46th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110280603 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In order that the air surrounding a fixing member is prevented from entering a blowing section for blowing separation air, a wind speed setting section is provided with switchable control modes, namely, a first control mode (control mode for operating the blower fan at a wind speed for separation) and a second control mode (control mode for operating the blower fan at a low speed). This structure allows the blower fan to be controlled in conformity to any one of these first and second control modes. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280604 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a charging device configured to apply a voltage to a photoconductive drum to set the photoconductive drum to surface potential V | 2011-11-17 |
20110280605 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a toner image forming unit, a sensor, and a control unit. The toner image forming unit is configured to form a toner image on the image bearing member. The sensor includes a light-emitting unit for emitting light, a light-receiving unit for receiving reflected light, an electrical circuit board in which the light-emitting unit is attached, and a frame supporting the electrical circuit board with the electrical circuit board bonded with three supporting portions. The sensor is configured to detect the toner image formed on the image bearing member. The control unit is configured to control a toner image forming condition of the toner image forming unit according to an output of the sensor. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280606 | DYNAMIC DONOR LOADING CONTROL FOR DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM - A method and apparatus transfer a material from first roller within a container to at least one second roller, and transfer the material from the second roller to at least one third roller. The second roller and the third roller form a loading nip at a location where the second roller is closest to the third roller. The method and apparatus transfer the material from the third roller to at least one recipient device, and measure current flow between the second roller and the third roller using a measurement device. Then, the method alters the relative rotation rate difference between the first roller and the second roller based on the current flow to maintain a predetermined density of the material at the loading nip using a controller. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280607 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A fixing device by fixing an image on a recording material at a nip portion, includes: an air blower which blows air sent by a fan on the neighborhood of an exit of the nip portion; a pressure contact and separation switching section which switches from a separated state in which a pressure member is separated from a fixing member to a pressure contact state in which the pressure member is in contact with the heating member at a moment that is earlier by a predetermined period of time than a time when a leading edge of the recording material arrives at the nip portion; and a controller which controls the fan to start its rotation within a first time period between a time when a changeover from the separated state to the pressure contact state is started and a time when the leading edge of the recording material arrives at the nip portion. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280608 | Power switch structure and image forming apparatus including same - A power switch structure for an apparatus, including a recess provided in a side surface of the apparatus and having a distal sloped face facing a front side of the apparatus and a proximal sloped face surface, and a power switch, inclined with respect to the side surface of the apparatus, positioned on the distal sloped face surface to face the front side of the apparatus. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280609 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, an image forming apparatus ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110280610 | TONER BOX AND DEVELOPING DEVICE FOR IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A toner box for being detachably mounted in a developing unit of an image-forming device, includes: a main body; a shutter; a shutter cover; and a toner seal. The main body is configured to accommodate toner therein and has a main-body-side communication through-hole, through which an interior and an exterior of the main body communicate. The shutter is disposed so as to be capable of moving between an open position in which the shutter opens the main-body-side communication through-hole, and a closed position in which the shutter closes the main-body-side communication through-hole. The shutter cover is configured to cover part of the shutter. The shutter cover has a cover-side communication through-hole at a position corresponding to the main-body-side communication through-hole to allow communication of toner through the main-body-side communication through-hole. The toner seal is configured to be disposed between the main body and the shutter and surround a perimeter of the main-body-side communication through-hole when the shutter is in the closed position. A leading edge of the shutter defined in a closing direction, in which the shutter is moved from the open position to the closed position, is positioned on an upstream side of the main-body-side communication through-hole in the closing direction when the shutter is in the open position. Part of the shutter is covered by a portion of the shutter cover surrounding the cover-side communication through-hole when the shutter is in the closed position. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280611 | TONER BOX HAVING TONER SEAL - A toner box includes: a main body; a shutter; and a toner seal. The main body is configured to accommodate toner therein and that has a main-body-side communication through-hole, through which an interior and an exterior of the main body communicate. The shutter is disposed so as to be capable of moving between an open position in which the shutter opens the main-body-side communication through-hole, and a closed position in which the shutter closes the main-body-side communication through-hole. The toner seal is configured to be disposed between the main body and the shutter and to surround a perimeter of the main-body-side communication through-hole when the shutter is in the closed position. The toner seal includes: an elastic layer provided with a fixing surface; and a mesh layer disposed on a surface of the elastic layer opposite to the fixing surface. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280612 | TONER BOX AND DEVELOPING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A toner box includes: a main body; a shutter; and a shutter cover. The main body is configured to accommodate toner therein and has a main-body-side communication through-hole, through which an interior and an exterior of the main body communicate. The shutter is disposed so as to be capable of moving between an open position in which the shutter opens the main-body-side communication through-hole, and a closed position in which the shutter closes the main-body-side communication through-hole. The shutter cover is configured to cover part of the shutter and that is elastically deformable. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280613 | SHUTTER DEVICE, TONER STORAGE UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A shutter device includes a main body and a seal member. The main body is an annular body fitted around an outside of one end of a cylindrical tube which includes a discharge outlet in a part of the circumferential face near the end in the axial direction, and includes a first opening having a same shape as the discharge outlet and a second opening having a first opening end and a second opening end. The seal member has a length equal to a distance from a vicinity of the first opening end on an outer circumferential face of the main body, passing across the first opening, the second opening end and the first opening on an inner circumferential face of the main body in the stated order, to a vicinity of the second opening end. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280614 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH RESIN FRAME AND METHOD FOR MOLDING THE RESIN FRAME - An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a resin frame composed of a resin and an image forming unit that is removably inserted in the resin frame. The resin frame includes a base having a supporting surface that supports the image forming unit, a guide portion that extends in the base in an insertion direction in which the image forming unit is inserted along the supporting surface and that guides the image forming unit in the insertion direction while limiting movement of the image forming unit in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to the insertion direction, and a side plate portion that is provided at a peripheral edge of the base so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the supporting surface, the base, the guide portion, and the side plate portion being integrally molded from a resin. A mold opening direction of a mold for molding the guide portion is set to a direction parallel to the orthogonal direction, and downstream end portions of the side plate portion in the mold opening direction are integrally connected to each other and extend essentially parallel to the perimeter of the base. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280615 | HOUSING ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A housing engagement structure used for a housing to accommodate therein an apparatus body includes a first housing member and a second housing member. The first housing member includes a first wall having a first overlap portion being an end of the first wall. The second housing member includes: a second wall having a second overlap portion being an end of the second wall configured to be in contact with an inner surface of the first overlap portion and overlapped with the first overlap portion; and a first reinforcement rib projected from the inner surface of the second wall and extending to a position to be in contact with an inner surface of the first wall in the vicinity of the first overlap portion thereby reinforcing the first overlap portion. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280616 | IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE HAVING HOLDER UNIT, IN WHICH TONER BOX IS DETACHABLY MOUNTED - An image forming device includes: a main casing; a holder unit; a plurality of image bearing members; a plurality of developing units; a plurality of toner boxes; and an operation assembly. The main casing defines an accommodation space. The holder unit is configured to be movable in a moving direction between an accommodated position in which the holder unit is accommodated in the accommodation space and a pull-out position in which at least part of the holder unit is outside of the accommodation space. The plurality of image bearing members are held by the holder unit and are juxtaposedly arrayed in the moving direction with intervals between neighboring image bearing members. The plurality of developing units are held by the holder unit in one to one correspondence with the plurality of image bearing members. The plurality of toner boxes are detachably attachable to the holder unit in one to one correspondence with the plurality of developing units. Each toner box is detachably attachable to the holder unit at the pull-out position. Each toner box includes: a toner container accommodating therein toner and formed with an opening through which toner in the toner container is to be supplied to each developing unit; and a shutter movable between an open position for opening the opening and a closed position for closing the opening. The operation assembly is provided at the holder unit and configured to move the shutter between the open position and the closed position. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280617 | Image Formation Apparatus - An image formation apparatus has a belt unit, a drawer casing configured to accommodate the plurality of process units. The drawer casing is movable in a horizontal direction so that it is insertable in and/or drawable from a main body of the image formation apparatus. An openable cover for an opening formed on an end face of the drawer casing is provided. The drawer casing is arranged above an imaginary plane including the bridging surface of an endless belt, while a sheet tray is arranged below the imaginary plane. A pair of rollers arranged on the sheet tray side with respect to the movable path and configured to feed the sheet fed from the sheet tray to the belt unit. A first guide and a second guide, which provided opposite to the first guide with a predetermined clearance therebetween, are provided to form a sheet feed path. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280618 | IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, IN WHICH HOLDER UNIT DETACHABLY HOLDING TONER BOX IS MOVABLY MOUNTED - An image forming device includes: a main casing; a holder member; a plurality of image bearing members; a plurality of developing units; a plurality of toner boxes; an operation member; and a stop member. The main casing defines an accommodation space. The holder member is configured to be movable in a moving direction between an accommodated position in which the holder member is accommodated in the accommodation space and a pull-out position in which at least part of the holder member is outside the accommodation space. The plurality of image bearing members are held by the holder member and are juxtaposedly arrayed in the moving direction with intervals between neighboring image bearing members. The plurality of developing units are held by the holder member in one to one correspondence with the plurality of image bearing members. The plurality of toner boxes are detachably attachable to the holder member in one to one correspondence with the plurality of developing units. Each toner box is detachably attachable to the holder member at the pull-out position. Each toner box includes: a toner container accommodating toner therein and formed with an opening, through which toner in the toner container is to be supplied to the corresponding developing unit; and a shutter movable between an open position for opening the opening and a closed position for closing the opening. The operation member is configured to be movable between a first position providing the closed position of the shutter and a second position providing the open position of the shutter. The stop member is provided in the main casing and configured to prevent the holder member from moving when the holder member is on its way to the accommodated position from the pull-out position while the operation member is at the first position. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280619 | IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE HAVING HOLDER UNIT FOR TONER BOX - An image forming device includes: a main casing; a holder unit; a plurality of image bearing members; a plurality of developing units; a plurality of toner boxes; a first acting portion; a second acting portion; and an abutment member. The holder unit is configured to be movable in a moving direction between an accommodated position and a pull-out position. The plurality of image bearing members are held by the holder unit and are juxtaposedly arrayed in the moving direction with intervals between neighboring image bearing members. The plurality of developing units are held by the holder unit in one to one correspondence with the plurality of image bearing members. The plurality of toner boxes are detachably attachable to the holder unit in one to one correspondence with the plurality of developing units. Each toner box is detachably attachable to the holder unit at the pull-out position. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280620 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of the apparatus of an image forming apparatus, the process cartridge includes a first unit provided with a photosensitive drum; and a second unit provided with a developer carrying member and connected with the first unit so as to be movable between a contact position in which the developer carrying member is contacted with the drum and a spacing position in which the developer carrying member is spaced from the drum, and the second unit including a first contact portion for contacting to a main assembly electrical contact provided in the main assembly and for receiving a first contact force therefrom when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly and the second unit is positioned in the spacing position, and a second contact portion for contacting to the main assembly electrical contact and for receiving a second contact force therefrom to electrically connect with the main assembly electrical contact when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly and the second unit is positioned in the contact position; wherein the second contact force has a component oriented in a moving direction of moving the second unit away from the spacing position toward the contact position, and the component is greater than that of the first contact force. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280621 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a charging roller for charging a surface of the photosensitive drum by being urged and contacted to a photosensitive drum; a link engaged with an end of a rotation shaft of the charging roller; a locking member, locked with the link in a state that charging roller is spaced from the drum, for holding a spaced state of the charging roller from drum; the developing unit including, a gear train for transmitting an externally inputted driving force to a member provided in the developing unit: a space releasing member for contacting and moving the link to release the link from the locking member, thereby to cease the spaced state of the charging roller, the space releasing member being provided with a drive receiving portion; a connecting member including an input gear portion for receiving a driving force from the gear train, and a drive transmitting portion engageable with the drive receiving portion; wherein a play is provided between the drive receiving portion and the drive transmitting portion in a direction of movement of the drive transmitting portion, wherein when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus and is operated, the space releasing member is moved by the driving force from the gear train through the connecting member, and the space releasing member releases locking between the link and the locking member, thereby ceasing the spaced state of the charging roller, wherein the play provides a movable distance of the space releasing member which is larger than a movement distance through which the space releasing member moves at the time when the developing unit is swung relative to the drum unit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280622 | COATING FLUID FOR FORMING UNDERCOAT LAYER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR HAVING UNDERCOAT LAYER FORMED BY APPLYING SAID COATING FLUID - To provide a coating fluid for forming an undercoat layer having high stability, a high quality and long-life electrophotographic photoreceptor capable of forming a high quality image in various environments, with which image defects such as black spots or color spots hardly occur, an image forming apparatus using such a photoreceptor, and an electrophotographic cartridge using such a photoreceptor. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280623 | Toner cartridge with waste toner storage and image forming apparatus having the same - A toner cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus which includes a paper feeding unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, and a fixing unit is provided. The toner cartridge may include a fresh toner storage to accommodate therein a fresh toner before use, a waste toner storage to accommodate therein a waste toner introduced through a waste toner inlet, and a waste toner moving device to move the waste toner introduced through the waste toner inlet of the waste toner storage away from the waste toner inlet. The waste toner storage may be arranged under the fresh toner storage in a manner in which an upper portion of the waste toner storage may be formed of a bottom of the toner storage. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280624 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image bearing members; a plurality of primary transferring devices for transferring toner images from the image bearing member onto an intermediary transfer belt provided above the plurality of image bearing members; an intermediary transfer unit including the intermediary transfer belt; a secondary transfer portion for transferring the toner image from the intermediary transfer belt onto a recording material; a feeding path for feeding the recording material upwardly toward the secondary transfer portion; a detecting member for detecting the toner image formed on the intermediary transfer belt; an adjusting device for adjusting a condition under which the image is formed on the image bearing member on the basis of a result of detection of the detecting member; an openable member for opening the feeding path; a guiding mechanism for guiding draw of the intermediary transfer unit toward the feeding path when the openable member opens; and a retracting mechanism for retracting the detecting member away from the intermediary transfer unit with movement of the intermediary transfer unit toward the feeding path. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280625 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A roller separating mechanism rotates an upper roller-moving cam and a lower roller-moving cam at the same time, and swings the upper roller arm plate and the lower roller arm plate such that a pair of folding rollers separate from each other. When the pair of folding rollers are to be abutted against each other, the upper roller arm plate and the lower roller arm plate are swung with different timing in a direction in which the pair of folding rollers abut against each other. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280626 | Drive unit, image forming apparatus including same, and driving method therefor - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, first and second rotary shafts, a drive source to rotate at a predetermined low velocity and a predetermined high velocity, a first rotary transmitter connected between the drive force and the first rotary shaft, a second rotary transmitter connected between the drive force and the second rotary shaft, and a drive block member connected between the drive source and the second rotary shaft to block transmission of the drive force to the second rotary shaft when the drive source rotates at the predetermined high velocity. When the drive source rotates at the predetermined low velocity, the drive source drives the second rotary shaft using a difference in torque between an upper limit in high velocity rotation and an upper limit in low velocity rotation greater than the upper limit in high velocity rotation. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280627 | Drive device and image forming apparatus including same - A drive device to rotatively drive N number of image carriers. The drive device includes a single drive motor to generate torque to be transmitted to the image carriers, N number of drive gears to transmit the torque to the image carriers, an input gear rotatively driven by the torque and engaging a first drive gear to transmit the torque to the first drive gear, and N−1 number of idler gears provided between each of the drive gears, respectively, to transmit the torque from the drive gears provided on an upstream side to the drive gears provided on a downstream side in a direction of transmission of torque. The torque generated by the drive motor is sequentially transmitted from the first drive gear to the Nth drive gear via the idler gears to rotatively drive the image carriers. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280628 | Lens array, linear light exposure device, and optical apparatus employing the linear light exposure unit - A lens array, a linear light exposure device, and an optical apparatus including the linear light exposure device. The lens array includes: an image side lens array unit in which a plurality of lens cells are arranged in at least one line along an arrangement direction to have optical axes parallel with each other; and a light blocking unit provided on an incidence surface of the image side lens array unit, the light blocking unit having light transmission regions, through which light is transmitted toward each lens cell, and blocking regions in regions other than the light transmission regions, wherein each lens cell of the image side lens array unit has a square formed effective optical region. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280629 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying a latent image; a developing device including a rotatable developer carrying member for carrying a developer and for supplying the developer to the image bearing member, a developer feeding member, provided rotatably in a developing container containing the developer, for feeding the developer, a first driving force receiving member, provided at one end portion of the developer carrying member with respect to a rotational axis direction of the developer carrying member, for receiving a driving force for driving the developer carrying member, a second driving force receiving member, provided at the other end portion of the developer carrying member with respect to the rotational axis direction of the developer carrying member, for receiving a driving force for driving the developer feeding member, abutment members provided at respective end portions of the developer carrying member to determine a gap between the image bearing member and the developer carrying member by being abutted to respective end portions of the image bearing member; a supporting mechanism for supporting the developing device rotatably relative to a main assembly of the apparatus; a first drive inputting member, provided in the main assembly side of the apparatus, for directly inputting drive to the first driving force receiving member; and a second drive inputting member, provided in the main assembly side of the apparatus, for directly inputting drive to the second driving force receiving member; wherein the first driving force receiving member and the second driving force receiving member are provided such that directions of components, in directions toward and away from the image bearing member, of forces applied to the abutment members at the time when the drives are inputted to the first driving force receiving member and the second driving force receiving member, respectively. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280630 | TONER BOX HAVING SHUTTER AND DEVELOPING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE TONER BOX - A toner box, for being detachably mounted in a developing unit of an image-forming device, includes: a main body; and a shutter. The main body is configured to accommodate toner therein and has a main-body-side communication through-hole, through which an interior and an exterior of the main body communicate. The shutter is disposed so as to be capable of moving between an open position in which the shutter opens the main-body-side communication through-hole, and a closed position in which the shutter closes the main-body-side communication through-hole. The shutter is formed of a film and has a shutter drive opening, a shutter drive protrusion provided on the developing unit being capable of being engaged in the shutter drive opening. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280631 | DEVELOPER STORAGE BODY, IMAGE FORMING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer storage body includes an outer case enclosing a space in which a developer is stored and having a first opening, and an inner case rotatably provided in the outer case and having a second opening. The inner case is rotatable with respect to the outer case between an opening position and a closing position to open and close the first opening. An operating portion is provided for operation to rotate the inner case between the opening and closing positions. The inner case includes a bottom wall having the second opening, and a plurality of beams provided so as to extend between edges of the bottom wall. The beam has an inclined upper surface. The inclined upper surface is inclined downward in a gravity direction toward a side end of the beam in a cross-section of the beam. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280632 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a non-contact, single-component developing system for electrophotographic machines that effectively reduces the effect of adhesion forces on the development process. The developing system of the present invention uses a thin layer forming member where R | 2011-11-17 |
20110280633 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color image forming apparatus configured to form a combination toner pattern including a second toner image formed downstream in a conveying direction of an intermediate transfer belt on a first toner image and a third toner image formed upstream in the conveying direction of the intermediate transfer belt on the first toner image so that the second and the third toner images cover at least a portion of the first toner image. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280634 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heating member to heat a sheet on which a toner image is supported; a pressing member to contact with the heating member so as to form a nip portion; a temperature detecting sensor to detect a temperature of the heating member without contacting with a surface of the heating member; and an air separating section to separate the sheet from the heating member by blowing air from a outlet to the sheet conveyed out from the nip portion, wherein the heating member is arranged to interrupt a straight line which connects the outlet and the temperature detecting sensor. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280635 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed fixing device includes a fixing material application unit applying a fixing material to a fixing material carrier, a transfer unit transferring the fixing material onto a recording medium, a cleaning blade cleaning the fixing material carrier after the fixing material is transferred onto the recording medium, and a lubricant agent application unit disposed on a downstream side of the cleaning blade on the fixing material carrier and applying a lubricant agent to the fixing material carrier. Further, before a fixing operation is started, the lubricant agent application unit applies the lubricant agent to the fixing material carrier, and the fixing material carrier moves in a direction opposite to a direction when the fixing operation is performed and to a position where the applied lubricant agent is adhered to the cleaning blade. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280636 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixing apparatus of the present invention includes a fixing rotation member, a rotation drive portion that rotates the fixing rotation member, a cleaning web sheet that cleans a circumferential surface of the fixing rotation member, a cleaning web sheet roller that takes up or feeds out the cleaning web sheet, a swing cam rotationally driven by the rotation drive portion, a rotation transmission portion that transmits a rotation drive force to the cleaning web sheet roller, a one way clutch provided on an input shaft of the rotation transmission portion, and a swing lever connected to the one way clutch and biased so as to be brought into slide contact with the swing cam. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280637 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE - A cleaning device comprises: a rotational brush disposed to touch an image holder and a lubricant, the brush which scrapes the lubricant and applies the scraped lubricant to the image holder, the brush including: a rotational axis; and a plurality of looped bristles disposed around the rotational axis, wherein a contact length of the bristles to the lubricant is longer than a contact length of the bristles to the image holder. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280638 | System and Method For Controlling Registration In A Continuous Feed Tandem Printer - A method enables a printing system to register images printed by two printers accurately. The method includes operating at least one marking station in a first printer with reference to a low frequency component and a high frequency of a velocity measurement for a web in the first printer, printing fiducial marks on the web with a marking station in the first printer, detecting the fiducial marks with a fiducial mark sensor in a second printer, generating a velocity measurement for the web as the web moves along a web path in the second printer that corresponds with the detected fiducial marks, and operating at least one marking station in the second printer with reference to a low frequency component and a high frequency component of the velocity measurement of the web moving along a web path in the second printer. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280639 | CURVED PRE-FUSER TRANSPORT TO ENABLE LARGER SHEETS THROUGH A XEROGRAPHIC PRINT ENGINE - A media transport that will fit between a xerographic transfer station and a fuser station is provided by this invention. The purpose of this media transport is to increase the distance that media with an unfused image will travel from transfer to fusing stations thus permitting longer media to be used in the xerographic system without the risk of disturbing the unfused image. A vacuum is positioned internally of the transport that will provide a vacuum force to hold a media sheet to belts that are guided by the top surface of the media transport. The media transport has a configuration with an arced top surface where the arc length of the top surface exceeds the overall width of the transport. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280640 | System and Methods to use context graphs for targeting communications - This disclosure provides a system and method to use context graphs for targeting communications to a user of an image rendering device. According to one exemplary embodiment, the method provides targeted communications generated as a function of one or more attributes associated with a user requested printed document. The attributes are provided by accessing a context graph including a plurality of links between a plurality of entities. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280641 | METHOD FOR REALIZING FULL SIZE KEYBOARD KEYS ON THE SMALL SIZE DEVICE - A small size electron equipment keyboard, comprises a character area ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110280642 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A control unit includes a memory storing correction data obtained by associating information acquired by a first acquisition unit (rotary encoder) with information acquired by a second acquisition unit (direct sensor) with respect to, at least one rotation of a conveying roller. When a plurality of images are sequentially printed on a first surface and a second surface of a continuous sheet, the control unit reads the correction data corresponding to the rotation information acquired by the first acquisition unit from the memory and corrects at least one of driving control of a print head and driving control of the roller. The correction data used in printing on the first surface of the sheet is different from that used in printing on the second surface of the sheet. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280643 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IMPROVED IN OPERABILITY FOR PRINT JOB INVOLVING SINGLE-SIDED PRINTING AND DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING - An image forming apparatus capable of improving productivity in a print job mixedly involving single-sided printing and double-sided printing. Sheets are fed one by one to an image forming section. When double-sided printing is to be performed, a sheet having an image formed on the first side thereof by the image forming section is re-fed thereto so as to have an image formed on the second side thereof. When a sheet for double-sided printing exists, which is posterior in page order to a sheet for single-sided printing, an image forming order is changed such that the first side of the sheet for double-sided printing is subjected to image formation prior to the sheet for single-sided printing. When it is predicted that a state will occur in which the sheet for single-sided printing cannot be fed, the image forming order is not changed. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280644 | CUTTER DEVICE, PRINTER AND CONTROLLER THEREOF - Embodiments described herein are to a cutter device includes a fixed blade, a movable blade configured to move along the fixed blade to cut a paper interposed between the movable blade and the fixed blade. The cutter device further includes a drive mechanism configured to transfer a drive torque to the movable blade, so that the movable blade is driven to move along the fixed blade, and a detection unit configured to detect whether an abnormality in cutting the paper has occurred in the course of the movement of the movable blade. The cutter device further includes a control unit, upon detection of the abnormality in cutting the paper by the detection unit, configured to control the drive mechanism to increase the drive torque to be transferred to the movable blade. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280645 | VARIABLE MEDIA FEED SYSTEM AND PRINTHEAD APPARATUS - A print media feed system for media of variable thickness having a slanted loading platform with drive wheels to direct print media to a feed zone having a belt system and hanging friction wheels to draw out single print medium of varying thickness and feed the medium to a print zone for a ink jet, laser or other printer wherein the print zone includes a floating deck to maintain a constant clearance distance between the printhead and the print medium. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280646 | PINCH ROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTER - A pinch roller assembly for a printer having a media width printhead is provided having an elongate support plate securely mounted to a housing of the printer so as to extend along the media width, two elongate pinch housings movably supported on either side the support plate so as to extend along the media width, and a series of pinch rollers rotatably held within each pinch housing so as to extend along the media width. The pinch housings have alignment pins for engagement with the housing of the printer through movement of the pinch housings relative to the support plate. The engagement aligns the series of pinch rollers with a respective driven roller rotatably mounted to the housing to provide pinched contact for media being transported through the printer. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280647 | Package For Applying a Personal Care Product - A package for applying a liquid personal care product. the package including a body for storing and dispensing a personal care product and an applicator with a skin-contacting portion for applying the personal care product to the skin of a user. The body of the package and the skin-contacting portion both have first and second cross-sectional shapes with major and minor dimensions aligned with one another. The major dimension being greater than the minor dimension. The skin contacting portion includes a patterned surface. The patterned surface produces a corresponding pattern on skin when the personal care product is applied thereto. The pattern may be configured to deliver a discontinuous film of product to the skin, resulting in natural looking coverage. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280648 | QUICK COUPLING DEVICE FOR WORK VEHICLES AND MACHINES IN GENERAL - A quick coupling device for work vehicles has two locking pins operated by a link system that is actuated by an actuation means so as to define at least two positions of said locking pins: a released position, in which said pins are retracted, and a locking position, in which said pins are extended and interfere with the equipment or tool to be locked. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280649 | CONSTRUCTION JOINTS AND RELATED CONNECTORS - A connector for use in a construction joint including a first plate having respective first and second ends, and a first slit extending from the first end to a predetermined depth on the first plate, and a second plate having respective first and second ends, and a second slit extending from the second end of the second plate to a predetermined depth on the second plate. When assembled, the first and second plates intersect through the first and second slits such that the connector has a cross-section that is, at least in part, generally cruciform-shaped. The connector may also include a bearing plate. The first plate further includes a bearing plate slit formed between an end of the first slit and the second end of the first plate, and extending generally perpendicular to the first slit, such that the bearing plate slit is adapted to receive the bearing plate. The bearing plate is positioned such that the second end of the second plate abuts against the bearing plate when assembled. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280650 | JOINING COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A JOINING COMPONENT - The present invention relates to a joining component for axial joining to a workpiece, having a base body composed of thermoplastic material which has a holding section and a flange section, with a joining surface being formed on the flange section and having a metal section which can be heated inductively. The metal section is in this case integrated in the flange section. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280651 | Connecting device to prevent worker from falling - A connecting device for attaching to a rail of a scaffolding includes a barrel attached to a lever for coupling to a worker, two gripping members slidably attached onto the lever for adjustably engaging with the rails of different width, and one or more fasteners slidably attached to the lever for selectively engaging with the gripping members and for anchoring and securing the gripping members to the lever at the selected position, and for safely anchoring and retaining the worker on the scaffolding and for preventing the worker from falling from the scaffolding inadvertently. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280652 | STRUCTURE WITH PLURAL COMPONENTS - An exemplary structure includes a first body, a second body and a screw. The screw includes a head and an elongated pole extending from the head. Plural external threads are formed on the pole. The first body defines a through hole with a diameter not smaller than the major diameter of the external threads. The second body defining a latching hole comprising a first portion adjacent to the first body and a second portion farthest away the first body. Plural internal threads matching the external threads are formed on the second body around the first portion. A diameter of the second portion is larger than the major diameter of the external threads. The pole extends through the through hole and threadedly engaged with the internal threads. A free end of the pole farthest away the head is received in the second portion and apart from the second body. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280653 | MULTI-PIECE CANTED COIL SPRING SOCKET - A connector includes a canted coil spring, a multi-piece housing, and an insert element. The multi-piece housing includes a first housing part defining a bore of the housing, and a second housing part connected to the first housing part and comprising a tapered wall defined by a first section of the second housing part with a first inner diameter and a second section of the second housing part with a second inner diameter greater than the first inner diameter. A groove is formed in the bore by the connection of the first housing part with the second housing part, the groove having at least a portion of the canted coil spring disposed therein and having a tapered side wall formed at least partly by the tapered wall of the second housing part. The insert element is insertable into the bore to engage the canted coil spring for connection with the housing. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280654 | APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A COMPONENT OF AN EXERCISE DEVICE - An exercise device including at least one positionable component configured to be positioned by a user. The exercise device includes a frame to which a collar is mounted. The positionable component includes a member that is slidably received within the collar and may be positioned by sliding the member to a selected position. A locking assembly is coupled to the collar and is operable to lock the member in a selected position within the collar, to release the member from the locked position, and when released, to allow the member to slide within the collar. The locking assembly includes a cam pivotably mounted to the collar and a cam follower assembly selectively biased by the cam against a portion of the member disposed inside the collar. The locking assembly also includes a pair of engagement members disposed inside the collar opposite the cam against which the cam biases the member. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280655 | COMPOSED ELEMENT, MULTI-LAYERED BOARD AND PANEL-SHAPED ELEMENT FOR FORMING THIS COMPOSED ELEMENT - Composed element, wherein this composed element comprises at least two panel-shaped elements, which substantially are formed from a board material; wherein said panel-shaped elements are interconnected at an angle by means of coupling devices including a tongue and a groove, which coupling devices substantially are made as profiled parts in the board material; and wherein said coupling devices also include locking elements, which, in coupled condition, prevent the moving apart of the tongue and groove. The panel-shaped elements are formed on the basis of board material in the form of particle board consisting of two or more layers, which in respect to the average fineness of the particles, show a different degree of fineness, namely a basic layer with coarser particles, more particularly chips, and at least one outer layer, or at least a more outward-situated layer, which is of a finer composition than the composition of the basic layer, in other words, with particles, chips, respectively, which on average are finer. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280656 | Injection-Molded Plastic Nestable Shell for Concrete Parking Bumpers - A parking bumper shell that can be easily filled with a heavy form-filling material (such as concrete) to form a parking bumper is provided. The parking bumper shell may be injection molded from durable, brightly-colored, UV- and weather-resistant plastic. Undercuts, such as in the form of a plurality of undercut wings or z-puller pins, may be disposed on the interior of the parking bumper shell's top and side walls to aid in holding the parking bumper shell and the heavy filling material together. The parking bumper shell may also include internally projecting hollow extensions that are adapted to receive anchoring posts. While the parking bumper shell is being filled, it may be placed in a rigid frame which helps the shell to keep its shape during filling. The parking bumper shells are light-weight, nestable, and do not require internal steel rebar reinforcement, thereby greatly reducing transportation costs. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280657 | VEHICLE TRACKING PAD - A component mat combines with similar mats to form a vehicle tracking pad assemblage, with juxtaposed ends joined by mechanical interlock. Optional turnout mats are interlocked to sides of the component mat. A top mat surface carries a finish formed of an array of upstanding mud removal elements of effective height. Mud removal element heights may be uniform among spaced apart elements or may vary among juxtaposed elements. The intermat interlock may carry the top finish to establish continuity over the junction. Suitable mud removal elements include cylinders, pyramids, ribs, and simulated rock patterns. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280658 | DUST SUPPRESSION AGENT - A composition for dust suppression including an acrylic polymer, a polyvinyl acetate polymer, glycerin, and water is herein disclosed. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280659 | INTERLOCKING BALLAST BLOCK - A ballast system is provided for use with least partially buried pre-formed chamber, the system having at least one ring formed of a plurality of interlocking ballast block ring segments; each ring segment being configured with at least one male interconnect and at least one female interconnect, each said female interconnect being configured to receive a corresponding male interconnect, each ring segment comprising a containment form shell and cast mass; and corrosion resistant locking pins whereby each female interconnect is secured to a corresponding male interconnect. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280660 | CHEMICAL SORBENT ARTICLE - A chemical sorbent article comprising a nonwoven containing a plurality of thermoplastic nanofibers and a textile, where the textile at least partially surrounds the non-woven. Also an oil boom fence containing a nonwoven comprising a plurality of thermoplastic nanofibers, a weight, a buoyancy article, and a fabric. The fabric at least partially surrounds the nonwoven, the weight, and the buoyancy article and the weight and buoyancy article are separated by the nonwoven. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280661 | FISH PASSAGE APPARATUS WITH VARIABLE INLETS AND METHOD - An improved fish passage apparatus is combined with hydroelectric power generation to facilitate migration of fish between water bodies of different heights with minimal injury or trauma to fish. It may also be optimized for power generation when fish are not moving through it. The fish passage apparatus comprises a variable inlet connected to a connecting tube providing fluid communication between upper and lower water bodies, an upper valve in the connecting tube adapted to control flow of water to or from an upper water body, a lower valve in the connecting tube adapted to control flow of water to or from a lower water body, and a working tube opening into the connecting tube between the upper and lower valves a working portion of which extends functionally vertical to above a water level of the upper body of water and to below a water level of the lower body and is vented at its top such that water can flow freely in and out of the working portion. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280662 | PARALLEL FISH PASSAGE APPARATUSES WITH HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR AND METHOD - An improved fish passage apparatus is combined with hydroelectric power generation to facilitate migration of fish between water bodies of different heights with minimal injury or trauma to fish. It may also be optimized for power generation when fish are not moving through it. The fish passage apparatus comprises parallel connecting tubes providing fluid communication between upper and lower water bodies, upper valves in each connecting tube adapted to control flow of water to or from an upper water body, lower valves in each connecting tube adapted to control flow of water to or from a lower water body, and working tubes opening into each connecting tube between the upper and lower valves a working portion of which extends functionally vertical to above a water level of the upper body of water and to below a water level of the lower body and is vented at its top such that water can flow freely in and out of the working portion. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280663 | FISH PASSAGE APPARATUS WITH FLOW RESTRICTION AND METHOD - An improved fish passage apparatus is combined with hydroelectric power generation to facilitate migration of fish between water bodies of different heights with minimal injury or trauma to fish. It may also be optimized for power generation when fish are not moving through it. The fish passage apparatus comprises a connecting tube providing fluid communication between upper and lower water bodies, an upper valve in the connecting tube adapted to control flow of water to or from an upper water body, a lower valve in the connecting tube adapted to control flow of water to or from a lower water body, and a working tube opening into the connecting tube between the upper and lower valves a working portion of which extends functionally vertical to above a water level of the upper body of water and to below a water level of the lower body and is vented at its top such that water can flow freely in and out of the working portion. The working tube contains a means for restricting flow thereby increasing the safety to fish passing through the connecting tubes. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280664 | Methods and apparatus for installing conduit underground - Apparatus and methods for forming an underground passageway and simultaneously laying therein a conduit or other elongate components comprises a rotary drill member coupled to a rotary and axially movable drill stem. The coupling is one which virtually automatically enables the drill stem to be coupled to and uncoupled from the drill member and comprises as one embodiment interlocking driving lugs carried by the drill stem and the drill member. The driving lugs are sandwiched between telescoped portions of the drill member and the drill stem and thereby are reinforced by such portions of the drill stem and the drill member in such manner as to preclude movement of the driving lugs in both radially inward and radially outward directions. Other couplings can be used. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280665 | SYSTEM FOR REPAIRING AND STRENGTHENING PIPE WITH INTERNAL HELICALLY WOUND TENSILE REINFORCEMENT - A method for repairing and strengthening pipes by creating a structural reinforced composite liner within the existing pipe. The liner is created by helically winding a tensile reinforcement material on the inside wall of a pipe and encapsulating it in a hardening matrix material. The reinforcement material is helically wound around the inside wall of the pipe by an installation device. The installation device is configured to relieve and/or prevent the development of torsional stress in the reinforcement material that is created by the act of helically winding it onto the inside wall of a pipe, allowing the reinforcement material to lay flat against the pipe wall without twisting or buckling. The structural reinforced composite can be configured to supplement the strength of the existing pipe or to function as a stand-alone pipe within the existing pipe. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280666 | Protective environmentally friendly accessory for marine piling - An add-on protective covering for a support piling on an existing marine structure. The add-on protective covering has two pieces. First is a generally U-shaped piece which fits around an existing piling. One end of the U-shaped piece, a sliding piece, will slide into place on connectors with the U-shaped piece and on the sliding piece. The connectors serve the dual purpose of holding the sliding piece in place and restricting water flow to the space inside the protective covering. Restricting water flow prevents the growth of marine organisms on the existing marine piling this is an add on protective covering for installed pilings in a salt water marine environment where marine borers attach pilings. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280667 | HYBRID RISER TOWERS AND FABRICATION THEREOF - Disclosed is a riser tower structure including a plurality of elongate objects. The riser tower structure is provided with blocks preferably of buoyant material, along at least part of its length. The blocks provide the riser tower with a substantially circular cross-sectional profile, wherein one or more strakes are provided on the outside of the blocks. the strakes in a main embodiment are helical. Also disclosed is a corresponding method of constructing such a riser tower structure. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280668 | Hang-Off Adapter for Offshore Riser Systems and Associated Methods - Hang-off adapters for use in offshore riser systems are provided that seat in a tension ring while allowing for relative rotation between the tension ring and the riser. In one embodiment, the hang-off adapter may comprise a tension ring interface configured to engage an inner landing of a tension ring, the tension ring interface being in the shape of a ring. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280669 | CONTROLLED SYSTEM FOR THE DENSIFICATION OF WEAK SOILS - A method of imparting strength to earth in support of a ground surface is disclosed. A bag is placed in the earth under the ground surface, the bag having a first end oriented towards the ground surface, a second end opposite the first end, and a cross sectional contour from the first end to the second end that includes at least one wedge portion extendable laterally into surrounding earth located above and below the wedge portion when the bag is filled. A expandable polymeric resin is injected into the bag to at least partially fill the bag to compress earth around the bag. The expandable polymeric resin may be expandable polymeric resin. A bag is also disclosed for use in imparting strength to earth in support of a ground surface. The bag comprises at least an opening, a first end and a second end opposed the first end, and a cross sectional contour from the first end to the second end that includes at least one wedge portion extendable laterally into surrounding earth above and below the wedge portion when the bag is filled and in earth under the ground surface | 2011-11-17 |
20110280670 | ACTIVE GRIPPING SHEET PILING INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for installing sheet piles using active gripping along side portions of the sheet piles. A sheet pile profile including first and second locking profiles and a gripping flange enables engagement of the sheet piles onto a mandrel for installation. Double engagement flanges on the locking profiles and an expandable connection between adjacent sheet piles provide improved resistance to fluid passage. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280671 | TIRE GEOREINFORCING SYSTEM - A georeinforcing system, comprising a plurality of georeinforcement elements, each georeinforcement element formed from one or more basic connector pieces having one or more tire treads and one or more tire sidewalls fastened together in an alternating pattern with non-metallic screws. The plurality of georeinforcement elements are attached to a facing element and surrounded in particulate matter to support the facing element. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280672 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELIVERING DELIVERABLE MATERIALS - A method and to a device for delivering deliverable materials through a hollow chamber that is closed off from the outside air in a pressure-tight manner and that is supplied with materials via a storage container serving as a lock and that ends in the furnace chamber via a connecting tube. The delivery of the materials within the hollow chamber closed off from the outside air in a pressure-tight manner is carried out by means of depressurized mechanical conveyors. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280673 | Milling Tool for Machining Fiber Reinforced Composites and Multilayer Cutting Insert Therefor - A multilayer cutting insert includes a first layer made of a first material and a second layer made of a second material. The first material is harder than the second material. The cutting insert has opposing first and second major side surfaces and a peripheral side surface which extends therebetween. The first major side surface is formed in the first layer and includes a non-uniform relief surface. The peripheral side surface is formed in the two layers and includes a non-uniform rake surface. The rake surface and the relief surface intersect at an edge, at least portion of which is a curved major cutting edge. The rake surface is formed in at least the first layer, and the relief surface is formed only in the first layer. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280674 | MACHINING DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A DRILLING JIG FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - The invention relates to a machining device, especially for producing a drilling jig for dental implants. The tool can be displaced along three translational axes and can be swiveled about two swiveling axes. The displacement device for the tool comprises a C frame which can be displaced along two horizontal translational axes. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280675 | Method for Forming Through-Hole - A method for forming a through-hole on a work material using a drill having a drill head provided with a brazed-type cutting blade helps prevent generation of a spiral mark on an inner circumferential face of the through-hole and obtains a superior appearance and high working accuracy. In forming a through-hole H on a work material W by a drill head | 2011-11-17 |
20110280676 | TAIL PIECE FOR AN EXTENDABLE DRILL BIT ASSEMBLY HAVING A REDUCED HEAD - An assembly includes a quick-release head, a tail piece and a flexible metal rod. The tail piece includes a shaft and a male coupler formed of a head, body, and flute. At least a portion of the male coupler head has a reduced outer dimension relative to an outer dimension of the body. When the male coupler is mounted in a second quick-release head or drill, a clearance space is provided between the reduced outer dimension portion and the second quick-release head or drill. During use, the assembly may undergo bending which results in significant forces applied in particular to the male coupler head. By providing the clearance space, these forces are predominantly shifted to the male coupler body, thereby reducing the likelihood that the male coupler head will shear from the remainder of the male coupler. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280677 | Tool With Releasably Mounted Self-Clamping Cutting Head - A metal cutting tool has a cutting head releasably mounted on a front end of a tool shank, in a self-clamping manner. The tool shank's forward end is provided with a pair of shank coupling portions, each having a forwardly facing shank support surface. A pocket recess is defined between the shank's coupling portions. Within the pocket recess are a plurality of shank fixation surfaces which are parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tool shank. The cutting head has a cap portion and a fixation portion extending in rearward direction therefrom. The cap portion includes a pair of head segments, each having a rearwardly facing head base surface. The cutting head's fixation portion has a plurality of head fixation surfaces which are parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cutting head. In the assembled tool, the tool shank's forwardly facing shank support surfaces support the cutting head's rearwardly facing head base surfaces, while the plurality of head fixation surfaces abut the plurality of shank fixation surfaces. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280678 | Hollow Drill and A Production Process for the Same - A production process is provided for a drill including the following steps. From a rod-shaped blank comprising an end section, a central section, and a hollow space extending at least through the end section and the central section along an axis of the blank, the end section is formed in a direction extending radially relative to the axis, the diameter of the hollow space in the end section being reduced. Either a cutting element is attached to the end section or grooves are introduced into the end section for forming a shank. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280679 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR MACHINE TOOL MAIN SPINDLE - A coolant supply section that supplies coolant to a main spindle and a coolant recovery section that recovers the coolant from the main spindle are formed in a housing. A coolant flow path that allows the coolant to flow from the coolant supply section to the coolant recovery section is formed in the main spindle. The coolant flow path in the main spindle includes a coolant receiving portion that receives the coolant supplied from the coolant supply section, and a plurality of hole-shaped flow paths formed to extend in the axial direction of the main spindle from the coolant receiving portion. The coolant receiving portion includes an annular groove that is recessed in the outer circumference of the main spindle. The hole-shaped flow paths are formed to extend generally straight toward the coolant recovery section and with an inclination to the radially outer side of the main spindle. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280680 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONFIGURABLE MACHINING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a 3D reconfigurable machining system including a support frame spaced apart from the ground, a circular pivoting frame pivotably installed at the support frame, a slide member slidably installed on the circumferential portion of the pivoting frame, and a main spindle installed vertically at the slide member and being rotatable along the pivoting frame, so that a workpiece can be three-dimensionally machined with a considerably simple structure. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280681 | CARGO BAG VALVE DEFLECTOR - A deflector is configured for use with a cargo bag filling valve. The filling valve has an upstanding portion that extends a distance beyond a surface of the cargo bag. The valve has a diameter and has a compressed gas inlet configured for engagement with a compressed gas inflation nozzle. The deflector has an inclined wall defining a base and an upper portion. The base is defined by an outer periphery of the inclined wall. The inclined wall defines a height. A well is defined at an inner portion, radially inward of the base. The well has a depth that is less than or equal to the height defined by the inclined wall. The well has a bore therein about equal to or slightly less than the diameter of the valve. A flange is formed at an inner periphery of the well. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280682 | FLANGE FASTENING STRUCTURE - A flange fastening structure includes a first flange made of metal and a second flange made of plastic. Stepped nuts are provided in the second flange and each have a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion. The second flange has at least one raised portion on a surface of the second flange facing the large-diameter portion. The at least one raised portion is made of plastic. A height of the at least one raised portion is set such that the at least one raised portion pressed with the large-diameter portion is deformed when the first flange and the second flange are fastened together with bolts and the nuts. The small-diameter portion of each of the nuts contacts the first flange to limit fastening positions of the nuts and the bolts when the first flange and the second flange are fastened together with the bolts and the nuts. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280683 | SCREW OR NUT WITH A THREAD A PITCH OF WHICH VARIES AND TOOL TO PRODUCE SAID SCREW OR NUT - The distribution of load stresses on threads engaged with a standard screw or nut is very unequal. Indeed, the first threads in engagement support a large majority of the load. So if the load is too important, the threads give way and the function is not provided any more by the screw or the nut. In the prior art, threads are known whose depth or pitch varies a lot in order to cause a self-clamping. In particular, the invention aims at optimizing the resistance and the fatigue resistance of the screws by distributing the load at the very best on their threads without causing this self-clamping. It was shown that the control of the pitch variation, within a chosen pitch tolerance, makes it possible to control the stress distribution on the threads. It is possible to determine a different variation for each load case encountered. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280684 | SELF-DRILLING SCREW AND FABRICATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A fabricating method for the self-drilling screw has acts of forming a main section and a secondary section by punching, forming a flat drilling blade with a tapered end at a bottom end of the small diameter portion by punching, and forming a thread portion on an outer surface of the main section and a chip removal thread portion with a spiral chip removal groove on an outer surface of the secondary section by rolling. The self-drilling screw utilizes the flat drilling blade with the tapered end and the chip removal section having chip removal function to reduce the size of the drilling blade. Therefore, the self-drilling screw reduces the size of the punching die, lowers the punching force, lowers both the load of the punching die and the load of the punching machine, and lowers both the die cost and the manufacturing cost. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280685 | SCREW WITH LOW DRILLING RESISTANCE - A screw with low drilling resistance comprises a head portion, a shank portion, a plurality of first threads, a drilling portion, and a plurality of second threads. Wherein, a plurality of opening slots are correspondingly defined on the second threads, and a first included angle of the first threads is smaller than a second included angle of the second threads. Thereby, the opening slots on the second threads efficiently provide the first threads with an auxiliary cutting effect and preferably offers a debris accommodating room. The first threads including the smaller first included angle favorably reinforce the bearing force of the second threads including the larger second included angle, thereby promoting the cutting effect of the screw and allowing a speedy screwing. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280686 | Fastener - Disclosed is a fastener comprising a central elongate shank extending between first and second ends. The first end of the shank has a tapered point. The second end a head has an annular shoulder disposed towards the second end. The fastener further comprises an opposed pair of spines extending helically along the shank and a plurality of hooks extending from each of the pair of opposed spines. Also disclosed is a protrusion extending axially with the shank from the head deformable into an anti-friction washer upon impact by a fastener driver. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280687 | MAKING BOOKLET BY ITERATIVELY FOLDING AND CUTTING - A booklet with a cover sheet and a plurality of inner sheets is produced. The cover sheet is folded to begin the booklet. One at a time, the inner sheets are selectively printed, folded, and nested into the booklet. When each inner sheet is nested in the booklet, an edge of the inner sheet protrudes beyond an edge of the cover sheet. The protruding edge of the inner sheet is cut flush with the corresponding edge of the cover sheet. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280688 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A STACK COMPOSED OF BOOK COVERS FOR BOOK PRODUCTION AND A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE PROVIDED WITH THE APPARATUS - A method and apparatus provides for a stack composed of book covers for production of finished books. The book covers are compiled, stacked one above another in an unknown or known sequence and provided with unknown cover information to form a task stack. The book covers of the task stack have identical cover formats. The book covers are separated out and conveyed from the task stack as separate book covers in a sequence that does not change for the following method steps, until a completion signal is transmitted. The separated out book covers are counted, an identifier on each separated out book cover is detected, and cover information is read out of the respective identifier and temporarily stored. The separated out book covers are deposited one on top of the other in the sequence in which they were separated out for forming a detected stack. An identifier is stored that identifies the detected stack together with the temporarily stored cover information. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280689 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet stacking unit, a binding unit, a folding unit, a conveyance unit, a press unit, a grasping unit, and a control unit. The binding unit performs binding processing on a sheet bundle stacked in the sheet stacking unit. The folding unit folds the sheet bundle that is subjected to binding processing. The conveyance unit conveys the folded sheet bundle. The press unit presses a fold line portion of the conveyed sheet bundle. The grasping unit is separate from the conveyance unit and switches between a first state in which the grasping unit grasps the conveyed sheet bundle to fix the sheet bundle in position and a second state in which the grasping unit does not grasp the conveyed sheet bundle. The control unit shifts the grasping unit to the first state and causes the press unit to press the sheet bundle. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280690 | COVER FEEDER FOR SUPPLYING BOOK COVERS TO A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE, A METHOD FOR STACKING BOOK COVERS ON A COVER FEEDER AND A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE UTILIZING THE COVER FEEDER - A book cover feeder to supply book covers to a production unit of a book production line. The feeder has a guiding side and a driving side for conveying the book covers in a production direction. The book cover feeder comprising includes a feeding device onto which book covers of a single format are deposited singly, in a scaled formation or in a stack formation. A magazine is arranged to receive the covers from the feeding device. The magazine has a stacking shaft. A separating device is operatively arranged relative to the magazine. The feeding device, the cover magazine and the separating device are embodied integrally or adjoining each other. The feeding device includes, on the guiding side and/or the driving side, a side guiding device that is divided into multiple sections arranged one behind the other in the production direction. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280691 | WORK CONVEYING SYSTEM - Provided is a work conveying system for sequentially conveying a workpiece to multiple working apparatuses constituting a production line, including: a rail track disposed along the multiple working apparatuses; and conveyor robots, which are disposed adjacent to each other on the rail track and move on the rail track independently, in which delivery of the workpiece is performed between the adjacent conveyor robots on the rail track between adjacent working apparatuses. This enables formation of a work conveying system having a simple structure and a high productivity. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280692 | MACHINE TOOL HAVING WORKPIECE HOPPER - A machining device for material-removing machining of a workpiece includes a stationary frame, a workpiece magazine, a workpiece slide movable relative to the frame and accommodates a workpiece and a housing which encompasses a machining chamber and is located outside the workpiece magazine, wherein the workpiece magazine accommodates a plurality of workpieces, the workpiece magazine moves workpieces to an interchange point, the workpiece slide imparts translational movement to a workpiece along an X axis during workpiece machining and the workpiece slide is movable along the X axis to such an extent that the workpiece located on the workpiece slide is movable to the interchange point disposed outside the machining chamber encompassed by the housing. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280693 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus including a transport chamber having an end and defining more than one substantially linear substrate transport zone where each transport zone extends longitudinally along the transport chamber between opposing walls of the transport chamber and at least one of the more than one substantially linear substrate transport zones is configured as a supply zone for enabling transport of substrates from the end and at least one of the more than one substantially linear substrate transport zones is configured as a return zone for enabling transport of substrates to the end, and at least one substrate transport located in and movably mounted to the transport chamber for transporting substrates along the more than one substantially linear substrate transport zone, where each substrate transport zone is configured to allow the at least one substrate transport to move from one transport zone to another transport zone. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280694 | FLIPPING TRASH CAN - The flipping trash can is adapted especially for use in fast-food restaurants or the like. The trash can includes a pedal-operated, spring-biased lid. When the lid is opened, a tray (with trash thereon) is positioned on a tray receiving mechanism that flips the tray so that trash thereon is deposited in a trash bin. The mechanism is designed to then move the empty tray to a storage area for retrieval and reuse. A sound-emitting, electronic device may be attached to the lid and is programmed to emit the phrase “Thank You” when the lid opens. The receptacle can be designed in different configurations (animals, spaceships, autos, etc) to attract attention and enhance aesthetics. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280695 | Railroad Freight Car Loading Or Unloading - The present invention discloses an apparatus for loading and unloading a container or semi-trailer from a railroad freight car including: a side track located off a main line; a joint in the side track; a segmented rail connected to the joint; and a platform underlying the side track. The present invention further discloses a method of unloading a container or semi-trailer from a L-car including: moving the L-car from a main line to a side track; pivoting a segmented rail to a slant angle relative to the side track; connecting a tractor to the container or semi-trailer; and pulling the container or semi-trailer off the L-car. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280696 | Railroad Freight Car Loading Or Unloading - The present invention discloses an apparatus for transferring freight among different modes of transportation including: a railway spur; zones located in parallel along the railway spur; L-cars located over the railway spur to carry the freight; an external propulsion mechanism located along the railway spur to move the L-cars; sensors and actuators located in the zones to start and stop the L-cars; and connector rails located along the railway spur to direct the L-cars to desired zones. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280697 | Railroad Freight Car Loading Or Unloading - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for railroad freight car loading or unloading. More specifically, the present invention discloses an apparatus for transferring freight among different modes of transportation including: a railway spur; zones disposed along said railway spur; an L-car disposed over said railway spur to carry said freight; an external propulsion mechanism disposed along said railway spur to move said L-car; sensors and actuators disposed in said zones to start and stop said L-car; connector rails disposed along said railway spur to direct said L-car onto roads adjacent to said railway spur, and a tractor disposed on rail to move one or more L-cars in a cluster or string. The present invention also relates to a method of transferring a container or a semi-trailer on and off an L-car with a straddling crane having portable scaffolding. The present invention also relates to a method of moving the L-car to a connector rail with a straddling crane having portable scaffolding. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280698 | Omni-Directional Aircraft Transporter with Hinged Gate for Moving Aircraft - An apparatus for moving parked aircraft with an omni-directional tractor via an aircraft lift dolly that is revolvably coupled thereto which includes a hinged gate to entrap the aircraft nose gear. The aircraft lift dolly may be removably detachably coupled to the omni-directional tractor or may be integral to it through two attachment points via attachment members. The aircraft lift dolly includes a lift mechanism having a lift carriage which is selectively elevated. The lift carriage includes a fixed forward chock and a rear chock that it repositioned longitudinally with respect to the forward chock and is hingedly coupled. The chocks are positioned about the aircraft nose gear without movement of the aircraft. Elevating the lift cradle elevates the chocks and the nose gear cradled therebetween. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280699 | LIFTING LOADING PLATFORM - Tailgates for trucks have a loading platform which can be lifted and lowered and pivoted by a lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism has hydraulic cylinders for lifting and lowering and pivoting the loading platform. The hydraulic cylinders require a hydraulic subassembly and comparatively thick hydraulic lines in order to operate. The invention provides a tailgate in which the loading platform is raised, lowered and pivoted by electric linear drives ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110280700 | TRANSFER DEVICE - A transfer device to assist a user in moving between vertically displaced locations has a storage enclosure mounted or mountable to the exterior of a motor vehicle. The storage enclosure protects components from external conditions, weather, etc., and typically is made of steel, plastic, etc. A user platform is supported on a drawer assembly that can be completely encased in the storage enclosure. Movement of the drawer assembly is controlled by a drawer extension mechanism that selectively extends and retracts the drawer assembly into and out of the storage enclosure between a stored position completely inside the storage enclosure and an operative position outside the storage enclosure. When the drawer assembly is in an operative position outside the storage enclosure, a platform elevating mechanism can raise and lower the user platform between a lower, compacted storage position and an elevated position using a scissors linkage that links the user platform to a drawer assembly support such as a tray. The elevating mechanism can be an actuator having a cylinder pivotably mounted to the tray and a slidable rod pivotably mounted to the scissors linkage in a manner that permits raising the seat as the rod is extended outwardly from the actuator cylinder. A control system monitors the position of the drawer assembly and the vertical position of the user platform and can prevent undesired operation such as when a motor vehicle engine is still running or a motor vehicle door is closed. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280701 | METHOD FOR FEEDING A SUPPLY STATION OF A PACKAGING UNIT WITH A NEW REEL OF SHEET PACKAGING MATERIAL, SHEET PACKAGING MATERIAL HOLDER AND LIFT TRUCK - A method for feeding a supply station of a packaging unit with a new reel of sheet packaging material comprises releasably connecting a sheet packaging material holder to a support structure; coupling an end portion of new reel with holder connected, in turn, to support structure; carrying out on end portion at least an operation, which is preliminary for joining of end portion to a first edge of a terminated reel previously connected to packaging unit; moving new reel together with holder from support structure towards supply station; and releasably connecting a fixed part of supply station to holder together with new reel. | 2011-11-17 |
20110280702 | INTEGRATED CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTARY APPARATUS - A rotary apparatus comprises a rotary bobbin, a processing component fixedly attached to the bobbin and connectors fixedly connected to the processing component. At least one helical groove is located along the bobbin wherein the connectors are housed. A motor coupled to the processing component is operative to rotate the processing component together with the bobbin in two opposite rotary directions. | 2011-11-17 |