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20080239934 | Optical recording medium and recording film material - An optical recording medium is provided which includes two or more information layers in which an Sb-based eutectic material is used as the material for a recording film of a translucent information layer. There is also provided a recording film material for the optical recording medium. The translucent information layer is configured to include a recording film formed of a phase change material Sb | 10-02-2008 |
20080310279 | Rewritable phase-change optical recording medium - A rewritable phase-change optical recording medium is provided, which includes a substrate, a first information layer, a spacer layer, a second information layer, and a cover layer. The second information layer includes a recording film containing Sb as a main component and V or V and In as second components. When an amorphous mark formed in the recording film is irradiated with a reproduction beam, crystallization of the amorphous mark occurs only in a central portion in the width direction of the amorphous mark. The width direction is orthogonal to the scanning direction of the laser beam. The recording film is formed of a material that exhibits a change in degree of modulation of 5% or less when recorded information is repeatedly reproduced. The change in degree of modulation is a change from when the number of times of reproduction is 100,000 to when it is 400,000. | 12-18-2008 |
20090135711 | INFORMATION READOUT METHOD FOR NON MASK LAYER TYPE OPTICAL INFORMATION MEDIUM - An information readout method for an optical information medium comprising an information recording layer having pits or recorded marks representative of information data involves the step of irradiating a laser beam to the information recording layer through an objective lens for providing readings of the pits or recorded marks. When the laser beam has a wavelength λ of 400 to 410 nm, the objective lens has a numerical aperture NA of 0.70 to 0.85, and the pits or recorded marks have a minimum size P | 05-28-2009 |
20150205409 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR AND TOUCH PANEL - The transparent conductor includes a transparent substrate, a first metal oxide layer, a metal layer, and a second metal oxide layer laminated. At least one of the first and the second metal oxide layers contains four components of Al | 07-23-2015 |
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20140092446 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus comprising: an imaging unit; a moving mechanism moving the imaging unit between a first position and a second position; a conveyance mechanism; a sun gear; a planetary gear that rotates by being meshed with the sun gear and having a rotation center configured to revolve around the sun gear; a first output gear meshed with the planetary gear and transmits a driving force to the moving mechanism; a second output gear meshed with the planetary gear and transmits a driving force to the conveyance mechanism; a load generation part increasing a rotational resistance of the first output gear when the imaging unit is located at the first position, and a meshing part being meshed with teeth of the planetary gear when the planetary gear revolves around the sun gear. | 04-03-2014 |
20140146372 | Image Reading Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - An image reading apparatus having a conveyed document reading function and a placed document reading function includes: a moving mechanism for moving an imaging unit; a hinge mechanism for swingably connecting a document cover to a document platen; a conveyance mechanism provided to the document cover for conveying a document upon operation of the conveyed document reading function; a driving force transmission mechanism for selectively transmitting a driving force generated from a driving source to the moving mechanism or the conveyance mechanism; a first gear rotatable by receiving the driving force from the driving force transmission mechanism; and a second gear rotatable with being meshed with the first gear for transmitting the driving force to the moving mechanism or the conveyance mechanism, a rotating center line of which coincides with a swinging center line of the hinge mechanism. | 05-29-2014 |
20140211280 | Image Reading Apparatus Capable of Providing Improved Layout of Wiring Cable - An image reading apparatus includes: a base section; a reading unit; a movable body; a drive unit; and a cable. The movable body supports the reading unit and reciprocates between first and second end positions in a first direction. The drive unit is disposed on a first side where the first end position is located. The cable has one end portion fixed to a base wall of the base section and another end portion connected to the reading unit. The cable includes: a first elongated portion extending from the one end portion; a curved portion extending from the first elongated portion toward a second side where the second end position is located and then curving toward the first side; and a second elongated portion connected to the another end portion. The curved portion has a part overlapping with the drive unit in the first direction. | 07-31-2014 |
20150036197 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a predetermined conveyance path; a platen a sheet pressing member made of a resin member; spacers are provided on both end portions of the sheet pressing member in a width direction, wherein each of the spacers protrudes toward a platen side, a tip end of the spacer in the protrusion direction contacting the platen at positions out of a reading range of a reading unit in the width direction to secure a gap between the sheet pressing member and a platen; and a protruding portion provided on a central portion of the sheet pressing member in the width direction. | 02-05-2015 |
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20090218750 | Document Feeding Device - A document feeding device for feeding documents comprises a document input tray on which documents to be fed are placed, a document output tray to which the documents are ejected, and a feeding mechanism which is provided for a feeding path connecting the document input tray and the document output tray via a scanning position and feeds each document from the document input tray to the scanning position and from the scanning position to the document output tray. The document output tray includes a tray part which holds the ejected documents, a projecting part which pushes up a part of the ejected documents on the upstream side in a feeding direction and thereby lifts an upstream end of the ejected documents, and a pressing member which makes contact with the ejected documents from above at a position on the downstream side of the projecting part's apex in the feeding direction. | 09-03-2009 |
20090220290 | Document Feeding Device - document feeding device comprises a document input tray, a document output tray, a feeding mechanism provided for a feeding path connecting the document input tray and the document output tray via a scanning position to feed each document from the document input tray to the scanning position and to the document output tray, a turnover mechanism provided for a turnover path connected to the feeding path to return the document after passing through the scanning position to the upstream side of the scanning position while interchanging the front end and rear end of the document, and an ejection mechanism configured so that its document ejection mode can be switched between a first ejection mode for successively ejecting each document while stacking it on documents already ejected to the document output tray and a second ejection mode for successively ejecting each document while sliding it under the already ejected documents. | 09-03-2009 |
20100301544 | Sheet Ejector and Sheet Feeder Having the Same - A sheet ejector, configured to eject sheets so as to insert a later-ejected sheet under an earlier-ejected sheet on a catch tray, includes a feed roller provided to the catch tray, wherein the feed roller is configured to feed, in a predetermined ejecting direction, the later-ejected sheet that is inserted under the earlier-ejected sheet, and a switching mechanism configured to switch a state of the feed roller relative to a sheet on the catch tray between a contact state where the feed roller contacts the sheet on the catch tray and a non-contact state where the feed roller is kept from contacting the sheet on the catch tray. | 12-02-2010 |
20100328737 | Sheet Feeding Device and Original Sheet Conveying Device Employing the Same - A sheet feeding device, which is configured to feed stacked sheets one by one in a sheet feed direction, is provided with a sheet tray configured to accommodate the stacked sheets, a feed-out roller protruded from the sheet tray and configured to feed the stacked sheets from the sheet tray, a feed-out nip member arranged above and opposite to the feed-out roller, the feed-out nip member being configured to contact an uppermost sheet of the stacked sheets and bias the sheets toward the feed-out roller, a separation unit located on a downstream side, in the sheet feed direction, of the feed-out roller, the separation unit separating a lowermost sheet from the stacked sheets fed by the feed-out roller, and a friction member configured to contact the uppermost sheet of the stacked sheets at a position different from a position where the feed-out nip member contacts the uppermost sheet. | 12-30-2010 |
20110233849 | Image Reader - An image reader is provided, which includes an intermediate feed roller that is disposed downstream relative to a separation roller on a feeding path and configured to rotate in contact with a document sheet separated and fed by the separation roller and feed the document sheet to a downstream side on the feeding path so as to restrain a variation of a tensile force applied to the document sheet, which variation may be caused when the document sheet is fed and away from the separation roller, and only a single U-turn roller that is disposed downstream relative to the intermediate feed roller on the feeding path, and configured to rotate in contact with the document sheet fed by the intermediate feed roller and feed the document sheet to a reading unit in a U-turn manner on a U-turn path curved along an outer circumferential surface of the U-turn roller. | 09-29-2011 |
20120043714 | Sheet Conveying Device - A sheet conveying device to convey a sheet in a sheet path is provided. The sheet conveying device includes a separator roller, which is arranged to be rotatably in contact with the sheet to apply conveying force to the sheet, a pad assembly including a separator pad, which is arranged to be in contact with the sheet stack to apply convey resistance to the sheet stack, and a holder, which is swingably attached to a base member and holds the separator pad, the base member being in a fixed position with respect to the separator roller, a spring, which urges the pad assembly toward the separator roller, and a slidable member, which is attached to the pad assembly to be integrally movable with the pad assembly and to be slidably in contact with a first slidable section in the base member. | 02-23-2012 |
20130026708 | Image Reading Device and Image Forming Apparatus Having the Same - An image reading device is provided, which includes a controller configured to, when a carriage reaches a turn-around position in a moving direction, control a motor to once stop, then rotate in a second direction opposite to a first direction such that a planetary gear swings to a position separated from an output gear and that an intermediate gear moves to an engagement position to engage with the output gear, and thereafter again rotate in the first direction so as to transmit a driving force from the motor to the output gear via an input gear, a planetary gear, and the intermediate gear. | 01-31-2013 |
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20110051323 | CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a capacitor that enables a capacitor having a high degree of conductivity and minimal leakage current to be obtained with a high level of productivity. A method for manufacturing a capacitor ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110171366 | CAPACITOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - A capacitor manufacturing method that enables a capacitor having a high withstand voltage, a high electrostatic capacitance and a satisfactorily small ESR to be manufactured simply and at a high level of productivity. In the capacitor manufacturing method, a film-formation treatment of applying a conductive polymer solution containing a π-conjugated conductive polymer, a polyanion and a solvent to the dielectric layer side of a capacitor substrate having a dielectric layer formed on the surface of an anode, and then performing drying to form a conductive polymer film, is performed at least twice, and the conductive polymer solution used in at least one film-formation treatment among the second film-formation treatment and subsequent film-formation treatments is a high-viscosity solution having a higher viscosity than the conductive polymer solution used in the first film-formation treatment. | 07-14-2011 |
20130177701 | CAPACITOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - A capacitor manufacturing method that enables a capacitor having a high withstand voltage, a high electrostatic capacitance and a satisfactorily small ESR to be manufactured simply and at a high level of productivity. In the capacitor manufacturing method, a film-formation treatment of applying a conductive polymer solution containing a π-conjugated conductive polymer, a polyanion and a solvent to the dielectric layer side of a capacitor substrate having a dielectric layer formed on the surface of an anode, and then performing drying to form a conductive polymer film, is performed at least twice, and the conductive polymer solution used in at least one film-formation treatment among the second film-formation treatment and subsequent film-formation treatments is a high viscosity solution having a higher viscosity than the conductive polymer solution used in the first film-formation treatment. | 07-11-2013 |
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20120307097 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A solid-state image sensor comprising a pixel array having a plurality of pixels, and a plurality of signal processing circuits each of which amplifies a signal of the pixel array, wherein each of the plurality of signal processing circuits comprises an operation amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, an input capacitance arranged between the input terminal and the column signal line, and a feedback circuit which connects the input terminal with the output terminal, wherein the feedback circuit is configured to form a feedback path in which a first and a second capacitance elements are arranged in series in a path connecting the input terminal to the output terminal, and a third capacitance element is arranged between a reference potential and a path connecting the first capacitance element to the second capacitance element. | 12-06-2012 |
20140197302 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A solid-state image sensor comprising a pixel array having a plurality of pixels, and a plurality of signal processing circuits each of which amplifies a signal of the pixel array, wherein each of the plurality of signal processing circuits comprises an operation amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, an input capacitance arranged between the input terminal and the column signal line, and a feedback circuit which connects the input terminal with the output terminal, wherein the feedback circuit is configured to form a feedback path in which a first and a second capacitance elements are arranged in series in a path connecting the input terminal to the output terminal, and a third capacitance element is arranged between a reference potential and a path connecting the first capacitance element to the second capacitance element. | 07-17-2014 |