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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926909 | Ink-jet recording head, method for manufacturing ink-jet recording head, and semiconductor device An ink-jet recording head includes a substrate which has a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, and energy-generating elements arranged above the first surface and configured to generate energy used to discharge ink. The recording head also ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926800 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus includes an aligning member configured to align an end of a bundle of sheets including a folded sheet by engaging with the edge of the bundle of sheets, and a sheet processing unit configured to process the bundle of sheets having the en... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920306 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus enabling a user to flexibly select one of plural reading modes, for example, for continuously reading two-sided images of stacked document sheets or reading pages of a book or a large document exceeding a platen. In a first reading mode, a... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916372 | Movable body apparatus and optical deflector using the movable body apparatus A movable body apparatus includes a vibratory system, a vibration detecting portion, a driving portion, and a controlling portion. The vibratory system has a resonance frequency and a movable body capable of being reciprocally and rotatably vibrated. The vibration d... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914095 | Head element substrate, recording head, and recording apparatus A head element substrate includes receiving means for receiving data in which recording data and drive pulse width data have been multiplexed, a shift register which separates recording data from the multiplexed data, and a drive pulse width signal generation circui... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907837 | Image blur correction apparatus In an image blur correction apparatus, rotation of a correction lens about an optical axis is regulated without special mechanism or drive unit. When displacing a third lens unit in a pitch and yaw directions, forces Bp, By driving a shift base are generated in the ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907312 | Locking mechanism on hinge fixture of vertically set image reading apparatus A rotation of an original cover and a hinge member in a vertical setting state of an image reading apparatus is locked by a simple operation. A locking mechanism which fixes the hinge member to the image reading apparatus is provided. The locking mechanism is fixed ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905577 | Printhead substrate having electrothermal transducers arranged at high density, printhead, and printing apparatus Plural electrothermal transducers (heaters) belonging to each of blocks having different driving timings are constituted as one group and are connected to a common interconnecting wiring in units of one group. Plural lines are connected to the common wiring such tha... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901098 | Illuminating apparatus and image sensing system including illuminating apparatus An illuminating apparatus includes a light source including a cylindrical light-emitting tube, a first optical system, a second optical system, and a third optical system. The first optical system has an incident surface on which light emitted from the light source ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901045 | Ink jet recording head and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides an ink jet recording head which includes a substrate, an energy generating element which is disposed on the substrate and generates energy for discharging a liquid, an electrode which is disposed on the substrate and is electrically co... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900914 | Sheet conveyance apparatus having skew conveyance mechanism with sheet deforming unit and image forming apparatus including the same A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a reference surface extending along a sheet conveyance direction and configured to regulate the position of a side edge of a sheet to be conveyed, a skew conveyance mechanism configured to convey the sheet obliquely so that the ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7894135 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the lens A zoom lens easily performs image stabilization with a compact and light image-stabilizing lens unit, properly corrects an aberration change during image stabilization, and achieves high optical performance. The zoom lens includes a first positive lens unit, a secon... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894105 | Image reading unit and image reader An image reader includes two rows of image reading element arrays, that is, a first image reading element array and a second image reading element array, and a first rod lens array and a second rod lens array, disposed in correspondence with the first and second ima... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891784 | Liquid ejection head and method for manufacturing liquid ejection head A liquid ejection head and a method of forming the same. The liquid ejection head includes a substrate, an ejection port, a liquid channel, and a supply port. The substrate has, above one side thereof, an energy generating element configured to generate energy used ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891661 | Sheet stacking device and image forming apparatus A sheet stacking device includes a liftable/lowerable sheet stacking portion on which sheets to be ejected are stackable. The sheet stacking portion moves downward as an amount of stacked sheets increases. The sheet stacking device includes a movable member disposed... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891264 | Driving mechanism for carrier, recording apparatus, and reading apparatus A driving mechanism for a carrier can prevent drive transmission units used for reciprocation of the carrier from becoming damaged, dented, or deformed even when an apparatus receives vibration or impact from the outside. The driving mechanism includes first and sec... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889061 | Power-line communication device A power-line communication device in which a control signal is superimposed on a power line between a switching power supply and a unit to be controlled to which an output of the switching power supply is supplied, so that the control signal is transmitted to the un... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887179 | Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus includes a platen holding a recording medium at a position opposed to a recording head, a suction generating member for suctioning the recording medium to the platen, a first recessed portion provided at a region on the platen and conne... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887159 | Liquid ejecting head and ink jet printing apparatus The present invention provides a liquid ejecting head which inhibits the possible generation of satellites and possible inappropriate ejection during liquid ejection, enabling printing with improved image quality and reliability. Thus, ejection openings in the liqui... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887038 | Sheet material feeding device A compact sheet material feeding device with a small height is provided. The device includes a lower sheet material stacking unit, an upper sheet material stacking unit disposed above and movable relative to the lower sheet material stacking unit, a feeding mechanis... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885511 | Recording/reproducing apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus A recording/reproducing apparatus includes an operating section having dual functions depending on being in an image capture mode or in a reproduction mode respectively. While one of the recording mode and the reproduction mode is being carried out, in response to s... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880975 | Zoom lens and imaging device having same A zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power or a negative refrac... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7845766 | Inkjet recording head An inkjet recording head includes a recording-element substrate having arranged therein multiple sets of nozzles that discharge ink, energy-generating elements that generate energy used for discharging the ink, and supply ports that supply the ink to the nozzles; an... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878623 | Inkjet recording apparatus with multiple capping positions An inkjet recording apparatus includes a carriage on which first and second heads are mounted, a first cap configured to cap the first head, and a second cap configured to cap the second head. A distance from the first cap to the first head is shorter than a distanc... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878622 | Ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus incorporating a plurality of ink tanks that is independently exchangeable. An amount of ink suction for a suction recovery operation is changed and controlled based on the ink tank being exchanged. In this way, a small-sized apparatus ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7871151 | Liquid discharge head A liquid discharge head includes a discharge element including a discharge port, a liquid supply port, an electric connection terminal, and a heat transfer terminal. The discharge head also includes a supporting member including an electric connection terminal porti... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866652 | Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus includes an aligning member and a shift conveying unit. The aligning member is movable in a width direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction and presses a sheet stack loaded on a sheet processing tray so as to align the sheet... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864456 | Optical system and optical apparatus including optical system An optical system includes a first optical element and a second optical element on at least one of an enlargement side and a reduction side relative to a point P at which a light axis and a paraxial chief ray intersect. Each of the first optical element and second o... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864447 | Image processor allowing shooting at close range An image processor includes a zoom lens for performing optical zooming by moving in a first range, an imaging unit for converting an object image obtained via a zoom lens into an image signal, and an electronic zooming unit for performing an electronic zooming opera... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864444 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same Provided is a zoom lens having a high magnification and excellent optical performance over an entire zoom range between a wide-angle end and a telephoto end. The zoom lens includes, in order from object side to image side: a first lens unit having positive refractiv... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864239 | Lens barrel and imaging apparatus An optical apparatus includes a focus adjustment unit which controls a focusing lens such that the focusing lens is driven to an in-focus position using a signal obtained by photoelectric conversion of an image of an object, the image being formed by an optical syst... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859773 | Driving mechanism and optical element driving apparatus An optical-element driving mechanism is configured to drive an optical element, and includes a uniaxial driving mechanism that includes a linear actuator that drives in a first direction, and a link mechanism that converts a displacement in a direction orthogonal to... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857528 | Lens barrel and imaging apparatus A lens barrel is configured so as to rotatably support lens barriers by a barrier drive member that rotates around an optical axis and the lens barriers rotate and revolve on an axis when the lens barriers are opened and closed. The lens barrel includes wall units p... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857412 | Inkjet recording apparatus and method for controlling same An inkjet recording apparatus includes a head assembly in which a plurality of head chips, each having multiple nozzles arranged therein for discharging ink, are disposed in the arrangement direction of the nozzles. The discharge of ink from the nozzles of each head... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852383 | Image pickup apparatus A detection error of foreign substance due to the presence of a newly generated defective pixel can be considerably prevented. An image pickup apparatus includes a foreign substance detector detecting foreign substance adhering to an optical member arranged on a lig... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850292 | Flow path connecting device and recording apparatus A flow path connecting device includes a first flow path having a first connector and configured to channel fluids, a second flow path having a second connector and configured to channel fluids, a moving unit configured to move at least one of the first and second c... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850266 | Element substrate for recording head, recording head, head cartridge, and recording apparatus An element substrate for a recording head includes groups of heating resistors that are disposed next to one another in each group; logic circuits configured to time-divisionally drive the heating resistors in units of one block; a heat enable signal line common to ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850162 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device blows air on a sheet stack supported on a tray, raises several sheets, attracts an uppermost sheet to an attraction conveying belt, and conveys the attracted sheet. The sheet feeding device includes a next-sheet detection mechanism for detecti... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7841681 | Signaling module, liquid container, recording apparatus, and control method An ink tank receives data signals from a printer and an LED provided on the ink tank is driven on the basis of the received data signals. The LED is driven in an inactive time period that is different from the time period in which the date signals are input to the i... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840168 | Developing apparatus An amount-of-developer regulating apparatus configured to restrict the amount of developer carried on a developer bearing member. The amount-of-developer regulating apparatus includes a flexible developer amount regulation member having a contact portion configured ... | 11/23/2010 |
