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| 20090064501 | Method of Manufacturing Liquid Container and Liquid Container Manufactured Using the Same - A liquid container manufacturing method including a storage container which is storable a liquid receptacle, and including preparing the liquid container for which a liquid housed in the liquid receptacle is supplied to the outside via a flow path inside a liquid volume detector device, filling the liquid in the liquid receptacle stored in the storage container, and connecting the liquid volume detector device to the liquid receptacle filled with liquid. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090102897 | Liquid Contanier - A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid jetting apparatus includes a liquid reservoir section and a sensor. The liquid reservoir section stores electrically conductive liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting a condition of the conductive liquid at the location. A fixed potential is applied to the conductive liquid. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102902 | Liquid Container - A liquid container is for supplying a liquid to a liquid jetting apparatus. The liquid container includes a liquid reservoir section, a sensor and an electrostatic capacitance. The liquid reservoir section stores electrically conductive liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting a condition of the conductive liquid at the location. The electrostatic capacitance is provided between a fixed potential and the conductive liquid, the electrostatic capacitance reducing extrinsic noise. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20130318923 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CONTAINER - An object is to provide a technology capable of decreasing the possibility that bubbles may reach a first member. A method of manufacturing a liquid container includes (a) a process of preparing a liquid container, (b) a process of storing liquid in a first storage chamber by injecting the liquid from the downstream side of the first storage chamber based on a flow direction of a fluid from an atmosphere opening port to a supply port. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321534 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CONTAINER - A method of manufacturing a liquid container includes (a) a process of preparing a liquid container, (b) a process of storing liquid in a liquid storage chamber by injecting the liquid from the liquid storage chamber or an upstream side of the liquid storage chamber in a channel from an atmosphere opening port to a supply port based on a flow direction of a fluid from the atmosphere opening port to the supply port. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140247296 | LIQUID CONTAINER - In the liquid container which includes the detection member having a liquid outlet, a contact portion, and an input receiving unit, the liquid outlet and the input receiving unit of the detection member are provided at a position apart from each other on the same bottom surface, and the contact portion is provided in the opposite side to the side where the input receiving unit is provided. It is possible to suppress foreign substances from becoming attached to the input section by providing the input receiving unit at the position apart from the any one of the liquid outlet and the contact portion since the liquid outlet and the contact portion have a section where foreign substances (liquid and chips) are easily generated. | 09-04-2014 |
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| 20080206556 | Coated Film and Vapor-Deposited Film - A coated film having an overall thickness of 5-50 μm is provided. A substrate made of a polymer resin composition may be laminated with a coating layer including a melamine series compound and a poly (vinyl alcohol)-based polymer to form the coated film. Further, an inorganic thin film layer may be vapor-deposited on the coating layer of the coated film to form a vapor-deposited film. Certain embodiments of the vapor-deposited film may have oxygen permeability and moisture vapor permeability before and after the gelbo test that satisfies the following formula: | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080254259 | Polyamide Based Mixed Resin Film Roll And Process For Producing The Same - The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a biaxially oriented polyamide based mixed resin film roll with which bag forming processing by lamination is able to be performed smoothly and with high yield ratio and at the same time with which packages free of S-shaped curls can be obtained efficiently. A solution for the problem concerns the polyamide based mixed resin film roll of the present invention which includes a first sample cutout portion within 2 m from the winding end of film and a final cutout portion within 2 m from the winding start of film, and when a sample cutout portion is set up in approximately every 100 m from the first sample cutout portion, in all samples cut out from each of the cutout portions, physical properties such as elastomer content, elastic modulus in tension, boiling water shrinkage percentage and refraction index in the thickness direction are adjusted to be within a predetermined range of variation range. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090065979 | Process for Producing Polyamide-Based Resin Film Roll - The present invention provides a process for production of a polyamide based resin film roll comprising a step of melt-extruding and cooling wherein polyamide based resin is melt-extruded and cooled in a sheet form onto a mobile cooling material surface to obtain an unstretched sheet; a step of biaxial stretching wherein an unstretched sheet is stretched biaxially in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction; and a step of winding up the biaxially stretched film that is biaxially stretched in a form of roll. Then, in the step of melt-extruding and cooling polyamide based resin onto a mobile cooling material surface, corona discharge in a streamer corona state is performed between an electrode applied with high DC voltage and the polyamide based resin sheet in the melted state, and sufficient electric charges that enable the polyamide based resin sheet in the melted state to come in close contact with the mobile cooling material surface are imparted. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090085259 | Process for Producing Polyamide Based Resin Laminated Film Roll - A production process of a film roll according to the present invention includes a step of melt-extruding and cooling wherein polyamide based resin is melt-extruded and cooled in a sheet form onto a movable cooling material surface to obtain an unstretched sheet; a step of biaxial stretching wherein an unstretched sheet is stretched biaxially in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction; and a winding-up step of taking up the biaxially stretched film in a roll form. And in the step of melt-extruding and cooling, corona discharge in a streamer corona state is performed between an electrode applied with high dc voltage and the polyamide based resin sheet in the melted state, and sufficient electric charges that enable the polyamide based resin sheet in the melted state to come in close contact with the movable cooling material surface are imparted. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090191369 | Polyamide Based Laminated Resin Film Roll and Production Process Thereof - The polyamide based resin laminated film roll of the present invention has physical properties such as boiling water shrinkage percentage, surface roughness, refractive index in the thickness direction, etc., adjusted to achieve a predetermined range of degree of variability, when the polyamide based resin laminated film has a first sample cutout portion set up within 2 m from the winding end of film and final cutout portion within 2 m from the winding start of film, and at the same time, has a sample cutout portion set up at approximately every 100 m from the first sample cutout portion. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20120043248 | THERMALLY SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PACKED PRODUCT USING THE SAME - There is provided a thermally shrinkable polyester film where the opening ability along the perforation is very good. A thermally shrinkable polyester film comprising polyester resin in which ethylene terephthalate is a main constituting component and not less than 13 molar % of one or more monomer component (s) which can become non-crystalline component is/are contained in the total polyester resin components, wherein the film has specific thermally shrinking characteristics and specific mechanical characteristics after thermal shrinking treatment. | 02-23-2012 |
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| 20120070176 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND CONTROL APPARATUS - A control apparatus controls at least one of the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus connected downstream of the first image forming apparatus so that when switching from a first mode to a second mode, if the second image forming apparatus is unable to perform image forming on a second side of a sheet whose first side has undergone image forming in the second image forming apparatus before the second image forming apparatus performs image forming on a second side of a sheet whose first side has undergone image forming in the first image forming apparatus, an order of the sheet whose first and second sides undergo image forming in the second image forming apparatus and the sheet whose first side undergoes image forming in the first image forming apparatus and whose second side undergoes image forming in the second image forming apparatus is not swapped. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120099900 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device comprising a developer carrying member for carrying the developer containing non-magnetic toner and magnetic carrier to a position where said developer carrying member is opposed to an image bearing member; a developing container including a first chamber for accommodating a developer to be supplied to said developer carrying member, a second chamber provided below said first chamber, and a pair of transferring portions for circulating the developer between said first chamber and said second chamber; a first feeding member and a second feeding member, rotatably provided, in said first chamber and said second chamber, respectively, for stirring and feeding the developer; and a magnetic member provided at least on said first feeding member, wherein said magnetic member is provided in a region opposing at least one of said transferring portions where the developer is scooped from said second chamber into said first chamber. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120148313 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The specification discloses a developing device comprises a first developer bearing member configured to bear a developer including a toner and a carrier, and to convey the developer to a first developing region facing an image bearing member, so as to develop an electrostatic latent image formed onto the image bearing member and a second developer bearing member configured to bear a developer transferred from the first developer bearing member, and to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member, by conveying a developer to a second developing region facing the image bearing member and a cover unit configured to shield a route toward the image bearing member from a mutual gap position between the first developer bearing member and the second developer bearing member. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120195647 | DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device includes a plurality of developer carrying members each for carrying at its surface a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member. Of the plurality of developer carrying members, the developer carrying member requiring a largest driving torque resulting from the developer has a surface which has a plurality of grooves extending in parallel in a direction having a component of an axial direction of the developer carrying member at a predetermined interval, and wherein another developer carrying member has a blasted surface. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130016998 | DEVELOPING DEVICEAANM Noguchi; AkihiroAACI Toride-shiAACO JPAAGP Noguchi; Akihiro Toride-shi JPAANM Nose; KatsuyaAACI Matsudo-shiAACO JPAAGP Nose; Katsuya Matsudo-shi JPAANM Takahashi; KyosukeAACI Toride-shiAACO JPAAGP Takahashi; Kyosuke Toride-shi JP - A developing device includes a developer carrying member for carrying a developer; a first feeding portion for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member while feeding the developer along the developer carrying member; a second feeding portion, communicating with the first feeding portion at end portions thereof, for feeding the developer in a direction opposite to a developer feeding direction of the first feeding portion while collecting the developer from the developer carrying member; and a partition wall portion for partitioning the first and second feeding portions. The partition wall portion includes an opposing portion opposing the developer carrying member with a spacing. A surface roughness of at least the opposing portion is larger than that of the developer carrying member. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130051822 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING A TRANSPARENT TONER - An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image with a color toner and a transparent toner does not always form an image using the transparent toner. Under the circumstance where the image in which the transparent toner is more easily deteriorated than the color toner is output, if the deteriorated transparent toner is frequently discharged, the productivity may be lowered. Thus, when an amount of the transparent toner applied to the recording material that is acquired by an acquisition device is less than a predetermined amount, the transparent toner in the amount more than that acquired by the acquisition device is applied to the recording material. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20150248078 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet member is adhered to a circumference of the communication port such that a part thereof in a removing direction to be removed is wider in area in a width direction orthogonal to the removing direction than another part. Therefore, a load required in removing the part in the removing direction increases. The parts in the removing direction of a plurality of sheet members are removed at timing different from each other. This arrangement makes it possible to reduce the load because the timings causing the high load in removing the sheet members are shifted. | 09-03-2015 |
| 20150248097 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A controller for an image forming apparatus includes a difference calculating portion for calculating a difference between a consumption value depending on an amount of the toner consumed every predetermined unit and a reference value; and a difference integrating portion. When an integrated value of the difference is larger than a predetermined threshold, the controller executes an operation in a forced consumption mode so that the toner is consumed in an amount corresponding to a predetermined value obtained by multiplying the predetermined threshold by a coefficient of less than 1. When the operation is executed, the integrating portion sets, at a reset value, a value obtained by subtracting the predetermined value from the integrated value at that time. After the operation is executed, the controller executes the operation every time when an integrated value obtained by integrating the reset value and the difference is larger than the predetermined threshold. | 09-03-2015 |
| 20150253689 | DEVELOPING UNIT - A developing unit includes a developing container, a developing sleeve, a developer regulating member, and a magnetic field generating portion. The magnetic field generating portion includes a drawing-up pole and a cut pole. In addition, in a peak-to-peak area, the magnetic field generating portion includes at least one of an Fr flat area in which Fr is substantially constant and an Fr attenuation area in which Fr attenuates toward the cut pole side from the drawing-up pole side, and is configured that Fθ is oriented toward the same direction as a direction of rotation of the developing sleeve in the entire peak-to-peak area. | 09-10-2015 |
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| 20100104296 | DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS - There is provided a development apparatus including a plurality of replenishment developer containers which accommodates a replenishment developer containing a toner to be replenished to a plurality of development devices, a plurality of replenishment developer conveyance paths which replenishes the replenishment developer in the plurality of replenishment developer containers to the plurality of development devices, a plurality of conveyance members provided in the plurality of replenishment developer conveyance paths, wherein a length of at least one conveyance path, of the plurality of replenishment developer conveyance paths, is different from that of other conveyance paths, and | 04-29-2010 |
| 20110052220 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device for developing a latent image formed on an image bearing member into a developer image; a transferring device for transferring the developer image from the image bearing member onto a transfer material; a temperature detecting device, disposed in a main assembly of the image forming apparatus, for detecting a temperature; and a controller for controlling a forced consumption operation in which toner is forcedly consumed by the developing device without transferring the developer image from the image bearing member onto the transfer material. The controller is capable of controlling the forced consumption operation so that a frequency of the forced consumption operation or an amount of toner consumption per one forced consumption operation when the temperature detected by the temperature detecting device is higher than a predetermined temperature is more than that when the temperature detected by the temperature detecting device is lower than the predetermined temperature. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20130164005 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device for developing a latent image formed on an image bearing member into a developer image; a transferring device for transferring the developer image from the image bearing member onto a transfer material; a temperature detecting sensor in a main assembly of the image forming apparatus, for detecting a temperature; and a controller for controlling a forced consumption operation in which toner is forcedly consumed by the developing device without transferring the developer image from the image bearing member onto the transfer material. The controller is capable of executing the forced consumption operation when toner consumption is below a predetermined threshold. The predetermined threshold is higher with higher temperature. | 06-27-2013 |
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| 20110176833 | CHARGING MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - To provide a charging member that can have a uniform electrical resistance, can not easily change in electrical resistance even by any long-term continuous electrification and, as a result thereof, may cause less change in its charging performance with time. A charging member having a conductive support and an elastic-material layer; the elastic-material layer comprising a vulcanized rubber; the vulcanized rubber being a vulcanized product of a composition which comprises i) a binder polymer comprising a polymer having a butadiene skeleton and ii) carbon black as electrically conductive particles; and the polymer having a butadiene skeleton has a molecular terminal modified with an atomic group having a specific structure. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110200356 | CHARGING MEMBER, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A charging member is provided which has a low electrical resistance, has less non-uniformity or environmental dependence of the electrical resistance, may less undergo electrification deterioration even when used for a long period of time, and is free of any occurrence of faulty images such as horizontal lines attributable to charging. The charging member is formed of a support with a good electrical conductivity and an elastic layer consisting of at least one layer on the support, and the elastic layer is formed of a semiconductive vulcanized rubber in which carbon black has been dispersed as conductive particles in a binder polymer containing a polymer having a butadiene skeleton, having been modified at a molecular terminal thereof with a specific atomic group. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120045250 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - To provide a charging member that can not easily cause faulty cleaning. A charging member having a conductive support and an elastic layer that is a surface layer; the elastic layer having on its surface a region having been cured by irradiation with electron rays, where the region having been cured supports at least one type of spherical particles of spherical silica particles, spherical alumina particles and spherical zirconia particles in such a state that the spherical particles are exposed at least in part to the surface of the elastic layer so as to make the surface roughened. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120082852 | CHARGING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHARGING MEMBER - Provided is a charging member in which the hardness of its surface is increased while surface free energy is kept low, the surface is hard to scratch even in long-term use, and a toner or the like is hard to adhere to the surface. The charging member according to the present invention includes a conductive support, a conductive elastic layer, and a surface region containing a cured material of a compound represented by the following formula (1): | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120141161 | CHARGING MEMBER - To provide a charging member that can not easily change in electrical resistance even by any long-term continuous application of direct-current voltage and, as a result thereof, may cause less change in its charging performance with time. The charging member has an electrically conductive support and an electrically conductive elastic layer. The elastic layer contains a vulcanized rubber. The vulcanized rubber is a vulcanized product of a mixture which contains i) a binder polymer containing a polymer having a butadiene skeleton and ii) carbon black, where the polymer having a butadiene skeleton stands modified at the molecular terminal(s) thereof with a group represented by the following formulas (1) or (2). | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120177408 | CHARGING MEMBER - Provided is a charging member having an elastic layer to which components derived from a developer hardly adhere even when the charging member is used for a long time period and in which elastic layer the occurrence of compression set is suppressed The charging member includes: a electroconductive support; and a electroconductive elastic layer, in which the elastic layer is formed through irradiation of an electron beam onto a surface of a rubber layer formed of a crosslinked product of a rubber mixture containing an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and a styrene-butadiene rubber; the styrene-butadiene rubber has a 1,2-vinyl bond, and at least one selected from a cis-1,4 bond and a trans-1,4 bond; and a ratio of the numbers of moles of the 1,4 bonds to a total number of moles of the 1,2-vinyl bond, the cis-1,4 bond, and the trans-1,4 bond is 31 mol % or more and 61 mol % or less. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120224887 | CONDUCTIVE RUBBER ELASTIC MATERIAL, CHARGING MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A conductive rubber elastic material is stably provided which can produce a charging member that may less vary in electrical resistance even with changes in applied voltage, promises uniform electrical properties, has charge characteristics not affected by changes in environments such as temperature and humidity, and enables a charging object member such as a photosensitive member to be kept from being contaminated. It is a conductive rubber elastic material which contains a matrix containing at least one ionically conductive rubber selected from the group consisting of epichlorohydrin rubber, epichlorohydrin-ethylene oxide rubber, epichlorohydrin-ethylene oxide-allyl glycidyl ether rubber, acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and a hydrogenated product of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and domains composed of an electronically conductive rubber material containing i) a rubber having a butadiene skeleton and ii) carbon black, and the rubber having a butadiene skeleton is modified at a molecular terminal thereof with a specific atomic group. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130039677 | CHARGING MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CHARGING MEMBER, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is a charging member which hardly causes a cleaning failure in a photosensitive member while having such flexibility that a sufficient nip width can be formed with respect to a photosensitive member. The charging member comprises: an electro-conductive support; and an elastic layer as a surface layer, wherein: the elastic layer has a hardened region formed by irradiation with an electron beam; and the hardened region supports a composite particle in a state in which the composite particle is exposed on the surface of the elastic layer, thereby roughening the surface of the elastic layer, and wherein: said composite particle includes a silica-containing porous particle whose surface is coated with a carbon-containing film. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20140219681 | CHARGING MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is a charging member capable of suppressing occurrence of compression set while having flexibility enough to ensure a nip with a photosensitive member. The charging member comprises a support and an elastic layer, wherein the elastic layer has an MD-1 hardness of from 55 to 85° at the surface thereof, and has a universal hardness of 2.0 to 20.0 N/mm | 08-07-2014 |
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| 20090053555 | High Corrosion Resistance Hot dip Galvanized Steel Material - The present invention provides a high corrosion resistance hot dip galvannealed steel material comprised of a Zn-based hot dip plated steel material achieving both a higher corrosion resistance of the plated layer itself by the added elements and sacrificial protection of iron metal by the plated layer or workability free of degradation caused of formation of intermetallic compounds by added elements, that is, a high corrosion resistance hot dip Zn plated steel material characterized in that an alloy plated layer containing Zn: 35 mass % or more, preferably 40 mass % or more, contains a non-equilibrium phase having a heat capacity by differential scanning calorimetry of 1 J/g or more. Furthermore, 5% or more, preferably 50% or more in terms of vol % is an amorphous phase. The alloy layer may contain, by mass %, Mg: 1 to 60% and Al: 0.07 to 59%, may further contain one or more elements selected from Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu in a total of 0.1 to 10%, and may in addition contain one or more elements of 0.1 to 10% of La, 0.1 to 10% of Ce, 0.1 to 10% of Ca, 0.1 to 10% of Sn, 0.005 to 2% of P, and 0.02 to 7% of Si. | 02-26-2009 |
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| 20140197358 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SODIUM BATTERY, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides a positive electrode active material for sodium batteries which has a high working potential and can be charged and discharged at a high potential. The invention also provides a method of producing such a positive electrode active material, with this positive electrode active material for sodium batteries being represented by general formula (1) below: | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140242467 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a secondary battery that comprises a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a supporting salt. The positive electrode active material is a manganese phosphate compound represented by the next general formula: Na | 08-28-2014 |
| 20150180024 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SODIUM BATTERIES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention is to provide a positive electrode material for sodium batteries, which has high operating potential and enable charging and discharging at high potential, and a method for producing thereof. Disclosed is a positive electrode material for sodium batteries, comprising positive electrode active material particles represented by the following general formula (1), and an electroconductive carbonaceous material that coats at least part of the surface of the positive electrode active material particles: General Formula (1): Na | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150280215 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND HYBRID ION BATTERY - The main object of the present invention is to provide a cathode active material which is used for a hybrid ion battery of Li ions and Na ions, and operates at a high potential. The present invention solves the problem by providing a cathode active material used for a hybrid ion battery of Li ions and Na ions, comprising an Na | 10-01-2015 |
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| 20120327055 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display apparatus includes a display device that has a memory property to maintain its display state even after a drive applied to the display device is removed; a detection circuit configured to detect a capacitance exhibited by the display device; an adjustment circuit configured to make an adjustment of a driving condition for the display device, based on the capacitance of the display device detected by the detection circuit when the display device is in a display state that is set by driving the display device under a predetermined driving condition; and a storing circuit configured to store a capacitance of the display device and a driving condition for the display device that are used in a previous adjustment, wherein the adjustment circuit changes an adjustment sequence in accordance with a difference between the capacitance detected by the detection circuit, and the capacitance stored in the storing circuit. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130050248 | COLOR DISPLAY METHOD AND COLOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A color display method in which display is realized by controlling, on the basis of image data having three primary colors, a reflective color display element in which three display panels are stacked, the color display method includes: converting the image data having the three primary colors into color space image data; classifying an image into one of a plurality of categories on the basis of criteria relating to brightness, hues, and chroma of the image; correcting the brightness of the color space image data in accordance with correction characteristics of the corresponding category; correcting the chroma of the color space image data whose brightness has been corrected; and converting the color space image data whose chroma has been corrected into image data having the three primary colors. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130083086 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY ELEMENT - A display device includes: a display element having memory properties; an electrostatic capacitance detection circuit; a temperature sensor detecting the temperature of the display element; and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes: a drive condition adjustment circuit configured to adjust the drive condition of the display element based on the electrostatic capacitance detected in the display state where the display element is driven under a predetermined drive condition; and a temperature compensation storage circuit storing one or more temperature compensation models indicating a correspondence relationship of the drive condition with which the display element has the optimum display characteristics across a predetermined temperature range, and the control unit changes the drive conditions of the display element at temperatures other than the temperature when the adjustment is performed based on: the temperature when the drive condition of the display element is adjusted; and the temperature compensation model. | 04-04-2013 |
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| 20100249469 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING OLEFIN - The present invention aims to reduce an amount of by-products generated in a reaction step for obtaining fluorine-containing olefin, and thereby to obtain fluorine-containing olefin as a target substance with a higher selectivity than that in the conventional method. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100268002 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PENTAFLUOROETHANE - The present invention aims in a method wherein tetrachloroethylene (PCE) is reacted with HF in a gas phase in the presence of a catalyst to obtain pentafluoroethane (HFC-125), to reduce production of undesirable by-products and maintain a catalytic activity at a high level over a long period of time while achieving a high conversion ratio of PCE and suppressing deterioration of the catalyst. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110124929 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING FLUORINE-CONTAINING PROPENE BY GAS-PHASE FLUORINATION - The present invention provides a process for preparing a fluorine-containing propene represented by the chemical formula CF | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110137090 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE AND 1,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - The present invention provides a process for preparing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene represented by CF | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110178344 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - The present invention provides a process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene represented by the formula CF | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110201851 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - The present invention provides a process for preparing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene comprising the steps of: (a) reacting 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne with hydrogen fluoride while heating to obtain a product containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; (b) separating the product obtained in Step (a) into Component A containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne, and Component B containing 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; (c) separating 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne contained in Component A obtained in Step (b) into each compound; (d) conducting a dehydrofluorination reaction by heating Component B obtained in Step (b) in the presence of a catalyst; (e) separating the product obtained in Step (d) into Component C containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne, and Component D containing 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; (f) separating 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne contained in Component C obtained in Step (e) into each compound; and (g) conducting a dehydrofluorination reaction by heating Component D obtained in Step (e) in the presence of a catalyst. The present invention provides an effective and industrially applicable process for preparing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120022303 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2-CHLORO-3,3,3-TRIFLUOROPROPENE - The present invention provides a process for preparing 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene including subjecting, in the absence of a catalyst, at least one chlorine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of chloropropane represented by formula (1): CClX | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120041239 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - The present invention provides an effective, selective, and industrially applicable process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. Specifically, the present invention provides a process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene including reacting 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of oxygen and a catalyst comprising chromium oxide represented by the composition formula: CrOm (1.5| 02-16-2012 | |
| 20120065434 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CHLORINE-CONTAINING FLUOROCARBON COMPOUND - The present invention provides a process for preparing at least one chlorine-containing fluorocarbon compound selected from the group consisting of chlorine-containing fluoropropane compounds represented by Formula (1): CF | 03-15-2012 |
| 20140275654 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CHLORINE-CONTAINING FLUOROCARBON COMPOUND - The present invention provides a process for preparing at least one chlorine-containing fluorocarbon compound selected from the group consisting of chlorine-containing fluoropropane compounds represented by Formula (1): CF | 09-18-2014 |
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| 20120289751 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING 1,1,2,3-TETRACHLOROPROPENE - The present invention provides a process for preparing 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene, including heating 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane in a gas phase in the absence of a catalyst to carry out a dehydrochlorination reaction. According to the process of the present invention, 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (HCC-1230xa) can be efficiently produced by a simple and economically advantageous method that is suitable for industrial-scale production. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120302803 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2-CHLORO-3,3,3-TRIFLUOROPROPENE - The present invention provides a process for producing 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene represented by the chemical formula: CF | 11-29-2012 |
| 20140121424 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - The present invention provides a method for efficiently preparing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) by a simple and economically advantageous method that is suitable for implementation on an industrial scale. The present invention provides a process for preparing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, comprising the step of: (1) in a reactor, (1-1) reacting 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane with hydrogen fluoride in an amount of 10 to 100 mol per mole of the 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane 1; (1-2) in the presence of chromic oxide represented by composition formula: CrOm (1.5| 05-01-2014 | |
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| 20080205869 | IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the present invention, once the mode setting device sets the person photographing mode, and the face zooming instruction device instructs zooming to the face of the person, the detection device detects the size of the face of the person captured by the image pickup device. The zooming device is then controlled so as to capture the face of the person in a certain size based on the detection result. Subsequently, the photographer instructs zooming in the telephoto direction or the wide direction using the zooming instruction device as necessary to thereby allow fine adjustment of the composition. This enables to easily and quickly photograph an image in a user's desired composition. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100194927 | IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the present invention, once the mode setting device sets the person photographing mode, and the face zooming instruction device instructs zooming to the face of the person, the detection device detects the size of the face of the person captured by the image pickup device. The zooming device is then controlled so as to capture the face of the person in a certain size based on the detection result. Subsequently, the photographer instructs zooming in the telephoto direction or the wide direction using the zooming instruction device as necessary to thereby allow fine adjustment of the composition. This enables to easily and quickly photograph an image in a user's desired composition. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195994 | IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the present invention, once the mode setting device sets the person photographing mode, and the face zooming instruction device instructs zooming to the face of the person, the detection device detects the size of the face of the person captured by the image pickup device. The zooming device is then controlled so as to capture the face of the person in a certain size based on the detection result. Subsequently, the photographer instructs zooming in the telephoto direction or the wide direction using the zooming instruction device as necessary to thereby allow fine adjustment of the composition. This enables to easily and quickly photograph an image in a user's desired composition. | 08-05-2010 |
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| 20120234661 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device includes an operation knob; a supporting shaft that swingably supports the operation knob; a board substantially parallel to the supporting shaft; a first push button switch located on one side of a surface that includes the supporting shaft and is perpendicular to the board, and provided on the board to be operated by swing of the operation knob; a second push button switch located on another side of the perpendicular surface, and provided on the board to be operated by the swing of the operation knob; and a third push button switch intersecting the perpendicular surface, and provided on the board to be operated by the swing of the operation knob. A first point of effort of a force acting on the first push button switch in the operation knob is located on the one side, spaced from the perpendicular surface. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120325636 | POWER WINDOW SWITCH - A power window switch has a case, a substrate disposed in the case, a window operation knob disposed on the case, a window lock button disposed on a front side of the window operation knob on the case, a window operation switch mechanism disposed in the case and activated in accordance with an operation of the window operation knob, a window lock switch mechanism disposed in the case and activated in accordance with an operation of the window lock button, and a connector having a terminal with a first terminal end protruding from the case and a second terminal end connected to the substrate. The window lock switch mechanism includes two conductive plate springs, and a pressing unit for pressing the plate springs. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130008768 | SWITCH - A switch has a first leaf spring having a first contact, the first contact being formed in a V shape and including two inclined surfaces, a second leaf spring having a second contact facing the first contact, the second contact being formed in a convex shape and including vertexes facing the inclined surfaces, respectively; and a pressing unit that presses the first leaf spring or the second leaf spring. When the pressing unit presses the first leaf spring or the second leaf spring, the inclined surface on a first side of the first contact and the vertex on a first side of the second contact come in contact with each other, and the vertex on the first side of the second contact slides on the inclined surface on the first side of the first contact. | 01-10-2013 |
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| 20090106649 | Label data creating apparatus, label data creating method, and computer program product - If a plurality of objects arranged on a layout and including text, word art or bar code are selected and a command is entered from the menu window to create link objects, a CPU sets an object ranked as first as a parent object constituting the link object and stores the parent object in the RAM, with a group ID for identifying the link object allocated thereto. The CPU sets the remaining objects as child objects and stores the objects in the RAM, with a group ID for identifying the link object allocated thereto. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20110242585 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING PACKAGE OF FILES AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE METHOD - A method for transferring a package of files that is executed by a personal computer, the package of files being made up of plural compressed files that are separately present therein. For transferring the package of files, the personal computer creates, with respect to each printer, a dedicated file that is exclusively acceptable to similar-dedicated-file-compatible models of the printer; the personal computer treats the respective dedicated files as the plural files and creates the package of files by packaging the respective dedicated files in the package of files; and with respect to the respective dedicated files in the package of files, in transferring the package of files, when it is detected by the personal computer, that the personal computer is connected to the printer that is compatible with the dedicated file, the personal computer transfers the dedicated file in the package of files to the detected printer. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242588 | AUTOMATIC FILE TRANSFER SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An automatic file transfer system includes a personal computer and one or more printers. The automatic file transfer system includes a transfer folder capable of containing one or more files, wherein, when the personal computer recognizes, through plug-and-play, that a printer among the one or more printers which are connected to the personal computer is powered on, if the printer currently recognized is a transfer-target printer, the personal computer executes in a repetitive manner, for the printer currently recognized, processes of: (i) determining whether or not a new file is moved into the transfer folder; and (ii) transferring, if it is determined that a new file is moved into the transfer folder, the new file to the printer currently recognized. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20140347689 | Recording Medium and Printed Matter Producing Method - The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing steps on a computer. An operation terminal that is connected to a printed matter producing apparatus comprising a memory configured to store a database comprising a plurality of records each allocating character string data to a plurality of fields. The steps comprise an information acquiring, an object data determining, a print data creating, and a print data outputting. In the information acquiring, identification information of the field comprising a reference character string data is acquired and a plurality of offset values relating to each of a plurality of pieces of print object data are acquired. In the object data determining, the plurality of pieces of print object data is determined by using the identification information and by applying the plurality of offset values, respectively. | 11-27-2014 |
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| 20110146435 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT TRANSPORTATION DEVICE AND DOCUMENT SCANNING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - An ADF includes an ADF main body portion, a scanner frame, a gear portion, a resistance gear, a torque limiter, and an outer cover. The scanner frame is arranged to be supported at the ADF main body portion such that it is rotatable. The gear portion is arranged on a rotation axis line of the scanner frame to integrally rotate with the scanner frame. The torque limiter is arranged to apply a resistance to the resistance gear that meshes with the gear portion when the scanner frame rotates from an exposed position to a usage position. The outer cover is attached to the ADF main body portion to cover one portion of the gear portion. The outer cover includes a contacting portion arranged to regulate the movement of the gear portion. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110254216 | AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER AND A DOCUMENT READER WITH THE AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER - An auto document feeder includes a lead path, a first reverse path, a second reverse path, and a both surfaces eject path. The lead path guides a document from a left side to a right side of a read position. The first reverse path and the second reverse path are connected to the lead path, and reverse the document to guide the document from the right side to the left side of the read position. A both surfaces eject path is connected to the first reverse path and the second reverse path and guides the document whose image information of a second surface has been read so as to eject further to the right side than the read position. Further, the lead path includes a lead curve path which protrudes to the left side and is arranged more to the left side than the read position. A shared curve path shared by the lead path and the both surfaces eject path includes a portion between the read position and a portion in which the lead curve path protrudes the most. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120170087 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A document feeding route is provided in an automatic document feeder, and a feeder cover is provided on an upper portion of the automatic feeder and arranged to open and close an upstream half route of the document feeding route by being movable in a pivoting fashion. A plurality of pairs of drive rollers and idler rollers are provided in a downstream half route to feed a document toward a document ejection port. A jam clearance mechanism arranged to move the idler rollers or the drive rollers in a direction toward releasing a nipped state is arranged to face the downstream half route. The jam clearance mechanism includes a pair of cam frames and releasing bodies. The cam frames undergo a sliding displacement in a direction along which the pairs of idler rollers and drive rollers are arranged in coordination with opening and closing of the feeder cover. The releasing bodies move back and forth in coordination with the sliding movement of the cam frames. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20130208326 | AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER AND A DOCUMENT READER WITH THE AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER - An auto document feeder includes a lead path, a first reverse path, a second reverse path, and a both surfaces eject path. The lead path guides a document from a left side to a right side of a read position. The first and second reverse paths are connected to the lead path, and reverse the document to guide the document from the right side to the left side of the read position. A both surfaces eject path is connected to the first and second reverse paths and guides the document whose image information of a second surface has been read to eject further to the right side than the read position. A shared curve path shared by the lead path and the both surfaces eject path includes a portion between the read position and a portion in which a lead curve path protrudes the most. | 08-15-2013 |
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| 20100178818 | STEERING APPARATUS FOR PROPULSION DEVICE AND PROPULSION DEVICE - A steering apparatus for a propulsion device includes a swivel portion, a motor, a lock portion, and a lock release mechanism. The motor is arranged to generate a driving force to turn the propulsion device main body in right and left directions. The lock portion is provided in a transmission path of the driving force. The lock portion is arranged to transmit a force from an upstream side to a downstream side thereof and to be locked when a force is applied from the downstream side to thereby prevent a turning of the propulsion device main body in the right and left directions. The lock release mechanism is provided in the transmission path at the downstream side relative to the lock portion. The lock release mechanism is arranged to shut off or stop a transmission of force to the upstream side thereof to thereby prevent application of the force to the lock portion. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100191396 | MARINE VESSEL PROPULSION SYSTEM AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A marine vessel propulsion system includes multiple propulsion devices, multiple operation levers, and multiple lever position sensors arranged to detect the positions of the multiple operation levers, and a control unit. The control unit is programmed to control, based on detection results from the multiple lever position sensors, the shift states of the respective propulsion devices and to change the steering angle of at least one of the propulsion devices. The control unit may be arranged to change the steering angles of the propulsion devices to facilitate the behavior of the hull corresponding to the shift states of the respective propulsion devices. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191397 | MARINE VESSEL PROPULSION SYSTEM AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A marine vessel propulsion system includes first and second propulsion devices arranged to be mounted on a hull so as to enable a steering angle to change, a first operation lever arranged to be operated by a marine vessel maneuvering operator to control the first propulsion device to have a shift state selected from among a forward drive state, a neutral state, and a reverse drive state and to control a power output of the first propulsion device, a second operation lever arranged to be operated by the marine vessel maneuvering operator to control the second propulsion device to have a shift state selected from among a forward drive state, a neutral state, and a reverse drive state and to control a power output of the second propulsion device, a first lever position sensor arranged to detect a position of the first operation lever, a second lever position sensor arranged to detect a position of the second operation lever, and a control unit. The control unit is programmed to set a target pivoting speed according to the positions of the first and second operation levers relative to each other and set a target travel speed according to amounts of displacement of the first and second operation levers with respect to neutral positions. The control unit is also programmed to control the steering angles, shift states, and propulsive forces of the respective first and second propulsion devices such that the hull pivots at the target pivoting speed and travels at the target travel speed. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20130096742 | MARINE VESSEL PROPULSION SYSTEM AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A marine vessel propulsion system includes first and second propulsion devices, a first operation lever arranged to be operated by a marine vessel maneuvering operator to control the first propulsion device, a second operation lever arranged to be operated by the marine vessel maneuvering operator to control the second propulsion device, a first lever position sensor arranged to detect a position of the first operation lever, a second lever position sensor arranged to detect a position of the second operation lever, and a control unit. The control unit is programmed to set a target pivoting speed according to the positions of the first and second operation levers relative to each other and set a target travel speed according to amounts of displacement of the first and second operation levers with respect to neutral positions. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20140026862 | FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE AND OUTBOARD MOTOR - A fuel supply device that supplies fuel from an external tank to an engine includes a fuel injection, an internal tank, a first pipe, a second pipe, a first pump, a fuel supply quantity detection device, and a control device. The internal tank stores fuel to be delivered to the fuel injection device. The first pipe is linked to the internal tank and delivers fuel from the external tank to the internal tank. The second pipe is linked to the fuel injection device and delivers fuel from the internal tank to the fuel injection device. The fuel supply quantity detection device is attached to the first pipe and detects a quantity of fuel supplied from the external tank via the first pipe to the internal tank. The control device implements a predetermined control when the quantity of fuel detected by the fuel supply quantity detection device is below a threshold. | 01-30-2014 |
