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20110052259 | PRESSURE ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR A FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heating member disposed with an internal heating source and a pressuring member that presses against the heating member. The fixing device is configured to be attachable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus body, and includes: brackets that retain the heating member; pressuring levers that retain the pressuring member and are movably supported in the brackets; urging means that push the pressuring levers in a direction where the pressuring member presses against the heating member; and cams that are rotatably supported in the brackets, contact the pressuring levers, and adjust the pressuring force of the pressuring member. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052260 | PRESSURE ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR A FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heating member disposed with an internal heating source and a pressuring member that presses against the heating member. The fixing device is configured to be attachable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus body, and includes: brackets that retain the heating member; pressuring levers that retain the pressuring member and are movably supported in the brackets; urging means that push the pressuring levers in a direction where the pressuring member presses against the heating member; and cams that are rotatably supported in the brackets, contact the pressuring levers, and adjust the pressuring force of the pressuring member. | 03-03-2011 |
20110236067 | FIXING DEVICE, SINGLE-SIDED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DOUBLE-SIDED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device is provided with a fixing device body, a fixing member, and a first attachment section. The fixing device body is adapted to attach to and detach from an apparatus body of a double-sided image forming apparatus, which has a return passage through which a recording medium is returned to an image forming position, and an apparatus body of a single-sided image forming apparatus, which does not have the return passage. The first attachment section is provided at a return passage side in the fixing device body, and is adapted to have a passage surface member, which has a passage surface of an introduction passage through which a fixed recording medium is introduced into the return passage, attached thereto. | 09-29-2011 |
20110236068 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a main body mounted on an image forming apparatus body; a fixing member that is included in the main body and that fixes an image to a recording medium; a pair of conveying rolls that is supported by the main body and that conveys the recording medium to which an image is fixed by the fixing member, the pair of conveying rolls comprising a driven roll and a driving roll disposed under the driven roll; and an exterior portion that is formed in the main body, disposed under the driving roll, forms an exterior face of the main body, and also forms an exterior face of the image forming apparatus body while the main body is mounted on the image forming apparatus body. | 09-29-2011 |
20110236086 | CONVEYING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveying device includes: a rotating body that rotates; a belt that contacts the rotating body and rotates; a restricting member that is disposed at each of the two rotation axis direction side edges of the belt, positions the side edges of the belt, and restricts movement of the belt in the rotation axis direction; a lubrication agent that is supplied to the inner peripheral face of the belt; and a slide bearing that is disposed so as to overlap in the rotation axis direction with the restricting member when viewed along a rotating body radial direction, the slide bearing being open to the belt side and rotatably supporting the rotating body. | 09-29-2011 |
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20090022968 | DECORATIVE SHEET, FORMED PRODUCT AND VEHICLE - A decorative sheet is designed for use to decorate a formed product. The sheet includes a decoration layer, a base member that supports the decoration layer, and an adhesive layer arranged to adhere the decoration layer and the base member onto the body of the formed product. The adhesive layer includes a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, which is arranged between the first adhesive layer and the base member and which has a melting point that is higher than that of the first adhesive layer by about 18° C. to about 40° C. | 01-22-2009 |
20090114341 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF MOLDINGS AND MOTOR VEHICLES - A method of making a decorated formed product effectively using a decorative sheet without diminishing the beauty of its appearance includes the steps of: (A) providing a formed product body; (B) mounting a first sheet, including an adhesive layer, on the formed product body; (C) heating a second sheet including a decoration layer and a base member that supports the decoration layer thereon; and (D) putting the heated second sheet on the first sheet, thereby bonding the second sheet onto the formed product body. | 05-07-2009 |
20090136691 | DECORATIVE SHEET, DECORATED MOLDED ARTICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A decorative sheet that can decorate a formed product without diminishing the beauty of its appearance is used to decorate the surface of a formed product. The sheet includes a decoration layer; a base member that supports the decoration layer; an adhesive layer for adhering the decoration layer and the base member onto the formed product; and a flow reducing member for reducing the flow of the adhesive layer. The flow reducing member is provided in the adhesive layer and is made of a material having a higher melting point than that of a material of the adhesive layer. | 05-28-2009 |
20090165946 | DECORATIVE SHEET, DECORATED FORMED PRODUCT, METHOD OF MAKING THE DECORATIVE SHEET AND METHOD OF MAKING THE DECORATED FORMED PRODUCT - A decorative sheet includes a decoration layer having air permeability and an adhesive layer on the decoration layer arranged to bond the decoration layer onto an object. The decoration layer has an adhesive permeated portion permeated with the adhesive that has diffused from the adhesive layer. The adhesive permeated portion is about one-fifth to about one-third as thick as the decoration layer. | 07-02-2009 |
20100162782 | VACUUM FORMING MACHINE AND METHOD OF MAKING VACUUM FORMED PRODUCT - A vacuum forming machine includes a chamber configured to house a base member and a decorative sheet and including an exhaust port, an exhauster arranged to exhaust air from inside the chamber through the exhaust port, at least one static remover arranged to remove static electricity from a surface of the base member that has been loaded into the chamber, and a dust collector arranged so as to oppose the exhaust port. | 07-01-2010 |
20100163155 | VACUUM FORMING MACHINE AND METHOD OF MAKING VACUUM FORMED PRODUCT - A vacuum forming machine includes a holder arranged to hold a decorative sheet, upper and lower boxes separated by the decorative sheet and the holder, a pressure reducer arranged to reduce pressures inside the upper and lower boxes, a first valve arranged to adjust a degree of pressure reduction inside the upper box, a second valve arranged to adjust a degree of pressure reduction inside the lower box, a heater arranged to heat the decorative sheet, a temperature information collector arranged to collect temperature information about the temperature of the decorative sheet, and a controller programmed to control opening/closing operations of the first and second valves by reference to the temperature information while the pressure reducer is operating. | 07-01-2010 |
20100163175 | VACUUM FORMING MACHINE AND METHOD OF MAKING VACUUM FORMED PRODUCT - A vacuum forming machine according includes a chamber configured to be loaded with a base member and a decorative sheet, a frame arranged to surround the base member that has been loaded into the chamber, a pressure reducer arranged to reduce the pressure inside the chamber, and a communication path arranged to establish communication between the inside of the frame and an external space at the atmospheric pressure. | 07-01-2010 |
20130273753 | BOARD CONNECTING TERMINAL AND HOLDING STRUCTURE OF CIRCUIT BOARD - A board connecting terminal includes a contact that comes into contact with a mate side terminal, an indent that comes into contact with a pad formed on a circuit board, a terminal attaching part connected to the indent to attach the board connecting terminal to the circuit board, and an engaging piece connected to the contact and having a part held by a holder on which the circuit board is mounted. In the terminal attaching part, when the board connecting terminal is attached to the circuit board, a part of the terminal attaching part enters a through hole passing through the circuit board in a thickness direction thereof to restrain the indent from moving in a planar direction of the circuit board. | 10-17-2013 |
20130314938 | IN-VEHICLE INDOOR ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - The in-vehicle indoor illumination apparatus which includes a design section, a functional section that is engaged with the design section, and a connector that is inserted to the functional section in a removable manner, wherein an interposition holder of the functional section is provided with two locking frames erected upward from a base housing of the design section at an interval and having resilience, and two locking hooks each engaged with the two locking frames of the design section from outside the two locking frames when the functional section is engaged with the design section, and a section between the two second locking frames is a connector insertion hole into which a housing of the connector is inserted. | 11-28-2013 |
20140029286 | INTERIOR LAMP FOR VEHICLE - An interior lamp includes a design portion and a function portion. A circuit board is attached to the function portion. A light source is mounted on the circuit board. Terminals are mounted on a side portion of the circuit board. A connector is disposed on a side portion of the function portion. Connector terminals are provided on the connector. A switch has a switch knob and a switch body. The switch knob is attached to a side portion of the design portion. The switch body is attached to the side portion of the function portion. The switch knob and the switch body are operated in an interlocked manner to perform electrical connection between the terminals and the connector terminals selectively so as to perform a tuning on or off of the light source. | 01-30-2014 |
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20090145537 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND LAMINATING METHOD - A printer apparatus including a printing-medium conveying unit conveying a printing medium, a sheet conveying unit conveying a thermal transfer sheet having an image protecting layer to be thermally transferred onto an image formed on the printing medium, a thermal head with heating elements linearly arranged in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the printing medium, and a control unit driving and controlling the thermal head. For selectively applying different amounts of thermal energy to the heating elements to form an uneven pattern on the image protecting layer thermally transferred onto the image on the printing medium, the control unit randomly divides a row of the heating elements into heating element groups each including at least two adjacent heating elements, applies the same amount of thermal energy to heating elements in the same heating element group, and applies different amounts of thermal energy to adjacent heating element groups. | 06-11-2009 |
20130093826 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND LAMINATING METHOD - A printer apparatus including a printing-medium conveying unit conveying a printing medium, a sheet conveying unit conveying a thermal transfer sheet having an image protecting layer to be thermally transferred onto an image formed on the printing medium, a thermal head with heating elements linearly arranged in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the printing medium, and a control unit driving and controlling the thermal head. For selectively applying different amounts of thermal energy to the heating elements to form an uneven pattern on the image protecting layer thermally transferred onto the image on the printing medium, the control unit randomly divides a row of the heating elements into heating element groups each including at least two adjacent heating elements, applies the same amount of thermal energy to heating elements in the same heating element group, and applies different amounts of thermal energy to adjacent heating element groups. | 04-18-2013 |
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20080231794 | Jig Mounting Apparatus - A jig mounting apparatus has a detection optical system that detects reference marker of an eyeglass lens, is configured so as to determine an mounting point based on the reference marker detected by the detection optical system and position the mounting center of jig, which is used in processing the eyeglass lens, on the mounting point to mount the jig on the surface of the eyeglass lens, in which the detection optical system includes: a focusing optical system that focuses a light-emitting optical flux from a light source on the surface of the eyeglass lens, where hidden marks are formed, via an aperture stop; a reflection plate that reflects an optical flux focused by the focusing optical system and passed through the eyeglass lens; and an imaging device that is provided on a position optically approximately conjugate with the aperture stop and configured to focus on a space portion along an optical axis direction from the surface of the eyeglass lens. | 09-25-2008 |
20090123640 | PRETREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WINDOW GLASS ADHESIVE COATING - An apparatus for conducting pretreatment such as primer coating an adhesive coating surface of a window glass using a robot includes a degreasing device for removing dust and oil adhering to the adhesive coating surface and coating the adhesive coating surface with a degreasing solution; a primer coating device for coating the adhesive coating surface with primer, after that surface has been degreased by the degreasing device; and a primer inspection and determination device for inspecting the primer coated condition provided by the primer coating device to determine whether the coated condition is good or bad. The degreasing device includes a felt member for removing dust and oil adhering to the adhesive coating surface and coating the adhesive coating surface with the degreasing solution; a felt maintaining mechanism for maintaining the felt member; and a felt regenerating device for regenerating the felt member maintained by the felt maintaining mechanisms. | 05-14-2009 |
20110170884 | Image carrier deterioration degree evaluating device, image carrier failure predicting device, and image forming apparatus - An image carrier deterioration degree evaluating apparatus for evaluating a degree of deterioration of an image carrier of an image forming apparatus, the image carrier deterioration degree evaluating apparatus including: an image deletion detecting unit that detects image deletion by obtaining latent image information written on the image carrier; an image deletion reducing unit that performs a process of reducing image deletion when the image deletion detecting unit detects image deletion, and an image carrier deterioration degree evaluating unit that drives the image deletion detecting unit and the image deletion reducing unit alternately one or more times each, and evaluates a degree of deterioration of the image carrier by using the latent image information obtained one or more times by the image deletion detecting unit. | 07-14-2011 |
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20120292165 | SWITCH INTEGRATED LED LAMP DEVICE - A switch integrated LED lamp device, includes a slide type switch knob, a LED body, a cover, busbars and an insulating housing. The LED body is held in the switch knob. The cover makes the switch knob to be slidably exposed in an opening. The busbars contact with terminal parts of the LED body. The insulating housing fixes the busbars. Spring parts which press the LED body against the busbars are provided in the switch knob. | 11-22-2012 |
20120294012 | LED LAMP UNIT - The electrical contact between an LED body and terminals (busbars) is ensured with a high contact pressure, and it is simple to assemble and change the shape of a lens. | 11-22-2012 |
20140293636 | STRUCTURE FOR ASSEMBLING VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHTING - A structure for assembling a vehicle interior lighting, comprises a lens, a socket, a cover fitted to the socket, a first regulation portion configured by one side of the fitted cover or the fitted socket that is located on a front side in the insertion direction and a part of the lens, the first regulation portion regulating forward movement of the cover or the socket in the insertion direction; and a second regulation portion configured by another side of the fitted cover or the fitted socket that is located on a rear side in the insertion direction and a part of the lens, the second regulation portion regulating backward movement of the cover or the socket in the insertion direction. | 10-02-2014 |
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20130010107 | METHOD FOR MEASURING HEIGHT, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR MEASURING HEIGHT, AND HEIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS - There are provided a method for measuring a height by a height measuring apparatus including: obtaining, in advance, a height correction value depending on an inclination angle of a surface of the object as an angle correction data; obtaining, from the height value of each pixel of the imaging device, the inclination angle of the surface of the object which corresponds to each pixel position of the imaging device; obtaining the height correction value, which corresponds to the inclination angle obtained, from the angle correction data; and correcting the height value of the surface of the object, which corresponds to each pixel of the imaging device, by using the height correction value obtained. | 01-10-2013 |
20130259364 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires a statistical value of pixel values for each divided region; a determination unit that compares for each divided region the statistical value of the divided region acquired by the acquisition unit with a first threshold and determines whether the divided region is as color region or a monochrome region; and a re-determination unit that compares a statistical value of an adjacent divided region with a second threshold, by which a divided region is more likely determined as a color region than by the first threshold, for each adjacent divided region, and re-determines whether the adjacent divided region is a color region or a monochrome region. | 10-03-2013 |
20130259365 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention determines a monochrome area and a color area of an input image. The apparatus comprises an acquisition unit that acquires an image characteristic value of the input image; and a determination unit that determines whether each pixel group in the input image is a monochrome area or a color area based on the image characteristic value acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the acquisition unit acquires a plurality of image characteristic values corresponding to a plurality of acquisition areas including a determination target pixel group, and the determination unit determines whether the pixel group is a monochrome area or a color area based on the plurality of image characteristic values corresponding to the plurality of acquisition areas including the pixel group. | 10-03-2013 |
20140218416 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display unit displays an image. A light emission unit emits light to the display unit. A control unit controls the light emission brightness of the light emission unit. A gradation correction unit executes a gradation correction processing to the image to be displayed by the display unit based on the light emission brightness of the light emission unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20140327695 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a generation unit configured to generate a lookup table having a specific number of lattice points for converting input image data into display image data having a different gradation characteristic by using a predetermined expression and a conversion unit configured to convert the input image data into the display image data by using the lookup table generated by the generation unit. The generation unit determines positions of the specific number of lattice points in accordance with a dynamic range of the input image data. | 11-06-2014 |
20150043813 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires a statistical value of pixel values for each divided region; a determination unit that compares for each divided region the statistical value of the divided region acquired by the acquisition unit with a first threshold and determines whether the divided region is as color region or a monochrome region; and a re-determination unit that compares a statistical value of an adjacent divided region with a second threshold, by which a divided region is more likely determined as a color region than by the first threshold, for each adjacent divided region, and re-determines whether the adjacent divided region is a color region or a monochrome region. | 02-12-2015 |
20150235618 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF INPUTTING IMAGE DATA - There is provided an image processing apparatus capable of appropriately performing conversion processing using a lookup table on image data in an image format with a wide dynamic range. In the image processing apparatus, a system control unit sets a second dynamic range (display range) as a display target in a first dynamic range (input range) corresponding to an image format of input image data. A 1D-LUT data generation unit generates, based on the set second dynamic range (display range), first lookup table (LUT) data as a lookup table for performing first conversion processing on the input image data. A 3D-LUT data generation unit generates, based on the first dynamic range (display range), second lookup table (LUT) data as a lookup table for performing second conversion processing on image data obtained by the first conversion processing. | 08-20-2015 |