11th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100067906 | Bandwidth allocation and management system for cellular networks - A bandwidth allocation and management system for cellular communication networks. The system includes at least one master optical switch and processing station, a number of aggregation base stations that are in optical fiber, communication with a master optical switching and processing station and a number (for example about 18) of auxiliary cellular base stations surrounded by and supported by each aggregation base station. In preferred embodiments each of a plurality of the aggregation base stations is in communication with one or more auxiliary base stations via a wireless millimeter wave link. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067907 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING CURRENT OF WDM-PON OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - The present disclosure relates to a WDM-PON optical transmitter; and, more particularly, to a system for controlling a driving current of the WDM-PON optical transmitter. The present disclosure provides a driving current control system of an optical transmitter for use in WDM-PON including a plurality of optical transmitters, each transmitter generating and transmitting a transmittance optical signal based on a driving current and an optical multiplexer/demultiplexer for combining the optical signals received from the plurality of the optical transmitters to output a combined optical signal through a single common terminal, wherein the driving current is controlled based on the combined optical signal outputted from the common terminal. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067908 | Enhanced Passive Optical Network (PON) Processor - A method for processing data flows of a plurality of passive optical network (PON) operating modes, the method is performed by an optical network unit (ONU). The method comprises processing upstream data flows of said plurality of PON operating modes; and processing downstream data flows of the plurality of PON operating modes. The plurality of PON operating modes include at least a Gigabit PON (GPON) mode, a broadband PON (BPON) mode, and an Ethernet PON (EPON). | 2010-03-18 |
20100067909 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENSURING SYNCHRONIZED PROCESSING AT REMOTE FIBRE CHANNEL AND FIBRE CONNECTIVITY NETWORKS - Techniques described use Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) to transport data across an optical transport network between near and far Fibre Channel (FC) or Fibre Connectivity (FICON) local area optical networks. Each FC/FICON edge node (FCE) on an edge of the optical transport network has multiple modes for processing FC/FICON frames transported across the optical transport network. The techniques include receiving, at a near FCE from a far FCE, a GFP control plane message that includes a mode field that holds data that indicates a far mode, wherein the far mode is used at the far FCE. It is determined whether a near mode used by the near FCE matches the far mode based on the mode field. If it is determined that they do not match, then an alert is caused. These techniques allow software to utilize existing GFP chips in FCE that use optional processing, such as distance extension. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067910 | PON SYSTEM AND OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT - Provided is an ONU that suppresses transmission of a useless multicast control message to a PON section and enables a communication bandwidth of the PON section to be effectively used. The ONU of the PON system has a multicast group management table that shows a correspondence between a multicast group identifier and an address of a user terminal participating in a multicast group. When the ONU receives a request message of participation in the multicast group from the user terminal, the ONU registers the correspondence between the multicast group identifier indicated by the received message and the user terminal address. A new received message is deleted without being sent to the OLT if another user terminal address is registered already, along with a correspondence with the same multicast group identifier, in the multicast group management table. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067911 | INJECTION LIGHT GENERATOR FOR USE IN WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXED-PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - The invention is related to an injection light generator for use in a wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network, which generates A-band injection light having a spectrum range separated into N wavelength ranges (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) to be used for a transmission of a downstream optical signal and B-band injection light having a spectrum range separated into N wavelength ranges to be used for a transmission of an upstream optical signal. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067912 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR-BASED RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXER AND METHOD OF ADDING AN OPTICAL CHANNEL USING THE SAME - A reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) and a method of passing at least one optical channel through the multiplexer. In one embodiment, the multiplexer includes: (1) a main input port, (2) a main output port, (3) an add input port, (4) a drop output port, (5) dispersive optics configured spatially to spread and recombine optical spectra containing optical channels and (6) a spatial light modulator having an integral, lateral-gradient volume Bragg grating and configured to assume a bar state in which at least one of the optical channels is passed from the main input port to the main output port and at least another of the optical channels is passed from the add input port to the drop output port and a cross state in which the integral, lateral-gradient volume Bragg grating is transmissive with respect to the channels. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067913 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND OPTICAL LINE TERMINATOR - In a passive optical network system in which signals from a master station to plural slave stations are time-division multiplexed and transmitted, the slave stations different in transmission speed are mixedly contained. The master station (OLU) performs ranging for each transmission speed, and grasps all the slave stations different in transmission speed for each transmission speed, and generates a frame including signals of a suitable transmission speed corresponding to each slave station. When the frame is generated, in a downstream signal in which signals of plural transmission speeds are mixed, a dummy signal is set at a place where the transmission speed is changed, and a time necessary to follow a change in level of a received signal due to a change in optical level caused when the transmission speed is changed is secured. Thereby, each ONU avoids a reception error occurring in the time necessary to follow. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067914 | Polarization multiplexed light transmitter and control method threof - The polarization multiplexed light transmitter takes out a part of a polarization multiplexed light to be transmitted as a monitor light; makes orthogonal polarization components contained in the monitor light to interfere with each other, to generate a polarization interfering light; converts the polarization interfering light into an electric signal; measures the power of an alternate current component contained in the electric signal after eliminating a direct current component thereof; and feedback controls delay amount varying sections so that an inter-polarized channel delay time judged based on a change in the measured power reaches a predetermined value. Thus, the delay time between the orthogonal polarization components in the polarization multiplexed light can be varied flexibly at a high speed with a simple configuration, and thus, it becomes possible to suppress transmission characteristics degradation of the polarization multiplexed light due to a change in system state. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067915 | PHOTOELECTRIC COMPOSITE WIRING COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EMPLOYING IT - To provide a photoelectric composite wiring component combining both characteristics of low power consumption of transmission over electrical wiring and large transmission capacity of optical transmission over optical wiring, and exhibiting a high power efficiency for the transmission capacity. A mechanism for switching between transmission of a transmission signal over an electrical transmission path and that over an optical transmission path depending on the modulation rate or the transmission rate of the transmission signal is provided. When the modulation rate or the transmission rate of the transmission signal is low, power supply to an optical transmitting/receiving section is stopped and the signal is transmitted over the electrical transmission path, thus achieving low power consumption. When the modulation rate or the transmission rate of the transmission signal is high, the signal is transmitted over the optical transmission path, thus achieving a large transmission capacity. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067916 | SYSTEM FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION USING SINGLE LIGHT SOURCE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a visible-light communications system in which bidirectional visible-light communication is performed between a visible-light communications device and a mobile terminal. The device has one light source. The mobile terminal has a retroflection unit. The mobile terminal further has first and second optical filters. The first optical filter extracts a visible light beam modulated with the data transmitted from the visible-light communications device. The second optical filter extracts a visible light beam that will be used as a retroflection light beam that is not modulated. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067917 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - An aspect of the embodiments utilizes an optical transmission apparatus which includes a rough adjustment execution portion that monitors a bit error rate of an optical signal for set values of a dispersion compensator where the set values have been set less closely to each other within a dispersion compensation control range than when a wavelength dispersion value set in the dispersion compensator is determined, and carries out a rough adjustment to determine a comparison threshold value used to set the wavelength dispersion value based on the monitored bit error rate, and a fine adjustment execution portion that monitors the bit error rate for the dispersion compensator the set values have been set more closely to each other, and carries out an adjustment to determine a wavelength dispersion value corresponding to the midpoint between the two acquired bit error rates as the wavelength dispersion value of the dispersion compensator. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067918 | ULTRA-MINIATURIZED THZ COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM - Ultra-miniaturized THz spectrometer/multi-channel receiver devices are provided. THz communication devices employ a THz transmitter, a THz receiver and a modulator, wherein the THz transmitter is configured to introduce a THz signal to the modulator and the THz receiver is configured to receive the THz signal from the modulator and demodulate the signal. Communication systems and methods employing the THz spectrometer/multi-channel receiver devices enable secure communications. Portable THz emitter devices are provided employing semiconductor lasers and a nonlinear birefringent waveguide monolithically integrated on the same substrate. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067919 | ILLUMINATING LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TRANSMITTING DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATING LIGHT COMMUNICATION - The present invention is directed to providing anew illuminating light communication system capable of transmitting large-capacity data at high speed. A transmitting device 1 emits light modulated depending on data to be transmitted from an organic EL light source 4. A receiving device 2 receives the modulated light emitted from the organic EL light source 4 and converts the received modulated light into an electric signal, and demodulates the data from the electric signal obtained by the conversion. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067920 | Systems configured to transmit optical power signals transdermally out of a living subject, and devices and methods - In an embodiment, a system includes an internal optical power transmitter configured to be disposed within a living subject. The internal optical power transmitter includes a power source configured to provide electrical energy and an electrical-optical converter operably coupled to the power source. The electrical-optical converter may be configured to convert at least a portion of the electrical energy into one or more optical power signals transdermally transmittable out of the living subject. The system further includes an external optical-electrical converter configured to convert the one or more optical power signals into one or more electrical power signals and at least one external device configured to be operably coupled to the external optical-electrical converter and powered by the one or more electrical power signals. Embodiments of methods, biocompatible electrical-optical converters, and internal optical power transmitters are also disclosed. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067921 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING CURRENT OF WDM-PON OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - The present disclosure relates to a WDM-PON (wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network) optical transmitter; and, more particularly, to a system for controlling driving current of the WDM-PON optical transmitter. The present disclosure provides a driving current control method of the optical transmitter for in use in the WDM-PON, including: setting an attenuation value of a variable optical attenuator to X; detecting an optical power Px received by a monitoring photo diode of the optical transmitter; setting an attenuation value of the variable optical attenuator to Y; detecting an optical power Py received by the monitoring photo diode of the optical transmitter; calculating an optical power Pout of an optical signal outputted from a common terminal of a 1×N optical multiplexer/demultiplexer based on the detected optical power Px and Py; and controlling a driving current based on the calculated optical power Pout. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067922 | Variable Spectral Phase Encoder/Decoder Based on Decomposition of Hadamard Codes - The invention is directed toward a variable spectral phase encoder. The variable spectral phase encoder includes a plurality of switches and at least one encoder. The encoder is coupled between a first switch and second switch among the plurality of switches. The first switch selectively routes an optical signal to some combination of fixed encoders such that their collective product applies one of the Hadamard sequences to the optical signal. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067923 | Optical M-ary modulator - An optical m-ary modulator includes an optical loop forming a polarization maintaining closed optical path. A loop input-output unit splits linearly polarized input signal light into a first component and a second component and feeds the first and second components into the optical loop in opposite directions. A pair of phase modulators modulate the first and second components according to respective control signals. The loop input-output unit recombines the modulated first and second components. The optical phase bias unit creates a phase difference between the first and second components so that they combine to form an m-ary modulated optical signal. Since the first and second components travel around the same optical path, when they recombine their phases are correctly aligned, making the modulator immune to environmental effects and permitting the use of high-speed optical modulation techniques. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067924 | OPTICAL RECEIVER - An optical receiver of wide-dynamic range characteristic that stably reproduces a burst signal having different light receiving levels. A preamplifier converts an output from a light receiving element into a voltage signal. A level detecting circuit includes: a first level detecting unit having a shorter time constant; and a second level detecting unit having a longer time constant and switching over to any of the level detecting units in response to a time constant switching signal to detect a voltage level of an output voltage signal output from the preamplifier. An amplifier variably controls conversion gain of the preamplifier based on the detecting result. A time constant switching control outputs the time constant switching signal to the level detecting unit based on the output voltage signal from the preamplifier, to select the first level detecting unit or the second detecting unit based on a number of consecutive identical digits being equal to, smaller, or larger than the predetermined number. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067925 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner image can properly be transferred onto the second side of a paper sheet without being influenced by the toner image on the first side. There are provided a detection unit | 2010-03-18 |
20100067926 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a carriage conveyance unit, a sheet conveyance unit, a failure detection unit, a position detection unit, and a jam determination unit. The carriage conveyance unit includes a motor and conveys a carriage in a main scanning direction by a driving force of the motor. The sheet conveyance unit conveys a sheet in a sub-scanning direction which crosses the main scanning direction in which the carriage is conveyed. The failure detection unit detects a conveyance failure of the carriage. The position detection unit detects a position of the carriage in the main scanning direction. The jam determination unit determines whether or not the conveyance failure is due to jamming caused by interference between the carriage and the sheet, based on the position of the carriage detected by the position detection unit at a time when the conveyance failure is detected by the failure detection unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067927 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - An optical scanner includes a light source, a scan-deflecting portion including a resonance mirror to scan and deflect along a scan line, a plurality of light receiving sensors for synchronous detection provided on the scan line, a phase controller, an amplitude controller, and an offset controller. The phase controller obtains a difference between a true phase and a target phase, and generates a drive signal incorporating the difference between the true phase and the target phase. The amplitude controller incorporates the difference between a value equivalent of a true amplitude and a value equivalent of a target amplitude into the drive signal generated by the phase controller. The offset controller calculates an offset value by obtaining the difference between each of the time intervals, incorporates the difference between the offset value and a target offset value in the amplitude-controlled drive signal, and supply the drive signal to a driving device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067928 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A full-color image forming apparatus for forming a toner image for each color on each image carrier, and for transferring the toner image onto a sheet, including: an image forming section for forming a correcting toner image for each color on a portion of an image carrier, wherein the portion corresponds to an interval between the successive sheets; and a control section for conducting a correcting operation of the toner image for each color, based on the correcting toner image which is formed by the image forming section, wherein, when the image forming section is possible to conduct an operation, if the image forming section is controlled to interrupt the correcting operation to use the correcting toner image yet to be formed, the control section controls the image forming section to form the residual correcting toner image, before the control section controls the image forming section to stop the operation. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067929 | Fixing unit and image forming apparatus using same - A fixing unit includes a fixing member, a pressing member, a heating device, a sheet width detector, and a heating area adjustor. The pressing member faces the fixing member to form a fixing nip between the fixing member. An un-fixed toner image is fixed on a recording medium when the recording medium passes through the fixing nip. The heating device heats the fixing member while maintaining a non-contact condition with the fixing member. The sheet width detector detects sheet width of the recording medium. The heating area adjustor changes a heating area of the fixing member, heatable by the heating device, based on the sheet width detected by the sheet width detector. The heating area adjustor is moveable in a space between the fixing member and the heating device along a sheet width direction to change a size of the heating area. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067930 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit having image forming elements and a fixing unit. The image forming elements includes an image carrier, a charging unit, a developer carrier, and a developer supplier. The image forming apparatus further includes a post unoperated period image formation preparation processor operable to, when the unoperated period, which is a time period from an end of an image forming operation to a start of a subsequent image forming operation is equal to or greater than a threshold, perform an idling operation to rotate the image carrier while applying a post unoperated period image formation preparation voltage, which is different from a normal image formation voltage, to a given one or more of the image forming elements. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067931 | DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device includes a developer tank configured to contain a developer including a toner and a carrier, the developer tank having a discharge port which is provided in a lateral side surface of the developer tank and configured to discharge the developer, a developing agent supplier configured to develop a latent image by using the toner contained in the developer tank, and a plate-shaped member configured to be formed in a direction of height from a lower end of the discharge port and partially cover the discharge port to regulate the discharge of the developer. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067932 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; an exposure unit configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a developing unit including a toner containing unit configured to accommodate a predetermined amount of toner, a toner supply unit configured to supply replenishment toner into the toner containing unit, a stirring unit configured to stir the toner to impart electric charge to the toner, a toner carrying member configured to carry the toner charged by the stirring unit, and a bias applying unit configured to apply a developing bias to the toner carrying member to develop the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier with the toner carried by the toner carrying member; a density sensor configured to detect a density of a toner pattern developed by the developing unit; and a control unit configured to control an amount of the toner supplied to the toner containing unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067933 | System And Method For Varying Transfer Pressure Applied By A Transfer Roller In A Printer - A printer and method have been developed that vary the force applied by the transfer roller against the imaging member to facilitate the climb of the transfer roller as the media enters the nip and then apply an appropriate force for effective transfer of an image from the imaging member to the media. The printer includes an imaging member, a transfer roller located proximate to the imaging member, a controller being configured to generate signals that control movement of the transfer roller, and a displaceable linkage coupled to the controller to receive signals from the controller that control movement of the transfer roller and coupled to the transfer roller to move the transfer roller into and out of contact with the imaging member, the displaceable linkage applying a first move of the transfer roller into contact with the imaging member to form a transfer nip at a commanded first force, the displaceable linkage applying a second move to the transfer roller at a commanded second force, and the displaceable linkage applying a third move to the transfer roller at a commanded third force. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067934 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGING A WASTE LIQUID TANK - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part to form an image by injecting a liquid. A waste liquid tank is detachably attached to the image forming apparatus to store a waste liquid discharged from the image forming part. The waste liquid tank has a memory element to store identification information A and waste liquid amount information B. A memory unit stores identification information C and waste liquid amount information D. A control unit determines a current amount of the waste liquid currently retained in the waste liquid tank at a predetermined timing in accordance with the identification information A and the waste liquid amount information B stored in the memory element and the identification information C and the waste liquid amount information D stored in the memory unit, and updates the current amount of the waste liquid in accordance with a subsequent operation of the image forming part. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067935 | Image forming apparatus having maintenance method setting function - An image forming apparatus of which maintenance work can always be conducted appropriately independent of time-degradation of the apparatus is provided. In the image forming apparatus of which maintenance work is done in accordance with either a user mode or a service engineer mode, an image forming unit including an image forming station prints an image in accordance with image data, and a main CPU calculates duration of use of the apparatus as an index indicating time-degradation, and determines whether or not the calculated duration of use of the apparatus has reached one year as a predetermined threshold value. Based on the result of determination, a user mode or a service engineer mode is set as a maintenance method for conducting maintenance work. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067936 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which includes a photosensitive member and an image forming station. The image forming station includes a charging device for charging the member, an exposure device for exposing the member to light, a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image on the member, and a bias applying device for applying a developing bias. The image forming apparatus also includes, a transfer device for transferring a toner image to a sheet, a setting device for setting an AC voltage, an executing device for executing a test mode, a density detecting device for detecting the density of the test image, and an adjusting device for adjusting an image forming condition for the station. When the executing device executes the test mode, test images can formed at various AC voltages. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE FORMING CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY PERFORMING COLOR IMAGE POSITION ADJUSTMENT - An image forming apparatus including a plurality of detachable image forming devices each configured to form a color image, an image carrying device configured to carry the color images sequentially overlaid into a single color image, an exchange detecting device configured to detect an exchange operation of the plurality of detachable image forming devices, a test pattern reading device configured to read a predetermined test pattern formed by the plurality of detachable image forming devices on the image carrying device, and a controller configured to instruct the plurality of detachable image forming devices to form the predetermined test pattern on the image carrying device when the exchange detecting device detects the exchange operation, and to perform a color image position adjustment based on readings of the predetermined test pattern by the test pattern reading device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067938 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH RECIPROCALLY MOVABLE CARRIAGE - An image forming apparatus includes a reciprocally movable carriage, an image forming unit, a first drive source, a vibration suppressor, and a vibration-suppression controller. The reciprocally movable carriage moves in a main scan direction. The image forming unit is mounted on the carriage. The first drive source moves the carriage. The vibration suppressor suppresses vibration caused by movement of the carriage, and includes a vibration suppression member having a mass smaller than a mass of the carriage and a second drive source independent of the first drive source to move the vibration suppression member. The vibration-suppression controller drives the second drive source to cause the vibration suppressor to perform vibration suppression operation during at least one of an acceleration period and a deceleration period of the carriage, and stops movement of the vibration suppression member during a constant-speed period of the carriage. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067939 | CHARGING APPARATUS - A charging apparatus includes a corona charger which includes a discharging wire and a grid electrode that are configured to charge a member to be charged, a cleaning device configured to clean an inner surface of the grid electrode, and a discharging device configured to electrically discharge the grid electrode before the cleaning device cleans the grid electrode. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067940 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a frame, a subunit detachably attached to the frame, a frame-side positioning portion, a subunit-side positioning portion, the subunit being positioned relative to the frame by making the subunit-side positioning portion contact the frame-side positioning portion, a contact regulating member attached to the frame movably between a location to contact the subunit before the subunit-side positioning portion comes into contact with the frame-side positioning portion in process of the subunit being attached to the frame from a detached state and a location to be kept from contacting the subunit, a pressing member attached to the frame movably between a position to press the subunit such that the subunit-side positioning portion is made contact the frame-side positioning portion and a position to be kept from pressing the subunit, and an interlocking member interlocking movements of the contact regulating member and the pressing member. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067941 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising: a housing having an opening; a cover portion that can be disposed so as to cover the opening; a first connecting portion that connects the cover portion with the housing so that the cover portion is pivotable about a first pivotal axis and can switch between a closed state in which the opening is covered and an opened state in which the opening is exposed; a decorative portion that is disposed to be aligned with the cover portion on a side to the first pivotal axis in the cover portion, and forms a predetermined outer face of the housing along with the cover portion in the closed state; and a second connecting portion that connects the decorative portion with the housing so that the decorative portion is pivotable about a second pivotal axis, which is substantially parallel to the first pivotal axis. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067942 | Housing Structure and Image Forming Apparatus - A housing structure includes a first structure, which has body frames and a first shaft supported by the body frames, a second structure to be movably supported between an opened position and a closed position by the first shaft, and a positioning device to position the second structure in relation to the first structure in the closed position. The positioning device includes a first engagement portion provided on the first structure, a second engagement portion provided on the second structure and engaged with the first engagement portion in the closed position, a first biasing device to bias the second engagement portion toward the second structure, and a second biasing device to bias the second engagement portion toward the first structure. The positioning device positions the second structure in relation to the first structure by biasing forces of the first biasing device and the second biasing device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067943 | METHOD OF REPLACING AND/OR REMANUFACTURING AN ORGANIC PHOTO CONDUCTOR DRUM FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Method of replacing an organic photo conductor (OPC) drum of an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus having a support carriage arranged to axially support the OPC drum at a first end and a second end. The method includes removing the OPC drum from the support carriage and procuring a replacement OPC drum having a first axial flange/endpin and a second axial flange/endpin. The first axial flange is inserted into the first end of the support carriage and the second end of the support carriage is elastically deformed. Then, the second axial flange is inserted into the second end of the support carriage, and a force is exerted against the second axial flange until the second end of the support carriage returns to an un-deformed state. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067944 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a main body, an image forming unit configured to be attached to and detached from the main body, the image forming unit being configured to move among first, second, and third positions, a shaft member configured to rotate around an axis line thereof between a first rotational position and a second rotational position, a first regulator provided to the shaft member so as to, when the shaft member is in the first rotational position, engage with the image forming unit and forbid the image forming unit to move between the second position and the third position, and a second regulator provided to the shaft member so as to, when the shaft member is in the second rotational position, engage with the image forming unit and forbid the image forming unit to move between the first position and the second position. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067945 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE PROVIDED THEREWITH - The present invention relates to a cleaning device that allows the obtaining of a high level of removal performance while reducing wear between a plate-shaped elastic member and a cleaning-targeted surface moving member, while also being able to stably maintain the contact status between the surface moving member and the plate-shaped elastic member, and an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge provided therewith. A plate holder retains a blade via warping restriction means, a bearing and a support shaft engage at an engaging portion with a degree of freedom due to the presence of a gap therebetween, the plate holder is able to be displaced relative to a frame of the device body, the support shaft is arranged on the device body in the direction of surface movement of a photosensitive element downstream a normal line of the surface of the photosensitive element at a portion contacted by the blade, and a foreign object infiltration prevention member is provided on the bearing or the support shaft of the engaging portion to prevent entry of foreign objects into the gap. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067946 | GROUNDING ASSEMBLY FOR A DRUM IN AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A flange assembly for a drum of an image forming apparatus. The flange assembly including a flange having a hollow portion that extends from a first end of the flange to a second end of the flange, and a grounding member provided within the hollow portion of the flange. The grounding member is configured to ground the drum by contacting a ground pin of the image forming apparatus when the drum and the flange assembly are mounted to the image forming apparatus. When the grounding member is provided within the hollow portion of the flange, an open space is provided along an entire length from the first end of the flange to the second end of the flange. The driving flange has a generally triangular-shaped drive member at a terminal end thereof, and the drive member is configured to mate with a drum drive assembly of the image forming apparatus. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067947 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing cartridge includes a developer carrying member for supplying a developer to an image bearing member; a protecting member provided movably between a closing position where the protective member covers the carrying member and an opening position where the protective member exposes the carrying member; a shifting member for shifting the cartridge, mounted to the mounting portion, between a operable position where the carrying member operably opposes the image bearing member and a separation position where the carrying member is moved away from the operable position; a grip portion provided movably between a first position and a second position; and an interrelating member for interrelating the cartridge with the grip portion. In a state where the cartridge is mounted to mounting portion, the interrelating member shifts the cartridge from the separation position to the operable position by the shifting member while moving the protecting member from the closing position to the opening position in interrelation with movement of the grip portion from the first position to the second position, and shifts the cartridge from the operable position to the separation position by the shifting member while moving the protecting member from the opening position to the closing position in interrelation with movement of the grip portion from the second position to the first position. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067948 | System And Method For Measuring Media Thickness With A Transfer Subsystem In A Printer - A printer and method have been developed that enable a controller in a printer to compute a thickness of an image substrate. The printer includes an intermediate imaging member, a transfer roller located proximate to the intermediate imaging member, a displaceable linkage coupled to the transfer roller to move the transfer roller from a first position to a position in which the transfer roller forms a transfer nip with the intermediate imaging member and to return the transfer roller to the start position, and a controller coupled to the displaceable linkage, the controller being configured to measure movement of the transfer roller from the first position to the position where the transfer nip is formed, and to compute a media thickness from a measured movement of the transfer roller from the first position to the position where the transfer nip is formed with the intermediate imaging member without an image substrate being in the transfer nip and a measured movement of the transfer roller from the first position to the position where the transfer nip is formed with an image substrate in the transfer nip between the transfer roller and the intermediate imaging member. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067949 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE HAVING CLEANING DEVICE - A cleaning device for cleaning a surface moving member such as an image carrier of an image forming apparatus, and a process cartridge having the cleaning device. The cleaning device has a cleaning member that is brought into uniform abutment against the surface moving member in a longitudinal direction of the surface moving member. A high removing performance can be obtained while preventing the abrasion of the surface moving member and the cleaning blade, and the state of abutment between the surface moving member and the cleaning blade is securely maintained over time. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067950 | Image Forming Apparatus, Photoreceptor Unit, and Transfer Belt Unit - An image forming apparatus includes: a latent image carrier; an exposure unit which forms a latent image on the latent image carrier; a developing unit which develops the latent image formed on the latent image carrier by the exposure unit using liquid developer; a squeeze roller which contacts the latent image carrier, and applies bias voltage to the latent image carrier after development by the developing unit; an electrification reducing light source which supplies light to the latent image carrier to which bias is applied by the squeeze roller; a transfer member which contacts the latent image carrier and receives the image transferred from the latent image carrier; and a reflection preventing member disposed between the transfer member and the electrification reducing light source. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067951 | Belt Unit and Image Forming Device - A belt unit includes an endless belt, a drive roller, a follow roller, and a braking member. The drive roller drives the endless belt to move circularly. The follow roller rotates about a rotational shaft thereof following the circular movement of the endless belt. The rotational shaft extends in an axial direction and having two axial ends. The endless belt is wound around the drive roller and the follow roller. The braking member is disposed on one of the two axial ends and is rotatable about the rotational shaft and applies a rotational friction force to the endless belt when the endless belt is in frictional contact with the braking member. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067952 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a toner image carrying member, an image transfer device, a fixing device, a registration unit, a guide member, an upstream-side transportation unit, and a downstream-side transportation unit. The image transfer device transfers a toner image from the toner image carrying member to a recording medium. The fixing device fixes the toner image. The registration unit transports the recording medium. The guide member guides the recording medium. The upstream-side transportation unit includes an upstream-side transportation member, disposed at an upstream side in the transport direction of the recording medium. The downstream-side transportation unit includes the downstream-side transportation member, disposed at a downstream side in the transport direction of the recording medium. The upstream-side transportation unit includes an upstream-side positioning member to position the guide member to the upstream-side transportation member. The downstream-side transportation unit includes a downstream-side positioning member to position the guide member to the downstream-side transportation member. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067953 | SCOROTRON CORONA CHARGER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A scorotron corona charger including a grid electrode is provided. A layer including a zeolite, a resistance controlling agent, and a binder is formed on the grid electrode. The binder resin has a solubility parameter of 10.0 cal | 2010-03-18 |
20100067954 | Line Head and Image Forming Apparatus - A line head includes: a support member; a light emitting substrate unit having a first substrate supported by the support member and a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a first direction of the first substrate; a circuit board unit having a second substrate and at least one interface circuit, which is provided to the second substrate, and to which at least one signal for driving the light emitting elements is input; and a flexible printed circuit board having a wiring pattern adapted to electrically connect the light emitting substrate unit and the circuit board unit to each other, wherein the flexible printed circuit board is disposed so as to be connected at an end of the second substrate in a second direction one of perpendicular and substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and is folded back from one end to the other end. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067955 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a scanning optical apparatus capable of forming a high quality image while manufacture of an imaging optical system is facilitated, a length of the apparatus in a direction of height is reduced, and unevenness of illuminance distribution (light amount distribution) on a scanned surface is reduced. The scanning optical apparatus includes a single deflecting unit which deflects respective light beams from multiple light source units toward multiple scanned surfaces by different deflection surfaces, multiple incident optical systems each disposed in each light source unit, multiple optical systems which image the respective light beams on the multiple scanned surfaces, and multiple optical path changing units disposed in the respective optical paths between the single deflecting unit and the multiple scanned surfaces. A thin-film characteristic of each of the optical path changing units is different between the respective optical paths. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067956 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - An electrophotographic toner and a method of preparing the same are provided. The electrophotographic toner includes a latex, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the electrophotographic toner includes silicon (Si) and iron (Fe), each of the Si and Fe is in the range of about 3 to about 1,000 ppm, a mole ratio of Si to Fe (Si/Fe) is in the range of about 0.1 to about 5, an initiation temperature of a maximum heat absorption peak curve when a temperature increases in a heat absorption curve of the toner measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is in the range of about 68 to about 89° C., and a peak temperature of the maximum heat absorption peak curve is in the range of about 86 to about 89° C. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067957 | Developer supply container and image forming apparatus - A developer supply container for supplying developer to a developer receiving portion of a main assembly of the image forming apparatus of an electrophotographic type, the developer supply container being mountable to the main assembly, the developer supply container includes an accommodating portion for accommodating a developer; a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the developer; a stirring member for stirring the developer ; a stirring drive receiving portion, provided in one of opposing sides of the supply container, for receiving a stirring driving force for driving the stirring member from a stirring drive transmitting portion provided in the main assembly and for transmitting the stirring driving force to the stirring member; an openable member movable to open and close the opening; an opening and closing drive receiving portion, provided in the openable member, for receiving an opening and closing driving force for moving the openable member; an opening and closing drive transmitting portion, provided in the other of the opposing sides, for transmitting an opening and closing driving force to the opening and closing drive receiving portion through an opening and closing driving relay portion provided in the main assembly; wherein by mounting the container to the main assembly, drive force transmittable engagements are established between the stirring drive transmitting portion and the stirring drive receiving portion, between the opening and closing drive transmitting portion and the opening and closing driving relay portion, and between the opening and closing driving relay portion and the opening and closing drive receiving portion, respectively, so that stirring force is transmittable from the stirring drive transmitting portion to the stirring drive receiving portion, and the opening and closing driving force is transmittable from the opening and closing drive transmitting portion to the opening and closing drive receiving portion, and wherein a mounting direction in which the developer supply container is mounted to the image forming apparatus is against a force received by the developer supply container from the main assembly; an engaging portion, provided adjacent each of the sides, for limiting movement of the developer supply container in a dismounting direction by engagement with a locking portion provided in the main assembly of the image forming apparatus when the developer supply container is mounted to the main assembly of the image forming apparatus. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067958 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method including forming an electrostatic latent image on a photoreceptor; developing the latent image with a developer including a toner using a center-feed developing device to form a toner image; transferring the toner image onto a receiving material; and fixing the toner image using a fixing member coated with silicone oil. The toner includes at least a binder resin; a colorant; and a quaternary ammonium salt having a specific formula, wherein when the toner is dispersed in ethanol using ultrasonic waves, the dispersion has a turbidity of from 0.4 to 1.0 when the turbidity is determined using a haze meter. An image forming apparatus including a photoreceptor; a center-feed developing device using a developer including the toner; a transferring device; a fixing device using a fixing member coated with silicone oil; and a cleaner for the photoreceptor. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067959 | DEVELOPER CARRIER, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer carrier includes a magnetic field generating device provided with a plurality of magnetic poles including an agent separating pole and a scooping pole, and a cylindrical hollow body accommodating therein the magnetic field generating device and rotated around an axis of the cylindrical hollow body. A half-value width of a magnetic flux density at both end portions of at least one magnetic pole of the agent separating pole and the scooping pole is formed to be identical to or narrower than a half-value width of the magnetic flux density at a central portion of the one magnetic pole. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067960 | HYBRID PRINTING SYSTEM - A hybrid printing system includes (a) a media path assembly having an image transfer/transport unit for receiving and moving media to a fusing apparatus; (b) a process color image output terminal (IOT) assembly including first imaging components for forming and transferring color images onto the intermediate image receiving member, the color IOT assembly being mounted for forming a first image transfer nip with one of a first side and a second and opposite of the image transfer/transport unit; and (c) a monochrome image output terminal (IOT) assembly mounted opposite the process color image output terminal (IOT) assembly for forming a second image transfer nip with the other of the first side and the second and opposite of the image transfer/transport unit, the monochrome image output terminal (IOT) assembly including a moveable image bearing member and second imaging components for forming monochrome images on the image bearing member. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067961 | USE OF REGISTRATION MARKS TO IMPROVE IMAGE ON PAPER REGISTRATION PERFORMANCE - A method for improving image on paper registration in an image printing system is provided. The method includes advancing a target media along a media path; printing a plurality of registration marks adjacent to a toner image on an image bearing surface moving in a process direction, wherein the toner image is configured to be transferred to the target media; detecting positions of the registration marks using one or more sensors adjacent the image bearing surface; determining a correction function using the positions of the registration marks to compensate for an error in a registration of the toner image and the target media; adjusting the advancement of the target media based on the correction function; and transferring the toner image to the target media. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067962 | LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEMS, FUSERS AND METHODS OF SUPPLYING LIQUIDS IN PRINTING APPARATUSES - Liquid supply systems, fusers and methods of supplying liquids in printing apparatuses are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of a liquid supply system for supplying liquid to a fusing surface of a fuser member, comprises a metering roll having a first outer surface; a donor roll having a second outer surface disposed adjacent the first outer surface to define a first nip between the first and second outer surfaces; and a liquid reducing roll having a third outer surface adapted to be disposed adjacent the second outer surface to define a second nip between the second and third outer surfaces. The metering roll is adapted to convey the liquid from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. The donor roll is adapted to be disposed adjacent the fuser member such that the second outer surface and the fusing surface define a third nip, and to convey the liquid from the second outer surface to the fusing surface. The liquid reducing roll is adapted to remove a portion of the liquid from the second outer surface before the liquid is conveyed to the fusing surface. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067963 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR METERING FLUID FILM IN AN IMAGE FUSING SYSTEM - An apparatus ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067964 | PROCESSING METHOD OF WASTE TONER AND PROCESSING DEVICE OF WASTE TONER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A processing method of waste toner which is collected from an image forming device generated when an electrophotography image is formed, including: adding citrus oil to the waste toner. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067965 | PASS THROUGH INVERTER - An improved architecture for use in a tightly integrated serial or parallel printer includes an inverter module that comprises a straight pass-through media path, as well as, an invert path. This auxiliary ‘pass-through’ media path of the inverter allows a sheet to enter the inverter ‘backwards’ through the traditional duplex exit path and continue straight out the inverter into the media path of a downstream engine to receive an image thereon. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067966 | RECONFIGURABLE SHEET TRANSPORT MODULE - A tightly integrated parallel printer includes a reconfigurable media path module that has a baffle that accepts sheets from above at a 12 o'clock position when in a first configuration and accepts sheets from a 6 o'clock position when in a second configuration. The two configurations of the baffle are established to permit one common media entry transport to be mounted in either of two positions, each satisfying one of the desired configurations. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067967 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system includes: a decurl section which corrects a curl on a sheet on which an image has been formed; a sheet ejection section on which the sheet to be ejected is stacked; a finishing section which conducts post processing on the sheet on which the image has been formed and ejects the sheet on the sheet ejection section; and an operation and display section having a setting screen for setting a post-processing condition and a selection screen for selecting a decurl direction to be corrected by the decurl section. A selection section that selects the decurl direction given by the decurl section, and a decurl image that shows a decurl direction on the sheet ejection section for the sheet, are indicated on the selection screen, and the selection section and the decurl image are displayed on the same selection screen. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067968 | RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recording medium conveying device includes a first conveying unit that feeds a recording medium from a recording medium storage section to a registration roller, the recording medium storage section being located in a main body of an image forming apparatus; and a second conveying unit that feeds a recording medium from a bypass tray to the registration roller. A conveying roller of the first conveying unit and a conveying roller of the second conveying unit are driven by a driving unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067969 | Portable Toothbrush - A portable hygienic toothbrush includes: a head part having toothbrush bristles; a trunk which is integrally formed with the head part and has a tube keeping groove formed at the trunk a toothpaste storing tube which is detachably assembled with the tube keeping groove and keeps toothpaste within the toothpaste storing tube; and an outer lid detachably assembled with an outer circumferential edge of the trunk, wherein the toothpaste storing tube comprises a tube which has its own elastic force and includes a toothpaste storing groove for storing toothpaste formed at an interior of the tube; and a toothpaste dispensing cap detachably assembled with an outer circumferential edge of an toothpaste injection opening of the tube. The toothpaste storing tube filled with toothpaste and the toothpaste storing tube are detachably assembled with the interior of the trunk constituted in the toothbrush bar, and then the toothpaste storing tube and the toothpaste storing tube can be drawn out in use so as to dispense toothpaste to the toothbrush bristles. Therefore, the user can brush his/her teeth. When toothpaste is consumed, toothpaste can be again supplied to the toothbrush storing tube so that the user can use it until the bristles are deteriorated. Therefore, resources can be saved and toothpaste can be hygienically kept. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067970 | DISPENSER RECEPTACLE - Provided is a dispenser receptacle which include: an external container having an internal accommodation space whose upper portion is opened; an internal container which is inserted into the inside of the external container so as to move longitudinally, and in the inside of which contents are accommodated; a button which is combined so as to move longitudinally along the side wall portion of the external container; a connection unit which connects the button and the internal container and both sides of which move in integral form; and a pumping unit which is combined with an exit portion of the internal container and pumps contents according to ascending and descending of the internal container to then discharge the pumped contents externally, to accordingly minimize a height of the button which is protruded to the outside even though an operational stroke of the button becomes large to thus provide effects of enhancing conveniences in use of users and improving a quality of the external appearance of a product and conveniences at a display of the product, and to further have a simple pumping structure that an internal container ascends and descends in the inside of an external container, and an airless piston moves according to a discharge of contents, and provide for an effect of enhancing an operational reliability and durability of a product. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067971 | WRITING INSTRUMENT HAVING A SLIDABLE CAP - A writing instrument comprises a substantially tubular body extending between a top and a writing end, and an elongate slot disposed in an outer surface of the body and having a detents defined at each end of the slot, and a tubular open-ended cap disposed coaxially around the body and having a cut defining an elongate arm connected to the cap at one end and having an inwardly-oriented protrusion at another end and sized to engage the detents of the slot. The cap is slidable along the body such that the inwardly-oriented protrusion slides along the slot until it engages a detent at an end of the slot thereby arresting the cap either in a closed position, in which the cap covers the writing end, or in an open position in which the writing end is exposed. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067972 | GRILL CLEANING UTENSIL - A cleaning utensil is disclosed having a housing comprised of a cleaning portion and a handle portion. The housing has a reservoir and a pump. The reservoir is adapted to contain a fluid. The cleaning portion has a scrubbing surface and an orifice, and the handle portion has an actuator. The pump communicates with the reservoir, the orifice, and the actuator; whereby actuation of the actuator causes the fluid to be drawn from the reservoir and exhausted from the orifice by the pump. The orifice is arranged and adapted to cause the fluid to be exhausted forwardly from the cleaning portion. A bristled scrubbing element is removably affixable to the cleaning portion and has a scrubbing surface extending up first and second opposite side surfaces of the cleaning portion and across a bottom surface of the cleaning portion from the first side to the second side. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067973 | CASE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A case system comprises a case and one or more identification plugs. The case comprises two or more surfaces, and at least one surface of the two or more surfaces comprises a plurality of holes disposed thereabout. The plurality of holes sized and shaped to accept and maintain in position one or more identification plugs. The one or more identification plugs comprise a post portion sized and shaped to selectively mate with at least one of the plurality of holes. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067974 | Binder for holding materials - A lightweight binder for securing papers, the binder being constructed from a polyfoam material and having a closure to secure the binder panels and paper together, a mesh pocket also being provided with a closure for storing items therein. The polyfoam layer may be laminated with other layers which form the a binder surfaces. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067975 | HINGED WALL AND CEILING ANCHOR WITH FINS AND HINGE - An anchoring fastener comprises, in one embodiment, a shaft ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067976 | DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST A FIRST AND A SECOND MACHINE PART - The invention relates to a device comprising at least a first ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067977 | FASTENER - Traditional nut and bolt fasteners are generally acceptable but will normally be over specified for particular applications. Thus, in situations where weight is important such traditional nut and bolt fasteners are not optimised. By providing a fastener in which splayed arms are created with ridges in respective receptor members and insert arm members it will be understood that multi point stabilised contact points for a nut are provided. Thus, the nut can move along the ridges defining a screw path for tightening of the fastener in use. The engagement between the receptor members and the insert arm members is typically through a slot forked end or a closed slot with the slots presenting the splayed arms perpendicular to each other in a cruciform configuration. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067978 | CONNECTOR FOR LINEAR MEMBERS - Connectors for linear members of wall structure which allows a variety of guide rails, fences, and pipes to be assembled in a desired pattern conveniently are provided. The connector includes a central body of annular shape; at least one socket member | 2010-03-18 |
20100067979 | MAINTENANCE-FREE LINEAR ANNULAR CONNECTION AND DEVICE INCLUDING AT LEAST SUCH A CONNECTION - A connection intended to connect together a first and a second element, capable of allowing small movements between the first and second elements, said connection being formed by at least one material capable of being deformed elastically, said connection including a central portion of small transverse dimension, capable of deforming elastically in flexure and in torsion and first and second end portions attached to longitudinal ends of said central portion, at least the first end portion being capable of deforming elastically in a longitudinal direction connecting the longitudinal ends of the central portion, said connection forming an angular linear connection. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067980 | Flexure with Elongated Openings - A flexure for tilting having a neck which lies between a pair of cylindrical openings, each of which has a cross-sectional shape which is curved and elongated. A gimbal capable of tilting around mutually perpendicular axes which incorporates the flexure. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067981 | COUPLING SYSTEM WITH A SENSOR AND AN EVALUATION UNIT - The invention relates to a coupling system, a coupling arrangement, a method for mechanically coupling a coupling system and a method for measuring the mechanical loading of a coupling system. The coupling system according to the invention includes a first coupling part, at least one second coupling part, which can be coupled with the first coupling part by way of at least one coupling, and at least one sensor, wherein the first coupling part has an evaluation unit ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067982 | COUPLER FOR EXCAVATORS - A coupler for an excavator, the coupler comprising first and second recesses for receiving the pins of an attachment, a latching hook movable into and out of a latching state in which it closes the second pin-receiving recess, and a blocking bar movable into and out of a blocking state in which a portion of the blocking bar closes the first recess. The arrangement is such that, when the blocking bar is engaged in use by an attachment pin contained within the first recess, the action of the pin on the blocking bar urges the blocking bar into its blocking state. The blocking bar is further arranged so that, in the blocking state, it lies in the path of the latching hook and that, upon movement of the latching hook out of the latching state, the latching hook engages with the blocking bar to retain it in the blocking state. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067983 | BLIND MOTORIZED COUPLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR COUPLING UV LIGHT SOURCE SUBSYSTEM AND SCANNER SUBSYSTEM IN A UV LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREFOR - A coupling arrangement for coupling a light source subsystem with a scanner subsystem in a UV lithography system is disclosed. The arrangement includes a source flange having a plurality of ramped eared flanges coupled to one of the light source subsystem and the scanner subsystem. The arrangement also includes a collar coupled with the other of the light source subsystem and the scanner subsystem. The collar has a plurality of tangs disposed such that inter-tang spacings accommodate insertion of the plurality of eared flanges, wherein at least one of the source flange and the collar is rotatable to permit the plurality of ramped eared flanges to cam against the plurality of tangs, thereby coupling the light source subsystems to the scanner subsystem. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067984 | MOBILE MACHINE FOR SCREEDING FLOOR SURFACES AND THE LIKE - A mobile machine for screeding floor surfaces and the like comprises a planet disk, which is rotatably supported and driven by a drive motor, and which carries at least one screeding disk, operatively connected to the drive motor and defining one screeding plane. The operative connection comprises at least one belt or chain running over a belt sheave connected to the screeding disk, and a belt sheave connected to the drive motor. The belt sheave of the screeding disk has a central stub axle forming part of an automotive wheel hub, comprising wheel bolts attached to said planet disk. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067985 | Small Watercraft Boatlift - A boatlift for use with small, manual or paddle or oar powered watercraft (such as canoes and kayaks) is provided with a guide rails on either side of the boat lift, which can be utilized by a boater to propel or urge his/her watercraft onto the boatlift. In addition, that boatlift is provided with an entrance/exit assist member which can be used by boaters with impaired leg function to enter and exit from the watercraft. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067986 | ADJUSTABLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT WORK AT AN UNDERWATER STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a dry setting installation ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067987 | WATER BALLASTED WAVE ATTENUATOR - This invention relates to a novel water ballasted wave attenuator that can be used to diminish or eliminate the impact of waves on shorelines or objects located in or on water bodies. A water ballasted wave attenuator comprising: (a) a hollow shell formed of reinforced concrete; (b) a flotation medium disposed in the upper region of the interior of the reinforced concrete shell (a); (c) an air chamber disposed below the flotation medium (b) in the lower region of the interior of the reinforced concrete shell; and, (d) at least one water vent located in the interior of the reinforced concrete shell (a), said vent connecting the interior of the shell with the exterior of the shell. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067988 | PULLING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A puller is provided with a number of advantages. Pullers are described that have a high power to weight ratio, and a high power to volume ratio. Examples of pullers and pulling systems include configurations that provide high cable friction in a small device volume. Examples of pullers and pulling systems also include constant force pulling which is desirable in particular for small diameter pipe replacement. Using pullers and pulling systems as described, minimally invasive pipe replacement operations are possible. Reversible pullers are also provided that decrease the amount of time needed to burst or split multiple segments of pipe. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067989 | VESSEL FOR TRANSPORTING WIND TURBINES AND METHODS THEREOF - A vessel having the capability of storing, transporting, and installing between one and ten wind turbines is provided. Such a vessel includes a hull having a hull periphery. The vessel further includes at least two rear jack-up legs, and at least one forward jack-up leg, movably attached to the hull, as well as a jacking mechanism connected to each of the jack-up legs for elevating and lowering each jack-up leg relative to the hull between elevated and lowered positions. The vessel also includes at least two rear azimuthing thrusters affixed to a lower side of the transom; and at least one front azimuthing thruster affixed to a lower side of the bow. The vessel further includes at least four, preferably at least six, wind-turbine-column foundations, and at least two wind-turbine-blade brackets individually mounted to the side of the transport vessel. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067990 | SEVERING DEVICE WITH CONTROLLED TRIGGERING - Device for severing parts of a concrete work, comprising a container in which an over-pressure is generated by a gas produced by a chemical reaction between a chemical compound and an aqueous solution after a predetermined delay. The container includes the aqueous solution and is attached to a case comprising a first recess for storing the chemical compound. A burst disk is arranged between the first recess and the container for ensuring a total sealing between the chemical compound and the aqueous solution. The case includes a second recess enclosing an electronic trigger, an actuator being controlled by the trigger to cause bursting of the burst disk after a predetermined delay, causing said chemical reaction inside the container. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067991 | Sheet-Like Element Such As A Net, Particularly For Geotechnical Applications - A sheet-like element, such as a net, particularly for geotechnical applications, comprising a sheet-like body formed by superimposing at least two sets of filaments in order to provide a lattice-like structure, the sheet-like body being provided by a first polymer, which defines the lattice-like structure, and a second polymer, which is coextruded together with the first polymer and affects at least regions of at least one face of the sheet-like body, the first polymer having physical and mechanical characteristics of compressive and tensile strength, while the second polymer has a high friction coefficient. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067992 | Cutting Insert - A cutting insert comprising a rake face region located on an upper surface, a flank located on a front surface, and a cutting edge located at an intersection between the rake face region and the flank. At least three types of projections having different distances from the cutting edge are located on the rake face region. When these three types of projections are arranged in the order of their increasing distance from the cutting edge, namely, a first projection, a second projection and a third projection, the top of the second projection is located lower than an imaginary straight line connecting the top of the first projection and the top of the third projection in the side view. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067993 | Ladder Machine - This invention is intended for gang drilling a predetermined pattern of holes, accurately located in a specifically sized pocket or mortise pre-created by other means in a wooden member such as, but not limited by, a door or door jamb, in which the purpose of these holes is to aid in attaching other physical devices such as, but not limited to, hinges by means of common wood screws. This invention is comprised of a system of roller chain-driven spindles which contain appropriately sized twist drill bits, all driven from a centrally located spindle attached externally to a standard hand-drill. An appropriately sized spring-loaded guide plate fits easily into the pre-created pocket or mortise allowing positive positioning of the invention's assembly but allows access for the twist drills to pass through the guide plate, for the purpose of drilling into the wood. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067994 | DRILLING TOOL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PORT SEALS - The present invention provides a new drilling tool useful in machining hydraulic port seals for fluid power ports. The drilling tool drills the port hole to size in a solid material for the minor thread diameter in combination with forming the port in a single operation. The drilling tool has a tool holder having a rotational axis, a first drilling insert having cutting surfaces on a first side and a mounting surface on a second side, at least one second drilling insert having a predetermined cutting surface portion and a mounting portion which is mounted on the holder at a location from the rotational axis of the holder. The at least one second drilling insert has first and second portions which engage and machine a work piece in a drilling operation to form a spot face and a seal form. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067995 | HOLE SAW ASSEMBLY INCLUDING DRIVE SHAFTS SUPPORTED BY A ROTATABLE ANNULUS - A hole-saw assembly including a hole-saw having at one end a plurality of cutting teeth and at the other end a base having two holes therethrough. two shafts. The assembly includes a mandrel coaxially aligned with said hole-saw and including a body having two bores therethrough, and an annulus located on top of the body which is coaxially aligned with said mandrel and hole saw. The annulus includes two shafts co-axial with the mandrel bores, and is rotatable around its longitudinal axis from a first to a second position. In the first position the annulus shafts are aligned with the base holes allowing the shafts to be freely insertable and removable and in the second position the shafts are misaligned to lock the shafts to the base. In one embodiment the mandrel bores are shaped to accommodate rotation of the shafts, and in a further embodiment, the shafts are configures to rotate within circular mandrel bores. Such an arrangement allows the hole-saw and the mandrel to be easily and quickly mountable and demountable. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067996 | DEPTH ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR POWER TOOL - A depth adjustment device is mounted to a front end of a power tool, having a coupling member fixed to the front end of the power tool, a hollow stationary sleeve, and a hollow adjustment sleeve. The coupling member includes a limit recess and a lock recess at an external periphery thereof. The stationary sleeve is sleeved onto the coupling member, having two first lock portions corresponding to the limit recess, a springy part formed at a rear end thereof, and a second lock portion formed at a distal end of the springy part. The first lock portions are stopped against the lock recess. The second lock portion is locked to the lock recess. The adjustment sleeve includes a lip portion at a front end thereof for lying against a surface of a workpiece and is threadably connected with the stationary sleeve to be movably mounted to the stationary sleeve. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067997 | Apparatus And Method For Drilling A Work - An apparatus for drilling a workpiece has a shaft portion including a holder to hold a drilling tool rotating around a first axis. A reduction gear is connected to the shaft portion. A cylindrical member, including an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder, rotatably contains the shaft portion at an eccentric position. The cylindrical member is connected to the output shaft of the reduction gear and rotated around a second axis parallel to the first axis. A slide containing cylinder contains the shaft portion, the reduction gear and the cylindrical member. The slide containing cylinder has a sliding structure for axially moving the shaft portion, the reduction gear and the cylindrical member. A drilling tool is simultaneously rotated around the first axis, revolved around the second axis and is axially moved. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067998 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD - A processing apparatus for processing a workpiece includes a router bit having a processing area for processing the workpiece; an actuator for moving the relative position of the router bit with respect to the workpiece so as to place a part of the processing area of the router bit in contact with the workpiece for processing the workpiece; an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of the router bit relative to the workpiece; a wearing detector for detecting wear of the processing area; and a controller for controlling the adjustment mechanism, upon detection of wear of the part of the processing area of the router bit, to make a different part of the processing area of the router bit contact with the workpiece during processing. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067999 | FASTENER ASSEMBLY FOR TRANSPORT VEHICLE - This invention relates to a fastener assembly that has a rail ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100068000 | Cargo Restraint Anchor - A double-ended cargo restraint anchor for use with existing cargo tie-down straps on commercial transport vehicles, such as flatbed trailers, is disclosed. The restraint anchor allows cargo tie-down straps to always be situated inboard of the anchor bars or “rub rails” located on either side of the transport vehicle. The new restraint anchor complies with all governmental safety rules and transport regulations. | 2010-03-18 |
20100068001 | RIVET - The invention relates to a rivet ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100068002 | BLIND STUD INSERT - An insert for blind installation in a workpiece, and method of manufacture of an insert, the insert ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100068003 | Anti-Cross Threading Screw - An anti-cross threading screw ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100068004 | SCREW AND ITS COMBINATION WITH A CONICAL SEALING DISK | 2010-03-18 |
20100068005 | CONSTRUCTION APPARATUS - Construction apparatus for use within an elevator hoistway are provided. The construction apparatus include a span member having a first end and a second end. A sill attachment is connected to the first end of the span member and configured to seat against a building sill. A support member is connected to the second end of the span member and configured to seat against a second side of the elevator hoistway, wherein the second side of the elevator hoistway is opposite the building sill. A plurality of apertures is arranged on the span member and configured to allow a connection to a hoist device. The span member is configured to rotate about the sill attachment. | 2010-03-18 |