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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422518 | Coin receiving and dispensing device To ease a load to drive power for rotationally driving a coin dispensing belt even if the number of coins on the coin dispensing belt which carries the coin increases, a belt guide mechanism is provided which includes a belt guide for guiding the coin dispensing bel... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417074 | Ink for ink jet and ink jet recording apparatus There is disclosed an ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411177 | Multi-spectrum image capturing device and multi-spectrum illuminating device A multi-spectrum image capturing device includes a multi-spectrum illuminating device comprising LED's for emitting lights of different wavelengths from one another, a plurality of optical rods for relaying the lights emitted from the LED's, an optical diffusion ele... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407334 | Lens for photographing system and camera assembly utilizing the lens In a lens group which is disposed forward of a photographing device and which includes at least a ceramic lens that is combined with a glass lens, wherein a conjugate surface of the photographing device by a combined surface between the ceramic lens and the glass le... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7359087 | Print control apparatus and program An print control apparatus for printing a reproduction checking image in colors. In a print control apparatus 1 that has a printing device 6 to print a document, a CPU 2 combines a remaining pattern image composed of dots larger than a minimum d... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7313355 | Image forming apparatus There is described an image forming apparatus, which forms high quality images free from a phenomenon of inter-sheet adhesion. The image forming apparatus includes a conveyance section to convey the transfer material along a conveying path; a cooling device disposed... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7294215 | Method and device for cooling steel sheet The present invention relates to a method for cooling a steel plate comprising the steps of: forming a water pool with jets of cooling water being injected to impinge on one another by using one slit-nozzle and a plurality of induced laminar flow nozzles, the slit n... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7236261 | Image forming apparatus and scanning method An image forming apparatus having: a plurality of scanners, each of the scanners having a rotary polygonal mirror; a position detecting section for generating an image start reference signal in a main scanning direction; a PLL control section for controlling a rotat... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7215467 | System and method for controlling microscope A CPU determines an optical-axis direction moving interval of a focal point of a microscope based on a wavelength of light used for sample observation by the microscope and a numerical aperture of an object lens mounted on the microscope, and controls the microscope... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7193235 | Radiation image conversion panel and preparation method thereof A radiation image conversion panel is disclosed, comprising on a support a stimulable phosphor layer comprising a stimulable phosphor, wherein the stimulable phosphor layer is layer formed of columnar crystals of a parent component of a stimulable phosphor and furth... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190064 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A plurality of semiconductor chips (23) are bonded to an adhesive layer (22) formed on a base plate (21). Then, first to third insulating films (31, 35, 39), first and second underlying metal layers (33, 37), first and second re-wi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176843 | Wideband antenna and communication apparatus having the antenna A wideband antenna in which a first and second conductive element are arranged so that a notch is formed between the first and second conductive element, wherein the first and second conductive element have shapes satisfying two conditions (i) a sum of the lengths o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167581 | Medical image processing method and apparatus for discriminating body parts An image processor wherein a radiation image forming device forms a radiation image corresponding to the radiation amount transmitted through an object, a discriminator discriminates at least one of the region of the object and the radiographing orientation for a ra... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7149486 | Mobile communication system including scheduler and mobile communication terminal of the system Each mobile communication terminal receives an evaluation function threshold value of each base station transmitted from the base station, and calculates the evaluation function value of each base station on the basis of communication quality between the mobile comm... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141825 | Semiconductor light emitting device capable of suppressing silver migration of reflection film made of silver A luminous lamination structure includes a first layer made of n-type nitride semiconductor and a second layer made of p-type nitride semiconductor and disposed over the first layer wherein a luminous region is defined between the first and second layers. The second... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134232 | Display frame with side edge engagement members A frame assembly for pictures or other objects to be displayed includes a front panel and a rear panel spaced from the front panel to define a space therebetween for receiving an object to be displayed, e.g., one or more pictures. The front panel has a transparent a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134312 | Die apparatus and die exchanging method in pressing machine Improved die arrangements are provided whereby both an upper die and a lower die can easily be loaded into and unloaded from their respective die holders in a die exchanging operation. An improved die apparatus in a pressing machine in which an upper die set is secu... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7120227 | Method of displaying dynamically scattering vector of X-ray diffraction The scattering vector of X-ray diffraction is dynamically displayed on a screen. A dynamic motion and tracks of the tip location of the scattering vector of X-ray diffraction is displayed two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally under changing measuring conditions o... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114314 | Waste disposal devices Waste disposal device including a housing defining a waste compartment for receiving enclosed waste, flexible tubing received in the housing and which operatively receives waste therein, a retention mechanism for holding a quantity of waste received in a length of t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112747 | Cable bush securely fixed to a cable A brass washer is mounted on a cable at one end portion of the cable by being staked to a skin of the cable. The skin of the cable is coated with polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE. Subsequently, a bushing member is integrally molded on the washer to the cable by injec... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7095556 | Microscope with wavelength compensation A microscope capable of being shaped into a beam with complete hollow shape by removing the disorder of the wavefront to the erase light, particularly, and capable of improving the spatial resolution by inducing a super-resolution near the limit, is provided. In the... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092028 | Projecting apparatus with shooting function, program for controlling projecting apparatus with shooting function, and projection image shooting system After power is turned on, a control section causes a distance detecting section to detect a distance up to a screen, and controls focus positions of a projector lens and an imaging lens in synchronization with each other based on the detected distance (projection di... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7018116 | Armature, wire dot printer head and wire dot printer In order to enhance magnetic characteristic to realize a stabilized pivotal movement of an armature and to obtain magnetic characteristic required for high-speed printing, an armature according to the present invention has a magnetic circuit forming member formed by... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009834 | Solid electrolytic capacitor, transmission-line device, method of producing the same, and composite electronic component using the same A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a package for a capacitor element including an anode lead portion and a cathode portion. The package includes an insulating resin member which is arranged to cover the capacitor element and which includes hole portions formed ... | 03/07/2006 |
| D514533 | Noise absorber | 02/07/2006 |
| 6969796 | Automatic music performing apparatus and automatic music performance processing program An automatic music performing apparatus comprises a performance memory for storing music performance data of a relative time format including an event group including at least note-on events indicating the note generation start, note-off events indicating the end of... | 11/29/2005 |
| RE38860 | Scanning optical microscope A scanning optical microscope comprising a laser source, a scan optical system for scanning a sample with a laser beam from the laser source, a spectral resolving optical system for resolving spectra of fluorescent rays from the sample, a wavelength splitting optica... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6522844 | Heater control apparatus and image forming apparatus having a plurality of heaters which are controlled to be changeably connected in a serial mode and a parallel mode so as to suppress flicker A heater control apparatus is provided for controlling a plurality of heaters used for fixing operations of an image forming apparatus, wherein each of the heaters is incorporated inside one of a plurality of rollers. The heater control apparatus includes... | 02/18/2003 |
