| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6808853 |
Electrostatic image developing toner and preparation method thereof |
October 26, 2004 |
| An electrostatic image developing toner comprising a resin and a colorant is disclosed. The resin comprises a polymerization component of a polymerizable monomer having a polar group in an amount of 1.0 to 10.0 percent by weight, and a polymerization component of a polyfunctional pol |
| 6808258 |
Ink-jet image forming method |
October 26, 2004 |
| An ink-jet image recording method is disclosed. In the method and image is formed by jetting ink on an ink-jet recording medium having an ink absorption layer and optionally a layer provided the ink absorption layer on resin coated paper, in which the outermost layer comprises an aqueous |
| 6808250 |
Production method of ink-jet head |
October 26, 2004 |
| A method of producing an ink-jet head having an ink chamber composed of at least a first wall member and a second wall member, wherein the first wall member includes a vibrating wall made of a piezoelectric ceramic on which an electrode layer is formed and the second wall member forms a |
| 6807320 |
Image processing method and image forming apparatus |
October 19, 2004 |
| An image processing method includes the steps of: detecting an inclination of image data; storing the image data for one line into a first memory; changing a reading timing when the image data is read from the first memory, according to the detected inclination, whereby correcting a shif |
| 6807139 |
Objective lens and optical pickup apparatus |
October 19, 2004 |
| An objective lens comprises at least inner and outer optically functional regions arranged in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis and each of the inner and outer optically functional regions has a diffractive structure. The objective lens comprises a light amount reducing struct |
| 6806974 |
Print order receiving apparatus |
October 19, 2004 |
| A print order receiving apparatus includes a reader to read image data from a media in which the image data are stored; a producing section to produce information regarding a print order for an image based on the image data read by the reader and to confirm the print order by a confirmin |
| 6806487 |
Radiation-image radiographing system |
October 19, 2004 |
| The invention concerns a network system for radiographing radiation images. The network system includes a plurality of radiation-image reading apparatus to read the radiation images stored in radiation-image storing sheets, so as to generate image data sets each of which corresponds to |
| 6806473 |
Radiation image detector |
October 19, 2004 |
| A radiation image detector is provided with a first layer to emit light corresponding to a strength of a radiation incident thereon; a second layer to convert the light emitted from the first layer into electric energy; a third layer to accumulate the electric energy obtained by the |
| 6806015 |
Image forming method using flattened spheroidal toner |
October 19, 2004 |
| In an image forming method including the steps of: developing an latent image on an image forming body employing a developer of composed of flattened spheroidal toner particles; transferring the formed toner image onto a transfer material; and fixing the toner image on the transfer m |
| 6806012 |
Electrostatic image developing |
October 19, 2004 |
| An electrostatic image developing toner is disclosed. The resin of the toner particle has a cell structure and an average value of FERE-horizontal diameters of the cells is from 20 to 200 nm and a variation coefficient of the FERE-horizontal diameters of the cells is from 10 to 35%. |
| 6801725 |
Image forming apparatus |
October 5, 2004 |
| An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member; an intermediate transferring member to which an image formed on the photosensitive member is transferred; a press/release operation controlling section for controlling a pressing of the intermediate transferring member to |
| 6798999 |
Image forming apparatus |
September 28, 2004 |
| This invention relates to an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a transfer medium using a two-component developing agent by electrophotography. An image forming apparatus according to this invention includes a potential sensor which measures the charging potential on an |
| 6796559 |
Automatic document feeder having a document shunting path |
September 28, 2004 |
| In an automatic document feeder for use in an image forming device such as copy machine and facsimile machine: a document shunting path for temporarily shunting a document is provided at an upstream side of a document reading portion; in a different-size mixed mode where different si |
| 6796236 |
Planographic printing plate precursor and its fixing method on plate cylinder |
September 28, 2004 |
| A planographic printing plate precursor and its fixing method on a plate cylinder of a printing press are disclosed, the planographic printing plate precursor comprising a flexible substrate and provided thereon, an ink repellent layer or a hydrophilic layer wherein the planographic |
| 6795681 |
Fixing device controlling method, fixing device, and image forming apparatus for forming fixed i |
September 21, 2004 |
| In a method of controlling a fixing device having a heating roller containing a heat source, at least one supporting roller spaced from the heating roller, a fixing belt trained about the heating roller and the supporting roller, and a pressing roller placed to form a nipping area be |
| 6794220 |
Organic thin-film semiconductor element and manufacturing method for the same |
September 21, 2004 |
| There is described an organic thin-film transistor including an active layer made of organic semiconductor and a manufacturing method for the organic thin-film transistor. In particular, the invention concerns an organic thin-film transistor capable of being formed on a flexible base |
| 6794120 |
Method of processing light sensitive planographic printing plate precursor |
September 21, 2004 |
| Disclosed is a method of processing a light sensitive planographic printing plate precursor comprising a support, and provided thereon, a photopolymerizable light sensitive layer and an overcoat layer in that order, the method comprising the steps of imagewise exposing the light sens |
| 6792225 |
Switch and image forming apparatus |
September 14, 2004 |
| A switch of the present invention is featured as one employing: a contact to make and break an electrical circuit, and an electromagnet, both of which are installed in a case, and a handle to make and break the contact by operation from outside of the case, wherein a permanent magnet |
| 6791764 |
Optical element, metal die, and cutting tool |
September 14, 2004 |
| An optical element has diffractive grooves. Each diffractive groove includes a first surface approximated by a predetermined optical function; a second surface extending in a direction to cross the first surface and being parallel to the optical axis; and a third surface to connect the |
| 6791763 |
Molded coupling lens |
September 14, 2004 |
| A molded coupling lens, for use in an optical pickup apparatus, comprises: a first surface including a first optical surface, a second surface located opposite to the first surface and including a second optical surface, and a flat surface section provided substantially in parallel w |
| 6788330 |
Clock-generating circuit and image-forming apparatus having a function of canceling F-theta prop |
September 7, 2004 |
| The invention concerns a clock-generating circuit, which generates dot clock pulses for driving a light-emitting element employed in an optical-writing section of an image-forming apparatus and has a function of canceling f.theta. property errors caused by a f.theta. lens employed in |
| 6787296 |
Silver halide emulsion and silver halide photographic material by the use thereof |
September 7, 2004 |
| Silver halide emulsions are disclosed comprising tabular silver halide grains containing dislocation lines in the peripheral region of the major faces; the tabular grains comprising a high iodide phase which is internal to and along the dislocation lines and an internal region which is |
| 6786589 |
Ink jet printer, ink jet head, and image forming method |
September 7, 2004 |
| An ink jet printer for forming an image on a recording medium with an active-ray-setting ink, which is hardened by an irradiation of active rays; having a plurality of heads, each of the plurality of heads having a plurality of jet openings for jetting the active-ray-setting ink as ink |
| 6784980 |
Thermal development apparatus and image recording apparatus |
August 31, 2004 |
| A thermal development apparatus for developing a thermal development film, having a heating section, which has at least a partially cylindrical surface for transporting and heating the film and plural parallel pressing rollers to press the film onto the cylindrical surface. When "P" deno |
| 6784914 |
Clock-generating circuit and image-forming apparatus having a function of canceling unevenness o |
August 31, 2004 |
| The invention concerns a clock-generating circuit, which generates dot clock pulses for driving a light-emitting element employed in an optical-writing section of an image-forming apparatus and has a function of canceling unevenness of scanning-light amount caused by variations of tr |
| 6783818 |
Ink-jet recording sheet |
August 31, 2004 |
| An ink-jet recording sheet comprising a support and an ink-absorbable layer is disclosed. The ink-absorbable layer is a void layer containing fine inorganic particles having a dispersion degree of no more than 2 and a hydrophilic binder. The ink-jet recording sheet has a specular gloss |
| 6783227 |
Inkjet printer having an active ray source |
August 31, 2004 |
| An inkjet printer for recording an image on a recording medium with an active ray cure ink to be cured by exposure to an active ray, having a head for emitting the active ray cure ink onto a recording medium, an active ray source for emitting the active ray wherein the active ray sou |
| 6781943 |
Objective lens and optical pick-up device for reproducing and/or recording of information |
August 24, 2004 |
| In an optical pickup device for conducting reproducing and/or recording of information in at least two kinds of optical information recording media, an optical element divides a light flux into k(k.gtoreq.4) pieces of ring-shaped light flux. When reproducing or recording is conduced for |
| 6781144 |
Radiation image radiographing cassette and radiation image reading apparatus |
August 24, 2004 |
| A radiation image reading apparatus for reading a radiation image information from a stimulable phosphor sheet attached to a back base of a cassette comprised of an inlet through which the cassette is inserted, a separator to separate the front cover and the back base of the cassette, a |
| 6780558 |
Image forming method |
August 24, 2004 |
| An electrophotographic image forming method is disclosed. The method comprises developing latent images each formed on a static latent image forming member by serially arranged plural image forming units each including a toner to form toner images, respectively, successively transfer |
| 6778262 |
Film conveying apparatus |
August 17, 2004 |
| There is described a film conveying apparatus drawably mounted onto an image-forming apparatus. The apparatus includes a film stacking section to stack photosensitive films on it, a conveying device being movable between a film conveying position and a film supplying position to convey t |
| 6777463 |
Particles containing a colorant and a water-based ink comprising polymer emulsion |
August 17, 2004 |
| A polymer dispersion comprising water and polymer particles having a size of 5 to 500 nm in volume average diameter and having a core-part and a shell-part in each of the polymer particles, wherein the core-part and the shell-part each comprise a colorant and a polymer, and the shell-par |
| 6777175 |
Silver halide photographic material for direct observation and ink-jet recording sheet |
August 17, 2004 |
| A silver halide photographic material for direct observation comprising a support having on one side of the support, (a) a photosensitive layer comprising a silver halide emulsion; and (b) a non-photosensitive layer, wherein the photographic material comprises at least one oil-soluble dy |
| 6774979 |
Light mixing member and image exposing apparatus |
August 10, 2004 |
| An image-exposing apparatus includes an optical device which mixes lights coming from different directions and emits a mixed light in a unilateral direction. The optical device includes first, second and third transparent members receiving first, second and third lights from first, secon |
| 6773860 |
Transferable image receiving sheet and imaging process by use thereof |
August 10, 2004 |
| An image receiving sheet, in which the received image is further transferable to a final recording medium is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a heat-softening layer, an interlayer and an image receiving layer, wherein the interlayer has a surface roughness (R.sub.a) of |
| 6773103 |
Image forming method and image forming system |
August 10, 2004 |
| An image forming method comprising the steps of: forming an image by jetting an ink comprising a high-boiling point solvent onto a textile; and removing the high-boiling point solvent from the image-formed textile by drying the fabric under depressurized condition. |
| 6771896 |
Electric camera with image printing system |
August 3, 2004 |
| In a camera provided with image-pickup elements for receiving light to form an image of a subject, for converting the light into electric signals and for producing image information of the image of the subject by the electric signals; there are further provided a print information produc |
| 6771583 |
Optical component |
August 3, 2004 |
| In an optical lens used for a passing light having the maximum intensity on a wavelength (.lambda..sub.T) of 780.+-.10 nm, an optical is made such that a reflection preventing coating is provided on both or at least one of a light-incident surface (S1) and a light-outgoing surface (S2) a |
| 6771435 |
Optical element, metal die, and cutting tool |
August 3, 2004 |
| An optical element has diffractive grooves. Each diffractive groove includes a first surface approximated by a predetermined optical function; a second surface extending in a direction to cross the first surface and being parallel to the optical axis; and a third surface to connect the |
| 6771385 |
Method of using a server connected with a network and a server system |
August 3, 2004 |
| A method of using a server connected with a network, includes the steps of storing data of software to transmit to a plurality of image forming apparatus connected with the network, wherein the software controls the image forming apparatus so as to form an image; transmitting data of the |
| 6769766 |
Inkjet printer utilizing white ink |
August 3, 2004 |
| An inkjet printer provided with plural recording heads for respectively jetting a white ink and plural process color inks onto a recording medium, a white ink tank for storing white ink, and plural process color ink tanks for respectively storing plural process color inks. The inkjet pri |
| 6768882 |
Fixing temperature control method utilizing new factors and image forming apparatus |
July 27, 2004 |
| A method of controlling a fixing temperature of a fixing device having a heat roller provided with a heat source and a first temperature detector provided at the vicinity of the heat roller, and having a pressure roller, which is in pressure contact with the heat roller, provided with a |
| 6766999 |
Optical element molding die and optical element |
July 27, 2004 |
| A molding die for molding an optical element, comprises a die base body formed by shaping an amorphous alloy having a super-cooled liquid phase, wherein the composition of the amorphous alloy contains palladium. |
| 6765732 |
Optical pickup lens, molded optical component, handling method, and mold for optical component |
July 20, 2004 |
| An objective lens for use in an optical pickup apparatus for conducting recording and/or reproducing information for an optical information recording medium, has a lens section shaped in an approximate circle and including a flange section; and a connecting section integrally provided |
| 6762779 |
Image forming apparatus, method of manufacturing substrate for photoreceptor, substrate for phot |
July 13, 2004 |
| An image forming apparatus, which includes a photoreceptor having a substrate whose surface having been subjected to a surface processing with a cutting tool, and a photosensitive layer formed on the substrate; an exposure device for exposing an image on the photoreceptor to form a l |
| 6762574 |
Brushless motor, control method for brushless motor, light deflection device, and control method |
July 13, 2004 |
| The invention concerns a light deflection device, and a control method for the light deflection device, which are rich in expandability of drive control. The light deflection device includes a polygon mirror to reflect the light beam; a rotor, having a magnet, to rotate the polygon mirro |
| 6760562 |
Image forming apparatus |
July 6, 2004 |
| This invention relates to an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a primary transfer means for bringing one surface of an intermediate transfer body and/or transfer medium into contact with a photosensitive body surface and pressing the surface against the ph |
| 6756191 |
Silver halide photographic light-sensitive emulsion and silver halide photographic light-sensiti |
June 29, 2004 |
| A silver halide photographic light-sensitive emulsion comprising a silver halide and a compound represented by the following Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each X.sup.3 and X.sup.4 represents independently N, P, S, Se or Te; each Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 represents independently a group of |
| 6753543 |
Radiation image conversion panel |
June 22, 2004 |
| A method for preparing a radiation image conversion panel, which comprises the steps of: (a) applying onto a support a stimulable phosphor coating composition comprising a stimulable phosphor and a polymer resin to form a stimulable phosphor layer; (b) drying the stimulable phospho |
| 6750989 |
Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus |
June 15, 2004 |
| An image reading apparatus, comprises an image reader to read images of a document; a rotation processor to conduct a rotation processing for image data obtained through reading by the image reader in accordance with inclination of the document; a memory in which image data subjected to |
