| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE40058 |
TONER BOTTLE CAPABLE OF BEING DISCRIMINATED, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCRIMINATING TONER BOTTL |
February 12, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for discriminating bottle types, for stirring the toner, and for detecting the amount of toner remaining in the toner bottle. A toner bottle is adapted to fit the apparatus for discriminating toner bottle types, and a toner bottle is adapted for the apparatus for |
| RE40021 |
Toner bottle and developer cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus |
January 22, 2008 |
| A developer cartridge which is rotatably mounted in the developing unit of an image forming apparatus, and supplies a developer to the developing unit while rotating includes a cylindrical cartridge main body having a developer outlet hole in the outer surface near one end, and a ring-li |
| D444810 |
Toner storage container for a copying machine |
July 10, 2001 |
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| 7024486 |
System for directly transmitting an image data signal from a scanner device to a computer termin |
April 4, 2006 |
| A network scanner apparatus is connected to a least one terminal via a network. A control portion controls the network by the use of a TCP/IP protocol. A readout portion reads-out a paper to produce an image data signal. An operation portion inputs an IP address as a transmitting des |
| 7003234 |
Apparatus and method for forming image including controlling supply of new and recycled toner |
February 21, 2006 |
| Disclosed is a toner recycle device for supplying recovered toner into a developing device again and reusing it. The ratio of the amount of the recovered toner to be supplied into the developing device to the amount of new toner is arbitrarily increased or reduced. Further, as the re |
| 6880823 |
Sheet collection apparatus |
April 19, 2005 |
| A sheet collection apparatus has a stacking portion to stack mails in the standing position, a back-up plate in contact with one end of stacked mails in the stacked direction, and take-in rollers arranged at the positions contacting the other end of stacked mails. The take-in rollers |
| 6863224 |
Liquid spray device |
March 8, 2005 |
| A bottle unit (30) of a liquid atomizing apparatus is provided with: a bottle section (31) reserving a chemical liquid (L); a horn oscillating member (40) to whose a distal end the liquid (L) in the bottle section (31) is fed; and a mesh member (1) having a number of fine pores (2), and |
| 6850972 |
Image transfer system and image transfer method |
February 1, 2005 |
| The invention provides an image transfer system and method by which image data stored in accordance with a coding method in a facsimile apparatus connected to a network, can be outputted to a terminal equipment connected to the network. A WWW browser is initiated in the terminal equipmen |
| 6840168 |
Paper sheet stamp apparatus |
January 11, 2005 |
| A stamp apparatus having a conveying belt pair for conveying a mail matter in an arrow T direction, sensor for detecting the conveyed mail matter, a stamp hub which roll-contacts a postage stamp portion of the mail matter, rotates, and stamps the portion with a postmark, and a backup rol |
| 6819900 |
Apparatus and method for forming image including controlling supply of new and recycled toner |
November 16, 2004 |
| Disclosed is a toner recycle device for supplying recovered toner into a developing device again and reusing it. The ratio of the amount of the recovered toner to be supplied into the developing device to the amount of new toner is arbitrarily increased or reduced. Further, as the remain |
| 6711375 |
Image forming apparatus and method of setting up the same |
March 23, 2004 |
| The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus and a set-up method for the image forming apparatus for reusing recovered toner collected after toner is used in a developing device of the image forming apparatus by mixing the recovered toner with new toner. Before the image |
| 6603949 |
Apparatus and method for controlling the formation of an image with recovered and new toner |
August 5, 2003 |
| An image forming apparatus and method causes a connecting/conveying device to convey a recovered toner from a cleaner part to a recovered toner housing unit to house therein the recovered toner. A controller controls a recovered toner supply unit and new toner supply unit in accordance w |
| 6577824 |
Apparatus and method for supplying new and recovered toner to a developing device |
June 10, 2003 |
| An image forming apparatus and method cause a connecting/conveying device to convey a recovered toner from a cleaner part to a recovered toner housing to house therein the recovered toner, and cause a control device to separately control a recovered toner supply device and a new toner |
| 6526252 |
Apparatus and method for forming image |
February 25, 2003 |
| An image forming apparatus and method cause a connecting/conveying device to convey a recovered toner from a cleaner part to a recovered toner housing to house therein the recovered toner, and cause a controller to control a recovered toner supply and a new toner supply in accordance wit |
| 6308036 |
Image forming system with waste toner container and restraint member |
October 23, 2001 |
| An image forming system has a developing device for causing a toner to adhere to a latent image, which is formed on a photosensitive material drum, to form a visible image; a toner supply device for supplying a toner, which is housed in a toner receiving container, to the developing |
| 6308017 |
Image forming system including oscillating type waste toner container |
October 23, 2001 |
| An image forming system has: a developing device for causing a toner to adhere to a latent image, which is formed on a photosensitive material drum, to form a visible image; a toner supply device for supplying a toner, which is housed in a toner container, to the developing device; a |
| 6259877 |
Toner cartridge and toner supply device |
July 10, 2001 |
| A toner supply device includes: a toner cartridge having a cylindrical container with a spiral protruding portion therein, and a cap having a toner discharging hole; and a drive unit for supplying a toner from the toner discharging hole while gripping and rotating the cap of the toner |
| 6256469 |
Toner supply apparatus in image forming system |
July 3, 2001 |
| A toner supply device includes a toner cartridge. The toner cartridge includes a cylindrical container having a spiral protruding portion therein, and a cap having a toner discharging hole. The toner supply device also includes a drive unit for supplying a toner from the toner discha |
| 6240262 |
Toner supply device and toner cartridge |
May 29, 2001 |
| A toner supply device comprises: a toner cartridge, which is used for an image forming system, including a substantially cylindrical container for housing therein a toner and which is supplied when the toner is insufficient for the image forming system; an information recording part |
| 5920025 |
Automatic accompanying device and method capable of easily modifying accompaniment style |
July 6, 1999 |
| Separately from an accompaniment style data memory having stored therein one or more accompaniment style data each including performance data for an automatic accompaniment, a modifying data memory is provided which has stored therein one or more modifying data sets each including style |
| 5777644 |
Ink jet recording apparatus and recording method for using ink walls in discharging ink |
July 7, 1998 |
| An ink jet recording apparatus that includes ink with including fine particles and the apparent viscosity being changeable apparently by receiving an electric field, and a voltage applying unit for forming the electric field to make the ink walls. The ink walls are formed by lining u |
| 5597998 |
Recording medium using reversible recording material and method of processing record to recordin |
January 28, 1997 |
| A data storing medium comprising a substrate, a first display portion, provided on the substrate, for displaying predetermined data, the first display portion having a first recording material storing data by first recording energy and erasing stored data of history of the use by pre |
| 5570124 |
Portable storage medium and apparatus for processing the same |
October 29, 1996 |
| A magnetic recording layer is formed on one surface of a card-shaped base plate. A printing layer, for printing visible information such as "matters to be attended", is formed on the magnetic recording layer. A laser recording layer is formed on the other surface of the base plate. A |
| 5559314 |
Recording medium using reversible recording material and method of processing record to recordin |
September 24, 1996 |
| A data storing medium comprising a substrate, a first display portion, provided on the substrate, for displaying predetermined data, the first display portion having a first recording material storing data by first recording energy, and erasing stored data of history of the use by pr |
| 5555010 |
Rewritable recording apparatus |
September 10, 1996 |
| A thermal recording medium is provided for recording dot thereon by an opaque state thereof when applied with thermal recording energy and for erasing dot therefrom by a transparent state when applied with thermal erasing energy. The thermal energy is supplied from a thermal head to the |
| 5546117 |
Portable storage medium and apparatus for processing the same |
August 13, 1996 |
| A magnetic recording layer is formed on one surface of a card-shaped base plate. A printing layer, for printing visible information such as "matters to be attended", is formed on the magnetic recording layer. A laser recording layer is formed on the other surface of the base plate. A |
| 5498860 |
Portable storage medium and processing apparatus therefor |
March 12, 1996 |
| A magnetic recording layer for storing information is formed on the lower surface of a card, and a protective film is formed on the magnetic recording layer. Permanent information, e.g., the valid term of the card and the name of a user, and variable information, e.g., card use history |
| 5453765 |
Thermally reversible printing system with ambient temperature compensation |
September 26, 1995 |
| A printing system for recording and erasing a visible image onto and from a recording medium presenting two states, recording and erasing, by different heating processes, comprises a temperature sensor for sensing ambient temperature, a thermal head, a circuit for computing the tempe |
| 5436643 |
Method and apparatus of recording images on recording medium capable of repetitive recordings, u |
July 25, 1995 |
| An energy computing section computes recording energy when target pixels are mark dots or computes erasing energy when target pixels are space dots. A reading section reads out recording-number information specifying recording times from the magnetic recording portion of a recording medi |
| 5430467 |
Thermal recording system |
July 4, 1995 |
| A thermal recording system having a plurality of thermal elements, accurately records and erases images on a recording medium. The images are recorded on or erased from the recording medium by selectively supplying the recording energy or erasing energy to the thermal elements. The syste |
| 5430277 |
Image recording medium, a processing apparatus thereof, and an entrance/exit control system usin |
July 4, 1995 |
| A visible image displaying medium comprises a substrate on which a visible image is formed, and a displaying layer, disposed on the substrate, when the displaying layer is heated to a first temperature, changing to a transparent state to display the visible image and when the displaying |
| 5424764 |
Thermal recording apparatus for recording and erasing an image on and from a recording medium |
June 13, 1995 |
| A printing system for recording and erasing a visible image on/from a recording medium being changed between transparent and non-transparent states depending on a heating temperature. A thermal recording device which includes a section for electrically energizing a heating element us |
| 5391872 |
Image recording apparatus using repeatedly usable recording medium |
February 21, 1995 |
| According to the present invention, there is provided an image recording apparatus which records and erases a visible image on a recording medium. On the recording medium, the visible image is recorded by supplying first thermal energy thereto, and the recorded visible image is erased by |
| 5360783 |
Water-based pesticidal composition |
November 1, 1994 |
| A water-based pesticidal composition contains 100 weight parts of substantially water-insoluble pesticide and 1.7-200 weight parts of a surface active agent. The surface active agent contains Component A and Component B at weight ratio of A/B=80/20-20/80. Component A is polyalkylene |
| 5347344 |
Method for recycling an ink sheet and thermal transfer printer using the same |
September 13, 1994 |
| A thermal transfer printer capable of quickly starting after being turned on and reproducing high quality color images, includes a photosensitive roller forming a charge pattern according to an ink transferred portion on an ink sheet at a time that the photosensitive roller is exposed to |
| 5253170 |
Apparatus for computerized tomography, method of same, and apparatus for computerized tomography |
October 12, 1993 |
| With the apparatus of CT, if the object contains a foreign body having high spatial frequency component such as a polygonal body etc., and large density difference from another region, a radial artifact is generated from a corner part of the side.The first object of the present invention |
| 5237368 |
Method and apparatus for forming an image with a reversible thermosensitive medium |
August 17, 1993 |
| In image formation, a reversible thermosensitive medium, preferably in the form of an endless belt, is selectively heated in accordance with an electrical image signal, so that the areas of the thermosensitive belt will have different transmittances corresponding to the respective pixels |
| 5235345 |
Image recording apparatus for thermally recording images on a thermal-sensitive medium |
August 10, 1993 |
| An apparatus for recording an image, based on a pixel signal which has an on-mode or an off-mode signal, on a recording medium. The image is recorded by applying a threshold energy level, wherein the apparatus records a visible image if the pixel signal has the on-mode signal and doe |
| 5216453 |
Electrophotographic printer |
June 1, 1993 |
| In an electrophotographic printer, electrostatic latent images are formed on a surface of a photosensitive drum, toner images corresponding to the electrostatic latent images are formed on a toner image bearing belt, which is brought to confront a recording paper on a platen. When part o |
| 5196870 |
Electrophotographic printer |
March 23, 1993 |
| An electrophotographic printer having a print head which moves in a direction perpendicular to the direction of paper feed. The print head comprises a photosensitive drum, a transfer roller disposed in opposition to the recording paper where it moves over the platen, and a toner image |
| 5182075 |
Nuclear fusion reactor |
January 26, 1993 |
| A structure of a nuclear fusion reactor having a vacuum vessel in which hydrogen isotope plasma is enclosed and a confining magnetic field generating coil for confining said plasma at a predetermined position in said vacuum vessel. It comprises a low tritium-permeable layer having lo |
| 5148225 |
Electrophotographic process and apparatus |
September 15, 1992 |
| In electrophotographic process and apparatus of this invention, a drum-like photosensitive member and an endless toner-image bearing member are used. The bearing member is brought into close contact at a part thereof with the sensitive member. The sensitive member is electrically charged |
| 5079556 |
Coherent pulse radar system |
January 7, 1992 |
| A coherent pulse radar system capable of eliminating a signal associated with a multiple time around path or capable of removing range ambiguity of this multiple time around signal. The radar system includes a device for changing phases of transmitted pulses, for phase detecting received |
| 5065187 |
Image forming system |
November 12, 1991 |
| In an image forming system employing a photosensitive drum on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and a toner image bearing belt on which a toner image corresponding to the electrostatic latent image is formed by means of a developing device, a discharging device, such as an |
| 5057875 |
Image forming apparatus provided with an image bearing film and a movable transfixing station |
October 15, 1991 |
| In a color image forming method and apparatus utilizing electrophotography, a toner image bearing film is passed around a photosensitive member and moved past a transfer device, the photosensitive member is uniformly charged, and is then exposed to light images corresponding to different |
| 5002205 |
Product-discharging device of powdery/granular material processing apparatus |
March 26, 1991 |
| A product-discharging device of a powdery/granular material processing apparatus incorporating a rotary pan. The product discharging device extends along an end wall from the vicinity of the rotary pan to the vicinity of an aperture provided at the end wall of the rotary pan. The pro |
| 4982422 |
Terminating circuit in a battery feed circuit of an electronic exchange system |
January 1, 1991 |
| Disclosed is a terminating circuit in a battery feed circuit of an electronic exchange system. The battery feed circuit comprises two transconductance amplifiers connected by a coupling capacitor, for supplying a direct current through a ring terminal and a tip terminal to a load. Ea |
| 4920405 |
Overcurrent limiting semiconductor device |
April 24, 1990 |
| An overcurrent limiting semiconductor device is provided comprising: a package having a base plate, sidewalls and a cover plate, at least one transistor fixed onto the base plate, terminal conductors respectively connected to the base, emitter and collector electrodes of the transistor |
| 4690793 |
Nuclear fusion reactor |
September 1, 1987 |
| The nuclear fusion reactor of the present invention presents a new vacuum vessel for enclosing plasma particles where a reactor wall exposed to the above plasma particles has a piled structure. A plurality of heat-resisting ceramic tiles are metallurgically bonded to a metal-base bod |
| 4677669 |
Battery feed circuit for a pair of subscriber lines |
June 30, 1987 |
| Battery feed circuit for a pair of subscriber lines includes a voltage drive circuit with an operational amplifier having a predetermined output impedance determined by an alternating current terminal impedance for the pair of subscriber lines. Both voice signals and induced noise signal |
