39th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110236077 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device include: a toner carrier that is arranged oppositely to an image carrier; a toner-flying electrode member spaced apart from the toner carrier; and an oscillating electric field generating power source that connects the toner-flying electrode member and the toner carrier, and generates an oscillating electric field which causes the toner to fly from the toner carrier. The toner-flying electrode member includes a conductive member that extends at least along a rotational axis direction of the toner carrier; an insulating coating layer that applies insulating coating continuously to a conductive member surface located on a toner carrier side; and an exposed portion where the conductive member surface adjacent to the insulating coating layer and located on an image carrier side is exposed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236078 | Developer Supply Device and Image Forming Apparatus Having the Same - A developer supply device includes a developer-carrying body having a developer-carrying surface that faces an intended device in a first position and moves in a moving direction, a first transfer board that faces the developer-carrying surface in a second position upstream relative to the first position in the moving direction and transfers the developer to the second position in a direction opposite to the moving direction in the second position, an electrification member facing the developer-carrying surface in a third position downstream relative to the second position and upstream relative to the first position in the moving direction, and a second transfer board that faces the developer-carrying surface in a fourth position downstream relative to the first position and upstream relative to the second position in the moving direction and transfers the developer to a developer storage section in a direction identical to the moving direction in the fourth position. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236079 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developing device includes a developer accommodating chamber containing a developer; a developer carrying member for carrying the developer to develop an electrostatic image; a feeding belt for feeding the developer toward the developer carrying member by rotation of the driving roller in a stretched state in which the feeding belt is stretched by a driving roller and a follower roller; and a switching mechanism for switching the feeding belt from a loosened state in which the feeding belt is looser than in the stretched state to the stretched state. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236080 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate transfer member has an elastic layer and a surface layer formed on the elastic layer, said intermediate transfer member exhibiting 25 to 75% of Er/Ep ratio (wherein Ep is a product of a pushing displacement (μm) and a testing force (mN) at the time of compressing the surface layer by means of an indenter, and Er is a product of a pushing displacement (μm) and a testing force (mN) at the time of releasing the indenter from the surface layer). An image-forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer member; an image-forming unit for forming a toner image on the intermediate transfer member; and an transferring unit for transferring the toner image formed on the intermediate transfer member onto a recording material, wherein the intermediate transfer member is the same as the one mentioned above. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236081 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a transfer member that transfers an image onto a recording medium; a leading-end holding member that holds a leading-end side of the recording medium, which is fed to the transfer member, between the leading-end holding member and an outer circumferential surface of the transfer member, in such a way to restrict displacement of the recording medium and to restrict movement of the recording medium in a direction away from the transfer member; and a rear-end holding member that holds a rear-end side of the recording medium, in the transporting direction thereof, between the rear-end holding member and the outer circumferential surface of the transfer member, in such a way to allow displacement of the recording medium in the transporting direction and to restrict movement of the recording medium in the direction away from the transfer member. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236082 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a first rotating member; a second rotating member that extends along the first rotating member, sandwiches a recording medium with a toner image formed thereon between the first and second rotating members, rotates together with the first rotating member, and heats the recording medium to fix the toner image on the recording medium; a heating device whose circumferential surface circularly moves while contacting an external circumferential surface of the second rotating member, and the heating device heats the second rotating member; a temperature detecting device disposed to face the external circumferential surface of the second rotating member without contacting the external circumferential surface to detect a temperature thereof; and a cleaning device cleaning the circumferential surface of the heating device and disposed between the heating device and the temperature detecting device along the surface of the second rotating member. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236083 | FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image formed on a recording material includes a rotatable member; a cleaning unit for cleaning the rotatable member, the cleaning unit including a cleaning fabric for cleaning the rotatable member, a feeding roller on which the cleaning fabric is wound, and a winding-up roller for winding up the cleaning fabric fed from the feeding roller; and a load applying mechanism for applying a retarding force against a winding-up operation of the winding-up roller such that when a frictional force between the rotatable member and the cleaning fabric which is in a standstill state and which is in contact with the rotatable member which is rotating exceeds the retarding force of the load applying mechanism, the winding-up roller rotates to wind up the cleaning fabric. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236084 | FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device for fixing on a recording material a toner image formed on the recording material includes a fixing roller; a heating member for heating the fixing roller in contact with a surface of the fixing roller; and a pressing member for forming a fixing nip between itself and the fixing roller, wherein the recording material on which the toner image is formed is subjected to fixing by being nipped and conveyed in the fixing nip. When the recording material which has been jammed is removed by pulling a trailing end of the recording material in a winding jam state in which a leading end of the recording material has passed through the fixing nip to reach a contact portion between the heating member and the fixing roller, a drawing force F | 2011-09-29 |
20110236085 | CONVEYING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveying device includes: a rotating roll; a conveying belt that rotates, nipping a conveyed member between the conveying belt and the rotating roll; and a pressing member that is disposed at the inner periphery of the conveying belt and pressing the conveying belt towards the rotating roll. The pressing member includes an opposing face formed with a pressure point where the pressing force of the conveying belt towards the rotating roll is greatest, and an inclined face that is formed at the belt rotation direction upstream side relative to the pressure point. The inclined face inclines at an angle relative to a parallel line such that the inclined face separates away from the rotating roll, and the parallel line being parallel to a tangent to the rotating roll outer peripheral surface and passing through the pressure point. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236086 | CONVEYING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveying device includes: a rotating body that rotates; a belt that contacts the rotating body and rotates; a restricting member that is disposed at each of the two rotation axis direction side edges of the belt, positions the side edges of the belt, and restricts movement of the belt in the rotation axis direction; a lubrication agent that is supplied to the inner peripheral face of the belt; and a slide bearing that is disposed so as to overlap in the rotation axis direction with the restricting member when viewed along a rotating body radial direction, the slide bearing being open to the belt side and rotatably supporting the rotating body. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236087 | CONVEYING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveying device including: a rotating body that rotates; a conveying belt that rotates while nipping a conveyed member between the conveying belt and the rotating body, thereby conveying the conveyed member; a pressing member that is disposed at an inner periphery of the conveying belt along a conveying belt rotation axis direction and presses the conveying belt towards the rotating body; a pair of support members that are respectively disposed at each of two rotation axis direction edge sides of the conveying belt and that support the pressing member; and a contact member that is disposed at the inner periphery of the conveying belt along the conveying belt rotation axis direction, makes sliding contact with the rotating conveying belt, and is supported so as to be independently displaceable relative to the pressing member. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236088 | Fixing Device Having Nip Plate with Surface Including High Absorption Region - A fixing device for thermally fixing a developing agent image to a sheet includes: a tubular flexible fusing member; a heater; a nip member; and a backup member. The tubular flexible fusing member has an inner peripheral surface defining an internal space. The heater is disposed in the internal space and radiates radiant heat. The nip member is disposed in the internal space and receives the radiant heat from the heater. The inner peripheral surface is in sliding contact with the nip member. The backup member provides a nip region in cooperation with the fusing member upon nipping the fusing member between the backup member and the nip member. The nip member has a surface confronting the heater. The surface includes a first heat absorption region having a first heat absorption ratio of a predetermined value and a second heat absorption region having a second heat absorption ratio higher than the first heat absorption ratio. The second heat absorption region is positioned at a region of the surface overlapping with the nip region. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236089 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - Disclosed is a fixing device including: a fixing belt provided across a fuser roller and a heating member in a tensioned state, which fixing belt is rotated; and a tension roller applying a load on the fixing belt from an inner circumferential side of the fixing belt, which tension roller is determined in position on the fixing belt so that a length of the fixing belt upstream of the fixing nip area in a fixing belt rotating direction, from the tension roller to the fixing member, is longer than that downstream of the fixing nip area in the fixing belt rotating direction, from the fixing member to the tension roller. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236090 | FIXING DEVICE AND FLEXIBLE SLEEVE USED IN THE FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device for fixing on a recording material a toner image formed on the recording material includes a flexible sleeve including a resinous base layer, a parting layer and an adhesive layer for bonding the base layer and the parting layer; a heater contacted to an inner surface of the sleeve; a pressing member for forming a nip, in which the recording material on which the toner image has been formed is nipped and conveyed, between itself and the sleeve to which the heater is contacted; a voltage applying member for applying a voltage, of a polarity identical to a polarity of toner; and a grounding member, contactable to the recording material in a nipped state in the nip, for grounding the recording material. In a thickness direction of the layers, an electric resistance of the adhesive layer is larger than that of the parting layer and the electric resistance of the parting layer is larger than that of the base layer. The voltage applying member applies the voltage to the sleeve in contact with the base layer. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236091 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND ELECTROMAGNETIC-INDUCTION HEATING UNIT - A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a recording medium includes a toner fusing unit that is operable to fix the toner image on the recording medium and that includes a pressure member and a heating member in contact with the pressure member to form a fixing nip therebetween; an electromagnetic-induction heating unit having a coil disposed along an outer surface of the heating member and configured to generate a magnetic flux for applying induction heating to the heating member, and a core unit disposed opposite the heating member with the coil interposed therebetween to provide for a magnetic path around the coil, the core unit being configured to rotate about an axis extending across the width of the recording medium; and a drive unit formed integrally with the electromagnetic-induction heating unit and configured to rotate the core unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236092 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a rotating member supporting section supporting a first rotating member rotatably and movable in direction in which the first rotating member approaches and leaves a second rotating member; a compression spring pushing the rotating member supporting section in the direction of approaching the second rotating member; and a pressing member pressing the compression spring to the rotating member supporting section. The device further includes: a first spring contact member contacting the compression spring and movable in a compression-and-expansion direction of the compression spring relative to the rotating member supporting section; a first adjustment screw adjusting a position of the first spring contact member; a second spring contact member contacting the compression spring and movable in a direction inclined to the compression-and-expansion direction, relative to the pressing member; and a second adjustment screw adjusting a position of the second spring contact member relative to the pressing member. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236093 | SAFE RADIANT TONER HEATING APPARATUS WITH MEMBRANE - Apparatus for heating toner on a receiver having an ignition energy, having an energy source for providing input energy; and a membrane disposed adjacent to the receiver. The membrane receives the input energy from the energy source; stores a portion of the input energy; and radiates emitted energy that is absorbed by the toner, the receiver, or a combination thereof, wherein the absorption causes the temperature of the toner to rise above a desired temperature. The stored portion of the input energy is less than the ignition energy. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236094 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CLEANING DEVICE AND CLEANING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus including a cleaning device having a cleaning blade arranged so as to make contact with and separate from a cleaned surface, an occurrence of excessive cutting when the cleaning blade makes contact with the cleaned surface is prevented. The image forming apparatus includes the cleaning blade for making contact with and separating from the cleaned surface and scraping off toner adhered onto the cleaned surface and a regulation unit for regulating a movement of the cleaning blade in the direction of contact with the cleaned surface up to a position where a pressing force to the cleaned surface by the cleaning blade does not exceed a predetermined pressing force. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236095 | CLEANING BLADE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning blade includes a cleaning layer to face a image holding body and a back layer to be disposed at a side opposite to the image holding body and removes discharge products and developer residues that are stuck to a surface of the image holding body in such a manner that an edge of the cleaning layer comes into contact with the surface of the image holding body, and the back layer and the cleaning layer are molded integrally and a surface roughness Ra of the cleaning layer is lower than or equal to 0.12 μm. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236096 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming unit, and a retransporting unit. The retransporting unit includes a transporting roller for applying a transporting force to the sheet and an input portion disposed at a position shifted upstream of the transporting roller in a retransporting direction. The input portion is configured to receive an input of a drive force supplied from the apparatus body. The retransporting unit further includes a drive shaft extending in a retransporting direction. The drive shaft is configured to transmit the drive force from the input portion toward the transporting roller by rotating about an axis thereof. A height of the image forming apparatus may be reduced by this configuration. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236097 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: a recording medium conveying section; an image forming section, disposed to the recording medium conveying section and relatively moveably supported by the recording medium conveying section at one end side, that forms an image on a recording medium; a side panel that configures a side face portion of the image forming section in a width direction intersecting with the conveying direction, and supports a drive source that drives the image forming section; a support plate, provided between the recording medium conveying section and the image forming section to cover the bottom side of the image forming section, and is supported at a support portion provided at the other end side of the recording medium conveying section; and a resilient member that resiliently supports the support plate and the side panel. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236098 | GROUNDING STRUCTURE, SHEET TRANSPORT APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A grounding structure includes a rotation shaft and a grounding member. The rotation shaft has a non-circular cross section, and rotates. The grounding member is attached to the rotation shaft to electrically communicate with the rotation shaft, and rotates together with the rotation shaft. The grounding member includes a first grounding portion, a grounding retainer and a second grounding portion. An outer shape of the first grounding portion is a circular shape. The grounding retainer is provided on a side of the first grounding portion in a shaft direction of the rotation shaft, and has an outside diameter being larger than an outside diameter of the first grounding portion. The second grounding portion is elastically held in contact with the first grounding portion. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236099 | IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE - An image-forming device includes a casing, a conveying path, a pair of registration rollers, and a process cartridge. The conveying path is disposed in the casing to convey a recording sheet. The pair of registration rollers is disposed on the conveying path to regulate a leading edge of the recording sheet conveyed along the conveying path. The process cartridge is detachably mounted on the casing, and includes a developer accommodating unit, a photosensitive member, and an upstream guide part. The photosensitive member is disposed on the conveying path. The upstream guide part is disposed upstream of the pair of registration rollers on the conveying path to guide the recording sheet toward the pair of registration rollers in cooperation with the conveying path. The upstream guide part is formed with a concaved part that is concaved in a direction away from the conveying path. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236100 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a conveying path that includes a first U shape portion; a registration roller; and a inverting path including a second U shape portion joining with an upstream position of the registration roller. The conveying path includes a downward slope portion that runs obliquely down from a topmost position of the first U shape portion toward a nipping position of the registration roller; and wherein the topmost position, a joining position in which the conveying path is connected to the inverting path and the nipping position get lower, in this order, in a vertical direction. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236101 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH REDUCED HEIGHT - There is provided an image forming apparatus including a transferring unit, fixing unit, a first sheet conveying path section, a re-conveying unit and a charge-removing member. The transferring unit transfers developer onto a sheet. The fixing unit fixes the developer transferred to the sheet to form a visible image on the sheet. The first sheet conveying path section extends through the transfer unit and the fixing unit, the sheet being conveyed from the transfer unit to the fixing unit along the first sheet conveying path section. The re-conveying unit constitutes a second sheet conveying path section for re-conveying the sheet from the fixing unit to an inlet side of the transfer unit, the second sheet conveying path section being positioned below the first sheet conveying path section. The charge-removing member is disposed between the first sheet conveying path section and the second sheet conveying path section, the charge-removing member constituting a part of the second sheet conveying path section and removing charges from the sheet conveyed along the first sheet conveying path section. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236102 | SHEET CURL CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention includes a supporting member that supports a first roller and a second roller, a first actuator that rotates the supporting member, a first gear that is connected to an end of second roller on the first actuator side, a second gear that is threadably engaged with the first gear, a third gear that rotates coaxially with the second gear, an input gear that threadably engages with the third gear, and a second actuator that transmits a rotational force to the input gear. The third rotation shaft extends in parallel in a first plane that includes the leading edge and the trailing edge of the nip, the first actuator rotates the supporting member between a first position at which the sheet is received from the leading edge of the nip and a second position at which the sheet is received from the trailing edge of the nip. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236103 | Image Forming Apparatus Including Clip Unit, Clip Device, and Finishing Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image to be printed on a sheet; an apparatus main body including the image forming unit therein; a recessed section provided on the outer side of the apparatus main body; and a clip unit configured to clip, when the sheet is inserted into the recessed section, an end of the sheet with a paper clip. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236104 | TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, CHARACTER ARRANGEMENT DECIDING MEHTOD FOR TAPE PRINTING APPARAUS, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A tape printing apparatus includes: a paragraph creating unit which creates a paragraph including plural lines of character strings; a justification setting unit which sets justification to evenly allocate other lines to the same length as a longest line, of the plural lines in the paragraph; a character mode setting unit which sets a non-target range to be a non-target of the justification, on a character basis within the paragraph, and sets a length of character spacing within the non-target range; a character arrangement deciding unit which carries out justification based on the justification setting unit in a target range excluding the non-target range set by the character mode setting unit, and thus decides an arrangement of characters in each line included in the paragraph; and a printing unit which prints the paragraph on a tape with the character arrangement decided by the character arrangement deciding unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236105 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing control apparatus may execute printing on a continuous sheet by using a printing unit. The printing control apparatus includes a reversal unit, an input unit, and a printing control unit. In executing printing by the printing unit on both surfaces of the continuous sheet, the reversal unit reverses the continuous sheet to execute printing on a second surface after executing printing on a first surface. If the printing on the first surface currently is being executed by the printing unit to execute two-sided printing of a preceding job based on a preceding job in a case where an instruction for interruption printing is input by the input unit, the printing control unit executes the interruption printing according to the instruction subsequent to the printing on the first surface of the continuous sheet based on the preceding job, and supplies the printed continuous sheet to the reversal unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236106 | TAPE PRINTING SYSTEM AND TAPE PRINTING METHOD - A tape printing system includes a control apparatus and a tape printer, wherein the control apparatus includes an image data generating section generating character strings and/or image data, and an image data transmitting section transmitting the generated character strings and/or image data to the tape printer, and the tape printer includes a processing pattern storing section storing a processing pattern for each tape type, the processing pattern of processing the character strings and/or image data to printing image data, a tape type determining section determining the tape type of a printing tape, an image data receiving section receiving the character strings and/or image data from the data transmitting section, a printing image data generating section generating printing image data by processing the received character strings and/or image data based on the processing pattern, and a tape printing section printing the generated printing image data on the printing tape. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236107 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - To execute printing on a continuous sheet by using a printing unit, a printing control apparatus includes a reversal unit, an input unit, and a printing control unit. The reversal unit reverses the continuous sheet to execute printing on a second surface of the continuous sheet after executing printing on a first surface of the continuous sheet. The input unit inputs an instruction for executing an interruption print job while executing printing by the printing unit. If instruction for executing the interruption print job is input while the printing of a two-sided print job on the continuous sheet has been currently executed, the printing control unit suspends the two-sided print job, causes the printing unit to execute the interruption print job, and resumes processing of the two-sided print job on the continuous sheet that has been held by the reversal unit after the interruption print job is completed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236108 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first folding portion includes: a first folding roller pair consisting of a common roller and a first roller; and a blade member that feeds a sheet to a first nip, thereby forming a first fold on the sheet in the first nip. A second folding portion includes a second folding roller pair consisting of the common roller and a second roller, thereby forming a second fold on the sheet in a second nip. The common roller and the first roller are parallel in a conveying direction in a case where the sheet is guided toward the first folding portion. A feeding portion evacuates the sheet to the evacuation guiding portion for evacuating the sheet that on which the first fold is formed, switches back the sheet, and then feeds the sheet into the second nip. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236109 | Printer - A printer has a platen gap adjustment mechanism that can hold the platen gaps of two print heads substantially constant. A check processing device has a front print head unit on which are disposed a front print head, a first media transportation roller, and a back platen; a platen lever unit on which a second media transportation roller and front platen are disposed, and which can move toward and away from the first media transportation roller; a lever tension spring that urges the platen lever unit toward the first media transportation roller, and presses the second media transportation roller to the first media transportation roller; a back print head unit on which a back print head is disposed, and which can move toward and away from the first media transportation roller; and an unit tension spring that presses the back print head unit to the platen lever unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236110 | TAPE PRINTER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TAPE PRINTER, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A tape printer having a large-size printing function of printing an enlarged printing image which is larger than the tape width of a long tape into a plurality of tape parts, includes: a tape width detecting section detecting the tape width; a layout determination section determining enlargement layout information for forming the enlarged printing image; a margin determining section determining the widths of an upper margin and a lower margin of the enlarged printing image and determining whether or not the sum of the determined margin widths is equal to or greater than the tape width; an image data generating section generating image data of the enlarged printing image; and a printing section sequentially printing, on two or more tape parts respectively, the image data of the enlarged printing image other than part of the upper margin and part of the lower margin. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236111 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TRANSPORTATION AMOUNT ADJUSTING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes: first and second image forming units that respectively form images on first and second surfaces of a recording medium formed into a belt shape while transporting the recording medium spanning the first and second image forming units; first and second transportation controllers that control a pre-transportation operation performed from a transportation start of the recording medium to arrival at a predetermined transportation speed, and a post-transportation operation including return transportation of the recording medium to an upstream side in a transporting direction performed from a start of a transportation stop to a stop of the recording medium; and a recording medium amount setting unit that adjusts transportation amounts of the recording medium in the pre-transportation and post-transportation operations, and thereby sets a recording medium amount existing between the first and second image forming units to a predetermined recording medium amount after the transportation stop. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236112 | PRINT SYSTEM - A print system includes: a first printer that performs printing on continuous form paper; a second printer that performs printing on the continuous form paper after the printing by the first printer; and a synchronization unit that synchronizes the printing by the first printer and the printing by the second printer. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236113 | MEDIUM-FEEDING DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE - A medium-feeding device includes: a feeding unit for feeding a fed medium in a feed direction, a first separating unit provided downstream in the feed direction relative to the feeding unit to separate a multi-fed medium; a second separating unit provided downstream relative to the first separating unit to switch between a compressive holding state in which the multi-fed medium is compressively held, and a released state in which compressive holding is released; and a contact part provided downstream relative to the second separating unit to switch between a protruding state and a retracted state relative to a feed path for guiding the fed medium. The medium-feeding device has a first separating mode, in which separation of the multi-fed medium is performed using the first separating unit, the second separating unit, and the contact part, and a second separating mode, in which separation is performed using the first separating unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236114 | TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, PARAGRAPH ARRANGEMENT DECIDING METHOD FOR TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR SAME - A tape printing apparatus capable of printing plural paragraphs arrayed in a longitudinal direction of a tape, with each paragraph including one or more lines includes: a paragraph creating unit which creates the paragraphs; a feeding quantity setting unit which set a quantity of feeding between the paragraphs in the longitudinal direction of the tape; an arrangement deciding unit which decides an arrangement of each paragraph on the basis of the setting by the feeding quantity setting unit; and a printing unit which prints each paragraph created by the paragraph creating unit on the tape in a manner that realizes the arrangement decided by the arrangement deciding unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236115 | ROLL PAPER PRINTER AND METHOD OF OPENING AND CLOSING A ROLL PAPER PRINTER COVER - A printer has a roll paper compartment that stores roll paper so that it can roll on a horizontal axis of rotation, a roll paper cover that pivots to open and close the roll paper compartment, and a tension roller that is displaced when the roll paper cover pivots open and closed. The roll paper compartment is supported to pivot in the direction in which the roll paper cover rotates when the roll paper cover pivots open or closed. The tension roller is disposed to a position where it urges the roll paper opposite the direction in which the roll paper compartment moves circularly when the roll paper cover pivots in the opening direction. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236116 | ROLL PAPER PRINTER - A paper roll printer has a paper roll compartment that stores paper roll so that it can roll with the axis of rotation transverse, and a side pressure plate inclined so that it touches part of the side of the paper roll and approaches the side with decreasing proximity to a supply roller. The paper roll transportation position of the supply roller that supplies paper from the paper roll is disposed to vertically overlap a paper roll of the maximum diameter that can be stored in the paper roll compartment. A movement limiting member that restricts movement of the paper roll horizontally and upwardly in the paper roll compartment is disposed opposite the supply roller. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236117 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus includes a fixed blade module including a fixed blade, a movable blade module including a movable blade that moves when the movable blade module is driven, and a drive module configured to drive the movable blade module. The fixed blade and the movable blade are configured to cut a recording medium. The fixed blade module, the movable blade module, and the drive module are detachably connected. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236118 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device includes a tray having a recess, a recording unit, a drive roller, a first driven roller, a second driven roller, a first urging member and a second urging member. The first driven roller is movable between a first basic position to contact the drive roller and press with a first force and a first nip position to press a first portion, corresponding to the recess, with a third force. The second driven roller is movable between a second basic position to contact the drive roller and press with a second force and a second nip position to press a second portion, not corresponding to the recess, with a fourth force. A difference between the first force and the second force is smaller than a difference between the third force and the fourth force, and the third force is smaller than the fourth force. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236119 | Block Crayon - The Block Crayons have the perfect shape and size to fit children's little hands. The shape is duplicated on a same piece to create a double point crayon allowing the child to draw with a dual writing crayon. In addition to the double point, the crayons are shaped to fit one into the other. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236120 | RETRACTABLE-POINT WRITING IMPLEMENT - A writing implement that includes a barrel extending in a longitudinal direction; a writing cartridge provided at one front end with a tip and designed to be moved in the barrel in the longitudinal direction between a forward position in which the tip is extended and a retracted position in which the tip is retracted into the barrel; a push member movable in the longitudinal direction and in a radial direction relative to the barrel, connected to the cartridge in order to move the latter, that includes at least one control member extending through an opening in the side of the barrel in order to project radially outwards, and also including at least one locking member designed to cooperate with a complementary locking member of the barrel allowing the push member to be locked in the forward position of the cartridge. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236121 | LOCKING MODULE FOR SPRAYERS - A writing instrument comprising: (a) a body having opposing first and second ends, (b) a first marking element extending from the first end, (c) a second marking element extending from the second end, and (d) at least one sheet dispenser coupled to the body between the first and second ends. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236122 | WRITING IMPLEMENT, AND CAP WITH INNER GROOVES FOR A WRITING IMPLEMENT - A writing implement that includes a writing body extending from an end; a writing tip integral with the writing body, and a removable cap that covers the writing tip in a coupled position of the cap with the writing body, the cap having a bottom, a tubular wall that extends along a central axis between a first end that joins with the bottom and a second end that defines an axial opening, the tubular wall has an inner surface on which protrusions are capable of holding the cap by engagement with the writing body in the coupled position, where the inner surface of the cap has at least one groove arranged between two of the protrusions and extends to the second end of the tubular wall. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236123 | Adjustable Pole - The present invention is an adjustable pole comprising an upper pole telescopically engaged with a lower pole. The adjustable pole further comprises a locking unit secured to an upper end of the lower pole. The locking unit comprises a one-piece unitary housing having a lower bore engaged with the upper end of the lower pole. The housing further comprises an upper bore or guide disposed above the lower bore for freely receiving and guiding the upper pole into and out of the lower pole. The housing further comprises a channel disposed adjacent the upper bore. The channel comprises a floor, left and right side walls, and a top wall. The channel comprises a slot formed in the floor and top wall to provide access between the channel and the upper pole disposed in the upper bore. The locking unit further comprises a lever rotatably supported within the channel between a locked position where the upper pole cannot move relative to the lower pole and an unlocked position where the upper pole may be moved. The lever comprises a handle portion disposed outward of the channel and a tooth catch engaged with the upper pole. The tooth catch is substantially shielded by the slot and the upper wall of the channel between the locked and unlocked positions. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236124 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING AT LEAST ONE LEVER - The invention relates to a device for mounting at least one lever ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110236125 | JOINT STRUCTURE - A joint structure includes a sleeve, a connecting shaft, a plurality of elastic pieces and a cross-limiting stopper. The sleeve defines a receiving shaft hole and a first cross slot communicating with the receiving shaft hole. The connecting shaft is partially assembled and received within the receiving shaft hole of the sleeve, the connecting shaft defines a second cross slot corresponding to the first cross slot. The plurality of elastic pieces is elastically received within a space formed between the sleeve and connecting shaft. The cross-limiting stopper is mounted to and partially received within the second cross slot, and partially received in the first cross slot, to enable the connecting shaft to be radially and adjustably installed within the sleeve and prevent the connecting shaft from rotating relative to the sleeve. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236126 | Hands-Free Trailer Latching and Releasing Mechanism for a Boat - The invention relates to a mechanism that attaches and releases a boat or personal watercraft or the like to a trailer or lift or the like and includes a trigger which can move between a secured and released condition by means of contact with the boat or manually and which is biased by an energy storage device. Said trigger in turn may restrict or release a securing member or members which releases or secures a boat's eyehook. Said securing member may be biased by a primary energy device that may be moved to a locked or released condition as desired to attach the boat to, or release the boat from, the trailer. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236127 | STRUCTURE FOR FASTENING RESIN PART - A sheet-metal part | 2011-09-29 |
20110236128 | Manifold System - A manifold system and method for installing and/or attaching a manifold system to a trailer/dolly system module. The manifold system includes groove and at least one fastener for securing the manifold system to the system module, allowing for the manifold system to be easily installed and quickly replaceable, which allows for continued use of a trailer/dolly vehicle, while minimizing trailer/dolly down time as well as diagnostic troubleshooting/repair time. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236129 | Adjustable Bolster Swing Legs for Mounting and Aligning and Reorienting Crawlers for Slipform Paving Machines - A paving machine which is configured to move in a paving direction for spreading, leveling and finishing concrete into a form having a generally upwardly exposed, finished concrete surface and terminating in lateral concrete sides. The paving machine has a main frame, including a center module, bolsters laterally movably connected to respective lateral sides of the center module for changing a spacing between the bolsters, and a crawler track associated with respective aft and forward ends of the bolsters. A bolster swing leg for each crawler track supports an upright jacking column secured to the swing leg proximate a free end thereof. A worm gear drive between the jacking column and the crawler track permits rotational movements of the crawler track and the jacking column about an upright axis. A hinge bracket is interposed between each swing leg and an associated surface of the bolsters and includes a fixed, upright pivot shaft that pivotally engages the swing leg to enable pivotal movements of the swing leg about an upright axis in a substantially horizontal plane. The hinge bracket further includes a pivot pin that is laterally spaced from and fixed in relation to the pivot shaft. A length-adjustable holder capable of being held at a fixed length has a first end pivotally engaging the pivot pin on the hinge bracket and a second end that pivotally engages the swing leg. The holder permits pivotal motions of the swing leg about the hinge pin when it is in its length-adjustable configuration and prevents substantially any motion of the swing leg when the holder is in its fixed-length configuration. A feedback loop cooperates with angular position transducers and automatically keeps the crawler tracks oriented in the paving direction of the machine when the swing legs move in a horizontal plane relative to a remainder of the paving machine. The paving machine can be reconfigured between its paving orientation and a road transport orientation by activating the crawlers to move the swing legs and the crawlers into a narrowed transport configuration. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236130 | Operator Workplace Of A Construction Machine - The invention relates to an operator workplace of a construction machine, especially a milling machine for processing a road surface, comprising a seat with a seating surface, an armrest arranged to the side of the seating surface and comprising an arm supporting surface, and at least one control element arranged on the armrest for controlling at least one machine function. The invention further relates to a construction machine with such an operator workplace. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236131 | ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE PARTICULARLY A ROAD FINISHER OR ROAD FINISHER FEEDER - A road construction machine, particularly a road finisher or a feeder for a road finisher, with a primary drive unit including at least one combustion engine driving a three-phase generator, and further including at least one connection means for at least one conventional alternating current standard consumer, at least one stabilized voltage supply unit is connected between the connection means and the three-phase generator, wherein the voltage supply unit provides standard mains voltage with a permanently stable frequency at the connection means independent of the speed of the combustion engine driving the three-phase generator. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236132 | Erosion Control Barrier - Protection of a shoreline from erosion caused by wave action and reclaiming lost land areas by use of one or more barriers having a porosity to allow a portion of the wave to pass through the barrier at a reduced force causing the slower water to release sediment behind the barriers. Further by redirecting and dissipating the full force of waves, additional damage can be prevented. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236133 | MODULAR AND EASY TO ASSEMBLE GRILLED COVER PIECE FOR DRAINAGE CHANNELS - The grilled cover piece ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110236134 | CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) AS CUSHION GAS FOR COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE (CAES) - The present invention provides for the utilization of a cushion gas in compressed air energy storage (CAES). In particular, the use of carbon dioxide (CO | 2011-09-29 |
20110236135 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING TIDAL BARRAGES - A method of and modifies for installing a barrage across a body of water for generating electricity from tidal or current flow, the barrage being formed from a series of modules ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110236136 | BIOREMEDIATION PROCESS USING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS - A method is provided for stimulating anaerobic degradation of a subsurface contaminant, comprising the steps of vaporizing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to form a treating gas and directing the treating gas to at least one subsurface injection site that includes the subsurface contaminant; wherein the treating gas stimulates anaerobic degradation of at least a portion of the subsurface contaminant. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236137 | PIPE-LAYING VESSEL AND METHOD OF LAYING A PIPELINE - A pipe-laying vessel ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110236138 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING AND REINFORCING UNDERGROUND PIPES - A method of repairing or reinforcing underground pipes includes the steps of providing a flexible liner assembly having a first end and a second end, applying an internal pressure to the flexible liner assembly, inserting the first end of the liner assembly into a first end of a pipe section while maintaining the internal pressure, pushing the flexible liner assembly through the pipe section while maintaining the internal pressure, releasing the internal pressure from the flexible liner assembly, and connecting the first and second ends of the flexible liner assembly to the pipe section so that the flexible liner assembly provides a substantially leak-free conduit through the pipe section. The method addresses drawbacks associated with prior art methods by preventing or reducing contact between the flexible liner assembly and sharp inner corners of the pipe section, thereby reducing drag between the flexible liner assembly and the interior of the pipe section. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236139 | Hampering Motion Floating Structure - A floating structure includes a water pollution preventing membrane having a float part extending so as to define a water area, and a curtain part suspended at a lower end of the float part to define the water area in water. A float net having floatable ropes anchored to the float part and knitted into a lattice with a predetermined mesh size is disposed in an outer water area defined by the water pollution preventing membrane. Of the ropes constituting the float net, the rope which is disposed in parallel to the float part has a light reflection rope and a support rope for supporting a trap net suspended into water. The propeller of a watervehicle moved into the float net is caught by part of the ropes or the trap net to prevent the watervehicle from approaching the water pollution preventing membrane or an inner water area. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236140 | METHOD FOR COMPACTING SOIL, APPLICATIONS OF THIS METHOD AND DEVICES FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION - The invention relates to the methods allowing to compact the soil, and devices for carrying out these methods. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236141 | Reinforced Ground Structure, And Siding Elements For Constructing Same - The invention relates to a structure including a fill ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110236142 | MILLING CUTTER AS WELL AS A MILLING INSERT THEREFOR - A milling cutter for chip removing machining, including a basic body rotatable in a predetermined direction around a center axis and having a front end surface and an envelope surface that extends axially backward from the front end surface and is concentric with the center axis. A number of indexable milling inserts are mounted in respective peripherally spaced-apart seats having a mutually fixed pitch, each milling insert including an upper side, an under side and at least one clearance surface, the clearance surface together with the upper side delimiting at least two alternately active cutting edges that are uniform in their extension between first and second end points. The cutting edges of each milling insert are situated on different levels in relation to the under side of the milling insert to alter the effective pitch between the active cutting edges of the milling inserts by indexing of at least one of the milling inserts. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236143 | Cutting Insert - A cutting tool has a main body provided with a pocket part and a cutting insert seated in the pocket part. The pocket part includes at least one side wall and bottom surface. The bottom surface of the pocket part includes a pocket part base surface, a first pocket part inclined surface connected to an inner end of the base surface on an inside of the main body, and a second pocket part inclined surface connected to an outer end of the base surface on an outside of the main body. The cutting insert has an upper surface, a lower surface and side surfaces connecting the upper surface and the lower surface. The lower surface of the cutting insert includes an insert base surface, a first inclined surface inclined upwardly from a first side of the base surface towards a first side surface, and a second inclined surface inclined upwardly from a second side of the base surface towards a second side surface. The cutting insert is seated in the pocket part such that the second inclined surface of the cutting insert abuts the second pocket part inclined surface and the insert base surface is spaced apart from the pocket part base surface. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236144 | DRILLING UNIT WITH AUTOMATIC DRILL SHAFT FEEDING, AND METHOD AND MEANS THERETO - A drilling unit with automatic drill shaft feeding is provided. The feeding velocity can be changed by external mounting of exchangeable gearing cassettes having a desired gear ratio. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236145 | ROTATABLE TOOL FOR CHIP REMOVING MACHINING AS WELL AS A LOOSE TOP AND A BASIC BODY THEREFOR - A rotatable tool for chip removing machining, including a basic body having front and rear ends between which there extends a first geometrical center axis (C | 2011-09-29 |
20110236146 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MACHINING OF AN OBJECT WITH A MILLING MACHINE - Assembly and method for machining an object with a milling machine. The object needing machining on various sides so as to require clamping. It is proposed to mechanize this time-consuming operation. To this end a further clamp is attached to a conversion or turning station which may clamp the already partially machined object with an already partially machined side thereof. The mutual positioning of the clamp in which the object is located and the clamp wherein the object is transferred, is precisely defined and by the linear movement of the clamps in relation to each other, the object may be transferred. The additional clamp is configured to receive the object to be machined in precisely the desired position, without damage. Subsequently, a further clamp is again put into the milling machine with the aid of a robot so that other sides of the object can be further subjected to a milling operation. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236147 | SURFACE MILLING CUTTER WITH CUTTING INSERTS, A TOOL FOR HOLDING A CUTTING INSERT WITH A CUTTING INSERT AND METHOD OF MACHINING A WORKPIECE WITH A SURFACE MILLING CUTTER HOLDING CUTTING INSERTS - A cutting insert, a tool for holding a cutting insert, with a cutting insert and method of machining a workpiece with a tool holding a cutting insert. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236148 | AUTO-RACK RAILROAD CAR VEHICLE WHEEL CHOCK - An improved vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle. The improved vehicle wheel chock includes an improved face-plate. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236149 | AUTO-RACK RAILROAD CAR VEHICLE WHEEL CHOCK - A vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236150 | AUTO-RACK RAILROAD CAR VEHICLE WHEEL CHOCK - A vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236151 | AUTO-RACK RAILROAD CAR VEHICLE WHEEL CHOCK - A vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236152 | TRANSPORTATION PLATFORM AND THE COMBINATION THEREOF - A transportation platform is provided for using in the stern berth of a container ship to stack nonstandard containers/combined containers. The transportation platform includes a frame with a width corresponding to the ISO standard container width, at least one fixing corner fitting group arranged on the bottom surface of the frame, in which each fixing corner fitting group includes four bottom corner fittings which are arranged according to the corner fitting arrangement for the ISO standard containers, a plurality of top corner fittings arranged on the top surface of the frame, which can be combined into at least one stacking corner fitting group, each stacking corner fitting group has four 2×2 arrayed top corner fittings with a predefined space between each other in length direction, corresponding to the corner fitting space in length direction for the stacked nonstandard containers or combined containers. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236153 | SCREW WHICH CAN BE SCREWED INTO A COMPONENT - The invention relates to a screw which can be screwed into a component and which will resist further screwing into an internal thread within said component once a maximum torque has been reached. For this purpose, a screw body having an external thread is combined with a screw drive element which projects into a bore within said screw body and, within said bore, is connected to the screw body via static friction. At least part of this combination is made of a plastic material, with the static friction having the effect of a slipping clutch when a maximum torque acts on the screw drive element. The screw drive element is connected to the screw body via a ratchet in such a way that when the screw body is unscrewed from the internal thread within said component, turning said screw drive element will cause the ratchet to engage, thereby entraining the screw body. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236154 | Fastener Apparatus - A fastener apparatus is provided. The fastener apparatus includes a first fastener member and a second fastener member. The first fastener member includes a base and at least one holder. The holder is secured on an upper surface of the base. The base includes at least one through hole. The through hole is configured with a dovetail-shaped cross-section. The second fastener member includes a body and at least one protrusion portion. The protrusion portion is configured at an upper surface of the body. The protrusion portion is adapted for inserting through the through hole from the bottom surface of the base to the upper surface of the base, and then extending beyond the upper surface of the base. The protrusion portion is adapted for being deformed for checking in the dovetail-shaped through hole, thus fixing the first fastener member and the second fastener member together. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236155 | FASTENING SYSTEM AND FASTENING DEVICE MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A fastening system includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member, a rivet, and an elastic member. The second connecting member is positioned on the first connecting member, and defines a receiving groove. The rivet extends through the first connecting member and the second connecting member, and rivets the first connecting member and the second connecting member together. The rivet forms a riveting flange at an end adjacent to the second connecting member. The elastic member is received in the receiving groove of the second connecting member, and compressed by the riveting flange to generate a predetermined positive pressing force between the first connecting member and the second connecting member. A fastening device for manufacturing the fastening system is also provided. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236156 | RETAINING PIN WITH SELF BIASING KEEPING MEANS - A retaining pin with self biasing keeping means has a head and a tubular pin that has a plurality of detent fingers on its end. The detent fingers are formed by slitting and deforming the ends of the pin. The detent fingers are bent to extend beyond the outside diameter of the pin with the forward ends terminating in a diameter smaller than that diameter. As the pin is inserted in a matched opening, the detent fingers compress to allow the pin to penetrate the opening and then return to their original position to retain them therein. To remove the pin, the process is reversed. The instant retaining pin with self biasing keeping means is conducive to modern mass production methods of production such as cold heading. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236157 | BOOK BINDING TOOL - Reversible or indexable cutting knives are mechanically attached to at least one of a leveler saw and a roughing tool for a perfect or patent binding operation. In one embodiment, each reversible or indexable knife has multiple cutting edges. The cutting edges of the reversible or indexable knife may be arranged around the knife such that the knife can be rotated to a different position to replace a worn cutting edge with a new cutting edge on the same knife. The knives may be attached in recesses in the roughing tool or leveler saw. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236158 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes a first supplying unit, a second supplying unit, an image forming unit, a stacking unit, first and second binding units, an obtaining unit, and a controller. The image forming unit forms images on recording materials supplied from the first or second supplying unit. The stacking unit is for stacking, as a bundle, the recording materials having the images formed thereon. The first binding unit binds, by a first binding operation, first edge portions of the bundle. The second binding unit binds, by a second binding operation, second edge portions of the bundle. The obtaining unit obtains an instruction regarding binding positions of the first and second binding operations with respect to the bundle. The controller performs control to supply the recording materials from the first or second supplying unit, on the basis of the binding positions of the first and second binding operations. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236159 | REDUCTION OF PARTICLE CONTAMINATION PRODUCED BY MOVING MECHANISMS IN A PROCESS TOOL - In various exemplary embodiments described herein, a system and related method to reduce particle contamination on substrates is disclosed. The system includes a substrate traverser mechanism having tracks to transport substrate carriers with one or more traverser ducts arranged to surround, at least partially, the tracks. The one or more ducts have slits along at least a substantial portion of a length of the tracks. A traverser exhaust fan is coupled to one end of each of the one or more traverser ducts. The fan provides sufficient volumetric airflow such that a velocity of the volumetric airflow through the slits is greater than a terminal settling velocity of a predetermined particle size. The fan draws particles less than approximately the predetermined particle size generated by the substrate traverser mechanism into the one or more traverser ducts. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236160 | CORRELATOR FOR INTRODUCING VEHICLE TIRES INTO A CONVEYER OF A VEHICLE WASHING SYSTEM - Described is a correlator for introducing vehicle tires into a conveyor of a vehicle washing system. The correlator includes a frame with two laterally and freely rotatable belts. A set of angled curb rails resides over one of the belts to direct the vehicle's tires into a set of guide rails. As a roller pushes the rear tire of the vehicle onto the belts, the angled curb rails provide a lateral force to the tires. Because the belts are free-rolling, they are capable of rotating to move the tire laterally and shift the position of the vehicle to align the vehicle with the conveyor. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236161 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS IN STAGES - A transfer assembly for transferring first and second groups of electronic components simultaneously comprises a holding plate containing first and second sets of suction holes. The respective first and second sets of suction holes are operative to hold the first and second groups of electronic components respectively against the holding plate during transfer of the electronic components. A first vacuum chamber located next to the holding plate is connected only to the first set of suction holes. A vacuum compartment located within the first vacuum chamber encloses a second vacuum chamber. The vacuum compartment includes a sealing sheet in contact with the holding plate which has vacuum holes connecting the second vacuum chamber to the second set of suction holes. First and second vacuum sources are provided for applying vacuum suction forces separately in the first and second vacuum chambers. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236162 | PROCESSING-OBJECT-SUPPORTING MECHANISM, SUPPORTING METHOD, AND CONVEYING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MECHANISM - A processing-object-supporting mechanism includes at least three devices each including a lift pin, a motor, and a drive controller. The lift pin contacts a processing object to support the processing object. The processing object is transferred between a conveying arm and the processing-object-supporting mechanism. The motor lifts and lowers the lift pin. The drive controller is configured to control the motor. The drive controller of each of the at least three devices is configured to control the motor of each of the at least three devices independently. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236163 | BULK TRANSFER OF STORAGE DEVICES USING MANUAL LOADING - A storage device transfer station includes a first slot, a second slot, and a conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly is configured to receive and support a plurality of storage devices such that the storage devices are vertically stacked and in spaced relation to each other. The conveyor assembly is operable to convey the storage devices between the first slot and the second slot. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236164 | LIFT DEVICE FOR PERSONALIZATION MACHINE AND PERSONALIZATION MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH A LIFT DEVICE - A lift device for personalization machine(s) for cards, in particular chip cards, placed at the output of a first transfer device and at the input of a second transfer device, the first transfer device being located at a height greater than the height of the second transfer device. At least one pair of shafts are spaced apart by a distance greater than the dimensions of the cards transversally to their direction of movement, each of the shafts being parallel to the direction of movement and equipped with a plurality of flaps oriented parallel to the shafts and having dimensions arranged to support at least a part of the cards and radially distributed around the shaft. The shafts of a pair being driven synchronously inward in rotation by at least one driving mechanism, so that two flaps guide a card during its descent in the lift device. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236165 | RACK TRAY, RACK, AND RACK TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A rack tray, a rack, and a rack transport system that can safely perform transport and setting in an apparatus with a plurality of racks supporting a plurality of specimen containers arranged are provided. For this purpose, it comprises a rack dropout-preventing mechanism ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110236166 | BULK GOODS DOSING DEVICE - The invention relates to a weighing scale comprising a base plate and a load plate on which the object to be weighed is placed or on which the person to be weighed stands. At least three planar load cells are arranged between load plate and base plate which load cells are fastened to the load plate and are loosely supported on elevations of the base plate. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236167 | TRUCK WITH EXTERNAL ARM ASSEMBLY CONTROLS - Improved trash trucks are disclosed having arm assembly controls arranged to provide improved vision of the front of a trash truck when operating the forks through the trash container lifting, dumping and lowering operations. The arm assembly controls can be arranged in many different locations on the truck to provide this improved vision, and in one embodiment the controls are located on the driver's door a sufficient distance back from the front of the truck to allow for safe operation by the truck operator, but far enough forward to allow the truck operator to see the area to the front of the trash truck. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236168 | RECIPROCATING SLAT FOR USE ADJACENT TO TRAILER WALL - An improved outer reciprocating floor slat for use in a truck trailer or the like. The outer floor slat is located adjacent to a trailer's side wall. The floor slat has a portion that extends laterally upwardly and outwardly until it reaches the trailer's side wall at an elevation above the normal load-carrying floor elevation of the reciprocating floor slats. The upwardly extending portion facilitates material movement away from the corner region where the reciprocating floor normally intersects the trailer's side walls. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236169 | TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROL CHAMBER - A temperature and humidity control chamber includes a housing defining a receiving chamber, a support frame received in the receiving chamber, four elevating members supporting the support frame, four driving assemblies mounted on the housing, and a controller operable to control the driving assemblies. The four elevating members are capable of moving the support frame from a first vertical position to a second vertical position. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236170 | Grapple For A Skid Steer Loader - A hydraulically-operated grapple attachment for the scoop bucket of a skid steer loader comprises a mounting bar running the length dimension of the bucket along a top rear edge thereof and pivotally attached to the mounting bar by tubular steel arms is a crossbar member having perpendicularly oriented tines projecting downward therefrom where at least one of the tines is hydraulically displaceable in a direction forward from the crossbar. Actuation of the hydraulically-movable tine serves to prevent the skid steer loader from becoming mired. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236171 | WORKPIECE TRANSPORT METHOD AND WORKPIECE TRANSPORT DEVICE - Two or more pads having through holes formed therein concentrically at given pitches are provided on a U-shaped holding arm. Compressed air is sprayed from the pad to a protection sheet to generate negative pressure between a holding surface of the holding arm and the protection sheet for suspendingly holding a wafer with the protection sheet floating, or the pad suction-holds and transports a rear face of the wafer having an exposed circuit surface. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236172 | CARD ELEVATING/LOWERING DEVICE, CARD CARRYING-OUT/CARRYING-IN DEVICE AND CARD ISSUING/COLLECTING APPARATUS - A card elevating/lowering device for use with cards may include a card storage part in which the cards are stacked and accommodated, and an elevating/lowering mechanism by which the cards accommodated in the card storage part are elevated and lowered. The elevating/lowering mechanism may be provided with a placing table on which the cards accommodated in the card storage part are placed and an urging member which urges the placing table in an upper direction, and a spring constant of the urging member may be substantially equal to a weight per unit thickness of the card. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236173 | System, apparatus, and method for supporting a vehicle for underbody servicing - A system for supporting vehicles above a ground surface to provide access to an underbody, includes four vertical supports each having a vertical support member. A first elongated beam member has a central portion configured for connecting to a vehicle frame front part, the first beam member having opposed ends. A second elongated beam member has a central portion configured for connecting to a vehicle frame rear part, the second beam member having opposed end portions. The first beam central portion includes means for releasably attaching the first beam member to the towing/tie-down structure on the vehicle frame front part, and the second beam member central portion includes means for releasably attaching the second beam member to the towing/tie down structure on the vehicle frame rear part. Each of the first beam member opposed ends and the second beam member opposed ends is configured with a recess to releasably receive a respective support member to restrain relative movement among all the support members in a horizontal plane. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236174 | Floating vessel for servicing air diffusers - A catamaran type vessel for use in a wastewater facility for servicing submerged air diffusers is disclosed. The vessel has spaced apart pontoon having an A-frame spanning between the upper decks of the pontoon and connecting the pontoons. A hook connected to a winch is secured to a cross header above the space between the pontoons. The hook is lowered into water and lifts an air header, to which the air diffusers are connected. An air diffuser is then pulled on the pontoons and serviced. The vessel is then propelled to a position to service other air diffusers in the pontoon. | 2011-09-29 |
20110236175 | PROCESSING METHOD AND FABRICATION METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There are obtained a processing method that allows adherence of foreign particles to an object to be processed in a load lock chamber to be suppressed, and a fabrication method of a semiconductor device using the processing method. The processing method includes the step of receiving a substrate that is the object to be processed at a load lock chamber (substrate load lock chamber) to load the substrate into a processing chamber where processing is to be applied to the substrate, and reducing internal pressure from a substrate load lock chamber | 2011-09-29 |
20110236176 | Removable compartments for workpiece stocker - The present invention discloses apparatuses and method for configuring a compartmentable equipment to accommodate emergency responses. An exemplary equipment comprises a plurality of removable compartments for storing workpieces so that in emergency events, such as power failure or equipment failure, the workpieces can be removed from the equipment for continuing processing without disrupting the flow of the fabrication facility. The compartmentable equipment can comprise emergency access ports, including mating interface to a portable workpiece removal equipment to allow accessing the individual compartments without compromising the quality, defects and yield of the workpieces stored in the stocker. | 2011-09-29 |