03rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110013918 | Method and apparatus to control electronic power of coil which performs induction heating in imaging apparatus - Provided is a method of controlling electric power of a coil which performs induction heating in an imaging apparatus. The method includes: detecting an input current of the coil; detecting a resonant current of the coil; calculating a difference between the detected resonant current and the detected input current; and controlling electric power supplied to the coil based on the difference. These operations are repeatedly performed whenever the detected input current is changed. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013919 | Image forming apparatus capable of reducing image expansion and contraction - In an image forming apparatus, a control device recognizes expansion and contraction of a pattern image based on an output of an image detector. The control device calculates a driving motor velocity fluctuation cancellation pattern for driving a common drive source. The driving motor velocity fluctuation cancellation pattern creates a latent image expansion and contraction cancellation pattern capable of canceling the expansion and contraction of the pattern image detected by the image detecting device. A process of obtaining the cancellation patterns is executed except when a print job for forming the toner image is executed in accordance with image information. The control device controls the common drive source in accordance with the cancellation driving motor pattern. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013920 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a latent image carrier; a developing device to develop a latent image formed on a surface of the latent image carrier with toner to form a toner image; a transfer device to either directly transfer the toner image onto a recording medium, or to primarily transfer the toner image from the latent image carrier onto an intermediate transfer body and then secondarily transfer the toner image from the intermediate transfer body onto a recording medium; a post-transfer imaging unit to photograph the surface of the latent image carrier or the intermediate transfer body after transfer of the toner image; and a control unit to control one or more image forming conditions based on a quantified value for residual toner of a detection pattern formed on the surface of the latent image carrier or the intermediate transfer body. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013921 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method and Image Forming Program - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms multicolor toner images superposed on a transfer belt. A sensor is disposed in an image formation region and detects a pattern on the transfer belt. A controller determines, when image data is received, whether or not a region of a toner image based on the image data will be superposed on a region of the pattern. The controller controls the image forming unit to form the toner image based on the image data and the pattern simultaneously on the transfer belt when the controller determines that the region of the toner image based on the image data will not be superposed on the region of the pattern. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013922 | POWER CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS TO HEAT A HEATING ROLLER - A power control method and apparatus to heat a heating roller. The power control method includes heating a heating roller provided to fix a toner image of print data in an image forming apparatus, the heating roller having a heating resistor to receive roller power, the power control method includes gradually increasing a maximum level of a source power supplied from an external source up to a specific maximum supply level, and supplying the maximum source power to the heating resistor as the roller power while gradually increasing the maximum level of the source power up to a specific maximum supply level, measuring a surface temperature of the heating roller, and further supplying the source power of which maximum level is equal to the maximum supply level to the heating resistor as the roller power until the measured surface temperature reaches a specific fixing target temperature, and fixing the toner image onto a fed printing medium. Supplying the source power is performed right after the image forming apparatus is turned on, or right after the image forming apparatus is switched from a standby mode to a print mode. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013923 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH AN INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND A PLURALITY OF CLEANING MEMBERS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming device; an intermediate transfer member; a secondary transferring device; a first cleaning member; a second cleaning member; a contacting/separating device; a release-agent applying device; and a controlling unit. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013924 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus including: plural sheet supplying sections which accommodate a recording sheet and feed out the recording sheet; an image forming section which forms an image on the recording sheet, fed out from the sheet supplying section, based on a printing job; a memory section which stores information of the printing job, including information of the recording sheet; and a control section which determines a sheet supplying section, based on the information of the recording sheet, included in the printing job stored in the memory section, and displays an event using a time axis provided on a vertical axis or a horizontal axis on a display section, the event is generated by a schedule for using the sheet supplying section determined above, and is generated when the sheet supplying section is switched to another sheet-supplying section, or the event is generated at a predetermined time cycle. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013925 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device detachably coupled to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus which includes a housing including a photoconductive drum and at least one roller; and an electrical contact member disposed in the housing, connected to the at least one roller, and formed of a conductive metallic plate to provide an electrical path between the at least one roller and a power supply when the developing device is attached to the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the electrical contact member includes a base including a coupling unit to engage with the housing, a first elastic member to bend from the base in a first direction; a second elastic member to bend from the first elastic member in a second direction and including a contact to contact the at least one roller; and an anti-deformation unit to bend from the base and to face a surface of the first elastic member in the second direction of the second elastic member to prevent the first elastic member from bending in the second direction. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013926 | LIGHT-EMITTING UNIT - A light-emitting unit having an arrayed light source comprises a substrate; an arrayed light source group containing the arrayed light source arranged in a first direction; a lens array for focusing the light emitted from light emitting elements constituting the arrayed light source; and a lens support having a cavity formed between arrayed light source group and the lens array; the lens support having a first hole for introducing a fluid into the cavity, and a second hole for discharging the introduced fluid in a second direction crossing the first direction. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013927 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CLEANING MECHANISM - According to one embodiment, a method for cleaning including, scraping off, agitating, or capturing, in non-contact with a belt surface, a visualizing material present on the belt surface and fiber or powder different from the visualizing material, coming into contact with the belt surface and scraping off, agitating, or capturing the visualizing material present on the belt surface and the fiber or the powder different from the visualizing material, and being located in contact with the belt surface at predetermined pressure and scraping off the visualizing material present on the belt surface and the fiber or powder different from the visualizing material. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013928 | CHARGING UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CHARGING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A charging unit is provided, the charging unit including: a charging member; and a charging member clean-up member having an elastic layer, the elastic layer containing a silicon oil, wherein a silicone concentration in analyzing the charging member by an x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy satisfies following condition: about 1 atm %≦(difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the silicone concentration in Si2p detected by the x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy above the charging member)≦about 3 atm %. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013929 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A developing device includes a housing containing toner having an opening at a side thereof, a developing roller supplying the toner supplied through the opening to a photoconductive drum, and a regulator contacting the outer circumference of the developing roller to regulate the amount of the toner supplied to the photoconductive drum. The housing also includes a lower frame having both side portions and a lower end portion respectively forming both edges and a lower edge of the opening in a lengthwise direction, and an upper frame welded and coupled to the lower frame and including a leading end portion forming an upper edge of the opening and a recess portion recessed from the leading end portion at both end portions of the leading end portion in the lengthwise direction. Both side portions of the lower frame includes a first surface contacting the recess portion to prevent the upper frame from being pushed toward the developing roller when the upper frame is welded and coupled to the lower frame. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013930 | APPARATUS HOUSING AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An apparatus housing includes: a housing frame that contains an image forming element therein; and an exterior cover fixed to an exterior of the housing frame, wherein the exterior cover has a specified-color exterior cover different in lightness from the housing frame, the specified-color exterior cover has a plurality of cover members that are adjacent to each other and disposed on at least one surface of the housing frame, and a blind portion for blinding the surface of the housing frame with a color whose lightness is more similar to that of the specified-color exterior cover than the housing frame is provided at an adjacent area between the plurality of cover members so that the surface of the housing frame is not exposed through a gap between the plurality of cover members, and wherein the blind portion is provided to at least one of the plurality of cover members, and the blind portion extends to cover the entire adjacent area of the other cover members. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013931 | LID DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A lid device includes a main body, an opening/closing member, a support portion and a fall preventing member. The opening/closing member is attached to the main body so as to be opened and closed. The support portion is provided on the main body, and supports the opening/closing member in such a manner which the opening/closing member is disengaged from the main body when receiving force of opening the opening/closing member beyond a predetermined opening/closing angular range. The fall preventing member prevents the opening/closing member disengaged from the support portion from coming off the main body. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013932 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly; a cartridge, detachably mountable to the main assembly, for being operated so as to form a toner image on a sheet material in a state in which the cartridge is mounted in the main assembly; a fixing unit, detachably mountable to the main assembly, for fixing the toner image on the sheet material; and an opening for exposing an inside of the main assembly. The fixing unit and the cartridge are mountable into and demountable from the main assembly in a mounting and demounting direction in which the fixing unit and the cartridge are disposed side by side. When the fixing unit and the cartridge are mounted into and demounted from the main assembly, the fixing unit passes through the opening, and the cartridge passes through a space in which the fixing unit is to be mounted and passes through the opening. When the fixing unit and the cartridge at the time of passing through the opening are projected onto a surface perpendicular to the mounting and demounting direction, a contour of a projected area of the cartridge is at least partly inside a contour of a projected area of the fixing device, and the cartridge passes through the inside of the contour of the projected area of the fixing device when passes through the opening. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013933 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge that is provided with an image bearing member and a development device and is detachably attached to an apparatus body includes a developer carrying member that carries a developer, a magnetic member housed inside, an interval defining member that defines an interval between the surface of the developer carrying member and the surface of the image bearing member, and a support member that can support the magnetic member at a first position, at which a developing operation is performed, and a second position, at which a nearest distance between the surface of the developer carrying member and the surface of the magnetic member is greater than that at the first position. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013934 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor which is excellent in wear resistance and electrical characteristics. Specifically disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor containing a polyester resin in a photosensitive layer provided on an electroconductive substrate. The polyester resin is composed of a copolymer of formula (4), which has a viscosity average molecular weight (Mv) of 10,000-300,000 and contains a diphenyl ether 4,4′-dicarboxylic acid component and a bivalent phenol component. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013935 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND SUPPORTING MECHANISM - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of process units, a plurality of latent image carriers, an optical writing unit, an upper cover, and a pitch positioning member. The pitch positioning member including a plurality of abutting portions so as to regulate movements of the plurality of process units in the horizontal direction by abutting each of the plurality of process units. The pitch positioning member including a plurality of notches extending from an upper portion to a lower portion of each of the respective plurality of abutting portions with a predetermined pitch. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013936 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, having: an image forming section to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device to fix the tone image on the sheet at a nip section having a pair of fixing members pressing each other to form the nip section and a heat source disposed on at least one of the fixing members to heat the fixing member; a swing section to swing the pair of the fixing members so that the fixing members displace relatively with respect to the sheet in a width direction which is perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction, and a heat source support section to support the heat source in a way that a position of the heat source is maintained constantly with respect to the sheet in the width direction. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013937 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is constituted by a rotatable image bearing member; a charging member for electrically charging the image bearing member in contact with the image bearing member; developing member, containing polishing particles, for collecting toner from the image bearing member and effecting development on the basis of an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member; a transfer member for transferring a toner image formed on the image bearing member onto a transfer material; an auxiliary charging member, located downstream from a transfer portion and upstream from the charging member with respect to a movement direction of the image bearing member, for electrically charging toner remaining on the image bearing member after the transfer by contact with the image bearing member; and control means for performing a discharging mode, for discharging polishing particles from the auxiliary charging member onto the image bearing member on the basis of an image ratio of an image to be formed, during non-image formation by applying a voltage to the auxiliary charging member under a condition different from a condition for applying a voltage to the auxiliary charging member during image formation. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013938 | CHARGING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING GAP BETWEEN CHARGING ROLLER AND PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DRUM - According to one embodiment, a charging device includes a charging roller and gap maintaining members. The charging roller includes a conductive roller to which charging voltage is applied and a coating layer as a member for covering the outer circumferential surface of the conductive roller, ends of the coating layer being further extended by predetermined length along an extending direction of the conductive roller than end faces of the conductive roller. The charging roller charges, in a non-contact manner, a photoconductive drum arranged near the charging roller with the charging voltage applied via the conductive roller. The gap maintaining members are respectively fixed at both ends of the charging roller in positions spaced apart from the ends of the charging roller. The gap maintaining members are set in contact with the photoconductive drum while keeping a predetermined charging gap between the coating layer and the photoconductive drum and rotate together with the charging roller according to the rotation of the photoconductive drum. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013939 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A conductive member includes a substrate, an elastic layer provided on the substrate and a surface layer provided on the elastic layer, in which the surface layer has a sea/island structure includes a sea portion containing a first resin and an island portion containing a second resin, and at least the island portion contains carbon black. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013940 | OPTICAL SCANNER - An optical scanner includes a frame, a light source, an optical member, and a spacer. The light source emits a light beam. The optical member is mounted on the frame to guide the light beam to a scanning target. The spacer maintains the optical member at a predetermined position with respect to the frame. The spacer is formed of a photocurable resin that is cured in response to a predetermined light having a wavelength within a prescribed range. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013941 | COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus, which able to stop with accuracy rotary support which supports plurality of developing devices, is provided. When rotary support rotates once, phase detecting device rotates multiple number n times, and color detecting flag shades or passes color detecting sensor when rotary support is in the predetermined phase. The number is a nature number. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013942 | Wet Type Developing Apparatus - A wet type developing apparatus in which a liquid developer is fed onto a developing roller from a liquid developer supply roller immersed in the developing liquid within a liquid developer tank and an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoconductor drum is developed into a toner image by said developing roller is improved to enable the liquid developer to be kept fed at an appropriate amount of feed from the liquid developer supply roller onto the developing roller without air residual in the surface region of the liquid developer supply roller. The improvement comprises a partition plate disposed generally under the liquid developer supply roller within the liquid developer tank for partitioning the liquid developer tank into two in the direction of rotation of the liquid developer supply roller, the partition plate having its upper end juxtaposed with a peripheral surface of the liquid developer supply roller over its total axial length across a gap spacing between 0.05 and 0.5 mm. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013943 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a first inlet portion, a first carrying member and an auxiliary blade. The first chamber receives a developer supplied to a developer holder. The second chamber receives the developer carried from the first chamber after being circulated between the first chamber and the second chamber. The first inlet portion allows the developer to be introduced from the second chamber to the first chamber. The first carrying member is disposed in the first chamber to carry the developer in the first chamber in a first carrying direction. The first carrying member includes a rotating shaft, a spiral blade provided at an outer periphery of the rotating shaft, and the auxiliary blade formed toward an upstream side of the first carrying direction from the spiral blade. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013944 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus includes a developer container to store a developer, a conveyance member to convey the developer, and a discharge port to discharge the developer. The discharge port is at a position that is on one end side from a central portion of the conveyance member with respect to an axial direction of the conveyance member. A first region of the conveyance member may include a portion facing the discharge port that has a conveyance capacity that is lower than a conveyance capacity of a second region or has a conveyance capacity that is zero. The conveyance member includes a positioning unit that is provided on the one end side thereof in the axial direction to position the conveyance member in the axial direction by abutting on the developer container, and an urging unit to urge the positioning unit with respect to the developer container. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013945 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND DEVELOPING METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, a developing device, comprising: a developing unit configured to store an initial two-component developer including an initial toner containing silica externally added and a carrier and to form a toner image on an image bearing member with the two-component developer; a discharging section configured to discharge a part of the initial developer from the developing unit; and a developer supplying unit configured to supply a supply developer including a supply toner containing silica externally added and the carrier to the developing unit, the amount of silica added to the supply toner being smaller than the amount of silica added to the initial toner. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013946 | CONVEYANCE MEMBER, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A conveyance member includes: a rotating shaft; a plurality of support members that extend from the rotating shaft in a direction crossing an axial direction of the rotating shaft; and a plurality of arcuate members each having one end supported respectively by one of the support members, and having another end extending in a direction other than the axial direction so as to form an arc, wherein: when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, there are a plurality of overlapping areas in which adjacent arcuate members overlap in the axial direction; and a length of at least one of the plurality of overlapping areas close to one end of the rotating shaft is greater than a length of each of the overlapping areas in the axial direction toward another end of the rotating shaft. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013947 | Developer Supply Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - A developer supply apparatus is provided which supplies a toner to a supply object, the developer supply apparatus including a developer storage body which stores a powdery developer, and a transfer body which transfers the developer along the developer transfer path with traveling wave electric fields. The developer includes a toner having a predetermined charging characteristic and an electric neutralizer having an opposite charging characteristic, which is opposite to the predetermined charging characteristic. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013948 | CORE MATERIAL OF CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CORE MATERIAL, CARRIER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CARRIER, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER - Objects of the present invention are to provide a carrier core material for an electrophotographic developer having a true spherical shape and excellent strength, and a controllable true density and/or apparent density, and a method for manufacturing the carrier core material, a carrier and a method for manufacturing the carrier, and an electrophotographic developer using the carrier. In order to achieve the objects, there are employed a carrier core material for an electrophotographic developer, containing 3 to 100% by number of hollow particles having an iron content of 36 to 78% by weight, and a carrier for an electrophotographic developer, obtained by coating a resin on a surface of the carrier core material, and methods for manufacturing these, and an electrophotographic developer using the carrier. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013949 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus includes a direct transfer control unit that controls a direct transfer unit and a first image forming unit so as to directly transfer an image onto a transfer sheet, an indirect transfer control unit that controls an intermediate transfer unit and a second image forming unit so as to transfer images onto the intermediate transfer unit, a secondary transfer control unit that controls contact/separation between the direct transfer unit and the intermediate transfer unit, a first alignment control unit that corrects an amount of misalignment among the images formed on the intermediate transfer unit, thereby performing a first alignment control process, and a second alignment control unit that corrects an amount of misalignment of an image directly transferred onto the transfer sheet with respect to the image on which the first alignment control process has been performed, thereby performing a second alignment control process. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013950 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first image carrier, a second image carrier, an intermediate transfer member disposed facing the second image carrier, a conveyance belt to transport a transfer sheet, disposed facing both the first image carrier and the intermediate transfer member, a first transfer member to transfer a first toner image formed on the first image carrier onto the transfer sheet, a second transfer member to transfer a second toner image formed on the second image carrier onto the intermediate transfer member, and a third transfer member disposed downstream from the second image carrier in a rotation direction of the intermediate transfer member, to transfer the second toner image from the intermediate transfer member onto the transfer sheet transported by the conveyance belt. The first image carrier and the intermediate transfer member inflect the conveyance belt at a first inflection angle and a second inflection angle, respectively. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013951 | BELT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A belt device includes an endless belt bearing a toner image having a plurality of different colors superimposed one on another, a plurality of rollers on which the belt is mounted, a meandering correcting member correcting the meandering of the belt in a belt width direction, a sensor detecting the position of an end surface of the belt in a width direction of the belt, an adjusting mechanism adjusting the movement of the meandering correcting member, and a controller controlling the adjusting mechanism based on the position detection of the belt end surface by the sensor. The controller controls the adjusting mechanism so that the belt end surface approaches a specified target position and lies within a specified position range including the specified target position. The specified position range is set based on the magnitude of fluctuation of the position of the belt end surface. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013952 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT AND ELECTRO-PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT - An intermediate transfer belt is built in an electro-photographic image forming apparatus. A toner image formed on a photosensitive element is primary transferred on the intermediate transfer belt. The intermediate transfer belt secondary transfers the primary transferred toner image on a recording medium being conveyed at a secondary transfer unit. The intermediate transfer belt has streaks formed by surface roughening on the surface thereof and directed so as to have an angle relative to the driving direction of the intermediate transfer belt within a range from 40 to 140 degree. This angle setting enables stable transfer of an image without causing any character missing. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013953 | LUBRICATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A lubricating device includes an lubricant impregnation member to coat a surface of a target member with lubricant, an lubricant supply member to supply lubricant to the lubricant impregnation member, a subsidiary roller to feed the lubricant impregnation member out, a main roller to reel in the lubricant impregnation member fed by the subsidiary roller, a drive motor to drive the main roller, an encoder disc provided at a rotational shaft of the subsidiary roller, an encoder sensor to detect a rotational state of the encoder disc, and a controller unit to calculate an outer diameter of the main roller and a portion of the lubricant impregnation member reeled by the main roller, based on a number of drive steps of the drive motor during a detection interval of the encoder disc. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013954 | INDUCTIVELY HEATED CARBON NANOTUBE FUSER - Systems and methods of inductively heating a fuser member in an electrophotographic device are disclosed. The systems and methods can include a heating component with a susceptor layer comprising carbon nanotubes (CNTs). An excitation unit with an electrical coil can be positioned a proximate distance from the heating component Current through the electrical coil can inductively heat the susceptor layer and the heating component. The heat from the susceptor layer and the heating component can be used to fuse toner onto an image-receiving substrate. The CNTs can reduce electronic hardware costs in the electrophotographic device in relation to the costs associated with conventional materials. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013955 | HEATING MEMBER HAVING RESISTIVE HEATING LAYER AND FUSING DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a heating member having a resistive heating layer and a fusing device using the heating member. The heating member includes the resistive heating layer on an outer circumferential surface of a load support member. Electricity is supplied to an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the resistive heating layer in a direction perpendicular to the resistive heating layer. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013956 | HEAT GENERATING SLEEVE, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heat generating sleeve ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013957 | FIXING LIQUID, FIXING METHOD, FIXING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a fixing liquid containing a softening agent that softens resin-containing fine particles by dissolving or swelling at least a part of the resin; a C12-C18 fatty acid; and a C12-C18 fatty acid salt. The fixing liquid is mixed with water serving as a dilution solvent. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013958 | GLOSS APPLICATION SHEET AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - When a gloss application sheet is conveyed through a nip formed between a first nip formation member and a second nip formation member pressing against each other, the gloss application sheet is sandwiched between the first nip formation member and a recording medium simultaneously conveyed through the nip. The gloss application sheet includes a first contact surface contacting the first nip formation member and a second contact surface disposed opposite the first contact surface for contacting the recording medium. The first contact surface has a reduced adhesive force compared to the second contact surface. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013959 | PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CLEANING BLADE LUBRICATION STRIPES - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided an adaptive blade lubrication apparatus that includes a lubricant unit to place a lubrication stripe of lubricating material on a portion of a main surface; a cleaning blade that engages the main surface to remove excess toner thereon; and a controller configured to control the location of each lubrication stripe of lubricating material, wherein the controller places the lubricating material based on at least one of application frequency, blade lubrication state, blade engagement with the main surface. By varying the location of the lubrication stripe, the cleaning blade is better lubricated over the entire surface of the photoreceptor with the same or less lubricant than used in single location lubrication. Blade life and reliability are improved with more effective lubrication of the blade. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013960 | DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A document feeder includes: a document tray on which documents to be scanned are placed; a discharge tray onto which a scanned document is discharged; and a conveyance unit that conveys a document from the document tray to the discharge tray such that the document is caused to pass through an image-scanning position, the conveyance unit having: a first conveyance roll that supplies a document to the image-scanning position; a second conveyance roll that conveys a document that has passed the image-scanning position further downstream; a third conveyance roll that discharges a scanned document to the discharge tray; a driving force transmission mechanism that causes the first conveyance roll, the second conveyance roll, and the third conveyance roll to rotate relative to each other; and a document feeding operation member provided at a rotational shaft of the third conveyance roll, that is manually operated to rotate the rotational shaft. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013961 | CONVEYANCE MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveyance mechanism includes a first conveyed material storage section and a second conveyed material storage section that respectively store a first conveyed material and a second conveyed material. When a position of the first conveyed material storage section is changed to a conveyed position where the first conveyed material is to be conveyed, a discharge destination of a discharge member is switched to a first conveyed material discharge section. When the position of the first conveyed material storage section is changed to an evacuation position evacuated from the conveyed position, the discharge destination of the discharge member is switched to a second conveyed material discharge section. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013962 | LABEL PRINTER - A cassette device is arranged to be removably mounted to or inserted into a printing device of a weighing scale housing a print-head mechanism and a drive roller. The cassette device includes a feed hub and a take-up hub rotatably mounted to a wall for cooperating with the drive roller. The wall forms a part of or closure for the weighing scale housing. Label roll end sensing, backing paper tension control, print head movement and pressure adjustment, and label feed/print line alignment arrangements are also described. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013963 | DOOR OPENING OR CLOSING DETECTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A door opening or closing detecting device and an image forming apparatus including a shaft member which is provided to a housing slidably along one end of a door, and urged to be brought into pressure contact with a pressing member through a pressure contact member, the shaft member being slid by the pressing member which moves with opening/closing of the door. The opening/closing of the door is detected by a detecting portion according to sliding of the shaft member, and a power supply is interrupted by a switch portion. The door opening or closing detecting apparatus and the image forming apparatus are capable of reliably detecting the opening/closing of the door and appropriately interrupting the power supply while achieving space saving and reduction in size of the apparatus. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013964 | OPENING/CLOSING DOOR, APPARATUS HOUSING USING THE SAME AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An opening/closing door for opening/closing a door opening formed in an apparatus housing includes: a rotational shaft mounted at an edge portion of the door opening; a door base member that is fixed to the rotational shaft and rotates together with the rotational shaft; a door exterior member fixed to the exterior of the door base member; plural positioning units that position the door exterior member to the door base member at locations distant from the rotational shaft; plural fixing units that are provided to be more distant from the rotational shaft than the plural positioning units and fix the door exterior member to the door base member by attachments; and an opening/closing handle that is provided to the door exterior member so as to be closer to the fixing units than the positioning units in a direction substantially orthogonal to the rotational shaft. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013965 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING A CLIP TO THE BODY OF A WRITING INSTRUMENT - A writing instrument that includes a body extending longitudinally along a central axis (X), a clip extending in parallel to the central axis (X), from a base fixed to the body up to a free end, and a first projecting member for attaching the clip, having a first lateral side extending between a base that is integral with the body and a radially distant apex. The clip includes a bar having a first end that is integral with the base of the clip, where the body includes a second projecting attachment member having a second lateral side facing the first lateral side, the second lateral side extending from a base that is integral with the body up to an upper end from which a projection extends towards the first lateral side, up to a free end. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013966 | Liquid applicator device - A liquid applicator device is disclosed for dispensing an applicator liquid from an applicator liquid container comprising a closure for sealing with the applicator liquid container. A sealing surface is defined in the closure and a valve is disposed within the closure. A spring is located within the closure between a spring retaining step defined in the closure and the valve for biasing the valve into sealing engagement with the sealing surface of the closure for inhibiting the flow of the applicator liquid from the applicator liquid container. A passageway defined in the closure for slidably receiving an applicator tip for engaging with the valve to enable a depression of the applicator tip to displace the valve from the sealing surface of the closure to flow applicator liquid from the applicator liquid container to the applicator tip. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013967 | WATER-BASED BALLPOINT PEN - To provide a water-based ballpoint pen with a good feel while writing, which hardly causes the proceeding of ball corrosion with time and can maintain an excellent lubrication performance at writing. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013968 | FLUID APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY - A fluid applicator assembly includes an applicator device and a pumping device. In one embodiment, the applicator device includes a frame, a fluid supply passage connected with the frame, and a handle connected to the frame. The frame includes a first roller mount in a first roller axis and a second roller mount in a second roller axis that is spaced from the first roller axis. The fluid supply passage connects with the frame and includes a fluid outlet arranged for dispensing fluid onto an external surface of at least one of the first and second rollers. The handle connects to the frame and is rotatable with respect to the frame and a handle pivot axis that is offset from the first roller axis and the second roller axis. The pumping device, in a housing in a pump disposed in the housing and in communication with the fluid supply passage. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013969 | Redi brush - The Redi Brush is a specially designed portable toothbrush with an attachable cartridge that is pre-filled with toothpaste. A series of small circular openings are positioned within the rows of bristles, serving as the egress for toothpaste. In addition, the cylindrical handle of the brush serves as a receptacle for the toothpaste stored inside the unit. This portion of the unit features a thumb-operated button mechanism to permit the dispensation of toothpaste from within the brush onto the bristles. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013970 | SYSTEM HAVING A HIGH AXIAL STIFFNESS SWIVEL JOINT - A system includes a support, an actuator and a swivel joint coupling the actuator to the support. The swivel joint includes a first base member, a second base member, and a spider positioned between the first and second base members. The spider includes a center support and first and second bearing support elements. Each bearing support element has an arcuate surfaces adapted to form joints with the first and second base members. In one embodiment, at least one shim element disposed is between at least one of the first and second bearing support elements and the center support. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013971 | Coupling Structure of a Telescopic Rod - A coupling structure of a telescopic rod includes an inner tube, an outer tuber and a positioning device. The positioning device includes a rotatable lid, a resilient sleeve, a metallic ring and a C-shaped sleeve. The C-shaped sleeve has a plurality of mini-ribs formed on an inner wall thereof. The mini-ribs are attached to the inner tube for providing a non-slip effect. The mini-ribs have less resistance with respect to the inner tube to provide a fine adjustment when the inner tube is extended or retracted with respect to the outer tube. An enlarged portion formed at a distal end of the inner tube is adapted to keep a proper gap between the inner tube and the outer tube for enhancing the steadiness of the telescopic rod. The rotatable lid is turned clockwise or counterclockwise for controlling the resilient sleeve, the metallic ring and the C-shaped sleeve to switch the inner tube in an adjustable state or in a fixed state. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013972 | SEAT TRACK FITTING - Embodiments of the present invention include a track fitting assembly comprising a main body, at least one pre-loaded stud assembly, and a track comprising a pair of lips. The at least one pre-loaded stud assembly comprises a stud and a compressing device. The at least one pre-loaded stud assembly comprises a clamped position, wherein the stud is coupled to the pair of lips and does not contact the compressing device. The at least one pre-loaded stud assembly also comprises an unclamped position, wherein the stud contacts the compressing device and does not contact the pair of lips. Other embodiments include the main body, at least one shear plunger assembly, and the track comprising the pair of lips, where the pair of lips comprise at least one circular opening. The at least one shear plunger assembly comprises a shear pin and a button. The at least one shear pin assembly comprises an disengaged position, wherein the button extends from the main body and the shear pin is positioned within the main body. The at least one shear plunger assembly also comprises an engaged position, wherein the button is positioned flush with the main body and the shear pin is extended from the main body and within the at least one circular opening. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013973 | Attachment assist device and image forming apparatus including same - An attachment assist device includes an engagement member provided in one of a main body and a retractable unit, a catch portion provided in the other of the two, to engage the engagement member when the retractable unit is positioned at a drawing start position, and a drawing unit provided in the main body, to draw the retractable unit to a drawing completion position in the main body against multiple resistive forces acting on the retractable unit. On a projection plane on which the retractable unit is projected in an attachment direction, an engagement position where the engagement member engages the catch portion is disposed inside a rectangular area defined by two opposing corners respectively positioned at points of action of two of the multiple resistive forces acting on the retractable unit while the retractable unit moves from the drawing start position to the drawing completion position. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013974 | Socket for ball joints and the like | 2011-01-20 |
20110013975 | Ball joint for connecting mechanical elements - A ball joint ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013976 | Beam and column connector - A beam and column connector connects a beam to a column in structural support systems, such as storage racks. The beam and column connector has a body portion which is securely connected to the end of the beam. The body portion of the beam and column connector has a shape which conforms to the shape of the beam. The beam and column connector also has a column mounting portion which extends from the body portion. The column mounting portion allows the beam and column connector to be securely connected to the column. The beam and column connector can be used with a wide variety of beams and columns. The beam and column connector can provide a strong and safe connection between the beam and the column. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013977 | SUPPORT TO BE RIVETED FOR A HANDLE - What is described is a support to be fixed to flying pans and the like, comprising a thin curved element ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013978 | EXPANSION SPLICE PLATE FOR A CABLE TRAY RUN - A cable tray expansion splice plate for connecting first and second cable tray sections end-to-end is disclosed. The splice plate includes an elongate body having a central section, an upper flange section, and a lower flange section. In one embodiment, the lower flange section defines a channel for receiving components of the first and second cable tray sections such that the lower flange section underlies the components. Fastener openings in the central section and the lower flange section receive fasteners to fasten the body to the cable tray sections. These openings include slots which permit the cable tray sections to move relative to one another in a longitudinal direction. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013979 | LOCK MECHANISM AND COMBINATION CASE - A locking technique that can lock and unlock a case by one action and in addition can hang the case at the time of, for example, display. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013980 | CONNECTING ASSEMBLY FOR TOOLS AND HANDLES - A connecting assembly is provided that includes a tool receiving portion, a handle receiving portion, a tightening member, a first open region, and a second open region. The handle receiving portion has a first engaging portion, a clamping portion with a first cam, and a longitudinal axis. The tightening member has a second cam and a second engaging portion. The second engaging portion is engagable with the first engaging portion so that the tightening member moves to cause the first and second cams to interact with one another biasing the clamping portion in a desired direction. The first open region is defined at the first engaging portion, while the second open region is defined at the clamping portion so that the open regions are in fluid communication with one another. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013981 | Animal crossing warning zone and method of applying it to a roadway - This invention pertains to an animal crossing warning zone wherein a motorist is alerted that he or she is entering, passing through, and then exiting a section of roadway where wild animals, such as whitetail deer, have a tendency to cross the road. A method of applying the animal crossing warning zone onto, into or out of an upper surface of a roadway is also disclosed. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013982 | Compaction Apparatus and Method of Use - The invention provides an apparatus for compacting soils at an excavation site. The apparatus generally attaches to the bucket attachment linkage and allows an operator to compact soils using the boom and arm of the excavator. Included is a method for compaction wherein the apparatus does not interfere with the bucket for soil removal, but is easily rotated into place when needed for compaction. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013983 | End of a Moldboard Positioned Proximate a Milling Drum - In one aspect of the present invention, the present invention is a system for removing aggregate from a paved surface. The system includes a motorized vehicle with a degradation drum that is connected to the underside of the vehicle. The degradation drum is enclosed by a milling chamber. The milling chamber is defined by having a plurality of plates, including a moldboard positioned rearward of the milling drum. The moldboard comprises an end that is disposed opposite the underside. The end comprises a section that is proximate the milling drum. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013984 | End of a Moldboard Positioned Proximate a Milling Drum - In one aspect of the present invention, the present invention is a system for removing aggregate from a paved surface. The system includes a motorized vehicle with a degradation drum that is connected to the underside of the vehicle. The degradation drum is enclosed by a milling chamber. The milling chamber is defined by having a plurality of plates, including a moldboard positioned rearward of the milling drum. The moldboard comprises an end that is disposed opposite the underside. The end comprises a section that is proximate the milling drum. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013985 | Apparatus for shaping pavement - An apparatus for shaping pavement, the apparatus comprising: a pavement-shaping member for receiving a flow of shapeless pavement material and generating a flow of shaped pavement material; and a paving machine mount, operably coupled to the pavement-shaping member, for coupling the pavement-shaping member to a paving machine, the pavement-shaping member comprising a concave pavement-shaping surface being disposed at a pavement ramp angle less than about 45 degrees and having a single radius of curvature less than about 60 inches. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013986 | Method For Sequestering Carbon Dioxide In Geological Formations - A method for enhancing the storage of carbon dioxide underground. The method comprises locating a geological formation comprising a first storage reservoir having a first surface and a second surface, a first seal layer adjacent the first surface of the first storage reservoir, a second seal layer adjacent the second surface of the first storage reservoir, and a second storage reservoir adjacent the first seal layer opposite the first storage reservoir; directing carbon dioxide into the first storage reservoir, the carbon dioxide being at a first pressure within the first storage reservoir; directing a fluid into the second storage reservoir, the fluid being at a second pressure within the second storage reservoir; and maintaining the second pressure at generally the same or larger pressure than the first pressure of the carbon dioxide to reduce leakage of CO | 2011-01-20 |
20110013987 | GUIDE APPARATUS FOR INDUCING DOWNWARD FLOW OF SURFACE WATER - A guide apparatus for inducing the downward flow of surface water guides a water flow, formed by a tidal current or a wind-driven current, to guide the surface water toward deep water, thereby mixing polluted surface water with deep water such that supersaturated dissolved oxygen of the surface water is transferred to the deep water, and thus, oxygen is fed into a predetermined region of the deep water, which is being rotten due to the deficiency of dissolved oxygen, thereby allowing aerobic microorganisms to metabolize. The guide apparatus includes a hollow floating unit, which is immersed in the water; a balance unit placed on a top end of the floating unit to balance the floating unit; and a balance member attached to a bottom end of the floating unit to allow the floating unit to be erected and balanced on the water surface and in the water. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013988 | Assemblage and method for undersea laying of pipeline from a ship spool - In undersea laying pipeline which is being unreeled from a ship spool in a plastically deformed state, the pipeline is straightened from the plastic state into a behaviorally elastic state as it is unreeled. The straightened pipeline is dispensed in the behaviorally elastic state through a downstream pipe tensioner while the straightened pipeline upstream of the tensioner is maintained in the behaviorally elastic state. The pipeline laying assemblage may include a flange weld station immediately upstream of the tensioner and/or an anode weld station downstream of the tensioner in the above-waterline freeboard of the ship. The pipeline laying method reduces the number of components and the size and cost of the ships in comparison to conventional systems. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013989 | Liquid Storage, Loading and Offloading System - A liquid storage, loading and offloading system includes a storage tank having a water ballast compartment for storing water and a liquid storage compartment for storing liquid. The water ballast compartment and the liquid storage compartment are coupled to each other to form a closed interconnected system with pressurized inert gas above water and liquid. The storage tank is configured symmetrically and the center of gravity and buoyancy of it move along a vertical Z axis. Besides, a pump module may also be included and have a pair of loading pumps and a pair of offloading pumps. The pair of loading pumps operates substantially at equal mass flow rate to displace water with liquid. The pair of offloading pumps also operates substantially at equal mass flow rate to displace liquid with water. Therefore an equal mass flow rate displacement system is formed to keep a constant draft. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013990 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING VIBRATIONS - The invention relates to a device for producing vibrations, particularly for fastening to ramming bodies, which are rammed into or pulled out of a burrow by said vibrations, comprising at least two balancing weights (15, 16) rotating in opposite directions in a synchronized manner and rolling on a track and driven by separate shafts. According to the invention, the track is a bearing ring ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013991 | MINE SEAL WITH ADHESIVE - An explosive-resistant mine seal ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013992 | STRUCTURE FOR PREVENTING ROCKFALL, A ROCKFALL PREVENTION METHOD, AND A METHOD FOR DESIGNING SAID STRUCTURE - To provide rock fall prevention structure and rock fall prevention method capable of preventing the collapse of surface layer and preventing the falling of identified rock masses. Slope ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013993 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN PNEUMATIC MATERIAL CONVEYING SYSTEM - A method in a pneumatic material conveying system, such as in a waste conveying system, said conveying system comprising at least one feed point ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013994 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A PNEUMATIC MATERIAL CONVEYING SYSTEM - A method for draining the tank space ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013995 | Rotary Cutting Tool and Cutting Insert Therefor - A cutting insert used in rotary cutting tools for performing turning spinning operations has an upper surface and an opposing base surface with a peripheral surface therebetween, the peripheral surface intersecting the upper surface to form a cutting edge. The cutting edge may be a continuous circular cutting edge. The upper surface has rotational asymmetry about an insert axis passing between the upper surface and the base surface, by virtue of having at least one spiral shaped protrusion with a chip deflection distance which continuously increases in a rotational direction about the insert axis for greater than 180°. The cutting insert is assembled to a cutting tool body having a shank portion and a cutting portion sharing a longitudinal axis, the insert axis being aligned with the longitudinal axis and the cutting insert secured in an insert receiving pocket of the cutting portion. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013996 | INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT FOR A MILLING TOOL - An indexable cutting insert ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013997 | MILLING TOOL FOR MACHINING WORK PIECES - The invention related to a milling tool ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013998 | END MILL WITH DIFFERENT HELIX ANGLES - The present invention relates to an end mill, primarily for coarse machining of metallic work pieces, comprising an even number of main flutes that spiral around the periphery of the mill, said flutes having a relatively smaller and a relatively larger helix angle relative to the axis of the mill and wherein uneven-numbered main flutes are defined in that they include the smaller helix angle with the axis. Directly at the end face, the distances between peripheral angles of the successive main flutes in the direction of rotation are smaller between the uneven-numbered main flutes and the subsequent even-numbered main flutes than the distances between peripheral angles between the even-numbered main flutes and the subsequent uneven-numbered main flutes. In order to provide an end mill with the features mentioned above which is better able to prevent vibrations of the tool due to intermittent engagement with a work piece, according to the invention all distances between peripheral angles at the end face of the mill are different from one another. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013999 | DRILL - A drill is disclosed. The drill includes a drill head made of hard metal and a shank made of steel to which the underside of the drill head is fastened integrally. The underside is curved inwardly in a cone-shaped manner. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014000 | METHOD OF CHANGING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A ROTARY CUTTING TOOL AND A WORK SURFACE - A method of changing the distance between a rotary cutter disposed on a carriage assembly and a work surface. The method includes the steps of providing a first mechanism on the carriage assembly for making small distance changes between the rotary cutter and the work surface and providing a second mechanism on the carriage assembly for making larger distance changes between the rotary cutter and the work surface. The user selects one of the first and the second mechanisms to adjust the distance between the rotary cutter and the work surface and then activates the selected one of the first and the second mechanisms. Activation of the second mechanism automatically disengages the first mechanism. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014001 | Machining Method and Machine Tool - A minimum five-axis machine tool ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110014002 | METHOD FOR MACHINING THE ROTOR OF A TURBINE AND DEVICE USEFUL FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - In a method for machining grooves, especially fir-tree grooves ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110014003 | Stackable Armored Vehicle - Embodiments comprise a stackable vehicle which may be supported from, or serve as support to, another like vehicle. The vehicle includes a frame and a body supported from the frame. The body includes a weight bearing roof Wheel assemblies are mounted for rotation on the frame. The body includes recesses from the roof of the body to accommodate location of wheel assemblies of a like vehicle supported on the roof Support and mounting points are located on the roof and on the frame respectively to fix location of a vehicle to be carried on top of a supporting vehicle. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014004 | BOLT AND NUT WITH ROTATION PROHIBITING MECHANISM - A set of a bolt and a nut having a rotation prohibiting mechanism comprises a foldable part ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110014005 | CLIP - A clip is provided which can flexibly deal with a change in thickness of a member in which a mounting hole is formed so as to be stably fixed in the mounting hole without any looseness. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014006 | SELF-TAPPING SCREW - According to the present invention, a self-tapping screw capable of obtaining large fastening force as accurately tapping an internal thread with small screwing torque includes a screw shaft | 2011-01-20 |
20110014007 | MASONRY ANCHOR - A masonry anchor includes a head and a body integral to the head and extending therefrom. At least one helical male thread surrounds the body and includes a leading face and a trailing face substantially perpendicular to the body disposed between the leading face and the head. The trailing face intersects the leading face at a thread crest. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014008 | DOWEL, PARTICULARLY ONE TO ALLOW A SLEEPER SCREW USED TO ATTACH A RAILWAY RAIL TO BE SCREWED INTO A RAILWAY SLEEPER - Dowel allowing a fastener to be fitted into a wall, particularly allowing a sleeper screw used to secure a railway rail to be screwed into a railway sleeper. The dowel including an internal screw thread intended to mate with the screw thread of the fastener, and containing a compressible element resting against the end wall of the dowel. The compressible element in the undeformed state having a height at least equal to one third of the height of the dowel. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014009 | IMPACT DRIVEN FASTENER - An impact driven fastener having plural shank elements formed into a unitary shank structure of helical geometry. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014010 | WASHER WITH VULCANIZATE LAYER - Washers incorporating a vulcanized rubber deformable layer and methods of making the same. For example, a roofing washer can include an aperture for receiving a fastener, a deformable layer configured to conform to the surface of a roof, and an oppositely positioned backing layer. The backing layer can comprise a metallic material and the deformable layer can comprise a vulcanizate, for example, vulcanized ethylene propylene diene M-class (EPDM) rubber. A method of manufacturing a roofing washer can include providing a backing layer with a deformable vulcanizate layer. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014011 | DEVICE FOR DEFORMING A BOOK COVER ALIGNED APPROXIMATELY ON A BOOK BLOCK BACK - A device for deforming a book back cover aligned approximately uniformly distributed on a book back, possibly a book cover back having a back insert of a horizontally stretched out positionable book cover, composed of a deforming saddle which can be pushed forward onto the downwardly directed inner side of the book cover, wherein the book cover back is producing a rounded portion of the round cover back located opposite the folding rails between two laterally opposing fold shaping rails which produce a rounded portion of the book cover back, wherein the deforming saddle is formed by two laterally downwardly directed saddle blades formed by the saddle blades which lift the book cover back during the deformation, wherein for adjusting the rounding of the book cover back the saddle blades are together pivotably constructed about an axis extending parallel to the book cover back. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014012 | Glue application device - A device for applying glue ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110014013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A METALLIC CONTAINER - A method of forming a metallic container by placing body and lid portions together, keeping parts of the body and lid portions in contact with one another, and vibrating the lid with respect to the body, thereby generating frictional heat to form a friction metallic weld therebetween. Apparatus for attaching the lid and body portions of the metallic container includes a body supporting base, an assembly to support a flange of the body, a sonotrode to contact a flange of the lid so that wherein the flanges of the lid and body are held together between the support assembly and the sonotrode. A motor vibrates the sonotrode relative to the support assembly to thereby move the flanges relative to one another generating sufficient frictional heat to create a friction metallic weld therebetween. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014014 | Implement for Transporting and Wrapping Large Bales - An implement for transporting and wrapping large round bales of forage material includes an elongated transporter having longitudinally extending rails and an endless chain associated with each rail to move large bales of forage material rearwardly along the rails toward the bale wrapper connected to the rearward end of the transporter. The bale wrapper can be devoid of wheels and is carried between job sites on top of the transporter bed, being loaded and unloaded through use of the endless chains associated with each rail. The bale wrapper receives operative power from the transporter drive mechanism. A bale loader elevates round bales from the ground onto the rails. Once fully loaded, a push gate pushes the round bales rearwardly toward the bale wrapper. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014015 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER ROBOT AND VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - Provided is a substrate transfer robot which can surely eliminate adhesion, shifting, dropping and the like of a substrate at the time of transferring the substrate. A vacuum processing apparatus provided with such substrate transfer robot is also provided. The substrate transfer robot is provided with a substrate receiving section for placing the substrate; a plurality of substrate slip preventing members, which are arranged on the upper surface of the substrate receiving section at intervals and are composed of an elastic material; and a extendable/retractable arm section whereupon the substrate receiving section is arranged at the leading end. On the upper end surface of the substrate slip preventing member, a protruding section is arranged. The vacuum processing apparatus is configured as a multi-chamber vacuum processing apparatus provided with the substrate transfer robot. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014016 | Equipment Storage for Substrate Processing Apparatus - A substrate processing apparatus has a frame and a load port connected to the frame and adapted to mate a substrate transport container to the frame. The apparatus has transportable storage that is adapted to be removably connected to the frame and fit beneath the load port. The storage may be an enclosure housing electrical, mechanical, or electromechanical devices of the substrate processing apparatus. | 2011-01-20 |
20110014017 | STORAGE RETRIEVAL MACHINE - A storage retrieval machine comprising an input area, an array of storage locations, an output area, a carriage assembly adapted to hold a product when being transferred to and from the storage locations, and a drive mechanism positioned to move the carriage assembly. The drive mechanism includes a flexible element (e.g., a chain) tensioned between two points and having a plurality of spaced recesses, and a toothed element mounted to the carriage assembly and engaging the flexible element. Preferably, the flexible element is pre-tensioned to a certain percentage of the rated load of the flexible element (e.g., 10%, 20%, 30%, or 40% of the rated load). It is also preferred that the pre-tensioned load on the flexible element is greater than the service load that is anticipated to be applied to the chain during normal operation. | 2011-01-20 |