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20130245822 | ROBOT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A robot apparatus includes: a grasping section configured to grasp an object; a recognition section configured to recognize a graspable part and a handing-over area part of the object; a grasp planning section configured to plan a path of the grasping section for handing over the object to a recipient by the handing-over area part; and a grasp control section configured to control grasp operation of the object by the grasping section in accordance with the planned path. | 09-19-2013 |
20130332469 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTENT REQUESTING TERMINAL - There is provided an information processing device including a recommender list obtaining unit obtaining a recommender list in which a recommender of content is associated with an evaluation score of the recommender for on a per-genre basis, a recommended content selecting unit selecting recommended content based on the recommender list, and a sending unit sending the recommended content. | 12-12-2013 |
20150040166 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided is a control device including a detector configured to detect use of an application on a communication terminal, and a controller configured to control recording processing related to content that is being output from a content output device associated with the communication terminal in accordance with a detection result obtained by the detector. | 02-05-2015 |
20160082590 | ROBOT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A robot apparatus includes: a grasping section configured to grasp an object; a recognition section configured to recognize a graspable part and a handing-over area part of the object; a grasp planning section configured to plan a path of the grasping section for handing over the object to a recipient by the handing-over area part; and a grasp control section configured to control grasp operation of the object by the grasping section in accordance with the planned path. | 03-24-2016 |
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20130042776 | INK SUPPLY APPARATUS - An ink supply apparatus includes an ink fountain, ink fountain keys, and an ink guide portion. The ink fountain is formed from a pair of ink dams arranged to face each other, a bottom surface, and an outer peripheral surface of an ink fountain roller so as to store ink. The ink fountain keys that form gaps between the outer peripheral surface of the ink fountain roller and the ink fountain keys to extract the ink stored in the ink fountain. The ink guide portion projects from a distal end of each of the ink fountain keys toward the ink fountain roller so as to guide the ink extracted from the ink fountain to the ink fountain roller. | 02-21-2013 |
20130042777 | INK SUPPLY APPARATUS OF PRINTING PRESS - An ink supply apparatus of a printing press includes at least one inking device. In the inking device, an ink fountain roller is rotatably supported. An ink fountain main body forms a space to store an ink together with an outer surface of the ink fountain roller. A guide member slidably supports the ink fountain main body and guides the ink fountain main body between a first position where the space is formed and a second position spaced apart from the ink fountain roller than the first position. A doctor including a blade is attached to a doctor holding member between the ink fountain main body and the ink fountain roller when the ink fountain main body is located at the second position. The blade abuts against the ink fountain roller and cleans the ink fountain roller. | 02-21-2013 |
20160059541 | PRINTING PRESS - A printing press includes an impression cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a collecting plate cylinder, a collecting blanket cylinder, a plurality of partial plate cylinders, a plurality of inking devices, and a dampening unit. The impression cylinder holds and transports a sheet. The blanket cylinder is in contact with the impression cylinder. The collecting plate cylinder is in contact with the blanket cylinder, and a lithographic printing plate is mounted on the collecting plate cylinder. The collecting blanket cylinder is in contact with the collecting plate cylinder. The plurality of partial plate cylinders are in contact with the collecting blanket cylinder. The plurality of inking devices supply ink to the plurality of partial plate cylinders, respectively. The dampening unit supplies dampening water to the collecting plate cylinder. | 03-03-2016 |
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20100037789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING PROCESSOR - In a sheet-fed printing press including; an impression cylinder gear driven by an upstream drive motor of an upstream printing unit group; an impression cylinder rotationally driven by the impression cylinder gear; a transfer cylinder gear of a convertible press mechanism rotationally driven by the upstream drive motor through the impression cylinder; and a transfer cylinder which is provided with a notch and is rotationally driven by the transfer cylinder gear, a load motor is provided to the transfer cylinder or the transfer cylinder gear, and braking force of the load motor is controlled according to load on the upstream drive motor. | 02-18-2010 |
20100037790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING PRINTING PRESS - In a printing press including; a blanket cylinder gear driven by a drive motor of the printing press; a blanket cylinder including a notch, the blanket cylinder being rotationally driven by the blanket cylinder gear; a plate cylinder gear rotationally driven by the drive motor of the printing press through the blanket cylinder gear; and a plate cylinder including a notch at a position corresponding to the notch of the blanket cylinder, the plate cylinder being rotationally driven by the plate cylinder gear, a load motor is provided to the plate cylinder or the plate cylinder gear, and a braking force of the load motor is controlled according to load applied to the drive motor of the printing press. | 02-18-2010 |
20100237560 | QUALITY INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR SHEET-SHAPED MATTER - Provided is a quality inspection apparatus including: gripper units provided to each delivery chain, each gripper unit configured to hold an end portion of a sheet; an arc-shaped track portion provided in a part of a movement track of the gripper units and formed by the movement track; an inspection unit installed at an opposite side of the arc-shaped track portion from an arc center of the arc-shaped track portion; and a vacuum cylinder installed at the same side of the arc-shaped track portion as the arc center. In the apparatus, while running along the arc-shaped track portion, the sheet is inspected by the inspection unit under a guidance of the vacuum cylinder. | 09-23-2010 |
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20130098255 | COMBINATION PRINTING PRESS - Provided is a combination printing press including a collect-printing unit and an offset printing unit configured to perform offset printing on a paper sheet subjected to collect-printing by the collect-printing unit. The collect-printing unit has a movable inking unit disposed below a paper transport route, and is configured to perform collect-printing on a lower surface of a paper sheet. The offset printing unit includes lower surface offset printing subunits configured to perform offset printing on a lower surface of a paper sheet subjected to the collect-printing by the collect-printing unit. The impression cylinder of a collect-printing subunit and the impression cylinder of the lower surface offset printing subunit are connected by a single transfer cylinder. | 04-25-2013 |
20130104758 | INTAGLIO PRINTING PRESS | 05-02-2013 |
20130312625 | SECURITIES PRINTER - A printer is provided with: offset printing units ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130312626 | BANKNOTE PRINTING MACHINE - The present invention comprises: one-surface impression cylinders ( | 11-28-2013 |
20140182465 | INTAGLIO PRINTING PRESS - An intaglio printing press includes: a first intaglio printing unit; a second intaglio printing unit; a dryer for drying a printed surface of a sheet subjected to printing by the first intaglio printing unit; a convertible unit which holds and conveys the sheet received from the first intaglio printing unit and passes the sheet to the second intaglio printing unit in such a way that a surface of the sheet to be subjected to intaglio printing by the second intaglio printing unit is switchable between one surface and another surface of the sheet; and a second skewing adjustment cylinder and a second circumferential adjustment cylinder which are disposed between the convertible unit and the second intaglio printing unit and which adjust a position of a pattern to be intaglio-printed on the sheet by the second intaglio printing unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20140331877 | COMBINATION PRINTER - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a combination printer that makes it possible to perform both offset printing and Orlof printing on a single printer, and for offset printing, allows the selection of either double-sided or single-sided printing. An Orlof printing section ( | 11-13-2014 |
20150040784 | PROOF PRINTING PRESS - A proof printing press includes an impression cylinder, a collecting cylinder, and a wiping roller, which are positioned relative to a plate cylinder such that a length of an outer circumference of the plate cylinder at a downstream side of a facing position P1 in a rotation direction of the plate cylinder is longer than a length in a circumferential direction of a mounting surface of the plate cylinder, where the length of the outer circumference of the plate cylinder extends between the facing position P1 where the plate cylinder faces the collecting cylinder and a facing position P2 where the plate cylinder faces the wiping roller, and that a length of the outer circumference of the plate cylinder at a downstream side of the facing position P2 in the rotation direction of the plate cylinder is longer than the length in the circumferential direction of the mounting surface of the plate cylinder, where the length of the outer circumference of the plate cylinder extends between the facing position P2 where the plate cylinder faces the wiping roller and a facing position P3 where the plate cylinder faces the impression cylinder. | 02-12-2015 |
20150059602 | PRINTING PRESS - A printing press includes: an upper collect printing unit configured to perform collect printing in which multi-color printing is performed by applying inks of multiple colors at once, on a top surface of a conveyed sheet; and a lower collect printing unit configured to perform collect printing in which multi-color printing is performed by applying inks of multiple colors at once, on a bottom surface of the conveyed sheet. | 03-05-2015 |
20150059603 | COLLECT PRINTING PRESS - A collect printing press includes: an impression cylinder configured to hold and transport a sheet; a rubber cylinder being in contact with the impression cylinder and including a blanket mounted thereon; a collecting plate cylinder being in contact with the rubber cylinder and including a plate mounted thereon; a collecting rubber cylinder being in contact with the collecting plate cylinder and including a blanket mounted thereon; multiple partial plate cylinders each being in contact with the collecting rubber cylinder and including a plate mounted thereon; and multiple inking devices configured to feed inks to the partial plate cylinders, respectively. The plate of the collecting plate cylinder is a relief printing plate, and the plate of each of the partial plate cylinders is a lithographic printing plate, and the collect printing press further includes multiple dampening units configured to feed dampening water to the partial plate cylinders, respectively. | 03-05-2015 |
20150075398 | INKING DEVICE OF NUMBERING AND IMPRINTING MACHINE - An inking device of a numbering and imprinting machine includes: a numbering unit provided on an outer peripheral portion of a numbering cylinder and configured to print a code onto a transported sheet; a partition member configured to partition the inside of the ink fountain such that inks are stored divided by their colors inside the ink fountain; an ink fountain roller configured to draw out the inks stored in the divided manner inside the ink fountain, such that the inks appear side by side in the roller axial direction; select rollers onto which the inks fed from the ink fountain roller are transferred, respectively; oscillating rollers onto which the inks fed from the select rollers are transferred, respectively; and form rollers configured to rotate such that convex portions thereof, onto which the inks fed from the oscillating rollers are transferred, come into contact with the numbering unit. | 03-19-2015 |
20150210061 | NUMBERING AND IMPRINTING MACHINE AND PRINTING PRESS UTILIZING THE SAME - A numbering and imprinting machine includes: a numbering printing unit for one surface including an impression cylinder and a numbering cylinder; a first numbering printing unit for the other surface including an impression cylinder and a numbering cylinder; a drying unit for numbering printing for one surface including a drying cylinder and a drying device; a second numbering printing unit for the other surface including an impression cylinder and a numbering cylinder; and a drying unit for numbering printing for the other surface including a transfer cylinder, a drying cylinder, and a drying device. | 07-30-2015 |
20150283800 | COMBINATION PRINTER - A combination printer ( | 10-08-2015 |
20150352832 | LIQUID TRANSFER DEVICE | 12-10-2015 |
20160082713 | COMBINATION PRINTER - An Orlof printing section ( | 03-24-2016 |
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20100026764 | DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD AND DROPLET DISCHARGING UNIT INCORPORATING THE SAME - A droplet discharge head includes: a liquid reservoir which holds a liquid; a channel through which the liquid is guided to the liquid reservoir; and a driving element which changes the pressure in the liquid reservoir so as to discharge droplets of the liquid contained in the liquid reservoir through a nozzle, in which wall surfaces of the liquid reservoir and of the nozzle are arranged in a continuous line at a side opposite the channel with respect to the center of the nozzle as seen in a cross-sectional view through a central axis of the nozzle. | 02-04-2010 |
20100201724 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a plurality of nozzles that discharges liquid; a liquid discharge head that includes nozzle arrays where the respective nozzles are arranged in one direction; a liquid adsorbent that adsorbs liquid attached to a portion of the liquid discharge head where the nozzle arrays are formed; a moving means for relatively moving the liquid adsorbent in an arrangement direction of the nozzles; and a liquid suction means for sucking liquid adsorbed in the liquid adsorbent. | 08-12-2010 |
20110157288 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND LINE TYPE LIQUID DISCHARGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head performing recording onto a recording sheet; a platen section guiding the recording sheet to a position facing the recording head; a suction unit which includes a plurality of suction openings provided at the platen section and sucks and holds the recording sheet, a suction duct provided facing the suction openings, and a suction fan connected to the suction duct, and sucks and holds the recording sheet on the platen section through the suction openings; and a shutter mechanism which opens and closes the suction duct, wherein the shutter mechanism includes a shutter sheet in which at least one exposure opening portion exposing the suction duct is formed corresponding to the width of the recording sheet, and a shutter sheet movement mechanism which makes the shutter sheet travel between the suction duct and a back surface of the platen section. | 06-30-2011 |
20120069088 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a liquid discharging head having liquid discharging faces; a cleaner unit having a cleaner that is separated from or brought into contact with the liquid discharging faces; a platen that is disposed to face the liquid discharging faces and retains the recording sheet; a unit driving mechanism that moves the cleaner unit along the liquid discharging faces; and a platen driving mechanism that moves the platen in a direction away from or toward the liquid discharging faces, wherein a movement pathway of the cleaner unit is formed between the liquid discharging head and the platen by moving the platen in a direction away from the liquid discharging faces, and when the cleaner unit has been located between the liquid discharging head and the platen, the cleaner is separated from or brought into contact with the liquid discharging faces by movement of the platen. | 03-22-2012 |
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20130058693 | Sheet Conveying Device, Fixing Device, and Wet-Type Image Forming Apparatus - A sheet conveying device configured to convey a sheet of paper from upstream to downstream of a conveying route includes a plurality of wire ropes configured to support and convey the sheet of paper in the conveying route, in which the plurality of wire ropes are arranged apart from each other, and at least two of the wire ropes are arranged so that a distance between them becomes larger as they come closer to downstream of the conveying route. The sheet conveying device can reduce an area of contact with the sheet of paper and reduce the occurrence of abnormal conveyance when conveying the sheet of paper. | 03-07-2013 |
20130209150 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device for heating and pressing a toner image on a recording medium, a non-contact heating device arranged downstream of the fixing device for heating the toner image without coming into contact with the toner image, and a pressure contact device arranged downstream of the non-contact heating device and having a smooth surface. The pressure contact device has first and second arrangement states switched according to the kind of the recording medium. In the first arrangement state, the pressure contact device is arranged so as to make pressure contact with the toner image. In the second arrangement state, the pressure contact device is arranged so as not to make pressure contact with the toner image. | 08-15-2013 |
20130243503 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND GLOSS CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium includes a fixing unit configured to fix on a recording medium, a toner image formed on the recording medium, through heating and pressurization and a gloss control unit configured to lower gloss of a surface of the toner image by charging the surface of the toner image fixed onto the recording medium and heating the toner image such that toner contained in the toner image reaches a softening point or higher thereof. | 09-19-2013 |
20140205308 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a noncontact heating device, a pressurizing and heating mechanism, and a control unit. The control unit switches an operation of the pressurizing and heating mechanism based on gloss level information of a recording medium. According to the image forming apparatus, assuming that a temperature of the recording medium after noncontact heating is T1, a temperature of the recording medium after pressurizing and heating is T2 and a toner concentration after noncontact heating is Tc1 when the gloss level information shows high gloss, and assuming that a temperature of the recording medium after noncontact heating is T3 and a toner concentration after noncontact heating is Tc2 when the gloss level information shows low gloss, the conditions of T107-24-2014 | |
20140321892 | WET-TYPE IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A wet-type image formation apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer body that carries a toner image including toner particles, which are charged to have a first polarity, and a carrier liquid; a transferring roller that transfers a toner image onto a transfer surface of a recording medium; a charging device that charges the transfer surface to have a second polarity opposite to the first polarity; and a fixing mechanism that fixes the toner image. The fixing mechanism includes a noncontact heating device. The noncontact heating device forms the toner particles into a film such that the toner particles and the carrier liquid are separated from each other by heating the toner image when the toner particles charged to the first polarity is electrostatically adsorbed onto the transfer surface charged to have the second polarity. The film of the toner particles is fixed onto the transfer surface. | 10-30-2014 |
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20080317489 | Apparatus and method for adjusting concentration of liquid developer - In order to conform a specific correction table to the characteristics of a liquid developer to be used, the specific correction table is created by calibrating a standard correction table stored in advance by using a viscosity property value of a liquid developer for calibration at a current temperature. A concentration adjustment is performed by comparing a measured viscosity property value with a target viscosity property value which is temperature-corrected based on the specific correction table. Further, the viscosity property value of a liquid developer is detected by measuring the current of a motor for stirring the liquid developer, where a no-load stirring current value is measured in the absence of a liquid developer, and one or both of a measured current value and target current value is corrected based thereon. | 12-25-2008 |
20110217081 | LIQUID DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD - Provided is a liquid development apparatus having a constitution in which liquid developer containing carrier liquid with toner dispersed therein is supplied from a liquid developer/cleaning liquid supply member on a pool forming member arranged facing to a supply roller so as to form a pool of the liquid developer, from which pool the liquid developer is supplied to the supply roller, wherein a liquid developer/cleaning liquid supply member supplies cleaning liquid on a pool forming member to form a suitable pooling portion of the cleaning liquid and the liquid developer remaining on the surface of the supply roller is removed and cleaned. | 09-08-2011 |
20120237264 | Wet-Type Image Forming Apparatus - An infiltration amount measuring unit is provided to measure the amount of carrier liquid infiltrated in recording paper. An output signal of the infiltration amount measuring unit is input to a control device to be used to calculate a voltage supplied to a heat source (heater) in a pre-fixing unit. A signal of a paper temperature measuring unit is input to the control device, which determines whether a target temperature is reached. The control device estimates the amount of carrier liquid in a toner layer based on the information from the infiltration amount measuring unit. Then, the pre-fixing unit is controlled such that the amount of carrier liquid in the toner layer falls within an appropriate range, based on the estimation result of the amount of carrier liquid. | 09-20-2012 |
20120237265 | Wet-Type Image Forming Apparatus - A wet-type image forming apparatus includes: a heating unit configured to heat a recording medium and to volatilize liquid carrier in a toner image; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording medium and disposed at a downstream side of the heating unit in a conveyance direction of the recording medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording medium from the heating unit to the fixing unit; and a housing disposed to cover the conveyance unit, wherein the recording medium is conveyed on the conveyance unit in the housing toward the fixing unit after heated by the heating unit, in the presence of gas containing the volatilized liquid carrier, and the volatilized liquid carrier is cooled and turned into fine mist liquid carrier and then the fine mist liquid carrier attaches to the recording medium before the recording medium reaches the fixing unit. | 09-20-2012 |
20160070212 | FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device includes: a non-contact heating portion that includes at least one non-contact heating unit which heats a toner image on a sheet; and a pressurizing and heating unit that is provided downstream in a sheet transport direction with respect to the non-contact heating portion and that pressurizes and heats the toner image. A time from a first point of time when the toner image reaches a toner melting temperature by heating of the non-contact heating portion to a second point of time when the toner image enters the pressurizing and heating unit is set equal to or more than a predetermined time. The predetermined time is a time when a ratio between the weight of the toner in the toner image before the entrance and the sum of the weight of the toner and the weight of the carrier liquid is equal to or more than 70%. | 03-10-2016 |