I) and other radical polymerizable monomer (B), a 1,2-quinonediazide compound, and a nanowire structure: | 10-21-2010 |
20110070404 | PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL FOR FORMING CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL - A photosensitive material for forming a conductive film including a silver salt-containing emulsion layer, and a conductive layer containing conductive fibers, wherein the amount of the conductive fibers in the conductive layer is 0.005 g/m | 03-24-2011 |
20120031460 | SOLAR BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A solar battery including a transparent conductive film; and a solar battery element, wherein the transparent conductive film is bonded to a surface of the solar battery element, and the transparent conductive film is electrically connected to the solar battery element. | 02-09-2012 |
20130126799 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FILM, TOUCH PANEL AND SOLAR BATTERY - An electroconductive film including: electroconductive fibers, wherein the electroconductive film satisfies the following expression: 0.0105-23-2013 | |
20130129465 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE LAYER-TRANSFERRING MATERIAL AND TOUCH PANEL - An electroconductive layer-transferring material including: a base material; a cushion layer on the base material; and an electroconductive layer on the cushion layer, the electroconductive layer containing metal nanowires having an average minor axis length of 100 nm or less and an average major axis length of 2 μm or more, wherein the electroconductive layer-transferring material satisfies A/B=0.1 to 0.7, where A is a total thickness of an average thickness of the electroconductive layer and an average thickness of the cushion layer, and B is an average thickness of the base material, wherein the average thickness of the electroconductive layer is 0.01 μm to 0.2 μm, and wherein the average thickness of the cushion layer is 1 μm to 50 μm. | 05-23-2013 |
20140034360 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME, TOUCH PANEL, AND SOLAR CELL - A conductive member containing: a base material; a conductive layer provided on the base material, wherein the conductive layer includes a metallic nanowire having an average short axis length of 150 nm or less and a matrix; and a protective layer including a three-dimensional crosslinked structure represented by the following Formula (I), sequentially in this order, and which has a surface resistivity measured at a surface of the protective layer of 1,000 Ω/□ or less, a production method of the conductive member, and a touch panel and a solar cell, each of which uses the conductive member. The conductive member may provide high resistance against scratches and abrasion, excellent conductivity, excellent transparency, excellent heat resistance, excellent moisture and heat resistance, and excellent bendability. | 02-06-2014 |
20140110638 | CONDUCTIVE FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND TOUCH PANEL - The method for manufacturing a conductive film includes cleaning a metal nanowire dispersion, which contains metal nanowires with an average short axis length of 150 nm or less as metal particles and a dispersing agent by performing ultrafiltration using an ultrafiltration film, and coating a coating liquid for forming a conductive film, which contains the metal nanowire dispersion after cleaning, onto a support, where the content ({mass of the dispersing agent/(mass of all metal particles+mass of the dispersing agent)}×100) of the dispersing agent in the metal nanowire dispersion after cleaning is 3.2 mass % or more. | 04-24-2014 |
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20100078070 | SOLAR BATTERY - A solar battery, which contains a transparent conductive layer having an average transmittance of 80% or more with an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 1,100 nm to 2,000 nm, and a sheet resistance of 20 ohm/sq. or less, in which the transparent conductive layer contains metal nanowires. | 04-01-2010 |
20100078197 | METAL NANOWIRES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR - The present invention provides metal nanowires containing at least metal nanowires having a diameter of 50 nm or less and a major axis length of 5 μm or more in an amount of 50% by mass or more in terms of metal amount with respect to total metal particles. | 04-01-2010 |
20100078602 | METAL NANOWIRE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, AND TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR - The present invention provides a metal nanowire-containing composition containing at a least metal nanowire and a heterocyclic compound having an interaction potential of less than −1 mV. | 04-01-2010 |
20120024572 | CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR USING THE SAME, AND TOUCH PANEL CONTAINING THE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR - A conductive composition including metal nanowires having an average minor axis diameter of 5 nm to 45 nm, and a water-insoluble polymer containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group selected from an acryloyl group and a methacryloyl group. | 02-02-2012 |
20120088189 | CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, DISPLAY ELEMENT AND INTEGRATED SOLAR BATTERY - To provide a conductive composition including: a binder, a photosensitive compound, metal nanowires, and a solvent, wherein the solvent has a solubility parameter value of 30 MPa | 04-12-2012 |
20140246629 | METAL PARTICLE DISPERSION WITH METAL NANOWIRES - The present invention provides metal nanowires containing at least metal nanowires having a diameter of 50 nm or less and a major axis length of 5 μm or more in an amount of 50% by mass or more in terms of metal amount with respect to total metal particles. | 09-04-2014 |
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20110303643 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The substrate processing apparatus includes a susceptor, which is connected to a high frequency power source and on which a substrate is held, an upper electrode plate facing the susceptor, and a processing space PS formed between the susceptor and the upper electrode, to perform a plasma etching process on the wafer by using plasma. The substrate processing apparatus includes a dielectric plate which covers a surface of the upper electrode plate, the surface of which faces the processing space PS, the upper electrode plate is divided into an inner electrode facing a center portion of the wafer and an outer electrode facing a circumferential portion of the wafer, the inner electrode and the outer electrode are electrically insulated from each other, and a second variable DC power source applies a positive DC voltage to the inner electrode and the outer electrode is electrically grounded. | 12-15-2011 |
20110318934 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber accommodating a wafer, a susceptor disposed inside the chamber and on which the wafer is held, an upper electrode facing the susceptor, and a second high frequency power source connected to the susceptor, wherein the upper electrode is electrically connected to a ground and is moveable with respect to the susceptor. The substrate processing apparatus divides a potential difference between plasma generated in a processing space and the ground into a potential difference between the plasma and a dielectric and a potential difference between the dielectric and the ground by burying the dielectric in the upper electrode, and changes a gap between the upper electrode and the susceptor. Accordingly, plasma density between the upper electrode and the susceptor is changed | 12-29-2011 |
20140048210 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber accommodating a wafer, a susceptor disposed inside the chamber and on which the wafer is held, an upper electrode facing the susceptor, and a second high frequency power source connected to the susceptor, wherein the upper electrode is electrically connected to a ground and is moveable with respect to the susceptor. The substrate processing apparatus divides a potential difference between plasma generated in a processing space and the ground into a potential difference between the plasma and a dielectric and a potential difference between the dielectric and the ground by burying the dielectric in the upper electrode, and changes a gap between the upper electrode and the susceptor. Accordingly, plasma density between the upper electrode and the susceptor is changed | 02-20-2014 |
20150144266 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The substrate processing apparatus includes a lower electrode on which a substrate is capable of being held, a high frequency power source electrically connected to the lower electrode, an upper electrode facing the lower electrode, a plasma processing space being formed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, wherein the upper electrode includes an inner upper electrode facing a center portion of the lower electrode and an outer upper electrode facing a circumferential portion of the lower electrode, the inner electrode and the outer electrode being electrically insulated from each other, a first direct current power source electrically connected to the inner upper electrode to apply a positive direct current voltage, and a dielectric member covering a bottom surface of the upper electrode, the dielectric member facing the lower electrode with the plasma processing space in-between. | 05-28-2015 |
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20090002424 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for controlling a printing position for a printing apparatus for using a plurality of printing heads to print an image is provided. This method prevents, even when a conveyed print medium has deformation such as deflection, a printing position of a print medium from being dislocated. To realize this, components | 01-01-2009 |
20090003854 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record an image on a recording medium, a roller configured to convey the recording medium, a first signal generation unit configured to generate a first period signal according to a movement of the recording medium, a second signal generation unit configured to generate a second period signal according to a rotation of the roller, a correction unit configured to correct the first period signal when a period value of the first period signal is outside a predetermined range, an information generation unit configured to generate variation information of a moving speed of the recording medium based on the first period signal, and a control unit configured to control recording on the recording medium based on the variation information and the second period signal. | 01-01-2009 |
20090058904 | PRINTHEAD AND PRINTING APPARATUS USING THE PRINTHEAD - The first and second selection signals for selecting one of print data and n pulse signals stored in a shift register are latched. The first or second selection signal is selected in accordance with an input selection information switching signal, and one of the n input pulse signals is selected based on the selected signal. A heat pulse selection circuit outputs the selected pulse signal as a heat pulse signal. The level of the selection information switching signal switches midway to switch the selected pulse signal. Parts of two pulse signals before and after switching are combined to generate a heat pulse signal. | 03-05-2009 |
20090123197 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second image bearing members on which a toner images are to be formed; a conveying member onto which the toner images are to be transferred; a conveying member position index detecting device for detecting a conveying member position index provided on the conveying member along the movement direction of the conveying member; an image bearing member position index detecting device for detecting the image bearing member position indices provided on the second image bearing member along a rotational direction of the second image bearing member; an adjusting device for adjusting a rotational speed of the second image bearing member; a controller for controlling the adjusting device so as to adjust a position of an image bearing member position index correspondingly to the conveying member position index, on the basis of detection results of the conveying member position index detecting device and the image bearing member position index detecting device; and an initializing portion for performing an initializing operation of the adjusting device when an amount of deviation between the conveying member position index and the corresponding image bearing member position index is out of a predetermined range. | 05-14-2009 |
20100150632 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus that performs recording by ejecting ink onto a recording medium from a plurality of recording heads include a conveying roller that conveys the recording medium that is continuously fed; the plurality of recording heads arranged in the conveying direction of the conveying roller; a skew sensor that detects the amount of displacement of the position of the recording medium skewed in the widthwise direction perpendicular to the conveying direction relative to the recording heads when the recording medium is skewed with respect to the conveying direction; and an angle adjusting mechanism that rotates the recording heads relative to the recording medium on the basis of the amount of displacement detected by the skew sensor. | 06-17-2010 |
20100201732 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINTING APPARATUS - In an ink jet printing apparatus using a plurality of printing heads arranged in a convey direction of a printing medium, an inclination angle of the printing medium to a predetermined convey direction is detected to adjust, in accordance with the resultant inclination angle, timings at which ink is jetted from the plurality of printing heads. This allows, even when the printing medium being subjected to a printing operation has a slight meander shape, an image to be formed on a printing medium so that printing positions of the plurality of printing heads have no dislocation. | 08-12-2010 |
20100238224 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for controlling a printing position for a printing apparatus for using a plurality of printing heads to print an image is provided. This method prevents, even when a conveyed print medium has deformation such as deflection, a printing position of a print medium from being dislocated. To realize this, components | 09-23-2010 |
20110199417 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record images on a recording medium of a roll-type, the recording unit including a plurality of line-type recording heads, a first conveyance roller, located at an upstream side of the plurality of line-type recording heads, a second conveyance roller, located at a downstream side of the plurality of line-type recording heads, a first signal generation unit, including a laser doppler speed meter for detecting a surface of the recording medium being conveyed, a second signal generation unit, including a rotary encoder, a correction unit configured to correct the first signal when a period value of the first signal is outside a predetermined range, an information generation unit, and a control unit configured to control recording on the recording medium based on the variation information and the second signal so as to suppress adverse effects caused by the first conveyance roller. | 08-18-2011 |
20120301168 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus includes a first station including a first photosensitive drum; a second station including a second photosensitive drum; an intermediate transfer member for receiving the first toner image from the first drum and the second toner image from the second drum sequentially; a first sensor configured to detect a first index image, on the intermediate transfer member; a second sensor for detecting a second index image on the second drum; a controller for controlling a peripheral speed of the second drum; an executing device for executing a test mode in which a first inclined test index image, and a second test inclined index image, wherein the controller controls image forming conditions for the first and second index images in accordance with outputs of the first second sensors in the test mode. | 11-29-2012 |
20130002790 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH LASER LIGHT SOURCE - An image forming apparatus improved in the accuracy of detecting a time period over which a laser beam is scanned. A laser beam emitted from a laser light source is deflected by a polygon mirror such that the laser beam scans a photosensitive drum. The deflected laser beam is guided onto the photosensitive drum via an imaging lens. A mode hop detection unit detects a mode hop of the laser beam. An image pulse generation section detects a main scanning magnification of an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum. When a mode hop is detected, the main scanning magnification in a next scanning cycle is corrected using a correction value stored in a storage unit and used most lately, whereas when no wavelength variation has not detected, the main scanning magnification in the next scanning cycle is corrected using the latest correction value. | 01-03-2013 |
20140233990 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first position information formed on an conveyance body is read by an information detecting portion, and a second position information formed on a second image carrier is read by the information detecting portion. A control is made such that a position of an image on the second image carrier matches with a position of an image on the conveyance body from information read by the information detecting portion in transferring the image from the second image carrier to the conveyance body. The information detecting portion is held by a hold member and are disposed at a transfer region. | 08-21-2014 |
20140314432 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, in the case where a time necessary for a developer bearing member to rotate from a measurement position where an attracting unit attracts the toner on the developer bearing member to a developing position at which an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member is developed by a toner on the developer bearing member is represented by a time Tqcm, a time necessary for the photosensitive member to rotate from an exposure position at which an exposure unit exposes the photosensitive member to the developing position is represented by a time Tetd, and a time necessary for a control unit to control an exposing condition based on a charge amount measured by a measuring unit is represented by a time Tp, the attracting unit is disposed so that Tqcm≧Tedt+Tp holds true. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314434 | DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - At detection device, in the case where the toner on the developing material carrier is caused to adhere to the first electrode, the controller connects the assembly to the first capacitor using the first switch and connects the assembly to the second capacitor using the second switch; and in the case where the second detection unit detects the oscillation frequency of the quartz oscillator, the controller disconnects the assembly from the first capacitor using the first switch and disconnects the assembly from the second capacitor using the second switch. | 10-23-2014 |
20150110509 | DETECTION DEVICE, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A detection device configured to detect a charge amount of toner on a developer carrier, comprises: an assembly including a quartz oscillator and having a first surface and a second surface that are provided in the quartz oscillator, the first surface having a recess and a projection formed in a direction in which the quartz oscillator vibrates; a capacitor connected to the assembly; a first measurement unit configured to measure a potential difference between two ends of the capacitor; and a second measurement unit configured to measure a frequency of the quartz oscillator, wherein in a case where an alternating-current power is applied to the assembly, the direction in which the quartz oscillator vibrates is parallel to the first surface. | 04-23-2015 |
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20090238029 | CONNECTION DEVICE, AND KNEADING FACILITY HAVING KNEADING DEVICE AND DRIVE DEVICE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER BY THE CONNECTION DEVICE - An input shaft of a sealed kneading apparatus and an output shaft of a drive apparatus can be coupled together in a mutually eccentric state of both shafts and the apparatus life is prolonged. | 09-24-2009 |
20110267919 | INTERNAL BATCH MIXER - An internal batch mixer is provided with: a casing within which a material is mixed; a door which opens and closes a material discharge opening of the casing by being rotated about the axis thereof and closes the material discharge opening when in a closed state; and a latch mechanism which, when the material is mixed in the casing, holds the door in a latched state, the latched state being a state in which the material discharge opening is being closed by the door and cannot be opened, and which, when the material having been mixed in the casing is discharged from the inside of the casing, releases the door from the latched state. The latch mechanism is provided with a linear actuator which has a movable section capable of moving linearly and moves the movable section to the door side to supply power to the latch member, the power causing the latch member to move to the door side, and a linear sensor for measuring the distance of linear movement of the movable section caused by the linear actuator. Information relating to the displacement of the latch member is displayed on a display device on the basis of the distance of linear movement of the movable section measured by the linear sensor. | 11-03-2011 |
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20080226171 | Correcting device and method for perspective transformed document images - This invention provides a correcting device and a correcting method for perspective transformation of document images. The correcting device comprises a horizontal vanishing point determining unit, for detecting a horizontal vanishing point of the perspective transformed document image; a vertical vanishing point determining unit, for detecting a vertical vanishing point of the perspective transformed document image; and a perspective transformation correcting and converting unit, for correcting the perspective transformed document image; wherein the horizontal vanishing point determining unit comprises a direct horizontal line segment detecting unit, an indirect horizontal line segment detecting unit and a horizontal vanishing point detecting unit, and wherein the horizontal vanishing point detecting unit detects a horizontal vanishing point in accordance with a direct horizontal line segment detected by the direct horizontal line segment detecting unit and an indirect horizontal line segment detected by the indirect horizontal line segment detecting unit. | 09-18-2008 |
20090016608 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of character recognition out of an image having a frame and a plurality of characters in an area, comprises the steps of: dividing the area into a plurality of partial areas having a plurality of partial images, respectively; providing a template image having a reference frame image; calculating differences between the partial images and the reference frame image of the template image, respectively; calculating misalignment of the image from the template image based on the average of the differences of the partial images and the reference frame image; and recognizing the characters out of the image upon correction of the misalignment. | 01-15-2009 |
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20100310278 | TONER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner supply container that has: a container body that contains toner therein; and a conveyance member that is rotatably arranged inside the container body and conveys the toner toward a discharge opening of the container body when driven to rotate by external force, wherein the conveyance member includes (i) a cylindrical rotary body and (ii) a screw blade member that is wound around the cylindrical rotary body in such a manner that the screw blade member stands on an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical rotary body, an inner surface of a bottom wall of the container body includes a cylindrically curved surface that is identical to a part of a circumferential surface of an imaginary cylinder whose axis is substantially the same as a rotation axis of the conveyance member, and a curvature radius of the cylindrically curved surface is set such that the conveyance member is driven to rotate in a state where an outer circumferential edge of the screw blade member substantially slides on the cylindrically curved surface | 12-09-2010 |
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20130069302 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeder includes a feed roller for feeding a sheet and a lifting plate for lifting the sheet to be fed to a feeding height of the feed roller. This sheet feeder further includes a wire for raising the lifting plate and a winding member formed with a winding configuration section for winding the wire. This winding configuration section is provided with a high-position winding section for a high-position side in a lifting height of the lifting plate and a low-position winding section for a low-position side. The high-position winding section is larger in winding radius than the low-position winding section. Accordingly, a sheet feeder having a simple structure capable of rapidly moving down the lifting plate and preventing impact of the lifting plate and an image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet feeder can be provided. | 03-21-2013 |
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20140145393 | TRAY AND AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE TRAY - A tray drawable from an image forming apparatus body in a specified first direction, the tray having: a tray body in which printing media are stored; a handle that is fastened to the tray body so as to be slidable in the first direction by a specified distance, a pull of the handle in the first direction effecting a slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body and applying a pull force in the first direction to the tray body; a lock mechanism for locking the tray body in the image forming apparatus body, the slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body cancelling the lock mechanism; and an elastic member located between the handle and the tray body; wherein at least part of the pull force is transmitted from the handle to the tray body via the elastic member. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090153018 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - Powder of a crystal body is disposed in positions respectively facing the discharge cells formed in the discharge space S defined between the front glass substrate and the back glass substrate of a PDP. The crystal body is included among an MgO crystal body having properties of causing CL (and PL) emission having a peak within a 200-nm to 300-nm wavelength range upon excitation by ultraviolet rays, and has properties of having a higher intensity of light emission caused by 146-nm wavelength ultraviolet light than the intensity of light emission caused by 172-nm wavelength ultraviolet light. | 06-18-2009 |
20100213818 | Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing same - A plasma display panel including a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other across a discharge space, and a plurality of row electrode pairs and a plurality of column electrodes extending in a direction orthogonal to the row electrodes. The row electrodes and said column electrodes being provided between the front substrate and the back substrate and forming unit light emission areas at intersections with each other within the discharge space. A crystal having a volumetric particle-size distribution in which a ratio of a crystal having a particle size of 0.7 μm or less is 25% or less, is provided in an area facing the discharge space between the front substrate and the back substrate. | 08-26-2010 |
20110309740 | Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing same - A plasma display panel equipped with a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other to form a discharge space. On the discharge space side of the front substrate there are disposed a metal oxide layer and magnesium oxide crystal particles. | 12-22-2011 |
20110309741 | Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing same - A plasma display panel equipped with a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other to form a discharge space. On the discharge space side of the front substrate there are disposed a metal oxide layer and magnesium oxide crystal particles. Among the magnesium oxide crystal particles there are magnesium oxide crystal particles having a particle diameter of at least 3500 angstroms. | 12-22-2011 |
20110309742 | Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing same - A plasma display panel equipped with a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other to form a discharge space. On the discharge space side of the front substrate there are disposed a metal oxide layer and magnesium oxide crystal particles. The magnesium oxide crystal particles are arranged to be protruding closer to the discharge space than the surface of the metal oxide layer. | 12-22-2011 |
20110309743 | Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing same - A plasma display panel equipped with a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other to form a discharge space. On the discharge space side of the front substrate there are disposed a metal oxide layer and magnesium oxide crystal particles. The magnesium oxide crystal particles are arranged on the discharge space side of the metal oxide layer, or alternatively, part of the magnesium oxide crystal particles are disposed within the metal oxide layer. | 12-22-2011 |
20120070616 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A plasma display panel equipped with a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other to form a discharge space. On the discharge space side of the front substrate there are disposed a metal oxide layer and magnesium oxide crystal particles. The magnesium oxide crystal particles are arranged to be protruding closer to the discharge space than the surface of the metal oxide layer. | 03-22-2012 |
20120306364 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a plurality of row electrode pairs arranged on the front substrate, a dielectric layer formed on the front substrate so as to cover the plurality of row electrodes, a metal oxide layer formed on the dielectric layer, a plurality of metal oxide crystal particles formed on the dielectric layer or on the metal oxide layer, a back substrate facing the front substrate to form a discharge space, a plurality of column electrodes arranged on the back substrate, and partition wall units formed on the plurality of column electrodes to partition the discharge space to form a plurality of discharge cells. | 12-06-2012 |
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20120132861 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND ELECTRODE CONTAINING THE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - The electrode material includes metal oxide nanoparticles formed by applying shear force and centrifugal force to reactants containing a reaction inhibitor in a rotating reaction vessel during a chemical reaction; and carbon nanotubes with a specific area of 600 to 2600 m | 05-31-2012 |
20120183860 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a negative electrode active material which has a high capacity and good cyclability. The negative electrode active material comprises nanosize carbon particles and nanosize tin dioxide particles that are supported in a high-dispersion state on the nanosize carbon particles. The negative electrode active material has a high discharge capacity because of the reversible progress of a conversion reaction of tin dioxide (SnO | 07-19-2012 |
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20140377663 | SHEET COMPOSITE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRODE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT EMPLOYING SAID SHEET COMPOSITE - The present invention relates to a sheet composite of a metal compound and a fibrous carbon that can yield an electrode or an electrochemical element which achieves output property and high energy density, as well as a manufacturing method thereof. Sheer stress and centrifugal force are applied to a solution comprising a starting material metal compound and a fibrous carbon and reacted in a rotating reaction container to produce a composite material of metal compound and fibrous carbon. The composite material and a binder which is a fibrous carbon are stirred to produce a mixed solvent. The mixed solvent is subjected to suction filtration and vacuum drying. This mixed solution is molded in a paper machine to prepare a sheet composite. The fibrous carbon is carbon nanotubes having a specific surface area of 600 to 2600 m | 12-25-2014 |
20150228370 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIAL OF METAL OXIDE WITH CONDUCTIVE CARBON - Provided is a method whereby metal oxide nanoparticles having evenness of size are efficiently and highly dispersedly adhered to conductive carbon powder. This method comprises: a preparation step in which a reaction solution containing water, a compound with a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni, and conductive carbon powder and having a pH in the range of 9 to 11 is introduced into a rotatable reactor; a supporting step in which the reactor is rotated to apply shear stress and centrifugal force to the reaction solution, thereby yielding a core of a hydroxide of the transition metal and dispersing the thus-yielded core of a hydroxide of the transition metal and the conductive carbon powder and simultaneously supporting the hydroxide of the transition metal by the conductive carbon powder; and a heat treatment step in which the conductive carbon powder loaded with the hydroxide of the transition metal is heated to thereby convert the hydroxide supported by the conductive carbon powder into an oxide nanoparticle. | 08-13-2015 |
20150263337 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is an electrode material which leads to a lithium ion secondary battery that has high energy density. An electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery of the present invention is characterized by containing: a coarse particle of a first active material that is able to act as a positive electrode active material or a negative electrode active material of a lithium ion secondary battery; and a particle of a composite composed of conductive carbon and a second active material attached to the conductive carbon that is able to act as an active material of the same electrode as the first active material. This electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery is also characterized in that: a diameter of the coarse particle of the first active material is larger than a diameter of the particle of the composite; and the particle of the composite is filled in a gap formed between the particles of the first active material. A conductive agent can be additionally contained in the gap. | 09-17-2015 |